The Broad Ax

BROAD AX The Colored Organ For Benjamin R. Tillman In Chicago Is On The War Path Mrs. Adele S. Keeler, Mrs. Celia Parker Woolley and Others Completely Pulled the Wool Over the Eyes of Mrs. F. L. Barnett, Doctors George C. Hall, Chas. E. Bentley, Pretty Little Bob Taylor and the other Pre-eminent Leaders of the Race In This City. Vol. XII The Colored Or min R. Tillma Is On The Mrs. Adele S. K Parker Wool Completely P Over the Eye Barnett, Doct Hall, Chas. E. Little Bob Tay Pre-eminent Race In This By the aid of the daily sensational newspapers the Colored people of Chicago are just passing through a warm tilt with some of their white neighbors and friends who on account of his reputation for billingsgate and blackguard, as a public lecturer, as the drawing card features of his talks, had invited Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina to come to Chicago and speak for a hospital benefit entertainment. Tillman's well known habit of using such occasions to make wholesale onslaughts on the Negro and thereby stirring up a feeling of hatred and distrust between the two races, where otherwise they were getting on peacefully together as neighbors naturally enough caused apprehension among the Colored people and they properly enough protested against his speaking in Chicago on "the race question," and the good ladies who were back of his proposed lecture here, and who are all, so far as we know, friendly to the Colored people, informed the Senator that it would be distasteful to them and hurtful to their neighbors, the Colored people of Chicago, for the race on the question of the races, and importuned him to select another and less objectionable subject. Tillman, to the surprise of many, acceded and sent in for his topic, "The Annexation of Cuba." The friendly white ladies, feeling that they had triumphed on behalf of the Colored neighbors and thinking that the Negroes would be elated over their victory for the race were at pains to inform the Colored people of what they had done and advised them to have no fears that the South Carolina blackguard would insult them, as they had his word for it that he would not allude to them in his talk. This seemed to give general satisfaction and the matter was dropped, as we thought, till after Tillman had demonstrated by his lecture whether he made his promise in good faith. We felt then, as we do now, that no interference on the part of the Negroes should have been offered to these ladies, as they certainly acted in good faith with us, until after the lecture was delivered. While not loving Tillman and having no respect for him, we felt that we owed this much to the refined ladies who openly protested that they had no intention of inviting the Senator here, because he opposed the Negro, and who ran the risk of losing the lecture altogether by asking him to change from his favorite subject. To us it seems unfortunate. When our relations to these plous, unselfish ladies in this matter is considered, that the alarm was raised at the time it was, and a large number of our best people aroused to that pitch which forced them to declare, in action at least, that they did not believe these ladies acted in good faith when they guaranteed that --- Tillman should not blackguard us. Whether by this blunder we have unwittingly alienated some of our best friends and sympathizers remains to be seen, but if we have not the remaining of the ladies as our friends will hardly be complimentary to our judgment and ability to trust true friends. Nobody who knows the Conservator will take this to mean that we are not in the fullest sympathy with every effort put forth by our brave race loving people to protect the interest of the race or that we wish to rebuke the good people, who, without considering what these good women had done and promised, publicly upbraided them for allowing Tillman to speak. We are proud of all such people and would the race had more of them; but, on the sober second thought, they all will agree with the Conservator that after these ladies had faithfully agreed to see to it that Tillman would not speak on the race question on his promise not to do so, unless we had other evidence that he would not keep his promises, we should have trusted them to carry out their pledge without our interference. This is right and reasonable, as we all felt that these good women meant no insult to our race. One of the leaders among these ladies in order to assure us that Tillman should not offer any insult to our race in that lecture sent us word that she would be present at the lecture and if at any stage of his talk Mr. Tillman spoke in a bad way of the Colored race she would rise in her seat then and there and demand that he stop it. These things were known to us all who, at the time it was announced Tillman would speak on "the race question," urged these good women not to allow it, and it is rather unfortunate that we so soon forget them and allowed ourselves to be frightened into interfering in a matter which had been settled as we had ordered it. We have thousands of good sympathetic, whole-souled white friends in Chicago and among them many of the Christian women interested in Senator Tillman's visit here, and they are far too valuable to us these trying times for us to ignore or cast aside under the influence of a thoughtless alarmist who has often said worse things of the best Colored people of Chicago—including our preachers and good women—than Tillman would dare say to our white friends.—The Conservator November 24th 1906. The latter part of September or early in October it was publicly announced that Benjamin R. Tillman, the South Carolina anarchist, was to follow on the heels of "The Clansman" and deliver one of his old time lectures in this city, November 27th, on the "Race" or the so-called "Negro Problem," for the benefit of the Chicago Union Hospital. CHICAGO, DECEMBER 15, 1906. [Name not visible in the image] EX-ALDERMAN JOHN H. JONES. Popular citizen, who has many warm friends among ing in all sections of this city, who are urging him to Mayor of Chicago in the Spring of 1907. Popular citizen, who has many warm friends among all the voters residing in all sections of this city, who are urging him to enter the race for Mayor of Chicago in the Spring of 1907. Shortly after that announcement appeared in the public press, it seems that Mrs. F. L. Barnett, Doctors Geo. C. Hall, Charles E. Bentley, pretty little Bob, Taylor, who would like to be white, if he could, and other pre-eminent leaders of the race in this city, implored Mrs. Celia Parker Woolley who seems to boss or lord it over all the Colored men and women who spend much of their time in hanging around the Frederick Douglass Center, to write a letter to Mrs. Keeler, or to Dr. E. E. Vaughan president of the Hospital in question protesting against permitting Senator Tillman speaking on his Negro Problem" in this city at this time. Mrs. Keeler or some of the dear sweet ladies of charity lied to Doctor Bentley, Hall, Col. D. R. Wilkins, pretty little Bob. Taylor and their followers, much faster than the boss devil can run. THE AFRO-AMERICANS RESIDING IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS., AND ASHBURY PARK, N. J., ROUTED REV. THOMAS DIXON AND HIS "CLANS-MAN." "The Clansman" Rev. Thomas Dixon's new play which is doing so much to stir up strife between the races in this country, was booked to play in Springfield, Mass., beginning Dec. 12. In time Mrs. Woolley's letter found its way into the columns of the Conservator and Mrs. Keeler, in the course of time also declared through the columns of the public press that "Senator Tillman had kindly consented to change his subject from the "Negro Question," to "The A- exation of Cuba" and at this announcement there was great rejoicing on the part of Doctors Bentley, Hall and their followers over the great victory which they had won, for it was given out that if "Senator Tillman, even attempted to say anything in his lecture against the Colored people that Mrs. Keeler, Miss McDowell, and the other ladies of sweet charity, would spring to their feet and close his foul mouth before he had time to say to "Hell with the Law." Under such happy conditions as these Mrs. Woolley, was hailed as the new Godess of liberty, and justice, and Dr. Bentely and our other eminent leaders resumed their dreaming. But our country head being extremely thick we could not see for the life of us how Senator Tillman, or any one else could lecture on Cuba, without dragging in the Negro, and time has proven that we were right in our contention in this respect, for among the first words uttered by Senator Tillman in his wild routings in Orchestra Hall, Tuesday evening November 27th, was that "he had not been requested to change his subject from the Negro Problem" to "The Anexation of Cuba" until Saturday evening November 24, which was just three days or nights before he appeared on the platform in Orchestra Hall. He also emphatically declared, that: "there was no difference between the two lectures that it would be impossible for him to speak on Cuba, without whacking the Negro over the head." Therefore it is self evident that for some cause or other Mrs. Woolley, arm friends among all the voters resid-are urging him to enter the race for Y. Mrs. Keeler or some of the dear sweet ladies of charity lied to Doctors Bentley, Hall, Col. D. R. Wilkins, pretty little Bob. Taylor and their followers, much faster than the boss devil can run. THE AFRO-AMERICANS RESIDING IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS., AND ASHBURY PARK, N. J., ROUTED REV. THOMAS DIX-ON AND HIS "CLANS- MAN" "The Clansman" Rev. Thomas Dixon's new play which is doing so much to stir up strife between the races in this country, was booked to play in Springfield, Mass., beginning Dec. 12, but the Colored people residing in that city, under the leadership of the ministers, and the Colored women composing the Laurel