Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. AN B. If you have relatives or friends visiting in the city or going to make a visit, please inform us; we call all your local news—Ed.) Mrs. Mayme Gould is in Omaha this week on business. All members of North Starr No. 3, K. of P., are requested to be present Monday evening, June 5th. Election of officers. H. Gould, C. C. Mr. A. C. Fisher, who has been quite ill is able to be at work again. Master Joe Wilson of Buxton is spending his vacation visiting with relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reynolds entertained Rev. and Mrs. Bates at dinner, also Mr. Brown. Miss Gertrude Hyde returned Wednesday from a several days visit with her friend, Miss Edith Comley at Webster City. The Women's Home and Foreign society met last Saturday evening with Mrs. Tolliver 1629 Walker street. The M. C. T. club met with W. W. L Green, Monday afternoon at which time the club listened to the report of the State Federation. The Get Busy club met with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lucas, East 7th and Grand avenue. After business lunch was served. Harry Brown of Omaha, Neb., arrived in our city last week to remain indefinitely. He is a nephew of Mrs S. Bates. The Cornation club met with Mrs. Spencer Simmons Southeast 15th and Railway avenue. Rev. Burton was guest of the club. A good program. Mr. Andy Thompson of Decatur, Is., was in our city to spend decoration day with his son, John L., returning Wednesday. He says crops and fruit in Southern Iowa, is better at this time of the season than it has been in years. Mr. Gus Watkins and Mrs. John L. Thompson received a message Saturday that their father, Nelson Watkins of Albany, Mo., was very sick. They left at once for that place. Later he is slightly improved. The West End Bridge club was pleasantly entertained by Mrs. Joseph Stone Wednesday evening. Mrs. Wm. Gray hold the highest score and was awarded a daity piece of Lingerie as a prize. Delicious refreshments were served. Miss Ida Davis will be hostess next Wednesday evening. The Corintinian Aid society will give a lawn social June 12th, at the residence of Mrs. Nelson, 1923 Eastern Boulevard. Let every member and friend come for the benefit of carpeting the church. Come one, come all. The Des Moines Negro Lyceum will meet Tuesday, June 6th, with Miss Kathrine Windsor at her home 1156 7th street. All members are urged to be present. The M. C. T. club will meet with Miss Gertrude Rhode, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Program follows Quotations from Booker T. Washington; solo Mrs. H. R. Graves; paper on Benefits of manual training, Miss Mayrie I. Bell. Discussion led by Mrs. Arthur Jones. Mrs. Thornton Adams president of the Callanan Industrial club and Miss Johnis Storey will be at home to the members of the club, Wednesday, June 7, 1911, from 2 until 5 o'clock, at the home of the former 2515 Center street, in honor of the Callanan delegates, Mrs. Eduard Mixon and Mrs. E. B. Elliston state chairman. Mrs. Marie Leighton will give several readings. That you will be proud to carry and at prices that you can afford to buy. Come in and see the wonderful showing we are making on watches. If you are thinking of buying a watch now—or later, your chance is here now. You will have no better opportunity this Spring. Come in now and pick it out. Mrs. Richard Harris is quite sick at her home, 778 W. 9th St. Mr. Chas. Roy, our faithful footman for Harris-Emery Co., is sick this week. Miss Anne Wyatt, sister of Mrs. L. Shelton, and Arthur Jones of Kansas City, Mo., arrived in our city last week to visit awhile. R. G. French met with a bad accident. A piece of slab fell on his hand while working in the mines last week and his hand is causing him much pain. Mr. Chas. Richardson, who had a paralytic stroke last week and was taken to Mercy Hospital, has been extremely low. He cannot speak yet. Ailsa (Rhodes) informing he is reported slightly improved. The Jowa special edition will not appear next week on account of sickness with members of the office force. However, it will appear June 18. We have not yet a list of our boys and adults who are sick from college or high school from Kookuk, Burlington, Mt. Pleasant Davenport, Clinton, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Newton, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, so will one please receive a list from these towns so far as you can and will volunteer this information. Without your co-operation we cannot make the issue a success. Notice. All persons who expect to participate in the City Contests in oratory, poetry or music on Monday, June 11th are requested to have a copy of their manuscript in the hands of the chairman, Att'y S. Joe Brown on or before Wednesday Junk 7, without fail. Corlithian King Church Announcement Services Sunday, June 4th. At the morning service the Covenant Meeting will be continued. Sunday School at 12 m. B. Y. P. U. at 6:30. Preaching service at 8 p. m., followed by Lord's Supper. It is hoped that we may have a full attendance especially as attendance has been hindered for several weeks on account of the inclement weather. Let us be on time. T. L. Griffith, Pastor. Miss Mayrie I. Bell called the children together at Union Congregational church, Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock and organized a Junior Christian Endeavor society. The officers are as follows: President; Russell Jackson; Vice Pres, Walter Jackson; Sec. Marie Jackson; Cor Se Marie Redmond; Treasurer, Helen Green. The society will meet every Sunday at 5 o'clock. Rev. H. R. Pickney will talk to the children Sunday afternoon, June 4th. Rev. Griffith Honored. Rev. Thomas L. Griffith, one of our leading ministers of this city was honored last week by his Alma Mater University. The Virginia University of Richmond, conferring the degree of DD. The peculiar coincidence was that the same degree conferred upon him by the Western Baptist College of Macon City, Mo. We congratulate the Reverend and know those degrees are worthy bestowed. He is President of the Western District Baptist Association and a leading race man. Y. C. M. C. A. NOTICE. There will be a special meeting of the Young Colored Men's Christian Association at the Association rooms, 9th and Park Sts., Wednesday evening, June 7th at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of considering plans for securing a closer relationship between the said association and the colored ministers of the city. The presence of each and every member of the association is urgently requested at this meeting. By order H. Gould, Pres., E. Tracey, Blagburn, See'y. The officers and members of the Young Colored Men's Christian association are pleased 30 announce that membership as well as the library and gymnasium facilities of the "Y" continue to increase. During the past month several members have been added to the roll. A new punching bag and a sliding pole has been enstalled in the "gym" and over fifty more volumes, including some valuable works of science, history and fiction have been donated by Hon. I. L. Brown, of Marshall town. The library and gymnasium are open to men and boys each evening and to women and girls each Thursday afternoon. Mrs. W. Shackelford of the Dramatic Art club acted as matron last Thursday and some member of the Intellectual Improvement club will officiate next Thursday. Let the girls come down and enjoy themselves in the "gym." No men or boys admitted on Thursday afternoon Both men and women are invited to attend the popular meeting next Sunday at 5:30. Addresses will be delivered by Mrs. B. F. Carroll, wife of the Governor and Mrs. B. R. Bush, newly elected President of the Iowa State Federation of Colored Women's clubs. Mr. Henry Robinson of Clinton, Isa, was the honored guest at a stag party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Flisher, on Tuesday evening where a merry crowd of young men surprised Mme. E. Azalia Hackley Under the Auspices of Union Congregational Church, Corner of Tenth and Park Streets. him. The evening was spent in singing and instrumental music. Luncheon was served by the hostess, after which they enjoyed an Auto ride. Those enjoying the evening were Messrs. Henry Taylor, W. M. Alkins, Jack Davis, Henry Lee, Geo. Walker, Geo. Brown and Robert Wilson. Mr. Jacob Childress died at Meryn hospital Thursday evening, May 28th at 9:30, after an illness of about two weeks. The funeral was held from Corinthian Baptist church Sunday afternoon, conducted by the pastor. He was attended by Charity Lodge G. U. O. of F. O. of which order he had been for years a member. He was a deacon of Corinthian church, and his funeral was held just two weeks after his death. The funeral was attended by a very large number of friends, notwithstanding the inclement weather. Mr. Childress since coming to the city had married Mrs. Amanda Miller, and was a kind and faithful husband. They had bought and paid for a home. Feeling the house was too small they had worked exceedingly hard, hoping to pay for the improvements shortly. He was in all respects a splendid man, was a consistent Christian, and will be greatly missed by his large circle of friends. A GOOD PROPOSITION. Mr. Asa Turner (white) of Farrar, Iowa, who lectured a few days ago in our city before a local society, made a proposition in regard to helping some of our colored institutions of the south. He said that as the Piney Woods Industrial school of Braxton, Miss, was founded and conducted by a young man of Iowa who graduated from the State University, Prof. L. C. Jones, he would give the same degree to the people of De Moines might raise. Now, we believe that our colored people ought to arouse themselves in this city and raise a large sum for the institute. Prof. Jones is now the guest of our city, and as this is an appeal from a white man to our race pride, we should not fall to make good. IOWA STATE FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS. Report of the Annual Meeting Held at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs opened Monday afternoon, May 22, 1910. Owing to the meeting, Miss Jessie Walker, Miss Jessie Walker, was detailed and the meeting was presided over by the first and second vice presidents, Mrs. L. Tucker of Buxton and Mrs. J. B. Rush of Des Moines. The program for the afternoon was educational. The evening program began with prayer offered by Rev. Ford. The address of welcome on behalf of the city was by Mayor Matt. Miles. Address of welcome on behalf of City Federation, Mrs. E. C. Thomas of Cedar Rapids. Address of welcome on behalf of Schurch, Rev. J. B. Woods, president of the club, and sponored to welcome address by Mrs. C. B. Woods, president of H. B. C. of Des Moines, Iowa. The president arrived Tuesday morning and opened the meeting at 9 o'clock. After the report of the credentials committee and setting of delegates the Federation and the club held a meeting. Forty-two delegates were enrolled and a number of visitors. Each day's program was carried out as arranged and was the most successful ever held, every meeting being full of enthusiasm and harmony. The club and 88 delegates, 1911, 95 clubs, 42 delegates; 1910 no place for meeting; 1911 two invitations were pre- sented for the federation and one for the board meeting in September. On Wednesday afternoon the officers were elected for the ensuing year. Miss Jesse Walker declined the nomination for re-election of president. She was curred in the home and the care of an invalid father. Miss Walker expects to be out of the state most of the year, traveling with her father in hopes that he might recover his health. He is now in New York. As soon as she can secure a housekeeper or another affair she will join her father in New York and from there will go to other points. The officers elected are as follows: President—Mrs. J. B. Rush, Des Moines. First Vice President—Mrs. J. C. Reid Ottumwa. Second Vice President—Mrs. A. G. Johnson 90 S. 8th St. Cedar Rapids. Recordning Secretary—Mrs. Alice Thompson, 203 W. 3rd St. Muscatine. Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. H. M. Hutchinson, Buxton. Treasurer—Mrs. J. P. Hamilton, Des Moines. Organizer—Mrs. C. B. Lewis, 733 Harrison St., Davenport. Chaplain—Mrs. M. E. Cheshire, 624 W. Machiavelli, Ottumwa. Standing Committees. Educational—Mrs. S. Joe Brown. Dialect. Socialcurity—Mrs. Lulu Coates. Sloux City. Music--Mrs. E. B. Elliston, Des Moines. Child Study—Mrs. Harry Horne Cedar Ranida Household Economics—Mrs. J. W. Hudson. Stoux City. Arts and Crafts—Miss Mayle I. Bell, Des Moines. Rescue—Miss Bell Watkins, Buxton. Philanthropic—Mrs. Emma Gardner Ottumwa. Mrs. S. White, Indiana. Credentialals—Mrs. Wilda Warren, Marshallown. Editress—Mrs. G. H. Merchant, Davenport. Miss Jesse Walker was made honorary member. Before leaving the chair she presented the Federation with $10 as a shaking fund for the purpose of establishing or contributory institution, the Mrs. Hudson of Sloux City added $5 to that fund. Flowers were presented to Miss Walker by Mr. Montgomery, editor of the Buxton Advocate, and special mention should be made of the immense bouquet by Mr. Lawrence of Cedar Rapids, adjustment adjudged to meet May of Sloux City, Iowa. Everybody went home with a new inspiration and feeling benefited by the meetings. BUXTON BRIEF'S Mr. Scott Stribblin is suffering with a broken leg received while at his work in the mine. He is getting along nicely at this writing. Miss Ruth Underwood, step-daughter of J. D Winfield who moved to South Dakota about a year ago, is in Buxton visiting. Miss Veetta step left for Ft. Dodge Tuesday, where she has secured a position. "Down in Dixie" is playing Buxton this week under canvass. They showed Monday and Tuesday evening and to a good audience each evening. Many persons were at the cemetery Tuesday decorating the graves of relatives and friends. The Junior Mission circle will render a program at Mt Zion church Thursday evening, June 1st. A splendid program is prepared. Mr. "Plum" White is being seen again on the streets of Buxton. The Buxton wonders are playing very fast ball this year. They are a better team this year than they have been for many years. Thus far they have only lost one game. Whatcheer decoration day. Mrs Ira Tarwater will leave for Kansas City Saturday to visit her mother. Mesdames Mae E. Tucker, Belle Watkins, Anna Carey, attended the State Federation of Colored Women's clubs at Cedar Rapids last week. Rev. Calloway administered the administered the ordinance of baptism to about fourteen candidates in the reservoir last Sunday afternoon. A splendid audience stood on the banks to witness the scene. Mr. J. C. Rowlett went to Iowa City last Monday to visit with his wife who is in the hospital there. Mr. Ed Downs is quite ill and will probably be taken to the hospital at Des Moines this week. Rev. Woodard is presaching splendid sermons each Sunday and those who are attending the services are hearing some plain, practical truths from the gospel. Mrs. L. C. Baxter, cashier of the Buxton Savings Bank was enjoying a weeks vacation last week. Mr. W. P. Lewis spent a portion of his weeks vacation fishing and the reservoir is minus just 31 fish as the result of it Bill is the "fishing trick," and had he lived during Jesus time, there is no doubt but what one of the twelve Apostles would have been named "Bill" as Peter and John would certainly have had him in their crew. Mrs. J. R. Blaney who has been on the sick list is much improved at this writing. Mr. W. H. Cood was hauling some calves to market when one of the lines broke and by some means the wagon was overturned, throwing Mr. Cook heavily to the ground and cutting an uply place over his eye. At this writing he is getting on nicely. The B. Y. P. N. question box at Mt. Zion church is proving very interesting and is causing some study on the part of the Sunday school pupils. A very helpful meeting of the Sunday School Union was held at Bethel Mission Sunday school last Sunday. The main feature of the program was the very splendid paper on "The Ideal Sunday school Supt. read by Pro. A. J. Hicks. Mrs. Walter Blaney and Mrs. W. A. Brown gave a pretty duet. The executive board of the S. S. Union met at Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown's Tuesday p. m. for the purpose of slating the new officers for the next six months. See next issue for result of meeting. CEDAR RAPIDS. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Milligan entertained at a 6 o'clock dinner Tuesday evening, May 23, Misses Jessie Walker of Marshalltown and Mayrie I. Bell, Mesdames J. H. McClain, C. B. Woods and J. B. Rush of Des Moines, Mesdames Reed and Fowler of Ottumwa. Mrs. Alice Tompson of Muscatine Mrs. L. Tucker of Buxon and Mrs. Moore I. Iowa City Mrs. L. Tucker and Mr. S. L. Daniel entertained on Wednesday evening, May 24, at the Pullman Care, Miss Jessie Walker of Marshalltown and Miss Mavrie I. Bell of Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Milligan entertained at a 6 o'clock dinner Rev. J. C. Reld and wife of Ottumwa and Mr. Montgomery of Alba, Iowa. Mrs. and Mrs. has been surfing with him very severe attack of muscular rheumatism for about three weeks, which is not much better but we hope to see Mrs. Brooks up and around again. Rev. Ford and wife entertained Mrs. W. Ford and Mrs. Lina Coates of Slous City at a 10 o'clock breakfast last Wednesday. Mrs. A. M. Boyd and daughter returned from Chicago Monday. Rev. Ford and wife entertained at Sunday Mrs. Harry Horne and Mrs. Mack. Mrs. Mack are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mr. S. L. Daniel and Mr. Lawrence entertained Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Cafe, Miss Mayrie I. Bell of Misses, Moises Jesse Walker and Warren A. Woods and Mrs. Tyrler entertained at a two-course dinner Wednesday, May 24, Mesames J. H. McClain, C. B. Woods, Harry Brown and J. P. Hamilton, all of Des Moines. Miss Mayrie I. Bell was the guest of Miss Fannie Perkins while in Cedar Rapids. The woman of today who has good health, good temper, good sense, bright eyes and a lovely complexion, the result of correct living and good digestion, wins the admiration of the world. If your divination is faulty Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, will correct it. For sale by all dealers. THE CITY CONVENTION. The city convention will hold their contest Monday evening, June 12, 1911, at St. Paul's A. M. E. church. Much interest is being manifested by the various clubs of the city, because the interest is the greatest among Moines representatives at Wichita at Christmas. The programs for the contest is as follows: Song ..... Congregation Invocation ..... Rev. S. Bates Poem, "Spring" ..... Miss Vivian Warriors Warrick's Choral Society Oration, "One Way to Victory" ..... Miss Nellie Leftage Dramatic Art Club Poem, "Our Origin" ..... Miss Janie Storey Callanan Industrial Club Music ..... Miss Lailah Brooks Cosmopolitan Literary Society Oration, "Power of Unity" ..... State Capitol Bldg Historical Room AND Pric Mr. J. G. Dellinger Negro Lyceum Association Room No. J. W. Poem ..... Mrs. Wm. Shackleford Dramatic Art Club Oration, "Woman, A Factor in Civilization" ..... Mrs. Elbert R. Hall Cosmopolitan Literary Society Music, "Sad Heart" ..... Prof. Warricks Negro Lyceum Association and Warricks Literary Society Poem ..... Mrs. H. R. Graves Mary Church Terrell Club Oration ..... Mrs. J. W. Holmes Intellectual Improvement Club Music ..... Mrs. Bertha Allen Philips Wheatley Club Poem, "Watling," ..... Mr. D. G. Patterson Cosmopolitan Literary Society Music ..... Mrs. Marie L. Bell Music ..... Mise Marie L Bell Mary Church Terrell Club Poon, "Peace" . . . Miss Chana Graves Negro Lyceum Association Oration . . . Miss Catharine Windsor Phyllis Wylie Club University In Oratory—Prof. L. C. Jones, Braxton, Miss.; Rev. Leroy Woolrich, and Atty John L. Thompson. In Poetry - Miss Georgia Blackburn of Buxton, Iowa; Miss Martha Loeffler and J. Clifford Williams. Usher's - Medesdam J. H. Brown and E. Messrs. Messrs. Geo. S. Logan and Finnesc Bess. Attorney S. Joe Brown, president Interstate Literary Association of Kansas and the West, will preside. PROGRAM IOWA-NEBERASKA BAPT T SIST. S. S. CONVENTION. Maple Street Baptist Church, June 15 to 18, 1911. Thursday. 9:30 to 10:00—Devotional meeting led by Rev. James Bowles. 10:00 to 11:00—Addresses of welcome On behalf of the city, Mayor Jas. R. Hauke. On behalf of Corinthian Sunday School, Atty. B. R. Bush. 11:00—Announcement of committees on enrollment and new schools. 11:00—Announcement of lecture. Scripture Exposition. Rev. E. M. Cohon, D. D. B. Sk. Joseph 1:30 to 2:00—Devotional meeting, led Jones. S. Bates and Mr. Schuyler Jones. 2:00 to 2:10—Reports of committees on enrollment and new schools. 2:10 to 2:30——President's annual address. 2:30 to 2:45—Reports of secretary and treasurer 2:45 to 3:00—Announcements of other committees 8:00 to 4:00—Children's Hour, conducted by Mrs. F. G. Goggins 4:00 to 5:00—Institute Lecture, Sun- Collection Methods, Cochon. Collection—Johnson. 7:30 to 8:00—Devotional services led by Mr. James Eaves and Mrs. Harriet Smith. 8:00—Harper, Rev. W. F. Botta, Omaha, Neb. 9:30 to 10:00 - Devotional services led, by Mrs. C. C. Calloway and a delegate from Evans. 10:00 to 10:30 - Each school has three minutes in which to report the condition of the school. Each school or its delegation will choose the one who is to make the report. Letters will be put into the letter and Jackson and Mrs. John Broadus. Schools will report the order of enrollment on page 30 of the minutes of 1910. 11:00 to 12:00 - Institute Lecture. Scripture Exposition. Dr. Cronan. 1:30 to 2:00 - Devotional services led by Mrs. C. Calloway and Mrs. John Broadus. 2:00 to 2:30 - Final reports of schools and announcement of result of banner contest. 2:30 to 2:54 - Paper, "How to Build a Good Sunday School Attendance," Mr. George T. Topson, Corinthian Sunday School. 2:45 to 3:00 - Paper, "Appearance of a Teacher Before the Class," Mr. George O. Terrell, Colfax Sunday school. 3:00 to 3:15 - Paper, "The Securing of Effective Work of Teachers," Mr. W. A. Buxton, Mt. Zion Sunday school. 3:15 to 3:45 - Topic, How can the Pastor be of the largest service to the Sunday School? Discussion opened by Rev. J. L. E. Burr. Three minute talks. 3:45 to 4:55 - Methods of Developing the Missionary Interest in the Sunday School." Mr. H. L. Anderson, Omaha, Neb. 4:00 to 5:00 - Institute Lecture. Sunday School Methods. Dr. Cronan. Collection - Adjournment. 7:30 to 8:00 - Devotional services led by Barbara Long and Rev. R. P. Palmer. 8:00-Sermon by Rev. W. D. Carter, D. D., and Educational rally. Saturday. 9:00 to 9:30-Excotional meeting led by Rev. A. Tewksbury, Kackuk, Miss Bottle L. Barkley, Hiteman. 9:30 to 11:00-Reports of committees and election of officers. 11:00 to 12:00 - Institute lecture, Scripture exposition, Dr. Cohran. Saturday Afternoon—B. Y. P. U. meeting. Saturday Evening - Platform meeting and reception in charge of Maple Street Sunday School. Sunday. 9:30 to 11:00 - School conducted by Rev. J. W. Evans, Charinda Sermon by Rev. J. O. Reid, Ottum-wa. 3:15—Mass meeting and Foreign Mission rally. 7:30—Devotional meeting led by Rev. J. Adams. 8:00 Closing sermon by Rev. F. B. woodard, Burton. Appointed by church churches will be made by the committee on Divine services. AFRO-AMERICAN COUNCIL MEETING The principal features of the Afro-American State Council was President J. Cornelius Reid's annual address and Attorney S. Joe Brown's first annual report as state statistician. Dr. Reid's address was widely discussed by the daily newspapers of Cedar Rapids, three columns being allotted to it. It contained many excellent suggestions in the book. W. C. A.'s for colored men and women and a round scoring for mob rule in America. Attorney S. Joe Brown made a splendid report as state statistician, and every Negro in the state ought to read of the material and intellectual and religious progress being made by Iowa colored people. This is a new feature of the work of the Negro community one. The meeting was interesting from start to finish. Editor Montgomery was a visitor and made a telling speech as did Mr. Milligan, and wife, who own one of the finest farms in Iowa, valued at $12,000. Mr. Milligan entertained President Reid and wife and Editor Montgomery. (Special) Rev. and Mrs. J. Cornelius Reid and James Eaves, superintendent of the Second Baptist Sunday school, was elected to represent the Sunday school as delegates at the convention in Des Moines, June 12th to 18th. The Afro-American State Council will convene in this city Tuesday, July 4th, to unfinished business, including the election of annual officers, left over from the Cedar, Rapids session. Mrs. Jennie Winston an old resident of this city, and a faithful member of the Second Baptist church, was buried at her old home, Oceola, Sunday. Winston leaves many friends and relatives in his hometown. Services and services will be held at the second Baptist church, under the auspices of the Sunday school, of which she was an efficient teacher, Sunday, June 11. IOWA CITY HAPPENINGS. (Special to Bystander.) The Argo club group of the colored students of the University, gave their annual formal party at Beinen hall on last Friday evening. May 12 belonged to the pleasure of the evening. Light refreshments were served between dances. The affair proved to be the most brilliant social event of the season. Among the out of town guests were the Misses Fannie Perkins, Nellie Perkins and Miss Allud of Gedar Rapids and Miss Luella Franklin of Oskaloosa. Miss Lella Carey entertained quite informally on last Saturday evening complimentary to her guest, Miss Luella Franklin. The evening was spent quite pleasantly in playing games and music, after which time dainty refreshments were served. A pleasant outing Sunday afternoon took the form of a picnic at Black Springs along the Iowa City and Gedar Rapids railway. A bounteous feast was enjoyed late in the afternoon by the Misses Luella Franklin of Oskaloosa as Rye Host, Miss Regina Lammie and Misses James Crump, Alvin Drayton, Fred Malone and Blake Due. Miss Luella Franklin left for her home in Oskaloosa morning after a pleasant visit in Iowa City, the guest of Miss Letta Carey. Miss Franklin the inspiration for several informal affairs while in the city. This year's graduating class at the state university numbers among its members three colored students, Mr. Blaise Duhe of Laplace, Louisiana and Mr. George Overstreet of Kentucky, both graduates of Fisk University, will receive degrees from the college of pharmacy. Mr. Duhe's Short of Iowa is the first graduate to receive a degree from the college of applied science. Iowa is very proud of her colored students and wish all of her graduates success. Funeral of J. C. Childress. The funeral of J. C. Childress, a member of Charity Lodge No. 2192 of G. U. of O. F., was held Sunday, May 28th, at 2 o'clock in Carinthian Baptist church, Des Moines, Iowa. The members of Charity Lodge were out in full regalia at the church, assisted by representatives of Progressive Lodge No. 4219 of Colafx and Capital City Lodge No. 8341 of Enterprise. George O. Terrell, Diat. Grand Master of Colafx was also in attendance. The services at the church was conducted by Rev. T. L. Griffith, the pastor, and on the lodge by Rev. Bates, Chaplin of Charity Lodge. The remains were buried at Glendale Cemetery in fullOdd Fellow's honors. The widow of deceased was paid burial claims from the lodge in full, Monday, May 29, 1911. DO YO KNOW That we can do Expert Cleaning, Preaching, Repairing, Dying on all kinds of work. Our prices are reasonable. Work called for and delivered. Use the phone. All work guaranteed. Residence Phone, 4767 Red. Store Phone, 1740 Walnut SIMON COEN, Manager. Greek Proverb. What the wind catches the devil teaters. BYSTANDER FUR. CO., Publishers DEO MOINE. IOWA Pushing a lawn mower is the opposite extreme from joy riding. Baseball slang in Japanese must be something weird and appalling. Herewith approaches the joyous season when a man's keys rust in his pockets. No man is a hero to his valet, and no matinee idol is a hero to the leading lady. A violoncellist was dismissed from a New York show because she would not kiss a man—in public. The Russian scientist who says rabbies can be cured by eating beetles falls to announce a cure for eating beetles. *An ithea (N. Y.) doctor wishes to have placed in every public school the statue of a perfect man.