The Broad Ax

VOL. V. As it has been observed, that the Whig party assumed control of the affairs of the nation, March 4, 1841, but nothing was done by it, nor any of its leaders, towards abolishing the institution of slavery, but they rather encouraged its spread and growth, and the administration, Wm. Henry Harrison and John Tyler, were unrivaled in its ugliness and forms one of the blackest pages in the history of this great republic, and while it was at the helm, public sentiment gradually set in, in favor of forming an anti-slavery or free soil party, and as this new movement continued to increase and spread over the country, many of the best and the greatest Democrats enlisted in the new army of freedom. It is a singular coincident that the three candidates who were nominated for president by the anti-slavery or the free soil party were Democrats, the first was James G. Birney of Kentucky, who liberated his slaves before running for president, the second was ex-President Martin Van Buren, and John P. Hale, whom we will have occasion to refer to again as we move forward, was the third. The first time Birney ran he only received seven thousand votes, notwithstanding the fact that Charles Osborn, Benjamin Lundy, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, and E. P. Lovejoy, had been publishing newspapers long before 1840, favoring the liberation of the slaves. But the people residing in the non-slaveholding states were adverse to interfering with the domestic institutions of the slaveholding states, and their verdict in that direction emboldened Henry Clay to say, during the presidential campaign of 1844, who was the leader of the Whig party, and who was warmly supported for the presidency by Abraham Lincoln, "That the slavery question should not enter into the annexation of Texas, one way or the other. Whether Texas be independent or incorporated into the United States, I do not believe it will prolong or shorten that institution," and the opinion which Mr. Clay entertained respecting the annexation of Texas, were shared by the other leaders of his party. Therefore the position of the leaders of the two great parties over the annexation of Texas and the further extension of slavery were identically the same. But be it said to the undying and the everlasting credit of the Democratic party, the first vigorous and emphatic protest against the further extension of slavery came from Democrats, and during the presidential election of 1844, almost two hundred thousand members of that party refused to acquiesce in the nomination of James K. Polk, and they worked for and supported James G. Birney, who, as we have previously shown, was an Abolitionist, an ex-slaveholder and a Democrat, and when he ran for president the second time in 1844, he received 200,000 votes, and history show thousand votes, and history shows that the bulk of his vote came from the Democratic party and not from the Whig party. James H. Polk triumphed and Henry Clay was defeated, but during his administration no national legislation was enacted effecting the status of the slaves. The Whigs felt so very blue and gloomy over the defeat of Henry Clay their great captain, that they poured out all their wrath upon the lovers of liberty who went down to defeat with Birney, who received more than fifteen thousand votes in the State of New York, and Horace Greeley insisted that if only one-third of this vote had been cast for Mr. Clay he would have been President. Several other prominent Whigs, who in time became the foremost leaders of the Republican Party, declared that "the Abolitionists deserved to be damned, and they will be." The Democrats, however, and the other followers of Birney would not retreat, but stood firm and they blazed the way for the armies which were to follow, and whose volces were faintly heard in the great whirlwind of 1840, but in 1844 they became clear and distinct and they could be plainly heard in the midst of all the excite- ment which prevailed during the fierce political struggle of that year. The political creed which they espoused with much zeal was substantially identical with that of the Free Soil Party of 1848, and their ideas and principles respecting the slavery question as we shall see later on became the foundation stone of the Republican Party of 1856 and 1860, and looking back over the past it must be admitted by all fair minded and candid men that James G. Birney, ex-President Martin Van Buren, and John P. Hale, who were steadfast Democrats, whose devotion to their country was greater than to their party, were far in advance of the great multitude which slowly and finally followed in their footsteps. (To be continued.) ANDREW JACKSON DAY Monday, Jan. 8, many Democratic clubs and societies throughout the republic observed and celebrated the day by speechmaking and recalling the heroic deeds of Old Hickory, the hero of New Orleans, who was the first person in the United States to confer the title of major upon a Negro. Among the many eminent representative Democrats who elaborated upon the characteristics of Andrew Jackson, was Congressman William Sulzer of New York, who was the guest of honor and addressed the Granite State Club of Manchester. N. H. Congressman Sulzer's oration is a masterly piece of oratory, and if space would permit we would like to reproduce it in full. It is safe to assert that no orator or speaker paid a higher or more glowing tribute to Andrew Jackson, than William Sulzer, who in opening said: "Andrew Jackson, was a hero from his cradle to his grave, and that grand old man, the Old Hickory of the Democratic party, was one of the most magnificent figures and characters in all American history. The story of his life is a part of our history and it was the most stirring and eventful and will continue to act as an incentive to every hopeful school-boy, a beacon light to every sincere patriot, and a star of hope to every struggling toiler. "Andrew Jackson was a man of iron will and indomitable spirit. He never knew fear, he never turned his back on friend or foe. He knew the right and never hesitated to do it. He hated cant, despised hypocrisy, and cared naught for consequences. "He was a plain man. He loved the plain people; they understood him and they loved him. His life began with the struggles of a brave people to cast off the tyrannous yoke of oppression, and when it went out, his last look witnessed the greatest and the grandest republic the world has ever seen. "He stood for the true Democracy, the rule of the plain people, the Democracy which unfetters trade, fosters commerce, establishes industry, aids enterprise, maintains equal opportunity, unshackles the mind and the conscience and defends liberty. "We, as Americans and Democrats, love and rever the memory of Andrew Jackson, the illustrious patriot of the Hermitage, the hero of New Orleans, and the sage of Tennessee. PROF. W. H. COUNCILL We have several thousand(?) leaders of our race, who are constantly puffing and blowing about what should be done. But there the matter ends. But we are happy to say, that Prof. Councill does not belong to that class of men. He believes that on all occasions, actions speak louder than words, and that money will go further than long windy articles or empty words, or false promises, towards assisting any worthy or laudible enterprise. Furthermore, Prof. Councill is not miserly or penurious, nor small hearted and he has a just estimate of the value of newspapers and believes in supporting and encouraging reputable publications. In a letter to The Broad Ax, recently, Prof. Councill exclaims: "I have read your excellent paper and like it. I wish you unlimited success in your efforts, which seem straight forward and manly. Your paper is very creditable as to both physical and literary make up. It richly deserves to live J. The greatest living American, and the next President of the United States. and prosper, and I take pleasure in enclosing you a check for two years subscription in advance." Such compliments coming from one occupying such a lofty position in the literary world is extremely flattering and encouraging, and it will cause us to put forth greater exertions in endeavoring to ascend higher in the realm of literature. A GREAT COUNTRY. Some patriotic individual writes: 'The United States is a great country. Of course it is; a country— Where trusts hold you up and poverty holds you down. Where white men curse black men by day and kiss black women by night. Where good whisky makes bad men and bad men make good whisky. Where professors draw their convictions and their salaries from the source. Where newspapers are paid for sup- COL. WM. The greatest living American, and States. pressing truth and made rich for telling a lie. Where we pay $15 for a dog and 15 cents a dozen to a poor women for making shirts. Where to be virtuous is to be lonesome and to be lonesome is to be called a crank. Where we have prayers on the floor of the National Capitol and whisky in the basement. Where we sit on the safety-valve of energy and pull wide open the throttle of conscience. Where business consists in getting property in any way that will not land you in the penitentiary. Where men vote for what they do not want for fear they will not get what they want by voting for it. Where we spend $5,000 to bury a congressman who is rich and $20 to put away a workingman who is poor. Where we have a Congress of four hundred men to make laws and a Supreme Court of nine men to set them aside. Where gold is a substance, the one thing sought for, and God is a wastebasket for our better thoughts and good resolutions. Where if the black man takes a chicken he is called a thief, and if a white men steals thousands of dollars he is called an embezzler. Where a black man goes to the penitentiary for being saucy to a white man, and a white man goes to the Legislature for killing a black man. Where men will close their prayerbooks, leave their pews, and jump over Sunday school benches in their hurry to shoot, lynch and burn their fellowman. Where religious zealots send money and Bibles to civilize the benighted black heathen in Africa but refuse to admit a civilized black person into their home churches. Yes, indeed, this is a great country; a country of Stars and Stripes—stars for the white man and stripes for the Negro.