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Weekly Observations On The Political Situation Throughout the Country. SHORT REVIEW OF BASEBALL NEWS WHICH IS PLEASING TO THE FANS. THE GENERAL A. M. E. CONFERENCE AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI PASSED BEFORE OUR VIEW. AN INTERESTING COMMUNICATION BY ATTORNEY BEAUREGARD F. MOSELEY. Vol. XVII Weekly Observe Political Situation the Co SHORT REVIEW OF BASEBALL TO THE FANS. THE GENERAL A. M. E. CONFE SOURI PASSED BEFORE O AN INTERESTING COMMUNICA GARD F. MOSELEY. The last week in political circles has been a rather busy one. California, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Kansas have elected delegates to the National Convention, which convenes in this city one month from today, with the result that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has been returned victor in each of these States. It is noteworthy that in every state having a direct preferential primary, the Colonel has been returned a winner as against President Taft, who has been about able to make a showing only in those states controlled by party Bosses and Post Masters. Such states as Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois and California are more important than all of the southern states combined; for to lose one of them means the defeat of the Republican nominee in November and the chances for carrying a southern state other than Maryland or Missouri by the Republicans is as remote as the millennium. SOUTHERN LEADERS Charge Booker Washington With Seeking to Switch Delegates To T. R. Montgomery, Ala., May 12.—Booker T. Washington head of Tuskegee Institute, is at war among the Negro delegates to the Republican National Convention to switch them from Taft to Roosevelt, according to statements made by Republican leaders. Washington is influential among the Negroes of the South, and some of the administration leaders are beginning to feel that they made a serious mistake in giving the Negroes equal representation. It is understood that Washington is working on the Negro delegates in all of the Southern states and in Mississippi. It is certain that two of the delegates, P. W. Howard, of Jackson, and Charles Banks, of Mound Bayou, will not vote for Taft despite the instruction of the state convention. Banks is Booker Washington's closest friend and ally in Mississippi and is quietly at work lining up the Negro delegates for Roosevelt. It is said Washington has agents at work on Negro delegates in Georgia, Florida, and other states, and that as a result of his work the Taft leaders will not be able to hold the Negro delegates in line. DECLINE IN TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE SAVES 27,000 LIVES A YEAR. Consumptive Rate Falls Twice as Fast As General Death Rate. In the decade from 1901 to 1910, the death rate from tuberculosis in the United States declined from 196.9 for each 100,000 persons living to 160.3, a decrease of 18.7 per cent, while the general death rate, including all causes of death, declined only one-half as fast, or at the rate of 8.7 per cent, from 1655.0 to 1495.8. These figures were given out in a statement issued today by The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. They are based on data abstracted from the reports of the United States Bureau of the Census, and cover the registration area in this country. According to the statement, the tuberculosis death rate has declined steadily since HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY It is believed by the wist ones that with the close of the Polls in Ohio next Tuesday the nomination at Chicago on the first ballot and the election in November of Theo. Roosevelt for President of these United States, will be assured. To nominate any other person would be to invite defeat, as Col. Roosevelt has a grip upon the American people, possessed by no other man living and exerts influence with the ordinary common people, unrestricted by Party lines, that will give him the most phenomenal vote ever accorded or given to a Presidential nominee in the history of the country. The Colored men of influence and standing in Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Maryland and Illinois are all with Col. Roosevelt and the reason was evidenced in our issue of last week by the Article from Colonel Beauregard F. Moseley, one of the leading Roosevelt advocates of the State. 1904, when it was 201.6. On the other hand, the general death rate shows a fluctuation downward in general trend, but not as steady as the tuberculosis rate. The decline in the tuberculosis death rate in the last ten years means a saving of 27,000 lives at the present time. In certain cities, such as New York, Boston, Cleveland and Chicago, and in States like Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, the decline in the tuberculosis death rate is much more marked than in the country at large. The National Association says that there are many factors working together to cause the decline in the tuberculosis death rate, such factors as the change in the character of our urban population, increased sanitation, and better housing, but probably as potent a factor as any has been the nation wide anti-tuberculosis campaign. "It may be foretold with considerable certainty," the statement concludes, "that when the effects of the present rapidly increasing provision for the care of tuberculosis patients shall have become evident, the decline in the death rate from consumption in the coming decade will be even more marked than that in the last one." FORMER JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER ABLY ARGUED THE CASE OF THE COLORED KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF GEORGIA. The first part of this month, former judge Alton B. Parker, of New York City, and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1904, ably argued the case of the Colored Knights of Pythias of Georgia, before the United States Supreme Court of Washington, D. C. He was ably assisted by S. A. T. Wetkins, assistant corporation counsel of Chicago. Judge Parker, who has always been friendly disposed, to the Colored race; contended in his argument, that white and Negro lodges of Knights of Pythias, had existed for years without conflict, each being restricted in membership to white and Negro men. In presenting his side of the case, Judge Parker made a profound impression upon the members of the supreme court, and it is the impression, that that court will finally render its opinion in favor of the Colored Knights of Pythias of Georgia. A. DR. DANIEL H. WILLIAMS Eminent physician and advanced surgeon—one of Providen Hospital, who resigned last week as a me Trustees. Eminent physician and advanced surgeon-one of the main founders of Providen Hospital, who resigned last week as a member of its Board of Trustees. SAYS SHEOL IS FIRELESS. Dr. Ritchie, Bible Lecturer, Says "Everybody Goes to Hell." Pottsville, Pa., May 14.—Dr. Alfred I. Ritchie, a Bible lecturer widely known throughout this country and Canada, stirred a large audience in the "Men and Religion" movement by declaring that "everybody would go to hell," and further declared that there was no fire in hell. "Everybody goes to hell," he said, "because hell is the grave, or death condition, to which good and bad alike go, to remain until the blessed time of resurrection, judgment and restoration to perfection of all the obedient. "The Hebrew word 'sheol' is positively the only hell word in the Old Testament. Its Hebrew definition is 'The unseen state for the place of the dead.' It occurs sixty-five times, and nowhere is the word 'fire' associated with it." HISTORIC DAYS IN MAY. 1. Order given to create the Corps d'Armee of Colored troops, 1863. 5. Congress declared slave trade piracy, 1820. 6. South Carolina put duty on the importation of slaves, 1703. 7. Toussaint L'Ouverture surrendered to the French, 1802. 8. Thaddeus Stevens began debate in Congress on the Fourteenth Amendment, 1866. 9. General David Hunter issued emancipation proclamation, 1862. John Brown born, 1800. 10. Resolution proposing Fourteenth Amendment passed the House of Representatives, 1866. 11. Slaveholders' convention at Vicksburg, Miss., favored the reopening of slave trade, 1859. 12. Louisiana adopted a revised constitution, 1898. 13. Robert Smalls took the Confederate steamer "Planter" to the Union fleet, 1862. 14. Total abolition of slavery in Brazil, 1888. 15. National Convention of France gave civil rights to mulattoes in Haiti, 1791. 18. Abraham Lincoln nominated for President, 1860. 19. Charles Sumner delivered in the Senate the speech entitled "The Crime Against Kansas," 1856. 20. Toussaint L'Ouverture born, 1743. 21. General Ulysses S. Grant nominated for President, 1868. 