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THE BROAD AX The Citizens of Brownsville Texas, Plotted to Massacre the Negro Soldiers THEY STARTED THE RIOT ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 13TH, FIRED INTO THE FORT AND CHARGED THE DEED UP TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 25TH REGIMENT. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AFFAIR HAS BEEN FAVORABLE TO THE COLORED TROOPERS. Vol. XII The Citizens of Texas, Pl Mass Ne THEY STARTED THE RIOT 13TH, FIRED INTO THE DEED UP TO THE MEM MENT. THE INVESTIGATION INTO FAVORABLE TO THE C Further investigation into the "shooting up" of Brownsville Texas on the night of August 13, by the senate committee on Military affairs, clearly proves that an effort was on foot by the Negro hating white citizens of Brownsville to massacre, some or all the soldiers belonging to the 25th Regiment. Former Sergeant, Luther T. Thornton of company B. was among the number of witnesses who have testified to the fact that the barracks were fired upon by the whites of the town. William Mapp, was one among a bunch of more than forty, examined in one day, and when he was asked what he knew of the affray he declared that on the night of August 13, white men from Brownsville marched in front of the barricks and double dared the Colored Soldiers to come out, he was further questioned, if he had ever heard any discussion of the shooting that caused him to suspect any persons of complicity. He relied that at breakfast on the morning following the shooting he had heard Wilburt Voschell, the reservation corral boss, and a white man who had been in charge of the corral prior to the arrival of a battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry discussing the case. Tells of Massacre Plot. According to Mapp's story Voschelle said: "Well, it is a good thing it happened as it did. I was out in town last night and the crowd came in front of me. The plan was to catch a lot of you fellows in Allison's saloon and massacre you." Mapp said that the remark was not addressed to him and that he did not question Voschelle. He said that Allison was the former soldier who had started the saloon for the purpose of getting the Negro soldier trade, the other saloons having barred the members of the battalion. Voschelle will also testify having been subpoenaed as a witness. Before giving this testimony Mapp said that on the night of the shooting he had been awakened by the firing had gone of the window of his quarters and from there saw several gun flashes. He said the shots seemed to be directed over the barracks. A man with a deep voice, he said, shouted: "Come out, you black——" (using and opprobrious epithet and making it applicable to the troops.) Mapp said this challenge was repeated several times during the firing, but the call to arms was then sounded and he hurried to get dressed and fall in with his company. Thought Garrison Attacked. Thomas Jefferson, who was the room orderly in company C barracks, said that he heard the shooting and thought ten or twelve men were firing. The shots, he said, came from the rear and near the end of company B barracks, but he could not say whether the men were within the wall or not. He was sure the men were near the wall. He said he saw the flashes from guns and thought the garrison was under attack. He listened, he said, to see if the barracks were hit by any bullets, but when he could not hear any of the shots strike he concluded the firing did not amount to anything. Hoyt Robinson, formerly of company D, was the next witness, and as he was musician of the guard and sounded the call to arms on the night of August 13. He said the firing continued for about fifteen minutes after the call had ceased. He thought the men firing the shots were stationed in the town near the gate into the military reservation. The next witness was William C. Nolan, a private of the first class in the hospital corps, a white soldier, who had been stationed at Fort Brown for two years prior to the arrival of the Negro soldiers. The first shot, he thought, came from the rear of the commissary, back of the hospital, and not from the direction of the town. He said he paid no attention to that, but in a few minutes there were three more shots and then five shots, which, he said, sounded as if the men firing were moving around the road. Northeast of the town is a saloon which was opened for the Negro soldiers' trade and Nolan said that from near that point several more shots were fired, and then from a point near the gate into the reservation came a volley of shots. Threatens to Kill "Niggers." William Harden, an ex-private soldier, was called. He said that he was in the hospital convalescent on Aug. 13 and that he had been given permission to go to the post exchange to buy an apple pie, but had been instructed to get back before the arrival of Major McComb, who was acting surgeon at the hospital. While coming back, he said, he almost ran into Major Penrose, Major McComb and another man walking toward the hospital. He said that he stepped back to let them pass and they stopped and began to talk. The strange man, according to Harden, said: "I tell you, Texas won't stand for it." He then said something about an attack upon his wife, and added: "If some soldiers are not put under arrest by 10 o'clock to-night we'll kill every blamed Nigegr soldier in Fort Brown." Harden said he dodged into the hospital and heard nothing more. Ray Burdett, and Anthony Franklin, former Corporals and former private Carolina De Saussure, were the next witnesses, and they declared they were in the guardhouse as relief guards when the firing began. Burdett thought the first two shots awakened him and he believed they were fired from the town. He said he was sent to the barracks to investigate the shooting and was ordered by Major Penrose to get Mrs. Penrose and Mrs. Grier and take them to Captain HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 28, 1907. ANDREW J. RYAN. Eminent Lawyer, the best City Attorney, Chicago ever had, who should be selected as Judge of the Superior Court. Eminent Lawyer, the best City Attorney, Chicago ever had, who should be selected as Judge of the Superior Court. Macklin's house for safety during the firing. Heavy Firing in Town. While near the barracks, he said, he saw flashes of about ten guns or rifle shots and the shots appeared to be elevated over the barracks. The heaviest firing, he asserted, was from back in the town. Franklin told of hearing the call to arms and said that the twelve men in the guard house "fell in" under orders of Sergeant Reid. Roll was called, he said, and all of the guard accounted for. This was while the firing was going on, and he said he heard about a dozen bullets passing over the heads of the guard. George Johnson, a former private of company C. Twenty-fifth infantry, said he was awakened by Corral Boss Voschelle after the shooting was all over. He said Voschelle told him that he thought the ambulance might be needed, and that was why he had come over. According to Johnson's story Voschelle said that while on the way to the stable he had seen a crowd of men near Allison's saloon, kept by a former Negro soldier, and these men were moving down the road toward the gate of the reservation. Samuel Wheeler, who was one of the corporals of the guard on the night of the shooting, testified that the first firing was from the main road northeast of the guardhouse. Elmer Brown, was at one time a member of company B. He testified that he slept in Major Penrose's stable near the quartermaster's corral and was not awakened on the night of Aug. 13 until after the firing had ceased. In the afternoon of that day, he said, he saw Major Penrose, Dr. Combs, the mayor of Brownsville, and a stranger talking near the post exchange. He said the men appeared to be excited and all of them were gesticulating as though angry. Witness said he watched the men because he thought there was going to be a fight. After the group separated Major Penrose went to the quarters of Lieutenant Laurison, commanding company B, and later the order was issued that all of the soldiers should be in their quarters that night by 8 o'clock. Boyd Conyers of company B testified that he was stationed at the guardhouse on the night of the shooting and after the guard "fell in" he was posted in the rear of the guardhouse and while there he heard bullets whizzing overhead. He said he got permission to lie down, but was told to keep a sharp lookout. The witness was certain the shooting came from the town and that none of the shots was from the direction of the quartermaster's stable, as has been asserted by white soldiers who have been on the stand. He heard no bullets after being posted in the rear of the guardhouse, but said he wanted Heavy Firing in Town. Crowd at Negro's Saloon. Shots From Town. to lie down because he did not wish to take any chances. Wilbert Voschelle, formerly corral boss at Fort Brown, Brownsville, Tex., testified that he heard a white man make a therat to Major Penrose that if an arrest were not made on Aug. 13 before 11 p. m., every Negro soldier seen on the streets would be killed. Voschelle is white and is the man who has been quoted by Negro witnesses as saying that he had learned of a plot to massacre the Negro soldiers. He was called to the stand and was examined by Senator Foraker. He testified that at 5:30 o'clock on Aug. 13, he had gone to the canteen to get his mail and while coming out he met Major Penrose, Mayor Combs and the quarantine officer at Brownsville, whose name he afterward learned to be Evans. As he passed the group, Voschelle said, he heard Evans make the threat quoted. The witness said that Evans was excited and making wild gestures as he talked. Voschelle said he understood that Evans was the husband of the woman alleged to have been attacked by a Negro soldier on that day. Saw Soldiers at Post. According to Voschelle's story he was awakened on the night of the shooting by hearing rapid firing. He slept at his house about a block and a half outside the military reservation. While on his way to the corral he saw two Mexican policemen running along the outside of the reservation wall near the barracks. The men were not shooting and he could not see whether they were carrying guns. The soldiers supposed to be posted at the wall were in their places, but it was ten minutes or more after the firing had ceased when he saw them. At the corral the witness said that he found three civilian employees absent and two of these were Mexicans. He thought it would be difficult to tell a policeman from a soldier at night. It is evident from the foregoing testimony that the white citizens of Brownsville "shot up" their own town, killing or wounding one or two white Christian gentlemen, while being hellbent to massacre the members of the 25th Regiment! Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, will after a long and bitter fight, retain his seat in the United States Senate. Forty-two senators voted in favor of permitting him to serve out his term, while old Ben Tillman and 27 other senators voted to unseat him. The 8th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, will give their 5th annual Military Ball and presentation of medals for rifle practice and long and favorable service medals at the First Regiment armory, Thursday, May 2d. Music by 8th Regiment Band. The American Secular Union and Free Thought Federation OPPOSED TO PERMITTING THE TEACHING OF RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WOMEN ARE ENDEAVORING TO HAVE THEIR NEW BIBLE ADOPTED AS TEXT BOOK ON RELIGIOUS MATTER. THERE MUST BE A COMPLETE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. 一 Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax: Permit me through the columns of your paper, which never fails to "Hew to the Line and Let the Chips fall Where They May," to voice the protest of the members of the American Secular Union and Freethought Federation against the bill pending before the legislature, which if it becomes a part of the laws of this state, will give the Woman's Educational Union, the absolute right to have their book entitled "Readings from the Bible," introduced into the Public Schools of Illinois: On page 5 of this book occurs this hypocritical and untruthful statement by their Editorial Committee. "Never aggressive, never thrusting their own religious convictions on others." Yet, these women are attempting to have the legislature pass a bill to enforce the reading of their book of "Selections from the Bible," before the children in the Public Schools of Illinois. This attempt to have religious exercises or Bible readings in our Public Schools is a flagrant evasion of a well known principle, which underlies the Constitution of the United States and of all the States, with reference to the question of religion, in which there is an express provision against the donation of any public money for any such purpose. We would call your attention to Section twelve, Article Fifteen, of the School law of Illinois, which provides as follows:— "No County, City, town, township, school district, or other public corporation, shall ever make any appropriation, or pay from any school fund whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian purpose, or to help or support or sustain any school, academy, seminary, college, university or other literary or scientific institution, controlled by any church or sectarian denomination, whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of money or other personal property, ever be made by any such corporation to any church or any sectarian purpose; and any officer or other person having under his charge and direction, school funds or property, who shall pervert the same in the manner forbidden in this section, shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than double the value of the property so perverted, and imprisoned in the County jail not less than one (1) nor more than twelve (12) months at the discretion of the court." This has been the law in this State for many years and clearly bars out all religious teachings, whether of the Jewish, Christian, Mohammedan or Mormon Sects. Yet, in defiance, of the Constitution of the State that no public money shall ever be used for religious teachings, as also the above quoted school law of Illinois; these women make the hypocritical claim that it is in the interest of morality, when this book in its preface states over and over again that it is religious teach- No.21 In Secular and Free Int Federation THE TEACHING OF RELIG- HOOLS. G TO HAVE THEIR NEW NEXT BOOK ON RELIGIOUS COMPLETE SEPARATION OF ing that they want introduced into the public schools and force our children to listen to and "Chant in Unison," the absurd doggerel, which is the chief contents of the book. We give a few specimens: On page 33 under heading "The King of Glory" we find; Who is the King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. To find how strong and mighty the Lord of Hosts is, be sure and get a Bible and look up (Malachi Chap. 2 v. 2, 3.) and see the strength of his threats. On page 106, we find; let every soul be subject to the Higher powers. For there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. Why teach this lie to innocent children, when they know full well that the powers that be are elected by the people? On page 149 of this book we find: (Being part of the 18th Psalm). "In my distress, I called upon the Lord, And cried unto God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came before him, even into his ears into his ears Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundation also of the hills moved And were shaken, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He, bowed the heavens also, and came down: And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place; The Lord also thundered in the heavens. At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he took me. He drew me out of many waters. And by my-God have I leaped over a wall." Can a thoughtful man be found who wishes his children to muddle their brains and waste their time reading or "Chanting in Unison" this unmeaning balderdash, given them under the false pretense of moral education? The American Secular Union and The American Secular Union and Freethought Federation. Freethought Federation. Chicago, Feb. 20, 1907. E. C. Reichwald, Secretary, 141 S. Water Street. The nine demands of the American Secular Union and Freethought F- ederation and the quotations in favor of Seperation of Church and State are as follows: 1. We demand that churches and other ecclesiastical property shall be no longer exempt from taxation. 2. We demand that the employ- ment of chaplains in Congress, in the (Continued on Page 2.) Ce nse rp eee ‘PUBLISHED WEEEIY. eee cyill promslente and at al! times wpbold the tras Pe eg bers eet EneTotuner of Leiber, ety one sine’ cam bee See eee gate Innere proper and ‘The Broad i's a newspaper whens, patiorm it Senet ee Lncal communications will receive sttention. ‘write only oa oue ede of te paper Subscriptions mast be pad in advance, Advertsing rates made known on application. THE BROAD AX too Armour Avenve, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Béitor and Publisher. eee as Eatered xt the Post Office at Chicago, I, as Second-class Matter. eS————_—_—__ 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. BYRD IS A “BYRD.” Congressman Byrd, of Mississippl, has introduced a bill to make it a fel- ony for white and black or white and yellow races to intermarry. The pun- ishment prescribed is imprisonment for not less than two years in the penitentiary, or a fine of $5,000 and applies to the District of Columbia and to white inhabitants who go into other states to marry either a Negro or Mongolian and to them the same penalties apply. ‘Much in the past has been said about this or that member. of Con- gress being a “bird,” but this seems to be the first time the real thing-has put in an appearance. In view of the fact that it is a penitentiary offense for a white and a “Colored” person to marry in the state of Mississippi and also a similar offense for a white and “Colored” persons to live togeth- er as man and wife, though married in another state, there was no excuse for Congressman Byrd flopping all over himself as he has. From a care- ful study of the last census it will be seen that there are more “half-casts” that is persons partly white and part- Jy Colored, in Mississippi than in any other state in the Union, and this means that more illicit relations be- tween the races goes on, which fur- ther reduced means that more white men take advantage of Colored girls in that state than in any other state in the Union, none of which Congress- man Byrd sees any harm in and he ‘would not have proposed that meas- ure in Congress it he had not per- chanced to have seen a Colored man married to a white woman. The “gen- tleman” from Mississippi would not dare to introduce a bill in Congress making it a penal offense for white men to cohabit with Colored women because if he did many of his per- sonal friends would be wearing the stripes without the stars and if the truth were known he himself would not be in Congress much longer and certain it is that James K. Vardaman instead of going to the Senate would be lead to a cell—The Republican Seattle, Wash. HARMING THE PRESIDENT. President Roosevelt and Judge Par- ker have gotten together at last; on the Brownsville affair—From The Birmingham Age Herald. And the fact that so many very small Democrats have chirped in with whooping up the President, because of his action in this matter, is one eason why so many strong Republi- cans now know the President was in error in this one thing. It is a pity, it ts actually a deplor- able thing, that a Republican Pres!