—The Standard, Lexington, Ky. AN ACT OF MERCY. Catholicism seems to be far ahead of Protestantism, so far as the treatment of the Negro goes. If a Catholic mob has ever lynched or burned at the stake a Negro it has failed to come under our observation, and we have traveled over much of the wide world and "many goodly kingdoms seen." That the American Catholic Church is freer from prejudice than the Protestant church goes without saying. Last month John Mahood, a Negro painter, while at work on a big building at 867 Elton avenue, New York, J. BRYAN. the next President of the United fell from a scaffold three stories high to the ground. He broke his arm and two ribs and was injured internally. A crowd gathered as he lay on the ground, unable to move, but no one sent for an ambulance, and no policeman appeared in sight. After Mahood had been lying there for about ten minutes Father William Murphy, a Catholic priest of the Church of St. Peter and St. John, came along. He rebuked the crowd for dilatoriness and then looked for a policeman. Being unable to see one Father Murphy took Mahood on his shoulders and carried him seven blocks to a drug store at 3706 Third avenue where the helpless Negro was temporarily treated while his benefactor sent a call for an ambulance to the Fordham Hospital. In the language of Kentucky's lamented poet-laureate, Richard Stanton: Such acts as these are not for Fame. Nor done of self- revealing. They come uncalled, in Pity's name. From noblest human feeling A late issue of Standard Opinion contains a cut of William Loeffler, Esq., City Clerk of Chicago. The cut makes Mr. Loeffler appear like an exhog-butcher or maker of bolognasausage, instead of a city clerk. Standard Opinion is booming him for state auditor, but he will never smell the nomination. Heretofore we have looked upon brother Denvir as one of the best newspaper men in the state but if he persists in running Mr. Loeffler's cut, then it is proof positive to us, that Editor Denvir is not onto his job. ```markdown ``` THE MUSICALE. Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Phyllis Wheatley Club, gave a very successful musical, which was largely attended. President L. A. Davis and Mrs. Liza Harris deserve much commendation for providing the rare musical treat. The talent which participated in it was of a high order. The following interesting program was carried out: Instrumental solo, Mrs. Jessie Bruce; duet, Mrs. Harris and Hawkins; instrumental solo, B. F. Nash; vocal solo, Mrs. Bruce; instrumental solo, Mrs. R. McStrodling; vocal solo, Miss Euphemia McQuann; select reading, Mrs. C. C. Lewis. At the conclusion of the program dancing was in order and refreshments were served. NOTICE. All friends and readers of The Broad Ax, who have relatives or friends visiting them, or if you give or attend social functions either at home or abroad. If you journey to other towns or cities on business or pleasure. If you know or hear of a marriage, birth or death. Or in short, if you know anything of interest pertaining to the doings or the movements of the people adduce such facts and figures as briefly as possible on postal cards or letters, and address them to The Broad Ax, and all such news items will find their way into its columns. But do not send us anything in reference to cake walks or Jim Crowism. If you give swell parties and receptions and desire that the same should receive mention, send invitations or tickets and a representative of The Broad Ax will endeavor to be on hand, otherwise no one should, marvel, if they fail to observe a notice in The Broad Ax. CHIPS. The Federation of Women's Clubs met at Bethel church last Thursday night. Matters of importance received its consideration. Lawyer Albert Bailey George has returned from Washington, D. C., where he spent the holidays, hobnobbing with his numerous friends. Colonel George F. Bowles, an Afro-American of national prominence, died at his home in Natchez, Miss., Tuesday. He leaves an estate valued at $100,000.—Ex. The ladies of Bethel Church tendered Mrs. Ransom, the wife of the pastor, a reception, last Wednesday night, which was well attended and a social success. A man of means who will subscribe for a paper and refuse to pay for the same, after receiving it for a year, will steal, if he gets half a chance.—Colored American, Washington, D. C. The Ida B. Wells-Barnett Club held its session at Grace Presbyterian Church, Sunday afternoon. A goodly number of its members were present and participated in its deliberations. The banquet given at the Tremont House last Saturday night by the Bryan League, was most largely attended. Colonel Bryan, Mayor Carter H. Harrison and many other prominent gentlemen were present and delivered able and patriotic speeches. If the Negro cake walkers only had tails they would be complete monkeys; or if they only had ears a little longer they would be complete donkeys. As it is, they can pass for half monkey and half donkey. We consider them the biggest fools outside of the lunatic asylum.—Ex. B. H. Heide, president of the Democratic German-American Club of the 30th ward and member of the Old Hickory Club, wants it distinctly understood that he is not an aspirant for any political office this year, for he has not the time so he says, to devote to politics. G. H. Harris, who is connected with the Singer Manufacturing Company, and who is one of the fathers of the Old Hickory Club of the 30th ward, is not looking for any political job, but is ever ready to stand aside, so his friends will have no difficulty in getting up to the trough. F. W. Blockl, Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, is one of the most genial officials connected with the administration. He cheerfully answers all questions propounded to him by the many visitors to his office each day NO. 12. and it is a pleasure to come in contact with gentlemen like Mr. Blocki. Mayor Carter H. Harrison, made no mistake when he selected James O'Brien to serve as city gas inspector, for Mr. O'Brien does not rear back in his chair and elevate his feet on the top of his desk and snooze all day, but he is always wide-awake and actively engaged in looking after the affairs of his office. Alderman J. J. McCormick does not strut aroundthe city y hall with a plughat on the side of his head and, with a long Jim Swinger coat on, but he is unassuming in his ways, for he belongs to the plain or the common people and they attested their loyalty to him by rolling up a majority in his favor of 2.800 at the last election. Down in the 3rd ward it looks as though the aldermanic contest will assume an unusual aspect. Robert B. Cabell, an Afro-American Democrat intends to enter the race against Alderman Alling, and Mr. Cabell expects to divide the Negro vote in that ward, which with the aid of the Democratic vote may land him in the city council. Joseph P. Junk, head of the great Junk brewery is constructed out of the right kind of material to make a first class city treasurer. Mr. Junk is a German-American, whose steadfastness to Democracy cannot be disputed. Moreover, he possesses first-class business qualifications and is liberal in his views and with his money, and The Broad Ax will stand by Joseph P. Junk. Prof. Booker T. Washington, delivered a lecture Sunday afternoon, on "Fraternal Life Insurance," at Bethel Church. He was warmly and enthusiastically received by a large and appreciative audience, who paid strict attention to his remarks, and the United Brotherhood performed a great service to the people of Chicago, by securing Prof. Washington to address them on "Fraternal Life Insurance." Millions of Southern white people have a high sense of justice and revolt at the treatment of the African and regret it as intensely as any people on earth. We have known them to both curse and weep over the recital of the treatment of the Negro in instances which have been related. But they are powerless and dare not speak loudly lest their business and social relations should subject them to ridicule and finally want.—Ex. The Christmas edition of The Indianapolis Freeman, greatly excelled all other efforts made by that great journal, in getting up special editions. It consisted of twenty-four pages, absolutely perfect in its construction and workmanship, and covered every point and field of interest to the race. Prof. W. H. Councill, the brilliant writer, great educator and instructor, W. T. Menard, Prof. W. S. Scarborough, Hon. John C. Dancy and several other able writers and representatives of the race contributed articles to it. John J. Feely, of Murray and Feely, lawyers, Unity building, who is one of the guiding and controlling spirits of the Old Hickory Club of the 30th ward, blushes like a young maiden who has just had the question popped to her, if any one suggest to him that he would make an excellent candidate for Congress. Mr. Feely very modestly disclaims having any ambition to seek any political preferment within the next five or ten years, but at the expiration of that time he might be induced to engage in politics in dead earnest. Headquarters of Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois, Sherman House, Chicago, Oct. 5th, 1899. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. Julius P. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax—a publication of this city devoted to the interests of the democratic party, and an able exponent of democratic principles—comes to us highly recommended, and I therefore take pleasure in commending him to the favorable consideration of democrats with whom he may come in business contact. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. France employs 5,000 women in her civil service, telephone, and telegraph offices. THE BROAD AX VOL. V. As it has been observed, that the Whig party assumed control of the affairs of the nation, March 4, 1841, but nothing was done by it, nor any of its leaders, towards abolishing the institution of slavery, but they rather encouraged its spread and growth, and the administration, Wm. Henry Harrison and John Tyler, were unrivaled in its ugliness and forms one of the blackest pages in the history of this great republic, and while it was at the helm, public sentiment gradually set in, in favor of forming an anti-slavery or free soil party, and as this new movement continued to increase and spread over the country, many of the best and the greatest Democrats enlisted in the new army of freedom. It is a singular coincident that the three candidates who were nominated for president by the anti-slavery or the free soil party were Democrats, the first was James G. Birney of Kentucky, who liberated his slaves before running for president, the second was ex-President Martin Van Buren, and John P. Hale, whom we will have occasion to refer to again as we move forward, was the third. The first time Birney ran he only received seven thousand votes, notwithstanding the fact that Charles Osborn, Benjamin Lundy, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, and E. P. Lovejoy, had been publishing newspapers long before 1840, favoring the liberation of the slaves. But the people residing in the non-slaveholding states were adverse to interfering with the domestic institutions of the slaveholding states, and their verdict in that direction emboldened Henry Clay to say, during the presidential campaign of 1844, who was the leader of the Whig party, and who was warmly supported for the presidency by Abraham Lincoln, "That the slavery question should not enter into the annexation of Texas, one way or the other. Whether Texas be independent or incorporated into the United States, I do not believe it will prolong or shorten that institution," and the opinion which Mr. Clay entertained respecting the annexation of Texas, were shared by the other leaders of his party. Therefore the position of the leaders of the two great parties over the annexation of Texas and the further extension of slavery were identically the same. But be it said to the undying and the everlasting credit of the Democratic party, the first vigorous and emphatic protest against the further extension of slavery came from Democrats, and during the presidential election of 1844, almost two hundred thousand members of that party refused to acquiesce in the nomination of James K. Polk, and they worked for and supported James G. Birney, who, as we have previously shown, was an Abolitionist, an ex-slaveholder and a Democrat, and when he ran for president the second time in 1844, he received 200,000 votes, and history show thousand votes, and history shows that the bulk of his vote came from the Democratic party and not from the Whig party. James H. Polk triumphed and Henry Clay was defeated, but during his administration no national legislation was enacted effecting the status of the slaves. The Whigs felt so very blue and gloomy over the defeat of Henry Clay their great captain, that they poured out all their wrath upon the lovers of liberty who went down to defeat with Birney, who received more than fifteen thousand votes in the State of New York, and Horace Greeley insisted that if only one-third of this vote had been cast for Mr. Clay he would have been President. Several other prominent Whigs, who in time became the foremost leaders of the Republican Party, declared that "the Abolitionists deserved to be damned, and they will be." The Democrats, however, and the other followers of Birney would not retreat, but stood firm and they blazed the way for the armies which were to follow, and whose voices were faintly heard in the great whirlwind of 1840, but in 1844 they became clear and distinct and they could be plainly heard in the midst of all the excite- ment which prevailed during the fierce political struggle of that year. The political creed which they espoused with much zeal was substantially identical with that of the Free Soil Party of 1848, and their ideas and principles respecting the slavery question as we shall see later on became the foundation stone of the Republican Party of 1856 and 1860. and looking back over the past it must be admitted by all fair minded and candid men that James G. Birney, ex-President Martin Van Buren, and John P. Hale, who were steadfast Democrats, whose devotion to their country was greater than to their party, were far in advance of the great multitude which slowly and finally followed in their footsteps. (To be continued.) ANDREW JACKSON DAY. Monday, Jan. 8, many Democratic clubs and societies throughout the republic observed and celebrated the day by speechmaking and recalling the heroic deeds of Old Hickory, the hero of New Orleans, who was the first person in the United States to confer the title of major upon a Negro. Among the many eminent representative Democrats who elaborated upon the characteristics of Andrew Jackson, was Congressman William Sulzer of New York, who was the guest of honor and addressed the Granite State Club of Manchester, N. H. Congressman Sulzer's oration is a masterly piece of oratory, and if space would permit we would like to reproduce it in full. It is safe to assert that no orator or speaker paid a higher or more glowing tribute to Andrew Jackson, than William Sulzer, who in opening said: "Andrew Jackson, was a hero from his cradle to his grave, and that grand old man, the Old Hickory of the Democratic party, was one of the most magnificent figures and characters in all American history. The story of his life is a part of our history and it was the most stirring and eventful and will continue to act as an incentive to every hopeful school-boy, a beacon light to every sincere patriot, and a star of hope to every struggling toiler. "Andrew Jackson was a man of iron will and indomitable spirit. He never knew fear, he never turned his back on friend or foe. He knew the right and never hesitated to do it. He hated cant, despised hypocrisy, and cared naught for consequences. "He was a plain man. He loved the plain people; they understood him and they loved him. His life began with the struggles of a brave people to cast off the tyrannous yoke of oppression, and when it went out, his last look witnessed the greatest and the grandest republic the world has ever seen. "He stood for the true Democracy, the rule of the plain people, the Democracy which unfetters trade, fosters commerce, establishes industry, aids enterprise, maintains equal opportunity, unshackles the mind and the conscience and defends liberty. "We, as Americans and Democrats, love and rever the memory of Andrew Jackson, the illustrious patriot of the Hermitage, the hero of New Orleans, and the sage of Tennessee. PROF. W. H. COUNCILL We have several thousand(?) leaders of our race, who are constantly puffing and blowing about what should be done. But there the matter ends. But we are happy to say, that Prof. Councill does not belong to that class of men. He believes that on all occasions, actions speak louder than words, and that money will go further than long windy articles or empty words, or false promises, towards assisting any worthy or laudible enterprise. Furthermore, Prof. Councill is not miserly or penurious, nor small hearted and he has a just estimate of the value of newspapers and believes in supporting and encouraging reputable publica- In a letter to The Broad Ax, recently, Prof. Councill exclaims: "I have read your excellent paper and like it. I wish you unlimited success in your efforts, which seem straight forward and manly. Your paper is very creditable as to both physical and literary make up. It richly deserves to live CHICAGO. JANUARY 13, 1900. and prosper, and I take pleasure in enclosing you a check for two years subscription in advance." Such compliments coming from one occupying such a lofty position in the literary world is extremely flattering and encouraging, and it will cause us to put forth greater exertions in endeavoring to ascend higher in the realm of literature. Some patriotic individual writes: 'The United States is a great country. Of course it is; a country— Where trusts hold you up and poverty holds you down. Where white men curse black men by day and kiss black women by night. Where good whisky makes bad men and bad men make good whisky. Where professors draw their convictions and their salaries from the source. Where newspapers are paid for sup- COL. WM. The greatest living American, and States. COL. WM. J. BRYAN. The greatest living American, and the next President of the United States. pressing truth and made rich for telling a lie. Where we pay $15 for a dog and 15 cents a dozen to a poor women for making shirts. Where to be virtuous is to be lonesome and to be lonesome is to be called a crank. Where we have prayers on the floor of the National Capitol and whisky in the basement. Where we sit on the safety-valve of energy and pull wide open the throttle of conscience. Where business consists in getting property in any way that will not land you in the penitentiary. Where men vote for what they do not want for fear they will not get what they want by voting for it. Where we spend $5,000 to bury a congressman who is rich and $20 to put away a workingman who is poor. Where we have a Congress of four hundred men to make laws and a Supreme Court of nine men to set them aside. Where gold is a substance, the one thing sought for, and God is a wastebasket for our better thoughts and good resolutions. Where if the black man takes a chicken he is called a thief, and if a white men steals thousands of dollars he is called an embezzler. Where a black man goes to the penitentiary for being saucy to a white man, and a white man goes to the Legislature for killing a black man. Where men will close their prayerbooks, leave their pews, and jump over Sunday school benches in their hurry to shoot, lynch and burn their fellowman. A GREAT COUNTRY. Where religious zealots send money and Bibles to civilize the benighted black heathen in Africa but refuse to admit a civilized black person into their home churches. Yes, indeed, this is a great country; a country of Stars and Stripes—stars for the white man and stripes for the Negro.