St. Louis Palladium

ST LOUIS PALLADIUM Lvons' Short Order Restaurant Always Open 2337 Market St. Vol. XXII. No. 21. P. Editor St. Louis Palladium: Allow me space in your valuable paper. Since I was here last year I have had great meetings, and many souls have been converted. I am still building churches and lifting mortgages off of church property. I hope the day will come when the churches will be free of debt. In my evangelizing and church-building tour I stopped at Canton, Ill., and organized the Mount Carmel Baptist church, and raised $85 for the erection of a new church building. I will hold a basket meeting and a grand rally the first Sunday in June at Canton, Ill., and I will leave Canton, Ill., for Lockport, Ill. I held a meeting in Lockport the fourth Sunday in November, 1905, and found the Baptist church spiritually dead. They had not had a meeting for six months. We reorganized them into the Shiloh Baptist church, and I held a rally, and we realized $337, which is now in the treasury for the new church building. I will hold another basket meeting and rally the second Sunday in June, and will then lay the corner stone for the new building. The fourth Sabbath in May I will hold a basket meeting and grand rally at Eolin Mo. The money will go for the erection of a new church building for these good people. The first Sabbath in July I will hold a basket meeting at the Union Baptist church at Alton, Ill, and a $5 rally for the purpose of paying off the $1,400 debt. A new church building has been built by Dr. J. H. Barten, who has done great work in Alton, Ill., and still remains the pastor of the church. I preached at the St. Paul's Baptist church of East St. Louis, Ill., to a large congregation last Sunday night. Dr. Shields is the shepherd of the flock, and is doing a great work. I preached last Tuesday night to the Antioch Baptist church, at Brooklyn, Ill., and preached last Wednesday at St. Stephen's Baptist church, at Newport, Ill. I met Prof. John Simons, one of the graduates of Macon college, who is now in the mail service. Prof. Simous is one of our best young men of Missouri. I had the pleasure of assisting him when he was going to college at Macon. He is also my son in the Gospel, and I had the pleasure of baptizing him at the First Baptist church of Eolin, Mo. Prof. Simons has made a good average, and is strict to business. He is one of our coming young men. May God give us more young men like him. Mr. Editor, I must congratulate myself by saying that I have baptized hundreds of souls right here in St. Louis, and many of them are doing well. Mr. P. Mason, a brilliant young man, cut and made me a beautiful doe-cloth suit. He is a progressive young tailor. This alone goes to show you that our young people are coming. Yours respectfully, BISHOP A. MACK, D. D., of Kansas City, Mo. The National Evangelistic Missionary of the U. S. A. PROGRAMME For the Entertainment of the National Grand Master of the A. U. K. and D. of A. 4. Song ..... Miss Mamle Buckner. 5. Paper, "Unity, Love and Charity" 6. Mrs. Julia Gibbs. 7. Grand Introduction and Welcome, introducing D. L. Martin, of Nashville, Tenn ..... John W. Wheeler. It will take place Monday, May 7, at 2720 Morgan street. All are invited. Come out and see and hear for yourselves. GREAT WESTERN EXCURSION. Watch the Palladium for full particulars of the Great Western club's grand steamboat excursion on Monday evening, June 11. The Auxiliary will furnish young lady ushers for the Clarence White concert. The board of managers of the St. Louis Colored Orphans' Home announces to the public the celebration of their fifth anniversary of Orphans' day, Sunday, May 20, at 2 p. m. The free-will offering on that day from the churches, Sunday school, all benevolent orders, male and female, and from everyone charitably inclined, has been one of the methods of raising money to help reduce the debt on the home. There is only $2,000 remaining unpaid, and we hope to raise that this year, and call on everyone to assist. If any club or organization has failed to receive a notice, we earnestly beg them to consider themselves among those invited, as we have made strenuous efforts to reach all organizations, but may not have succeeded in so doing. We will present as a souvenir a handsomely-branched picture of the home—16x20—to any church and organization which, together with their various auxiliaries counted in, will give the largest donation on that day. We will also give a large cabinet picture of the home to any benevolent order, club or individual giving the sum of $5. All organizations will place their offering in an envelope with their name and amount plainly written on it. The needs of the home are many, and they can only be supplied by the generosity of the public. We desire to make this orphanage one worthy of the Colored citizens of St. Louis; therefore, come and do your part in making it so. He who giveth to the poor and helpless lendeth to the Lord. Make your loan on that day a worthy one. BOARD OF MANAGERS. Annual Prize Party. The annual prize party at Orpheus Academy Friday night attracted a large crowd of handsomely-garbed ladies and gentlemen, all of whom enjoyed themselves very much. Pretty Japanese novelties were presented to each person attending as souvenirs of the occasion. The grand prizes were won by Mrs. John Hammond and Miss Jessie Herriford, of Ste. Genevieve, who were adjudged by the committee as the wearers of the handsomest costume and the prettiest shirt waist, respectively. The prizes consisted of beautiful heart-shaped bon-bon boxes, filled with the choicest candy, on the top of which reposed a crisp, brand-new one-dollar bill. Orpheus Academy is rapidly becoming known to be not only a school for dancing, but also an academy where correct posture and proper deportment are taught. Instruction to beginners is given from 7:30 to 9:30, when the grand reception begins. The hall is delicously cool, even in the warmest weather, for, in addition to a dozen windows opening at top and bottom, each furnished with a swinging transom, there are three large electric gyro-fans, with double revolving action, constantly in motion. Orpheus Academy is easily the most enjoyable, high-class pleasure resort in the city Lady Tailors Mesdames Howell, Wright and Robinson acted as judges, and Mrs. Nathan H. Wright was special master of ceremonies. The next special feature at the academy will be a grand flash-light dress party Friday evening. May 11. NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS Mr. Albert B. Story is now representing the Progressive Steam Laundry, and not Mr. A. L. Lee, so do not be misled. Mr. A. L. Lee, of the Palace Laundry, is not soliciting nor representing the Progressive Laundry. So do not be misled. We have been quite successful in learning one of our young ladies to operate one of the machines, who will take full charge of same next week. Our machines are now getting in fine running order, and we are turning out better work each day. FOR SALE—Nine-room Lawton avenue house; hall, furnace and bath; $4,000. Seven-room brick, near Easton, Olive and Suburban cars; $200 payment; $2,750 HUTCHINS INGE. Law, Real Estate, Insurance, Notary Public. Douglass Hotel Bldg., Beaumont and Lawton. Do you want a steady income of $2 to $5 each day? If so, please read Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure advertisement in this paper. Mrs. Leonard, of 1501 Gratiot street, has a splendid restaurant. There is everything necessary to please a hun- gry man's appetite. Give her a call. Use Pickett's Laxative Viburnum for Female Trouble. Furnished room for rent at 2917 Olive street. Mrs. Ella B. Johnson. Pickett's Headache Powders give in- stant relief. 2601 Lafayette avenue ST. LOUIS, MO., SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1906. CITY NEWS. Notes and News Concerning Our People--Weekly Record of Social Events, Deaths, Marriages and Births--Written Especially for St. Louis Palladium. See Clarence C. White, violinist, at St. Paul, May 7. Two furnished front rooms for rent, 3218 Lawton avenue. Two furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent at 3218 Lawton avenue. Nicely furnished rooms at No. 9 Johnson street. Mrs. E. M. Mitchell. Mr. William Mason, who is now located in Fulton, Mo., spent last week with his family. Mr. J. T. Myers, of 2622 Lawton avenue, is still very ill. We hope for his eary recovery. Mrs. Nellie Wilson, of 710 North Eleventh street, has been ill. During her illness she thought of cashing her checks. Watch for Bass, the craw-fish man, you will hear him all over the city. Fresh crabs every night. 813 South Tenth street. Mrs. Phillips, of 107 Center street, is yet in poor health. She is really paralyzed; her husband is very faithful to her. We hope for her recovery. There are many successful teachers at the Dumas school, may the Holy Angels continue to spread their broad wings around them. Mr. Prentice Rucker formerly with W. C. Gordon, left for his home, Paducah, Ky., last Monday, stopping for a short time at Cairo. FOR RENT—Three (3) pool tables in good condition. Reasonable rates to right party. Call or address C. H Turpin, 2633 Market street. Clarence Cameron White, violinist, will appear at St. Paul's Chapel, Monday evening, May 7, 1906, for the benefit of the Colored Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Miltonia Hill (nee Mason) left with her husband Tuesday evening for Denver, Col. Before returning home she will visit her husband's relatives at Slater, Mo. Wanted, an honest Colored man who has a small amount of money to run a medicine show for the season. Apply to Geo. W. Smith, 2718 North Broadway, after 5 p. m. Miss Carrie Forcen, of 1427 Papin street, died very suddenly of heart failure. She leaves a mother, father, sister, two brothers, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Mr. J. Cordie Watkins, of 2733 Lawton avenue, is now in San Antonio, Tex., in search of health. We wish for him a speedy recovery and a safe return. Mrs. J. B. Jones, of 2229 Walnut street, will leave to-night for Chicago. Iii. to visit her cousin, Mrs. Minnie Woods, of 3033 Wabash avenue. She will return next Tuesday. Miss Delphine Arnold, of 13 South Twenty-first street, and Miss Louise Benton, of 1512 North Ninth street, called at the Palladium office. They were looking as fair as angels. Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard university, Washington, D. C., will deliver a lecture, under the auspices of the Forum club, at St. Paul's chapel, Tuesday, June 5, 1906. Mr. Samuel Wilson, of 1421 Morgan street, dropped dead last Wednesday. Some years ago Mr. Wilson met with the misfortune of having both hands frozen, which later was the cause of their amputation. Since that time he has been supported by his faithful wife, Mary Wilson. She is princess of St. Arena Temple No. 48. May he rest in peace. Mrs. Georgia Young, of Shelby, Ky., died April 13th. She was buried April 15th. Mrs. Bozman, her sister, of 2617 Wash street, attended the funeral. She leaves to mourn her loss, a husband, mother, six sisters and many friends. May she rest in peace. Mrs. Bozman, of 2617 Wash street, returned home April 20th, very downcast and fatigued. Miss M. L. Jones, the lady jeweler at 211 North Jefferson avenue, is a very valuable adjunct in the store of Mr. THE MUSEUM OF THE WEST Lincoln Institute Notes. The board of regents, represented by the president, Hon. D. C. McClung, of Jefferson City; Hon. E. S. Wilson, of Mexico, and Secretary N. C. Burch, made an official inspection of the institution, April 26. These gentlemen were accompanied by Ex-Secretary of State Sam B. Cook, Attorney Charles A. Winston, and Col. Sam Kellar, Globe-Democrat correspondent. The entire party partook of a seven course dinner prepared by the young ladies of the cooking class, in the model kitchen of the domestic science department and served in the model dining room. The following editorial from the Jefferson City Republican Review speaks for itself. Knight, for when he gets penned up for some duty he has neglected, and can not give an explanation to his customers, it is then, Miss Jones steps in and makes such plausible excuses, that all is at once forgotten. The customer says, "Alright my lady," for you are in the right place, I will call again soon. The Monrovia club gave a smoker for its members last Monday evening, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Haynes. The order of dress was Tuxedo, every member complying with the restrictions of the club. The following members were present: Julius A. K. Flicklin, U. S. Bolen, Garfield Douglas, Willie Wilson, Dennis Haynes, Loule Guest, J. H. Brockman, Chas. Thompson, Walter Patton, Jas. Lensing, Bewick Pruett and Oscar L. Flicklin. Mrs. H. Windom, of 2225 Scott avenue, has just returned from Paducah, where she spent several weeks with old friends. She was well entertained, and came back to St. Louis looking well. Misses Mabel Wheeler and Azella Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Braden, Mrs. Walter Cannon and J. Mercer Langston will assist at the White violin recital Monday night. Miss Florence G. Pigeon, in charge of the department of instrumental music at Lincoln Institute, will accompany Mr. White. Going East for an Extended Visit. Mrs. Myrtle White, of 2213 Walnut street, will leave soon on a visit to her relatives and friends of her husband. We are sure her friends will make it pleasant for her, and she will spend a very pleasant time. She will return in about forty days to the delight of her many friends. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Clarence White is on his last tour of the United States before going to Europe. If you are fond of studying the Bible, come to our Bible class each Sabbath at 4 o'clock. Rev. T. T. Thompson, instructor. The Y. M. C. A. plans to bring two or three prominent persons of the race before the St. Louis public each year. Mr. M. C. B. Mason, senior secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational society, will be the next. A letter from our former general secretary, Mr. E. E. Thompson, informs us that he has received his license, and will be ordained to preach. He is now supplying the pulpit in the leading Baptist church at his home, Springfield, O. His resignation has also been accepted in the Bachelors' club, and in June he goes to Boston, Mass., where he will take unto himself a partner and begin the new life. Do you want a steady income of $2 to $5 each day? If so, please read Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure advertisement in this paper. $2.00 Per Annum, Single Copy 5 cents. THE MUSEUM OF THE WEST DER. ple. 1 Market r. Theo. AND SEE THE BOYS ...AT THE.... T. WASHINGTON MARKET STREET. AY AND NIGHT. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. QUICKEST SERVICE IN THE CITY. based Tell Your Friends BOOKER T. WASHINGTON If You Are Pleased Tell Your Friends A party of Jefferson City men went over to Lincoln Institute with a member of the board of regents, Thursday, to inspect the work of that school, and came away with a high opinion of its management and teachers. They were deeply impressed with the standard of work in all the departments, but they were particularly impressed with the work which is being done in the industrial department. In that department they found young men gleaning practical information in blacksmithing, carpentry, in all its branches, including wood moulding and other useful trades, and the girls acquiring the rudiments, aye more, a practical and working knowledge of domestic science, in all its departments. They were shown exhibits of the LOUIS HENEKEN, GROCER. Successor to Theo. Temple. The splendid grocery at 2001 Market street, formerly owned by Mr. Theo. H. Temple, has changed hands. Mr. Louis Heneken is his successor. He has twenty-five years' of experience in the grocery business, and thoroughly understands the wants of the patrons. His success is due to his courteous treatment of all to come to his store. We have known Mr. Hencken for eight years and observation has taught us that he is one of the few who is really anxious to please his customers. Men and women of our race should patronize him as he patronizes our business men and firms. See his ad elsewhere in this paper. SAM, THE TAILOR. Has begun the making of spring and summer suits. You have your choice of 2,000 different colors. When you see a man whose suit is a perfect fit, it's a foregone conclusion that Sam, the Tailor, made it. Do you want a steady income of $2 to $5 each day? If so, please read Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure advertisement in this paper. If you want the people to know that you are in business send your ad to the Palladium. After man came woman, and she has been after him ever since. Dandruff prevents the growth of the hair. Prevent dandruff by using Nelson's Hair Dressing. See the ad. Miss Laura G. Otten has opened one of the finest hairdressing and manicuring parlors in the city, and is doing a large business. We wish her much success—620 North Vandeventer avenue. Phone, Lindell 3112. Use Pickett's Laxative Viburnum for Female Trouble. We sometimes hear of good men, and we take it that he is good from what people say, but we know it when it is shown to us. Go to Sam, the Tailor, 204 North Fourteenth street. PUPILS WANTED—Piano teacher, desires more pupils. Conservatory method, lessons 50c. At pupils' home. Call or address, Mrs. Lee, 3016 Garrison Court. sewing, laundrying, fancy needle work, etc., done by the girls, and they were not only shown, but ate a wholesome dinner prepared by the students and served in the spacious dining room of the new girls' dormitory. All the men have been seen to-day, and while there is not a single one of them, but that ate twice as much as he should, none of them are sick, which serves to show that the girls of Lincoln Institute will never shorten the lives of the good men whom they will marry day by day bad cooking. President Allen and the teachers in the various departments are a good lot and visitors are always shown every courtesy due them. For information relative to Lincoln Institute's famous summer school, address Dr. B. F. Allen, president. "Laziness and shiftlessness; these, and above all, vice and criminality of every kind, are evils more potent for harm to the black race than all acts of oppression of white men put together. The Colored MAN WHO FAILS TO CONDEMN CRIME IN ANOTHER COLORED MAN, WHO FAILS TO CO-OPERATE IN ALL LAWFUL WAYS IN BRINGING COLORED CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE, IS THE WORST ENEMY OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. Law-abiding black men should, for the sake of their race, be foremost in relentless and unceasing warfare against law-breaking black men. If the standards of private morality and industrial efficiency can be raised high enough among the black race then its future on this continent is secure. The stability and purity of the home are as vital to the welfare of the black race as they are to the welfare of every race.