The Washington bee., 1909-07-10
nen who graduated this year.

Congo, has at last found its way to
the white man and has killed 10 per
cent of the population.
Wonder how the children. like
showing their patriotism in a safe
and sane way?
A great many teachers are at Chey-
ney, Pennsylvania, attending summer
school. Professor Hugh NJ. Browne.
Principal.
The Anti-Cigarette Law, which
went into effect in the State of Wash
ington is eing rigidly enforced.
Good results are expected therefrom.
,, It is said that the Lily White Re-
Publicans of the State of Texas, head
ed by Colonel Cecil Lyons, has serv-
ed notice that Negroes retiring from
Federal jobs need not expect reap
pointment
The Georgia Railroad Arbitration
J Board decided that Negro fremen
will get the same pay as white FIRE
men for the same work. This may
mean a gradual elimination of the
Negro fremen.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission decided that the Southern
: railroads act within the law and there
is no discrimination. Where shall
we look for justice?
The monument erected to the
greatest colored poet, Paul Lawrence
| Dunbar, was unveiled last Saturday
at 3 o'clock, at Woodlawn Cemetery,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Governor Hadley of Missouri,
vetoed bill which would have pro-
hibited Negroes from wearing Elk
or Masonic pins.
! The National Medical Association
Of Negro Physicians will soon meet
/ in Boston. of which DR.. A. M. Cur
It's is chairman.
The New York Commercial says
that John Hays Hammond, the mining
engineer of New York, receives a
salary aggregating 100000 a year,
which is more than any other man
ever received for his personal ser
vices.
The big adjustment Fund.-" of
! 100000 for Lincoln Institute, Lex
ington, Kentucky, the proposed in
dustrial and normal training school
for colored pupils, to be established
in Kentucky, as an adjunct to Be
rean College, was completed Satur-
day, June 20. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
and Mrs. Russell Sage are the ,prin-
Cipal donors.
Senator Bradley's amendment con-
cerning duties on hemp and tow OF
hemp at two cents per pound, went
through smoothly on the Goth OF
June.
During one of the worst storms
that has visited Torrent, Kentucky,
four big oil tanks filled with crude
petroleum, were struck by lightning
and about $4,000 barrels of oil were
destroyed, together with a number OF
small buildings containing consider
able machinery, this being the loss OF
the Indian Refining Company.
Thomas L. Brooks, the well known
Negro contractor of Frankfort, Ken
tucky, was awarded the contract to
build the new Administration and
Trades Building, at the Kentucky
Normal and Industrial Institute for
colored Persons.
In proportion to wealth, Florida
pays more in pensions than any other
state The amount for the past fiscal
year being $73o,55.3I. This is a
heavy pension charge against al tax
able wealth of only $I55,9o3,23o
There was a bomb explosion in
Chicago which wrecked the rear Of
the Chicago Title and Trust Build
ing and damaged every structure in
the block. Several persons were in
| jured and loss of $4,000 was
caused.
w. Evans Dent, the nephew of Ben
eral L. S. Grant by marriage, was
shot by Alfred Cleveland Urlin, he
having committed suicide in San
Jose, California.
HE APOLOGIES
Greeneville, Miss. Saturday-The
communications given below. which