—The Standard, Lexington, Ky. Catholicism seems to be far ahead of Protestantism, so far as the treatment of the Negro goes. If a Catholic mob has ever lynched or burned at the stake a Negro it has failed to come under our observation, and we have traveled over much of the wide world and "many goodly kingdoms seen." That the American Catholic Church is freer from prejudice than the Protestant church goes without saying. Last month John Mahood, a Negro painter, while at work on a big building at 867 Elton avenue, New York, J. BRYAN. the next President of the United fell from a scaffold three stories high to the ground. He broke his arm and two ribs and was injured internally. A crowd gathered as he lay on the ground, unable to move, but no one sent for an ambulance, and no policeman appeared in sight. After Mahood had been lying there for about ten minutes Father William Murphy, a Catholic priest of the Church of St. Peter and St. John, came along. He rebuked the crowd for dilatoriness and then looked for a policeman. Being unable to see one Father Murphy took Mahood on his shoulders and carried him seven blocks to a drug store at 3706 Third avenue where the helpless Negro was temporarily treated while his benefactor sent a call for an ambulance to the Fordham Hospital. In the language of Kentucky's lamented poet-laureate, Richard Stanton: Such acts as these are not for Fame, Nor done of self- revealing. They come uncalled, in Pity's name. A late issue of Standard Opinion contains a cut of William Loeffler, Esq., City Clerk of Chicago. The cut makes Mr. Loeffler appear like an exhog-butcher or maker of bolognasausage, instead of a city clerk. Standard Opinion is booming him for state auditor, but he will never smell the nomination. Heretofore we have looked upon brother Denvir as one of the best newspaper men in the state but if he persists in running Mr. Loeffler's cut, then it is proof positive to us, that Editor Denvir is not onto his job. ```markdown ``` AN ACT OF MERCY. —The Standard, Lexington, K. THE MUSICALE. Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Phyllis Wheatley Club, gave a very successful musical, which was largely attended. President L. A. Davis and Mrs. Liza Harris deserve much commendation for providing the rare musical treat. The talent which participated in it was of a high order. The following interesting program was carried out: Instrumental solo, Mrs. Jessie Bruce; duet, Mrs. Harris and Hawkins; instrumental solo, B. F. Nash; vocal solo, Mrs. Bruce; instrumental solo, Mrs. R. McStrodling; vocal solo, Miss Euphemia McQuann; select reading, Mrs. C. C. Lewis. At the conclusion of the program dancing was in order and refreshments were served. NOTICE All friends and readers of The Broad Ax, who have relatives or friends visiting them, or if you give or attend social functions either at home or abroad. If you journey to other towns or cities on business or pleasure. If you know or hear of a marriage, birth or death. Or in short, if you know anything of interest pertaining to the doings or the movements of the people adduce such facts and figures as briefly as possible on postal cards or letters, and address them to The Broad Ax, and all such news items will find their way into its columns. But do not send us anything in reference to cake walks or Jim Crowism. If you give swell parties and receptions and desire that the same should receive mention, send invitations or tickets and a representative of The Broad Ax will endeavor to be on hand, otherwise no one should, marvel, if they fail to observe a notice in The Broad Ax. CHIPS. The Federation of Women's Clubs met at Bethel church last Thursday night. Matters of importance received its consideration. Lawyer Albert Bailey George has returned from Washington, D. C., where he spent the holidays, hobnobbing with his numerous friends. Colonel George F. Bowles, an Afro-American of national prominence, died at his home in Natchez, Miss., Tuesday. He leaves an estate valued at $100,000.—Ex. The ladies of Bethel Church tendered Mrs. Ransom, the wife of the pastor, a reception, last Wednesday night, which was well attended and a social success. A man of means who will subscribe for a paper and refuse to pay for the same, after receiving it for a year, will steal, if he gets half a chance.—Colored American, Washington, D. C. The Ida B. Wells-Barnett Club held its session at Grace Presbyterian Church, Sunday afternoon. A goodly number of its members were present and participated in its deliberations. The banquet given at the Tremont House last Saturday night by the Bryan League, was most largely attended. Colonel Bryan, Mayor Carter H. Harrison and many other prominent gentlemen were present and delivered able and patriotic speeches. If the Negro cake walkers only had tails they would be complete monkeys; or if they only had ears a little longer they would be complete donkeys. As it is, they can pass for half monkey and half donkey. We consider them the biggest fools outside of the lunatic asylum.—Ex. B. H. Heide, president of the Democratic German-American Club of the 30th ward and member of the Old Hickory Club, wants it distinctly understood that he is not an aspirant for any political office this year, for he has not the time so he says, to devote to politics G. H. Harris, who is connected with the Singer Manufacturing Company, and who is one of the fathers of the Old Hickory Club of the 30th ward, is not looking for any political job, but is ever ready to stand aside, so his friends will have no difficulty in getting up to the trough. F. W. Blocki, Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, is one of the most genial officials connected with the administration. He cheerfully answers all questions propounded to him by the many visitors to his office each day NO. 12. and it is a pleasure to come in contact with gentlemen like Mr. Blocki. Mayor Carter H. Harrison, made no mistake when he selected James O'Brien to serve as city gas inspector, for Mr. O'Brien does not rear back in his chair and elevate his feet on the top of his desk and snooze all day, but he is always wide-awake and actively engaged in looking after the affairs of his office. Alderman J. J. McCormick does not strut aroundthe cit y hall with a plughat on the side of his head and, with a long Jim Swinger coat on, but he is unassuming in his ways, for he belongs to the plain or the common people and they attested their loyalty to him by rolling up a majority in his favor of 2.800 at the last election. Down in the 3rd ward it looks as though the aldermanic contest will assume an unusual aspect. Robert B. Cabell, an Afro-American Democrat intends to enter the race against Alderman Alling, and Mr. Cabell expects to divide the Negro vote in that ward, which with the aid of the Democratic vote may land him in the city council. Joseph P. Junk, head of the great Junk brewery is constructed out of the right kind of material to make a first class city treasurer. Mr. Junk is a German-American, whose steadfastness to Democracy cannot be disputed. Moreover, he possesses first-class business qualifications and is liberal in his views and with his money, and The Broad Ax will stand by Joseph P. Junk. Prof. Booker T. Washington, delivered a lecture Sunday afternoon, on "Fraternal Life Insurance," at Bethel Church. He was warmly and enthusiastically received by a large and appreciative audience, who paid strict attention to his remarks, and the United Brotherhood performed a great service to the people of Chicago, by securing Prof. Washington to address them on "Fraternal Life Insurance." Millions of Southern white people have a high sense of justice and revolt at the treatment of the African and regret it as intensely as any people on earth. We have known them to both curse and weep over the recital of the treatment of the Negro in instances which have been related. But they are powerless and dare not speak loudly lest their business and social relations should subject them to ridicule and finally want.—Ex. The Christmas edition of The Indianapolis Freeman, greatly excelled all other efforts made by that great journal, in getting up special editions. It consisted of twenty-four pages, absolutely perfect in its construction and workmanship, and covered every point and field of interest to the race. Prof. W. H. Councill, the brilliant writer, great educator and instructor, W. T. Menard, Prof. W. S. Scarborough, Hon. John C. Dancy and several other able writers and representatives of the race contributed articles to it. John J. Feely, of Murray and Feely, lawyers, Unity building, who is one of the guiding and controlling spirits of the Old Hickory Club of the 30th ward, blushes like a young maiden who has just had the question popped to her, if any one suggest to him that he would make an excellent candidate for Congress. Mr. Feely very modestly disclaims having any ambition to seek any political preferment within the next five or ten years, but at the expiration of that time he might be induced to engage in politics in dead earnest. 