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Gov. Hoke Smith and Booker T. Washington Join Hands to Divest the Negro of His Civil and Political Rights in the South. The Wizard of Tuskegee Not Admitted to the Atlanta Conference. Vol. XI Gov. Hoke Booker T. W Join Hands to D of His Civil Rights in The Wizard of Admitted to Confe Hoke Smith, the new rebel governor of Georgia and Booker T. Washington who rushed to Atlanta after many Colored men and women had been murdred on account of his famous speech in which he declared that "the Negro race is a race of criminals," and made an effort to take part in the conference which was held between the leaders of both races, and to do the talking in behalf of the Colored men, but they spurned him aside and they utterly refused to permit him to represent them in any way which is to their dying credit. It is perfectly plain that Hoke Smith has joined hands with the great wizard of Tuskegee to divest the Negro of his civil and political rights in the Southern states, for only last week at La Grange, Ga., Hoke Smith in his wild talk on the "Negro Question," declared that "the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution should be repealed, that the Negro must be put in the same class with the Indians, placing around the Negro restrictions entirely different from those applied to white men, that if it was not for the fourteenth amendment to the constitution this plan would be followed in Georgia with reference to the Negroes. That "the Negro is the white man's burden." that "the white man must accept full responsibility and control of the situation; that this is the white man's country; that the large majority of Negroes must be supervised and directed by the white man; that loafing and wandering Negroes are probably criminals; that they should be arrested and put to work; that the system of Negro education should be changed." While Hoke Smith was railing against the Negro in one section of the country, and loudly demanding the repeal of the amendments so that the Negro could be entirely stripped of his civil and his political rights, which would enable his best friends to reduce him to the dead level of the serf, and cause him to become an alien and a criminal in a strange land. Booker T. Washington, the warm friend of John Temple Graves, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Nelson Page old Ben Tillman, Govs. Jeff Davis and Vardaman, and the other rank enemies of the Negro, was in New York City engaged in admonishing the Negro that "he must learn the great lesson of calamities, of self-control: be patient and possess the ability to endure a great wrong, that in this connection I repeat what I have uttered on a recent occasion, every tol of influence that we possess should be secured to get rid of the criminal and loafing Negro." The criminality of the Negro seems to be Washington's and his white Southern friends, such as Hoke Smith, Clark Howell and many others of their same stamp chief stock in trade, but they and Washington are always very careful not to have one word to say in relation to the criminality of white men, which is to say the least very strange. Of course, he is aware of the fact that he can make more money by remaining silent as to all manner of crimes committed by white gentlemen, and enlarging on the crimes committed by Colorea men, and in order to rake in the money he is playing his hand in this respect for all that it is worth. Boss Washington who is putting in all his time in traveling from place to place and paying no attention to his school, for the purpose of supervising the Northern Negro as well as the Southern Negro, which is in harmony with Hoke Smith's ideas in his so-called speech in New York City last week imparted the following uncalled for advice to the Afro-Americans residing in the North: "To the members of my race who reside in the northern states let me utter the caution that in your enthusiastic desire to be of service to your brethren in the south you do not make their path more thorny and difficult by rash and intemperate utterances. Before giving advice to the Negro in the south, the Negro in the North should be very sure that what he advises is that which he himself would be willing to take into the heart of the south and put into practice. Be careful not to assist in lighting a fire which you will have no ability to put out." All we have to say to this is that Booker T. Washington has lighted a fire against the civil and political liberties of the Negro not only in the North but also in the South, by his silly or childish doctrine, which we fear can never be extinguished except by dynamite, the torch, the sword and bloody warfare to the bitter end. He admits that law abiding Negroes are liable to be shot to death in the South without the slightest provocation, driven from their homes, robbed of their property, mobbed and lynched, and in every way treated worse than common dogs! Yet in spite of these facts for the purpose of lining his pockets with blood money wrung from the unrequited toll of the Negro, he still has the unadulterated nerve, to command all the Afro-Americans to remain in the South, and those reskling in the North to return to it, so that he will be in a better position to assist Hoke Smith and Southerners like him to entirely divest the Negro of his civil and his political rights! Andrew B. Boughan, candidate for County Judge on the Independence League ticket, is a high class lawyer and a first class gentleman in every way, and he has in the past fought against the loan sharks, who make it their business to rob women out of house and home, and his warfare against crime and in favor of track elevation should highly commend him to the voters of Cook county. Mrs. A. E. Baker, 419 36th street, conducts a very neat and up-to-date notion store and she is doing a flourishing business. CHICAGO, OCTOBER 20, 1906 ```markdown ``` HON. AUGUST W. MILLER. President of the Board of Assessors of Cook County—One of the Most Popular German-American Republicans in This City. He is one of the most prominent German-American leaders of the Republican party and is exceedingly PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THREATENS TO DISHONORABLY DISCHARGE COLORED SOLDIERS TO FORCE THEM TO TELL WHO KILLED ONE OR TWO WHITE MEN AT BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. It will be re-called that several months ago two Colored soldiers belonging to the Twenty-fifth regiment were in an orderly manner walking along