The Washington bee., 1911-02-04
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS
(By Miss q. b. Maxheld.)

nous woman lawyer, former assistant
attorney general of Montana, was
buried last week in Montana. Mrs.
Haskell was native of North Ridge,
n. II. She had won many notable
mining cases and leaves a considera-
bic fortune.
Mrs. Hetty Green, now seventy
years of age, after having handled her
millions profitably for half a century.
has turned the management over to
her only son, Col Edward H. r.
Green, whose success in the South
west has convinced his mother that
he is capable of handling her enOr-
nous fortune.
Mr.. James H. Tilghman, of Chica-
go, Ill, has given $1,000 for the coll
ored Y. NJ. {. A. of Chicago, H., the
largest sum as yet given by a colored
man.
1t is said DR.. w. P. Thirkield has
withdrawn the Colored medical stu
dents from attending the lectures Civ
en- by DR.. White, of the Government
Hospital for the Insane, because of
the objection by the white students
of George Washington University.
Miss Mary Desha, one of the found
ers of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and one of the best known
| figures in patriotic circles in the Uni
ted States, died quite suddenly last
week
More than $4,000 has been raised,
according to John Jov Edison, for the
construction of a memorial statue to
the late Father d. J. Stafford. former
pastor of St. PatrIck's church.
| At the annual meeting Of tn Cen
eral Educational Board. Fisk Univer-
sity is one of the benehciaries of ap-
preparations aggregating $4,000.
which were made to ten institutions,
Fisk being the only colored institute.
4 The Armour Company, of Chicago,
is completing its plans for pensions
for their aged employees, it is said.
After using new seal" for the last
fifty years, the city of Richmond will
soon have a duplicate of the original
seal of the city, and the use of the
more modern one will be disCOntin-
, ued.
| Undergraduates of Howard Uuiver-
sity law school, at a special meeting
adopted resolutions of regret for the
death of Prof. Thomas Woodward.
Sympathy was extended to the family
of the dead educator.
| Mrs. w. p. Thirkield, wife of Presi-
dent Thirkield, of Howard University,
delivered an address last Sunday at
ternOon at the colOred 7. NJ. (, A.
vesper services at 4 o'clock.
Relative to the report of Walter A.
Brown, of the Board of Trade, rela-
tive to the House of Detention being
, a disgrace to the city, Maj. Sylvester
received a report from Sergt. {. L.
Bode, declaring that no such condI-
tions as described by Mr.. Brown ever
: existed.
} The passage of a Curfew law was
urged at the quarterly meeting of the
w. c. T. u. at the Metropolitan Bap-
tist Church. The members declared
that they would give their hearty CO.
operation and support in securing the
passage of the bill.
There seems to be a fight on hand
between the citizens and Board of
iEducation relative to Major Brook re-
1 signing.
l. By the terms of the will of Bishop
: Abraham Grant, of the African Meth
odist Church, the greater part OF his
estate, amounting 10 $25O,ooO, was be-
i queathed to Payne Theological Semi
" nary, of Ohio, and Paul Quinn Col
lege, of Waco, Texas.
The fiftieth anniversary OF the ad-
mission of Kansas as a State, was Gel
{ ebrated last week.
One delegate from each of the
| eighty lodges of the United Order OF
' True Refor,ners will attend the extra
! session, February rs, at Richmond
Va, the purpose of which IS to rcoT-
ganize the order.
Japan, including FOrmosa, has an
area of I6I, 100 square miles, It IS
said. Much of this is mountainous and
only 10000 square miles is cultivated
yet this area feeds a population oi
| nearly 5oC0o,ooo.
Application has been made in Nash
Vile, Tenn, for the charter Of a Ma
tional Home and Farm for Destitute
Colored Children. Fifty acres at Pc
gram Station has been donated for
the home by DR.. r. F. Boyd, it is
stated.
Captain John Daley, of the Ninth
| Precinct, has started a crusade against
stOrekeepers under cigarette law, as
several school boys of nine and ten
years admit making purchases al
stores in the northeast sections
Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, u
s. A, who has just returned from
Porto Rico, said: 81 have nothing
but praise for the Porto Rican sol
diers. They are efficient, active, able
soldiers, excellent IN field work and
discipline"
January goth was said to be the hot
test day on record in Texas. The
temperature was 80 degrees. Warm
weather prevailed for four days.
The Chinese New Year began Jan
uary 80 The Cinnamon in this city
observed it by festivities continuing
for eight days.
A pension of $1,000 a month will be
paid to the deposed King Manuel by
the Portuguese Government, accord
ing to reports. It is said that check
for October, November and Decem-
Der has been sent to him already.
Chamber of Commerce appointed a
sub committee to fight the Peters bill
now pending in Congress for the sbo-
lition of the Board of Education and
the substitution of a director of edu-
cation under the Commissioners.
President Taft has promised to
visit Berry School, near Rome, Ga
while on his Southern tour, Berry