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THE BROAD AX Democracy Triumphs In Ohio Democracy Triumphs In Ohio George B. McClellan Re-elected Mayor of Greater New York. Arthur Pue Gorman and His Negro Disfranchising Measure Defeated in Maryland. Pennsylvania Elects Democratic State Treasurer. The Entire Republican Ticket Wins Out In Cook County. Vol. XI Democracy Tri George B. McClint Mayor of Great Arthur Pue Go Negro Disfran ure Defeated Pennsylvania E ic State T The Entire Rep Wins Out In Last Tuesday State elections were held in Ohio, Mass., Pa., Neb., N. J. R. I., Md., and many of the leading cities and towns throughout the country elected new officials. In many instances the people rose up in all their might and completely dumfounded and surprised the bosses of the Republican and the Democratic machines. This was especially true in Ohio and Pa., in the former state John M. Pattison was elected Governor, his Democratic running mates, and a large majority of the members of both branches of the legislature were swept on to victory by the tidal wave of Democracy. The wisest of the Politicians cannot account for the defeat of Governor Herrick, and his Republican associates on the ticket when we take into consideration the fact that in 1904 Ohio rolled up a majority of two hundred and thirty-six thousand in favor of the election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, as President and Vice-President of the United States. In the latter state Pa., President Roosevelt's enormous majority of 504,000, was swept away by the onward march of Democracy and the reform element and William H. Berry, the Democratic candidate was elected state treasurer by more than one hundred thousand majority, and for a while at least Senator Penrose and the grand rascales who control the Republican party in that state will be debared from robbing and plundering the people by using their state funds to enrich their own pockets and to perpetuate a rotten or a corrupt Political machine, Mayor Weaver won a signal victory in Philadelphia which is indeed very gratifying to those who approve of a semblance of decency in Politics. Perhaps one of the greatest surprises in store for the Politicians was the remarkable run made by William Randolph Hearst, for Mayor of Greater New York, and he came within an ace of defeating its present Mayor George B. McClellan, and the returns from Tuesday's election clearly indicate that the People have fully made up their minds that "they propose to have municipal ownership in some form or another and that the men or the crafty Politicians who attempt to stand in their way will be cast aside or ground into powder." The people of Maryland displayed their Political Independence by repudiating Arthur Pue Gorman and his Negro Distranchising measure, United States Senator Isador Rayner Gov. Warfield, and many of the other leading Democrats of that state were bitterly opposed to Gorman who will within a very short time be driven from Political Power and die indisgrace, for endeavoring to fasten upon the people of Maryland his "Poe Amendment" in order to re-establish slavery or serfdom within its borders and to perpetuate his corrupt and unscrupulous power The nation at large, should greatly rejoice over the fact that "at last Arthur Pue Gorman, the cheap pot-house politician has stumbled into his political grave." Here in Chicago and Cook County the entire Republican ticket was elected and the result of the election was not surprising to those who noted how indifferent the majority of the leaders of Democracy were as to its final wind up. Frank Wenter, Major Edgar B. Tolman, Alderman John J. Bradley, and William A. Doyle, ran up to the front of their ticket and they and every man on the ticket would have been elected if the leaders of the party in the First and Eighteenth wards would have stood by their true colors, and performed their duty, by those wards going Republican turned everything upside down, and defeated the Democratic ticket, for by a change of two votes in each Precinct in those wards and the other wards throughout the city would have elected every man on the Democratic ticket. In future contests in this city and County, the Democratic Party, cannot reasonably expect to be successful at the polls until its leaders become united and stop fighting among themselves.' The Editor's Troubles Editing a newspaper is a nice thing, says a Wyoming editor. If we publish jokes people say we are rattle brained. If we don't we are fossils. If we publish original matter they say we don't give them enough selections. If we give them selections they say we are too lazy to write. If we don't go to church we are heathens. If we do we are hypocrites. If we remain in the office we ought to be out looking for news items. If we go out then we are not attending to business. If we wear old clothes they laugh at us. If we wear good clothes they say we have a pull. Now what are we to do? Just as likely as not someone will say that we stole this from an exchange. So we did. It's from the Wyoming Derrick. Hon. Chas. S. Thornton, of the great law firm of Thornton & Chancellor, Masonic Temple, was unable this summer to take a vacation, owing to the rush of legal business. Within the past three months Mr. Thornton has tried and won important lawsuits in New York, Boston, Cincinnati and Cleveland, O., and as a first class lawyer he ranks with the best. HEW TO THE LINE. MRS. MAGGIE L. WALKER. Editor of The Herald, Richmond Va., President of The St. Lukes Savings Bank and originator and part owner of the large department store conducted by the Afro-Americans in that city. Wednesday evening Miss Josephine Marie Hubbard, was united in marriage to Mr. William P. Miller at St. Thomas church, Rev. Father Lealted officiating. The church was filled to overflowing by the many friends of the contracting parties to witness the ceremony. The bride was elaborately gowned in white silk crepe de chine, white tulle veil and the only ornaments worn by her was a pearl necklace. She carried a bouquet of white chrysantheums. The bride was given away by Matt Hullett who was an old companion of her late father Theo. Hubbard. Miss India Deming served as the matron of honor, and wore pink crepe de chine. Miss Mary Thomas and Miss Emma Shaw acted as the bridesmaids. Miss Thomas's dress was of white crepe de chine white lace trimmings and Miss Shaw wore white net over white silk and both these ladies as well as Miss Deming carried a large bunch of pink chrysantheums. Little Miss Marion Harrison was the flower girl and she carried a large bouquet of pink and white flowers Miss Hattle McCary and Miss Thereald Riley were the ribbon girls, and they looked ever so pretty dressed in pink. Mrs. P. C. Hubbard the brides mother, wore an elegant lavender colored crepe de chine dress trimmed in white lace. Mrs. Mary Miller mother of the groom of Vicksburg Miss., who came on to the wedding and returned home Friday evening was costumed in grey crep de chine white lace trimmings. A reception was held at the home of the brides mother 2729 Wabash ave., from 8 to 11 o'clock. It was a very brilliant affair. Mr. J. Johnson ushered the many hundreds of the best people of Chicago into the spacious parlors of the Hubbard home which were thronged by the select cream of the four hundred who inspected the many costly, rare and useful presents. The bridal chamber was a scene of beauty and everything in it was presented to the charming bride. There was also a fine gas range and other cooking utensils including a large ham, presented to the newly married couple, and they have everything needed to go to light housekeeping. Without the least puffing or blowing, it was one of the finest and most elaborate weddings ever held among the Afro-Aemricans in any section of the country. Mr. Marshall Wright, who has been ill at Provident Hospital, was moved to the home of Mrs. Bynum, 2972 State street, much improved. Va., President of The St. Lukes t owner of the large department store that city. RESPECTED SOUTH'S LAWS. "Cracker" Paper Says President Troop on No Laws of Bourbon Code of Social and Racial Ethics. Said Nothing to Offend Most Sensitive White Southerner—Roosevelt May Get Votes for Measures His Own Party Opposes, but Can't Make "Solid South" Republican. Unquestionably it is true that President Roosevelt, while on his trip, has created a most excellent impression among Southern people. He has trod upon none of the laws that make up the code of social and racial ethics in the South, nor has he voiced any sentiment so utterly at variance with Southern usages and customs as to offend the most sensitive. By the sensible attitude he has adopted, by the unprejudiced and unblased nature of the speeches he has made, and by the easy and graceful manner in which he has come personally in contact with the leading citizens of the places he has visited he has won friends and admirers. It is improbable that any personal political ambition attaches to the President's visit to the South. It has been said, probably with truth, that he wishes the support of the congressmen and senators from this section for certain legislative measures that a not inconsiderable proportion of his own party opposes, but the political aspect of his trip doubtless ceases there. The President is astute enough to know that not even he, a Republican whose ideas upon many public questions approach very closely to those embodied in the principles of the Democratic party, could turn the "Solid South" from its Democracy and induce it to join with other sections in a call to a Republican President to accept another term of office. Silent as to Negro's Right to Participate in Government. (Boston Transcript.) It is pointed out by the Springfield Republican that although the President spoke sensibly and well in several places on Negro education, and most admirably denounced lynch law in the presence of the Governor of Arkansas, concerning the colored race's right to participate in the politics of state and nation he was everywhere silent. Justice Theo. C. Mayer, whose private court rooms are at 27 North Clark street, and who always hands out the right kind of dope to the violators of the law at the Chicago avenue police station, will become one of the new municipal judges in Chicago in 1906. President Roosevelt And The Negro An Able and Unanswerable Editorial From The Planet, Richmond, Va. It seems perfectly apparent to our mind that President Theodore Roosevelt, barring the trip to Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, paid a visit to the White South. That he had a well defined purpose in so doing hardly admits of a question. Statesmen of Mr. Roosevelt's type do not secure costly vestibule trains and use a government warship in connection with a call paid in the heart of the yellow fever district without a motive: Having a good time is all right, but this outing embraced all of the elements of hard work, and no one now knows is better than our distinguished visitor. Colored people made efforts to secure some of his precious time, but were politely informed that all arrangements had been made and that they could not be changed. This seems