the streets of Brownsville, Tex., when they were attacked by a white gentleman or loafer who with the butt of his revolver, without any cause whatever, knocked the sokliers down, and threatened to blow their brains out if they ever attempted to walk on the sidewalk while he was engaged in conversation with real white ladies. Then after the white drunken loafer had brutally treated these two Colored soldiers and had insulted the uniform of the United States, the Town Marshal of Brownsville started on a "Nigger" hunt and the result was that the marshal and one or two other white gentlemen were shot to death in their uncalled for fight with some of the members of the Twenty-fifth regiment. Then a great out-cry was sent up against it by the rebels, cut-throats and murderers residing at Brownsville, and President Roosevelt readily yielded to their whisky drinking clamors, and ordered the Colored troops removed from Fort Brown, and sent to Fort Reno, Okla. and he has issued orders that he will dishonorably discharge the entire regiment unless its members reveal the names of those who joined in the shooting, but President Roosevelt, who has no love for the Negro, except when he can use his vote to keep him and his party in power, has not raised his little finger to bring to the bar of justice the white scoundrel who was the cause of an the trouble at Brownsville, Tex. Joseph W. Errant stands forth among the best lawyers in this city and the Chicago Bar Association places its stamp of approval on him and declares that he will make a good Judge for the Municipal Court. popular with all classes of his fellow citizens. As a member of the Board of Assessors, Mr. Miller's record of square dealing with the small property holders and taxpayers in general, stands forth without a blemish and as he is in the running to win, the contest on the sixth of November, as far as he is concerned is all over now but the shouting! THE FIRST OR THE HIGHEST PRIZE AT THE CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE WON BY HENRY O. TANNER. The committee in charge of awarding the prizes at the Chicago Art Institute this week, gave the first prize by N. W. Harris of $500, to Henry O. Tanner, the Afro-American artist, who has for some years conducted a fine art studio in Paris. His painting which won the first prize at the 19th annual exhibition of American paintings, is entitled "The Two Disciples at the Tomb." The lovers of art should not fail to attend this exhibition and view the masterpieces from the brushes of the best artists in this country. NO COLOR LINE IN JUSTICE. It is to be regretted, that in a campaign for the selection of judges of the Municipal Courts, the question of good judges should be complicated by color prejudice. The people want courts president over by men of integrity, honor, intelligence and high ideals of abstract justice. They want to know that once in court, every man is on the same plane as his neighbor—that wealth, social or political standing, race and religion neither make nor mar his chance for justice. There are nearly one hundred candidates for these judgeships and among them is a representative of the Colored people. There is no question as to his ability, his temperment or his high standing in the profession, but there is an undercurrent of opposition because he is a Colored man. Benjamin Banneker The Negro Astronomer and Mathematican Author of One of the First Almanacs In America. AN INTERESTING STORY WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE BROAD AX. BY COL. CLARKE IRVINE OREGON, MO. CHAPTER I "Whar is dat child, Ben?" This question was asked by a large fleshy Colored woman one spring day in Baltimore, Maryland, about the year 1748 of a man of her own race whose clothing indicated that he was a plasterer by trade. She had brought his dinner to him at a shed where he kept the materials of his trade. The conversation showed they were husband and wife and that the man by his language had some education and also that he was pleased to jest with his wife. "Isn't he here?" he asked in his turn, as he seated himself at a bench where the woman had placed his dinner all smoking hot. "If he was here, I wouldn't be asking where he is, old man, would I?" she replied in a cross, irritable tone. "There, there! Gal de dol de rido. Dont be so crabbed old woman. If de boy ain't here it may be because—you see? Eh? Because he—is some where else." "How he said that—just exactly as if he don't care," said she to herself, crossing her arms and standing before him. "And there he sits and eats blowing as if—as if— "As if it was hot and burns and so it does," he sald, still blowing. "And there he sits, he don't care—as if the boy was not his as well as mine," she sald, bitterly. "Who sald he is not ours, ole woman?" he asked quietly. "Then how comes it that you don't care as I do?" "Because this town is not so big nor is Ben so little he could be lost in it, my ole woman." "Then ole man, if he ain't lost you know where he is!" "Pretty near, pretty near, ole gal, so don't be scared. Just keep cool." "Why don't you tell me then Banneker? Why do you look so sly and act so queer? For some time you an' de boy has made signs, laughed and winked before me, and said half words and then more winks and grins. Ah—you may well stare at me with your big eyes!" "I have—I understand—that is enough—and I know what I want to say and that the boy never quits you and is never with me—" "Then explain yourself," said the man impatiently, "for I swear—" "Don't swear! That is worse. You make fun of me, ole man, an' I won't suffer any one to make a fool of me." "Nor will I either, and if any one tries to make fun of you he may smell my fist nearer his nose than he likes," said he, soothingly. Banneker ner and Mathematican, of the First Al- n America. TEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE BROAD OREGON, MO. PPTER I. what do you think we hide from you, good woman?" "Well, I will tell you. For some time past little Ben goes out dressed very clean and he comes back also as neat." "Dear me, goody, there is no great harm in that. It is a proof that little Ben does not get into the dirt as he goes along," said he. It proves that he don't work with you on the chimneys and walls of houses," said she, triumphantly. "It shows that he is not at work with you—but more yet—maybe I do know where he is. Shall I tell you?" "So you do know. Why do you ask me?" saht he, having finished his meal, starting up as if to go out. "But where do you go?" said