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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker SCORES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND WILLIAM H. TAFT. IN HIS MEMORABLE AND HISTORY MAKING SPEECH ON THE "BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR." THE DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED MEMBERS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT ARE HAVING THEIR DAY IN COURT. Vol. XIII United States Joseph SCORES PRESIDENT ROOSE TA IN HIS MEMORABLE AND ON THE "BROWN THE DISHONORABLY DISC TWENTY-FIFTH REGIM DAY IN COURT. Senator J. B. Foraker, the greatest of all the champions of human rights, had his day in court, in the United States senate, Tuesday, on the "Brownville Affair," and in delivering the greatest and the most history making oration of his life, he paid his most profound respects to President Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Senator Warner, and the other abject slaves of the President, who for the sake of receiving a few crumbs from his table, are willing to crawl in the dust on their bellies in order to uphold his damnable act in dishonorably discharging the three companies belonging to the 25th Regiment, in the most scorching and burning language at his command. In the course of his memorable speech he declared: "It would seem that we are to be carried back in the administration of justice to the days when men and women put on trial for witchcraft found no avenue of escape from punishment, brutality and execution, except only in confession," he further arclaimed, in opposing the socalled administration measure" recently introduced by Senator Warner, which would permit any of the discharged men to enlist upon "proving to the satisfaction of the President that they were innocent of complicity in shooting up the Texan town." Judge of Negro Troops is Already Prejudiced. He declared that if that bill became a law it would compel the Negro soldiers to appear for justice "before a judge who had already prejudiced their case not once or twice or three times and casually—but repeatedly and officially and each time with a manifestation of the most unqualified conviction that not only some of the men discharged did the shooting, but that many if not all of them had knowledge of the perpetrators, which, through a conspiracy of silence, they have refused to divulge." In tones of bitter sarcasm he asked: "By what right does the Senator from Missouri (Warner) assume that the President is capable of such a manifest impropriety?" The vilest horse thief, the most dangerous burglar or the bloodiest murderer would not be required either to prove his innocence or to submit to a trial before a judge who had, in even the most casual way, expressed the opinion that the defendant was guilty. "Such a performance would be justly denounced as a denial of one of the most sacred rights of citizenship and a lasting disgrace to the judge who perpetrated it." "There is no excuse whatever for such a bill. To pass it would be but pretending to grant relief, for manifestly none would follow. "Our action would but add insult to injury. "It would be without precedent, for it may be safely asserted that never before in the history of civilization has a legislative body been invited to require men accused of crime to prove their innocence adjudged them guilty; and never before has there been a suggestion that any man worthy to sit in judgment upon the rights of his countrymen would accept such a duty if assigned him if conscious of having the slightest prejudice against the accused." The Senator was anxious to know who it was purposed should aid the President in examining the testimony in each case. "Possibly the Secretary of War, who has expressed his agreement with the President in all that he has said and done in the whole matter," he added, apparently, as an afterthought, and then dryly remarked: "But he, too, is a man and would doubtless require the help of a suitable subordinate." Re-enlistment Hearings to be Public or Privater He demanded to know whether the proceedings of re-enlistment would be conducted in public or private. He reminded his hearers in the crowded and overflowing galleries — among whom were hundreds of Negroes—that the men were not now soldiers "to be dealt wit harbitrarily, but plain American citizens." "They should not be death with, therefore, in the dark as though a lot of chattels, for that day for the American Negro has forever passed, but as American citizens entitled to the same rights white men would have under the same conditions. Soldiers Entitled to Protection of Nac Nation "We should remember, as Secretary Taft said of the white soldiers who 'shot up' the town of Athens, Ohio, that they are in a sense the wards of the government, and for that reason entitled under such circumstances to the protection of the government in all their legal rights." The Ohioan urged the passage of his restoration bill, which would restore the men to their full rights and enable them to get back into the army upon taking oath that they did not do the shooting and were ignorant of the guilty ones. Colleagues of the Ohio senator crowded around him, Senator Warner, whose bill for the re-enlistment of the Negro soldiers he had antagonized, being the first to grasp his hand. One after another senators from both sides of the chamber congratulated him upon his presentation of the subject. Get "Message in Writing. Toward the close of his address the President's secretary announced "a message in writing," but his attempt to read it, after Senator Foraker concluded, was made difficult because of the confusion, and in rather unusual manner it was skimmed through, so that only a bare announcement of its purport was possible. Senator Foraker made a careful analysis of the testimony taken in the investigation of the shooting up of Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 13-14, 1906. He said that the testimony given by the soldiers was so manifestly truthful that nothing remained to show CHICAGO, APRIL 18, 1908. SENATOR J. B. FORAKER. The greatest of all the Champions of Human Rights, and true friend of the Afro-American race, delivered his great oration on the "Brownsville Affair" in the United States Senate Tuesday, and in doing so he paid his respects to President Roosevelt and William H. Taft, for disonorably discharging the three companies belonging to the 25th regiment. their complete vindication except the discovery of the real culprits and this discovery he declared, would be made. He attacked the testimony of the four so-called eyewitnesses against the soldiers and denounced it as flimsy, unreliable and full of contradictions. Finally he said no adequate motive for the soldiers to commit such a crime had been shown. In paying the following tribute to the fighting qualities of the Negro soldiers, a mighty shout went up from the galleries which were filled to overflowing with Colored people. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEGRO VOTE. If there were any reason for Negro voters to resent the action of president Roosevelt for discharging the Negro soldiers, for the Brownsville inident, and to declare that they would rebuke the act by using their political influence against him, sometime ago, it seems to us, the cause has no been removed. The president did the race a great injustice by this act, and the whole Negro hating element of "Dixie" has PRAISES NEGRO SOLDIERS. "They are," he said, "typical representatives of a race that has ever been loyal to America and American institutions; a race that has never raised a hostile hand against our country's flag; a race that has contributed to the nation's tens of thousands of brave defenders, not one of whom has ever turned traitor or faltered in his fidelity. "In every war in which we have permitted them to participate they have distinguished themselves for efficiency and valor. They have shed their blood and laid down their lives in the fierce shock of battle, side by side with their white comrades. "They are the direct and worthy successors of the brave men who so heroically died at Petersburg, at Wagner and on scores of bloody fields that this nation might live. "Faithfully, uncomplainingly, with pride and devotion, they have performed all their duties and kept all their obligations. "They ask no favors because they are Negroes, but only for justice because they are men." Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, 6450 Champlain avenue, aside from her household duties, devotes all of her spare time to studying and teaching music. She is directress of the Quinn Chapel choir, a prominent member of the Choral Study Club, gives music lessons at her studio to many young pupils, and in June she will graduate with high honors from the Chicago Conservatory of Music. Mrs. Anderson is truly a typical representative of the modern and progressive woman. The Democratic state convention of Illinois will be held at Springfield next Thursday, and some hot times are ahead for those who will be permitted to take part in the deliberation of the convention. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEGRO VOTE. If there were any reason for Negro voters to resent the action of president Roosevelt for discharging the Negro soldiers, for the Brownsville incident, and to declare that they would rebuke the act by using their political influence against him, sometime ago, it seems to us, the cause has not been removed. The president did the race a great injustice by this act, and the whole Negro hating element of "Dixie" has rejoiced. Believing the president's act was a just for excuse much of the race criticism, Jim Crow laws and many other race injustices that have sprung up since the executive lynching of the Colored soldiers took place. It is our candid opinion regardless of what the president may be accredited of doing for the race in the past, that he did this unlawful and shameful act to make votes for the Republican party in the south and also to undo a certain southern feeling against himself. When he saw that he was about to off set his southern white vote by the loss of Negro votes he started to bribe the Negroes by making certain appointments. This is no doubt working with good effect with those directly concerned and with some purchasable newspapers. The Truth wants to say not withstanding its great need of money, that it can not be bought with all the money Roosevelt has made during his two administrations, to forsake its race in its best opportunity to teach the power of the ballot. Before we would vote for Roosevelt or Taft, the way the Brownsville matter now stands we will not vote at all. And if forced to vote we would vote for any other party before we would for the party led by either the president or the war Secy. Our people want to have enough sense and manhood to take a stand and there stand until the cause has been removed. No other race in America would swallow Roosevelt's act and say it is good. We stand now where he stood soon after the incident.—The Baptist Truth, Cairo, ml. Dr. O. A. Taylor, Topeka, Kan., will spend the next four or five weeks in the city during which time he will take a post-graduate course at the P. S. Illinois university. He is stopping at the home of his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe L. Manning, 3524 Calumet avenue. The National Negro- American Political League of the United States WAS ORGANIZED IN PHILADELPHIA LAST WEEK, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF LAYING PLANS. TO DEFEAT THE NOMINATION OF WILLIAM H. TAFT AT CHICAGO. GREAT MASS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AMONG THE AFRO-AMERICANS, PRIOR TO THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. After holding three sessions yesterday, the national political convention of Negroes which has been meeting at the Zion Baptist church, Thirteenth and Melon streets, adjourned last night until the weeg before the meeting of the Republican National Convention. Then a meeting will be held in Chicago. National Organization Formed. The result of the sessions here was the formation of a national organization, the outlining of a campaign against the nomination of either Taft or Roosevelt by the Republicans, in which stump speakers will take part, organization is called "The National Negro-American Political League of the United States." Representatives of the African race in 37 states came to assist in a bitter fight against the president and secretary of War "because of their attitude and acts growing out of the Brownsville raid." It was a Foraker convention and he was indorsed for the presidency and hailed as "the Negro's friend." Platform Decided Upon. These are excerpt from the address which was adopted in the form of resolutions and malled to Negro centres all over the country. "Our civil and political rights, contrary to the fundamental law of the nation, have been ruthlessly taken from us in the Southland. A new slavery has arisen in that section in the form of peonage, which is almost as vicious as the old slavery. The army record of our soldiers, unsullied for 100 years, and of which every Negro is proud, has been disregarded, and 167 brave black soldiers have been arbitrarily dismissed from the service without honor and without trial. Taft Praises Disfranchisement. "Secretary Taft sees a turn for the better in our Southern disfranchisement laws. In that he is not different from Vardaman and Tillman. He has justified President Roosevelt's rash outrage in discharging our soldiers without honor and without trial. President Roosevelt's act in discharging those soldiers without trial was a crucial injustice. For these reasons we cannot support Pres. Roosevelt or Secretary Taft if either one gets the nomination. "We demand that our soldiers be reinstated in the army and restored to their rank without prejudice and without loss. We want Congress to pass the Foraker Soldier BILL. We protest the seating of delegates in the National Republican Convention elected by conventions which drew the color line. "We want to smash Jim Crow cars. If we cannot smash them