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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-10-28

can play, Astounding with the pathos,
Humor, original character and c-lor
as properly portrays and depicts the
life and customs of the happy Southern
colored folk. However, whatever
banner Mr.. Hogan sails his ship of
Humor" under, we wish him al de-
serving success and the remainder of
his Company, which has been greatly
reduced from its original Standard.
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Thompson's Etertained.

Mr.. Robert A. Cole, our Bob" was
my host prior to his departure to Chi
cago, and l learned that Bob" was
at work on a book of his new play, to
be produced in a season or two. Bob"
and his partner are beautifully situat-
ed in their Studio and private apart
ment of the MARSHALL which they
lease by the year, and where Will.
Dixon and l have spent many happy
moments, reading Coles choice poems
and Lyrics, and discussing the if and
why of most everything of any good.
pertaining to the Afrc-Americans and
the profession. Then when Rosamond
is in a light, happy mood it is grand
to sit and dream leisurely in his big
easy chair, while he poses along soul
fully and inspiringly over his favorite
gems from Wagner" or Paderewski.
And "Rosey" is such a favorite in
London and New York now, we con-
slider it quite an exceptional treat to
hear him in private recital occasion
ally. On the 25th inst, Mr.. Cole en-
tertained Mr.. Ephraim Thompson and
his handsome wife at his beautiful new
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-10-28

Entered IT the Post Office a Chicago,
n ,as Seeood-elas Matter.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-10-28
BAPTIST CONVENTION.

CONTINUED from page II
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The new beautiful Vaudeville Thea
tire in London opened to a packed
house Oct 9Th inst. Among the ac.s
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-10
Mr. Bessie Mns/eu

To be such a successful wife, to re-
tain the love and admiration of her
husband. to inspire him to make the
most of himself, should be a woman's
constant study.
If a woman finds that her energies
are tagging, that she gets easily tired,
dark shadows appear under her eyes,
she has backache, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness, whites, irreg-
ularities or the blues, she should start
at once to build up her system by a
tonic with specific powers, such as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
Following we publish by request a
letter from a young wife:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"Ever since my child was born I nave suf-
fered, as hope few women ever have, with in
Illumination, female weakness, b~earing-down
pains, backache and wretched headaches. It
affected my stomach SO | could not enjoy my
meals, and half my time was spent in bed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made me a well woman, and l feel so grateful
that l am glad to write and tell you of my
marvellous recovery. Tt brought me health,
new life and vitality. Mrs. Bessie Ainsley,,
Gil South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash.
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every sick and ailing woman.
If you have symptoms you don't I'M
derstand write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and
always helpful.
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Cures rheumatism and Catarrh -
Medicine Sent Free.

These two diseases are the result OF
an awful poisoned condition of the
blood. If you have aching joints and
back, shoulder blades, bone pains, Grip
pied hands, legs or feet, swollen muscles,
shifting, sharp, biting pains, and that
tired, discouraged feeling of rheumatism,
or the hawking, splitting, blurred eye
sight, deafness, sick stomach, headache,
noises in the head, mucous throat, dis
charges, decaying teeth, bad breath, belch,
ing gas Of catarrh, take Botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. b.. 1t kills the poison III
the blood which causes these awful symp-
toms, giving a pure, healthy blood supply
to- the joints and mucous membranes, and
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else fails. Blood Balm (B. b. b. is com,
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Druggists, 81 per large bottle, with com
plete directions for home cure. Sample
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Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and
special free medical advice sent in sealed
letter.
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PHANTOM 'POSSUM FEAST.
The Evidence Was Convincing, But
the Sensation Was Most
Unsatisfactory.

They We're talking about Gods
country and 'possum hunting. wien
Charles Hopkins told this one. says
the Philadelphia Record: An old
darkey | knew in North Carolina loved
to go 'possum hunting by himself. He
always took along a little frying pan
and a little bag of sweet potatoes.
Whenever he caught a 'possum he
would build a fire right there and cook
his catch with his sweet potatoes.
lone night. when he had caught his
animal and vas cooking it he fell
asleep before the fire. Another negro
a youngster, who was also hunting
but who had caught nothing, scented
the savory dish from afar and followed
his nose until he discovered Uncle
Karey asleep with the 'pOssum before
him. done to a turn. The young darby
sat down and ate the 'possum, while
Uncle Karey dreamed on, and p'led
the bones between the old mans seet
when the last vestige was gone ne
smeared the gravy from the pan on
the old mans fingers and on MS
mouth. Then he deaprted.
1.-THE noise of his going awoke On
Gle Karey and he soliloquized thus:
CHOW, l wonders eff | done ct CAT
'possum? Dat 'possum grady on my
fingers and dat 'possum grady on my
mouf. | sho' is dozen ct dat possum
and nebber knowed it. But, fore Goa
cat wuZ the mos unflllnest possuM
dis Niger cher ct.
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he WAS TOO PARTICULAR.
Wanted to Know Too Much and the
Landlady Turned Him
Down.

