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The colored American., 1902-04-12
Wouldn't It Be
A Good Idea.
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If we use the pronoun "I1 less fre.
quentIy.
For several of our weaker churches
to combine.
To help educate the poor southern
white man.
For our church journals to put away
their hammers.
For the several women's clubs of the
city to form federation.
To commission Register Lyons as the
"Origi"al Hanna man"
To encourage well disposed colored
journsls by a subscription.
To do away with the inconvenient
and illogical Sunday funeral.
For the young man and women to
learn to ecOT Omize their time.
For certain married gentlemen to get
home trifle earlier than is their wont.
To commission II. P. Slaughter as
receiver general for the political inter-
ests of Kentucky.
For pastors to reduce the strenuosity
OF some parlor socials given for the
benefit Of their churches.
To keep q memorandum Of the
patronage that Judge Robert 81. Terrell
has been appointed to dispense.
To elect Robert Pelham, Jr., practi-
cal newspaper msn, as the next prssi-
dent Of the Pen and Pencil Club.
For all to get together on the encamp-
ment problem, and seek calmly the
wisest issue out of all our f11ictiOns.
For the American Herald to make it
clear just what an "OppOrtunist" is and
why he is considered such bad person.
To have the knowing ones bring
forward diagram of President Roose-
velt's southern policy, as they under
stand 1t.
For Negroes to ally themselves with
the best forces of their state or section
fer the purity of the ballot, and for law
and order.
For readers of race papers to LAY
more Jtention to our ad dvertising col
umns, and carry their trade to mer-
chants who ask for it.
If our churches and Iiteraries wonld
kindly help themselves aud this paper
by sending In brief reports of their
meetings and send them in early.
For the True RefOrmers to be sure
that their proposed hall here will be
large enough to supply the long felt
want for q great auditorium.
To tender Prof. L. NJ. HershaW big
banquet upon his tr1umphsI Ieturn
from that Atlanta commencement,
where he delivers the alumni address
To import r. r. Church or a Pat
ChappelIe to operate q theatrical enter
prise to gather in the good money that
now goes to discriminating white man
ayers.
For the esteemed New York Age to
examine his "copy hook" and see II
sonoe alleged TfunnYismsn anent Wash.
The colored American., 1902-04-12

Loans and discounts .......... $s.27s so
Other stock, bonds and
mortgages ....................... 164, ,423 SO
Due from National Banks -. 1888 %
Banking House ........ ......... Il, 900 90
Other real estates .............,. SO, ,598 90
Furniture and Fixtures ...... $3.50 90
Current expenses and taxes
paid ............................ 1883 80
Specie, nickels and cents zee. Il, 399 so
Paper currency ................... 80, 800 90
Total ........ ............... 391, ,19O 81
The colored American., 1902-04-12
THE GRAND FOUNTAIN.
United Order 0i<
&TFue nEinrm
%1TzED Toc
ORGANIZED January !
OffiCe Goa, 6O6 and 5Q2 n. End st., =

An order devoted to the interests Of its members both in
relations opportunity for gilt
ment enterprises owned and controlled by the Order and
ored men, who members of the Order.
in health and mind of good moral charsc
older than sixty (6O eligible
Fountains Subordinate and the Rosebud
SUBORDINATE
join Subordinate Fountain must be between IA
pay S. so according age joining
country you pay 35 cents per month Dues In the
months. You taxes so cents per month
AS Sick Benefits receive from $6 90 to SO 90 MONTH
As Death Benefit your family s75 you die
After year the Death Benefit Is $125O0.
The colored American., 1902-04-12

Capital stock paid In .......... 88, 1876 %
Surplus fund -.................... 8O,957 81
Undivided profits. 6,826 80
Demand certificate Of de-
posit ............... 96, %
Time certificates of deposit lis, ,424 "a
Total ......... .......... 89I, ,12O 81
The colored American., 1902-04-12
ROSEBUD FOUNTAINS

To join the Rosebud Fountain you
8 and IA year of age. You pay 81 90, G
installments. The monthly dues are eitl
as Fountains may decide. The annual
You receive SIS Sick Benefit from s.. 80 to
in weekly payments.
AS Death Benefit, your family will
you die within a year. After one year t
Is S37.
In the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, th
Clssses:-Class B, Glass E, and Glass
payable annually or quarterly.
The colored American., 1902-04-12

age limit is IA to so years $3.50 Annual
After one year, its
In E,
oneye g valu is $780,
In Glass limits IA so ee$
You entitled Life Membership either Fountains
a annually
Benefits
the rhsss ssOnd
furnishing theO
sApIi3
is
received and
OF business fourshng conditions;
RESOURCES.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
A Crystal Wed ding.

Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Nelson were very
pleasantly surprised last Monday even
ing when sixty friends and relatives Of
the couple came to help them celebrate
their fifteenth wedding anniversary. A
bountiful supper was served from $50 to
1870. The tables we're prettily decorat-
ed with carnations. The evening was
spent in talking of olden times, and be-
fore departing the guests were served
with coffee, cake and Judges by the
bride and groom. After supper Rev. G..
G. Krcstu, in few we'll chosen words,
presented Mr.. and Mrs Nelson with a
handsome bookcase. All departed wish
ing Mr. and Mrs. Nelson many happy re-
turns of the day. Several guests were
unable to be there but those present re-
port a jolly time.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
PLOT TO ROB A BANK.
Confession of Gang IF Cambridge
YOughS

Christian Tollefson, who confessed to
an attempt to break into and rob the
Bank of Cambridge and implicated in
his statement Andy Lund, Ole Thomp-
son, Gus Bjordan and Madison Peterson,
all of the same place, are prisoners in
the Dane county Jail. One other Of the
gang, Abel Christensen, whom the Of
ficers believe is equally guilty, has so far
capture will be effected soon.
The attempted commission of the crime
of which they are suspected, it is thought,
was planned for the night Of March 7.
On that date DR.. G.. E Bilstad of Cam
bridge lost horse. The sheriff and
deputies went in search of it and found
it in an exhausted condition near Lake
Mills. They also learned that tools, a
sledgehammer and cold chisel had been
found in the neighhorhood Of the Bank
of Cam bridge.
Three men had been seen to board the
fast Milwaukee mail train at 6:1O o'clock
at Lake Mills a to have gotten off at
Jefferson. Working on this clew the
marshal OF Cambridge noticed that six
of Cambridge's VIGOROUSLY bad citizens
had been absent from the town for some
days Christian Tollefson was one he
suspected.
Tollefson and the n. arshal took drive
together. Tollefson was the worse for
liquor and by careful pumping the mar
shall learned the story. Tollefson was
brought to Madison Thursday night and
told the sheriff all he knew, and the next
morning Kanouse and two deputies went
to Cambridge and arrested the other four
men.
The story Tollefson told the sheriff
was that the six men met the night of
March 7th by appointment and broke in
to the blacksmith shop Of Scoby, steal
ing tools'wlth which to break into the
bank. Two men were to watch and four
to do the work inside. A barking dog of
neighbor and people coming home
from Rockdale scared the men off,
Knowing they would be suspected Of
breaking into the blacksmith shop they
stole DIR. Bilstad's horse, after trying to
secure several others. Tollefson, Peter
son and Bjordan drove to Lake Mills
where they took the train to Amigo.
Abel Christianson, Ole Thompson and
Andy Lund remained for q day add. then
returned to town. The men all have bad
records and have ALL. at one time or an
other, been in Jail for some offense or
other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
MuSical-Literary.

The Musical-Literary society will meet
Friday evening, April 4, at the home of
Mrs. Chas. Tallard. The following pro-
gram will be given:
Scbumann Since mine eyes beheld Him.
'"omans cycle Now thou hast turned 1 nv low o,;
Mrs. G. F. Tallard.
Mrs. Freeman Lyon.
Hayden. ......................SO Sonata in D major
Miss Martha Wilson.
Schubert. Observation-Disclosures inuet in B minor
Mr.. J. S. Taylor.
.ScleCIoQ
Miss Nina Wallin.
Beethoven ....................Pa Paper
Mr.. F. L. Moore.
Beethoven. In this Sepulchral Darkness
Mr.. Freeman Lyon.
.SolcCCcQ
Miss Edna Pomeroy.
E. LaSSen. Observation-Disclosures Summer Evening
Miss Lewise Pomeroy.
Miss Winifred Coon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
Unclaimed Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
P. 0. at Edgertou, for the week ending
April 4, 1902:
w Fl Fink (2) Andrew Johnson
A r Elass DR. H A McChesney
Persons calling for any of the above
named letters please say advertised"
L. G.. WHITTEr, p. M.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
Change Of Name.

