The Broad Ax

VOL. VII. AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL'S MISSTAKE. While the National Education convention was sitting in Minneapolis last week and all the great educators of the country were there speaking on that all important subject, the Afro-American council was holding forth. The 1902 session of the Afro-American council, therefore, is not destined to take rank as the greatest effort of that body; the fact, the turn which things took there, and the result accomplished, rather mark the end of usefulness of the council. Mr. T. Thomas Fortune of somewhere between New York and New Jersey was elected president for the ensuing year. Ordinarily this would not be a bad choice, but viewed in the light of present events it is about as bad a calamity as could have befallen the organization. Fortune is a politician, pure and simple, a perennial office seeker; and his desire for the presidency on the council is not at all for the good in the twin and adjoining city of St. Paul, ostensibly in the interest of the Negro race, though of the latter body's doings next to nothing was heard. Like Venus transitting the sun the lesser body was lost sight of almost altogether in the blaze of the greater event. It is very likely, however, that if anything of moment had transpired in the St. Paul part of the world it would have been "To their fathest caverns sent." it will be to the race, but for the advantage it will give him in getting landed into some place by Roosevelt. His election, therefore, marks the overt entrance of the council into the business of office seeking. But the worse thing about the whole matter is Fortuna will not be the real president of the council, that honor in reality will now be Mr. Booker T. Washington's in everything except name. It is well known that fortune is only a "me too" to whatever Washington aspires to do. These two men have long since formed themselves into one twain in their dealings with the Negro race, Fortune furnishing whatever brain the combination needs, and Washington the boodle. Now, as Washington's purse has become almost limitless through his doctrine against the aspirations of his race, he is able to command whatever he wants from the New York man in furthering his desire to become universal lord and master of the fortunes of the Negro race in America. He is already political boss appointed by Roosevelt, and the Afro-American council has now ratified Roosevelt's choice by making Fortune, Washington's henchman, its president. The colored people of America, however, if they have heretofore been indifferent to the subject, can see from the action of a Minneapolis educational convention the real light in which the white race regard Mr. Washington as an educator. Although he was hovering between St. Paul and Minneapolis all the time, expecting to be called out for a speech by the educational convention, not a word was said to him about speaking. He sat around there as he did at the Montgomery convention, with none so poor as to do him honor. The white people showed by this rebuff that they did not care for Booker Washington's opinion on education except when he was talking on industrializing the Negro race. Not only did the Afro-American council, however, railroad its ticket for office through, but it even put Booker Washington on the committee that drafted the address to the country. As a result there was not a word stronger than a feeble regret uttered in the instrument sent out. But feeble as the declaration was, Washington was too cowardly to put his name to it, afraid no doubt that some one in the south might take umbrage at his action; yet this man is moving heaven and earth to be regarded as the greatest Negro of the world.—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. There are many other reasons aside from these you have mentioned, Bro. Guardian, why T. Thomas Fortune should not be President of the Afro-American Council and among the most prominent are that for years Fortune has spent much of his time in endeavoring to drink up all the cheap fighting whisky in the United States One year ago while he was in Chicago attending the sessions of Prof. Booker T. Washington's National Negro Business League, Fortune bowled up on whisky so strong that he staggered on and off the stage or platform during the sessions of the League, but notwithstanding this fact, B. T. Washington selected Fortune for chairman of his executive committee, and when Prof Washington and Fortune got ready to depart from Chicago on that occasion the latter was unable to stand up straight or walk alone but the great Prof. of Tuskegee locked arms with him while he was in that beastly condition and he assisted him on the cars, rode out of this city with him, and this is the creature whom Prof. Washington choose for President of the Afro-American Council. THE K. P. CONVENTION. The twelfth annual convention of the Knights of Pythias of Illinois was called to order in the armory at Danville, Illinois, by Sir Edward D. Green, the Grand Chancellor, Tuesday, July 15th, at 12 o'clock. There was a very large attendance, an excursion having been run from Chicago. The armory was beautifully decorated, the city bearing many signs of welcome to the visiting knights. On Tuesday evening, fifty-two Chancellor Commanders of various lodges were given the Past Chancellor's degree and it is not on record that any of them enjoyed the experience. The election of officers was held Thursday forenoon. The candidates for Grand Chancellor were Edward D. Green to succeed himself, and John W. Batchman, of Danville. After a volley of nominating speches, the vote was taken, and Green elected. There was no contest for the other offices. On Thursday afternoon, a grand street parade headed by the K. P. band was held. The Supreme Chancellor of the order was present as well as dignitaries from sister Grand Lodges. Mayor Bailey of Danville, with a detachment of police and the fire department, participated, and a very creditable showing was made. Upon returning to the armory, Mayor Bailey in a very pleasant speech, extended the freedom of the city to the Knights. Dr. E. S. Miller responded. Thursday night a grand ball was given in the armory, and was the social feature of the convention. Memorial services for the dead were held on Wednesday evening. The citizens of the beautiful city of Danville extended every courtesy to the visitors The Courts of Calanthe also held their grand session, and shared with the Knights in the welcome and pleasures of the convention. The following