* Married or single? A bottle containing a one dollar bill was carried 800 miles by sea. But it didn't get within reaching distance of New York. Reserve a few swats for the mosquitoes that are coming, although all well-directed ones should be applied to house files. A Missouri judge rules that it is lawful for a man to spank his wife. So, also, is it lawful for him to thaw out dynamite. An Ohio couple have parted because the wife likes Paris, while the husband prefers Cincinnati. And again the eagle screams. A California man who has lived for eight years on nothing but milk has gone insane. Some milk would have done the job in half that time. The directors of the Panama expostion are offering a prize of $1,000 for a rose. Now, then, you amateur gardeners, here's a chance. Get busy. A $100,000 chair is to be endowed in a western university for the study of psychic phenomena. This ought to give the spirits a ghost of a chance. Now some one has started an idea in England that all men should wear whiskers because the king sets the fashion. Still he isn't so handsome. A Brooklyn woman who sued a man for kissing her has secured damages in the amount of six cents. The man who got the kiss must feel, pretty cheap. Another aviator has come to an untimely end, but there will be twenty foot-and-a-half men ready to take his place. Aviation, in spite of its fatal titles, has come to stay. The latest fashion prevailing among the women of the Berlin aristocracy is to have their portraits painted while they sleep. A rare opportunity to catch the lips in repose. It is hinted that several of the antique books sold at the Hoe sale were not genuine. We have no doubt, however, that they will make just as good reading as the originals. A western nature wizard has been grating alfalfa roots on strawberry plants. Now the blame laid on the important gardener can be placed where it belongs. A woman's stocking rips and she loses $2,000 worth of diamonds. After reading, or, rather, viewing the "ads" in the popular magazines the occurrence would seem impossible. A Philadelphia cook on being discharged is said to have tried to poison the whole family. She might have had as deadly revenge by staying on and continuing to cook for them. Most women fall in love with dared devil men, declares a western college professor. That's the reason why men are not afraid to be seen pushing a baby carriage on the street are married. A Philadelphia woman drew a veil over a marble Cupid the other day and threatened to prosecute the owner. We have no doubt that the lady was modest enough to utter veiled threats. Three discoveries of April 26, 1911, are the cure of rheumatism by removal of arthritis by the prevention of hydrophobia by eating the restoration of speech and hearing by being hit by an automobile. All are practical. The frequency of explosions in a quarry flanking a farmyard near Tarytown led the ducks to save their ears from being swarmed in their ears with their webbed feet. The mule was the most pronounced failure among theimitators. IOWA PRISONS FULL Gain of Three Hundred at Anamosa and Fort Madison STATISTICS OF PAROLE BOARD Members of Board Unable to Decide What is the Reason Unless it Is Clear Des Moines.—The population in the two criminal institutions of Iowa is materially increasing. Four years ago there were about 800 prisoners in the reformatory at Anamosa and the penitentiary at Ft. Madison. Today there are over eleven hundred inmates in these two institutes, members of the board of parole offered various reasons for this big increase. The fact remains that both institutions are badly crowded at the present time and that if the prisoners are compelled to endure longer sentences and the number of criminal convictions increases something will have to be done to provide quarters for the prisoners. One thing suggested was the establishment of a reform narcotics unit occupied by men. If all the criminal women of the state could be placed in one institution and the criminal men divided between Anamosa and Ft. Madison, some relief from the present crowded conditions could be found. Upper Iowa Conference Dates. Mason City. The Upper Iowa Conference will meet, according to announcement, on September 10, 2011, in season over Sunday, concluding on the 25th. Waterloo was selected as the next place of meeting. Bishop Thomas B. Neely, of New Orleans, will preside. Gets Prison Sentence. Albia — Tom Lambert, who was convicted of assault with attempt to commit murder by shooting into the Davis house at Hynes last spring, has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The shooting caused a state-wide sensation at the time. **Finds $1,500 in House.** West Liberty — After John Keelen was killed by a Rock Island train near here, Marshal Wiley and assistants searched his shack and found $1,500 in money. He also had considerable money deposited in Davenport and West Liberty banks. **Engineers Win Wage Raise.** Marshalltown. A general increase in pay for engineers on the Iowa Central has been granted. Passenger engineers are increased from $3.75 to $4.15 and $4 to $4.40 according to class, freight engineers get an increase from $4.80 to $5.20. Farmer Killed by Hogs Guthrie College—Henry McLeroy, aged 70, was killed at his home fifteen miles west of Guthrie center while loading hogs in a wagon. A hog fell upon him, breaking some ribs and causing internal injuries which resulted in his death. Unknown Man Drowned UNKNOWN MAN DROWNED. Tamara was drowned in the lake here and the body remains at the morgue unclaimed. His companion says he met him the day before and they had been trapping about the country. May Get New Postoffice. Spirit Lake.Spirit Lake is to have a new postoffice building. The government has advertised for bids on a building to be used exclusively for a postoffice, and bids of this nature have been made. Keane Formally Resigns. Dubuque. Archibishop John J. Keane has formally resigned his archbishop to accept appointment as titular archbishop of a See, the name of which is not yet announced. Hospital Janitor Missing. Keekuk.-Alfred B. Clark, janitor of Graham hospital is missing since May 13. Friends think he has wandered away while partially demented. He suffered a sunstroke a year ago. Launch Loyal Labor League. Waterloo.-Loyal Labor league has been launched here. All wage earners of both sexes can join. W. J. Wrayton is president and Edwin G. Pullen, supreme organizer. Oksalaoca—The State convention of county attorneys of Iowa will be held here on June 28 and 29, during the meeting of the state bar association. Business Block Brings $217,000. Des Moines—The Observatory building at the corner of West Fourth and Locust streets, has been sold to a capitalist of St. Paul, Minn., by L. F. Lammers, for $217,000. The building is nine stories high and one of the best built in the city. Held Upon Assault Charge. Webster City—Justice G. F. Tucker held W. N. Green on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder, under $1,000 bonds. He is charged with stabbing Owen Dillon. Marshall's Shot Hits Two Men. Grinnell—City Marshal Shahan tried to stop a dog fight in front of the postoffice by shooting, at one of the dogs, and bullets from his gun wounded Emil Youngsted in the foot and Thomas Phipps in the thigh. Oiled Roads at Okobeki. S spirit Lake—Arnold's Park on Okobeki lake is to have oiled roads this summer. The oiling will be com- mended to the Lake. We will be welcome innovation to automobile drivers. Total Abstainers Meet. Clinton - The tenth annual convention of the Iowa Catholic Tabbition union opened in with near presence in attendance. Among the distinguished visitors present is the Very Rev. Peter J. O'Callaghan of Chicago, president of the C. T. A. U. of American. Church Meeting at End. Church Meeting Council Bluffs state convention of the Diaghams Baptist church closed here. Among the delegates who have been in attendance were two from Denmark, one from Japan, one from Ellis Island, New York, one from California and one from Chicago. Aged Relatives Meet Newton—C. Moulton and wife, of Nebraska, are visiting cousin, F. E. Enton and wife, of this city. The two nieces were married in Ohio in 1854 and lived in the same house for a while, but had not seen each other for the past 55 years. The average age of the four people is 80 years. Quartermaster is Home. Prairie City—Ora. In came home in Jackson, D.C., and will visit his mother for a few weeks. Mr. Martin is a chief quartermaster in the United States navy and is awaiting until the builders return to the government, at which time he will resume his duties. Mackenzie in Washington Washington. D. C.-President MacLean of the state university, arrived here from the Lake Mohokon conference. He has been indorsed by Sensor Cummins for commissioner of education and he probably will talk the matter over with President Taft. Humeston Store Looted. Humeston-The general store of W. D. Smith & Son in this city was entered by burglaries and the safe robbed of $140. It is thought that an entrance was gained through the front door by means of a key especially made to fit the lock. Mayor Receives Black Hand Letter. Waterloo-Mayor Rector received an anonymous letter from the "Black Hand" society threatening him with death if he does not immediately discharge Chief of Police Dineenne and Night Desk Sergeant W. H. Holcroft. Passengers Have Narrow Escape. Cedar Rapids.—Seventy-five passengers on an Illinois Central train narrowly escaped serious injury, when a northbound passenger train went off the tracks near Albemire, a few miles north of Cedar Rapids. All cars except one were overturned. Vinton Man Assigns. Vinton.—Conrad G. Kaiser, druggist here and at other points in Iowa, and doing a general real estate business has made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. His assets exceed $45,000, with about $30; 000 in liabilities. Will Build New Factory. Des Moines—Bentley & Olmsted will build a $100,000 shoe factory on the corner of East First street and Court avenue this summer. The new structure is to be the largest shoe manufacturing establishment in Iowa. Organize Greater Iowa Club. Oskaloosa—Oskaloosa and Mahaka county have organized the first branch of the Greater Iowa league authorized by the last legislature. Over 200 farmers attended the banquet given by business men. *Rate Shelly Slightly Improved.* Carroll Kate Shelly, Northwestern heroine, who has been critically ill at St. Anthony's hospital, is slightly improved although still too weak for an operation. Grave fears are entertained for her recovery. *Cycle Hits Ice Wagon.* Waterloo...Miss Marguerite Norton, aged 19, daughter of the local manager of the Postal Telegraph office, and W. Cashbaum were injured severely in a motor cycle accident. *Des Moines Woman Files Suit.* Silney...Mrs. Josephine Sheuerman, Des Moines, has filed a petition in the district court against the estate of her father, the late Henry R. Grape involving $50,000. *Lumber Officials Talk.* Dubuque...Officials of the Standard Lumber company, whose principal Dubuque yard was swept by fire, have estimated the loss at $500,000. War Veterans Will Meet. Cedar Rapids—Spanish war veterans of Iowa will hold their state encampment two days commencing Thursday. Sheldon Gets Bank. Sheldon—Sheldon postoffice has been designated as a postal savings bank, according to announcement at Washington. Kate Shally Near Death. Carroll—Kate, Shally, Iowa's famous heroine who saved a Northwestern passenger train from going into an open bridge near Boone twenty years ago, lies at the point of death in a local hospital. Lurcheon of Club Women. Boone—More than one hundred were entertained at a 12-hour luncheon of the Boone Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs. Clara Mann, the federation president, was among the speakers. Sloux City Geto Meeting. Ottumwa—The selection of Sloux City as the meeting place for next year and the election of the officers featured the closing session of the eighth annual convention of the Iowa Station of Stationary Engineers here. Will Extend interurban. Estherville—Capitalists here think the Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Newburgh will be extended to Spirit Lake this year, passing through this city. SCHOOL BOOK SCHOOL HOUSE CHILDREN VANISHING RAY HARROUN WINS CAPTURE8 FIRST PRIZE OF $14,500 IN BIQ 500-MILE AUTO RACE. 77,000 PEOPLE SEE EVENT S. P. Dickson Is Killed, A. W. Greiner and Six Others Are Injured in Indianaapolis in Greatest Car Contest Ever Held. Indianapolis, Ind.—The first 500-mile auto race on a speedway, the greatest test of skill and endurance in motor racing history, was won by Ray Harourn, in a Marmon car, in the time of 6:41:08. Ralph Mulford in a Lozier was second. Forty cars started and ten finished. Notwithstanding predictions of wholesale disaster in the race only one man was killed and seven injured. The victims were: Killed—S. P. Dickson, mechanician Amplex car No. 44. Injured—Arthur Greiner, driver Amplex car No. 44, seriously. David Lewis, mechanician Lozier car No. 43, brushed and shaken up. Teddy Tetlaff, driver Lozier car No. 34, brushed and shaken up. Harry Knight, driver Westcott car No. 7, severely. John Glover, mechanician Westcott car No. 7, seriously injured. L. Anderson, mechanician Case car No. 8, thrown out, not serious. Robert Evans, mechanician Jackson car No. 25, ankle broken. S. P. Dickson, mechanician for Arthur Greiner, driver of Amplex car No. 44. Shortly after the victim of the race the mile Greiner was sweeping around the back stretch when both rear tires exploded, wrecking the car. Dickson was instantly killed, Greiner was seriously injured. Greifar is a millionaire driver from Chicago who came here and volunteered his services to the Amplex people following the wreck of the Amplex No. 12 several days ago in which Joe Horan was injured. Dickson lived in Chicago and his father is Major General. He was twenty-five years of age and unmarried. He was known as an experienced man in the racing game. The most spectacular accident of the day was when four cars were wrecked almost directly in front of the grandstand. The only person who was seriously hurt was John Glover, mechanician for Wentcott car No. 7, driven by Harry Knight, who also was hurt. The other cars that were wrecked were Eddie Heearn's Flat No. 17, Joe Jagers伯格尔 Case No. 8, and Lytles Apperson Jack Rabbit No. 35. That several people were not killed was a mystery to the great crowd in the grandstand. The to the terrible grind proved too great for Bob Evans, mechanician for Jack Tower, driving a Jackson, and he jumped from the car on the back stretch. Evans was hurled heavily to the ground, but not seriously hurt. He was apparently suffering from dementia. The prbie *Bwaters* w:Me. The prbie *Bwaters* w:Me. Second-Mullard, Lozier. Third-Brue Brown, Flat. Fourth-Wishart, Mercedes. Fifth-DePalma, Simplex. Sixth-Merz, National. Seventh-Turner, Amplex. Eighth-Coche, Jackson. Ninth-Belcher, Knox. Tenth-Hughes, Mercer. Girl Rejects Wooper; Jumps Far. New York--rather than be wed to a man whom she did not, love, eighteen-year-old Rebecca Boltman hurried herself from a third floor window of her home and