: Notice is hereby given that 1 have, in
compliance with the statutes, changed
my name from Julius N. johnson to Ju-
Illus J. Hageberg.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
THE SPRING ELECTION.

AhE SPRING ELECIION.
Coo W. not. $50 c,,o-.n u.o ~
publican Nominees Generally successful.
M
Inc CITY electlon on Iuesoay was as
devoid of interest as any that has oc-
Cured in this city for some years past,
and tho vote ,;.h+ ono no.r,n 100 ,oss
than was cast at the last election Rut
two nominations were on the ticket the
reoular rannhl;oo, ond +ba o;tizans, ro-
=,
loiln' 'iiougn the FORMER were success-
full IN every instance except that Of al
derman in the I'd ward. where the popu-
lar ice man woe ohosa, - +bo+ ofioe
"'' -
OuC OF total OF 40 votes cast the result
was as follows:
For Mavor- wv ov sx Tota,
Geo, W. Doty .. 95 Il 66 2s2
Robt, Attlesey IA So 40 1872
II n I r. DicIFfpson ,,9 O, 90 900
For Assessor~
w H. Clarke $50 90 Sc s2e
For Justice of Peace
John Spencer. 149 90 IS a27
For Constable
Geo W. + Laan ngNn 'l3l 90 .! I 95o
80
Langworthy' majority. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Sc
. w. "lleman' '.''.'...'.''... %
Ladd's majority. 81
Alderman I'd ward
y. r. Nelson Observation-Disclosures. IS
T. o hanoolph '''''''''' os
Nel'oh ) majority ''''-...'
Chas. Stricken. So
S. e. Burns NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80
s+ri,,or,s o4o.,+r %
sunervisor let ~erd
e. c. Hopkins 154
Supervisor I'd ward
L. E. Gettle. ............ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Sc
s,norvisor % aa" pyora
Henry ry'G Eb Ob it,. 81
R. Bruhn. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
pn,o++,a ,. o.
. '1''0-- 10y
Erb+ vo+o uoe ,ollo3 IN Alb;o, 100
in all. and less than 90 votes were cast
for the prohibition ticket. the onlv oppo
sition to the regular republican nomina-
tions. The officers elected are: Super
visors jay Wescott. A. E. Slagg, Lars
O. Lein: Town Clerk-C, r. Green: AS
sessor-Thos. Green: Treasurer-H. e.
Lilly: Justices ANTHONY Anderson. Ell.
J. Davis: Constables -Thos, O. Lein, G.,
L. Whitford. Sidney Emery.
Tn the town of Fulton M. r. Conway
was reelected chairman over Geo. w.
Coxhead. The balance of the republi-
can ticket was elected, though by very
few votes in one or two instances. The
officers elected are: Supervisors-M. b.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
Married In Chicago.

Married, Sunday, March 3d. 1902, at
4 o'clock p. m, in Chicago, Miss Mar
garet Humes of Edgerton and Samuel A.
Hinkle of Louisville, Kentucky. The
happy affair occurred at the home of the
groom's cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Har-
rison of Chicago, and was witnessed by
"a few friends. The bride is one Of Ed
gerton's best girls and one who will be
greatly missed in her home and in So
ciety where she had a prominent place.
Her happy disposition and charming
manner has attracted to herself innumer-
able friends who have nothing but the
best wishes for her future happiness.
Mr.. Hinkle is we'll and favorably known
in Evansville having spent about year
here and enjoyed the friendship of many
of it's citizens vino extend congratula-
tons. He at present holds fine posi-
ton as travelling representative for the
A. B. Chase Piano Co., with headquart-
ers at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. The
latter city will be the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hinkle for the present.-Evansville
Badger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
Brood Sow,

A few choice Poland China brood sows
for sale. ATWOOD Bros
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04
RAILWAY TYNE CARDS.
Clarence Bowen is home from Spart;

]. A. HENDERSON Ticket Agent.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Preserving Liquid Air.