22. Bureau to supervise organiza- geon—one of the main founders of bek as a member of its Board of 23. Assault made on Port Hudson, 1863. 24. William Lloyd Garrison died, 1879. 25. William C. Nell, Negro autislavery worker and author, ued, 1874. 26. Boston town meeting favored abolition of slavery, 1701. 27. Toussaint L'Ouverture won his first battle, 1795. 28. Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Colored Regiment embarked for the South, 1863. 29. President Johnson announced his plan of reconstruction, 1865. 30. Employment of slaves as laborers in the Union lines authorized, 1861. 31. John A. Andrews, war governor of Massachusetts, born, 1818. L. M. Hershaw.—In The Crisis for May, 1912. DR. A. J. CAREY MAKES FLY-ING VISIT. Bishop Derrick To Speak. Rev. A. J. Carey will arrive in the city Saturday evening direct from Kansas City, and occupy his pulpit Sunday at the Institutional Church. He will conduct the regular morning service at eleven o'clock, and will give a general resume of the proceedings of the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church. At 2:45 P. M., he will preach the Annual Sermon of the Great Lakes Lodge, Order of Elks, thus fulfilling an appointment made months in advance of the General Conference. It is expected that Bishop W. B. Derrick will accompany Pastor Carey on this flying trip, and that this silver-tongue orator will take part in the order of service. Immediately after the services have ended, the distinguished party will return to their duties at the Conference. The baseball situation of the past week has not been very flattering. Compared with the interest displayed at this time a year ago and now, the situation is quite forlorn and hopeless. This has been brought about by a lack of the Negroes themselves to organize. In an able article to the Press of two years ago, Andrew Rube Foster, one of the leading Negro baseball players of the World gave a number of good reasons why the Negro would not succeed in baseball without organization. Upon the strength of these suggestions, from Mr. Foster, an attempt was made to organize the Afro-American Baseball League of America with New Or- BASEBALL Julius F. Taylor Succesfully FreedH himself From the Deathlike Grip of the Head Angel of Death. KIND ACTS ON THE PART OF SOME OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS DURING OUR SEVERE SPELL OF SICKNESS. On Tuesday evening, April 30th, after doing considerable writing and other work, after dinner, and shortly after retiring for the night, along about 12 o'clock, it seems that the head angel of death or some other unseen power stealthily entered our room, and dealt, us a most deadly blow and we became deathly sick all at once. Notwithstanding this fact, on awakening at the usual time on Wednesday morning, May 1, we managed to arise from our bed after the greatest effort on our part, and after arranging our toilet, eating a little breakfast, we partly walked and partly staggered to a State street car, for the purpose of keeping a business engagement downtown at 12 o'clock. Shortly after that hour, Attorney Walter M. Farmer accompanied us to lunch, and in attempting to eat a little something we became sick unto death Then after being assisted to the street car by Mr. Farmer, we arrived home safely, then Mrs. Taylor phoned for the doctor, and when he arrived he declared that we had a fever, which had ran up to 104, and that it was the greatest wonder in the world that we did not fall dead right in the streets while attempting to transact business in our serious condition; that the severe cold which we had contracted while on a business trip to Springfield, Ill, the latter part of March, had developed into a very dangerous case of pneumonia of the left lung; that of all the diseases, pneumonia on the lungs, is the worst of them all; that only about one person in ten ever survive its terrible and unrelenting attacks; that with our strong constitution and sober habits and with the very best of medical attention the chances were in our favor of pulling through. leans, Memphis, Louisville, St. Louis, Mobile, Birmingham, Kansas City and Chicago. Officers were selected and a meeting called to organize at New Orleans on the 27th of February, 1911, but when it came to putting up the bonuses there were none found ready and as a result the effort to organize died a bonning. Locally there sprang up three Clubs, with the Union Giants making four gaining Chicago as their home. At that time there had been one successful Negro Club, the Leland Giants. It had became famous and was noted the world over as the leading Negro baseball Club of the world. Its success, no doubt, was the cause of its downfall and present inactivity. Rivalry and a desire to control brought about the formation of other Clubs to compete for the patronage and prowess of the Leland Giants. They all had a precarious existence for 2 years, and then quietly, as Cleveland would put it, if alive, went into innocuous desuetude and now there remains just one Club in Chicago, the American Giants, playing at 39th street in John M. Schorling's Park and paying the money to John M. Schorling that should be received by the Race to which the patrons of the game belong. Be this as it may. The chances are that with Cuban Stars, Royal Giants, West Baden Sprudels and other leading clubs coming in here, the game will not be disinteresting, as present appearance would indicate, for Rube Foster, with his present line-up has almost as good a Club as he had when Manager of the Leland Giants and if Tony and Monroe keep their present gait it will be hard for anyone to take the measure of the American Giants. for Succesfully from the Death- of the Head at Death. HOME OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS BELL OF SICKNESS. Then for the next five days and nights from that time we lingered between life and death, finally we mustered all the strength that we could command, and engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with the head angel of death, and at last we succeeded in freeing ourself from its deadly and vice-like grip. Right at this point, we must pause for a few moments, to express our gratefulness to some of our many friends for the kind acts which some of them displayed towards us during our sickness. Mr. Cary B. Lewis was among the first of our friends to call and express his regret at our illness, and wished us a most speedy recovery. The next was our highly esteemed friend, Attorney B. F. Moseley, and he brought us a fine bottle of port wine, just what the doctor had recommended for us. On Sunday, May 5th, Mrs. B. F. Moseley, attired in pure white, called, and she looked unto us like an angel of mercy and good cheer. Mrs. Lottie Carter, and her friend, Mrs. Johnson, Attorney Walter M. Farmer, W. A. Loaffler, H. C. Bomar, Prof. William Emanuel and W. H. Smith were among the other friends who called to cheer us on the road to recovery. Last Sunday morning our good friend and brother, R. S. Abbott, braved the raging storm and missed church services, in order to come and cheer us. He also brought us a fine bottle of port wine, which was highly appreciated. Each day many of our friends called upon the phone, to ascertain the condition of our health, and to each and every one of them we feel very grateful for the interest which they manifested in our welfare. Prof. Chas. Elgar's Mammoth Student Orchestra, greatest organization of youthful Musicians, 25 people in the entertainment Novelty "Muso-Dance," for the benefit of Phyllis Wheatley Home, Masonic Hall, 3996 State Street, Tuesday evening, May 21, 1912. Program, 8:30 to 10. March—King of Clubs, Wm. Brede. Orchestra, Selection—Faust, Gounod. Orchestra, Selection—London Gav., Fred Day. Orchestra. Violin Solo—Lucia di Lammermoor, Donnizetti. Darnell Howard, Selection—Tanhuser, Wagner. Orchestra, Quartet—Ase's Death. Two violins, cello and piano, Grieg. Misses Ballenger, Dobbins, Lee and Mr. I. Stewart, Selection—Il Trovatore, Verdi, Orchestra, Trio—Les Rameaux (Palms). Violin, cornet, piano, Faure. Misses Ballenger and Lee, Mr. Elgar. William Tell, Wagner. Orchestra, Finale—Senora Waltz, Orchestra. Garfield Wilson's Famous Orchestra will furnish music for the Dance. Dance at 10:30. Admission 25 cents. Phyllis Wheatley Club, 3530 Forest avenue, Wednesday, May 15. These lectures in Infant Welfare are arranged for the Clubs throughout the City and State by Mrs. Mary F. Waring, Chairman of the Educational Dept. of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. Delicious refreshments were served by Mesdames Green and Howier. Everybody is working hard to make the entertainment at Masonic Temple Tuesday evening, May 21. The public is earnestly requested to help. THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX Will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Caffeine, Protestants, Priests, Infidels, Single Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad 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. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX, 8627 ARMOUR AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL PHONE DREXEL 4590. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter Aug. 19. 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 2, 1879. THE A. M. E. CONFERENCE, AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. The general Conference now in session ta Kansas City, Mo., of the African Methodist Episcopal Church will do several things of importance and will pass laws, affecting the Church throughout the world, but the most important of all the things it will be called upon to do, will be the election of several Bishops. Among the candidates for these high religious honors appear the Rev. D. P. Roberts of Bethel, and Rev. Cook, Pastor of Quinn Chapel, this city, Dr. Cook has not been among us very long but what we have seen of him, we feel that the Ministry would, in no wise be injured by his promotion to the Bishopric. As to Dr. D. P. Roberts of Bethel Church, it would be quite difficult to find a man more capable, efficient and desirable man for the honors. Dr. Roberts has been pastoring churches in this city for several years. His stay at Quinn and at Bethel was fraught with every problem, likely to occur in church, life and discipline and yet Dr. Roberts has lived, acted and preached above question or suspicion. His name has been and is a symbol of all that is honorable, upright and Godly. No one act of the Conference 10or good can possibly excel the one to make Dr. D. P. Roberts, Bishop. DEATH OF REV. T. A. CLARK. Rev. Thomas A. Clark departed this life, after a lingering illness of three months recently, at his late residence, 6552 Champlain avenue, aged 66 years, 10 months and 2 days. The deceased was one of the oldest members of the Iowa Annual Conference and had been a resident of Chicago for eleven years. Funeral services were conducted from the residence by Rev. Timothy Reeves, assisted by Rev. W. D. Cook, Rev. R. E. Wilson, Rev. Horace Graves, Rev. James Higgins, Rev. Jesse Woods, Rev. S. L. Birt, Rev. Cato and Rev. N. Webb. The sermon by Rev. Reeves was very beautiful and impressive. The deceased leaves a wife, three sons, two daughters, a grandson, four sisters and a host of relatives and friends. OXFORD RHODES SCHOLAR. SHIP EXAMINATION. President James of the University of Illinois, Chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Commission of Illinois, announces that the next Qualifying Examination for candidates for the Oxford Rhodes Scholarships will be held Tuesday, October 15th, and Wednesday. October 16th, 1912, in the Northwestern University Building, Lake Street, Chicago. A Scholar will be selected for Illinois from candidates who pass this Qualifying Examination. Papers will be set in this Examination in Latin, Greek and Mathematics; and only those candidates who may have passed in at least Latin and Mathematics will be eligible for a Scholarship. Subject to this condition, a candidate to be eligible must:— 1. Be a citizen of the United States with at least five years domicile, and be unmarried. 2. By the 1st of October, 1913, have passed his 19th and not have passed his 25th birthday. 3. By the 1st of October, 1913, completed at least his Sophomore year at some recognized Degree-granting University or College of the United States of America. In accordance with the wish of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the Committee of Selection in selecting a Student to a Scholarship has regard to (1) his literary and scholastic attainments, (2) his fondness for and success in manly out-door sports, such as cricket, football and the like, (3) his qualities of manhood, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship, and (4) his exhibition during school-days of moral force of character, and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates. Mr. Rhodes suggests that (2) and (3) should be decided in any School or College by the votes of fellow-students, and (4) by the Head of the School or College. The Scholarships are of the value of $1500 a year; and are tenable for three years. May 13, 1912. THE CHORAL STUDY CLUB. The Choral Study Club in their May Festival performance at Quinn Chapel Church, Monday night, May 27th, will present Coleridge Taylors "Blind Girl of Castle Cuille, which is one of the most important choral compositions of the present time and received its only two renditions in America by the Choral Study Club. The second work to be performed is Cowan's "St. John's Eve," rendered with much success by the club in 1909. Soloists: Mrs. Martha Brandus Anderson, Mrs. Virginia Greene, Greprone; Mrs. Clara K. Williams, Contralto; Mr. George L. Johnson, Tenor; Mr. T. Theodore Taylor, Baritone; Mrs. Pelagie Blair, Miss Gertrude Jackson, accompanies; and the Choral Study Club Orchestra. Admission 50 cents. No reserved seats. The White Rose Club. The members of the White Rose Club will be entertained Saturday afternoon by Miss Irene McCoy, at her residence, 6328 Vincennes avenue. All members are invited. Midlothian Club The club was entertained Thursday evening, May 9, by Miss Mamie C. Lewis in her new home at 3728 Rhodes avenue. The next regular meeting of the club will be held Thursday, May 23, at the residence of Miss Beatrice Lee. 5259 Dearborn street. Criterion Club. The Criterion Club held an interesting meeting in its club room, 3708 Wabash avenue, Friday evening, May 17. All members were present. Great preparations are being made by the Criterion Club for the Recital to be given jointly by — Constiantia Brown and Mr. Hackney, at Bethel Church, May 24th. CHIPS Miss Ward has been ill for a number of days but is better now. Mr. Walter Jordan has returned from the hospital, and is improving rapidly. Mrs. S. E. Briscoe was indisposed for a few days this week on account of a severe cold. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Denison have moved to their summer home up Lake Michigan. Miss Maud Hurley, 3528 Wabash avenue, has been indisposed for several days this week. Miss Aurelia Ward, a popular and well-known girl, formerly of this city, is expected to return to Chicago soon. Invitations are out announcing the formal dance of the Navarre Club Monday night at Oakland Music Hall. Mrs. Joseph Moore, of 3433 Armour avenue, is confined to her home on account of illness. Lee Tobin, one of our society young men, returned to the city after an absence of several weeks. James Newsome, who was confined to Provident Hospital for two weeks, is at home doing nicely. The people of Lake Forest Baptist Church will begin their rehearsal for the B. Y. P. U. Congress in June. Messrs, De Priest and Ferribee have moved their offices from 3403 State street to 3439 State street. Mrs. Rosa Williams, wife of Dr. John Williams, is much improved and is home from the hospital. Mrs. Eli Hart is suffering very much with her hand. She had a fall not very long ago. Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan have returned to Lake Forest to live, and they are living on Telegraph Road. The Rogers children are almost over with their measles. They will be welcomed to Sunday school again. Attorney William G. Anderson, has removed his law office, from 35 N. Clark street, to 77 West Washington street. Dr. W. H. Davis, 3226 Prairie avenue, left last Saturday, for Frederick Md., and other eastern points on business. Mr. Julius F. Taylor has almost entirely recovered from his recent spell of sickness, and this coming week he will be ready for business. Mr. Julius N. Avendorph was the happy recipient of a season's pass for the American League Base Ball Park for 1912. The Assembly held its final dancing party of the season at Wood's Academy Hall, 3800 Vineennes avenue, Friday evening, May 17th. Mrs. James Parker, of 6618 Vernon avenue, presented her husband with a fine son last week. Mother and son doing nicely. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Johnson, of 6012 Ada street, died Sunday afternoon and was buried Monday. Mr. Noah D. Thompson has gone into the bakery business in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Thompson has the best wishes of all of his friends in Chicago. Mrs. William M. Thomas, 3743 Forest avenue; gave a surprise birthday party last evening in honor of her good husband, William Thomas. Mrs. Lottie Williams, wife of Bert A. Williams, formerly of Williams and Walker, was operated on last week at the Samaritian Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. James T. Peterson and Clarence Allen of Mobile, Ala., and Madison J. Vance, Col. James Lewis and James Lewis, Jr., will be in attendance at the Republican Convention next month. Dr. F. L. Browne, 4546 Evans avenue, has returned to the city from a very pleasant visit to his mother in Ruthville, Va., and to relatives in Washington, New York and Richmond. Mrs. H. Lewis of Chicago, was at the missionary meeting Sunday afternoon. She gave a splendid talk to and of mothers, about home and how they should raise their children. Mr. Louis C. Seldon of the County Recorder's Office has been confined to his home for several days on account of serious illness. His friends are pleased to note his recovery. Household of Ruth, No. 1086, enjoyed a delightful eve. on last Tuesday, the district most noble governess, Mrs. Nora Taylor, was with them. Two ladies, Mrs. Wicks and Miss A. Sickles, were initiated into the lodge. Mrs. Nancy J. Nelson, Cincinnati, O., 1013 Bymiller street, is still a steadfast supporter of The Broad Axa. Each year she cheerfully sends her subscription to it without the least dunning. The Misses Ada, Lou and Ethel Mitchell's name was used by the Navarre Club as associate members on their invitations without their permission or knowledge. Friendship does not warrant the use of one's name without their consent. Mrs. Julius N. Avendorch and two sons returned home on last Saturday after three months' stay in Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La. Mrs. Avendorch was the guest of the leading families in both cities and returned with very pleasant memories of the South and those whom she met. Dr. M. F. Murray, who has been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine for many years, corner of 20th and State streets. He has always had many patients among the Afro-Americans residing in that district. Dr. Murray, and the late Dr. Alexander Lane, were warm friends, and frequently they handled many difficult cases of sickness together. HEALTH NOTES A dirty home is a dangerous home. Have you cleaned up your back yard yet? If you have don't forget that it will need attention right along or it will soon get dirty again. If your home surroundings are clean, the flies will not bother you much. Kerosene sprayed on ponds or pools of stagnant water will prevent mosquitoes from breeding. A half-pint is sufficient for 100 square feet of surface. If possible, all stagnant pools of water should be drained or filled. One fly killed now will prevent a million later on. --- METHODIST IN UPLIFT WORK Africa's Needs Presented by Dr. J. H. Reid. NATIVES ARE EAGER TO LEARN President of Liberian College on West Coast Brings Message of Hope and Good Cheer From Foreign Field. Race Wants Bishop In M. E. Denomination. Minneapolis, Minn.-The question of a member of the race as bishop to supervise the work of the colored conferences of the Methodist Episcopal church is agitating the minds of many of those who are here attending the quadriennial session of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which will be in session until about the last of May. The question of a colored bishop has been generally discussed during the past three years. The idea meets the unanimous approval of the colored delegates, and many of the whites have expressed themselves strongly in favor of the election of such a person. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen of Gammon Theological seminary and M. C. B. Mason, secretary of the Freedmen's Aid society, who were aspirants in just general conferences, are mentioned in connection with the honor. Among the new ones are Dr. Robert E. Jones, who has made a fine record as editor of the Southwestern Christion Advocate; Dr. W. H. Brooks, pastor of St. Mark's church, New York city; Dr. Isaiah B. Scott, missionary bishop to Liberia, and Dr. I. L. Thomas, assistant field secretary of the board of home missions and church extension. Dr. Thomas is a member of the Washington conference, where he filled some of the most important appointments. As a platform orator he is in great demand, and during his eight years' incumbency of his present position he has done a telling work of great magnitude. Prominent men of J. B. H. PRESIDENT J. H. REID. the church are said to regard him as one of the best planners in the denomination and the possessor of those qualities essential for the episcopacy. Prominent among the many colored delegates here are: Revs. M. C. B. Mason, one of the secretaries of the Freedmen's Aid Society; S. S. Jolley of Cambridge, Md.; C. A. Tindley of Philadelphia, C. C. Jacobs of the board of Sunday schools, Robert E. Jones, editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate; I. Garland Penn, one of the assistant secretaries of the Epworth League; M. J. Naylor of Baltimore, R. S. Lovinggood of Texas, M. W. Degan of the same state and John H. Reld, president of the College of West Africa, at Monrovia, Liberia, and an assistant consul general of the United States to Liberia. Dr. Reid has been in Liberia for the past seven years, and his efforts have resulted in a great educational awakening in that country. He is a delegate to the general conference, representing the Liberia conference. During his administration at the college the importance of the work has grown to such proportions that more accommodations are needed for the 300 or more students that were enrolled last year. He is also desirous of strengthening the various departments of the college and to that end will try to raise $20,000. Dr. Reid says that the natives are greatly interested in education, and that the establishment of a number of scholarships will aid them to be clothed, lodged and fed while attending the college. He says that all people who are interested in the development of Africans should help in the campaign to raise $20,000 for the College of West Africa. One hundred scholarships would do untold good. President Reid is a native of the United States, having been born in Baton Rouge, La., March 4, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of his county and New Orleans university, graduating from the college department of that school in 1891. He joined the Texas conference in December of that year and for that year and the next was president of Houston (Tex.) academy. PERSISTENCE IN POLITICS. Two States In Which Noteworthy Progress Is Being Made. The colored people of Pennsylvania and Illinois may well feel proud of the political progress made this year. In Philadelphia they rose to the fullness of their strength and renominated Hon. Harry Bass for his second term in the state legislature, an honor which he deserves by reason of his good work of the last session, says the Pittsburgh Courter. In Chicago they have even done better. Not satisfied with the renomination of one Negro candidate, they go just one step higher and nominate a senator. Hon. Edward D. Green, their representative won with an unprecedented majority, while the candidate for the senatorship, Major R. R. Jackson, led his nearest rival by over 1,000 votes. There is little doubt of their election, as they were the people's choice from the beginning. Pittsburgh takes courage from the lessons taught in Philadelphia and Chicago. "What man has done man may do," and that right here in Allegheny county. We have the material and the votes. Why not have the representation? GUARDIAN'S WARNING NOTE. Brownsville Affair Worse Than Taft's Color Line Policy, It Believes. We are emphasizing Brownsville because Brownsville was a lynching by a president, says the Boston Guardian. The principle is to punish all because no guilty Negro could be found. Lynching is the worst evil of all for us. Brownsville was much worse than even the color line preachments of President Taft, for which we do not forgive him. Brownsville was an act of execution which deprived colored men of the right to be tried before being punished. Roosevelt's recall doctrine is the virtual lynching of our courts. Furthermore, Roosevelt is more dangerous than Taft because more popular and stronger. He is so popular that he can take away our rights and get off with it. We have less chance of redress under him. He scares off friends and seeks to destroy those who oppose him for us. Remember the fate of Foraker. PENN SCHOOL CELEBRATES FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Occasion of Joy For All-General Robert Smalls Speaks. The recent celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Penn school on St. Helena island, South Carolina, the oldest institution of learning for colored people in the south, was the occasion of much joy and satisfaction for faculty, students and friends of the school. It was in April of 1862 that Miss Laura M. Towne of Philadelphia arrived on St. Helena island. She was among the first of that little band of public spirited men and women who responded to the call for missionaries and teachers for the newly freed slaves of the sea islands many years ago. With