The Washington bee., 1910-11-26
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
(By Miss G. B. Maxfeld.)

Auditor Ralph w. Tyler has offered
$50 as a prize for essay writing TO col
Ored students, members OF Junior and
senior classes in American colleges.
The subject IS The Negro's place in
the present industrial DEVELOPMENT
OF the South" Mr.. Tyler is ALWAYS
doing something good.
The United Hebrew Charities AssO-
c1atlon presented to its retiring presi-
dent, Isaac L. BlOut, a testimonial of
appreciation of his Is years of service
IN that capacity. A tablet on which is
engraved set of resolutions ADOPT
ed by the Association expressing ap-
probation was presented by Rabbi
Simon.
AT an informal meeting of the Civic
Association of this city plans were
outlined to do away with unsightly
signs and billboards. A plan was also
suggested for the placing of the busts
OF the Presidents and Vice Presidents
along the line of 10th street.
RandOlph-Macon Woman's College,
having raised S4S,ooo for a dormitory
and gymnasium, has just received a
check for $4,000 from Andrew Car
negie, who promised to round out a
100000 fund.
Mr.. J. c. Carpenter, a railroad con-
tractor, bequeathed $4,000 to the Or
phanage Asylum for the State of Viz
ginia.
The resignation of Associate Justice
William H. Moody, of the Supreme
Court OF the United States, has been
accepted. This has reduced the num-
Der on the bench TO seven. Ill health
was the cause of him resigning. Pres
ident Taft has not announced the
name of his successor; neither the sue
cessOr to Chief Justice Fuller.
The busts of Col Roosevelt and
Vice President Fairbanks have been
received at the Capitol, to be placed
among the Vice Presidents in the Sen
ate Chamber. On account of lack of
room, both Col. Roosevelt and Mr..
Fairbanks will be placed at the main
entrance opposite each other
The MOhiCan Oil and Gas Company
OF Toledo, Ohio, which furnishes nat
ural gas to II towns, will be sold Dec.
2I, under foreclosures of a mortgage
held by the Fidelity Trust Company
of Philadelphia. The lowest bid to be
~OIAoANNACN - P8JJ OO5OOO.
Prof. Herman Y. Hilprecht, whose
Babylonian discoveries aroused such
fierce controversies in the scientific
world few years ago, has resigned
from the faculty Of Pennsylvania Uni
versity.
More than 100000 has been spent
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor, according to a statement made
by Secretary Nagel at a banquet in
Cincinnati.
United States soldiers who are over
taken with illness in the Philippine
Islands in the future will be treated at
BagulO, in the Island of Luzon, where
the government maintains a sanitari-
um. instead of being brought home.
The population of the State of Kan
sas IS 100000, according to the sta
tlst1cs of the 18th census, made public
by Director Durand
George Gates, a G. A. r. veteran, of
San Jose, who invented the concrete
railroad tie, will get $I7OOOOOO. A
syndicate of Eastern railroads has
bought Gates patent rights.
A painting by Paul VerOnese, the
sixteenth century master, pOrtraying
4hdlo anu CHuS DOullu ny Nupiuy IDS
just been acquired by the Metro
! pOlitan Museum of Art in New York
1t was at one time in the collection
! of Queen Christina of Sweden
At the request of the District Elec-
| trio Railway Commission, legislation
which will result in a general clean
! ing up of the electric cars used in the
District is being considered by the
| Interstate Commerce Commission.
Minnie Pickett, believed to be the
smallest person in the world, died at
! her home in Canyonville, Ore. She
was I3 years of age and weighed ID
pounds.
A loving cup for the first Washing
ton amateur aviator who can success
fully fly ali aeroplane, of any make
or design, over 5 miles, was offered
by Mrs. Kate ]. Boeckh, of I44o w
street northwest.
Judge Selden P. Spencer, of St.
Louis, Mo, addressed the Y. NJ. c. A.
at the National Theater last Sunday.
He impressed all who heard him that
the Sacred Book" should be read by
everyone.