The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX The Republicans Routed The Democrats in the Aldermanic Contest FCRMER ALDERMEN, JOHN H. JONES AND JOHN BURNS RETURNED, TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM THE EIGHTH, AND THIRTIETH WARDS. ALDERMAN WILLIAM T. MAYPOLE DEFEATED IN THE FOURTEENTH WARD. MANY SURPRISES WERE IN STORE FOR THE POLITICIANS. Vol. XIII The Republics The Democ Alderm FORMER ALDERMEN, JOHN RETURNED, TO THE C EIGHTH, AND THIRTIET ALDERMAN WILLIAM T. M FOURTEEN MANY SURPRISES WERE TICLA The Aldermanic contest throughout the various wards in Chicago Tuesday, at the close of the polls developed many surprises for the Aldermen and would-be Aldermen, and it was a very disastrous day for the Democratic candidates, for well on to one dozen of them who felt that they had a dead sure thing on their re-election have been left out in the cold for the next two years; and there will be at the re-organization of the new city council a larger majority of Republicans than there have been of any political faith in the past. In fact the city council will be top-heavy with Republican statesmen. Among the many Democratic Aldermen and Aldermanic candidates who failed to connect with the City Hall pay roll were: Aldermen William T. Maypole, 14th ward; M. J. Dougherty, 2nd ward; Peter M. Hoffman, 11th ward; Patrick J. Carr, 5th ward; John S. Derpa, 8th ward; J. R. Consigne, 13th ward; John Taylor Booz, 21st ward; William F. Brennan, 12th ward; Daniel Herlihy, 28th ward; Joseph A. Swift, 29th ward; Charles J. Boyd, 20th ward, and a few others of more or less prominence. The Republican candidates ran over the opposition candidates in such strong democratic wars, as the 30th, 22d, 23d, 24th, 14th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. Alderman Niconas R. Finn, who always stands close to the common people, was re-elected to the City Council from the 20th ward. LaFayette, Ind., April 16, 1908. Soldiers' Home, Editor of The Broad Ax. I presume you have not failed to notice the marked effect the stand the Negroes have taken, has upon the Republican politicians of the nation. I hope they may hang till they drive hope they may hang till they drive the nail through the house and clinch it on the other side. Ever since the discharge of the Jack batallion, the Negroes, who were growing restive before that outragous event, have shown a unanimity of feeling and action that politicians are taking due notice of Tatt's Ohio platform as a result makes quite big promises, considering Roosevelt is running it. The Hughes movement in New York has gone the farthest point of any yet. Fairbank's paper, the Indianapolis' Star has now and then a paragraph stating Fairbank's is in favor of doing justice to the Negroes in unspecified way. It would not be surprising to see Booker T. Washington giving out some pronouncement in favor of doing justice to the Negroes. The report of the Senate Committee that investigated the Brownsville --- which is strongly Republican, with a greater majority than ever before. The voters of the 15th ward returned Alderman Albert W. Beilfuss with an increased majority, rewarding him for his past services faithfully performed. Alderman William E. Dever, has been real good for the past year, and the people of the 17th ward permitted him to continue his services in the council. Alderman Charles M. Foell has always voted right in the past and the people of the 21st ward, returned him to the council, with an overwhelming majority at his back. Alderman Bernard W. Snow, who worked and fought against the new telephone ordinance, had easy sailing in the 7th ward, for the vast majority of his constituents have faith in his honesty and integrity. Alderman Alfred D. Williston, 25th ward, was knocked out cold after a hard fight had been made on him and some attribute his defeat to his activity in behalf of the Telephone ordinance. Former Aldermen John H. Jones, 8th ward, and John Burns, 30th ward, regained their former seats in the council to the delight of their many friends, and the election returns show that it pays to stick close to the common people at all times, and that if the leaders of the Democratic party expect to capture any offices in Cook County, this coming fall, they will have to get a move on themselves. affair is quite significant. The democratic members of course voted the Negroes guilty. That was expected. They were ready to vote that way long before the investigation, and all though it. But three Roosevelt republican senators, who still have axes to grind, voted with theocrats. That was not entirely expected. But when Foraker makes his speech in the Senate, we will get the lay of the republican party on that question. Roosevelt has been hedging on his act of discharging the three companies without honor. He now recommends to Congress 'to extend the time for the discharged men to be reenlisted. He arbitrarily discharged them without law and without proof. Better still, why don't he arbitrarily restore them to their places in the army, and give them the pay he has withheld from them? I hope the Negroes will have grit enough to demand a full restitution of the rights of these soldiers. If they win that fight, they will also win officers. There is a chance to play one party against the other now, and why not play them? The Republican party has played the Negro a long time. Time now the play was shifted a little. The Democrats would bid for the Negro CHICAGO, APRIL 11, 1908. 9 vote if they had the least hope of getting it. As the Negroes have been abandoned for some years past by the Republican party, what should they care now what party helps them, so it helps. If the Negroes are so hedged about that they can't cast a conscientious vote (and that is largely the case)—one that will advance their cause—hanged if I blame them for selling it on the political market to the highest spot cash bidder. it is more sensible to sell it than to throw it away. I would not throw common soap grease away if I could sell it for something. It is more credit to sell his vote to an enemy than give it to a false friend who will plant his heel on the Negro's neck as soon as the Negro's vote places him in power. If the Negro can't cast his vote where it will return him an honorable benefit to his cause, then he is driven to throw it on the almost contemptible mercenary market. Who can blame him for what he's squeezed into doing? JOHN T. CAMPBELL ured to ask him, if he favored the "disfranchisement of the Negro in the South." The Secretary promptly replied "he did not," and that what he objected to in the South was "one law for the whites and the other for the Negro." This short explanation, seemed to please the members of the committee, and it caused them to look upon him as the second Abraham Lincoln. But Secretary Taft was very careful, not to state, that in case he was elected President of the United States that he would use all the power and authority, invested in him, as commander-in-chief of the army and the navy, to uphold and enforce the Federal laws in the Southern States and restore the ballot to the Negro. The following is an extract from a speech delivered by Secretary Taft, at Kansas City, Mo., recently, and it shows that he is in sympathy with the treatment accorded the Negro by his "best friends" in the South: "The operation of the Fifteenth amendment has not been as successful as that of the thirteenth and the WILLIAM H. TAFT SPENT TWO DAYS IN CHICAGO IN THE INTEREST OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL BOOM. Last Saturday morning, William H. Taft, Secretary of War, who at the time President Roosevelt issued his infamous order, dishonorably discharging three companies of the 25th Regiment, and forever debaring them from holding any civil positions under the government, went out of his way, also to vilify and slander the discharged soldiers, and branded them as bloody midnight assassins, arrived in Chicago and remained until Sunday evening, and all of that time he spent in the interest of his Presidential boom. He was wined and dined by the Hamilton club, the Press club, the Fellowship club and at the Auditorium, and he put in most of his time in cultivating the friendship of those whom he thought could contribute to his political success. On Saturday morning, the following leading Colored citizens, resolved themselves into a committee and called on the Secretary of war. Revs. A. J. Carey, D. H. Harris, D. P. Roberts, Dr. George C. Hall, Col. John R. Marshall, Major Franklin A. Denison, Col. Louis B. Anderson, Edward H. Wright, Sandy W. Trice, S. B. Turner, William R. Cowan, Robt. L. Taylor, Willis T. Jefferson and State Senator T. T. Allain. It seems that the committee lost track of their object in calling on Mr. Taft, and toward the tall end of their visit. Rev. A. J. Carey, vent- ured to ask him, if he favored the "disfranchisement of the Negro in the South." The Secretary promptly replied "he did not," and that what he objected to in the South was "one law for the whites and the other for the Negro." This short explanation, seemed to please the members of the committee, and it caused them to look upon him as the second Abraham Lincoln. But Secretary Taft was very careful, not to state, that in case he was elected President of the United States that he would use all the power and authority, invested in him, as commander-in-chief of the army and the navy, to uphold and enforce the Federal laws in the Southern States and restore the ballot to the Negro. The following is an extract from a speech delivered by Secretary Taft, at Kansas City, Mo., recently, and it shows that he is in sympathy with the treatment accorded the Negro by his "best friends" in the South: "The operation of the Fifteenth