- dent.has such a coterie of small men, Democrats, patting him on the back fn a case of this sort. It does him more liarm than the bold and hon- est criticism from the members of his own party. The effect is very injuri- ous to him—The Southern American, Alexander City, Ala. WARRY RAMSEY, DEE PARKER AND THE BROAD AX. For almost three years, Harry Ramsey 529 Garfield ave., who holds @ responsible position with the North ‘ave., State Bank, North ave, and Larrabee street, and Dee Parker, who fs agent and collects all the rent, for the large three story fist bafiding, 179 dneoln avenue, have been warm sup- porters of The Broad Ax, not with their loud empty mouths but with their cash money, and whenever they arp notified that they must step up to the captain's office and settle up, ‘they always promptly, remit their in- ‘debtedness to The Broad Ax, like first class honest business men. THE BROAD AX IN THE LOWEn MOUSE OF CONGRESS. Last Tuesday, every member in the lower house of Congress, received from two to five copies of the recent issues of The Broad Ax, containing ‘the two unanswerable articles, by ‘Mrs. Kate. Kinsey Brook, entitled, “Side Lights on the “Race Question,” and other articles which should cause a blush of shame to appesr on the face of every Southern Congressman, who has assisted in the past to mob and lynch, Colored men ang women, and who have advocated the shotgun policy, the disfranchising measures and the “Jim Crow Car Law,” for Colored People. Congressmen, John Sharp Williams, H. D. Clayton, W. J. Gaines, and sev- eral others, also received a copy of the 11th Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, which furnished them food for thought, that is if they are capa- ble of thinking. Within the past month, over twelve- pundred copies of The Broad Ax have been sent into both houses af Con- gress, at our own expense, and that is going some, which is a great deal more than has been accomplished, by the editors or owners of any other newspapers, published in the interest of the Afro-American race in any sec- tion of the United States. WHITE MEN FORTUN- ATELY. a i It is fortunate for them that the seven men under arrest at the Maxwell street station for an unspeakably vile and brutal crime happen to be white men. In the present enlightened state of public opinion in this country and this city it would not b¢ good for seven Negroes or sever ‘Chinamen or seven Japanese to commit such an outrage skin, like charity, coveret! titude of sins. Ii.the crime charged to these seven white men had been com- mitted by seven black men or seven yellow men or seven brown men the police would have had their hands full protecting the miscreants from a mob. The absolute hideousness, the com- plete bestiality of the thing would have been pointed out as inherent in any race not white skinned. But there are no riots. no ex- cited appeals to Caucasian soli- darity, no demands that the ports of the United States be closed to immigrants from the country whence these seven men came. The episode is noted as a routine police matter. Nobody gets ex- cited over it. Great is the miti- gating power of the white skin. Negroes have been charged with crimes against white women. but we have yet to hear of them going in organized bands for that purpose. As for Chinamen and Japanese, the records of be races in this country are absolute- y free of any such charges. What- ever may be the vices of the or- iental, they are not the animal vices. But the demand for the lynching of Negroes and the ex- clusion of Mongolians does not extend to brutalized white men who commit a crime which makes the civilized stomach turn sick Nobody gets up in the United States senate or the house of rep- resentatives and becomes semi- hysterical in pointing out the perils arising from immigration from a certain part of Europe Not at all. The “yellow peril” monopolizes all the apprehension and all the oratory and all the eloquent statesmanship. There ‘is no time to devote to the peri! embodied in human animals far more dangerous than wolves and far more bestial than swine These animals happen to be white skinned. Perhaps it is right and even necessary for the Caucasians to stand together. They are the gu:rdians of the world’s progress in some things. Let us, however, be honest. Let us announce that there is one standard for the man with the white skin and another for the man with the Col- ored skin. Let us stop lying about our great and overmastering love for equal justice dmong all men— The Chicago Chronicle, Feb. 16. The whole truth has been stated in The Chronicle in the above editorial, in all of the so- called assaults on white women by Negro men, there is not one case on record where seven Col- ored men stood around and took their turn in ravishing one wom- an, like the seven white beasts on the west side, who after sat- isfying their Ca their vic- tim, forced to drink to the fet) 2 hinttle of amumennte cad then murdered her, and it is now time to cannonize these seven ravishers and murderers into white robed saints, because they possess white skins! HOUSE TO DEFEAT “JIM CROW” BILL. Negroes Address the Legislature. Jefferson City, Mo., Special — Leaders in the house consider it certain that the “Jim Crow” car bill will be defeated when it comes up for passage by that body. There are said to be 12 democratic members who have said they would either vote against the bill or not vote at all, which would amount to the same thing. The Negroes had a welf planned and cleverly executed program before the committee. There was not one word uttered which could possibly give offense to any white man. The speeches combined wit, eloquence and pathos, and were considered an eloquent plea for the Negro. The hall of the house of representa- tives was packed with members and Jefferson City citizens. The speakers were G. B. Va- shon, a democrat of St. Louis; Dr. C. T. Caston, Jefferson City: Prof. G. N. Grisham, principal of the Negro high school in Kan- sas City; Leon H. Jordan, dem- ocrat, Kansas City; Rev. W. D. Cook, St. Louis; Rev. J. C. ¢ well, St. Joseph; Dr. J. H. Gar- nett. Macon; Dr. Crossland. former United States minister to Liberia, St. Joseph, and Nelson C. Crews, Kansas City. The speakers said the white men of Missouri had done much for the Negro in giving him a school in which he could be edu- cated, and that the passage of a “Jim Crow” bill would do more to degrade the Negro. wound him and hinder him in his advance- ment than many years could do in restoring him to the position already gained—The Advance, St. Louis. Mo. SAY SHERIFF KNEW OF PLOT. Negroes Testify Against Official in Lynching Case. Chattanooga, Tenn., special.— For the first time during the Shipp hearing .alleged_ members ‘of the mob that hung the Negro Ed Johnson were named today J. M. Stonecipher, a government witness, named four and told of alleged conversations he had with them before and after the lynch- ing. Excitement was caused by evidence produced. The public looks askance at the possibility that Sheriff Shipp may be con- victed by Negro testimony. Three Negroes were witnesses today. among them being a former cook in Captain Shipp’s family. She told of dinner-table conversations that indicated knowledge on the part of the Shipps that the Negro would be lynched. The testimony in the Johnson case shows that the vast-major- ity of the county and state officials in all the Southern states are al- ways willing to turn any Colored man, woman or child over to the mob, who have been simply charged with committing some slight crime. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. The Annual Meeting of the Sandy 5 "Tiles Coammeas, Though the company has been Operating business only ten months, a meeting of the stock- holders, taking the place of the annual meeting, was held in the company’s place of business on the evening of the 19th inst. The stockholders, after hearing a very Satisfactory report from a com- mittee authorized to make a com- plete inventory of the business with a view of ascertaining the amount of Property owned, the indebtedness due and the Profit realized, elected the following persons directors for the ensuing year: Sandy W Trice, Geo. W. Murray, A. J. Carrey, Jas. M. Lee, Milton J: Trice, C. C. Wat- son, Dee Parker, A. T. Henry, W. M. Farmer. The business, though hamp- ered for the want of capital, has been operated at a profit during its existence, and the member- ship of the company is imbued with fresh courage and a determ- luring succeeding year than it has during the past year, A sufficient amount of capital ig now being put into the busi- ness to place it on an independent footing and with the continued favor and-good will of its patrons, there is now no doubt of abuh- dant success. The company ts very grateful to the public for the support afforded and wishes to assure its patrons that in the future it will so manage its af- fairs that they will not have cause to leave its doors without an op- portinity of supplying their wants. The: public is hereby notified that, though the stock of the com: pany is now at a premium, a pe- riod of forty days’ grace to April 1st, will be allowed, during which time investors can secure stock at par, but after which, all sto~! must sell for its face value plus the percent of gain in the busi- ness, Which will be ascertained and added to the face value of the stock from month to month in future, thereby giving the stock a continuously increased valua- tion. We have a broad and compre- hensive plan to make our busi- ness national in its scope and sphere, through a carefully guard ed mail order department and are hopeful of furnishing hundreds, if not thousands, of our race with a higher order of employment in the very near future; but in or- der to succeed, we must have the sympathy and co-operation, espe- cially of those whose higher or- der of employment we are anxious to provide for—Sandy W. Trice and Company. THE PEKIN THEATER. “Honolulu,” the new produc- tion at the Pekin Theater which opened last Monday night, prom- ises to be one of the most popu- lar and successful of any of the musical comedies staged at this theater. The situations are mirth-provoking and are led up to in a natural manner. Every line is alive and the music orig- inal and tuneful. Harrison Stewart, the Pekin comedian, follows a long line of predecessors in the principal role, “George Washington Bullion,” and it may be said with truth that in many ways his interpre- tation of this part is far super or to anything yet seen in this citv. Jerry Mills, to whom the crecit of this production is due, excells himself in the part of “Graiter Smith” and his wonderful danc- ing, particularly the skate dance. brought down the house and he is forced at every performance to answer innumerable encores. Lawrence Chenault, as Lieuten- ant Mildew, Louis Pennington as John Cain, J. F. Mores as Ket- chem the detective, Mae White as Mrs. Dewar, Vella Crawford as Lucinda Johnson, Lottie Grady as Dolly Dupree and Aud- brey Lyles as Willie He-he all give a spirited and finished rendi- tion of their respective parts. James T. Brymn wrote the mu- sic for “Honolulu” and the pi-~ contains a number of beautiful effects as well as several solq numbers written especially for this production, Among these es- pecial mention must be made of “Travel On,” “Rowena,” “Morn- ing, Noon and Night,” “Oh. San,” and “Darktown Grenadiers.” “Honolulu” has but one more week to run and should be seen by every one who is looking for = evening of real enjoyment — “D.” ; The woman's Bible in the Public Schools. (Concluded from page 1.) legislatures, in the navy and militia, and in prisons, asylums, and an other institutions supported by the public money, shall be discontinued. 