we will undertake to smash the party which, being in power tolerates them. "We want the Negro boss-ship which deprecates progressive movements among Negroes overturned, and we are against any administration that encourages and gives influence to sycophancy in order to crush our self-assertion. "We oppose the policy of a president dictating his successor in office, and the domination of the judicial and legislative branches of the government executive." We heartily endorse the candidacy of Senator Joseph Benson Foraker for the presidency. He is a brave, true-hearted American citizen whom the American people would do well to honor by making him their chief executive. He is the Negro's friends and he is the man best suited to conceive and execute a policy to preserve our free institutions. If Senator Foraker quits the race, which we hope will not happen, we will support any other genuine Republican who has not shown himself inimical to our rights. We are in earnest. We cannot be bulldozed. We cannot be bought off, and under God, we will be heard. Congress is asked to pass legislation forbidding Jim-Crow cars altogether for interstate passengers. A committee is voted to hold a week of anti-Taft mass meetings at Chicago preceding the convention, and to see the National Committee against seating illy-white delegates. The Southern Colored men are urged to hold private elections and send the ballots to Congress every 2 and every 4 years asking they be counted. The callers of the conference were Rev. W. H. Scott, Pres. Boston Suffrage League, Bishop A. Walters, of Afro-American Council, and W. M. Trotter, of New England Suffrage League, Rev. Scott, as originator, opened the confrence, Mr. Trotter was chairman, Bishop Walters vice, Rev. L. G. Jordan of Kentucky, Secly., W. T. Ferguson, of N. Y., ast., and Granville Martin and Gurley Brewer Sergets, at Arms. Two great public meetings were held at each of which the audience packed the church to the streets and were wildly enthusiastic. Tuesday night's meeting speakers were Ex. Cong. G. H. White, Rev. J. M. Waldron, James H. Hayes, Esq., Rev. S. L. Corrothers, Rev. Geo. W. Lee. Wednesday night, W. M. Trotter presided. Speakers, Rev. W. H. Scott, Rev. Byron Gunner, Bishop Walters, W. A. Hawkins, Esq., Capt. Walter S. Thomas, Mr. J. R. Clifford, Rev. G. R. Waller, and Pres. J. M. Waldron. (Continued on page two) Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholic, Protestant, Presbyterian, Indiebe, single Tuxer, Roman, Labore or any other language have their say, so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad is a newspaper whose platform is good enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALKS. More Suggestions as to a City Beautiful. GARDENS AND FLOWERS. Last week we had a short talk on the city beautiful and cleaning up—a sort of general city house and lot cleaning. Incidentally, in urging that we all turn in and help make Chicago the cleanest city of its size in the world, we suggested the plan of putting out small gardens in the back yards and planting flowers in the front yards. It is this idea that we want to talk about now. The average city back yard should give a garden spot at least 50 x 25 feet. This is pretty small, but for all that, under, high cultivation, it is amazing the amount of stuff that may be produced. A very small bed will produce lettuce, radishes and onions for a family of five persons; and the labor required to properly cultivate a small garden can be done at odd hours without interfering with one's regular employment. Planting a garden or flowers in the back yard is putting it to good use. It is much better than using it as a dumping place for rubbish and refuse of all kinds. If you are not inclined to plant the garden, then by all means sow grass seed and plant flowers in the sunny places in both the front and back yards. The cost is trifling, the work is light, pleasant and healthful, and the results, in beauty and comfort of surroundings, will pay big for the time and labor expended. Another suggestion, and one worth considering: Do not let your neighbor get ahead of you. Don't wait until he starts to clean up before you get busy. The chances are that if the family next door see you at work with rake and broom they will run a race with you to see whose lot is cleaned first. The point is, the man who takes a pride in keeping his premises neat and tidy inspires the same sort of feeling in his neighbors. And so personal pride of this kind grows and spreads until it becomes a community pride. The result is more, better kept homes, more attractive neighborhoods, and better health conditions wherever a spirit of pride in home surroundings is dominant. So as we said last week, let's all get busy in a rousing campaign of vigorous cleaning up. Now is the time. Clean up the back yards, tidy up the front yards, rake up the alleys, get your grass and flower seeds planted, and in another month the change will be wonderful. This is a work that should appeal to every one, young and old. Let the children help. It will do them good by developing both their bodies and their minds, besides teaching them some useful lessons along the lines of good citizenship. Then, finally, don't forget that cleaning up a community adds materially to the forst foot price of all the property in the locality." "P." THE NEW PROPAGANDA IN DE FENSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. The fight of the Health Department of the City of Chicago to stamp out tuberculosis, the dreaded disease, marks a new epoch in the medical profession, and the part that some of the Colored doctors are 'taking in it, is worthy of the highest commendation. On Sunday last, Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, the moving spirit among Colored doctors along this line, delivered at Bethesda's Standard Literary a very instructive, and we believe a very effective, address to a cultivated and appreciative audience in furtherance of the movement to stamp out tuberculosis, in which he is so heroically engaged. He gave the laity a flood of light on sanitation and the laws of health, which will enable it to see the part it must play to assist the medical fraternity in the landable efforts which it is making for the public good. Congressman William Sulzer's Eloquent Oration on Thomas Jefferson DELIVERED BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION.. OF DEMOCRATS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. AT THE ELLICOTT CLUB BUFFALO, APRIL 11TH. Saturday evening April 11th, Congressman, William Sulzer of New York City, was the guest of honor of the Association of Democrats of Western New York, who celebrated the birthday of Thomas Jefferson at the Elliott Club, Buffalo, and the popular and eloquent congressman in the most befitting manner, eulogized the great patron saint of Democracy as follows, and referred to some of the principles which the Democratic party stands for which was founded by Thomas Jefferson. "It is a great pleasure for me to be in the beautiful city of Buffalo tonight as the guest of the loyal Democrats of western New York and to have an opportunity to participate in your celebration of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of the Democratic party. An Eloquent Tribute to Jefferson. "I have been an admirer and a follower of Thomas Jefferson all my days. I have always been a student of his wise and his just and his patriotic teachings. He was an heroic figure of our dark and stormy Revolutionary days. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence, the greatest political document in all our history. He was one of the purest, one of the wisest, and one of the greatest men that ever lived. He loved liberty, believed in the people, and battled for the rights of man. He was the friend of the masses and the champion of the oppressed. He hated cant and denounced hypocrisy. He was the foe of every superstition. He believed in civil and religious liberty. He advocated freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, and the freedom of th press. He could not tolerate class or caste or special privilege. He was a myriad-minded man. He had few prejudices; no bigotry. All the prejudices he had were against the evils of his time—against the pride, the assumption, the arrogance, and the intoleration of his fellow-man. He knew the right and dared to maintain it. He searched for truth and, knowing the truth, he had the courage and manhood to promulgate it to all the world. "Jefferson did as much as any man that ever lived to achieve our independence. He was the first Secretary of State, a minister to France, Vice-President, was twice the President of the Republic he did so much to create, and he refused a third nomination for the Presidency. He founded one of the greatest institutions of learning in all the land and penned the statutes of Virginia for religious freedom. He was an erudite scholar, a deep thinker, a profound reasoner, one of the greatest political philosophers that ever lived, and during his life the guiding genius of the young Republic. He was a great statesman, enunciated great principles of Government, formulated great policies of State, added the empire of the West to the domain of the East, and established the greatest political party in all our history. His principles and his policies live, and are the true policies today of the Government. His principles are founded on truth and are eternal. So long as the Republic endures, so long as men love liberty and freedom, just so long will the memory of the sage of Monticello be loved and respected and revered by liberty-loving mankind. It is fitting and proper that all over the land, by all the people of the Republic, the anniversary of his birth should be appropriately observed and fittingly celebrated. We Should Be True To Jeffersonian Principles. "There never was a time in all our history when the teachings and the policies and the principles of Jefferson should be more adhered to by the people than at the present time. He was the people's friend and stood for the masses against the classes. We should be true now more than ever to Jeffersonian principles. He voiced the long- ings, satisfied the hopes, and realized the aspirations of the oppressed. He knew their woes, their miseries, and their wants. He enunciated their principles and lived to see them successfully triumph. Jefferson believed the people had sufficient capacity and sufficient intelligence to govern themselves. He trusted the people, and proclaimed that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that governments are instituted among men to achieve these blessings, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. The Democratic Party is the Friend of the Wage-Earner. The Democratic party is the friend of the farmer, the toiler, and the wage-earner. It has always battled for their rights, and nearly every law on the statute books in their interest was initiated by Democratic friends and placed there by Democratic votes. The Democrats in Congress are now trying to pass a law to establish a Department of Labor, with a Secretary having a seat in the Cabinet. It is drawn on simple lines. For years this legislation has been advocated by the wage-earners of the country. The bill meets with their approbation and has the approval of the best thought in our land. It has been indorsed by some of the ablest thinkers, some of the most astute political economists, and many of our leading newspapers. The time is ripe, it seems to me, for the creation of a Department of Labor with a Secretary having a seat in the Cabinet, with all the rights and powers conferred by this bill. It will bring labor and capital closer together, and they should be friends — not enemies — and walk hand in hand. This bill, if it becomes a law, will go far to prevent serious labor troubles in the future and do much to solve existing labor problems. It is a step in the right direction, and every friend of industrial peace should aid in its accomplishment. —all supported by the wage-carriers, and in the name of common sense why should we not have a department to represent industrial peace as exemplified in labor, the most important in its last analysis from a material standpoint of them all? The creation of this Department of Labor will be a long step in the right direction in the new century's march of progress for the best interest of industrial peace and harmony. Through its agency, in my judgment, mahy perplexing problems can be quickly solved in a way that will do substantial justice to all concerned. The employers of labor as well as the employees themselves, whether they belong to trades unions or not, are all so far as I have been able to ascertain, in accord with the principles of this progressive legislation and heartily approve of this bill. Political Corruption Deada Publicity "In my opinion, this session of Congress will be reentrant to its duty and false to the people of this country if it does not take action in regard to this matter before we adjourn. The passage of this publicity bill regarding contributions to national campaign committees will be a great victory for the plain people of the land and will go far to put a stop to political iniquity in Presidential campaigns. These large contributions made to the Republican national committee by the criminal trusts and the special interests, and last, but not least, the protected industries of the country, are not voluntary contributions, but are levied like taxes, and are generally made with the understanding, expressed or implied, that the contributors shall be protected against the rights of the people, shall be secure in robbing the many for the benefit of the few, and shall have meted out to them by the party in power certain special privileges which are repugnant to our free institutions and contrary to the fundamental principles of the Democratic party. "Political corruption dreads the sunlight of publicity and works in secret and in darkness. Napoleon said victory was on the side of the largest battalions and the heaviest guns. There are many thoughtful people in ```markdown ``` HON. WILLIAM SULZER. One of the most popular and influential memb York City, who recently, as the guest of the Ellie delivered his eloquent oration on "Thomas Jeffers One of the most popular and influential members of Congress of New York City, who recently, as the guest of the Ellicott Club, Buffalo, N. Y., delivered his eloquent oration on "Thomas Jefferson." this country who have been saying ever since 1896 that political victory in our Presidential contests is on the side of the campaign committee which can raise the largest boodle fund to corrupt the electorate and debauch the election. It is in accord with true Jeffersonian principles. It is the right kind of reform in the interest of the many and its accomplishment will keep the Government nearer the masses and herald the coming of the better and the bright "The safety of the people, the stability of the Republic, and the perpetuity of our free institutions depend upon the purity of the ballot box and the sanctity of the franchise. If elections can be bought, then free government is a failure. If corruption defeats the will of the people then elections are a farce and American institutions a hollow sham. Jefferson contended for free elections, by a free people, for an honest expression of the people's will by the ballot, without fear, without fraud, without corruption, and without intimidation. We must have honest elections in this country. The Democratic party must fight for this principle of Jefferson and proclaim to all: "Woe to him who tampers with the ballot box and thwarts the will of a sovereign people." Jeffersonian Democracy Favors the Election of United States Senators by the People. "The Democratic party is in favor of every reform now demanded by the intelligent electorate of the country. It is the party of Jefferson, the party of the plain people, and the party of the Constitution. It is opposed to the centralization of wealth in the hands of the few by the robbery, under color of law, of the many. It is opposed to the centralization of power by depriving the States of their reserved constitutional rights. It is the foe of every special privilege, and, as a minority party, has accomplished much in the Halls of Congress in preventing the enactment of iniquitous Republican legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many. "The Democratic party favors the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people. It favors this change in the Federal Constitution as it will every other change that will restore the Government to the control of the people. It wants the people, in fact as well as in theory, to rule this great Republic and the Government to be directly responsible to their just demands. In my opinion the people can and In my opinion the people can and ought to be trusted. If the people can not be trusted, then republican government is a failure and the free institutions of the Republic doomed. We must rely on the people, and we should legislate at all times in the interests of all the people and not for the benefit of the few. "To-day the special interests in the country seek to elect, through their influence in State legislatures, our United States Senators. Forty-six United States Senators can prevent the enactment of a good law or the repeal of a bad law. The United States Senate is the most powerful legislative body in the world and the Senators should be elected by the people of the country just the same as the Representatives in Congress are elected. The people now demand the right to elect United States Senators in Congress and they will continue to demand this right until it is granted. The demand for this reform is growing more popular every year and it is destined to come in the very near future. "The right to elect United States Senators by the people is a step in advance and in the right direction. I hope it will be speedily brought about. [Name] It is in accord with true Jeffersonian principles. It is the right kind of reform in the interest of the many and for the benefit of all the people, and its accomplishment will keep the Government nearer the masses and herald the coming of the better and the brighter day in the onward march of the Republic. "And now, my friends, let me say in conclusion that if we are true to our principles, true to our political faith, true to ourselves, true to the fundamental teachings of Thomas Jefferson, we can not fall in the future, but must win our greatest victories in the years to come. Let us, then, stand manfully together, conscious of the justice of our cause and the eternal truth of our principles, which must and will triumph in the cause of humanity. Let us fight valiantly on and on; let us agitate, and educate and organize until victory shall crown our efforts, and the government of the people shall again be ministered not in the interest of some, but for the benefit of all. (Concluded from page one) THE NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN LEAGUE. The convention elected these permanent officers: OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO-AMERICAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES. For president, Rev. Dr. J. M. Waldron, Washington, D. C.; vice-presidents, *1st, Gurley Prewer, Ind.; 2d Rev. Byron Gunner, N. Y.; 3d, Geo W. Woodson, Ia.; 4th, E. T. Morris, Mass.; *5th, W. A. Hawkins, Md.; 6th, Bishop Turner, Ga. Recording secretary, Dr. L. G. Jordan, Ky.; asst-recording secretary, William T. Ferguson, N. Y.; corresponding secretary, Wm. M. Trotter, Mass.; treasurer, Hon. Geo. H. White, Pa.; national organizer, Rev. W. H. Scott, Mass.; sergt-at-arms, Granville Martin; national committee of management; Ark., Rev. Dr. J. M. Lowe, Judge M. W. Gibbs; Dist of Columbia, Rev. Geo. W. Lee; Georgia, Prof. W. E. DuBois; Indiana, A. E. Manning; Illinois, J. Max Barber; Iowa, S. Joe Brown; Kentucky, D. J. Bonner; New York, Rev. G. F. Miller, H. D. Murray; N. J., Rev. J. E. Churchman, Solomon P. Hood; Ohio, J. M. --- Summers, Rev. E. D. Gillian; Penn. Rev. E. W Moore; Md.; Rev. G. B. Waller, Dr. Howard E. Young; R. I. Rev. S. W Smith; N. Car., Hon. N. S. Higans; Va., James H. Hayes; West Va. J. R. Clifford; Mo., Dr. W. D. Cooke; Mass., W. D. Johnson; Conn. Rev. Walter Gay, Hartford -- The Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa., April 9. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE "JIM CROW" CAR. Now comes our friend Teddy Coussel velt with a little bit of politics, pop for the Negro as it is near election, and he and Taft needs the Negro vote to carry out the program they have mapped out. The latest move to force the common carriers in the South to give the Negro a square deal and eliminate the Jim Crow in the Southland. Now we know he is not going to do this, and if he was, why did he sign the statement bill for Oklahoma, which was born more prejudice than ever existed in Mississippi? What is he going to about this new state that tells the ored American that he cannot live on the same street car with a white man or that he cannot have a seat in the theatre? Now we are all ready to follow the Grand Old Flag, because don't want to be patted on the back just before the election and then told to go to hell as soon as it is visible. It is not the object of this show to try and take anything away from the Republican party that it has ever come for the Negro, but we do intend to point out their short comings when it comes to their ingratitude for all that the Negro has done for the Republican party. You can have and will get their votes, Teddy, but come clean and get them like a man. Some of us have not forgot the Brownsville affair, and we won't at the polls next November—The Searchlight, Seattle, Wash. FORAKER SEEKS PARTY SPLIT. Believes Treatment of Blacks May Cause Split. He Jolts the Lily Whites. Negro's Attack on Republicans Read in the House. Washington, D. C., April 11—Senator Foraker of Ohio, addressing the conference of the African Methodist church here to-day, predicted the organization of new political parties unless the Negro receives better treatment. Bishop Gaines introduced the Ohio senator as "the friend and defender of our people." After brief reference to the work of the A. M. E. church in uplifting and improving the black race in the last forty years, Mr. Foraker entered into the question of politics. He said the Negroes had everything guaranteed to them except "some political rights." He declared that he thought more of human rights than of trusts and corporations. "I do not care to criticise my party," said the senator, "but I do condemn those who misrepresent it. The question that was raised in that Virginia convention will be carried for settlement to the next convention at Chi cago. "We will find out there whether the party of Lincoln, of Grant, and of McKinley is a lily white party. If it is, I assure you that there will soon be new parties in the field which will stand for the rights of humanity." The Negro question also came up in the house of representatives today when Representative Rainey of Illinois read a letter written to him by Walter S. Thomas, chairman of the Ohio African-American league. Thomas declared that the Negroes of Ohio "refuse to be led like drub driven cattle to the voting booths and there cast their ballots for President Roosevelt, his secretary of war, or any man he may see fit to support for president of the United States at Chicago." He predicts that 95 per cent of Ohio Negroes will vote the democratic ticket or stay away from the polls. THE LELAND GIANTS OPEN THE BASE BALL SEASON SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH. .. Sunday afternoon, April 19th, the famous Leland Giants will open the Base Ball season at Auburn Park 79th street and Wentworth avenue, and their first contest will be with the Spauldings, a cracked local white team. The lineup of the Leland Giants for the coming season is as follows: Pitchers, Andrew Foster (the Rube), Dago Davis and William Norman, catchers; Booker, Petway and Rose, first base; Harry Moore, second base; Nathan Harris, short stop; Geo. Wright, third base; Danger Tolbert, out field; Bob Winston, left; Andrew Payne, center; J. Hill, right. The news of the sudden death of Samuel W. Starks came as a distinct shock to the entire community. Mr. Starks was not only one of the best known and highly respected Colored citizens of Charleston, where he had spent practically all of the forty years of his life, but his position, which he had held for the past ten years, as Supreme Chancellor of the Colored Knights of Pythias of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, had made his name a household word in every quarter of the globe. Mr. Starks had been complaining for some days, but his illness was not thought to be serious. He went home yesterday morning complaining of a slight pain in his intestines, which his physicians later diagnosed as perlontitis, and he was taken to the general hospital about midnight, where he was at once placed under the influence of anaesthetics, dying on the operating table, the operation revealing the fact that death was inevitable in any event, the disease from which he was suffering having perforated his intestines at several points. Mr. Starks was twice married, and is survived by his wife, mother and one sister, having no children by either marriage. He was born in Charleston forty years ago, and commenced life as an employee of one of the cooper shops which operated on the banks of the Elk river at that time. After completing his apprenticeship in the cooper's shop he became a telegraph operator, and was the first man to hold that position on the K. & M. railroad when it entered Charleston, being transferred later to Corning, where he remained for some time, returning to Charleston, where he opened a grocery store in the room now occupied by the Gebhart Plumbing Company, on Capitol street. On March 4, 1901, he was appointed state librarian by Governor A. B. White, and reappointed to the same position four years later by Governor Dawson. At the time of his death he was serving his sixteenth term as Grand Chancellor of the Colored Knights of Pythias of this state, being the only man who has held that office since the organization of the body. He was the president of the Pythian Mutual Investment Association, which owns the building on Washington street and the building in Huntington occupied by the Herald. He was also president of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission, which owns property valued at $150,000 on State street, Chicago. In politics, Mr. Starks was an ardent republican, and he never lost an opportunity to impress upon the members of his race that they could obtain more recognition in political and business circles by deserving it than by demanding it as a right, and his own life was a corroboration of his contentions. Starting as a poor boy, he worked himself up in half the allotted span of life to a position which made him not merely a man of local prominence, but one whose reputation was world wide, and whose example will be a guide to generations of his race unborn. The funeral will take place from the first Baptist church at two o'clock Monday afternoon, and will be under the auspices of the Colored Knights of Pythias and Masons, in both of which organizations he held high rank. The interment will be in Spring Hill cemetery.—The Mall, Charles'on, W. Va., April 3. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME ASSO- Tuesday afternoon, April 21st, at 2 p.m. at the Pekin Theater, 27th and State street, a farewell performance will be given by the Phyllis Wheatly Home Association, at which time the base ball champions and a mammoth amateur minstrel show, under the management of J. Fenton Johnson and Herbert H. Byron, will be presented. The following ladies have consented to act as patronesses of the affair: Miss Virgie Lively, Mrs. A. Polhard, Miss Blanch Earley, Mrs. Julus P. Taylor, Miss Lucille J. Pickens, Miss Ethel Murphy, Mrs. Geo, C. Hall, Mrs. Mayme Meredith Smith, Mrs. L. W. Cummings, Mrs. Chas. E. McGooden, Mrs. Franklin A. Denison, Mrs. Lutie B. Jackson, Miss Estia Clark, Miss Grayce A. Clark, Miss Helen Jackson, Miss Allie Wattett, Miss Essie Arnold, Miss Ethel Wiley, Miss Deborah White, Miss Grace C. Thompson, Miss Mirty Collins, Miss Garmetta Tibbe, Miss Maude J. Roberts, Miss Leone Daughtry, Miss Minnie Vason, Miss Lula Bell, Miss Golden Cross, Miss Josie Brown, Miss Ethel Thomas, Mrs. Wm. Enanuel, and Mrs. Eudore Fisher Lockett. ATTACKS PRESIDENT AND TAFT. Negro Bishop of New York Denounces Action at Brownsville. New York, April 12.