The Washington bee., 1910-02-12
PARAGRAPItIlc 4EH's;
BY

Uncle John Ramsey, II9 years oh,
was said to have been the oldest pa
son in Ohio, died at the County Ia
frmary died last week. Ramsey WIS
slave, but escaped forty years be
fore the Civil War, went to OberKH
later became historic, as he asSisted
many slaves through the undsr-
ground railway system
1t is said North Carolina has .Ast
had lynching for two years. Gov
ernor Kitchin is very much gratihoi
There is always room for improve
ment.
It is stated that more than 2,oo@
white and colored men and wOmea
have been held in a state of peonase
on cotton plantations in Burlesoz,
Texas, and have suffered the sever
est cruelties. Forty witnesses are
prepared to give their testimony.
According to statements, Iooos
people turned out to greet Capt. Jos
eph F. Ship, who had just been re
leased from jail in this city wheEe
he had been serving a sentence for
allowing the lynching of Ed JohnsOa
in Tenn.
DR.. Gertrude f. Curtis, who grad
uated from the New York College
of Dental and Oral Surgery in May
| 1900, has the distinction of being the
first colored woman to get a license
to practice dentistry in New York,
also the first to be appointed n
charge of dental clinic in BelleVxe
Hospital.
The IoIst birthday of Abraham
Lincoln will be celebrated at the
First Congregational Church. The
meeting will be conducted by the G.
A. r.
President Taft will make the wei
coming address at the opening of the
"World's Sunday School Congress"
which convenes in this city May
10Th, and will be in session until
May 24th. This convention viii be
attended by thousands of men womeR
and children connected with church
work throughout the civilized world
The meeting will be held in Convex
ron Hall
There is mitch interest in scieE-
tifc circles in this city in the prOpOe-
ed partnership in South pole ex-
pedition between the National Geo
graphic Society and the Peary Artic
Club. Although no definite actioE
: has yet been taken by the board of
managers of the Geographic SOcie
Ig.
1t IS said few books have arOused
so bitter a controversy pro and con a.
! THE Southerner," which has re
Gently been published. There is d
strong tendency on the part of the
larger majority of its commentators
to treat the book as a history instead
/ Of fiction.
The main building OF the Della
ware River Steel Company, formerly
the Tidewater Steel Company has
been destroyed by FIRE. The loss IS
estimated at 100000, and the build
ing containing the machine shop.
blast furnace and dynomo room were
all destroyed
| The funeral services of Mrs, Hat
tie z. Buell., who had been actively
engaged in literary work, since early
| girlhoOd; her song composition
| Child of the King" has been exten-
sively used throughout the country
at religious meetings, was buried this
week, after brief illness.
Joseph c. Waters, president OF
the Potomac Savings Bank Of
! Georgetown left an estate valued at
about $4,000. The real estate IS
valued at $24, 900 and personal prop
erty valued 1T $3I5,ooO.
Plans are being prepared to have
a 9o-mile subway in Chicago, so as
to relieve the congested traffic sys-
TENS. Rough estimates are that the
subway will cost from $8o,Ooo.oOo to
| SIoO,OOo,ooO.
The first meeting OF the Interde-
nominational Evangelical Alliance of
the colored clergy, of the District Of
i Columbia, was held Monday evening
Among the speakers were, Capt Oy-
ster and Hon. r. A. Ballinger, secre-
tary of the Department of Interior.