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The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
Natnonal Negro Business League.


The eleventh annual meeting-the
tenth auHiversary-Of the National
Negro Business League will be held
in New York City, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, August 18TH, 18th and
10Th, 1910.
The Palm Garden, $50 East 58th
Street, near Lexington Avenue, a cen
trally located and cOmmodius building,
has been secured for the meetings.
Addresses of welcome will be made,
among others. by His Honor, Mayor
William J. Gaynor, and Hon. Charles
w. Anderson, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Second District of
New York City. In addition to those
who will speak representing negro
business enterprises throughout the
country are Hon. George MCAneny,
Borough President of Manhattan; Mr..
Oswald Garrison Willard editor New
York Evening Post, and Mr. Jacob w.
Mack. a responsible manufacturer of
New York City.
Ample accommodations are being
arranged by the Local Negro Business
League of New York for delegates in
tending to be present Those plan
ming to be present are urgently re
quested to send notice of such inten-
ton to Mr. B. F. Thomas, 2I3 West
SD Street. New York City, or to Mr..
Fred r. Moor, chairman of the Com
mittee of Arrangements, 247 West
46th Street, New York City. The HO-
tel Maceo has been selected by the
Local League of New York City as
convention headquarters.
On the social side, every possible
arrangement for the comfort and
pleasure Of the delegates will be pro-
vided, including a reception to visiting
ladies ON Thursday afternoon, August
18th. by the Negro Woman's Business
League of Greater New York On
Friday evening, August 18th, at seven
o'clock. banquet and reception will
be rendered the delegates at Grand
Central Palace, Lexington Avenue and
43d Street. which has been specially
secured for the occasion. by the Local
Negro Business League of New York
CITY For Saturday. August Goth, at
one o'clock. a larUe steamer has been
chartered for the purpose of giving
the delegates a boat ride up the East
and Hudson rivers Many private en-
tertainment- of one kind and another
are also already being arranged for the
afternoons of the three days session
Mr.. Cyrus Field Adams. transporta-
ton agent, G24 + Street, \. w. Wash
ingtou. D. c. will cooperate in any
wav possible with city or State dele
cations in making transportation ar
rangements. Mr. Adams has already
secured rate Of a fare and three
ifths for the round trip on the Ger
tihcate plan, from the Trunk Line As
sociation, which includes all of the
territory west of New England and
north of the Potomac to the Missis-
sippi River. and from the Southeastern
Passenger Association, which includes
all of the territory south of the Ohio
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
ST. AIMS Academy.

The ninth annual commencement OF
St AIMS Academy was held June
2Sth. 4 very interesting musical pro-
gram was rendered.
There were no graduates this year
at the school, as only small children
were admitted Father Point-Gevigne
delivered the address of the evening,
giving helpful and timely advice to
the young. as well as the parents, tell
ing them the necessity of depriving
themselves in order to give the chill
dTen a good religious, as well as edu-
CatiOual, training.
ST AIMS Academy IS controlled en-
tirely by colored Catholic Sisters. The
little children who attend this school
will indeed be an honor to the col
ored American race if they follow the
Instructions they receive in this in
stitution of learning. From the rem
dering of the program, It showed the
Sisters of the Academy had spent un-
firing efforts in the training OF the
children
Mrs l. \. Mathews, who is doing a
great work among the COlOred people
of that section, and assistant instructor
in music. also deserves great credit, as
the musical part of the program. rem
dered by little Miss Francis Wilson,
was entirely under her supervision.
The Bee wishes there were more such
schools and women in this city. May
success only crown their efforts.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
True Reformer Notes.

Friday night, July 8th, Mrs Rosa
Thompson, the Grand Worthy Mis-
tress Of the Grand Fountain. United
Order Of True Reformers. installed
1000 officers of the eighty-four Foun-
tains, and forty-eight Rosebud Nur-
series in the main auditorium OF the
True Reformers' Hall The ladies were
all dressed in spotless white, and pre-
sented a most beautiful sight as they
took part in the installation march,
led by Mrs Rosa Thompson. w. r.
Grifin's (Chief of the True Re
formers) report showed that he col
leCted from all sources in the past ten
months, $4,000 Several hundred new
members have been added. More than
$1,000 have been paid in death claims
in the District since the first Of jan
uary, 1910.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
Doing Something.

