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THE BROAD AX Edward F. Dunne Re-Nominated for Mayor of Chicago By Acclamation THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES PORTEND THAT HE WILL BE RE-ELECTED WITH BCTH HANDS DOWN THE REST OF THE TICKET COMPOSED OF HONEST, HCNORABLE MEN. THE PLATFORM ADOPTED IS CLEAN CUT—DEFINES THE RIGHTS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE AS AGAINST THOSE OF THE FCREIGN MILLIONAIRES WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE STREET CAR SYSTEM OF THIS CITY. HOME RULE AND HARMONY SHOULD BECOME THE WAR CRY OF THE PRESENT MAYORALTY CONTEST! Vol. XII Edward F. Du Re-Nomina Mayor of By THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES PO BE RE-ELECTED WITH BO THE REST OF THE TICKET HCNORABLE MEN. THE PLATFORM ADOPTED IS THE RIGHTS OF THE AGAINST THOSE OF THE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE STREET CAR SYSTEM OF HOME RULE AND HARMONY WAR CRY OF THE PRESEN TEST! 一 Last Saturday the Democratic City convention was held in Brooks' Casino and many of the old time leaders of the party were absent as delegates, for they had failed to make good in their respective wards; and younger and more active politicians had captured their various delegations thereby enabling them to spring into power and prominence at one bound. The more than friendly contest between the followers of Carter H. Harrison, and the supporters of Mayor Edward F. Dunne, came to a happy close in the convention, by former Mayor Harrison withdrawing from the contest and Mayor Dunne, was re-nominated by acclamation and if all signs do not fail he will be re-elected with both hands down. The rest of the city ticket selected by the convention is as follows: City Treasurer—John E. Traeger, Twenty-ninth ward. twenty-ninth ward. City Clerk—Thomas F. Little, Fourteenth ward. Superior Court Judge (long term)—William Walter Witty, Nineteenth ward. Superior Court Judge, to succeed Judge Joseph E. Gary, deceased—William E. Dever, Seventeenth ward. Trustee of the Sanitary District, to succeed Anton Novak, deceased—Alex Wisniewski, Eighth ward. The following platform was adopted by the convention: The Democratic party of the City of Chicago, in convention assembled, makes the following declaration of principles and policies on the questions most vitally affecting the city at the approaching municipal election: We congratulate the citizens of Chicago upon the record and achievements of the present Democratic administration in the management of municipal affairs. It has reduced the price of gas to 85 cents from $1 per thousand cubic feet, and caused the enactment of a fair gas-meter inspection ordinance. It has reduced water charges to consumers to a uniform rate of 7 cents per thousand gallons, and abolished discriminations favoring large corporate interests as against the householders of the city. It has reduced telephone rates to $125 per annum from $175 for unlimited service, and in proportion for limited service. It has reduced the price of electric light over 25 per cent. It has increased the number of policemen and fireman and correspondingly increased the efficiency of both the police and fire departments. It has stamped out the sale of de- cayed and diseased meats and other unwholesome foods. It has established an effective inspection which has abolished short weights and measures previously used to defraud the people. It has exterminated the crime-breeding resorts in Custom-House place, LaSalle and Clark streets and other vicious dives. It has secured compensation to the city for private use of public space under sidewalks. It has rigorously, effectively and impartially enforced the building ordinances, thereby protecting the health and life of the people. It has secured the enforced collection in the past year alone of over $2,000,000 from corporations and estates hitherto evading just taxation. It has appointed nonpartisan and public-spirited citizens to the board of education, thereby eliminating political pull, abolishing one man power and causing an effective investigation of the frauds in school land leases. The Democratic party is unalterably pledged to municipal ownership of all public utilities, to the end that service for the whole people rather than profit for a few shall result from the operation of all public necessities. Progress in the achievement of this great end has been made by this administration to the point of providing funds through Mueller certificates for the purchase and equipment of the traction properties, and the Mueller law and the certificate ordinance have been brought to a hearing before the Supreme Court, after being sustained in every particular in the lower tribunal. Pending the action of the court on the Mueller certificates this administration entered into negotiations with the traction companies to secure rehabilitation of the lines after agreement for an immediate purchase price. In the course of these negotiations the traction companies, backed by the stock-jobbing interests of New York and Chicago, made unreasonable demands upon the city, and finally secured from the council, over the veto of Mayor Dunne, ordinances that are so drawn as to make municipal ownership practically impossible. These ordinances are now before the people on referendum, and should be voted down. Pretending on their face to provide for municipal ownership, they are, in fact, private franchise for twenty years or more. Pretending to enable the city to purchase on six months' notice, they, in fact, provide for a cash price many millions in excess of the authorized (Continued on Page 2.) HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, MARCH 2, 1907. [Name not provided] Eminent Physician and Surgeon, popular citizen, who is an honor to the Afro-American race, the new President of the Black Diamond Development Company. The Board of Directors of the Black Diamond Development Company, held their annual meeting, Monday, Feb. 25, and the following persons were chosen officers, for the coming year: Doctor A. Wilberforce Williams, President; L. L. Jones, vice-president; Fred A. Wescott, Secretary, and S. Lanig Williams, Treasurer. Doctor Williams the new President of the Black Diamond Development Company, is well and favorably known, having resided in this city for the past eighteen years, and he easily ranks with the best and the leading physicians and surgeons in Chicago or the west. He is also treasurer of the National Medical Association, Treasurer, or Chicago Lodge No. 5. K. of P., Grand vice Chancellor of the K. P.'s of L. Kinno's, and President of the Provider Medical Aid and Burial Association. He has also successfully served as President of the Physicians Association of Chicago. Success has crowned Doctor Williams' medical career in Chicago and all his other undertakings and its citizens both white and Colored, point a bin with pride as a result of that fact. The new President of the Black Diamond Development Company. Prior to locating here he was a successful teacher in the public schools of Kansas City. He studied medicine and is a graduate of the Northwestern Medical College of Chicago. For many years he has been active in everything pertaining to the advancement of the Afro-American race. He has served as chief of the medical staff of Provident Hospital, and as secretary of the medical Board of that institution, and at the present time he is President of THE OLDEST CHURCH ORGAN AND THE DEMOCRATS In the last issue of the Oldest Church Organ its would-be editor had something to say about not "hating Democrats" which to say the least he or she, or the old thing who penned the lines, stamps itself or herself or himself a two faced liar. Here is what the old he or she snake in the grass had to say in a long article which appeared in the columns of the Oldest Church Organ, August 18, 1906, in reference to Democrats, and in relation to two Colored men who induced Mayor Dunne, to appoint this same old thing as a member of the Charter Committee, then after landing it this is what it had to say at the time referred to respecting white and Colored Democrats. "He claims to be a Democrat, and true to the Negro-hating instinct of that old political party he delights to hold up to ridicule, and point with pride to any act which he can construe into a characteristic which unfits the Negro for citizenship. The bulk of his readers consist of a certain Negro hating element of the white Democratic party which delight in reading in Negro newspapers that our preachers and all our best women are low, immoral, and church and society robbers, and that all leading Negro men and Republican Negro newspapers are for sale to the highest bidders in matters politics and citizenship. "These white Negro hating Democrats pay him, and pay him for the the medical staff of the same hospital. He is also treasurer of the National Medical Association, Treasurer, of Chicago Lodge No. 5, K. of P., Grandice Chancellor of the K. P.'s of Ilino's, and President of the Provident Medical Aid and Burial Association. He has also successfully