The Broad Ax

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Orated at Quinn Chapel Monday Evening. Prof. Booker T. Washington, the great Wizard of Tuskegee, arrived in town last Sunday morning. He was accompanied by his son Booker T. Washington Jr. and private secretary, little Emmet J. Scott. Sumptous and comodious quarters were occupied by them in the Palmer House. Monday evening, Prof. Washington addressed a large gathering in Quinn Chapel. Many white ladies and gentlemen were among those who greeted him. Bishop Abraham Grant presided. Theodore W. Jones read a long untimely and poorly constructed paper on his "Business Men's League," while attempting to read it he bluttered out that "there is more real race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago than in the South!" That vicious and uncalled for statement on the part of Theodore W. Jones is an unqualified libel on the broad minded and liberty loving people of this marvelous city. If Mr. Jones possesses any knowledge at all, he ought to know that there is no organized race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago like in the South. That Colored women are not insulted and clubbed off the street cars as they are in the Southern cities if they attempt to ride on any part of the car other than in the Jim Crow corner. That Booker T. Washington nor no other respectable colored person can stop in any hotel conducted by the whites South of the Mason and Dixon line. If they attempt to do so; they will be shot to death; while he, and other decent colored people can find accommodations in the leading hotels of this city. But Mr. Washington and the same class of colored people as himself can go no further in the way of exercising their civil rights in the South, than the dirtiest crap shooting Negro on the levee in the city of New Orleans. With these uncontridictory facts, which are as patent as the bright noonday sun, staring us in the face; Mr. Jones, still has the affrontery to assert that there is more race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago, than in the South. The Rev. Archibald James Carey had the honor of introducing Prof. Washington, but before doing so he wanted everybody to know that he was the person who presented the distinguished speaker with a large bouquet which was in evidence. Booker T. Washington spoke well on to an hour and a half and he expended about the same length of time in speaking at Bethel church Tuesday noon, and about half that much time was consumed by him in orating at the famous banquet Tuesday evening. In his three set speeches he brought forth no new facts pertaining to the equitable and permanent settlement of the "Race Problem" in America. He had constantly on tap his familiar bunch of stale stories and they were principally related at the expense of the Negro and for the edification of the whites. Reference was made by him in relation to disfranchising the Negro in the South in the following manner: "Any subterfuge, any makeshift in the form of a law that gives the ignorant white man the right to express his wants at the ballot box and withholds the same privileges from the ignorant Negro is an injustice to both races. In most cases such laws give the Negro the incentive to become a voter by getting property and intelligence, but says to the white man, in so many words, remain in ignorance and poverty, and a way will be found for you to exercise the franchise" These sentences contain no clear cut statements like his indorsement of those odious and detestable disfranchising measures, when he declared, "that every revised constitution throughout the Southern states has put a premium upon thrift, intelligence, character and the acquisition of property." This declaration was made by him in November, 1902. So in all fairness to Mr. Washington, we must conclude that he has failed to take one manly or bold step forward in the direction of re-infranchisement of the Negro. His utterances in this respect are nothing more nor less than pure sophistry. Very mildly he condemned the Jim Crow car law which is in vogue throughout the Southern States. But it was nothing in comparison to his commendation of those atrocious and damnable measures, for he declared to the world only a short time ago "that the Negro must learn that it is not so important whether they have to ride in a Jim Crow car as whether there be in the inferior car a superior man, not a beast." "That he was more concerned about the beastly Negro in the Jim Crow car than he was about the Jim Crow car itself." This has been his attitude all along respecting the Jim Crow car until he himself and his family were estoped from riding to and from the North in Pullman Palace cars and the result is that he is forced to ride in the Jim Crow car and now he is able to come in contact with the evil which exists in them; and that is the reason why he is complaining against them. They were all right as long as common colored people only frequented them, but it is an entirely different proposition with him when he has to associate with the common or the unwashed herd. Prof. Washington reiterated that he is not opposed to higher education, although he has on many occasions maintained "that for generations the education of the Negro must be controlled along industrial lines." Mob and lynch law was touched upon by Mr. Washington; and it is becoming apparent that it is gradually dawning on his mind, that whoever commends the brutalities or the crimes of the past or the present, panders to race prejudice, condones injustice and discrimination in any form helps to sow the seeds for future crimes, oppressions and proscription. Is it not perfectly plain to the ordinary person that if Prof. Washington had thundered forth against those things which are detrimental to the progress of any race of people the result might have been entirely different? As it is it will require the united effort of all the lovers of the race for one hundred years, to undo the work which he has performed against his race. It was freely asserted by those who landed him to the skies, that he is by far the greatest personage ever spewed upon the shores of time. In the very nature of things this cannot be true; for great men never submit to ride in Jim Crow cars. The few great men that the world has so far produced, have either by the aid of their pen or the sword, overturned kingdoms and empires, hurled rulers and kings headlong from their thrones, uprooted the foundation of society which rested simply on caste and race prejudice and compelled the rich and the high born to remove their iron clad feet from the necks of the great middle class so that they would be enabled to more fully enjoy their natural and their inherent rights. HEW TO THE LINE. PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Whose Illogical Utterances Respecting the Civil and the Political Rights of the Negro -Will Continue to Retard His Progress Upward for the Next One H.undred years. BANQUET AND RECEPTION IN HONOR OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Col.'s S. B. Turner and James H Moody Ignored. Tuesday evening The Business Men's Afro-American League of Chicago and Evanston tendered Prof. Booker T. Washington a banquet and reception at the Waldorf Cafe, State near 31st street. Judge S. Laing Williams gracefully performed the functions as grand toastmaster. Toasts were responded to by Doctor George C. Hall, Rev. Moses M. Jackson, the Wizard of Tuskegee, Col. Robert M. Mitchell, Judge W. H. A. Moore, Col. Manning, Indianapolis, Ind. A. H. Roberts and Theodore W. Jones, whose toast from beginning to end was confined entirely to roasting Col. Edw. H. Morris. He declared that our eminent lawyer is jealous of the success of Dr. Washington and although he traveled a thousand miles to say mean things about him, he does not believe his own utterances in his lecture on "Shams," which he delivered a few months ago in Washington, D. C. Mr. Jones also asserted that "none of the gentlemen connected with the Old Church Organ or The Conservator, which is constantly parading Mr. Morris' wealth before the public, possess the ability to write and punctuate an editorial properly." Those having charge of the affair are not sufficiently advanced in civilization to appreciate the power and influence of the press, and when Col.'s S. B. Turner and James H. Moody who have both been shouting for Booker T. Washington and those connected with his business league, through the columns of their organs for lo these many years, wanted to have something to say in behalf of what they have endeavored to accomplish towards advancing the cause or the interest of the Modern Moses of the Afro-American race. But they were sat down upon and completely ignored by the gentlemen whose praises they have been so diligently sounding, which caused them to feel mighty sore. The guests were somewhat surprised to observe Col. or Elder David R. Wilkins present as one of their number, praising Doctor Washington and it was maintained that all Prof. Washington did to change the color of Wilkins' coat was to shake him by the hand very coldly, recognize and call him by name. Thus causing him to feel that he is a great big man. Verily it takes but little to satisfy the small or shallow minded men. Doctor Daniel H. Williams, Maj. John C. Buckner, Chas. H. Smiley, F. L. Barnett, Noah D. Thompson, Ex-State Senator T. T. Allain, from La., Oscar De Priest, Doctor N. S. Davis, Jackson Gordon, Doctor Wm. H. Davis, Prof. Wm. Emanuel, and Richard E. Moore, were among the most prominent citizens who were presented to Doctor Washington. Booker T. Washington, Jr., by his private secretary, Emmet J. Scott. In the early part of the evening Bishop Grant, Rev. Archibald James Carey and Rev. R. C. Ransom appeared in front of the Waldorf and peeped in; but they disappeared before the supper was served. The repast was served in ten courses, and Alex. Stephens fully maintained his reputation as the leading caterer in the city in preparing such an elaborate supper, in such an excellent manner for the one hundred guests who were present to honor and shower their boquets of eloquence upon Booker T. Washington. The people of the 30th ward re-expressed their, confidence in Alderman John J. Bradley, by rolling up an unprecedented vote of 2,387 in favor of his return to the City Council for another period of two years. This shows that Alderman Bradley is the faithful servant of the people, honest, straightforward and one of the most popular men in the 30th ward and the Town of Lake The Broad Ax naturally claims some of the credit for his great victory, for it has loyally supported him for the past two years and on last Monday morning the writer engaged Earl and Cliff Levy, 5046 Armour ave., two bright Afro-American boys, to distribute over 500 free copies of The Broad Ax to the colored voters residing on Armour ave., and Dearborn street, between 45th and 51st streets, and this act assisted to swell his majority in the 30th ward. It was too bad that P. J. O'Connell and V. E. Cervney fell on the outside of the breastworks in their respective wards, for both men are worthy gentlemen and they should have been reelected to the city council. Mr. Washington In a New Role. A big Dinner and a Successful Lecture—The White South's Idea of Negro Franchise The Manly and Unmanly Colored Men. Washington D. C. (Special)—The Black Pope has come and gone The dinner and lecture went off very successfully, both were largely attended, and doubtless Mr. Washington's presence at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church netted them a considerable sum. It is alleged that for centuries the power behind the papal throne at Rome has been the awe-inspiring man dressed in black. If I am not mistaken the Superior General of the Jesuits. If it be true that Mr. Washington wields the untold influence with the President, then he may, in all courtesy be