The Washington bee., 1910-01-22
PARAGRAPHIr' HEWs
Miss Gonevia B. Maxked

It is said the battle ship UtaE,
52I feet long. SO feet deep, is he
largest warship in the Americas
Navy.
Mr.. R. Nichols, owns GOO acres sf
fine farming lands, operates II-horss
farm and looks after the interest Of
I3 families who cultivate his soil
He is said to be the most prosperous
colored citizen of Chattooga COun-
| ty, North Ga.
Governor Haskell has appointed
colored woman, Miss Minnie A Tuz-
ley, Notary Public at Muscogee,
/ Okla.
The first colored woman to begin
regular practice in dentistry was
Gertrude E. Curtis of Bradford, Pa,
who graduated from the Philadelphia
Dental School with high honors.
The first concrete pier on the Pa
cifc Coast, has been completed re-
| Gently. Extending in a straigkt
line 1000 feet out into the PaciGc
| Ocean, this is the latest example in
wharf construction at Santa Monica,
and is said to be the largest in the
world
When the United States formally
occupied Porto Rico, which consists
of 10 islands, only about Is per csHt.
of the people could read and write
| Now, the per centage has increased
, to between IS and so, and about T.
: 700 public schools.
? The United States used last year,
, four thousand cords of wood in the
r manufacture of paper. The increase
: has been doubled in ten years.
? 1t is said the French Government
| has purchased another one of TsH
ner's pictures for its national gailer-
les. 1t will be remembered tkat
/ Henry Ossawa Tanner, is a colored
' American by birth.
= 1t is said letter has been sent to
President Taft by DR.. VIM. A. Sin
clair, President, and N. F. Mossell,
, secretary of the Constitutional
League, relative to "Jim Crowis#."
in the navy.
Mrs. Julia Hanley, who died the
last Monday in Cincinnati, Ohio, at
the age of III years, was slave on
the Beecher plantation, and was
brought to Cincinnati by Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe from which it is
said the famous author obtained
much of her material for Uncle
Toms Cabin"
Dr. John Shannon, pastor of the
1 Metropolitan Memorial NJ z.
2 Church, said: There is now one di-
vorce to every twelve marriages in
: the United States. The divorce rate
is increasing to such an extent that
- Our country leads in the ratio of di-
: vorces to marriages. We abhor
4 the polygamy of Mohammedan,
5 Syria, but we have to recognize the
/ fact that there is a progressive poly
, gamy practice today in certain por-
tions of American society.
= It is said that Arthur E. c. Middle
; ton, who has been selected by Presi-
, dent Taft as judge of the Police
Court TO succeed Judge Kimball, IS
D we'll qualified for the position, and
I will make one of the best judges
Washington has ever had, as he IS
an accomplished lawyer and in eY-
cry respect qualified to discharge his
duties.
lack Johnson, the champion heavy
weight, applied for a telephone Tor
his home, and was given number,
Douglas 1913 His friends are much
. disturbed that he should have accept
ed the number on account of the
omen connected with it.
Insanity is increasing in New
York State at the rate of 1000 per
sons a year, said Miss Mary Clark, in
addressing the State Charities Aid
Association of which she is secretary.
i. In October I, 1909, there were 3o,-
48o insane patients in fifteen hos
pitals.
/ For the first time in the history,
| the United States Government is ts
officially recognize the birthday OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee The Treasury
j Department has announced that Or
ders have been issued to the collec-
tor of customs at Newport News, to
close the custom house on an. I9,