3. We demand that all public ap propriations for educational and char itable institutions of a sectarian char acter shall cease. 4. We demand that all religious services now sustained by the govern ment shall be abolished; and especial ly that the uso of the Bible in the public schools, whether ostensibly, as & text book or avowedly as a book of religious worship, shall be prohibited. 5. We demand that the appoint ment, by the president of the United States or by the governors of the vari ous states, of all the religious fest vals and fasts shall wholly cease. 6. We demand that the judicial oath in the courts and in all other de. partments of the government shall be abolished, and that simple affirmation under the pains and penalties of per jury shall be established in its stead. LSS 7. We demand that all laws direct- ly or indirectly enforcing the obser- vance of Sunday as the Sabbath shall be repealed. 8. We demand that all laws look- ing to the enfrocement of “Christian” morality shall be abrogated and that all laws shall be conformed to the re- quirements of natural morality, equal rights and impartial liberty. 9. We demand that not only in the Constitution of the United States and of the several states, but also in the practical administration of the same, no privileges or advantage shall be conceded to Christianity or any other special religion; that our entire politi- cal system shall be founded and ad- ministered on a purely secular basis; and whatever changes shall prove ne- cessary to this end shall be consis tently unfinchingly, and promptly made. George Washington:—“The Govern- = of the United States 1s not in any sense founded on the Christian | Religion.” ‘Thomas Paine:—“All National In- stitutions or churches, whether Jew- ee Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human institutions, | set up to terrify and enslave mankind and monopolize power and profits.” Benjamin Franklin:—“When a re- Higion is good, I conceive it will sup- port itself, and when it does not sup- ‘port itself, and God does not take care ‘to support it, so that its professors ‘are obliged to call for help of the cival power, ‘tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.” James Madison:—“The same au- thority which can establish Christian- ity, in exclusion of all other religions may establish with the same case any particular sect of Christians, in exclu- sion of all other sects.” ‘Thomas Jefferson:—“I consider the Government of the United States as_ Interdicted by the Constitution trom intermeddling with religious institu- tion, their doctrines, discipline or ex- ercises.” Ulysses S, Grant—“Leave the mat- | ter of religion to the family altar, the | church and the private school, sup-| ported entirely by private contribu- tion. Keep the Church and the State| forever separate.” | Samuel P. Putnam:—“The church is | not civilized. It is an eternal foe of liberty. It is a manifold and subtle power. Let us learn th lessons of history and be watchful ct the price- less inheritance of liberty.” Ingersoll:—“The church has been and still is the great robber of the| world. She is the stone at the sepul- chre of liberty; the upas tree, in whose shade the intellect of man has withered; the Gorgon beneath whose | gaze the human heart has turned to| stone.” D. M. Bennett:—“All ideas, all sys- tems of belief must be free to change and improve. The law of evolution must operate in religion as in or thing else.” ; CHIPs. — Mr. Fred Macon, 3002 State street, is confined to his bed with pneumonia. Mrs. Joseph Crum is teported ill at the home of her mother in St. Louis, Mo. Miss Peaches Parker, of New York, is visiting the city, stop- ping at 6538 Lexington ave Mrs. Sadie Smith of St. Lous, is in the city, the guest of Mrs. H. Wilson, 3211 Wabash avenve Mr. and Mrs. T. Calloway, 5228 Dearborn St., entertained a few friends at whist and luncheon Wednesday evening. Attorney Harris F. Williams. 153 La Salle street, made a fly- ing business trip to Kansas City, Mo., Monday last. Miss La France Settles, 4206 Langley avenue, left the city Tuesday to attend the funera! of Mr. John Curran of Cincinnati. Messrs. Bert Kinley, Geo. Rhodes and Roscoe Evans left the city Tuesday for a trip through Old Mexico. Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3544 Dearborn street, to the delight of her numerous friends is recover- ing from a severe spell of sick- ness. Mr. T. Robinson, one of the Michigan Central porters who registers at the Keystone Hotel, is confined to his bed in a De- troit hospital. Col. John R. Marshall of the 8th Regiment, inspected Com- panies “E” and “F” on Wednes- day evening and companies “A” and “B” on Thursday evening and left the same evening to inspect Co. “I” at Quincy, Il, all the companys inspected so far ary ee very- proficient and compare favorably with any resi- ‘ment in the national guard. Mr. James Allen, who has be: conducting a cafe at 3130 St: street for the past year, has o» out of business and will retur: to New York in the near futy; Prof. W. Kemper Harreld, wh puts in much of his time in hans ing around the Frederick Doug- lass Center, is still holding on to the five dollars which should bx coming our way. Mr. and Mrs. William Dover 4321 Evans avenue, entertained 2 number of friends Wednesday evening with a dancing party honor of their guest, Miss Maly’ Sweet of Lincoln. Neb. Miss Minnie Sawyer, who is attending school in Rockford, |i! . spent a few days in the city la-: week, visiting her parents, \! and Mrs. F. R. Sawyer, 332! Wabash avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carey. 4427 Grand Bivd., have been fi- vored this week, with a ten- nd girl baby and Carey soon promises to be a lusty: reader of The Broad Ax. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Weaver who for several years resided at 3144 Indiana ave., are now resid- ing at 3210 Indiana Ave.. whe they are always at home to their friends. The Informal Dancing Party given at Douglas Club House by the Batchelors’ Club, was well attended. The entrance fee was $1.00 a couple, and cards of a!- mission were necessarily present- ed by every attendant. Miss Mabel Botts, 6450 Cham- plain Ave., leit Tuesday mornin for Boston, Mass., where it is rumored she will become the “better half” of a prosperous mer- chant. Marshall Drish, 4613 Dear- horn street, who has worked jor the Pullman Palace Car Company for many years without taking a rest left Monday evening for Lit- tle Rock; Ark.. where he will spent two months’ vacation. David Scott, 5042 Armour ave, one of the oldest members of Quinn Chapel, has been confined to his home for the past two weeks with illness,. but he is gradually gaining his strength. which is pleasing to his many friends. ‘ Ex-Alderman Thomas Carey. who has always been one of the main supporters of Carter H. Har- rison, has been unable to leave his home within the past ten days to take a hand in the bitter political contest, owing to a se- vere pain in his back which has compelled him to lay sprawled out and remain perfectly quict. while attempting to transact business. Have you seen the picture of our Colored soldiers storming San Juan Hill? It is a beauty! Al! ready for framing! With a war history of the Negro printed at the bottom. This picture is given, free of charge, with every copy of the Greatest Negro sol- dier song, “Yol Will Miss the Colored Soldiers.” No loyal Col- ored persons will be without this magnificent tribute to their race. Send 25¢ to Dabney Publishing Co., 420 McAllister St.. Cincin- nati, O. Agents wanted. Editor Julius F. Taylor, of the Chicago Broad Ax, is being charged by some of our exchanges as having become converted to the Booker T. Washington policy of submission. Impossible! Jul- ius Taylor turning race traitor! We are loath to believe it—The Advocate, Portland, Oregon. No and deed Editors C-r" and: Joell, we have not turned traitor and become one of the shouters and retainers of Booker T. Washington! ‘What grew my hair where it was Rot and covered up a dad bald spot, Farmer's Hair Tonic and Cream. NOTES FROM ENGLAND. ‘The death of Josiah King, of Dork- jag, an old Crimean veteran, is an- nounced. ‘The Lord Mayor of York, Alderman wWillam Bentley, died Jan.’ 30, at the Mansion House in that city, at the age of 54. ‘The death 1s announced of Sir michael Foster, the distinguished physiologist, formerly M. P. for Lon- Gon University. ‘s collection-box in Peterborough cathedral was found to contain, when openrd recently, & gold coin—one-third of a guinea—date 1802. : King Edward bas been offered a gold-bound album by the Spanish Za- mora Infantry Regiment, of which he is the honorary colonel. ur. Johnson, assistant engineer to the Great Northern railway, England, bas been appointed Chief Commission er of the New South Wales railways. lady Shrewsbury sued her husband fc the King’s Bench Division for £950 her quarterly allowance, due on De- cember Sist. Judgment was given for plaintiff. Norwich has in use 18,00 gas cook- ers and 18,000 slot meters, and this total is mot equalled by any other city of the same population (just