called the Black Pope. Your correspondent did not invest the price in the lecture, feeling that he had heard the same speech so often in this and other cities. But many present informed me that it was a little more manly than usual. That he talked eloquently about preparing ourselves to exercise the franchise, tho, we believe, that notwithstanding the fact that he is fully qualified, he dare not cast a ballot in his own home. Besides, while we are engaged in all this laudable primping to vote, the white man is gulping down the apple, and presently he is going to turn round and say: "There aint going to be no core." We feel in duty bound to flatly contradict one assertion of the Black Pope's without any apology, vz. "The people who own the land are the people who exert the greatest influence." This statement can only be true of the people who vote, otherwise of all men, they are the most miserably helpless. What is the use of owning property if you can have no say through the ballot box in the taxation of that porperty? No man can have certain and permanent influence that looks to the regulating of the vital interests of his community who does not share in the government of that community. It is just these high sounding specious, plausable platitudes that Mr. Washington constantly grinds out, that not only deceive the thinking masses of our people, but it is just this sort of utter tommy rot that is blinding our millions of white friends in the North, East and West, which is not our friend, which never has been a friend to a manly, aspiring colored man, and never will be, judging from the signs of the times. The white South tolerates the hat-in-the-hand Negro, and that only because he will work for half the wages the dirtiest outcast from Poland or Hungary demands. He will take more harsh treatment and say thank you too, than a Chinese laundryman, and if the brutish, barbaic bodymutiliating "Best people" of the place kill him for being "Impudent to a white man"—you will find some other Negro like the preacher in Springfield, Ohio, one S. J. Kennedy, whom the Press reports as thanking the Mayor and the good white people of that place for burning out the bad colored people, and commends to his people the nice Central Y. M. C. A. the good whites fixed up to make them good. Certainly the White South is friendly to these types, but are you, O Reader? Here is a sample of Mr.—speech, Thursday night, that lends more than any other influence to cause the supreme Court and the Congress to play battle-dore and Shuttle-cock with our Constitutional rights. "The man who owns land, who has a business, or a bank account—the man who has personal interests in the welfare of the community is the one who in nine cases out of ten will cast a conservative ballot." "Yes, I admit he will if he gets a chance, but it is against just this type of man that the White South is bending its every energy and hurling envenomed darts, and Mr. Washington knows this better No.24 In a New Role. and a Successful White South's pro Franchise only and Un- ored Men. than and man to-day. I can prove this. If the White South is anxious or even willing to help up the aspiring manly Colored man, why does it not allow a graded tariff, why does it insist upon having Jim Crow Cars? Why? But to repress, discourage and ever prevent the clean man from getting away from the dirty man, and to degrade him and make him stay dirty forever. Giles W. Jackson of Alabama, is the type of man Mr. Washington says will cast a conservative ballot, but did he cast it? Why does not Mr. Washington be honest and meanly and in few simple words tell the millions of our former friends his specious platitudes have alienated from us, that the White South would not if it could prevent it, let a Colored man vote if he were as rich as Vanderbilt, as holy as St. John, as learned as Gladstone. Only a few days ago the Public Press reported Gov. Vardaman as saying that he was no more willing for Washington to exercise the rights of a Citizen than he was for his boot-black to do so. I close this letter with one question addressed to the brave corolerd people of Maryland and this land Can you continue to believe that the great majority of the white people of this Country are friendly to the manhood, political and civil advance of our race, forward and upward? With the Jim Crow Cars north of Washington, with lynching and burnings, slavery called peonage, staring us in the face, you answer: "I cannot, I cannot." Why then do these same people idolize Mr. Washington? Because he is the instrument in their hands to rob us of our rights and liberties.—OWEN M. WALLER, M. D. Mrs. Mary Loftis, matron of the women's department in the Cook County jail, is kind hearted and full of sympathy for all the women under her care, and they always worship her like a saintly mother. Mrs. Loftis is in every way well fitted to cheer the faint hearted, the sick, the fallen, and to perform all the exacting duties as matron of the Cook County jail. Coal has been discovered on the plantation of the American Mutual Plantation Company. This will doubtless result in largely increasing the price of the bonds of the company. An expert is being sent to Mexico to make a report on the extent of the coal deposit. Aldermen Thomas J. Dixon, Second Ward; Bernard W. Snow, Seventh Ward; John H. Jones, Eighth Ward; Henry L. Fick, Ninth Ward; Albert W. Bellfuss, Fifteenth Ward; Stanley H. Kunz, Sixteenth Ward; Nicholas R. Finn, Twentieth Ward; George K. Schmidt, Twenty-fourth Ward; Alfred D. Williston, Twenty-fifth Ward; Hubert W. Butler, Twenty-seventh Ward; Walter J. Raymer, Twenty-eighth Ward; Thomas Carey, Twenty-ninth Ward; John J. Bradley, Thirtieth Ward; J. J. Badenoch, Thirty-second Ward; Ernest Bihil, Thirty-third Ward; Jonathan Ruxton, Thirty-fourth Ward; Thomas M. Hunter, Thirty-fifth Ward; William J. Pringle, Third Ward; John A. Richert, Fourth Ward; James J. McCormick, Fifth Ward; Edward C. Potter, Sixth Ward; Rudolph Hurt, Tenth Ward; Peter L. Hoffman, Eleventh Ward; Joseph Z. Uhlir, Twelfth Ward; Fred D. Ryan, Nineteenth Ward; Robert R. McCormick, Twenty-first Ward; Robert Schmidt, Twenty-third Ward; Peter Reinberg, Twenty-sixth Ward, and William J. Roberts, hirty-first Ward, were elected to the city council last Tuesday. ```markdown ``` BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Orated at Quinn Chapel Monday Evening. Prof. Booker T. Washington, the great Wizard of Tuskegee, arrived in town last Sunday morning. He was accompanied by his son Booker T. Washington Jr. and private secretary, little Emmet J. Scott. Sumptous and comodious quarters were occupied by them in the Palmer House. Monday evening, Prof. Washington addressed a large gathering in Quinn Chapel. Many white ladies and gentlemen were among those who greeted him. Bishop Abraham Grant presided. Theodore W. Jones read a long untimely and poorly constructed paper on his "Business Men's League," while attempting to read it he bluttered out that "there is more real race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago than in the South!" That vicious and uncalled for statement on the part of Theodore W. Jones is an unqualified libel on the broad minded and liberty loving people of this marvelous city. If Mr. Jones possesses any knowledge at all, he ought to know that there is no organized race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago like in the South. That Colored women are not insulted and clubbed off the street cars as they are in the Southern cities if they attempt to ride on any part of the car other than in the Jim Crow corner. That Booker T. Washington nor no other respectable colored person can stop in any hotel conducted by the whites South of the Mason and Dixon line. If they attempt to do so; they will be shot to death; while he, and other decent colored people can find accommodations in the leading hotels of this city. But Mr. Washington and the same class of colored people as himself can go no further in the way of exercising their civil rights in the South, than the dirtiest crap shooting Negro on the levee in the city of New Orleans. With these uncontridictory facts, which are as patent as the bright noonday sun, staring us in the face; Mr. Jones, still has the affrontery to assert that there is more race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago, than in the South. The Rev. Archibald James Carey had the honor of introducing Prof. Washington, but before doing so he wanted everybody to know that he was the person who presented the distinguished speaker with a large bouquet which was in evidence. Booker T. Washington spoke well on to an hour and a half and he expended about the same length of time in speaking at Bethel church Tuesday noon, and about half that much time was consumed by him in orating at the famous banquet Tuesday evening. In his three set speeches he brought forth no new facts pertaining to the equitable and permanent settlement of the "Race Problem" in America. He had constantly on tap his familiar bunch of stale stories and they were principally related at the expense of the Negro and for the edification of the whites. Reference was made by him in relation to disfranchising the Negro in the South in the following manner: "Any subterfuge, any makeshift in the form of a law that gives the ignorant white man the right to express his wants at the ballot box and withholds the same privileges from the ignorant Negro is an injustice to both races. In most cases such laws give the Negro the incentive to become a voter by getting property and intelligence, but says to the white man, in so many words, remain in ignorance and poverty, and a way will be found for you to exercise the franchise." These sentences contain no clear cut statements like his indorsement of those odious and detestable disfranchising measures, when he declared, "that every revised constitution throughout the Southern states has put a premium upon thrift, intelligence, character and the acquisition of property." This declaration was made by him in November, 1902. So in all fairness to Mr. Washington, we must conclude that he has failed to take one manly or bold step forward in the direction of re-infranchisement of the Negro. His utterances in this respect are nothing more nor less than pure sophistry. Very mildly he condemned the Jim Crow car law which is in vogue throughout the Southern States. But it was nothing in comparison to his commendation of those atrocious and damnable measures, for he declared to the world only a short time ago "that the Negro must learn that it is not so important whether they have to ride in a Jim Crow car as whether there be in the inferior car a superior man, not a beast." "That he was more concerned about the beastly Negro in the Jim Crow car than he was about the Jim Crow car itself." This has been his attitude all along respecting the Jim Crow car until he himself and his family were estoped from riding to and from the North in Pullman Palace cars and the result is that he is forced to ride in the Jim Crow car and now he is able to come in contact with the evil which exists in them; and that is the reason why he is complaining against them. They were all right as long as common colored people only frequented them, but it is an entirely different proposition with him when he has to associate with the common or the unwashed herd. Prof. Washington reiterated that he is not opposed to higher education, although he has on many occasions maintained "that for generations the education of the Negro must be controlled along industrial lines." Mob and lynch law was touched upon by Mr. Washington; and it is becoming apparent that it is gradually dawning on his mind, that whoever commends the brutalities or the crimes of the past or the present, panders to race prejudice, condones injustice and discrimination in any form helps to sow the seeds for future crimes, oppressions and proscription. Is it not perfectly plain to the ordinary person that if Prof. Washington had thundered forth against those things which are detrimental to the progress of any race of people the result might have been entirely different? As it is it will require the united effort of all the lovers of the race for one hundred years, to undo the work which he has performed against his race. It was freely asserted by those who lauded him to the skies, that he is by far the greatest personage ever spewed upon the shores of time. In the very nature of things this cannot be true; for great men never submit to ride in Jim Crow cars. The few great men that the world has so far produced, have either by the aid of their pen or the sword, overturned kingdoms and empires, hurled rulers and kings headlong from their thrones, uprooted the foundation of society which rested simply on caste and race prejudice and compelled the rich and the high born to remove their iron clad feet from the necks of the great middle class so that they would be enabled to more fully enjoy their natural and their inherent rights. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, April 9, 1904. PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Whose Illogical Utterances Respecting the Civil and the Political Rights of the Negro -Will Continue to Retard His Progress Upward for the Next One H hundred years. BANQUET AND RECEPTION IN HONOR OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Col.'s S. B. Turner and James H. Moody Ignored. Tuesday evening The Business Men's Afro-American League of Chicago and Evanston tendered Prof. Booker T. Washington a banquet and reception at the Waldorf Cafe, State near 31st street. Judge S. Laing Williams gracefully performed the functions as grand toastmaster. Toasts were responded to by Doctor George C. Hall, Rev. Moses M. Jackson, the Wizard of Tuskegee, Col. Robert M. Mitchell, Judge W. H. A. Moore, Col. Manning, Indianapolis, Ind. A. H. Roberts and Theodore W. Jones, whose toast from beginning to end was confined entirely to roasting Col. Edw. H. Morris. He declared that our eminent lawyer is jealous of the success of Dr. Washington and although he traveled a thousand miles to say mean things about him, he does not believe his own utterances in his lecture on "Shams," which he delivered a few months ago in Washington, D. C. Mr. Jones also asserted that "none of the gentlemen connected with the Old Church Organ or The Conservator, which is constantly parading Mr. Morris' wealth before the public, possess the ability to write and punctuate an editorial properly." Those having charge of the affair are not sufficiently advanced in civilization to appreciate the power and influence of the press, and when Col.'s S. B. Turner and James H. Moody who have both been shouting for Booker T. Washington and those connected with his business league, through the columns of their organs for lo these many years, wanted to have something to say in behalf of what they have endeavored to accomplish towards advancing the cause or the interest of the Modern Moses of the Afro-American race. But they were sat down upon and completely ignored by the gentlemen whose praises they have been so diligently sounding, which caused them to feel mighty sore. The guests were somewhat surprised to observe Col. or Elder David R. Wilkins present as one of their number, praising Doctor Washington and it was maintained that all Prof. Washington did to change the color of Wilkins' coat was to shake him by the hand very coldly, recognize and call him by name. Thus causing him to feel that he is a great big man. Verily it takes but little to satisfy the small or shallow minded men. Doctor Daniel H. Williams, Maj. John C. Buckner, Chas. H. Smiley, F. L. Barnett, Noah D. Thompson, Ex-State Senator T. T. Allain, from La., Oscar De Priest, Doctor N. S. Davis, Jackson Gordon, Doctor Wm. H. Davis, Prof. Wm. Emanuel, and Richard E. Moore, were among the most prominent citizens who were presented to Doctor Washington. Booker T. Washington, Jr., by his private secretary, Emmet J. Scott. In the early part of the evening Bishop Grant, Rev. Archibald James Carey and Rev. R. C. Ransom appeared in front of the Waldorf and peeped in; but they disappeared before the supper was served. The repast was served in ten courses, and Alex. Stephens fully maintained his reputation as the leading caterer in the city in preparing such an elaborate supper, in such an excellent manner for the one hundred guests who were present to honor and shower their boquets of eloquence upon Booker T. Washington. ALDERMAN BRADLEY'S GREAT VICTORY. The people of the 30th ward re-expressed their confidence in Alderman John J. Bradley, by rolling up an unprecedented vote of 2,387 in favor of his return to the City Council for another period of two years. This shows that Alderman Bradley is the faithful servant of the people, honest, straightforward and one of the most popular men in the 30th ward and the Town of Lake The Broad Ax naturally claims some of the credit for his great victory, for it has loyally supported him for the past two years and on last Monday morning the writer engaged Earl and Cliff Levy, 5046 Armour ave., two bright Afro-American boys, to distribute over 500 free copies of The Broad Ax to the colored voters residing on Armour ave., and Dearborn street, between 45th and 51st streets, and this act assisted to swell his majority in the 30th ward. It was too bad that P. J. O'Connell and V. E. Cervney fell on the outside of the breastworks in their respective wards, for both men are worthy gentlemen and they should have been reelected to the city council. Mr. Washington In a New Role. A big Dinner and a Successful LectureThe White South's Idea of Negro Franchise The Manly and Unmanly Colored Men. Washington D. C. (Special)—The Black Pope has come and gone The dinner and lecture went off very successfully, both were largely attended, and doubtless Mr. Washington's presence at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church netted them a considerable sum. It is alleged that for centuries the power behind the papal throne at Rome has been the awe-inspiring man dressed in black. If I am not mistaken the Superior General of the Jesuits. If it be true that Mr. Washington wields the untold influence with the President, then he may, in all courtesy be called the Black Pope. Your correspondent did not invest the price in the lecture, feeling that he had heard the same speech so often in this and other cities. But many present informed me that it was a little more manly than usual. That he talked eloquently about preparing ourselves to exercise the franchise, tho, we believe, that notwithstanding the fact that he is fully qualified, he dare not cast a ballot in his own home. Besides, while we are engaged in all this laudable primping to vote, the white man is gulping down the apple, and presently he is going to turn round and say: "There aint going to be no core." We feel in duty bound to flatly contradict one assertion of the Black Pope's without any apology, vz. "The people who own the land are the people who exert the greatest influence." This statement can only be true of the people who vote, otherwise of all men, they are the most miserably helpless. What is the use of owning property if you can have no say through the ballot box in the taxation of that porperty? No man can have certain and permanent influence that looks to the regulating of the vital interests of his community who does not share in the government of that community. It is just these high sounding specious, plausable platitudes that Mr. Washington constantly grinds out, that not only deceive the thinking masses of our people, but it is just this sort of utter tomy rot that is blinding our millions of white friends in the North, East and West, which is not our friend, which never has been a friend to a manly, aspiring colored man, and never will be, judging from the signs of the times. The white South tolerates the hat-in-the-hand Negro, and that only because he will work for half the wages the dirtiest outcast from Poland or Hungary demands. He will take more harsh treatment and say thank you too, than a Chinese laundryman, and if the brutish, barbaic bodymutiliating "Best people" of the place kill him for being "Impudent to a white man"—you will find some other Negro like the preacher in Springfield, Ohio, one S. J. Kennedy, whom the Press reports as thanking the Mayor and the good white people of that place for burning out the bad colored people, and commends to his people the nice Central Y. M. C. A. the good whites fixed up to make them good. Certainly the White South is friendly to these types, but are you, O Reader? Here is a sample of Mr. speech, Thursday night, that lends more than any other influence to cause the supreme Court and the Congress to play battle-dore and Shuttle-cock with our Constitutional rights. "The man who owns land, who has a business, or a bank account—the man who has personal interests in the welfare of the community is the one who in nine cases out of ten will cast a conservative ballot." "Yes, I admit he will if he gets a chance, but it is against just this type of man that the White South is bending its every energy and hurling envenomed darts, and Mr. Washington knows this better No.24 In a New Role. and a Successful White South's Pro Franchise only and Un- ored Men. than and man to-day. I can prove this. If the White South is anxious or even willing to help up the aspiring manly Colored man, why does it not allow a graded tariff, why does it insist upon having Jim Crow Cars? Why? But to repress, discourage and ever prevent the clean man from getting away from the dirty man, and to degrade him and make him stay dirty forever. Giles W. Jackson of Alabama, is the type of man Mr. Washington says will cast a conservative ballot, but did he cast it? Why does not Mr. Washington be honest and manly and in few simple words tell the millions of our former friends his specious platitudes have alienated from us, that the White South would not if it could prevent it, let a Colored man vote if he were as rich as Vanderbilt, as holy as St. John, as learned as Gladstone. Only a few days ago the Public Press reported Gov. Vardaman as saying that he was no more willing for Washington to exercise the rights of a Citizen than he was for his boot-black to do so. I close this letter with one question addressed to the brave corollerd people of Maryland and this land Can you continue to believe that the great majority of the white people of this Country are friendly to the manhood, political and civil advance of our race, forward and upward? With the Jim Crow Cars north of Washington, with lynching and burnings, slavery called peonage, staring us in the face, you answer: "I cannot, I cannot." Why then do these same people idolize Mr. Washington? Because he is the instrument in their hands to rob us of our rights and liberties.