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]. FRANK KEITER.

Mr.. 7. Frank Keiter, we'll known RESI-
dent OF the city and widely known in rail-
road circles, died Sunday night at seven
O'Clock at his home on west King street,
after a short illness, aged forty Two years
MIR Keiter was a freight engineer on
the Is. & o. railroad. When he came in
from his run Saturday night week ago
he was taken i'll with pneumonia. Mr..
Keiter was compelled to retire to his bed
and from that time rapidly declined until
death resulted. He was a Mason. a MEM
Der of the Odd Fellows and a member Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl-
neers.
The deceased was twice married. BY
his first wife he leaves one son. BY his
second wife, who survives him, he leaves
four sons and one daughter, all under .
years of age. He is survived by father
TWO brothers and one sister Edward
and Jacob Keiter and Mrs Heiston.
The funeral took place from ST.
Johns Luthern church Tuesday afternoon
at , O'Clock, Rev, Trump officiating.
The Masons and Odd Fellows Will attend
in body.
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Deaths DOings.

Rev. David H. Shields, once a promi-
nent minister in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and lately post chaplain OF the
United States army at San Francisco
died Sunday night at the Pennsylvania
hospital Mr. Shields went to the Bath
urst Hotel Friday evening, for the pur-
pose, it is thought, Of taking a Turkish
bath, but the evidence indicated that he
was suffering from alcoholism He reg
istered twice. once as from Lancaster. and
again as from Detroit. The next day il
was discovered that he was suffering
from consumption and disordered heart,
and late SUNDAY afternoon he was remov-
ed to the hospital. Before leaving the
house Mr.. Shields said he had been using
strychnia and morphia to some extent.
Rev. Shields was the son of the late
Rev John Shields and a nephew of the
late Rev. David Shields both prominent
in the Phil ldelphia Methodist Conference.
He was admitted to the same conference
on trial in 1873, and assigned to the
church at Friedensville, Lehigh county.
Subsequently he filled appointments at
Richboro and Morrisville, Bucks county;
Girardyille, Schuylkill county, and Spring
City and Parkersburg, Chester county.
In 1880 he was transferred to the Central
Pennsylvania conference. where he
preached in some of the most important
churches. Among other charges he
served those of St. Paul's Church at Ha-
zelton, and the Beaver Memorial at Lew
isburg. A second transfer landed him in
the Baltimore conference, and during or
after the war with Spain he was appointed
to post chaplaincy.
While stationed at San Francisco as
post chaplain he was cCurtmartialed for
drunkenness and dismissed from the army
January 81. The Central Pennsylvania
conference, at its session at Hazelton last
month, dissolved his connection with the
ministry.
Rev. Shields was pastor in the First M
E. Church of this city from the spring OF
1894 to the spring of 1896 He had Ihany
warm friends and visited them number
of times since his retirement from tht
active pastorate here.
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The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
HAS HE REACHED THE TURN
ING POINT7

There is a turning point in the lives
of all men of prominence, for good or
for evil. Men sometimes gain distinc
tion along certain lines, because their
guiding star is one set purpose-to ac-
cOmplish this one thing. When they
have accomplished, or so nearly accom-
plished this one point that it would
only require the finishing touches to be
wholly successful, usually the turning
point comes. Tuskegee school has
fiourished under the magic touch of a
brave and good man. Booker Il. Wash
ington has almost accomplished the
one aim of.his life, and it is to be de-
plored if the turning point for evil in
his life has come. We hope it has not.
Let us believe it has not, but does it
not look discouraging to us to have our
leader impose upon a trusting people
as was done in launching, or being the
great advance advertising agent for an
insurance society, the officers of whom
he knows practically nothing, and we
venture to say less of their financial
resources? 1t was a shrewd move upon
the part of the Brotherhood-it showed
good business tact, yet what of the feel
ings of the people toward their friend
and leader for this breach of trust
this reflection upon the intelligence of
a great Chicago audience. 1t was
great speech and possibly has paid the
Brotherhood a large dividend upon its
investment, yet there was no real hon
est reason for the speakers to say ''this
is not an advertising scheme" unless
they believed, as has been intimated,
that Chicago colored audiences, such
as would gather in our leading
churches, are too ignorant to fathom
the plot, or too trusting to believe
Booker 7. Washington would do such.
a thing. Has he reached the turning
point?
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
A GUILELESS FINANCIER,
But He Knew Enough Not to Go to
His Father to Borrow.
Money.