to indicate that the trip as planned did not embrace the Negro in the programme save that contained in that loop of the trip which has already been referred to at Tuskegee. Here in Richmond, the one minute vouchsafed Mr. Giles B. Jackson and his committee, out of a total of four hundred and twenty minutes, was given by Mayor McCarthy, whose guest, as the representative of this city, President Roosevelt was, and we venture the opinion that the Democratic management of Jacksonville, Florida, was equally as magnanimous in dealing with the Third Baptist Academy. The colored people of New Orleans, Louisiana, consisting of Hon. J. Madison Vance, Hon. Walter L. Cohen, Register of Land Office, and Col. Jas Lewis, Surveyor of the General Land Office, became so persistent in urging that the President address the colored people at a Negro Universty that United States Senator S. D. McEnergy of that state denounced the committee almost in their presence, for they sat in an adjoining room. It seems to us that it was time the colored folks were taking the hint, to the extent of understanding that the programme was arranged with the assent and consent of the President of the United States through his private secretary, Mr. William Loeb, Jr. It looks like Mr. Roosevelt is out "gunning for votes" for some of his pet measures. The Republican party will hardly sustain him unanimously on many of the propositions which he is urging upon their attention in the United States Senate. For this reason, it is best not to handicap him by annoying advances on our part. It may be that when he goes out of office he can be made to pay a special visit to the Black South and thereby get some idea as to the extent of the progress of the American citizen of color. In his speeches, he used the word "Negro" with the savvity and familiarity of a Southerner of the old school. Mr. Roosevelt's speeches have been models of their kind. His intimations at the Third Baptist Academy at Jacksonville were defined with a vengeance at Tuskegee Institute. To our mind, he made an open attack upon the higher education of the Negro Certainly, he chilled every instructor in every Negro college in the land He said, "The professional and mercantile avenues to success are overcrowded; for the present the best chance of success awaits the intelligent worker at some mechanical trade or on a farm, for this man will almost No.3 certainly achieve industrial independence." If these institutions have already overcrowded the professions, what further use can there be for their existence? In Jacksonville Mr. Roosevelt modified his utterances by saying that they applied to the whites as well as to the colored, and he would say the same to both. In his address at Tuskegee, all this was omitted and he used no words of qualification in his wholesale endorsement of the ordinary training of the Negroes. The address in all other respects was a gem and will hardly come in for a share of criticism from any quarter. The question which we would like to hear and see discussed is. Are the professional and mercantile avenues for the Negro overcrowded? If the President of the United States has been correctly informed, then what becomes of the Negro Business League of which the distinguished Booker T. Washington, A. M., is President? If that gentleman construed the utterances to be even an unintentional attack upon the mercantile pursuits on the part of the Negroes, then his position must have been most embarrassing. But President Roosevelt may not have intended to go as far his utterances along these lines seem to have carried him. Selah. Refusal to Legalize Lynching. A petition from a number of citizens has been presented to Gov. Lanham, of Texas, asking that the state permit mob punishment of Negroes guilty of assaulting women. The petition sets forth that it is dangerous for white women to live in sparsely settled sections unless guarded. The Governor is asked to endorse the proposals that Negroes guilty of assault receive no sort of protection, that no legal inquiry be held, and that they may be instantly hanged when apprehended. He is advised that every community will hold a mass meeting and adopt resolutions in accordance with the foregoing. Gov. Lanham's response is principally directed to the legal phase. He sets forth that it is an impossibility for him to countenance the policy in view of his oath of office.—Ex. The Standard Literary Society of Olivet Baptist Church. The Standard Literary Society of Olivet Baptist Church have secured the services of Dr. E. R. Robinson and his counselors to address the society Sunday, Nov. 11th, 1905, at 3 p. m., on his famous suit now pending in the U. S. Supreme Court for infringement upon his patent. The race should sustain and lend a helping hand to this inventive genius, and we kindly ask the public to lend their presence and assistance. Future Speakers—Rev. Ray A. Mayfield, Nov. 18th; subject, "Be What You Wish to Seem." Watch this paper for the coming of Prof. B. F. Allen, President of Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Eevryone invited. Admission free. J. S. McLeMore, President; Miss Fannie Fryson, Secretary; E. J. Fisher, D. D., LL. D., Pastor.-F. L. G. Mrs. Mary Hudlun-Watkins, 115 W. 51st street, will on Monday evening give a reception in honor of the recent marriage of her son, Joseph R. Watkins, to Miss Jennie E. Clark. ~ = —< =p ——-- 4 Za . ; M \ J & uy < + Gs = wy . =a - = A 7 So See 3 Democracy ‘Triumphs In Ohio |- resident: Roosevelt George B. McClellan Re-elected Mayor of Greater New York. Arthur Pue Gorman and His Negro Disfranchising Meas- ure Defeated in Maryland. Pennsylvania Elects Democrat- ic State Treasurer. The Entire Republican Ticket Wins Out In Cook County. * Last Tuesday State elections were held in Ohio, Mass, Pa, Neb., N. J. R. 1, Md, and many of the leading cities and towns throughout — the country -elected new officials. In many instances the people rose up in all tneir might and com pletely dumfounded and surprised the bosses of the Republican and the Democratic machines. This was es. pecially true in Ohio and Pa, in the former state John M. Pattison was elected Governor, his Democratic running mates, and a large majority of the members of both branches of the legislature were swept on to victory by the tidal wave of Demo cracy. The wisest of the Politicians cannot account for the defeat of Governor Herrick, and his Republican associates on the ticket when we take into consideration the fact that in 1¥04 Ohio rolled up a ma- jority of two hundred and thirty-six thousand in favor of the election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, as Presi dent and Vice-President of the United ‘States. In the’ latter state Pa, President Roosevelt's enormous majority of 504,000, was swept away by the on- ward march of Democracy and the reform element and William H. Ber- ry, the Democratic candidate was elected state treasurer by more than one hundred thousand majority, and for a while at least Senator Penrose and the grand rascals who control the Republican party in that state will be debared from robbing and plundering the people by using their state funds to enrich their own pockets and = perpetuate a rotten or a corrupt Po- litical machine, Mayor Weaver won @ signal victory in Philadelphia which is indeed very gratifying to those who approve of a semblence of Gecency in Politics. Perhaps one of the greatest sur- prises in store for the Politicians Was the remarkable run made by| ‘William Randolph Hearst, for Mayor| of Greater New York, and he came within an ace of defeating its present Mayor Gecrge B. McClellan, and the| returns from Tuesday's election clear- ly indicate that the People have fully] made up their minds that “they pro- pose to have municiphl ownership in| some form or another and that the men or the crafty Politicians who at-| tempt to stand in their way will be cast aside or ground into powder.” ‘The people of Maryland displayed their Political Independence by repu- diating Arthur Pue Gorman and his| Negro Disfranchising measure, Unit" ed States Genator Isador Rayner Gov. Warfield, and many of thg| other leading Democrats of that state were bitterly @pposed to Gor man who will within a very short, time be driven from Political Power | ang. die indisgrace, for endeavoring | to fasten upon the people of Mary land his “Poe Amendment” in orde to reestablish slavery or serfdon ‘within its borders and to perpetuat. his corrupt and unscrupulous powe: The nation at large, should greatl; Tejoice over the fact that “at las Arthur Pue Gorman, the cheap pot house politician has stumbled int bis political grave.” Here in Chicago and Cook Count; the entire Republican ticket wa: €lected and the result of the electior was not surprising to those who not ed how indifferent the majority of th leaders of Democracy were as to it: final wind up. Frank Wenter, Major Edgar B. Tol man, Alderman John J. Bradley, ani William A. Doyle, ran up to the fron of their ticket and they and ever; man on the ticket would have beer elected if the leaders of the party ir the First and Eighteenth wards woul: have stood by thelr true colors, ané performed thelr duty, by those ward: going Republican turned everything upisde down, and defeated the Dem ceratie ticket, for by a change of twc votes in each Precinct in those wards end the other wards throughout the city would have elected every man ox the Democratic ticket. In future contests in this city and County, the Democratic Party, can not reasonably expect to be success ful at the polls until its leaders be come united and stop fighting among themselves! The Editor's Troubles. Editing a newspaper is a nice thing says a Wyoming editor. If we publist Jokes people say we are rattle brained If we don’t we are fossils. If we pub lish original matter they say we don’ give them enough selections. If. we give them selections they say we are too lazy to write. If we don't go tc church we are heathens. If we do w« are hypccrites. If we remain in the office we ought to be out looking for news items. If we go out then we are not attending to business. If we wear old clothes they laugh at us. 11 We wear good clothes they say we have a pull. Now what are we to do‘ Just as likely as not someone wi!i say that we stole this from an ex- change. So we did. It's from the Wyoming Derrick. Hon. Chas. 8. Thornton, of th ‘great law firm of Thornton & Chan cellor, Masonic Temple, was unabl: this summer to take s vacation, ow. ing to the rush of legal business Within the past three months Mr ‘Thornton has tried and won import ant lawsuits in New York, Boston Cincinnati and Cleveland, O., and a: & Girst class lawyer he ranks with tle dest. at ™” = a a ie ‘ & ; r Ve. #\\) Gy irene MRS. MAGGIE L. WALKER. Editor of The Herald, Richmond Va. President of The St. Lukes Savings Bank and originator and part owner of the large department store conducted by the Afro-Americans in that city. THE HUBBARD—MILLER we RESPECTED SOUTH’S LAWS. DING. een Wednesday evening Miss Josephine Marie’ Hubbard, was united in mar riage to Mr. William P. Miller at St Thomas church, Rev. Father Lealted oMciat:ng. The church was filled to overflow ing by the many