The Washington bee., 1910-11-05
PARAGRAPH|C NEWS
(By Miss G. B. Maxfeldl

Colored women of North Carolina
nave pledged themselves to raise Ssoo
L0r the building of an Alexander
GnaPeI, to be erected at BrewerviJle
be $1,000 VIII
The famous University of Toulouse
france, founded in the 18th century
was swept by fire. The loss to the
oulIding IS estimated to be at LEAST
9I'Oooooo, but the loss from the de-
Structlon OF rare works of art. hooks
OF medicine, antiquities and medical
Work can never be replaced.
| Inc 4ISth anniversary of the dis
CoEery OF America was celebrated the
I2th day OF October in Massachusetts
in Providence, R. l., a monument to
Columbus was erected.
In the technical schools Of FupIand
are taught shoe manufacturing. OWING
10 increased interest in industrial ed
ucation. A factory has been fitted orr
with over so of the latest machines
loaned by firms in the country. The
zee 1or the session is 4 shillings. or
William H. Lewis, of Cambridoo
Mass, assistant district attorney a.
boston and acting chief of the RTreau
OF Examination for Naturalization ac-
cordIng to reports, is to be appointed
| assistant United States Attornev
| John A. Smith, a stakeholder and
qeposItor in the Galilean Fisbprmen's
BANK at Hampton, Va, has asked fbat
II De placed in the hands of receivers
/ % Il mas Deen mlsmanaged for a num-
Der OF years, and that it is witbort
means of meeting its obligations.
In the presence of several thousand
survivors and friends of the Irish bri-
Sade, which participated in the battfe
OF gettysburg, memorial statue IN
their Chaplain, the Rev Father VIII
ian Corby. was dedicated the Goth of
last month.
Iwenty-six Chinese students are
enrolled at the Massachusetts Tnstit,,to
OF Technology, as figures of the req
iSter which has been made public will
snow, nine OF which are studying naval
architecture. q
+ ans are being formulated bv the
trustees of the Southern Industrial
Edt. .cational Association for the men
Ia Improvement of the illiterates in
the mountains Of Southern States.
secretary MacVeagh, in explaining
why colored man was not appointed
to NIL a vacancy created in the Trese-
ury Department, said that the division
cluets IN the Treasury are liz fbr CIas-
slhed service and that they are select
ed on merit
a campaign against profanity has
been 1naugurated by the Interdenon-
national Bible College of this civ
There will be a house-to-house ca1-
vas among the colored people AMONG
the slums, asking them not to take
the name Of the Lord in vain and to
solicit their help against the increas,
ing profanity among the young peo-
iple. Po0
} The True Reformers' Savings Rank
OF Richmond, Va, is now in the hands
OF the receivers. The receiversbin
follows closely upon the forced ah-
dIcatlon OF Kew. w. L. Taylor as head
OF the insurance department. which
seems to have been in close connec-
ton with the bank.
= Col. Theodore Roosevelt celebrated
his SD birthday the 27th of last
) month by hard work and speech-maL-
ing, as usual
According to the order made public
by the PostoffiCe Department. a ner-
son must voluntarily ask for a recent
from the addressee for registered
matter, as no formal notification of
2 delivery will be sent through the
mails. '0
The inventory of the estate of the
late Samuel Clemens, better known as
$45o,ooo. ''-Ou d
Since her acquittal on the charge of
oelng accessory after the fact to the
: murder of Bell ElmOre, Miss Ethel
keneVe has received 10 offers of mar
riage. -''@'
, The State Convention of the w. c.
|. u, which met in Hutchinson. Kan.
mas pledged sufficient money to place
. Bible and hymnbook in the hands
+ OF every man on the battleship Kan
Sas, Mrs. Mary Sibbitt, of Wichita.
5 reported that there was no Chaplain
| on board this battleship.
IL mas been announced that the
= Board OF Trustees of Howard Univer-
SIty has declined TO sell property for
t the site of Normal School No. ?. The
= authorities wish to retain all proper
: ty with a view to Improvement. They
! nave bought more land, including an
old mansion and grounds formerly
owned by Gen. Howard
The first Roman Catholic church en-
{ tirely for Colored Americans in Mis-
! souri, was established in Kansas City
last week. The church was made pos
sible by gift of $1,000 by Katherine
; Drexel, of Philadelphia, mother su-
perior of a Catholic order.
Carnegie Commission honors two
; Washingtonians, Miss Mary R. Brown.
nurse, who lost her life in an at
. tempt to save Martin l. Sterling
while delirious. Mrs. Brown, mother
of the young lady, is to receive a sill
yer medal and $50 month for life.
The second, Justin Mccarthy, is to
, get bronze medal and $4,000 to com
plete his education for rescuing Miss
/ Lowd from drowning.
= Mrs. E. H. Hartman, in behalf of
: her late husband and herself, has
given 10000 acres to be developed
into a majestic park.