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Mucsaes Secretary Gage and the Standard Ol) | Bauk—The Facts and the Law Re- specting a0 Unprecedented Favor frem the Government. ’ On July 2 last the government sold to the Standard Oi! National Cit) bank the old custom-house property at Wal and William streets for $3,265,000. Th sale was made under provisions of 2 special act of congress providing that the purchaser of the old custom- house should permit the government to continue to occupy it until the new custom-house was ready for occw- pancy, the government to pay 4: tenant of the old building 4 per cent upon the purchase price, or about $130,000 a year. The day after the sale James Stillman, president of the Na- tional City bank, went to Washington. taking with him a certified check, drawn on his own bank, for $3,225,350 —all but $40,000 of the full price agreed upon. This check Mr. Still- man personally handed to Secretary Gage, who immediately handed it back to President Stillman to be deposited without interest in the National City bank, says the New York World. In other words, none of the three and a quarter millions of dollars which the National City Standard Oil bank paid the government for the United States custom-house six months ago has ever for one hour passed out of the bank's control. The bank has had not only the use of the money every day since to loan out at interest for its own profit, but it has at the same time been receiving rent from the gov- ernment for the custom-house. The old proverb that one cannot eat a cake and keep it is thus set at defiance, for the National City bank owns the custom-house and yet retains the mon- = it paid for the custom-house. Secretary Gage has never turned the proceeds into the treasury, as required by section 4 of chapter 337, under the terms of which the sale was made. The $40,000 “held baca” was for an- other purpose. The deeds of the cus- tom-house are still in the treasury de- partment at Washington. The title to the property has not therefore passed to the National City bank, and the city of New York can collect no taxes upon the land, as it is nominally gov- ernment property, although the Na- tional City bank owns and receives rent for it. The $40,000 held back was therefore merely a legal excuse for not proving the title and for evading tax- ation. | The Law Which .Was Vicisted. The law authorizing the sale of this Property was as follows: _Chapter No. 337, section No. 4: “That the secretary of the trédsury ‘is* hereby authorized and directed to sell at public or private sale, to the high- est bidder, after due advertisement, but for not less than $3,000,000, the present custom-house property in the city of ivew York, bounded by Wall, William and Hanover streets and Ex- change place, and to deposit the pro- ceeds of the sale, after the payment of the usual incidental expenses, in the United States treasury as miscellane- ous receipts derived from the sale of government property.” Two General Laws Which Apply. Section 3,617, Revised Statutes: “The gross amount of all moneys received from whatever source for the use of the United States, except as otherwise provided for in the next section, shall be paid by the officer or agent receiv- ing the same into the treasury at as early a date as possible.” 3,618, Revised Statutes: “All pro- ceeds of sales of old material, con- demned stores, supplies or other prop- erty of any kind shall be deposited and covered into the treasury as miscel- laneous receipts on account of ‘pro- ceeds of government property,” and shall not be withdrawn or applied ex- cept in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law.” These facts are admitted by Secre- tary Gage’s subordinates as to the de- posit of the check in the National City bank. The only defense is (first by Supervising Architect Taylor of the treasury) that the money was “cov- ered into the treasury,” in the lan- guage of the law when it was placed in ‘the government depository, the Standard Oil bank. > “The money,” said he, “very likely was never covered into the treasury, but deposited in some one of the gov- ernment depository banks.” - He did not know why the property. was still being recorded as in the gov- prnment’s possession and thus kept off the city tax books. “That,” he said, “was not the government's ‘business. it was for the New York tcx depart- ment.”* =» Favors to One Bank Four transactions of the government with the National City bank, as the World has shown, have netted the fa- yored institution these PROFITS: Four transactions of the government with the National City bank, as the World has shown, have netted the fa- yored institution these PROFITS: Profit on. Union Pacific—Pay- ments of $53,000,000 in part dis- tributed among the United © Basse bet tes. Srenter retained by the National &e, ro 3 ee see terest on $8,255.00 for 13) days, at 6 per cent. $6,337; rent from ment for 180 days at 4 ‘cent, Se saved for is ar, Ea ina tee= — Seem Seems the Ck bank now an increase of | $4,000,000 since Dec. 2. when the Ree POOP saa ment favors shown since Secre- tary Gage entered the cabinet... 1,563; Capital stock of the National City bank, $1,000,000; peroomtene of Protit from t favors the cael er eee ne a So great have the Standard Oil trust and the government's favors made the National City bank that the stock- holders increased the stock tenfold— $10,000,000.—New York World. RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS. When that great, fertile parent of trusts, the Republican party, permits one of its most trusted servants to speak of them in the light of evils, there must be some truth in the hue and cry against them. That the peo- ple are right. as they generally are upon great and burning, questions, Mr. Comptroller Dawes is fain to admit, and with his weather eye open to get on the good side of the dear people, and secure enough votes to elect his angelic friend, Mr. McKinley, he pledges the Republican party to the elimination and abolition of all wicked trusts. In fact, he declares the G. O. P. will do anything and everything, even unto sacrificing before wooden gods and idols of every style of man- ufacture, rather than lose votes. The people of this country have been sur- ‘felted with anti-election promises, and have been gulle@, hypnotized and be- trayed so many times that it is not improbable it will take an unusual ef- fort to again mislead them. But let us hear what Mr. Dawes has to say on the subject of trusts. It was at a “love feast” in Springfield. Il. Mr. Dawes finds three things in our present grave domestic problems: “First. cheap raw materials and the elimination of competing buyers; sec- ond, higher prices for the public and the elimination of competing sellers; third, the more economical production of commodities by concentration of capital.” With this third one. the il- limitable Dawes says, “The people of the country, as a whole,.find very little fault.” Mr. Dawes is talking through the Washington style administration hat. The concentration of capital for | any purpose is the greatest grievance. the people of this nation has ever had | to contend with. He should have said that all of the people comprising the first and second categories find little complaint, and that when it comes to that, the 99 per cent of the people of this country are the strenuous and persistent fault finders. The random- talking comptroller of the currency must know, if he stops to think for himself, and not through Mark Han- na’s phonograph, that the people of this country are under the impression that his efforts to mislead are caused by his anxiety to foist McKinley and the concentration of wealth upon an overburdened people for another term, and then put it beyond the power of the people to relieve themselves. The Sword ten = Recebiic. _ London newspapers report that Sir Alfred Milner. premier of Cape Colony, is apprehensive of an uprising there in Behalf of the Afrikanders, and has asked authority to declare martial law. The British cabinet, after grave con- sideration, refused the request, saying that serious as the situation is, it does mot justify so radical and extreme a measure. In Idaho a few months ago a small mob wrecked a mill belonging to a mining company owned by tlie Stand- ard Oil “crowd.” There isn't any pre- mier of the Coeur d'Alene, and the sheriff of Shoshone county, the con- stituted authority, did not demand any unusual! aid in keeping the peace. But the mining company demanded, and the governor ordered martial law, and the president has kept federal troops there ever since to enforce it, though all the men suspected of complicity in the outrage, and all suspected of even a remote sympathy for them, have been driven out of the county. Moral—A simple, harc-working cor- Poration in these republican United States wields greater power than a titled premier under British effete monarchy. Truly, “the republic is op- portunity.”