The greatest enterprise in town to-
day is the automobile establishment
known as the Sightseeing Automobile
& Investment Co, at zoos 3Ist Street,
\. w. Mr.. w. r. Griffin IS the man
ager of this enterprise, and he IS Civ
ing this city what no other man has
given. The people, irrespective of
color, are privileged to hire an auto
mobile or to ride in any of those sight
seeing cars. Hundreds of dollars of
stock have been sold by this company
Now IS the time to invest.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
MAJOR SYLVESTER .GOod Work OF Citizens
Howard Park Citizens Association.

Howard Park Citizens Association.
AT the regular monthly meeting of
the Howard Park Citizens Associa-
ton, held at Rov. Wisemans church,
Monday evening, a report submitted
by Mrs. Pelham, chairman of the
Tyler Prize Competition, showed that
the entire neighbOrhOod had become in
terested in the cause advocated by
said committee, namely, the beautify-
ing of the yards and gardens and the
Improvement Of the sanitary COndi-
tiOns around the homes. In many
places where there is no yard or gar
den. this interest has shown itself in
the fixing of flower and plant boxes In
windows and the careful cultivation
of these for beautifying the homes.
Back yards had been cleared of rub
bish, and the beginnings Of small flow
er gardens had made their appearance
instead. The competition seemed to
be keenest among the children, many
of whom had invited the chairman to
come and inspect their little gardens.
The report showed that Auditor Ty-
Ter had conferred a very real benefit
upon both the neighbOrhood and COM
munity at large through the awak-
ened inretest which his generous offer
has inspired
A lively discussion grew out of a
resolution offered by the vice-presi-
dent, Mr.. H. Z. Baker, endorsing the
selection of the Balloch property as
the site of the new normal school No.
2 Mr.. Baker, in presenting his resO-
luton, stated that while it was far
more preferable for many reasons to
have the cOlOred normal school given
a more central location, and one re
mote from the gathering places of
large numbers of young men, such as
take place at Howard University and
the Medical School, yet the limitations
of the act apprOprIatlng the $4,000 for
the purchase of a site for the school,
narrowed the selection down to some
one Of the sites near Howard UnIver-
sity. And as the Balloch property
was the best of these sites in location,
situation, altitude and accessibility, he
wanted the Association to commend
the selection of that site by the school
authorities This proposition was Op-
posed by Mr. Hilyer, Mr.. Pelham and
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
Good for Nj Dauennort-

The Bee, as well as the entire col
ored American race, always had the
highest respect and confidence in
Commissioner Of Pensions Davenport.
He is one of the old guard who be
lieves in equality of citizenship and
knows no man by the color Of his
skin
David A. Lane. no doubt one Of the
brightest and one Of the most deserv-
ing men in the coIored American race,
has just been promoted from Class ? to
Class 3 at a salary Of $1,000 DR.. Lane
IS a competent man. and only his rec
ord won for him this deserving pro-
motion. DR. Lane Is a quiet and unas-
Stunning man who has the confidence Of
his superior officers. The Bee extends
its congratulations because he started
at the foot Of the ladder and won by
merit alone.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

others on the ground that it was
wholly repugnant to all notions OF tlt-
ness and prOpriety to have girls nor
NAL school located anywhere III the
neighborhoOd of large congregations
of young men; that it opened up pos
sibilities for trouble, and needlessly
exposed the young girl students. They
were in favor Of taking some steps to
bring the matter strongly to the atten-
ton of the authorities and to Con-
gress, if need be, to the end that some
Site be selected where these objection
able conditions do not exist. The
resolution was laid on the table, but
the discussion showed how deeply the
neighborhood is aroused on the sub
ject
Mr.. Baker presented the following
resolution on the JohnSOn-J eftrles
fight. which was unanimously adopted
Resolved, That while the Howard
Park Citizens Association desires to
be counted always on the side of pub
lie decency, public morals and the pro-
motion of the public welfare in all
proper ways, it IS equally desIrOuS OF
standing up for public justice and for
the application of its principles to pub
lie and private affairs alike, without
Limitations as to race, and without sub
servience to prejudice in any form.
Resolved, That in our opinion the
underlying reason for the great hue
and cry now being raised throughout
the country against the public exhibit
ton of the pictures showing the John
SON Jeffries glove contest at Reno, on
Tulv 4th. is found not in any high
sense Of public decency, nor in any
high regard for the public welfare, but
almost altogether in cringlng sub
servienCy to race prejudice and IN an
unmanly acquiescence in that form of
its expression.
Resolved, That this Association
could find it far easier to subscribe
to the present widespread sentiment
against the exhibition of said pictures
if the same persons and papers who
are now loudest in their opposition to
the pictures could be found at any
time, past or present, lifting their
voices against the reign OF mob v1O-
lence that has been waged, and IS now
being waged, so relentlessly through
out our country against one particular
class of our citizens, and the horrors
of which are reproduced by phonO-
graph and moving pictures under the
authority Of law in the city of Wash
ington; or if the authorities of this
and other cities had been equally zeal
GUS of the public welfare when they
were asked-and refused-to prohibit
the play of The Clansman," a com
position whose sole reason for ex-
istence is its power to stir the worst
passions of one race against another.
The Entertainment Committee,
through its chairman, Mrs Alma
Scott. reported plans for a lawn fete
on Tuesday afternoon, August ?, for
the benefit of the Association. Par
ticulars will be published later.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
Alexandria District M. E. Church