served as President of the Physicians Association of Chicago. Success has crowned Doctor Williams' medical career in Chicago and all his other undertakings and its citizens both white and Colored, point to him with pride as a result of that fact. The new President of the Black Diamond Development Company is happily married and he and Mrs. Williams resides in a portion of their own elegant flat building, at 6510 Langley ave. In all business transacations Doctor Williams' Word is his bond, and being one of the largest stockholders in the Black Diamond Development Company, ever ready to put up his money in order to keep things moving, and as its new President he will make everything in connection, with it, hum the coming year. satisfaction of reading his newspaper the best Negro churches and Negores generally are worse than the worst white ones." If there is anything in the above quotations which is friendly to any class of Democrats, then we are willing to come out on, the Lord's side "gine" the church and become a first-class liar like some of the old preachers, whom we have the unpleasure of knowing. Hon. William A. Doyle, who ran for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County last June, and who occupies a fine suite of law offices on the 12th floor of the First National Bank Building, and former Judge Hanecy, might be induced to elaborate just a little bit on the treatment which they have received within the past year at the hands of the alleged editor of the Oldest Church Organ. John J. Hayes, who was one of the warm supporters of Carter H. Harrison in his late contest with Mayor Edward F. Dunne, will work early and late for the success of every man on the Democratic ticket, as Mr. Hayes, is no bolter or knocker. Ex-Alderman Michael McInerney, will make the race for Alderman in the 30th ward, against Alderman John Burns, who has for two terms in the City Council, proven himself a live wire, and his friends predict for him, that he will again be re-elected to the City Council. Hon. William Sulzer's Eloquent Oration On "Abraham Lincoln" DELIVERED AT THE LINCCIN CLUB'S BANQUET, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. FINE TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT. BY THE PCPULAR NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN. --- Congressman William Sulzer, of New York City, was the honored guest of the Lincoln Club of Jersey City, N.J., and as the leading orator at the banquet given by that famous Easterly Club on Feb. 12, he delivered the following eloquent oration on Abraham Lincoln: "I have been a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln ever since early boyhood days. I have studied his speeches, read and re-read his writings; worshipped at his shrine, gloried in his career, and have always been a close student of his wise and just and patriotic teachings. He was, in my opinion, take him all in all, the most heroic figure in all our history, and next to the Declaration of Independence, he wrote the greatest political document in our annals—The Emancipation Proclamation. He was one of the purest patriots; one of the wisest statemen; and one of the greatest men that ever lived, and that will live in history for all the years to come. He loved liberty, believed in the people, and battled for the rights of man. He was the friend of the masses, and the champion of the oppressed. He hated cant, despaired hypocrisy, and denounced aristocracy. He believed in civil and religious liberty; he advocated not only the freedom of man, but the freedom of conscience, the freedom of speech, and the freedom of the press. He could not tolerate class, or caste, or special privileges. He was the greatest myriaded-minded man of his day. He had few prejudices and no bigotry. All the prejudices he had were against the evils of his time—against the pride, the assumption, the arrogance, and the intoleration of his fellow man. He knew the right, and he was great enough and grand enough to dare maintain it. He searched for the truth and knowing the truth, he had the courage and the manhood without fear or favor to promulgate it to all the world. He was a man who stood immovable for man, and he did as much for human liberty as any man who ever lived. As the centuries come and go, the immortal figure of Abraham Lincoln will loom larger and larger on the horizon of human destiny. The history of his life, of his joys and his sorrows; his hopes and discouragements, from the little log cabin in Kentueky, where he was born, to the Presidential chair, reads like a romance, and could not have occurred in any other country than our own, where the humblest boy can rise step by tsep on the political ladder to the White House. That never to be forgotten story is the star of hope for the poorest boy in all our land, and the inspiration of all America. Lincoln was a deep thinker, a profound reasoner, a great lawyer, and one of the greatest political philosophers that ever lived, and during his Presidential career in the darkest hours of our country's history, he was the guiding genius for the Union. He was a great statesman, enunciated great principles of Government, formulated great policies of State, held in the Union intact; and his policies and principles and example will No. 22 Sulzer's Oration On Am Lincoln" CIN CLUB'S BANQUET, JER- MORY OF THE MARTYRED RK CONGRESSMAN. live as long as the Republic endures, and ever be an inspiring incentive to every patriot in all our land. Abraham Lincoln believed in exact justice to all men. He was no respecter of persons, of condition, or of power. He cared nothing for position and less for wealth. He believed in and enunciated the great cardinal principle of democracy—"Equal rights to all; special privileges to none." When I was in the Legislature of the State of New York, I asked the late Senator McNaughton, the representative from Rochester, who knew Lincoln well, and who frequently met him in the trying days of the civil war, "Who in your opinion, was the greatest politician and statesman that America has ever produced?" and the wise old Scotch Senator, without a moment's hesitation, replied, "Lincoln." And then after a few moments of quiet thought he said, "My young friend, if you want to become a great man in the American Republic, study the story of the live of Abraham Lincoln." From his earliest youth to the sadness of his tragical dying day, Abraham Lincoln was always true to his principles, and they were the principles of humanity, the principles of liberty, and the principles of a free government. He was always true to his political faith, true to the fundamental teachings of the fathers of the Republic, true to the men who were striving to do right. In one of his speeches he said: "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. I must stand with everybody that stands right; stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong." What a noble sentiment! Lincoln was a great lawyer. In his own way probably one of the greatest lawyers that ever lived in America. He was a great orator, and his simple speech at Gettysburg is one of the great classics of America; and his innumerable speeches, especially his wonderful debates with Douglas conclusively prove that he was one of our greatest orators. He was a great statesman, and no one to-day reading his letters, and his state papers, can doubt for a moment that he was the ablest and the most far-seeing politician of his time, and the greatest and grandest statesman this country has ever produced. Lincoln stands alone in the illuminated pages of American history—the greatest and the grandest and the most collossal figure in all our annals. No one will ever know the blood drops and the suffering of Abraham Lincoln during the darkest and most trying days of the civil war, the greatest war of modern times, when a million men from the North and a million men from the South, with their guns and drums, and theeir tramping to and fro, shook the earth and the very pillars of our free institutions. Thank God, father Abraham won, and we are brothers again. In this connection I want to tell a story, that perhaps has never been (Continued on Page 2.) THE BROAD AX PUBLISHED WEEKLY It is immensely and at all times important the true guarantee of Democracy (Counselors, Protects, Friends, Families, Since, Taxes, Rebuts, Bounties of Labor, or any one else can have victory with their language is proper and their is a newspaper whose platform is informed and all over claiming the editorial is safe and sound mind. these connections will receive attention and only one side of the paper. JUNE F TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Post Office at Chicago, II, 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. DOCTOR ROBINSON AND HIS TEN MILLION DOLLAR LAW SUIT. Dr. Robinson, of Chicago, Ill., has won his suit. He had invented a car coupler, which was taken from him by one of the big companies of that city. It is worth $10,000,000. Attorney Lucas, an able Negro, won the case and will get one-tenth of the amount. They both are Negroes. The Chicago Conservator says that Dr. Robinson has had at times 25 lawyers employed in the case. When the Negro makes an invention he should be protected in his rights.