Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-07-14
RACE ECHOES
TAFT Honors Gen. Armstroa's
Son.
Washington. D. G., July !.

Son.
Washington. D. c., July 4.
HI Daniel Armstrong, son Of the lat
Gen. Armstrong. the civil war veteran
Who founded Hampton Institute for to
education Of Colored people in Indiana
vas among the successful candidate
for appointment - midshipmen IN tn
Navy who were designated by Presi
dent Taft as candidates at large in tn
competition in which seventeen entere'
for the six vacancies.
Dan Cupid, with his culver of arrows
is laughing gleefully over the host O
( victims his love darts pierced during
June, the month Of brides, nearly 1,O0l
persons falling his prey.
William H. Clifford, formerly mem.
Der Of the Ohio legislature, now clerk
in the Office Of the Auditor for the War
Department, was promoted from 81, 4G
to 81, 500 and he is receiving the con-
pratulations of his many friends Cliff
ford is good Republican and has done
good work for the party in the past.
i Dr.. Booker T, Washington, the noted
educator spent one day in the city as
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. W. Sid
ney Pittman, at Paramount Heights, a
subj. b of Washington. The greater
portion Of the day was spent playing
with his two grandsons, Sidney and
Booker, of whom he is very fond. AT
night he addressed the Lincoln Heights
Civic Association.
President Taft, by an order, trans
mitted to the Land Office, has opened
up two enormous tracts of public lands.
one within the Fort Berthold Indian
reservation, containing $50, 600 acres,
In the two Dakotas, and ore of l29, 900
acres in southern idaho. Entries for
the Dakota lanis will commence on
August IA, in North Dakota, and on
October 2. in South Dakota.
The Rev. Pelia Bonick, native Afri-
can chief, delivered an address at the
Peoples church, Sunday evening, His
subject was: THE Well of Africa is
Deep and the Rope is Too Short" He
sang several songsin his own language.
Ex-Governor z. B. S. Pinchback, of
one of the Odd Guard" who
has been in the revenue service as a
special agent has, under the order is
sued by President Taft, been covered
in" under the civil service The Gov
ernment pays the ex-governor S. per
day and finds him. That's good In
the dark days Of the past when the
the rights of the race were at stake
you could always find Pinchback bat
Ting for his people. Now in his old
age, Governor Pinchback is rs, and of
course too old to get in under the regu-
lar rules, it was a kind act for President
Taft to cover him with the protection
of the civil service and virtually pro-
vide for him for life. Pinchback was
in Washington this week visiting his
family and receiving the congratula-
items of his host Of friends, who were
warm in their praise Of the President
for his kindness.
During the past year the United
States built 1900 miles of railroad,
leading all the countries in the world
in new mileage, as it has done every
year for the past half century.
Mr.. Nathaniel A. Murray, who has
been appointed Director of School Gar
dens Of the Public Schools of Wash
ington, graduated from Cornell Univer-
sity in June, receiving the Degree of |
5. s Ayr. He is son of Daniel MUIR
ray the Afro-Amsrican writer who is
connected with the Library Of Congress
Assistant Attorney General William
d. Lewis, was banquetted by his fell
ow citizens of Boston Friday night, at
foung's Hotel one of the swell hostel
lies Of that city. About rs were pres
mt. The speakers complimented Mr..
lewis and commended President Taft
or having given MIR. Lewis the highest
'ffice ever held by one Of the race.
Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard Uni
ersity, is lecturing in Mississippi. be-
ore large audiences. Prof. Miller can
oliver the goods.