—OWEN M. WALLER, M. D. In the weekly Guide Baltimore Md. Mrs. Mary Loftis, matron of the women's department in the Cook County jail, is kind hearted and full of sympathy for all the women under her care, and they always worship her like a saintly mother. Mrs. Loftis is in every way well fitted to cheer the faint hearted, the sick, the fallen, and to perform all the exacting duties as matron of the Cook County jail. Coal has been discovered on the plantation of the American Mutual Plantation Company. This will doubtless result in largely increasing the price of the bonds of the company. An expert is being sent to Mexico to make a report on the extent of the coal deposit. Aldermen Thomas J. Dixon, Second Ward; Bernard W. Snow, Seventh Ward; John H. Jones, Eighth Ward; Henry L. Fick, Ninth Ward; Albert W. Beilfuss, Fifteenth Ward; Stanley H. Kunz, Sixteenth Ward; Nicholas R. Finn, Twentieth Ward; George K. Schmidt, Twenty-fourth Ward; Alfred D. Williston, Twenty-fifth Ward; Hubert W. Butler, Twenty-seventh Ward; Walter J. Raymer, Twenty-eighth Ward; Thomas Carey, Twenty-ninth Ward; John J. Bradley, Thirtieth Ward; J. J. Badenoch, Thirty-second Ward; Ernest Bihil, Thirty-third Ward; Jonathan Ruxton, Thirty-fourth Ward; Thomas M. Hunter, Thirty-fifth Ward; William J. Pringle, Third Ward; John A. Richert, Fourth Ward; James J. McCormick, Fifth Ward; Edward C. Potter, Sixth Ward; Rudolph Hurt, Tenth Ward; Peter L. Hoffman, Eleventh Ward; Joseph Z. Uhlir, Twelfth Ward; Fred D. Ryan, Nineteenth Ward; Robert R. McCormick, Twenty-first Ward; Robert Schmidt, Twenty-third Ward; Peter Reinberg, Twenty-sixth Ward, and William J. Roberts, hirty-first Ward, were elected to the city council last Tuesday. Tuesday. Extraordinary Announcement. In order to add several thousand new names to our subscription list within the next thirty days The Broad Ax will be sent to any address in the United States each week for six months and "The Souls of Black Folk" by Prof. William E. Burghardt DuBois, for $1.50. "The Souls of Black Folk" consists of two hundred and sixty-five pages printed on fine Aberdeen book paper in large type and it now sells for $1.50. It is a book that should be read and studied by every person, white or black, who are interested in the settlement of the "Race Problem" in America. The regular subscription price of The Broad Ax for six months is $1.00, so you are getting "The Souls of Black Folk" at the publishers price and The Broad Ax thrown in free for six months. The articles which appear in The Broad Ax from time to time on the "Race Problem" cannot be surpassed. It stands at all times for purity in the home, and the highest ideals in human society. It is uncompromisingly opposed to notoriously immoral preachers robbing the people out of their hard earned money which they should expend to improve their moral and social condition. The old subscribers of The Broad Ax can take advantage of this offer by paying up their back indebtedness and paying $1.50 in advance, which will entitle them to the paper for six months and "The Souls of Black Folk." Remember this offer only lasts for thirty days. The cash must accompany each and every order. The money can be sent by United States Postal Orders, Registered letters or Express money orders. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, 5040 ARMOUR AVE. CHICAGO. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Priscata, Indiola, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republic, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, no long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. 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In fact in a local way the next county convention will develop a peculiar condition in the present organization, may be a new deal. For instance, organized labor will assemble a little in advance and endorse Wm. Randolph Hearst for president, prior to the county convention, this convention selects delegates to the state and the state convention selects delegates to the National convention. The Democrats that will be candidates for the various local county offices without the aid of the labor vote and the support of the Chicago American, Mr. Hearst's paper, which has been the official bulletin of the labor union ever since the Chicago American was established in this city four years ago. Without this condition the County ticket might as well dig their grave in advance. For instance, John Treager for Coroner, Jim Gray will undoubtedly seek renomination for assessor and many of the county commissioners who are now holding offices. All of these Democrats seeking office and desire the friendship of the laboring man. Bring in your delegation from your respective wards and vote resolutions of loyal support for Wm. Randolph Hearst, after you have done this you will have done your duty and in doing so a novel condition will undoubtedly take place, in this convention to take place some time in June. Up to the present time such leaders as Tom Carey, Timothy Cruise, Dailey and Bowman, Loeffler, Sullivan, Aassessor Gray, Sheriff Barrett, and Commissioner Flannagan, have endorsed Congressman Hearst. Hearst's head-quarters in St. Louis will be the most elaborate in every respect, having engaged the entire first floor or parlor floor, of the New Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis, one of the finest hotels in the country. Extraordinary In order to add several thou list within the next thirty days the address in the United States each of Black Folk" by Prof. William "The Souls of Black Folk" co pages printed on fine Aberdeen b sells for $1.50. It is a book that person, white or black, who are "Race Problem" in America. The regular subscription pri is $1.00, so you are getting "The lishers price and The Broad Ax t The articles which appear in on the "Race Problem" cannot be for purity in the home, and the l is uncompromisingly opposed to n the people out of their hard earn to improve their moral and social The old subscribers of The offer by paying up their back in vance, which will entitle them to Souls of Black Folk." Remember this offer only la accompany each and every order. States Postal Orders, Registered No commissions allowed to Address all orders to JULIUS F 5040 ARMOUR AVE., There is a lively time comin', boys, look out. BILL SKEGGS. Right you are, Bill Skeggs, Old Boy! And it's our intention to grind up our Ax real sharp so as to be able, this coming fall, to cut some of the politicians in their heels. STILL TELLING "DARKEY" STORIES. Under the caption, "Women Cheer Negro Leader," the New York Sun, speaking of a meeting in New York last Saturday of some white club women reports: "When Robert E. Ely introduced the speaker almost the entire audience stood up to cheer the Negro orator, who has been entertained by the president. He began his lecture by relating as a recent occurrence the story of the "good woman 'way down in Alabama" who asked her guests if they wanted long sweetening or short sweetening. He said he was present when this story was created. "My friend," said he, "took long sweetening, which proved to be a dip of the good woman's finger into the molasses pot, and then a stir in his cup of coffee. I chose short sweetening, which caused the good woman to bite a lump of maple sugar in two and put one piece in my cup and the other in hers. This is to tell you that both my long speeches and my short ones are very bad." "The umbrellas of the feminine audience pounded the floor in approval, and the lecturer plunged immediately into the subject of the education of his race in the south." This is one of the filthiest of the so-called "Darkey stories" that Mr. Washington has been telling all over the north for the last 10 years. It is plain it is told simply to raise a laugh with the white people. The Boston Globe comments on this facetiously. It was taken up by the Associated Press and sent all over the country for the white people to read. Does Mr. Washington realize we have got to live with the white people to whom he tells this revolting story—manufactured we believe—of Negro ignorance and uncleanness? Where is his "change of front"? Did the secret conference exact nothing on this point? The Union League of New Bedford asked of him how he expected to elevate his race by telling these race-be-littling stories. The telling of these stories alone throughout the north has increased tremendously the latent contempt for the Negro, has made the white people of the land up north feel that the Negro is akin to the ape. We declare further that this sort of propaganda creates a latent feeling of the Negroes' inferiority that increases the danger of lynching when one of our race, one of this class, whose "aunties" put their fingers in the tea cups of their guests, and who take sugar out of their mouths and put it in their guests' coffee, inflames the whites to anger by "daring" to assult a woman of their superior race or even to kill one of their men. [Name] COL THEODO RE W. JONES. Main Champion of Booker T. Wash there is more race prejudice ag there is Main Champion of Booker T. Washington who delights in asserting that there is more race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago than there is in the South. Let those who would cease opposing this man Washington, if there be any such, think well 'ere they find themselves stained with the blood of their race by failure to get rid of such a race-bellttler when the time was ripe.—The Guardian Boston Mass. [Name] One of the leading shouters for Booker T. Washington in Chicago, who is rather inclined to justify the disfranchisement of the Negro in the South on the theory that property holding tax paying women and idiots are not permitted to vote. HER MUSICAL EAR. "Have you a good ear for music?" asked a caller of four-year-old Ethel, who was seated at a piano. "Course I have," replied the little miss. "Why, only this morning I heard a man two blocks away playing a tune on a grind organ."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Two two-story houses near the boulevard, 5311 Dearborn street and 5250 Dearborn street. For sale at real bargains. These are two snaps. For further particulars call on Long and McDonald, Room 410, Reaper Black, Tel. Central 858. 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In order to add several thousand new names to our subscription list within the next thirty days The Bread Ax will be sent to any address in the United States each week for six months and "The Souls of Black Folk" by Prof. William E. Burghardt DuBois, for $1.50. "The Souls of Black Folk" consists of two hundred and sixty-five pages printed on fine Aberdeen book paper in large type and it now soils for $1.50. It is a book that should be read and studied by every person, white or black, who are interested in the settlement of the "Race Problem" in America. The regular subscription price of The Broad Ax for six months is $1.00, so you are getting "The Souls of Black Folk" at the publishers price and The Broad Ax thrown in free for six months. The articles which appear in The Broad Ax from time to time on the "Race Problem" cannot be surpassed. It stands at all times for purity in the home, and the highest ideals in human society. It is uncompromisingly opposed to notoriously immoral preachers robbing the people out of their hard earned money which they should expend to improve their moral and social condition. The old subscribers of The Broad Ax can take advantage of this offer by paying up their back infestedness and paying $1.50 in advance, which will entitle them to the paper for six months and "The Bank of Black Folk." Remember this offer only lasts for thirty days. The cash meal accompany each and every order. The money can be sent by United States Postal Orders, Registered letters or Express money orders. No commissions allowed to agents on this proposition. Address all orders to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, 5040 ARMOUR AVE. CHICAGO Will promote and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Friends, Indians, Farmers, Single Taxes, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else 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 editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year.....$2.00 Six Months.....