she, stopping him. "But I know where you go. You go to find him. But here he is now," as she saw the half grown boy enter the shed. He was a bright-looking Colored lad of about 17 years of age. He held a letter in his hand. AN INTERESTING SKETCH OF JAMES E. JOHNSON, THE FOOT BALL PLAYER. The article in this issue of The Broad Ax entitled "Our Candidate" is written by Mr. James E. Johnson, the celebrated quarterback, whose name and fame is so well known in the athletic world from coast to coast, particularly among Colored people, as to render any comment about him well nigh useless. Mr. Johnson is a self-made man; his early education was acquired in this state, after which he secured admission to the Carlisle Indian school in Pennsylvania through his Indian ancestry on his mother's side. He soon secured national prominence as a football enthusiast, first as the mighty Hudson's aid, then as captain of the famous "Carlisle Indians," and greater than Hudson himself. Mr. Johnson was placed on the All-American team of football champions as the greatest quarter back in the world, by the authority on the game, Mr. Walter Camp, coach of Yale university. Johnson next entered Northwestern Dental School in this city, in which he is now a senior. His great duel the last two years, as Northwestern's leader, with Walter Eckernall of Chicago University is too recent to require mention, and in spite of the fact that several football experts were prejudiced against Johnson on account of his color, they were forced to admit he carried off the honors of the combat—"F." The many friends of Samuel N. Hoffheimer, who will in the near future will become united in marriage to Miss Ethel Jacobs, one of the most beautiful and popular Jewish belles in this city, are greatly delighted over the outcome of his trial in the criminal court, in which he was charged with swindling S. W. Strauss and Company, bankers, out of $250,000, and as he has been declared innocent of committing any wrongful act by a jury in Judge Kerstan's court, Mr. Hoffheimer may enter suit against S. W. Strauss and Company for false arrest and imprisonment. Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Oaths, Protest, Trial, and Torture. Republic, Knight of Labor, or any one else can have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. Gun Year.....0.10 Sir Munule.....1.40 Advertising valueside discuss on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 600 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill., as Second-class Matter. L. W. Washington, General Agent for The Broad Ax in the Hyde From on and after this date until further notice to the contrary. L. W. Washington, 5613 Jefferson avenue will act as the general agent for The Broad Ax, and news items and advertisements left with him not later than Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning prior to the day of publication, will find their way into its columns. PERSONAL MENTION. Walter M. Farmer, for 16 years an honored member of the bar in St. Louis, Mo., is now engaged in the general practice of Law. Suite 705, 171 Washington street, Phone Main 4153. Residence 4856 Langley avenue, Phone Drexel 6302. DEBUTANTE PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. John Hodge, 3423 Dearborn street, entertained about sixty young people at the Douglas Club, 3518 Ellis Avenue, Monday evening. October 15th, at a Debutante Party in honor of their daughter, Hazel. The receiving party consisted of Miss Hazel Hodge, Miss Edna Brown, Miss Dotie Bishop, Miss Etta Johnstone and Miss S. Jackson, which was stationed in the east end of the Green Room. As each guest entered the room, they were announced by Mr. Miles Bish, and introduced by Mr. Jullus N. Avendorph, to the receiving party. Messrs. T. Curtis and W. Smith, handed each guest a dainty dance programme as they passed through the blue room to the dance hall. The grand march was led by Jullus N. Avendorph, who was master of ceremonies, and Miss Haz Hodge, Prof. N. Clark Smith's orchestra furnished the music for the affair. Frappe was served all evening. Miss Hodge received quite a number of beautiful gifts—N. MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION INDORSE THE CANDIDACY OF JUSTICE JOHN R. CAVERLY. The following letter has been sent out by some of the prominent members of the Chicago Bar Association indorsing the candidacy of Justice John R. Caverly for judge of the Municipal Court. Chicago, Oct. 9, 1906. "To the members of the Chicago Bar Association: "We beg to call attention to the candidacy on the Democratic ticket of John R. Caverly for Associate Judge Municipal Court for a six-year term. "Mr. Caverly is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and of the Chicago Bar Association. From 1907 to 1903, while connected with the office of City Attorney of the City of Chicago, Mr. Caverly not only was engaged in the trial of cases in the Circuit and Superior Courts and in preparation of briefs for the Appellate Courts, but also represented the city in all cases in the United States Circuit Court wherein the City Attorney was the attorney of record, and entitled furnished the Finance Committee by the City Attorney. Since May, 1903, he has been Police Magistrate of the Harrison Street Police Court, and, as such, has made a creditable record. "Mr. Claverly is a man of integrity, good common sense, and judicial temperament. His long training as Police Magistrate at the Harrison Street Police Station, his legal experience, and general attainments make him eminently fit for the Municipal Bench. "We therefore, command him in the favourable consideration of the members of our Association. Respectfully, Maurice Kavanagh, S. B. Gregory, William A. Porrest, Thomas M. Horne, John Banton Payne. Philip Stain, Marita Desenfhal, Hugh D'Neill. C J. H. Republican Candidate for Re-Election to Congress from the Fourth Congressional District. Mr. Chan. Young of Baltimore, Md., is spending a week in the city, stopping at the Keystone Hotel. The Misses Conway of Peoria, Ill., spent a few days in the city shopping. The guests of Mrs. B. F. Moseley. Cards are out announcing an evening at whist in honor of Mrs. Delpert Lee's birthday on the 20th inst. at her home, 4822 Evans ave. Mr. A. Ellis 3726 Dearborn st., crushed his hand in a door so severely that it is feared he may have to have one of his fingures amputated. Justice Theo. C. Mayer feels confident that he will break more than even on the day of the election and land one of the municipal judgeships. Justice