Literary Society, strongly protested to Mayor Dickinson, against permitting "The Clansman" from showing in that city, and after consulting with a few of his white friends, and after reading the book Mayor Dickinson ordered the play suppressed. At the same time declaring. "So far as I could find out "The Clansman" is an insult to the Colored race and I don't see how its production here could do any good." Last week "The Clansman" was to have shown in Asbury Park, N. J., but the Colored citizens residing in that beautiful little city, assembled in a mass meeting, declaring themselves against that infamous play, and calling on the Mayor in a set of radical resolutions to choke it off, and the Mayor assured his Colored fellow citizens that as "long as he was at the head of affairs in that city "The Clansman" would never be permitted to show in it." The resolutions set forth the fact that the "Clansman" engendered ill-feeling between the races and held the Colored race up to scorn. The committee consisted of Rev. J. P. Sampson, Andrew Robinson, R. S. Cottene, Frank H. Killey, Rev. J. D. Mead. The actions of the Colored people residing in those two cities and in other sections of the East, in relation to Rev. Thomas Dixon and his "Clansman," should cause Dr. Charles E. Bentley, Major Allen A. Wesley, pretty little Bob. Taylor, Dr. George C. Hall, Col. D. R. Wilkins, Col. Edward H. Morris and their followers to blush with shame for permitting themselves to be lulled into the belief by Mrs. Cella Parker Woolley that nothing could be done to prevent "The Clansman" from showing in Chicago. 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 !RVINE OREGON, MO. CHAPTER FIVE Readers may recall to mind that the mother of Ben was a very nervous anxious and Inquisitive person, not at all quick of apprehension. This latter characteristic may have resulted from her "previous condition," not for stupidity; and it often seemed comical or rather so to speak placed her in a comical light. The father of Ben, or Ben or as we may announce him, owned a small cottage residence in the suburbs. There had been a question about the marriage of a daughter, the only other child and some years younger than our Ben, a bright girl and much loved by her brother, to the son of a neighbor, old Quinet an immigrant from Hayti. This old Quinet was rather well to do in the world in comparison with most of the other of the Colored people of the city. He could also read and write; was vain of these acquirements and never lost a chance to let people know it. He preferred to give his views and opinions to his fellow creatures by word of pen instead of by word of mouth. He had sent a messenger with a note to "Signor Ben de Banneker" giving his views as to the prospective marriage of de signor ita Miss Susiana Ben de Banneker to his son, and heir signor Tom de Quinet. He never failed to use the "de" on the proper names of his correspondents; because he had some dim, foggy notion that it was a kind of title of honor. He had been known to prefix it to the given or baptismal name as "Mr de bill Smith." for example. The letter in question was as follows. But we must introduce it by referring again to the comical feolously shown by the mother of Ben over the intimacy and good understanding between him and his father. "What is it?" she exclaimed! "Where does it come from? Who wrote it? Tell me—O be quick." "No harm mother—don't be scared at every little thing. It is only about sister" said Ben. "O! so much the better, I do hope," replied she. "It is so strange! A letter always does make on me an effect I can't tell what." "Everything has that effect on you, my poor woman," said Ben, so putting his hand on her shoulder in a friendly way. "Come, read us that, Ben?" said his mother, "for after that I want to have a talk with you." "And I before he reads it" said the Elder to his wife "you remember, my woman, about our little wars we had with each other when I sent the boy to school to learn how to read and write? Do you mind it, hey?" "O! about little wars Ben, Banneker! Do I remember? I believe we always had the little wars as you call 'em, and I think we always will have them," she replied. "We started from that time old gal, I tell you," "Ben Banneker I tell you when it was! It was on one Sunday of a cold winter in, on the day of the birth of this dear child in a year of seventeen hundred, and I think I ought to knew that anyhow." "O! the dev— that is not the question. Do you think I wanted to make him go to school as soon as he was born?" "Well! Well!--don't get mad, and sware Ben Banneker before our child," said she in a coaxing way. "Well, well too say I, you will put me in the wrong. But no matter—there, there old mother, You was indeed very sick; doctor said languish. The baby was dying and you would nurse it yourself. That was not the way to strengthen either of you. I held out for to put him with a great stout nurse in the country. Both of you improved. oYu did so especial—see your good old fat face in the glass and say if I am wrong." "No! No! This time you was right, but the others—" "See now how you chatter! When our Ben ,was only 6 years old and I would send him to school to learn to read and write what did you say then?" "I said that he had no need and I say yet the same—as I can not read, nor can you yourself Ben Banneker, no more than can my mother nor could yours, nor could our fathers, and yet we have all of us lived well till now" "very good! Let it be so, as I have told you. Here is this letter to me about our own business I believe. If our Ben can not read let us go to some neighbor to have him read it. Come now, let us go to Sally Rush, she can read, or, as you don't like her, we will go to a Justice of Peace. Come on." Old Ben started up and he began to pull at her dress, crying—"come on none of us can read this letter—may be in place of ordering for me a good job of work it has some slander of our girl. Let us go and have it read before the neighbors and they can go chattering and shaking their heads all over town. Don't you see or won't you see.——" "Yes, yes, Ben, you are right," she submitted. "Well then read the letter, be it of good or bad news,' said the father with no little anxiety showing in his manner. Young Ben began: "From the Signor De Quinet, Land Lord and Merchant, to his good friend the Signor Ben de Banneker "began young Ben to read. "But I say Ben—who is this debannicker?" Exclaims the mother. "Hist, be quiet. It may be by morning we can find out if not now—Hush up, or we can never get at it." "At what?" "I tell you to listen—not a word more. Read on. "My very good friend! Your daughter Signorita de Banneker is a most excellent young lady." "He had better not speak bad of our girl" muttered Mrs. B. "Now again! For Gods sake let the boy finish." Young Ben continued to read on. "Your daughter is a mighty good girl. Instead I don't know a better one. She is wise and careful and saving. My son has noticed this like every one that knows here—as I myself believe her to be. He is determined to espouse her." "To espowzeer! what?. The villain! Ben Banneker if you stand this, I will not" Let me—" ! "For gods sake woman, are you crazy? Ha, ha, ha,—I see now how it is. It proves again that it is best not to be able to read or write. But the 一 No. 8 Will promigrate and at all times phandle the true principles of Democracy, but Gasolio, Protestanta, Paiva, Indela, Farmer, Single Taxa, Repubblicana, Knight, Labor, or any one of the long, high language is proper and responsibilty is fixed. The Broad. *Broad* is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago IL as Second-class Matter. 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 708, 171 Washington street, Phone Main 4153. Residence 4856 Langley avenue, Phone Drexel 6302. ASSAULTS HIS OWN DAUGHTER. A White Man Committe An Assault On His Own Daughter in Alabama. JURY WAS OUT SIXTEEN HOURS. Is Given a Sentence of Fifty Years in the Penitentiary. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 1—"The jury in the case of Eugene Dowling, a carpenter, charged with criminally assaulting his beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Daisy, after being out sixteen hours, returned a verdict of guilty this morning and sentenced Dowling to fifty years. An appeal will be taken." The above shows the consistency of the law, and the utter lack of any inclination on the part of the people to give justice to a Negro. Right in the state of Alabama, at Montgomery where lynching is a paramount feature and a recognized law of the people of that State for the punishment of criminal assault, where the life of a Negro has been counted no more than the slaughter of a beef, and now right in their midst a white man commits one of the most beastly crimes that has ever been recorded in the category of crimes and that is criminal assault on his 16-year-old daughter and he is allowed to go all through a lengthy trial without being in any way molested by the terrors of a mob. We have no knowledge of any violence being threatened. It certainly must be a "brute" clothed in human likeness that would commit such a crime as this and if ever the wisdom of Alabama, needed to condone mob violence, it would be in this case. The crime is too low, too brushful for any rational person to conceive of. That man should be hanged or put in a place beyond the hope of ever returning. He has put his own young daughter upon the stage of curiosity and gossip, many a finger will point at her as "Thats the girl her father criminally assaulted." What a fiendish crime. ! ! ! —The Herald, Chattanooga, Tenn. HOLDS WHITES RESPONSIBLE Mrs. Kate Kinsey Brook Talks of the Race Problem. Responsibility for the race problem rests not upon the Negro-but upon the white people, according to Mrs. Kate Kinsey Brook, who expressed these views yesterday afternoon before the Anthropological society at the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Brook, who has spent many years in the south, also said that a southern white man had the same sense of enjoyment at a Negro lynching as he had at a cock fight. "White women of the south are largely responsible for the injustice done to the Negro," continued the speaker. "A southern woman will often work herself into a nervous state over some reported crime and then if she chances to meet an inoffensive Negro she will immediatescream for aid. Should the woman faint the Negro is sure to be lynched by the incensed whites. Many an innocent Colored man and boy has been the victim of the stake and rope."