friends of the con tracting parties to witness the cere mony. The bride was elaborately gowned in white silk crepe de chine, white tulle vell and the only ornaments worn by her was a pearl necklace She carried a bouquet of white chry santheums. The bride was given away by Mat! Hullett who was an old companion of her late father Theo. Hubbard. Miss India Deming served as the matron of honor, and wore pink crepe de chine. Miss Mary Thomas and Miss Emma Shaw acted as the brides maids. Miss Thomas's dress was o! white crepe de chine white lace trim ‘mings and Miss Shaw wore white net over white silk and both these ladies as well as Miss Deming carried a large bunch of pink chrysantheums. Little Miss Marion Harrison was the flower girl and she carried a large bouquet of pink and white flowers Miss Hattie McCary and Miss Ther ald Riley were the ribbon girls, and they looked ever so pretty dressed in pink. © Mrs. P. C. Hubbard the brides mother, wore an elegant lavender colored crepe de chine dress trimmed in white lace. Mrs. Mary Miller mother of the groom of Vicksburg Miss., who came on to the wedding and returned home Friday evening was costumed in grey crep de chine white lace trimmings, A reception was held at the home of the brides mother 2729 Wabash ave., from 8 to 11 o'clock. It was a very brilliant affair. Mr. J. Johnson ushered the many hundreds of the best people of Chicago into the os cious parlors of the Hubbard home: which were thronged by the select cream of the four hundred who in- spected the many costly, rare and useful presents. The bridal chamber was a scene of beauty and everything in it was pre- sented to the charming bride. There was also a fine gas range and other cooking utensils including a large ham, presented to the newly married couple, and they have every: thing needed to go to light house- keeping. ‘Without the least puffing or blow: | ing, it was one of the finest and most elaborate weddings ever held among, he Afro-Aemricans in any section of| the country. ‘Mr. Marshall Wright, who has been Ml at Provident Hospital, was moved to the home of Mrs, Bynum, 2972 State street, much improved. RESPECTED SOUTH’S LAWS. “Cracker” Paper Says President Trod ‘on No Laws of Bourbon Code of Social and Racial Ethics. Said. Nothing to Offend Most Sensi- tive White Southerner—Roosevelt May Get Votes for Measures His Own Party Opposes, but Can't Make “Solid South” Republican. (From the Savannah (Ga.) News.) Unquestionably it is true that Pres. ident Roosevelt, while on his trip, has created a mest excellent impression among Southern people. He has trod upon none of the laws that make up the code of social and racial ethics in the South, nor has he voiced any sen- timent so utterly at variance with Southern usages and customs as to offend the most sensitive. By the sen- sible attitude he has adopted, by the Shorea and unbiased nature of the speeches he has made, and by the easy and graceful manner in which ‘he has come personally in contact with the leading citizens of the places he has visited he has won friends and ad- mirers. It is improbable that any personal political ambition attaches to the President's visit to the South. It has been said, probably with truth, that he wishes the support of the congress. men and senators from this section for certain legislative measures tha @ not inconsiderable proportion of his ‘own party opposes, but the political aspect of his trip doubtless ceases there. The President is astute encugh to know that not even he, a Republican whose ideas upon many public ques- tions approach very closely to those embodied in the principles of the Democratic party, could turn the “Sol- {d South” from its Democracy and in- duce it to join with other sections in a call to a Republican President to accept another term of office. . Silent as to Negro’s Right to Partic. ipate in Government. (Bostun Transcript.) It is pointed out by the Springfield Republican that although the Prest- dent spoke sensibly and well in sev- eral places on Negro education, and most admirably denounced lynch law in the presence of the Governor of Arkansas, concerning the colored race's right to participate in the poll ties of state and nation he was every- where silent. Justice Theo. C. Mayer, whose pri- vate court rooms are at 27 North Clark street, and who always hands out the right kind of dope to the violators of the law at the Chicagd avenue police station, will become one of the new municipal judges in Chica go in 1906. President Roosevelt And The Negro An Able and Panes Editorial From The Planet,, Richmond, Va. , It seems perfectly apparent to our mind that President Theodore Roose- velt, barring the trip to Tuskegee In- stitute, Alabama, paid a visit to the White South. That he had a well de- fined purpose in so doing hardly ad- mits of a question. Statesmen of Mr. Roosevelt's type do not secure costly vestibule trains and use a gov- ernment warship in connection with a call paid in the heart of the yel- low fever district without a motiev. Having a good time {s all right, but this outing embraced all of the elements of hard work, and no one now knows {s better than our distin- guished visitor. Colored people made efforts to secure some of his precious time, but were politely informed that all arrangements had been made and that they could not be changed. This soems -to Indicate that the trip as planned did not embrace the Negro in the programme save that contained fn that loop of the trip which has already been referred to at Tuske- gee. Here in Richmond, the one eee vouchsafed Mr. Giles B. Jackson and his committee, out of a total of four hundred and twenty mnfutes, was given by Mayor McCarthy, whose guest, as the representative of this eity, President Roosevelt was, and we venture the opinion that the Dem- ocratic management of Jacksonville, Florida, was equally as magnanimous in dealing with the Third Baptist Academy. | The colored people of New Orleans, Louisiana, consisting of Hon. J. Mad. fson Vance, Hon. Walter L. Cohen, Register of Land Office, and Col. Jas. Lewis, Surveyor of the General Land Office, became so persistent in urging that the President address the colored, ‘people at a Negro Unievraity that ‘United States Senator S. D. McEnery of that state denounced the committee almost in their presence, for they sat in an adjoining room. It seems to us that it was time the! colored folks were taking the hint, to the extent of understanding that the Programme was arranged with the as: sent and consent of the President of the United States through his private, secretary, Mr. William Loeb, Jr. It looks like Mr. Roosevelt is out, “gunning for votes” for some of his pet measures. The Republican party will hardly sustain him unanimously ‘on many of the propositions which he is urging upon their attention in the United States Senate. For this reason, it is best not to handicap him by annoying advances on our part. It may be that when he goes out of office he can be made to pay a special visit to the Black South and thereby get some idea as to the extent of the progress of the Amrican citizen of color. In his speeches, he used the word “Negro” with the suavity and familiarity of a Southerner of the old school. Mr, Roosevelt's speeches have been models of their kind. His intimations at the Third Baptist Academy at Jack- sonville were defined with a venge- ance at Tuskegee Institute. To our mind, he made an open attack upon the higher education of the Negro Certainly, he chilled every instructor| in every Negro college in the land He sald, “The professional and mer-| cantile avenues to success aro over- crowded; for the present the chance of success awaits the gent worker at some mechanical or on a farm, for this man will almos certainly achieve industrial independ- ence.” If these institutions have already overcrowded the professions, what further use can there be for their ex fstence? In Jacksonville Mr. Roose- velt modified his utterances by saying that they applied to the whites as well as to the colored, and he would say the same to both. In his address at Tuskegee, all this was omitted and he used no words of qualifictaion in his wholesale endorsement of the or- dinary training of the Negroes. ‘The address in all other respects was a gem and will hardly come in for a share of criticism from any quarter. The question which we would like to hear and see discussed is. Are the professional and mercantile avenues for the Negro overcrowded? If the President of the United States has been correctly informed, then what becomes of the Negro Business League of which the distinguished Booker T. Washington, A. M, is President? If that gentleman con- strued the utterances to be even an unintentional attack upon the merean- tile pursuits on the part of the Ne- groes, then his position must have been most embarrassing. But President Roosevelt may not have intended to go as far his ut terances along these lines seem to have carried him. Selah. Refusal to Legalize Lynching. A petition from a number of citi- zens has been presented to Gov. Lan- ham, of Texas, asking that the state permit mub punishment of Negroes guilty of assaulting women. The peti- tion sets forth that it is dangerous for white women to live in sparsely settled sections unless guarded. ‘The Governor is asked to endorse the proposals that Negroes guilty of assault receive no sort of protection, that no legal inquiry be held, and that they may be instanly hanged when apprehended. He is advised that ev: ery community will hold a mass meet- ing and adopt resolutions in accord- ance with the foreguing. Gov. Lanham’s response {s prinel. pally directed to the legal phase. He nets forth that it is an impossibility for him to countenance the policy in view of his oath of office—Ex. The Standard Literary Society of Olivet Baptist Church. The Standard Literary Society - of Olivet Baptist Church have secured ‘the services of Dr. E. R. Robinson and ‘his counselors to address the society ‘Sunday, Nov. 11th, 1905, at 3 p. m., ‘on his famous sult now pending In the U. S. Supreme Court for infringement upon his patent. The race should sus ‘tain and lend a helping hand to this inventive genius, and we kindly ask the public to lend their presence and assistance. Future Speakers—Rev. Ray A. May- field, Nov. 18th; subject, “Be What ‘You Wish to Seem.” Watch this ps- per for the coming of Prof. B. F. Allen, President of Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Eevryone invited. Admission free. J. S. McLeMore, President; Miss Fannie Fryson, Secretary; B. J. Fish- er, D. D, Li. D, Pastor—F. L. G Mrs. Mary Hudlun-Watkins, 115 W. Sist street, will on Monday evening give a reception in honor of the re- cent marriage of her son, Joseph BR. ‘Watkins, to Miss Jennie EB. Clark. _ PUBLISHED WEEELY. sesame wn 204 att tes wpbohd the tras pons n oienosres vat Oui roman Sioa Tatghn ot Labor, cc any one sise eat Bave Sat pe longee er teen brover and “The Broad (4 a, pewepanar whone, platform nets Toes! communications will reestve sttention. wiitonly on cov aide ot ie paper” ‘Sebecriptions mast be pald in advance. Sis ee a -Adertiing rates made known on appliation. ‘THE BROAD AX (40 Armour Avene, Obicago. OLIUS ¥. TAYLOR, Bettor and Pubiteber. ——————— Eotered xt the Post Office et Chicago, TL, as Second-class Mattes. Y\|_—seeeeeee = The Sumner Club will have its grand opening Nov. 23 at 2511 Wa- bash avenue. Dr. Bass, interne at Provident Hos- pital, was called to Circleville, 0., by the sudden death of his father. Mr. Chas. Lett, of New York, will spend the winter m the city, stop- ping at 3213 Wabash avenue. ‘The King’s Daughters gave an oys- ter supper at 3202 State street Tues. day night and wall well patronized Mr. and Mrs. Macklin of 3124 Ar mour avenue, have gone to Oakland, Cal., to spend the winter. Mr. Frank Beard, of Duluth, Minn., is in the city, stopping at 821 West Polk street. itr. and Mrs. Chas. Brock have moved into a beautiful new home at 79 East 33rd street. Mrs. Ruben Brooks, who has been the guest of Mrs, Hart, 3230 Wabash ave., returned to Vicksburg Monday. Mr. Samuel W. Thompson, 6552 Champlain avenue, is confined to his ded. Mrs. Belle Barley, 4257 Ellis ave nue, entertained several ladies at luncheon Friday in honor of Mrs. Drury, of Baltimore. Mr. George R. Arthur has been cer- tified for an appointment to a posi- tion as stenographer in the govern- ment service at Washington, D. C. Mrs. C. C. Smith 4762 Dearborn st, has returned home from a three weeks visit with her mother at Avo _ ka, Towa. Mr, and Mrs. John Pitts, after an absence of one year, returned to the city and are living at the corner of 35th and Dearborn streets. Dr. Clarence Auter, of Evanston I, left for Columbia, Tenn., where he will take up the practice of med- icine. Mrs. Francis Jerome, of Newport, R. L, spent a few days in the city this week, the guest of Mrs. Robt. Fuller, 617 Léavitt street. ‘Dr. C. H. Woode and family, who have been visiting the city for the Past month, returned to their home in Vicksburg, Miss, Tuesday. . It is reported that Mr. Will Allen, & young business man of Portland, will soon visit’the city and take one of Provident Hospitals graduate nurses home with him as his better halt. Mr. Delbert Lawrence Lee, of 4636 Drexel boulevard, entertained a large number of friends at the Appomattox Club Thursday evening full dress re. ception from 8 p. m. to 12. Sunday, Nov. 12th, Bethel Literary Club will hold its regular meeting at 4 p. m. at Bethel Church, 30th and Dearborn streets. Address by Rev. Father Lealted. Mr. James Green 5054 Armour ave, one of the most popular Rock Island Railroad boys has been con fined to his home for the past week with a severe attack of rheumatism Eaward M. Cummings, city gas in- ‘Spector, is proving himself to be one of the very best city officials, and he 4s a credit to Mayor Dunne’s admin- istration. One of the handsome majors of the Sth Regiment, linois National Guards, claims that “recently he was relieved of a real diamond shirt stud” while conversing with a white lady im the rear end of the saloon, 28th and State streets. ‘The Southern reduction plank. in the Republican platform of 1904 was not nailed down tight enough to stand upon for longer than after’ the elec- tion. Who of the party managers are insisting upon its enforcement? Who can enforee it?—Ex. will be the swellest event of the sea- son. /The Old Folks’ Home will be ‘beneficiary. James A. Scott, who is one of Col. Edward H. Morris’ right hand men in the Second ward, may be induced to make the r ace for the legislature in 1906. If he does, all the boys will fall in line for him. The People’s Pharmacy Co., at 29th and Armour avenue, will open another store at 27th and Dearborn streets on the 18th of November under the man- agement of Drs. Brown, Fisher and Porter. ‘Miss Mae Mendenhall, Marion O., and Miss Cordelia Jackson, Delaware, ©., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Bowles, 4765 Dearborn street. The young ladies are greatly enjoying their visit to this city. Howard Sproulls, city editor of the Advocate, Portland, Ore., has favored us with a souevnir copy of the Lewis and Clark Exposition which we high- ly appreciate and heartily thank him for the same. Alderman Henry L. Fick, who has become Mayor Dunne’s Big Indian in the 9th, 10th and 11th wards, feels sure that he will come out the winner in the aldermanic contest in his ward in the spring of 1906. James Miller, one of the old wheel horses of Democracy among the Afro- ‘Americans in Chicago, was the first of last week appointed tenement house inspector by Mayor Dunne, and the many friends of Col. Miller are re- joicing with him over his selection, and feel that he will be more than able to discharge the duties imposed upon him. ‘Mrs. Dr. W. A, Buckner, of Chica- go, who has spent the past five months here in quest of health, left on the 2nd for San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Buckner, during her stay in this city, made many friends with her kind and pleasant manners, who re- gret to have her leave, but it is hoped that she may yet regain her health and strength and return to her home and fireside happy.—The Advocate, Portland, Ore. Adam Urigh 5038 Armour ave., af: ter a long spell of sickness depart ed this life early Saturday morning and funeral services were held over his remains Monday which were laid to rest in Oakwood, Mr. Urigh was much beloved by his friends and neighbors. Heswas a good provider for his family and an upright citizen in every respect. He is survived by a devoted wife and two sons. Sunday afternoon a largely attend ed meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Smith 3243 Wa bash ave., It was addressed by Hon William A. Doyle, Daniel G. Ramsay and Stuart G. Shepard, William H. Clark deserves the credit of getting up the meeting and Mrs. Smith whe is a highly cultivated lady cordially greeted all who attended it. It was a new wrinkle in politics among the Afro-Americans in Chicago. Julius F. Taylor presided. Dr. J. Norman Croker, 22nd and State streets, who is one of the prom- inent members of Quinn chapel, Mrs. Sarah Bryant, Amanda Malstrum ‘Nellie and Margaret Purcell were in- ‘dicted by the grand jury Monday for ‘Perjury. They all combined together for the purpose of beating the city ‘out of some money in a fake personal injury suit, and the result is that they ‘will have to face a judge and a jury in the Criminal Court for their mis. ‘deeds. Mrs. Mary C. Coleman, mother of ‘Mrs. Florence Gaskins, 131 W. bist street, and John H. Coleman, 2540 State street, passed away last Wed- nesday at Dr. Price's Sanitarium, Buffalo, N. ¥,, where she had been removed from the home of Mrs. Gas- kins, in this city, for medical treat- ment. Mrs. Coleman was 68 years old and her remains were transported from that city to Washington, D. C., for burial. Her son, John H. Cole- Seccaien ouieaieteeece ina Mia ea Bie oll Judge Edward Osgood Brown, who has always been an uncompromising champion of the civil and the political rights of the Afro-American, ts firmly convinced that the views as expressed through the columns of The Broad ‘Ax in reference to the cringing attl- tude which Prof. Booker T. Washing- ton its assumed in relation to the manhood rights of the Negro are em- inently right or correct. With all of his judicial labors and duties Judge Brown finds the time each Saturday evening to read The Broad Ax in his comfortable home, 400 North State street. FREDERICK DOUGLASS CENTRE 3032 WABASH AVENUE. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones will speak Sunday, 3 p. m., Subject John Ruskin. Regular meeting of the F. D. C. ‘Forum Monday the 13th at 8 p. m. ‘Subject of discussion “The Laber Question.” "The Young People’s Lyceum will meet Friday evening the 17th, inst. | ‘The F. D. C. Women’s Club met at ‘the Centre on Tuesday, Nov. 7th Nothwitstanding the inclemency of ‘the weather there was a goodly ‘number present and the organization of the club was completed. The Club ‘was divided into sections. Home, Ed vucation, Art and Literature, and Fa. Janthropy. | Mrs. Wright was elected President ‘of the Home section; Mrs. Emanuel President of the Education; Mrs. Harris, President of the Art and Lit- ‘erature, and Mrs. McDonald, Prest dent of the Philanthropy section. Much enthusiasm was displayed and the Club starts out with great ree on future good work. ‘The Fiction class met Thursday evening. Mr. F. L. Barnett gave an outline of the story, Mrs. Geo. C. Hall a character study of “Adam Bede.” Rev. A. Arnold Rose and the Negro. The Editor of The Broad Ax. Sir:—In the Chicago Tribune of Nov. 6 appeared an article, an ac- count of a sermon where the minister said that he is convinced that the one great mistake the President has made in dealing with the South is the ap- pointment of Negroes to office. The time will come, he says, when the col- ored man is prepared to hold office but not now. If the President would allow the Negro to occupy himself with training himself to become a good citizen, it would be far better. ‘What does this reverend sir think of the Negro of the present day? If the Negro is not qualified to hold of fice, then the white man Is disqual- ified, because it has only taken forty- ‘two years for the colored man to com- ‘pete with the white man in any trade ‘or profession, and the white man had a thousand years the start. If a col- ored property holder does not pay his taxes, his property 1s confiscated the same as the white man. Now why cannot he hold an office the same as the white man? The minister does not know that the célleges of this country are turning out Negroes who have made such averages 80 a8 to leave the white students far behind. He does not know that the Negroes in public office to-day are the best the race can afford. They are as smart as any other man who has held the same po- sition. Let the minister take a bank note of any denomination and on it he will see the name of J. W. Ly. ons, a Negro. Who was one of the first to fall in the Revolution? A Ne- gro. Who offered thelr services to go to Cuba because a white regiment was appealing to come home? Negroes. In every walk in life the Negro stands with the white to do the same thing and do it better. Let the Rev. A. Amol Rose read the history of the Negro race before he makes any state. ment in regard to their holding office. Lloyd T. H. Smith. Chicago, Nov. 7. ‘The Blue Book, or Colored People’s Business Directory. ‘The Blue Book, or Colored People’s Business Directory, compiled by D. A. Bethea, has made {ts appearance. It consists of 140 pages, and contains the names and the business addresses of the majority of the Afro-Americans who are engaged in the various lines ‘of business and professions in this city. It will supply a long felt want in this respect, and Mr. Bethea deserves much credit in producing it. It is well worth the price which it sells for —50 cents. It is too bad that the defective press work and the haphazard typographi cal arrangement greatly detracts from ita true worth and merit. MUSTERS OUT .NEGRO .MILITIA COMPANY. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 10, Gover: nor Jenks has ordered the Capital City Guards, the only Negro military organization in the state, mustered out. There has been much feeling against the company since its band played “Hang Jeff Davis on a Sour Apple Tree” on the main thorougt- fare. ——— COYOTE CAME TO TOWN. Cowardly Prowler of the Plains In- vades the City in Search of Prey. It is the usual run of thimgs to find the coyote out on the plains far from the haunts of man. At sight of man he flees and hides, never by any chance facing his enemy. The coyote has been @ubbed king of cowards. It was a most unheard of occurrence, then, when a short time ago ® coyote was found in the back yard of Mr. F. Bertin, in the heart of the business district of San Francisco. For some time Mr. Bertin noticed that his chickens were disap- pearing and there had been some talk of a strange yellow dog that the Jap- anese settfement next door had seen slinking out of his yard, but such an {dea as the yellow dog being a coyote never presented itself, until the poor little eoyote was found in a vat, where he had fallen trying to make his es- cape. He had broken his leg. The poor wild thing was treated kindly, how- ever, and will probably be sold to the Chutes, the zoological garden of San Francisco. But the coyote in captivity has never been a success. He never loses his cowardice and such a thing as teaching him tricks is out of the question. Church Chimes. It was Sunday morning and the bell- ringer had just finished ringing the chimes that called the godly to church. “Bell ringing is a science. Did you know that?” he said. “It is called cam- panology, and there are abtruse and technical terms in it, like ‘Kent treble dob,’ ‘Stedman sinques,’ ‘double court bob,’ “dodges,” ‘noils’ and ‘stingoes.’ Each of these terms defines a certain phase or kind of bell ringing. In Eng. land there is a society, the Central Council of Bell-ringers, that every campanologist desires ardently to be- Tong to. May be you think bell ringing fs simple? Do you know what a peal is? A peal in ringers’ parlance, is a series of 5,000 changes rung upon « chime, no change occurring more than once.” SHEEP BRING GOOD PROFIT Warmers of the United States Have Lacrative Field Opened to Them. An official report of the department of commerce and labor declares that for ‘years to come there will be more money in sheep than in any other agricultural product and that the American farmer, above all others, is in a position to profit by this condition. ‘The reason why sheep raising is to be 40 profitable is to be found in the fact that the flocks of the world are declining at an alarming rate. In a little more than 30 years, or since 1873, this decline shows a loss of no fewer than 93,000,000 head, an average of more than 3,000,000 a year. At the present time the Ameri- can farmer has the bulk of the sheep trade with Great Britain, but he is not a factor in the mutton market, and last year he furnished only three-tenths of one per cent. of the wool imports of Great Britain. ‘The British trade in sheep imports last year was 382,240, and of these the United States supplied 294,804. But while the British imported 3,530,659, hundred- weights of mutton in 1904, the American farmer supplied only 7,420 hundred- weights of this vast amount. Great Britain imported 314,468,016 pounds of ‘woo! last year, but bought only 1,087,- 650 pounds from the American farmer. It may thys be seen what an immense field of trade, even with one nation alone, is open to American enterprise in a single agricultural product. Argen- tina, Australia and New Zealand largely supplied the British trade in mutton and ‘wool lest veer, NEW THING IN GOLF BALLS. Remade by Catfish with a Jonah Fin- ish They Are Vastly Im- ‘email: Fishermen in the lower waters of the Blue and along the Missouri in the vi- cinity of the Blue's mouth, complain of an ailment of the catfish which seems to be general. It was first sus- pected, says the Kansas City Journal, that yellow fever is mixing things with the cat water tribe, but om inves- ‘tiGation it is found that the trouble is all due to overdoses of golf balls. On tracing the matter up the supply of balls is found to come from the Elm Ridge links, where the players have phenomenal luck in losing balls in the creek. At first the fishermen were indignant and their wrath was developed by an enterprising snitch, who urged an in- Junction against the Elm Ridge club In general and the bum players in par- ticular. This promised a good lawsuit, when, unfortunately, a @sherman dis- covered that a catfish full of golf balls is worth more than a straight cat ‘This changed materially the financial flavor of the case. Then it was dis- covered that a golf ball remade by a catfish, thus imparting a Jonah finish, as well as flavor, adds to the value of the ball by improving {ts going quall- ties. This starts a new ballon the market and upsets the mitch in his WAYS OF ENTERTAINING ON | VARIOUS OCCASIONS. ‘An Up-to-Date Book Party—Inserip- tions for the Home—The Dutch Supper—A Left-Handed Party | —Girl’s Birthday Party. iia a7 | An Up-to-Date Sook su’ ‘The hostess informed us that she ‘bad spent weeks in preparing for this ‘entertainment, and we believed her when we gazed upon the 32 objects, ‘each bearing the name of an author. ‘The title of the book represented was to be guessed and written on the card opposite the number the object bore. For instance, “The Eternal City,” by ‘Hall Caine, was represented by a map of Rome; “The Virginian,” by a pic- ‘ture of George Washington, with ‘Owen Wister written on one corner; “The Speckled Bird,” by Augusta Evans Wilson, by a white bird cov- ‘ered with specks; “Black Rock” was jeasy—a black stone on the table, with Connor on it. A spray of blue flowers ‘recalled that Van Dyke had written “The Little Blue Flower.” “The ‘Three Musketeers” was represented by ‘three toy soldiers. Kipling’s “Seven Seas” was recognized by seven C's [written on white paper and pinned ox the wall. “The Octopus,” by William Norris, was a large picture of that fish. Other books represented were: “A Paste Board Crown,” by Clara Morris; “Boy,” Corelli; “We Two,” Edna Ly- all; “The Duet,” Kipling; “The Gen- tleman from Indiana,” Booth Tarking- ton, and “Three Men in a Bost,” by Jerome. First, second and consolation prizes were given, consisting of books. This was an afternoon affair for ladies, but ft would be quite suitable for a club or church: society entertainment. ae ee ee Sere Serre ‘Home. In the old-time manor house it was the fashion to inscribe a motto over the fireplace, especially in the great dining-room and library. The inscrip- tion was usually in Latin, the lan- guage of the scholar. This custom is now being revived, and there is scarce- ly a room in which a sentiment pret- tily expressed would not be a welcome addition, and which would at once at- tract the attention of a guest as being something unique. Here are a few good sentiments; the lettering may be done in script or Old English: For the hall: “East or west, home is best.” “A man’s home is his castle.” “Home is the resort of love, of joy, of peace.” “Our house is ever at your service.” ‘Over the fireplace in Mark Twain's house in Connecticut is this beautiful inscription: “The ornament of a house is the Guests who frequent it.” | The three following inscriptions are especially appropriate for the family living-room: “Ob, ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord.” [God has given us this ease,” or Beek thine own ease.” “No place is more delightful than one’s own fireside.” For the library: “Old wood to burn, Old friends to trust, Old authors to read.” There is an art of reading.” “The monuments of vanished minds.” “Infinite riches in @ little room.” For the nursery: “God rest ye, little children.” “A child in the house is a well- ‘Spring of pleasure.” For the music room: “The hidden soul of harmony.” “Music, the speech of the angels.” | A very popular form of entertain- ment is the Dutch supper. If it is possible, do not use a table cloth, but have doilies or orange crepe paper, that is the Dutch color. Use all the Delft china that is procurable; and imitation ware is very effective and very cheap. Tulips are the Dutch flower, and tulip shaped bon-bon boxes ‘and candle shades may be made from ‘orange tissue paper. Little wooden shoes may be purchased and used tc hold the salted nuts. Serve the fol. lowing menu, which is written ir Dutch, much to the mystification of the guests. (The translation is given for the benefit of the hostess): | __ Kalt Soep Met Geak Ballen. (Veal Soup with Garnish of Meat Balls.) Gebraden Tong. (Roasted Tongue.) Brussels Sprinten. (Brussels Sprouts. Bloemkool met Room Sause. (Creamed Caulifiower.) Haring Sla met Croodjes. (Herring Salad with Rolls.) ‘Sause. Gliced Oranges with Wine Sauce.) Gesorteerde Noten. (Assorted Nuts.) Kaffee. (Cofftee.) For a left-handed party, write the fnvitations with he left hand, and ask each guest to practice using the left hand, for very few are clever enough to be ambidexterous. When the guests arrive the left hand must be Used in greeting, also in serving and eating the refreshments. Have a type-written or = printed quotation which each one must copy, using only the left hand. Award prizes for the Dest and poorest specimen. This is feally a very amusing affair, Here is a green and white luncheon to be served to eight guests, the ideal number for a luncheon party. The table center piece is a glass bow! filled with maiden hair ferns; use candie- sticks of glass, with green shades. A large fern ball suspended over the table makes a most beautiful decora- tion. The place cards are white, with ‘& spray of fern done in water colors. The following menu is very appetiz- ing and easy to prepare. A puree made from spinach and peas served with a ‘spoonful of whipped cream; creamed minced chicken baked in ramakins; sweetbread salad served in green pep- Pers; pistachio ice in tall glasses standing on a fern decorated plate. Green frosted cakes ornamented with blanched almonds and creme de menth completes this dainty menu. by a mother to celebrate her little girl’s tenth birthday. Invitations were sent out “from half after two until six.” “Rainbow Party” was written im one corner. The rooms were com- pletely transformed by yards of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet cheese-cloth, which was used as portieres, window drapery, etc. It was festooned from the corners of the room to the gas fixtures in the center and was draped from the grillwork. ‘The mother told the old fairy story —the two children who set out to dis- cover the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Then each child was given plece of string which he or she was to wind up without breaking; the cords had been arranged as for a spider-web party. When the end ot the string was reached a tiny pot was found on the end filled with pepper- mint candy, which had been wrapped in gold paper. The birthday cake was crescent- shaped, bearing candles of the seven colors. This party is really very pret- ty and not half the trouble to prepare as it appears to be from reading the description. A novel way to find partners is to write on the cards passed to the men the names of states, and the names of capital cities on those for the ladies. Then tell the “states” to find their “capitals.” It is surprising to see the mixed-up condition of things for a few minutes, especially if the western and newer states are selected. ELLYE HOWELL GLOVER. SILK VOILE BLOUSE. ‘Light, Cool Stuf Which Drapes Pret- . tily and Does Not Easily Show Mussing. Silk voile is a delightful material for Blouses! it is light anl cool, drapes Deautifully, and does not easily crush. ‘It has moreover the quality of wash- ing well. Our model has a small yoke ‘that is continued to the waist to form 8 sort of vest; the voile is gathered to ‘this yoke. The berthe is edged with finely-pleated ribbon: the same out- cr fe _ ete Con OG ret. lines the yoke and eack side front. Straps of ribbon velvet of the color of the spots form a trimming on the col- lar band and bust; the end of each strap is finished by a paste button. 