over 300,000). Mrs. Mary Carnforth, an inmate of Northallerton workhouse infirmary, died Jan, 28, at the age of 100. She had 53 grandchildren, 110 great-great- grandchildren. - Allan Wyon, for many years chief engraver of seals to her Majesty Queen Victoria, has died at his resi- dence, Parkhillroad, Hampstead, in his ¢ith year. ‘The proposal of the Tunbridge Wells Corporation to purchase the Pantiles springs from the lord of the manor has been defeated on a. ratepayers’ poll by 3,500 to 500. ‘A beautiful tesselated Roman pave- ment was discovered at Colchester during the levelling of a new green for the pavement was a thick strat- um of Roman cement. While hearing a protracted case at the Sheffield county court Jan. 30, Judge Mansel Jones had an apoplectic seizure, and was carried from the Bench by the officials. J. E. Thomas, 35, butler to Sir E. Nugent, at East Harling, Norfolk, just before his death, caused by a fall from his bieycle, complained that his head felt like a swarm of bees. Robert George Stevens, accused of helping publicans to dilute beer by selling them a sugary substance, was, at Enfield, fined £40 on two summon: ses, 22 others being adjourned. Fulham Borough Council have decid- ed to permit the ceremony of baptism by immersion at their public baths charging 1s. per hour for each bath, with a minimum charge of 6s. John Dickinson (Hill, Dickinson & Co,, solicitors), a leading authority on marine and international law, expir- ed suddenly as he was about to leave his office in Liverpool on Jan. 28. Six silver-plated goblets belonging to the Lea Bridge Alliance Rowing Club were removed by burglars from the headquarters of the club, the Prince of Wales inn, Hackney, Jan. 27. ‘While walking through — Granby- street, Leicester, on Monday, Mr. Holmes, chief constable of the county, was savagely attacked by a foxterrier which inflicted a serious wound in his leg. Mr, and Mrs. Smart, an aged couple, living in Lynton-avenue, West Ealing London, were found dead in their bed room, Jan. 2 , suffocated by gas which had escaped from a chandelier in the room. The death has taken place at Chelmsford of Thomas Orridge, 88 ‘who was guard of the first goods tratr which ran over the Eastern Counties railway, now the G. E. R, to Chelms ford. 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 fat. FARMER'S HAIR TONIC AND CREAM. When all else fails try Farm- ers hair tonic and cream. On sale at The Peoples’ Pharmacies 29th and Armour Ave., and 27th and Dearborn Streets, also at 4852 and 4856 Langley Ave. LW. 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 adver- tisements left with him not later than Wednesday evening or early Thursday mor.ing prior to the day of publication, will find their way into its columns. tan Slestecen Oe Amorien, On the 30th of July Dr. John Wat Son leaves for New York in the Baltic He hopes to preach on February 10 in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, to which Mr. Aked is going. After a few days in New York he goes to Fails iclphia, where he preaches tion with the University of Philadel- Dhia. He also addresses the Presby- terian Social Union, and delivers threo historical lectures at Haverford College, and one before s historical Society in Philadelphia. At the end ** April he delivers the Cole Lectures in the Vanderbilt University, Nash- Vile. This is a lectureship in theol- Sey, and the subject of the six leo- tures will be “The Bible in the Pul Bit; the Practical Use of the Bible in the Present Day and in the Light of Critical Results.” In July and Av- Sust Dr. Watson hopes to speak at tra! of the Chautanqua conven tions, and return to England in frst week of September. This is a ‘Yaried and interesting programme. EDITORIAL FLINGS. Porters on Pullman cars claim that it “galls their souls” to accept tips. ‘The life of the Pullman porter is full of gall—Youngstown Vindicator. It will be pretty rough on us if the ice freezes so hard and thick this win- ter that the companies can’t cut it, and thus ‘there is another scarcity next year—New York Tribune. In addressing him as “the beloved, most cherished, exalted, most honored and excellent president,” the sultan must think Mr. Roosevelt is at the head of some dinky lodge—Detrolt Free Press. ‘They are now talking not only of a national income tax, but of a state in- come tax as well. A man will only have to lie twice instead of once, that's all, And the same lie at that—Akron Beacon-Journal. England thinks that the United States constitution needs immediate revision. In fact, there is # lingering suspicion in Great Britain that there should have deen no United States constitution in the first place.—Washington Post. A chair of journalism has been es. tablished at the University of Missouri, tn honor perhaps of Eugene Field, the greatest journalist the University of “Missouri ever turned out. She turned ‘Bim out in bis freshman year—New York Mail. SHORT STORIES. Easter occurs this year on March 31, more than three weeks earlier than the Easter date of 1906. A carved war god, recently discover- ed in a Colorado cave, is believed to be more than 1,000 years old. ‘There are about 4,000 lepers in Co Jombia, or one to every 1,000 inhab- ttants. Most of them are now isolated. Cases are rarely found among the classes living with hygienic care. ‘The Doukhobors of Winnipeg are graduaily recovering thelr senses. They no longer turn horses and cattle loose and harness themselves to the plow, bat, on the contrary, are now purchas- ing horses for farm labor. ‘The obligation to accept American currency as legal tender in Cuba is said to have constituted a part of the dis- satisfaction which exists in that island. It is complained that there is not enough of such currency to meet the requirements of trade. * NEW YORK CITY. It will cost $11,770,000 more to run the government of New York city this year than it did last year. Every hour there is an average of 146,000 persons entering the surface, elevated and subway cars in New York city. New York city had the first Hebrew cemetery in the United States. It was established in 1656, and a part of it yet remains at New Bowery and Oliver street. “Little Italy,” the block bounded by One Hundred and Twelfth and One Hundred and Thirteenth streets, First and Second avenues, has grown from $82 inhabitants in 1900 to 4,412. Strangers from villages and small cities wonder why the New York city authorities allow many of the walks of the city to be left uncleaned all win. ter, particularly where there are vacant lots —New York Herald. LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS MEN Louis XIV. of France (1638-1715), “T thought dying had been barder.” William Ewart Gladstone (1809 1898), British statesman, “Amen.” Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), Ameri- can clergyman, “I am going home.” Lord Chesterfield (1604-1773), Eng- lish courtier, “Give the doctor a chair.” Henry Havelock (1796-1857), English general, “Tell my son to come and see how a Christian can die.” ‘William McKinley (1843-1901), Amer- fean statesman and president: “Good- by. All goodby. It is God's way. His ‘will be done.” Patrick Henry (1786-1810), American orator and patriot: “Here is a book (the Bible) worth more than all others ever printed, yet it is my misfortune never to bave found time te read it It is now too late. I trust In the mercy of Goa.” — PITH AND POINT. Bome dogs, like some men, just natu- rally can’t get along. Not all people can be clever, but ‘most of us can do a little better than ‘wedo. ‘When you are so unfortunate as to get into a lewsuit plead guilty unless you get the best lawyer. ‘What 2 poet calls “inspiration” is probably the same thing the gambling fraternity calls a “bunch.” How far can you afford to carry crankiness? Can you afford to carry It to the extent of being impolite? That sort of thing burts your business, no doubt about that—Atchison Globe. ————— MODES OF THE MOMENT. Velvet dotted vells with borders of velvet ribbon are pretty and becoming. ‘Among the dark colors which are most popular with inilliners is a warm, golden brown, or “mordore,” which looks equally well in velvet and felt. Bretelle and suspender effects figure conspicuously in the designs for soft silks, and silks incidentally are enjoy- ing an unwonted prestige for semi- Gress as well as for full dress wear. ‘The vogue for embroidery has spread to headgear, and one of the most re- cent innovations consists in covering the hat of felt, beaver or velvet with the same embroidery which is seen on thegorne—i«é=s ii ry U x & Ui Cs SSI ——— PETE’S STATISTICS. ‘There Was « Slight Mistake That His Attention Was Called To, “I assure you, lady,” began Panhan- die Pete as the farmer's wife came to the door with a scowl on her face, “I ain't no common tramp. I'm a gent au- ‘thor wot's writin’ a book uv his travels round de world.” “You don't look much like an au- thor,” she coldly replied. “No, ma'am, but I'm dressed up dis way 80 as ter study de life, yer see. T'm doin’ a world tour on a bet, an’ if yer'll give me a little assistance I'll put yer in de book.” “What's the name of the book?” “It ain't named yet, lady. I'm jest takin’ some interestin’ notes as I go on me way, an’ den some day I'll set down an’ put ‘em all tergether.” “You fellows tell such tales,” she suspiciously remarked as she looked him over. “Dat's wot dey do, lady,” he replied 4s he took out pencil and paper and be- gan to write. “Scuse me while 1 put down dat a kind an’ beautiful lady, | ‘meanin’ you, gib me some ideas fer me book an’ den inwited me in an’ gib me de finest spread I had on de bull trip. In course dat's only fer de book, yer mow, an’ yer needn't gimme only four or five turkey sandwiches an’ some [pies beet an a copie se aioe oie an’ a pitcher or two uv cider. I got ‘some interestin’ notes here, Indy. So far on de trip I've had 362 pieces uv punkin ple, 802 pieces of mince, 116 dogs hev bit me, 262 kind ladies, in- cludin’ yerself, hev”— “Wasn't it you who was here work- ing the book swindle about this time ‘last winter?” she interrupted him with. “Me? No, ma'am, I wuz jest startin’ on me trip about dat time an’ biddin’ -me old gray haired mother goodby. Ab. lady, yer should hev seen de tears she shed as she parted trom her only son! But, as 1 wuz sayin’. de feed yer git me will”— “Just « minute, There's a little mis. take in your figures, I think.” | “As—as ter how, lady?” “Why, as to the number of dogs that have bitten you. You sald 116, dido't you?” “¥-yes, Indy.” “Well,” she sald as she came out Int | the yard and started toward the barn “you want to change tiMt, because Carlo will make the one hundred and seventeenth. Here, Carlo! Here, Car Jo! Carlo! Carlo!” But Panhandle Pete had leaped the fence at the very first call and was half a mile down the road before th dog caught sight of him—A. B. Lewis + in Jodce Escaped. Stranger (at Hayrick farm)—Boy, can you tell me where old Farmer Cornshack lives? Boy—He's dead. Stranger—Dead? Why, I've come all the way from Ameriky to visit him. Boy—He must have been expectin’ yer, I guess.