A man in one of the rural communi-
ties not far from this city, who is con-
tent to profit pecuniarily at the expense
of his personal popularity-whoi is, in
fact, money lender at eXtravagant
rates of interest-was greatly surprised
by aavisit from the son of a well-to-do
neighbOr.
The young man wanted to borrow
$500.
Been to see your father?" asked the
man of computations.
Nope" was the reply of the youth
whose family had been too thrifty to
spend much money on his education.
Il amt been TO see dad. An what's
more, | BENT goin' to see dad"
AS he spoke he twisted his hat in his
hand and leaned his body over to one
side until one leg of his trousers was
drawn half way up his boot.
What do you want with this $5OO?"
You're almost as bad as dad What's
the use O. you're askin' all them ques-
tions. You've hearn about it, amt
yer?"
AiCdlu u dDOuI WHAT
"Me courtin' a gal"
"Oh, yes, | believe | did hear some
thing of the sort"
We'll, it's happened. 1 proposed to
her. We're goin' TO git married. an |
want $500 SOS we kin have enough
money all at once to go from here to
Chiny an stay forever, if we want to-"
You're not going to run away, are
you?"
NO. Well be back. Only we don't
want to feel hampered.'
well, Jed, I'll tell you what I'd do if
were in your place. I'd go to YOUR
father and tell him 1 was going to get
married"
Dad knows it. He's tickled to death.
He says Sadie's good, stout gal an a
willin' worker, an he'd be right pleased
to have her in the family"
well, why don't you go to him and
say frankly that you want to borrow
$5OO?"
HE knows it. 1 told him me an
Sadie wouldn't git married 'less'n we
had it,
"Wouidn't he lend it?
"Yes. He said he reckoned he could
git it fur me-
Then what's the use of coming to
me?''
We'll, you know dad is powerful
cfus in money matters. If l was to bor-
row from you and not pay, you'd jes'
sue me or somethin'. But if | was ever
TO tell dad | couldn't pay him, he'd jes'
nacherly chop down a saplin' an lam
me, till | couldn't stand. Washington
Star.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
Causes for Suicide In China.

So far as | have been able to asceT'
tain, the causes of suicide in China are
not, as in Europe, profound melah'
cholia, heavy losses, or disappointment
in love, but chiefly revenge, and the Oe'
sire to infiict serious injury on another
Suicide enables a Chinese to take
truly terrible revenge, for he belIe'es
that his spirit will Indignantly hauh'
and injure the living; and the desire
save a suicides life arises in most case''
not from humanity, but from the hoP'
of averting such a direful catastropn''
If a master offends his servant or mahtS
him lose face" or shOpkeeper De
assistant or apprentice, the sures' j.
venge is to die on the premises, lot y
not only involves the power OF haup.
ing and of inficting daily injuries Oa'
renders it necessary that the DoO!
should lie where death occurs un'iI ar
official inquiry is made, which DrlnsI
into the house the scandal and tuIinV,.
of visit from mandarin with a OOu'
of officials and retainers. 1t IS gun,
common for a man or woman 10 N'".
into the courtyard of a person agalLs.
whom he or she has a grudge, ana 'a@
a fatal dose of opium there TO ID
these desirable results!-Mrs. o.
Bishop, in "Yang-tse Valley ana
yond.'
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
The Russian Baby,s Bath.