—Chicago Journal (inde- pendent). . Repoablican Party Committed. The Atlanta Constitution is not at all dismayed by the fact that several Democrats voted with the Republicans on the currency bill: “Several Demo- crats voted for the currency bill; but they were'men who had trained under the Bucknerism of two years ago and came from. ‘constituency from ‘which nothing had been expected, and which confributed nothing to the Democratic backbone in the campaign of 1896. On the contrary, the great mass of Demo- cratic members, representing the mili- tant Democracy of live and effective constituencies, stood together and Voted against this attempt of the Re- publicans to fasten the gold standard upon the country. ; “The resuit of the vote taken has committed the Republican party to a declaration which it has always avoid- ed heretofore, and upon which it has been able to blindfold the people. At the same time, it has helped to clear the atmosphere and to'reveal the = ing strength of the Democratic gation and thus to make the —— doubtful than it has been fac” ; He Should Shetve Hasna ‘Kansas City Star: As an evide: of ‘genuine good faith, Mr. McKjnley should express the -wish that - tor Hanna pol, his out of the ” conv: This would set the public ‘mind completely at rest regarding the thorough political regeneration of the ‘president and might convince even his enemies that his feet had been taken ‘upon.the rock of ages. DISASTERS IN THE CURRENCY BILL. No man ever lived better qualified to understand our financial situation than Senator Thomas Benton. who has 8o often been misquoted as advocating the doctrine behind the present cur- rency bill. Hon. Dorsey W. Shackle- ford quotes him in a speech in con- gress opposing this iniquitous measure. Senator Benton was opposing the same kind of a bill, and thus expresses the situation: “This mass of power, thus ramified and thus directed, must necessarily become, under prolonged existence, the absolute. monopolist of American money, the sole manufacturer of paper currency, and the sole authority which the federal government, the state gov- ernments, the great cities, corporate bodies, merchants, traders and every private citizen must, of necessity, ap- ply, for every loan which the exigen- cies may demand. ‘The rich ruleth the Poor, and the borrower is the servant of the lender.” Such are the words of Holy Writ; and if the authority of the Bible admitted of corroboration, the history of the world is at hand to give it. For twenty years, under Pitt, the bank of England was the dominant power in England; and during that disastrous period the public debt was increased $2,000,000,000, and by a bank which, according to its own deciara- tions, had not a shilling to lend at the beginning of the period. I omit the rest. I say nothing of the general subjugation of the country banks, the rise in the price of food, the decline im wages, the increase of crime and taxes, the multiplication of lords and beggars, and the frightful demoraliza- tion of society. Can not the bank of the United States act in the same way? It certainly can, and just as certainly will when time and opportunity serve and interest may prompt. * * * What grounds for alarm and terrible apprehension when, with so many in- dependent states, so many rival com- mercial cities. so much sectional jeal- ousy, such violent political parties. such fierce contests for power, there should be but one moneyed tribunal! before which all the rival and contend- ing elements must appear- but one single dispenser of money, to which every citizen, every trader, every mer- chant, every planter. every manufac- turer, every corporation, every city. every state, and the federal govern- ment itself must apply in every emer- gency for the indispensable loan, and this in the face of the fact that in every contest for human rights the great moneyed institutions have uni- formly been found on the side of kings and nobles, and against the lives and liberties of the people.” Oealte Kactish. You Kaow. Now that Great Britain is having some difficulty in South Africa, the protective mantle of the world is trans- ferred to the back of the American eagle. The dispatches announce that the United States cruiser Montgomery is on a visit to Liberia. In connection with that visit an important step is under consideration. It consists .of a joint request of the United States and Great Britain upon France to define the boundary between the territory she claims and that claimed by Liberia. Of course, the movement is wholly due to the contemplated encroachments of France upon the little republic, that is, the apparent reason given the dear people. Now for the real reason. Hon. Arthur Ponsonby, managing director of the Liberian Rubber syndicate, and British subjects commercially interest- ea in Liberia, think that the republic's Progress had better be under the pro- tection of either the United States or Great Britain. If any other syndicate or Eritish commercial interests are liable to be jeopardized anywhere on earth. the McKinley administration may be relied upon to wave the flag over them, lest the progress of the na- tion-or, plundered people so prosperous and progressive under the egis of trusts and syndicates be retarded. The spectacle of the United States becom- ing a universal robber and cannon ball civilizer under the leadership of Eng- land, ‘s an alarming spectacle to the diplomatists of the world, but it is painful to the American people who have to pay the expenses while the syndicates pocket the spoils. The Comiec Imperialism. _ Prof. Hadiey, president of Yale unt- versity, in a serious lecture before the American Economic association at Ithaca, N. Y., last month, points out the radical changes taking place in our industrial and political system, and among other things, utters the follow- ing prophetic language: “Changes are taking place in our matters polftical as well as industrial. Not only are our municipalities giving examples of com- bined action in the way of public works undreanied of a century ago, but our nations as a whole are under- taking yet larger combinations in the shape of colonia! empires. “A federation of states of approxi- mately equal strength may govern one another on a principle of separate pur- suits of selfish interests. 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One Year..... $2.00 Six Months..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application Address all communications io JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher CURRENT TOPICS BEAR MOVES TOWARD INDIA. Ever since the breaking out of the Transvaal war there have been indications that Russia was preparing to move on Herat, and a St. Petersburg cablegram announces the first step in that direction. Nov. 20 Ivan Ivanovitch cabled the Chicago Record, via Paris, Nov. 23, as follows: "The czar returned to Czarskoie Selo palace from Skierewicz last week and immediately summoned an extraordinary council of his ministers under his own presidency. This council was held Saturday, and by far the most significant and startling matter that came before it was the report of the minister of war, Gen. Kouropatkine, on the demonstrative movement on the Indian frontiers. This report is said to have been a very elaborate one, giving not only a full account of the general situation, but also a statement in minutest detail. I have it on the best possible authority that the report concluded with the following categorical statement: 'The troops of your majesty are not only ready to make a threatening diversion, but can seriously injure the English interests and power. Revolts may break out among the natives and in the countries lying south of Herat.'" Again on Nov. 28 he wrote: "In the domain of high politics Russia's horizon is blackly overcast. It cannot be doubted that the statesmen of St. Petersburg not only foresee war, but actually desire it; for in the fatal results of the stupid campaign in South Africa, in the rabid animosity of France toward England, in the disposition of the negus of Abyssinia to carve out for himself a section of the Egyptian Sudan, and in the desire of the ameer of Afghanistan to effect a defensive alliance with Russia, it is impossible not to see a grand opportunity for mobilizing all the national forces to which the aggrandizement of the British empire is obnoxious." JUSTICE FOR CUBAN PRISONERS. One of the most praiseworthy aspects of Gen. Wood's characteristic activity as governor of Cuba is his prompt investigation of the prisons. Two days ago he set free forty prisoners in the province of Santa Clara some of whom had been detained for years without a trial. The prisons of Cuba under Spanish rule were an abomination, and the Spanish method of keeping men for months and years without a trial was one of the blackest spots on Spain's record. It is high time the last of those cases should be looked into and rectified. Gen. Wood may be trusted to discriminate between real criminals and persons thrown into prison on flimsy pretexts. He may also be trusted to see that all prisoners have the right of prompt trial. By the time he gets through with the Cuban prisons and courts they will show as great an improvement as did the sanitary conditions of Santiago.