the capture of the forts on Hilton Head and Bay Point, S. C., on Nov. 7, 1801, by Cornelius Dupont these sea islands had fallen into the hands of the Union forces. The need of help in superintending the gathering of the valuable cotton crop and in teaching the people how to live and work under the new conditions of freedom was imperative. To this work Miss Towne devoted her life. In June of the same year her friend, Miss Ellen Murray, joined her, and together these noble women lived and worked for the Negroes of St. Helena until the death of Miss Towne in 1901. Miss Murray continued her work on the island until her death in 1908. The first day of the celebration was the people's day, when the people of the island greeted the guests who came from a distance. Hundreds of the former students of Penn school marched into Darrah hall as a body. The procession was headed by the veterans of the First South Carolina volunteers, afterward known as the Thirty-third United States colored infantry, the first regiment of Negro soldiers enlisted into the service of the United States. The speaker of the day was General Robert Smalls, the slave pilot, of the planter who carried off the steamer which was chartered by the Confederate government from Charleston harbor and delivered it to the federal feet After the meeting in Darrah hall there was given in the school grove a simple rehearsal of the scene which took place on Jan. 1, 1863, when the emancipation proclamation was read for the first time in the grove near the Old fort on Port Royal. Two flags were presented for the regiment and the school by J. R. MacDonald, a merchant of the island. The drummer on this occasion was General Robert Smalls, who had also been the drummer on that first emancipation day fifty years before at Port Royal. All attempts at segregation in our public school system should be met with the strongest possible opposition. The same must be done in regard to public conveyances, such as railroads, steamboats, street cars and the like. The false notion of some people that separation of the races breeds friendship and promotes peace is as illogical as damming a river to keep it from overloading its banks. No class of citizens in a republic like ours should be humiliated by selfish and unjust legislation. Biennial Meeting of Women's Clubs. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, of which Miss Elizabeth B. C. Carter of New Bedford, Mass., is president, will hold its biennial meeting in Hampton, Va., during the week beginning July 22. Miss Carter has visited all sections of the country in the interest of the work since the last biennial meeting. Many women have been helped by her timely advice and unselfish devotion to the object and aim of the association. Her visit to California, South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma and other states in the southwest elicited the highest commendation of both pulpit and press. Odd Fellows' Thanksgiving Service. The Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia, Household of Ruth, past grand masters' council and patriarchy have completed arrangements for the annual Thanksgiving services to be held on Sunday, May 12. Twenty-six Odd Fellow lodges, one patriarchy, one past grand masters' council and a number of Households of Ruth will hold joint services in the Metropolitan Baptist church. Four of the remaining lodges, four Households, one patriarchy and one past grand masters' council will hold joint services at Mount Zion church. Miss Burroughs Speaks For V. M. C. A. The recent address delivered by Miss Nannle H. Burroughs in Pittsburgh in the interest of the Young Men's Christian association was freight with hope and encouragement. Her sound logic in urging vigorous and correct manhood sent a thrill of admiration through the audience. Miss Burroughs' theme was "He : Man." which she handled in a masterly way. The address was reported by Miss Elizabeth Jones and appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier of April 27 Fly Catches. Doc Scanlon has formally announced to Manager Charley Boom of the Phillies that he will not play this year except with soniprofessional teams in the Greater New York district. Frank Bowerman has been signed as manager of the London (Onl) club of the Canadian league. His first baseman is Loey Bierbauer, son of Louis Bierbauer, the old Pittsburgh second baseman. Seven of the eight International league managers are directing their teams from the coaching lines this season. George Stallings, the Buffalo plot, is the only manager to handle the lines from the bench. Packing the Grip. We'd like to bet That in the rush You will forget A comb and brush. - Youngstown Telegram. We'd like to place A few choice rocks That in your case You put no socks. - Alliance Review. We'd like to bet A dime about You went and left Your nightie out. - Houston Post. We'd like to bet At least two dollars You didn't take Enough clean collars. - Birmingham Age-Herald. We'd almost dare \ To bet our life You did not fall To blame your wife. - Chicago Record-Herald. To Suit the Occasion. Maud, who was sitting with her young man on the plaza, called in to Ethel in the parlor to play them something. "What shall I play?" the latter called back. "Oh, anything you can think of that's appropriate." "Then I'll play something soft," said Ethel, seating herself at the plano—Boston Transcript. His Sentiments. BEFORE BUYING A CAR. Great Scott, but they're reckless, these chauffeurs, you know! It isn't, Lord knows, that we need laws. But hanging a couple of dozen or so Would teach 'em respect for the speed laws. AFTER BUYING ONE. Hey! Hit 'er up, chauffeur! This pace is too slow. It isn't the fashion to heed laws. So pull 'er wide open and let the thing go. What's that? Oh, the deuce with the speed laws! -Puck. SOME FINE FOUR TO SEVEN ROOM FLATS TO RENT. TO RENT—Some fine 4 to 7 room flats to honest Colored people who wish to get away from the lower element. Here is a few of them. 5754 Wentworth ave., 4 to 6 rooms. Rent $11 to $18. 7228 Wentworth ave., 7 rooms and bath. Rent $22. 7240 Wentworth ave., 7 rooms, and bath. Rent $22. 7242 Wentworth ave., 7 rooms and bath. Rent $22. For more see Geo. White, 2420 La Salle St., 1st flat.] FOUR ROOM STRICTLY MODERN COTTAGE TO RENT. For rent four room strictly modern cottage to rent at 6252 Sangamon St. will rent to a family of adults for $12 per month. Nice lawn and everything fine call and see Cai You Afford Sickness or Accidents ? ‘a Thoatanel et asi ‘Your pay usualty stops, andthe bills keep right on coming I ‘accidents happen each Gay, and sickness may come ‘almost any TE SATE a gotey SEBAMEE BRAY RAT Gee oom meen sient om pavine EE be ao um, bankers: Union nour ome; wa SS SS he ee Agents, ———— = Brodin Wee sour 40 FD. -NANCIAL BOARD MEETS. quysrts by Ore, Beskett aad: Wares ‘show Prosperous Year. Kansis City, Mo—Reports submiitted at he sosval meeting of the Snancial qorrd of the African Methodist ple- ‘expal church on Friday, May 3, show- i that $207,224.98 was raised during ‘be fecal year ended April 1, which is am increase of $5,000 in the “dollar ‘pones” collections reported last year. Dr Jobn Hurst, who bas just com- peed his fourth year as Goancial sec- faary of the denomination, explained fp detail the workings of the financial department. ‘Toe “dollar money” collections for the previous three years are as fol- Jows: 1908-9, $182,807.11; 1909-10, $197,- 11028; 1910-11, $202,608.17, a total of $0835.17 for the quadrennium. ‘The amounts raised In each Episco- yal district during the past year is as follows: First, $14,339.14; second, $16,- grim; third.” $6,705.46; fourth, $15,- 4255, sith, $30,585.45; seventh, $20,- Qr4s0: cizhth, $16.228.70: ninth, $15,- 295.5; tenth, $11,410.35; eleventh, $16,- sss; twelfth, $25,307.30; thirteenth (West Africa). $364; fourteenth (South Africa), $4,550. Of the (otal amount raised during the quadrennium 36 per cent, $284,- @T18, was retained by the various annual conferences for the support of soperannunted ministers, widows and ‘orphans; § per cent, $63,206.04. used in ‘siding the educational work of the de- nomination and the remainder retained fn the general treasury of the denom- fnation for the purpose of paying the | 3 = oo Be _ Pa : oo is Se Ss a a ae, A os Ps. Re | a ‘salaries of the bishops, general officers and for other general denominational eed. ‘The great work that the chureh is oing for home and foreign. missions was emphasized by the Rev. Dr. W. W. Beckett, secretary of missions, who Teported that the denomination had mised $131,874.10 for missions during ‘the past four years through the parent missionary society, the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society. the Woman's Mite Missionary society, and $5000 was also raised by Bishop W. H. Beard. Besides