amendment has not been as successful as that of the thirteenth and the fourteenth. States, however, cast about to make the law square with the existing conditions by property and educational qualification which should exclude most of the Negro vote. This very desire, to avoid the silent methods which were won't to overcome the Colored vote in the South, itself indicates a turn for the better." TAFT IS DENOUNCED AT NEGRO MEETING. Speakers at Large Gathering Blame Him for Discharge of Colored Troops After Shooting Affair at Brownsville. INSTRUCTIONS IN FIRST DISTRICT ARE CONDEMNED. Delegates to Convention Are Called Traitors and Cowards and "Trimmers" Who Are Afraid of Los- Taft instructions in the First congressional district were condemned and the War Secretary's presidential candidacy denounced at a Negro mass meeting at Bethel A. M. E. church last night. Resolutions were passed unanimously indorsing Senator Foraker's "Brownsville" resolution, and indorsing Congressman Martin B. Madden for re-election. Speaker after speaker centered the battle on Secretary Taft, and laid at his door President Roosevelt's discharge of the Negro troops after the Brownsville affair. The election of Taft delegates in the First Congressional district, which has a large Negro population, was particularly con- Booker T. Washington, The Great Begging Wizard of Tuskegee WAS IN EVIDENCE IN CHICAGO, AT THE SAME TIME. THAT WILLIAM H. TAFT WAS WHOOPING UP HIS PRESIDENTIAL BOOM. THE NEW MOSES OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE, WITH HIS SILK-LINED OVERCOAT PUT IN SOME GOOD LICKS FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR. Booker Taft Washington, the great begging wizard of Tuskegee, Alabama, struck Chicago last Friday morning, on his annual soliciting tour, and as usual the New Moses of the Afro-American race, while in the city, put up at one of the best and most expensive white hotels, which is not the proper thing for one looking for alms to do, to say the least. On that same evening the political manager of the Negro and shouter for William H. Taft, addressed a good sized audience in Orchestra hall, and during his talk he brought out nothing new, in relation to his school at Tuskegee, and the so-called "Race Problem," in the South, which is the white man's creation for the sole purpose of keeping the Negro down in every respect and robbing him of his just rights, both civil and political. L. Hutchinson at a luncheon at the Union League club, which enabled him to rub up against the following rich nabobs, who always manage to make the poor people pay their taxes for them: Franklin MacVeagh, J. B. Forgan, Chancey Keep, J. C. Grant, Clarence Buckingham, A. C. Bartlett, J. J. Glessner, Dr. L. D. Case, B. H. Carpenter, and Dr. Park. On Saturday evening, after enjoying all the good things at the Union League club, he spoke at the First Congregational church of Oak Park, on his work among the Colored people in the South Sunday morning he spoke at the Abraham Lincoln center, Oakwood Boulevard and Langley ave., in the afternoon he held fortiu in the Kenwood Evangelical church, and on Sunday evening he wound up his speech making in Chicago at the Second In winding up his talk he gave the whites in the South great credit, for what they have done in the way of assisting to help educate the Negro, but no one under the sound of his voice heard him state that "in many parts of the South, the Colored people are furnishing all the money to build their own school houses, educating their own children, pay their own teachers, without the least expense to the whites, and then pay taxes on enough property to assist, to educate the white children and to maintain state homes for the ex-confederate soldiers, who endeavored to the best of their ability to shoot these same Colored tax payers back into slavery; it would be well for Booker Taft Washington to keep these things in mind while attempting to discuss his "Race or Educational Problem in the South," at so much per night. Saturday noon Prof. Booker Taft Washington was the guest of Charles demned, and the twenty-six Colored delegates who participated in the convention were called traitors and cowards. "Can you tell me why the Negroes sat supinely at that convention when they held the balance of power?" demanded B. F. Moseley, one of the speakers. "They were simply afraid to open their heads for fear some one would separate them from the pay roll. "The trouble with this race is that it has too many trimmers, too many men who go out to battle with paper sabers in one hand and baskets in the other looking for a job to take home. As long as you permit yourselves to be voted by a bread brigade so long will you continue to be sold out. "You must give the Republican party to understand that you are not going to swallow Taft. You know that he is unfriendly to you, that he always has been inimical to you. He had the opportunity of his life to re- No.27 Washington, at Begging of Tuskegee CHICAGO, AT THE SAME TIME. T WAS WHOOPING UP HIS TIAL BOOM. THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE, AND OVERCOAT PUT IN SOME THE SECRETARY OF WAR. L. Hutchinson at a luncheon at the Union League club, which enabled him to rub up against the following rich nabobs, who always manage to make the poor people pay their taxes for them: Franklin MacVeagh, J. B. Forgan, Chauncey Keep, J. C. Grant, Clarence Buckingham, A. C. Bartlett, J. J. Glessner, Dr. L. D. Case, B. H. Carpenter, and Dr. Park. On Saturday evening, after enjoying all the good things at the Union League club, he spoke at the First Congregational church of Oak Park, on his work among the Colored people in the South Sunday morning he spoke at the Abraham Lincoln center, Oakwood Boulevard and Langley ave., in the afternoon he held fortii in the Kenwood Evangelical church, and on Sunday evening he wound up his speech making in Chicago at the Second Presbyterian church, and wherever he appeared he talked along the same line, without the slightest change. The Chicago Tribute in commenting on Booker Taft Washington's personal appearance intimated that things must be coming his way, saying that "in 1896 Mr. Washington came to Chicago unheralded, he wore a rural style of cap, with laps down, and a long, rough and ready top coat, but when he was escorted into the pulpits and other places to speak this time he wore a Tuxedo coat, white vest and a silk-lined overcoat." On the whole the great begging wizard faired very well in Chicago and before departing for the South on Monday morning, he had gathered in a big bundle of money, which will continue to enable him to put in some mighty good licks among the hungry Colored newspaper gentlemen, in behalf of his warm friend William H. Taft! instate those troops at Brownsville, but he did not take it." Says Taft Must Be Deteated. "We Negroes must see that Taft is defeated," said Dr. H. C. Cress. "You are sleeping on a smoldering volcano. If you wake up in time it is all right, but if the volcano wakes up first it will be too late, and the first thing you know you will find yourself "Jim Crowed' even here in Chicago." "We can not be for Taft," said Edward H. Morris. "He never had any use for our race until now." "When he came through Chicago the other day he asked for a conference with us. Eleventh hour repentance may be all right in the church, but it is no good in politics. We can not trust Taft, and we can not and will not support him." Other speakers were Patrick H. O'Donnell, J. T. Brewington, E. H. Wright, F. L. Barnett, Major J. C. Buckner, J. G. Lucas, S. B. Turner and Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett.—The Chicago Inter Ocean, April 9. OO H Gee Mee Mees os oak Sad PUBLISHED WEEEIT. ee and at sepbold the tres SSS Solr Sipe tone ne 108 a2 “Sate Tey Rapehatte abet" Sianiag ele earl ‘Riericapenk tts own mind. toce! communications will receive attention. SiS Taff oa une aide of the paper ‘Subscriptions mast be paid in advance. Se ‘sorerastag soteomate leove en copuemian. ‘THE BROAD AX ‘oa Armour Avenne, Chlcage. 00s ¥. TAYLOR, Réltor and Publisner. eee Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Cificago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALKS. Some Suggestions as to a City |, Beautiful. A clean city is always in the strict- est sense, a beautiful city. A clean city is also certain to be a healthy city. “A healthy city, or a city with a low death rate, attracts population and this means, of course, that a clean, healthy city is certain to be a prosper- ous city. This life is a battle with dirt and disease .The two go together. Keep clean, which means also the main- tenance of clean surroundings, and you'll keep well Most housewives know this and spend the greater part of their waking hours trying to keep their homes clean. A clean home is an attractive home. A clean city is an attractive city; and as good citizens we should all work together to keep our city clean and in this way make it more attractive, and best of all a more healthy city in which to live. An important feature in bringing about ideal conditions is earnest, co- operative neighborhood work. This is best accomplished by the people banding together in voluntary asso- ciations for this purpose. In this way there is stirred up a feeling of local pride that always bring good results. It tends to carry the housewife's idea of home cleaning into the back yards and vacant lots. It also makes peo- ple more careful about keeping their own premises neat and tidy. It is a difficult matter for the city authorities to keep a big city like Chi- cago clean unless the people them- selves will help by being careful not to make unnecessary dirt. Much of the dirt ana unsightliness in our city is due to the carelessness and in- difference