sustained injuries from which she will probably die. New York—Samuel S. Bogart, vice president of the United Wireless Telegraph company, who pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of the mails, in advance of his five associates, was fined $2,500. Pope Names New Archbishop. Rome—Hervé Rocquel Pendragast, military bishop of Philadelphia, has been appointed archbishop of Philadelphia in succession to the late Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan, who died February 11 last. Seventeen-Year Locusta Arriving. Washington—Seventeen-yearLocusta are said to be due to ravage vegetation in the area, this summer. The vanguard of the industry is reported to have appeared in Alexandria county, Virginia. P. O. SELF-SUSTAINING DEPARTMENT RETURNS $3,000,000 TO THE TREASURY. For First Time In 30 Years Postal Service Revenues Are Equal to Expenditures. Washington—It is officially announced that the postoffice department is now self-supporting for the first time in 30 years. The postal service not having need of the $3,000,000 set aside from public funds, the department has returned that sum to the treasury. The official statement given out says in part: "At the present time there is a postal surplus of more than $1,000,000 and unless the expenses during the next month should prove extraordinary, the surplus will be still greater for the year. "This condition is little less that remarkable when it is considered that the present administration inherited a deficit of more than seventeen and one-half millions, the largest in the history of the postal service. "Except for the reforms in the financial system of the postoffice department recently instituted, it would not be possible to make this refund of $3,000,000 to the secretary of the treasury, even though the review of the current year have needed the expenditure of an accounting plan which was adopted about a year ago insures the prompt deposit in the treasury of postal funds not immediately required for disbursement at post offices, thus making available for use by the department several millions of dollars that, under the old practice, would be tied up in post offices. Under the old system, required surplus would be $10,000,000 in postal service. The $3,000,000 Mr. Hitchcock returns with the feeling that the postoffice revenues will be more than sufficient to defray the expenses of the postal service during the present year." MISS TAFT'S BOAT IN CRASH Flagship Dolphin Runs Down and Sinks Small Vessel In Potomac River—Man Drowned. Washington.—While returning to Washington from a trip down the Potomac river with Miss Helen Taft and a party of young women chaperoned by Mrs. George Von L. Meyer, wife of the secretary of the navy; Beckman Wintrop, assistant secretary of the navy, and Mrs. Winthrop, the secretary of the navy down and sunk in Flagship Dolphin Runs down and sunk at Alamo Bay, the power boat Culprit Fay, containing three men, which darted across her course at full speed. Alexander Yellowlow of this city, one of the three, was drowned, but the other two were rescued by the Dolphin's crew. President Taft paid a personal call at the home of Yellowess. He expressed his sympathy to the friends of Yellowess and gave instructions that every effort should be made to recover his body from the Potomac. CHURCH OUSTS GOV. COLOUITT Methodists Expel Tecs Executive Because of His Campaigning for the Anti-Prohibitionists. Galveston, Tex. — Governor Colquitt has been expelled from the Methodist church, of which he has long been a memorial because he is campaigning for the Methodist leaders. He will fight for reinstatement. Aged Slayer Sent to Prison Bloomington, Ill.—William Armington, aged sixty, was given a sentence of twenty years in Joliet penitentiary in the Marshall county court on the charge of killing Jerome Cray, a horse buyer of Wenona, while quarrelling at that place last fall. Asserts Kissing Spreads Disease. Philadelphia.—In an address at the American Laryngeological convention here Dr. Allen B. Thacher stated that kissing spreads many serious diseases, particularly those of the throat Mexico City — Rodrigo Reyes, son of Gen. Bernardo Reyes, was appointed sub-secretary of the department of justice. This is looked upon as a move to keep the elder Reyes pacified after the election, if possible. Quits After Teaching Fifty-Six Years Quirice, Mass. — Julia Underwood, who claims to hold the count, has resigned after completing a year of service in the local public schools. BARES STEEL MERGER GATES TELLS OF FORMATION OF CORPORATION. Gives Inside History of Trust—Says Mark Mack 8150 8000 in Combine. Washington—John W. Gates appeared before the house committee that is investigating the United States Steel Company and gave some insinuating testimony. Present at the birth of the greatest steel manufacturing concern in the world, he described how it was the natural outcome of what he described as the refusal of Andrew Carnegie to be bound by the "gentlemen's agreements" that marked the early days of open competition in the steel business. He told also of millions lost and created almost in a breath; how the Carnegie mills, appraised at $150,000,000, were recognized as worth $000,000 almost within the required to make the transfer to the corporation; the grim clash in the formal days when John D. Rockefeller was dismayed from joining in the formation of the corporation and the former in which others were prevented from engagirz in the steel trade. Relating how Carnegie had been forced to abandon plans for extending his steel business, Mr. Gates frankly admitted that the gigantic industrial combination was formed to throttle competition, and he surprised the committee with the further information that when John D. Rockefeller had sought to enter the steel business a deal had been put through by which the Standard Oil magnate was forced to sell out for 40 cents on the dollar. Characterizing Mr. Carnegie, bull in a china shop, Mr. Tales told of a midnight conference between himself, Charles Schab and J. Pierpoint Morgan, at which the steel company was conceived, and how involved in Carnegie getting $230,000,000 in the corporation's securities for his steel interests, which he previously had offered for $160,000,000 in cash. Mr. Gates also told the committee of the taking over of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company by the United Steel steel corporation during the panic of 1907, a deal in which he was interested as a stockholder of the Tennessee company. This, he declared, was a preceded transaction carried out by Mr. Morgan and other financial leaders to save from ruin the Trust Company of America, threatened in the financial upheaval, because it had loaned too much money on stock of the Tennessee company. NEW STEEL TRAIN WRECKED Engineer and Fireman Killed, One Passenger Seriously Hurt—Northwestern Limited Ditched. Spokane, Wash.—Deralled at a sharp curve 26 miles east of Lind, Wash. the Columbian new east-bound steel passenger train on the Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroad, was wrecked. The engineer and firemen were instantly killed and one passenger severely injured. The injured were taken to Lind. Lincoln, Neb.—Eighteen persons are dead and two, others will die as a result of the Burlington wreck near Indianola, according to a dispatch received here. BRYAN SCOLDS HIS PARTY Takes Exception to House Plan to Revise Wool Schedule, but Underwood Stands Pat. Washington. — William Jennings Bryan took exception to the program of his party in the house, and criticized the majority of the Democrats who have agreed to support the revised tariff schedule on wool and woolen goods. The criticism is conceived as a statement made public through Representative Harrison of New York. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee declared that despite Mr. Bryan's stand the revised tariff would go through the Democratic caucus with a two-thirds majority. RIVER MAY DESTROY TOWN Rio Grande Is Cutting Channels Through Streets of San Antonio, N. M. Albuquerque, N. M.—Their village threatened with destruction, the people of San Antonio, ninety miles south of here, are working desperately to build a bridge, which are eating a channel through the center of the town. The river, which is swollen by melting snow from the mountains, suddenly burst its banks. Telephone messages are to the effect that there is small hope of saving the town. No lives have been lost. Married Twelve, Divorced Eleven. Pendleton, Ore.—Peter West, an attorney, is dead, at the age of 11 times. He had been married 11 times. Through knowledge gained by his own experience he had built up one of the biggest divorce practices in the west. Chicago Banker Dies. Chicago—John V. Clarke, president of the Hibernian Banking association, died suddenly of pneumonia at his residence. The announcement came as a shock to the city's banking circles. America Honors Tom Moore. Washington—A bust of Thomas Moore, the great Irish poet, was unveiled in the Corcoran art gallery in honor of the one hundred and thirty-second anniversary of his birth. Champ Clay and Bourke Cockran delivered addresses. Kills Wife Who Left Him. Peoria, Ill.—Because his wife refused to live with him George Lash went to the house where she was residing and shot Mrs. Lash then escaped, killing her. He then escaped. BIG STICK FOR TRUST ATTORNEY GENERAL DECLARES ALL SHERMAN MAN ACT VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED. ADMITS STEEL CONNECTION Cabinet Member Tells House Committee He Advised Corporation and Received $28,000 for His Services While With Law Firm. Washington. — Attorney General Wickersham told the house committee on expenditures in the department of justice that as a result of the recent decisions of the Supreme court in the Standard Oil Company Tobacco case a sweeping attempt will be made to obtain criminal convictions of all violators of the Sherman antitrust act. Attorney General Wickersham testified that he had advised the United States Steel corporation on several occasions from 1901 to 1909 during his connection with the firm of Strong and Caddwallader and that he had received his share of the fee turned into the United States Sugar Refining company, personally attached to by Henry W. Taft, brother of the president. Mr. Wickersham said his share was about $20,000. Mr. Wickersham was examined chiefly by Representative Beall of Ternas, chairman of the committee, concerning the sale by the government of friar lands in the Philippines to the American Sugar Refining company. He said that the American company was attached as a special attorney for the government against the "liorice trust" a part of the American Tobacco company. Mr. Wickersham declared that after he became attorney general John Henry Hammond represented Strong & Cadwallader as counsel for the so-called sugar trust in the purchase of the friar lands. He added that at the time he gave his opinion permitting the sale of these lands he did not know that Hammond represented the president of the American Sugar Refining company, Mr. Havemeyer. When asked about the connection of the firm with steel affairs, Mr. Wickersham said: "I personally have advised the United States Steel corporation in one or two issues." "Did Strong & Cadwallader ever represent the New York Cotton exchange?" asked Chairman Beall. "Yes, Henry W. Taft was counsel for the exchange." Mr. Wickersham replied, "and I think he still continues in that capacity." The chairman sought to learn from the attorney general why the department of justice and the treasury department accepted a $2,000,000 settlement from the American Sugar Refining company as restitution for undervaluations at the port of New York. The department also provided the provided for by law. Mr. Wickersham replied that the department felt that the evidence at once was not sufficient to support a claim for penalties, though it was his belief that restitution was made because the corporation feared penalties would be imposed. "Then it was your judgment," suggested Mr. Beall, "that, notwithstanding the fact that the government had access to a memorandum because the government imposed and to books showing fraudulent weights, if the government had attempted to collect the penalties there was strong probability of failure?" "Yes," Mr. Wickersham answered. TEN PERISH IN BIG STORM Seven Caught on Lake Erie Are Drowned—Property Loss in Northwestern Ohio $1,000,000. Cleveland, O.—Ten dead, many missing, scores of injured and at least $1,000,000 property loss mark the trail left by a five-minute storm that ripped and tore through the northern half of Ohio. Cleveland lay helpless under the fall of a sixty-mile male that scattered the shipping in the harbor, took buildings with it in its fury and twisted giant trees from their roots. Seven were drowned in Lake Erie off the Cleveland shore, as the storm caught fishermen and perilled the lives of yachmen and other people on the water. Three were drowned at Loraln, while more are missing both there and at Cleveland. The block of the city missed its mark of the sweeping gale. Shores of glass from broken windows splintered on the dwellings and thousands of trees were engunned. Live wires, tangled in deadly colts in the streets when the poles fell in the storm, made many streets paths of peril. Most of those who were drowned were fishing in small boats on the lake when the storm broke. Wealthy Racine Man Dies Racine, Wis—Henry George Michail millionaire automobile manufacturer Racine, died suddenly from heart attack, the son of the late Henry Mitchell, founder of the Mitchell Wagon works. Reciprocity Vote Wednesday. Washington—The senate committee on finance decided to vote on the Canadian reciprocity bill next Wednesday. It is expected that the bill will be sent back to the senate without recommendation. Governor of Moscow a Swindler. Moscow, Russia—Major General Rheinbot was sentenced by the senate tribunal to imprisonment for one year and the loss of his civil rights for the misappropriation of government funds during his term as governor of Moscow. Fire in Scottsville's Forests Shelburne, N. F—Fifteen houses have been destroyed and many persons are homeless as a result of a forest fire which is raining uncontrollled through Shelburne county. M. "How on Earth Did They Get Along, Without You Before You Came?" MISS SELINA LUE and the Soap-box Babies by MARIE THOMPSON DAVIESS Illustrations by Magnus G. Kettner COPYRIGHT 1909 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY Miss Selina Bluff, a spinster guardian angel of River Bluff, presides over an annual celebration of the neighborhood in the year of her groovy 1980s box Babies. "This fact that she is single makes her an object of sympathy to the youngest Page, daughter of Widow Page, Cynthia visit her another Scap-boxer," in Alan Kent, a young artist who wishes to be another Scap-boxer. "Miss Lue's adopted baby, and one Cynthia is very fond of, shows an evident affection for the leaves. Alan hearts that her mother is in danger by losing the old homestead. A CHAPTER III.