With the best insulated carriers now
in use it is found that a gallon of liquid
air will not wholly evaporate in less
than a month. In the commercial pro-
duction Of liquid air by the regenera-
tive system, so Mr.. G. A. Bobrick re-
Gently informed the Philosophical so
ciety of Washington, a pound of liquid
air results from the consumption OF
each pound of coal. The cost is pro-
hibitiye for ordinary use in the produc-
ton of power. but where expense is not
considered, Mr.. Bobrick says, liquid air
is an ideal source OF power. With sew
enteen gallons of it he can drive his
automobile between fifty and sixty
miles. Although it will v be used
for stationary engines, he thinks 1t
may be useful for submarine and aerial
navigation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
kOREA'S A BAND.

Took n German Thirteen Months to
Teach the Natives to Play.
Korea seems to be getting ready to
become a world power, says a Wash
ington dispatch to the New York
World. The Hermit Kingdom is wax
ing up. according to an official dis
patch recently received from Minister
Allen at Seoul. That dispatch an
nounces that after thirteen months of
hard work Frank Eekert, a subject OF
Kaiser Wilhelm, has organized a brass
band composed entirely of. Koreans
and has taught them to play such pop
ular airs as annie Rooney" 1.-TWO
Little Girls In Blue and "Du Bist
Verruecht Mein Kind" Eckert was or
dered to write a national hymn for Ko-
rea and produced the following:
| God save our emperor.
His years increase as countless as the
sands or the shore.
| Spread bright his fame forevermore over
ocean and girtless land.
Keep the fortunes of his house within his
hand ten thousand times ten thou
sand years.
/ God SAY our emperor. 4
The hymn was written in German.
The above is the state departments
translation Of it.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Enyoy to the Indians.

DIR. George Bird Grinnell, who is wei
known as the author of 1.-The Punish
ment Of the Stingy" (Harpers) and 9TH
er capital stories about American In
dams, has recently been sent to the
west by President Roosevelt on a spe-
cial mission to the Standing Rock In
dams, with whom the government has
lately been in dispute over the lease of
certain lands, says Harper's Literary
Gossip. DIR. Grinnell was selected for
this delicate enterprise on account OF
his thorough familiarity with the In
dian character and his capacity for
winning their confidence and friend
ship. In The Punishment OF the
Stingy'' DIR. Grinnell has incorporated
much curious Indian lore which he
himself has heard in long and friendly
vigils by Indian campfires.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
SIBERIA A LAND OF PLENTY

John Foster E/raser Says IT Will Be
World's Food Center.
John Foster Fraser, who wrote sThe
Real Siberia" stepped ashore at New
York the other day from the Campo
mia with the avowed intention Of study
ing American workmen for the pur-
pose Of making a comparison with Eng
lish workmen in order to note just
wherein the latter fail, says the New
York Journal. Mr.. Fraser has been In
thirty-two different countries.
II had my choice to v the coro-
nation for the Yorkshire Post, the
Glasgow Herald and Birmingham Post
or to take this assignment in the Unit
ed States" said Mr.. Fraser. II chose
to come here. You see. my wife Is an
American.
my views of Siberia differ from
those Of other writer's and especially
SO in the book I have written? Yes, l
am well aware Of that. The trouble is
that the public up to now has never
had the real Siberia pictured to it.
It Is a beautiful land; not one Of eter-
nal snow.
"Why, do you know that I believe 81
IBERIA will be the great food producing
center OF the world In the future? It
is a great agricultural country. It re-
minds me Of the vast stretches Of ag-
ricultural lands I have een in the
United States.
"There are plenty Of evidences Of
American craft In Siberia, in Baldwin
| locomotives and In farming implements
| that the Russian government sells to
the peasants at cost price. Americans
do not sell as much agricultural ma
chinery as they might. That little
c~ountervailing duty that the United
States imposes on Russian sugar oper-
ates against. them. The Russians have
retaliated by imposing a duty of %
per cent on all American machinery.
Germany Is rushing in to take ad.
vantage -ef this, and great quantities
81 machinery that could have been
sold in Russia by United States manu-
facturers are now being sold by thu
Germans. Thus Germany is indirectly
reaping the benefit Of the American
duty on Russian sugar.
II have been all through Siberia
from end to end and from side to side
81 was arrested once in Manchuris
by the Russians, who were at frs
very fierce and ended by inviting mi
to dinner. The Russians will give VI
Aanchuria about the same time tina
the English forsake Egypt-that ia
when they are driven out"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
SLANG GOOD, SAYS SCHOLAR
Keeps Adolescent Students From Be
coming Tongue Bound.