of the people. In some lo- calities the vacant lots are used for dumping grounds and are covered with old newspapers, tin cans, and rubbish of every description. Back yards are, many of them, in a still worse condition. But now that the spring cleaning season is at hand let us all get busy and clean up these back yards and vacant lots all over the city. Then, after the back yards are put in apple- pie order, put out a little garden patch or plant some flowers, or both, and you will find it much easier to keep your premises neat, tidy, and attract- ive all the time. Let the children help in cultivating the garden and the flowers. It will be fine, healthful ex- ercise for them and in addition they will get some valuable information and experience in growing things. In addition, it will help keep them out of mischief. Here is about the program that should be followed: Rake up the back yards and alleys and pile up the rub- Dish ready for removal by the city teams. Clean up the front yards, in- cluding the space between the side- walk and the street itself; rake all litter and rubbish into piles for re- moval by the street cleaning wagons; vacant lots to be cleaned by the co- ‘operative efforts of those in the vicin- tty. Do not forget to sow grass seed in ‘your front yards and oem ‘at least ‘& few flowers. Try it this spring and you'll be surprised and delighted at ‘the results. a ae WHITE RUFFIAN ‘CRIMINALY AS SAULTS COLORED GIRL. About two weeks,ago a young white ruffian, criminally, assaulted and mis- treated a. young..Colored girl near the girl reported the case to the, city ‘th girl repprted the case to the city authorities, the father of, the, white brute became so enraged, that he get fire to the house of the father of the unforgmate girl, burning. it to the the accustomed, volley ni eae always followin, auch eases aegtnnetecceot monecmen CRY ALOUD. In every speech Booker T. Washing: ton continues to harp about the Negro complaining too much. He complains 'tHiat the Negro complains, and in that his speeches are all so many self- contradictions. No grievances have been redressed, no abuses abolished no outrages: punished Without some very loud and persistent complaints. Many ioousands of years ago the Is- raelites were crying aloud against transgressions; over six hundred years ago the barons complained of the us- urpations of monarchy and wrested from King John the Bill of Rights which has become the Magna Charta of the liberties of all the most ad- vanced governments of the earth. The greatest political reform of modern times, the American Revolution, was based on the Declaration of Independ- ence, a document preeminently of complaints so numerous that they sound like the lamentations of Jere- miah. The Negro must not complain of peonage; the Italians do it; the Negro must not complain of brutal outrages, the Bulgarians do it; the }Negro must not complain of unjust disfranchisement, either by fraud, vio- lence or subterfuge, though com- ‘plaints against even individual dis- tranchisement come from citizens in every state in the Union. The man struck is the man to cry out. “He who would be free himself must strike the blow.” Yet in spite of all these conspicu- ous examples of history, Booker T. Washington is going up and down the country telling the Negroes to lay low and keep dark; not to complain when they are outraged or beaten; to grin and bear it. Such teaching beloags to the Uncle Tom of the slave period, and such Jaction if indulged in would entirely ‘unfit the race for the freedom to which they aspire. | Washington, Taft and their con- [geners should remember that the | Negro is a product of “the noblest work of God,” and you could as easily “dam up the Nile with bullrushes” as |Tepress or suppress the irresistible ae within the Negro for the full measure of all the rights and privi- leges of a man. Washington may pull the wool over certain white men’s eyes by such ser- vile talk, but the Negro will not be fooled. for every time he is hit you will hear his loud protest against outrage and wrong.—The Advance, St. | Louis, Mo. SAD END OF JAMES PARKER, HERO WHO DEFENDED McKINLEY. | Before a class ef students at the Jefferson Medical College the body of | James B. Parker, Colored, was placed upon the dissection table Thursday. Parker was the man who beat Louis Czolgosz to the ground and disarmed ‘him after the latter had fired two shots into the body of President Mc- Kinley at Buffalo, on September 6, 1901. At the time of the President's assassination Parker was a Pullman car porter. Like many other heroes of the /Present day, Parker died penniless. His death came almost two weeks ago at the Philadelphia Hospital, where he was a patient in the insane department. He was removed to the West Philadelphia institution several months ago, after having been picked ‘up by the police. As far as known he had no friends ‘in this city at the time of his death and the body was turned wver to the State Anatomical Board. In this way it came into possession of the college authorities. Parker was petted by thousands of persons in Buffalo. Everybody praised him, and it was thought for a time, that bis act had saved the President's life. Senator Mark Hanna, of Ohio, presented Parker with a check for $1,000 in appreciation of his brayery. Parker was well vroportioned and was six feet four inches in height. In his earlier days he was employed as a letter carrier in Atlanta, Ga. More than a year ago he came to this city, and the last heard of him before his death was his arrest in West Philadelphia. In speaking of his tussle with Czol- Bosz, Parker said the assassin fought like tiger and-was one of the most powerful men he had ever tussled with. ‘His, brain, will be examined.-by,a noted ,alienist of the .city within the next, few weeks and it is expected that .it will, prove.one ofthe most interesting -. studies: ever made: in . One moved. surgeon, Dr. Daa. H. Wil- ems, beld a special. and very inter. esting surgical clinio-at Provident tios- pital before a large-body of physicians, ‘Thursday, April 9th; 9:30 a m. Eh git own e ‘eS 2 a7 \ Vas Be <7 4 a SS - 4 | Wij } GZ 4 7 eg iff i if Wy YQ - Wig | fp Yj YW \ Yq A Hi} O/ LZ Se ee et eee, Highly commended at a great meeting held in Bethel church Thursday eve ning, for the part he has so nobly played in connection with the “Trag edy of Brownsville” (Texas), and he should always occupy a warm spot in the hearts of all Afro-Americans. paiiestoenini aie nile DUNBAR RECITAL. son, E. D. W. Jones, E. J. Fisher Library. A highly interesting entertainment will be given Monday evening, April 20, at. Bethel church for the benefit of Keith school. The entertainment will consist in reading from the poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the greatest poet of the Negro race, by James E. McDade, cducetor and jecturer. Mr. McDade, who for sev- e1al seasons has been giving his services to the Daily News free lec tures’ course, has become greatly in: ier in Dunbar’s writings, and has collected a large number of teautiful stereopticon slides io il- lustrate his readings. He will be assisted by Miss Teresa Armitage, seprano, who will sing a number of Dunbar’s poems set to music. Mr. W. Kemper Harreld, violinist, and Miss Gertrude Jackson, pianist, will furnish accompaniments to both reci- tations and songs, All the perform- ers at this entertainment, being per- sonal friends of the principal aid teachers of the school, are giving their services free, while vr. a. J. Carey das kindly granted the use of the auditorium of Bethel church for the evening. The entertainment promises to be one of high literary and artistic interest, and we trust that a large audience will be present. The Keith school, sometime ago, became the object of uneviable no- toriety, through the efforts of some Lighly imaginative reporters for the daily newspapers to make it appear that this school was the scene of riots and race wars. A committee from the Board of Education, consist- ‘ing of President Schneider, Mr. Ro- binson and Mr. Post, visited the ‘school and made a thorough investi- gation. They,found the children busi- ly at work on their studies, in per- tect order and decorum; they saw them happily and peacefully playing together, white and Colored, at the noon hour. They went back and re- ported that there was absolutely no tryth in the sensational stories printed in the daily papers. We ask all patrons and well-wish- ers of the Keith school —_ upon this occasion, and at the e time to do homage to the memory of the poet of whose achievements the Ne- gro race was justly proud. Monday, April 20th, we have set apart as “Book Day.” We ask all the church, clubs and friends to donate one or more books to the school i- brary. Kindly take the book to the school during the day, leaving your name and address, or bring it with you to the entertainment the same night and give it to the ushers at the door. ‘The board of Education forbids the sale of tickets for school entertain- ments at any place other than school houses. Tickets, therefore,’ are for wile \at the school building, comer’ 44th and Dearborn streets, and can also be bought oh the evening of the concert, at the boxoffice im Bethel church. The admission“is 25 cents. The entire proceeds will be used for the purchase of standard books for the Mbrary. ». The’ entertainment‘ is under. the ‘managément' of Albreta MooreSmith; chairman =~ * | EDWARD-WILDMAN, Principat - Committee—Rets. D. P. Rowerts, A. J. Carey, H. EB Stewart) M. "A. Jack son, E. D. W. Jones, E. J. Fisher, J. Woods, Drs. G. C. Hall, A. W. Williams, Mr. N. D. Thompson, Miss 'M. Davis; Mdmes. C. Parker-Wooley 'K. E. Moore, Florence Brent, Stella ‘Davis, L. A. Davis, L. W. Cummings, 0. R. Bryant; Drs. Daniel H. Will jams and Andrew L. Smith, S. Taylor, ‘KR. Haneoek-Carter, J. A. Warren, Thos. Pearson, J. W. Moore. Theo. Jones, H. Trice, F. L. Barnett, M. R. Waring, R. Lough, S. Cross, Hughes and S. Maxwell. _ HEFLIN IS SUED FOR $20,000. = ‘Congressman Who Shot Negro Made Defendant in Damage Action. Washington, April 4.