1ne sleeves have tight-fitting under parts of lace with pleatings at top and wrist. Materials required for the blouse: ‘Two and one-quarter yards four and one-half inches wide, one and one-half yards lace 18 inches wide, two yards ‘velvet, one dozen buttons, about five yards pleating. ——— Accepting an Invitation. In accepting am invitation you ‘should say: “It gives me much pleas- ure to accept your very kind invita tion for luncheon on Wednesday, Oc tober the seventh.” Do not séy “it ‘will give me much pleasure.” An in- vitation should never be accepted pro- visionally, that is, you should never say: “I should be delighted to ac- cept your very kind invitation if I am not obliged to leave town before that date.” Your hostess will not know whether she can: depend upon your being present at the entertainment or ‘whether she must ask some one else to ill your place. Sie Ghanem. ‘You should try always to show your chaperon that you are not unmindful of her presence. It is always an evi dence of refinement and good breeding to remember all these little acts of courtesy and you should remember that after all she is making, no doubt, ‘an act of great sacrifice by giving up her own pleasures in order to be with you. You should present your friends ‘to her if it is possible. A man always feels it is = compliment when be is Presented to « girl's mother or chap eon WASHINGTON GOSSIP NEW OF THE CABINET OFF CERS YIELD TO MUZZLING. NATURALLY CAUTIOUS ONES Secretary to President Should Protect Chief Executive from His Own Mistakes—A Man of Tact Needed—Col. Michael. WASHINGTON. — "Have you got your muzzle on straight?" This is the humorous greeting of cabinet officers these days when they meet each other. The recent letter of President Roosevelt to the members of his cabinet, advising them WASHINGTON. "Have you got your muzzle on straight?" This is the humorous greeting of cabinet officers these days when they meet each other. The recent letter of President Roosevelt to the members of his cabinet, advising them not to discuss with the newspaper men the proceedings of the cabinet, has created no little amusement, mixed with just a tinge of resentment, on the part of the cabinet officers. They do not object to being cautioned by their chief to refrain from divulging cabinet secrets, but the impulsive, characteristic Roosevelt style of the letter is not altogether palatable. The truth is that very few of the cabinet officers would consent to being muzzled for any length of time. They are all men of independent thought and action, although there are two or three of the number who are exceedingly close-mouthed about public affairs, and to whom the presidential caution was entirely superfluous. The more open hearted and communicative members of the cabinet will not change their manners or nature on account of this letter. Big "Bill" Taft laughs just as heartily and cracks just as many jokes with his newspaper friends as he did before the president's letter reached him. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw would not forego conferences with a group of correspondents for all the hints that could come from the white house. He is fond of newspaper men, because they are quick to perceive the point of his stories and allegories. A half hour with Shaw is an entertainment that no newspaper man would willingly miss. Secretary of State Root, Attorney General Moody and Postmaster General Cortelyou are naturally and proverbially cautious, and while each one of them is courteous to correspondents, the amount of actual information they impart would not make a paragraph a quarter of a column in length. To Protect Press Associations. T was on the impulse of the moment that President Roosevelt dictated his letter to the cabinet officers in which he cautioned them to be close mouthed and not, in a moment of "weakness," discuss cabinet affairs with a favorite corre- I spondent or "take pity" on the newspaper man and give him material for a good dispatch on state affairs. The wording of the message was rather unfortunate, as it seemed to bring in question the integrity and reliability of each member of the cabinet, and also reflected upon newspaper correspondents as being beggars for newspapers instead of demanding it as a right and in the interest of the public. He also restricted the cabinet officers in this message to giving departmental news to the press associations, thereby practically ruling special correspondents out of business. It is known that this letter was dictated because the press asosciations had complained that while they observed the presidential injunction regarding the publication of cabinet news, the special correspondents would see cabinet officers and have more and fuller dispatches on the same subject. So primarily the letter was intended to protect the press associations. It is safe to say that had George B. Cortelyou been secretary to the president instead of William Loeb, Jr., this letter would have never reached the cabinet in its present shape. Mr. Cortelyou is a tactful and observing individual, and he would have seen in a moment the offensive parts of this communication and would have toned them down into diplomatic language. Mr. Loeb is a stenographer by profession and felt compelled to transcribe accurately the exact language the president used in dictation. Gen. Keifer Returns. G Gen. Keil EN. J. WARREN KEIFER, O. Springfield, O., the speaker of the house of repres- sentatives who, 26 years ago was driven out of public life by the Washington newsp- paper corresponden- tions, is back again and will take his seat in the com- ing congress. Gen. Kelfer attempted to nullify the privileges which congress had for years granted the press and in his quarrel with the late Gen Boynton, then chairman of the press committee, he made charges of venality against the latter. Gen. Boynton demanded a congressional investigation, which was finally given, with the result that he was magnificently vindicated. The controversy over the whole matter resulted in attacks upon Keifer that led to his retirement. After 20 years' vacation Gen. Keifer comes back with a deeper respect for the newspaper press of Washington. He is here now preparing for the approaching session. The many changes that can occur in a fifth of a century in public life are illustrated by his experience. In discussing these changes the other day, Gen. Keifer said: "Of all the democratic representatives in congress with whom I served, not one will be present when the house is called to order next December. On the republican side there will be five of my former colleagues. "I made my campaign for the speakership in this hotel, the Ebbitt, and the events of that period are still fresh in my mind. My opponents were Thomas B. Reed, afterwards the most famous speaker of the house; Frank Hiscock, of New York, afterwards United States senator; Burrows, of Michigan, at present United States senator; Kasson, of Iowa, and Dunnell, of Minnesota. The contest was good natured and all my opponents remained my good friend." Chief Clerk of State Department. T HERE is very general regret that in the reorganization of the state department incident to the incoming of a new secretary the old chief clerk. Col. William H. Michael, should be displaced. For ten years Col. Michael has filled that position, and those having business with him can testify to his efficiency and courtesy. Secretary Root, however, desires to have as his chief clerk a man who is his personal friend; so he has selected Charles Denby, of Indiana, son of the former minister to China, for the place. Col. Michael will be taken care of in the consular service, but his removal from the state department is none the less regrettable. He has been assigned to the consul generalship at Calcutta, India, where the salary is about double that which he had been receiving as chief clerk of the state department. This increase in compensation, however, offers very little inducement to a man of Col. Michael's age to go to such an unhealthful climate as prevails in Calcutta. It is very likely that before the time comes for him to go to this post, a transfer will have been arranged to a place in some more congenial latitude. Col. Michael is a veteran of the civil war, having served first in the army for a year, and then three years as an officer in the navy. He was recommended for promotion for gallantry by Rear Admiral Porter, and he was chosen by the people of Iowa to represent the navy in a statue on the soldiers' and sailors' monument in Des Moines. He is a man of literary attainments and served as a Washington newspaper correspondent for a number of years. He is the author of several books and has compiled many important public documents. He was appointed chief clerk of the state department early in President McKinley's first administration, and has handled very important matters during his incumbency. Mr. Charles Denby. R. CHARLES DENY BY, who will succeed Col. Michael as chief clerk, is a man of fascin- ting personality and brilliant atta- tments. His father was minister to China for many years, enter- ing the diplomatic service under President M Cleveland during the latter's first administration. He was a Cleveland democrat, but came over to the republicans in 1896. Charles Denby went with his father to Peking and remained at that legation in one capacity or another for 20 years. He was just 20 years of age when he went to China, and early acquired a knowledge of the Chinese language, which he can speak as fluently as his mother tongue Mr. Denby was through the horrors of the siege of Tlentsin during the Boxer troubles, and the other day talked very entertainingly of his experience. "From the 17th of June to the 14th of July, 1900," said Mr. Denby, "there was scarcely an hour or a minute that I did not expect almost instant death would be the fate of my own family, myself and the friends who with us were besieged in the cellar of a private residence. Looking back at it now, our escape from slaughter during that horrible time seems a miracle. That Boxer uprising was no trivial affair, I can tell you, and had the Chinese been a militant people they would have wiped out the imprisoned foreigners as easily as ever a band of Indians scaled an immigrant party on the plains. Maybe the sight of those gallant Yankee marines who came to our rescue did not thrill our very souls! Only those who have suffered the horrors of an impending doom, from which escape seemed