The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. THE MONEY MARKET STILL UNSETTLED IN CHICAGO THE CLEARING HOUSE DECIDES TO ISSUE CHECKS IN VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS, WHICH WILL PASS AS CURRENCY. THE FINANCIAL DEPRESSION OVER THE COUNTRY COMPELS MANY BANKS TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS—MANUFACTURING CONCERNS TO DISCHARGE THOUSANDS OF MEN. "FREE SOUP HOUSES" AND THE "EMPTY DINNER PAIL" MAY BE IN EVIDENCE THIS COMING WINTER! THE MONEY MAN UNSETT THE CLEARING HOUSE DE VARIOUS DENOMINAT CURRENCY. THE FINANCIAL DEPRESS COMPELS MANY BANKS MANUFACTURING CON THOUSANDS OF MEN. "FREE SOUP HOUSES" AND PAIL" MAY BE IN EVID TER! The wiser bankers in Chicago freely declared on October 28, or thereabout, that "the stringency in the money market would only last a few days; that there is plenty of money in the banks to transact all the business in this city, and the vast majority of the people were firmly convinced that the bankers were telling the truth in this respect, but seemingly such was not the case, for three weeks have elapsed since their new system of transacting banking business, was adopted, and the result is that the money market is still unsettled in Chicago. In the mean time real money has become a mighty rare article, so much so that many branches of business have almost come to a stand still in the various sections of this city and throughout the country, and in order to relieve the present shaky financial situation the Clearing House Association has decided to issue checks in denominations of 1, 2, 5 and 10 dollars, which will pass in every section of this city as currency. These new 1, 2, 5 and 10 dollar crecks are in full force to-day, and they will be used in payment of clearing house certificates of large denominations which have been issued previously to the banks. It has been decided, for the convenience of handling them, that the checks will be drawn on only four of the banks in the clearing house. These banks are the First National, the Corn Exchange National, the Continental National, and the Commercial National. Crecks Issued to Banks. "When any bank in the clearing house wants to get any of these crecks it will present to the manager of the clearing house clearing house certificates of the larger denominations for the total amount it wants. The manager will draw the checks of the association in the small denominations named on one of the banks designated in payment of the clearing house certificates of large denominations presented to him. The checks will be made payable to the bank which applies for them, or bearer, and will, therefore, be transferable from one holder to another without indorsement. "The banks receiving them will pay them out to their customers for pay roll purposes and they will pass into the hands of workmen, from them into the hands of merchants, and through them back into the banks, which will all receive them on deposit." Backed by Collateral. "Besides having the united strength of all the banks in the clearing house behind them, these checks are protected by securities deposited with the Clearing House Association, passed upon by the clearing house committee, and valued by them at 33 1-3 per cent more than the total amount issued. The absolute goodness of the checks, therefore, and of the security behind them is beyond all question. "By the mutual agreement among the banks under which the checks are issued the securities pledged for the original clearing house certificates are held to cover these checks of small denominations which are issued in payment of the original clear- ing house certificates of large denominations. Reasons for the issue. "Two of the principal reasons for the issuance of these checks which finally caused the clearing house committee to decide to issue them were the urgent necessity for some medium of exchange in which the large employers of labor could pay their employees and keep them employed, and the avoidance of the flotation of a large number of the individual checks of the employers of labor, the goodness of which merchants would be unable to pass upon, and would therefore be slow to handle. "In these checks the workman will receive something that he can accept without hesitation, and which the merchants can similarly accept and do business with. "The checks have been carefully got up, and it will be difficult to forge them, as they are lithographed on special paper prepared for the clearing house, and which cannot be obtained by any one else. The workmanship on the checks, which is done by the Western Bank Note Company, is also of such a character that forgeries of it will be easily detected." This new system of high financing and the new brand of money is all right as long as the Republican money gamblers are running the country, but if the Democrats should happen to be in power at this time, and advocated or adopted this new scheme of manufacturing money out of blue, yellow, green and purple paper without the overmont's promise to pay, stamped on it, it would be considered unsound, or wildcat money. The financial depression has within the past three weeks spread to all parts of the country, forcing many banks to close their doors, and manufacturing concerns to discharge thousands of men, owing to the fact that it is impossible to get any money out of the banks to meet the pay rolls. With this terrible condition of affairs confronting both the employers of labor and the laboring men as well it must be admitted that for a while at least the future looks rather dark in the business world. Therefore "free soup houses and the empty dinner pail" may be in evidence this coming winter in this city and throughout the United States. Dove Party Given in Honor of Mrs. Jennie Eldridge Watts at Her Beautiful Home in New York City. Thursday afternoon and evening, November 7, Mrs. Minnie Howard, formerly of this city, but now residing at 32 West 136th street, New York City, and a party of twelve other ladies, invaded the beautiful home of Mrs. Jennie Eldridge Watts, 211 Crueger avenue, Van Nest, New York City, who also resided in this city for a long time, and they gave Mrs. Watts a surprise dove party. Every one of the ladies were gowned in the height of fashion, and each one presented the hostess with a lovely present. Dinner was served at 6 p. m., and music and singing followed until 10 p. m., and a very enjoyable time was spent by all. Mrs. Ida Hauses, formerly of this CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 16, 1907. FERDINAND L. BARNETT. Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, Who Should Manfully Fight His Election Contest Against Municipal Judge Thomas B. Lantry, to the Bitter End. It is expected that the election contest between F. L. Barnett and Municipal Judge Thomas B. Lanty will soon come up in the County Court for settlement. Mr. Barnett owes it to himself as well as his friends to fight his contest to the bitter end, for quite a number of Colored people, who could ill afford to do so, con- tributed their money to aid him in this matter, and if he lays down in order to hold his present position, he cannot consistently expect the Afro Americans of Cook County to vote and work for him if he should be come a candidate for another elective office in the future. city, but at the present time residing at 26 West 134th street, New York City, was among the guests. better than our neighbors who are the chief beneficiaries of our labor. Yet, they show no disposition to help GEORGIA ADOPTIS ANTI-EMIGRATION LAWS. Negroes are Leaving State In Large Numbers—Going to California—Whites Become Alarmed. In State Where Negroes Own Most Property They are Taxed to Support White University, Law and Medical Schools and Agricultural Colleges But Their Children Cannot Enter—Negro Constitutes Servant Class on Farm, in Factory and in Home—Do All the Work; Get None of the Results—Who Said Africa? Down at Americus, a thriving city in our State, our white neighbors are becoming alarmed at the exodus of the Negroes from the county to California. Industrial and social conditions are seriously threatened. In the South the Negro is the chief industrial and agricultural factor, yet our neighbors, who are the chief recipients of the profits of our labor, make no substantial effort to console us, or promote our proficiency. If The Independent is anything it is optimistic, and believes that in the ultimatum the race will win against odds if it will do its duty. But a good majority of the race disagrees with us. Our neighbors ought to place themselves in our position and imagine for a moment that they were Negroes and then surmise what they would do. If they would be reasonable, we do not see how they would blame us for seeking more congenial climes. It is unfair and unreasonable to charge that the best Negroes are leaving the state because of prohibition as indicated in the associated dispatch from Americus. The best Negroes are not concerned about whisky, but they are concerned about their rights as citizens. The farmers, who will be most affected by any appreciable exodus of manual labor from the State, ought to at least reason out the cause of the movement of the Negroes. They ought to at least expect us to absorb some helpful and progressive benefit from the white man's civilization in the midst of which we are living. Our environment is calculated to inspire us and we ought to at least be commended for catching the spirit. In the state the Negro constitutes the servant class, both on the farm, in the shops and in the home. Nobody knows the value of this service tributed their money to aid him in this matter, and if he lays down in order to hold his present position, he cannot consistently expect the Afro-Americans of Cook County to vote and work for him if he should become a candidate for another elective office in the future. better than our neighbors who are the chief beneficiaries of our labor. Yet, they show no disposition to help build up a more useful character or make us feel that America is our home. The genius of their theme is. This is a white man's country. They forget that the thought conscience and character of all the people, good or bad, constitutes the country, and acclaim, this is a white man's country, and still expect us to remain here do all the drudgery and be contented without any assurance of reasonable compensation. We are human and have the same aspirations, possibilities and expectations common with mankind. IF WE ARE NOT ACCORDED FAIR TREATMENT, AND GIVEN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE STRUGGLE FOR BREAD, LIKE OTHER MEN WE RESENT IT, AND IF SENTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WHBE WE LIVE DOES NOT SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR RESENTMENT. THEN IT IS OUR MOVE. The Negroes are moving from Sumter not because of prohibition, for they have had it there four years before and nobody left, but because of disfranchisement and the white man's unwillingness to give us reasonable consideration and our part of the profits of our labor. How can the white men of Georgia expect the Negro to remain here contented and see their white neighbors building school houses for the children, legislating to disfranchise us and to shut up even our lodge rooms, and providing themselves with every blessing of civilization at our expense? We are taxed to pay Confederate pensions in common with every other citizen. We are taxed to support the State University, white law and medical schools the agricultural colleges and we get no benefit from either of them yet we are expected to remain here contented and not raise our protest. If the white man wants to stop the Negro from leaving the state, he has a more effectual and profitable way to do it than resorting to stringent anti-immigration laws. The chief trouble with the entire Negro race is, it is ashamed of itself. All the women want straight hair and chalked skin; the men are not quite as foolish, but they are silly enough. The highest compliments one can hear are generally, "She looks like Miss Ann," or "He looks like Mr. Eddy." How the devil the Negro will survive all this rot and come to consider the glory of this pride, and likewise that of his onetime supremacy, is beyond even the ken of so strong an optimist as the writer—From the Atlanta Independent. The Chateau De La Plaisance CONTINUES TO MEET WITH POPULAR FAVOR AND DRAWS LARGE CROWDS. AT HALF PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST SATURDAY EVENING A CHOP SUEY SUPPER WAS GIVEN IN HONOH OF INVITED GUESTS. BEAURGARD F. MOSELEY TOASTMASTER—MAJOR R. R. JACKSON AND OTHERS DELIVERED BRILLIANT TOASTS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REPAST On Saturday evening, November 2, the Chateau De La Plaisance, 5324 and 5326 State street, under the management of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association, threw its doors open to the public, and every afternoon and evening this new house of pleasure has been well patronized by the better element of the Afro-American population in this city. In fact, the very best class of its citizens have been in evidence since its opening, and have manifested a willingness to give it their moral and financial support. Last Saturday evening, so far the largest number of people were present, and the Chateau De La Plaisance was more than well filled with a jolly and good natured crowd of pleasure seekers, who spent most of their time in whirling around the skating rink mounted on the top of a first class pair of roller skates. At 12:30 o'clock the managers of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association gave a chop suey supper in the American-Chinese restaurant, which is run in connection with the Chateau De La Plaisance, in honor of the specially invited guests. Col. Beauregard F. Moseley, the new "captain of industry" among the Afro-American race in Chicago, served as toastmaster, and the following ladies and gentlemen licked their chops while feasting on chop suey and other Chinese eatables: Major and Mrs. Robert R. Jackson, Mrs. Belle Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Washington, Lloyd G. Wheeler, Jr., Mrs. H. Thomas Calloway, Dr. A. B. McKissack, Mrs. Alfred N. Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bolden, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Manson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seay, Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Anderson and Julius F. Taylor. At the meeting of the feasting Dr. McKissack, in behalf of the judges to award the prizes to those selecting the best name for this new Negro Banks. It is worth noting that while the banks of the country are undergoing possibly the severest strain since the panic of 1893, not a single institution run by Colored men so far has been forced to suspend payment. In fact, while the depositors of white banks in New York City were withdrawing their money from one of the strongest banks in the country at the rate of $44,444 a minute, the Colored business men of that city were organizing an enterprise for Colored depositors. And, since then another bank has been organized in Philadelphia. This adds a feather to the cap of the Colored banker and his banking methods. At the time when the National Business League held its meeting in Topeka, Kan., there were 31 banks owned, controlled and operated by Negroes in the United States, thirteen of these being in one State—Mississippi. Since then, other than the two mentioned above, one has been organized in Texas, one in Oklahoma, and others have been prevented from opening in Mississippi by the re- place of amusement, and the first prize, consisting of a $5.00 gold piece, was awarded to Mr. Adams, of Toledo, Ohio, who selected the name the Chateau De La Plaisance, from the French, which means house of pleasure, and as Jacob L. Parks and the other judges are high up French scholars, it was adopted as the most appropriate name, and the second prize was awarded to Mrs. William Emanuel. Major Jackson was next called upon by the toastmaster to give a short review, and to set forth the aims and objects of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association, which he did in the most glowing terms, and intimated that in the near future the Association expected to launch an enterprise in the neighborhood of 31st and State streets which would astonish the natives. Some brilliant toasts were also delivered by Edward H. Wright, Doctor Bert Anderson, Frank Seay, David Manson, Lloyd Wheeler, Mr. Washington, who all declared that the Chateau De La Plaisance was the real thing, and it was just the place to spend a pleasant evening or afternoon. The writer was also called on for a toast, as we had been called upon to pronounce the blessing at the beginning of the feast, which we had to decline, and in concluding our toast it was plainly intimated that as long as the Chateau De La Plaisance was conducted on a high moral plane, where saints and sinners both could pass an enjoyable evening it deserved the hearty support of all good citizens, and this same sentiment was expressed by the others called upon to express their views, and as first class order has been maintained on all occasions, and as the Leland Giants are popular and had a strong following among the better class of citizens during the past base ball season, there is no reason on earth why this new enterprise launched by its managers should not prove a grand success. fusal of Governor Vardamán to issue charters to any more Negro business enterprises in that State. These Colored banks are all enjoying prosperity, and the Colored bankers are to be congratulated that unlike the New York bankers, whose reckless investment of the funds of the depositors in venturesome business enterprises destroyed the confidence of the public and brought about the financial flurry in Wall street, they have been conservative in conducting the affairs of their corporations. The Colored banks will come out of the flurry stronger in the people's confidence for having withstood the strain, and will command and deserve more business than never before. —The Globe, Nashville, Tennessee. This is a good showing on the part of the Afro-American bankers, and those who are about to engage in the same business, and we very much regret that we are unable to get the wealthy and the leading Afro-American business men in this city to wake up, join hands together, throw their money into one pot and start a bank in Chicago.—Editor. — Frees aa eee Le tanh eee et ‘tts own mind. St must be patd tn edvanes. —— 3 seaect ee mate ers ee. THE BROAD AXE 10) Armonr Avenne, Chteage. qpuvs F. ‘TAYLOR, Batter und Publisher. —— Fiptered wt the Pest Office at Chicage, Mh, as Berved-class Matter, ——__ ‘Tillman and the Negro. ‘The News does not hold the opin ions or rather prejudices which Ser- ator Tillman voices on the race ques tion. But if we held each and every ‘one of the senator's tenets we should still protest in the scharpest man- ner against his speech in this city Friday evening, and against all of the speeches of the same character. For whatever may be the proper 80- Jution of the race problem and the ‘News has none to offer—it can assur- edly never be settled by any appeal to the prejudices, the passions, the Daser instincts of our nature. ‘And Senator Tillman's speech, from strat to finish, appealed to noth- ing else. There was not one word of scientific marshaling of fact, not ‘one sentence that showed the slight. est care for the truths of history, not one that seemed to recognize that me problem dealing with hu- man Beings, the moral aspect of the case must be considered. No. It was a mere tiraae of abuse, invective and insult; abuse and in- sult not only of the Negro race, but of li who venture to dispute the gos- pel of Tillman on the destiny of the ‘sons of Canaan. Senator Tillman con- demnms the Negro preacher whose half erasy rhapsodies rouse the pas signa ot his race ,and set them best- ing with futile hands against the un- breakable wall of white dominion. And in this he does rightly. But ‘what condemnation does this man de- serve who, with all the centuries of “Caucasian culture and discipline be- hind him, goes to and fro in the land making speeches as intemperate, as violent, ag much inciting to blood riot as any that can be laid to the most ignorant blacks of the South? And such is Tillman, as his own words abundantly prove. He is doing all in his power to arouse a hatred that shall make justice and indecency im- Possible, and that in defiance of law and right and the plainest expediency shall bring the great, complex, terri- Die, heartbreaking race problem to ‘the arbitrament of power. “it is a crime and a blunder in one —and both are colossal. ‘We do not know whether Tillman has posed so long witli a pitchfork in his hand that he feels compelled to make hay of sense and decency, for the sake of being consistent, or ‘rather his prejudices on this subject ‘aye finally and completely obcessed hiigjreason. But this we do know; ‘that, he is showing himself as danger enemy to his own race as he 45% the blacks whom he lashes s ; and if the race problem is to a satistactory settle it will be in spite of the Til not because of them— News. ne ee Sunday morning the pastor (reach from the subject, “Mod- ” Services will begin ly at 10:45. Twenty minutes ce; some excellent selec i choir. morning, the 24th, Bishop am fer will preach. Baptizing Wunion will follow. In the ‘will be a satred concert. by Geet the best talent in Chicago. ‘church is preparing to have n piving wervices; program is wnged. Dinner will be SEENDy various organizations o a Big concert at night. i entertainment given by Prot HAP. Morris was one of the. bes - ever, im the Institutional church g member was enthusiastically os tertainment was pronounced -by-Mfiy one who heard is as being ‘Prof, Morris and the : the best musical talent tz 2 have identified themselves * / Institutional chureh, anc te . indications. they wil = | conten p Colored people | a His the first, of the series. of fs tbe: given. ershar. on eet ae ee See ee lant Mo ~ ae ‘The LB, W. Club celebrated “Pres jdent’s Day” im the chapel of the isbarch ; afternoon. “athe reports, s work ‘women. Institutional church is to be the centér of moral, religious, and 50 dal activities up until Christmas. Bvery Sunday will be a special day both in music and discourse. H. E. STEWART, Minister. PLAN A NEW NEGRO COLLEGE. Trustees of Berea to Meet Next “Month to Determine Location of Budding Kentucky Enterprise. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 11—Berea col- Ige plans a new school for Negroes of the type of Tuskegee and Hampton. ‘Trustees of the college meet’ next month to determine its location. It is expected two or three other strug- gling Negro schools of Kentucky will form a merger with the new enter- prise. ‘The amount set apart in Ken- tucky for the education of the Col- ‘ored race is $200,000. Grand Testimonial Ball to be Ten dered to Harrison Stewart. The Colored theatrical profession of Chicago will on Monday evening, November 18, give a grand testimo- nial ball in honor of Mr. Harrison Stewart. The ball, which will be the great- est of the season, will be held at the New Coliseum. Music by the Elks Orchestra. Admission 50 conts. J. BA. Green, Wm. Foster, Jerry Mills, Committee on Arrangements. The Centeral Bureau of Real Estate, Renting and Loans. Sa ne eal, ‘The Genteral Bureau of Real Ee tate, Renting and Loans (not incor porated), which has the financial backing af Arcliibald Goode, whe is an oldtime citizen of Chi cago, and who has successfully followed his trade, that of car penter and contractor, in the down- town district for many years, opened up for business the pest week st 81 83 Clark street, room 26, which. is op- posite the new County Building, phone. Central 5337. See ad. in an other column of this paper. Mrs. L. H. N. Coleman, late Gecre- tary of the Amanda Smith Home, Har ‘vey, THL,, who is a keen and progres- sive business woman, will be in charge of the Centeral Burean of Real Estate, Renting and Loans, West Side News. By Prof. A. L. Simpson, 186° West ‘Madison Street. The West Side Sunday Club is mov- ing along on @ progressive line, and all is well: Give usa call. The West Side Dancing School is going right along, with Jones’ Orches- tra at the head. Prof. A Li Simpson is now doing business in his new parlots, 186 W. Madison street. Phone. Monroe 3970 Mr. C. H. Pickett, who has been on the sick list for a few weeks, is now able to be up again. Rev. Wilson, St Stephens, new pas tor, is "well liked by all members and friends. ‘The famous Need Moore Clu» which has been’for a number of years conducted by Mr. Robt. R. Thomas and in which place Mr. Thomas nov enjoys vast wealth, is now owned an¢ controlled by Mr. John Beetle, a west ern capitalist. Sports of all parts o: the city are grieved over the loss 0 Mr. Thomas, as he was known as the best conductor in the city of Chicag of a place of that kind. Send your subscriptions for Tht Broad Ax to A. L Simpson, 186 W Madison street. Agents Wanted. To sell Sebandy hair dressing. ‘Good commission. Send 10 cents for sample and terms. Geo. W. Fields & Co., 3916 State Street, Chicago, 11. Failed in Her Sission. anaes foreign trig was not-« suc- esas: bacon engaged: oun wht ta and a bed record."—Chicago Post. ‘The: Very. Beet. ~ “Tell, me,” seid =e sess Poe : Connot Apress. oe Mg ees ap they_ cas ca, the ' = ‘Gunaon. Bea a ’ father. CnurPs. sve, is gening 8m Springs, Ark. Mrs. Grace Abbott Hubbard of Tor onto, Can, is the quest of ber sister Mrs. Benj. Sayrs, 6414 Rhodes ave. Mrs. Jacob L. Parks, and son have returned home after a very pleasant visit with relatives in Detroit, Mich. ‘The Misses Blanche and Emma Shaw have given up their home on La Fay- ette aye, and are now residing at 3259 Rhodes ave. Mr. E. Z. Brown, 3239 Wabash ave., who has been confined to his bed in Provident Hospital is again able to be out Mr. Wm. P. Phillips who has been making his headquarters in Detroit, ‘Mich, spent a few days .in the city last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gillispie, 3842 ‘Wabash ave, who have been spending the past three months in New York have returned to the city. Dr. Jine Thomas who has been spend: ing the summer in the Thousand Is- lands is in the city stopping at the Key- stone Hotel. Dr. E. S. Miller 3642 Whbash ave., entertained a small party of his friends at cards last Saturday evening. A fine colation was served at twelve o'clock. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Fratk Owen, 3823 Dearborn st, entertained a few of their friends at whist, Tuesday eve, in how or of their guest. Mrs. J..M. Lewis of Detroit, Mich. | “The Peerless Club” of which Mr. Chas. E. Washington is president has issued invitations for their first danc- ing party, which will take place one evening next week Emery T. Morris, a well-known Col- cred nom-partisan of Cambridge, ‘Mass., has recently been appointed by the city counell as deputy sealer of weights and measures. The Day Nursery will give a fine Oyster supper at the Columbia Cafe all day Tugeday, Noy. r9th to raise funds for their present needs. Mrs. Valetta Dresden ‘is in charge of the af Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown 3222 State st, will spend the winter traveling with the Mississippians, a company of jubilee singers raising funds for the Dooley Normal and Industrial School of Pass Christian, Miss. Rev. Moses Jackson, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Ghurch was compelled to undergo an operation last Wednesday morning at the Presbyterian Hospital. | The ‘operation is reported successful [ed ie atin toe Sew i “I don't see what you growiin’ at eres zon ar von et treasure in heaven?” | “My fr’en’,” sand Brother Dickey, “treasur in Beaven ig one thing, en $10 im de bank is another."—Ex. ; Af a meeting of Confederate Veter- ans at Clarksville, Tenn., a resojution was adopted demanding that school commissioners should never elect @ teacher,. white or Colored, who had Deen educated in the North. ‘The children of Grace Presbyterian Sunday school will give a dramatiza- tion of Longfellow’s “Hiawatha” at the church next Friday evening, No- vember 22, under the direction of Mrs. J. Amberg Cotton. Admission | Dy silver offering at the door, “Cikbble Cook, well Known in the the atrical world, has been seriously in- @isposed for some time, but under ‘kilifal ‘treatment of Doctor A. Rcices seanoen ato ation soot she is rapidly regaining her health. | We W. Simpson, 1218 State street, | who Works for the city, and is one of {it assistant bridge tenders, recently ‘met with avery painful accident while performing his work, ané he will not | be able to resmue his labor for some time. |. ‘William 1. Weber, member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, his dealings with the small tax- ayers and. property. owners .is al- ready in the field for renomination |. MISE Eddie Clower, the daughter of one of the most prosperous merchants ‘and farmers of Btta Station, Tenn., who entertained Mrs. Moses Ratcliffe, 4850 Dearborn street, while on her visit to the South last summer, will pay Mrs. Ratcliffe a visit soon, Miss Clower is one of the prominent mem- ders of the choir of White Chapel A. M. E. church of Eita Station, Tenn. Mayor Busse, prior to the meeting of the City Council Monday evening, signed the new telephone ordinance, giving the Chicago Telephone Com- pany the exclusive right to operate phones in this city for the next twen- ty years, and the company has prom- ised to re-construct its entire sys- tem and give the citizens of Chicago the best telephone service of any city in the United States. L B. Barefield, who is well known among the members of the opposite race who are in the real estate busi- ness, continues to meet with success in that same line of business, and if anyone wants to securé some good bargains in real estate, or make some first class investments, eal and see him at his office on the fourth floor of the Oxford Building, 84 La Salle street, ‘The unmanly outfit running the Clevelapd Journal received a sound thrashing