Kew. W. {. Thompson, District Su-
perintendent, has just completed his
first round of the district this confer
ence year and reports the work in very
good shape Grand rallies are being
conducted, special summer meetings
are planned, and the outlook points to
a very successful year in the district.
Last year, in this district, were
added $50 members to the church.
There was raised an increase of 5000
OF benevolent money over the previous
year. Three new church cOngrega-
tons were organized, together with
five new Sunday-schOols. Five new
church buildings were erected and ff-
teen were repaired. Rev. Thompson
hopes to surpass this record this year.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

and Potomac and east of the Missis-
sippi rivers. These two associations
include the most important parts Of
the country from which the larger part
of the delegates come. Especial. at
tention is directed, however, 20 the
low rats which are granted each year
for the month of August for tourists
going north. Delegates are especially
urged to inform themselves Of the Of
ferings IN their territory.
Further information, if desired, may
be secured from:
Booker T. Washington, president
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
]. c. Napier, chairman Executive
Committee, Napier Court, Nashville,
Tenn.
Emmett J. Scott, corresponding sec
retary, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

!makes no reflection on the Board of
Education, but there are three places
that should be filled by other persons
in the colored schools The assistant
superintendent should be filled by a
man who Is in strict harmony with
the teachers, the two normal schools
should have new heads, No. ? and
kindergarten No. ?. This unrest in
the coiored public schools will CON
tinue as long as the present heads are
permitted 10 remain. There Is already
a petition being circulated which will
be presented to the Board of Educa-
ton requesting immediate change in
the head of the ColOred schools. The
Baptist ministers Union will also pre-
sent a petition to the Board Of Educa-
ton requesting a change. This petit
ton will be followed by other denomi-
nations
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
AN UNJUST ACT
ANOTHER SCHOOL BLUNDER.
An Z Teacher Transferred and De-
moted-Matter Before the Board
of Education

Miss O. I. Kinner, one Of the best
known teachers IN the public colored
schools, whose record stands in the Z
mark. has been transferred and re-
duced to make room for Mr.. F. l..
Cordozo, the business manager Of the
Teacher, the organ OF Assistant Super
intendent Bruce. Mr.. w. Calvin
Chase, who has been retained as the
attorney for Miss Kinner, has laid the
matter before the President OF the
Board of Education, through its Pres
ident. Mr.. w c. Cox. This Is another
one of the many acts of injustice to
teachers III the schools which is an
evidence Of the unrest that exists
among the COlOred teachers. The Bee
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

The British government has no
power to prevent the exhibition of
pictures of the Johnson-J Jeffries fight,
according to a statement which Win
ston Churchill, the Secretary Of State
for Home Affairs, made.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
By Miss @. B. Maxheld

DR.. w. {. B. Du Bois, the foremost
negro sociologist, has accepted the po-
sition as Director OF Publicity and Re
search for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

A contract has been taken by the
Conkey Company, publishers, for l.
100000 copies OF Roosevelt in Africa,
for Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

The determination OF the District
Commissioners not to permit the ex-
hlbltion of the Jeffries-J Johnson prize
fight pictures, seems to have met with
popular approval
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