looking after minis- ters wie poor charges in this country. the work of the denomination in West and South Africa. the West Indies and Central and South America is also aided. Dr. Beckett is regarded as one of those most likely to be elected to the Dishopric. His splendid record as mis- ‘onary secretary and his previous rec- ord as minister and presiding elder in South Carolina have made many of the most influential members of the ‘eromination declare that they favor Lis election to the episcopacy. He is a FAduate of Clark university, Atlanta, and is generally regarded as possess- a every qualification for tbe bisb- AGENTS WANTED. Agents to sell lots in beautiful Mount Gienwood Cemetery, men and ‘omen employed who want to make feed exira money” by selling. lots frenings and on our Sunday excur- Sons. Big commissions paid. Ask for T. 3f. George, General Manager. Mount Gienwood Cemetery Associa- ‘ton, 3125 S. State St. SPECIAL NDTICE. To the readers of The Broad Ax:— Here is your chance to get some Ghe> property, all im best of locs- tions. Cheap lots for cottages from $7500 up and other houses and lots for homes ot for business places. For Particulars, address with stamp. GRANT GARDNER, 1440 Franklin Ave. Grand Haven, Mich. DAMES AND -DAUGHTERS. Mra E. M. Waddell is the Bewly elected poundmaster of Los Angeles, the first woman in the country to ec. ‘apy such a position. ‘Miss Laura G. Grant of New York ‘has been appointed a member of the fire prevention inspectors’ bureau of that city, of which there are seventy- five, she being the only woman. ‘The appointment of Mile. Edmee Chandon as assistant astronomer at the Paris observatory marks the off cial recognition by France of feminine achievement in a branch of science for which women have.sbown » peculiar aptitude. The Rev. Antoinette Blackwell, D. D., the first womun to be ordiined a minis. ter, now in her eighty-eichth year, is the only survivor of the speakers at the first national woman's rights con- Vention. at which Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was the presiding officer. Ellen Spencer Mussey. who for a quarter of century bax held the post- ton of attorney for the Swedish and Norwegian legations in Washington. has been an active and xnccessful law- yer for thirty-five years. In 1896 she established the Woman's Law Class, which bas since developed Into the Washington College of Law, with its founder as dean. Current Comment. Sir Thomas Lipton wants the Amer- fca’s cup again.—Atianta Constitution. The ‘new Dreadnought Florida can make 25.6 milex an hour and is meant to run toward an enemy. ut that—De troit News. ‘The per capita money volume is now smaller than 2 month ago and a year ago. which ougbt to destroy the last excuse for any further rise in the cost of living.—New York World. ‘Uncle Sam bas some cause to grow @issatisfied with hix neighborhood. The ‘Bext door neighbor to the north refuses to borrow and lend bousebold articles across the back fence. and the next @oor neighbor to the sonth is always baving a noisy family row.—Nasbville Banner. Automobile Runs. Clearly something xhould be done to lessen the number of accidents and are due to the vperation of auto. —Worcenter Gazette Of course peuple who drive auto- mobiles faster than they ought to do not want to kill anybody. But they expect pedestrians tv do too much of the watching and all the getting out of the way.—Baltimore News The driver of a motorcar seems to take it for granted that the lordly su- periority given by an automobile en- dows him with full authority to go where he pleases and how he pleases, whether the pedestrian pleases or not. —Philadelphia Times. Woman’s Ways. ‘Most women are economical as long ‘a8 you can keep them out of dry goods stores.—Chicago News. A woman will tote around two street car tickets and a powder rag in a band- bag that cost $37.49.—Ohio State Jour- nal. New York woman says that mothers should teach their daughters to flirt Give them a MA degree, as it were— Columbia State. New York burglars robbed a safe ‘with a can opener, but we'll bet that @ wuffragette could have done it with a hairpin — Washington Post. Strap Hangers. Pity the new stepless car cannot be also strapless.—New York Amert- can. The stepless street car has arrived, but the strapless car is still deep in the bosom of the future.—New York ‘World, A Chicago physician says street car straps are covered with every germ known to science. Boil your hands after strap banging.—Baltimore Star. Pert Personals. A poet bas called Wilbur and Orville Wright sons of an eagie bird. That's scaring some.—Dayton News. Perhaps Commander Scott is linger ing long enough at the south pole to ‘establish a summer resort there —Den- ver Republican. ‘The name of the leader of the Chi nese suffragettes is Yik Yug Ying. It sounds as if one of ber cylinders were missing fre—St Paul Dispatch. Liberian Affairs Satisfactory. His excellency Daniel Howard, Lt- beria's new president, is getting « frm tip on the affairs of the government ‘and has thus far demonstrated his ability as 2 thoughtful leader. Prest- @ent Howard attributes much of the Present satisfactory condition of the republic to the Interest which the Unit ed States bas taken in Liberia's web fare. Louis XIV. once said to one of bis courfiers whom be knew to: be very ambitious, “Do you speak Spanish?” “No, sire.” “That is bad.” ‘The nobleman thought that by quick- ty learning that language be might be sent to Spain as an ambassador. He set diligently to work and really ac- quired it in little time. Presenting himself before the king, he said to him, "Bire, I have learned Spanish.” “Do you know it fuently enough to talk it with Spaniards?” “Yes, sire.” “Well, that is good. 1 congratulate you upon your success. You will now be able to read ‘Don Quixote’ in the original.”—Life. So Ignorant! ‘The very dullest children in Japan speak Japanese. 4a Spain they chatter Spanish as they 7. In Holland it is much + ‘The custom to speak Dutch, ‘While German youngsters. talk the Ger ‘man way. In Paris little children do thelr lessons all in French: In Athens even baby talk is Greek. It makes me feel quite blue ‘And rather stupid too. For English is the only tonigue I speak. —Woman's Home Companion. A Case For Vaccination, They were having tableaux across the road at Willie Brown's, and Wil- Ue's mamma came over to ask Jack Snow If he would not like to come also. Jack's mamma was not at home, and Jack with a very sober face declined the invitation. “Why. Jack.” said the lady, “why don't you want to come over?” “I expect mamma wouldn't let me,” answered the little fellow politely, “‘cause I's never had tableaux, and I might catch ‘em!"—Woman's Home Companion. Sittin A man may try to sit and reed ‘The dickchunaries throo, And think that that is all he'll need ‘To culture's paths persoo— But there is this grate trooth to tell: ‘That as he climes the bite, ‘The moar he lerns of how to spel ‘The less be spels things rite. ‘Chicago Tribune, ‘The Secret. “I don’t see bow it is.” Jenkins be- gan, eying the tramp and bis perform- ing dog with frank envy. “Here is this mongrel of yours doing all these tricks, and there ts my dog. with a pedigree ‘a yard long, that can’t be taught a sin- gle thing! I've hammered at it till I'm tired, and be can't even been trusted to roll over when he's told to.” “Well. sir. ‘tain't so much the dog.” the tramp replied confidentially. “You have to know more'n be does or you can’t learn him anythiog.”—Youth’s Companion. Mater Versus Pater, ‘When Willie broke mother's azalis, ‘Ma said, “Why, whatever can aleaT” But pa sald: “My lad. ~ ‘That was all to the bad! ‘Come out to the shed and I'll whalea!™ Judge. cele Not often are schoolroom compost tlons as startlingly orizinal as the boy's essay on Sir Walter Raleigh. “Sir Walter Raleigh.” wrote the boy. “was a great man. He discovered America, then he discovered Virginia, then be discovered potatoes and then he discov- ered tobacco. So be went back to Eng- land and showed them how to smoke. exclaiming. “My friends. be of good cheer, for we bave this day in England Ut such a fame as | trust by God's grace sball never be extinguished.’ "— Argonaut. Natural History. ‘This simple fact | often long to see Explained in brief, unscientific terms— ‘That dilssdrda which are bad for you and me. Are always 90 extremely good for germs. Washington Star. Mende Uc! “You say you were beld up this morning by a footpad with a revolver. At what time?” “Five minutes to 1 “How can you Gx the time so pre- cisely?” “Because 1 conld see the chureh clock. and 1 noticed that its hands were exactly in the sme position as my own.”