The Russian peasants have way
OF bathing their babies, the principle
OF which might well be adopted in
our own luxurious nurseries. A large
thick log about four feet long is hol-
lowed out, so as to form as deep a
cavity as possible. This is set up ou
cross bar sticks at either end, which
brings it to about the height of a
small tea table, and enables the nurse
to battle the baby while standing up
The followed space in the log is filled
with water, which is poured over Il
flannel sheet which has been laid at
the bottom with the ends hanging
over, and a small flannel pillow Is
placed at one end to support the head
of the child above the water. The
infant is then laid in the water as if
in bed, and greatly does the wee tot
enjoy the untrammeled kicking and
splashing. In taking him out the
flannel sheet is raised on either side
and wrapped about him, and he is
carried warm and moist to the fire
to be rubbed dry with hot towels.-N.
Y. Tribune.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
BELIEVES IN CIVIL RIGHTS.
why Representative La Monte
Changed His Hotel.

In presenting portraits of men who
are sincere believers in the law of hu-
man right, and that "all men were born
equal" the following clipping from
the Morning Monitor, at that time the
leading daily paper of Springfield. H.,
is one of the many instances where Mr..
William o. La Monte put theory into
practice:
Representative William o. La Monte,
who left the Hotel Palace because that
hotel refused to entertain the Fisk Ju-
bilee Singers, a company OF colored
folks, has been interviewed. Mr.. La
Monte lives in the Fifth district and
a large number of his constituents are
colored. Mr.. La Monte said:
'Such things arouse my indignation.
can have no patience with them. l
believe the black men are the majority
race of mankind and where given a
chance, acquit themselves with credit.
1 have always respected respectable col
ored men because they deserve it. j..
F. Loudin, in his earnest and feeling re-
marks Tuesday night, proudly referred
to his kindred having fought on the
right side in all the wars of this coun-
try.
This reminds me wildly of two
scenes in the Thirty-ninth congress,
when the great senator from Massachu-
setts, Charles Sumner, at the close of
the cruel war, and on the threshold of
the new era for the black race, clothed
the naked truth of equal rights for all
with the gorgeous imagery of his
genius. One of the many jewels of eX-
preston scattered through those great
orations which clings to my memory
is: He was once your fellow soldier;
he has always been your fellow-man.
Before governments made him a soldier,
God made him a man.
with prophetic wisdom, he declared
that the ballot would be in itself, peace
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
HUMOROUS.

She-"I'm one of her oldest friends -
He-"You look it."-Yonkers States
man.
''How did you come out with your lit
tie flyer in the stock market?" ''That
wasn't flyer" answered the morose
friend. THAT was sinker." Wash
ington Star.
mike, can you define 'nothing"" "
asked the affable employer. ''By CORY,
can show you a pocketful of it every
Soonday mornin'," answered Mike
indianapolis Press.
Mamma-"Did Mr.. Smiddle say any
thing that leads you to think that he
intends to propose?" Daughter-'He
asked me if there was a mortgage on
the house. Boston Transcript.
A Long Step Ahead.-Fitzwilliams-
"Our friend Smith has become more
swell than ever" Fitziohnson-"What
has he done now?" Fitzwilliams- He
has got to writing his name Smythe-
Smythe. Puck.
Mrs. Bloomfeld-"So young Mr..
Snaggs and Miss Southside are mar
ried. Do you think that their match
was made in Heaven?" Mr.. Bloomfield
No; it is a lucifer match. Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
''BiXby is the most cautious man
about advancing opinions 1 ever met.
asked him yesterday if he didn't think
Mrs. Flypp's rainy day skirt was pretty
short for a woman of her dimensions" !"
what did he say?" ''He said with great
hesitation that the fault might lie in
the fact that her dimensions were a lit
tie long for the skirt" cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

maker, reconciler, schOOlmaster and
been fulfilled? l think only in part, as
yet.
"Such organizations as the Fisk Ju-
bilee Singers, comprised as it is of ladies
and gentlemen, sweet singers of good
character, are doing much to dispel
prejudice. Let them keep up the good
work until all Summers predictions are
true.
Let the race press on to new achieve
ments. Their being ARMED with the
great defensive weapon, the ballot, has
enforced peace in a measure. That it
has not proven as yet a reconciler, is
due primarily TO the deep-seated preju-
dice on the part of many. Their ad-
vancement in education, business and
social life is fast removing this bias.
Let them continue their conquering
in the field of culture, and force recon
citation by richly deserving it.
THAT the ballot has not more fully
proven a protector is hardly the fault
of the black race. The influential men
of some places have great sins for
which to answer on this account. The
chief reason it has not proved an eff
fectual protector in some localities is
because the ballot itself is outraged.
This is treason! 1t stabs the most king
ly attribute of our sovereign, the peo-
pie. So long as one man, black or white,
in America, is deprived of his vote or
any other right, that fact strikes at
the political life of ALL
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
MISSISSIPPrS NEW GOVERNOR.