—The Advance, St. Louis, Mo. The ex-preacher running the Old Church Organ or the Conservator, should feel ashamed of himself, in playing into the hands of the devil by making its few poor ignorant readers believe that Dr. Robinson "has won his so-called patent car wheel case," but as a matter of fact he has not won it and judging from the present status of the case he is a long way from winning it. For the sake of making a little "easy money" some old broken down preachers will lie through the columns of the newspapers which they are supposed to edit, a thousand times faster than the boss devil can run, but we are not in that line of business at the present time. BLACK DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY'S stockholders to receive "dividend" certificates in a few days. The "dividend" certificates of the stockholders on record on November 5th, 1906, are now being made out at the office of the Company and will be mailed to the rightful stockholders in a few days. The delay in getting out these "dividend" certificates has been occasioned by its being necessary to arrange certain papers required by the laws of Arizona and their publication for 30 days in the Territory, which has been completed, and the amendment filed on record January 22nd, 1907. To the stockholders receiving these "dividend" certificates, means 100 per cent, increase on their money for 15 months. The success which has crowned this Company in its 16 months of organization has warranted the increasing of the capital stock of $1,000,000, and the declaring of a stock "dividend" on November 5th, 1906 of 100 per cent, to all stockholders of record on that date. Since the declaring of this stock "dividend", well No. 6 has been drilled and finished and proves to be another good gas well, has increased the assets of the Company. Connecting up of the Black Diamond Development-company's wells to the Kansas Natural Gas Company's pipe line is being pushed with all energy and the same is nearing completion, which will mean another joyous event to all people who have invested in Black Diamond Development Company's stock. The pipe line has been delayed owing to the high water in the Neosho River, and the bad weather which has prevailed in Kansas for several weeks, making it impossible to deliver pipe from the City of Chanute to Black Diamond Development Company's properties, six miles East, but all of the material is now on the ground and work is being pushed rapidly. JAMES HALE PORTER APPOINTED FIELD AGENT! Mr James Hale Porter, who is well known by many Chicagoans as a first class hustler has been appointed "Field Agent" to collect exhibits for the Colored exhibitors to the Jamestown Exposition. Mr. Porter's territory takes in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin. He will pay cspecial attention to the exhibits of our school children,'which will make a creditable showing at the exposition."= "T." PROMINENT COLORED MEN ESPOUSE THE CAUSE OF MAYOR EDWARD F. DUNNE. It looks as though Mayor Dunne's out spoken friendship for the Colored people will not go unrewarded judging by the calibre of the men who are espousing his cause. A campaign committee consisting of the leaders in the business and social life of the Colored people has been organized to push his candidacy, every walk of life is represented. Lawyers, doctors and trades people have joined hands and it is the purpose of the committee to reach every Colored voter in the city. Among those who have agreed to serve are the following: Rev. A. J. Carey, Dr. W. A. Richardson, Dr. Chas. E. Bentley, Alfred Anderson, Prof. William Emanuel, Phill Miller, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, Charley Lett, Noah D. Thompson, Enoch Cooper, Frank Hamilton, George W. Henderson, Fred Slaughter, Wm. J. Wickes, D. R. Wilkins, Chas. L. Webb, Jesse Binga, Eulus Ware, William Weller, George Gray, George Bond, Daniel Scott, John Smith, Jos. I. Hudlin, Isaac Barfield, Sandy W. Trice, John H. Coleman, L. W. Washington, Dr. D. H. Anderson, Welland Grayson, George Townsend, Rev. J. F. Thomas, E. J. Smith, Joe. Thomas, Sam. Thompson, Dr. William E. Mackey, C. J. Waring, J. C. Turner, James Tuppins, Arthur Codozer, Mose D. Wiley, Edw. G. Alexander, Prof. Kemper Harreld, Edw. E. Wilson, Paul Herron, W. G. Anderson, Frank W. King, Dr. Harry Boger, Dr. Jos. A. Kelly, Luther Heyward, Capt. James S. Nelson, Alex. Ross, W. H. Eaves, Roscoe Evans, Luther Moore, A. G. F. Sims, Robert Douglas, Dr. Wm. T. Jefferson, John Eubanks, Rev. Wm. Gray, Dr. E. S. Miller, Julius F. Taylor, C. W. Smith, Arthur Robinson, George Street, Bolden Brooks, W. A. Yancy, George Bridgewater, Berry Lewis, E. P. Simpson, Wm. Randolph Smith, S. Breckinridge, S. A. T. Watkins, W. I. Wilson, W. K. Crampton. COL. ROBERT M. MITCHELL WAS NOT ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS AT THE TIME. COL. A. D. GASH SECURED THE EIGHTEEN THOUS SAND DOLLAR JUDGMENT AGAINST COL. "PONY," MOORE. The following letter speaks for its self: Chicago, Ill., Feb. 27th, 1907. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor, The Broad Ax, Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir: The judgment which you recently recovered against Mr. Moore, and my signature to the praecipe in the case, puts me in an unprofessional light before the public. Recently, I have been acting as Mr. Poney Moore's attorney in matters not connected with your case or matter. Mr. Moore and his friends feel that I have been acting in a dual capacity as a lawyer. I knew nothing of my name being connected with the praecipe, nor had I any knowledge whatever of the filing of the suit or the taking of a judgment against Mr. Moore. I desire you to set me right before the public. Very Respectfully. In this connection we desire to say that a few days prior to the time the praecipe was filed in our twenty thousand dollar damage suit against Col. "Pony," Moore, which was on or about June 1, 1906, at our request Col. Mitchell accompanied us to the law offices of Col. A. D. Gash, in the Oxford Building, for the purpose of consulting with Col. Gash and James H. Hooper as to the advisibility of including Justice Willis Melville and Little Ed. Wilson in the suit. Col. Mitchell was of the opinion that both Melville and Wilson, was as deep in the mire in endeavoring to ruin our business standing and reputation as Col. "Pony" Moore, and that it would be no trouble to stick them. Attorneys Gash and Hooper held the opposite view, they contending that "Moore," simply used Melville and Wilson as instruments to enable him to land us, and with the hope that Col. Mitchell would be able to swing Messrs. Gash and Hooper around to his and our way of thinking, at our request his name was placed on the praecipe. But we want to say right now that Mr. Mitchell was never consulted any further on the case as at that time no one expected that the case would be reached for two or three years and it was our intention to consult with Col. Mitchell about the case later on. Therefore we want to say for all time to come that at the time the judgment was entered up against Col. "Pony" Moore, in Judge Gibbons' Court, Jan. 17, we had not been in Mr. Mitchell's office for almost two months prior to that time nor con- versed with him on any subject whatever, and Attorney Gash and Hooper had not come in contact with him since early last June or July. So in justice to Mr. Mitchell we can truthfully state that he did not assist us in any manner, shape or form to win our eighteen thousand dollar suit against Col. "Pony". Moore. BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN TO START ON THE WARPATH CN THE "BACE QUESTION." Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, the South Carolina Anarchist, will on March 5th start on the warpath, on the "Race Question" and deliver one of his rantings each night in the week except three until November 30. Old Ben will receive $200.00 each night for his so-called lectures, earning for the entire period for which he has contracted for $43,000. The bulk of this vast sum of money will roll into his blood-stained pockets, for harping on the Negro. Again it is not out of place to state that if Benjamin R. Tillman advocated mob and lynch law, and the shotgun policy for any other race of people like he does for the Negro race, he would be laid out stiff and cold a thousand times, for daring to give expressions to his bloody utterances and we honestly believe that it is only a question of time until some bold and daring Negro, will land him a knockout blow in the neck. WHITE MAN ACSAULTS HIS OWN DAUGHTER. At Newark, Ohio, last week, a white man named James Clemmings, 35 years old, was arrested and lodged in jail charged with having assaulted his 7-year-old daughter, and when her mother protested against the inhuman treatment, he knocked her down, kicked and beat her unmercifully. If the brute had been a Colored man the Associated Press would have buried it all over the country with glaring headlines, but, as usual, few, if any, of the big dalles said one word about it. Oh, inconsistency thou are a jewel!