Keeps Adolescent Students From Be-
coming Tongue bound.
"Boys and girls need slang. It keeps
them from becoming tongue bound"
Five hundred prim schoolma'ams
and severe masters gasped in astonish-
ment at this declaration by Professor
G. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
university, in a lecture to the. summer
school at the University Of Chicago.
says a special dispatch from Chicago
to the Philadelphia Press.
Slang aids the boy or girl of four
teen to nineteen years old to acquire
fuency," asserted Professor Hall.
when the emotional side Of a boy or
girl is being developed during Adde'S
cence, midway between the period
when speech comes slowly and they
lack the power of expression and the
time when they begin again to express
themselves more freely and easily, the
use of slang is essential and ought to
be allowed free play
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Newest kind Of End,e.. Chain.

Newest Kind Of Endless Chain.
The latest form of the endless chain
is that devised by a contributor to the
English newspapers. who incloses with.
his articles a polite letter and two
dozen stamps, says the New York Mail
and Express. II the article is found
to be unsuitable, he wishes the editor
to use one of the stamps in forward
ing it, with the letter and remaining
stamps, to the next on the list of TWEEN
ty-four other editors, who is requested
to do the same, and SO on until stamps
and editors are equally exhausted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
FEAR OF A CAvlARE FAMINE
America Now Supplies the World
With Sturgeon.

America Now Supplies h world
With Sturgeon.
The time is said to be not far on
when caviare will be as expensive as
canvasback duck or diamondback ter
rapin. Though supposed to be a for
eign delicacy, 1t is almost exclusively
American. At one time all the caviare
In the market was of European origin.
European waters have been nearly
fished out of sturgeon, however, and
today the German and Russian manu-
fa%cturers, who have a practical monop-
oily Of the finished product, rely upon
the United States for the sturgeon eggs
out Of which the finished delicacy Is
made. The same process of extinction
Is going on in this country at a very
rapid rate, and thus far no steps have
been taken by either the national or
the state governments to regulate the
industry. At the present time b three
centers Of sturgeon catching are the
Delaware river, the great lakes and
the Columbia river. A limited number
are caught in Puget sound, and, ac-
cording to ship captains, there is still
a vast and untouched supply in the
| waters of southern Alaska. The water
ways which run from Vancouver
northward along British Columbia are
another field of considerable promise.
But the first quality and the one
which all epicures prefer m from
the Delaware. That OF the great lakes
is inferior in flavor, while the Pacific
article is altogether too rank and
coarse for the most refined palate. 1t
was the latter which was described by
an Irishman as a shad roe dressed in
cod liver oil. Up to the present century
there We're MANY sturgeon in the Hud-
son and Connecticut, in New London
and Narragansett bays, as well as
Long Island sound, but the number
has grown steadily smaller and today
is scarcely worthy Of consideration
New York Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
Young Onions ON Toast.

It Is preferable to use those from
sets. These are delicious when served
like asparagus on toast. Take onions
about as thick as your finger, remove
the tough outer layers and cut off the
tops, leaving about three inches Of
green. Tie up in punches of half a
dozen or more, a bunch for each per-
SON.. and cook slowly until tender.
Drain carefully and lay each bunch on
a piece Of buttered toast, pouring over
it a rich cream or drawn butter auce.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-02
NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT.
Yield and Quality Have Attracted
Attention In Oklahoma.

EaH.HIFG
Cephus Miller, living twelve miles
southwest Of Guthrie, Okla, has raised
a new variety of wheat that is attract
ing wide attention, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. 1t is the Futzo-Med-
iterranean. which was originated by
crossing the Futzo on the hybrid Med
iterranean.
While his neighbors had a yield of
from ten to fifteen bushels per acre
Miller's crop averaged twenty-five to
forty-five and tests sixty to sixty-one
pounds per bushel. No wheatfield at
tracted so much attention during the
fall and winter, as it's superior stand
and deep green color made better pas
turage. This spring, while other fields
suffered more or less, his never had a
sign Of rust.