at the hands of the voters, Decause they blindly supported The- odore &, Burton, who has been very loud in his praise of Roosevelt and ‘Taft, for dishonorably discharging the three companies belonging to the ‘26th regiment without giving them a hearing, but now the boys connected with the Journal, who seem to be will- ing to sell their small principles for & little money, are as quiet as church mice. ‘The unwritten law appears in a new dress in Brookhaven, Miss, A Negro school teacher was being tried before @ justice, and when he took the witness stand in his own @efense, standing clearly upon his rights, the manner in which he answered the questions of the prosecutor so an- gered the lawyer that he seized a chair and dealt the teacher a dlow over the head. The court excused the act of the lawyer and applauded him. This is race prejudice with a ven- geance—The Fraternal Union, Fort Smith, Ark. | Humor AT THE MINSTREL SHOW. Why Mr. Tambo's Face Wore a Pained Expression. Interlocutor—It seems to me, Mr ‘Tambo, that your face has rather ¢ pained expression on it this evening. Mr. Tambo—It's no wondah, sah, see- in’ I has two biack eyes an’ a numbab ob odder confushuns on it. Interlocutor—A number of contu- sions, I suppose you mean, Mr. Tambo! Well, we'll have to look into this mat. ter. Has any member of this company struck you? Mr. Tambo—Yes, sah. Interlocutor—You surprise me. 1 Gon’t suppose there is any use asking you the name of your assailant? Mr, Tambo—No, sab; I has too much honah fo’ dat. I dun tole Mistab Bones arter he knocked me down dat I woulda’ tell on him. Interlocutor—Ah, then it's Mr. Bones who has disfigured you, eh? Mr. Bones, what have you to say to this charge? Mr. Bones (excitedly)—D-ddd444. @-d-dat gen’man, sab, d-d-d-d-d-dun con. sulted me. Interlocutor—I suppose you mean he insulted you? Mr, Bones — Yob-yub-yuh-yuh-yub- yub-yes, sah. He don make me so mub-mub-mub-muh-mub-mub-mad dat I.wus black in de face. Dub-dub-dub- @ub-duh-deed I wuz, sah. Interlocutor—Well, I want gn expia- nation from one of you. ‘Mr. Bones—Ah-ah-ab-ah-ab-ah-ab-ah- ab-eb— Interlocutor (interrupting)—As we ‘Daven't all night to settle this thing, we'll let Mr. Tambo do the, talking. Go on, Mr. Tambo, and tell your story. Mr. Tambo—Well, sah, at rehearsal Sh _Dawnin’ dat gen'man who slides ‘when be talks kept singin’ an hummin’ an’ a-bodderin’ me lalk a skeeter on 2 fae eyes soul ah ese opera. times, but he kep’ ‘Fight on, sab, wid dat-singin’, He sald Sings kep’ runnin’ froo his haid an’ he ‘Gun couldn’ help tt eatnigilocator—Well, and what aid you ‘Mr. Tambo-1 only said, sah, dat if cme; reek ee ee inawed a Diack objec’ bumped: inter mah: face ‘ay made it full ob confushans. SUR: se pera tain to that now song ‘y ‘Rew | a 'WASHINGTON LETTER [Bpecial Correspondence.) S cng Re cer gt cer AP aegege oy | fase pewetient at Washington. Om clally this new private station will be known as the executive aniex, and it ‘will consist of an entire wing of the new Union railway station, which cor ‘ers more ground than any other build- ing in Americg and is the biggest sta- tion tm the world. Built of white mar, ble, it will be uncommonly beautiful. But its distinctive and most conspicu- ous architectural feature is the presi- dential wing, which compriges a su- perb 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 vis- itors. It will be thrown open, how- ever, on order from the White House to receive foreign dignitaries calling at Washington as well s3 important officials of our own government, who will pass through it on arriving and departing from Washington. They, however, will use the entrances open- ing upon a portico on the east side. ‘The president's entrance will be re- served for him and his suit. The President's Room. ‘The president's room, as it is call- 4, will be most beautifully and Iuxu- rlously furnished. Costly oriental rugs ‘will cover the floors. The ceiling will be done in gold and color, and the ‘walls will be paneled in biue silk. In the middle will be a table suitable for writing, provided with a solid silver inkstand and other appurtenances to mateh, 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 com- panies. ‘The State Reception Room. For receiving high foreign dignita- ties is provided the state reception oom, into which the vestibule opens. ‘Thanks to an arrangement convenient- ty made for the purpose, the president an step directly out of his private room into this great apartment, which ts 70 feet long by 30 feet wide. ‘The rafiroads are going to try to ‘make the state reception room the most beautiful apartment in the Unit- @d States. Its vaulted ceiling will be ‘equisitely frescoed fn ¢olors, and its furnishings of red leather and mahog- ‘any wil be the finest that money can buy. The Goor will be « parquet of Fare woods highly polished and with Driceless rugs scattered about. ‘The Main Station. ‘The main part of the station con- tains the largest room in the world— 7100 feet tm length. It %# called the 4s roofed in witht glass in « [Segnitcent arch and io tatended as © 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 trivalids (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 light- | ed so that they can be kept open at night is one of the suggestions made | im the annual report of Dr. Henry 8. Curtis, supervisor of the Washington | Playgrounds association, to the Dis-| | trict 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 2:20 o'clock in the evening than at | any other time. ; ‘The total attendance at the play- |, grounds for the year was 272,782. Last | year was the first in which the play- |- grounds were kept open after the be-| ginning of school, and the attendance | ; during the fall and spring months was pearly as great as during the summer. |. 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 weapon made by hand procs Sy te process by the Igorrotes, the wildest and most um-| civilized of the Philippine tribes; a G | , string, which is a fine plece of cloth | ; for-wrapping the body, and some aro-| matic tobacco, grown in the mountains | ; of the islands. : Jap Sword For Roosevelt. When Taniemon Hitachtyama, the | Japanese wrestler, left Japan to come | } to this country his one ambition was | to have an audience with President | ¢ Roosevelt. Because of his achieve- |} ments as a wrestier 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 | ° FACTS IN FEW LINFs ee lhUlmll—C—O ‘$13,000,000. In two big trunks left unclaimed oy @ Hoboken steamship pler recently q customs inspector has found 5%) pounds of Sumatra wrapper. ‘William Ryan, a fake cripple, ar. rested in New York, was weightot 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 Lr. Longstaff. The cold on top was quits arctic. ‘The Haitian government is going to export the silver coin in the treasury and sell it as bullion. H's worth much more disposed of that way than us) ascarrency. After 2 double wedding in Memph': the bridegrooms put thelr wives on » ‘steamer to take a trip to Cincinnat!, ‘and the men went to work, they sal, to get sufficient money to furnish ther homes. ‘Twice as many women as men ride im the eabs of New York city. A lone woman of two women are far mor: 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 raflroad painted red maddened @ bull near Wapakoneta, and he charged st ft with such force that the car was thrown off the track and the road Dlocked for two hours. Fishermen along thé Hudson river from Albany to Piermont are marvel- ing 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 “ary towns” will be sending