—The Chicago Chronicle, Dec. 10. WHAT WILL ROOSEVELT SAY TO THIS? Lafayette, La., Dec. 3.—One Negro dead, several wounded and a score robbed of teams and belongings is the result of a raid by a band of 100 masked and armed whitecaps Saturday night at Carenro, near here. The little town was virtually in the hands of the raiders all night, and the lone officer on duty there was put to flight. The whitecaps, with masks over their faces and each armed with a pistol and rifle, styled themselves "regulators." They were all mounted and they have thrown this section into a reign of terror—Ex. A The Men's Sunday Forum celebrated the birthday of John Brown at the Buckingham Cafe, 3223 State St., Tuesday evening, December 11, and it was an occasion long to be remembrered. Is it the hands of Etheopia that is stretching forth to the Almighty God that seems to disturb the world's peace at this time? or what is it, watchman what is it? The repast that tickled the palates of the invited guests consisted of the following menu: Soup a Reine, Roast Fowl, Imperial Cape Cod's Pride Sauce, Potato Roses, Green Peas, Macedoine Salad Dessert: Vanilla Cream, Coffee Noir. Standing with bowed heads, weighty with the spirit of the occasion, the host sang as it was never sang before, "John Brown's Body Lies Moulding in the Tomb," which must have made the spirit of that patriot saint move in humble submission before its Maker for the work so well done by Him whose effectiveness still lives after him. As the rap of the baton seated its Host the toastmaster said, "Gentlemen on behalf of the Men's Sunday Forum I welcome you to this event given in this city, the City of liberty, to the glorious Executionor of John Brown." dered in honor of the memory of John Brown: Toast Master .....S. Laing Williams The Man, John Brown..A. H. Roberts The Spirit of John Brown..J. E. White Original Poem—The Martyr.... .....James Edgar French The Black Men Who Followed.... .....Thomas Pearson Our Inheritance .....Walter M. Farmer Negro Citizenship .....E. E. Wilson Who Next? .....W. H. A. Moore Mr. A. H. Roberts—Mr. Toastmaster and Gentleman: In rising to express my deep sense of gratitude, at which time we come together in the memory of him, the greatest of men, anywhere in this country upon its corners if you should perchance ask one of your little boys if he knew John Brown, equally as well as they could tell you the day when Lincoln was born, their answer would be as correctly received of this patriot. We are proud to know that the race is quickening the sleeping conscience of the public, and is healing the diseases of the commonwealth. He was born in Connecticut, learned the tanner's trade. His personal appearance can be best told by a description given him by Fred Douglass in 1859: "In person he was lean, grey eyes, wore leather kid boots, was as straight as a mountain, his hair slightly grey, his face was forcibly shaved, his steps like a race horse step, but the greatest hero America ever knew. Yes, slavery by him was hard hit. Went to Kansas and opposed the southern policy. He struggled to prevent slavery. This man's defense of Ossawatomie against a force fifteen times greater than his own proved his courage, his valor and his love for country and freedom for his fellowman. A clipping just found told the story of a "Negro" woman who gave 40,000 to the cause. He believed that he had a right to do what he did. The blood that he shed brought forth freedom for four millions, hence who knew then what his purpose was? This might be called madness by some So may we call madness the 600. All has been erased that was mortal of him but he still lives. He lives with Lovejoy and Lincoln. Silence comes when little children behold the form of John Brown the saint, John Brown the martyr, John Brown the Patriot. While we gentlemen are learning more about men may we learn with him, that to defend our rights we too must, if need be, shed our blood and die. While his soul goes marching on." J. E. White spoke in part as follows: "Gentlemen of the Forum, there are times when two things of a man lives His spirit and his deeds. One of the greatest objects for which John Brown had in mind was the making effective one of the incorporated clauses of the Constitution that gave us protection of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We know that he knew that his little rebellion could not overcome the state of Virginia, but as he labored for freedom that others might follow his footsteps and act, and carry their actions on to completion, which they did. The door of of freedom was opened, but it has been closed.* We say that we are free, but, gentlemen, we are not free. We ar today slaves, slaves to prejudice, slaves to the lust, and passions of others. Let us rise and throw off the yoke, and cast aside this enemy as did John Brown. In accumulating property, saving our honor and providing for those who are dependent upon us." Mr. Pearson had this to say in honor of the occasion: "Gentlemen, they say that John Brown failed. Suppose that he did fail. Liberty knows nothing but victory. They say that his attempt was unsuccessful, but the history of the civilized world has proved him worthy the Patriot. But suppose that his little band of 17 whites and 6 or 7 Blacks did fail they stood for justice. There never was a race who cut off its own chains and bounded to freedom against odds but one and they the Hatians." Walter M. Farmer followed Mr. Pearson as follows: "The inheritance that comes to us from the life and character, through the life and character of John Brown, was the embodiment of human liberty. He felt that God had set him apart to bring liberty to four million slaves and he went about it without any hesitation. What we have left from a sacredness and devotion is the spirit of a dogged determination in the face of the most trying obstacles. In Missouri in Springdale and Tabor, O., he was unmovable for liberty. The four million for whom he died caught the spirit like the mighty number in the South land, too numerous to be overthrown too generous to be destroyed, notwithstanding he went about as if God had provided the seed which knows no cringing to obstacles. I can see it in these men's faces here assembled what a dogged spirit like that of John Brown can do for a people. How John Brown has mastered the condition to free the Negro will show in proportion as we with right and justice as a race make the sacrifice with our lives, we will not share the true spirit of John Brown. I want us to know that there is no right ever so small that should not be defended. There is no right however small, that is not worthy to live and die for. His star is now pointing us onward, onward, until we reach his goal. When he struck that blow he did not fail. He did not fail." E. E. Wilson was the next speaker and he said: "Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen, I never look around and see an audience like this that I do not conclude that the average southerner is akin to the devil. I say that there has never come about a condition so anomalous, a condition which has put such men down as Tillman, Vardaman, Gorman, Bailey and Davis. The history of these United States is too well known. Yea, the Boston massacre is too well known to be repeated. Think of the citizenship of the Negro annulled by the men of South Carolina because he voted to consistently one way. What is citizenship? A right that gives a man all the privileges that it gives to every other man It gives him the right of franchise. The U. S. Court some time ago, declared that no man could defend his property his wife, his life without the right to vote. But the south will never cease to disfranchise us, until our leaders quit selling us out. We must do as they are doing all over this country. Pole Swede, Jews, Irish, 10,000,000 strong care for justice to put its hands upon the throat of Vardaman and Tillman and get them to understand that one law for all must prevail. Mr. W. H. A. Moore was the last speaker, and he said: "What next, Gentlemen. We prate about dying, but do not want to die. Whether we have as high appreciation of the duties evolved upon us, recent occurrences show that we do. By thinking together we have buried any number of hatchets. This ten years ago would have seemed impossible. I put my shoulder to your shoulder, my heart to your heart, my soul to your soul, my thoughts to your thoughts for this grand race of ours. The story of "Urgander" who directed the adventure seeker for the truth of the birth of civilization, pointed with her finger down the Nile and said from there did she arise and from me she is passing on in to eternity. It passed from us to be returned. We next. The following were persons occupying seats around the banquet tables: J. Gray Lucas, Benj. F. Simpson, D. A. McGowan, C. E. Doswell, Rev. H. E. Stewart, Morris Lewis, A. Burton, Walter M. Farmer, A. P. Flynn, Jas Brown, Thomas Pearson, H. A. Rhea Marion F. Hussie, W. H. Riley, Maj J. C. Buckner, A. H. Roberts, R. M Mitchell, Edw. D. Green, J. E. White W. H. A. Moore, Jas. Marsell, J. B Hart, Edward E. Wilson, J. S. Madden O. DePriest, L. Perriber, W. H. Curd Geo. F. Ecton, P. M. Wolridge, James E. French, M. A. Majors, M. D., Jas W. Woodlee, F. L. Barnett, D. I. R Robinson, L. W. Washington, Louis B Anderson, E. H. Wright, Rufus Estes John N. Roberts, J. T. H. Woods, Wf. Davis, Chas. H. Upton Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 8.