The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-06-03

the army. Ill.,
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Lawyer Thomas l.. Jones, a practi-
TONER Of high standing at the District
bar, is said to be Booked Tor a respon-
s1bie assignment under" the Depart-
ment of Justice, in recognition of his
effective labors for TaftAan Sherman
IN the recent campaign in Maryland,
Delaware, West Virginia: and other
states. Mr.. Jones is regarded as one
or the most magnetic orators in the
country and is to beyutiliked as far an
his time will permit by the republican
authorities in Maryland this fall to
insure the defeat of the disfranchise-
ment amendment which is to be voted
upon by the people in November.
Grateful acknowledgement is made
or invitations to attend the COM
mencements 'of Tuskegee Institute.
Livingstone College, Howard Univer-
slty, Wherefore University, the Cur
,ry School and the Western University.
we are under obligations 10 Assistant
superintendent Roscoe Conkling Bruce
OF the Washington public schools. for
pox seats at the drill of the High
School Cadets and for q similar favor
IN connection with the joint commence.
ment of the high and. normal schools
at Convention Hall =. ~, > ~, - ',.
Chaplain W. T. Anderson, OF the
1oth Cavalry, is in the city, cfrcuiat-
ing among friends and old comrades
he Is looking none the worse for his,
strenuous campaign In the Philippines
through the efforts Of Auditor RaIph'
w. Tyler, Chaplain Anderson was NOT
long ago, raised to the rank of q Major
with all the honors, emoIuments and
privileges attaching thereunto. Last
sunday the Chaplain delivered an in
struct1Ve address to the Y. M G.. A. at
True Reformers Hall Like Secretary
Lewis e. Johnson, upon whose invi-
tatlon he spoke, Chaplain Anderson is
a Cleveland boy.
The assignments for the Zion nuh'
pits OF the Washington District bv the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Conference
or that denomination at the Williams
port Pa, Conference, are as follows:
M. l.. Blalock, presiding elder; Metro
pol1tan, W. A. Ray; Galbraith, 18th
Year,, S. l.. Corrothers; John Wesley.
Y. Z. Alleynn; Union Wesley, w. Fl.
ferguson; Arlington, H. w. Smith:
burrVilie, Logan Johnson; Trinity Ito
be supplied. Bishop J. w. Smith, Of
This city, presided over the deIibera.
lions Of the conference. II 80!
Ihe illinois politicians "of color"
VINO aspire to be known as national
leaders, are sitting up of nights irving
TO take the measure of the new Sena-
TOR from the Sucker State" the Hon.
william Lorimer. Among those bust
est with the tape-line are Assistant
Register fthe Treasury Cyrus Field
Adams, Charles E. Hall, Major John
=. Buckner, Col. John r. Marshall
MAJOR X. r. Jackson, Dr.. M. A. Ma
Jors, and other Cook County patriots
the majority of whom are casting
sheeps eyes, at the fat job now held
ooWn by Brother Adams Walter r.
farmer, who has the advantage OF |
mailing from both Illinois and Mis-
souri,, Is expected on the ground with |
yard-stick at an early date, prepared |
70 stake off a choice claim, independent !
or the brethren of either state, with
senator Lorimer or Secretary NageI
as his alternating currents of "Jnfu-
ence' The Illinois situation is |
threatening to give somebody trouble |
ere long.
}. Elmer Spyglass, described as a |
baritone, of Toledo, o. |
VIII make his initial appearance in |
washington June IS at the Metropo1i- |
tan a. M. T.. Church in classic re- |
'ltal He sings in English, German,
french and Italian, and has been heard |
TO advantage in Paris, Munich, Ion-
ION, Glasgow, and the leading art and |
musical centers Of Europe He will
De assisted by Miss Charlotte Wallace.
'ontralto; Mr.. II. Leonard Jeter, eel
list, and Miss Mary J. Europe, accom-.
'anist. The proceeds will 20 for the
benefit Of the Home for Friendless
Girls, Of which Mrs. Rosetta e. Law
ION Is president and manager. .y,.. {
A cablegram from Commissioner