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 800 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, IL., as Second-class Matter. DEMOCRACY AT FEVER HEAT. From the time the Democratic convention is held in New York, April 18th, which will serve as the "weather bell" for the Democratic party at this particular time, the outcome of this notable gathering will be anxiously waited for and watched by every politician whose caliber ranges is size from the school district boss to a state leader, and Cook County will be no exception to the rule. In fact is a local way the next county convention will develop a peculiar condition in the present organisation, may be a new deal. For instance, organized labor will assemble a little in advance and endorse Wm. Randolph Hearst for president, prior to the county convention, this convention selects delegates to the state and the state convention selects delegates to the National convention. The Democrat that will be candidates for the various local county offices without the aid of the labor vote and the support of the Chicago American, Mr. Hearst's paper, which has been the official bulletin of the labor union ever since the Chicago American was established in this city four years ago. Without this condition the County ticket might as well dig their grave in advance. For instance, John Treager for Corcoran, Jim Gray will undoubtedly seek renomination for assessor and many of the county commissioners who are now holding offices. All of these Democrats seeking office and desire the friendship of the laboring man. Bring in your delegation from your respective wards and vote resolutions of loyal support for Wm. Randolph Hearst, after you have done this you will have done your duty and in doing so a novel condition will undoubtedly take place, in this convention to take place some time in June. Up to the present time such leaders as Tom Carey, Timothy Cruise, Dallay and Bowman, Loeffler, Sullivan, Aassessor Gray, Sheriff Barrett, and Commissioner Flannagan, have endorsed Congressman Hearst. Hearst's head-quarters in St. Louis will be the most elaborate in every respect, having engaged the entire first floor or parlor floor, of the New Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis, one of the finest hotels in the country. Extraordinary In order to add several thousand list within the next thirty days The address in the United States each week There is a lively time comin', boys, look out. BILL SKEGGS. Right you are, Bill Skeggs, Old Boy! And it's our intention to grind up our Ax real sharp so as to be able, this coming fall, to cut some of the politicians in their heels. STILL TELLING "DARKEY" STORIES. Under the caption, "Women Cheer Negro Leader," the New York Sun, speaking of a meeting in New York last Saturday of some white club women reports: "When Robert E. Ely introduced the speaker almost the entire audience stood up to cheer the Negro orator, who has been entertained by the president. He began his lecture by relating as a recent occurrence the story of the "good woman 'way down in Alabama" who asked her guests if they wanted long sweetening or short sweetening. He said he was present when this story was created. "My friend," said he, "took long sweetening, which proved to be a dip of the good woman's finger into the molasses pot, and then a stir in his cup of coffee. I chose short sweetening, which caused the good woman to bite a lump of maple sugar in two and put one piece in my cup and the other in hers. This is to tell you that both my long speeches and my short ones are very bad." "The umbrellas of the feminine audience pounded the floor in approval, and the lecturer plunged immediately into the subject of the education of his race in the south." This is one of the flithiest of the so-called "Darkey stories" that Mr. Washington has been telling all over the north for the last 10 years. It is plain it is told simply to raise a laugh with the white people. The Boston Globe comments on this facetiously. It was taken up by the Associated Press and sent all over the country for the white people to read. Does Mr. Washington realize we have got to live with the white people to whom he tells this revolting story—manufactured we believe—of Negro ignorance and uncleanness? Where is his "change of front"? Did the secret conference exact nothing on this point? The Union League of New Bedford asked of him how he expected to elevate his race by telling these race-be-littling stories. The telling of these stories alone throughout the north has increased tremendously the latent contempt for the Negro, has made the white people of the land up north feel that the Negro is akin to the ape. We declare further that this sort of propaganda creates a latent feeling of the Negroes' inferiority that increases the danger of lynching when one of our race, one of this class, whose "aunties" put their fingers in the tea cups of their guests, and who take sugar out of their mouths and put it in their guests' coffee, inflames the whites to anger by "daring" to assault a woman of their superior race or even to kill one of their men. Main Champion of Booker T. Washington who delights in asserting that there is more race prejudice against the Negro in Chicago than there is in the South. Let those who would cease opposing this man Washington, if there be any such, think well 'ere they find themselves stained with the blood of their race by failure to get rid of such a race-belittler when the time was ripe.—The Guardian Boston Mass. M. COL. ROBT. M. MITCHELL. One of the leading shouters for Booker T. Washington In Chicago, who is rather inclined to justify the disfranchisement of the Negro in the South on the theory that property holding tax paying women and idiots are not permitted to vote. - "Have you a good ear for music?" asked a caller of four-year-old Ethel, who was seated at a piano. "Course I have," replied the little miss. "Why, only this morning I heard a man two blocks away playing a tune on a grind organ."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Bargains in Real Estate. Two two story houses near the boulevard, 5311 Dearborn street and 5250 Dearborn street. For sale at real bargains. These are two snaps. For further particulars call on Long and McDonald, Room 410, Reaper Black, Tel. Central 888. The rainy day that is sure to come. There is a time coming when you cannot do Chicago. have come upon you and your earning power will cease paring for that time? You, perhaps, have children growing up and forward to sending them to college. preparation for life's work than you had. tion will be impossible for you, if you have not prepared for it. Now then, note this well. VIDE FOR AN INCOME OF TWO LARS A MONTH BY AN INVESTMENT AMERICAN MUTUAL PLANT Are you interested in this paper orATE STREET. MRS. A. WILSON. Nicely furnished rooms to rent for gentlemen. Reasonable rates. 2252 Indiana avenue. and Everything to for Man, Woman and Child Five Room Cottage For Sale. A nice five room cottage on Shlelds avenue, for sale at a bargain. Will sell to colored people. Lake Real Estate Company, 1122 W. 51st street. Tel. Yards 134. Ask for Mr. Stautz. John J. Dunn Whelesale and Retail Dealer in.. COAL & WOOD President and State, Insurance and Loans Abstracts examined. Renting. Legal papers prepared. Holsted Street Chicago Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 52nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO A REAL CHANCE ENTERPRISING CANVASSERS Nortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. The demand for Professor W. E. B. DuBois' great book The Souls of Black Folk has been so remarkable, especially among those who do not buy many books, that we have just issued Special Subscription Edition This powerful study of the Negro Question Metropole Hall FOR THE SEASON 1993-4 31st St. and 5th Ave. Every Tuesday and Friday Under New Management Mr. Alex. Armank and Mr. Horace Clinton. Every Tuesday and Friday Evenings MUSIC BY ARMANT'S ORCHESTRA WHOR. HALL, Dancing Master. Admission 25p. stands ahead of all others Every one who has the future of the colored race at heart will want to buy it and read it. Is one of the easiest books to interest people in that has ever been published, and we are anxious to a live, intelligent canvassers everywhere. Send to us for information terms, etc. A. C. McCLURG & CO. Publisher 215-221 Wabash Avenue WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Simple GEORGE Junk's Brewery 3700-3710) South Halsted Street and 897 to, 929) Thirtyseventh Street IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURE precedents That Have ‘Established Bules for Proceedings—Mo Work for Bules Committee of * the House. Washington.—For the first time in 9g years d case Of impeachment is to be tried by the United States sen- ate sitting as a court of impeach- ment. The judi- ciary committee of the house has voted to recom- mend to the house the impeachment of Judge Charles Swayne, of the northern federal district of Florida, and there is little Aaa —taeee hee jee B 3 mi ae house will adopt the committee's re- port. If this happens the house will present the case to the senate and then will follow @ trial which may occupy the senate for weeks. ‘The last case of impeachment was — ur bees oe adminjstration. repre- sentatives in 1876 voted to impeach Belknap, but before the trial came’ te a conclusion im the senate, Belknap re- signed from his position as secretary of war and that was the end of it, al- though a question arose as to whether the resignation of a government official could properly be accepted im auch circumstances. The most famous impeachment case is that of Andrew Johnson in the For- tieth congress, the result of which ev- @rybody is supposed to know. John- gon was impeached by the house, but after a long trial the senate failed to convict him, the vote standing 35 ayes to 19 noes, one less than the two-thirds majority required by the constitution. The first impeachment case was that of William Blount, United States sena- tor from Tenneséee. He was impeached for violating the neutrality laws of the United States in instigating the Creeks and Cherokees to aid the British in conquering the Spanish territory of western Florida. He was found guilty and expelled on July 8, 1797, but during’ the trial he was elected to the state senate of Tennessee and chosen its president. All other impeachment cases have affected federal judges, as follows: John Pieckering, district judge of New| Hampshire, 1803-04; Samuel Chase, as- sociate justice of the supreme court of the United States, 1804-05; James Peck, United States district judge for Mis- souri, 1826-1831; West W. Humphreys, United States district judge for Mis- souri, 1861. Impeachment Procedure, Etc. In trying Judge Swayne the senate will have to go back a long way for a precedent, al- alee though several members of that s body are familiar ar With the procedure a against Secretary [i Bee, Belknap through me ie the fact that they Eee ieieecss Were in one or the oe Other branches of 2 + tne Teler ‘ot PATE SA Colorado, Allison mae of lowa, Cockrell [= of Missouri, and Mitchell of Oregan ADmouncing an Im- ates ee re senators, Blackburn of Kentucky, Hale and Frye of Maine, Money of Mis- sissippi, Hoar of Massachusetts and Pistt of New York were members ef the honse. Speaker Cannon is the only member of the house of representatives Whose service dates back so far as the Belknap trial. Senator Hoar, now chairman of the judiciary committee, Was one of the managers on the part of the house. Should the case come before the sen- ate great interest will be taken in the Droceedings on account of their novel- %, if for no other reason. After the tction by the house @ committee, ap- Pointed by the house, will proceed to the bar of the senate and there im- Pech Judge Swayne of ‘high crimes 2d misdemeanors while im office and times i ‘This ‘hment will be presented. ©ommittee will be agmounced by the Sergeant at arms, will proceed to the area in front of the desk of the presi- fext of the senate, will make its an- Roucement and will demand that the Mute take order for the appearance Judge Swayne to answer the ite- ican, Usha ae a * committee, to which the of ‘te house will be referred. ‘The house Nill appoint managers to comduct for & the impeachment proceedings id wars Tnaeers ill peseend_ tthe wi after taking seats as- Sened, one of them will read the arti- Ses of impeachment. Ire . Sie wil then damian thn “a dey for a trial and will give due Nice