—Ex. ```markdown ``` MAYOR DUNNE RE-NCMINATED. (Concluded from Page 1.) amount of Mueller certificates necessary for such purchase. Pretending to divide profits of operation with the city, they, in fact, afford no assurance whatever of any income therefrom. By means of construction profits under principal contracts and sub-contracts they would make possible an enormously excessive price for purchase by the city. By authorizing unlimited contracts for power they would enable the companies to saddle upon the city in case of municipal purchase the obligation of contracts with private power companies at any price and for any length of time. They are so drawn as to make it extremely difficult if not impossible, for the city to secure a reduction of fares while the companies remain in possession. They are so drawn that operating rights cannot be transferred to any other profit-making company, however favorably its offer in low fares may be, without the payment of a heavy penalty. Much was conceded by the administration during the negotiations for the ordinances, with a view of making a peaceful settlement, enabling the city to municipalize at any time upon reasonable notice. These concessions were reasonable if that object could have been accomplished; but, under these ordinances as submitted to the people municipal ownership is practically impossible. For this reason the Democratic party condemns the ordinances and urges the people to defeat them at the polls. The Democratic party irrevocably pledges itself and its candidates to the principle of the referendum. Whatever may be the will of the people as expressed at the polls must be executed faithfully by their representatives. Should these ordinances be approved by the people, notwithstanding their dangerous character, we must have public officials who will steadfastly guard the people's rights therein. If, however, these ordinances are defeated by the people, we must have public officials who will prevent the enactment of other franchise ordinances. In the event of the efeat of the ordinances at the polls, the city should assert its right under the eminent domain act and condemn these properties in the courts. Pending the condemnation of the property and rights of the companies the city should not enter into any further negotiations, contracts or arrangements with the companies, except for the purpose of temporary occupancy of the streets under licenses revocable at any time at the will of the city. We believe that the people of this city are through with granting fran- chises to Wall street stock jobbers. We are confident that treating people as cattle for twenty years while piling up great fortunes is not the way to get them to grant another twenty years' power to alien masters so that they may continue to plunder and abuse them. Companies for private profit cannot be trusted to furnish good service under any contract whatever. These companies have furnished bad service heretofore, although they have had long franchise contracts. They are furnishing bad service now, regardless of the rights and comfort of the people. The only way to secure good service is by municipal owners in and operation. We firmly believe in the right of the public to be freely heard upon referendum on all important public questions, and we most emphatically condemn the amendments to the present "public policy" referendum law recently introduced in the city council. While seemingly for the purpose of assuring the genuineness and honesty of such petitions, these amendments are, in fact, calculated to make the obtaining of such petitions to the number required by the law utterly impossible. We demand that the percentage of signatures required for such petition be greatly reduced, and that the results of such referendums be mandatory upon the city council. We reiterate our demands for the establishment of small parks and playgrounds in the congested quarters of the city, and public bathing beaches in convenient places on the lake shore. We are unalterably in favor of the merit system for the public service, both for entrance and dismissal and of advancement therein from rank to rank by just promotional rules and regulations. We believe in maintaining a police force adequate to the needs of the city, and demand that it be properly housed and decently treated, and that it be divorced from politics. We reiterate our demand for home rule in Chicago on matters of local concern, and insist that all citizens should have the largest measure of personal liberty that may be compatible with peace and good government. We oppose the granting of any further franchises or privileges to the Union loop. This loop has become a tremendous obstacle against the development of the city, and should be removed from our streets as soon as this can be legally accomplished. We demand that the water power of the drainage canal shall not be granted to private persons or corporations, but that it should be preserved for the general use of the municipality, and that an legislation necessary should immediately be sought in the legislature whereby this valuable public utility may be preserved for the general purposes of the city. We favor the speedy construction of a system of subways which would be owned and operated by the city. In submitting this platform to the voters of Chicago the Democratic party invites the co-operation of citizens of all parties who approve its declarations. And as a guaranty to them of our own good faith we present for their suffrages as our candidate for mayor a citizen who is conceded by all an honest man and one whom we confidently commend as having proved himself in the best sense an efficient as well as honest mayor. The declarations in the platform are clean cut, and all the candidates running on it are honest and honorable men and if the leaders of the various factions of Miss Democracy, will stop fighting among themselves, fall in line and do their duty, every man on the ticket will be elected by large majorities on Tuesday April 2. ST. MARK LITERARY. Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock the St. Mark Literary, 47th and State st., will celebrate Centenary Anniversary of the birth of the great poet Henry W. Longfellow. Mr. S. D. Fowler, will make the principal address. Mr. R. G. Bell will also deliver a short address. Musical numbers will be rendered by Miss Slater and Miss Coleman. Last Sunday, Mr. F. L. Cuffee was the speaker. He spoke in the interest of the home for the aged and infirm Colored people, of which he is President. Have you seen the picture of our Colored soldiers storming San Juan Hill? It is a beauty! All 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 soldier song, "Yol Will Miss the Colored Soldiers." No loyal Colored persons will be without this magnificent tribute to their race. Send 25c to Dabney Publishing Co., 420 McAllister St., Cincinnati, O. Agents wanted. CONGRESSMAN SULZER ON ABRA- HAM LUNCOL. (Concluded from rage 1.) printed before regarding Mr. Lincoln's sadness and greatness, and dry wit and imitable humor, and in his composition there was much of all these elements. in the early days of the war for the Union, a great body of leading bankers and financiers of New York called at the White House to see Mr. Lincoln, and asked him to send ships and troops to New York to protect their treasures. Mr. Lincoln listened patiently to all this committee had to say, and when they finished he said, in his quiet, sad and simple way: "Gentlemen, in answer to all you have said, I reply that I am doing everything in my power with the forces at my command to save the Union. There is no danger to your treasures in New York City, and instead of asking me to send warships and troops to New York to protect them, you should go back home and lend your money to the Government in order to protect the Constitution and help save the Union." The great committee of bankers and financiers returned to New York wiser and more patriotic men from these few words of the immortal martyred President. Lincoln loved the Union, and his first inaugural message proves that his only desire was to save the Union from civil strife and dissolution. He had said many times before that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and Lincoln was right. When Dr. Long, an intimate friend of Lincoln, said to him one day, "Well, Lincoln, that foolish speech will kill you—will defeat you for all offices for all time to come," referring to the "House Divided" speech, Mr. Lincoln replied: "If I had to draw a pen across and erase my whole life from existence, and I had one poor gift or choice left, as to what I should save from the wreck, I should choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." Lincoln died in the prime of his life, at the summit of his career, in the zenith of his fame, in the service of his country, loved by every friend of man, and mourned by all