out no- tices ike this: “Dear Sir—Your pack- age 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 soologists from abroad an increased idea of our public works when he told them that congress annually appropriates $6,000,- 000 for the three soological bureaus of his department. In the olf days when Robeson and Crane played “The Henvietta” a check for $40,000 that was passed on the stage was marveled # for its size, In a play now running « similar check transaction involving $6,000,000 at- tracts 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 eesoss: the shallow head of Ty- tam bay. The government has adver- tise for tenders for the building or this dam. ‘William G. McAdoo, who ts at the bead of the company that ts digging pannels under the river to aid in New York's transportation system, does not wish to have his name used in connec- Hon with the work. He thinks “EHnd- yon tunnels” is sufficient and more ap- propriate. Boswell G. Pearce of Flemming, Ky., bas been the victim of ome of the most novel thefts ever recorded. About 5,500 pounds of tebacco 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 eft not a single trace. ‘The municipal debts of the country ire approximately $1,600,000,000, ‘a yum larger than is owed by the fed- ral government and all the state gov- wnments. Of the total it is worth while to note New York contributes, when all sinking fund deductions are nade, about one-fourth. ‘Viadivostok is now said to have the pearance of a semi-Chinese town. The higher wages paid in Siberia and m the Amor provinces are attracting he Chinese. As far inland as Irkutsk hey are busy as truck and fruit farm- rs, coming to the railway stations to spose of thelr produce to passengers. Bolton, Conn, is without police or ire protection, but there are thirty- even telephone subscribers in the own, and they have hit upon the heme of using the phone aa a fire burglar alarm. Bight sharp rings rill henceforth bring at least thirty- even persons to the assistance of a abscriber. Xl Taylor of Fairfax, Vt, accosted Lmos Rugg, who was pushing a wheel- arrow, and asked him what he would harge to wheel him home, three miles stant. Mr. Bugg thought $2 would @ a fair price, and the offer was tak- m. Mr. Rugg stopped only once, then © take off his coat, and covered. the stance in about an hour. ‘To elderty people London is no longer | Pleasant place of residence. The treets have become a labyrinth of orror and difficulty, a region of hide- es sounds and foul smells. With mo- Selections Ita Edges So Sharply Defined That They Are Visible. That the edges of the gulf stream are so sharply defined that they are visible has been reported on more than one occasion. The phenomenon was recently witnessed by Captain James Horne of the British ship Loch Garry on a recent trip from Australia to Boston. A writer in Shipping Illustrated says: "The Loch Garry a few days before arrival at Boston lay becalmed, when a ripple on the sea surface arused anticipation not of wind, as was supposed, but of the close proximity of the mighty river in the ocean known as the gulf stream. Spars, lumber, a life buoy and other flotsam were borne past the ship to the eastward at the rate of about a couple of miles an hour, yet the vessel herself remained in the unaffected portion of the ocean, which served, as it were, as a bank for the comparatively warm waters of the river in midocean. "One heavy night during the civil war a blockade runner left Wilmington, N. C., intent on gaining the open sea. Next morning a federal paddle wheel warship hove in sight not far distant and at once bore down. The blockade runner wa" within an ace of capture when suddenly her captain noticed and fully recognized the gulf stream ripple. He edged her away to cross the providential ripple without awakening suspicion in the minds of the pursuers, got into the favorable current while the paddle wheeler was striving against the adverse current on the other side of the ripple and got clear away. "A Nantucket whaler, Captain Folger, 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 transatlantic passage than the ordinary cargo 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 their new year greetings to their friends through Jewish paper, and the issues on the Friday preceding the new year usually contain many, columns of felicitations. This year a New York Jewish paper has followed the custom and has 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 express their new year greetings to their many friends in this manner. No. 56 West One Hundred and Fifth street, New York city." "Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim wish you a happy new year." "Mrs. N. Wilsin and son wish everybody everywhere a happy new year. No cards." "Happy new year. With Zion's greetings. Ample Zeltin." "Happy new year to everybody everywhere. Samuel W. Goldberg, 310 West Ninety-fifth street"—New York Tribune. In Southern Style In the course of an address extolling the virtues of the medical profession Dr. L. B. McBrayer of Asheville, N. C., used the following characteristic southern language: "Could I borrow from the sun his cheery smile, from the moon her golden beams of light, from the southern zephyr their softness, from the rose its fragrance, from the rainbow its celestial 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. Ancient Customs. That ancient customs are still practiced by primitive tribes is shown by the two following incidents: In the Iliad it is written that when Asklepias "taw the wound where the bitter arrow 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 practice 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 involuntarily inflamed eye allowed a black doctor" to mouth the eyeball, and the result of the treatment was immediate relief 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 pulp the addition of the process will give the strawboard sufficient hardness to take the place of metal for machine journals. This, it is said, has been proven by a practical test. By dampening the strawboard it is said that it is made pliable enough to be molded into any shape. The difference in material reduces the friction, and the test demonstrated that journals of strawboard require scarcely half the oil of the journals in general use. CHOICE MISCELLANY The Old Liberty Bell. Contrary to general belief, the old 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 new bell shortly after the old one was cracked and who took the old bell as part payment. According to the Home Magazine, three of the sisters—Mrs. James B. McClosky, Mrs. G. D. Emerson and Mrs. S. B. Coward-live in Philadelphia. The fourth, Mrs. S. W. B. Diehl, lives in Washington. By an order of the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania the Liberty bell was cast by an English founder in 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, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land." The ownership passed from provincial 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 Lafayette in 1824 the bell was rung so vigorously it became cracked and a few months later was ordered repaired by a new bell cast by John Wilbank. The latter bell is hanging in the steeple of Germantown hall. Our Navy's Officers 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 flag 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 that in the event of war lasting a year not one-half of the officers at present in command would possess the physical vigor to remain on active duty. The extreme youth and lack of experience of the main part of the crews of these ships is another weakness. The percentage of veterans in the complement of each vessel is small. Our battleships are much underofficered with experienced subordinate officers, gun division officers particularly. The men-of-war of all other nations carry many more officers than ours and more experienced than the American youngsters now available for such positions. This gap between our veterans and youthful men and commanders is due to the neglect of congress, which permitted five years to elapse after the Spanish-American war before 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 a truer sense than is the university professor. And the professors frequent 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 merchant, the lawyer and the physician. Yet there is no lot on earth that offers greater rewards and greater opportunities. 