officers were elected: Grand Chancellor, Edward D Green; Grand Vice Chancellor, Rev. J. W. Robinson; Grand Prelate, Rev. W. H. Thompson; Grand Master at Arms, Col. R. A. Ware; Grand Keeper of R. and S., I. C. Harper; Grand Master of Exchequer, A. F. Tervalon; Grand Attorney, S. A. T. Watkins; Grand Lecturer L. A. Newby, Grand Master of Work, Isaac Jones; Grand Medical Director, Dr. A. A. Wesley; Grand Inner Guard, I. H. King; Grand Outer Guard, Sol Williams; Grand Trustee (3 years), W. T. Jefferson; Grand Trustee (2 years), W. H. Anderson; Supreme Representative, Dr. E. S. Miller. POSTPONED. Monday morning Old Ham Carter's libel suit against Julius F. Taylor came up in Judge Dunne's court, but owing to the fact that Major Lawrence M. Ennis, the golden-mouthed orator of Chicago, who will be associated with Albert B. George in the case, had to go down to Springfield to dine with Gov. and Mrs. Yates Tuesday, it was continued by Judge Dunne to Monday, July 28th at 10 o'clock. Coroner John H. Traeger left for Benton Harbor, Mich., last Friday, where he will rest up for the next ten days. HEW TO THE LINE. THE COMING EXPOSITION. Special days of the Exposition of the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Exposition at Chicago, August 14th to September 14th, 1902. August 14—Opening day—Governor, Mayor, Bowen, Matthews, Chorus; August 15—Old Settlers' Day; August 16—Children's Day; August 17—Sacred Concert and Chorus; August 18—County Board; August 19—Mayor and City Council, Chicago Day, Grand Concert; August 20—Middle States and District of Columbia; August 21—Knights Templars, Prize drills; August 22—Educational Day, Scarborough and others, Science and Literature; August 23—Kansas Day, Governor and State Senators; August24—Sacred Concert and Christian Endeavor Society; August 25—Knights of Tabor, Prize Drills; August 26-Iowa Day, Governor of Iowa; August 27-Women's Congress, Mrs. Yates, Carter, Jerome, Henrotin, et al.; August 28-Odd Fellows' day prize drills; August 29-Women's societies, prize for largest turnout; August 30-Forresters' day, prize drills; August 31-Sacred Concert and chorus; September 1-Waiters' Union; September 2-James Hale Porter day; September 3-Knights of Pythias day, prize drills; September 4-South Atlantic and Gulf States; September 5-Agricultural day, Jessie Bartlett Davis; September 6-Colored Press; September 7-Sacred Concert and Young People's Baptist Union; September 8-Men's Clubs, W. H. Lewis, Dr. R. F. Boyd; September 9-Mississippi Valley day; September 10-Grand Army day, camp fire; September 11-Military Organizations, Governor of Illinois; September 12-Music and Art, Jessie Bartlett Davis; September 13-United Bros. of Friendship, prize drills; September 14-Sacred Concert and Chorus. "THE MARROW OF TRADITION." Up to the present time it has been our pleasure to read quite a few books on various subjects and without boasting we can honestly state that of all the works so far written by Afro-American authors, none of them can surpass the latest effort in the literary field. "The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt, who today is the greatest and the most fascinating Afro-American writer on this continent. "The Marrow of Tradition" deals with the "Race Problem" in the South and while it is based or founded on fiction yet the white and black characters which pass before our view while perusing the book are true to life; the diticion used by Mr. Chesnutt throughout the work is superb and it is a book that can be read with profit by all classes. "The Marrow of Tradition" is printed on fine Aberdeen paper, bold-faced type and it consists of 329 pages. It sells for $1.50 and it is from the press of the great publishing house of Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York City, and if our means would permit us to do so, we would present every public library and educational institution throughout this county with a copy of "The Marrow of Tradition." All women who expect to go to Springfield to attend the meeting of the State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, are requested to meet at the Institutional Church Monday, July 28th, at 2 p. m. Joseph Hanreddy, the contractor who went before the Grand Jury this week and stated that Aldermens George Leininger and Stanley H. Kunze were guilty of accepting bribes in connection with the Gates Iron Work's switch. Alderman Leininger has brought suit against Hanreddy for libel and no doubt Alderman Kunze will do likewise, for no sane person can believe Hanreddy's tale of woe in reference to these two aldermen. PRAISES THE BROAD AX. Chicago,, July 24th, 1902. Julius F. Taylor, Esq.—Please find space in your valuable paper for the following: I am glad to see The Broad Ax fearless and determined to advocate the right, and uphold Purity by condemning the bad be it in the Temple of God or in the Temple of Jurisprudence. Let your search-light be placed where it will illuminate and promote the interest of the Negro, to educate him and to further the advancement of all men be they black or white. Virtue and morality must be implanted in the minds of our children, our homes must be kept pure and clean and the sentiments which Jesus gave expression to must become a part of our being. And in conclusion I hope the light from The Broad Ax will continue to shine forth in all the dark places of this great city. CHIPS. Mrs. S. J Lindsay of Peoria, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Davis, 5012 Fifth avenue. Baltimore has a colored Female Brass Band that makes the old blow-hards stand aside in wonder. John Henry Adams is a new Negro artist. He painted "The Accused Woman," which is attracting the attention of the critics. He lives in Atlanta. Ga. Prof. F. S. Delaney, principal of the Louisville High Sshool, has been the guest of his brother, Mr. St. Cyprian Delaney, 4739 Dearborn street, the past two weeks. Attorney Walter T. Stanton, Reaper Block, has gone to Harrisburg, Pa. and New York City on legal business. He will return to the city the first on the week. The Negro youth must learn that the age of sentiment and sympathy for his race is passed and that now by his own merits he must rise or fall, sink or swim.