—Representa- tive Thomas Heflin of Alabama was today made the defendant in a suit for $20,000 damages filed in the Dis- trict Supreme Court by Louis Lundy, the Negoe with whom the representa- tive had a fight on a street car on March 27 last. Lundy alleges the rep- resentative kicked him, slapped him in the face and with great force knocked him off the car, shot him, in- flicting a wound above the left ear and extending backward to the top of his head, and that he sustained bruises on the body and limbs. The uffai: grows out of Mr. Heflin’s tak- Ing exception to the Negoe’s drink- jag on a street car in the presence of women. Lundy is represented by four Negro lawyers. It appears if ail accounts are true that Louis Lundy did not attempt to take a drink of whisky, while on the street car, and if all reports are true Congressman Heflin, had been drinking fighting whisky at the time he shot Louis Lundy-editor. DR. GEORGE C. HALL WILL DE- PART FOR THE SOUTH APRIL 17TH WHERE HE WILL PERFORM. SOME SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS. Friday evening April 17th, Doctor George C. Hall, who has long since acquired a national repufation, in the world of medicine, wil! depart for Montgomery, Alabama, where he will be the honored guest of the medi. cal association of that State and while rusticating in that sunny city, he will perform several scientific oper=tions in one of its leading hospitals, in the presence of M. D's and students, and cn April 20th, he will tarry in Clarksville, Tenn, for c sufficient length of time to perform other opera- tuons. Doctor Hall will return home from his Southern tour April 25h. << DR. W. A. RICHARDSON [8 STILL AT THE OLD STAND. Sunday evening fire Visited the ¢en- tal office of Dr. W. A. Richardson, 3160 ‘State street, and destroyed l- ‘most everything in sight, which’ put ‘him to the bad for @ few days, but, notwithstanding this fact, he and Dr. E. 8. Miller are still doing business at ‘the same old stand. MILLINERY® FoR TOME FOR’ GAL ‘On ‘account ‘of leaving City,” ‘must and @ll contents of millinery store, be. 6031" State’ street. INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH NOTES. Palm Branches to All Who Worship with Us Sunday. | Services appropriate to Palm Sun- day will be observed all day. Sermon at 10:45 A. M.—Special mu- sical program rendered at 4 o'clock by the Choral Study Club presenting Charles Gounod’s Gallia. The chorus has about 60 voices and tals selection will be a source of great inspiration as it s appropriate to the day. | Baptismal services will precede the rendition of the Gallia. Sunday night the pastor will preach. | Easter services will be observed all day the 19th of April—Special song service rendered at 7:45 P. M. ‘A benefit and reception will be giv. en for the pastor, Rev. Stewart, on Monday night, April 13. ‘The last Sunday in the month of April, the 26th, the third quarterly meeting for this conference year will be held. Communion at 3 o'clock The girls’ class in millinery has made very rapid progress, so much so that many of them will be able to make their first Easter hats. The kitchengarten class is one of the best ever organized. ‘The Kindergarten and clubs are do- Ing splendid work this year. The class in dress making and Mil- linery are both doing well. c The outlook for greater improve- ments will be discussed Sunday morn- ing. —s" TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS R. R. MUST PAY NEGRO $9,000. Leon McCoy, who brought suit a gainst the Texas & New Orleans railroad was granted a verdict by the jury of $9,000 damages against the defendants. McCoy had his head caught in the drawar of a locomo- tive, the sight of one eye, the hearing of the ear, were destroyed and his head and face was crushed while working for that company last sum- mer. KILLED BY JEALOUS NEGROES. Jersey, City, N. J., April 1.—Mor- ton Dobbins the son of a wealthy re- tired milk dealer, was beaten to death by a band of Colored men, who resented his attentions to Fan- nie-Rice, a belle of the Negro section. Dobbins had been warned frequently to stay away from the girl both by fier triends and his parents. CHIPs. | Dr. James Alexander, well known /in this city, has located in Topeka, ‘Kan | ar. RA. Dobson, 3608 state street left the city Friday for Green River, Wyo. Mr. Arthur Langston, principal of ‘the Dumas school in St. Louis, died Tuesday. Mr. Ed Alexander, an embryotic law- yer, has taken desk room with Robert Mitchell. | ‘Miss Sidney Rodman of Evanston be spending a few weeks in Atlantic ‘City, New Jersey. Mr. J. R. Maxie, 5020 Armour ave- nue, was called to Indianapolis last week by the death of his stepfather. Mrs. Thomas L. Pearson, 94 East Thirty-third street, received the sad ews that her mother died Tuesday in Oakland, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, 2836 Dearborn street, entertained a few friends at cards Monday night. Luncheon was served. The Canadian Pacific railroad is ad- vertising for dark Colored men, mar- ried, to come to Montreal and take charge of its sleeping-cars. On Sunday, April 12th, at Bethesda church, Thirty-eighth and Wabash ave- nue, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams will addrese the Standard Literary Club, ‘Miss Mabel Botts ‘ot Boston, Mass. is expected to visit Ker parents, Rev. snd Mrs. Jacob Demby, 6450 Cham. plain avenue this spring. Miss Mary Morris, who has been, the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Edw. E. Wilson for the past four months, re- turned to her home in Cleveland Monday. 3 Mrs. A. Wilberforee “Williams; 6510 Langley avenu¢, left Tuesday everiing for Buxton, Iowa, where she will spend ‘wo wesks visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Neeley, red a Jeeture'on ta aims deli oar = torn church, 5251 Dearborn street, Th)... day evening, April 9. Major A. F. Tervalon has rem) bis cigar store and news stand, « ,,., 134 W. Sist street, to 5001 s)., street, and he now has one o; Dest fitted up places of Its kin this city. Among the Society folks wh change their residence this <) .. are: Dr. and Mrs. Robt. Hardiy and Mrs. Virgil Coon, Mr. an} Julius N. Avendorph, and M-. Mrs. Geo. Smith. Mr. George P. Titus, Negro, man of one of the largest wate) ufactories in America. Whe! making, taking or breaking » the black brother, as the brother, holds his own. Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus ¢. \, 5247 Dearborn street, will c=) the twentieth anniversary of marriage Friday evening, Apr from 8 to 11 o'clock, at the Ap): tox club, 3144 Wabash avenue. will be a very brilliant affair. Ex-Mayor John P. Hopkins » friend, John McCarthy, will Tuesday, April 14, from a two mi, tour of Europe, and it said th ‘Hopkins will boom Governor Jo! Johnson of Minnesota for Pres of the United States. Mrs. Stuart, Cincinnati, 0., moi: of Mrs. Robert Lewis and © Grandmother of Oscar W. Nemo i who came into this world less th. two weeks ago, is visiting with ! daughter, Mrs, Lewis, and Mr. Mrs, Nemo, 5025 Armour avenue. \ Stuart thinks Chicago is a great « Booker T, Washington says that + Negro is stronger because he ha: a problem to solve. Then he must | been much stronger in slavery tha: freedom. Of course, the Irish w: stronger when the English heel w.: on their neck then they were wi it was released. Such talk is mili sop.—Ex. Former Justice George Gray of P aware will enter the race for Pr dent of tne United States, and + week he opened up his headquarters in Washington, D. C., and’ if Judze Gray fails to receive the first prow dential plume, he may be selecte:) 1 make the race for vice-presiden along with a good, conservative Lr erat. The Taft subsidy has gatheresi in the Chicago Conservator, and J. Mex Barber, its editor for a few wks has been deposed for the sam rea son and in much the same way that 7. Thomas Fortune, former cditor and part owner of the New York Ace. was gotten rid of. Like the last named publication, the Conservator is making a very poor showing as compared with that before the change—Cleveland Gazette. Frederick B. Lynch, treasurer of th Minnesota State Democratic commlt- tee, with Theodore M. Knappen, as essistant ‘manager, have invaded Chi cago, and have launched Governor Johnson's boom for president of th United States, by opening up heat quarters in the Grand Pacific Hote! and all visitors are received with the glad hand by these two affable gen flemen and many of the big Demo ratic politicians throughout Illinois. are climbing into the Johnson band wagon. Brothers Nick Chiles, editor of The Plaindealer, Topeka, Kansas, and T P. Mahammitt, editor of The Enter ‘rise, Omaha, Neb. Journied to Wash ngton, D. C., last week where the: were presented to President Roos: felt, at ‘the White House, by W. T. vernon, the black politician, wiv lraws his salary as Register of th freasury, but puts in the most of iis time in traveling over the count’ a the interest of Taft's candidacy or president of the United State. md while visiting the Capital o! he Nation, Prof. Vernon gave a t juet and reception in their honor, au¢ e was so vaim that he would permi: © one to preside but himself. Lt S all hope, that the two Weste» ditors toted some of the real Taft ° cin with them Back to their howe’ rhich will place them in a good p0s'- ion to whoop up things for Willis» i Taft. THREE FLAT BRICK AND STONE ¢ BUILDING FOX SALE. For sale three flat brick and ston building, “located on Prairie aver? near 834 street ,sttictly’ modern iu every 'respeet.” Rent $1,300 per yes". Price $9,500. - ‘Also-a fine Ii rodm story brick Tesidence. Jocatedon Calumet 2° Rear-384 street, price $8,000, liberal terms.mrill Be made én: Both of thes? -For further ‘tmformation address J..C.