—Chicago Tribune. REFORMING THE DICTIONARY. Following the lead of Supt. Andrews of the Chicago schools the congregation of the University of Chicago has adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That the adoption by the board of the University Press for use in the official publications and journals of the university of the list of words with changed spelling accepted by the National Educational association be approved." The list of words thus "reformed" is as follows: Program (programme); tho (though); altho (although); thorofare (thoroughfare); thru (through); thruout (throughout); catalog (catalogue); prolog (prologue); decalog (decalogue); demagog (demagogue); pedagog (pedagogue). The senate committee on privileges and elections has finally decided by a vote of 4 to 3 to make an adverse report upon the resolution to seat Senator Quay. The resolution was as follows: "Resolved, That Matthew S. Quay be admitted as senator from the state of Pennsylvania, in accordance with his appointment, made on April 29, 1899, by the governor of said state." The members of the committee voting for the resolution were Senators Chandler, Hoar and McComas, and those opposing Senators Burrows, Caffery, Pettus and Harris. Senators Turley and Pritchard were paired, the latter for, the former against, the resolution. This practically ends the matter, unless a minority report is re The Imperial Moving Establishment Is Luxuriously Fitted Up. The imperial train in which the Czar and Czarina usually travel is wholly of Russian workmanship, having been made in the Alexander works at St. Petersburg. It consists of eleven carriages painted blue and gold. They are connected by corridors, and provided with every luxury. Behind the luggage wagons there are, first, the kitchen, containing a splendid French stove and two large fixed samoyars. Then comes the pantry with all its appendages, to which is attached a second-class carriage for the kitchen servants. The dining room, a whole carriage, is furnished with a large table in the center, and small tables along the sides, the walls being paneled, with red beechwood inset with huge mirrors. The chairs are upholstered with brown Russia leather. Another carriage serves as the reception room, the walls being ornamented with stamped leather in beechwood frames. The seats are salmon-colored, with white stripes in Louis XV. style. The reception room also contains five small and beautifully inlaid tables and three hanging candelabras. The Czarina's carriage is light blue, with padded walls, and contains her majesty's writing table and an enormous mirror, and is decorated with beautiful creeping plants, of which the Czarina is particularly fond. Next to the Czarina's room, and in the same carriage, is the imperial nursery, while the whole of the adjoining carriage is also devoted to the children and their wants. Here are their low cradle beds. A special coupe is reserved for the governesses and nurses. The Czar's apartments consist of two rooms, his study and a dressing room. The study is fitted with brown Russia leather, and the study table is ornamented with fine bronzes. The next two carriages are reserved for the suite. The last carriage is reserved for the railway official. Here the speed of the train is regulated. All the carriages are connected by telephone. The lighting, ventilation and heating are carefully attended to. More than 300 lamps are supplied by the electric battery on the train. The train runs quite noiselessly, even when going at the highest speed. A NOBLE WOMAN. The recent death of Lady Margaret Fitzalan Howard, the youngest sister of the Duke of Norfolk, closes a career of remarkable devotion to the service of God and neighbor, at the comparatively early age of 39 years. Lady Margaret was one of a band of ladies who have done, and are doing, a great work in the east end of London among the poor working girls and their families, going in turns from their west end home to live amohg the poor of Whitechapel, etc., and showing sympathy with the hard lives of their toiling sisters, which is so much more effectual than merely giving money to charitable associations, however worty. An incident in the lives of these ladies will show how their work is appreciated. One of them had a favorite little dog, which was stolen in the east end, and she offered a high reward. Soon after two men brought the dog to her west end home, and absolutely refused to accept the reward, saying: "We did not know it was your dog, or we never would have taken it, and it will never be stolen again." Lady Margaret was ever as loyal to her queen and country as she was to God, and with the desire to maintain the great principles which have given to English people so many blessings she was one of the first to join the Primrose League and support the British constitution and the real rights of British citizens. She served M. MARGARET HOWARD. for many years on the executive committee of the Ladies' Grand Council of the league, and was one of the most active of that body in organizing and canvassing together with Lady Gwendolin Cecil, the talented daughter of the Marquis of Salisbury, who was one of Lady Margaret's special friends Two Irish magistrates were recently deprived by Lord Ashbourne, the lord chancellor of Ireland, of their offices on account of anti-British comments on the Boer war. The proceeding is most unusual, especially as one of the delinquents is a nobleman, Lord Emly, who, speaking to some laborers at Limerick, inferred that Great Britain might have another Ladysmith in Ireland. Lord Ashbourne asked for an explanation, but Lord Emly haughtily refused, whereupon he was removed. Lord Emly is prominent in Ireland, both socially and politically, and is an ardent home raiser. The only other instance on record is where Mr. Gladstone years ago deprived Lord Rossmore of a magistracy for similar utterances. BOWEL BLOAT are fakes and substitutes on the market which will not do this for you. Cascarets are never sold in bulk. Look for the trade-mark, the long-tailed "C" on the box. Every form of bowel trouble is quickly and permanently CURED BY Cascarets Get the genuine if you want results! Tablet is marked "CCC." Cascarets are never sold in bulk, but only and always in the light blue metal box with the long-tailed "C." Lock for the trade-mark—the C with a long tail—on the lid! BEST FOR THE BOWELS 10c. 25c. 50c. ALL DRUGGISTS CCC This is the genuine tablet, never sold in bulk. To any needy mortal, suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS, we will send a box free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. Should you desire information regarding California, Arizona, Texas or Mexico, and the long limit, low rate, round-trip tickets, sold to principal points, the various routes via which the tickets can be purchased, or regarding one way first and second-class rates, through sleeping car lines, first-class and tourist, call upon or address W. G. Neimyer, Gen'l Western Agent, Southern Pacific Co., 238 Clark street, Chicago; W. H. Connor, Com'l Agent, Chamber Commerce Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio, or W. J. Berg, Trav. Pass. Agt., 320 Ellicott square, Buffalo, N. Y. It is singular how little respect for their relatives the men have who think themselves highly gifted. Reliable Help Wanted (Either sex.) The Humanitarian Home and Sanitarium for Invalida and Health Seekers, incorporated. Send 12c in stamps for full information. Address J. H. Teltlebaum, Treasurer, East Las Vegas, N. M. The value of the imports of potatoes into England yearly is estimated at about £600,000. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. Sic. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. The grindstone is about the only stone the average boy leaves unturned. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Klime's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Don't speak your mind unless you have a mind to say something. I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure prevented quick consumption.—Mrs. Lucy Wallace, Marquette, Kan., Dec. 12, '96. In Japan the bride gives the wedding presents to her parents. Coe's Cough Balsam is the oldest and best. It will break up a cold quicker than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it. Independence, like honor, is a rocky island without a beach. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. The woman who has tact invariably knows what not to do. Attractive Booklet Sent Free. Choice Recipes for making Cocoa and Chocolate. Address Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.. Dorchester. Mass. Japan has had a Hebrew synagogue since the year 1182. When All Else Falls. Try Yi-Ki. Cures Corns and Bunions without pain. Never falls. Drug stores or mall 15c. Yi-Ki Co., Crawfordsville, Ind. The Strand, London, is in no fewer than five parishes. Brown's Teething Cordial heals irritated gums and gives babies rest day and night. Every failure is a step nearer to success. Hon. W. N. Roach, United States Senator from North Dakota. Hon. W. N. Roach, United States Senator from North Dakota, personally endorses Peruna, the great catarrh cure and tonic. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, at Columbus, Ohio, written from Washington, D. C., Senator Roach says: "Persuaded by a friend, I have used Peruna as a tonic, and I am glad to testify that it has greatly helped me in strength, vigor and appetite. I have been advised by friends that it is remarkably efficacious as a cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh." Peruna is not a guess, nor an experiment; it is an absolute, scientific certainty. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna has no substitutes—no rivals. Insist upon having Peruna. Let no one persuade you that some other remedy will do nearly as well. There is no other systematic remedy for catarrh but Peruna. Address the Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio, for a free book on catarrh, written by Dr. Hartman. A horrible, slimy monster that makes man's life a misery. After eating: a bloated belly, belching of gas from the stomach, a foul, ill-smelling scurf on the tongue, dizziness, headache, a sour rising and spitting up of half-digested food,—it's Bowel Bloat. When the bowels stop working they become filled with putrid, rotting matter, forming poisonous gases that go through the whole body. If you don't have a regular, natural movement of the bowels at least once a day your fate is bowel bloat, with all the nasty, disgusting symptoms that go with it. There's only one way to set it right. Clean yourself out gently but thoroughly and tone up your bowels with CASCARETS. There THE SCIENTIFIC KNIFE AND SCISSORS GRINDER Is considered a household neces- sity by all who have used it, be- cause it will grind knives and scissors better and quicker than any other device made for that purpose. Sent prepaid for $1.00. Agents Wanted. SCHOFIELD & Co., Freeport, Ill Wemake every liberal discounts to our Agents. Meat smoked in a few hours with KRAUSER'S' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. Made from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleaner, sweeter, and surer than the old way. Send for circular. E. A KRAUSER & BKO., Milton, P. CARTER'S INK Scientifically made— Therefore THE BEST. Mexico. It is the natural seaport for the products of the entire Middle, Northern and Western states and for Houston, the great railroad center of Texas. The U. S. Government has voted $3,000,000 for harbor improvements. Capital is flowing in and men of wealth and influence are making investments. An investment in a town lot in La Porte will net you 500 per cent in 5 years. Write for FREE MAPS, DESCRIPTIVE BOOK and ART ILLUSTRATIONS to AMERICAN LAND COMPANY, 188, Madison St., CHICAGO. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 2, 1900. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1900. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. London riding schools are providing woman groo.... Needlework schools in Vienna excel in variety of work and number of fancy stitches. Mrs. B. A. Mulroney of Philadelphia has made over $50,000 out of her shops in the Klondike. New York young women have formed classes for instruction in intelligent foreign traveling. A Woman's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been formed in New Jersey. Sister Generose (Mattingly), who died recently at Loretta, Ky., was the oldest nun in the United States. Mrs. Elizabeth Carey Agassiz has resigned the presidency of Radcliffe college on account of advanced age. Mrs. Mary E. Hawley of Pekin, Ill., who gave her fortune to the cause of temperance, has written a play called "True to Her Convictions," which will be staged next year. At the International Congress of Temperance Workers to be held in Paris next April, Lady Henry Somerset, who is to be one of the principal speakers, will touch on the work of Frances Willard. Miss Georgina Pope, sister of the Under Secretary of Canada, who is head of the staff of nurses in the Canadian contingent sent to South Africa, is a graduate of Bellevue hospital nursing school, New York. A Brooklyn bride had a pretty idea in presenting the guests pieces of the wedding cake in heart-shaped boxes, covered with ivory white satin of the material of the bride's gown, and painted with forget-me-nots. HOME-MADE PHILOSOPHY. Prosperity, like patent medisin,hardly ever heels anyboddy we kno. Sience goze along diskiverin noo trooth every day, and noboddy noze wot the hull trooth iz. The world haz follerd the advice of itz "grate men" so long that the "little men" have no place on earth too hang up thar hat. Redoost circumstances are weaker than thay ware before the reduxshun wuz made. The essence ov poverty duz not grow stronger with age. We tock about the eevils ov selfishness, but if a feller don't look out fur hisself, heel soon find hisself with a big appetite, and nuthin too feed it. Gittin big pay without givin the public sumthin in exchange fur it, iz like milkin a cow that haz got twin cafts in the stabull a-abalin for skimd milk. Frod and injustes are kivered up like featherze in a glass dish. You kin see 'em awl the time, but if yoo try to lift the lid everyboddy will skream at yoo in grate alarm. Wen the man hoo iz sinseer in doin rong meets the man hoo iz sinseer in doin right, and thay fite about thare opinyuns, the warld sets down with itz hands in itz pockets and waits to applod hooever wins the battle. SHAFTS AT RANDOM SENT. None laugh better and oftener than women with fine teeth. Don't worry about slander; it will rub off when it gets dry. A woman often thinks she regrets the lover when she only regrets the love. The whisper of a beautiful woman can be heard farther than the loudest call of duty. A young man is complimented when a woman shows jealousy, but an older man gets scared. At this season a woman can buy more bundles for a little money than anybody else on earth. When a man makes the mistake of marrying too young it is one of the mistakes he never repeats. A woman may be a poor marksman, but she generally knows how to throw a hint about Christmas time. When a woman worries herself to death about her husband getting so thin it's generally because she is getting too stout. A man who can't trust his wife to spend a few dollars judiciously for Christmas gifts must feel low-spirited when he thinks of what she will do when she gets hold of his life insur- TEMPERANCE NOTES. A state Young People's Christian Temperance union for Iowa was recently organized at Des Moines, Iowa. All the members of the new London (England) school board are pledged to maintain the existing arrangements for temperance teaching in the schools. One of the rules which Andrew Carnegie is said to have established for his own guidance upon the road to success is this: "Never enter a barroom, nor let the contents of a barroom enter you." A temperance association under the auspices of the Welsh Congregational union has been organized, and is known as "the Temperance Association of the Welsh Congregational union." Women vote in Idaho. The first year the liquor men at Moscow tried to hinder their work on election day. Twelve women were mysteriously impaneled to sit as jurors on some important case, but several of them were so busy they could not be found! And one woman who was "wanted" in the jury box said she carried fifteen women to the polls while they were hunting for THINGS HERE AND THERE. A new glass roof is being put on the Sydenham (London) Crystal Palace at a cost of $60,000. Wild boars still abound in some parts of Morocco, one hunting party having lately killed over 190 in one week. A Boer patrol consists of three men, a veteran and two youngsters, usually an uncle and two nephews, or a father and two of his sons. It was General Custer who said, thirty years ago, that warfare in mountainous countries was almost impossible without the aid of mules. In a suit for divorce brought in Newark, N. J., the wife as plaintiff says she has had on an average six black eyes every year for the past twelve years. The Tree-Planting Association of New York city has planted about 1,700 trees since January, 1899, along the river front and in the residence streets. In all these years of tea drinking, tea has not been drunk at meals in China. The water from which it is made is always freshly boiled and used as soon as it reaches the boiling point. During the last year the Mormons have made twenty-one converts in Milwaukee, according to statements made by President J. D. Cummings of the Wisconsin conference of Latter Day Saints. An army of men is now in the Maine woods, and the log cut will be immense. On the Penobscot alone there will be a cut of 190,000,000 to 200,000,-000 feet, and on the Kennebec about 150,000,000 feet. The American city which during the first six months of 1899 showed the largest gain in the number and estimated cost of projected buildings was Cleveland, O.; New York came second and Kansas City third. SAYINGS OF WASHINGTON. Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. I hate deception even where the imagination only is concerned. To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny. Let us have a government by which our lives, liberty and property will be secured. There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy. Good measures should always be executed as soon as they are conceived and circumstances will admit. I shall rely confidently on that Providence which has hitherto preserved and been bountiful to me. No pecuniary consideration is more urgent than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt. To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness of which no rational creature can be insensible. Avoid gaming. This is a vice which is productive of every possible evil, equally injurious to the morals and health of its votaries. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect and conciliate the esteem of the truly valuable part of mankind. A difference of opinion on political points is not to be imputed to free men as a fault. It is to be presumed that they are all actuated by an equally laudable and sacred regard for the liberties of their country. MUCH IN LITTLE. Paris and Berlin are now telephonically connected. Chickamauga is to have a confederate monument to cost $65,000. The only advantage about being famous is that you don't need a chaparron. Two women were arrested at Passaic, N. J., for operating an illicit distillery. In Barcelona, Spain, out of 12,000 persons liable for taxes this year, only 9,000 have paid the amounts due. Trained nurses in German hospitals get from $75 to $200 a year, with board, lodging and all their clothes. Philanthropists at Toledo, Ohio, will build a home for workingmen, and have asked for committees representing various crafts to co-operate. The Elizabethian Stage Society of London has just performed "Richard IL." without scenery, in the lecture room of the University of London. At the close of formal dinners in Japan guests are presented with any portion of the meal they may fail to eat, which they are expected to take home. First-class passengers in England have increased only 10 per cent in 10 years, while the number of the third-class passengers has increased 41 per cent. When greatness frankly and privately looks back on its youth, it must feel somewhat nuzzled at the results. Popularity does not often hunt a man up, and even when it does it won't stay with him unless it is mighty well entertained CANDY.... Try the inimitable fine and pure candies, the best in the city for 15c., 25c. and 40c. per pound. All put up in beautiful boxes, suitable for presents. GUNTHER'S CONFECTIONERY 212 STATE STREET. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. Tel. M. 2025. W. W. JOHNSON. 125 Clark Street, - Chicago. .....Room 58..... Tel. Wentworth 516 Office Hours: 8.30 a. m. to 8.30 p. m. BEAUREGARD F. MOSELY LAWYER BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS A SPECIALTY. 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