—Ex. Joseph H. Hudlun, who is well known to all the plungers on the Board of Trade, is a member of the Thomas Barrett Club, which is composed of his friends on the Board. Word has come to us that "Col. S. B. Turner is more than willing to assist Rev. J. Fraud Thomas and Co. to get Theodore W. Jones and Julius F. Taylor indicted by the Grand Jury." Rev. Jasper Fraudy Thomas, by remaining silent, has virtually entered a plea of guilty to all the black and dirty charges which have been preferred against him by Theodore W. Jones. Robert M. Mitchell, who is one of Chicago's able Afro-American lawyers, is these warm days kept busy with his law business and he will not spend any of his time in fooling with pisnics or excursions. Lawyer Charles H. Stevenson, 100 Washington, who is quite a factor in politics in the 21st Ward, may bust into the city council next spring and rear back in the chair now occupied by Alderman Palmer. Mr. Frank J. Vauricek, candidate for County Commissioner, is one of the well-known business men on the West Side. Mr. Vauricek is engaged in the manufacture of cigars at 461 West 18th street. L. W. Washington, president of the Friends of Illinois Club, lost his mother at Jackson, Miss., last week. At the time of her death Mrs. Washington was more than seventy years old, and she died a firm believer in the Christian faith. Rev. Mrs. A. L. Murray returned home from Indianapolis, Ind., last week and if she will call on The Broad Ax we will tell her something about the lady that Rev. Longreen assisted on the cars at half-past one o'clock at night lately. Joseph Grein, 69 East Randolph street, is making considerable headway in his race for county commis- sioner, and Mr. Grein is very popular and he is of the opinion that he will be elected a member of the County Board. Rev. Longreen Murray offered up a long hypocritical prayer Sunday night at Bethel Church in which he implored his "God to give him strength to conquer all his enemies." If Rev. Longreen was right in the head and if he had a clean heart in him he would not have any enemies. Dr. N. R. Engall, Democratic candidate for county commissioner, resides in the 30th Ward- and he runs a fine drug store on the corner of Union avenue and 47th street. Dr. Engall is a first-class business man and he will make a good County Commissioner. W. P. Lundy, who is one of the oldtime wheel horses of Democracy in the 31st Ward may be induced to become a candidate for Alderman next Spring against Alderman Butterworth and if Mr. Lundy should make up his mind to enter the aldermanic race in his ward he would lay out Alderman Butterworth and all other commers. Wm. E. O'Day, Secretary of the 30th Ward Democratic Club, believes in the future it would be better to elect its officers singly and not bunch them together and rush their election through as though they were unwilling to give everybody a chance to vote for or against the various candidates. Entirely too much time is spent by the young Negro around card and pool tables, saloons and low resorts. Too many old men and women, laborers and washer women throw away their earnings on trying to catch "a saddle' or "a gig." These may be taken as unpalatable truths but they are truths nevertheless.—Ex. William Still, author of the "Underground Railroad," and clerk of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, passed away in Philadelphia last week. Mr. Still was in his 81st year. He spent a long and useful life. He was for years one of the most successful Afro-American business men in this country. At the time of his death he was worth almost $100,000. Edward M. Lahiff states, so it is said, that he can be elected clerk of the Appelate Court without the aid or the "Nigger" vote, and his side partner, Boss Robert E. Burke, who will never permit any Negro to come near unto him until he has finished talking to every cheap white man that happens to be hanging around his headquarters, also thinks that Ed. Lahiff will be elected. They say that Old Ham Carter now buys his whisky by the barrel, that it is toted up to the top floor of the city hall into the rooms occupied by the Boiler Inspector; that Old Ham has a hose which he runs into the bung-hole of the barrel; that he can connect the hose to his mouth without getting out of his chair. This would indicate that Old Ham is progressing in the world of whisky. Mrs. H. T. Pelkey, 4727 Dearborn street, is one of the most enterprising Afro-American women in Chicago. Mrs. Pelkey not only gives lessons in vocal and instrumental music but she also manufacturers some very fine toilet preparations which are being extensively used, and she keeps her two lovely little girls and her home looking neat and as clearn as a new pin. Old Ham Carter, James Gambling Miller, Revs. Fat Longreen Murray, J. Fraud Thomas, Andy Jockson, Carey, the Elder from Kentucky, Barnett, Ward and Company, all maintain that "next September they will all appear before the U. S. Grand Jury and order or compel it to indict Julius F. Taylor for sending obscene literature through the mails. Go right ahead boys, and by and by we may show our hand. August 6th to 11th the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress will be held in Atlanta, Ga., and it promises to be the greatest convention ever held among Afro-Americans south of the Mason and Dixon NO. 40. Line. Many of the most prominent members of the race are interested in its success. Any information pertaining to it can be obtained by addressing I. Garland Penn, or J. W. E. Bowen, corresponding secretaries So. Atlanta City, Ga. Some ten or twelve Colored men met in St. Paul, Mirn., last week under the head of the National Afro-American Press Association and they elected C. F. Adams, a government office holder, president; J. C. Dancy, another federal pap-sucker, vice-president; T. Thomas Fortune, the old drunken immoral rep robate, secretary; Emmett J. Scott, flunkey for Prof. B. T. Washington, chairman of the executive committee. This same Scott is corresponding secretary of the Negro National Business League. Washington is its president, old bat-eyed Tom Fortune is chairman of its executive committee. The Afro-American Press Association will never amount to anything as long as it is in the hands of this gang of cheap "grafters." According to the southern colored press the treatment of the Negroes in the south is so bad that many Negroes are actually emigrating and the majority of those who remain only do so because they are unable to get away. Besides the denial of civil and political rights and privileges and the lynchings those with families growing up view with alarm and reduction of the school term to four months and the taking away entirely of the higher learning. Yet young R. C. Bruce told the white people of Boston that the south was spending vast and increasing sums for Negro education. Not only so, but while the whites are thus degrading the Negroes