-@. ease The Broad A= 6040 Armour sve. _ Indian. Herb, the, greatest blood Durefler and liver reguistor.on earth. Freo.sample canbe ghtained at 3145 State street, upstairs. NEW SHORT STORIES An Iowa representative tells a story of the campaign which resulted in the election of Leslie Shaw to the governorship of that state. By one of those complications that make all politics a confusion to the ordinary citizen Mr. Shaw lost his own county, although he was elected by a large majority. In Mr. Shaw's town there was an Irish sheepherd named Mulligan, who had always made and repaired the statesman's shoes. The morning after election Mr. Shaw had occasion to visit Mulligan's shop. "I congratulate ye, governor," said Mulligan to Mr. Shaw entered. "Well," said Shaw, "I'm glad to be elected; but, Mulligan, I'm sorry to bare lost my county." Molliganouchsafed no reply, but ```markdown ``` "IN SORRY TO HAVE LOST MY HOME COUNTY." hammered vigorously at the work in hand. The governor, noting this strange silence, added: "You see, Mulligan, it's a hard thing to have your own home go against you." Still was Mulligan silent, a circumstance that enlisted Mr. Shaw's intense interest. "What would you say, Mulligan, when a man loses the county in which he lives?" A Democratic gleam came into the eyes of Mulligan. "That wud Ol say, governor? All Ol could say is that it's a bad thing you didn't live in ivory county in the shtate." Alaskan Honesty Proved. The Alaskan brand of honesty is of the pure, unadulterated fourteen carat type, according to Delegate Tom Calle, who represents the Alaskan mining regions in congress, says the Chicago News. To prove that old fashioned honesty is still practiced in that section, although it may be out of date elsewhere, Cale tells the following story: "Last summer," he says, "when I started down to Washington from None I was accompanied aboard the boat by an old friend, Captain Slems. Slems was out of chewing tobacco and asked me for a chew. I handed him my plug, and he helped himself. Nelther the captain nor myself noticed his mistake in putting the plug in his pocket. I never thought of the missing plug afterward. "But a few days ago I beared a knock at my office door. I shouted 'Come,' and in walked the captain. He was stummed faced and fishing around his pockets. I've brought that plug of tobacco back to you, Tom.' he said to me, and so he had. Captain Slems had made that trip from Alaska down here to Washington just to give me back that plug. Oh, of course we had some fun while he was here, but he didn't have any other business here than returning the chewing." Delegate Cale exhibits a half pound plug of chewing tobacco as hard as the leg of a chair as Exhibit A in his story.—Washington Star The Proud Widow That famous editor and statesman, Charles Emory Smith," said a Philadelphia journalist, "was a modest man. He believed in modesty, even in journalism. He thought it paid no better for a newspaper than for a man to be continually ragging. "I once drew up a prospectus for him. There were several blatantly boastful paragraphs in it, and Mr. Smith ran his pencil through them all. "If I let this go," he said, "it would be pretty nearly as bad as the epitaph that the young widow had carved on her aged husband's tomb. This epitaph said: "Sacred to the memory of John James Green aged eighty-four, who departed this life bitterly regretting that he must leave forever the most beautiful and best of wives."—Wash- Evades Answer by Not Lying. The retort retort is not always the retort contort. Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota was deep in a financial speech recently when Newlands arose to make an inquiry, Nelson is of the blunt, plain spoken type of statesman, and Mr. Newlands is much given to the use of long, involved sentences. Newlands started out to ask a simple question, but he soon got all twisted up in a complex, lengthy conundrum without much head or tail to it. When he had finished Nelson looked at him for a moment in a helpless sort of way, then blurted out: the two questions and I'll tell no lies."-Chicago News CHOICE MISCELLANY The lighthouse, which has so long held a cherished place in the lore of the sea as well as a position of vital importance in navigation, is in imminent danger of being left as a mere monument of the bygone age, like the stranded hull of some wooden warship. By the use of a system recently patented by an American inventor the navigation of harbors and waterways will become as simple and pleasing a task as walking up the Great White Way. It consists briefly of a cable having connected at suitable intervals short branches to which are attached incandescent electric lamps fitted with reflectors which will concentrate the light into parallel beams as nearly as possible, the whole system of course being designed to withstand the pressure and corrosive action of sea water. The lamp and reflector are made sufficiently buoyant so that they will maintain an upright position. The cable thus equipped is then laid in the proper position in the waterway to be lighted up and connected with a source of electric supply from shore. The course of the channel will thus be marked out by brilliantly lighted spots on the surface of the water.—illuminating Engineer. Alarm Clock For the Horses: A provision merchant in Oldham, England, has invented an ingenious contrivance by which he is able to feed his horses without personal attendance, through the medium of an American alarm clock. In a small office adjoining the stable the clock is placed on a shelf. Attached to the winding key is a piece of copper wire, and this is fastened to a small brass roller that runs over a wooden rod. At the end of the rod is a heavy weight. When the clock goes off the wheel is drawn over the rod and releases the weight, which falls to the floor. The corn box is filled overnight, and when the weight is released a small door at the bottom of the box flies open and the corn falls into the manger. The horses never fall to rise at the sound of the alarm, knowing what is to follow, and when the drivers turn up the animals are ready to be harnessed. Another advantage is that the horses need never be put to work before the breakfast has had time to digest. The Mathematical Mind At the recent meeting of the New England college presidents one of the most important of them all remarked that mental arithmetic did not train a child's mind and that a mathematician per se was incapable of moral reasoning. Mathematicians might take notice. It reminds one of Stiles—Stiles, the greatest of the Yale mathematicians of his kind. He, indeed, had virtues as well as mathematics and was the graceful and learned editor of Garden and Forest, horticulturist editor of the New York Tribune and president of the New York park commission. Once he was ill for a long time—a very long time—and he used to say that when he became convalescent he discovered that the mathematical was the lowest order of mind. He wanted to read. He tried poetry, and that would not do, nor would fiction or philosophy or history, but when at last he tried mathematics he found that his feeblebed mind could master that.—Harper's Weekly. Black Rain One of the services of science is in destroying superstition, and a notable example of this was afforded recently in Ireland. On the night of Oct. 8 last a fall of black rain, leaving inky pools in the roads, occurred in many parts of the island. It was noted at Lord Rosse's famous observatory at Birr castle, and an investigation of the meteorological conditions prevailing at the time followed. The result was to show that there had been a movement of the air over the central part of the British islands such as to carry soot from the manufacturing districts of England over the Irish channel. Examination of the black rain showed that its color was due to the presence of an extraordinary amount of soot—Youth's Companion. Clock on Fifth Tower The Eiffel tower in Paris is now being used for another practical purpose. Not long ago a wireless telegraph station was installed, and now on the sides of the second section, hundreds of feet above the ground, a luminous clock warns the gay Parisian of the passing span of life. The apparatus flashes forth every minute in huge figures, visible at a great distance. This system was found the only practical one, as the ordinary clock dial would be indistinguishable at such a height.—Dundee Advertiser. Did the Tail Wag? An absolutely new dog story has been found. We clipped it from a London paper. Here it is (salt to taste): A gentleman was out shooting the other day when he had the misfortune to shoot his dog. For a moment he was too much overcome to see what damage he had done, and before he had recovered himself the animal, a black retriever, had come up to him, bringing in its mouth its own tail, which had been shot clean off.-Chicago Journal. In Warren is owned a valued historical relic, the war club, or tomahawk of King Philip, decorated with black and white beads indicating the number of people this old Indian warrior killed, it is thought. The weapon is about three feet long, the property now of Mrs. William Fuller at North Warren. It cannot be secured for love or money, though the Maine Historical society has asked the loan of it.