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 fitting if their constitution gave no excuse, but constantly invited each to perceive that with himself it rested whether he would succeed or fail—George M. Stratton in Atlantic. Most Costly Thing in the World. Some idea of the difficulties in the way of extracting radium from the pitblende waste may be appreciated when we learn that pitblende, the mineral that is richest in radium, contains but one-millionth part of 1 percent of radium, less than the proportion of gold in ocean water. We would think it a pretty thankless task to mine gold, or extract it, from sea water. 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 pitblende. Perhaps, then, it will not be hard to appreciate how little radium there is in the world—less than twenty grains, certainly not half a teaspoonful of pure radium bromide. A grain of gold can be had for five cents or less. Diamonds are worth by weight much more, perhaps $10 a grain, but the cost of radium is truly fabulous—$7,200 for a single grain—Harper's Weekly. China's Perilicious Tax System. Peking is now quite safe for foreigners 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 civilization, but so far they have not attained 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 a Hunter While partridge shooting at Buxted a sportsman suddenly had hundreds of wasps settle upon him. They crowled upon his hands and faces, but he kept his nerve and did not interfere with them. The wasps scared the gentleman's friends, and they got some distance away, being afraid to go near him. After about ten minutes the wasps flew off in a body without having stung him—London Standard. The Central Bureau Real Estate, Renting and Loans Suite 26, 81-83 SOUTH CLARK STREET Phone Central 5337 Owners and Renters will find 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. Occupants for furnished rooms. We make valuations for fire adjustments. List with us and we will certainly treat you right. Call { ON US or US UP to ON YOU } 81 and 88 6, Clark St. Telephone Central 5887 Opp. New County Building THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, IH. Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Now Organizing-Capital Stock $100,000 The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has concluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with its increased Capital for the purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The Only First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With It's Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Riley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions, together with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 guests, at its present location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes ride 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 This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning and Operating This Imense and Well Paying Plant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come without fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. it has been made purposely low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where you are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filling out the attached Coupon and mall with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. Physician & Surgeon OFFICE: 3102 STATE STREET. Hours, 8-10 a. m., 2-4 & 6-8.30 p. m. Sundays by appointment. Phones Residence, 4792 Douglas. " Office, 4796 Douglas. Dr. W. E. MACKEY 3111 STATE STREET Phone Doug. 4101 HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M. RESIDENCE: 4842 ARMOUR AVENUE Phone Blue 6571 HOURS: 7 to 9 A. M. and Nights CHICAGO. Telephone Calumet 185 E. A. STACK DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST 2042 South State Street Cor. Twenty-Ninth CHIS The Centres (NOT Real Estate, Real Suite 26, 81-83 SOUTH CLARK STREET Owners and Renters will find if you want to sell, buy, rent or exe We build, remodel, repair and d Farm Lands a Specialty. Occu We make valuations for fire ad List with us and we will certain Call { ON US or US UP to ON VO Frank H. Lewis, Prop. Phone Oak THE RAIL Imported and Dried Liquors of Cafe in C N. E. Corner Fifty-firet and POOL AND BILLIARDS WILLIAM THE FRO CL Phone Callnet 2940 Leland Giants Base-Ball Now Organizing $100 The Stock-Holders of the Leland included to dissolve that Association in order increased Capital for the purpose of buying Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING At CHATEAU de la PLAISANCE 5324-26 State Street BEST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY IN CONNECTION MUSIC BY ARMANT ADMISSION 15 CENTS Leland Giants B. B. & A. Assn. 6258 Halsted Street Phone Douglas 2388 T. A. CLARK & CO. Real Estate & Renting Loans & Insurance 3345 STATE STREET CHIGAGO,ILL. Telephone Harrison 5657 Davis Express FURNITURE MOVING TRUNKS DELIVERED Claim Checks given 110 E. HARRISON ST. OHICAGO Bet. Custom House Pl. & Clark St. Rental Bureau (INC.) Rating, and Loans TXT Phone Central 5337 to their advantage to call on us, range property. Decorate at the most reasonable prices laws for furnished rooms. Investments. y treat you right. 81 and 88 5, Clark St. Telephone Central 6887 Opp. New County Building Lou Seldon, Mgr. No. 1787. ROAD INN Domestic Wines & Cigars Connection Armour Avenue, Chicago, IH. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS I LEWIS INTANAC UB 239 E. 22ND STREET CHICAGO SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING The Broad Ax can be bought through the STANDARD NEWS COMPANY, retail and wholesale agents. All goods shipped promptly to all parts of the country. Subscriptions, Advertisements, and news items taken at office rates. For the convenience of travelers, they can have their mail addressed care of The STANDARD NEWS COMPANY BUREAU DEPARTMENT. All visitors when in the city should call and register on our visitors book for publication. THE STANDARD NEWS COMPANY 131 West 53rd Street. Chas. Gary, President. A. J. Gary, General Superintendent. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. RALLEY YARD: 31st St. & L. S. & R. B. RY. 32nd St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO Tel. 