—Continued. "You ought to teach her to negate pain as you do the kiddies," was Mr. Alan's vindictive remark, which failed to lodge in Miss Selina Lue's kind mind; but he seemed glad when Benle enthusiastically consented to run up to the Hill Manson to take a bottle of camphor and find out about the possible accident. He went so far as to hand him a dime, with the entreaty that he hurry and relieve the anxiety of—Miss Selina Lue. He even stood and watched impatiently the rag-beturbaned head of the messenger, which seemed to crawl up the hill like a big white snail. "I know I'm foolish," said Miss Sella Luca as she began on the beans again. "I don't hold with thinking up bad happenings onto people, for sometime it might kinder hit 'em on some blind side we don't know about and take, but that child is jest the kern' of my heart. She is one of the whies of me. Miss Cynthia is, since I come to the Bluff." "Why, I thought you had always been—the Bluff, Miss Sella Luca," said Mr. Alan, anxious to turn her thoughts from her favorite topic of conversation. Hore no malice, but a snub is likely to bring return ripples of resentment; and that witching mischievous smile—hirs ears began to burn from reflex action. "You no indeed, I've only been here eight years," answered Miss Sella Luca, and eyes rested on the far dhills because the wrist "eight years and two months, for Ethel Maud was born the night after I got here." "How on earth did they get along without you before you came?" asked Mr. Alan with sincerity in his tone. "Well, they weren't so many babies on the Bluff then—jess Bennie, though he was a mighty poor specimen when I took a hand with him. They've kept a coming along in bunches ever since, bless 'em!" "How did you happen to come—to them?" asked Mr. Alan gently, for he saw that Miss Selina Lue's mind was back in the past. "Yes," she answered softly, "it do look like the little unborn things called me—me a setting loneup on a side of one of the hills over in Warren county. I didn't have nothing but some land, a empty home—and a full graveyard over by the garden day. It was jess about sundown one day and I was a fixing round the graves—the wild vlests was a blooming on Adoniram's fer the first time—when I looked up and seen the light of glory on the hills. And somehow, I don't know, but all of a sudden, the grieving love in me turned into love God that He jest poured down into my heart, and I was so filled with it that hurt me not to be a giving some life to other folks. The next day I told him and home to Cousin Dave Elkins, and hitched up and started down to where I could find folks to need me." "I'm surprised you got this far," said Mr. Alan, his voice a bit husky as he looked into Miss Selina Lue's face of beautiful tenderness. "Well, it was with aamy a stop," she answered as her face broke up into a shower of smiles. "It took two full weeks to make the seventy miles, and if ever a woman found things awaiting to be did it was me as I ```markdown ``` Honor Not For George Sand come along the road." Miss Selina Lue lauged reminiscently. "Tell me about it, please do," begged Mr. Alan like a small boy wheedling for an adventure tale. "Well, let me see! I was all hitched and ready to start by sun-up. I had been real stern with myself about leaving most everything behind me packed up in a corner of the garret. I was harder than any mind not to drive Chance's car before me, 'cause no matter where a body had a cow is a convenience to have along." Mr. Alan lauged and moved a step nearer. "How far did you get that first day?" he inquired. "Oh, only as far as Cousin Patty Sedberry. They had word and was a-looking for me. I heard the children barking like dogs when I turned in the gate. It was the worst crowd of whooping-coughers I have ever saw, and I was so scared I did, for it took me three days' doing with onion syrup and brown sugar, which she had never heard on to, to gif 'em where they could pull through. I left me squeaky, on the road to mend. I was so glad I found a job of helping that I could wade through so well." You couldn't wade through people 'really' Miss Selina Lowe would be sure to strike out and swim," said Mr. Alan as he snapped a bean across the step. "Well, I found a trouble down the road to Mis' Deacon Jennings' that come mighty nigh going over my head, and I had to hold on to tight to the hand of God and try and pull against the tide for them, and me, too. It was a baby's funeral—she had six living boys and jesus this one little woman-child. Seemed like I sewed stitches in my own soul as I made the little white shroud." Miss Selina Lue's voice quivered. "But I'm glad you were there to—make it," faltered Mr. Alan. "So was I, and I helt 'em up all I could in the arms of prayer. But it was the ice-house's caving in that saved her." "The ice-house's caving in?" "Yes, for it broke two boys' arms and one collar-bone. You see sorrowing can go hand in hand with work all day, and they can lie down together at night—but they both sleep." "Yes, said Mr. Alan thoughtfully, "that is as true as it sounds. But where next, Miss Selina Luna." "Then next I got to Uncle Jere Sommers in time to witness the calamity of a man that's been deaf thirty years hearing back again by thirty years hearing back again." "Well, do you call that a calamity?" asked Mr. Alan. "Well, whatever people don't want Honor Not For Famous Author Might Have Been Crowned by French Academy If She Desired. George Sand came very near being an academicienne, and had she cared for what would have been, especially in those days, an overwhelming honor, it would almost certainly have been awarded to her, not perhaps so much because of her literary fame, but because of that finely tempered mental quality, that broad human, which made her equally dear to the Utopians and to the realists of her day. to happen to 'em is a calamity when it comes," announced Miss Seline Lina. "He said he had been minding his own business and not having to bother with other folkses affairs for more'n thirty years, and now he had to hear every fool rooster in the neighborhood express his opinion as to whether day was nigh or not. It was best plumbed and went about his work as usual, hearing only what the shirt wouldn't stop. He was mad plumbed through and he had 'em all walking on they toes like crawfish. It's strange how one person's crank can turn the wheels of the whole family." Mr. Alan laughed heartily at the idea of the old rechuse's protest at being dragged into the world again, because Miss Seline Lina. From the back of the grocery came a faint, sleepy chirp which had a more energetic echo. "There now they are all a-walking up," said Miss Sellina Lue. "But maybe they'll be quiet while I tell you about the bridegroom and the cake that I had the trouble with at Carlie Lorie's wedding as I come on over the Ridge. It always did seem a shame to me how folks hang a bride around on a feather, so to speak, and jest let the poor groom shift her himself, like he were some sort of a criminal. Andy were all dressed in his wedding clothes about four o'clock and a-waiting. Somebody ougheth been set by her keep his mind often himself, but the back hall to the porch to git a drink of water to quench his thirst and help him swoller the lump in his throat and had the misfortune to git mixed up with the wedding cake what they had set on a table in a dark corner by the door to be lit up with candles. When I got there they was both on the floor, and he had run his foot plumb through it and was gormed with frosting something terrible. I used soft soap and patience, and by hard work I got him and the clothes ready to stand at the wedding. Then I whirled in and mixed another stirred egg cake in a crock and finished it. I frosted it liberal with curly-cues, and me and it both was ready by the time folks got to coming. I laughed all the way down the road next at the remembering of his face when I found him." And Miss Sellina Lue chucked at Mr. Alan's about of amusement. "Walt," he said, as she rose to go in and quell the calls from the soap-boxers, which were fast becoming a demonstration. "Tell me some more; let them roar." "There's not much more to tell," she said, as she looked up and down the quiet street. A temporary lull had descended on the back regions. "I drove in here along about seven miles," Warren county man, kept a grocery somewhere on the Bluff. But it wasn't like this is now. They was a crowd of loafers setting on the steps talking loud—and they was a counter back there where the soap-boxes are now, with kegs and bottles under it. And his poor wife was consumed almost to death. Before I laid my head on the pillow in the lean-to that night I had bought him out at a fair price, with the horse and rockaway to boot, so he could stand in right off the road. I dig. It was in my sock of money, but that woman was a dying and had to go." "So you hadn't intended to enter commercial life?" asked Mr. Alan, his eyes bright with interest. "Oh, no." answered Miss Selina Lue, "but I had to put my mind so as to follow any good leading that cona. If you had seen me go at this grocery with a broom and a mop the next day—and first thing I rolled the kegs out into the street and emptied 'em, and the bottles, too—you would have thought I had come jest for that special purpose. A young man team-driver started to say something impolite ter me about the river of beer down the street, but Mr. Dobble stepped over by him and bumped it. And Ethel, and was borned that very night—and I had my hands full ever since." "And your heart, too" added Mr. Alan. "Yes, looks like God do pour it full to running over on other folks. I—but here comes Bennie! How was Miss Cyrthia, honey!" "Shoo," answered Bennie. "Didn't nothing sting her; she jetted laugh and said, Thank, ma'am, for the camphire, she'd save it till something did. Mr. Alan, I told her you give me the dime to hurry back and tell you if she was hurt, but she got red and said you could wait to hear till I could get a tea-tac cake from the cook. But here's the dime, 'cause I didn't hurry. Bennie tendered the dime, a hot, dirty, but honest little hand. "You oughter done as Mr. Alan said, Bennie, honey," said Miss Sella Lu in mild reproof. "Course he was worried until he heard; so was I." "Bennie," said Mr. Alan with a gint in his eyes, "keep the dime; you earned it." When writing her a chaing letter, concerning the rumor of her possible election, Flaubert paraphrased Faunin's famous line to Mollers: "Rign ne manque a ta glorie; tu manquais a la notre." Innumerable French women writers have been "crowned" by the French academy. In the majority of cases the work so honored, especially if a novel, is judged from the ethical point; as from the literary standpoint; as from the moral point; with it a small sum of money, and always makes a considerable difference to the sale of the book. HAVE AIRSHIP FEVER Aviation Germ Is Getting Busy Among People of Des Moines SIMON IS UP TO REPUTATION Series of Fancy Whirligig Flights Senda Thrilla through Applauding Thousands on Hillside Near Club House. Des Moines, June 2.—The members of the Moissant International Airvators company, who are in Des Moines, gave a splendid exhibition/ of air work. If there was a person dissatisfied with the exhibition he failed to show himself. The big hill in front of the Hyperion club, used as a starting ground, was dotted with spectators. On the hill crest more than 150 automobiles were marked. Rene Simon, the little Frenchman with the reputation for putting on fool stunts in the air, was the first man out yesterday. Simon waited until 4:45 o'clock before he mounted to his tail in the tail of his Molsaint monoplanet, right back of the engine and the propeller. Simon doesn't waste any time getting off the ground. One turn of the propeller caught the explosion of the gas, in a twinkling the speed, the eased, making 1,250 revolutions a minute. The machine sailed straight down over the heavy sand and up into the teeth of the wind, amid the cheering from the hundreds who had never seen a man in a heavier-than-air machine off terra firma before. For sixteen minutes Simon navigated carefully. In great circles he plowed around the field, each time creeping higher and higher. On his descent he made a long glide in the direction of the club house and then circles around it and then landed in a perfect landing. It was his first飞 before a crowd with the new wings, and he didn't try any thrillers. The baragraph recorded a height of 3,250 feet as his maximum altitude. Rene Barrier went up at 5:34 o'clock and was in the air nineteen minutes. His engine was working better than it has for weeks, Barrier said after he landed. On his second turn about the grounds Barrier worked up the wind for a distance of a mile beyond the club house, then turned about and with the wind helping the cylinders came tearing down the field at a terrific pace. ATTEMPT TO LOOT TREASURY Complete Detaila Are Given By Rhoades in His Testimony Before Jury in Criminal Court. Des Moines, June 2—For the third time since the attempt was made to blow open the vault of the county treasurer's office and steal its contents Al Rhoades has made a confession that he was one of the conspirators. He branded James O'Callaghan a former employee in the office, as a member of the gang. The last confession was made to a trial jury in the criminal court yesterday. Tom Hatch and Peter Juhl were also named as the two leaders in the plot. Every move that the quartet is alleged to have made from the time Hatch and Juhl, first arrived in Des Moines up to the time of the blowing of the vault door and the arrest of himself and O'Callaghan, was described by the witness in the minutest detail. He exposed every part of the plot. His story caused the general remark that he is a conscience-striken man or he is the cleverest liar that ever sat upon the witness stand in the criminal court. Spanish War Veterans Meet. Cedar Rapids, June 2.