impossible, can appreciate our feelings." Mr. Denby is a friend of Secretary Root, and in his new position in the state department will be able to render the secretary valuable assistance Mr. Root is gradually surrounding himself with men whom he knows. Have Much More Endurance Than Pigeons Over Vast Expanse of Water. Experiments are being made at Toulon in utilizing seagulls as ocean carriers instead of pigeons, which are soon tired when flying over a vast expanse of water. The gulls are called by the French "goelands," from the Celtic "givelan," and also "mouettes." Two gulls from Levant, or Titan island, the easternmost of the Hyeres group, were recently trained by their owner, M. Demarque. They were dispatched from Tamaris, near Toulon, to Levant island, about 27 miles away, with messages. One was killed en route by a foolish customs official, the other was brought to Tamaris by a fisherman, who found it on the rocks with one of its thighs broken. Notwithstanding these unlucky circumstances, M. Demarque proposes to renew the experiments with new birds, which he will obtain, as he did the others, from the maritime biological laboratory at Tamaris, which belongs to the Lyons university school. The director of this laboratory, M. Morier, fully believes with Prof. Dubois, an authority on ornithology that gulls can eventually be used as transocean messengers. Pigeons, he says, are all right on land, and can do as much as 400 kilometers, or 248 miles, easily. At sea, however, they are soon tired, and in storm weather cannot be sent off. The gulls, on the other hand, are available for use in any weather. The seabirds are described by M. Morier as easily trained, and their intelligence is considerable. SULTAN'S COSTLY DINNERS Five Thousand Dollars Every Day in the Year for the Royal Food. The sultan of Turkey's dinner costs him $5,000 a day. The table is of silver, and it is said to the most exquisite specimen of the silversmith's art that the world contains. The dishes are brought in upon the heads of jublakiars, or cooks' assistants, and each dish is covered and sealed with the royal seal. There are always 50 or more dishes, and all are set before the sultan at the same time. He eats usually from about six. Though the sultan is himself a total abstainer, the finest vintage wines are always offered to such guests as dine at the palace. Every dish the ruler partakes of is first tasted in the kitchen by the grand vizier, lest it be poisoned and it is immediately thereafter that its sealing takes place. Always, before he can fall to on a dish, the sultan must break its seal. It is not because he eats $5,000 worth of food himself that the sultan's dinner bill is so expensive. He eats, as a matter of fact, no more than half a dollar's worth. But the guests and retainers who dine at his expense number daily several thousand. JAPANESE FISHER SHRINE. Erected to a "Girl-Fish" and the Worshiping Place of Fisherman. Most Shinto shrines in Japan have a story. Here is one which is told of the leading shrine of Choshi: A traveler was entertained in the home of a rich man. A daughter of the host fell in love with the traveler, who did not care for her because she was ugly. Being under obligation to the family he could not ignore the girl's love, so he told her that he meant to drown himself the next day. She decided to do the same and did it. The traveler gave up the idea—if he ever had it. One of the gods changed the girl into a fish and to this day the fishermen of the town often see that particular fish in the waters near their shores. Sometimes she is caught in the nets, but she is always reverently returned to the sea. A shrine was erected on the hill above the town and dedicated to the memory of the girl-fish. Before starting out to sea the fishermen go to this shrine to pray for good luck and in their absence their families continue to invoke the favor of the god. A storm at sea or absence of good luck means that the fish-god had been offended and must be appeased by special offerings. An Apt Answer. P. L. Hutchins, the cotton expert, was praising an apt and witty speech. "It reminded me," he said, "of a scene in a magistrate's court that I saw in my boyhood. "An old man was haled before a magistratt for stealing chickens, and the latter said sternly to him: "You are charged with robbing hen roosts, my friend. Have you any witnesses? The veteran smiled calmly as he replied: "No, sir. In my country we don't rob hen roosts before witnesses."—N. Y. Tribune. All He Needed. "Don't you play any of the popular airs?" asked the man who was attending to the details of a convention. "No," answered the leader. "This is a political band. We don't play anything but 'Hail to the Chief,' 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'He's a Jolly Good Fellow.'"—Washington Star. That's Different. Mrs. Bacon—About time for the opening of the ball season. Mr. Bacon—What are you talking about? It's the close of the baseball season! "Oh, I'm talking about the mothball season." "Yonkers Statesman." Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 151st St. & L. S. & M. S. Ry. 152nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tile and Slate Hauling a Specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. Express & Van Moving TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Street Tel. 699 South CHICAGO Telephone South 1579 MORGUE C. JOHNSON UNDERTAKER, EMBALMER, AND LIVERY, 2712 State Street CHICAGO Private Chapel In Connection Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 2719 State Street Hours: 9 to 12 A.M. 3 to 5 and after 6 P.M. CHICAO Phone Oakland 1328 UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL . 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Write for catalogue and fall into thems how to order. Maries Kline (Inc.), 300 State St., Chicago New Building Material the latest building material is "kremite," which is made at a factory near St. Petersburg, and consists of powdered clay, sand and fluorspar melted together at a high temperature. The molten mass may be used like iron for molding castings for architectural and artistic purposes, yielding hollow bricks for buildings and stoves, fancy marblelike bricks, tiles for floors and sidewalks, and even thin, corrugated plates for roofs. Woman Soldier. Women, disguised as men, often served as soldiers. The following inscription is on a tombstone in the English town of Brighton: "In memory of Phoebe Hassel; born 1713, died 1821, aged 108 years. She served for many years as a private soldier in many parts of Europe, and at the battle of Fontenoy, fighting bravely, she received a bayonet wound in the left arm." Phonograph Teaches Parrot. A Philadelphia woman charges a phonograph with the word of praise she wants the parrot to learn, and then shuts him in a room alone with the machine. The bird listens to the oft-repeated sound and tries to outdo the brazen throated trumpet, so that with no expenditure of human strength, and in shorter time than personal attention would consume, he masters one lesson and then is put upon another. Salvation Army Work The Salvation Army is at work in 48 countries and colonies, speaking 31 languages, has 7,210 corps, "circles" and societies; 13,493 officers and cadets employs 2,566 persons, and has 46,338 local officers. It has 63 periodicals in 24 languages, with an issue of 1,208,000 There are 644 institutions for its social work and in 12 months the army supplied 4,573,399 beds and 7,213,506 meals. Back at Her. Nell—I told Miss Sharpe what you said about her literary club; that you wouldn't join because it was too full of stupid old maids. Belle—Did you? What did she say? "She said you were mistaken; that there was always room for one more." Catholic Standard and Times. New Korean Stamp. A new postage stamp has been isued in Tokio for use in the protectorate of Korea. It bears the chrysanthemum as the emblem of Japan the plum blossom as symbolical of Korea, and two pigeons representing the postal service. Brittany Bridal Ornament Conspicuous among the adornments of the bridal feast in Brittany is an artistic and elaborate butter structure, as fanciful and elegant as the most beautiful bridal cake, and into this structure the guests stick split sticks bearing coins of gold or silver. Pava to Be Good. People who have been dubiously asking themselves: "Does it pay to be good?" may well survey the spectacle of one reputation after another nailed to the barn door of public scorn and ask: "Does it pay to be anything else?"—N. Y. Mail. A. Conclusion. Willie—If the eel is anything like a dog he must be in a good humor all the time. Pana—Why do you think so? Papa—Why do you think so? "Why, because he is always wagging himself like a dog's tail."—N. Y. Times Explained. "Say, paw." "Well, son?" "What is frenzied finance?" "Frenzied finance my son, is the way your mother goes after my pay envelope every Saturday night. Now run along and play."—Milwaukee Sentinel. Private Carr. A few years ago only men of great fortune possessed private cars. Nowadays there are so many of these palaces on wheels that their value is estimated at $72,000,000. Safe Course If a friend asks you for an opinion and you are uncertain as to your decision, get his and indorse it and he will leave you with a high regard for your good judgment. Highest Elevator The highest elevator in the world has been opened on the Burgenstock, a mountain near Lake Lucerne. It lifts tourists 500 feet to the top of a vertical rock. A man always thinks he has a sense of humor because he can make fun of the way his wife adds up a column of figures wrong.-N. Y. Press. Beminiscent Interest. Just what interest a bald-headed man can take in football it would be hard to determine.