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Marcus Ruben (Inc.) 390 State St., CHICAGO. BUCKING AN ICE FLOE An Incident In One of Peery's Arctic Exploration Trips One of the most striking passages in Robert E. Peary's "Nearest the Pole" is his description of the action of an ice foe which threatened his ship. He writes: "Tsls slow, resistless motion was frightful, yet fascinating. Thousands of tons of smaller ice which the big foe drove before it the Roosevelt had easily and gracefully turned under his sloping ridges, but the edge of the big foe rose to the plank sheer, and a few yards back from its edge was an old pressure ridge, which rose higher than the bridge deck. This was the crucial moment. For a minute or so, which seemed an age, the pressure was terrific. The Roosevelt's ribs and interior bracing cracked like the discharge of musketry, the deck amidships bulged up several inches, while the main rigging hung slack and the masts and rigging shook as in a violent gale. Then, with a mighty tremor and a sound which reminded me of an athlete intaking his breath for a supreme effort, the ship shook herself free and jumped upward till her propeller showed above water. The big foe snapped against the edge of the ice foot forward and aft and under us, crumpling up its edge and driving it inshore some yards, then came to rest, and the commotion was transferred to the outer edge of the foe, which crumbled away with a dull roar as other floes smashed against it and tore off great pieces in their onward rush, leaving the Roosevelt stranded, but safe" On another occasion it required thirty-five and a half hours of incessant strain and struggle to clear a way through the obstructing ice floes to the open water beyond. Mr. Peary says: "The Roosevelt fought like a gladiator, turning, twisting, straining with all her force, smashing her full weight against the heavy floes whenever we could get room for a rush and rearing upon them like a steeplechaser taking a fence. Ah, the thrill and tension of it, the lust of battle, which crowded days of ordinary life into one! The forward rush, the gathering speed and momentum, the crash, the upward heave, the grating snarl of the ice as the steel shod stem split it as a mason's hammer splits granite or trod it under or sent it right and left in whirling fragments, followed by the violent roll, the backward rebound and then the gathering for another rush were glorious." At such times the physical tension was intense: "Every one on deck hung with breathless interest on our movement, and as Bartlett and I clung in the rigging. I heard him whisper through teeth clinched from the purely physical tension of the throbbing ship under us: Give it to 'em, Teddy; give it to 'em." More than once did a fireman come panting on deck for a breath of air, look over the side, mutter to himself. "By thunder, she's got to go through" then drop into the stakehold, with the result a moment later of an extra belch of black smoke from the stack and an added turn or two to the propeller." A. Whirlwind Ship. "Typhoonold," a word derived from a Greek term meaning whirlwind, has been applied to a new type of boat invented by a French engineer, who seeks to do away with the present day screw propeller. The new screw is placed at the bow of the boat instead of at the stern, and it is believed that by it the centrifugal displacement and the central void of the present type are converted into benefits, and the limit to the advantageous increase in velocity of rotation of the propeller is removed. The apparatus is designed to work by suction in the manner of a waterspout. The inventor figures that his boat, with a thirty-two and a half inch screw, will go through the water at a rate of more than sixty-two miles an hour. The Picture Postal Card. The picture or souvenir postal card is probably doing more to make the world known to the untraveled than all the geographies and gazetteers. There is scarcely a village anywhere in the domain of the postal union that has not had its picture taken for a postal card impression in black, or white or in colors, and thus its humble fame has been carried over seas and introduced to the four corners of the Union. All the allens and prodigal sons cannot return for the old home week celebrations, but, thanks to the man who lented the picture postal card, they may be reminded: the old home scene at an expenditure of a few cents. New York Sun. Tough Ramadies. There's army is to be modernized, and with it probably will be the grand lance's military medical staff corps. The sick Tibetan soldier, it was reported a year ago, was put through a sort of faith healing process. An army physician of the old school chalked a prescription on a board. The martial patient washed off the lettering and drank the rinsings. The plan of the younger doctor was simpler. He scrawled his prescription on a piece of paper and gave it to the invalid to chew and swallow. The use of windmills for generating electric current has given favorable results in the tests for the Danish government made by Professor La Cour. The four wing wheel proves to be the best form. With such a wheel having fifteen square yards of surface he obtained two horsepower from a wind of twenty two feet per second and ten horsepower from a wind of thirty-five feet per second. The plant will feed 450 incandescent lamps, with some are lamps and motors - Maxwell's Tallman. lawyer who is not here as a lawyer for lawyers 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. Remsen 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 fiasco. 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 Schilme, 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 in the water, however, induced tuberculosis, from which he died. Berlin Cor. London Telegraph Tooth Plugging. "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 Prayer For Pie Answered. An act of Providence which is considered one of the most unique in local huntsmen's history occurred near Minot, 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 noonday 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, t cautiously, a half dozen balls into murky depths of that pool. Stand near by was a little girl, stupid, curious. After the twelfth ball h plunged to rise no more she quer blankly, but sincerely, of the golf Say, mister, what is the fun in t game?" 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 bones 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 tinfoil. 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 Leeland of Lewiston—Lewiston Journal. How things do change—Boston Herald. Yes, we've changed around readers. 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 as the ninth generation on his mother's side. Royal T. Langulrand 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 hear. 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 "Strads," 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 83 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 quant sleeves are made by narrowing a moderate kimono top until it claps 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 Soutend 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 im- PLAYS AND PLAYERS. "Fritz 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. I., 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 Phillipine 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. Fliske 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 walling 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 poison 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. The most recent men-of-war of the British fleet have been equipped to carry a large quantity of oil to be used with coal. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Jacob Feinberg MARKET AND TELEPHONE DOUG 81st and Stat MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 t and State Streets J. M. Fields MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets J. J. 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