—Theodore Roosevelt. Friedman will pay the highest prices on gold watches, diamonds, and all things valuable. Don't forget to give him a call. Does you hair split and break off? Nelson's Hair Dressing is the best remedy. This is a tough world for women at best. They must either marry or become old malds. The Imperial Pressing Club has opened at 805 North Jefferson. Fred D. Wright, tailor. Will you please come up to our office, 2617 Lawton avenue. Use Pickett's Laxative Viburnum for Female Trouble. Stop that Cough Pickett's Cough Syrun. Spiritual Christian Union, 2720 MORGAN STREET, (Masonic Building) EVERY FRIDAY EVENING AT 8 P. M Lecture and tests by J. S. Weatheford and M. Richardson. All are welcome. A. F. and A. M Of Missouri and Its Jurisdiction. GRAND LODGE. GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Officers Grand Lodge of MISCUITO Officers. C. G. Williams, Grand Master, Boonville, Mo. S. W. Vaughn, Deputy Grand Master, Weston. T. A. Jordan, Grand Senior Warden, St. Louis. Louis Rout, Grand Junior Warden, Huntsville. R. T. Coles, Grand Treasurer, Kansas City. J. H. Pelham, Grand Secretary, Hannibal, Mo. W. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonic Relief, Cameron, Mo. J. D. Stevens, D. D. G .M., 3948 Fairfax avenue. Prince Hall Lodge No. 1, St. Louis, Mo., meets first Monday in each month. Masons in good standing are invited. John Merriwether, W. M.; Harry Lawless, Secretary. Lone Star Lodge No. 2, St. Louis, Mo., meets second Monday in each month. All Masons in good standing are invited. Eugene Wiley Roper, W. M.; Joseph A. Smith, Secretary. McGhee Lodge, A. F. and A. M. St. Louis, Mo., meets fourth Monday in each month. George W. Lofton, W. M.; E. S. Brown, Secretary. Onward Lodge No. 17, St. Louis, Mo., meets the third Monday in each month. L. Lee, W. M.; J. W. Grant, Secretary. J. Q. Johnson Lodge No. 30 meets the first Thursday in each month. Charles Scott, W. M.; J. G. Stevens, Secretary. Widow's Son Lodge No. 105 meets Second Tuesday in each month. Visiting brothers are invited. ? ? ? ? ? ?? Thompson, W. M.; E. Densmore, Secretary. True Blue Lodge No. 107 meets the first Tuesday in each month. Ishum Hughes, W. M.; J. T. Anderson, Secretary. GRAND ROYAL HOUSE OFFICERS Grand E. Queen, A. D. Hyatt. Grand-Noble King, C H Tandy. Grand Father Hager, J W Wheeler. Grand First Maid of Honor, Lula A. Bruner. Grand Second Maid of Honor, Laura Cliff, Kansas City, Mo. Grand E. Scribe, L. D. Caston, Fulton, Mo. Grand Assistant Scribe, L. Buckner, Hannibal, Mo. Grand S. K. of F., M. Harris, Hannibal, Mo. Grand H. P., G. P. Laws. Grand H., R. A. Morton, Jefferson City, Mo. Grand First K. G., W. Moore, Jefferson City, Mo. Grand Second K. G., M. E. Capelton, Jefferson City, Mo. Grand First C., M. Douglas, Fulton, Mo. Grand Second C., M. E. Wilson. Grand First A., L. White. Grand Second A., M. Robinson. P. S.—Royal House meets the first Friday in each month. Bishops of the A. M. E. Church and Post Office Addresses. RT.REV. B. W. ARNETT, D. D. Wilberforce, O. RT. REV. WESLEY J. GAINES, D. D. Atlanta, Ga. RT. REV. WM. B. DERRICK, D. D. Flushing, Greater New York, N. Y. RT. REV. C. T. SHAFFER, D. D. M. D., Chicago, Ill. RT. REV. ABRAHAM GRANT, D. D. 3349 Pennsylvania avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. RT. REV. H. M. TURNER, D. D. LL. D. 30 Young, Atlanta, Ga. RT. REV. L. J. COPPIN, 738 South Twelfth street, Philadelphia, Pa. RT. REV. MOSES B. SALTER, D. D., 30 Vanderhorst street, Charleston, S. C. RT. REV. B. F. LEE, D. D., Wilberforce, C. RT. REV. EVANS TYREE, D. D., 13 North Hill street, Nashville, Tenn. RT. REV. B. T. TANNER, D. D., 2908 Diamond street, Philadelphia, Pa. RT. REV. C. S. SMITH, D. D., M. D., 39 East Columbia street, Detroit, Mich. RT. REV. JAMES A. HANDY, D. D. 1341 North Carey street, Baltimore, Md. "Say, where did you get that suit made. It looks fine and fits well." "I had Sam, the Tailor, 204 North Fourteenth street, to make it." Electa Temple, No. 81, S. M. T. Meets Second Thursday of each month at 8:00 p. m., Knights of Pythias Hall, Lucas and Jefferson Aves. Mrs. Annie D. Hyatt, M. W. P. Lulu O. Dell, Sec'y. U. B. F. & S. M. T. St. Louis Royal House Meets the first Friday night in each month at the U. B. F. Hall. MRS. A. D. HYATT, M. E. J. MRS. J. M. MILLER, M. E. L. ELIZABETH TEMPLE NO. 12 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the Second Monday in the afternoon at 2:30 p. m., and the Fourth Friday night at 8:00 p. m., in each month, U. B. F. Hall, Lucas and Jefferson avenues. MRS. HATTIE WILLIAMS, W. P. 3813 West Bell Boulevard. MRS. LULA BRUNER, Secretary, 2383 Easton Avenue Queen Esther Temple OF THE S. M. T. Meets the first and third Wednesday in each month at 4 p. at U. B. F. Hall. MRS. CARRIE STEVENSON, W. P. MRS. MAHALIA MACKLIN, Secretary. St. Louis Temple No. 184 OF THE S. M. T.'S Meets the 3rd Wednesday in each month at 4 p. m. at U. B. F. Hall. All visiting sisters and brothers are welcome. MRS. SADIE HARRIS, W. P. 1520 Gratiot Street MRS. ANNIE HENRY, Sec., 2614 Mills Street. ST. ARENA TEMPLE NO. 48. S.M.T. Meet the Second Monday night in each month at Fythian Hall, Lucas and Jefferson Ave. MARY E. WILSON, W. P. 1431 MORGAN ST. JULIA TYLER Secretary, 1004 Morgan Street. Ruth Temple, No. 163 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the Fourth Friday in each month at U. B. F. Hall, Jefferson and Lucas Ave. MISS JESSIE MILLER, N. P., 4350 Cottage Ave. IDA DORDEN, Secretary, 2943 Atlanta Street. Adah Temple No. 32, Meets Second Friday in each month at PYTHIAN HALL, LUCAS and JEFFERSON AVE., at 2 p. m. All sisters and brothers are invited. Sina Temple 124 meets the 2d Tuesday at K. of P. Hall. MRS. KATIE BOSWELL, W.P. 4222 Maffitt Avenue. MISS ALLIE BALLINGER, Sec. Eureka Temple No. 137 S.M.T. Meets first Friday in each month in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. MRS. M. J. MITCHELL, W.P. 3821 Finney Avenue. MRS. JENNIE JONES, Secretary, 700 North Jefferson Avenue. A. U. K. & D. of A. meets at Geary's Hall, 126 North Main street, East St. Louis, Ill., every 2d Wednesday and 4th Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. Visiting Knights and Daughters welcomed. JOSEPHINE JONES, M. E. Q. WM. TAYLOR, Secretary. A.U.K.and D.of A. St. Joseph Council meets the third Wednesday at 8 p.m. at DOUGLASS HALL. Visiting Knights and Daughters are Welcome. MRS. JULIA GIBBS, M. E. L. MRS. BUGENER, M. W. R. A. K. & D. of A. Good Samaritan Council No. 400 meets first Wednesday night in each month at 8 o'clock at Douglass hall. S. A. COLLINS, M. E. Q., 3220 Hickory Street. M. L. BOYD, W. R. 1706 Newstead Avenue. A. K. & D. of A. The D. L. Martin Juvenile No. 1 meets the third Saturday in each month at 2 p. m at Douglass hall. M. O. S. A. COLLINS 2220 Hickory Street. BAINE PITTS, P. P. 2220 Rutger Street. MAMIE WILSON, W. R. Rising Sun Council of East St. Louis, Ill., meets the second Wednesday in each month. MRS. JOSEPHINE JONES, M. R. WM. TAYLOR, M. W. R. All are invited. EARTHQUAKE TEARS MOUNTAIN ASUNDER SECTIONS A THOUSAND FEET LONG RIPPED LOOSE AND THROWN INTO VALLEYS. Geysers Spouted Blue Mud, Rivers Run Warm Water, and Giantic Redwood Trees Split By the Disturbance That Shook California. San Francisco.—The mountains were literally torn asunder by the earthquake which devastated San Francisco. A correspondent has just returned from a trip into Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz mountains, where he went to investigate the many stories of wonderful natural phenomena reported to have taken place in that locality. While he discovered that many of the rumors floating about had no foundation in fact, he found many things fully equal in strangeness to the occurrences described in the floating rumors. The effects of the quake appear to have been greater in the Santa Cruz mountains, a spur on the Coast range, near Santa Cruz. These mountains are largely composed of limestone, slate and other sedimentary rocks, which were easily rended by the terrific vibration. A long period of wet weather had in many places softened this strata and made it easier for the earthquake to tear apart the rocks. A trip through the mountains showed on every hard ravages of this gigantic force. It is the commonest sight to see great sections of mountains fifty to one thousand feet or more long ripped off from its former location, and sent thundering down to a resting place far below. It is the theory of many scientists that the Coast range is gradually rising, while others declare that a general rettling is in progress. So far as a layman can see, the result in this case has been to tear off parts of the mountains, and to send the surface soil and sections of deeper strata into the gullies and canyons. One of the most striking instances is in the canyon of Sequiel river. There nine men are buried under fifty or sixty feet of rock. They were employed in one of the lumber camps operating in this region, and were returning from a trip to fire the "donkey engine" in use cutting timber. When the earthquake came parts of the mountain on each side or the canyon slid down to the bottom of this gulch, burying the men. Earthquake Dams River. The Sequel river is dammed and has risen to a depth of fifty or more feet. This reservoir is being utilized to tear out the obstruction and rescue the bodies of the men. The methods of hydraulic mining are being applied. A huge pipe has been inserted in the deep water, and the big stream has been trained to a place below where it can be turned with great pressure upon the mass of debris. Under this flood the piled-up parts of the mountain are being rapidly washed away. It will not be long before the entire obstruction will have been carried off and the vast pent-up flood will have poured down its former channel, uncovering the corpses. The terrific force of the shock is shown by its effect on the giant redwood trees. One will serve as an example. It is fully 12 feet thick and had resisted the storms and shocks of centuries. The recent earthquake split it almost exactly down the middle and tore off the top 100 feet above the ground, leaving the entire tree prostrate except for one remnant. The ground in many places is strewn with the branches of redwood and live oak trees. Neighboring orchards in many instances have been almost destroyed. All through this section are many wide and deep crevices in the ground. So far as can be ascertained at this time this is the only region affected by the earthquake, where some volcanic effects are shown. Along the Salinas and Carmal rivers were to be observed for a time, scenes reminiscent of Yellowstone park. For two hours after the earthquake geysers spouting blue mud played along these rivers. The Salnas river ran warm for a time. The hot springs at Gilroy flowed ten degrees warmer than they had ever done before. The force of the earthquake was undoubtedly greater in the higher regions than it was close to the sea level. Working in an orchard near Watsonville is a former sailor by the name of Nat Jenkins. When the shock came he was out-doors with some of the other employees of the ranch. Above the roar of the quake could be heard his voice calling loudly "Steady while she pitches." When the tremble was over Jenkins began to apologize and explain. The way the rocks were thrown about by the heaving and pitching makes the sailor's story plausible. Russian Cabinet Resigns. St. Petersburg.-The immediate organization of the new cabinet is now anticipated. All the ministers are understood to have placed their resignations in the emperor's hands. Killed By Illinois Farmer. Pana. Ill.-A lamentable shooting affair took place at Herrick, south of here, during the afternoon, Hite Hinton being shot and killed by Benton Price, a prominent farmer. It is said Hinton was paying attention of Price's daughter and had been ordered to desist. STAR WITNESS WAS ABSENT ROBERT M. SNYDER GOES FREE IN CONSEQUENCE. Prosecution of the Kansas City Capitallist For Alleged Bribery Ends in Flasco. St. Louis.—Frederick G. Uthoff, former member of the city council boodle combine, who accepted a $50,000 bribe for his vote in the notorious Central Traction steal in 1898, and after returning the money, tried to get it back, saved R. M. Snyder, Central Traction promoter, from further prosecution on the charge of alleged bribery Thursday by failing to appear in court. Circuit Attorney Sager stated to Judge Reynolds in the criminal court that Uthoff is in Colorado, and that he can not be brought here to testify against Snyder. "I think I could get him if I had a little more time," said the circuit attorney. "I have a telegram from him saying that he is ill and unable to come." "There have been several continuances of this case," said Judge Reynolds, "and I do not feel justified in granting another." "In that event I will have to enter a nolle prosequi," said the circuit attorney. Snyder, dressed in a new gray spring suit, was in court with his attorneys, Morton Jourdan and F. W. Lehmann. He smiled when the entry was made, and said: "I guess they don't want me any more." The charge against Snyder was that he furnished the money with which nine members of the city council were bribed to grant the Central Traction Co. valuable street railway franchises for which it gave the city no compensation. The value of this franchise is $50,000,000, and the amount of boodle expended to get it was $450,000. INSURANCE RATES TO GO UP Clients of the Fire Insurance Companies Will Have to Make Good San Francisco Losses. New York.—A star chamber meeting of representatives of practically every fire insurance company operating in the United States was held in the office of President G. Sheldon of the Phoenix company for the purpose of raising rates all over the country. The meeting was attended by three committees of five, representing the fire insurance exchange and the Western Union and Southwestern Tariff association. Each organization appointed a committee of five to deal with the problems growing out of the San Francisco disaster. The advance will be at least 25 per cent. There is a legislative bill pending in this state making it illegal for fire insurance companies to unite to raise rates. Therefore, great secrecy is to be observed in the movement. AWARDED HUSBAND'S BODY Result of a Suit Unique in the Annuals of Litigation in Illinois. Urbana, Ill.—Unless legal obstacles again intervene, the body of the late Jesse M. Richards, first president of the Chicago board of trade, will be removed from the vault in Mount Hope cemetery to another vault 20 feet distant, that has been built for his widow, Mrs. Mary B. Richards, of Boston. A legal battle for the possession of the body, the result of an alleged feud between Mrs. Richards and relatives of her deceased husband, has been concluded in the Champaign county circuit court. Judge Philbrick ruled that the widow is entitled to the possession of the body. It had been placed in a vault belonging to the Richards family at the time of his death in 1889. Sensational charges marked the suit, which is said to be the first of its nature in the legal annals of this state. HAS RETRACED HIS STEPS Father Tom Sherman Has Returned to Fort Oglethorpe With His Escort. Atlanta, Ga.