Persons who watched with any de-
gree of interest the canvass last sum-
mer by prominent democrats of Mis-
sissippi for the nomination for gov
ernor of that state, will readily recall
that one of the leading candidates made
his race wholly on what he was pleased
to call "the race issue" The gentleman
running on this issue, was, on account
of the novelty of his position and the
daredevil manner in which he pro-
claimed his purposes, should he be
elected. the most conspicuous figure
in the race, so far as the outside world
was concerned, and intelligent, liberty
loving people, of all sections, began to
fear that the Bayou state" would real
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
MEETING OF STAFF OFFICERS.

A regular battalion meeting of the
general and staff officers, K. of p, was
held at the residence of Brig. Gen. j. E.
Wright, 1856 Dearborn street, last Sun
day. After adjournment about 35 of
the officers, who were Third ward re-
publicans, discussed politics. The
question of alderman was raised, and
Mr.. T. j. Dixon was the unanimous
choice of all. 1t is an unusual thing for
politics TO be discussed at any of the
K. of p. meetings, and only shows the
esteem in which Mr.. Dixon is held by
the people of the Third ward.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
Artificial TintIng of Fruit.

Various fruits are colored on the -,
face or in their substance to sun
fancy of purchasers in France Inc
example. strawberries that are uni'p,
are given fine red color by Ins l.Sarr
of a fuchsine preparation; oroin' n
oranges of poor quality are nlaut .;rs
pass for blood oranges by nv as.
roccelline into their pulp; anu alor
ons are rendered of fine orange 1G ,;ns
by injecting a solution OF troP9'itb Iritb
and at the same time aromatlzeu a,.
an artificial melon essence. Al tbe
tain dinner party the pears na 't Cd
outward look proper to pears 1u| .,e.
being cut open, displayed on 'ne
ton the national colors OF rr"A
Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
vAGAR1Es OF THE TONGUE.
Iudginr from the Following 1t Is
AssuredIy an Unruly Member
as Solomon Declared.

A fashionable congregation was once
startled by hearing the reverend gen
tieman announce that they were about
to sing Hymn No. 36S-From Iceland S
GREASY Mountains" After which they
listened with equanimity when they
were reminded that they should not
covet their neighbor's house, nor his
'oss, nor his ak.
The same reverend gentleman, de-
clares an English magazine, once as
sured his hearers that they all knew
what il was to have "half-warmed
fish" within them. "a half-formed
wish" he meant. On another occasion
he referred to ZION the BAPTIST. Feel
ing dimly that there was something
wrong he tried to correct matters: mo,
no; mean the Japtist Bon!"
Another dear old college gentleman
had occasion to reprimand an under
graduate who had wasted two consec-
utive terms in youthful follies. After
lecturing the delinquent severely in his
queerly high-pitched voice, the dean
finished by saying: II am sorry to have
to speak so severely to you, but am cred
IDLY informed that you have broken
many rules of the college; you have
been incorrigibly lazy, and, to cap it all,
you have deliberately tasted two
worms!"
"Are you fond of music, Mr.. - -
"Yes," was the divine's answer, but l
don't know very much about it. don't
think L have a very good ear; in fact,
the only two tunes I really know we'll
are God Save the Weasel and Pop
Goes the Queen"
What will you have?" was once asked
of a nervous clergyman at Widespread
luncheon table, as the time came for
the second course. Thank you," muir
INJURED the embarrassed cleric, with his
eyes fixed on a seductive-looking straw
berry cream in front of his hostess, 81
think 1 will have little of that stink
puff"
At the licensing session held in a GER
tain west country town recently the
chairman, dealing with the statutory
limit of bona fide travellers and getting
his expressions a little mixed, referred
to it as being ''three miles as the flow
cries" A limb of the law who was en-
gagged in the case ventured to correct
his worship. With a deferential smile
this exponent tried to amend the
phrase: "Your worship means as the
fly crows-or, rather" he added, hasti-
ly, "as the cry flows!'" No one was suf-
ficiently rash to make further at
tempt.
1t would not be fair to mention the
name of the modern Mrs. Malaprop who
recently made the quaintest faux pas.
The conversation turned on a forth
coming fancy dress ball, to which all
the house party was going. She was
asked what dress she proposed to wear.
I'm having a dress copied from an old
French print. It's the period of the
revolution. The picture is one of Marat
being murdered in his bath by Char
lotte BrOnte!" 1t would have been most
impOlite to correct her, and no one ever
knew whether it was mere ignorance,
confusion of ideas or absence of mind.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
wonted-Correspondents.