—In a mass meeting of Negroes in Bishop's Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church. One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and Lenox avenue, this afternoon, a letter from Bishop Alexander Walters of the African church, diocese of New York, denouncing President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft was read. "I believe that the hasty dismissal of the Colored soldiers at Brownsville without trial," the letter stated, "was a part of a well-laid plan to discredit the race for the purpose of breaking up the Solid South. My reason for this belief is that a few years ago, long before the dismissal of the soldiers, during a visit to the White House, I discovered that the policy of the President as regards the Colored people had changed. "I got the impression that the President was awaiting the opportunity to strike the black man a blow. When the shooting affray at Brownsville occurred this opportunity presented itself and the Colored soldiers were hastily dismissed. I believe we should resent it to the extent of doing everything in our power to defeat the perpetrators of the outrage." NOT WANTED HERÈ. National Negro Business Men Turned Down. Norfork, Va.—The city council has served notice on the officers of the National Negro Business Men's League to the effect that their annual meeting which was scheduled to be held here, is not wanted under any consideration. The decision of the council was a surprise to the members of the League. New Orleans will probably be the city chosen, as Norfork is unavailable. Booker Washington is the President of the League, which meets annually in various parts of the country.—Ex. The action of the members of the city council of Norfork, Va., in turning down Booker Taft Washington, shows that he still does not stand very high with his "best white friends in the South." INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH NOTES. The Easter services will begin at 6 o'clock a. m., at which time the meeting will be under the auspices of the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society; a prayer and praise service. 10:45 a. m.—Baptising. Sermon at the close of this service. Subject: "The Death and Resurrection of Jesus." 3 p. m.—Anniversary service of the Commandery. 7:45 p. m.—Grand Easter musicale, songs, anthems, etc., by the choir. Coming Events—20:h, 21st and 22nd indoor picnic by the stewardess. Special attractions every night. April 26—Quarterly meeting services. A COUNTRY WEDDING AT QUINN CHAPEL A Country Wedding will be given at Quinn Chapel Monday evening April 20th. Come and see the bride. Admission 10 cents. Rev. D. P. Roberts, pastor. CHIPS Mr. Joe Gans, of Baltimore, spent a few hours in the city Thursday enroute to Frisco. Miss Minnie Rose, of Selma, Ala., is the guest of Miss Irene Wilson, 2832 Armour avenue. Mr. Walter Quinn, Jr., of New Jersey, spent a few days in the city last week enroute west. Mr. Harrison Stewart, of the Pekin Stock Co., will go on the vaudeville stage in the near future. Mr. Jackson, of Cincinnati, recently bought a handsome flat building at 3049 Wabash avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Lause B. White, 74 Leavitt street, returned from their southern bdial trip Tuesday. Mr. Edwards bought a pretty residence last week at 3302 Rhodes avenue, and his white neighbor has built a spite fence. Mr. Joe Seizer, of Beloit, Wis., spent a few days in the city last week on business. He stopped at the Keystone Hotel. fine perfumes, and other toilet articles that can be found in any drug store in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Jameson, 220 E. 32nd street, entertained Miss Sara Roman, of Monroe, Wis., with lunchcon Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Fannie Mason has removed from 131 W. 51st street to 5004 State street, where she has beautiful and commodious quarters, and where she will be pleased to see her friends. Miss Aneta La Perre, of New Orleans, La., died Tuesday at her home. While visiting this city last summer she was the charming guest of Mr. La Brue, 3547 Calumet avenue S. A. T. Watkins, supreme attorney for the K. P.'s throughout the world, returned home Saturday morning from Charleston, W. Va., where he attended the funeral of Grand Chancellor S. W. Starks. FACTS IN FEW LINES New South Wales has no work houses. The use of tanbark has fallen off 15 per cent since 1800, 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 Manzantillo 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 dooryard 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 93 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 1,005 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. I will Freeze to Please SALAM CAFE Ice Cream, Sherbet or Frappes, $1.00 per gallon and up. Special prices to churches. SODA FOUNTAIN PUT IN FREE OF CHARGE. The only Ice Cream Factory owned and operated by Colored People in Chicago E. P. MARSHALL 2022 STATE STREET Phone Douglas 2198 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. Names of Commissioners: J. L. PARKS, FRANK W. KING, MATTHEW M. HULETT, A. N. SIMPSON, ENOCH COOPER, E. S. MILLER. R. M. LEACH. SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING The Broad Ax can be bought through the STANDARD NEWS COMPANY, retail and wholesale agents. 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Standard News Company, 49 W. 188th street, New York City, N. Y. --- WASHINGTON LETTER WOMAN AND FASHION [Special Correspondence.] In the death of Senator William James Bryan of Florida the senate has suffered its eightth 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 Redford Proctor of Vermont passed away, to be soon followed by Senator William Pinkner 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 vertifies 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. Lasslo, 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. Lasslo's commission to paint the president was undertaken at the request of Captain Arthur Lee of England, who was formerly secretary of the British embassy in Washington. Captain Lee served with President Roosevelt in Cuba, and the portrait which Mr. Lasslo is engaged on will depict Colenel Roosevelt in rough rider uniform, with whip and gloves in hand. Invited to Fireman's Convention 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. 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. 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 Cortelyan served under two presidents, but he did not become secretary to Mr. McKinley until 1900, and he resigned the office in 1902 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 A A DAINTY BATISTE ROBE at the waist into a buckle. The underwaist and sleeves are of tucked net. Black velvet ribbon outlines the embroidered edge, in turn finished with thy 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 gulpe 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 Telephone DOUOLAR ... 1845 REAL ESTATE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE LOANS 3637 STATE STREET CHICAGO. ForSale $4,500—S. W. cor. 57th and L. modern, hardwood th. $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 fl. heat, hardwood thorn. $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2 sell separate. Make $2,000—3718 LaSalle St., 6 roo. $2,000—3720 LaSalle St., 2 flat, $2,000—3722 LaSalle St., frame provements. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 fl. JESSE BINGA, 3637 S Leland Giants Base-Ball Now Organizing $100 The Stock-Holders of the Leland included to dissolve that Association in or increase; Capital for the purpose of buying Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, M Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Riding, and all the latest fun making together with a First Class Summer H guests, at it’s present location, 79th a ride on the Electric Gars to the Loop D. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and value in a single season. Millions can This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Renaissance And Well Paying Plant, We Be Employed, between May and October out fear and Enjoy The Life and Free The Answer can only be effectively given. it has been made purposefully low so have a Share and Interest in this Tweet Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each Any Holiday around Amusement Park wanted and never welcome. Come! but the attached Coupon and mail with Ten and Amusement Association. Do it to-d Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement 157th and La Fayette Ave., hardwood throughout. Hiley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone hardwood throughout. Jabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front garage. Make terms. Mille St., 6 rooms, frame, brick, Mille St., 2 flat, brick and frame, Mille St., frame building, 6 rooms. Roorn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms. 3637 State St. Ph. Lets Base-Bail and Amuse Organizing—Capital $100,000 Owners of the Leland Giants Base-Bail Association in order to give room for the purpose of establishing For All The Pet Amusement Park. With It's The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electing, Hurley Burley, Double Swim fun making devices and laugh pro glocation, 79th and Wentworth Ave., to the Loop District in Chicago. -Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Millions can be made by those. Flavor Of The Race Owning And Buying Plant, Where More Than I May and October of each year, when the Life and Freedom of a Citizen use effectively given by subscribing for a purposely low so that all Loyal Members in this Twentieth Century Enter (100) Dollars Each You Squander Amusement Parks and Public Place Home. Come! buy and build one of you and mail with Ten Dollars to the Lelaion. Do it to-day so that we may c $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. $2,000—3718 LaSalle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick foundation. $2,000—3720 LaSalle St., 2 flat, brick and frame, 5-5 rooms. $2,000—3722 LaSalle St., frame building, 6 rooms, modern improvements. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. JESSE BINGA, 3637 State St. Phone, Douglas 1565 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 roorr 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 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 (1000) 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 infall) a shares of the Capital Stock of the Lea Association. I agree to pay $_____ has been paid certificate. N. B. All payments on Stock Accounts must be made to the order of Beauregard F. Moseley, Treasurer, 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. In Stock Holders are entitled to pre- ference as employees and should inform the Treasurer with their final warranties their inten- tions to apply for employment. For further information address Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. 6258 Halsted St. Chicago, Ill. Name _____ Address _____ City _____ State _____ Enclosed pla Part (or infull) as subscription fee for Stock of the Leland Giants Base $_____per month _____has been paid, at which time I am Name _____ Address _____ City _____ State _____ HUMOR OF THE HOUR Ever Met Him? "Fine day," observed the sallow passenger with the eyeglasses. "Huh?" "I say it's a fine Cay." "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?" --- Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 rooms, throughout. brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, steam room stone front residences; will terms. frame, frame, brick foundation. brick and frame, 5-5 rooms. building, 6 rooms, modern inn. 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 roorr for the former, with it's a Permanent Home For The Leland Bail For All The People, The Only First Bail, With It's Theater (Light Opera), Signature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Darley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto services and laugh producing concessions. to hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes strict in Chicago. Amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in be made by those Who Take Stock In Force Owning And Operating This Imere More Than 1,000 Persons Will star of each year, where you can come withdom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? by subscribing for Stock in this Corporat that all Loyal Members of the Race can tenth Century Enterprise. Think of it, You Squander More than this amount acts and Public Places, where you are not and build one of your own by filling out Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball so that we may commence to build. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Enclosed please find $...... a 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. Purbush 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 Acosta, 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, Mrs 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. Miss Lister-Kaye is a piece of the dowager Duchas of Manchester. HILLMAN'S STATE & WASHINGTON STS. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM LEWIS THE FRONTANAC CLUB President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SHELHAMER. Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF J. J. Bradley BRAD REAL AL 8. Halsted Street Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Imported Li N. E. Corner F POOL AND BILLIARDS THE Phone Calcnet 2940 Telephone Yards 6937 LEY & H ESTATE, L D INSURA Phone Oakland 1787. J. M. Fields HELDS DANS CE CHICAGO Lou Seldon, Mgr. INN PUBLIC WINES MILLS e, Chicago, Ill. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS VIS INAC