—London Tit-Bits. She'd Change It. “Really, now,” said Meekley, “I think I ought to tell you that while my dis- position is good enough at times It's rather finicky. That's the worst of It” “ab,” significantly remarked Miss Strong, bis fiancee, “I'll make the best of it”"—Philadelphia Press. Colossal Precaution. “I suppose you have put something by for a rainy day?” “Certainly,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “I have several millions put ‘away in gilt edged securities.” “You must be looking for deluge.” Washington Star. ‘Would Keep Up With Him. Daughter—Just think, mamma, my hysband wants to join the gymnastic society to become strong. ‘Mother—Oh, that will be of no great advantage to him. During his absence we will exercise too—Il Motto per ‘Bidere. iti Mein. “After all,” said the philosopher, “the real joy of a thing is in the anticipation of it” “Well,” replied Henpeck, “if there's any joy in matrimony that must be it” —Catholic Standard and Times. Ayolding Trouble. “Do you fave any trouble with your janitor?” asked Mrs. Flatleigh. “Ob, no. Both my husband and I be- Weve in devoting all our spare mo- ments to the pursuit of pleasure.”— Chicago Record-Herald. Strange, Ien't Itt —— @ ms 2 howag ear! Ns SS es ee CR Sn ENG he eS 4 ; eS x “Tigo oes ee a SJ A lady whose name was Miss Rook ‘Was taught at a school how to cook. ‘The poor fellow she wed, I think, now is dead {Since Miss Rook learned to cook by the —Lesiie's Weekly. —— ‘cin: eeeete Geeam Dickens—I thought you said that wood was too green to burn? Picken—It was, but I insured tt, let the insurance lapse, and you ought to have seen it go!—Florida Times-Union. WILL THIS BILL PASS? ‘Bill Taylor's gone to Denver; A legislative chair ‘He's got, for Bill was ‘lected ‘To represent us there. ‘Before he left he told us Proud of him we'd sure be. He says we will, but wif we? ‘We're waitin’ now to see. ‘He says, by gum, he'll stun ‘em ‘With speeches that he'll make, An’ folks will all be askin’, “Who's that bright country Jaket™ ‘He says on bills we favor ‘He'll make ‘em all agree. ‘He says he will, but will he? ‘We're waitin’ now to see. ‘He vows no boss will rule him; He'll stick to what is right, No matter tf to do it ‘The whole bunch he must fight. ‘He says he'll drink no whisky: Bill swears he'll stick to tea. ‘He says he will, but will he? ‘We're waitin’ now to see. Bill Taylor's gone to Denver ‘With “Hon.” hitched to his name; ‘He's not up there for riches An’ not to gain great fame. ‘He says it's his ambition ‘To serve us faithfully. ‘He says it is, but is it? = ‘We're waitin’ now to see. —Denver Post. From the Lips of Babes. y Sep fred he b Na ll ECs TAL TD ee vo @ ‘The Young Lady—Are you two young- sters twins? ‘The Boy (indignantly)}—No. She's a girl—Sketch. Simptiaea mitten. “Are you and Miss Spinks engaged?” inquired a young man of his chum. “Report says 80.” “Well, she once sent me a true lov- evs knot” “Ah! That looked like business.” “Yes, but she spelled it without a ‘&' "—Tit-Bits. ee rae “He bas queer notions of the moral Ute.” “How so?” “Why, he bought a ten dollar pres- ent for a particular friend of bis and the next day swindled hit outrageous- Jy on & $10,000 deal.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘With His Katte. “Ghat fellow Jones you pointed out to me yesterday is a ‘sword swallower,’ isn't he?” “Nonsense! Did you think you saw him in a dime museum?” “Oh, no, but I saw him in a restau- rant today.”—Catholic Standard and ‘Times. ‘Wall Street Term Elucidated. “What does this report mean by say- ing that ‘the shorts were caught in a ‘corner and squeezed?” “Why, it means that they sold what they didn’t have to buyers whom they had to get it back from at a higher ‘price im order to deliver it to them.”— eae Se ee ae ee Young Father (at department store) <1 don't know exactly what to ask for, but I want something for the baby to cut its teeth on. New Salesman—You'll find the files in the hardware department on the sixth floor—Minneapolis Journal. Painfal Suggestion. Chaplelgh—I was—aw—out late lawst night, and the—aw—wesult was I had ‘a bead on me this mawning, doncher know. Miss Caustique—Well, if I were you Ta stay out late every night—Chicago ‘Tribune. Modesty. “Whom do you regard as the greatest living actor?” “My friend,” answered Mr, Storming- ton Barnes, “the question is not con- siderate. You know how I hate to talk about myself."—Washington Star. Between the Acts. “Just as Jack was about to kiss me last night father walked into the room.” “What did you do?” “I gave Jack a rain check.”—Mil- waukee Sentinel. Be Knew by Expericace. “To be kind to your little compan- fons at all times,” said the minister re- provingly, “is a good thing.” “Hub?” grunted Tommy. “It makes dem t'ink yer a good t’ing.”—Philadel- phia Press. ‘Two Failures. Homely Man—I married for beauty. Sarcastic Man—You remind me of # friend of mine who married for money. ‘Homely Man—How's that? Sarcastic Man—He didn’t get it—Chi- cago News. Im the De Hop Cafe. Mr, Mouse—Ab, I see Mr. Frog is running a first class eating counter! ‘Mr, Lisard—Yes, and thoroughly up to date, Why, each one of his toad- stools is a revolving stool. — Detroit bee ‘Bis Artistic Career. “I hear that Smear, the architect, is drawing for the newspapers.” “Yes; he makes the crosses at the spot where the murder was commit- ‘te."—Cornell Widow. BREVITIES) THE HALL OF FAME. Governor Harris of Ohio is the oldest chief executive of any state in the Union. Lord Northeliff, formerly Sir Alfred Harmsworth of England, may be en- titled the greatest newspaper magnate of the world. He owns and actively directs some forty prosperous dailies and other periodicals. Captain Edward Howard of Oakland, Cal, probably the oldest mariner in the United States, has retired after having followed the sea over eighty years. He is ninety-six years old, but {s still stout and hearty. According to Czech newspapers, at Aujezd, Moravia, recently Joseph Koppner, 101 years old, led to the altar Rosa Waldner, who has also passed the century mark. The “young couple” knew and loved each other for thirty years, “The youngest member of the Sixtieth congress will be Harry B. Wolf, elect- ed from the Third district of Maryland. ‘He has just passed his twenty-sixth birthday and is married. Mr. Wolf be- gan life as a Baltimore newsboy and is now a lawyer in good practice. Captain A. W. V. Trant of the trans- atlantic liner Devonian handles bis ship in first class style and in addition finds time in the spare moments of his voyages to paint pictures in oll, write the words for music and compose Verses that are of more than ordinary merit. John E. Wilkie, chief of the secret service, is one of the best amateur ma- gicians in the country. He performs ‘wonders with a deck of cards, and his sleight of hand maneuvers with coin, handkerchiefs and other objects are 2 source of constant wonder to his friends. Professor Moissan, the inventor of artificial diamonds, has been awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry. Profess- or Moissan invented an electrical fur nace giving a temperature of 3,000 de- grees. His invention of diamonds was severely challenged when it was first made known. 1H. J. Henebry, Ireland’s Rugby full back, played the other day for seventy minutes against the South Africans while suffering from a split ear, dam: aged skull, broken middle finger on left hand, strained chest muscles and torn finger cartilages. He received the Injuries in a tackle ten minutes after the game began. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Charles Frobman has gone to London, to be abroad for some months. =~ Clara Bloodgood has scored her great- est success in Clyde Fitch's play, “The ‘Trath.” Charles Frohman will shortly produce “La Belle Marseillaise” in London with John Hare. J. M. Barrie's “Peter Pan” is now being played at the Duke of York's theater, London. . Ethel Barrymore will probably ap- pear in London next summer with an American company. William H. Crane is having a most successful tour with “She Stoops to Conquer,” in which he is starring joint- ly with Ellis Jeffreys. Henry Arthur Jones, author of “The Hypocrites,” is to write a new play, to be produced at the Hudson theater, New York, a year from next Septem- Der. Between now and May one New York manager will produce plays in London with Jobn Hare, Ellen Terry, Marle ‘Tempest, Irene Vanbrugh, Edna May, Gerald Du Maurier, Ellaline Terris Seymour Hicks and Huntley Wright ENGLISH ETCHINGS. ‘The other day a London food inspect- or took a sample of oleomargarine from a grocer’s shop and on examining it found it to be pure butter. English people eat on the average thirteen pounds of butter a head year- ly, says the Steward’s Bulletin. This ts more than is eaten per capita in any other nation. ‘A motor car driver in London the other day charged and scattered like chaff a whole troop of the life guards, but paid $8 next day in the police court for his victory. Because the lock of a Methodist church in Hazlemere, England, wouldn't work it was taken off. The locksmith found 12s, 744. In it, some pious peo ple having mistaken it for a contribu- tion box. Henry Labouchere in a recent num- ber of London Truth says that in the past twenty-five years members of the British aristocracy have parted