The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
Important News Happenings
of the Week
DEVOTED TO GENERAL INTEREST
(By Miss G. B. Maxheld.)

The Italians on the 18TH of this
month celebrate the fOTty-hrSt ami
versarv OF the consolidation of the
various States of Italy under one
king and the overthrow of the tenn
.poral power OF the Pope.
Women detectives are barred from
the Metropolitan police force, accord
ing to Inspector Boardman, who IS
lin command of the detective force
lin this city In other cities women
'are employed by the police depart
ments to run down mashers and
other offenders. also TO obtain evil
dence in divorce cases
Miss Agatha Troy. of Utica, n. V
IS said TO be the only woman in this
country who Is a professional stone
cutter. She acts as her fathers as
sistant as a granite and marble cut
ter. Although only five feet high, she
is able to handle a FIVE pound ham
mer with ease and skill.
The population of Panama's chief
cities. namely, Panama and Colon,
for the first time enumerated with
any degree of accuracy. is as follows:
Panama has 35.368 inhabitants, OF
which Io,963 are Negroes. zoos
white, and I, 100 yellows; Colon has
I7,748, of which Io,oo7 are Negroes,
4,4o7 Metizos, I,6I5 whites and 100
| Indians.
Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah
and Washington are the States which
ialIow men and women to vote on
ieoual terms. Australia, New Zea-
! land. Norway, Finland, and practl-
ically Denmark, have women suffrage.
| From all these countries come IA
Ivorable reports of its results.
The Chinese Admiral, Chin Pin
iKwang. whose flag flies from the
Chinese cruiser "Hai-Chi," placed on
1.-THE tomb of Gen. Grant, a wreath of
beautiful flowers as a token of respect
land record of the noted general
| Great Britain. France and Ger
Imany. in addition to the United
Estates. have recognized Gen. Glnsln-
hiatus Leconte as President of Haiti:
His policies for> the rehabilitation OF
1.-THE finances of Said Republic, IS said
mot to be in conflict with foreign IN
iterests.
| Atlanta Pniversity has sent a cir
cular letter to several hundred IN
Istitutions, asking how the Negro
. students were regarded by the fac
Iulty. in order to find out the attitude
Iof Northern colleges toward the Ne
Igro. Yale University answered say
ling, they never tried to attract Ne
gro students, but never felt JuStlhed
lin refusing admittance to those who
Icame: at Leland-StanfOrd there was
!, said to be no hostility whatever At
ilFordham University they have never
Ihad colored applicant for admiS-
, | sion. and at St Vincent College, in
, Pennsylvania, they frankly admitted
, they did not want colored students.
II Joseph G. Cannon, a New York
/. banker. and one of the o. fnanciers
- land clergymen who are directing the
| l"Men and Religion Forward Move
= lment," gave an elaborate dinner to
= 20 trained Christian workers, who
5 lare beginning October ? to start on
f La new crusade to evangelize the
Il American continent
E William Rankin, who eighty years
S ago graduated from Williams College,
Twas IoI years of age the 18th OF this
t month. He is the only graduate sur
I living of the class of 1881.
Judy Ann Young, colored, and an
old time slave, died in Providence,
R l., at the age of 40 years. She
was born in Virginia, near Lynch
5 burg. She remembered clearly
events of the war of 1872.
The death of Edmond H. Madi-
, IsOn. representative in Congress from
; 1.-THE Seventh Kansas District, was a
shock to the city President Taft
? Twas booked to be the guest of Rep
Iresentative Madison during his visit
to Kansas next week.
The schools opened this week with
an enrolment of 43.oz0 children, or
/ I6oO more than last year.
A button and a star from one Of
the uniforms of Gen. Robert z. Lee,
lof the Confederate army have been
Ibequeathed to Mrs. c. Powell No
Hand They were given by Gen. Lee
to Mrs Louise T. Harrison.
| Two worn out" prize fighters,
| Martin Costello and Albert Critic,
who less than twenty years ago were
cIassed as stars of the fstic arena,
were sent to the wOrkhOuse on
charges of vagrancy They request
led to be sent where they would be
feared for during the winter.
| September 10 was the anniversary
Iof the independence Of the Republic
Iof Mexico. President Taft. through
the State Department, sent a mes
Isage OF cOngratulation TO President
Francisco de Ia BaTTa