they give Mr. Booker T. Washington an ovation wherever he goes in the south. The reason is plain and the Negro people can't be fooled all the time. Ex. Rev. Prize-fighting Story-teller Andy Carey claims that everything which has appeared in The Broad Ax from time to time respecting himself has been nothing more than a pack of lies." If that is true, Rev. Andy, then we will ask you one simple plain question and if you do not want to answer it we hope you will not get mad and want to shoot or stab us to death. The question is simply this: Did you not get full of the Holy-Ghost and bug-juice while you were attending the Conference held at Columbus, Ohio, several years ago? And while you were being driven to the home of a friend didn't you kick the window lights out of the hack? Rev. Carey, dozens of men have conversed with us in reference to this report and some of them belong to Quinn Chapel, and if there is no truth to the report, you can have tree space in The Broad Ax to deny it Rev. Carey. A MARRIED MAN'S MUSINGS. Hardships are the kind that sail on the sea of matrimony. It is not good for man to be alone, but sometimes it is very much pleasanter. Women love bargains so much that they delight in making men feel cheap. It is not proper to judge a man by his wife, either. Perhaps he couldn't help it. No woman ever feels as though she could trust another who wears a last year's hat. Never judge a man by the clothes he wears. Look at those he has to buy for his wife. Woman's influence is, on the whole, elevating. She generally holds a fellow up on payday. While all men are liars, there are exceptions to the rule, and a girl is generally willing to take an exception. After a girl has employed all her arts in landing a husband it gratifies her to read that she was "led to the altar." Anyway, Eve was unable to threaten to go home to her mother when Adam wouldn't put up the screen doors. Almost every wife wants her husband to make her an allowance, while she refuses to make any allowance for him. ```markdown ``` Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Farmers, Artists, Protestants, Knights of Labor, Indians, Mormons, Republicans, Prisons, or any be also can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the material right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention; its only on one side of the paper. New Year.....$2.50 Months.....1.00 advertising units made known on application affects all communications to THE BROAD AX, 6000 ARMOUR AVENUE, OXIDA. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. What a constitution King Edward must have had at the start. Ages will have to pass before we can have a firecrackerless Fourth of July. Nursery reformers who propose to abolish the cradle are attacking a rock of ages. The Polish officials who intend to try snubbing the kaiser will be wiser after their experiment. Prof. Albion W. Small thinks the idle rich should be obliged to work. But who would employ them? By careful economy in his library fund Mr. Schwab is able to build a bigger house than Mr. Carnegie's. By all means, ladies, adopt the reform dress proposed by a Cincinnati woman. Making and all, it costs $1.25. Emperor William is reducing his weight by violent exercise at ping-pong. This is equivalent to swearing it away. A man's idea of a good wife is one who never asked him for money and who doesn't sit up for him when he is out late. People who kill themselves because it is hot must be thoroughly convinced that the other hot place exists only in fiction. The American artist who was engaged to paint the coronation will probably now proceed to sue King Edward for damages. J. Pierpont Morgan is said to be troubled with an affection of the eyes. Still, it does not appear that he is overlooking much. The Duchess of Marlborough spent over $100,000 getting ready for the coronation. She is probably taking the king's illness sadly to heart. The monkey that drank too much at a fashionable Newport dinner given in his honor proved that men are only the victims of a far-off heredity. The girl who was preparing for a wedding with a man named Alred and who eloped with a man named Swope certainly can't be very particular about names. The Moorish coronation envoy has left London for Morocco, rejoicing that he was "going back to a civilized country." Perhaps he saw them "maflick." Wonderful to relate, the automobile race from Paris to Innspruck was completed without the destruction or even the mutilation of a single spectator. When the cashier of that Newport bank was through with it the vaults contained just $35, while the liabilities are $300,000. But why did he leave the $35? A man may figure that he is growing old when it is disinclination rather than dignity that prevents him from getting on the picnic merry-go-round and taking a spin. Hamlin Garland has announced that there are two great English writers now living. One is William Dean Howells. The name of the other he can mention with one capital letter. The Nebraska girls who have declared a boycott on all young men who swear and lie will have a chance to discover the truth of Mark Twain's remark: "Be good and you will be lonely." It costs $31.62 per capita to govern the city of New York, and, considering the sort of government the people of the metropolis get, and considering other facts, also, the price is infernally steep. The news that Prof. Bristol has shipped from Bermuda a pocket sea serpent leads the public to feel sure that the brand of American whisky exported to the island is not what it ought to be. A British naval captain has committed suicide because he was left a fortune of $2,000,000. He considered his responsibility too great to be borne. What an enigma such a man must be to Hetty Green. Another note of warning has been published against the use of iced drinks during the season of hot weather, although it would seem that an honorable exception might be made in favor of the mist julep. COULD STAND THE COLD. Much Food for Thought in Pathetic Remark of Little Child. "Every ticket has its story," said a man acquainted with the pawnshops. It was a bitter cold day, and a mite of a boy, not over nine years old, had come in, wrapped in his overcoat. This he peeled off, and deposited it upon the pawnbroker's counter. "Give me a dollar 'n' quarter?" he asked in pleading tones. "Dollar," said the money-lender. "Oh, please give me a dollar 'n' a quarter. "Can't do it. Dollar." The boy was almost crying, and he begged earnestly for the sum he asked. "I want to get my sister's coat out," he said, as he laid down eight cents as interest money. This proposition the pawnbroker accepted, and the boy went shivering into the cold, with his sister's coat. "Is your sister going to a dance tonight?" a bystander asked him. "No, sir, mom's been sick, an' Maggie had to hock her coat for feed. She's got a job, now, an' she's got to have a coat to go to work in. I don't mind the cold; I'm used to it."