to the managers On the day set for. e, chiet taint ‘the supeente, oer “be {mett into the senate Dy re ee Milnted tor ti pand will Ae administer the senators an Mh thes they seu ee al 3 “ te secording ‘to the lava? ‘The house "Wl then be tee te ok the “ formally notiie that the house ceoniaat en ee Relge Sw, ear a oS ier artic, ent? Ghd will answer to the Ryticles of impeachment by counsel ° . Se arene ae ; coun- Sel and testimony of witness’ At the Seaclusion of the tal each Semin ‘will answer guilty or not guilty as the ease may be. Rules im the House, Under Speaker Cannon there is a Marked change in the personne) of t), managers of the republican majori- ty im the house. ‘The committee on Rasa sions des- uetude in striking contrast to its au- tocratic perform. ances under the administrations of Speakers Reed Crisp and Hender- son. The committee aed a | its great importance first under Speak. er Reed with the-adoption of the new Tules of the house, under which all the most important legislation was enacted under special orders adopted by the Committee, of course with the speaker's approval. Under Reed the rules com. mittee was kept busy all the time. In the Fifty-first congress Cannon and eT pnley ‘were the majority members ‘When Reed came back to the speak- ership he had ‘with him Henderson and Dalzell. Under Henderson the other republicans on the committee were Dalzell and Grosvenor, and they arc mow Cannon's associates, but it is no- tceable that these two members who. with Henderson, were regarded as the whole thing are not seen in the speak- @r’s room now nearly as often as some of the younger members of the house who, under the old regime, were noi highly regarded by the powers in con- Speaker Cannon is getting to lean more and more upon Hemenway of In- diana and Tawney of Minnesota, one of whom, now chairman of the appropria- tion committee, was in the last con- gress of importance only as Cannon's Meutenant, and the other of whom wat Tegarded as a “kicker” altogether out of favor with the men in control. For that matter, Cannon himself was out- side the breastworks and nothing but his powerful individuality and his po- sition as chairman of the appropria- tions committee, which could not be well taken away from him, gave him 3 position of standing and influence in the house. As for the conimittee on rules it has had very little to do during the present session. It has hardly been necessary to bring in a special order for the pur- pose of putting through any measure of importance, and without special or- ders the committee on rules becomes & somewhat superfiuous body. Misplacing a Building. Secretary Wilson, of the department f agriculture, is probably the best secretary of agri- culture in the not very long list, but there are a great many people in Washington who think that as an architect and land- seape gardener he is a dismal failure. The last con- gress made an ap- propriation of about three mil- liom dollars for a pew building to be Slr =| used by the agri- 108s 4 a ing Bite. ment. It was provided that it should be situated in the Mall near the pres- ent department and the selection of the'site has been left with the secre- tary of agricuiture, who has caused s sensation by picking out a place which will cut off a large portion of the vists between the Washington monument and the capitol that has been one of thé greatest beauties of Washington for hundred years. If congress could get at the thing it would pass a law, with Uttle or no opposition, which would prevent the location of the new building %m the place selected by the secretary and would compel it to be moved beck a hundred feet or so, thus saving an architectural blunder which could never be remedied. But Speaker Cannon refuses to let any bill of this kind come up in the house and Repre- sentative Powers, who has introduced the bill, finds himself helpless. So do the senators who are deeply interested in the matter. “Uncle Joe” has an aversion for ar- chitects and all their works. He is es- pecially out-of-sorts with the scheme of the so-called park commission, which would fix permanently the archi- tectural development of the city along the lines of L’enfant, the French genius who first laid out the map of the cap- tal. He is filled with indignation whenever he thinks of the work of Architect McKim, which has made the white house a thing of beauty, and he ie determined that so long as he has anything to say about it the architects shall not be given any further leeway in the development of the city. ‘Uncle Joe” is in a decided minority sumerically, in this position, bat it se gat many ora m the great majority of congress foes not giadly follow his lead, #0 that Se in I 10 at te ead eo long as ho remains at the head of the house. S ‘the meantime Secretary Wises "doubtless go abead with } . 5 ect on the Mall a magnifi- ry me one of = nec oe Rees es ‘& COOLADGR. MEN DON'T WEAR CORSETS. if the Absurd Castom Is in Vogue Zt Ts Concealed trom the Mer- chant Tailors as ben eat? & Srent deal of nonsense has been printed about the growth of the corset kabit among men, yet there seems to be very little if any founda- tion for such statements as have been made on the subject. Making due allow- Sncee for the reserve with which the tailor might seek to protect his patrons from publicity, ft does not appear from {nterviews with several of the leading zustom tailors in this city and other cities that there is any truth in these Statements. All of them say they have 20 calls for clothes to be fitted over cor- sets, and a leading corset maker for women, purveyor to a high-class custom trade, declares a total absence of ap- Dlications to make the articles for men. The tailors estimate that such item# as those referred to may emanate from the press agents of corset makers, who would like to increase their trade by making for men as well as women. The masculine figure does not, as a general Tule, need a corset. Its only effect would be to repress the stomach and throw out the chest, giving a form which is natural to men of athletic habits, who stand erect, while to men of other habits it would be a constraint that could not be borne with comfort. That the “mil- ttary figure” for men may be secured without the use of a corset is shown by the cadets of West Point and Annapolis, who, as it has been definitely estab- lished, do not use the articles. WERE NOT TRUE ALBINOS. Number of White Buffalo Surprised Hunters Until the Phenomenon Found an Explanation. Old buffalo-hunters of the western Kansas prairies used to tell of having seen and pursued white buffalo. There were white buffalo, albinos, such as are found at rare intervals in all the fam!- lies of the animal kingdom; but the number of those which existed in fact and of those which existed purely in the imagination, says the Kansas City Jour- nal, were in wonderful disproportion. In 1873 old Ben Canfield, who roamed the plains with his tall, gaunt wife fora companion, followed a herd of buffalo from the northern edge of what is now Oklahoma to the sand-hills of Nebraske, thinking to kill a big white bull which he had seen in the herd. After three weeks of patient stalking Canfield did kill the bull, only to find that the white- ness of its appearance was due to a coat of whitewash. An explanation of this phenomenon would not be needed by people familiar with the natural lime beds of western Kansas. The habit of the buffalo is to roll or wallow in every pool of water or mudhole to which he comes. Canfield’s buffalo had simply been rolling in a bed of the native lime, which, when dried in the sun, coated his hide with a kind of plaster. No doubt these iime-holes account for many of the “white buffalo” so often reported by hunters. ABOUT CHINESE NAMES. Geographical Prefixes and Suffixes Have a Definite Significance in the Far East. A few definitions of Chinese geograph- ical prefixes and suffixes may be of service in elucidating the nomenclature of current war news, says the Boston Transcript. First, prefixes: Ta, as in Taku, means great, and siao, as in Siao- Ping-Thou, means small. Pel or pe, nan, tung and si are respectively north, south, east and west. Thus the Pei-Ho is the North river. etc. Shang and hal are upper and lower. Pai, hel ane whang are white, black and yellow. 3uffixes are more numerous and famil- lar.’ Kiang, ho tchuan, ula, muren and tchu each and all mean river. Thus Yalu Kiang and Liso Ho are simply Yalu river and Lisoriver. Shui, kou, theuan, khi, gol and ussu are unfamiliar terms, meaning a brook or small river. Hu, nor and omo mean lake,as in the well- known Lob Nor and Kosso Gol. Po, tse and tien mean a small lake or swamp, or a town situated near such a place. fai means sea; thus Whang-Hai is the Yellow sea, Tung-Hai is the Eastern sea and Nan-Hai is the Southern sea. Tao and sometimes shan means island, but shan more often means a mountain range. Ling is a pass over a mountain nee N-Rays and Sound. ‘The fact that compression or vend- ing causes a substance to emit X-rays has suggested to M. D. Lepinay that vibrations producing sound should have the same effect, as the sounding body undergoes slight but rapidly repeated strains. Experiments with a tuning fork, a bronze bell, a large steel cyl- inder and a siren proved this to be true, and the phosphorescent screen showed that the air also produces as well as transmits the rays. Another investi- gator, M. Meyer, has discovered a similar radiation in vegetable tissue, the green parts of the plant giving the most in- tense effect. trantine with an Elephant. Gen. Sir Montagu Gerard, in a recent volume, tells this story of hunting with an elephant ip India: “The best bags 1 made were 53 brace snipe and some teal one day between one a. m. and sul- set and 73 brace and 26 duck and teal fot one whole day, besides # couple of hours on the preceding afternoon when reconnoltering the ground. The only retriever one could safely employ was an elephant, not sq much for fear of erocodiles as on account of the tangled weeds which wind themselves round the limbs of a swimmer like the tente- jee of an octopus.” ‘HES ~ FAR-SIGE {TED POLICY. by Which Japan Has At- - tained Her Supremacy 2 im the Bast. Then article on “Japanese Patriot- Se rons. Mr. Alyzander Heme wd gives an interesting sccount of an's policy. He says: year from two to three thou- are sent to America, and ‘88 many go to Europe, to enter the most advanced universities and machine shops of the two worlds. These young meH are thoroughly impressed with « of their own importance, know- Ing @all well that it is their destiny to fm to Japan and carry the country forward along advanced lines of civ- a, Their intense patriotism them, as a rule, despite the obsta- cles Of a foreign tongue, to seek the hon- ors Of their class, and the Japanase stu- eet nt ney sivere be toed fe the Tanks of American and Euro- pean’ colleges. Once graduated, they quickiy return to Japan. Search the continent of America never so carefully, and you will not find as many resident Japapese in it as there are Chinamen in the cities of either New York or Chica- 50; 7et no alien law, as inthe case of the Chinese, prevents the settlement of the Japanese in our midst. They come, observe, remain long enough to master the workings of our latest inven- tions: in scientific apparatus and me- chanies, then return home to adapt to the service of their people all that they have found useful abroad. So to-day, because they have prepared in times of peace, Japanese foundries, shipyards, machine shops and factories are ready to turn out the most modern ordnance, battleships, and firearms fit to do battle with any power that threatens Japanase supremacy in the far east.” Jewish Life. . Writing of the language of Jewish life, in the Lamp, Israel Zangwill says that the modern, progressive Jews of New York and London lead a life not necessarily inferior to a Jewish life, but “a Jewish life it is not. It