—Rev. Father Thomas Sherman has abandoned his trip over the historic fields which his father, Gen. W. T. Sherman, traversed 40 years ago, and with the escorting party returned to Fort Oglethorpe. Father Sherman expressed regrets that his mission should have been misunderstood, and expressed himself as keenly hurt by the criticisms of people and press. A Hundred Thousand Strikers. Paris, France.—Four thousand carriage builders of a total of 9,000 men employed in that industry have voted to strike for the eight-hour working day. This means there will be a crisis in the automobile industry. The strikes inaugurated by various labor organizations in support of their demand for the eight-hour day continue. About 50 per cent. of the members of the organizations have joined the strikers. It is roughly estimated that there are about 100,000 in the Seine department, in which Paris is located, out on strike. Never a President Till Now. Chicago, Ill.—Although the McCormick theological seminary was founded 70 years ago, it never had a president until Thursday. Rev. James G. K. McClure, formerly of Lake Forest university, is now the head of that institution. Tornado in Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn.—A Cannon Falls (Minn.) special to the Pioneer Press says that a tornado four miles northwest of that place, Thursday afternoon, destroyed several farm buildings but no lives were lost. SOUTHERN RAILWAY LEXINGTON, KY. Trains Leave Union Station 10:00 A.M. 10:10 P.M. TICKET OFFICE: 719 Olive Street and Union Station. Fresh DRUGS Daily 2601 LAWTON AVENUE, N. W. Cor. Jefferson and Lawton Aves. Open Day and Night. Both Telephones. R. J. RAYMOND, Attorney - at - Law, 1111 Clark Ave.. St. Louis, Mo. Friedman Loan and Mercantile Co. PAWNBKOKERS. 1324 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Money to Loan on All Articles of Value At the Lowest Rate of Interest. Dealers in Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Guns, Pistols, Musical Instruments, Clothing of Every Description. Especially Low Interest on Large Loans. Business Confidential. Unredeemed Pledges for Sale. Tel. Kin. C-468. We are the only thoroughly experienced and the only prac- tically competent Colored Undertakers in the city. We have our own conveyances and do all our o Carriages furnished for all occasions. 2322 CHESTNUT STREET., St. Louis, Mo. W. T. Curtis' Newport we have our own conveyances and do all our own w Carriages furnished for all occasions. NUT STREET., St. Louis, Mo. Curtis' Newport B We have our own conveyances and do all our own work. Carriages furnished for all occasions. 2322 CHESTNUT STREET., St. Louis, Mo. Phone C-390. W. T. Curtis' Newport Buffet, 2323 MARKET STREET. Wines, Liquors and C nes, Liquors and Ciga Wines, Liquors and Cigars. RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION Meals can be Ordered by Telephone, Kinloch C 1199 Also the Famous Anheuser Beer. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY BILL EVERYTHING STRICT The Brunswil G. W. HOLT, 1925 Market St Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobas TELEPHONE: KIN JAMES H. HARRISON, Phar. D. HARRISON & uous Anheuser Beer. 2323 M ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY. BILLIARD ROOMS IN C EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. Brunswick Sal G. W. HOLT, Proprietor. 5 Market Street, (Near Uni Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. TELEPHONE: KINLOCH A. 1275. HARRISON, Phar. D. GEO. HARRISON & McKOIN The Brunswick Saloon, The Brunswick Saloon, 1925 Market Street, (Near Union Station), Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. ST. LOUIS. Funeral Directors AND EMBALMERS, 2743 Wash Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. All Work First Class. Successful Embalm First Class. Terms Most Successful Embalming Guaranteed. answered Promptly, Day of JOCKEY SALO All Work First Class. Terms Most Reasonable. Successful Embalming Guaranteed. Calls Answered Promptly, Day or Night. and do all our own work. for all occasions. Louis, Mo. Phone C-390. wport Buffet, STREET. and Cigars. 2323 Market St. HARD ROOMS IN CONNECTION. LY FIRST-CLASS. ck Saloon, Proprietor. eet, (Near Union Station), 2005. ST. LOUIS. OCH A. 1275. GEO. W. McKOIN. R. McKOIN, Terms Most Reasonable. ing Guaranteed. notly, Day or Night. Y SALOON. MR. JAMES A. SYDNOR IS NOT ONLY A Paper Hanger of prominence, but he is also engaged in PAINTING, WHITENING AND KALSOMINING.... Give him a call. 2229 PINE STREET. THE POPULAR Barber Shop 1331 POPLAR ST. First-Class Work and Up-to-Date Barbers. G. W. HOOD, Proprietor. Wm. KNIGHTS Jewelry Store at 211 N, Jefferson Av. is the place to go. Ten years experience. Mrs. Mary White ROOMING HOUSE NEWLY FITTED UP REASONABLE RATES The Best in the City for the Money 2351 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. G. W. ROBINSON, Second-Hand Furniture BOUGHT AND SOLD. Moving and Expressing, General Jobbing and Repairing of Ranges, Stoves, Etc. a Specialty. 4025 Easton Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO. MR. H. YOUNG. Coal, Kindling, Wood. HAULING AND EXPRESS WAGONS. TRUNKS CONVEYED FROM OR TO UNION STATION. Office: 4017 Easton Avenue. Louis Deppe, Importer and Dealer in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines, Whiskies, Brandies, ETC., ETC. Southeast Corner of Market St. & Jefferson Av. St. Louis, Mo Mrs. Susan Gross 108 N. Jefferson Millinery. Up-to-date Hats. Crimmings and all material in that line. Home Cooked Meals THE BEST OF SERVICE. Mrs. Susan Stewart, 2601A LUCAS AVE. Unstairs. WILLIAM T. DAVIS, SHAVING PARLOR, 2811 Manchester Avenue. First-Class Barber Shop and First-Class Work Guaranteed. Mrs. W. E. Mack, 26 S. 14th Street, NEATLY PURNISHED ROOMS. St. Louis, Mo. Sexton & Maxwell, First-class Photographers 1407 Market St. OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF U. B. F. AND S. M. T. S. T. Pettigrew, Huntsville, Mo. Grand Master. J. B. Coleman, Columbia, Mo., Deputy Grand Master. C. C. Hubbard, Paris, Mo., Grand Secretary. W. H. Harrison, Jefferson City Mo., Secretary of Endowment Department. Dr. O. C. Queen, Hannibal, Mo., Treasurer. Rev. P. T. Reed, Bunceton, Mo., Grand Chaplain. Board of Managers—B. K. Bruce, Dr. J. T. Caston, C. H. Tandy, C. H. Blanton. J. H. Williams, Grand Organizer. Robert Vaughn, Senior Grand Marshal. C. P. Agee, Grand Right Supporter. James Branch, Left Supporter. Joseph Oliver, Inner Sentinel, Huntsville. G. W. Montgomery, Outer Sentinel, Franklin. E. A. Minor, Sword Bearer, Fulton. Dr. J. A. Taylor, Grand Medical Director, Columbia. Sons and Daughters of Rebecca No. 3 meets at U. B. F. hall, Jefferson and Lucas avenues, on the second Wednesday in each month at 8:30 p. m. Mrs. Sadie Harris .....President 1529 Gratiot Street. Mrs. Lulu Wallace.....Vice-President 1531 Gratiot Street. Mrs. Annie Henry .....Secretary 2614 Mills Street' Miss Salle Hackney.....Ass't. Secretary 209 South Fifteenth Street. S. W. WILLIAMS, DEALER IN Gents' Furnishing Goods AND A FINE LINE SHOES A SPECIALTY. Call and Make Our Place Your Headquarters. 502 BUCHANAN AVE., TEXARKANA, TEX. OLD PHONE 405. 1409 Market Street B. MUNCHWEILER Dealer in LADIES' and GENTS' SHOES DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER We Give "EAGLE Trading Stamps." IF YOU BUY FURNITURE. AT Thuner's ITS GOOD. 2122-24-26 South Broadway MRS. A. I. COLE OF 3527 LAWTON AVE., IS IN Real Estate Business. KINLOCH A1/23. NEW SEMI-WEEKLY SOLID, VESTIBULED SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN St. Louis and City of Mexico VIA IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE Texas & Pacific, International & Great Northern and the National Lines of Mexico LEAVE ST. LOUIS, 9.00 A. M. TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ARRIVE MEXICO CITY, 8.30 P. M. THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS OBSERVATION SLEEPING CAR COMPARTMENT SLEEPING CAR DRAWING ROOM SLEEPING CARS AND DINING CAR H. C. TOWNSEND GEN'L PASSENGER AND TICKET AGENT SAINT LOUIS A WEEKLY VISITOR Calling on 170,000 Colored People in the City of St. Louis, and the State of Missouri..... An Afro-American Newspaper, Published For The Good Of The Race..... ...$2.00 A YEAR... Happenings in Missouri. Revising the Revenue Laws. Governor Folk's commission to suggest a revision of the revenue laws of Missouri held its first meeting in St. Louis recently. It will prepare a report to the next general assembly and will advise some radical changes in the taxing laws of Missouri. In its labors the commission will have the earnest co-operation of Governor Folk. For many years the question of taxation has pressed for a better solution in Missouri. Every state board of equalization has recognized that state burdens among the several counties were not at all equal and could not be made so under the present laws. As for uniformity among individuals, state records show that that has been given up as a hopeless dream under the present system. There has been no way to reach the tax dodger. As long as the sole feature of the taxing problem in this state was how to make taxes low—how to avoid paying expenses of an adequate government—it was impossible to gain serious consideration for any other phase of the problem. But the people have been feeling more and more the inequalities and hardships of the present system and the demand for a change has been growing. Now Governor Folk believes that the principle of law enforcement should be applied in the collection of revenue as much as in any civic relation. As a corollary to this he believes that special rights granted by the state ought to pay a more just recompense for the benefits they receive. Wants New Constitution. The Brookfield Gazette says: "The recent decision of the supreme court of Missouri declaring unconstitutional the amendment authorizing county courts to levy 15 cents on the $100 valuation for road and bridge purposes is another argument in favor of replacing the present patchwork crazy quilt, old contraption that does duty for a constitution in this state with a new constitution, a constitution in keeping with the greatness of the state. The present constitution was adopted at a time when the people had grown tired and disgusted with their own folly in voting indebtedness for every crazy scheme that came along, regardless of its merit or lack of merit, and very naturally the pendulum swung in the opposite direction. Their ought to be a limit on the debt contracting power of municipalities, of states, counties, city and towns; a limit on the people themselves, for that is what it amounts to, for a municipal debt is a debt of the taxpayers, a debt that they usually contract by their own action, by their own votes, and we do not know that the present constitution is any too stringent in its limit on the debt contracting power any farther than that there are times when the inability to create a debt operates strongly and directly against the best interests of the people." A "Yellow Rain" Fell. A peculiar phenomenon is reported from Wishart, Polk county, in the form of a "yellow" rain. After the rain farmers who went out to feed their stock saw fences and bare spots of earth covered with a thin coat of yellow substance. Barrels filled with the fresh rain water had streaks of yellow around the edges. When examined under a magnifying glass the yellow matter was found to be made up of minute round grains of materials which would not dissolve in water. Fire did not destroy the grains, but deprived them of their color. The grains showed a strong cohesive tendency. This fact, with the result of the fire test, was taken to indicate a mineral origin. When dried the materials became a heavy yellow powder. One theory is that the yellow substance is volcanic dust thrown out by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It is possible for such matter to be carried for thousands of miles, scientists say. The yellow rain" fell over a considerable district near Wishart. For days the atmosphere had been filled with a red haze dense enough to conceal the outlines of the clouds. The Missouri Debaters Won. The Kirksville state normal school team defeated the representatives from the Iowa state normal in joint debate. The question was that of municipal ownership and operation of lighting works and street railways in cities of the United States of more than 25,000 inhabitants. Iowa affirmed and Missouri had the negative. The decision was unanimous for the negative, though Iowa had recently won ten out of 13 debates with other schools. A Mayor's Reward. J. E. Dowell, editor of the Journal, at Audrain, has just entered upon his fifth term as mayor of his home city. In speaking of his long service in that position he says: "We would be lonesome if we were not positioned so that we would have some one to curse us." To Compete at Corn Raising. Boys of Jackson county have been invited to take part in corn raising contests under the direction of W. H. Johnson, county school superintendent. One contest will be for boys under 15 years of age, and one for boys between 15 and 20 years. Seed will be furnished free to the contestants, and each one will be expected to plant and tend a quarter of an acre. The winners in the county contests will be eligible to take part in state contests at Columbia under the direction of the state board of agriculture. "What shall be done with the country roads? continues to be the chief topic of discussion in interior Missouri." says the Columbia Herald. "The discussion over the power of the general assembly to make direct appropriation for the building of roads, which was precipitated by injury addressed by Judge W. H. Kennan, Mexico, to Walter Burch, the Audrain county representative, has not interpreted the general consideration of the subject of good roads. Representative Burch, replying to Judge Kennan points out that the constitution states, in the seventh and last subdivision of section 43, that the general assembly has power to make appropriation 'for the pay of the general assembly and such other purposes not herein prohibited as it may deem.' Mr. Burch says: 'I call attention to the words, such other purposes not herein prohibited,' and draws his conclusion, that unless there is one clause in the constitution that expressly prohibits the state from making such appropriations, then it has the power, under this general grant of power, to improve its highways. The grant of the words 'not herein prohibited' were used, makes it a general grant of power. And since the public roads are public and not private property, it logically follows that the state has the right to use its own money in improving what belongs to it. The building of two macadamized or rock roads from St. Louis to Kansas City across the state has been suggested by C. F. Clark, who would have these roads built at the state expense, one north of the Missouri river and one south of that stream. Others are suggesting the use of convict labor upon the public roads, a suggestion often vigorously made but as vigorously opposed. The discussion of good roads is always sharp and insistent during the late winter and early spring months because it is during these months that the country roads are in worse condition than at other periods of the year. The discussion grows less acute when early summer comes and the country roads become pleasantly passable." A $2,000 Hog. Walter Williams writes in the East Window column: That Missouri is leading in hogs as well as much else is known to those who have given attention to the subject. Nicholas H. Gentry, of Pettis county, sold a Berkshire hog for $2,157, the largest price ever paid in $2,000 for a Berkshire hog. At the home of its owner George W. Null, of Lafayette county, a Poland China hog has just died, for which $1,575 was paid. This hog held the world's record for farrowing the highest-priced litter of hogs ever known, eight bringing $3,055. Dr. F. B. Mumford, professor of animal husbandry in the agricultural college states that one-third the population of Missouri is dependent directly or indirectly upon the business of producing domestic animals. Only two states Iowa and Illinois, have a larger number of hogs than Missouri. Missouri has a larger number of live stock farms than any in the Union, and on all these farms the hog is one of the chief sources of income. Much is said of the Missouri mule and, of late much has been said of the Missouri hen, but the Missouri hog has never had the publicity which his porkship merits. The Missouri ham might well be put on the state's coat-of-arms rather than the impossible bears. Proved Himself Insane. Arthur A. Brayers, who was released from the penitentiary October 12, 1905, having completed, under the three-fourths law, a term of five years for robbery presented himself at the office of Warden Hall recently and requested that he be allowed to reenter the prison and serve out the remainder of his full term. He was turned over to the prison physician Dr. Chastaine, for observation, and was pronounced insane. He will be taken to the state hospital for the insane at Fulton, for treatment. Last December Brayers requested Chief of Detectives William Desmond, of St Louis, to send him back to the penitentiary, because he said it was impossible for an ex-convice to secure employment by which he could make a living. Desmond got him a job and nothing more was heard of him until he came to the warden's office. Tribute to Missouri. The Richmond Missourian makes this prophecy: "When the Master made Missouri He turned His corrupcopa upside down and filed the land with ores and oils and soils as rich as Solomon's dream. Some day Missouri will be the first state in the Union of states—and Kansas City will be the first metropolis of the great central basin of the world's storehouse." Was a Descendant of Gen. Greene Axanda C. Birch died at Jefferson City recently at the age of 91 years. She was the mother of Oscar G. Burch of the First National bank and a descendent of General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary war fame. Jail Breaker Is Caught. Frank Baxter, wanted in Scott county on the charge of robbing the post offices at Oran and Blodgett, and who was released from the Scott county jail by his friends, has been captured and is now in jail at Hillsboro. There are about 171 Negro newspapers published in the United States, and as near as we can count them, they are as follows: Alabama and Georgia, 15 each. 30 Illinois and North Carolin, 12 each. 24 Mississippi. 