-Des Moines Register and Leader. Must Attend Church. At Gonoatoa, in the South seas, there is a fine exacted from all who do not attend church three times a week. Baby Clowns. In the traveling circuses of France the babies of the company are put to work as clowns. Money in Ferries. The value of the Pennsylvania ferries between Jersey City, New York, Brooklyn and the Bronx is $5,698,000. No Let-Up. There is no vacation in the school of experience—Town Topics. Early Pillar-Boxes. The first English town to have pillar boxes for the posting of letters was Cheltenham. It is recorded that a clergyman named Charlton and a Capt. Carter were touring in Brussels, and noticed a pillar box in course of erection there. When they got back to Cheltenham, their home, they brought the matter before the local postal authorities, with the result that soon after a dozen of such boxes were erected in the Gloucestershire watering place. The system was quickly extended throughout the United Kingdom. C. E. Societies in Germany. Germany leads all the continental countries in Europe in the number of Christian Endeavor societies and in the work accomplished. The German union is pressing on to the 300 mark in the number of its societies, and has enlisted thousands. Germany has been divided into six Christian Endeavor districts, in each of which a convention is held each year while the annual conventions are said to be worthy of recognition among the notable endeavor gatherings of the year. Literary Treasure Perhaps the most important literary find in years was made in February last, when a copy of "Titus Andronicus," bearing the date 1594, was discovered in a Swedish cottage. This was a very important discovery, not only because of the rarity of the edition, but because it proves conclusively the Shakespearean authorship and brings to an end the controversy which has long been carried on between various critics as to the genuineness of that traced. Inferior Leather Cheap leather, it is pointed out, is now weighted with glucose and barium, being thus made to pass the weight test of first quality material. But it absorbs moisture freely, and a shoe made from it is never really dry. Even in the driest weather, the perspiration of the feet makes such footwear dangerous, and soot rots the inner sole. On a Gravestone In the churchyard of Woolwich, Kent, England, is the epitaph: "Sacred to the memory of Maj. James Brush, royal artillery, who was killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol by his orderly, 14th April, 1831. Well done, good and faithful servant." She Broke the Rule. Justin McCarthy was showing a young American married woman through the library of the house of commons and commented on the fact that it was against the rules for a woman to sit down in the place. She immediately drew a chair up to a table and sat down. Poorly Armed. At the review of 40,000 Scottish volunteers at Edinburgh by King Edward the other day, the artillery went by with muzzle loading guns dating from the year 1860. The men were all right, but their weapons were about as useful for modern warfare as catapults would be. Sisters Dressed Alike It is an easy matter to pick out sisters in a group of children on the continent, for girls of the same family are dressed just alike. In the Breton provinces, where the gala dress is quaint, the effect is fantastic on fete days. Progress in Japan. Japanese railway companies have introduced newspaper-reading carriages in some of their passenger trains. Newspapers are kept at the service of travelers, so that they may read as they ride. Cats Overrun Town. Wadworth, Nev., once a lively railroad town of 4,000 population, but now a collection of deserted shanties, is overrun by thousands of wild cats, the descendants of two or three hundred abandoned house cats. The Argentine minister of finance has introduced a bill to make the franc the unit of currency instead of the paper plaster. The new coin would be called an Argentino. Draws the Line There This is the season when the poet takes to the woods, but he doesn't take an ax and a crosscut saw along with him.—Atlanta Constitution. Salmon in Bales. The Japanese method of preserving the salmon which are caught in large numbers at Sakhalin is to salt them down and press them into bales. Motorcycle Police M. Lepine, chief of the Paris police, has organized a squadron of 70 police, mounted on motor bicycles, for the control of motor cars. Angelica Wins. Yes, Angelica, you win. Blanc mange has nothing to do with the dog. It is a dessert, not a disease.—Detroit Free Press. Steel Worth More Than Gold. The small steel screws used in watch-making are worth six times their weight in gold. None Defaulted. Kansas has 17 women who hold the position of president or cashier of banks. —Kansas City Journal. Then He Knows Man never realizes how unimportant he is until his young son tells him to mind his own business. Force in Radium. A recent calculation of the caloric force in radium reaches the astonishing conclusion that one ounce of that wonderful substance would contain power enough, if it could be so utilized, to lift 10,000 tons a mile above the surface of the earth. Or, by the same calculation, 22 ounces of radium, a pound and six ounces avoiddupos, would contain energy enough to tow a ship of 12,000 tons 6,000 miles, at the speed of 17 miles an hour. Girls Go Hatless. The school girls of San Francisco have taken kindly to the barehead habit. The school and health authorities encourage it. Dr. Ragen, health officer, says: "By going without hats the girls are less liable to catarral troubles, sore throat, coryza and the other numerous ailments the child is exposed to. I am strongly in favor of sending the girls to school without hats. Let the hair be strengthened by the air and sunlight." Babies Fed to Snake. The United States grand jury at Albuquerque, N. M., is investigating reports that the Indians of the Pueblo of Zae, the most isolated of the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico, feed a certain number of new-born babies each year to a mammoth snake which is worshiped by the tribe. The interior department will probably be asked to interfere. Battleships for Japan. Japan is building five immense battleships, having a total displacement of more than 88,000 tons. Two, which have just been contracted for in England, will weigh 19,000 tons each, being the heaviest and largest fighting ships yet planned. Japan is also having built two great armored cruisers, each of 13,500 tons' displacement. Water Cactus. The bisnaga plant, a cactus, has saved hundreds of wanderers in American deserts from dying of thirst. The echino cactus emory forms a natural reservoir, always full of cool, sweet water, which it draws from the earth, and which is kept cool by evaporation. Boats Travel on Land. "Alligator boats," used by Canadian lumbermen, can travel both on land and water. When the boat comes to a place where the river has entirely dried up, or to a sand bank, an anchor and cable are taken out some way ahead, the engines are set working, and the boat is slowly hauled up to the anchor. Game in Kansas. Prairie chickens are so thick in western Kansas this year that passing trains kill them daily. One engineer out of Elis says he has killed more than 20 with his engine already. The birds seem to revel in daring flights across the tracks ahead of moving trains. Pills of Soap. In a law case in London it came out that "Dr. Astbury's Pure Herbal Pills; worth their weight in gold. Price 2s.9d. per box. Dose, three or four at bedtime," were made simply of soft soap and calomel. Nobody had ever heard of a Dr. Astbury. Modest Duchess The shah of Persia is said to have once told the duchess of Westminster that the fame of her beauty had reached Teheran. "Ah," said she to some one who stood by, "he takes me for Westminster Abbey." Helped by the War. Korea was not injured, but greatly benefited by the Russo-Japanese war. Both the armies employed labor and bought provisions, thus bringing in millions of dollars of unexpected and unusual money.. Of Some Usa. Those who think that kings are mere expensive figureheads of no real value to the world will be surprised to learn that King Edward is reviving the game of croquet—Kansas City Journal. Not for Him. Dr. Fissick—Well, yes; I suppose you should take some tonic tonic—Guzzie (eagerly)—How about beer? Dr. Fissick—Oh, no; that's Teutonic—Philadelphia Press. Music in the Air. A dozen members of an Irish brass band in Dublin recently gave a performance on the top of a chimney 140 feet high. The Kaiser's Generosity. Each of 40,000 soldiers who took part in the recent maneuvers near Berlin has received 12 cents from the emperor's private purse. Growth of London. London was increased during the year 1904 by 374 new streets, with a total length of over 74 miles, and 23,269 new houses were built. Behind the Times. Jerez, Spain, the center of the Sherry wine trade, has no street cars, although it is a city of 70,000 inhabitants. Light as Air. A recent weighing of dandelion down has shown that 1,000,000 of the dainty parachutes are needed to make a pound. Naturally. Success takes all the credit to itself; failure blames others. Words with the Bark. Talk is cheap unless it is a case where money is doing the talking. --- O'Donnell & Coghlin Attorneys at Law Phone 264 Main Metropolitan Block N. W. Cor. LaSalle & Randolph Sts. Chicago GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1239 Automatic 5940 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 31S-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. Telephone Central 3089 Res. 904 W. 12th Street Blvd. Tel. 1626 Morgon ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 806 Tribune Building B. E. Cor. Dearborn and Madison Sts. CHICAGO A. D. GASH A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago. Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & J COUNSELOR. AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 000 CHICAGO John Fitzgerald JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4727 SOUTH HALSTED STREET. Residence 112 W. Garfield Beul. CHICAGO J. GRAY LUCAS Suite 611 167 Dearborn St., Cor. Monroe. Chicago. Tel. Cent. 3768. Res. Tel. Went. 4592. Captain 8th L. N. G. Regimental Quartermaster JAMES S. 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TR INCORPORATED UNDER 2918 STATE S Now is your chance. The Company will open a Depa- State St. Namely Sandy W. Trice complete line of Men and Womens tions. Shares ten dollars. A limi- Company's Sec'y. office. CHICAGO Pres, and Treas. J. Hookley 76 E. TWENTY-SECOND STREET, South 584. C. H. Smiley, Pres. and Treas. J. Hockley Smiley, See'y. Smiley Caterer 76 E. TWENTY-SECOND STREET, Two Phones, South 584. CHICAGO. Phone Douglas 6581. Y W. TRICE & COMP CAPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS 2918 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. is your chance. A joint stock com- ply will open a Department Store in the near- ly Sandy W. Trice & Company. The comp Men and Womens Furnishing Goods Shoes, ten dollars. A limited number of shares are y. office. SANDY W. TRICE & COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS. 2918 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. Now is your chance. A joint stock company. The Company will open a Department Store in the near future at 2918 State St. Namely Sandy W. Trice & Company. The company will carry a complete line of Men and Womens Furnishing Goods Shoes, Hats and Notions. Shares ten dollars. A limited number of shares are on sale at the Company's Sec'y. office. DIRECTORS: Sandy W. Trice, Pres. Milton J. Trice, Vice Pres. A. T. Henry, 2nd Vice Pres. R. R. Wright, 3rd Vice Pres. Dee Parker, Trustee. A. J. Carey, D. D. Treas. 2151 Forest Ave. A. W. Williams, M. D. Sec'y Office 2840 State St. Phone South 1023, Chicago. NOIS BRICK ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM G. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. Western Ave., CH Telephone Lake View 270 N. Western Ave., CH Telephone Lake View 270 Telephone Yards: 715 1' D 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO FIELDS LOANS NCE CHICAGO Mayer E PEACE Documents Drawn 27 North Clark Street. J. Hockley Smiley, Sec'y. Smiley Caterer STREET, CHICAGO. COMPANY OF ILLINOIS. CHICAGO. stock company. In the near future at 2918 The company will carry a goods Shoes, Hats and No- shares are on sale at the A. J. Carey, D. D., Treas. 2151 Forest Ave. A W. Williams, M. D. Sec'y Office 2840 State St. Phone South 1023, Chicago. CK CO. e., Chicago. new 270. 1s: 718 Telephone Yards 693 CHICAGO J. M. Fields RESIDENCE 337 Burling Street