—Over 400 soldiers who saw service in the war with Spain are here attending the twelfth annual reunion and encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans. Delegates to the national encampment at Oklahoma City and new state officers will be elected today. President Taft in Waterloo. Washington, D. C. June 2- If we railroads and Senator Kenyon of Iowa can fix it, President Taft will make a flying trip from Chicago to Waterloo, Iowa, to speak on June 5th before the state dalrymen's convention. Camp Meeting at Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa, June 2- The annual campmeeting of the National and Iowa Holiness association opened at University park here today. Several hundred members of the faith are in attendance. The meetings will continue until June 12. Semper Wells is Dead. Cedar Rapids, June 2- James Wells, for forty-two years a resident of Linn county, is dead at his home in Palo, aged 84 years. He came to Iowa in the early days from Ohio by stage, and was a well known Mason S. U. I. Man Heads University. Iowa City, June 2.—J. C. Monnert, a graduate of the State University of Iowa, who annually spends his summers in the city, has been appointed president of the University of Okla homa. Open State Convention. Clinton, June 2.—The annual state convention of the United Commercial Travelers' association opened here with a reception to delegates and their wives. It is expected that fully 1,500 delegates will be in attendance Bludge Man to Fort Dodge. Council Bluffs, June 2.—W. A. Brindley, instructor of English for three years in the high school here, has become head of the public speaking department of the Fort Dodge schools. INFLUENCE OF LOCAL LEAGUE NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE OF SELMA RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT ALABAMA—INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING COLORED PORTERS ON TWO RAILROADS—SOME OF THE MEMBERS. Selma, Ala. (Special.)—Much of the success attending the recent session of the Alabama State league is due to the flourishing condition of the local Negro Business league of this city, of which R. R. Hudson is president. Selma the Negro Business league is regarded by the negroes just as any other commercial organization is regarded by the white people. The Negro Business league, under Professor Hudson's direction, has to do with all progressive movements, inaugurates many of them and sees to it that any other movement is carried to a successful culmination. The league here has been instrumental in placing colored porters on two railroads running out of Selma and is now at work on the third one. It succeeded in securing an extension of time, when necessary, on the payment of the extra tax on a sewer system for negro citizens, and has encouraged and aided many other laudable undertakings. One sees in Selma a greater spirit of co-operation than in most towns of the size, even where there is present quite as many negro business establishments. Among some of the leading spirits of the local league are E. W. Stone, who is a blacksmith and large planter. Mr. Stone owns a large tract of land, which has been included in the extended city limits, which portion has become a fashionable residence district. The land is conservatively estimated to be worth about $70,000. He is an active member of the A. M. E. church and has been a delegate to several general conferences. No man is more popular with the masses than Duncan Irby, who, like Mr. Stone, runs a large blacksmithing establishment. Mr. Stone is a slave to his work; works night and day and as a matter of course, has reaped the attendant reward. He holds the contract for carrying the United States mall, rushes a half dozen of public carriages in the city of heart and owns, right in the heart of the downtown region, three-story brick buildings paid at $15,000. He has other real estate holdings running up to at least $20,000. Prof. R. B. Hudson is the one negro living in Selma who has attained a national reputation. He is the only layman holding office under the National Baptist convention. He has been secretary of that large body for five years, his election being always accomplished by acclamation. Professor Hudson has been principal of the Clark school in Selma for 21 years, and holds the confidence of the entire people. He has valuable real estates, lives in one of the handsome homes, in the city, and is the proprietor of the only coal and wood yard managed and controlled by negroes. He is uniriting in his efforts to make the Negro Business league a factor in the development of the people. In considering the property downtown, it is well to call attention to another the story brick structure owned by the negro, just across the street from the city hall. Professor Hudson owns this property, and it adjoins the street-story structure owned by Mr. Duncan Irbury. Both these buildings, at about $1,000 each, and stand rented all the time. LARGE DONATION FOR NEGRO EDUCATION MISSIBI8IPPI PLANTER GIVES LAND WORTH SEVEN THOUSAND DOLL- LARS TO SCHOOL. Jackson, Miss. (Special) — A negro planner in Mississippi, who does not wish his name disclosed, has just given to Campbell college, a large negro institution here, maintained by the African Methodist Episcopal church, a large tract of land in Coahoma county, valued at $7,000, the income of which is to go for the maintenance of poor but worthy students. This is probably the largest gift made by a southern negro for the education of his people. President M. M. Ponton, prominently mentioned in connection with the blasphec of his church, expresses the hope that this is but the beginning of similar liberal donations on the part of negroes who are able in some manner to contribute more to the education of their own people. TO ERECT TRADES SCHOOL. Washington.—(Special.)—The contract for the first of the trade schools of Washington has already been let with the understanding that the trade school building will be completed within five months, and will be ready for occupancy in September. The new school will be erected on the grounds of the present Cardozo building and about half of that structure will be used for the same purposes as that now being erected. A canvass of the schools to discover those who desire to enroll themselves at the new institution reveals the fact that the present plans will very shortly have to be expanded to accommodate persons who wish to learn the trades to be taught at the new institution. AFTER A BIG HAUL. "Blinks used to be dawn on the subject of buried treasure, What's he up to now?" "He's got up an expedition to Asia Minor to try to find the place where Methuselah stored his birthday presents." EDITORIAL. Successful modern editors Are young, as it appears. Yet those I've seen have mostly been In their declining years. PRESIDENT WRITES OF EDUCATION DECLARES IN LETTER THAT NEGRO SHOULD BE GIVEN AN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. Fisk University Day Observed at Great Missionary Exposition—Only Leaders of Colored Race Should Be Highly Educated, Belief of President. Boston, Mass. (Special)—President Taft formally opened the great "World In Boston" exposition in the Mechanics' building. He turned a key at the White House, fashed a spark over the wire to illuminate the great electric star over the stage in Palladium. With the blazing this statue four feet from the entrance began. The president also sent a message of greeting from Washington. A letter from President Taft was read, expressing his regret that he could not attend, and thanks for the invitation. An extract from a previous letter of the president was also read in which he said: "I am not one of those who believe that it is well to educate the mass of negroes with academic or university education. On the contrary, I am firmly convinced that the blacksmith is one in his industrial education throughout the south, and in teaching him to be a better farmer, a better carpenter, a better machinist, and a better blacksmith than he is now, and to make more blacksmiths and more good farmers than they are now among the negroes." The letter added that he had also become convinced it is necessary to have a few high class negro universities for those who are to be the leaders of the race. Nothing can do better than a university offering a nucleus for leadership, among them as the maintenance of such a university, to Flask he wrote in conclusion. Letters of regret were also read from Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and Gen. Frederick D. Grant. President Gates of Fisk university said in part: "All we ask is that we be tested by our own standard of civilization. The great national problem of today, if all the foreign nations should be asked the question is the race problem. They would all make the same answer. In all our large towns not only are colored people the victims of prejudice, but the people of all races." He said Fisk university was educating colored people into service for their own kind. Booker T. Washington began by saying that, when a boy, born into slavery, he was valued at $400. "If I am worth any more today to the world it is due to missionaries," he said. At the World in Boston is reproduced in future years, he said that Fisk university would be able to help furnish people of every color. "The students there include all the colors of the rainbow," he added. There is a crying need for Christian doctors and educated men in the south, he stated. In describing the successful raising of money for a white Y. M. C. A. building at Atlanta, Ga, and then for a colored Y. M. C. A. building, he called it a "race college" with white and colored Christians who said but nothing was said in the northern papers about that race riot," he said. "It pays to have the cultivated black man and woman, and in proportion as we have them there will be fewer riots in the south." In closing, Mr. Washington paid a high tribute to the work of Fisk university. NO POLITICS FOR SCOTT LIBERIAN COMMISSIONER IS LOOKING FOR NO JOB IN WASHINGTON. Washington, D. C. (Special).—Emmett J. Scott, secretary to Dr. Booker T. Washington, spent a day in the city, en route to Tuskegee. He was whirled about town in the touring car of Dr. A. M. Curtis, making calls upon his friends. Mr. Scott stated to your correspondent that there is absolutely no truth in the rumor circulated by the Associated Press that Dr. Booker T. Washington is purchasing the International and Great Northern railroad, which is to be offered at a receiver's sale in a few days at Palestine, Tex. "The full strength of Dr. Washington's mind, soul and body, for the remainder of his days will be given to the development of Tuckegee institute and the manifold interests that it represents," said Mr. Scott. "Dr. Washington has not the slightest intention of buying for himself or for any one else any kind of railroad, to be operated by negro or any other kind of labor. You can state, with all possible emphasis, that there is not a word of truth in the report." Mr. Scott also denied for the one-thousandth time the rumor that he might be induced to accept high salaried position in Washington. "Nay, nay," said Mr. Scott, with a knowing smile, "the 'simple life' at Tuckegee for me." HE SEEKS "WHITE MAN'S HOPE." New York—(Special.) — "Parson" Davies, formerly of New Orleans, and John B. Rogers, sailed for Europe in quest of the "white man's hope." "I am going to talk things over with Hugh McIntosh in Paris," said Rogers, "and between us we are going to find way to beat Jack Johnson." "Is there any field for new posts?" Potter, Potter's Field."—Ippincott's. ```markdown ``` Ability to read and write is now a suffragette requirement in Portugal. Miss Anna Rogatad, sixty-five years of age and a conservative in public made her malen speech in March 1917 as the first woman member of that body. All of the members arose when Miss Rogatad began her speech. Official statistics recently published show that the death duties collected in France during 1909 amounted to $22,365,395. The estates concerned numbered 278,418, with an aggregate net value of $1,107,904,218, the above age value per estate being about $2,900. In an official report estimates the number of Para rubber trees under cultivation in Cochin, China, at over 1,000,000, of which about 15,000 are being tapped. Present plans contemplate the planting of 4,000,000 trees additional as soon as the work can be done. In 1910 the Cunard company carried across the Atlantic 36,148 first-class passengers, 39,511 second and 139,076 third, the respective year being 3,446, over the previous year being 13,035. The first-class passengers constitute a record for the company. To enable a person to massage himself without assistance there has been patented an apparatus to be fastened to a wall, adjustable to 'any height, in which a wheel with leather covered balls on the ends of the spokes is rotated by cranks and suitable gears. North China is noted for raising the best mules in the middle kingdom. In Peking one will see mules quite as good in every respect as the Missouri and Kentucky product. The finest are employed by Chinese officers and other wealthy men to draw their "Peking carts." A great flying competition is being arranged by La Nacion of Buenos Ayres, in which all the aviators at present in the country will take part. A prize will be given to the aviator making the best time between Buenos Ayres and Rosario, two stops being allowed on the way. Bocarat, France, has the honor of producing the first glass that is unbreakable. The new process has been successfully applied to the manufacture of lamp chimneys for use in coal mines containing much fire damp. The glassmakers of Baccao have also succeeded in making the durability of the glass. This they accomplish by adding magnesia and oxide to the ordinary glass. About thirty million words a year pass under the sea, through cables linking British and North American ports. The tallest soldier in the British army is said to be Private H. Barter of the First Battalion Grenadier Guards, who though but eighteen years old, stands 6 feet 8½ inches in his stockings and is still growing. Formerly Major Oswald Ames of the 7½ inches tall, was said to be to the tallest soldier in the British army. John Hoar of Fiskill Landing, N. H, has recently made application for first naturalization papers, though he has been voting in this country for 36 years. Hoar is sixty-one years old. Soon after he came to this country from Ireland he applied for citizenship papers, but there was some delay until he came round, six months later he went to the polls and voted. He has voted every year since, he