14 Pennsylvania and Kentucky, 10 each 20 Texas. 12 Missouri. 9 Massachusetts, South Carolina and Florida, 6 each. 18 Washington, D. C. 4 Virginia and Tennessee, 4 each. 8 California, Ohio, New Jersey and New York each have 3. 12 Kansas, Nebraska, Maryland and Colorado, each 3. 12 Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indian Territory have one each. 7 Territory have on each. 7 Published in the south. 101 Published in the west. 44 Published in the east. 26 "THE OLD RELEV E. W. ZIMMER Is still in business at SARAH AND F 1017 N. Vandeventer ave. and Pendl Where he will cater to your wants in and Tobacco traffic. Telephone connect trade supplied at lowest rates. The White L 1501 Gratiot Choice WINES, AND CIGARS SAMUEL H. LEONARD, The Douglass Buffet a Fine Wines, Liquor and the best of service 2645 Lawton A THE DOUGLASS Beaumont and Lawton FRESH DRUGS and TOBACCO Prescriptions Carefully and Accura Ice Cream Soda a Special CREWS @ BARRETT 1 CENT IS ALLOW to write for showing the BICYCLES, BELOW any other manufacture or on any kind of terms, until you ha logues illustrating and describing e bicycles, old patterns and latest mod EKG GEAR and wonderful new offer direct to rider with no middlemen's WE SHIP ON APPROVAL with allow 10 Days Free Trial and ma house in the world will do. You will able information by simply writing We need a Rider Agent in order to make money to suitable young men. $8.50 PUNCTURE-PRO Regular Price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only (CASH WITH ORDER $4.65) NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. RELIABLE" SIMERMAN AND FINNEY AVENUES, and Pendleton & Kennerly aves. vants in the Beer, Wine, Liquor the connection in all places. Family "CALL ME UP." Lillie Bar, Patiot Street, RES, LIQUORS CIGARS. RD, - - - Proprietor. Fet and Pool Room Liquors and Cigars, of service offered. Avanue ASS PHARMACY and Lawton Avenue and TOILET ARTICLES and Acurately Compounded Soda a Specialty BRETT, Druggists IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue showing the most complete line of high-grade BICYCLES TIRES and SUNDRIES at PRICES manufacturer or dealer in the world. BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, until you have received our complete Free describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW new offers made possible by selling from factory middletown's profits. PURAL without a cart deposit. Pay the Freight and mind and make other liberal terms which no other do. You will learn everything and get much valu- ply writing us a postal. agent in every town and can offer an opportunity the young men who apply at once. E-PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 Where he will cater to your wants in the Beer, Wine, Liquor and Tobacco traffic. Telephone connection in all places. Family trade supplied at lowest rates. "CALL ME UP." SAMUEL H. LEONARD, - - - Proprietor. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars and the best of service offered. 2645 Lawton Avenue THE DOUGLASS PHARMACY 1CENT IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for us by your high grade AO catalogue showing the most complete line of high grade BICYCLES, TIRES and SUNRIES at PRICES BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, or on any kind of terms, until you have received our complete Free Catalogues illustrating and describing every kind of high grade and low grade PRICES and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. MASS THORN PERCUSSION 1000W 1000W 1000W Result of 15 years experience in the making. No danger from RNS, CACTUS, PACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulnicated like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over Seventy-five Thousand pairs sold last year. lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside becomes porous and which closes up small punctures hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than the being given by several layers of thin, specially and very smallన్నity plentions commonly felt when riding on a shall let Weave's tread which prevents all air from being overcoming all suction. The regular price of these sees we are making a special factory price to the rider day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval, and found them strictly as represented. We will also send one for this advertisement. We will also send one nickel metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned not satisfactory on examination. As is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster or our address for a book about us. If you order a pair of ھىچ ئىش بىلەن قىلىشىمىزنى ھازىر پۈتۈن كۈن 110 كۈمۈش ئەكەللىرىدىن ئاچقۇچلىرىنىڭ خەۋەرلىرىنى قاچىلىدىغانلارنىڭ خەۋىرى بولىدىغانلىقىنى كۆرىۋالغانلىقىغا ئىنچىكە ئۆزەڭ بېرىپ ياساتساڭ بولمايدىكەنمىز. **DESCRIPTION** Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which is very flexible. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that their tires have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the bottom and the overcoat by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being squeezed out between the tire and the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these tires is $50 per pair, but we offer all orders shipped same day letters is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval. You can pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.65 per pair) if you send a full FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this admixture to us. We will also send the money plated brass hand pump and a small pump made by picture closers on full order. (these metal parts are closed) To be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your order a pair of Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the editor, run faster, wear better, last longer and look these tires, you will find that you will be a pair of the order. We know that you will be so well pleased finer than any other, you have never used or seen at any price. We want you to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. BOASTER-BRAKES, everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalogue. DO NOT WAIT bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. "JL" CHICAGO, IL NEGRO NEWSPAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES. We have tried hard to get the exact number of papers that are published by the Negroes of the United States, and their standing, from the best of and most reliable authority outside of what we have at our command. Total 171 And yet there are what are called political and pocket newspapers. We have about 20 of them that last sometimes a year. The whites are flooded down with them. Out of the 171 there are about 80 that stand side by side with weekly white papers of this country. Our people have not as yet arrived to that point where they carefully appreciate a paper published by Negro men and women. We see German, Irish, French, Hebrew and Italian papers printed, and supported by that particular class of people, and yet the Negro can not fully understand why a Negro paper is published. We take it for a fact that the majority of Negro ladies and gentlemen read the white daily papers to get the news of the world, so when we read a paper published by French, German, Irish, Bohemian, Italian or Negro we get the news of that particular people, and they ought to be patronized. White people recognize their newspapers, magazines and other periodicals as the pivot on which their information is dispensed among the people. Newspapers mold sentiment for good or evil. Then the Negro inhabitants of this country should look to our people and the Negro papers to dispuse news and information. Yet some of our best writers and publishers have had to give up, and go into other business, and the reason is because they were not supported. Thomas Fortune and Cooper are leaders in the journalistic world, and brilliant and first-class men have had to almost attempt to give up. WE LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW. The St. Louis Palladium has more subscribers than any other two Negro papers in the state of Missouri. We have more business men and women that advertise in The Palladium than any four Negro papers in the west. Notice the thikk rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This makes any other make—SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. St. Louis Palladium. St. Louis Palladium. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Entered at the postoffice at St. Louis, Me., as second-class matter. Published Weekly by J. W. WHEELER, Manager and Proprietor. 2611 Lawton Avenue. Mrs. Lenard Tuggle, Edt's. Mrs. M. A. THORNTON, of 315 S. 22nd. St. is the Reporter and general solicitor for the St. Louis, Palladium. John W. Wheeler, Jr., solicitor. Business matters pertaining to the paper should be addressed to The Palladium Office. Communications for publication must reach us not later than Wednesday. ADVERTISING RATES. For one inch, one insertion..... $ 50 For one inch each subsequent insertion..... 25 For two inches, three months..... 9 00 For two inches, six months..... 10 00 For two inches, nine months..... 14 00 For two inches, twelve months..... 20 00 standing and transient notices RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per year.....$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months.....60 Single copy.....0.05 The St. Louis Palladium is sold at the following places: 2617 Lawton Ave. 211 North Jefferson avenue. The Palladium is sold at: 4257 Kennerly avenue. 4309 St. Ferdinand avenue. 9 North Seventeenth street. 315 South Twenty-second street. 2739 Wash street. 2809 Manchester avenue. 09 To The Public. To The Public. Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person firm or corporation, which may appear in the colums of The Palladium will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the attention of the management. All articles sent to this office for publication, must have the writer's signature or otherwise such articles will be ignored. We are not responsible for the return of unsolicited contributions on any subject. Churches and others having news or notices will please have the same in the office by Wednesday to insure publication in the week's issue. Five cents per line for each insertion. Seven cents per line for each insertion, black face. It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any number when due, inform us by postal card, and we will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. We are still waiting to hear from Revs. Ferrell and Pruitt, the big "I ams" of Knights of Tabor, concerning the money due Mrs. Mamle Robinson on her father's (Rev. Moses Dixon) copyright. This is an honorable debt and it has been reported by the secretary and other officers of the organization that the money has been paid. In this week's issue of the St. Louis Palladium we take our last shot on the man W. T. Vernon, and we hope that we have convinced the senate and the president that W. T. Vernon is not the man for register. We have thousands upon thousands of good, moral and true men who are fitted for any position that may be offered them. Such men we want to see in office, and we shall ask that such be placed in office. Dr. D. L. Martin, of Nashville, Tenn., the supreme master of the order of A. U. K. & D. of A., will arrive in St. Louis next Monday on his visit to the councils in the west. We trust that his visit will prove a blessing to the order. Mrs. S. A. Collins, the supreme mistress of the west, has done some good work, as has Mrs. Josephine Jones, of East St. Louis. Mrs. Josephine Jones, of Belleville, Ill., M. E. Q., is also working hard for the A. U. K. & D. of A. The stand that we have taken against all bad men is the position that all good men should take, regardless of who he may be. Let the character of men fit them for positions, and not reputation. We care not who the man of our race may fill the position of register, but we do want a man of character. We ask that good and true men of our race be placed on guard, and not bad men. We take pleasure in announcing the names of two young men, Randall and Wells, who are entering the haberdashers' business at 2230 Market street. We ask for them the patronage of every citizen of our city, without discrimination of race or color. Colored men are of the opinion that they cannot always depend on politics for success, and enter into business as any other people and contest for every inch of ground. These young men are prepared to offer the public their furnishings at the prices offered by other firms and to guarantee all work perfect. Don't forget to lend them your assistance. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Cultivate Moral Character. It should be so that no matter how much property or how much education on may have, unless there is something beneath it all, a strong moral structure, that all the property and education will avail nothing. We must learn to draw the line between the good and the bad, between the virtuous and the vicious. We should set such a high standard of living that no matter whether it be a teacher, minister or any other leader of our people, if they lead an immoral life they should not have the esteem and confidence of our people. We should lay special emphasis upon the protection of the purity and uprightness of our women. In too many communities the idea prevails that our people mingle together, whether they be proper or improper persons. The standard should be set high and these opinions corrected. We have been urging this all the time. Let the bad Negro stay alone, and let the good stand on higher ground. The penitentiary bird must not try and stay with the good. PERSONAL. If you have no money and desire to get some, go to Friedman Loan Co., 1324 Market street. You will never be fully dressed and warm until you see Sam, the Tailor, 204 North Fourteenth street. The Ladies' Aid Sewing Circle of Quinn's chapel in Carondelet, are getting ready for their spring bazar, May 10th and 11th. When a person wants to put one or two lines in the Palladium he must first put up 5 cents for each line, or nothing goes. See Friedman's "ad." He is our friend Anything in life will a man give for money, and Mr. Friedman has the dough. Call and see him—1324 Market street. The sewing circle of St. James church, 2509 Pendleton avenue, meets every Thursday at 2:30 p. m., and is doing much good for the church. Mrs. L. Wilson, president. Mrs. Stone, secretary. Wm. Dover, of 3924 Sophia avenue, has opened a cafe at 3922 Sophia avenue, which is a blessing to that section of the city. Meals are served at all hours. Ice cream, soda water and all the good things that ladies like are in abundance. It opens April 15, Easter Sunday. Pickett's Number Nine (No. 9) for the bowels and liver. Safe and speedy purgative. Gives quick relief, does not gripe. Relieves billiousness headache, caused from overeating or drinking. Removes uric acid and rheumatism from the system. Aids digestion. Price, 10 cents. Cut this coupon out and present it at this office, and it will entitle you to a $1 bottle of Indian Medicine for 35 cents, composed entirely of herbs and roots, good for the rheumatism, weakness, lame back and the blood. Try Smith's Indian Liniment. It kills the pain and relieves palpitation of the heart in a few minutes, if taken in a little sweetened