The Chicago World wants correspond
ence from every city, town or village in
the United States. Terms to agents
and correspondents are ready and will
be sent to any address in the United
States or Canada upon application. We
must have the names of the colored peo-
pie everywhere; expense no barrier.
If necessary we can add an additional
page every week. Give us the news.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

The "Jim Grow" bill has passed the
lower branch of the Legislature of Vir-
ginia without oposition. Before it be-
comes alawitmust be passed by the SEN
ate and signed by the governor. The
decent people of Virginia yet have a
chance to defeat this Infamous law.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

1t seems that large number of our
friends applied at the Office of the Con-
servator to get copy of The Chicago
World last Saturday. We will be
pleased to serve them in the future at
1919 South Clark street.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

The great African Methodist Episco-
pal church, one of the largest organized
bodies among the colored people, are to
elect bishop, and the candidates are
plentiful. We have sufficient confidence
in the ability of these people to select
the best man without a show of favor
itism because of popularity. They may
not need this little caution, but The
World would suggest that in the future,
as in the past, let brain predominate.
We are for an educated ministry, and
there is no better way to get this than
by having an educated man at the helm.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

Republicans of the Third ward can
make no mistake in selecting Mr.. T. j.
Dixon to represent them in the coun-
ell from that ward. Mr.. Dixon has the
Endorsement of all the colored voters
of the ward, as well as majority of the
Dixon.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
H:d Begun 10 Turn.

The Good One-If he drinks so much
he will turn into a sot!
The Other One-ShOuldnt wonder.
The last time / saw him he was turning
into Saloon!-N. Y. Press.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

Mayor Carter H. Harrison made no
mistake when he selected James
O'Brien to serve as city gas inspector,
for Mr.. O'Brien does not rear back in
his chair and elevate his feet on the top
of his desk and snOoze all day, but he is
always wide-awake and actively en-
gagged in looking after the affairs Of his
ofiice.-The BroadaX.
But you should have said also that
Mr.. O'Brien's first official act was to dis
charge a colored clerk, who had given
efficient service in the office, and at the
time Mr.. O'Brien became the city's gas
inspector this colored man was one of
the best clerks in the office
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

If the thinking colored people of Chi
cago will give us their unselfish sup
port, they will be proud of the growth
of their little paper.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

Prof. o. NJ. Wood, of ST. Louis, Mo-,
is to be appointed wagon inspector at
salary of s., 400 per annum by the
federal government. 0. M. Wood is
one of the best-known Negroes in Mis-
souri,
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27
RACE GLEANlNGS.

For the first time in 20 years a col
ored republican has been promoted
from a clerkship to the position OF as
sistant assessor in the District OF Co
lumbia.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

The ST. Louis Purchasing Agency,
colored business organization OF st.
Louis, Mo-, have received their articles
of incorporation. Hon. j. F. Samuels is
president.
The Chicago world., 1900-01-27

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: ALI of
Our authorized agents have the regular receipt
books with the name of THE CHICAGO
WORLD printed in bold type on them You
must always exact such a receipt of agents.