—Philadelphia Telegraph. What Might Have Been. Sonoma, Mich., July 21st.—Mr. Delos Hutchins of this place says: "If I could have had Dodd's Kidney Pills 25 years ago I would not now be crippled as I am." Mr. Hutchins spent from 1861 to 1864 in the swamps of Louisiana as a northern soldier and with the result that he contracted Rheumatism which gave him much pain till Mr. Fred Parker, the local druggist, advised him to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. The first two boxes did not seem to help him very much, but Mr. Parker, knowing that Dodd's Kidney Pills would eventually cure him, pressed Mr. Hutchins to continue and by the time four boxes were used the short sharp, shooting pains which had tortured his back, hip, and legs were entirely gone. Mr. Hutchins says: "I can not tell you how much better I am feeling. If it were not for the way my hands, feet, and knees are drawn out of shape I would be about as good as ever." An Every-day Matter. There are some circumstances under which it is easy to write a letter for another person, and others under which it is well-nigh impossible; but not all people agree on what the circumstances are. "I'd jess like you to write a letter to Pomp for me, please, Missy June," said the colored queen of a Boston kitchen to her young mistress. "Jess a little short, every-day letter. It won't take you but 'bout a minute." "What shall I say?" asked the lady, when pen and paper were at hand. "Tell me just what to say, Hester." "Oh," said Hester, with a toss of her head. "I'd jess like a few words, Missy June. Jess to tell him howdy and say I made up my mind I ain't going to marry him, an' he'd better hurry hisself and make sure o' Susy Ball, or most likely he'll lib an' die a mis'able ole bachelder. Dat's all." —Youth's Companion. Natural Development. Scientists for some years past have been pursuing their investigations along the lines of physical development without the aid of drugs or mechanical appliances of any kind and have succeeded in fully demonstrating its value in all cases of mental depression induced by a sedentary occupation, overwork, worry, insufficient exercise, etc. Perhaps the most notable exponent of this theory is Prof. Sylvester J. Simon, 14 Quincy St., Chicago, who has devoted years to the study. Nervous patients, scarcely able to get about, have called on him and after taking his treatment for a few weeks have shown marvelous improvement. The treatment is so simple and the results in all cases so apparent that our readers would do well to investigate it by writing him for free literature and testimonial letters from persons whom he has successfully treated. New Public House Idea. Dunedin, New Zealand, now possesses a public house trust, organized on similar lines to that established by Earl Grey in England. THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. When an American heiress is divorced from a foreign nobleman she gets a rebate instead of alimony. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for same money. Look prosperous and the world will take you at your own valuation. FITS berkshire cured. No fixer or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restoror. Sand for FRESH $2.00 trial bottle and treatment. Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 831 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.—Bailey. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. We are all shortsighted when we try to look into the future. It is still worth while to be right, no matter who is wrong. JANE TOPPAN CONFESSES TO KILLING THIRTY-ONE PERSONS. Long List of Persons Done to Death by Trained Nurse—Allenists Puzzled Over Most Remarkable Case in History. Jane Toppan, spinster, aged 45, a trained nurse by profession and by confession a murderer of thirty-one persons, is now safely confined at the asylum for the insane at Taunton, Mass., to which place she was taken after the alienists appointed by the court had declared her of unsound mind and irresponsible for her conduct. Her crimes outrivaled those of Lucretia Borgia. She stands singly and alone as the greatest criminal of modern times. Holmes, who was hanged at Philadelphia in 1895, was an amateur; Garcia Palasco, executed in the City of Mexico in 1867; Valdirez Mas- C. M. Jane Toppan. sinni, garroted in Barcelona forty years ago, and Maria Polloch, put to death in St. Petersburg in 1856, were angels of mercy as compared to this woman. Her recital of her crimes makes one's blood run cold. She has told of the death of her victims as if she were talking about a summer picnic at which she enjoyed herself; of the fiendish subtlytie she employed in ending human lives, the patience she maintained during the paroxysms preceding dissolution, the exuberance and joy which came to her when she saw their eyelids pressed down. No ghost has come to her in the midnight hours to disturb her dreams, no smarting of conscience visited her unnatural brain that excited either tears or sorrow. The three alienists who examined into her sanity marveled and thought she was an extraordinary criminal when she confessed that she had poisoned eleven persons and attempted to kill two others. But to these men she told only one-third of the tale of her career. For the purpose of his further investigation from a medical standpoint, Dr. Henry R. Stedman was told of the confession of Miss Toppan that she killed by the uses of larcotic poisons twenty persons in addition to those she had mentioned to him. Dr. Stedman has in preparation a work for psychologists, with Jane Toppan as the subject of investigation. He had intended writing merely of his own observations and detailing the admission of eleven murders she made to him. When he was told of the other twenty he decided that the magnitude of the case required the most careful investigation, and he intends to consult the attending physicians of each patient Miss Toppan says she poisoned to ascertain if her story of the manner of death is consistent with the symptoms observed by the doctors. The following is a list of those she has put to death within the past seven years. She has promised her attorney that as soon as