is the general life of the nation whose language they speak. Scrupulously bur- fed im the same cemetery, they have a common death. But a common life—no, that they have not. Upon the clear mirror of language they pro- duce no breath. If Israel is to live and speak again, it can only be on a soil of his own.” 2 * Mck-Tock_ The “tick-tock” that is universally Yegarded as the sound of both pendu- lum and spring clocks, has been inves- tigated by Dr. Rosenbach, a Berlin Psychologist. He finds that the “tick” results when the right arm of the es- capement anchor strikes a cog of the wheel moving upward, while the “tock” is produced when the other arm es ee eee The it conditions ~ give ~~ different acoustic effects. Ascending Lightning. The idea of ascending lightning is not new, although it is not generally ac- cepted. Insisting upon the reality of the phenomenon as witnessed by Prof. P. Bruhl and himself, Prof. W. H. Ever- ett states that the flashes seen were un- branched, that they rose like rockets from clouds into the clear sky, and that their duration was longer than that of ordinary fiashes. Brown Spots on the Hands. If there are brown spots on the oe po’ sulphur and apply it when- ever possible, allowing it to dry in the sun. Let it remain on as long as you can after each application. This paste will take effect more readily if the hands are soaked in warm water for some time before it is applied. Stiletto Hatpins. AS & means of defense for women in case of attack from a rofflan, a stiletto batpin is about to be placed on the European market. It is made of fine steel that will bend but not break, has‘a fine hardened point and a handle with which to grasp it as a weapon. To Bank the Fire. Newspapers soaked in cold water, squeezed, and rolled tightly into balls can be used to bank up the back of a fre that is wanted to burn along time. Put a good layer of small coal on top. | Vinegar. Vinegar should not be kept in 2 stone jar, as the acid may affect the ‘glazing, and the vinegar be rendered unwholesome. Glass jars are the best vinegar receptacles. Values. Values are in the mind alone. Ifa trinket pl-~se you, then you are wise in exchanging for it a world which annoys you—N. O. Times-Democrat. . Chinese Miles. In China a mile is anything from a quarter of a mile to a mile and three- quarters, according to the province in which it may happen tobe. + Long Novels. The three-volume novel has passed. {t takes longer to read « three-volume novel than any novel can possibly re main popular.—Puck. | Gremation in Janan. Cremation establishments, under the control of the government, are to be found im the chief cities of Japan. (Skin of the Whale. ‘The-skin of the whale is from two inches te two feet thick, that of a large specimen often weighing 39 tons. The Hatpin Inflicts a Severe Wound and Can Be Got Ready for Ac- tien in a Moment. “What shall we do in case we are at- tacked by some thief or ruffian?” is the question women have asked in every part of the country. The man to whom the question is put will generally answer: “Carry a revolver.” But women dread revolvers. Few women possess the nerve necessary to use a pistol with ef- fect when attacked. Then there is the objection to a revolver in the possession of a woman that she would be averse to suspecting the motive of every man she met, and would probably fail to¢draw the revolver until too late, for fear of making a foolish mistake. What, then can be provided for her that will be formidable to a foe, yet absolutely safe, so far as she is concerned, and ever ready at hand, whether wanted for use or not? The answer to the puzzle has been provided by those who make women’s hatpins. A hatpin has been designed that is intended primarily for use as a weapon of defense. It isin reality a stiletto, masquerading as an innocent hatpin. It is made of fine steel, that will (> Dp a at: D X44 /) Sy ty °e 2, ie s Y Hii 1 OY) : INNOCENT LOOKING HATPINE. bend, but will not break, as sharp as a needle, and hardened at the end so that it can be used with deadly effect as a dag- ger, and a handle that enables a woman to grasp it for use as a weapon and hold it so that it cannot easily be pulled from her hand. There are two ways of holding this hatpin. It can be held with the thumb pressed against the top or with the but- ton grasped in the palm of the hand. In either way it is a weapon not to be de- spised. The method of using it to the best ad- vantage when attacked is to aim at the face of the highwayman. A woman armed with one of these stilettos is able to do more damage in afew seconds than @man unarmed. The wicked little blade is so sma!l that it is impossible to grasp it to wrench it away from her, and yet so keen is it that, thrust home by a wom- an frenzied by fear, it is likely to pierce through any ordinary clothing into a vital part of a highwayman’s anatomy. ‘There are times in most women’s lives when a suspicious looking character comes into the offing and prudence whis- pers: “Beware of him.” While most women would shrink under these cir- cumstances from pulling out a revolver, it is an innocent act to put the hand to the hat and draw out one of her stiletto- like hatpins. With this in her hand the nervous woman is ready for the stranger, whatever his intentions. If he is an honest man he will probably take no notice of the woman’saction. If he is a thief, it is more than probable that he will mark the act and let the ‘woman pass unmoleste¢—N. Y. Trib- une. = WOMAN'S MONEY HER OWN. Arkansas Court Holds That Legal Rights of Wives Make Property Subject to Larceny. It has been held by the lower courts at times that a man could not steal from bis wife and vice versa. The supreme court of Arkansas has recently handed down a decision which declares that s man may steal from his wife. The case in which this decision was rendered was that of the state versus J. FP. Hunt | Hunt, a saloon keeper, married Miss ‘Mand Nevills, who had a bank account of about six hundred dollars. Almost immediately after their marriage he be- gan to try to get possession of it. Mrs. Hunt, while willing enough to share with him whatever income it might bring, would not gtve it to him ab- solutely. He prevailed upon her at last to give him a check for the amount, with the understanding that he was not touse it, but invest it in a plece of property for her. Hunt obtained the money and lost no time in leaving the state with another woman. They went to St. Louis, and were finally tracked to Los Angeles. He was brought back to Arkansas to stand trial. Hunt was indicteé and convicted in cireult court for grand larceny and sen- tenced to imprisonment in the peniten- tiary for five years. From this he ap- pealed to the supreme court. On the appeal the main question raised by the attorneys for Hunt was that a man could not be technically guilty of larceny of his wife’s goods, because the law regards them as one person, and a man may not steal his own. / In an opinion delivered by Chief Jus- tice Bunn the court declined to adopt this view, holding that, while at com- niée law the legal unity of the husband agg ~ ‘i eessiena to , the provisions enlarging the Pgeindhs «yi sten atin mshg Time, Says Professor, Is Accountable for Shrinkage in World’s Surface ‘That Results in Disturbances. Prof. James F. Kemp, of the chair of ‘Beology at Columbia university, had this explanation to give of the New Engiand earthquake: “The earth tends to go more and more slowly as it revolves, on account of the backdrag of the atmosphere, so it tends to become more and more nearly a per- fect sphere and less flattened at the poles. “Also there is a kind of interior shrinkage due to loss of heat, and this produces a shrinkage at the surface which may produce the disturbances. The original place of the disturbance was probably under the sea, and it com- municated iteelf to the land.” A. W. Grabau, professor of paleon- tology, said: “I do not believe that the disturbance was of volcanic origin. There have been none such in thie part, of the world for a fair number of years.” Prof. Grabau was asked what he meant by a fair number of years. “Say about 15,000,000 years,” he con- tinued, gravely. “The iast volcanic eruption here- abouts was the one that made the pali- sades on the Hudson, and that was back in the triassic period. In New England we are positive there has been no serious disturbance for thousands of years, because there are bowlders there which have not been disturbed within that period.” MONKEYS EARN A LIVING. Manipulate Fans in India to Cool Their Masters’ Parching Brows —Method ‘of Education. Monkeys are more than pets in some parts of the world. At Malabar, India, they are taught to work, and have ac- tually made themsel ves.almost indispen- sable in the homes of the wealthy. The Malabar monkey is of the fine species acre oun i laeigie? It is very warm im Malabar, and there is a fan called the punka, which used to be kept in mo- tion by a slave. It required a slave to work each punka, but now every punka in Malabar is worked by a monkey. It was an English officer who con- ceived the idea of making the langur work in that manner. The fan isamov- able frame, covered with canvas and suspended from the ceiling. The motion is caused by pulling acord. The officer tied the hands of the langur to one of the cords, and then by means of another cord put the machine in motion. Of course the monkey’s hand went up and down and the animal wondered what kind of a game was being played. Then the officer patted its head and fed it with candy till soon the langur thought it was fine fun to work the punka. The experiment was successful and now thousands of monkeys are in harness. Strange Electric Lights. During the remarkable magnetic storm, accompanied by displays of the aurora borealis, on October 31 last, a gentleman driving along a country road at night, near Calgary, Canada, had a singular experience. He found himself surrounded with great-vertical shafts of light, which extended up into thesky, meeting at the zenith in a perfect apse, and glowing with beautiful colors, the shafts being bright ruby-colored at the top, but changing in hue as they de- scended through purple and green gold at the bottom. Objects half a away were evidently beyond the and indeed some of these were only few yards distant, and seemed to chase the observer as he drove on in his buggy. ‘The display lasted but a few minutes. ‘The Kink That Won’t Come Back. You can make your hair just as straight and smooth as you want to by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, and the kink that was there before will not come back. The Ozon- tzed Ox Marrow also keeps the hair from falling out, cures. dandruff and makes the hair grow. It never fails One bottle does it. Sold over forty years to ladies of refinement all over the country, giving perfect satisfac. tion. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Ad-. dress Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wa- bash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. ¢ THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 3104 State Street. A F. Tervaion’s Cigar Store ana News Stand, 2826 State street. | Edward Felix’s Cigar Store, 348 30th street, N. E. Corner Armour Ave. Tv. B. Halls Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. Turner William's Cigar and News Stand, 2903 armour Ave. Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 486% State street. Frank H. Hart, 354-3ist street, ci- gars, tobacco and Laundry office. Mrs. E. F. Early, groceries and no tions, 2933 State st. The Stationery, 2970 State street. J. C. Campbell, 145 W. 47th street. Cigars, Tobacco, Staple Groceries. Isidor Jacobson, cigars, togacco and stationery, 3149 State St. Wm. Goetz, News Stand ané Laun- dry Office, 411 B. 36th st, tuto the columns of The Broad Ax Ind.) is visiting 2, F. D. Berry, “would .be alright if they bad a live _ “widerman John H. Jones made a ‘glean sweep in the Highth Ward and he was reelected to the City Council -with's healthy majority to his credit. For first class and uptodate hats’ ‘at rock bottom prices, call at Galla- ogher’s new bat store, 250 West Madi- ent Hom. Robert Redfield, the capable “attorney for ‘the local board of tm " ‘provement, could make a winning race for city attorney of Chicago in 1905. ‘Horace Clinton and Edward Tidring- ton are still meeting with much suc -eéss in conducting their dances in “Metropole Hall every Tuesday and Friday evenings. ~ Municipal ownership was carried by 2 hahdsome majority Tuesday and the. voters throughout the city are to be congratulated for. favoring these propositions. _ ‘All Hash’ or all Mouth Roberts, ran out of wind and water while attempt- ing to deliver-his long, senseless toast at the Washington banquet Tuesday evening. John Czekaia, who is one of the proficielit deputy <éoraners of Cook County, could, if nominated be elected as ope of the new commissioners of Buy your spring hat from Thomas Gallagher, $50 "West Madison st., for he Carries all the leading styles and shapes at the lowest prices. Dr. Alexander Lane, 189 E. 20th street, enjoye a fine practice among doth races. The Doctor is full of race pride and he liberally helps to sup port with his money many of the jead- img Afro-American newspapers. Col. Edward H. Mortis is or was the attorney for Louis: Weber and Company, so it is claimed, at the time that be appeared in the Harrison Street Police Station, and in the Crim- inal Court in behalf of Dr. A. Beat- Tice Schultz. The Amateur Minstrel's Eéster Ball ‘was a failure. This makes the third or fourth failure this club has had “within™two years. Jule Avendorph, sadeaasiaie ik eheiiig-onen seca We Attorney Charles H. Stevenson, 100, ‘Washington street, is a strong sup porter of William Randolph Hearst, for President of the United States, and Mr. Stevenson is of the opinion that he will be nominated at the St. Louis convention. | John ‘B. Stetson & Co., celebrated hats are sold at Galiagher’s hat store, 250 West Madison st., for less money than they can be bought for at any other establishment in Chicago. Archibald Goode, the leading and the most successful Afro-American seme oon basement corner of Ciark and Rand- olph streets, and he is amply prepared | fe. torn. out all Winds of corpputer| work in short order. Mrs. Chas. H: Smiley ‘was by far the best gowned Isdy that attended ser- ‘vices at St. Thomas church Sunday morning. She wore a very rich and elegant black velvet dress and a hat trimmed in violets which caused her to look very charming. Rev. &..H. Thompson, -602 West Ghio street, presiding elder of the St. Paul and Chicago A. M. E. District, is busily engaged in making arrange ments to entertain the large number of ‘preachers who will flock to this city next month to attend the general conference. i * aly - ‘Wm. A. Kirchberger & Co., the only: exclusive “uncalled-for” clothing house, H.-C. Binke, manager, Clark street, between Monroe and Ad- ams. We handle all of the returned made to order garments of M. Born |. & Oc., the largest merchant tailors; in the world. ; ‘If the Republicans residing in the) ; Twenty-sixth Ward had not permitted | . themselves to be hossed or dictsied| fo by Col Charles 8. Deneen, and had honored William C. Kuester, with . renomination as alderman he would Ai? Batre: cere objet wil be “Higher Btsction ot the Negro.” Good music will be pro | vided. a. You are re invited to be present. Dr. C, B Bentley will speak Sunday, april 1th. eee ; gs predicted by The Broad Ax, made ‘a home run in the Fifth Ward and landed on the inside of the city coun- cll. is reelection in spite of the bitter opposition of the Municipal Voters’ League, is indeed very gratifying to his many friends and supporters. ¥ Col; Theodore W. Jones, who was the hesd dog in the meat house while Prot. Booker T. Washington was in town, exclaimed from the pulpit. in ‘Quinn Chapel “that the ‘white man would rather go to hell than be saved by a black man.” This ts not true for there are plenty of white men in the North who trust their lives and the lives of their loved ones in the hands of their colored Doctors. Col. Jones shuld be muzzled before he again attempts to speak to the public. Mrs. Biizabeth Nolis, 3123 Dearborn street, has been visiting in St. Louts, Mo,, lately, and she states “that ev- everything is in commotion in the World's Fair city, that it is hard for colored people to find decent houses ‘to live in, for the rents have increased pled by them from ten and twenty to seventy-five and one hundred dollars per month. Mrs. Nolls is a warm friend of this paper and each week after she Ins finished reading it she sends it to Ser daughter, who is re siding in Paris. Last spring the whisky gentlemen connected with the Old Church Organ Sold out to Mayor Carter H. Harrison. and the other Democrats, for a few silver doflars, and they urged the smal] number of readers of the Old Church Organ to stand by the Demo- crats for they were alright, but now they are ready to cuss and damn a Democrat of any kind. Some so called Negro editors are ever ready to stoop to any low trick in order to earn one or two dollars to enable them to buy a little cheap fighting whisky. Henry T. Elby, late treasurer of Oli- vet Baptist Church, who was recently convicted for misappropriating $6,000 belonging to the church, was on last Saturday sentenced to the penitentiary at Joliet, from one to ten years, by Judge Chytraus. Jasper M. Higgin- bothan was the chief witness against Henry Biby, notwithstanding the fact that Elby loaned him money which if we mistake not, he has never re- funded to him. By this time many people have learned that there are quite a few rascals belonging to Oli- vet Baptist church. Dr. Anna B. Schultz is taking life easy in the Cook County jail, she has nice clean quarters all by herself, and Jailor John L, Whitman and all his as- sistants treat her with consideration. It seems that F. L. Barnett urged Mr. Fake to resort to every sharp. practice which is indulged in around the State’s Attorney’s office in order to connect Dr. Schultz with the diamond Ting which was supposed to have been stolen by someone from Louis Weber and Company. Mrs. Barnett also seems well pleased with the outcome of her trial, for when she was in the jail last Saturday morning she was asked if she “did not.want to see Dr. Schultz,” she haughtily turned up her pretty nose and responded no she did mot want to see her. Several white ladies were present and they re marked that from indications “Mrs. Barnett was not in favor of imparting a few, words of comfort or encourage- ment to-the women of her race who happen to get imto trouble or meets with misfortune.” “THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK” AND THE BROAD AX FOR Six MONTHS FOR $150, For thirty days from March roth The Broad Ax will be sent to any address in the United States for «six months and “The Souls of Biack Folk”, by Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois, for $1.50, See announcement in another column of this paper. Not Very Ancient. ‘Stockings were first used im the sleventh century. Before that cloth bandages were used on the feet. ‘Teach Girls to Shop. ‘The Birmingham school authorities get only teach the children to cook, but how to shop economically. with the of Brazil, Span- ah 1a the prevailing language af ony ry in South America. oot eee name meney transportation of mails than ali other countries combined. THE WIFE OF THE MIKADO. ‘Her Name Is Haruko and She Belongs to One of the WoblestPam- ‘The empress of Japan, @arly named the “Empress Sp ) is a daughter of the noble hi igo, one of the fine families. of Kuge, or court personages, a mikado may choose his consort. Un her eighteenth year, when she chosen by her sovereign, she was up in-the strictest seclusion in capital, Kiote, and received the custom- ary education of a daughter of a princely daimio. nore Great pains were taken to teach-her Herature, to develop her artistic taste and to schoo! her in the writing of grace- ful if inane verse. +3 She is' 54 years old, a year older than ber Lusband. Having no children of her own, she is content to see the son of a megaki, or concubine, reared as the heir to the crown, and to recognize him ag her future lord, if she survives her husband. Monogamy is now the rule in Japan, ané the next mikado will probably be the last of left-handed birth to reign. The present emperor ic likewise a meg- aki's son. ® “Empress Spring” has been truly a helpmeet anti an inspiratiof to her bus band. ‘She caused the first Japanese girls to be sent to America, in 1871, to aequire western learning. She suggested the founding of the national normal school, and patronized the establishment of the Japanese Red Cross society. She gives far time and care to charitable works, visiting the hospitals, especially ‘that for women and children, in Tokio, where she distributes toys an¢ luxuries. She bas no companion in the seclusion of her own apartments In the palace of Tokugawa. Here she wears the na- tional costume, in dark-colored silks. Her apartments are simple, in the-style of old Japan, with beautiful lacquered furniture. The floor is covered with spotless white matting, on which she site or squats. Her rooms open into those of the emperor. The state apartments are furnished in European style. The palace, built in 1889, is in the ol@ native style of archi- tecture, but is equipped with the “mod- ern improvements” familiar to the west —water, electric lights and cee paratus. The ladies of the court live in a sepa- vie laos of ce court ire i a sepa re 5 oe y a ~ Pi s x ~~ A, \N Ss LZ \ SSS Si SSS YY, SSss jd SS Vise SS Sse be SS) UA a > S =) \ x = v7 \ WR ss OP ha THE EMPRESS OF JAPAN. . (Her Name Is Haruko, Which Means “Empress Spring.”’) ery leade to the palace. Japanese eti- quette is 80 complicated that these ladies spend a seven-years’ apprenticeship to learn their duties. Each has her own apartment and even her own cook. The New York World says that the woman of present-day Japan lives under far more liberal laws than her mother did. There is.now @ law for divorce by mutual consent. Women lecturers aré not unknown. Children of both sexes are educated together in the primary schools, a thing that horrifies conserva- tive. grandmothers. There are womén lawyers in Tokio, and although their en- trance into the medical profession is way in time. 5 Not only bave many Japanese women adopted the European costume, but some even wear trousers. - 2 FAILURE IN MARRIED LIFE: Much Unhappiness Is Caused Because Men and Women Fail to Har- monize Their Tempers. Unless tempers can be harmonized, no marriage can be truly happy. Some may say that to resort to reasoning out every little difference of opinion will lead to an unhappy existence. Reason should never be considered a tyrant, but a coun- selor. However hard the struggle may ‘be, it is sure to lead to"wonderful re suite; and as nothing in this life te gained without struggle and persistent effort, married couples who are not happy only because they cannot har, monize their tempers, will find that the struggle, even if it has taken years and years, will be worth the effort. 4 The importance of harmonizing em- pers in. martied life isnot less than that of marriage itself. People seem to resart to marriage because they can a lané of unalloyed happiness in they may dwell. After one or two r of married existence the dream is tered. Pride alone then bids man and wife to live together in monious union. They have. sifire of the comforts of life, but of them have too much of one thin, temper —N. Y; Weektr. pa Gatect for Gicvtinetine M4 ee ee eee The best thing for. stringing beads? geld or coral, as well as glass & chains, is catgut. Next to that ons is tovbe “preferred: oe ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. 1994 N. 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