An outbreak of yellow fever near
Port Limon, Costa Rica, has alarmed
the banana importers of the United
States, and threatens to result IN
heavy loss for the United States Fruit
Company.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Now that Halley's comet has come
and gone, Teddy Roosevelt has safely
returned to America, and Johnson has
defeated Jeffries, what will be the next
great attraction?
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Maharaja Gaekwar, the absolute
ruler of 100000 Indian subjects, was
arrested in New Rochelle, n Y, for
excessive automobile speeding.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

John d. Rockefeller celebrated his
7Ist birthday anniversary with an auto
ride and a game of golf.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Oil-drilling operations and other
outdoor work in localities along sec
tions of the Gulf Coast, have been
temporarily suspended on account OF
the voracious swarms of mosquitoes
which prey upon the men.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Statistics of the Suez Canal show
that 1895 vessels passed through
NINE-BEE
there in 1000. And the receipts of the
canal company IN 1909 amounted to
SEE, ,3SS,ooO5 against $2O,03I,236 in
1908.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

At a recent meeting, $4,000 was
pledged by the labor unions of this
city to wage war of defense against
the non-uniOn or Open-shOp move
ment, IN the District
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

The leaf tobacco houses of Rich
mond, are closed for the season. 1t is
estimated that about $4,000 pounds of
dark leaf tobacco was sold.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

A Chicago paper says that it is un-
certain whether St Louis, Boston or
Baltimore will be the fourth city in
the country in population.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

The St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
Church, where General Grant wor-
SHIPPED in the early '7os, in Long
Branch, n. J., celebrated its golden
anniv this week.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

The first street letter boxes were
erected in March, 1855.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

EX-President Roosevelt has been
elected a trustee of Tuskegee Insti-
tute.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Mr.. S. D. Freeman, white man,
was lynched in Rayville, La, by the
white mob.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Criticism of several of the oldest and
most familiar hymns in the Protestant
churches was offered by the Quakers
now in conference in Asbury Park.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Under the terms OF the will Of Mel
vile w. Fuller, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States,
his estate is estimated to amount TO
nearly SI,OOo.OOO
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

One Of the most solemn funeral oC-
casiOns in East Tennessee was that
of Representative Walter Preston
Brownlow. The magnificent Soldiers
Home, where Mr. Brownlow was
buried, came through his untiring ef-
forts, and that alone will be an en-
during monument to him.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Johann Gottfried Gale, a German
astronomer, who was the first obser-
yer Of the planet Neptune, died last
week
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

Representative BarthOldt, Of Mis-
souri,, and the United German sOcie-
ties OF this city propose to make the
unveiIing Of the Steuben monument in
Lafayette Square next November
memGrabIe event.
The Washington bee., 1910-07-16

ride and game of golf
The determination OF the District
Commissioners not to permit the ex-
hlbition of the Jeffries-J Johnson prize
fight pictures, seems to have met with
popular approval
Statistics of the Suez Canal show
that 1895 vessels passed through
NINE-BEE.
there in 1000. And the receipts Of the
canal company in 1900 amounted to
$22, 388,ooo3 against $2o,93I,236 in
1908.
Ex-President Roosevelt has been
elected a trustee of Tuskegee Insti-
tute.
A Chicago paper says that it is un-
certain whether St. Louis, Boston or
Baltimore will be the fourth city in
the country in population.
An outbreak of yellow fever near
Port Limon, Costa Rica, has alarmed
the banana importers of the United
States, and threatens to result IN
heavy loss for the United States Fruit
Company.
At a recent meeting, $4,000 was
pledged by the labor unions of this
city to wage war of defense against
the nOn-uniOn or Open-shop move
ment, in the District
Maharaja Gaekwar, the absolute
ruler of 100000 Indian subjects, was
arrested III New Rochelle n. Y, for
! excessive automobile speeding.
Mr.. S. D. Freeman, a white man,
was lynched in Rayville, La, by the
white mob.
Oil-drilling operations and other
outdoor work in localities along sec
tions of the Gulf Coast, have been
temporarily suspended on account OF
the voraclOus swarms of mosquitoes
which prey upon the men.
The first street letter boxes were
erected in March, 1855.
The leaf tobacco houses of Rich
mond, are closed for the season. 1t IS
estimated that about $4,000 pounds of
, dark leaf tobacco was sold.
The St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
Church, where General Grant wor-
SHIPPED in the early '7os, in Long
Branch, n J., celebrated its golden
! anniversary this week.
Criticism of several Of the oldest and
most familiar hymns in the Protestant
churches was offered by the Quakers
now in conference in Asbury Park.
One Of the most solemn funeral oC-
casiOns in East Tennessee was that
of Representative Walter Preston
Brownlow. The magnificent Soldiers
Home, where Mr. Brownlow was
buried, came through his untiring ef-
forts, and that alone will be an en-
during monument to him.
Under tie terms Of the will Of Mel
vile w. Fuller, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States,
his estate IS estimated to amount to
nearly SI,OOO,OOO.
Johann Gottfried Gale, a German
astronomer, who was the first obser-
yer of the planet Neptune, died last
week.
Representative BarthOldt, Of Mis-
souri,. and the United German socie-
ties OF this city propose to make the
unveiling Of the Steuben monument in
Lafayette Square next November a
memorable event.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-28
TEMBLORS CAUSE FEARS
FOR PANAMA CANAL DAM
Sharp Heavy Shocks Damage City of David and Other
Places Within $50 Miles Of Big Ditch
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