water. Price 25 cents a bottle. G. W. SMITH, 2710 North Broadway. RANDALL & WELLS Haherdashers. We hereby invite the many friends and the general public to our neat little store at 2230 Market street, when in need of anything in the gent's furnishing line. We have opened up with a full line of shirts, neckwear, socks, gent's under-wear, umbrellas, etc. Our motto is, "Fair dealing and full value for your money." We anxiously solicit the patronage of every man and youth in the city. Our aim will be to cater, as nearly as possible, to the taste and whims of all. Call and examine our stock. We believe that the Colored people of St. Louis are willing and anxious to patronize any respectable enterprise, established and conducted exclusively by Colored men. We believe that such advances into the business world means a step forward for our race. Hence in launching out into the business field we are actuated not only by a desire for pecuniary gain, but hope to assist in proving that the Negro is capable of something more than occupying menial positions. Thanking you in advance for your patronage and influence for good, we respectfully subscribe ourselves. RANDELL & WELLS. Mrs. McKinney, of 4328 Cottage avenue, has opened a restaurant at 4300 Cottage avenue, where she wishes her many friends and the public to patronize her. Don't forget the number, 4300 Cottage avenue. "Olin the Tailor, everybody knows, Makes the best up-to-date and best fitting clothes To my store to come, don't fail, And, in return, if necessary, I'll go your hail." OLIN, The Tailor, 1244 Franklin Ave. Kinloch D-754. St. Louis, Mo. DEAD BEATS. COFFIN On the 13th of February last we published an account of the Buffaloes' ball, and the Palladium sold like hot cakes. The one-legged Negro man received ten copies of the Palladium and has never made any returns for them. He now sells the Globe, Post-Dispatch and Republic. With the approach of summer comes the annual appearance of heads out of windows. On Lawton, Market, Morgan, Johnson streets and numbers of others can be seen: HEADS, NAPPY HEADS! WOOLY HEADS, COMBED HEADS! UNCOMBED HEADS! heads of all descriptions, especially when a band is near by or the congregation of a church is being dismissed. There are about one hundred Negroes that lie around and haven't done a day's work in ten years, and they are the ones who cause many of our good girls to go astray. The police force and the Palladium are joined in an effort to drive them out of town. MRS. J. W. WOOD of 4003 Fairfax Ave IS IN THE Hair Dressing Business PURE HAIR BRAIDS MADE TO ORDER. Wanted—Colored girls to pick nuts. Apply 518 North Commercial street. THE GREELEY NEGRO DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF ST. LOUIS. Inc. Membership Card. 1899. Is entitled to membership for period shown on reverse side. STEVE A. SMITH, Treasurer. Sam, the Tailor, is the man that patronizes Negro business men, and our people ought to patronize him. 204 North Fourteenth street. Read Carefully the Advertisements in this paper. Use Pickett's Laxative Viburnum for Female Trouble. PETER HENRY RIP SAW COLUMN OF THE ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM A lady desires a gentleman friend. Address this office. Mrs. X. A gentleman desires a lady friend—one who has got some natural ability. Address this office. Mr. W. W. J. The lecture given by Booker T. Washington, was along the line of the Palladium, that a big Negro, the mushroom Negro,is of no service to his race. Common Negroes. News reached us to the effect that several Negroes who are members of the Dead Beat Society, say they do not care. This, we knew, before we put them on the mule, as we had used every honorable means, and exhausted our persuasive power to get them to pay up, and they would not. It was then that we knew they had lost all honor and pride as men and women, and had fallen almost to the level of the brutes of the forest. Paper Thieves A Negro boy got 25 copies of the Palladium from our secretary. He lives at 2645 Pine street. His name is Sledge. He has never reported for them. Last Sunday the Knights of Pythias held their annual sermon. The line of march was down Lawton avenue, and as usual, a number of Negro heads were shoved out of the windows, such as we have named, the nappy head, the wooly head, the combed head, the uncombed head. Oh, yes, the black Negro, the common Negro, the supposed good Negro, the yellow Negro, the brown Negro and the white Negro, and such other enchantments as are a disgrace to the decent dogs on Lawton avenue. Some of the women appear in loose Kimonos, faces not washed and disgraceful appearing in general. The mushroons, negroes, common negroes, the supposed good negro, the bad negro, the black negro, yellow, brown and white, all combine to lend "enchantment(?) to the view," of our prominent streets, by decorating windows with their heads. We shall mention the names of a few if they do not desist. U. B. F. AND S. M. T. The National Grand Lodge of U. B. F. and S. M. T. will convene in Lexington, Ky., July 30 and 31, August 1, 2 and 3. Rates have been secured at $10:65 for a round trip. This will enable even 500 delegates to leave this city and reach Lexington without a change of cars. Special coaches will be attached. All communications address to C. H. Tendy, chairman; J. W. Wheeler, secretary. All lodges of this jurisdiction are requested to be in this city. Will leave on the eve of July 29, over the Southern railway, the shortest line to Lexington. Stop that cough. Go and get Pick- stit's Cough Drops. Recently a new organization was established by the elite of our city, known as The Palladium Dead-Beats. President—Richard Williams. Vice-President—H. Steele. Assistant Secretary—R. Reese, of Chicago. Treasurer—Howse, of Belleville. Seargeant-at-Arms—S. W. Walton, 4280 North Market. Chaplain—S. W. Williams, 913 Biddle. Secretary—Miss Brown, 1421 Montrose. Assistant Secretary—Mary Moore, 8305 Pope street. Ice-man—James Patton, 11 Johnson street. Flag-man—George Spiller, 2843 Belt avenue. All applicants must present a written guarantee that they have beat the Palladium man. MR. WILLIAM DOVER. We are glad to announce that Mr. Dover, of 3924 Sophia avenue, is still coming to the front. Several years ago he opened a buffet at the above number, with not more than $80 worth of goods in his business, and his place was little more than a country place. But now, with business tact and great ability have enabled him to increase his business from $80 to $1,000 worth of stock. There are only two or three Colored men in the saloon business who carry as large a stock as Mr. Dover. He has every kind of drink, from the mildest to the sparkling champagne. Mr. Dover conducts a quiet and peaceful buffet. In a few more years he will be another G. W. Holt, George S. Williams or W. T. Curtis. If you want to be convinced, go and see. INFORMATION WANTED. INFORMATION WANTED CONCERNING MARY AND ELIZA BAILEY. The name Bailey was that of their master, who lived in Saline county, Mo., in 1860 or 1861. The father's name was Nathan Howard Bailey, the mother's name, Americus Bailey. These children were sold south during the year in which there was so much talk of the emancipation of the slaves. They were sold in what was termed "Down the river." Any information will be thankfully received at the Union Memorial church, or at the Palladium office, 2617 Lawton avenue. Other Negro papers will please copy. FOR RENT. FOR RENT — Nicely furnished rooms. Apply at residence of Mrs. Wm. Street, 2733 Mills street. WANTED—Two gentlemen to room and board in a first-class family. Best accommodations, hot and cold baths free, gas and electric lights. Call or address Mrs. W. H. Davis, 3142 Marnice place. Access to four lines of cars. The Southern Railway is the shortest line from St. Louis to Louisville and Lexington, Ky. C. C. McCullough, city passenger and ticket agent, 719 Olive street. FIRST-CLASS SERVICE. O all trades and grades, and over 2,000 patterns to select from. Prices to suit your means. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Courtesy shown to all. THE ORIGINAL SAM THE TAILOR. SAM WEISMAN, Prop. J. WEISMAN, Manager. 204=206 N. 14th Street. McGRAGOR @ WILLIAMS, DEALERS IN FRESH MEATS OF ALL KINDS. FAMILY GROCERY. All Kinds of Hauling Done. EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE. 810 S. SEVENTEENTH STREET ST. LOUIS, MO. GEO. W. F. BULLOCK, Ladies' Barber AND TONSORIALIST 3320 Franklin Avenue. St. Louis. MAURER MEAT and PROVISION CO. CASH MARKETS. 3 and 10 South Jefferson Avenue. Bomont 269M. Kin. D-725 No. 5 South Fourteenth Street. Main 2103A. Kin. D-25. 1402 Market St. 2606 Franklin Ave. 2830 Easton Ave. Kin. C-720. Pork House, 3858 Garfield Avenue. Hainesworth Sisters HAIR GROWERS. Special Attention Given to Cleaning the Scalp and Shampooing the Hair. Hair Grown on Bald Heads. 2131 MARKET ST. (Up Stairs) New and Second Hand FURNITURE CARPETS, STOVES, and a General Assortment of KITCHEN UTENSILS BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR CASH. Also Moving and Expressing a Specialty. 1415 Morgan St. Lucile E. Herriford TABERNACLE 50, Meets the 2nd Tuesday night in each month at 8 p. m. at Taborian Hall, 11th and Franklin avenue. GRACE E. MULLIGAN, H. P. LULA LEE CHATMAN, C. R. MUSIC FURNISHED for Receptions, Balls and Parties. JOHN L. FIELDS, teacher of the Harp, Plano and Guitar; now with the Great Western Band and Orchestra. 1018 North Eighth Street. Musical Combinations to be hired for small parties and entertainments. Violin, Cornet, Harp. 1- VIOLIN AND HARP 2- VIOLINS, VIOLA BASS. Bell Phone: Main 3268. M. B. H. HENRY BROWN. Neatly Furnished Rooms 703 and 711 NORTH 14th. Street. Branches 1433 and 1519 Lucas Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. EENRY BROWN, Manager. DELIA BROWN, Proprietress. ROB The HAIR CUTTER HAS JUST OPENED THE Douglass Hotel Barber Shop Everything first-class. Recommended by the fashion of the city. HOT, COLD AND SEA SALT BATHS. Give us a call. DOGLASS HOTEL, Cor. Baumont and Lawton AVE. West End Music Store 2129 MARKET ST. Instruments Bought and Sold. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY. All Kinds of Repairing Done. ST. LOUIS. [Name] Telephone: Kinloch D-969 LANDERS CO. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH First Baptist Church Notes. Rev. R. H. Cole preached an excellent sermon at the First Baptist church Sunday evening. Quite a number were present. Mrs. Ivern Thomas attended service Sunday evening. Dame Rumor says that the wedding bells will ring shortly for the choir at the First Baptist church. Where Were the Mushrooms Last Monday Evening? The Thessalonian Baptist church was unanimously recognized as a regular missionary Baptist church at Compton Hill church last Monday evening by the churches and ministers of St. Louis, despite the opposition and false statements of the Mushrooms of First Baptist church. For some reason, better known to themselves, they failed to show up at the last meeting of the council. They had also boasted that they would have the letters called in at the last church meeting. We are informed that First Baptist church passed resolutions charging the ex-pastor with not being a Baptist, for the reason that they had searched the country over and could not find where his membership is. It is passing strange that First church did not make this investigation seven years ago, or during Dr. Cole's administration. We are in possession of abundant facts that this great man of God is a full-fledged Baptist, with all the necessary paraphernalia to commend him to the crowned heads of the earth. The officers and members of First church have been praising and banqueting Dr. Cole for many years as being one of the greatest preachers in the country, and all of a sudden, before the echo of their voices had hushed, their racket was changed, but it is too late now to complain. Dr. Cole's reputation is as broad as the world, and the citizens of St. Louis, without regard to denomination, stand ready to defend him and vindicate his ministry. They also charge Dr. Cole with proselyting members to leave First church. It is required of every pastor to boost his own church, and, if possible, make everybody believe his church is the best; but after all you may do and say, it is left to the individual where they want to place their THE WESTE Relief Ass DOUGLASS 2645 LAWTON AVE. Relief Association. DOUGLASS BUILDING. A Negro Enterprise designed to meet the needs of the Negro race, demon capacity of the Negro to perform a creditable part in the world. IT PAYS the largest benefits upon the smallest. It is chartered under the laws of the state of Missouri, applied with every requirement of the insurance commi to do a LEGITIMATE BUSINESS in this state. A C PORTUNITY for the thoughtful and self-respecting N vide against the ills and misfortunes to which humanity WESTERN UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATION is designed to meet the needs of the Negro race, demonstrating the capacity of the Negro to perform a creditable part in the business world. IT PAYS the largest benefits upon the smallest investment. It is chartered under the laws of the state of Missouri, and has complied with every requirement of the insurance commissioners, and to do a LEGITIMATE BUSINESS in this state. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY for the thoughtful and self-respecting Negro to provide against the ills and misfortunes to which humanity is heir. The WESTERN UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATION is fully capable and will faithfully discharge every obligation. PAYS PROMPTLY SICK, ACCIDENT and DEATH BENEFITS. INSURE NOW. DELAY IS DANGEROUS. RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED. GOOD COMMISSION PAID. For further particulars call or address the Business Manager. HOME OFFICE, DOUGLASS BUILDING. Both phones—Bell Bomont 108. Kinloch C686. C. K. ROBINSON, President. C. M. POWELL, Secretary. DR. T. A. CURTIS, Treasurer. REV. JESSE B. COLBERT, Business Manager. DR. S. P. STAFFORD, Medical Examiner. GEORGE L. VAUGHN, Attorney. membership. No preacher can force persons to change churches against their consent. First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Ga. To the Editor of the Palliadium: Things are alive and progressive here. Our church (whose building is one of the largest in existence) was well attended Sunday at 11, and overrun at 8: 30 p. m. Six members joined. Collection for the week, $77. Betheden Baptist church here is pastorless. It is one of the most modern built, well furnished (including pastor's study, etc.) churches in America, with over 1200 members. You would be surprised to know she is considering for her pastor the name of Rev. ____. Well, I will not call his name, but he pastors in St. Louis. He is a power, too. We had two funerals this week. At the wharf yesterday I beheld two beautiful ships as they sailed for the orient. Success to all St. Louis. J. H. MAY, Office, Second Baptist Church, Savannah, Ga. Antioch Church. Rev. S. P. Anderson preached a splendid sermon Sunday, the 29th, at 11 a. m., from Isaiah, 43d chapter and 23d verse. The sermon was good, and much enjoyed by all. Among the visitors we noticed Rev. E. C. Cole and Rev. S. P. Cole. At 3 p. m. Rev. Dr. W. D. Venable preached a glorious and soul-stirring sermon to Antioch Missionary Circle from St. Luke, 7th chapter and 47th verse. The meeting was indeed a gospel feast, and seemed to put new life in the faithful sisters who are trying to do mission. Some very encouraging remarks were made by Sisters M. J. McClean, president of St. Paul A. M. E. Mite Missionary, and A. H. Cooper, president of the W. H. F. M. and E. convention. Many others were in attendance, but time would not allow them to say anything. An offering of $22 was taken up. Visiting minister were: Reverends E. C. Cole, W. S. Slatter. Circles represented: Central, Chambers Street, Compton Hill, Corinthian, Ebenezer, Kirkwood, St. Paul A. M. E., Galilee, Pilgrim, Berean, Siloam and the auxiliary club to the National Baptist convention. A social missionary meeting will be held with Mrs. Overton, at 3133 Fair avenue, the first Friday in June, instead of the first Friday in May, as was stated in last week's issue. Sunday, May 6, Rev. S. P. Anderson R. Dandruff, caudated, hair invigorated, falling hair stopped, many diseased scalps cured quickly and permanently, thus instillery, shiny glossy and luxurious growth. One application convincing. Guaranteed safe, harmless, delightfully perfumed pomade, a superb dressing for the Hair. Price 25c and 50c by mail. (1c stamps accepted) Taylor's Face Cream and Beautifier MARVELOUS INDEED! TRY IT! It removes Pimples, Tan, Sunburn, Ringworms, blackheads, thereby giving a clear, purity, Complexion. A perfect skin food and beautifier Safe and harmless. Price 25c by mail. will be at Antioch church as pastor one year. He has requested that every member be present, as he wants to have a family talk with them. Members, do try to attend, either morning