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General Race News COLORED SCHOOLS GET HANDSOME BEQUESTS Rich New York Woman Remembers Negro Institutions of Learning in Her Will. New York, May 12.—Hampton Nor mal and Industrial Institute, in Ala bama, the Agricultural Institute in Virginia, the Berea College, in Ken tucky and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, all institutions of learning for Colered people, were re membered in a very substantial man ner by Miss Martha H. Andrews, who died here February 5 last. Miss An drews was of an old New York family and her estate was valued at $1,500, 000. Tuskegee came in for the larg est share bequeathed to Negro institu tions, which was $50,000, and Berea College in Kentucky was the next highest, getting $25,000. Practically all of the vast estate went to other religious and educa tional institutions for the whites. The American Bible Society was also liber ally taken care of. WINS AS ROOSEVELT DELE GATE AT CAPE MAY, N. J. Cape May, May 12.—Standpatters were surprised when the complete re turns for delegates from the second New Jersey congressional district in the Republican primaries showed that William F. Cozart, Colored, a waiter in a hotel of Atlantic City, with the declaration as a supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, after his name, won in the primary as one of the two delegates over Richard M. More, a glass manufacturer of Bridgeton. Cozart has defeated More by more than 300 votes. The other delegate chosen is Harry C. Knight, of Burling ton country. Cozart was the only man whose declaration for Roosevelt was printed on the ticket. Christopher S. Hand and Alfred B. Miller, a Roosevelt man, are alternates. TYLER MAKES FIGHT • Columbus, Ohio, May 12.—Ralph Tyler, who was a candidate for dele gate-at-large to the Republican Na tional Convention, Chicago, 111., in June, did not win, but polled 30,000 votes—a big victory for the race. There were seven men in the race, and he beat the slate in several dis tricts. An analysis of the vote shows Tyler pooled the vote of the race, in consequence of which Republican white leaders are now taking stock, figuring that some attention must be given race voters in the future. MEMPHIS PHYSICIAN FOUND DEAD IN PARK Memphis, Tenn., May 12.—Dr. A. S. J. Burchett, one of the most prom inent doctors of this city, was found dead shortly before noon, Saturday, April 29, in Wills Park, by a play ground supervisor. He was in a sit ting posture on a bench with a pistol in his right hand. The police believe that he committed suicide. HONOR BERT WILLIAMS New York, May 12.—The Citizens’ Club of Brooklyn will dine the world's greatest actor and comedian, Mr. Bert Williams on Decoration Day. KENTUCKY JURY DECLARES COLORED MAN SANE Hazard, Ky., May 12.—William Combs, said to be worth $30,000, was declared sane by a jury here Wednes day, April 26. Combs is 76 years old. After the Civil war was over his ex master willed him and his brother Jack 700 acres of mountain land. The two old men held their land until about one year ago, when it was pur chased by the Daniel Boone Coal Co., for which they paid the two brothers $100 per acre for the mineral depos its in it, the Colored men still owning the land. The share of William amounted to $30,000. His relatives instituted proceedings against the old man, demanding an inquiry into his sanity, claiming that he was not com petent to look after his affairs. The jury trying the case thought other wise. Combs made a good witness on the stand in his own behalf. His an swers to questions were intelligent and he showed a good memory. COLORED FIREMEN FOR ATLANTIC CITY. Atlantic City, N. J., May 12.— With the introduction to the City Com mission of an ordinance providing for the erection of a new fire station on property now owned by the city at Kentucky and Mediterranean avenues, Director of Public Safety Bartlett ^ave the first intimation of the adop tion of the Fire Department that will irclude the appointment of Colored men. The ordinance, w'hich made no mention of the cost of the proposed station, passed first reading. While the erection of a fire station in the Colored section of the city had ong been contemplated and regarded as necessary, Director Bartlett’s ac tion came as a surprise. No previous intimation that imediate steps would be taken to this end had been given. Up to this time no Colored man has ever been appointed to the Fire De partment. While there has been no state or civic obstacle to appointment of Colored men, the policy heretofore has been to exclude them. HOUSES FOR COLORED TENANTS AT LOW RENT Washington, May 12.—Directors of the Ellen Wilson homes have selected a square, seven blocks from the Cap itol on South Capitol street, in a rel atively undeveloped section, on which they soon will begin erecting 140 small dwellings that will commemor ate the late Mrs. Ellen Wilson. The buildings will meet the best housing standards and will be rented to un skilled Colored wage earners at low rates. DEMANDS FAIR PLAY Aberdeen, Miss, May 12.—Dr. W. H. Whitlock, assistant lecturer of the Knights of Pythias, spoke here last week. He said the great bugaboo of the white man was “social equal ity,” but what the race demanded was fair play in the body politic, justice in all affairs of the government and the right to earn a livelihood. Mr. R. Washington spoke along business lines, urging each to patronize one another. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. ftCWOd.|fRICAN mjp S INTERE^Ng' INTORmTION ABCm THEMlI SUPPLIED BY THE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL | Q SURVEY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPART- | ^ MENT OF AGRICULTURE ^ BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo erythrogaitra) Length, about seven inches. Distin guished among our swallows by deeply forked tail. Range: Breeds throughout the United States (except the South At lantic and Gulf states) and most of Canada: winters in South America. Habits and economic status: This is one of the most familiar birds of the farm and one of the greatest in sect destroyers. From daylight to dark on tireless wings it seeks its prey, and the insects destroyed are countless. Its favorite nesting site is a barn rafter, upon which it sticks its mud basket. Most modern barns are so tightly constructed that swallows can not gain entrance, and in New Eng land and some other parts of the coun try barn swallows are much less numerous than formerly. Farmers can easily provide for the entrance and exit of the birds and so add ma terially to their numbers. It may be well to add that the parasites that sometimes infest the nests of swal lows are not the ones the careful housewife dreads, ana no fear need be felt of the infestation spreading to the houses Insects taken on the wing constitute the almost exclusive diet of the barn swallow. More than one-third of the whole consists of flies, including unfortunately some useful parasitic species. Beetles stand next in order and consist of a few weevils and many of the small dung beetles of the May beetle family that swarm over the pastures in the late after noon. Ants amount to more than one fifth of the whole food, while wasps and bees are well represented. 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