The Washington bee., 1912-02-03
PARACRAPHIC NEWS
Important News Happenings
of the Week
DEVOTED TO GENERAL INTEREST
(By Miss G. B. MaxheldO

Senator Williams, OF Mississippi.
has submitted and printed in the Con
gressionai record a memorial from
the Legislature of Mississippi, exon
Grating SenatOr-elect Vardaman of
charges made against him.
Monday, February u, being the
IO3d anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, and the 0sth ami
versary Of Frederick Douglass birth.
the Colored posts of the G. A. r. are
arranging to observe the occasion
! with two-day celebration.
Pellagta caused 368 deaths during
1910, of which 263 were females. The
largest number of deaths registered
was in the Southland The District
of Columbia had one
Fines and forfeitures in the Police
Court during the quarter from Octo-
Der 9, 1911, to January I3, 1912,
amounted to $22,oo45I. The fines
and forfeitures in the United States
cases amounted TO $4,3I2.40.
I According 70 a statistical report by
Ralph w. Tyler, there have been
| about twenty-nine Negro officials ap-
pointed or retained by President Taft,
whose salaries total $89,4OO per an
mum.
When President Taft returns to the
! White House from his Ohio trip, he
will find his aunt, Miss Della c. Tor
rey, of Worcester, Mass, waiting to
welcome him with the other members
of his family.
The Ohio law limiting women's
labor to ffty-four hours a week has
been declared constitutional by the
Ohio Supreme Court.
Baron Yasuya Uenida, ambassador
to the United States, sailed for Amer
lea last week.
The first funeral procession over
Lake Erie ice carried the body Of Mrs.
Julia Moross from Sandusly, Ohio,
to Kelly's Island, for burial.
Between one and two hundred
j IKansans banqueted at Congress Hall
r Hotel in celebration of the 6fty-first
; anniversary OF the admission of their
Stale into tie Union The State and
its people were lauded by the speak
j ers
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
not receded from his position will
ID | respect to the Government ownership
and control Of the telegraph lines o.
Il the country under the POstOlhCe De
y partment. 1t was the differences o
., opinion over this recommendation, aC
cording to rumor, that gave Currenc,
to the stories that Nh Hitchcock wa
= to leave the Cabinet
The entire police force OF SamlyC
} | Hungary, has gone on strike for NOR
Ipav. At present its members TeCeIv
y ten dollars per month.
ID. Augustus Smith, the only lIyin
e member of the class Of ~. Yale, Cele
= brated his ninety-siXth birthday ami
versary last week Mr.. Smith IS tn
Il oldest member OF the Washington
y Yale Association.
d That the most suitable memorial t
Abraham Lincoln would be a free yC
lI cational school for instruction /
ID trades and agriculture was urged in
d. bill introduced by Congressma
Sharp. The measure provided tha
Il the memorial commission be dlreCte
Z thus to expend its S2,oOO,oOo apPrc
u priation.
te The Rt Rev. Rowe, Bishop {
Alaska, received a telegram from II
ne ward, Alaska, as follows: Bazaar Ju.
H. finished. Receipts SI,782. Temper;
10 ture. u degrees below He explain
ed the telegram by saying the bazaa
II, was held by his church people ha
o. turned out TO be a success. BishO
Rowe came from Alaska for the pu
n' pose Of making a plea to PresideI
an Taft in behalf Of the Indians
Ali records were broken during I'll
wear IQII in the matter Of custom
N collections in the republic Of SAINT
u Domingo. A cablegram to the Stat
Department says that the tot;
rs amount collected was S3,48s,687.
in Washington women are engaged ]
e. the crusade against high steps o
n. street cars. They are pushing the
II lprotest vigorously to the front.