—Because of the refusal of the Montgomery Traction Company to obey the new "Jim Crow" law, every car operated was stopped by the arrest of the general manager of the company and several motormen and conductors. The law requires that every car shall carry either whites or blacks exclusively and be labeled "White" or "Colored." The company asserts that it is impossible to obey the law, as it has not enough ears. After a delay of an hour an injunction was granted against the city by the City Court on the ground that the law could not be kept and traffic was resumed. man means to marry our girl—to make her his wife. His wife, wife, wife." crying it in her ear as if she were deaf. "Never mind now ole' man—ha, ha, ha" she replied littering and laughing moderately. "Now you understand it and if you will let the boy read it out." "Yes Ben I see! Our girl will marry this young man—the son of such a rich man—O! I am glad. I give my consent. You will do so too my man, and you too little Ben—eh?" she said looking at the young Ben. "But mother" said our Ben, the thing don't seem to turn on our consent. He had quietly read to the end during the little spat between his parents—with a sentiment of surprise and sadness expressed on his fine countenance, bright with intellect. The parents also became silent as though impressed by the feelings of their son. Ben proceeded and thus finished the Ben proceeded and thus finished the reading to his hearers. "I write to you to tell you this all and besides that I shall not give my consent to any such marriage. It is not because the Seniorita Miss Susianna Ben de Banneker is daughter of a master plasterer that I object to her as a wife to my son. I have no prejudices. "Why—why—the old villian! our girl not——" exclaimed the mother "Hush—sh—quiet, do be still." soothingly said Ben the father. "No prejudices—all conditions are good I believe that of a master in your trade as good as any. But I recognize only two kinds of men in this world—men with the money and men without it, I won't say I esteem one more than the other—nor that I respect one and despise the other. I don't esteem nor despise, but I go with the rich and I leave the others alone on one side—that's all. Its my way, so when I find two roads on my journey I take the easier, on which are less rocks and holes. As to men the better, easier, have the most money. Yay.eh5!c'&e—ratthe5 kf:JJ—em. C g "Ben—let me speak out or I shall bust—he makes me so mad." "No, No, old girl—here I will hold you tight so you won't bust," exclaimed he ruscurrender and pressing her up closely. "Go ahead son." "See why my dear Signor Mr. Ben de Banneker, I beg of you to close your doors and forbid my son from your house—so that not seeing the signorita Miss Susiana he shall learn to forget her. Accept dear Signor Ben de Banneker my regrets you are not more rich and present my respect to your very respectable spouse for me. I have the honor to be, as they always put it, I don't know why, at the end of letters, with the very highest, etc., etc." Yours very humble and most obedient servant. The Signor Ben de Quinet. Delivered by the hand of the young Signor Ben de Banneker. "He may go to the devil for an insolvent old jackass" said the father, who though slow to anger and very amiable in temper was now angry indeed as he thought of his dear daughter. As to the wife, suffocated as they had been during the reading of this letter she remained a moment silent as if annihilated—then the violence of her excitable nature got sway and she broke out. O! He don't know but two kinds of men—ah—Ben. Banneker! If you was worth anything as a man you would soon show that old Dan signor as he calls himself that there is a third kind of man—a man with a fist who knows how to knock with it—as our old Dutch neighbor cals it—"mak heem smell de hell mit it." "In the first place, woman! I tell you mine are not any too strong to go into such a fight, and besides it is a poor way of marrying off girls to their sparks—by pounding their daddies, nor would it knock any sense into a fool if one was ever so strong. why do you keep working at the letter yet, Ben. have 'not you read it all' God knows you read enough," said the addressing the son who seemed plumged in a deep study. "No, father—there is a post scriptum." "And what song does it sing this your pot—pot—blessed if. I know what?" asked the mother. "See here" said Ben "all is not so hopeless and if my sister loves him—but listen to this post scriptum by this queer old fellow." "As I have reflected over all the facts and consider that your daughter is a most excellent worker, very industrious, prudent, careful and in such case carries a good property in her hands, see now here is what I demand for the remainder of her marriage dower from you" a small affair as you will see as to price, but I will not agree at less and I will call your daughter mine in law—besides as I already love her as if she was my own in truth. "You must promise to give to her, after your death and after your wifes decease also, the home your now occupy and which belongs to you—but while awaiting that time and may it be long. (To be continued.) THE NEGRO IN MUSIC. The dispatches recently announced the death of Flora Batson, who was well known on the concert stage of "the Black Patti." Her death brings to mind the extraordinary career of another Colored singer, "the Black Swan," who a generation ago achieved brilliant success which was far from being due entirely to the peculiar advertising methods of Barnum, her manager. And to go a little further back, memory recalls "Blind Tom," who without eyes and without instruction performed feats in harmony, counterpoint, and playing which astonished learned musical scholars and artists and have never been astisfactorily explained. There have been excellent singers and instrumentalists among the Negroes, but the success of the three mentioned particularly shows what that race might do in music with proper industry and incentive. Nature has already given the Negro the qualities of the singing voice, an intuitive correctness of tempo, and an enthusiastic love of the art. And it is the art in which thus far the race has shown the greatest capabilities—to a far greater degree, indeed, than in literature, painting, or statuary. It is also to be taken into account that there is no prejudice against the Negro in music. The concerts of the three musicians mentioned were attended by large and fashionable white audiences which were as lavish with their applause and as generous in their appreciation as if the singers had been the petted prime donne of the opera or concert stage Theodore Thomas, severe as he was in his tastes, did not consider that he was letting down his standard in the least when he selected instrumental numbers for his orchestra from the works of the black Coleridge Taylor. There seems to be a field for the Negro in music which has not yet been sufficiently utilized. He undoubtedly can take a high place in it if he will cultivate his natural abilities. He need not fear that race prejudice will antagonize him. Music is the universal art and language and begins where speech ends. The Negro should have more to say in it.-The Chicago Tribune, December 9. SAYS NEGRO WANTS JUSTICE Booker Washington Asserts Black Man Does Not Desire Social Equality. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 9—Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute, addressed large gatherings of Negroes in this city today at the invitation of the Civic league, an association composed of prominent white and Negro citizens of Atlanta. He said: "An element that has kept the two races from cooperating has been the constant threat of Negro domination. I do not hesitate to say that the Negro has no ambition to mingle socially with the white race, neither has he any ambition to dominate the white man in political matters. What the Negro is interested in is that individually he and his family shall receive justice." It is simply amazing to us to think that Booker T. Washington has the nerve and the gall to shoot off his mouth in relation to the Negro not desiring social or political equality with the whites, when we take into consideration the fact that each and every one of his children have received all their education in the best white schools and colleges in the Northern states and in Europe and whenever the great beggar or wizard of Tuskegee comes up North for the purpose of spending some of his ill gotten gains. He always stops in the leading hotels conducted for white people in Chicago and in other sections' of the West, North and East, and he has not only dined with President Roosevelt, but also with some of the biggest white millionaires and their families in this country, who have made their money by robbing the sick and the poor. But as Booker T. Washington is a good white man's "Nigger," and not a common black "Nigger," he naturally feels that ordinary Colored people have no right to aspire to social and political equality with the whites! REV. M. E. L HILL CONTINUES TO MEET WITH SUCCESS IN HER CHURCH WORK As Pastor of Queen Esther, the first Church of the Women's Evangelistic Union of America, 5253 Dearborn St. Mrs. M. E. L. Hill continues to meet with much success. Within the past 4 months she has paid $510 on the church property, and there are one hundred and fifty-nine members belonging to her church and by Janet she expects to have the new pool completed which will be used for washing all the dirt from the sinners whenever they come forward to work for the Lord. Services each Sunday and throughout the week are as follows: Prayer Meeting ..... 6 10 8 a.m. Praeching services ..... 11 10 12 a.m. Sunday school ..... 12 30 13:30 p.m. Praise services ..... 2 10 5 p.m. Christian endeavor ..... 6 10 7:30 p.m. Praeching by the 8 p.m. Tuesday night altar prayer meeting the poor saints' treasure... 