The Washington bee., 1911-04-08
.PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
(By Miss G.. B. MaxfeJdO

suits are expected to show an increase
of 3,5oo,ooo. The suffragettes are re-
fusing to answer the questions and
give desired information
A gold dollar made in 1868 was sold
at auction for $3.50; a silver dollar,
made in 1894, brought $84.
The famous Robert Hoe library will
be sold at auction April "a The Ii
brarv includes 10000 volumes. A Gu
tenberg Bible, printed in 1850, is ex-
pected to bring about $4,000 alone.
1t has been announced that memo
rial to Paul Lawrence Dunbar is to be
erected at Tuskegee Institute by a
party of school teachers of Dayton,
Ohio.
Prosecutor Pierre Garven, of Jer-
sey City, will undertake to attain
united action by the States of New
York and New Jersey to prohibit the
storage of explosives in the upper part
of New York harbor, as the Statue of
Liberty is in constant danger of de-
struction. There is more than thirty
six tons of dynamite stored within a
few hundred feet of the statue.
Miss E. V. Brown, director of prim-
ary instruction in the public schools,
is planning details for new industrial
course for the children. They will be
taken to manufactures and large of
! fees, where they may see work actu-
| ally in progress.
The United States Army has adopt
ed an automatic pistol as a service
weapon TO supersede the revolver now
| in use. Each loading will contain
eight shots. The War Department
has been investigating this subject for
| five years.
Senior Antonio Martin Rivero, the
new Cuban Minister to the United
States, was received by Secretary
Knox, and will be received by Presi-
dent Taft very soon.
Colonel Roosevelt, in delivering a
lecture at the University of California
on The Bible, and the Life of the
People" said: The Bible should be
as much subject of study in colleges
| of the country as in theological sem
inaries, as it is a guide to conduct"
Mr.. Booker T. Washington, true to
his professions, employed a ColoTed
lawyer, Mr. Wilfred Smith, to defend
him in his recent difficulty.
Wade Marcum, farmer residing IN
West Virginia, who led the life of a
misc-, lost 100000 of lis lfe's saw
iings by fire. The cash he always kept
in his house, fearing to trust it with
banks.
DR.. D. K. Pearson, Hinsdale, Ill,
will celebrate his ninety-hrst birthday
April ii, by the distribution of
100000 to schools and religious or
ganizations. This will make a total
of $5,oOO,oOO given by DR.. Pearson IN
recent years.
Postmaster General Hitchcock an
nOunCes the ratification Of a parcels
post convention between the United
States and Haiti. This adds another
to the forty countries to which parcels
may be sent from the United States
at the rate of II cents 4 pound.
Mrs. ROby, wife of an American
brain specialist, now residing in ia
= pan, is the first white woman who
ever travelled the wilds of Central AT
rica without a white escort. She was
unconscious for five days with the fe-
yer, and was faithfully nursed by the
natives.
No more whisky will be sold to In
d, dams over the bars in this city. Nei-
ther can It be sold IN pints or quarts
and taken to hotels. Assistant Com
missioner of Indian Affairs F. II. Abb
bOtt says it results in great injury to
the Red Men, and interrupts the busi-
ness which they come here to trans
act.
/ Announcement was made at the
| white House that President A. Law
renee Lowell, of Harvard, has accept
ed the position on the Postal Rate
! Commission, offered him by President
+ Taft The duties Of the commission
is to investigate the business Of the
lproposed increase on second-class
postage rates, which IS being bitterly
fought by magazine publishers.
DR.. Yamei Kin, native Of China, IS
the first woman Uf Chinese birth to
receive the degree of NJ. D. She grad
Iuated from the Woman's Medical
School of the New York In6rmary.
. Dr. Kin, who IS visiting this country,
, is head of the Imperial Peiyang Med
ical School and Hospital. She also di-
d lrects training school for nurses.
Brownstown, Ind, is a town with
out a Negro inhabitant. There has
not been a colored resident for over
thirty years It is said they refuse TO
sell food, shelter and clothing to any
; one Of the colOred race.
= The Missouri State Board OF Health
; has decided to furnish paper towels Tor
. every pupil in the public schools IN
r. the interest Of health.
70 April II will be celebrated by Wash
: ington school children as ArbOr Day,
: at which time 10000 catalpa trees will
: be planted.
- Fire destroyed the Northern New
York Deaf Mute Institute, located IN
70 Malone. n. Y, causing a loss esti-
mated at SI35,ooO. There were 100
Ideaf and dumb children in the place,
but bv putting them through a fire
: drill all were marched out Of the
building without confusion or injury.
al George R. Cotton, Governor of
Porto Rico, arrived in this country
April 2, from San Juan for a consulta-
fion with President Taft and the War
Department on insular affairs. He ex-
q poets to return Immediately after the
S conference.
! The japanese Antarctic expedition,
= under Lieutenant Shirase, left Well
p ington. New Zealand, February II.
e lust before leaving the explorer re-
e ceived a large remittance from Count
n Okuma TO pay the 1ost of refitting the
vessel on her return from polar seas.