with more than $500,000,000 to promoters and brokers and have “received atiout sixpence in the pound by way of com- mission.” GERMAN GLEANINGS. Every German soldier's equipment includes a Bible and « half pound cake of chocolate. ‘There are 480 manufacturers of arti- ficial flowers, leaves, plants and fruits tn the district of Dresden, Germeny. ‘A charitable Berlin Indy has taken the necessary legal steps to secure for Voigt, the hero of Kopenick, a life pen- sion, which will relieve bim of the ne ceasity of seeking further work on his release from prison. ‘During the year 1906, 30,000 deserted wives were relieved by the Berlin poor law officials at a cost of $125,000. A great majority of cases of matrimonial troubles resulted from drunkenness, which breaks up homes, at least tem- porarily. FEW CRACK BILLIARDISTS. Sekaefer Deserves Most Credit Fer Improving the Game. ‘The fact that very few frst class bil- Uardisis have ever been developed is one of the strange features of the game. Vignaux, Schaefer and Slosson have been champions more than thirty years, the only others developed dur- ing all this time being Ives, Hoppe and Sutton, a most remarkable showing, not to be paralleled in any other branch of sport. Of all the experts Schaefer. deserves most credit for the development of the ‘game to its present high standard. He always has been anxious and willing to aid in the development of young- sters, and Ives, Hoppe, Morningstar and Sutton all were his pupils. The balk line nurse, the feature of play re- sponsible for all high runs, however, is the invention of Sutton, and when as a shortstop he first sprung it he occa- sioned great surprise. -_ Schaefer is the father of all the rules under which billiards are played. At ‘various times he has surmounted by his inventive genius the many barriers imposed on experts to decrease their speed and necessitated the making of “new restrictions, for the other experts could all take advantage of the new ‘discoveries as soon as they came to “know them, and almost unending runs _ were the result. | In a championship contest between ‘Jake and Ives the latter sat down with 14 to go, and Schaefer came to dat with 566 to go. The largest run ever | made up to that time had been 288, and the Wizard seemed to have but “little show to win. His great inventive | genlus came to the rescue, however, | the anchor nurse was discovered, and | Schaefer ran the game out. This was | the only time the anchor nurse was allowed Yn a match game, for Ives aft- | er It was discovered could play It as ‘well as Schaefer, and as it made the game too easy it was immediately barred. Incidental to the above game, Frank White, a well known Chicago sport. won a most remarkable bet from Leo Mayer, the well known bookmaker. As Schaefer walked up to the table in the final inning White turned around to Mayer, who was making books on the contest, and said, “What are the odds now, Leo?” “One hundred to 1.” said Mayer. “I'll bet you $10,” said White. “Done,” said Leo. And when the game was over Leo had to settle with the wise Mr. White, who, a billiard player bimeelf. knew that a game was never ‘over until the last point was made— ‘Washington Post. Painting Barrels. Did you ever see a Standard Oil man paint a barrel? No? It is a revela- tion. Tricks In all trades. The oll bar- rels, as every well informed man should know (Standard Oil being the biggest thump tn the world), are blue as to bilge and bulge and white as to heads. The completed barrel is rolled into the shop by thousands. A man steps up with a brush of white paint ‘and with three swipes executes a de- siga upon the head, then spins the bar- rel along. It is caught by another man with a brush deeply dipped in blue paint. He takes the rim between his thumb and fingers, gives it a whirl and while that barrel is spinning runs his brush up and down. In less than three seconds that barrel is all blue. Then as it spins along the man with the white paints keels it over and with three more swipes makes the other head white. Talk about your bowling alleys!—New York Press. iam ee ‘When the 200 inmates of Henshaw’s Biind asylum, Manchester, sat down to tea the other evening an officer read out to them the announcement In the Dally Mail of a special edition for the blind. There was a burst of applause when the reading was over, followed by a buzz of animated discussion. “Tt is surprising.” said Mr. M. H. Illingworth, the governor, “what @ keen interest the blind take in field sports. They follow the game of foot- Dall in detail.” “Have you ever been to a football match?” he asked a blind youth. “Yes,” he replied. “and you know the players?" “Yes, I know them all and every- thing that is going on.”—London Mail. pe meee: ai aaa: A Journalist in Berlin bas been exer- ising his ingenuity in attempts to ex- plain the meaning of the letter S which ‘appears with more or less frequency after the names of German military of- ficers in the records kept at the minis- try of war and in the kalser’s military cabinet. He has come to the following conclusions: One § after an officer's name means that this particular officer “sauft” (drinks); SS means that he “sauft stark” (drinks bard); SSS de- notes that he “sauft sebr stark” (drinks very hard); SSSS means that he “sauft sehr stark schnapps” (drinks very bard schnapps); finally, SSSSS means that the “schnapps” is “schlecht” (bad). Any officer with five S's is summarily die missed by the kaiser. ‘¢. caine Seema A bootblack wearing a diamond stud and whose Iinen is as spotless as that worn by those whose shoes he shines 1s one of the fixtures of a government building in this city. He was highly insulted when a passing stranger, see- ing his “kit,” asked im to “polish "em up?” In a loud voice the son of Italy gave the well intentioned offender to understand that he “shined only by contract” This is a fact, and when at the end of each month he collects his “fees” the bootbiack’s pile in profits amounts to as much as the salaries of some of the men who employ him and is really tn excess of that paid to many. Philadelphia Record. ; Established 1877. Phone Oakland 1550-1551 John J. Dunn Wholesale and Retail Dealer in... COAL & WOOD Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAIL YARDS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. 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READY FOR THE PRESS CHICAGO CAVE DWELLERS Not for Preachers $20 Pages, Cloth, $1.00 POST PAID A Story of the Underworld and the Overworld By Parker H. Sercombe, Editor To-Morrow Magazine, Chicago. Only a limited edition of this remarkable book will be printed. Each copy will be signed by Sercombe Himself and automatically numbered from 1 up. First orders in will get the low numbers in relation except No. 1, which goes to Mrs. Sercombe. Address TO-MORROW MAGAZINE, For the inspirations and inspirations and The New Civilization, 2238 Galmet Ave. Chicago, IL. tp CENTS THE COPY. $1 A YEAR. J. ED. GREEN'S Training School For the Stage --- PRACTICAL instruction director and theatrical productions at from $10 to $25 per peering on the stage Refer, critic, actor or actress. Invoice costs One Dollar and Fifty Cents. Students can join at any time and Fridays for adults. Saturday Young men taught stage COURSE OF STUDY: Stage ville. Professionals and amateur business, etc. FIRST DAY OF TERM: Tu For terms write, phone Calu Pekin Theatre, 2700 ST PRACTICAL instruction by the most successful stage director and theatrical producer. Engagements given all graduates at from $10 to $25 per week. Over 500 pupils now appearing on the stage References: Any reputable manager, critic, actor or actress. Investigation invited... Instruction costs One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) an hour. Students can join at any time. Classes in the day, Tuesdays and Fridays for adults. Saturday mornings for children only. Young men taught stage management and producing. Young men taught stage management and producing. COURSE OF STUDY: Stage Dancing, Art of Acting, Vaudeville. Professionals and amateurs coached in special parts, original business, etc. FIRST DAY OF TERM: Tuesday, March 5th, 1907. For terms write, phone Calumet 67 or call on J. ED. GREEN, Pekin Theatre, 2700 STATE STREET, CHICAGO. THE BROAD AX. Is for sale at the following news stands: George M. Oatts, 5501 Lake ave. Mrs. E. L. Holmes, 2508 $ \frac{1}{2} $ State st. Cigars, tobacco and news stand. J. W. McKinney, news stand, Northeast corner State and 47th st. L. W. Washington, 5613 Jefferson ave. General agent. A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. 51st street Cigar Store and News Stand. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st 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. J. R. Peters Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 3704 State st. Turner Williams' Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 Armour ave. B. Davis, cigars, tobacco, and con- fectionery, 3532 State st. Whitley Bros. 2724 State St., Gent's furnishings and new stand. The Stationery, 2970 State street Cigars, Tobacco and News stand. C. C. McLain, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2906 State street. J. H. Hadley, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 110 W. 47th street, near State. Mrs. Katherine R. Hamlet, Cigars, tobacco, and fancy groceries and news stand 5028 Armour ave. The Informer News Co., 188 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. News items and advertisements left at these places will find their way into the columns of The Broad Axe. 