John K. Prindiville has been highly indorsed by the Chicago Bar Association as being eminently qualified to serve as one of the Municipal Judges. Mr. James Thomas, the popular chiropodist who has been making his home in the East for the past year is again in the city. Stopping at the Keystone Hotel. Republican Candidate for Re-Election Hon. Charles S. Wharton, was born at Aledo, Ill., April 22nd 1875 and came to this city with his parents when nothing but a mere boy and from that time to the present, he has resided with them, at 735 W 43rd place. He received his education in the Chicago public schools, graduating from the Graham and the Lake High school. Then he entered the Law School of the University of Michigan and graduated with high honors from it and was admitted to the Chicago bar in 1895, and he honorably served as Attorney for the Town of Lake in 1899 and 1900. In 1902, Mr. Wharton became assistant City Attorney under, John F. Smulski and served in that capacity for two years. In 1904, he was nominated and elected to Congress in the Fourth Congressional District, defeating the Hon. George P. Foster. As Assistant City Attorney he conducted all the cases started against the city, growing out of the Iroquois Theater fire, as the city was made defender in suits for damages to the extent of $8,000,000. It was claimed that the city was liable by reason of the fact that the city authorities had permitted the Theater to open, before it had taken the proper precautions to protect its patrons against fire and accidents, etc. It was a new and novel point in law in this state, as such a question had never been decided by any of its courts before, more than forty lawyers were engaged in the various suits filed against the city in the Superior and Circuit Courts; and Mr. Wharton, being the sole representative of the city stood up and fought them single handed and alone, and in each and every instance the cases were decided in favor of the city. It will be recalled that, in the summer of 1905, an automobile ran into the river at the Bush Street Bridge. --- The Hart recital Monday night promises to be a swell affair. Mr. Geo. F. Bainbridge will assist by rendering several of his sweet vocal solos for which he is noted. Mrs. Rosa Lively returned from New York City, Thursday After seeing the fierce waves of the Atlantic Ocean, Mrs. Lively decided to postpone her trip to the Holy Lands. Mr. Lloyd G. Wheeler, Jr., who for the past two years has been identified with Tuakegee Institute is visiting this city the guest of Mr. Wm. Platt Phillips, 59th and Indiana. Mr. Emmet Fitzgerald and Miss Julia Wilkenson were quietly married at the home of the latter 5700 Dearborn St., Monday eve., both are well known to Chicago Society. Dr. D. L. Stewart of Hill City, Kas., is in the city on business for a week or ten days stopping at 3031 Dearborn St. Dr. Stewart has the honor of being the only Colored coroner in the U. S. Alderman William E. Dever and Col. Joseph F. Kohout, both came through the furnace of the Chicago Bar Association without being scorched and they are in line to become Judges of the Municipal Court. Miss Myrtle Hart the celebrated harpest of Indianapolis arrived in the city Wednesday morning the guest of I HON. CHARLES S. WHARTON. throwing out its occupants. Mr. Burroughs a millionaire was the owner of the machine, and Mr. and Mrs. John Turner Williams and Mr. Arthur P. Ganong of Memphis, Tenn., composed his party Suits were entered in the Federal Court against the city, alleging negligence on the part of the city, for failure to provide lights and to take the proper precautions to warn pedestrians and others using the street, of the danger when the draw bridge is open. The city retained Congressman Wharton as special counsel in these cases, which were tried before Judge Landis, involving $1000.00 in the amount, the city being victorious in the cases. Since becoming a member of Congress, Mr. Wharton has been active in legislation which has been beneficial to all the people residing in the Fourth Congressional District. It was through his efforts, that the 28 hour law was extended, permitting cattle in transit from the far west, to remain in the cars for a period of 36 hours, upon request of the shipper. This measure was advocated by the owners of stock shippers and commission men. It was through his labors that the committee who had charge of the naturalization law, were forced to modify its provision, concerning the educational test, required, before an alien could be admitted to citizenship; he was also instrumental in securing an appropriation of $20,000 for the purpose of permitting the microscopical inspection of pork for foreign shipment, to be carried on at a time when there was a great demand for that inspection, and to comply with the other regulations concerning the introduction of American pork into Germany, etc. This feat was accomplished by him at a time when the bureau was about to be closed down for lack of funds, through an insufficient appropriation. During the earthquake disaster at --- Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph 6440 Greenwood ave. Miss Hart brought her one thousand dollar harp with her and began immediately to rehearse for the recital at which she is to "star" Monday night. Prof. W. Kemper Harreld, 6626 Champlain avenue, has bought a brand new long tailed overcoat, but so far he has failed to cough up any part of the five spot which is coming to us. Dr. J. W. McDowell of St. Louis, is spending the week in this city the guest of Mr. Rufus Stokes 351 31st st. The Doctor is seriously considering the advisability of making his home in Chicago. Ernst Hummel has never been found wanting in all the positions of public trust he has so far filled, and as he will be the next Treasurer of Cook County, he will honestly discharge all the duties of that office without fear or favor. Mrs. Robert Kay, a white lady of Detroit, Mich., has legally adopted Charles Cox, a ten-year-old Colored boy and sent him to a private boarding school in Virginia where only the children of wealthy Colored people are pupils. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of the late Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, died in New on gressional District. San Francisco, Congressman Wharton acted as cashier in a prominent cafe in Washington, D. C., and in one hour's time he added over $500 to the fund for the relief of the sufferers. Everybody rushed into the place to gaze upon the Congressman standing behind the cash register and he rang up everything in the shape of silver and bills and refused to give back any change. There was a lot of kicking on the part of those who had parted with their $10 and $20 bills, but the Congressman stood his ground and turned the money over to the committee. It is unnecessary to refer to the numerous other measures championed by him for the benefit of the people in this district at this time but having a complete knowledge of their wants, he has ever been watchful of their interest. It can be said to the everlasting credit of Congressman Wharton that he has never permitted himself to become swelled up with his own self-importance, and he takes pride in relating how he was at one time in his career employed as a common laborer, shoving a truck on the floor of Swift and Company's hog-house, and by sheer force, pluck, energy, and hard work he has rose to the honorable position which he now holds and regardless of his political affiliations, he cannot be commend too strongly to all the voters residing in the 4th Congressional District. Congressman Wharton is a hale fellow well met, liberal and broad-minded, free from either racial or sectarian prejudice, and many of his Democratic friends and admirers, have the uttermost faith in him, for they fully realize that with malice toward none, and with justice to all, he will continue to labor in behalf of his constituents and they are willing to record their votes in favor of his reelection to Congress from the 4th Congressional District. ```markdown ``` York City Tuesday evening from the effects of pneumonia. Mrs. Davis was born at Natchez, Miss., in 1826, and was in her 80th year. She was a true type of the Southern woman in every sense of th word. Dr. A. C. Barnes our popular young dentist leaves the city Monday for Little Rock, Ark., where he will marry Miss Lillian Goodson, Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Barnes will return to Chicago in about ten days and will reside at 3637 State St. Geo. Williams shot and killed his sweetheart Mamie Nichols in a telephone booth in Porters Drug Store Monday afternoon, and then shot himself. Both died instantly and were taken to Jackson's Morgue. Williams was a member of the Elk Lodge which order will bury him. Oscar De Priest has made a first class County Commissioner, and in the past two years he has voted right on all propositions effecting the welfare of all the people residing in Cook County, and his past record should insure his re-election as a member of the Board of Commissioners. Justices John Fitzgerald, Charles Callahan, Alderman Dan V. Harkin and Charles H. Mitchell, declare they will pay no attention to what the Chicago Bar Association has to say in relation to their qualifications to preside as Municipal Judges, but they will go right ahead just the same. FOR LAW AND ORDER The Atlanta Constitution states that on the Sunday morning after the Atlanta massacre only one white preacher spoke a positive word for law and order, and he was a Catholic priest. The others excused the mob because of the awful crime.—Ex. In Mrs. Robert A. William's article an error occurred in reference to the disposition of the $54 which she had collected for the purpose of erecting a memorial altar in St. Thomas' church to the memory of its founder Rev. James E. Thompson. It should have stated in the article that if the $54 was not used in this direction it was to be returned back to the donors. This sum of money Mrs. Williams in the presence of witnesses, turned over to Rev. Massiah, and those who want it, will have to call on the revend gentleman for it. L. L. JONES. Vice-President of the Black Diamond Development Company, Who is Well Known Among the Best Class of Afro-Americans in This City. FISH TALES. A sturgeon caught on one occasion in the Volga weighed 1,700 pounds and was valued altogether at $400. A goldfish craze has grasped a large number of wealthy New Yorkers. Single specimens often bring $25 and $50 to the dealer. One wealthy bachelor paid $10,000 for a marble receptacle in which to hold his pets. An enormous san eating shark was caught in San Pedro, Cal., the other day. It was harpooned by some fishermen outside the harbor and towed in. The shark was thirty-two feet long and weighed over 5,000 pounds. The shad is doomed to extermination, according to John Titchem, in charge of the hatching service of the United States fish commission. The greed of fishermen in scooping them up by thousands as they enter fresh water is responsible for this condition, he says. ENGLISH ETCHINGS Dartmoor, which occupies one-fifth of the area of the county of Devon, is the largest tract of uncultivated land in England. Neither male nor female convicts in English prisons are permitted to see a mirror during the period of their incarceration. The new regulations in the British army that "no relaxation of the eyeglass test can ever be allowed" is regarded as marking the disappearance of the eyeglass among the officers. A widow living in the Brightlingnes almshouse, England, celebrated her untimely birthday by inviting to tea two old sweethearts. One of them was nearly, the other barely three years of age. ANDREW J. HIRSCHL FOR JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. ..Attorney Andrew J. Hirschl, who ranks among the best and the ablest lawyers in this city, has been highly indorsed by the Chicago Bar Association as being well qualified in every way to serve as one of the judges of the new municipal court. It goes without saying that Mr. Hirschl has thousands of friends among all classes of his fellow citizens who will do everything in their power to aid him in his election. CHOICE MISCELLANY The Foreat Floor. As you make your way through the ordinary tract of New England woodland fallen branches are constantly crackling under your feet. Nobody gathers them up, bundles them and sells them as they do in Europe. The fallen debris in time may turn into mold, but pending the conversion it is the always ready kindling stuff for starting or spreading forest fires. The state of Minnesota, appreciating the danger of leaving this sort of material exposed, compels all lumbermen to burn up "the slashings," or trimming, left after lumberings, and the forest patrols look to the enforcement of the law. Michigan, less wise, has left the lumbermen to their own devices, and the fires that have swept through her forests are in no small chargeable to her failure to imitate the example of Minnesota. Forest fires are estimated to cause damage to the amount of $25,000,000 annually in this country, and much of this loss might be prevented by such a simple and inexpensive measure as cleaning the forest floor of its litter of "slashings" and fallen branches. Foreign countries compel forest owners to attend to this matter themselves, and the thrift of Europeans who are consumers of "fags" does the rest. Probably Americans for some time to come will be unwilling to submit to an autocratic inspection similar to that European forest guards carry on, but if they simply favored their own pockets by gathering up the fallen boughs and branches that now cumber the woodlands they would so something toward checking the scourge of forest fires.