—Roston Transcript. Crus! and Unusual. Of course the icemen are all churia, No wonder they look wan. For every morn they see the girls ‘Without their makeups on. —Cincinaat! Enquirer. Bad For Chickens. “I think, dear. we may as well give up the iden of raising chickens this year.” “Why? Dos't you think tt will bes g00d year for chickens?” “No. It will cost too much to feed them. Tbe man next door tells me that he has joined a golf club, so be isn't likely to have # garden.”"—Chica- 0 Record-Heraid. - He's Dus. ‘It’s almost time to meet once more ‘That spofier of delight. ‘That Kil joy. aggrevating bore - ‘Who thinks tbe umpire right. Detroit Press. ON ~ ith pete “I thought be was = supporter of Rooserelt.” : “He was, bat some one pointed out ‘to him that the colovel's success might Jead to a rerival of the popularity of the Teddy benr."—Rafalo Express. ~_- Fletcheriam, If he but choose, a man can be ee ‘Like Pletcher has—if he bet chews, "aKanees City Saat. - DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. ‘Mra. Mary B. Ewing of Chicago ts said to be the first woman in this coun- try to qualify as = contracting and consulting engineer. Miss Emma M. Perkins has been ap potnted a member of the board of edu- cation in Cleveland. She is professor of Latin in the College For Women of Western Reserve university. Professor Emma M. Perkins, daugh ter of the late Sarah M. Perkins, one of the pioneers of the woman suffrage movement in Ohio, has been appointed & member of the board of education of Cleveland. Miss Mabel Rice of Denver ts believ. ed to be the only woman in the United States who drives a water wagon as a regular occupation. She has secured Position driving a sprinkler on the Denver streets. and ber pay is $4.50 a day. She owns the pair of mules she arives. Mrs. J. B. Coryell of San Francisco is said to have one of the finest collec- tions of orchids in the world. but that her collection may be even more excel- lent her husband bas engaged a man to penetrate the Sulu archipelago and the isles of Borneo and Java to bring home anything she may not bave. Pert Personals. Good for King George! He says, “The queen and I."—Boston Globe. General Leonidas Plaza has been elected president of Ecuador. Cer- tainly Plaza will be on the square— Galveston News. J. -Pierpont Morgan celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday recently, and yet he shows no signs of drifting back to the minor leagues —Milwaukee Sen- tinel, Dr. Wu Ting Fang hes just thought of a few more questions he would like to ask and is coming back to the Unit- ed States for his answers—B8t Louis Globe- Democrat. : The Royal Box. ‘The kaiser bas a passion for old unt- forms and boots and shoes of antiq- uty. ‘The czarina 1s said to be of a frugal ‘mind and even to be guilty of having ‘costly bats sent bome on approval. ‘copying them and then sending them back as unsuitable. Queen Mary, if she had not been born in the purple, would have been an able typist. She can tap the keys of her typewriter as quickly as any profes- sional. King George’ ts also able to manipulate a typewriter, though be doesn't use it to any great extent now- edays. Flippant Flings. : It bas been said sarcastically that Evergiades building lots are selling at $1 2 gallon, but isn’t that pretty rea- sonable for Florida water?—Washing: ton Post. Circus giris in New York have jotn- ed the woman's suffrage movement So far as the bearded lady is concern- ed. we are in favor of giving her « vote anyway.—Springfield Union. Congress bas passed a law prohibit. ing the making of certain kinds of matches to prevent “phossy jaw.” If there is one thing congress is deter- mined to protect it is jaw.—Washing- ton Post. Foreign Affairs. Whether Japan wants to buy real es- tate on Magdalena bay or not, it's just as well for her to know that she can't ‘bave it—Albany Knickerbocker Press. ‘The Chinese populace is awaking to the solemn fact that it takes more than a unanimous hair cut to estab- lish @ republic on a practical basis.— Wasbington Star. Judging by the current exchange of amenities between Great Britain and Germany, they'll be fighting directly over which one loves the other more— ‘Washington Post. | Political Quips. By the way, who is running for vice president?—Milwaukee News. ‘We presuwe the national conventions will select a vice presidential candi- date, though no one would suspect it from the present development of the campaign.—Boston Traveler. Again the enemies of the gayety of nations are proposing to make the term of the president six years and limit each incumbent of the office to a sip- gie term.—Boston Transcript. Telephone Calis. ‘The New_York telephone call aver ages 2 minute and a baif in length. ‘The world's telephone service com- prises about 80,000,000 telephones. ‘London bes 200,000 telephones, and the calls average 1.125,000 per day. Nearly every English town now has telepbone service with France through the new British channel cable. . English Etchings. Five thousand pounds a year is the salary of the speaker of the house of commons, According to the latest census returns. there are in England 506.563 men of ease and leisure who live upon their means. ‘The number of British subjects in all parts of the empire rose from 308.- 604,000 tn 1881 to 416,318,000 in 2011 ‘The volume of trade. foreikn and tn- terimperial, expanded from £985,078,000 ‘te 2806 to £1,770,888.000 tm 1910. - SIRES AND sone Emile Ollivier, the famous minister of Napoleon IIL., is still alive. Determination to succeed is what makes success, according to Joho J. Debolt, associate justice of the su Dreme court of Hawall. As a young man be worked !n a sawmill in the south. Professor Arminius Vambery, pro fessor of languages at Pesth univer sity, at Budapest, has just entered bis eightieth year, with no diminution of the vigor which has characterized his Jong life. Blacksmiths, schoolteachers and farmers are common enough In con- gress, but Daniel A. Driscoll of Buffa- Jo Is the only undertaker serving his country in the classic balls. He ts a native of Buffalo. having been born fn 1875. Dr. Lewin Hart Marks of New York. who has just established an institute for scientific research at Frankfort. Germany. has been congratulated by the kaiser on this Intest development in the “German-American intellectual alliance.” It Is the prond boast of Senator Mar- tine of New Jersey that in all the years be has been farming he bas nev- er sold a norse. When a horse gets too old to work be retires it on full rations and lets it Just loaf around the pasture antil it dies. The Writers. As a young man Frederick Taber Cooper. the author, taught Latin and Sanskrit at Columbia college. A movement fs under way in Spain to secure the next Nobef literary prize for Perez Galdos. novelist and drama- Uist. who fs best known for bis series of romances dealing with Spanish bis- tory from Trafalgar to the Cariist wars. The oldext author now living is prob- ably W. A. Gordon. Finke, a cousin of General Gordon. He ts also the oldest English barrister at inw. Mr. Hake. who bas Just celebrated his one bun- red and frst birthday, published bis first book in 1840. This was entitled “Society Organized—An Allegory.” THE BROAD AX CAN BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOW- ING NEWS STANDS: From on and after this date The Broad Ax, can be found on sale at the following news stands: A. F. Tervalon, cigar store and news stand, 5004 State street. George L Martin, maker of fine cigars and news stand, 18 W, S3ist ‘St, near State. R M.. Harvey's barber shop and news stand, 3924 State street. Mrs. Nellie Phelps, cigars, notions and news stand, 15 W. 36th St, new Dearborn. eae W. S. Cole, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 34 W. 3ist St, near Dearborn. T. B. Hall, laundry office and news stand, 11 W. 29th St, near State. __B. Davis, cigars, tobacco and news stand, 3532 State St. 'W. M. 