Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-26
THE PASSING THRONG

ASAA' o1u NILS Z lOyu Virgin, VINO i've IN
Olympia, visited friends in Seattle last Sun
day and to the surprise of their friends
they motored to the city in their own car
of recent purchase. Floyd has already
learned how to lay on his back and work
on the car standing over him.
Rev. J. B. Barber, the newly elected pastor
OF Grace Presbyterian Church of this city
will be installed next Sunday afternoon at
p m. The occasion promises to be
very imposing one as many of the Presby-
terrain dignataries Of the city will be present
and assist in the obsequies.
The Efficiency Club dance last Monday
evening, according to the version of one who
ought to know was the swell affair of the
present year. "The ladies were gowned as
| never saw them before and they were
simply beautiful to look upon'' A long
story Short all present spent a most enjoy
able evening and left wishing the club many
more.
S. H. Stone, president of the Seattle branch
OF the National Association for the Advance
ment of Coored People, has many plans
laid out for his spring drive for new mem
bers and will unfold many Of them at the
coming mass meeting next Monday evening
at Greyerbiels Hail.
DR.. G. j. Allen has a home on Beacon Hill,
to which he has moved his family and in
the language Of the old timer, he now lives
at home and boards at the same place. DR..
Allen has recently moved to Seattle, he hav-
ing married Miss Beatrice Clark, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Clark of this city.
While as yet he has not set the world on
fire or even started blaze in his dental
profession from financial standpoint, yet
he seems to be laying a pretty foundation
for a permanent success.
Felix Crane, at one time alleged king of
the Seattle underworld, who, if so, was de-
throned but had backbone enough to keep
his mouth shut, seems to have a double
shadow in Los Angeles in the persons of
George Henderson and George Brown, al
legged kings of the Los Angeles underworld,
who, SO goes the story, promised to turn
over to the campaign manager OF the mayor
Of that city $4,000 per month for police
protection The mayor is now being tried
for accepting bride and Henderson and
Brown are the star witnesses In the case.
The colored man may not be able to attain
the position as king Of the Upper world but
he oloms up like fashlight in the darkness
when it comes to being king Of the under
world.
McCant Stewart, from many years we'll
known attorney at law Of Portland, Oregon,
but of recent years Of San Francisco, COM
mitted suicide one day last week, so comes
the report from the latter city. After leav-
inc Portland he lost his health and subse-
quently his eyes failed him and between the
two ailments he became respondent and
when his sight was so far gone that he could
not read his morning paper he ended it all
by blowing his brains out. He was very
brainy man and stood high in the legal cir
cles of Portland and San Francisco. He was
the son of the famous II. McCant Stewart,
formerly of New York and he was chip Oft
the old block.
The following item from local San Fran
cisco paper tells the tale, which is as fol-
lows:
Learning that he was going blind, Nc
Cant Stewart a Negro attorney, scrubbed
,,o+o of f.rowel1 and shot himself in the head,