or evening service. Wednesday, the 9th, Antioch Missionary Circle, will hold their regular prayer and praise meeting. After a short session of prayer, Rev. Steward, of Antioch church, will talk for a short time to the circle on mission work. All are invited to come. We are pleased to note that Mrs. Floyd, who has been very sick, is much better at this writing. Little George Shivers, of 4120 Margretta avenue, is also much improved. Dr. W.D.Deshay's Hair Feeder The World's Greatest Remedy. It feeds the hair, and gives every strand of hair life; also a positive Dandruff Cure, as well as a most excellent hair dressing preparation. The Hair Feeder is well recommended by the leading hair dressers in Bilbs, Egypt. Miss Attranner Nitocris recommends to all her wonderful hair preparations. The hair will start its growth at once, and will grow straight, long and wavy; it also beautifies the face. Price, per bottle, 75c to $1. Sub-Angel Hair Grower, recommended by Miss Lilanger, of Gondar City, Abyssinia, is a positive Dandruff Cure. It cleans out all the grease and dirt, and makes the hair soft as velvet; it also promotes the growth at once. It is a great preparation for all who want a full suit of hair—it makes the hair long and wavy—it is guaranteed to do all that is required to benefit the hair and promote the growth. Price, per bottle, 50c to 75c. Directions: Wash the hair in warm salt water, dry off, and apply twice a day for two weeks; give the hair plenty of sunshine. Address Dr. W. D. Deshay, Beaumont and Lawton, Crews Drug Store. NOTICE! Louis Reed, born in Shreveport, La., May 20, 1866; in Company I, Eighty-eighth Infantry, Colored. His father was a soldier in that company; last heard of in Baton Rouge, La., with the steamer Bounier. Any person knowing of him will please make it known through this paper. Do you want a steady income of $2 to $5 each day? If so, please read Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure advertisement in this paper. MR. JOHN McCORD, Who is now taking life easy. GIRLS. If you want employment, go to 518 North Commercial street, at the nut establishment. Some of our best girls are working there. It is honorable to work and pay your way. Remember the number, 518 North Commercial street. AGENT Mrs. W. M. Dickerson, of 2714 Lucas avenue, is agent for a book entitled, "Easy Steps For Little Feet." It treats upon the Bible from Genesis to Revelations. She is also agent for a number of other good books. Give her a call, 2714 Lucas avenue. FOR SALE AT PALLADIUM OFFICE At the Palladium office, one dozen chickens, the best breed in the market; laying from six to ten eggs daily. The Famous Record Breakers--Rain or Shine 16th ANNUAL PICNIC and BARBECUE At Bloemecke's Grove, 6200 N. Broadway, Monday, May 21, 1906. Music by World's Fair Band. Admission, 25c. Take Broadway Through Car Going North. We will give a Picnic every month. The Hair Boa A young reader, who signs herself "Northern Inquirer," asks how a girl of 16 should wear her hair, whether more than one bow is proper and how many yards in each bow. Since the receipt of this letter Madame Merril has made a careful study of the subject and finds that there is almost no limit to the number of bows or the number of yards they may contain. But to prevent one's head from having the appearance of a bargain counter or a remnant sale, either one or two bows with three-quarters of a yard in each, or a full yard if only one bow is worn, should be the choice. The prevailing style is the soft pompadour in front with the hair caught up on top with a bow, the ends braided and turned under and fastened with a second bow. MADAME MERRI A Beauty Builder. Bags made of cheesecloth filled about three-quarters full of bran used as a washcloth make of the ordinary tubbing a beauty builder as well as a cleanser. The bran softens the water and is especially beneficial to people who find the winter plunge bath irritating to the skin. Chinese Close Buyers A consul in China remarks sagely that "the Chinese will buy only what they want, and not what foreign manufacturers think they should buy. No effort to force upon them goods' manufactured for export' and probably unsalable at home, will avail." Good Sachet The best quality of Florentine orris root, powdered, has the odor of violets and is lasting. It is the basis of all violet sachets and no elaborate mixture is more delicious than the orris root alone. Surf Birds Travel Far. That birds of the family termed surf birds in the Hawaiian islands should leave that paradise of the Pacific to go and rear their young in the tundras of Alaska would seem to many an extraordinary proceeding. Yet the turnstone and the black-bellied plover and the Pacific golden plover make the long journey of about 4,000 miles thither annually. FACTS FROM THE PALLADIUM SCRAP BOOK. Mrs. Cora Wheeler, wife of C. H. Wheeler, died March 9th, 1893, at 6:40 o'clock, and was buried March 11th, at Greenwood cemetery, block D, grave 18. Rev. Cottman officiated at the funeral services. March 16th, 1893, Bishop Brown died at Washington, D. C. He was 75 years of age. In 1884, J. W. Wheeler, western editor of the Palladium, with offices at 2612 Baldwin street. 1891—Charlton Tandy appointed land agent under Hon. John W. Noble. 1892—Prof. John B. Vashon was the first subscriber for The Western Palladium. 1893—Charles Turner elected sergeant-at-arms of city council. August 3, 1893—J. W. Wheeler took charge of St. Paul's chapel for six weeks, the pastor having gone south for his health. 1895-W. M. Farmer, C. K. Robinson and W. C. Henderson organized the American Eagle. 1895-P. H. Murray issued The Advance. 1896—The Eagle, controlled by C. H. Dodge and W. C. Henderson, headquarters at 1421 Morgan. December 1896—Sandy Mix died. March 30, 1896—American Eagle published by R. A. Hudlin, 208 North Sixth street. December 13, 1897—American Eagle published with C. H. Dodge editor and James Daniel Miller manager. 1897—Eagle also had on its staff S. J. Wilkinson, editor-in-chief, and J. Daniel Miller, political editor. 1898—James Daniel Miller controls the stock of the Eagle. 1898—The St. Louis Sun appeared, in charge of Aaron Jones. October 20, 1898—Dr. D. W. Scott nominated against Maj. Pearce for congress. Maj. Pearce was on the regular republican ticket, Scott independent. Nov. 8, 1898—Hon. Dr. D. W. Scott received over six hundred votes, against Pearce (rep.), 15,197; Kern (dem.), 12,861; Joy (rep.), 21,125, against Noonan (dem.), 18,512; Bartholdt, 11,899, against Gill (dem.), 8,019, in the Twelfth, Eleventh and Tenth congressional districts, respectively. Dr. Scott has never recovered from this fall. If you desire the best hair preparation on the market, use Nelson's Hair Dressing. C The leading musical event of the spring season will be the violin recital at St. Paul's Chapel, by Clarence Cameron White, May 7. It will THE HOME OF THE MAYOR OF CHEVY, N.Y. FOR RENT-An elegant 6-room brick, with reception hall, bath, gas and other modern conveniences, lo- MADISON CLUB BOAT EXCURSION. Opening of the Season, Monday Eve'g, May 14. CITY OF PROVIDENCE. Boat leaves foot of Olive Street. An Open Air Skating Rink At BLOEMECKE'S GROVE, 6200 North Broadway. Will open April 30 under the management of Mr. A. A. Brooks, and will continue during the summer, at every picnic and outing given at the Grove. Mr. Brooks formerly owned the rink at Pythian Hall, 3137 Pine Street. He is one of the most enterprising business men in our city, and is in the lead in all pleasures for his race. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. THE BEST PLACE IN NORTH ST. LOUIS. 622 HOLLY AVENUE. BENNETT'S NOTION STORE DEALER IN Ladies', Gents' & Children's Notions, 2809 MANCHESTER AVE., be a rare treat, and you will be helping the Colored Y. M. C. A. by attending cated at 4606 Labadie avenue. Rent $30. MUELLER & FAIRBAULT, 701 Chestnut St. DISASTER ERASES CLASS DISTINCTION EARTHQUAKE AT SAN FRANCISCO PLACES RICH AND POOR ON SAME LEVEL. SIDELIGHTS ON THE GREAT CATASTROPHE Millionaire and Pauper Now Friends Business Being Conducted Amid the Ruins—Heir to Wealth Born on Sidewalk. San Francisco, Cal.-This town is "on the level" in every sense of the word, writes Richard Barry. You can stand on Tar flat and see Telegraph hill with no obstruction but a few skyscraper skeletons. South of Van Ness avenue it is not even a junk heap. No more ghouls are shot because there is nothing to steal, and they will have to pay men to carry off the smashed bricks. Russlan, Telegraph and Nob hills, which formerly made such a magnificent metropolitan saddle against the Golden Gate, look as they do in the prints of 49, when scrubby bushes rambled across their barren faces. They have been scraped of foul and tail by a mighty muck rake. The homes of three-fourths of the people are annihilated, and as one walks through the desolation he slowly realizes that the world can never know what has happened; that 100 Pompeiis would be swallowed in these ruins and that California in tragedy, as in all else, has shaken her jaunty fist in the face of history and written "finls" to the volume. Social Distinctions Leveled. Yet these smashed buildings and desolate streets do not present the significant leveling. The material loss is great, but it does not stagger the imagination. A few hundred millions will mend the hurt and there are many people here to-day who think the shake-up is worth the leveling. Society is on the ground, face to face. Every artificial barrier is swept away. The social distinctions built up in 50 years have been obliterated with the same swiftness and finality shown by the flames toward the property. The loss of life is small, the loss of social position colossal. Down to the elements, now nothing counts but human loss. Money has momentarily lost its purchasing power. Servants, luxury, habits, prestige—yes, amity, feuds, hatred, jealousy and contempt have disappeared. Humanity is in the flat and every one is on the level. Here are a few random incidents picked from the edge of the cataclysm: Fillmore street, a third-rate metropolitan artery, has become for the moment the business center of the town. Here, in dinky bakeries, cheap candy stores, tawdry photograph galleries and insignificant lodging nouses, are found all that is left of the greatest business institutions on the Pacific coast. A sawmill that formerly employed 4,000 men has its office in a hall bedroom that used to rent for one dollar a week. A bakery that employed 300 carts before the fire is operating out of a hand laundry that was run by three women. The largest department store in the west is being resurrected from a soda water stand that has been roughly partitioned, the front 14 by 16 feet space being used for an office. In a rear room of similar extent the exclusive heads go for fridges and coffee warmed over an alcohol lamp. Odd Quarters for City Officials You can see the chief of police in San Francisco as easily as you could see the sheriff of the most backwoods county in Arizona. He sits in the window of a corner grocery and as you pass on the sidewalk you glance at his bright face and hear his hearty laugh. The mayor issues his orders from the lodge room of a secret society; The superior court is being held in a Jewish synagogue, while the city and county records are buried in a tomb in the Masonic cemetery. The newspapers that once occupied the principal skyscrapers in the city are being operated from four little rooms in the same block, no one of which has more than a 30-foot front or a 50-foot depth. On one side of each room you can see the sign "Subscription Department," on the other "Advertising Department," while on each rear wall is hung a rough sign, "Editorial Department." One Newspaper Office a Bedroom. One of the most fortunate papers, after much maneuvering, has managed to commandeer a second-floor bedroom, the nature of whose previous occupants is attested by the notice still hanging from the chandelier, which reads, "Don't Blow Out the Gas." In this tiny room, around two small tables, is congregated the journalistic talent that formerly conducted a world-famous organ from a suite of 15 rooms in one of the most magnificent buildings in the west. 10.000 Acres Burned Over A well-known Oakland engineer states that the area devastated by the fire in San Francisco approximates 10,000 acres, or about 15 square miles. There are few cities in the world where so much valuable property is contained in an equal territory. Within this 15 square miles were nearly 100 banks, some of the finest buildings in the world, thousands of mercantile and manufacturing establishments, and more than 230,000 inhabitants, besides 40,000 transients. If further proof were needed of the leveling character of conditions it might have been seen yesterday afternoon, when "Mike" De Young, of the Chronicle, millionaire and political leader, stood in front of one of these little offices. Down the street in an automobile belonging to ex-Mayor James D. Phelan came Abe Reuf, the triumphant Republican boss. When he saw De Young he waved his hat and called out a hearty greeting, to which De Young responded with a gay salute. For one not intimate with San Francisco to fully realize what this means he must be told that Reuf, Phelan and De Young are the respective leaders of the most bitter and antagonistic political factions in the west. If you still doubt that the millennium is upon us go down the street two blocks to where the relief committee is working 24 hours a day from the showroom of a vegetable grocer and you will find Gavin McNabb and Abe Reuf with chairs and arms touching, laughing at the same grim earthquake jokes and putting the two craftiest heads in San Francisco together for the immediate relief of the afflicted. A week ago as the bosses respectively of the Republican and Democratic ranks, America could have afforded no more striking instance of deadly rivalry than would have been adduced by mention of these two names. Resurrecting a Dry Goods Store. From another cigar stand white-haired, esthetic Raphael Well is resurrecting the most fashionable dry goods store in the city. He is old, wealthy and practically retired. He could easily turn his back on San Francisco and live the rest of his days, the one other place of his delight; but says he: "I shall stay here and see it all up again just as it was—with perhaps one difference, it will be about twice as good." Up and down all the streets one can see curbstone fires, where the people are cooking their meals in obedience to the municipal order to light no fires in the houses. They being without large ranges, small kitchen stoves, improvised sheet iron ovens and the old brick Dutch ovens are used and from which are turned out some wonderful concoctions. Most of the servants have either run away or been sent away and the people who get their own meals out of doors are among the best in the city. Cooking their dinners in the streets may be seen girls who have been educated at Stanford, Berkeley, Vassar and Bryn Mawr. Spreckels Heir Born on Sidewalk But of all the astounding leveling feats accomplished by the fire and earthquake the most remarkable occurred in front of the Pacific avenue home of Rudolf Spreckels, son of the president of the sugar trust. There on the sidewalk, behind some screens Mrs. Spreckels was safely delivered of a handsome and healthy son. It is a free state, everyone beginning over again, rich and poor alike, just as the front rank broke from the line the day Oklahoma territory was opened to settlement. Not Fair Shake; Start Again. Young men who can swing a small capital to-day will be millionaires in a few years. Millionaires who to-day are walking the streets mourning over their ill-luck will never again be flush. San Francisco, queen city of chance, born of the gambling fever, bred of the gambling energy, dreamed out of a gambler's visions of wealth and glory, with a fierce and terrible grandeur, has smitten all who loved her and salied to the half million who had sworn by her: "It's not a fair shake; start again." Rescue Insane People. Many stories of heroism lie buried in the ruins, but some tales that make the heart tingle are slowly filtering through official sources. This is the story of the noble work performed by Mrs. Kane, matron of the Detention hospital, and Policeman John McLean, who was detailed there the night of the great earthquake. The insane patients at the ruined city hall were kept in locked cells, from which only the keys of the stewards could free them. At the hour of dawn on that fatal Wednesday morning, the structure in which the courts were housed was the first to fall. The weight tense nervous emergency and the officer the detention hospital, which was on the ground floor. Steward Manville was so badly injured by the falling ruins that he died two days later. Mrs. Kane and Policeman McLean, however, managed to rush outside to momentary safety. Both of them are well advanced in years, but the nurse is a woman of intense nervous energy and the officer is a man of giant frame. As soon as they reached the open court they were greeted by the terrified shrieks of the insane that pierced through the smoking ruins around. They refused to leave their helpless charges, and both went back into the chaotic debris. The work of rebuilding San Francisco will proceed rapidly. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs of New York has agreed to repair the Rialto building and to build again on the site of the Crossley. She and her sister, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., have also stated that they will put up solid office structures on their Montgomery street site. To Ask Loan of Congress. Congress may be asked to appropriate $100,000,000 to rebuild a new metropolis on the Pacific coast on the site of the devastated city, the money to be loaned on real estate security for 25 years at two per cent. per annum. This project, it is said, will be laid before the president and the leaders of both political prties in congress by Herbert Law, a San Francisco capitalist, after a conference with the leading business men of the city. CORWIN H. SPENCER MILLIONAIRE, DEAD SUCCUMBED TO ATTACK OF ACUTE INDIGESTION. STRICKEN AT STOCK BOARD Had Lunched On Pickled Pigs' Feet, Which Disagreed With Him and Brought On the Fatal Attack. St. Louis, May 4.—Corwin H. Spencer, the heaviest grain trader in St. Louis, vice-president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., a former president of the St. Louis Merchants' exchange and many times a millionaire, died at 4:37 p. m., Thursday, at the Planters' hotel, three hours after having collapsed while watching the stock board in the office of Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington, in the hotel building. For several days Mr. Spencer had watched the stock market with feverish interest. He was closely watching the quotations when stricken. It was said on the "Street" that he was heavily long of Louisville & Nashville, Great Northern and Northern Pacific stocks, and that the recent slump caused him to lose several hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Spencer had been in the brokers' office half an hour when he was stricken. A messenger boy passing the chair where he sat noticed that he was lying with his head on the back of the chair, seemingly asleep. His face was so white that the boy thought something was wrong. He called Guy P, Trulock, manager of the firm. As. Mr. Trulock turned he saw Mr. Spencer collapse and lurch forward in his chair. Mr. Trulock caught him and prevented him from falling. Apparently in great pain, he lay on a couch while his son, Harlow B. Spencer, and his former partner and close friend, Thomas Akin, were summoned. Ate Pig's Feet. "I ate pickled pigs' feet for dinner. I have a cramp." He was moaning with pain and his appearance caused his friends much distress. The cot was taken to the third floor on a freight elevator and Mr. Spencer's family physician was summoned. Mr. Spencer's wife and his daughter, Mrs. Scott, hurried to the hotel when informed of his illness and remained with him to the end. Mr. Spencer's Career. Mr. Spencer was born in Morgan county, Ohio, December 13, 1851. His father was a farmer and the son received a common school education, which was later supplemented by a course in the high school at Malta. O. Until he was 17 years old he worked on his father's farm. In 1873 he went to McConnellsville, O., where he was employed as a clerk in a general store. In 1874 he came to St. Louis and went at once into a business college, where he equipped himself for a business career. When he finished this school he obtained a position as bookkeeper and grain salesman in the firm of Harlow, Gelston & Co. In 1876 he was admitted as a member of the firm. The business prospered and in 1882 the firm was among the leading grain firms of the city. Misfortune came and the firm was compelled to suspend operations. Mr. Spencer began a new business career, entering into arrangements with the firm of W. T. Anderson & Co., that again placed him on his feet financially. He soon regained his losses, and in 1889 the firm of C. H. Spencer & Co. was organized, having purchased the elevator at Madison, the C. H. Spencer Grain and Elevator Co. was organized. He continued as president of this company until July, 1897, when his health failed and he closed out his St. Louis business and went to California for his health. He returned and entered the street railway business, organizing the company that acquired the Southern Electric, which was later bought by the Transit company. Later he returned to the grain business and became one of the most prominent operators in the country. He was elected president of the Merchants' exchange in 1896. He was the first vice-president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and belonged to the St. Louis, Noonday, Commercial and Country clubs. He was married February 23, 1875, to Miss Mary E. Harlow. Their children are Harlow Bates, Ruth Anne, Lulu and Hazel Spencer. Dr. Behrens said that death was due to uremia. Signed By the President. Washington, May 4. — President Roosevelt signed the bills passed by congress, making an extra appropriation of $100,000 for Mare Island navy yard at San Francisco, and making an appropriation of $70,000 to meet emergencies in the post office department in the state of California. Bankers Will Meet In St. Louis. New York, May 4.—The executive council of the American Bankers' association has decided to hold the thirty-second annual convention of the association at St. Louis. AWFUL SUFFERING From Dreadful Pains from Wound on Foot—System All Run Down—Miraculous Cure by Cuticura. "Words cannot speak highly enough for the Cucicura Remedies. I am now seventy-two years of age. My system had been all run down. My blood was so bad that blood poisoning had set in. I had several doctors attending me, so finally I went to the hospital, where I was laid up for two months. My foot and ankle blood flowed beyond recognition. Dark blood flowed of the foot in many places, and I was so disheartened that thought solemly my last chance was slowly leaving me. As the foot did not improve, you can readily imagine how I felt. I was simply disgusted and tired of life. I stood this pain, which was dreadful, for six months, and during this time I was not able to wear a shoe and to work. Some one spoke to me about Cucicura consequences were I bought a set of the shoes of one of my friends who was a druggist and the praise that I gave after the second application is beyond description; it seemed a miracle, for the Cucicura Remedies took effect immediately. I washed the foot with the Cucicura Soap before applying the Ointment, and I took the Relevant to the same time. After two months my foot was healed completely. I was noticing a illness and who have been since the ure, can hardly believe their own eyes. Robert Schoenhauer, Newburgh, B. K., Aug. 11, 1905." Night Help Some Bess- is telling everyone that I am two-faced. two-faced Tess—can't see how she can think Tess- 2- can't see new she can think that. "Thank you, dear—" "Because if you had two faces, you'd certainly wear the other one."—Cleveland Leader. Lewis' single Binder straight 5c cigar—made of nasty selected tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill. None of us are so thoroughly up in the way of the world as those who have been done up—Puck. Garfield Sea is Nature's remedy for liver and kidney diseases. Nobody stops to inquire about the family tree of a "peach." WAS WEAK AND DIZZY Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Restored the Patient to Perfect Health And Strength. Mrs. Mary Gagner, of No. 576 South Summer street, Holyoke, Mass., has passed through an experience which proves that some of the greatest blessings of life may lie within easy reach and yet be found only by mere chance. A few years ago while she was employed in the mills she was suddenly seized with dizziness and great weakness. "I was so weak at times," she says, "that I could hardly stand, and my head became so dizzy that it seemed as if the floor was moving around. "My condition at last became so bad that I was obliged to give up work in the mill, and later still I became so feebly that I could not even attend to me household duties. After the slightest exertion I had to lie down and rest until I regained strength. "A friend who had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People urged me to try them. I bought a box and began to take them. The benefit was so positive and so quickly evident that I continued to use the pills until I had taken altogether six boxes. By that time I was entirely cured, and for two years I have had no return of my trouble. I am now in the best of health and able to attend to all my duties. I am glad to acknowledge the benefit I received and I hope that my statement may be the means of inducing others who may suffer in this way to try this wonderful medicine." The secret of the power of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of debility, such as Mrs. Gagner's lies in the fact that they make new blood, and every organ and even every tiny nerve in the body feels the stir of a new tide of strength. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schemectet, N. Y. Will stop any cough that can be stopped by any medicine and cure coughs that cannot be cured by any other medicine. It is always the best cough cure. You cannot afford to take chances on any other kind. KEMP'S BALSAM cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, grip, asthma and consumption in first stages. SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the TORPID LIVER. They Purify Vomitable. CARTER'S LITTLE IVER PILLS. these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL BOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS LITTLE IVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. DARKER'S HEADACHE POWDERS QUICKLY CURE HEADACHE, NEURALGIA AND FEVERS. Price 10c. Thousands use and indorse them CONTAIN NO NARCOTICS. Sold for twenty years. SPOTLESS TOWN WHAT IS SAPOLIO? It is a solid, handsome cake of scouring soap which has no equal for all cleaning purposes except the laundry. To use it is to value it. What will SAPOLIO do? Why, it will clean paint, make oil cloths bright and give the floors, tables and shelves a new appearance. It will take the grease off the dishes and off the pots and pans. You can scour the knives and forks with it and make the tin things shine brightly. The wash-basin, the bath-tub, even the creamy kitchen sink, will be as clean as a new pin if you use SAPOLIO. One cake will prove all we say. Be a sensible housekeeper and try it. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. There are times, to be sure, when we doubt our own wisdom, but these are never concurrent with those occasions when we contemplate the proper policy for our friends to. purus.—Puck. When a man loses all his money it generally changes his appearance so such an extent that even his old friends don't recognize him. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. 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Seven years ago I was so bad with pain in the back, and so weak that I had to keep to my room, and was in bed sometimes six weeks at a spell. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, the kidney weakness been tor Doan's Kidney Pills I would not be alive today. Seven years ago I was so bad with pain in the back, and so weak that I had to keep to my room, and was in bed sometimes six weeks at a spell. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, the kidney weakness was soon corrected, and inside a week all the pain was gone. I was also relieved of all headaches, dizzy spell's, soreness and feelings of languor. I strongly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. All profits paid in dividends. Others have made one hundred per cent in same business. Sure income for life and valuable legacy for today. Real estate of Philadelphia trust company for protection of investors. Beautifully illustrate booklet and paper free. Write at once. I. L. and D. Co. Dept A. 788 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW 1906 MODEL Remington Typewriter? IT WILL INTEREST YOU. Write for Catalogue and full information. REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO., 710 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water A woman in a dress and hat holding a cup. The Cook of Spotless Town, you see, Who takes the cake, as you'll agree, She holds it in her fingers now, It isn't light--but anyhow 'Twill brighten her domestic woe. A cake of plain SAPOLIO. A This is the butcher of Spotless Town Whose tools are bright as his renown To leave them stained were indiscreet For folks would then abstain from meat And so he brightens trade you know By polishing with SAPOLIO. A man in a top hat and coat walking on a cobblestone street. This lean M. D. is Dr. Brown, Who fares but ill in Spotless Town. The town is so confounded clean, It is no wonder he is lean. He's lost all patients now you know Because they use SAPOLIO. We refer to that boon to weak, nervous, suffering women known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Dr. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff of The Eclectic Medical REVIEW says of Unicorn root *Helianas Dicota*) which is one of the ingredients of the "Favorite Prescription": "mummy which invariably acts as a uterine invigrator: * * * makes for normal activity of the entire reproductive system." He continues "in Helianas we have a medication which moves all the answers to the above purpose: it helps women to be more animated." In the treatment of diseases peculiar to women it is seldom that a case is seen which does not present some indication for the treatment. "The following are among the leading indications for Helianas (Unicorn root). Pain or aching in the back with leucorrhea; atonic (women with reproductive disease); women, mental depression; irritability, associated with chronic diseases of the reproductive organs of women, constant sensation of heat in the region of the kidneys; women with depression; and condition of the reproductive system; amenorrhea (suppressed or absent months), arising from or accompanying an abnormal condition of the digestive organs and amniotic (thin blood) habit; dragging women in the extremal lower part of the women." If more or less of the above symptoms are present, no invalid woman can do better than take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, one of the leading ingredients of which is Unicorn root, or Helonias, and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent ingredient of "Favorite Prescription," Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M.D., of Bennett Medical College, Chicago, says: "It is an important remedy in disorders of the general general conditions." * * * Prof. John M. Scudder, M.D., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: "In relation to the general effects on the system, there is no medicine in use about which there is such general unanimity of opinion. It is universally regarded as the tonic useful in all debilitated states." Prof. Bartholow, M.D., of Jefferson Medical College, says of Golden Seal: "Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, hemorrhage amounting to the most effective dysmenorrhoea (paufial denstruation)" Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faithfully represents all the above named ingredients and cures of which they are recommended. FACTS AND FINDINGS. Icebergs sometimes last for 200 years. The normal life of a mouse is three years. Attentive is the name of Britain's latest 25-knot scout ship. In England a man can take out an insurance policy against twins. The young king of Spain is several inches shorter than his flincee. Giraffes and ant-eaters each have tongues nearly two feet in length. The British soldier is now to possess three shirts instead of two. A silver coin remains in currency. A silver coin remains in currency for an average period of 27 years. Diamonds have been discovered in Kentucky—and of the first whisky. The Japanese prefer soft wheat flour from the United States to the flour made in Canada. Montreal has the largest flour mill in the British empire. It turns out 5,000 barrels of flour a day. An Italian who tried to walk through the Simplon tunnel was stifled by the heat and died. British warships carry 36 out of every hundred of the total number of naval guns in existence. The coach in which the lord mayor of London rides on state occasions has been in use since 1757. M. Fallieres' election as president of the French republic cost $6,000. His salary is $20,000 a month. It is stated that at least 200,000 square miles in Liberia are covered with dense rubber-tree forests. Rome has a water supply of 200,000,000 gallons a day; London, only 100,000,000, and Paris, 900,000,000. ADE'S ANIMADVERSIGN. Many are called, but few deliver the goods. As the father is bent the child is inclined. A good jolly is worth whatever you pay for it. It is a wise father that tumbles to his own son. Some people are good because it comes high to be otherwise. A patient woman can educate anyone except her own husband. In all the learned professions, many are called but few are chosen. Every man knocks his own line of work and sticks to it like glue. In these days, chivalry must wear a tag or it will not be recognized. A complete change will always do one good and sometimes do him to a finish. FOUND OUT. A Trained Nurse Discovered Itn Effect. No one is in better position to know the value of food and drink than a trained nurse. Speaking of coffee a nurse of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., writes: "I used to drink strong coffee myself and suffered greatly from headaches and indigestion. While on a visit to my brothers I had a good chance to try Postum Food Coffee, for they drank it altogether in place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks after using Postum, I found I was much benefited and finally my headaches disappeared and also the indigestion. "Naturally I have since used Postum among my patients, and have noticed a marked benefit where coffee has been left off and Postum used. "I observe a curious fact about Postum used among mothers. It greatly helps the flow of milk in cases where coffee is inclined to dry it up, and where tea causes nervousness. "I find trouble in getting servants to make Postum properly. They most always serve it before it has been boiled long enough. It should be boiled 15 or 20 minutes and served with cream, when it is certainly a delicious beverage." "There's a reason" for Postum. PARABLE OF THE TARES Sunday School Lesson for May 6, 1906 Specially Prepared for This Paper. LESSON TEXT.—Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43. Memory verse, 30. GOLDEN TEXT.—"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Gal. 6:7. TIME.—Autumn, A. D. 28, the same as last lesson. PLACE.—On shore of Lake of Galilee, probably near Capernaum. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. — New Testament picture of Devil: Matt. 4:1; 13:19; Luke 22:31; John 12:2; Cor 2:11; 11:3; Eph. 6:11; Thes. 21:2; Tim 2:16; 1 Pet. 18; 9; Rev. 12:19; 12:9; 20:1-3, 7-10. Compare the "field is the world" with Mal. 11:1; Matt. 10:31-33; 28:19; Mark 16:15; John 10:16; 1:16; 1:18; Rev. 5:13; Angels: Luke 1:9; Heb. 1:14; Mal. 11:1; Cor 6:2; 11:10; Col. 21:8; Rev. 22:8; 9; Matt. 28:2-5 Day of judgment: Matt. 12:6; chaps. 24; 2; Cor 5:10; 2 Tim. 4:1; 2 Pet. 3:7; Rev. 10:12; 13. The destruction of the tares by fire: Isa. 5:24; 10:16; 17; Mal. 4:1; Matt. 3:10; 1:19; Hab. 6:18; 10:27. V. 24. "Put he forth." Better, "set before them," as one spreads a meal before als guests. "The kingdom of heaven is likened unto." A perplexing hindrance to the growth of the kingdom may be discerned by considering a not uncommon occurrence by which the growth of wheat in a field was hindered. "Good seed." Pure seed of the grain he wished to raise, unmixed with seed of any other kind. V. 25. "While men slept." During the night, or while those in charge of the field were forgetful. "Enemy . . sowed tares." A more diabolical device for wreaking vengeance upon an enemy can scarcely be imagined. "Tares." The original has a particle indicating that this sowing was over, or, on top of, what had previously been sown. V. 26. "Brought forth fruit." Began to head. Not until that stage of growth was reached did any difference between the two kinds of shoots appear. V. 27. "Didst thou not sow?" A form of question, assuming that an affirmative answer is expected. "Whence bath it tares?" A few stray tares would have caused no surprise and would have been carefully weeded out, as they are in that land to this day; but such an abundance of them was found in this field that even the servants questioned the advisability of this. V. 29. "Nay . . . lest ye root up the wheat." The roots of the two sorts of plants were by this time so interwined that any attempt at separation would be sure to cause death to the wheat. V. 30. "The harvest." The time for cutting the ripened grain. "Gather . . . first the tares." This would be a matter of no small difficulty. "Burn them." This would be done in an oven. V. 36. "Then . . . in) the house." It seems probable that the multitude dispersed (Rev. Ver.) because Jesus, having left the boat, went at once with the twelve and other earnest disciples into the house—His own or that of some disciple—from which He had come when He set out for this walk to the sea. "Declare (explain) . . . the parable." This request was evidence that the hearts of these, like good ground, were eager to receive and retain the truth. Jesus had assured them (V. 11), as He assures us, that to those who earnestly desire and seek to understand spiritual truth, it will be made plain. "Of the tares of the field." They had seized the characteristic feature of the teaching, as their words show. V. 37, 38. "He that soweth . . . the Son of Man." Jesus uses of Himself an accepted Messianic title. "The field . . . the world." We are apt to narrow our conception of the field. The whole of this material globe on which we live, with all its races of men, is the field God loves to cultivate. "Good seed . . . children of the Kingdom." In the earlier parable the good seed represented the word of God. Here it represents those who have received the Word into their hearts. Not all read God's truth from the Bible, but all judge of it from the lives of Christians. Jesus is called the "Word" of God (John 1), and surely each Christian should work out in his life the truth which his heart receives, and thus pass on the Heavenly Father's message to others. "Children of the wicked one." Such as have so yielded their hearts to evil influences that they exhibit characteristics of wicked ness in their lives (John 8:44). V. 39. "The enemy is the devil." Jesus always recognized the devil as a real person. "The end of the world." The end of this present age. The word here translated "world" is not the one thus rendered in V. 38. That refers to the physical world; this, to the completion of an era. "Reapers are the angels." God's messengers of another order than man. V. 40, 41. "Tares gathered and burned." 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Emma Brown, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: I met this man that they call Rev. W. T. Vernon, Prof. Vernon, Prof. William Tecumseh Vernon, Dr. Vernon, for the first time on Thursday or Friday before the last Saturday of the annual Kansas Conference of the A. M. E. church, which convened in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1898. He was introduced to me in the highest terms, and having heard of him before, and his connection as president of the Quindaro school, I presumed the introduction not too high. On the last Friday or Saturday (the next day after the introduction) of the conference, the Rev. William Peck and myself went in the afternoon to the university buildings. I was then teaching in Lawrence public schools, and residing there with my father and stepmother, the Rev. G. W. and Mrs. Mary Brown. I attended Mr. Peck through the buildings, and when down, we sat on the steps of "Snow Hall" for a rest. While there this man Vernon and my sister, Willa, came. They went through this building, and on returning Willa complained of tire. Vernon asked me to accompany him through the other building (Frazier hall). (This was vacation season, and the buildings were open, and it was a very common and ordinary way of entertaining strangers or visitors who came to the city to show them through the buildings during the visiting hours, which were from 1 to 5 o'clock p. m.) When on the top floor of the building, which is three or four stories high, without a moment's notice, hint, sign or anything that would inform me of his intentions, this brute Vernon grabbed me with both arms. I never was more surprise, and could not realize for a second that he thus had me, or what his aim was. I struggled with him and resisted him with all my might. His attack was vicious and brutal, and he held me as in a vice. I was thrown to the floor, my head receiving a severe blow from some source, knocking me senseless. I do not know how long the struggle lasted. When I came to I was standing in the door leaning against the door-facing. I was yet in a dazed condition; I remember that I started down; Vernon rushed in front of me and stopped me, and asked if I was going to tell. I told him I was. He said: "If you do it will be your last." I was frightened by this threat, and did not utter a word till he was gone. When I reached Willa and Mr. Peck, Willa asked me what was the matter. I was afraid to say till he was gone, and then I told. We went home, Willa, Mr. Peck and I, I told my mother of the brutal assault in the presence of sister Willa and Mr. Peck. We wanted the brute arrested, but was prevented from doing so by the urgent persuasion of the Rev. Mr. Peck, who had introduced him to me the day before. We decided to take his advice, and leave the matter to my father. On account of this assault by Vernon I have been unable to continue my work, and much of the time have been under treatment. I have not experienced a well day since. He injured my knee, ankle, wrist, side and one finger, which is stiff until this day. I make this statement in defense of myself, as I am informed that Vernon claims his conduct was by my consent. A more flagrant and wicked falsehood was never told. Since the matter has become public, (which I have always sought to avoid). I have determined that the truth shall be known. EMMA BROWN. Subscribed and sworn to before me and in my presence this 26th day of August, 1901. WM. H. LAUNDY, [Seal.] Notary Public. Commission Expires August 20, 1902. State of Kansas, County of Geary: ss. Willa Brown, of lawful age, being duly sworn, deposes and says: On Friday or Saturday afternoon (the last Friday or Saturday of the A. M. E. conference, which was held in Lawrence, Kansas, 1898), on my way from home to the church in which the conference was being held, I met W. T. Vernon, who asked me (after informing me that there was no session of the conference that afternoon), where the Rev. William Peck was? I told him that he, Mr. Peck, and my sister, Emma, had gone to the university buildings. He asked me if I would accompany him to the buildings, and I told him I would, and did so. When we got there we found Mr. Peck and sister Emma sitting on the step of one of the buildings. I went with Mr. Vernon through one of the buildings, and when we returned to Emma and Mr. Peck I was quite tired, and so stated. Vernon then asked my sister Emma to go through the other building with him, and they started off together, leaving Mr. Peck and myself to wait their return. When Emma and Vernon came back to us I saw at once that something was wrong with Emma. She seemed almost helpless and speechless. I asked her what was the matter, and before she had time to say anything in reply to my question Vernon replied that he must go, taking out his watch, and said his train was due, or near due, and that he must go, and immediately started off, almost on a run. I followed him a distance, and called him to know what he had done to Emma, for I knew from her appearance that she had been mistreated in some way, but Vernon gave me no answer, but kept going. Emma told me that Vernon had shamefully mistreated her. When we went home it was decided by Emma and myself to have Vernon arrested. But the Rev. Mr. Peck, who had returned with us to our home, insisted that it would be best not to do so and persuaded us to leave the matter for adjustment to my father. Emma changed her clothing,, which had been soiled in the building, and examination disclosed that her ankle, knee, wrist and one finger was injured. Within four days thereafter she took to bed, and I do not think she has experienced a well day since. I substituted for her in her school work very frequently since that time on account of injuries received in that building with Vernon. WILLA BROWN. Subscribed and sworn to before me and in my presence this 26th day of August 1901. WM. H. LAUNDY, [Seal.] Notary Public. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 25, 1898. Dear Miss Emma: I arrived here 10:31 p. m., very, very tired after my real experience at your home. I must, however, say, that I never enjoyed myself more in my life than I did at your home. Please be assured of this fact. From Wednesday until my last moment. I shall be glad to return whenever you see fit to extend such an invitation, which will be, of course, a treat to me. And be assured I shall not be content until I have the chance to repay you by some means of gratitude. After leaving you last evening I went to the station, and on my way I met Prof. Vernon. I plainly told him your position; he seemed very regretful, and would have willingly gone to you last night and made all kinds of apologies, but I would not allow him; he, however, says any apology you may demand he is willing to make such. Now, Emma, I want to take you into my confidence for awhile. You know we are not strangers, although we have lately met, but you, to me, have vowed your love, and I in turn have done the same to you. And this means a great deal. Now you also know your position in Lawrence, not as a mere personage, but you are a teacher, one who is looked upon by all who see you as a representative young woman; now to be careful; remember you are as a postage stamp, one corner torn off of you you are forever gone. Prof. Vernon can run and escape his stain, but you must live in the surroundings of the matter. As it is, you, I and your family know for God's sake, yours and my sake, leave it where it is. I don't want to hear your name connected with the affair, but want you to leave it alone, and try to forget it. Be assured I shall. It shall always be a pain to me if I hear your name made public about this affair. Your pure life can outlive all these things. Then, if you love me, remember my request—you stand in my sight as pure as snow. Is there anyone else to whom you feel obligated; if so tell me, but I fancy you are mine; then take a lover's advice. I trust passion shall not rule in this particular, but remember me and for my sake remain the same pure Emma, than the one who is suspicioned by public comment. Don't act hastily. As soon as I have the chance to go W. U. I shall send you my picture. I am in K. C. Mo., to-day. Preached this morning. My love to "Willa" and your mother; also, father. Be assured of my unfaltering love and devotion, and remember all I have said. I am as ever your lover and friend, WM. H. PECK. Address 813 Tenth St., Kansas City, Mo. State of Iowa, Page County: ss. G. W. Brown, of lawful age, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am the father of Emma and Willa Brown, and in the year 1898, and for years prior thereto, I resided in the city of Lawrence, Kansas, with my family. I was not at home on the day that my daughter Emma was assaulted by this man Vernon, which was Friday or Saturday of last days of annual A. M. E. conference held in Lawrence in 1898. I a few days after its close I learned that my daughter Emma had been assaulted by Vernon. I went to Kansas City, Kansas, and saw him. In the meantime my daughter had taken down in bed. I demanded of him an explanation. He said to me that he lost control of himself while with my daughter in the university building at Lawrence. He admitted the assault on her. I am a minister of the Gospel, and Vernon professed to be then. I did not want a publication of the matter. My daughter was a teacher in Lawrence public schools. I did not want anything sensational to embarrass her. I know of no other reason except one (which I do not now care to mention), that kept me from having Vernon arrested at that time. My daughter was greatly injured. A knee, ankle, wrist and one finger bore evidence of the brutal assault. Vernon is a large and powerful man, weighing, I presume, over two hundred (200) pounds, while my daughter, Emma, weighed about one hundred and ten (110) pounds. Signed. Subscribed and sworn to before me and in my presence this 5th day of September, 1901. [Seal.] E. B. WESTCOTT, Notary Public for Iowa in Page County. The committee has no candidate for the position in question, but is opposed to the advancement of any man of the reputation of W. T. Vernon. For years and years, your committee is informed, and believes the information to be true, W. T. Vernon has managed to keep this matter from a fair and full investigation, either in the courts or (Formerly the Masonic Temple) At 18 South 10th Street. It will be used for Renting Purposes at a Reasonable Price. There will be two Lodge Rooms for Rent on the second floor. A FINE BUFFET FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES. Apply to E. BANKS 18 S. 10th St conferences, or before the board of managers employing him. 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