the world. "There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen. He reaps the bearded grain at a breath And the flowers that grow between." President Lincoln was perhaps more abused and caricatured during the time he was in the White House than any other man that ever lived in our country. And yet, when he was stricken down by the cruel bullet of an irresponsible lunatic, all the world bowed down and wept and prayed, and every government on earth paid him the homage of his great heart and soul. No paper in all the world abused Lincoln more than Punch of London, and yet, upon the death of Lincoln it wrote one of the most beautiful odes that ever was written to the memory of man, and James Russell Lowell, one of America's greatest poets, summed it all up in a stanza in his Commemorative Ode when he said of the undying fame of Lincoln: "Great captains with their guns and drums disturb our judgment for the hour. But at last silence comes—these all are gone. And standing like a tower our children's children shall behold the glory of his fame. This kindly, earnest, sad, far-seeing man, New birth of our new soil—the first American." THE PEKIN. Manager Motts of the Pekin Theatre will produce for the first time on any stage an entirely original musical three-act play, entitled "The Grafters" by Blaine Gray, commencing Monday, March 4th. There is a well-defined plot running through the piece which follows the fortunes of a well-to-do business man of Washington, D. C., who aspires to become a social lion of the Capitol. In his endeavors to promote this desire he becomes enmeshed in a web of circumstances that makes him the easy prey of sundry persons who play upon his credulity. Among the leaders of these social pirates are two adventurers with inventive minds who contrive to keep him in hot water during the greater part of the three acts. While the play is essentially a farce comedy, there are a great many dramatic episodes which serve to dispaly the versatility of the members of the Pekin Stook Company. Harrison Stewart who is rapidly forging to the front as a comedian of great promise, will have a part peculiarly suited to his talents. J. Ed. Green, that sterling actor, Jerry Mills, the great protean artist, J. P. Mores, the phenomenal barytone, Lawrence Chenault, a great Pekin favorite, George White, Louis Pennington, Lottie Grady, Nettie Lewis, Pearl Brown, Mae White, Vella Crawford, and Madeline Cooper all will be seen in speaking parts in this production and the wonderful Pekin chorus will be largely augmented for this occasion. The music is by Joe Jordan and James T. Erymn both of whom have a number of successful song-hits to their credit. The production will be under the personal direction J. Ed. Green, who has recently returned from a two-week sojourn at Hot Springs for his health and he comes back to his labors refreshed. Invigorated and with hosts of new and original ideas. Seems for this engagement now on sale. $0.00 CHIPS CHIPS Goldie Chapman, 314 30th st., is on the sick list. Mr. Thurman Sewell, 3437 Dearborn st., is confined to his bed with diaperia. Mr. T. Moores, one of Ernest Bogan's company is confined to his bed at 380 30th st. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Steward of Detroit, Mich., spent last week in the city, the guest of Mrs. Sampson. 2728 Dearborn st. Master Adelbert Roberts 2968 Dearborn st., after a three weeks struggle with scarlet fever is again able to be out of doors. Mr. George Bonds 3642 Wabash av. met with an accident Tuesday whee- by he injured his wrist to the extent that he can not go to work. Mr. Ed. Hawkins 3240 Wabash ave. expects to visit his former home in Columbia, Ga., next month at which time his sister will be married. Ald. Dan Harkin, after a hard fought and bitter battle, has been renominated, and he will continue to serve in the City Council as one of the Alderman from the 14th ward. Mrs. Simon Ford 5042 Dearborn st. has lately had her home re-furnished from end to end, and as she is a neat house-keeper everything looks cheerful and neat as a new pin. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wills, 3210 Indiana ave., received a little baby girl as a prominent visitor Saturday the 23rd. Mother and daughter are getting along nicely. It is rumored that Dr. Geo Hall has sold his pretty Roselie Court home and has purchased a flair building on Wabash ave., near 33rd st. where he will hereafter reside. Mr. Mart Shoecraft 3153 Forest ave. leaves the city, Monday to spend a month in Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Hugh Merriman 3233 State st. will spend the month of March in Hot springs. The "Musical Courtship" given for the benefit of the Kindergarten at the Institutional Church. Friday night, was a financial and social success. Every number on the program was well rendered. H. Sylvester, Williams, a Negro has been elected a borough counseel for the metropolis of London, England. This is the first time in the history of England that a man of African decent has been so distinguished. Ald. Jim Dalley, was put to sleep in the 4th ward, which serves him right, for he expended the most of his time, in cussing and damning his constituents and everybody else he came in contact with. Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5, the Phyllis Wheatley Club, held an informal reception at the home of its president, Mrs. L. A. Davis 3226 Prairie ave., which was largely attended by some, of the most fashionable and prominent ladies in the city. Mr. W. Henri Browne, Jr., who for a long while was collector for the Harvey Tailoring Company, is now employed in a confidential position with the McCormick Harvester Co., with offices in the Powers Building. Mr. George Henderson, the famous tenor singer was compelled to have an arm amputated. The operation was performed at the Post Graduate Hospital 24th and Dearborn st., last Saturday. The patient is getting along nicely. The new officers of the Sandy W. Trice and Company Department Store 2918 State street, are as follows, Sandy W. Trice, President; Rev. A. J. Carey, first vice-president; James M. Lee, second vice-president; Milton J. ‘rice, third vice-president; George W. siurray, treasurer; attorney, Walter M. Farmer, secretary. turner B. Ashby, the enterprising oud guiding spirit of J. J. Smith and Company 100 Lake street, manufact- ueers cf fime perfumes and other sweet smelling odors, This week, pre- seated us with a fine bottle of violet vaier and a box of satchet powder for \irs. Taylor. Both presents are very ceptable. \hat grew my hair where it wes {and covered up a bed bald spot, \smer’s Hair Tonte and Cream. Proj. W. Kemper Harreld. who uss in much of his time in hang- = and the Frederick Doug- .. Center, is still holding on to tive dollars which should be coming our way. : A Good Home for Children. yvarted children, either White or red to board and room, they will cceive the care of a good mother: charges reasonable. Mrs. L. Coleman, Bio Accnear Ave. oh Ma. FARMER’S HAIR TONIC AND CREAM. \When all else fails try Farm- ers hair tonic and cream. On sale at The Peoples’ Pharmacies oth and Armour Ave., and 27th and Dearborn Streets, also at 4832 and 4856 Langley Ave. 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. vill act as the general agent for The Broad Ax, and news items and adver- vsements left with him not later than Wednesday evening or early Thursday moraing prior to the day of publication. will find their way into its columns. NEWS FROM ENGLAND. Charles Simms, a farmer's son, ac- cidently killed himself while he was shooting rabits on his father’s farm at Loughgilly, near Newry. The London Gazette has announced the appointment of George Ronald Lane to be Page of Honor to his Majesty, vice the Hon. Victor Aler- ander Spencer, resigned. The Rev. Dr. J. Carter Brown, a keen angler, who was familiarly known at Dover as “the Fishing Par- son,” died at Dover. It was shown at an inquest at Ches- hum, Bucks, on Miss Theodora But- cher that she poisoned herself through swallowing perchlorid of mercury in mistake for eascara tabloids. Mr. W. Hearn, manager and secre- tary of Messrs. Hoperoft and Norris’ brewery, Blackley, fell from a train near Westbury and was killed. Viscount Coke, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, unveiled a marble bust of Nelson ‘in Burham Thorpe Church, where Nelson's father was rector. Mr. Francis Alexander Hamilton, who had been a magistrate for Liver- pool since 1853, died at his residence in London, in his ninty-third year. Exeter Board of Conservators offer rewards for the killing of herons near the estuary. One of these birds was recently killed with forty-two small trout in its crop. For selling to the late Mr. Hugh Stowell Pitt the revolver with which he committed sulelde Mr. Robert Ramsbottom, @ gunsmith, was fined 11. and costs at Manchester, but leave to appeal was granted. It was announced at Leeds that the choir of Castleford Parish Church, owing to dissatisfaction in the matter of the appointment of a new choirmas- ter. had gone on strike. A compositor named Weatherall, who