The Washington bee., 1910-07-02
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
By Miss @. B. Maxfeld

The War Department has made
, arrangements to erect a Confederate
cemetery near St Mary's County, Md.
! The entire cost will not exceed
$4,000.
The crusade of the Health Depart
ment against uncleanliness in business
| houses and food adulterations is be-
ing continued with vigor.
! Commissioner Rudolph entered on
the second half century OF his life
Sunday. We hope he will have as
many more years of usefulness and
! good service in the future as in the
past
Fifty-eight cotton mills in North
/ Carolina will shut down for four
weeks in July and August. This will
/ cause 100000 Splndles idle and about
1, 100000 pounds of yarn and cloth
! off the market weekly. This has been
done to lower the price of cotton.
Secretary MacVeagh, of the Treas
ury Department, now that the fiscal
/ year of the government ends with
the close OF business, June 80, has ex-
pressed himself as we'll satisfied with
the operations Of his department.
I AccOi ding to the statement made
by Collector Rogers, there is 100000
worth of personal property due the
! District. He intends to collect the
money or have the property seized
and sold
Boston IS preparing for a mission
ary exhibit May, 1911. 1t is to be
known as The World in Boston" 1t
IS said 500 churches and o. religious
organizations are interested.
Prof. Kelley Miller, of Howard Uni
versity, delivered an address on Race
/ Loyalty in New Orleans, La, last
week
An entire mountain top of 1000
acres, having an altitude of 5000, was
the birthday gift Mortimer r. Proctor
received from his father, Ex-Governor
Proctor, of Vermont.
Prof. Cyrus Thomas, a well-known
scientist, long connected with the Blu
reau of American Ethnology, and
who for thirty years devoted himself
! to research of the early inhabitants
of this country, died last Sunday.
! The enumeration of the Indian pop
ulatiOn of the thirteenth decennial
census will probably be the last time
! tribal relation will be shown 1t IS
( calculated all red men will have be-
| come citizens IN ten years hence
| Col ROOSevelt's first public utter
ance in this city, it is said will be
| about November 18th, at Convention
! hall, opening the fall lecture course of
/ the National Geographical Society.
President Taft heads the list of sub
scrbers to a movement to erect a
national memorial to Edward Everett
/ n lat oh % - I
States Senate. in Boston, Mass.
! 1t is said "The Linley," the Dry Air"
and other processes recently invented
have made it possible to send meats
from Australia and South America to
the London market perfectly sweet
and fresh.
In 1896 there were 2,758,I54 women
agricultural laborers in Germany. In
1907 the number of women engaged
IN such pursuits had risen to 4so8, ,Q86.
! Sergeant Dean, who has a record of
twenty-five years of good service, has
been appointed the new lieutenant and
commander of the harbor precinct.
Miss Sara o. Henderson, who
brought suit against the Hillcrest Hos
pital, at Pittsfield, Mass, won her
suit for $1,000 against the hospital for
! drawing the color line.
| Dr. Booker T. Washington has writ
ten an article for the American Mag
aziEe, reviewing the work being done
/ by Bert Williams, the ColOred come
dian. Williams has come to be one
of the highest priced vaudeville artists
/ in the country.
1t is said Joe Cans, the cOlored pu-
gilist, who won the lightweight cham
pionship in 1902, and held it until
1907 is dying of tuberculosis in Ari-
| zOna.
According to "The Chicago Defend
| er," the Southern whites formed an
organization in Illinois, and presented
eight bills to the legislature, which
had for their object the separation of
the races in the State.
A monument to DR.. Horace II. Hay
den, a founder of the first dental col
lege in the world, and founder and
president of the Academy of Dental
Surgeons, was unveiled last week.
Weighing 4I0 pounds, the first bale
of the cotton crop of 1910 was sold at
auction for S375.
In accordance with a promise, Presi-
dent Taft opened the Industrial Ex-
position, at Detroit, Mich, by press
ing a button in this city. The ex-
hibit exceeds $I,5oO,oO in value.
According to Justice Brown, former
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, 'the preparations of war" is
the best assurance of peace.
The Christian Citizenship Depart
ment Of the Interdenominational
Bible College was addressed by Mrs.
Anna Cooper, former principal of NJ
Street High School, on Proper Con-
duct in Public Places"
Mr.. Roscoe c. Bruce has suggested
a "Monotechnic School" for colored
children in this city. A building cost
ing about $25o,ooo, where industrial
trades could be taught, will be of
great benefit to the race.
There seems to be general objection
to certain textbooks in the schools, as
it is said they are contrasting the
life of Lincoln and Lee, and putting
both on the same plane of devotion
to duty and patriotism.
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