her mind becomes fresher she will prepare for him a complete roster of those she has killed with morphine and atrophine. Israel P. Dunham of Cambridge, died May 26, 1895, aged 83. Cause given, "strangulated hernis." Ill four days. Jane Toppan nursed him. Mrs. Lovey P. Dunham, wife of Is- VIVI rael, died in Cambridge Sept. 19, 1897, aged 87. "Old age." Jane Toppan nursed her. Mrs. O. A, Bridgman of Lowell, died Aug. 29, 1899, aged 69. Two days' illness. "Heart failure." Jane Toppan was in the house when she died, and waited upon her a part of the time she was ill. Mrs. Mary McNear of Cambridge, wealthy widow, died Dec. 28, 1900, aged 70. Two days' illness. "Apo- plexy." Jane Toppan nursed her for three hours before death. Mrs. Florence M. Calkins, housekeeper for O. M. Bridgman of Lowell, died Jan. 15, 1900, aged 45. Ill three days. "Heart failure." Jane Toppan was in the house when she died. William H. Ingraham of Watertown, died Jan. 27, 1900, aged 70. "Heart failure." Jane Toppan nursed him. Miss Sarah E. Connors, matron of St. John's Theological school refectory, died in Cambridge Feb. 11, 1900, aged 48. "Complication of diseases." Under care of Jane Toppan. Mrs. Alden P. Davis of Cataumet, died in Cambridge July 4, 1901, aged 62. "Chronic diabetes." Jane Toppan nursed her. Mrs. Annie E. Gordon of Chicago, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alden P. Davis, died at Cataumet, July 31, 1901. Short illness. No death certificate. Jane Toppan nursed her. Alden P. Davis, died in Calumet, Aug. 8, 1901, aged 65. Few days' illness. No death certificate. Jane Toppan nursed him. Mrs. Mary E. Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alden P. Davis, died in Cataumet Aug. 13, 1901, aged 40. Two days' illness. No death certificate. Jane Toppan nursed her. Mrs. Edna Bannister o. Tunbridge, Vt., sister of O. M. Bridgman, died in Lowell Aug. 27, 1901, aged 77. Two days' illness. "Heart failure." Jane Toppan was in the house when she died. Of the whole number there was not one case that had aroused any suspicion on the part of the physician, who, depending upon the nurse, was using his best skill to restore the patient to health. Miss Toppan said she had heard of no question by any doctor that she had not carried out his instructions to the best of her ability or that she had not shown professional enthusiasm and faithfulness. The same doctors, she said, had engaged her in subsequent cases. Her counsel was satisfied with homicidal details long before she finished. But she declared that she wished to tell the whole story. "Well, how did you kill them?" she was asked. "I gave them doses of morphine and atrophine tablets in mineral water and sometimes in a dilution of whisky," she said. "Then I also used injections just as I did at Cataumet. I do not remember how I killed them all, but those that I recall were poisoned by atrophine and morphine. My memory is not good; I forget some things. "No, I have absolutely no remorse. I have never felt sorry for what I have done. Even when I poisoned my dearest friends, as the Davises were, I did not feel any regret afterward. I H. W. James Stuart Murphy. whom she made her confession.) do not feel any remorse now. I have thought it all over, and I cannot detect the slightest bit of sorrow over what I have done." Upon successive visits of her counsel Miss Toppan added details to the narrative of crime that had been the history of her career as a nurse during the last ten years. This confession was made to Judge Bixby and he instantly advised with the state authorities that a committee of experts be selected that would be satisfactory. To the physicians she was uncommunicative for some days. refusing to answer questions and otherwise acting ugly. Finally she agreed to tell them of her life. For five hours the doctors listened to her story, the strangest and bloodiest they had ever heard. She told them that she had killed her first victim when a young girl and while attending an undergraduate school for nurses; that a desire to see one die as a result of her own methods was so strong as to overpower her. The victim was a young man well on the road to recovery when she gave him poison. To her the death rattle in his throat was as sweet as music and when she saw him cold in death she kissed him. "Soon the mania became an uncontrollable passion." she said. "No voice has as much melody in it as the one crying for life; no eyes as bright as those about to become fixed and glassy; no face so beautiful as the one pulseless and cold." The awkward question of the tip was solved by a big New England from the State or Maine who was dining in a London restaurant the other evening. Having paid his bill he was informed by the waiter that what he had paid did "not include the waiter." "Wal," said the stranger, "I ate no waiter, did I?" And as he looked quite ready to do so on any further provocation the subject was dropped. Has Charge of Public Playground. Rev, Charles V. 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Records kept at the headquarters of the Goat Lymph Sanitarium Association in Suite 27, Auditorium Building, amply prove this. The medical profession is slow to accept any new form of treatment unless the proof is absolute, but Dr. Gilbert White, the medical director of the association, has convinced us of the virtues of the lymph, and it will undoubtedly be adopted as a standard remedy. "Medical scientists have hitherto classed such diseases as locomotor ataxia, paralysis, and primary dementia as incurable, but it is now well established that cures may be effected with goat lymph. One of the strongest features of the treatment is that it not only conquers disease, but it restores the functions of youth to aged people." The manufacture of sugar in Italy now suffices for two-thirds of the national consumption. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? 