sneezed while being shaved in 8 ‘Newark barber's shop, caught the up- turned edge of the razor in falling for- ard, and had the end of his nose cut On being charged with cruelly beat- ing a bullock with a stick, a defendant at Tonbridge police court. burst into | tears, The chairman said, “Never mind; don't ery. ‘Think of the bul At Hackney police station ex-Po- licc-sergeant Fredercik Humphrys, 4 1 R, who has long been known as the “Sergeant Artist,” was presented with double painting outfit on his retire- ment. At St. Pancras an inquest was held > William H. Henshaw, 60, a pen- Stoner of the 19th Regiment, Wiscon- sin, U.S. A. While making tea he up- set e paraffin lamp, and was terribly pent, ‘The Lord Mayor of Birmingham has asnounced the presentation to the Corporation of three large tapestries by Sir Edward BurneJones, woven by {he firm of William Morris, at Merton Fines of 258. each were imposed, at Fristol. on two colliers, for forcing their way into a tramear, and remain- inc in thelr dirty clothes: and on Wm. Whitefield, a mining agent, for abet- tine them. For rescuing Emily Andrews from the Lea, near Bow-bridge, police con- stable Cameron, 619 K division, was Presented with ‘the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society by Major ‘Woodhouse- John Willis, of Woore, Stoffordshire, Those death has just been announced, Diented for the Grand Duke Michael, at Keele hall, the famous fig tree upon Thich seven different kinds of figs now grow. ~ By the action of the tide a forest- hed has been exposed at Bacton, on the Norfolk coast. and the remains of * monster animal have deen found, WASHINGTON LETTER Sieachit Hiamsinenenaieen” |_A new building for the bureau of engraving and printing, to cost $3,000, /000, has been provided for in a bil |which was recently reported by the jhouse committee on public buildings | and grounds. | The overcrowding of machinery and employees has reached to every room in the bullding. Notwithstanding the jever increasing demand for work offi (clals say it is a question under present |conditions if the limit of capacity bas not been reached. |_ The density is greater on the third ‘floor. where the main hand press room fs located. Here the conditions are ‘said to be more aggravated than In any other quarter of the bulldinz. “In continuous lines the presses by neces. sity are placed against each other, and \the aisles between the lines by actual measurement are sixteen inches wide. In these uarrow spaces the printers |and their women assistants work, the men Performing the hardest kind of manual labor. | _ Only Young Women Employed. | The women who work in these sur. | Foundings are mostly young. between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five. It fs the policy of the bureau not to ‘employ women as assistants who are | more than thirty-five years old. The Rature of the work requires that it shall be done quickly, and the person doing it must possess azility of mind and body. It {s not unusual for them to fall in a faint at their work. A hospital. with a physician in charge, has been established, but for = of space even this 1s Inadequate. ly equipped. Theater For Hospital. ‘The new amusement hail to be erect. ‘ed at the Government Hospital For the Insane, so far as modern construction and design are concerned, will be Washington's most up to date play- ‘house. The desizus show a building which ‘will be practically a theater, although it will be known as an amusement hall. It will have every convenience, feature of equipment and advantage im design that is known in theatrical architecture. The hall will be devoted to performances given for the patients at the hospital and will cost $75,000 to build. Besides being absolutely fireproof in construction, the building will be equipped with every known contriv- ance to kill flames in case a fire should ever start. Among these are the water curtain, asbestus curtain, automatic sprinklers and automatic skylight. The hall will seat 700 people in the main auditorium and 300 additional in the balcony, which will be used by guests. Stage Construction Modern. In designing the stage every detail of modern equipment has been given careful thought and study. with the end in view to have as complete and “professionally” correct a stage as pos- sible. There is to be a brick fire wall between the stage and the auditorium, and the stage opening Is to be provided with an asbestus curtain, curtain and drops to be hung upon a steel gridiron, with iron blocks and wire ropes. Suspended underneath the gridiron there will be an automatic sprinkler, so arranged as to play on the asbestus curtain, all drops and all parts of the stage. This is an essential requirement in modern theater construction, as many fires occur from defective wires in drop loft and often gain considerable head- way before being discovered. New Orchids For Mrs. Roosevelt. Exquisite orchids have been imported from the Philippines for the White House conservatories. When Mrs. Roosevelt presides over the post Lenten gayeties society at the capital will have the pleasure of admiring these re- cent acquisitions. Since coming to the White House Mrs. Roosevelt has clung persistently to the imposing flower known as the “Lady Finger” orchid. The variety was a gift to Police Com- missioner Bingham of New York while major domo of the White House from Joseph Chamberlain of Birmingham, England, who beguiles his leisure from political cares by collecting orchids. The flower combines most gorgeous shades of deep purple to pale violet. Because of its rarity and costliness It cannot become a popular flower. Mrs. Roosevelt never appeared at a state function, whether It was White House reception, inauguration ball or a cabi- net dinner, without a large cluster of these orchids in her belt. The Philip- pine orchids will sbow more yellow than purple, and they are of long bell shape. Y. M. C. A. Boys’ Building. Plans bave been prepared for exten- Pians bave been prepared for exten- sive improvements to be made on the boys’ beilding of the Young Men's Christian association on G street neat Seventeenth. ‘The building, which was the quartert of the whole association before its new bome was erected on the property ad- joining, will be remodeled and reno- ee ere When the Improve- ments are complete the boys’ quarters will be as modern and well equipped jn every way as the newer building. i] ‘Statesmen In Demand. "All sorts and conditions of people ‘come to the White House in a steady stream to beg the president and the members of the cabinet to make speeches in various parts of the coun- try. Anything from the annual meet- ing of a state bar association to the ‘anniversary of a statesman’s death brings a delegation to Wasbington looking for a “big gua” to make the speech of the day. Not one-tenth of these requests can be granted. Pres!- dent Roosevelt tells all the delezations that come to him that if the cabinet officers accepted one-third of the invi- tations they have to speak the govern- ment’ busivess would be sadly neg- lected. CARL SCHOFIELD. ieee a. aa ieee ce ee WOMAN AND FASHION A Most Fetching Gown. This gown is made in two parts, the waist being joined invisibly to the skirt after each is made, so that it is less difheult to manage than a gown all In one plece. The soft shirrings which appear on the shoulder and at the waist are very pleasing. while the Bee) ya fi Aan W442) AN YA j I he we surplice fronts are trim and pretty. A tiny yoke effect of the same or another fabric completes the neck in front, while natty turn back cuffs finish the sleeves at the elbow. The mode of con- struction demands a supple material for its best realization, and any of the soft silks, challis, veiling or washing stuffs may serve. Veils. Black veils do not look well with a very light hat or gown, unless black ts introduced elsewhere iu the costume. | The white veil is a thing of beauty, but not meant for every oue. ~ BSallow, dark haired women should never attempt to put one on. The small woman should never wear very large spots ou her vell, whereas a large woman should eschew tiny, pin dotted veils. The Spring Hat. Cute and saucy are the terms that best describe the spring hat, as it is Presaged in advance models for south- ern wear. It is small, coquettishly bent and twisted and of that delight- fully piquant becomingness which wo- men who like small millinery have ‘awaited in vain for some years. Ta Be a Qin on After rinsing put the silk through cold water with methylated spirit in It, allowing one dessertspoonful of the spirit to half a pint of cold water. ‘There is no occasion to prepare a large quantity of this, but there must be sufficient to soak the silk thoroughly: then squeeze well out. The Fur Scarf. Fashion dictates that no longer one throws the fur scarf over one shoulder, but oveg both. The effect is awfully cozy. The same arrangement obtains with the long marabou scarfs or feather. Dress For Young Girl. ‘The new pongees are shown in ex- ceedingly lovely plaids and checks that are peculiarly well suited to young girls. This one shows lines of green on a natural colored ground and ts trimmed with green velvet, while the 8. ; a Et a y s a FS a : LX coe fe eS é i Re s ; Se J c iF Ke f ne - Ki se f His a i A Fis [ips “4 bea a 0% a} aN ib wie aN is tt at : : ae Ds x eo = ee x ‘WITH JUMPER WAIST. guimpe is of cream colored lace. The waist is in the favorite Jumper style that is so essentially and so charming ly youthful in effect and is quite sep- arate from the guimpe. so that if liked it could be worn over any lingerie blouse. The skirt is tucked at front. back and sides and Is an exceedingly graceful and attractive model. All sea. sonable materials may be sald to be appropriate. and the waist also can be utilized for the separate one as well a3 for the entire dress. CHOICE MISCELLANY iiss Chinen: As a people the Mormons are very fond of amusement, especially of play- going and dancing. This last is one of the much emphasized features of Mor- ‘mon life. Every one dances—childrea, young people, the middle aged and the old. The young people give dauces for their elders; their elders do likewise for them. A pablic gathering, be It so clal, political or religious, is quite like- ly to be prolonged into the small hours of the night by this form of amuse- ‘ment, writes G. A. Irving in Outlook. ‘Dancing is not only sanctioned by ‘the church, but Is made a feature of church life. The weekly public dance often is beld under the auspices of a church society. Announceneat of it may be made at a church or Sumlay school service. In some cases it Is held im the church audience room, movable benches being provided so that the room may be used for this purpose. In- congruous as it may seem, these fes- tive occasions are often opened with prayer. The floormaster may be a high official of the church. ‘bey are Ukely to continue until well on tuto the morning. It should be said, how- ever, that the more thoughtful and spiritual of the Mormon people deplore and protest against the excesses to which this form of amusement is car- a The “Curb” In New York. The London “curb” brokers deal in the same stocks as the official Stock Exchange, but do so after Stock Ex- change hours. In New York the case s different. There the “curb” keeps the same hours as the excbanze, but trades im Stocks which are not on the list of the regular institution. Any one who wishes to buy or sell stock in some lit- tle known “Industrial” company will send to the “curb” for his quotation. In the group of brokers across the Broad street asphalt, slightly below the entrance to the Stock Exchanze. he fs likely to find bis market, or per- baps it has been announced that a month or two hence a new stock oF bond issue will be offered to a com- Pany’s existing security holders. It may uot be known when the new secu- rity will be issued, on what terms or even that it will be issued at all. But fon the “curb” it Is calmly bought and told—so many shares at such and such & price, with the explicit proviso. “when, as and if issued.”—A. D. Noyes io Munsey’s. Cemetery of 4.000 Docs. A beautiful dog cemetery was found- Ser ees Paris, in 1599. There are already 4,000 “graves” In the cemetery. Some of them, leased for a long term. have cost ‘as uch as 2000 francs. The lowest price paid for any concession is 5 ‘francs, and the expenses of the most discreet burial are 25 franes. Visitors to the cemetery pay 50 centimes as an entrance fee. .On one of the tombstones they may read, “Homage to a faithful heart,” and on another, “Here ties Black, killed by a civilized savage.” ‘The above victim, explains the keeper, died at the hands of an indignant con- clerge. Another marble slab mounted on cement rock contains the follow- ing: “Neither name nor date; what matters it?” And again, “Beneath these stones reside the material re- mains of that which during its life was my joy and my consolation.” Luck Was With Liody’s. __A well known member of Lloyd's writes: “You may be interested to hear ‘that I cabled to Jamaica about two months before the disaster when they had a small shock, offering to insure buildings against damage of all sorts by earthquakes, as we make a special- ty of these risks. Our representative out there cabled back to say that they never had any serious shocks and therefore that no oue would insure. I wrote in reply, pointing out that in the past there had been very serious earth- quakes and that another was about due, but am pleased to say we did not get a single order.”—London Mail. The Wolf In Switzerland. An interesting study of the history of the wolf in Switzerland has been made by Dr. K. Bretscher, who has ex- amined a number of historical works and documents with a view to collect- ing records of its occurrence from as early date as possible. In the fifteenth, sixteenth and beginning of the seven- teenth centuries wolves were very com- mon, With the end of the seventeenth century the period of its greatest abun- dance closed, and from thence onward ft begins gradually to disappear. the last wolf, so far as Dr. Bretscher can make out, having been killed im Lu- cerne In 1865.—Westminster Gazette. sae es ited Apparently Canada bas no fear of a Japanese invasion. A scheme is on foot for creating a Japanese agricul- tural colony In the heart of Alberta. Well to do Japanese farmers are to be taken out to turn their attention to the raising of wheat and the cultivation of sugar beets and anything else which will thrive in the climate. The nego- tlations are being carried out by B. R. Nagatany, who proposes, »ccording to the China Telegraph, to puy 50,000 acres from the Canadian Pacific. To Masticate Missionaries. A technical magazine has an inter- esting article by H. D. Jones on Amer- fca'’s leadership of the world in the manufacture of false teeth. We send them to India, China, Japan, Pataz>- nia and Polynesia. Indeed, as the writer grimly suggests, “it is not be yond the limit of possibility that can- nibal feasts are conducted with the aid of American made artificial teeth.” tumOR OF THE HOUR Curing a Critic. | The dauzbter of a certain statesman has a husband who Is disposed to be erica. Most of his friends are men of great wealth who live extremely well, and association with them bas made him somewhat hard to please in [the matter of cooking: For some time ‘the tendency has been growing ou him. ‘Scarcely a meal at his home table passed without criticism from bim. “What fs this meant for?" be would ‘ask after tasting an entree his wife ‘bad racked her braia to prepare. “What ou earth is this?" be would Say whou dessert came on. _ “Is this supposed to be salad?" he would inquire sarcastically when the lettuce was served. The wife stood it as lonz as she coukl. One evening he came home in @ particularly captious hemor. His | wife was dressed in her most becoming gown and fairly bubbled over with wit. They went in to dinner. The soup tureen was brought in. Tied to one handle was a card and on that card the information in a biz round hand: “This is soup.” : Roast beef followed, with a placard announcin=: “This Is roast beef.” | ‘The potatoes were Inbelel. The ‘gravy dish was placarded. The olives ‘bore a card marked “Olives.” the salad bow! carried a tag mar’sed “Salad,” ‘and when the fce pudding came in a card announcing “This ts ice pudding” was with it. ‘The wife talked of a thousand differ- ent things all through the meal, never once referring by word oF look to the labeled dishes. Neither then nor there- after did she say a word about them, and never since that evening has the captious husband ventured to inquire the name of anything set before bim. Tt Rite, The Descent of Man. Hugh MecGrezor (who has been Im- His Friend—Your son, John MeGre- gor?) Why. of course I know him! What ts the matter? Hugh MeGregor — Why, he kicked show him. A’ll show him A kem from a better family than ever bo did!— Judge. Stung! C f Cam / \ 5 6 (o> mare y uw , 3 ge ‘ JV b G Nw “You wouldn't think that fellow was worth $1,000,000, would you?” “Weil, be isn’t.”"—Philadelphia Press. ‘The Terror of the Air. Wilfred—a. a man who is contin- ually on a ship Is called a sea dog, isn’t he? Gunbusta—That’s what they call bim, my boy. Wilfred—Well, if he's a sea dog, then a man who Js continually on an airship must be a Skye terrier.—Judge. Not Evenly Balanced. “But his salary is equal to the amount of work he does, isn’t it?” “Gracious, no! That would be aw- car “How do you mean?” “Why, he'd be so overworked he'd have nervous prostration.” — Houston Post. Bashful Suitor. Eva—Yes, he was so very bashful when he proposed to her. Katherine—You don’t say! And did any one give him any pointers? Eva—I should say so! Her little brother stuck several bent pins in the rug he had to kneel on.—Detroit Trib- une. ae ak | “Tillie Wugsley is the teacher's pet, Pe | “Is she?” “Yes. Every afternoon teacher lets ber stay after school an’ clean the board an’ dust the room an’ wipe the chalk rail.”"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. | Realistic. | Mother—Goodness me, Elsie! Why are you shouting in that horrible fasb- = Why can’t you be quiet like Wil- ul Elsie—He's got to be quiet, the way we're playin’. He's pa comin’ home late an’ I'm you.—Philadelphia Press. His Belief. Mrs. Peck (reading)—This magazine writer says that men have more brains than women. Do you believe such non- sense as that, Henry? Mr. Peck—Well—er—I believe single men have, my dear.—Chicago News.” A Pillar. “Do you regard that man as one of ‘the pillars of society?” “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, “but he {s one of those pillars that serve for ornamentation and do not hold any- thing up.”"—Washington Star. By Georce! Patience — Doesn't swinging In a hammock make you fee! badly? Patrice — Not always. It depends who's In the hammock with me. — Yonkers Stateaman. NEW Suvcai ofORIES a At the King’s Command. Professor Strobel, ceneral adviser on international law to the Siamese gov- ernment, has traveled much, und at a recent dinner in Cambridge he told a story of his travels. “The speaker,” he said, referring to & famous wit, “reminds me of the fa- mous La Guerliche of Flanders. La Guerliche was never at a loss. - “Once the king of Flanders was pass- ing through La Guerliche’s country. and he admired the fine farm of Care- free, the bailicr, “Whose farm is that? said the king. “ ‘Carefree, the baillff's, sire.’ was the answer. “Carefree, eh? said the king. ‘Well. if he ts Carefree, he is happier than I am. Let word be sent that I shall give him audience tomorrow, and I shall oy | AS Tn WRG then ask this merry fellow three ques- tions—first, bow much the moon welghs; second, how much his kinz is “worth, and, third, what I am thinking? ‘If he answers one of these questions wrong be will be hanged.” “Now, when Carefree heard of his approaching royal audience he was in despair. But La Guerliche said to him: “‘We are both in love with Ninette. Surrender your claim to her, and I will go to the king tomorrow in your place.” “Carefree shook his friend warmly by the band. : “‘T surrender Ninette gladly,” be said. ‘What is a girl alongside of one’s life? Heaven bless you, La Guerliche.” “Next day La Guerliche appeared before the king. ““Well, you.’ said the monarch fierce- ly, ‘Low much does the moon weigh? “Just a hundredweight, your majes- ty," was the answer. “‘How do you make that out? “*Does it not consist of four quar- ters?” “Right, sald the king. ‘Now tell me what you put my value at? “Twenty-nine pieces of silver, sire.” “What do you mean, scoundrel? “*Ah, sire.’ said La Guerliche plous- ly, ‘you have forgotten that our Master was sold for thirty pieces. As a good Christian, 1 must put your worth just a little lower.” “‘Um—very well,’ said the king. ‘And now tell me what I think. “‘T will, sire, You think I'm Bailift Carefree.” "Yea? “Well, I'm not. I'm La Guerliche.” “1 appoint you secretary of state on the spot” cried the king enthusiastic- ally.” ‘Came Back. John Burrouzhs is never tired of ridt- culing the new school of nature writers, the school that attributes a quite hu- man fntelligence to animals and in- sects, “Mr. Burroughs dined with me one night,” said a magazine editor of New York, “and among my guests was a young nature writer of the new school. “This young man told a wonderful story about the intelligence of oysters. He said he was going to put the story tn bis new book. Mr. Burroughs gave dry laugh and said: ‘Let me tell you about a cat. This story Is quite as authentic as the other ‘one, and it should do for your book nicely.” “The venerable student paused im- pressively, then said: “‘A Springfield couple had a cat that age had rendered helpless, and they put it out of its misery by means of chloro- form. They buried it in the garden and planted a rosebush over its- re- mains. The next morning a familiar scratching took them to the front door, and there was that cat waiting to be let in, with the rosebush under its arm?” Get Hie Metanhere Mixed. Senator Stone of Missour! doesn’t of- ten speak in the senate, but when he does he Is listened to with the closest attention. He delivered recently a carefully prepared speech on the Brownsville affair, and under the in- fluence of his eloquence he wandered away aimlessly at times from bis writ. ten text. Then he got twisted up In his metaphors. For example, he said: “The senator from Massachusetts (Mr, Lodge} demands his modicum of aromatic salve, and the senator from Ohio (Mr. Foraker] demands bis Jaurel wreath without a missing link.” ‘The galleries and the senate laughed, and ithe Missouri statesman seemed quite pleased at the hit be had made— ‘Washington Herald. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RAD, Y. JEBS: 1st St. & L. S. & M. S. 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From Lake Chad the expedition proceeded in a southeasterly direction and following the Shari river eventually reached the northern extremity of the Congo Free State. To the north of Chad the expedition had some fighting with the tribes in which Lieutenant Boyd Alexander lost some of his carriers and his collector, Lopez, was wounded. After a prolonged stay in the region between the southeast of Chad and the Congo, the expedition entered the Congo Free State. Here in June of last year at the Belgian station of Nyangeraa Captain Gosling died, leaving Lieutenant Boyd Alexander to complete his journey alone. for some time Captain Gosling had been suffering from black-water fever, through which he was nursed by Lieutenant Alexander. A relapse, however, occurred and although a messenger was sent 100 miles for a doctor, the second member of the expedition died and was buried with military honors in the Belgian station. A change had to be made in the plans of the expedition owing to the hostility of the natives. Eventually the Nile was reached by means of the Yel tributary. It was full of rapids and during this part of the journey Lieutenant Alexander lost three of his Hausas. The hardest part of the expedition was undoubtedly that which followed the departure from Lake Chad. Of the two steel boats, one was brought right through and left at Khartum. Despite the hardships and sufferings of the past three years the explorer is looking fit and well. Judge Mansel Jones, who had a par aetic stroke while sitting at the Shef field County Court, died on Saturday lest, aed seventy. Liewellyn Buys Up All in the Island During a Famine. It is not generally known that one of the first corners formed in any market was a corner in harps. There is a story told of one of the famous Llewellyns who had taken up his residence in England to the effect that during the great famine in Ireland he went through almost every section of the emerald Isle exchanging much desired gold for harps belonging to the famine-stricken peasants. Naturally the peasants were glad enough to sell their harps and anything else they possessed for food or money to buy food, and the first thing Irishmen knew they were practically harpless Scarcely a single Irish instrument could be scared up in any community and then they began to wonder what had become of their harps. By that time the dread and horror of the famine had passed and the ephemeral spirits of the sons of Erin were light and would make merry, but how could they sing and dance without their beloved harps? Then it was discovered one man owned practically all the Irish harps, and when he did part with them it is said that the price received was far in advance of that given some time before. History has not recorded a second corner in these celestial instruments. NOTES FROM SCOTLAND. The Rev. John Cameron, minister of the Congregational E. U. Church. Linlithgrow, has intimated to his congregation his resignation, to take effect within the next three months. Mr. Cameron states that he has reluctantly taken this step in consequence of ill-health, and after consulting with his medical adviser. The Original Session Presbytery of Perth and Aberdeen met in Dundee on Monday last, the Rev. P. M. Vicar, Dundee, moderator. The resignation of the Rev. R. B. M'Vicar from the pastorial charge of Aberdeen congregation was considered, and after hearing parties the Presbytery unanimously agreed to accept the resignation. Mr. John Leslie, master of the boat Ebenezer, of Stronsay, has been presented with a beautiful auerold barceter and thermbeter combined in arak case from the North Brittish Fishing Board Insurance Company, Peterhead, for services rendered in the company's interests, in Stronsay Mr. A. M. Morgan, Kirkwall, is the company's agent for Orkney. Mr. Robert Taylor, Garden Cottage, Blackhills, was met by a number of his friends in the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, and presented with a handsome marble stork, suitably inscribed, on the occasion of his having completed 50 years' service as gardener at Blackhills. Mr. Bannerman, seedsman, presided, and made the presentation. The golden wedding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. James Gardener, 330 Muirhall Street, Coatdyke, was held on Monday last, in the Hall, Station Road. Dr. Russell presided, and there were about 60 relatives of the old couple present. 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