says. M. Spiridonoff, a Moscow mining magnate, to celebrate his golden wedding invited 200 guests who were agreeably surprised to find their card of invitation made of pure beaten gold, with the lettering artistically done in enamel. Each card weighed two-thirds of an ounce, and the eight and a half pounds of gold were made to make Spiridonoff's mules in the Ural mountains. The invitations alone cost $4,000. Automobilists in England—they call them motorists over there—are much interested in the success of an invention known as "solid petrol," or gasoline in little bricks. Its exact composition is of course a secret. It contains 80 per cent. of ordinary gasoline, a percentage of soapy matter and 1 per cent. of a foreign substance which gives it soidity. A small block of oil is soidy to equip a car of liquid power, and its inventors say that enough to propel a car 1,200 miles can be carried in a little box on the running board of the machine. A delicacy of Australian savages is the flesh of snakes which, with the exception of the liver, is too dry and tasteless to appeal to civilized palates. Meat is usually baked in a primitive oven, made by digging a hole about a foot deep in the ground. In the hole is built a fire which is covered with stones. When the stones have become very hot, it is flared and the stones are covered with green leaves, in which the meat is placed. The hole is then filled with earth and is not reopened until the time determined for the cooking of the meat has elapsed. Chicago's recent direct primaries are said to have cost $698,000, of which the city pays one-fourth. James F. Ride of Lincoln, Ill., is the oldest Master Mason in the state. He belongs to the Logan lodge of Masonas of that city, having just been elected to memorial service, and probably the oldest public official in the United States. He is : more than ninety-eight years old. There are two Bacons in the United States, but it has puzzled chroniclers to determine whether they are named after an important product of the packing buses or after the English savant who did not write the plays of Shakespeare. John of Gaddesden, who was court doctor to Edward II, records excellent results in treating smallpox by use of red cloth. Wrapping the patient in red cloth was all there was to the treatment, and even so illustrious a patient as the king's son recovered quickly after being wrapped in red cloth. hero RRM ee ce MOTT Tate SRS mi See oe eT sh ATTY, een en 2.00 | the Union Baptias P, Palmar of j which was ne. i few i ‘a large gs Rev. ‘ig pl very. able speaker and ws te ope for mitch success un jet hiJeadorahip, We aak the avelst ‘ance of ll members and also friends, Om Tuesday evening the G. G. elub ‘gavi their weekiy entertainment which ras quite nauecess. On next Tuesday ‘evening the clab will meet at the home ‘of Mri. A; Plessant Everybody is in ‘vited to attend the rally next Sunday ‘at the Union Baptist church for the purpose of paying off the debt. ‘he Union Baptist S. 8, is proparing for. the convention. which convenes fn Dea Molnes the first Sunday in June at ‘the Maple street Baptist church. ‘Tho! I, club meet with Mrs, J. Trent this Week, Mrs, Jorie Bland is suffering with very sote foot having stepped in wire ‘from a screen, Mra. Jordan Earlie is able to, be out ‘after a brief illness. Mrs. M. Clark, G. M. of the Chapter, passed through the city Tuesday even- ‘sng, enroute for her home after enjoy- ing'the grand nession which convened ‘in Davenport last week, Mr. George Watkins is quite ill with pneumonia at the hospital. Madam-A. Newton, PaulinaKing and Miss Ida Palmer and Miss Ida Brooks, ‘was in Davonport last week attending the grand session of the Chapter. They report an excellent time, ‘Mrs, Jones and Johnson of Oskalooss ‘are the guests of Mra, C. Badgett. ‘There is one medicine that every fam- fly should be provided with and especi- ‘ally daring the summer months; viz: ‘Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholere and Diar- hoes: Remedy. It is almost certain to tbe needed. It costa but a quarter. . Can ‘you afford to be without.it?. For sale -by all dealers. : ENTERPRISE, 107A. ‘(last Week) Mr, G, H. Edmunds who was appoint- ‘ed organizer of the U. M. W. of “A. left last Thureday for Greensburg, Ps., ‘where he will take up his work. He ir the first Negro to be appointed ax Na- tional ‘organizer of the UM. W. of ‘America, We are gind to learnof him earning a salary of $1500 0 year. Mr. ‘Bamunda is one of our brilliant young men_and we feel he is worthy of the position, although he will be greatly in our eity. ‘Mr. and Mre. William Battles enter tained Sunday at dinner, Rev. and Mrs ‘Jas. Bowles, Rev, James’ Bowles, who has beer pastor of the Mt. Olive Baptist churet for early five years has offered his resignation and will preach hie farewel ‘sermon’ Sunday night and leave next ‘week, for Colfax, where he has beer ‘galled as pastor of the, Bethel Bpatis! ehureh. He has-labored hard in this lace. «When he came here he foun: he people. worshipping in the schoo house} since that time we have built thureh, “valae $2,000, and he leaves it clear of debt. We hope for him great sliccesg on his new field of labor. ‘Mra, Della Wilson and daughter, Bre ‘trice, of Osceola, are in the city visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Rober! Hunter. Rev. Moore, the blind evangelis preached at the Mount Olive Baptis church Friday and Saturday evening to a large congregation. His sermon: Were soil atirring and was enjoyed by all who beard him. Mesdames John Perkins, Joe Stone, Eva Joties and Master Robert Wilson were: in'our city Friday, visiting the ‘@thoo) taught by Miss Nellie Leftaga. Bey ‘Were also guest of Mrs. William jes and Mrs, Allie Divers at five ofclock dinner. : ‘Mets, the little daughter of Reverend and Mra..G. White will arrive home ext. week from Vinton, Iows, where she is attending the Towa college for the blind: We are glad to learn she is getting slong 80 well in her studies, MOLINE ‘TLE. GREETINGS. hy (ast Week) Mr. Emmett Washington, who was the guest of his sister, Mra. R. B. Set- tles, last week, left Saturday to visit relatives in Quincy. Rey. W. A. Wilkenson, filled the pul- pitat St, Paul's A. M. E. church, Sun- day and delivered a very able sermons. Mrs. Fannie Lee was pleasantly sur- prised at her home last Tuesday even- ig in honor of her birthday anniyer- sary. Games and music were the main features; and at a late hour a dainty luncheon was served. Mrs, Lee’ was Tevipient of many tokens for the occa- pons Mrs, L. B. Taryer was a visitor at the Grand session 0, E. S, last: Thure- aay convened in Davenport, Ta. ice-cream: and strawberry social was sheld at the Tabernacle Baptist charch ‘Thursday evening. Quite a number from Moline attend- @i the teeeption of the 0, E. S. in Dav- enport ‘Tuesday evening, also their installation, Thursday evening. | se SIOUX CITY ITEMS. puesday was Decoration day and ¢ large number of people found their way ito the different grave yards to decorate tthe! graves and pay tribute to their Joved ones gone. ‘Bev. E. 5, Roberts of Kansas City, Kansas, gave « lecture at the A.M. E. church, last Tuesday evening, «It was Wery instructive; the subject’ being eg Henle and Effecte."" i) Mr. Jol Crawford came down from ieee Fells’, D. and' spent Sunda, with tis father end brother returning Bip Ree Gross ct Chalkbutts, Moo: ate teh ele henthe “idem nae SERB: ne ne ee s! jved home from Token, ‘Ala,,. where be ha been attending tehoo!, for his vacation. ‘Mr. Clarence Stackre! who has beer [touring different states In the Cong King company, returned home Monday. ‘The company dlabanded at Buxton, Ts Mr, Mullen of Lexington, Mo., 18 i the city and thinks if he likes the cit ‘bo'will take up bia residence here | ‘The Mite Missionary society met at the A. M-E, church, Tuesday evening Mrs Myrtle Morgan came up from ‘Omahn Saturday, to be in the ety fo a few days ‘The: Neom! Chapter of O. EB. 8. will have their sermon preached Sunday evening at the Mt: Zion Baptist churct Rey, J. W, Broader will preach the sermon. ‘Miss Anna Mauw of Centerville; Is, filled the pulpit at the A. M. E. churet ‘Sunday evening. ‘The W. C. T. U. society met at the ALM, E. chareh, Thursday evening, Madam Ohelia Hodson, Ellen. Mor gan, Bryant and Lins Coats returnec home Thursday from Cedar Rapids where they attended the Woman's Fed. ‘eration, ‘They reported a fine time anc informs ‘us that Sioux City has beer ‘selected for the meeting of next year, ‘The banquet given under the auspices lof the Marquette club lest. Thursds} evening; proved to be a grand affair, but was not largely attended as it should have been, Mrs. Horn, of Toledo, Ohio, is in our ‘city for a visit with her sister, Mrs. L. ‘Saddler. FORT MADISON NOTES. (fpecial to Bystander.) Mr, and Mra. Cary Anderson, #t., entertained at dinner in honor of the Fry-Murray Noptials, Rev, Daniel Anderson of Keokuk preached at the Second Baptist church, Prof. Smith opened his term of dancing school Monday evening ‘Miss Jennie Harper graduated Fri, day evening from the High achool. ‘The home of Mr. Chas. Thomas was the neone of a miscellanedus shower of the bride to be Miss, Beatrice Murray and Mr. W. A Frye- Wednesday even- ing. Mr, and Mrs, Everett Cain entertain- ed at Jiincheon in honor of the marriage of their cousin Miss Murray, Quite » number of Keokuk folks at- tended the ball of May 16th. Invitations are out announcing the martiage of Miss Beatrice Murray and Arthur W. Frye of Keokuk, June 7th Miss Murry comes from one of the old: sat and best families in the city. She attended the public schools and “High Sehool. Also a member of the Second Baptist church and assistant clerk, She twas born and raised in this city and is lovely girl and has hosts of friends Mr, Fry is a well known Keokuk soci ty man, and is employed as a cheutffer, which position he has held for fivé years He is well liked snd bas hosts of friends. The young couple have a nev home fitted out where they, will go to housekeeping at once There will be 160 invited guests, The wedding will take place at the home of the brides deathor tn Galesburg, Ii Whooping cough is not daugeroug when the cough in kept loose and dan gerous when the cough is kept loose and expectoration ergy by giving Cham- betlain’s Cough Remedy. It. has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect success. For sale by all dealers, ROOK ISLAND NEWS, An unknown colored man named Ar- thur Marshall was arrested by officer Arthur Kinslep for entering into a con- versation with a 17 year old white girl without her permission, She was given good advice and let goand he was given forty days in jail. Young colored men be careful how you approach the white girl for you aré sure to get in trouble. The iA. M. E, Superintendent and the older scholars will have a play Thurs- day evening, ‘The proceeds to help pay the indebtedness of their church, We TiN RPE Lk FORDS HAIRPOMADE ‘The S M. T.'s had.s big time at the [Second Baptist chureh lant Sunday. , sh ‘entertainment . given by the Young Men's club of the Second Bap- Uist chureh lant Thureday evening was a muccess, |. i ‘The Progressive Art club will, mest {o's business meeting, Wednesday sf- ternoon, June 7th, at the rexidence of Mia, W. H. Burris, 110034 th aveuue, ‘After business the ladies will then pro- ‘coed with their Art work. | Mrs. Henry Houston 1 missed trom many of the arent gatherings to which tha belonged on accouut of sick- noes, Wo will be glad to see her out again, ‘Alfred and Gage Moore are now con- ffhed to their bome with the red rasb, ‘commonly known and had in Rock Isi- land. Mr, Chas, Windsor is printing his nice little home on 86th street between 14th ‘and 13th avenue. Mrs: Roy ‘Mack is visiting relatives ‘and friends in Topeke, Kansas, her for: ‘mer hofié,” She will remain to’ attend the commencement of Prof. Carter's Industrial’ school, On her way back ‘she will stop. off at Kansas City, Mo., for a short visit. Mrs, F, Bassett and Bingman are on |the.sick list. i Rey. Wilderaon is resistingin the Trie Cities and has preached some able ser- mons. We weleome him to our cities: ‘Mra. Geo. Johnson of South Rock Is- tand is entertaining her mother and brother from Tennessee. Pililian and Beatrice Moore enter: tained at dinner Sunday Glee Stoner. Stomach Troubles. Many remarkable cures of stomach troubles have béen effected by _Cham- berlain’s Stomach and Liver, Tablets. One man who had spent-over two thous- and dollars for medicine and treatment was cured by a few boxes.cf these tab- lets, Price, 25 cents, Samples free at drug’ stores. +3 GALESBURG ILL. Mrs, I. W. Bess is enjoying a visit with her husband at Fairfield, Is. Mrs. Rufus Phoenix of Rock Island has returned to her home, after a visit with Mrs. Eugene Mason. ; ‘Mr, Harry Anderson. and Mise;Mabel Strauthers were ‘quietly ‘married lest ‘Wednesday evening. For the present they will reside: witth the grooms par- ents, Mrs, Iaaac Greene is on,the sick list, The Misses McDonsld haye returned to Bushnell after a short visit here with ‘Mrs. Will Washington. : Miws Dimple Harriet Chrisburgh has returned from Jacksonville where she attended the commencement exer- elses Miss Christburgh graduates ‘from High school Friday afternoon and is the only Negro pupil this year to.com ple the course. Miss Ha'tle Settles of Moline has re turned home, having been the guest o! ‘Mrs, 8. Barber and the Misses Richard son for a few days. Miss Clara ‘Tarver and Mr. Lance Williams of Moline attended the May party Thursday evening. "Quite a number availed themselves of the opportunity of attending the par ty given by the Narcissus club. Sev. ‘eral guests from Peoria, Monmouth ané other places being present. ‘Mrs. Ulyses, Shorts and children are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shoots. Mr, Henry MeGaw of Davenport wa: the guest of his sister, Mrs. R. E. Ly ons lant week. ‘Miss Addie Johnson entertained friends Sandayin honor of Miss Hattie Settles. Mrs. Michem, who has been ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Christburg is much improved. It is worse than useless to take any medicines internally for muscular or chronic rheumatisin. All that is needed ia a free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by all dealers. DUBUQUE NOTES, Rev, Hubbard announced this asa week of prayer at the A. M. E. church preparatory to a revival. Mr, and Mrs. Madison arrived in our city from Wisconsin, ‘They expect to make this ther home in the future. We gladly welcome them and wish them every sucess they deserve, They will reside on Alpine st. Mra, Hi, Jones of Kast Rock St., also son Carl, was onthe sick list last weeks, We were glad to see them out again, Mrs. Ed, Martinand daughter Lavern are quite sick at this writing. We wish them a speedy recovery. ‘The A. ME, circle have revived and aredoing good work, They will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Anna Will- iams on West Lith street, ‘The social given at the A, M. E. church by the Sunday school, was well attended, A succeas in every way. All seemed to have an enjoyable time, $12 was the neat sum realized. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bolden entertain- eda few friends at a whist party, Mon- day evening. Refreshments were sery- ed and all report an enjoyable time. |) Wanrep—Colored lady who under- stands cooking and general housework, in country: hotel, Address “Jones” ‘care this paper. Neatly Furnished Rooms and Good Board at Reasonable Prices at ELLA EPPERSON 1128 West Walnut Street, Des Motane, Dhiba Ria aoe Pe ebie “aq ine Lond Tired e} (Hs ec en esr fae ee RO CU ERE: pen see ta —<—<—<—$—$—$—$< f ’ oF women's apparel at 4-95 Tomorrow 4.95 will do the work of $8 $10 or even $15in our apparel section, It is our purpose to clear out every odd suit, coat and dress, aud regardless of former price, they all will go at 4.95. BASEMENT Tailored suits worth to $15 Serge coats worth to $15 Choice Mixture coats worth to $12 Wool dresses worth to $15 Satu rday Silk Dresses worth to $15, Marquisette dresses worth to $10 : Lingeries dresses worth to $8 4 95 . Waists at 98c Coats at $5 . Hundreds of new waists, | Coats im fine mercerized comprising all the bests tyles | Poplins and pongees that for summer wear, Round | 100K almost like silk and i % wear better. Collars and or square necks, or sailor | outs of black satin. Wide collars. Short sleeves. | Collars, elaborately braided, Some waists prettily trimm- | Stylish serviceable and ed, All are unusal practical Exceptional PS ee eee] (Sees fo ed ss cr [eee Le CoM et casey | ate ae pita eH Pe Meck lec: re Dae Pe aa ‘| Shae: os Po Rad | | oe pos 7 on Gee? | | oe boa pion en aes) | se ae aa: a a or | ae) | Sl Vl tee et] | | are, aa ane San fs ORE QM ARTO rE || io SS Fw re ea! | 4 ee eS RNY | | | . Mux. Jonnson & Sourm i S ‘The most wonderful hae prepnrations on the market, “When we my |i % Maxi wo do not exuagerate, au You can an greatrenut tn te fae few ratinont. We sunrante Magic al grower to aap the fale RK once from falling oft ard breaking eft making harsh witoor hate ete 1B ; and ullky. Magle Hale Grower arows halon bald places ofthe bes 40 1 P| ou ube these reparations once yu wlll never be without thomas [O Eat Grower and Stnighaning Oil are ranvutuctoed only ty Mensenns : | South & Johneon, We lw de scalp treating. wore Han ROWER 800. eTANTENNG oi esc, i All orders promptly filled; send 10¢ for postage. Money must accom- tiene, | pay allorders, AGENTS WANTED—Writsfor pertosaen = We carry everything in the latest if % fashionable hair goods at the lowest qi: ae] prices, i} We make switches, puffs, trans’ Bj} formation curls, coronet braids, and i} ¢ombings made to.order, matching i jj all shades 'a specialty, Send sample | H] of hair with all orders, 5 | 2405 Blondo Street ior Sa ai T:. Phone Webster 890. Omaha; Nebr, FAIRFIELD, IOWA. iver fig Pasa grand 3 atv 3 grand musi eal treat, Prof. Pred D, Solomon and akan Mazguarit Allen ere greeted at ithe McKinley. ehureh of Roe Island, ,, by @ large audience, who seemed Yo enjoy aia musics! numbers by their many encores, Mr. Solomon playa upon more musical instraments than any ond man in his line of business, i WiOLINE ITEMS. ‘The Young People’s Association rom dered aay niareting ‘program at ithe chureh Sunday evening. ‘The Misses Clara Tarver, Harriet Sit ties and Mr, Launcelot Williams at fended the aniuat Moy party of the Narcissus club in Galesburg Thursday evening. ‘Mra, H, Harris of Rock Island, made calls in, tho city last. Tuesday. ‘he Hy.) B, club was royally en- tertanied Thursday at the home of Sirs, Marion Seott, The regular program was ondered and'a dainty ropast was served ‘by. the hosters, ‘Mrs. Fannio Lee was the guest of friends in, Port Byron last week. ‘Miss ’Clara Tarver entertained eigh- ‘teen of her frieneds at her home Tues: day. evening, in honor of her ¥ birth- ay anniversary. Games and music were the ma’ features of the evening, ‘and at a Jate hour the guests repaired to the dining room where # dainty four- feourse Iuncheon was served by the hostess, assisted by Mr, Launcelot Will. jams, Miss Tarver was the recipient of many beautiful tokens in remem- ‘brance of the day. ‘Mrs, Tinsley has recently moved to Sixteonth’ avenue. ‘A large crowd of Moliners attended ‘the ‘annual sermon or the U. B. F.’s and 8, M /T’s Sunday, which was held ‘at the MeKioley Baptist cbureb, Rock Island. ‘The choir of St. Paul’s church rendered. the musie for tho occasion. Rev. A, G, Wilkerson attended Sun- ‘day evening services, AGENTS WANTED. Colored men and women solicitors wanted in every city for a strictly legi- timate proposition, paying good comis- sions; easily transacted and agreeable work, Must have education, energy acquaintance and good address and furnish good references. This is an op- portunity worth investigating, Ad- dress Lock Box 244, Topeka. Kansas. ——_—_—_—_ i A Friend to Negroes Lew.Arntz, the well known Doctor of Optics, believes in treating the color- ed people the same as whites, This is evidenced by the fact, he offers to sell or rent to black or white alike, his resi- dence at 8215 Fourth St, Highland Park, which containscity water, sewer, gas, bara, ete, for $1260, on monthly payments of $10. tt ALBIA KEWS. Rev. Butler of Buxton was ip Albia ‘on business this week. Rev. Britt of Revansville, il; accompanied — Rev. ‘Butler. He had been making & few eae in Iowa. Also Rev. Graves Mra Bony. ‘Harries, niece of David Morris of Omaha was in Albis a few hours Friday en route for her home in Omaba, She bad visited in ‘Buxton. ‘The Dunbar club was ‘entertained by Mrs. Will Bennings ‘Thursday after- noon. ‘Mrs. Oscar Roper and little som will visit a few days of this week im ‘Oska- Joosa with ber parents and her sister, Mrs. Udell Lewis. ‘Mrs. Lizzie Grayson Jeffers of Des Moines will return home Tuesday at- ter a two weeks’ vieit with her chil dren in Albia and Hocking. ‘Mrs, R, B. Manly entertained the trustees and aid society on Wednes- pee posse was Jones & Lucas FUNERAL DIRECTORS ‘The very best service guaranteed, Prices the Jowett + - = Calls answered prompt- ly day or night. No. extra charges for dis- tance—Reverse all phone charges. | Phone Bast 2548, Qfice 819 Bast Court . Des Moines, Ia FREE y -7 FREE | This Handsome Gainsborough BARRETTE With every one of our latest style | Cluster Puffs Heupel tee $1.00 Me le atyles, Booklet upon scald, wot Cash and eee @ NATE & CO, Dept. ¢ ‘32 Union Square East, New York : A é i TRS GRigiiay fr HAIR ROH _— a We Grew Our Halk aoe | Now Let Us Grow 7 y Yours with \ |IPORO TRADE MARK ‘REGISTERED. When we first began our wonderful work of growing all kinds, all qualities all lengths, and all conditions of hair, even to the growing of hair on bald places of the head, many persons scorned the ies that such:a thing’ was poo ble; but we have grown the hair for hundreds; rapidly achieving success, TM proot of the value of our work is that we are being imitated and largely ¥ persons whose own hair we have actually growa and the further fact that they have very frequently mentioned ua when trying to sell their goods (saying thi theirs is the same or “just as good") or referred to PORO. We advise you ¥ use only PORO Halr Grower, (the oldest and best of its kind.) Gee thet tht mame PORO is on every box, not genuine without ik Prepared enly by Mm 4. M, POPE. Beware of imitations, Call, or address mail te MRS... M. POPE-TURNBO, SLi a RSAP RAE TE AGES, AM BANK AND Pi FISTULA Warn unThe EGRED + Rectal Diseases Cured Without a surgical operation. No. oform, Ether or other gener! ansesthetic used. CURE GUAR NTEED EXAMINATION FREE. Write for book 8 Lr ne en ee DA. Oo, Y. OLEMENT Cor. Bth and Locust St. (Marquardt Bldg.) DES MOINES. IOWA —_—_—____=__=_=_=____— a) Gain. eS + | ATENT WD) Prize Offers from Leading Manufacture ‘Book On patents. “(Hints to inventors.”” ‘Inventions npedad."” “Why some inventors'fail”.- Send rough sketch ot mddel for | search of Patent Office records. Our Mr, Greeley was formerly. Acting Commissioner of Patents, and as such had fullieharge.of | the U.S. Patent Office, i ie 1g be UREELEY SA MGINTIRE ol j i _Wasnineton; D.C. ad day afternoon. W. H. Coultner show was in Albia this week with & ‘colored, minstrel troop; it brought # number of our people from ‘surrounding towns. "Misses Ada Davie and Mary F, Davis visited with Mra. Bessie Davis Gray- ‘eon on Sunday in Hocking. | Rally day and plentc of the A. M. B. chureb at the City. ‘Park on Sunday ‘afternoon, June 4, ’ ‘Mr. Randolph Hiteman was in ‘Albis Saturday, "Will Grayson and Walter Esters are [still on thelr contract in Hiteman. Sore Nipples, Any mother who has bad experience with this distressing ailment will be pleased to know that a cure may: be effected by applyin’ ‘Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done nurs- ing. Wipe it off with & soft cloth cloth before allowing the babe to nurse. Me- ny trained nurses use this salve with best results, For sale by all dealers. ee eee DAVENPORT NOTES. ‘The greater Davenport movement "é awakening a great deal of interest ‘among the progressive class. We are glad to note some improvements among the Afro-Americans as well as among our white citizens. ‘There ‘has been quite ‘a number of our peo- ple who have bought homes this year, thereby showing where they stand as citizens, We pride ourselves upon the fact, of having a working clase of men and women, We have a very few ile in our city, only one thing needed and that is an’ eye for business along all lines. There are 1,800 Afro-Americans in Davenport, and since we have working class’ why not wake up to the {dea of business and start busi- ness in accordance with our thrifty population. We have a nice little res- taurant, a 2-chair barber shop and a Job printing office now. We need some other lines of business, A drug store. grocery, meat market, a gents’ fur- Rishing establishment and @ large hand laundry business. Now this is what we can do and this is what we ‘ought to do, for we are here to. stay 43 citizens and the thing to do Is to take our places in the business world. ‘No people will ever go. very far up the ladder of real citizenship unless there is business enterprises of all kinds at the bottom. Master Geo, Young will graduate from the high school in a few weeks ‘with second honors. ‘The class that is to graduate 1s the largest in the ‘history of the high school. Mr. Young is well liked by all who who may have the good fortune to meet this gallant young Afro-American. He 1s quiet and unassuming in manner and: he wins friends wherever he goes. Rey. J. L. BE. Berr, pastor of the ‘Third Baptist church, preached Sun- day morning from the subject, Spring: time and at’ night bis subject was ‘Too many Gods, At 3 p. m. he preach- ed in Moline, I1l., subject The Secret of Irresistible Power, Mre, Frances Baker had her willing workers out Monday night. ‘They ren- dered a very unique program at the ‘Third Baptist church. The Third Baptist people are preparing for s grand rally the third Sunday in June Mr, D. 8. Johnson of East, Laure street has been quite sick. He 1s re ported some better at this writing, Mrs, A. D. Sumlin reported out, o danger, This fs indeed cheering news to her host of friends, Mrs. Irvin ‘and son, mother and brother of Mrs Sumlin came out from Evanston, UL. last week to be with daughter and sister in the most trying hours of her sickness. Mrs. Gus Hall of West Liberty 1s the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shep pard, East Grand avenue. ‘Mrs, Eugene Green of W. 5th St ts making a tour of the state of lowe in the interest of her office, Grant ‘Matron of the H. H. of R, Mrs. Greer spent Decoration day with her peopl in Missouri, ‘Mrs. Ed. Pickens, who died here last BYSTANDER FUB. CO, DES MOINRA) = + + 1g, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, i911, ‘Oftetal paper of the M. w. U, Lodge of Iowa, A.B. & AMS International Grand) Congress Heroines’ ef Jerleho of Ame and Western Baptiet Ausociai Published every Friday by a ‘stander Publishing Company, Moines, Towa. Office in Chom building, corner Beventh and wy, Derry streets: fowa phone, wi nut 809. JON b. THOMPSON, EDITOR~ J. H, SHEPARD, MANAGER, | Butered st the postoifice ay > ‘ond class_matter, eae eee ‘Sunday morning, waws taken to May kogee, Okla. The fair which rea Conducted ‘the Third Baptist church last, wed was quite a success, The early ge vices at Bethel A, M. B, church fs en Geen a great ides and is mecting ty approval of all members and friend Mr, and Mrs. G, H. Merchant wi ‘be at home to receive their may friends after June 7th at 1025 Ss, Rip ley street. There are quite @ number of og men and boys employed at the Arm nal just now, ‘This 1s\grand, so mak youd. ‘The uniform success that has attend: ed the use of Chamberlain's Colic, Ch era and Diarrhoea Remedy has made a favorite everywhere. It can a bbe depended upon, For saleby all drug gists. DAVENPORT. IOWA, 4 ‘The fourth annual Grand Chapter. the 0. B.S. of Towa Juristicti closed & most profitable session at enport May 16, 17 and 18th. The convention. was voted to Des Mois The following Grand OfSeers were od and installed by Bro, J. W. B assisted by Bro. W. H. Milligan, ‘W. G. M—M. F, Clark, Ottumwa, » W, G. P—John W. Bland, Keokk W. GA. M—Mary P. Bland, Be kuk, q W. G. A. P.—John Brooks, ~ ton. W. G. Treasurer—J. Emma Milligey Cedar Rapids. ; W. G. Bocretary—Ruth) B. Brigh Davenport. W, G. Con.—Alice Newton, Burling. ton. W. GA. Con—Cora Jones, Oskx loosa. Appointed Officers. rand Adah—Pauling King, Burling ton, Grand Ruth—Aliee Banks, Dw Moines. < Grand Esther—Josephine Fowler, tumwa, Grand Martha—Nannie Sumlin, Dar enport. Grand Electa—Lizzie Green, Burling ton, Grand Register—Clara Price, Codst Rapids, Grand Lecturer—Amelia G. Jacksoy Cedar Rapidn. ‘ Grand. Chaplain—W. Hi, Millig Cedar. Rapids. mi Grand Warden—Addie Elliot, Ottus wa Grand Sentinel—Walter Kimbrough, Davenport. Com. Foreign Correspondence—Ids Palmer, ehalrmsn, Burlington; Car Gordon, Ottumwa; Mina Johnson, 0 kaloosa. You Want ‘A Good Meal, Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, A Picture Framed, ‘Human Hair Goods Just Seo A. m. PATTIN ‘Red 5206 Patten’s Novelty Co. 1010 Cente