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Miss Patsy Colerain, or "Aunt Patsy," as she is fr ```markdown ``` Miss Colerain Forty Years Ago. milliarly known to her neighbors and friends, is a lady of great refinement, bearing traces of a remarkable youthful beauty. She is very quiet and unobtrusive and has not gone beyond the precincts of her own yard for nearly forty years. There is tragic history connected with her estrangement from the world that would afford rich material for a thrilling romance. In the spacious hall of the Colerain homestead stands a clock, an old-fashioned affair of the "grandfather" species. This old timepiece is over a century old, and is indeed a quaint looking object, with the smiling face of a full moon and a ship riding at anchor on a placid sea painted above its dial. The pendulum of the old clock has been motionless, and its elaborately carved brass hands have never moved a jot since the fateful night in the year 1864 when it played an important part in a bloody tragedy that broke Miss Patsy Colerain's heart and enveloped her life in a pall of gloom that will never be lifted this side of the grave. In 1864 Miss Patsy Colerain was considered one of the handsomest young women in Nelson county. Of an old-line family, wealthy in her own name, she was naturally much sought after and had suitors by the score. Of course, she had but one choice, and that was Reuben Morehead,a descendant of one of Kentucky's governors, who claimed Nelson county as his birthplace. Young Morehead was an orphan, who had been reared by a I neighboring farmer. Patzy had known him all her life, and had loved him as far back as she could remember. The war broke out and Reuben took up arms for the North. Then followed sad days for the young girl. Her father sickened and died, and her only brother was in the far south, battling for the Confederacy. Thus she was left with only the faithful negro slaves and a nephew barely in his teens. At this time the neighborhood was full of guerrillas. "Sue" Mundy and his gang were terrorizing that entire section and soldiers and civilians alike were falling at their hands. The outlaws were frequently at the Colerain house, and, while Patsy had never suffered any indignities from them, she was in constant terror lest she might. One rainy night in April, 1864, Miss Colerain was sitting before a cheerful fire, her mind busy with thoughts of her absent lover, when suddenly the door opened, and young Morehead attired in a handsome uniform, stood before her. Before she could speak the young soldier caught her in his arms and chowered kisses upon her blushing face. A second later she broke from his embrace and trembling with fright she remonstrated with him for daring to leave his command and coming here alone. The country, she said, was swarming with guerrillas and other enemies to his cause, and that if he was caught here his life would pay the penalty. He soon reassured her, however, and convinced her that he could reach his lines, which were not far away, without the least danger to himself. Happy to have him with her, she nestled up to him on the old sofa, and together they talked of love and the happy times when the cruel war would be over and they would be united, never to part. While thus engaged there came above the patter of the rain the tramping of many horses. The lovers' faces blanched with terror, for they knew that enemies were upon them. Going to the window Patsy saw by the faint light of the moon breaking through the clouds, that which caused her heart to cease to beat and paralyzed her every thought and motion. The yard was filled with half-drunken guerrillas. When her speech at last came to her, she turned to her lover, who was now at her side, and said, in scarcely audible tones: "My God, Reuben; it is 'Sue' Mundy and his gang. If they catch you here it is certain death! Oh, what shall we do?" By this time the guerrillas were at the door, clamoring for admittance. Then it was that an idea came to the distressed girl. "The old clock, Reuben; get into ```markdown ``` The Old Colerain Residence. that," she said, "it is plenty large, and they will never discover you there." The young man lost no time in clambering into the barrel of the clock, and his sweetheart fastened the door. Then, with a lighter heart, she admitted the guerrillas, who were growling and cursing at the delay. Filing through the long hall into the cozy sitting room, they took seats and demanded refreshments. Patsy left to comply with their demands, but she had hardly left the dining room when she heard the guerrillas raving and cursing and the report of firearms. Realizing the worst, she hurried back and reached the hall just in time to witness the murderous outlaws dragging the dead body of her lover from the old clock. At this juncture again came the tramp of horses, followed by more firing and commotion, and then to Patsy came a blank. For weeks the girl hovered between life and death, a victim of brain fever. When the disease left her she was but a wreck of her former self. When she grew stronger they told her that she had neglected to conceal her lover's overcoat and gloves. That the guerrillas discovered them and instituted a search for the young soldier. That the latter threw open the door of the clock, presumably with the hope of making his escape, when he was shot and instantly killed. About this time a detachment of young Morehead's command swooped down upon the guerrillas and put them to flight. This story reads like fiction, but nevertheless, every word of it is true. As before stated, one of the actors still lives, and the old clock, with defaced woodwork and motionless machinery, stands in the self-same spot it did on that dreadful night, its brazen hands still marking the hour that the brave young soldier met his ignominious death. Well-Meant Advice. Congressman Beidler of Ohio went into a Washington restaurant and ordered a steak and said: "Have it well done and have it in a hurry." The colored waiter hesitatingly suggested: "If you' is in a hurry, boss, why don't you have yo' steak rare and den yo' won't have to wait so long?" The congressman at first was disposed to feel angry, but the darky was evidently sincere and his tip did not suffer because of his remark. N. 