The Washington bee., 1910-12-17
PARAGRAPH|C NEWS
(By Miss G. B. Maxheld.)

1t is said Prof. w. S. Scarborough,
of Wilberforce University, has been
invited to become member of the
| Authors Club, an exclusive London
organization.
Chief Wagner, of the Fire Depart
| ment of this city, received a check
! for $Ioo from Henry Xander, of ooo
Seventh street northwest, for the Fire
mems Relief Association, and congrat-
ulating them for their efficient work
in extinguishing the flames which
started at Jackson Brothers last week.
John Rauch Democratic County
Clerk-elect, has included, it IS stated,
in his appointments William H. Nor
ris, colored, to be Complete Record
Clerk. Mr.. Morris formerly lived in
Louisville, KY, and is active IN pol
itics.
The twentieth annual session of the
Tuskegee Negro Conference will con-
lvene at Tuskegee Institute Jan. Is
and 10 Several topics Of interest
along agricultural lines will be dis
cussed.
The Salvation Army in Harrisburg,
Pa, draws the color line A disabled
colOred man, who was a stranger in
the NilGy Was lultlC0 away VIII the
statement that their home was for
white men alone. Woe for such
hypocrisy.
. Three hundred and thirty-hve acres
of land are being purchased to erect
an industrial and normal school for
colored youths in Atlanta, Ga.
| According to his sworn statement
which has been filed in court, B. H.
Warner, Jr., expended $2,o76.68 dur
ing his political campaign as Repub-
lican candidate for Congress from
Maryland.
Associate Justice Edward Douglass
White, of the United States Supreme
. Court, Democrat and former Con-
federate General, is to be elevated to
the Chief Justiceship of that Tribunal.
James S. Sherman, Vice President
| of the United States, was elected
Chancellor of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute to succeed the late Chief Justice
, Fuller, at the annual meeting of the
; Board of Regents.
Hampton Institute received $26O,75O
from the estate of the late Miss Alice
: Byington, of StoCkbridge, Mass.
/, The assessors of Richmond, Va, re-
port property to the value of $2,5oo,-
600 owned in the city by colOred peo-
pie.
Mr.. Edward G. Lawrence is arrang-
: ing to present to the public colOred
. business directory of Nashville. The
: directory will also contain the names
: of all the colored churches and a cal
. endar for 1911.
: The Masons of Oklahoma have ar
ranged to build $4,000 building at
Boley.
The gift of 100000 for the further
enlargement and strengthening of the
teaching force of Dartmouth College
: from Edward Tuck, of Paris, a grad
: uate of Dartmouth in the class of
J. 1862, has been announced by Ernest
}. Fox Nichols, President of the insti-
J tuition.
d Judge Keogh, of the Supreme Court
of White Plains, n. Y, adjourned the
court so as to attend the funeral of
: an old nanny, Dinah Hicks, who died
Il at the age of 10 years She had been
in the employ of Judge Keogh for
u over 80 years.
{ A medal of honor was presented
by President Taft to William E
{ Snyder, of South Bethlehem, Pa, for
. rescuing a seaman who had fallen
e overheard in Hampton Roads last
y January.
y Senator CulIom introduced a bill
u proposing a 100000 memorial tc
j. Abraham Lincoln, to be erected in this
e city. According to the bill, Lincoln
u Memorial Committee, composed o.
y President Taft, Senator Wetmore anC
} Representative Mccall, will be named
II John Hammond Hays, the Ameri
can mining engineer and promoter
is in ST Petersburg. He is there II
the interest of a financial American
lc group to investigate the pOssibilitIe!
i for the investment of American cap
IS ital in Russia
g Booker T. Washington, in an ad
E dress to a white congregation in New
N York, said: "The friction between the
whites and blacks IS all on the sur
T. face. There is a fair play in tht
American people, whether the person
z be white or black"
,. John w Hunt, the multimillion
5; aire, better known as the Turpentin'
S; King, having laid the foundation o
his fortune in that business, died las
N week in Dallas, Tex.
K It was rumored that Andrew Car
r. negie is about TO announce the gift o
ut $Io,ooo,ooo to some international or
ganization.
Civil Engineer r. E. Peary, the dis
IL coverer of the north pole, has deposit
er ed in the National Museum the media
/; which was awarded him by the Ma
le tional Geographic Society of this city
r, and medal from the Royal Geo
II, graphical Society of London
Notwithstanding numerous protest.
ye filed with the Commissioners by busi
ce ness interests, the proposed ordinanc,
5; requiring all horse-drawn vehicles t.
r carry lights will go into effect, as tht
n; Commissioners are firm in their de
s, cision.
V. Hookworm has been discovered il
Chinese, Hindus and other immigrant
il from the Far East arriving on the Pa
8. oifc coast. A rigid inspection ha
1e been established at San Francisco an,
other Pacific ports, IS the Publi
Health and Marine Hospital SerVic
regards the situation as critical.
II All Mexico City ceased work las
Ie, week to worship at the Shrine of tn
AZ Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint 0
81 the Republic 1t IS said nearly 10000