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday night, Bible class ... 8 to 10 p.m. Friday night class meeting for pastor's table ... 8 to 10 p.m. All are welcome. BOSTON WOMAN TO WED NEGRO High Society Flyer Will Marry Harvard Negro Student. Special to the Citizen. Boston, Friday—Not in recent years has the announcement of an engagement created such a sensation in Boston's most exclusive social circles as that of Mrs. Mavarene Kennedy to Rev. Clarence B. Thompson, a student at Harvard, who recently accepted a call to the pulpit of the First Unitarian Church of Peabody, Mass. While a man of education and refinement and apparently a Caucasian, it is not a secret among his friends that Thompson is of African descent, and that a trace of Negro blood flows in his veins. Mrs. Kennedy is a woman of great literary ability and moves in the most exclusive social circles of the Hub. She is the author of many successful novels and short stories, and is a frequent lecturer before Boston women clubs. In these addresses she has often testified to her belief in social equality, regardless of race or color, but few of her friends believed that she would have the courage to put her theories into practice. The Citizen, Memphis, Tenn. TERRIBLE CHARGE. BAKER ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING DEAF AND DUMB WOMAN. James Cavender is Locked Up, and is Identified by Victim of Alleged Assault. Accused of the terrible crime of criminal assault, James Cavender, 32 years old, is jocked up in a cell at the police station. E. Watson, a deaf and dumb Negro, is the prosecutor, the alleged victim being his wife, Grace Watson, who is also deaf and dumb. Cavender is a baker, and has been employed at a bakery on Third avenue. A State warrant was sworn out by the husband of the woman, and he was arrested by Patrolmen Sanders and Gorey when he reported for work on Wednesday afternoon. The alleged crime was committed on Sunday night, when the woman was returning to her room at 187 Jefferson street. She claimed that her assailant was standing behind a tree, and as she was passing along the street that he came out, and seized her. Being afflicted she could make no outcry, and she was dragged to one side of the street, and stated that she was criminally assaulted. After Cavender was arrested she went to the police station, and after looking at him made known the fact that she had identified him. The woman told her husband of the assault, and stated that she could identify her assailant. The woman and her husband were educated at the State School for the Deaf and Dumb at Knoxville, and both are regarded as honest and industrious. The victim of the assault is a house girl for a prominent family, and was returning from her work at the time of the alleged crime—The Globe, Nashville Tenn. Dec. 8. It is almost useless to state that Mr. Cavender is a white gentleman, and that no attempt was made to mob or lynch him for assaulting a poor deaf and dumb Colored woman, but if he was a Negro, and his victim was a white woman, he would have been burned at the stake for his henious crime and chunks of his half baked flesh would have been sold to the highest bidders for cash. This plainly reminds us that after all, it depends upon whose ox is gored. 500 Rooms wanted at once in respectable homes with modern improvements in city and suburbs by the First National Rooming Association, 3159 State Street. SIREA NAVARRA. Written, staged and acted by Negroes, "The Shoo-fly Regiment" which will be presented at the Columbus theatre the week of December 16th headed by Cole and Johnson furnishes excellent entertainment. The cast is made up of the foremost Colored actors of the stage. All of the principles acquit themselves in a most pleasing manner and gives fine interpretations of the purely Negro characterizations presented in this unique piece. Cole and oJhnson have become famous the country over as vaudevillians. Now that they have undertaken something more approaching the legitimate, from the success of this piece it seems they will be equally successful. The music and comedy are of the kind that really entertain the audience. The stage settings and costuming was done by the best artists and is all that could be desired in that line. Owing to the distinctively military atmosphere of the piece, a military evening during the engagement has been arranged for the 8th Ill. Rejment, Col. Jno. The charge of "cowardice" brought against the Mayor of Chicago because he refused to preside at the Tillman "charity lecture" in Chicago has nothing to do with the merits of the case. This Mayor Dunne has shown in his explanation. Senator Tillman is attempting systematically and in his own peculiar ways to force himself on the attention of the whole country; not as a Senator from South Carolina, not as a representative of any Southern State or of any State or of the American mind of the United States, but as an open advocate of mobs and lynching. The worst form of cowardice is that which refuses to trust civilization and the methods of civilization. Tillman has made this "great refusal." His appeal is openly and boldly to barbarism and the methods of barbarism. No one who has the courage of the conviction that civilization can be trusted can take sides with him or even appear to do so.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. THE GREATEST VIOLINIST OF THE RACE. Mr. Alfredo Vialet, of Havana, Cuba, will appear in a Violin Recital, Wednesday, December 19th, at Bethel Church, assisted by Mr. George W. Balmbridge, (leading tenor of St. James Episcopal Church). Admission 35 cents. Julius N. Avendorph, Mgr. 500 Beautifully furnished rooms to rent on any street and in any section of the city you desire to locate. Information given Free of charge at the First National Roaming Association, 3159 State Street. COLE & JOHNSON. "THE GREAT REFUSAL." with Cole and Johnson in the Shoe . Week Sun, Mat. December 16th. Marshall, Comanding, for Tuesday, Dec. 18th when the entire regiment will attend the performance in uniform. The gold lace and brass buttons of the regiment in the audience will prove a most interesting sight as well as a most distinctively social feature ever given in a first class theatre at a play of this kind. On this evening the theatre will be appropriately decorated with the colors of the regiment and the national colors, which will bring out the strong patriotic sentiment that pervades the performance of "The Shoo-fly Regiment." The officers and men of the 9th and 10th Calvary stationed at Fort Riley, Junction City, Kan., attended the performance in the manner mentioned above and the entire company was afterwards by special invitation entertainment at the barricks. After having witnessed the performance of "The Shoo-fly Regiment" and making a mental comparison with those that have gone before, one is prepared to very readily admit that it is at least by far the best of its kind that has been given to the stage by a Colored organization. FIRST ANNUAL GRAND BALL BY THE SLEEPING CAR PORTERS COLISEUM ANNEX. Thursday evening December 20. The Sleeping Car Porters, voluntary subscription fund association, will give their-first annual grand ball at the Coliseum Annex, and it promises to be a very fine affair, Admission 50 cents. Music by the Eighth Regiment Band. It will be in charge of the following officers and members. Sylvester Archer, Pres.; Spencer Watt, Gen. Sec.; S. U. Wilson, Treas; Chas Pitts, Al. Hundley, Geo. Height, Hancey Montejoy, W. A. Basemore, Perry Bright, M. C. Pryor. "Of course Dudley's married. Didn't you know that?" "No. Why, he said he wouldn't marry the best woman on earth"—"Yes, and he kept his word."—Catholic Standard and Times. Same Old Bluff. Her Husband (during the spat)—But you promised to obey me at the marriage altar. His Wife—Oh, that was only a bluff. I didn't want to make a scene in church.—Houston Post. A Suggestion. Tailor—No money again and just for a beggarly pair of trousers. Must I come here nine times? Student—Well, then, make me a whole suit, and it will be worth the trouble.—Khikerki. Willing to Be Caught. "Now, Miss Passy," said Jokeley, "I'm going to ask you a catch question." "Oh, Mr. Jokeley," tittered Miss Passy coyly, "this is no sudden!"—Philadelphia Press. A Tartar. Same Old Bluff. CHIPS Married Dec. 4, Dr D. H. Anderson and Mrs. V. N. Blackwell. Dr. L. N. Bundy dentist has opened an office at 3221 State st. Mrs. Jos. Owen 412 W. Madison st., is confined to his bed with pneumonia. All the federal prisoners at Joliet have been transferred to Fort Levenworth. Mr. Edward Hawkins 3232 Wabash ave., will spend Xmas week visiting Mr. Brown in Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. John Corbin has resigned his position as mall carrier at the Armour Station due to failing health. Dr. Al W. Mercer 674 Grand ave., expects to spend the holidays with his relatives in Cleveland, O. Dr. Bass has completed his apprenticeship at Provident Hospital and is contemplating locating ni Chicago. Mrs. Wm. Sommers 2314 Dearborn st., is confined to his bed with a dislocation of his hip, caused by a fall. Mr. Frank Waring after a leaf of absence for one year has gone back to delivering the mail for Uncle Sam. Col and Mrs. John R. Marshall 3630 Calumet ave., will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary Friday evening, December 21st. Edward Tiderington who still has charge of the Harrison street Police station, has fully recovered from a slight spell of sickness. Mrs. Maud Currey McKinley-Hare of Boston, well known in Chicago, was operated for appendicitis last week, and is steadily improving. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bauch envite your inspection to their rooms for rent hot and cold water baths; reasonable rate at 5511 Lake av., 2st flat. Mrs. M. Connors and daughter Helen of Springfield, O., will be the guests of Mrs. Fanny Clay 4819 Champlain ave., during the holidays. Mrs. C. H. Anderson 4206 Langley ave., fell from a State st., car Tuesday. Though her injuries were slight she is confined to her home. "The Bachelor Club" have extended a number of invitations for their "First Informal" at Douglas Club Dec. 17. The Physicians Club have reorganized and will hold their first meeting of the season at the Columbia Cafe. Friday night, where they will have a smoker and lunch. The Phyllis Wheatley Club will hold a Holiday Shop at the residence of Mrs. Sarah Hart, 3162 Armour ave., Dec. 20 at 8 p. m. All holiday goods will be on sale. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Pres.; Mrs. Jessie Taylor Johnson, Sec.; Mrs. Ethel Robinson, chairman. Mr. and Mrs. David Manson, entertained a Box Party, at the Pekin Theatre Saturday evening December 8, the party consisted of the following persons. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gray Lucas, Mr and Mrs. Julius N. Avendorph, Mrs. H. J. Bolden, Mrs. A. W. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Lawrence. The majority of the race is offering up prayers and supplications to the congress and the President to have the order of dismissal of the Colored soldiers reversed. Up to the present time we have failed to hear one word of protest from Booker T. Washington. What in the devil has he done, or intends to do?—The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. "The Clansman" is certainly bad when the Atlanta Constitution denounces it as an incendiary appeal to a dangerous and unwelcome race prejudice, and cals upon Dixon to withdraw it from the stage. No respectable community should permit it to be presented. "The Clansman" should be given a knock-out rap whenever it pokes up its slimy head.-Richard W. Thompson in The Freeman. The trustees of the Catholic University of Washington, D. C., completed the organization of a Catholic Negro bureau, whose work will be along lines similar to the work of the Catholic Indian bureau in the west. Rev. F. Burke, pastor of the St. Benedict, the Moor, (Negro) church in New York City will have charge of the bureau. The directors are Cardinal Gibbons, chairman; Archbishops Ryan and Farley and Bishop Byrne, of Nashville, Teen; and Bishop Allen of Mobile, Ala.—Er. --- WASHINGTON LETTER Any person who wishes to buy four elephants at a bargain probably can be accommodated by applying to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Reynolds. As an inducement Mr. Reynolds will throw in a guarantee that these animals are reasonably well trained. A man named Thompson brought three elephants in by way of New York in August, 1905, for exhibition purposes and, not being very well acquainted with the tariff law, valued them at $6,000. The Dingley law in one of its innocent paragraphs, after fixing the duty on horses, sheep, hogs and cattle at specific amounts in each case, lumps everything else under "animals not otherwise specially provided for" and assesses a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem. In this particular case it meant an expenditure for Mr. Thompson of $1,200. Elephanta Rother Officials. Subsequently Mr. Thompson took his elephants to Canada and then brought them back by way of Buffalo. Having grown wise, as he thought, Mr. Thompson placed a valuation of $2,300 on his elephants. The customs inspector at Buffalo, not much of an elephant expert, either, ran the valuation up to $4,000, and pending the decision of the authorities the animals were permitted to be taken into the state. The authorities investigated the matter and found that the owner had asked $10,000 for the three elephants just before bringing them back into the United States. Another provision of the Dingley law confacates articles imported when the valuation placed upon them is 50 per cent less than their real value. Mr. Thompson had violated this provision of the law, and the customs officers seized the animals. Cats In High Pover In Capital If the love for cats continues to grow the White House prohibition relating to dogs will have to be extended to include the tables. Even men in Washington are not averse to showing their liking for the cat. Guests in the home of Admiral Dewey must make the acquaintance of a big Manx cat, usually stretched before the open fire. Mrs. Elkins has a bobtail cat, named Togo because it was born on the day of that Jap's big sea fight. The Roosevelt children took to the White House from Oyster Bay a pretty Maltese to take the place of their six toed cat, which died last spring. The newcomer wanders around the mansion and the executive office and frequently strolls into the cabinet room when councils are in session and sits on the hearth, yawning in a way that sensitive statesmen might consider positively insulting. Engine Smoke Barred. Steam engines will be prohibited entrance to the District of Columbia on the completion of the new Union station in Washington. The commissioners of the District of Columbia recently took final action in an order prohibiting the use of anything except electric engines in drawing trains into the new Union station. This applies to all railroads entering the city and is made in the interest of the antismoke crusade which has been waged here for several years. There is already a law imposing heavy fines on perpetrators of the smoke nuisance. For Sanitary Dairies. Strict regulations for the government of dairymen and dairies is embodied in a bill which has been drafted by Health Officer Woodward and approved by Commissioner Macfarland. The proposed bill provides that no person shall sell milk or cream or hold, offer or produce milk or cream for sale as such or after being manufactured into any food or drink for sale in the District without a permit to do so from the health officer. Before granting a permit the health officer must be satisfied of the healthfulness of the cows and of the cleanliness and character of all apparatus and utensils used in connection with the dairy and with the delivery of the milk. Milk Must Be Pure. Provisions are also made for the revocation of a permit from any person who sells or offers for sale any milk or cream which has been exposed to infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, smallpox, splenic fever, tuberculosis or typhoid fever so as to render its distribution dangerous to public health. Inspectors of the health department under the authority of the new bill are to be permitted to enter and inspect all places in the District where milk or cream is sold. Any milk which is found to contain a preservative, coloring matter or gross dirt or filth may be treated by the health officer with some nonpoisonous, odorous substance or coloring matter so as effectually to prevent the sale thereof for use by human beings. December Weather Record. The weather bureau has just issued a statement showing the weather conditions in the District of Columbia for the month of December during the last thirty-five years. The warmest December during that period was in 1889, with an average of 46 degrees. The coldest was in 1876, with an average of 26 degrees. The highest temperature was 73 degrees above zero on Dec. 4, 1878, and the lowest was on Dec. 31, 1880, when the thermometer registered 13 degrees below zero. The greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any twenty-four consecutive hours (the record extending to the winter of 1884-85 only) was ten inches on Dec. 26, 1890. The highest velocity of wind during these thirty-five years was forty-nine miles from the west on Dec. 9, 1878. CARL SCHOFIELD. FACTS IN FEW LINES An inch of rain equals eleven and one-third inches of snow. Not a child is working in any cigar factory in New England. Bome has a water supply of 200,000,000 gallons a day, London only 160,000,000 and Paris 90,000,000. The Ceylon pearl fishing season lasts only three or four weeks, but during that time 22,000,000 oysters are brought to the surface. The state of Mississippi has effected an increase of about $12,000,000 in the amount of taxable property in the state by a recent readjustment in the assessment of railroads. The first issue of a new paper under the name of the Indian Christian Newspaper has appeared in Calcutta. It is to be published monthly, but will not be the organ of any particular body of Christians. Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the tenement house committee of the Charity Organization society, declares that a close canvass shows that there are in New York tenements 357,000 rooms that have no windows. The famous sycamore tree at Heliopolis, in the suburbs of Cairo, beneath whose shades the holy family is said to have found shelter after the flight into Egypt, has fallen, but trees descended from it remain. Shares in a Japanese fishing company have all been sold, and two fishing boats, each of 140 tons, are being built at Tokyo. Upon their completion cod-fishing after the American method will be started in the Okhotsk sea. The strong feature of the New South Wales liquor law is that when a person is found on licensed premises during prohibited hours he must go before the court and prove himself to be a traveler or regular boarder or submit to a fine. A Portland (Me.) company has contracted to build a standpipe in Biddeford, Me. This standpipe will be the largest and strongest one ever built in New England. It is to be made of steel and will be sixty feet in diameter and fifty feet in height. Married men are the most reliable in the opinion of a Chicago packer, and to back up his opinion he is now tucking a present into the pay envelope of every employee that gets married. He is giving the married men the preference when new and better positions are open. Mme, Melba said recently, "Americans enjoy and appreciate grand opera quite as much as do the people of Europe, and it is my firm belief that within a decade this country will have developed singers and teachers quite as great as those who claim Europe as their birthplace." In 