-Boston Transcript. Cheap Globe Trotting What can be done in the way of globe trotting nowadays by men of limited time and means is really astonishing. Ulysses junior informs us that he is a clerk in the city on a salary of £120 and with a fortnight's holiday in the year, and yet he has, though still in the twenties, explored almost the whole of Europe. "Every year," he says, "I make a point of seeing a new country. So far I have visited every country in Europe, from Norway to Italy and from Russia to Portugal, with the solitary exception of Turkey, and this I mean to do this year. On foot, on bicycle and by train I have traveled over 8,000 miles on the continent. I have seen almost all the more interesting sights, and yet my average holiday expenditure does not exceed 51k, or roughly, $1 a day."-Tit-Bits. Medicine For Trees. Often the roots of fruit trees, more exhausted than the parts in the air, refuse to supply the branches with their proper nourishment. To cure or prolong life of trees possessing still a certain vigor a French investigator has injected solutions of sulphate of iron and other chemicals into their trunks. The liquid penetrates into the cells of the trees, but not into the old wood. It follows the young layerz, descending into the roots to the depth of three and a quarter foot and rising to the top of the tree with a uniform distribution. Good results are said to have been attained. Scientific Slaughter House. Park, with her genius for organization, probably loads the world in her scientifically conducted slaughter house. Almost perfect precautions for public safety are taken by means of the rigorous inspection of the meat by the police. There are two immense municipal abattoirs, and the charge for slaughtering, known as the "slaughter house tax," is 2 francs per hundred kilograms, or about $4.22 per ton, which the city sets aside to defray the cost of maintaining and repairing the abattoirs. In round numbers the city receives $700,000 a year.—Public Opin ```markdown ``` CHARLES C. CASE. The Efficient Chief Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Candidate on the independence League Ticket for Clerk of That Court. Charles C. Case, our candidate, was born in 1878, and reared on a farm in Boone County, Illinois, received his early education in the district schools, graduated from the Rockford, Ill., high school, and later attended Northwestern and Harvard universities. Upon leaving college he secured a position as law clerk and attended Northwestern Law School. After graduation from the law school he was identified with a large law firm until appointed Chief Clerk of the Circuit Court during the recent wave of reform. It may be interesting to note that since Mr. Case's appointment the average income to the county has been as much as 96 per cent higher for most fees than during correspondings months of last year. Mr. Case's appointment has been commended by reform and good government clubs by Mr. George E. Cole, by the Chicago Tribune editorially, and by a great majority of the bench and bar. The writer of this biography believer the county needs just such servants as this, and desires to impress on his fellow Colored friends their duty of supporting Charles C. Case on election day for Clerk of the Circuit Court on the Independence League ticket. James E. Johnson. [Name] [Name not visible] DR. A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS. The More Than Successful Promoter, Organizer, and the Smiling and Hunting Treasure of the Black Diamond Development Company. THE BLACK DIAMOND DEVELOP MENT COMPANY. A little over one year ago the Rev. A. J. Carey, Doctor A. Wilberforce Williams, L. L. Jones, Rev E. J. Fisher, S. Laing Williams, Fred A. Wescott and several others, organized what is known as the Black Diamond Development Company, under the laws of Arizona, with offices at Phoenix, and 2840 State street, Chicago Shortly after the organization of the Black Diamond Development Company, with a capital stock of $50,000, divided into 500,000 shares at $1 per share; many people claimed it was only a scheme gotten up or hatched out for fraudulent purposes, but its officers paid not the slightest attention to the kickers and croakers and they went right ahead and leased for ninety-nine years eighty acres of land in the oil and gas regions near Chanute, ake, and immediately began operations in the way of drilling gas wells, and at the present time four wells have been successfully brought in, which produce many millions of feet of gas per day, and with the completing of Well No. 5, which will be brought in between now and November 1, the gas from the five wells will be contracted for --- average income to the county has been as much as 96 per cent higher for most fees than during corresponding months of last year. Mr. Case's appointment has been commended by reform and good government clubs, by Mr. George E. Cole, by the Chicago Tribune editorially, and by a great majority of the bench and bar. The writer of this biography believes the county needs just such servants as this, and desires to impress on his fellow Colored friends their duty of supporting Charles C. Case on election day for Clerk of the Circuit Court on the 'Independence League ticket. James E. Johnson. [Name] for a long period of time by a responsible company operating in that section of the country. This will enable the Black Diamond Development Company to pay a handsome dividend to its stockholders and to continue its operations in other directions. It costs from $800 to $1,000 to drill each well, and all the improvements and drilling to date have been paid for with money on hand to pay for well No. 5, just as soon as the drillers complete the contract. Stock in the Black Diamond Development Company first sold at 10 cents per share and it has steadily