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. There lately passed away, at Seaforth, a fine old soldier, Thomas Wilkins, late of the 9th Lancers. Joining the 17th Lancers in 1867, he served the early part of his life in Ireland. He went to South Africa with his regiment in 1879, and was in the charge at Ulundi. On his return to England he volunteered his services for Afghanistan. He left the Army in 1888, on a pension. The funeral took place on Jan. 27, with semi-military honors, the R. F. A., under Corporal Boston, acting as bearers. The Union Jack covered the veteran soldier's remains. An alarming explosion attended by fatal results, took place at Huncoat, Accrington, at the residence of Wilson Hartley. The kitchen boiler burst, and Lizzie Birtwistle (6), the daughter of Mr. Birtwistle, landlord of the Cemetery Hotel, who was playing in the house with a number of other children, was killed. Another daughter of Mr. Birtwistle's (aged four) was so badly injured as to compel her removal to the hospital. Mrs. Hartley, and one or two of her children, were badly scalded and burned. Major-general H. L. Smith-Dorrien, on by the most successful stage singer. Engagements given all grad- er week. Over 500 pupils now ap- prences: Any reputable manager, investigation invited... Instruction events ($1.50) an hour. Time. Classes in the day, Tuesdays saturday mornings for children only. Management and producing. Stage Dancing, Art of Acting, Vaude- teurs coached in special parts, orig- tuesday, March 5th, 1907. Jumet 67 or call on J. ED. GREEN, STATE STREET, CHICAGO. C. B., will succeed General Sir John French in the command of the troops at Aldershot. Sir John French's successor is in his 49th year, and comes of those Smith-Dorriens and Dorrien-Smiths, who have rule in the Scilly Islands, his elder brother being the present Lord Proprietor. At Paardeberg his Canadians and Australians were at close quarters with the enemy, and altogether he came back from the South African war with an uninjured reputation as a leader, and the name of a careful man. From 1903 he has commanded the Quetta division in India. The miners engaged at Lord Dudley's Baggeridge Wood sinkings, on the fringe of the Blick Country, near Wolverhampton, struck a big seam of the famous 10-yard coal of South Staffordshire at a depth of 556 yards on Jan. 28. The seam is 20 feet thick, of superior quality, and when the colliery is in full working order a daily output of 2,000 or 3,000 tons is anticapped. The miners also discovered valuable deposits of iron ore, equal to the best Cumberland hematite. Coal boring operations were commenced at Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, the contract having been secured by the new Calyn Boring Company, of Millwall. Experts believe that the Barnsley bed of coal will be tapped at a depth of between 2,00 feet and 3,000 feet. While the engineer and fireman of the steamer Pontaferry, Glasgow, were boarding that vessel at Arbroath harbor by means of a plank, on Jan. 29, both fell into the water between the vessel and the quay. The engineer was got out, but the fireman, Richard Foster, a widower, fifty-nine years of age, who is said to belong to Hull, was drowned. A memorial service in connection with the death of Sir James Ferguson, Bart., G.C.S.I., K.C.M. G., C.E.I., of Kilkerran, was held in Dailly Parish Church on Jan. 26. Sir James Ferguson had been an elder of the church for thirty years, had superintended and taught in a district Sunday school in connection with the church, and had represented the kirk-session in the Presbytery of Ayr. Mrs. John Hutchinson died at Bridge of Earn on Jan. 25, after having reached the age of 102 years. Her father, whose name was Peggle, was gardener to Sir Hope Grant, the famous General, who was himself a native of this parish and lived in the White House, Piershill Barracks. Mrs. Hutchinson was born in Perth, and came with her husband 82 years ago to Bridge of Earn, where she had lived ever since. The late Miss Janet Forester Douglas, who resided at 13 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, has by her will left £700 to the schemes of the Church of Scotland, £1,000 to the Royal Infirmation, Henderson Row; £200 for the poor of St. Cuthbert's congregation, £500 to St. Cuthbert's Industrial School, £100 for the poor of the parish of St. Mary's, and £100 for St. Mary's Clothing Society. The death has taken place of Tom Scott, long a prominent sheep farmer, well known throughout Scotland. Mr. Scott some years ago retired from farming and took up his residence at Tain. About a week ago he was laid up with influenza, and passed away on Jan. 29, at the age of seventy. Mr. Scott was the youngest son of the late Adam Scott, who occupied the farms of Tullich in Lochcarron and Dalmore, near Alness. David Bisset, 70, retired farmer, was found dead in bed at his residence, Blair Mount, Blairgowrie. On the previous day he had been in his usual health. Mr. Bisset, was a son of the late John Bisset, the founder of the well-known firm of agricultural implement engineers at Blairgowrie, and was associated with his father and late brother, Thomas S. Bisset, in the inventions connected with reapers and binders and in the starting of Greenbank Works. The death of Jas. Tait, merchant and ironmonger, Kirkwall, took place suddenly on Jan. 29. Mr. Tait was born in Calthness, but his parents removed to Orkney when he was quite a child. He served his apprenticeship with the late Robert Tulloch, ironmonger, and was afterwards for a time with a Glasgow firm. Returning to Kirkwall, he started business for himself about thirty years ago. He was for a number of years a member of Kirkwall Town Council. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets BRADLEY & CO. REAL ESTATE, AND INSURA 4709 S. Halsted Street Sandy W. Tri 2918 State St New Department Why don't you get in the habit of doing you re? 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 tes, Ribbons, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and We make a specialty of Men's Balbriggan istcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Ha A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Sh A fancy line of Neckwear and Handkerchie See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chain Safety Pins. 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 Corsets. A spiendid 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 Waistcoats, Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A beautiful line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. A fancy line of Neckwear and Hardkerchiefs. See our Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains. Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs and Safety Pins. Boys' Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes and Shirts. American Br President and Treasurer, THOMAS Vice-President, JOHN SE Secretary, WILLIAM MANUFATURED Common and Sev 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 Yar ILLINOIS BR - American Brick Co. Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Output of Winter Yards ..... 1400.0 per day Output of Summer Yards ..... 3000.0 per day ILLINOIS BRICK CO. 94 N. Western Ave 1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago. unk's Bro Junk's Brewery M. JUNK, Proprietor JOS. P. JUNK, Manager 3700-3710 South Halsted Street and 897 to 929 Thirtyseventh Street 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. Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619, Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW J. J. Bradley 323 ASHLAND BLOCK TELEPHONE CENTRAL 898 CHICAGO 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 REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTING Bates Building 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO Telephones Oakland 1489, Gray 3331, Blue 3983 W. E. Carlmore & Co. REAL ESTATE LOANS AND FIRE INSURANCE Money Lonned on Mortgages OFFICES 120 W. 51st St. 5252 State St. 4901 Dearborn St. CHICAGO L. L. JONES. S. GRAY. The Twentieth Century Barber Shop Agent for the Black Diamond Development Company. Stock for sale now 25c Per Share. Fine Stock of Cigars. 3842 State Street, CHICAGO. Phone Douglas 7434. 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. CHICAQ Dr. M. J. Brown holds tree 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. 3444 COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE 5501 LAKE AVE. CHICAGO William Loudon, whose death is announced at North Berwick, was a native of Musselburgh, and was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University. In 1854, when about twenty-three years of age, he went out to India, and entered the Indian Revenue Survey, and afterwards he was appointed to the important position of Administrator-General of Bombay by Lord Elphinstone, who was then Governor of Bombay. Mr. Loudon held that office for about nineteen years. The death of Alexander Brownie, late parochial teacher, Bellie, Fochabers, took place on Jan. 26 at Sunnyside, Seafield street, Elgin. Deceased, who was a native of Rayne, was educated at the Aberdeen Grammar School, after which he entered Aberdeen University where he graduated M. A. in 1853. One of Mr. Brownie's class-fellows was Sir Thomas Sutherland of the P. and O. Steamship Company. Deceased commenced his scholastic career as headmaster of the school in the Footdee district of Aberdeen. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE J. M. Fields Telephone Yards 693 BADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Listed Street CHICAGO Dy W. Trice & Co. 2918 State Street Department Store If you get in the habit of doing your trading in the New Y Tuesday and Friday special sales-day and two of Fish Trad- with each 10c purchase. A swell line of Ladies' Shirtwaists, Underwear and Cor- ridid assortment of Shoes. Hosiery, Gloves, Belts, fine Purses, Ins, Gowns, Bracelets, Millinery and everything you wear. A specialty of Men's Baibriggan Underwear, Hosiery, swell Pants, Shoes, Fedora and Derby Hats. A swell line of soft Percale Negligee Shirts and Suspenders. Line of Neckwear and Hardkerchiefs. Novelties in Jewelry, Watch-chains. Fobs, Cuff-buttons, Studs Ins. BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE CHICAGO American Brick Co.. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Smon and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: H and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Winter Yards ..... 140,00 per day Summer Yards ..... 300,00 per day Telephone Yards 128. NOIS BRICK CO. President and Treasurer, ThOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. Telephone Yards 128. WILLIAM G. KUESTER. SUPERINTENDENT. N. Western Ave., Chicago. Telephone Lake View 270. Telephone Yards: 718 k's Brewery Telephone Yards: 718