COLON, Dec. 27.-Earthquakes of
considerable severity have caused
great alarm in the provinces of Cirqui,
Veraguas and Los Santos, $50 to 200
miles from Panama City. Each shock
was sharp and heavy. The city of
David was damaged most. It is built
of stone, while other smaller towns
nearby are of wood construction
Earthquakes are frequent, even in
Colon, but they are not severe and
long continued like the recent up
heavals which have brought to the
surface the ever latent dread that the
canal may be damage by some cata-
clysm of the sort.
Up to the present time, barring little
tremors, the canal zone has been re-
markably free from earthquakes. But
there always turks the dread that
some day seismic disturbance will
undo the work of millions of dollars,
thousands of men and several years
The greatest danger to the canal
would be at the locks at Gatun,
Paraiso and Mirafores. Construction
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-28
AMERICANS VICTIMS OF
OUTRAGESl In HONDURAS
Railroad Empoye Beaten BY Soldiers and Jailed for
Refusing to Bury Native Paupers
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

armed with rifles. They broke down
the. door of the house in which 1 had
sought refuge and took me out and
placed me in Jail. After was placed
in Jail the soldiers formed a Gordon
around me with fixed bayonets. while
one of the policemen gave me 25 lashes
with a rawhide whip.
eThey also whipped the other two
Americans in a like manner After be-
ing compelled to bury the pauper they
held us in Jail four days and then
took us aboard the Honduran gunboat
Tatumbla, which landed us in the woods
in Guatemala, penniless and without
food.
When l returned to Honduras 1 was
again arrested on the old charge of re-
fusing to bury paupef dead. 1 was
confined in Jail at San Pedro 25 days.
when / was released through the in
tervention of influential friends"
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-28
MISS MAURINE
RASMUSSEN is
ideal BEAUTY
"Slashing" Head of Girl of the
Golden West Rests on San
Franciscan's Shoulders
She Will Leave Shortly for the
East TO Pose for Number
of Sketches

'HE romantic journey of Harrison
Fisher, the New York artist who
= came in quest of a girl in the
golden west whose face might be i'm.
mortalized by his pen and brush as a
typical American beauty, seems to
have been success. The girl has been
found and the artist has returned to
the east with the promise that Miss
Maurine Rasmussen of this city will
follow early in the new year to pose
for the new Harrison Fisher type The
exhaustive search of the artist during
his recent visit in California has been
rewarded and from scores of attractive
western girls he has selected the type
that he will perpetuate in his future
sketches.
The new American girl has been dis
covered in San Francisco Miss Ras-
mussen is the beautiful daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rasmussen of
this city and is an artist of more than
local note.
The girl who is destined to be the
new type for which Fisher searched
SO long and diligently is a beauty
worthy of the distinction. She is tall
and slender, with graceful carriage
of the head crowned with a wealth of
dark hair. The ideal American girl
must be somewhat of cosmopolitan
beauty. so that Miss Rasmussen may
point with pride to the fact of her
Irish and Danish descent. She has the
dark blue eyes of the Celtic race with
the fair complexion that has made the
daughters of Denmark famous.
Miss Rasmussen has the height that
Harrison Fisher demanded in the new
type of loveliness for which he sought
so successfully in California. She is
five feet eight inches tall and is 25
years Of age, the age that every mod
ern novelist insists that his heroine