advanced to 40 cents and it will reach 50 cents in a very short time. Each share is fully paid up and nonassessable. Without any degree of boasting we can truthfully say that we have $100 of our own money invested in the Black Diamond Development Company, and as a speculative investment we have every reason to believe that it is all right and we are willing to take a long chance on its stock. The officers of the Black Diamond Development Company are as follows: Archibald J. Carey, President; L. L. Jones, Vice-President; L. Laing Williams, Secretary; Doctor A. Wilberforce Williams, Treasurer. A Its Production Almost Made Paupers of Curie and His Wife. When Professor Curie was run over and killed on a street of Paris not long ago the entire world recognized that it had lost one of its foremost experimenters. Yet it was only six years ago that the wonderful element, radium, which he and his wife discovered, passed almost unnoticed among the exhibits in a Paris exhibition, and a stranger, seeking the physicist, found him only through the lucky help of a street gamin. In the 1900 exhibition in Paris, says London Truth, the compilers of the catalogue and the jurors entirely overlooked the tiny vial containing its speck of radium, which the Curies had sent. An exhibitor of diamonds, annoyed because its presence spoiled the color of his jewels, had put it out of sight. An English visitor, however, who had read a reference to the discovery in an obscure journal, hunted it up and later set out to find the discoverers. He went to many places, the Mines School, the Sorbonne and elsewhere, but no one in any of them could tell him anything of the Curies. At last, by a strange chance, he ran across a gamin who had heard of radium from a chum who worked as an attendant at the City of Paris industrial laboratory, where Curie then worked. By this roundabout information the Englishman was brought to Professor Curie, who was a little amazed, but pleasantly so, to find that some one was at last interested in what they were doing. Mme. Curie, he said, had herself pounded in a mortar with her own hands all the pitchblende from which the speck of radium had been obtained. Pitchblende was costly, and she had not wasted a grain. She had ruined her hands in the work. They were then spending every penny for pitchblende. Mme. Curie had given up gloves entirely and was wearing very old and badly patched cheap shoes and old fashioned clothes. The professor had on old shoes and a threadbare coat—his only coat. Their little girl was dressed as cheaply. But by their economy and their diligence they had enriched humanity incalculably by their discoveries in radio activity and their isolation of radium itself. An Improved Postal Card. Our postal card is in need of improvement. The writing on it is in plain view, to be read at leisure by any postal employee from the time it leaves the sender until it arrives at its destination. It is safe to assume that this has been the cause of no little trouble and embarrassment. During my first stay in Brazil I found that the postal card there in use was supplied with a flap or covering of dark paper which when gummed down completely hld the writing. This flap was attached to the back of the card, the edge gummed and perforated, the insertion of a finger tip being all that was required to open it. It served the purpose of a letter at half the expense. I fall to see why our government did not adopt this style of postal card long ago, the additional expense being so slight as still to leave a handsome profit-Chicago News. ARCHIBALD J. CAREY President S. LAING WILLIAMS Secretary Black Diamond Phoenix, Ariz., & 28 To the Stockholder We are pleased to announce the proves to be in accordance with our The following copy of Telegram Phoenix, Ariz., & 2840 State St., Chicago. To the Stockholders--Greeting! We are pleased to announce the bringing in of No. 3 Well, which proves to be in accordance with our usual luck and former predictions. The following copy of Telegram will tell its own story: Black Diamond Development Co., Chicago. NO. 2 BROUGHT IN TO-DAY; IT IS A DANDY BETTER THAN OTHERS. W. A. WEBER, Driller. We are in receipt of a Telegram fest; will drill in Monday night or T Success has crowned the BLACK and it still continues to push us on Stock has advanced to 40c per shortly. Don't be surprised that you have don't buy QUICK! Later news from Our Manager tiddings that No. 4 will come in Oct Institutional Church 3825 Dearborn street, August, 1906. The Class in Millinery will begin its work the first of September. The cost for complete instructions is in the reach of all. Day Nursery is in operation every day but Sunday from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. EMANUEL'S WONDERFUL Foot Lotion—Ointment cures corns and perspiratoin. Sore feet, etc. Ask the druggist, ointment 50 cents, per box, Lotion per bottle 50 cents. TWO FURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT Two nicely furnished rooms to rent, gas and bath, first flat, 5742 Grove ave. SPECIAL NOTICE The story of the origin and the achievements Benjamin Banneker, by Col. Clarke Irvine will not appear until the next issue of The Broad Ax. New system of dressmaking taught at Institutional Church, $10,00. Ten dollars for the entire course—to begin the first of September. Waltera Wanted. We are constantly in need of first-class waiters at the Windermere Hotel, a high-class family hotel in Hyde Park. Call Head Walter, Phone 508, Hyde Park. A Good Home for Children Wanted children, either White or Colored to board and room, they will receive the care of a good mother; charges reasonable. Mrs. L. Coleman, 2839 Armour Ave., 2d flat. The Broad Ax desires to engage Agents and regular Correspondents in all the leading cities and towns throughout the country. The highest commissions paid to live hustlers. Sample copies furnished free. For further information, address Julius F. Taylor, 5649 Armour avenue, Chicago. Special Announcement From on and after this date all announcements of entertainments, etc., for which an admission is charged, will be considered advertising, and will be charged for at the rate of 12 cents a line, seven words to a line. The money must accompany the matter and reach the editor no later than Thursday morning of the week intended for publication. This rule will also apply to all personal items and matter for which no charges will be made. In other words, all news matter must reach us either on Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning in order to find its way into the columns of this paper the same week it is written Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and address all communications to The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour avenue. L. L. JONES V-Pres. A. WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS Treasurer Development Co. 40 State St., Chicago. ers--Greeting! the bringing in of No. 3 Well, which usual luck and former predictions. will tell its own story: on today saying "No. 4 was down 700 tuesday." EX DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT CO. to immense success, with each well... here and will be $1.00 per share we to pay $1.00 for your stock if you Mr. Fred A. Wescutt brings the glad st. 19th Established 1877. Phone Oakland 1350-7291 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... COAL & WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL VANDO; 251 St. & L. B. & M. S. 