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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper of Maryland was one of the sweetest of our women poets. Her poem "The Burial of Moses" will rank with any similar poem of its character in the English language. Mrs. Anna J. Cooper is a schoolteacher in Washington, with the mind of a wise statesman. Her book "A Voice From the South" is a most valuable contribution to race literature. Mrs. Josephine Heard, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Miss H. Cordelia Ray and her sister, Miss Florence Ray, are A. H. also poets. Mrs. Heard, who is the wife of a former minister to Africa, wrote a very readable volume of poems entitled "Morning Glories." Mrs. Grimke has written many very beautiful poems, one of them a masterpiece, entitled "Charles Sumner." The Misses Cordela and Florence Ray have recently published a volume of poems, which they have dedicated to their father, the late Dr. Charles B. Ray. The wife of Dr. Harvey Johnson, Baltimore's leading Baptist clergyman, is a writer of stories suitable for Sunday school libraries. The American Baptist Publication society paid her a handsome sum a few years ago for two books from her pen. Mrs. Johnson is a fine French scholar. Amanda Smith, the noted evangelist, has published an interesting autobiography of her labors in Africa, England and the-United States. "Poor Ben" is the title of a biographical sketch of the late Bishop Arnett, from the pen of Miss Lucretia Coleman. Ida B. Wells Barnett in journalism wielded a trenchant pen twenty or thirty years ago, and her right hand has not yet lost its cunning, for she is now editing a weekly newspaper in Chicago as Mrs. Barnett. There used to be several other papers edited by our women. Ringwood's Magazine was an ambitious undertaking and a creditable production. The Woman Era was edited in Boston by Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. There are any number of careful and brilliant women correspondents, some of whom have done and are doing good work on race papers and papers published by white people. Miss Ida Griffin was for a number of years editor of a periodical devoted to the interests of the home and fashion, which circulated largely in the south. Mrs. Mary C. Lawton, wife of the Rev. Dr. William R. Lawon, the successful pastor of St. James' Presbyterian church in New York, contributes regularly to a Brooklyn daily, the Standard Union, and Mrs. Lydia C. Smith is regularly employed by the Brooklyn Dally Eagle. For eleven years Mrs. Smith has reported the daily happenings among our people in Greater New York for the Eagle. She is secretary of the woman's auxiliary board of managers of the Howard Colored Orphanayi and vice president of the Fifty-third Street (New York) Young Women's Christian association. There are bright women enough in the race to have a paper all their own, just as their white sisters have, and it is hoped that they will get together and think about it. There are enough women societies of one sort and another to support a paper independent of any help from men, for there are even some compositors among our women, as well as writers, poets and lecturers. Industrial and Higher Education. The difference between industrial and the higher education, as explained by Professor Kelly Miller, is that industrial education develops an instrumentality and the higher education a personality. Professor Miller is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard university. Attacks Foundation of All True Government, Says Dr. Jones. Under the caption, "The Crime of Lynching Needs National Attention.", the Southwestern Christian Advocate, ably edited by that fearless agitator for human rights, Dr. R. E. Jones, says: "The recent reckless taking of life in various parts of the country is an imperative call upon the listless ears and the calloused conscience of the American people. The crime of lynching grows. Constitutional law and procedure weaken. "Permit the former, and the latter necessarily follows. It does not matter what the color of the victim of the mob may be or the crime of which he is accused, when duly enacted law is set aside the foundations of all true governments are attacked and sooner or later means inevitable failure. During the recent session of the Washington conference a resolution was introduced by Dr. Ernest Lyon which was unanimously adopted. "It called attention to the fact that the orderly operation of law and justice is seriously threatened by mob violence; that the practice of lynching human beings without a trial by law, and the more helnous and atrocious crime of burning men alive, are not only on the increase, but are no longer confined to any particular section of our commonwealth. "It is a happy omen that President Taft in a very recent address before the alumni of Howard university and a great audience of colored people in Washington took 'Lynching' as his text." COLLEGE MEN ACTIVE IN CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE. Iota Sigma Club In Musical Comedy. Bethel Church Honors Pastor. By WHITTIER H. WRIGHT. Philadelphia.-The Iota Sigma (Intercollegiate) club of this city recently presented the Mask and Wig club in "The Junior," a typical college play in three musical and comical acts, at St. Peter Claver's auditorium. The Intercollegiate was organized a little more than a year ago for the purpose of getting the colored students together, believing that such association would benefit each one and that student life would have more effect upon the community. The club numbers twenty-five members and represents the following colleges—namely, University of Pennsylvania, Temple university, Medico-Chirurgical college, Philadelphia Dental college and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Among the activities of the club are to be found a basketball team, a track team, a baseball team, a tennis team and a glee club. Miss Willianette Ferguson, soloist of St. Phillips Episcopal church, Richmond, Va., a singer of much promise, is on an extended visit to friends in this city. Since being here she has been in much demand and has won her way into the hearts of the Philadelphia Afro-Americans. Miss Ferguson possesses a rich soprano voice, which is very effective with the classics. She has received several offers in the line of her profession since being in the city, and it is rumored that she may remain here permanently. "Mother" Bethel A. M. E. church held its fifth annual reception the latter part of April in honor of Pastor M. W. Thornton and family. The affair was liberally subscribed to and largely attended. A very interesting program was rendered. The pastor was presented with a purse of $86. Dr. Thornton is now closing his fifth year at Mother Bethel, with the honor of being the only minister since Richard Allen that has held this charge in succession for such a number of years. In 1805 this young man was elected president of Campbell college, Jackson, Miss., which had been struggling for permanent footing for fourteen years. In less than two years he erected its first building on a plot of five acres of ground, gave it a full equipment and an enrollment of 200 students. Dr. Thoruton has built several churches, paid off several mortgages, raised thousands of dollars for the connection and added thousands to the church. He is identified with several successful business enterprises and is a strong representative of his church and race. In 1892 he graduated from Drake university, Des Moines, Ia., and was the first Afro-American to receive a diploma from this institution. Campbell, Paul Quinn and the Philadelphia Bible colleges have in turn bestowed upon him the doctor's degree. He is an able writer and has been editor of several publications. Dr. Thoruton is a life trustee of Wilberforce and president of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Bible institute. Hampton as Demonstration Center. At the recent meeting of the board of trustees of the Hampton (Va.) institute Dr. Frisell presented his annual report as principal. This year Dr. Frisell outlined in detail the position of the Hampton school as a demonstration center which is visited annually by over 20,000 people from all parts of the world—casual visitors, philharmonic educators, social workers and philanthropists, students of race problems and educational methods. Next International Conference in 1915. At the closing session of the international conference on the Negro recently held at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute it was decided to hold the next conference at the institute in 1915. CENTER FOR HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITY GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed Safety Deposit Vault REAL ESTATE As agent buy and sell Real Estate on or dents, including payment of taxes and on Chicago Real Estate. 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Hibernia, Ibernia, Ivernia and Ierne were names given to Ireland by Aristotle. Ptolemy and other ancient writers. Houseflies in South Africa. Houseflies are prevalent in South Africa during the months of October, November, December, January and February. As screen doors and windows are unknown there, the houses are filled with flies. Fly paper is used extensively. In London a gill is often termed a "quartern." In the north of England half a plint is called a gill and the true gill a "noggin." Shooting Stars. According to Cosmos, the mean height at which shooting stars first become visible is eighty-one miles. The mean height of their disappearance is about fifty-eight miles. The mean length of their visible path is about forty-five miles. Spick and Span. "Spick and span" is a term derived from the stretching of a new piece of cloth on spikes (books) and spans (stretches). and Span. 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