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This is the biggest transaction in 'pizen' for quite a spell. The balloon and parachute method of committing suicide still appears to be quite popular throughout the country. Mary MacLane has made so much cash out of her book that the public is in imminent peril of other authors of her sort. Spain has an average of 3,500 hours of sunshine a year. Statisticians have never figured on Kentucky's average of moonshine. A New York man has refused to marry a girl because she has red hair. Poor girl! There is nothing left for her now but to dye. Young King Alfonso has the appearance of being weak in the knees, although it is possible that the weakness is in his roof garden. Spain has so far recovered from its prejudice against American tradesmen as to authorize a treaty of commerce with Uncle Sam. A story from New York says that Rockefeller is now head of the packing trust. From oil to lard and pork is not such a far cry after all. Since ping pong has made its appearance in saloons, it is now in order for some of the unco' guid to class it with billiards and pool. A woman who owns a Long Island farm has married her hired man, and he will now doubtless have to climb down from the fence and go to work. American society women who go to London and tend bar at royal bazaars must take it for granted that any old thing's all right when it's done for charity. A merchant of Amity, L. I., was fined $50 for assaulting an editor. Despite the fact that these two were forever quarreling they lived together in Amity. The kaiser's contention that forty-five minutes is enough time to devote to dinner will be sure to evoke a retort: from the Amalgamated Association of Dyspeptics. The news that Mr. Carnegie is to be allowed to keep Skibo castle is cheering. It seemed too bad to turn a poor, well-meaning multimillionaire out of house and home. A Kansas man married his stepmother recently. This ought to be a pointer to old maids. It is easy to get married—if you first carefully get to be a stepmother. Gen. Aguinaldo seems to be reluctant to leave his present quarters, notwithstanding the amnesty proclamation. Evidently he knows a good thing when he is up against it. Knollys, the name of the king's secretary, which is attached to the king's official bulletins, has such an aristocratic flavor that one could borrow large sums of money on it in New York. An up-to-date novel says women lie because they cannot fight, but it is evident that the author hasn't taken any time to ponder over the proposition that men fight because they can lie. A New Jersey railway company has constructed a high board fence along its right of way to prevent girls from Hirting with the trainmen. Being New Jersey girls, they will doubtless climb the fence. Having signed his contract and left directions for the forwarding of his salary, the new king of Saxony can now start away on his vacation knowing that everything will go on just the same in his absence. Those Panama folks are very presumptuous. Just because we are to build an American canal down there they are becoming very Yankeefied, and celebrated our Fourth of July as if they knew what it's all about. Boston is now being bothered by pine tree worms. These and the fact that Boston's leading Browning reader has gone away for the summer make living in the Hub almost too much of an effort to be worth while. When J. Pierpont Morgan was in England everybody said: "There goes the American kaiser." No one called Prince Henry the German Morgan when he was here. Morgan, however, has a superior twist of the wrist. J. M. Higginbot 226 Twenty-Fifth Street, King Edward might fool the soothsayers by having himself crowned in the back parlor some evening without previously sending word. A dispatch says that a falling sign struck a Brooklyn woman on the nose. She will doubtless be a devout believer in signs hereafter. It is becoming more and more noticeable that the one big employer in this country who is never troubled by strikes is your Uncle Sam. "The man who blows his own trumpet" sinks into insignificance compared with the Oklahoma millionaire who unvelled his own monument. Russell Sage drew $2,000,000 dividends last week, so it is likely that he will feel as if he can celebrate by taking a long ride on the street cars. British army bands have been ordered to play Sousa's marches. Perhaps the name has misled them. They may not know that Sousa is a Yankee. The rain of cash at the Prohibition state convention at Peoria shows how easy it is to have money in your clothes if you have never cultivated a thirst. Since his return to Germany Prince Henry has composed a march, but if it is at all reminiscent of his tour through the United States it must be a quickstep. Mr. Edison announces the invention of an automobile so simple of construction and so cheap in price that any prudent man can own one without issuing bonds. William Bradhurst Osgood Field having married into the Vanderbilt family may either consider his troubles ended or just beginning, according to his disposition. Jimmy Whistler has gone to law again because the carpenters at work on a building next his residence are making too much noise. In between lawsuits Mr. Whistler is an artist. The New York girl who saved her home from fire by "trying to think what a man would do and then doing it" has evidently failed to absorb any of Sarah Grand's contempt for "mere man." King Victor Emmanuel is talking of making a visit to most of the royal courts. Will he be impolite enough to go the rounds without dropping in on J. Pierpont Morgan for a quiet little chat? That Missouri man who gave up $12,000 rather than change his name ought to be caught and put in the Smithsonian institute of curiosities. Most of us would even be Smith or Jones for that. Lord Kitchener is praising the Boers for their courage, steadfastness and military skill. Any credit that the Boers get now will of course, add to the size of the job Lord Kitchener succeeded in performing. Harry de Windt, the Arctic explorer who was found starving on the edge of Behring sea, should cheer up. When he gets back to civilization he will be able to enjoy all the perquisites of a real hero. A New Jersey man has committed suicide because he was disappointed in love. If he could send a wireless message from his present place of business the world would doubtless learn that he is disappointed in death. The news that Count August Potecki, an aid-de-camp of the czar, lost $350,000 at baccarat one night last week causes our American poker players to feel that Europeans are breaking our hitherto unrivaled gambling record. Three story brick building, lot 25x 125, vacant lot adjoining same length, brick cottage rear of corner lot. Rent $80 per month. This property is located on Halsted street near 35th and it is a great bargain at $13,000. For further particulars call on or address Julius F. Taylor, 5040 Armour avenue, Chicago. HOUSE AND LOT WANTED. Anyone having a good house and lot for sale on easy payments located between 59th and 69 Halsted and Ashland avenue, will find it to their advantage to address Julius F. Taylor, 6040 Armour aveune, Chicago. Rooms for Rent. Elegantly furnished rooms for rent with bath and gas at 3232 Wabash avenue. Two comodious nicely furnished rooms for rent to gentlemen only. Inquire at 2623 Wabash avenue. SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK Clark and Washington Sts. 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