1905 there were 11,915 power looms working on silk goods in Switzerland. Swiss silk manufacturers had in the same year 11,253 power looms employed in foreign countries in this industrial line. The exports of Swiss silk goods in 1905 aggregated $22,400,000 in value. The postal service of Great Britain serves 120,000 square miles, while the mail routes of the United States serve an area of more than 200,000 square miles in addition to 218,000 of star route service and 66,000 miles of other service. The mileage of the United States mail cars is thirty-three times that of Great Britain. The recent wedding of Miss Helen Hathaway Gardner of West Bridgewater, Mass., and Mr. Ervin Wellington Lothrop of Easton, which was held at the Unitarian church at West Bridgewater, was notable in the fact that it was the first wedding held in the church since May, 1862. One of the most noted makers of hall clocks was Samuel Mulliken of Newburyport. Mass., who died in 1756. The best sample of his work has been found recently in the home of Mrs. S. Herbert Wilkins of Salem. The clock has a solid mahogany case, brass works and face that included a calendar. There are some terrible figures in a recent English blue book in relation to sanitary measures in India. Under the heading "A Plague" it is recorded that the number of deaths due to this disease from the autumn of 1896 to the end of 1904 reached the enormous total of 3,269,810, of which 2,609,551 occurred in the British provinces. The Bar Association of Virginia and the American Bar association have started a movement for the purchase of the old home of John Marshall of Virginia, the great jurist and former chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, in Richmond, Va. It will be converted into a library, in which will be placed many valuable old books, paintings and engravings. A. T. Quiller-Couch, the novelist, was born in Cornwall, where his family has lived for generations. His career in various educational institutions was marked by numerous successes. He published his first novel while in Oxford. Then he went to London and for five years worked assiduously as a magazine writer. His health gave way to such an extent that one day he fainted on a train, whereupon he took warning and went back to Cornwall, where he has lived ever since. Senator William A. Clark of Montana laid the foundation of his vast fortune by securing a star route contract. The route was between Deer Lodge and Butte, the latter at that time being a mining camp of ordinary prospects. With the money made out of this contract Clark, in partnership with a man named Larrabe, founded a bank in Deer Lodge, his home. Later he loaned money to a miner who soon abandoned his claims. These fell into Clark's hands and made him immensely rich. Blouse of Flaid Cloth. The blouse of plaid cloth herewith shown is trimmed with stitched bands of plain cloth of a lighter shade than F NEW WAIST MODEL. the plaid. These bands cross in front and form straps fastened with buttons. They also encircle the arm eyes and trim the sleeves and cuffs. The chemisette is of batiste or linen. Garnets Revived. The garnet is the jewel of constancy and fidelity. It is the birthstone of January; but, to judge from the new and lavish displays of this stone at the jewelers, its use is by no means to be restricted to the January girl. Its warm red hue harmonizes well with the rich dark reds worn this winter, and it is probable that it will enjoy a return to high favor. It is not an expensive jewel. A bracelet of gold plate, solidly incrusted with garnets in square settings, costs less than $10, but since inexpensive jewelry is so much worn this piece is not at all bizarre nor in bad taste. Brooches of garnets take the old fashioned round form, although some show new bird, butterfly and floral designs. Garnet dog collars are extremely attractive, and collure combs and pins thickly incrusted with these stones are very beautiful. Fashions In Veils. Colored mesh vells to match the hat or gown have quite gone out, so that again we have the black vell in all its glory in innumerable cobweb designs adorned with chenille and velvet dots of all possible—and many impossible—sizes. The only colored vells to have survived are the brown single thread mesh with a tiny velvet dot on every cross thread. These brown vells are worn always with brown, with most shades of red, with the majority of light colored felt and velvet shades and with a few of the darker shades if the brown is especially becoming. Afternoon Gown. The flowered silks are exceptionally attractive just now and make up into most alluring and altogether fascinating afternoon gowns. This shows one of the warp printed designs in delicously soft coloring, there being shades of deeper yellow and pale green on a corn colored background, while the trimming is velvet that matches one of the darkest colors in the design, and the chemisette is of cream colored lace. The whole effect of the gown is one of exceptional grace, its lines be- 4 OF FLOWERED SILK. ing among the best, while in spite of its dressy appearance in reality it is simple and involves very little labor. The waist is just a pretty blouse that is made over a fitted lining, the front of which is tucked at its upper edge, while it is trimmed in an entirely novel Tashion. The sleeves are favorites three-quarter ones, and the straight bands of lace combine with the chemisette to give the fashionable gulpe effect. The skirt is made in three pieces, the front gore being laid in tucks to give a double box plait effect, and takes all the graceful sweeping lines of the circular model, while the full front gore provides additional flare and fullness. Established 1877. Phone (818) 769-1991 John J. Dunn COAL & WOOD Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAL. VANDER; SINTE St. & I. B. & M. B. By. JAND St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tile and Slate Habiting a Specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. Express & Van Moving TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Street Tel. 690 South CHICAGO F. A. Rawlins The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When his work is finished you have no displeasure. 4834 State St., CHICAGO Phone Douglas 1550 ICE CREAM CIGARS, TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A. E. BAKER NOTIONS 419-36TH STREET Underwear a Specialty CHICAGO J. GARNER Tel. Douglas 3256 THE ELITE BUFFET FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Pool and Billiards Cigars and Tobaccos WILLIAM LEWIS 239 E. 22ND ST. CHICAGO UP STAIRS Tel. Calumet 2940 239 E. 22ND ST. CHICAGO MAGICAL PATTERN 10 15 MINE BINDS MAGICAL PATTERN 50 YEAR RECOMMENDED AFFECTION There are more McCall Patterns sold to the United States than of any other make of patterns. This is an amount of their size, not an amount of simple pieces. They have many subscriptions than any other Lady Magazine. One purely subscription (in number) under 50 cents. Latest issue of Lady Magazine gets a McCall Pattern Free. 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Address TO-MORROW MAGAZINE, For the Supermarket and Supermarket and The New Cincinnati. 2230 Galemol Ave. Chicago, Illinois. 10 CENTS THE COPY. $1 A YEAR. ```markdown ``` Chief Gabriel Godfrey, the last of the Miami Indians, has just become a member of the Horse Thief Detective association. He is seventy-four years old. While in Kokomo, Ind., recently he undertook to locate the grave of the Miami chief Kokomo in order that the residents of the city might erect a monument in memory of the noted chief for whom the town was named. Godfrey had a number of relics, including a dress 125 years old that was worn by Frances Slocum, who was stolen when a child from Susquehanna, Pa., and was known as "the White Rose of the Miamis." Is This So? The average magazine is a literary swill barrel, and the man who conducts it enjoys no acquaintance with real literature or he would not occupy his position. To know literature would destroy his taste for trash, and trash is what he has to purvey in order to retain his constituency. — Chicago Chronicle. 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. Wanted children, either White or Colored to board and room, they will receive the care of a good mother; charges reasonable. Mrs. L. Coleman, 2899 Armour Ave., 2d flat. L. W. Washington, General Agent for The Broad Ax in the Hyde Park District. 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. 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. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. 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, 5049 Armour avenue, Chicago. THE BROAD AX Is for sale at the following news stands: The Afro-American News Office, 2104 State Street. O. S. Smith News stand, and Barber Shop 2700 Dearborn st. A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. 51st street Cigar Store and News Stand. Mrs. Nelle Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. Richard Pinn, 4836 State street. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 29th St. W. S. Cole, 354 Thirty-first street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. W. S. Williams, Tonsorial Parlor, 399 21st st. J. R. Peters Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. Mrs. Kathyine Hamlet, 5028 Armour Ave., cigars, tobacco, fancy groceries and news stand. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 3704 State st. Turner Williams' Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2902 Armour ave. Thompson Bros., Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 2636% State street. R. Davis, cigars, tobacco, and confectionery, 3532 State st. Whitley Bros. 2724 State St., Gent's furnishings and new stand. The Stationery, 2970 State street, Cigars, Tobacco and News stand. The Afro-American News Co., 439 W. 25th St, New York City, N. Y. The Informer News Co., 128 Bandelphil St, Detroit, Mich. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad An. BREVITIES THE HALL OF FAME. Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the medical missionary who founded and conducts the Labrador deep sea mission, has been created a companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George by King Edward. Sir William Henry Perkin, the English chemist, was recently honored by the Chemists' club of New York with a medal commemorative of his valuable discoveries of the commercial products of coal tar. James N. Arnold has been telling the Rhode Island Historical association that Roger Williams was dishonest and that the records show it to have been William Coddington and his party who landed first at Newport. James T. McDermott, who defeated Charles S. Wharton for congress in the Fourth Illinois district, has been trying for the honor for twenty years. He began his career as a messenger boy and later as a telegraph operator. The late Judge Gary of Chicago is sald to have been one of those old fashioned men who helped their wives with the housework and every morning at 5 o'clock appeared at the front windows in their nightgowns to raise the curtains. Dr. James L. Simonds, one of the oldest deutists in the country, who has just died at Dorchester, Mass., was the first dentist to use ether after its discovery. He also claimed the distinction of having been the discoverer of the porcelain tooth. Brigadier General Stephen P. Jocelyn, the new commandant of the department of Columbia, is a well known civil war veteran and Indian fighter. General Jocelyn is the only man now on the active list who received a brevet for gallantry in action. Pedro Alvarado, the young owner of the Palmillo mine in Mexico, whose wealth is said to be in the hundred millions, announces a public bequest of $10,000,000 to the poor Mexicans to build them homes, educate their children and give them land upon which they can cultivate crops. The late Colonel Saunderson, member of parliament from England, once caused a storm of dissent and cries of "Withdraw" and "Shame" by saying that he wished Mr. Gladstone in a "higher sphere." When the interruptions had ceased the colonel blandly explained that he referred not to heaven, but to the house of lords. Lord Kitchener's father, who was rather a Spartan parent, was also a soldier, but in Ireland he turned his attention to breeding pigs as a source of income. Kitchener and his brother had to drive the pigs to market. They were sent off without breakfast and had to do without that meal on their return if their pigs remained unsold. MODES OF THE MOMENT. It is the custom now to have lace or other trimmings dyed to match the color of the gown. The jetted gowns seen this season are notably artistic, inasmuch as the jet is used most artistically and never overdone. The very newest thing in the way of dress is the separate bodice which contrasts with the skirt in material and pattern and sometimes in color also. Pony skin coats in all styles and lengths bid fair to be more popular this winter than was the case even when they were first introduced some two years back. Women who are tall and have good figures are even at their best in the new coats falling eight or ten inches below the hips. They are close fitting and built upon rather severe lines. For tailor mades and, indeed, for many other sartorial purposes a color which lends itself admirably to the requirements of the season is "rust." In cloth and velvet it presents a warm, rich effect—New York Telegram. NEW YORK CITY. The police of New York city arrest 122 persons each day for intoxication. It is estimated that $130,421,505 will be required to pay the running expenses of the city for the year. New York city burns 110,000 tons of coal a year to pump water into the public reservoirs in Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond boroughs. Brooklyn has more amateur dramatic societies than the other four boroughs of the city together and has more baby carriages and rubber plants in proportion to population than any other borough. New York city's fashionable population first took root in Bowling Green, moving thence to East Broadway, Bond street, Bleecker street, Astor place, Washington square, Fifth avenue and now gives only four months each year to city life, being in the country, at estate or in Europe for eight months.—New York Herald. PITH AND POINT. Don't expect a square deal if you are not a square man. Lots of men are failures because they never attempt anything. A little learning often makes a man unfit company for himself. A man who goes back on his friends seldom gets a chance to come back. Fortunate is the man who knows how big a fool he can be without trying. People seldom try to discourage your fads as long as you are willing to spend good money on them. J. A. O'Donnell, H. D. Coghlin, 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 318-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago, Suite 615 to 619, Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 323 ASHLAND BLOCK Telephone Main 4839 Residence, 6626 Champlain Ave. Tel. Wentworth 2821 J. GRAY LUCAS Attorney At Law SUITE 51, 119-121 LA SALLE ST. CHICAGO Tel. Douglas 1565 Notary Public Jesse Binga REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTING FIRE INSURANCE Bates Building 3837 STATE STREET CHICAGO L. L. JONES. S. GRAY. The Twentieth Century Barber Shop Agent for the Black Diamond De- velopmen Company. Stock for sale now 25c Per Share. Fine Stock of Cigars. 3842 State Street, CHICAGO. Phone Douglas 7434. Over Montgomery's Drug Store. DR. J. ARTHUR COTTON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Hours: Office: 9 to 11 a. m. 233—22ND ST. 2 to 4 p. m. Tel. 8243 Calumet 7 to 9 p. m. CHICAGO PHONE { OFFICE DOUGLAS 8009 RES. DOUGLAS Physician and Surgeon Hours—10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 5:30 P. M. and nights—Sundays, 3 to 5 P. M. Special Hours by Appointment. 3432 STATE STREET CHICAGO Medical Examiner and Court Physician for the Foresters No. 7895. 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. CHICAGO Dr. M. J. Brown holds free clinics at Provident Hospital free dispensary eye, ear, nose and throat department, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hours 2 to 4 SOUTH SIDE TAILORING CO. Not Incorporated. George M. Oatts, Prop. SUITS made to Order $15.00 up. PANTS made to Order $4.00 up. Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing. Strict Attention paid Ladies' work. Telephone Hyde Park 5927. 5 501 LAKE AVE. CHICAGO HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg 81st and State Streets J. J. Bradley BRADLE REAL AM BRADLEY & REAL ESTATE, AND INSURA BADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Ested Street CHICAGO Dy W. Trice & Co. 2918 State Street Department Store Let you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trad- with each 10c purchase. On a swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Cor- ridid assortment of Shoes. Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purses, Sis, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. A specialty of Men's Baibriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell ants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. A line of Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs lines. BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE 4709 8. Halsted Street Sandy V. 29 New De Why don't you get in store? Every Tuesday a long Stamps with each 10 We carry a swell l ets. A spendiid assort aces, Ribbons, Gowns, We make a specialty Valstcoats, Pants, Shoes A beautiful line of so a fancy line of Neck See our Novelties In and Safety Pins. Sandy W. Tribe 2918 State St New Department Why don't you get in the habit of doing you are? Every Tuesday and Friday special sales Stamps with each 10c purchase. We carry a swell line of Ladies' Shirtw s. A spendiid assortment of Shoes, Hosiery ees, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan istcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hat A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Sh A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchief See our Novelties In Jewelry, Watch-chain Safety Pins. Sandy W. Trice & Co. 2918 State 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 Ladles' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Consects. A spendiid assortment of Shoes, Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purses, Laces, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Walstcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchiefs. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains, Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys' Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. America President and T Vice- MA Common 45th and Yards run with the B Output of Winter Yards Output of Summer Yards Telepho ILLINO American Br President and Treasurer, THOMAS Vice-President, JOHN SH Secretary, WIL American Brick Co. Cent and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Common and Sew Office and Yards: 45th and Rol Yards running winter and sum- with the latest improved Wolf output of Winter Yards output of Summer Yards Telephone Yard ILLINOIS BRID Lemon and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: H and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Water Yards ..... 144,00 per day Summer Yards..... 304,00 per day Telephone Yards 128. NOIS BRICK CO. Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Output of Winter Yards ..... 14400.0 per day Output of Summer Yards..... 304000 per day Telephone Yards 128. ILLINOIS BRICK CO. WILLIAM C. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. 1994 N. W. 994 N. Western Av N. Western Ave., Chicago. 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. Junk' Telephone Yard unk's Br Telephone Yards 718 k's Brewery Telephone Yards 718 Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street CHICAGO Telephone Yards 693 MANUFATURERS OF J. M. Fields CHICAGO