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Address TO-MORROW MAGAZINE, For the Supreme and superwoman and The New Civilization. 2238 Galenst Ave. Chicago, Illinois. to CENTS THE COPY. $1 A YEAR. The king of Spain is to build a yacht for racing, but until he has a special brand of tea to advertise he cannot hope to compete with Sir Thomas Linton—Omaha Bee. A current writer says the decay of England is attributable to tea. It might be well to prove the front end of the proposition before bothering with the rest—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Edison says he is going to make it possible to build a $25,000 house for $500 by simply pouring concrete into moulds. It isn't likely, however, that this will put an end to unhappiness. People who have $25,000 houses worry because they can't have $50,000 residences—Chicago Record-Herald. 2 CHOICE MISCELLANY What a Place to Sleep! What is stated to be the most elaborate bedstead ever produced in Birmingham has just been turned out to the order of an Indian rajah. The style is what is known as the crown canopy and is of the best brass throughout. It stands to the height of fifteen feet, is eight feet long and six feet wide and will cost close upon four figures. Surmounting each of the upright pillars is a bird with open wings, and projecting from the sides are brackets carrying bronze figures symbolical of the seasons. Over the head of the bed is a bronze figure bearing a white metal circular plaque with embossed portraits of the king and queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Edward of Wales. On another plaque of bronze brass are photographs of Lord Beaconsfield, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Salisbury, Lord Rossey, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain. At the foot of the bed are a clock and a barometer and beneath them a bronze inscription plate bearing the title of the potentiate for whom and under whose special instructions the bedstead has been designed and made.—Dundee Advertiser. A Large Connection. A Chinese cook in one of the homes across the bay from San Francisco was terribly worried about his cousins who were in the burling town. Sing knew that Chinatown had been destroyed. He had tried to go across to rescue his relatives, but nobody was allowed to land. He went about his duties with lagging footsteps and mournful face. For two days he ate nothing, and the sympathy of the entire family was extended to him in his trouble. At last he appeared one morning at breakfast time with a face wreathed in smiles. "Me found cousins," he announced joyfully. On being questioned he said that they were lodged in the two rooms which he rented for his own use in the lower part of the town. They were all well and he was "velly happy." He took forty pounds of rice to them that they might not be hungry. Ranches in Mexico are of no mean size. Ex-Governor Terrasas of Chihuahua has 17,000,000 acres. The Zuloga family is said to hold 5,000,000. Properties of 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 acres are not uncommon. Among the Americans who have large ranches may be mentioned Fleming & Ross, the Riverside Cattle company, with 2,000,000 acres and a fine hard of Herefords; Phoebe Hearst of California, who has a magnificent place west of Minac; the Millers and the three Mormon colonies. Gordon, Ironsides & Ferris, a Canadian company, has 1,000,000 acres; Lord Beresford, a relative of the admiral, has a large ranch, where he raises fine horses; another Englishman named Irnstead owns a large property. Smaller places of from 40,000 acres upward are numerous. The price of land now runs from 50 to 75 cents gold per acre, with a strong tendency to rise. Modern Mexico. Picture Induces Hay Fever. In Paris there is just now proceeding a discussion on hay fever, concerning which an amusing instance of the capricious nature of the infection is related. A lady was quite proof against catching the sneezings of hay fever from either hay or any other flower or plant except one. The mere sight of a rose used to set her sneezing violently. Knowing her weakness, she carefully avoided these flowers. But one day she carelessly stopped before a still life painting representing a basket of roses. Almost instantly she was seized with a sneezing fit. Clearly imagination has its part in the case.—London Globe. English Remarks on ice. The great fault which Americans have to find with England when they come over here for a visit in the summer is the absence of ice. In the states ice is a cult. Wherever the traveler may be, even if he is in the backwoods, he finds ice. But in England the thing is looked upon as an almost unobtainable luxury. "Oh no, sir," says the English purveyor of drink with an amused smile, "we've got no ice. But you will find it nice and cool." Nice and cool means that an egg would not actually boil in it. No wonder Americans say that England "cuts no ice."—London Globe. BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR; .AT LAW Theodore C. Mayer JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Mortgages, Deeds, Notes and Legal Documents Drawn and Acknowledged. Room 22, 27 North Clark Street. Why don't you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Store? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trading Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Corsets. A spendid assortment of Shoes: Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine PurSES, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOE. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO