The Broad Ax

BROAD AX Tom L. Johnsn Re-elected Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio Great Victory for Senator J. B. Foraker. Black Eye for President Roosevelt and Toft's Boom for the Presidency. Many Surprises in the Returns in the Elections Held in other Sections of the Country. Prohibition Wins Out in Several Southern States and in Many Counties in Southern Illinois. Tammany Cleans Up the Independence League and the Republicans in New York City. Vol. XIII Tom L. John Re-elected CH Great Victory for S Black Eye for Pr Taft's Boom for th Many Surprises in the tions Held in oth Cou Prohibition Wins Our States and in Many Illinois. Tammany Cleans U League and the Rep City. Last Tuesday elections were held in many States and cities throughout the country. Of course the greatest interest was centered in the red-hot contest between Congressman Theodore E. Burton and Tom L. Johnson, the present Mayor of Cleveland, and at the end of their bitter political fight, which towards its close assumed national importance, for President Roosevelt, in order to butt in into local politics, wrote a long letter in which he favored the election of Congressman Burton, for no other object than to kill off Senator Foraker, and to properly launch William H. Taft's Presidential boom, but this was not to be, and the result was that for the fourth time Tom L. Johnson was elected Mayor of Cleveland, and the final outcome was a great victory for Senator Foraker, who now comes to the front as the most prominent Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1908. It is pleasing to note that the better or the thinking class of Colored people, including the preachers, voted for Johnson, instead of supporting Burton, thereby assisting the former to receive more than nine thousand majority over the latter. It is true that the outfit running the Cleveland Journal, for a little money, yelped and barked in favor of electing Burton, but as only a few copies are printed each week, its so-called influence did not amount to anything, and its fight on Senator Foraker, who is the only man in the United States Senate who has the courage to stand up and champion the cause of the black man, was not felt by him in the slightest degree, and its support of Taft, Burton and Roosevelt, as against the true friends of the race, ought to forever damn it in the estimation of all decent and liberty-loving people. So farewell Taft, Burton, Roosevelt and the Cleveland Journal, for on last Tuesday a black eye was administered to the whole outfit by the hand of Justice, for which we are exceedingly thankful! Many surprises were in store for the politicians over the returns of the elections held in the other sections of the country. Massachusetts, Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nebraska went Republican, while Rhode Island, Maryland, Mississippi and New York went Democratic. In that State and in the city of New York, Tammany cleaned up and routed the Republicans and the Independence League, putting William Randolph Hearst and his late imported friend from Georgia, John Temple Graves, out of the running for President of the United States. In Salt Lake City, Utah, the American party run out from under the Mormon Republicans and Democrats, and elected the following anti-Mormon ticket: Mayor, John S. Bransford; City Recorder, John B. Moreton; City Auditor, Rudolph Alff; City Treasurer, Gideon Snyder; City Attorney, Harper J. Dininny. For many years it was claimed that whisky and Democracy went hand in hand, but this is not true in these commercial times, for on last Tuesday ten or fifteen counties and towns in the southern part of Illinois which have generally been counted in the Democratic column went "dry," and the Republican districts in the same section of the State will remain "wet." Down in Mississippi, where the Democrats have never failed to vote for Jefferson Davis, who has been dead for many years, the newly elected Governor turns out to be a strong Prohibitionist, and the Prohibition movement gained great headway in other parts of the country, and in time the Prohibitionists may unhorse both the Democratic and the Republican parties and break the solid South. John H. Howard Was Not Guilty of Striking the Late Mrs. Lucy Churchill in the Head With a Plate. Last Thursday, and again on Tuesday day, John H. Howard, who was charged with striking the late Mrs. Lucy Churchill, who resided at 3445 Armour avenue, in the head with a plate on the 25th of last June, which was supposed to have caused her death, had his day in court. His case was tried by Judge Duypy, who was very fair in his rulings for both sides. Assistant State's Attorney Rittenhouse represented the State, and Mr. Howard was represented by Wm. C. Asay, J. B. O'Connell and Robert M. Mitchell, who put up a great legal fight for him. Owing to the conflicting testimony of Mrs. Lucy Churchill Henderson and Mrs. J. E. Besh as to what they actually knew about the occurrence which led up to the death of Mrs. Churchill, the testimony for the State was greatly weakened. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Morgan, Mrs. J. A. Warren, John Q. Grant and other prominent citizens testified on behalf of Mr. Howard, and seemingly saved the day for him, and after the jurors had listened to the arguments HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 9, 1907. J. of the lawyers for both sides, they retired, and in about ten minutes they returned a verdict that "John H. Howard was not guilty of striking the late Mrs. Lucy Churchill" in the head with a plate which led up to her death, and now he will endeavor to secure some of her property, which has turned over to Mrs. Lucy Churchill Henderson. partner of "Col." Nutt in a collecting agency, young Nutt was taken out of the Dunning insane asylum on July 10 after thirteen months' treatment, and it is feared that a full knowledge of the facts will send him back. The woman was shot in the Calumet avenue flat at midnight Monday. Dr. Greenebaum probed the bullet WOMAN IS SHOT; NEGRO A PRISONER. Railway Porter is Held After Mysterious Death of Mrs. Anna E. Nutt—She Had Led Dual Life—Son Unaware That Mother Lived With Colored Man, a Pullman Porter. The death of Mrs. Anna E. Nutt, widow of W. R. Nutt, at the Wesley hospital yesterday morning resulted from a bullet wound under circumstances that cause the police to suspect murder. The woman conducted a rooming house at 2247 Wabash avenue, but was known in a Negro flat building at 2914 Calumet avenue as the wife of Frank B. Smith, a Negro porter on a Santa Fe buffet car. Smith acquiesces that he fired the shot that fatally wounded Mrs. Nutt, but says it was accidental. He was held pending the inquest. With Smith was held another white woman, who gives her name and address as Mrs. Mae Prosser, West Fifty-ninth and Paulina streets, but who Police Leut. John Dawney says is Mrs. Mae Doerr of 6213 Honore street, wife of a contracting carpenter. Arthur Bishop, a Negro Pullman porter, is sought as a witness. On Tuesday he started on a run to Los Angeles. Deputy Coroner M. G. Walsh severely scored Dr. Edward C. Greenebaum, of 5505 Indiana avenue, for his alleged attempt to conceal the facts from the police. As an excuse the physician pleaded ignorance of his duties. Whether the investigation of the physician's conduct will end here is to be decided at a conference between Coroner Hoffman and Chief Shippy. While disclosures of the woman's dual life proved a shock to the friends gathered for the partial inquest, none, of course, was so affected as her only son, W. Ivan Nutt, 24 years old, employed as a clerk by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company. The young man did not know that his mother had been injured by a bullet until after her death. He had visited her, but she told him she was suffering from internal trouble. When the young man asked, "What's he doing here?" indicating Smith, Lieut. Dawney thought it was time to exclude him from the room. According to C. J. Sullivan, former partner of "Col." Nutt in a collecting agency, young Nutt was taken out of the Dunning insane asylum on July 10 after thirteen months' treatment, and it is feared that a full knowledge of the facts will send him back. The woman was shot in the Calumet avenue flat at midnight Monday. Dr. Greenebaum probed the bullet out of the abdomen. He had been summoned by Smith. Mrs. Doerr, who says she had been employed as a seamstress by Mrs. Nutt, and Bishop also were there. On Tuesday Mrs. Nutt was taken to her rooming house, and on Wednesday was sent to the hospital, where she was registered under the name of Mrs. Anna Silvia. Her death occurred at 8 o'clock, but the police were not notified for two hours. One hour later Lieut. Dawney had all the witnesses except Bishop. Says Revolver Fell From Grip. Smith, in explanation, says the revolver fell on the floor of the kitchen and was accidentally discharged while he was removing it from his grip. Mrs. Doerr says the shooting occurred in the dining room. There are other conflicting statements.—The Chicago Tribune, November 8. This is another case of social equal ityon the part of white ladies with Colored people, and it is time for Rev. Tom Dixon and Brother Ben Tillman to set up one more loud howl to the effect that the "Niggers" have no higher mission than to attempt to force themselves on pure white ladies and gentlemen. WEALTHY MAN ACCUSES . SPOUSE AND NEGRO, Sensational Divorce Action in Connecticut Fashionable Set Reveals Many Parallels to the Hartje Case in Pittsburg. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 2.—A sensational divorce action, in which there are many parallels in the Hartje case in Pittsburg, has been instituted in the Supreme Court of Fairfield County by Henry J. Lord, a wealthy resident of Trumbull, six miles from this city, in which he accuses his wife of intimacy with their Negro coachman, Henry Cameron. Mrs. Lord was Augustina Emanuel, a South Carolina beauty, who on their marriage brought a considerable fortune to the one already owned by her husband. The Lords are members of the Greenfield Hill Country Club, have been known throughout the state among the exclusive country homes of wealthy New Yorkers and have exhibited a string of thorough-breds for several years. Their country home is one of the show places of Trumbull, which itself is a colony President Roosevelt Taken to Task For Omitting to Refer to the Negro and the Progress He Has Made. A Speech at the Jamestown Exposition by John T. Campbell. Julius F. Taylor, Editor The Broad Ax: I have just re-read President Roosevelt's address at the Jamestown Exposition. In that address he pays his respects to all the elements of our population except the Negro element. Why? If Mr. Roosevelt please, the people of African blood in whole or in part are over one-tenth of our population. Why this omission when so many others are mentioned and praised? Just one reason, which includes all other reasons—because there were white rebels present. Will the Afro-Americans take notice of this when Mr. Roosevelt shall be a candidate for re-election? Will they forget all and flock to his support? If they en masse or by a great majority do, they will deserve the contempt he has shown them in the past and all he may show them in the future. There were many Negroes present also, and they had a large and very creditable exhibition there. Why could not the President, who was there to represent ten-tenths of our population, have paid some respectful attention to this omitted one-tenth, while he was giving so much attention to the other nine-tenths? The same answer as before—because there were white rebels present. Why did he call off the practice march of part of the army through Georgia over Sherman's march to the sea? which was a common practice. Because Georgia rebels objected of rich people. Mrs. Lord is an exceedingly handsome woman, and excels in horsemanship. Lord is said to have been so wrought up over his suspicions that he determined to shoot both Mrs. Lord and Cameron. His intimate friends among whom his trouble was well understood persuaded him that such a step would do no good and accomplish only the bringing of disgrace on the head of his little daughter, of whom he is very fond. They advised that instead he satisfy himself with civil action—From the front page of the Chicago Record-Herald, Sunday, November 3. Just think of it that high-stepping southern society queen, who halls from the state of old Ben Tillman, has proven herself dead willing to place herself on social equality with her "Nigger" coachman. Oh! O! how the mighty have fallen SEE PONY MOORE'S SHADOW ON LEVEE. Duffin's Request for License Transfer Supposed Maneuver by Dive-keeper "Pony" Moore, the Negro divekeeper whose license for 171 East Twenty-first street was revoked two years ago, is hovering again on the edge of the south side levee. Chief of Police Shippy has discovered the license officers of the Twenty-second street station were taking long chances when they reported favorably on the application of John A. Duffin for the transfer of the liquor license at 359 East Thirty-first street to the old Twenty-first street resort. The intention of Duffin is to reopen it as a saloon and "cafe chantant." No. 5 to it. Why did he discharge without honor the Negro soldiers at Brownsville, Texas, for a crime they did not commit? Same answer—because Southern rebels demanded it. In his closing paragraph in his Jamestown address, printed from his own manuscript, he says: "The corner stone of the Republic lies in our treating each man on his worth as a man, paying no heed to his creed, his birthplace or his occupation, asking not whether he is rich or poor, whether he labors with head or hand." Why did he not also add "whether he be black or white?" That is the distinction must cruelly exacted and in force in this country, and should have been specially mentioned if anywhere. One would think that a President elected by the Republican party, the party of Abraham Lincoln, would have paid some respect to the much injured people his party had done so much to relieve. But no. There were white rebels present. These rebels laid down their guns with which they failed and are fighting with their votes, with which they are succeeding. Roosevelt is of Dutch descent. It was the Dutch who stole the Negroes from Africa and sold them as slaves in America. These rebels bought them. There seems to still exist a close trade relationship between the Dutch and the slave-holders. JOHN T. CAMPBELL, Soldiers Home. La Favette, Ind., Nov. 4, 1907. Duffin appears to be the "dummy" for Moore and his partner, William Blunk, who has been running the "Palace at 359 Thirty-first street. The chief said he would not "stand" for Moore having anything to do with the place-Chicago Tribune. Nov. 7. The Editor of the Forum Hates Those Who Think for Themselves. Some people hope to succeed in getting along through the world by their idiosyncrasies, their different views and forms taking radical stands from other people, whether they are honest in their opinions or not. This seems to be the case with the Chicago Broad Ax. In politics, its editor claims to be a Democrat. We do not know whether he is honest in his contentions or not, but we will assume that he is, and admit that he has as much right to be a Democrat as some other man to be a Republican, but Taylor is a huge crank, a skeptic and a pesimist. He fights Booker T. Washington without any apparent cause, and is always blowing off a lot of vapor, and raising a racket, but like too many Negroes in Chicago, he does nothing but shoot in the air.—The Forum, Springfield, Ill. It would seem after reading the above that the editor of the Forum is one of those human beings who are so constituted that the little soft gray matter which he possesses curls up in the top of his head like pigtails, and prevents him from thinking, and he bitterly hates those who are capable of thinking for themselves. Enough said—Editor. Discontent With Its Pet Trust-breeding Tariff Policy Has as Much Influence in Allemany Ne- The Republican party managers have become seriously alarmed at the evidences of large numbers of Negroes in whom they have been accustomed to put implicit reliance. In Baltimore last spring they were astonished to find a greater part of the Colored citizens voting for the Democratic candidate for Mayor, Mr. Mahool. A like phenomena is just witnessed in the university city of New Haven. In the municipal election of New Haven the Colored vote, which had been almost solidly Republican, was cast nearly as solidly for the Democratic ticket. While this remarkable change in these two cities and elsewhere is generally attributed to the position of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft in the Brownsville affair, there are doubtless other and much better reasons for it. The Negroes are growing tired of their abject political condition as mere voting cattle of the Republican party. To many of them this is as galling as the former condition of slavery. But the more intelligent among them have come to recognize in the Republican party the patron and ally of the great industrial Trusts that by means of the tariff are enabled to levy exorbitant taxes on the necessaries of living. They see at the same time in the dominant stand-pat element of the party a determined purpose to permit no reform of this predatory tariff system by which they are mercilessly plundered, along with all other wagewinners in the country. There is no reason to seek in the Brownsville affair for the exclusive cause of the changed political attitude of the more intelligent voters when there are far better motives for it.—The Record Philadelphia. Reply of John G. Jones, 33, of Chicago, to R. S. Scottron, 33, of New York, on the Origin and Legitimacy of Scotish Rite Free-masonry. LETTER NO. 3. And that so-called Supreme Council in New York having ceased to work, and crumbled and fell into pieces, I did not think that with the overwhelming amount of undeniable proof that has been published against them, that they would ever have the audacity to attempt to raise their heads again, and claim that they were a Supreme Council, but as one of the agents of this bogus and illegal Supreme Council has attempted to resurect and revive that old dead, putrid, spurious Supreme Council of New York; those who did it must take their medicine again, and if the medicine makes them very sick they must take it anyway, as we have the proof at hand and the doses for them will now be increased, and they will be compelled to take it no matter how sick it makes them until the last vestige of that spurious Supreme Council of New York is again swept from the face of existence. I am compelled here to give a short sketch of the origin and history of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite among the White men, so the Colored men who are members of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite will thoroughly understand and know when and where they originated from Among the White Men of the Ancient --- # rapidly increased, and had extended throughout the continent of Europe. On the 27th of August, in the year 1761, the council at Paris, France, which then only consisted of 25 degrees, commissioned Stephan Morrin, then at Paris, to be Inspector General of the New World. Inspector General Stephen Morrin, after leaving Paris, stopped for a short time at the Republic of Hayti, and the Island of San Domingo, on his way to the United States, and when Inspector General Stephen Morrin arrived in America in accordance with the power vested in him by his patient, he appointed Moses Michael Hays a Deputy Inspector General. The First Supreme Council of the 33d degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite that was organized in the United States was organized in Charleston, S. C., on the 31st of May, 1801, and was opened with Masonic Honors. See the History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite by John Mitchell, and the writings of G. F. Yates on the History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. It will be remembered that the council that was organized at Paris, France, in 1758, only consisted of 25 degrees, and 8 more degrees were created and adopted, making 33 degrees in all. JOHN G. JONES. 33. (To be Continued.) Chateau de Pleasance The grand opening of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association's New Enterprise at 5322-24 State street, last Saturday night was all that could be expected. It was not only well patronized, but had as its patrons some of the best people in Chicago, among them Prof. Emanuel, wife and family; Mr. and Mrs. France Seay, David Manson, S. B. Turner, Mrs. Belle Patton, Mrs. S. Bolden, Dr. and Mrs. White, Dr. W. T. Jefferson, Julius F. Taylor and numerous others of good repute and standing. The skating was clever and up-to-date, Mrs. Emanuel and Major R. R. Jackson taking the prize for best and clever skating. This Saturday, to-night, there will be a tournament. Some of the best talent in the city has been entered. The Name Judges will also announce the prize winners, and an all around good time is expected, as the management will give a wine supper to the best skating couple at the Chinese and American Restaurant in connection at the close of the evening performance. Our people should not hesitate to patronize this enterprise, and a failure to do so is an evidence of race decadence. Skating every evening from 7 to 12:30 p. m. except Wednesday evening, when dancing will be the feature. THE COLORED THEATRICAL PROFESSIONALS PERFECT AN OR The Lake City Professional Association an organization of all professional men, held their Initial meeting recently at the New Pekin Inn for the purpose of Permanent Organization. Mr. Thos. W. Price, was elected Pres. and chairman; Mr. Chas. Young, Vice Pres.; Mr. Geo. Kimborough, Sec.; Mr. Thos. Motts, Treas. The meeting was called to order and Mr. Chas. Young, rendered the Stine Song; Joe Jordan accompanist and a chorus of 50 voices.; Hardin and Tyler played several numbers on the piano and violin; Joiner and White sang and played their solos as to popular favor as did Mr. Shelton Brooks. In clever impersonations of Mr. Bert Williams then everyone was served an elegant repast, consisting of soups, fish, chicken with rice, roast beef, combination salad, beer, wine and cigars, also ice cream cake and fruits, the chair then stated the object of the organization to be a Fraternal and beneficial and each man was then and there taxed $5.00 per and the Roll was called and 67 responded, this money is to go to a sinking fund as the aim is to purchase a Home for the profession with all that goes with it to make one pleasant it is a grand step and deserves recognition. Mr. Harrison Stewart the popular comedian of the Pekin Stock Co. will be tendered a grand Testimonial Ball at the New Coliseum Annex, Monday evening, Nov. 18th under the auspics of the Colored Theatrical Profession of Chicago, Mr. Wm. Foster, Mr. Jerry Mills and Mr. Jas. Green, have this worthy affair in charge. Mr. Geo. W. Walker has been invited to lead the grand march, Mr. Bert A. Williams has been invited to lead the Minuette, all theatrical organizations playing in Chicago will be invited to attend and it is expected that a goodly number will accept as this beneficent occasion deserves the patronage. Mrs. Viola Stewart wife of Hr. Harrison Stewart the popular little comedian of the Pekin Stock Co. underwent a serious operation last week. Drs. Hall and Brown attending the patient is doing fine, being looked after now by Mrs. Maggie McCain, nurse. "C." "RACE PROBLEM SOLVED." Booker T. Washington Says "Keep the South 'Dry.'" Booker T. Washington recently spoke in Pittsburg, Pa., and among the many other unlogical things said by him, he declared that "the Race Problem could be solved by keeping the Negroes in the South and keeping them dry." For more than twenty years Booker T. Washington has been engaged in traveling through the north, and the sole purpose of begging and preaching this same old stale doctrine, he should be wise enough to know that the so-called "Race Problem" will never be solved in the South until the whites in that section of the country learn to respect the civil and political rights of the Negro, treat him as a man, and not as serf or a slave!—Editor. KANSAS STORK LEAVES FOUR GIRLS. Mother 36 Years Old Now Has Six Children. Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 2.—Four lit- the bables were born to-day to Mrs. John Barben, wife of a farmer living six miles from Lawrence. Mrs. Barben is thirty-six years old and had six children before the generous visit of the stork. Any rich or poor man should feel proud to have a wife like Mrs. Barben, for she must be the real thing. BLACK DIAMOND STOCK FOR SALE BY JULIUS E. TAXIOR The second annual meeting of the stockholders of the Black Diamond Development Company, was held last Thursday evening at Odd Fellows hall, 3335 State street, and after the reports were read as to the condition and progress of the company in which it was set forth in the reports that the company ceased selling treasury stock, the first of last April, and that no more of its stock would be offered for sale by the company under no condition, and that the stock is now worth 50 cents a share; that well No. 9 will be "brought in" the first of this coming week and that 9 gas wells will then be in full operation. With these facts before us and with the further fact that Revs. J. F. Thomas, A. J. Carey, W. L. Taylor, of Richmond, Va., and other well known citizens have recently visited Chanute, Kans., and inspected the property belonging to the Black Diamond Development Company and they have all brought back such glowing reports as to the bright prospects of the company that its stock is in great demand and as the company has none for sale the undersigned has entered into a deal whereby Black Diamond stock in blocks of 50 to 5,000 shares or more, can be secured a little below the present market price of 50 cents. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor and secure some stock in the Black Diamond Development Company, for it is a winner. For further information call on or address Julius F. F. Taylor, editor Tha Broad Ax. 5038 Armour Ave. CHIPS Mrs. Mae Richardson Dunn, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, spent the week in Chicago the guest of Mrs. Harris, 2625 Indiana ave. Mrs. Josie Lee Robinson left for her home Tuesday evening after spending several weeks as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Jams White 5902 Michigan ave. The Union Pacific Railroad has for the time being crushed prejudice by employing Negroes in Oklahoma as car cleaners, icers and other work hitherto done exclusively by white men. Because a Colored girl resented the advances of an Augusta (Ga.) white man, he shot and killed her. The whites in the South are getting more chivalrous every day.—N. Y. National Review. Mrs. Sarah Jones age 55 years, wife of the late Henry Jones and sister of Mr. Mack Weaver 3210 Indiana Ave., died the first of the week, at her home in Balto, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Weaver received the sad news too late to attend the funeral in Balto. Mrs. Victoria Redd, mother of Mrs. George Morton and Mrs. Lulu Cralg, died at the latter daughter's home, 3848 Dearborn street, early Thursday morning, after an illness of but a few days. Mrs. Redd was in her 71st year. She was a most lovable woman, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her for her many kind deeds and works of charity. She will be greatly missed by her relatives and many friends. Funeral services will be held over her remains at 1 p. m. to-morrow from Institutional church, Revs. Stewart and Braddan officiating. Interment at Oakwood. A series of practical talks at the Home for Colored Working Girls, 1506 Catharine St., Philadelphia, will be given every Thursday by competent speakers during the coming winter. The home is conducted by the Household Research and Protective Association, an organization dominated by members of the white race.—The Pilot, Philadelphia. Will the gallant Major John C. Buckner, who always takes well with the ladies, and Col. Noah D. Thompson, who is always wreathed in smiles whenever he comes in contact with the charming members of the fair sex, please stand up and tell a waiting and anxious public what has become of the Triangle and Inner Circle Clubs, which have in the past accomplished so much for sweet charity? Mr. Edward Marshall, of Cheraw S. C., father of Dr. W. H. Marshall, 3432 State st., has been visiting his son for several weeks, and after undergoing and recovering from a most successful operation, at Provident Hospital, performed by Dr. George C. Hall, he will continue to take in the sights of the city for a few weeks longer, before returning to his Southern home. Alderman John Downey,was recently presented with a fine diamond ring and gold and diamond star,by many of his constituents in the 29th ward. Former Congressman George P. Foster, James V. Condon and Silas F. Leachman,made the presentation speeches. The affair was pulled off at Columbia Hall, West 48th and Paulina streets and Alderman Downey feels very proud of his new presents. The City Council, after an all night session Wednesday night, and fact a part of Tuesday afternoon, passed the new twenty year Telephone Ordinance, which is meeting with much opposition, on the part of many prominent business men, and from other sources, and a mass meeting may be held in the near future for the purpose of urging Mayor Busse to place his stamp of disapproval, on what is considered the best and the greatest grab on the part of the Chicago Telephone Company. Many patrons to the Keystone Hotel bar was surprised a week or so ago when they were requested to take a drink of Munn's Extra dry champagne "on the house." They were more surprised when told they were drinking the health of the bride and groom. Mr. and Mrs. John Fry. Mr. Fry is the proprietor and manager of the Keystone Hotel and Bar and his bride was Miss Myrtle Hart of Indianapolis. They were married at the brides home, Wednesday, Oct. 30th. All Chicagoans wish them a happy married life. New York Negroes subscribed $50,000 towards the early opening of a bank in this city on the very night the Knickerbocker Bank closed its doors. That's about as fine a manifestation of confidence in the black financiers behind the race's giant company as even the worst skeptic could desire or demand.—N. Y. National Review. The leading Afro-American business men in this city, have not enough push and enterprise to attempt to open a bank, not only for the members of the race, but for all races in Chicago. Agents Wanted. To sell Sa-ban-dy hair dressing. Good commission. Send 10 cents for sample and terms. Geo. W. Fields & Co., 3916 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Failed In Her Mission "So her foreign trip was not a success!" "Oh, dear, no! Why, she didn't even become engaged to a man with a title and a bad record."—Chicago Post. The Very Best "Tell me," said the ambitious young man, "what do you consider the best foundation for success in business?" "Rocks," promptly replied the wise merchant—Philadelphia Press Cannot Agree "Say, Hugo, don't you get punished at home when you're naughty?" "Nope. Papa and mamma are both lawyers, and they can't agree on the punishment."—Flegende-Blatter. Florence-I can't understand why Bethel married Mr. Gunson. He is old enough to be her father. Lawrence-Yes, but he is rich enough to be her husband.-Judge WASHINGTON LETTER [Special Correspondence.] No ruler in the world has so luxurious a private railway station as the one which is now nearly completed for the president at Washington. Officially this new private station will be known as the executive annex, and it will consist of an entire wing of the new Union railway station, which covers more ground than any other building in America and is the biggest station in the world. Built of white marble, it will be uncommonly beautiful. But its distinctive and most conspicuous architectural feature is the presidential wing, which comprises a superb entrance for carriages, a vast state reception room, a private room for the chief magistrate and several other apartments. Closed to the Public. This wing when not in use by the president will be closed against all visitors. It will be thrown open, however, on order from the White House to receive foreign dignitaries calling at Washington as well as important officials of our own government, who will pass through it on arriving and departing from Washington. They, however, will use the entrances opening upon a portico on the east side. The president's entrance will be reserved for him and his suit. The President's Room. The president's room, as it is called, will be most beautifully and luxuriously furnished. Costly oriental rugs will cover the floors. The ceiling will be done in gold and color, and the walls will be paneled in blue silk. In the middle will be a table suitable for writing, provided with a solid silver inkstand and other appurtenances to match, this and all the other articles of furniture being of mahogany. All of this luxury will not cost the chief executive a penny, but will be paid for out of the pockets of the railroad companies. The State Reception Room. For receiving high foreign dignitaries is provided the state reception room, into which the vestibule opens. Thanks to an arrangement conveniently made for the purpose, the president can step directly out of his private room into this great apartment, which is 70 feet long by 30 feet wide. The railroads are going to try to make the state reception room the most beautiful apartment in the United States. Its vaulted ceiling will be exquisitely frescoed in colors, and its furnishings of red leather and mahogany will be the finest that money can buy. The floor will be a parquet of rare woods highly polished and with priceless rugs scattered about. The Main Station. The main part of the station contains the largest room in the world—760 feet in length. It is called the concourse, is roofed in with glass in a magnificent arch and is intended as a gathering place for people who are waiting for trains. The novel features of the building are a room set aside for the exclusive use of invalids (a physician being always on hand) and a small morgue for use in case of fatal railroad accidents. Would Light Playgrounds. That the playgrounds should be lighted so that they can be kept open at night is one of the suggestions made in the annual report of Dr. Henry S. Curtis, supervisor of the Washington Playgrounds association, to the District commissioners. He says that it has been found in other cities where this is done the attendance during the summer at least is larger between 7 and 9:30 o'clock in the evening than at any other time. The total attendance at the playgrounds for the year was 272,732. Last year was the first in which the playgrounds were kept open after the beginning of school, and the attendance during the fall and spring months was nearly as great as during the summer. Curios From the Philippines Curios From the Philippines. Samuel D. Crawford, an Erie (Pa.) man, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Philippine constabulary and has been in the islands over six years, recently presented to the president a number of curiosities from the islands. Among these were a head ax, a dangerous weapon made by hand process by the Igorrotes, the wildest and most uncivilized of the Philippine tribes; a G string, which is a fine piece of cloth for wrapping the body, and some aromatic tobacco, grown in the mountains of the islands. Jap Sword For Roosevelt. When Tanlemon Hitachiyama, the Japanese wrestler, left Japan to come to this country his one ambition was to have an audience with President Roosevelt. Because of his achievements as a wrestler his native town of Mito some years ago presented him a solid gold jeweled sword, such as used by the famous warriors of Japan in the days of old. Hitachiyama asked permission of his townsmen to present this sword to President Roosevelt, and permission was readily given. The wrestler had the sword with him when he called upon the president and made a formal presentation of it. The president said that in view of the fact that the sword represented the good wishes of Japanese citizens he would accept it. He praised the Japanese as the greatest swordmen in the world. Upon the return of the president from his western and southern trip he will receive the Japanese champion and some of his suit of wrestlers and will witness an exhibition of the Sumo style of wrestling, as it is called in Japan. The Japanese ambassador will also be present. Hitchhiyama belongs to the old samurai, or warrior, class of Japan and began his career as a wrestler when he was seventeen years old. He is now thirty-four years old. CARL SCHOFIELD. Americans are the best, Russians the next best dancers. The construction work last year in the District of Columbia amounted to $13,000,000. In two big trunks left unclaimed on a Hoboken steamship pier recently a customs inspector has found 800 pounds of Sumatra wrapper. William Ryan, a fake cripple, arrested in New York, was weighted down with twenty pounds of small coin secured under his bandages. The Himalayan peak of Trisul, the summit of which is 23,406 feet above sea level, has been ascended by Dr. Longstaff. The cold on top was quite arctic. The Haitian government is going to export the silver coin in the treasury and sell it as bullion. It's worth much more disposed of that way than used as currency. After a double wedding in Memphis the bridegrooms put their wives on a steamer to take a trip to Cincinnati, and the men went to work, they said to get sufficient money to furnish their homes. Twice as many women as men ride in the cabs of New York city. A lone woman or two women are far more frequently seen than one or two men, and as a rule a man is accompanied by a woman. A work car of the Western Ohio railroad painted red maddened a bull near Wapakoneta, and he charged it with such force that the car was thrown off the track and the road blocked for two hours. Fishermen along the Hudson river from Albany to Piermont are marveling at the mysterious return to those waters in great numbers of crabs, which have been growing scarcer each year for the last two decades. The Savannah Press looks forward to the time when express agents in "dry towns" will be sending out notices like this: "Dear Sir—Your package of books has arrived, and you should call for them at once, as they are leaking." Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department gave the visiting zoologists from abroad an increased idea of our public works when he told them that congress annually appropriates $5,000,000 for the three zoological bureaus of his department. In the old days when Robson and Crane played "The Henrietta" a check for $40,000 that was passed on the stage was marveled at for its size. In a play now running a similar check transaction involving $6,000,000 attracts less attention. The waterworks of Hongkong are to be increased by a reservoir holding 1,200,000,000 gallons. It will involve the construction of a dam sixty feet high across the shallow head of Tytam bay. The government has advertised for tenders for the building of this dam William G. McAdoo, who is at the head of the company that is digging tunnels under the river to aid in New York's transportation system, does not wish to have his name used in connection with the work. He thinks "Hudson tunnels" is sufficient and more appropriate. Boswell G. Pearce of Flemming, Ky., has been the victim of one of the most novel thefts ever recorded. About 5,500 pounds of tobacco which he had in a barn located about a quarter of a mile from his house was stolen in some mysterious manner, and the thieves left not a single trace. The municipal debts of the country are approximately $1,600,000,000, a sum larger than is owed by the federal government and all the state governments. Of the total it is worth while to note New York contributes, when all sinking fund deductions are made, about one-fourth. Vladivostok is now said to have the appearance of a semi-Chinese town. The higher wages paid in Siberia and in the Amur provinces are attracting the Chinese. As far inland as Ikrtuk they are busy as truck and fruit farmers, coming to the railway stations to dispose of their produce to passengers. Bolton, Conn., is without police or fire protection, but there are thirty-seven telephone subscribers in the town, and they have hit upon the scheme of using the phone as a fire and burglar alarm. Eight sharp rings will henceforth bring at least thirty-seven persons to the assistance of a subscriber. Ell Taylor of Fairfax, Vt., accosted Amos Rugg, who was pushing a wheelbarrow, and asked him what he would charge to wheel him home, three miles distant. Mr. Rugg thought $2 would be a fair price, and the offer was taken. Mr. Rugg stopped only once, then to take off his coat, and covered the distance in about an hour. To elderly people London is no longer a pleasant place of residence. The streets have become a labyrinth of horror and difficulty, a region of hideous sounds and foul smells. With motor busses toppling over on the sidewalk and private motors knocking down lampposts and impinging on the shelters, the unfortunate citizen knows not whither to wend his trembling steps. Many women in Munich support themselves by street sweeping. It does not follow that they are lifelong citizens of the city because they brush and carry away the dirt of its streets. The recruits of this army come from the country, strapping daughters of small farmers or laborers, and the task is a coveted one to these stout and wholesome young women, so that there is always a waiting list. They dress in a kind of uniform, Tyrolean hat of green with a feather on the side, blue petticoat, red jacket and a neckerchief. Selections Nts Edges Se Sharply Defined That - ‘They Are Visible. ‘That the edges of the gulf stream are so sharply Gefined that they are ‘Visible has been reported on more than one occasion. The phenomenon was re- cently witnessed by Captain James Horne of the British ship Loch Garry on 2 recent trip from Anstralia to Bos- ton. 4 writer in Shipping Illustrated says: “The Loch Garry 2 few days be- fore arrival at Boston lay becalmed, when a ripple on the sea surface aroused anticipation not -of wind, as ‘Was supposed, but of the close proxim- ity of the mighty river in the ocean known as the guif stream. Spars, lum- ber, a life buoy and other flotsam were borne past the ship to the eastwari at ‘the rate of about a couple of miles an hour, yet the vessel herself remained 4m the unaffected portion of the ocean, which served, as it were, as 2 bank for ‘the comparatively warm waters of the Fiver in midocean. “One hasy night during the civil war @ blockade runner left Wilmington, N. C, intent on gaining the open sea. Next morning « federal paddle wheel warship hove in sight not far distant and at once bore down. The blockade unner wa~ within an ace of capture when suddenly her captain noticed and folly recognized the gulf stream ripple. He edged her away to cross the providential ripple without awak- ening suspicion in the minds of the pursuers, got into the favorable eur- Tent while the paddle wheeler was striving against the adverse current on the other side of the ripple and got learaway. “A Nantucket whiler, Captain Fol- get, first pointed out to Franklin that the gulf stream was a decided factor in the passage making problem of those sailing ship days. Rhode Island merchants had complained that the Packets were longer making the trans- ‘dantic passage than the ordinary car go carriers despite the fact that the latter followed a more circuitous route. Captain Folger showed that, while the gulf stream retarded the packets along the northern track, It helped the less well found cargo carriers keeping well south.” Jewish New Year Greetings. In London many Jews send thelr new year greetings to their friends through Jewish papers, and the issues on the Friday preceding the new year usually contain many columns of felic- Stations. This year.a New York Jew- ish paper has followed the custom and bas published one page of “greetings,” among which are these: “In order to assist in preventing the congestion of the mails Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lucas and the Misses Nieto ex- Press their new year greetings to their many friends in this manner. No. 56 West One Hundred and Fifth street, New York eity.” “Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggen- heim wish you a happy new year.” “Airs. N. Wizin and son wish every- body everywhere a happy new year. No cards.” “Happy new year. With Zion's greet- ings. Annie Zeitlin.” “Happy new year to everybody ev- errwhere. Samuel W. Goldberg, 310 West Ninety-fifth street"—New York is Seethees Otte. fe ‘ove of an address extolling b. MeBrayer of Asheville, N. C. Le fotiowing chasaeteristic south- “1 borrow from the sun his cuwesy sulle, from the moon ber gold- eu Leams of light, from the southern zephyrs thelr"softness, from the rose its fragrance, from the rainbow its ce- lestial beauty, from the babbling brook its laughter and song, from the sea its awe and wonder, from the valley its serenity and from the mountains their majesty and put these down upon a piece of azure blue sky, with comets for commas and planets for periods, I might then paint for you what the Practice of medicine is like."—New York Press. ‘Deiat: ‘That ancient customs are still prac ticed by primitive tribes is shown by the two following incidents: In the iad it is written that when Asklepias “saw the wound where the bitter ar row had lighted he sucked out the blood,” and so forth. In his recent Work on the Australian aborigines John Mathew informs the reader that the doctor or sacred man made a prac- tice of sucking the part affected. “There seems to be some efficacy in the sucking, for a friend of mine who ‘Was suffering severely from an invet- erately inflamed eye allowed a black ‘doctor’ to mouth the eyeball, and the Fesult of the treatment was immediate Telief and speedy cure.” Makes Straw Hard as Metal. A new process of manufacturing Strawboard has been invented. It is asserted that in preparing the straw Dulp the addition of the process will five the strawboard sufficient hard- Ress to take the place of metal for ma- chine journals. This, it is said, has been proven by @ practical test. By dampening the strawboard it is said ‘that it is made pliable enough to be molded into any shape. The difference fm material reduces the friction, and the test demonstrated that journals of Strawboard require scarcely half the efi of the journals in general use,- CHOICE — ee ‘The Old Liberty Bell Contrary to general belief, the olf Liberty bell is not the property of the nation or of the city of Philadelphia but of four sisters who are heirs of John Wilbank, the man who made the Rew bell shortly after the old one was racked and who took the old bell 2s Part payment. According to the Home ‘Magazine, three of the sisters—Mra ‘James B. McClosky, Mrs. G. D. Emer son and Mrs. 8. B. Coward—live tx Philadelphia. The fourth, Mra. 8. W. B. Diehl, tives in Washington. By an arder of the rssembly of the Province of Pennsylvania the Liberty Dell was cast by an English founder {m 1751. Soon after arriving in this country the bell broke, but was recast from the same metal in the same form and with the original inscription, “Pro- claim liberty throughout the land.” ‘The ownership passed from provin- ¢lal authorities to the state, but in 1818 it was purchased by the city of Philadelphia, together with the old Statehouse and grounds. During the celebration over the arrival of Lafa- Yette in 182¢ the dell was rung so vig- erously it became cracked and a few months later was ordered rep.aced by ® new bell cast by John Wilbank. The latter bell is hanging in the steeple of Germantown ball. Dao Cteee Otis. In the-eyes of foreigners there are some startling defects in the personnel of our navy. Perhaps the principal one is the age of the fiag officers and captains. Not a navy in the world numbers so many men of advanced years in command. All our admirals ‘are between sixty and sixty-two. It is probable tht in the event of war last- ing a year not one-balf of the officers at present in command would possess ee ‘The extreme youth and lack of expe- lence of the main part of the crews of these ships is another weakness. ‘Tho percentage of veterans in the com- plement of each vessel is small, Our battleships are much underofiicered ‘with exper‘enced subordinate officers, gun division officers particularly. The men-of-war of all other nations carry many more officers than our and more experienced than the Amert- can youngsters now available for such Positions. This gap between our veter- ans and youthful men and command- ers is due to the neglect of congress, which permitted five years to elapse after the Spanish-American war be- fore the number of midshipmen was increased at Annapolis. — Broadway Magazine. ‘The Professor's Lot. Only a short time ago a college teacher spoke seriously in public of the banker, the lawyer and even of the burglar as being in touch with life in @ truer sense than is the university professor. And the professors’ fre- quent reference to the poor rewards and all the outward hardships of their ‘Work indicates some little envy of the ‘goods of life which come to the mer- chant, the lawyer and the physician. Yet there is no lot on earth that offers greater rewards and greater opportun!- ties. And when an individual has grievances the blame is often placed primarily on the president, since the form of organization encourages the Professors to place the responsibility anywhere but on themselves, It would be more fi.ting if thelr constitution gave no excuse, but constantly invited each to perceive that with himself it rested whether he would succeed or fall—George M. Stratton in Atlantic. Most Costly Thing In the World. Some idea of the difficulties in the way of extracting radium from the pitchblende waste may be appreciated when we learn that pitchblende, the mineral that is richest in radium, con- tains but one-millionth part of 1 per cent of radium, less than the propor- tion of gold in ocean water. We would think it a pretty thankless task to mine gold, or extract it, from sea wa- ter. But the work would be far easier, and we would get more gold from a cubic yard of sea water than we would radium from a ton of pitchblende. Per- haps, then, it will not be hard to appre- ciate how little radiam there is in the world—less than twenty grains, cer- tainly not half # teaspoonful of pure radium bromide. A grain of gold can be had for five cents or less. Dia- monds are worth by weight much more, perhaps $10 # grain, but the cost of radium is truly tabulous—$7,200 for a single grain—Harper’s Weekly. Gaines Fermeeus (ax Oe Peking is now quite safe for foreign- ers to go freely in all parts of the city, except in the Forbidden City, ‘where the emperor's palace is situated. ‘The Chinese are developing slowly along the road toward western clv- {lization, but so far they have not at- tained any great speed. Men who have spent their lives in the east and know the country thoroughly declare that China will not develop materially until she has a good government. The Present system of collecting taxes, ‘which has been in vogue for centuries, is the mother of all graft, the incubus under which the nation is suffering, and will keep the country back until the system has been completely wiped out—New York Times. Trying Ordeal For » Hunter. ‘While partridge shooting at Buxted @ sportsman suddenly had hundreds of wasps settle upon him. They crawled upon his hands and face, but he kept his nerve and did not interfere with them. The wasps scared the gentle- man's friends, ‘and they got some dis- tance away, being afraid to go near him. After about ten minutes the wasps flew off in « body without bav- ing stung him. —London Standard. (NOT INC) Real Estate, Renting and Loans Suite 26, 81-83 SOUTH GLARK STREET 2< — Telnphone Main 3014 Owners and Renters will fin’, it to their advantage to call on us, if you want to sell, buy, rent or exchange property. We build, remodel, repair and decorate at the most reasonable prices Farm Lands a Specialty. Ocem,an:s for furnished rooms. ‘We make valuations for fire adjus:ments. List with us and we will certainly treat you right. j o%us | Sands 6, Clark se, Gal ] ate Telephone Main 8014 ( won vou | Opp. few County Building Frank H. Lewis, Prop. Lou Seldon, Mgr Phone Oakland 1787. THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Il. WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTANAC cLuUuBs Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Now Organizing—Capital Stock $100,000 ‘The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has con- siuded to dissolve tat Association in order to give roorr for the former, with it's acreasei Capital for toe parpose of buy.ng a Permanent Home For The Leland ‘ante Base-Ball Club and establishing For All The People, The Only First {itss, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With Its Theater (Light Opera), ‘igure Bight, Shoot the Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance ‘Wvillion, ‘Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Uiding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions. to- ‘schor'with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough t2 accomodate 1000 ‘ests, at it’s present location, 7th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes Ede on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. “The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in value in'a single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In fhis New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning And Operating This Im- nense And Well Paying Plant, Where, More 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October ofeach year, where you can come ith out fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a tizen unmolested or annoyed? The Amewer canon) be effecively given by eubseriing for Stock in thie Corpora tion. it has been made purposely low so that all Loyal of the Race can “ave a Share and Interest in this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.0) Dollars Each You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where yor are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your awn by fling ct the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Lelar Giants Base-Ball ind'Amusement Association. Do it to-day #0 that we may commence to build. Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusament Assn. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Il. Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Treas:~ Enclosed please find $.__...... hich I am sending as Part (or infull as subscription fee for rice the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Tagree to pay $_........-------.-per month until the full amount §____--sssssesenesahas been paid, at which time I am to recieve my stock ceitificate. N. B. ieee io aie ye eel gee ee rere aaa nego Aa Giese. Radreta. 2. 2S a wien are evatled. to prler- sen erployen tages p setae et tr ie Ci joe fo epi or camplrnet. City $$ $$ ro ale 2 Assn. 6258 Si ot Ase Cneage, State Dr. J.William McDowell Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. ‘Hours, $10 a m, 24 & 6830 p.m. a 7 Qin aie Douce Or, W. &. MACKEY soonest a em aves oe aac ee — So E.A.STACK | 20 Sra sue set = GRAND | ROLLER | SKATING EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING —At CHATEAU de la PLAISANCE 532426 State Street BEST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY IN CONNECTION MUSIC BY ARMANT ADMISSION 15 CENTS Leland Giants 8. B. & A. Assn. 6258 Halsted Street Pheee Douglas 2888 Real Estate & Retiing Loans & Insurance 3345 STATE STREET —GHIGAGO, ILL. Phone 194 South A. B. SCHULTZ, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ‘2719 State Street me 3ciitidesr ms = CHICAO Mtabiiched 77. Phone Cablend seep John J. Dunn mre: JCOAL* “WOOD Fitty-First St. and Armour Ave. ten tame | PEALE fulecapus weblt O aes nas Jesse Binga REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND RENTING FIRE INSURANCE M37 STATE STREET CHICAGO . ey, __ Gaskins’ Billiard and Pool Parlors 3004 STATE 8ST. All Newly Furnished with Latest ‘Tables and Fixtures. we also Soe Line of Cigars Chas Gaskins, Prop. First-Class Service Guaranteed our / Patrons. Tile and Slate Mauling a ‘Specialty. J, H. COLEMAN & C0 Express & Yan Moving ‘TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Stree Phone 699 Calumet CHICAGC ICE CREAM CIGARS, TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A E. BAKER NOTIONS 00000 o00e 419—S6TH STREET Underwear a Specialty “4ICAGO | Setepase Mesicen Cay Davis Express FURNITURE MOVING at Cost Until Dec. ist. We control patents and discoveries by “yhich,mbisiog teeth can be re placed without the old-time femevabic Date or bridge and ‘by "which loeee End” failing "teeth ‘cay’ be Uightemes by which pyorrhea (Riggs’ disease) sore"and bleeding gume: tan be'cared Gall and have us Sxamine your tecth Sad you will ‘et satioraction” la to introduce eur work among the | Colored people of Chicago. We -will Sake small charges for material anti ‘See $300 “FULL ser or TEETH. e300 GUARANTEED $000 —REST Sur OF TEETH 80.00 Be Gold Creme isi ii gage eee eowt material aboet erro cst" iaiarial ascut) 00 (Goi taatériai” aboui) as (cost material about) 150 All work guaranteed 10 vears. as | work done under direct personal sip: Trvision. Read ‘what a clergyman says about us" wish f0 “aay” that Tam wel! satisfied with the work done in you onderstand their” business ‘and. “are feratand'thele gentlemen.” ‘REV. J. L. JACKSON. Fastor Hyde Park Baptist Church Chicago. WORTHWESTERN DENTAL CO, es svaTm sTamer cuacaae TME BROAD aX. '2 for sale at the following new stands: J. W. Hagan, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2718 State st. A F. Tervalon, 134 W. Gist street Cigar Store and News Stand. Mra. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notion» and News Stand, 131 W. Slat street Tv. B Males Cigar Store ans Laundiz office, 361 29th St. ‘W. 8, Cole, 354 Thirty-first street cigars, tobacco and news stand. J. R. Peters Cigars, ‘robacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions aad News Stand, 419, 36th street, W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 3704 State st. ‘Turner Williams’ Shaving Parior and News Stand, 2903 armoum ave. ‘B. Davis, cigars, tobaccc, and con fectionery, 3533 State st. C C McLain, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2906 State street. Mrs. J. W. Hadley 116 W. Sist st. cigars, tobacco and news stand. ‘Mrs. Katherine R. Hamlet, Cigars. tobacco, and fancy groceries and news stand 6028 Armour ave. M. A. Johnson, news stand, cigars and tobacco, 3812 State Street. ‘The Informer News Co, 183 Rap doiph St, Detroit, Mict. ‘The Standard News Co 131 W. 53rd st., New York, City, ®. Y¥. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL . WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 y O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS CHICAGO GRAY g MORAN _ ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sta. 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American Livery Company, GUY WOODS, PRES. 4-48 Cottage Grove Avenue theo, seat seinen prs and theatre coaches : : : : i ¢ NEW SHORT STORIES Feminine Cleverness. Mrs Chapman Shunluckson, the west ern lecturer, said in the course of a debate in St. Paul: "Why shouldn't woman vote? She is as clever as man, cleverer in some things, in affairs of the heart much cleverer. "I used to know a pretty girl whom a young banker was courting timidly. One afternoon in the gardens the banker scraped up courage enough to a*k to a tremulous whisper for a kiss. "The pretty girl looked at him grave ly. "A kiss," she said. 'You ask me for a kiss. Now, applied to the hand, a 1 THE GIRL WAS WHISTLING. kiss signifies respect, on the forehead it denotes friendship, upon the lips it indicates—all things—or nothing. "She paused pensively, then she went on: "Yes, Herbert, you may, since you wish it, kiss me. You may express yourself in one kiss. Proceed." "The timid Herbert, red and confused, pondered, "I mustn't lose her," he muttered to himself. "Where, then, shall I kiss her? The forehead, the hand? Through respect and friendship love may eventually be gained, but if I am at the start too bold— "Suddenly his meditations were interrupted by a trill of divinely melody. It was as if a nightingale were singing. The young man looked up. "The girl was whistling, her red mouth puckered into the shape of a rosebud. Her hat was pulled down over her eyes, hiding her forehead completely, and her hands were thrust up to the wrist in the pockets of her jacket." A Good Retort. "The late Robert Pinkerton of the great detective agency," said a Chicago detective, "was a religious man, and he liked nothing better than to listen to a good, liberal, intelligent sermon. "He was once talking to me about the change for the better that has come over American sermons in the past ten or twenty years. He said sermons were gentler than they used to be. They no longer reeked of fire and primrose. "Once," he said, "he heard a famous evangelist preach in San Francisco. The evangelist shocked his congregation a good deal. He told them that his grandmother had been a good and moral woman, but she had never professed religion, and therefore he was confident that at that moment the aged lady was suffering eternal torment. "A young man arose at this and, with a look of disgust, started for the door. The evangelist pointed an accusing finger at him. "There is a young man,' he cried, 'who is also on the downward path.' "The young man turned. His face was very red. But he smiled pleasantly and said in a loud, pleasant voice: "Is there any message I can take to your grandmother, sir?" John Fox and the Kentuckian According to a story told by Will Payne, the novelist, John Fox usually spends his summers in Maine with his friend, Thomas Nelson Page. Once while on a visit to Page he ran into a Kentuckian whom he had not seen for a long time. Suddenly it began to storm. Large hallstones were rattling down. The Kentuckian grew sad. As the storm and hall increased in fury, he became sadder. Finally he broke into uncontrollable sobs and cried like a child. "What is the matter?" asked Fox in utter bewilderment. "Matter?" replied his friend. "Look at that waste of cracked ice in a prohibition state!" — Saturday Evening Post. Lincoln Steffens in an address on "Municipal Politics" said in Chicago of a certain city: "That city is as notorious for its rottenness as the town of Peebles is notorious for another characteristic. "Here is an incident that will give you an idea of the reputation of Peebles: "On a train one day a man rushed into a car, held up his hands for attention and shouted excitedly: "Anybody here who belongs to Peebles? "Aye, I do," said a small, dry old fellow calmly. "Then,' said the other, 'lend us per corkscrew.'" CHOICE MISCELLANY A New Fashion in Wills It is quite time that a new fashion in wills should appear, declares Law Notes. The old style has been to make wills as full of holes as a sieve for the lawyer to fight about. It now seems to be the growing practice in New York to have one's will subjected to expert antemortem construction and criticism. The idea is for the testator to assume that he is dead and to discover, by an independent expert examination during his life what is likely to happen to his will after his death. Daniel S. Bemsen of the New York bar, author of "Remsen on the Preparation and Contest of Wills," recently said: "The plan of submitting wills to a rigid criticism after they have been made and before the testator's death is new in the sense of its becoming popular. It is also justified by results. In a majority of cases such examinations reveal one or more weak spots, and frequently grave errors are found in wills drawn by lawyers of high standing. A little caution on the part of Mr. Tilden would have prevented his fasco. As a result of this movement I predict that the rising generation will be spared much litigation, and many fortunes will be saved from the blight of family discord." Twelve Years In a Bath. A tepid bath, which has lasted over twelve years, has just come to an end in the State hospital at Brunswick: owing to the death of a patient named Ferdinand Schlimme, a bricklayer, who injured his spine through a fall in November, 1894. The lower portion of his body was completely paralyzed through the accident, while his stomach and other organs were badly injured. Several operations proved unsuccessful. The patient showed remarkable tenacity of life, but suffered excruciating pain, which rendered his stay in bed unendurable. The surgeons therefore decided to render existence more comfortable by immersing him up to the breast in a tank, through which water ran continuously. There he has lain ever since, with a supporting band round his breast and his head on air cushions. He soon became accustomed to the position, and, as his hands were free, he learned to knit and to carve wooden toys, becoming eventually so expert that he earned a good subsistence and was able to support his aged mother. This lengthened stay in the water, however, induced tuberculosis, from which he died—Berlin Cor. London Telegraph. Teeth Plumbing "You remember," said Mr. Killikinton, "that grand old song, 'Grandpa's Teeth Are Plugged With Zinc?' Well, I always supposed that that zinc business was simply a grotesquely humorous flight of fancy. I never thought that anybody's teeth could really be filled with zinc, but now I am not so sure about that. Lately I have had four teeth filled, and no two have been filled with the same material. One was filled with amalgam, one with gold, one with porcelain and one with gutta percha, and now the material they used to fill grandpa's teeth with in the song doesn't seem to me anything like so ridiculous as it did. I have seven teeth yet to be filled, and if the dentist keeps on as he has begun, using something different for every tooth, why, I wouldn't be surprised if before I got through I had one tooth at least filled with zinc."—New York Sun. A Praver For Pie Answered. A Prayer For Pie Answered. An act of Providence which is considered one of the most unique in local hunters' history occurred near Minet, N. D., recently. Attorney Ben Bradford, Sam Clark, editor of the Reporter, and two other business men had spent a successful morning in pursuit of game and were finishing their nocturnal meal. At its conclusion one of the party bemoaned their forgetfulness in neglecting to bring pie. Hardly had he mentioned the fact when across the prairie came a buggy drawn by a runaway pair of horses. The team was stopped, and on the seat, with a knife inserted under their crusts, were found two apple pies.-Minneapolis Journal. It Wasn't Funny. "The Clerk of the Day" in the Boston Transcript tells this story: "Two of the Clerk's neighbors were recently battling over the Commonwealth Country club links. All went fairly well, although bogie remained practically intact, until they reached a tee overlooking a pond. Each drove furiously, then cautiously, a half dozen balls into the murky depths of that pool. Standing near by a little girl, stupid, but curious. After the twelfth ball had plunged to rise no more she queried blankly, but sincerely, of the golf "Say, mister, what is the fun in t game?" The Tobacco Moth. Tobacco dealers in India are greatly troubled by a moth or fly that finds its way into a box of cigars or tobacco and lays an egg that soon develops into a destructive worm or grub, which boxes through the wrapper into the body of the cigar and ruins it. Hardly anything will keep these pests out except to incase each cigar in a bottle or wrap it in heavy tin foll. Great Changes. D. B. Carothers, the well known railroad man and a big official on the Baltimore and Ohio road, is a frequent summer visitor here. Mr. Carothers was formerly Miss Leland of Lewiston—Lewiston Journal. How things do change—Boston Herald. Yes, we've changed proofreaders—Lewiston Journal. Brevities THE HALL OF FAME. Emperor Francis Joseph has appointed Lieutenant Baron Prucuschen to be the first permanent Austrian naval attacke at Washington. Twins at eighty is the distinction attained by George and Charles Buckley, two men well known in Hartford (Conn.) business circles for forty years. Elijah L. Robinson, a deaf and dumb news dealer of Cleveland, claims to be a direct descendant of Pocahontas is the ninth generation on his mother's side. Royal T. Languirand is a barber in Salem, Mass. He also claims to be the champion fencer of the country and has defeated some of the noted swordmen of the world. W. E. Schutt, who has been appointed secretary to President Schurman of Cornell, was a famous two mile runner in his undergraduate days and held the intercollegiate record before going to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. F. D. Price, who was Mansfield's first manager, says that he believes no other man could take a mixed company of men representing the arts and public life and entertain them with such courtesy, grace and tact as he. The story goes that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish learned enough Swedish to welcome Prince Wilhelm in his own language. The prince knows English well, and it is said that his constant companion for a long time in preparation for his American trip was a tutor who gave him lessons in the colloquial phrases that he would be likely to bear. The late Dr. Joachim had one of the finest collections of violins in the world. One of his most valuable instruments was that presented to him by his admirers in London, formerly the property of Viotti and said to have cost $6,000. He had several "Strada," most of which were given to him at one time or another as tokens of appreciation of his skill. SHORT STORIES. Only one man in 150,000 takes snuff. Men tailors sew much better than women. In India and Persia sheep are used as beasts of burden. Nearly 33 per cent more women than men wear false teeth. In Dresden there is a public bathing establishment for dogs. Experts at Washington say that the value of real estate in this country has been increased $750,000,000 by the rural free delivery service. The Edison veteran drum corps of Chester, Vt., which has been in existence for fifty years, is said to be the oldest of its kind in New England if not in the United States. Years ago when the Amesbury (Mass.) postoffice was moved from the Wilman block some one forgot to take down the "Postoffice" sign. Now a correspondent thinks that something ought to be done about it. Ownership of the historic Dent farm of General Grant, located outside the city limits of St. Louis, has changed hands, having been sold at auction for $75,000. The old log cabin occupied by Grant is still standing. MODES OF THE MOMENT. Some quaint sleeves are made by narrowing a moderate kilono top until it clasps the wrist tightly. Skirts, even among the walking skirts, are less full than they have been, the plaiting, if plaiting there be, being less deep and regular. Belts show an unusual variety in that about everything that has ever been worn is worn now, and most of the designs are modeled along old lines. The beautiful new shades of cloth that have come out this season almost universally may be effectively braided, if not in self color, then in some harmonious shade. Buttons are one of the conspicuous features of the new frocks. They are used lavishly in all sizes and are often the most important trimming detail of coat and skirt costumes. Tunic effects appear, as they do, perennially, and some of these tunic skirt models are lovely in sheer supple stuffs, but they are not so inevitably becoming as are the skirts of long unbroken lines.—New York Sun. ENGLISH ETCHINGS The pier at Southend is over a mile and a quarter in length. The king's cook gets £2,000 a year, and he has to work only about two hours a day. Dr. W. G. Grace once received three young pigs as a present from an unknown admirer who had witnessed his prowess in the cricket field. The red banana, which is not a novelty in America, is regarded as a curiosity in London, where it costs three times as much as the yellow variety. Edward Yates, who recently died at Walworth, England, leaving a fortune of £5,000,000 in real estate in and about London, began business life as a poor bricklayer. Librarians in many parts of London agree in stating that the public taste for the reading of fiction is showing a very decided falling off and that the popularity of works of travel, history and biography is correspondingly increasing. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Fritzi Scheff is appearing again this season in "Mile. Modiste." There are four "The Lion and the Mouse" companies on the road. Harry Bulger will appear in a one act vaudeville sketch this season. Mrs. Leslie Carter is expected to open her season in Washington some time in November. Eben Plympton will have a very strong part in "The Man From Home," which Liebler & Co. will produce. The marriage of Lawrence D'Orsay to an English actress is announced. The ceremony was performed in England. "The Quicksands," the new play in which Wright Lorimer opened at Providence, R. L., scored a success. The play is said to be intensely dramatic. After a short season in vaudeville Burr McIntosh will return to the moving picture business. His Philippine pictures have proved a decided success. Edward Knoblauck, the author of "The Shulamite," is at work on a play that will be one of Mme. Kalich's future offerings. Mr. Fiske has accepted for production this coming season a play of American life by Rupert Hughes. Instead of going to Europe on a honeymoon trip George Cohan will play the leading role in "Fifty Miles From Boston" and in addition to this will devote much of his time to the preparation of a new play in which he will appear at his own theater. FACTS FROM FRANCE The laws of Paris do not allow persons dead by suicide or murder to be cremated. A comparison of divorce statistics in France shows a constantly increasing ratio since 1884. The cost of a grave in a cemetery outside the fortification of Paris is 50 francs for five years, 317 francs for thirty years and 527 francs for a perpetual title. The Touring Club of France is searching for the "most affable, expert and suitable" hotel keeper in France. When they find him he is to have a gold medal and £100. Grave charges are being made against the public hospitals of Paris. Not many years have elapsed since the nursing sisters were expelled, and already the tip system infects them from top to bottom like a dry rot. The poorest must pay or suffer neglect. PITH AND POINT. If you can't stand for a turndown, don't ask unreasonable things. Watch yourself carefully lest you make of a sympathetic friend a walking place. You can't make much of an impression by telling a crazy man about his insanity. Quite frequently men do things that remind you that common sense is not so common as it should be. The meanest man in the world is the man who will ride a free horse to death unless it is the man who becomes impudent when treated kindly. About the same number of boys seem to be leaving the farm, although the cream separator in place of the churn was expected to make a difference—Atchison Globe. EDITORIAL FLINGS The Englishman whose deceased wife had no sister is now in a quandary.—Minneapolis Journal. The Moors are going to be sorry for all that, too, when they get down to paying the indemnity.—Indianapolis News. We frequently read of automobiles "turning turtle," but not one of them has yet been accused of turning small.—Manchester Union. There are said to be intelligent people on Mars. If so, they must be much amused every time they look toward the earth.—New York Mall. It is claimed that a cucumber is 95 per cent water. We always supposed there was more than 5 per cent of polson in a cucumber.—Dayton News. NEW YORK CITY. The grand jury of New York county returns on an average sixty-four indictments each day. New York city contemplates the expenditure of $4,000,000 in the next two years for a municipal office building. New York city is receiving a daily average of 740 Italian immigrants, including those from Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. Records of the homes for the aged in New York city show that all of the forty institutions are now full and have long waiting lists. Unclean milk cans are a menace to the health of New York city, and investigation by the board of health shows gross neglect in their care.—New York Herald. Army and Navy. In the United States the enlisted strength of the regular army is limited by law to 100,000. Motor cycles are now used in the Austrian army for the rapid laying of field telegraph lines. Germany needs a million horses for her army on a war basis. This is more than any other nation of the world. 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