—Kenpoche Journal FACTS IN FEW LINES New South Wales has no work houses. The use of tanbark has fallen off 15 per cent since 1600, although its value has increased. Culture of a new fruit, the lignon berry, is to be introduced into this country from its Swedish home. The new management of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York city, is talking of introducing grand opera in English. There is more than $250,000 in the treasury of New York city due to former employees of the city, but which has never been called for. Two gothic figures torn from French cathedrals by the mob in the French revolution have found their way to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Carpenters' union of Winnipeg, Man., boasts of three men who have been continuous members of the organization for more than thirty-six years. Consul John H. Snodgrass of Pretoria reports that mica is found in many places in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Rhodesia in paying quantities. Another attempt has failed to wrest from the sands of the Mexican shore line the treasure supposed to be lying with the bones of the steamer Golden Gate, which was burned off Manzanillo in 1862. The custom of using convicts in treadmills is 'still practiced in some English prisons. The speed is about thirty steps a minute, and if a man misses a step a crossbar strikes the calves of his legs. Luther Burbank now promises a hardy banana that will grow in the north and thus enable the thrifty householder to step into his doyard and gather sufficient fruit to make a delicious appetizer for the more serious things of the breakfast. While repairing the road between Talous-les-Vignes and Conde-sur-Marne, France, workmen found two horse skulls of unusually large dimensions. The skulls were still very hard, and from all indications the horses were buried there hundreds of years ago. A caravan of gypsies which has been resting on the Franco-Belgian frontier since October is unable to retreat or advance, as the French gendarmes refuse to allow it to go forward, while the Belgian gendarmes are equally firm in their refusal to permit it to return. Waycross, Ga., with a population of 9,000, has no poorhouse, nine out of ten of the white population own their homes and 33 per cent of the children attend school. The saloon license has annually for the last sixteen years been fixed at $30,000, and no one has offered to pay the amount for the privilege of opening a saloon. The municipality of Valparaiso is about to erect a theater building with a seating capacity of 1,605 on the site of the one destroyed by the great earthquake of August, 1906. It is to be up to date and as nearly earthquake and fire proof as can be built. Large quantities of steel will be used in its construction. In connection with the death of the king and crown prince of Portugal it is noted that the members of the house of Braganza have died two at a time since 1640, when the Braganzas came to the throne of Portugal. It is a matter of history that whenever death has entered the family two have been taken within a few hours or days. Purely Mental. Finnick—No, I don't like him. For one thing, I don't think he has any mental balance. Sinnick—What? Why, that's his strong point! It's the only kind he has. Finnick—What do you mean? Sinnick—He imagines he has thousands to his credit in bank.—Catholic Standard and Times. Reserve Backing. "Now," said the head of the firm to the new clerk, "yonder is a very complete encyclopedia for the use of our employees." His Clever Explanation. The wife, severely, "Why did you leave your shoes in the vestibule last night?" The husband, still a little cased, "Did I, m'dear? Oh, yesh. I supposed they were my rubbers."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. I will Freeze to Please This Should Interest You An opportunity to show your race loyalty and at the same time to make a profitable investment in The Parkwood Cemetery Association, Capital Stock $15,000,00, Shares $10.00 each. Now is the time to subscribe for stock; plenty of time will be given in which to pay it. For particulars call at the office, 3160 State St.. Tel. Doug. 3522. See circulars or consult the commissioners 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 121 West 3rd Street. New York City. Chas. Gary, President. A. J. Gary, General Superintendent. PATRICK H. O'DONNELL WILLIAM DILLON CLARENCE A. TOOLEN Tel. Central 4660 O'Donnell, Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH & CLARK STREETS CHICAGO GRAY & MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Suite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and Randolph Sts. Tel. Central 569. CHICAGO. Residence 57 Macallister Place Telephone Ashland 363 Office Telephones Central 1289 Automatic 5840 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. CHICAGO. A. D. GASH Attorney at Law, 84-86 La Salle Street, Chicago Suite 615 to 619. Telephone Main 3077. JOHN E. OWENS ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW Phone Main 4153 NOTARY PUBLIC Phone residence, Gray 5670 ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 708, 171 Washington St. Res., 4856 Langley Av. CHICAGO F. A. Rawlins The Modern Embalmer UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR When his work is finished you have no displeasure. 4834 State St., CHICAGO Phone Douglas 1550 Phone Calumet 1579 Morgue and Private Chapel. C. JOHNSON UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY R.: W. GREEN, MGR. 2712 State Street Chicago 10 15 REPUBLIC MARITIME MUSEUM 50 YEAR REPUBLIC MARITIME MUSEUM This Should An opportunity to show you time to make a profitable investment Association, Capital Stock $15,000 is the time to subscribe for stock in which to pay it. For particular St. Tel. Doug. 3522. See circuers. Names of Commi J. L. PARKS, MATTHEW M. HULETT, ENOCH COOPER, R. M. LEACH, SOMETHING WOULD The Broad Ax can be bought three PANY, retail and wholesale agents, all parts of the country. Subscrip- tion items taken at office rates. For the convenience of travelers, care of The STANDARD NEWS CO. All visitors when in the city shou- book for publication. THE STANDARD N. 121 West 53rd Street. Hours—8 to 10 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m., 6 to 8:30 p. m., and nights. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE 3100 STATE ST., CHICAGO. Telephone Douglas 4796. Dr. W. E. MACKEY 3111 STATE STREET Phone Dour. 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. City Office, 500 Burton Bldg. 39 State Street Hours 4-7 P. M. Phone Central 3207 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Home Office, 2353 State Street HOURS—9:12 m. 1:30 p. m. After 7:30 p. m. Phone Calumet 264 Telephone, Calumet 194 Dr. A. B. Schultz Hours: 2719 STATE STREET 9 to 12 A. M., 3 to 5 CHICAGO and after 6 p. m. C. E. Kreyssler Chemist and Druggist Chemist and Druggist 5059 STATE STREET N. E. Cor. 51st St. CHICAGO Telephones: Oakland 246 and Oakland 245 Good Colored Tenants Appreciated I have stove heated flats to suit every man's income. I am no agent, I rent only my own property, you will save many a useless step when you want a flat if you first call on me. Samuel Richardson, 142 La Salle St., S-W. Cor, Madison, Room 1, Tel Main 2133. Otis Block. To the Re ders of The Broad Ax I wish to announce to my many friends I have from 4 to 8 rooms, stove heated flats to rent on the South and West Side, call if you are desirious and has not the rent, I will loan on your personal effects. See the Rev. T. A. Clark, 3742 State St. Please cut this out. GRAND ROLLER SKATING 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 Interest You our race loyalty and at the same ment in The Parkwood Cemetery 10.00, Shares $10.00 each. Now k; plenty of time will be given ars call at the office, 3160 State dars or consult the commission- issioners: FRANK W. KING, A. N. SIMPSON, E. S. MILLER. E. S. MILLER, Secretary. EARTH KNOWING through the STANDARD NEWS COM- PANY. All goods shipped promptly to cons, Advertisements, and news they can have their mail addressed. COMPANY BUREAU DEPARTMENT. Old call and register on our visitors NEWS COMPANY New York City. J. Gairy, General Superintendent. Fifty-First St. and Armour Ave. 51st St. & L. S. & N. S. Rv. RAIL YARD: 515d St. and Armour Ave. CHICAGO W. R. Cowan A. C. Harris M. C. Cowan W. R. Cowan & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Insurance 260 S. CLARK STREET Tel. Harrison 1075 CHICAGO Tile and Slate Hauling a specialty. COAL J. H. COLEMAN & CO. Express & Van Moving TRUNKS EVERYWHERE. 2540 State Street Phone 699 Calumet CHICAGO ICE CREAM CIGARS. TOBACCO SHIRT WAISTS KIMONAS MRS. A. E. BAKER NOTIONS 419-36TH STREET Underwear a Specialty CHICAGO J. GARNER Tel. Douglas 325 THE ELITE BUFFET FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS 3030 State Street CHICAGO Phone Douglas 3393 CHAS. GASKIN, Prop. EUREKA BUFFET 2940 State Street CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Cafe in Connection Chicago Waiters and Cooks Prefer Dur Make JACKETS AND LINEN because they have found them satisfactory. Write for complete Catalogue FREE. giving full instructions how to order. Marcus Ruben (Inc.) 390 State St., CHICAGO. THE BROAD AX. !s for sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, 134 W. 51st street Cigar Store and News Stand. Geo. L. Martin, maker of fine cigars, and news stand, 342 East 31st St. C. H. Green, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2718 State st. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, Cigars, Notions and News Stand, 131 W. 51st street. T. B. Hall's Cigar Store and Laundry office, 281 32th St. Mrs. Alma A. Simpson, news agent, 1255 State street. W. S. Cole, 354 Thirty-first street, cigars, tobacco and news stand. J. R. Peters Cigars, tobacco and News Stand, 338 E. 27th street. Mrs. A. E. Baker, Notions and News Stand, 419, 36th street. W. P. Johnson, Notion Store and News Stand 2704 State st. Turner Williams Shaving Parlor and News Stand, 2903 Armour ave. R. Dayin, cigars, tobacco, and con- fectionery, 3833 State st. C. C. McLain, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 2906 State street. Mrs. J. W. Hadley 116 W. 51st st. cigars, tobacco and news stand. Mrs. Katharine R. Hamlet, Cigars, tobacco, and fancy groceries and news stand, 5023 Armour ave. M. A. Johnson, news stand, cigars and tobacco, 2812 State Street. The Informer News Co., 188 Banc- dish St, Detroit, Mile. The Standard News Co. 181 W. 53rd L. New York City, N. Y. Standard News Company, 49 W. 135th street, New York City, N. Y. ```markdown ``` WASHINGTON LETTER WOMAN AND FASHION In the death of Senator William James Bryan of Florida the senate has suffered its eighth loss within a year. The first death was that of Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan. Then the venerable and beloved senators from Alabama, the Damon and Pythias of that body, Morgan and Pettus, both of whom had passed the age of eighty years, suddenly went to their graves in the recess of congress preceding the present session. Senator Mallory of Florida was the next to go, dying in the Christmas recess of this session. His death was followed only a few weeks ago by the unexpected demise of Senator Latimer of South Carolina, who succumbed comparatively early in life to a combination of stomach trouble and an operation for appendicitis, which was found to have been unnecessary. Then Senator Reddell Proctor of Vermont passed away, to be soon followed by Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland. Senate Has Its Superstitions. Washingtonians hold fast to certain well defined superstitions regarding deaths in the senate. Thus it was that when Senator W. J. Bryan, the youthful successor of Mallory, took his seat and the two new senators from Oklahoma had been sworn in and George Peabody Wetmore was finally chosen to succeed himself, thereby completing a full membership of the senate for the first time, in many years, the veterans of the senate chamber began to whisper among themselves. "Who will be the first to die?" That there is a tradition of the senate that a full senate means an early death of a senator can be readily confirmed by the curious, but it would not be an easy matter to find out when and where this grewsome tradition arose. Senator Latimer, who died soon after this tradition began to be whispered about, was one of the men in the senate whose deaths were the least expected. Deaths In Congress. There is another common superstition about deaths in congress which usually verifies itself, and that is that not fewer than three members of each congress die before their terms expire. Already this number has been exceeded in the Sixtieth congress, although the Sixtieth congress is now only four months old. Technically Senators Morgan and Pettus should be added to the list because they were, until they died, entitled to sit in a special session of the Sixtieth congress, which really began its existence March 4 last. As no special session was held, however, although the members draw their salaries from March 4, the congress has sat only since the first Monday in last December. President Roosevelt's Portrait. For some time past President Roosevelt has slipped away from his many duties at the White House to give half an hour's sitting for a three-quarter length portrait, which is being painted by P. A. Laszlo, a noted Hungarian artist, who has an international reputation and who has painted portraits of many of the crowned heads of Europe. Among the monarchs he painted was the late King Carlos of Portugal. It was the last portrait for which King Carlos sat and was painted two years ago in Paris. Mr. Laszlo's commission to paint the president was undertaken at the request of Captain Arthur Lee of England, who was former secretary of the British embassy in Washington. Captain Lee served with President Roosevelt in Cuba, and the portrait which Mr. Laszlo is engaged on will depict Colonel Roosevelt in rough rider uniform, with whip and gloves in hand. Invited to Firemen's Convention. About six years ago President Roosevelt was made an honorary member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen when he attended the annual convention of that organization in Chattanooga. Nearly every year since he has been invited to attend the conventions. An invitation was extended him the other day by J. J. Hanrahan, grand master of the organization, who said that the annual convention will be held this year in September in Columbus, O. The president repeated what he has so often said to others—that he will not accept any more invitations this year. To Mark Soldiers' Graves. Representative Porter of New York, at the request of the Niagara Frontier Landmarks association, has introduced a bill providing for the erection of a monument to the officers and enlisted men who fell at the siege of Fort Erie in 1814. It is proposed to erect the monument at Fort Erie, on Canadian soil, and the question is whether the United States could do this. There is no precedent in congress for such a procedure, but it is thought likely that the consent of the Canadian government could be secured for the erection of the monument. Loeb Holds Secretarial Record Loeb Holds Secretarial Record. Secretary Loeb remarked to one of his visitors recently that he had been in the office of secretary to the president longer than any one of his predecessors. Secretary Cortelyou served under two presidents, but he did not become secretary to Mr. McKinley until 1900, and he resigned the office in 1903 to become secretary of commerce and labor. His term of office was therefore less than three years, the date of his appointment in the cabinet being Feb. 18, 1903. It was on the same day that Mr. Loeb was sworn in as secretary to the president although he had been in the White House offices since September, 1901, as assistant secretary. Nearly all the other presidents' secretaries have served four years or less, but Mr. Loeb passed the five year mark on the 18th of last month. An Economical Gown. A suggestion is here given for a charming gown to be made out of one of the new dainty batiste robes which appear in such lovely colors in the shops now. This is a pale blue embroidered robe finished in scallops. The skirt has the strips of embroidery edging used to form panels by extending lengthwise into the skirt band. The blouse has the embroidery formed into a cape or fischu-like piece gathered M. A DAINTY BATISTE BORE at the waist into a buckle. The underwaist and sleeves are of tucked net. Black velvet ribbon outlines the embroidered edge, this in turn finished with tiny valencennes edge. Narrow black velvet ribbon bands the sleeves. The cost of such robes is $7.50, with velvet and net. It should easily come within a cost of $10 when finished. Variety In Linens. The linens now come in so many different weights and of so many different makes that it is quite possible to buy a linen at this season that can be worn from the very minute it is made. There are linen styles to suit early spring as well as linen styles for late midsummer. And one of the best importers is showing tailor made linens in deep blues that are to be put on now and worn, or at least that can be worn, in a very few days. Handsome Linen Gown. A handsome linen intended for very early wear is of Copenhagen blue. It is very heavy, and to make it more seasonable it is trimmed with black velvet. There is a collar of velvet, a plain narrow turnover band, and there are flare velvet cuffs turning back from the three-quarter sleeves. The style, which is that of coat and skirt, is rather full in its line. Slim Frock Effects The handsomest of the princess dresses have a wide band of trimming extending all the way down the front, and there are embroidered fronts all in one piece reaching from the guipme to the hem of the gown. This long straight front panel gives a woman height, and, if the lines are good, the panel makes her appear slimmer and more statuesque. Boot Must Match Gown. The necessary item of shoes is a thing not to be reckoned with easily. That the boot must match the gown is now a style which is unquestioned, but the matter of purchasing the cloth and having it made up into boots is so expensive that one hesitates at the outlay. Fortunately boots now come ready made with tops that match many materials. A Lewis Model. The spring hats are charming, and the illustration shows a Lewis model of good style. The shape is novel in A outline, showing a straight high crown, succeeded by a rather narrow brim turned up at the sides, and is made of fancy straw braid in tapestry blue. Tucks Are Popular This Season. Flat inch or half inch tucks are seen in many ways this season. A blouse of cream lawn is one mass of these flat inch wide tucks, the shoulders and sleeves made in one piece and the yoke of white net embroidered with flowers in gold thread. Telephone DOUGLAS ... 1865. REITING INSURANCE JESSE BINGA REAL ESTATE LOANS 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO. LEASES NEGOTIATED, EXCHANGES MADE, PROPERTY MANAGED. ForSale $4,500—S. W. cor. 57th and La- modern, hardwood th $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 fla- heat, hardwood throu $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2- sell separate. Make $2,000—3718 LaSalle St., 6 room $2,000—3720 LaSalle St., 2 flat, $2,000—3722 LaSalle St., frame provements. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 fla- JESSE BINGA, 3637 S Leland Giants Base-Ball Now Organizing $100 The Stock-Holders of the Leland included to dissolve that Association in on increased Capital for the purpose of bui- Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishi- Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Pa- Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, M Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley B Riding, and all the latest fun making dogether with a First Class Summer H guests, at its present location, 79th ar- ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop D The Public is Base-Ball mad, and a value in a single season. Millions can This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The The Rensene And Well Paying Plant, WI Be Employed, between May and Octo- but fear and Enjoy The Life and Free The Answer can only be effectively give- tion. it has been made purposely low so have a Share and Interest in this Twee- Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Eac- Any Holiday around Amusement Pa- wanted and never welcome. Come! the attached Coupon and mail with Ten and Amusement Association. Do it to-d Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement 457th and La Fayette Ave., hardwood throughout. Hiley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone hardwood throughout. Labash Ave., 2-9 room stone from marate. Make terms. Lille St., 6 rooms, frame, brick, Lille St., 2 flat, brick and frame, Lille St., frame*building, 6 rooms. Born St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 room. 3637 State St. Phi Itts Base-Bail and Amuse Organizing—Capital $100,000 Others of the Leland Giants Base-Bail Association in order to give room for the purpose of buying a Permanent Hib and Establishing For All The Pet Amusement Park, With It's The The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric, Hurley Burley, Double Sw best fun making devices and laugh pro- glass Summer Hotel, large enough location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., ers to the Loop District in Chicago. Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Millions can be made by those favor Of The Race Owning, And Buying Plant, Where More Than Lon May and October of each year, wher the Life and Freedom of a Citizen is effectively low so that all Loyal Mem- ers rest in this Twentieth Century Ent- 1000. Dollars Each. You Squander In Amusement Parks and Public Place. Come! buy and build one of you and mail with Ten Dollars to the Lela- tion. Do it to-day so that we may Call & Amusement Assn. $4,500—S. W. cor. 57th and La Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 rooms, modern, hardwood throughout. $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, steam heat, hardwood throughout. $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front residences; will sell separate. Make terms. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. Leland Giants Base-Bail 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 roar 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 Its Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, 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 Immense 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 mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Treas:- which I am sending as Part (or infull) a shares of the Capital Stock of the Lei Association. I agree to pay $_____ has been paid certificate. Part (or infall) as subscription fee for Stock of the Leland Giants Base I $.....per month .....has been paid, at which time I am Name _____ Address _____ City _____ State _____ which I am sending as Part (or infull) as subscription fee for shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Giants Base Ball and Amusement Association. I agree to pay $_____per month until the full amount _____has been paid, at which time I am to recieve my stock certificate. HUMOR OF THE HOUR "Fine day." observed the sallow passenger with the eyeglasses. "Huh?" "I say it's a fine day." "Oh, yes," answered the man, who was trying to read a newspaper. "Be a lot of trouble with the fruit, though, when the cold weather comes along next month." "Huh?" "I say there'll be a lot of trouble with the fruit when the cold weather" "— "Oh, yes." "It's all right, though, I guess. What ever happens is right." "Ub-huh." "I see old Jake Schaefer beat the young fellow last night." "Beat him?" "Yes. Playing billiards, you know." "Ub-huh." "I don't know anything about billiards myself, but I am told it's a fine game." "So?" "Yes, but I'd rather see a good game of baseball. Wouldn't you?" "Ub-huh." "Don't you think Taft stands a good chance of getting the nomination next June on the first ballot?" "Ub-huh." "Who do you think will be put up for vice president?" "Or maybe it'll be La Follette?" "Uh-huh." "Anything new in the paper this morning?" "Yes. Man killed in an elevated train." "How?" "He was talked to death." The sallow faced passenger with the eyeglasses gulped once or twice and breathed hard, but had nothing further to offer—Chicago Tribune. Lazy Lemuel—Talk erbout bravery! I ain't afraid uv ennothing dat walks. Solled Samuel—Nether am I, but dat ain't sayin' much. A cake uv soap can't walk.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ```markdown ``` All payments on Stock Accounts must be made to the order of Beauregard F. Moseley, Treasurer, 62628 Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. All Stock Accounts as employees and should inform the Treasurer with their final remittance of their intentions to apply for employment. For further information addressees must Base-Ball and Amusement Trusts, 62628 Halsted St. Chicago, IL. "I say it's a fine Cay." "Think it'll be Hughes?" Just as Terrifying. Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 rooms, throughout. It brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, steam throughout. 9 room stone front residences; will terms. isms, frame, brick foundation. brick and frame, 5-5 rooms. building, 6 rooms, modern in- frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. State St. Phone, Douglas 1565 Bail and Amusement Assn. Bail—Capital Stock 10,000 And Giants Base-Ball Association, has consider to give room for the former, with it's long a Permanent Home For The Leland Bail For All The People, The Only First Bail, With Its Theater (Light Opera), Signature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Durley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto services and laugh producing concessions, hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes district in Chicago. Amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in be made by those Who Take Stock In Race Owning. And Operating This Imhere More Than 1,000 Persons Will travel of each year, where you can come withdom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? can by subscribing for Stock in this Corpora that all Loyal Members of the Race can tith Century Enterprise. Think of it. can You Squander More than this amounts and Public Places, where you are not and build one of your own by filling out Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Bail so that we may commence to build. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Enclosed please find $...... subscription fee for and Giants Base Ball and Amusement per month until the full amount at which time I am to recieve my stock Mrs. Caroline C. Furbush of West Newton, Mass., has presented to the navy department for the Naval academy at Annapolis a valuable historical painting by Thomas Birch of the "Battle Between the Constitution and the Guerriere." Birch was an artist of a century ago and was one of the first designers of United States coins at the Philadelphia mint. He painted his naval battle picture in 1828. Emperor William, who is no mean judge of works of art, has pronounced a painting owned by J. Pierpont Morgan now on exhibition at Berlin the finest among forty masterpieces of English artists. The picture, which is a portrait of Miss Elizabeth Farren, who was the Countess of Derby many years ago and is by Sir Thomas Lawrence, was among the great paintings in the collection of Mr. Morgan at London. A plan is on foot to conserve the waters that supply the Yosemite and Bridal Vell falls so that each will flow three months more a year than at present. These falls usually go dry about August. By building reservoirs in the headwaters of Bridal Vell and Yosemite creeks it is believed that sufficient water can be stored to maintain the flow over the falls until late in October. A preliminary survey indicates that the project is feasible. There is a persistent rumor of an engagement between the Princess Patricia of Connaught and the Count of Turin. The Princess Patricia is the daughter of King Edward's only living brother, and it is said that she might have been queen of Spain had she desired so doubtful an honor. The Count of Turin is the son of the Duke of Aosta, who was once king of Spain, but who abdicated, dying about fifteen years ago. The Count of Turin is also first cousin to the king of Italy. Florence Lister-Kaye has become a Roman Catholic in order to marry Captain Vaughan, a nephew of Rev. Bernard Vaughan, the famous priest. Her conversion has so angered her father, Sir Cecil Lister-Kaye, and her mother, Lady. Beatrice Adeline, the Duke of Newcastle's sister, that they have disowned her. But her aunt, herself a convert to Roman Catholicism, has taken up the young woman, who is in her twenty-third year. Mise Lister-Kaye in a piece of the dowager Duchess of Manchester. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE Imported and Domestic Wines LIQUORS & CIGARS Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, III. POOL AND CIGARS AND BILLIARDS TOBACCOS WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTANAC CLUB 239 E. 22ND STREET Phone Calc.net 2940 CHICAGO President and Treasuref, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dryer. J. J. Bradley BRAD REAL AN 4709 S. Halsted Street Frank H. Lewis, Prop. Telephone Yards 6933 LEY & H ESTATE, L D INSURA Phone Oakland 1787. J. M. FIELDS NS CHICAGO Lou Seldon, Mar