The Washington bee., 1911-04-01
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
(By Miss G. B. Maxield.)

The death of Rev Dr. James The
odore Holly, Bishop of Haiti, the first
negro consecrated by the Episcopal
church, has been announced. He was
born in this city in 1920, and was edu-
Gated a Roman Catholic He was or
dained priest of the Episcopal body
! in 1886.
A bill was passed during the last
Congress authorizing the appropri-
alton of sum of money for the erec-
| lion of monument over the grave OF
| John Tyler, the tenth President of the
United States in Hollywood Cemetery
at Richmond Va. There is now only
a granite slab at the head of Tyler's
grave.
| 1t is said two Chimes young men
will be admitted to West Point Acad-
emy annually.
| Americans to the number of Io2,oI7
emigrated to Canada in the first ten
months of the current fiscal year "a
gain of IS per cent.
! The cOlored citizens of Chicago pro-
tested against the Sins of the Fa-
] ther," the new play by Thomas Dixon,
being played there. They declare the
play represents the Negro as 'infe-
riors and criminals"
The first of the German-American
Line of steamships to ply between
America and the West Coast of At
RIGA left New York last July. The in-
tention was to have monthly sailings
I from New York direct to West At
/ RIGA. 1t is hoped a very large trade
will be built up, so as to continue the
, monthly trips, as it will eliminate the
necessity of charteTIng vessels by
large importers.
In contest between the men and
women of Berwick, Pa, in a church
contest, Io,34o pennies were collected.
One man alone collected 7,I38 pennies.
Two German scientists, Drs. Seim-
bach and LOewy, have successfully ap-
piled wireless telegraphy for under
ground communication. A message
was sent correctly nearly mile and a
half at level of 900 feet below the
surface.
A total of z,o35 is the strength of
the organized and uniformed naval mi
litia of the United States, according to
the first issue OF an annual register
Just presented by the Navy Depart
ment.
By the will of Mrs. Charlotte Au-
gusta Bradstreet, needy life-savers or
their families connected with the thir-
teen stations on Cape Cod are to have
la benefit of $4,000. Several char
liable institutions are also benehci-
aries under the will
The Chinese Government accepted
a loan of $s,OOo,OOo from Japan, and
will give a security of 5 per cent rail-
way bonds. The loan which will be
used to meet a deficit of railway
board, is without political significance
The large axe manufacturing plant
of the James H. Mann Co, of Lewis
town, Pa, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at $I75,Ooo.
Seventy-fve thousand dollars has
been left for the poor of BrOckton,
i Mass, by the will of Mrs. Clara 3.
:. Snow, widow of George c. Snow, a
shoe manufacturer there.
:. The Woman's Army and Navy
League is busy collecting books and
. magazines to be sent to soldiers, sail
ors and marines stationed at remote
Ipoints, who find it hard TO get any
thing to read. The books will be
called for.
! Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey pub
lished an article on marriage and di-
!, vorce in the United States in the
February number of La Femme, print
ed in Paris. The editor of the mag
azine is much pleased with the article,
. and thanks Mrs Mussey and her trans
p lator, Nine Richard Nogaret.
!. What is said to be an entirely new
, feat in direct wireless communication
was the sending of a wireless mes
, sage over the Atlantic, a distance of
= 500 miles, from a ship to England,
7 (which was received correctly.
: Miss Bessie Bennett, assistant direC-
p tor OF the Chicago Art Institute, sailed
F. to Italy to attend the Royal Museum
and School of Textiles at Crayheld,
Germany 1t is said she is the first
t woman ever admitted to that school.
According to reports, when the Pan
| anna Canal is comDleted the British
t will send LOCO troops to strengthen
the Jamaica garrison.
: DR.. A A. Svetaeff, Of KostrOma,
- Russia, who is in this country, thinks
war between Russia and China is sure
? Ito result from the differences Of the
two countries over the treaty of 1881.
2 According to reports from Rome an
all-night celebration in the streets,
2 clubs and cafes, with an artillery sa-
lutte at midnight, marked the opening
of the jubilee celebration Of the found
, ing of United Italy.
f Dr. Booker T. Washington, accom-
f panied by his private secretary, Mr..
10 Emmett J. Scott, passed through the
, city Sunday night for Tuskegee, Ala.
c Mr.. Pope. Of No, II VI street north
. west, who has been quite i'll for some
, time, is improving.
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