The popular and prosperous landlady oil
a fourisning clearinghouse, VINO some
times receives very unique letters about her
rooms, submits this, written by a man., as a
sample:
Dear Madam: / wish to discover some
thing about your house before making up
my mind to go into il. Will you kindly tell
me whether you have mostly old or mostly
young people in your house? Do they stay
up late at night to play cards and play on the
piano? Are they people what might be con-
sidered lively? How many hot baths are
ticular about my drinking water, and want
to know whether you filter it and boil it,
Which side OF the table will you put my
chair on? The doctor insists that | have as
much sun as possible"
These and similar questions too numerous
to be mentioned, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord, decided the landlady, and she wrote
back to the inouiring young man that no
rooms were to be had in her house.
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recruiting station. for the resorts OF
the treaty ports and the frequently
visited spots of the orient has long
been known to the under world, whose
wome1 have been RECALLED by stories
of lie palaces maintained by those OF
their kind in the celestial kingdom.
Year after year a group Of women
formerly identified with Chicago's
dark side have visited the city and
departed with a band of these women,
who have never been heard of after
ward.
Despite all this, the knowledge that
girls are being sold into actual slav.
cry and that the young and inexperi-
enced are being lured from home to
supply the demand for white slaves
came as a startling surprise.
More than a year ago an inkling OF
the system and its extent reached the
local police, and from time to time
the atrocities practiced by the inter
national band of slave traders caused
a ripple. Nothing was done, however,
to investigate the situation and sup
press the traffic until the federal au-
thorities acted in this instance, send.
ing the police of Chicago, New York
and San Francisco into action stimuli
taneously.
1t is believed that exposure will of
itself bring the operations of the slave
traders to an end, save in the cases
of the very ignorant. Punishment be-
fitting the enormity of the crimes that
have been committed is doubtful, both
because of the absence of specific laws
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fNP MEIP MREM5
whose identity is we'll known to the
government authorities.

whose identity is we'll known to the
government authorities.
The dealer who delivered the girls
into their slavery resides in Chicago
and has a woman confederate in
Shanghai. China, who is also known
to the government secret service
agents.
These astounding facts were dis
closed by the local immigration bu-
reau. which received complaint OF the
sale of Louise Miller, a girl from Mon
treal. Canada, to the agent OF a Chi
r.ese official in Shanghai.
Other evidence obtained indicated
that Eva Campeau, Maggie Drouin and
Victoria Stamour, three mattresses
who were induced to come to Chicago
in February, 1901, from Montreal. may
have met the same fate. These girls
were employed in the Hotel de Villa.
Montreal. Two French women stopped
at the hotel as guests. They engaged
lie girls to come to Chicago and lured
them to a resort. The young women
were rescued from the dive u re-
turned to their homes. Later it is re-
ported they again disappeared. Inc
circumstances Of their second dlsap.
nearance from home are supposed TO
have been a second visit from the
French women, who pretended TO de-
sire to make reparation and then sent
the girls to China for the dual pur-
pose of getting a price of $500 apiece
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meeting the situation and the fact that
most of the offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and
prosecution.
1t is true this sort of thing has
been going on for ONE time" said
Chief Collins. Il have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long. The in
formation came to me from Washing
ton first, and l then took the case up
with the government officers here, but
they could do nothing. l don't care
to state what cur next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected.
One woman against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as a cen
tral figure in this system of kidnap-
ing. abduction and sale into slavery
is the wife of a recently deceased
bookmaker. Several others are wom-
en- who formerly conducted resorts in
Chicago and now make their homes
in Chinese treaty ports.
While 40 cases are charged against
the former, the latter are said to have
recruited hundreds who have entered
upon a living death from which there
is no possibility of escape save by
suicide.
The wife of the bookmaker, when
questioned, Indignantly denied the
charges. She lives in a splendid apart
ment and is supposed to be wealthy.
THE charges against me are prepos-
ferrous" she said. 81 cannot imagine
how they originated. l have been to
China once. Then l visited a married
lady friend in Hongkong. There is a
delightful colony of Americans in
Hongkong. found life there charm
there do. There is much wealth and
money is spent freely. But white
women no more associate with Chinese
there than they do here. | never
heard of any American women being
married to Chinese there.
AS for my being connected with a
band of slave traders, the charge is
absurd. On my only voyage I was
unaccompanied. l have never sent
anyone there.
Il have told stories of the fine eli
mate and of the splendid times wom-
en- have there, but l do not know of
anyone who has been Influenced to go
by my yarns.
1.-TWO of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal. One is the
wife of a German banker and the other
the wife of a merchant. Both were
Chicago women They went to China
as single women and married there.
Every summer they come back to Chi
cage and stay with me at my fiat.
They make this trip to escape the
heated term in the orient. They are
wealthy women, and left only a few
days ago after a months visit with
me. l have never heard of any women
returning to China with them.
81 know of a large number of Chi
cago women of legal age who have
gone to China during the last few
years and secured wealthy husbands
she said. cit is their own business
and | don't see why the authorities
should raise any objections to their
going. They are surely better off than
they would be here"
DO they marry Chinese?' she was
asked.
.oh, no; they marry white men.
There are thousands of single white
men in the Chinese cities who want
wives from their own lands"
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she "~levee" section of the North
side seems TO be the headquarters of
the slave traders. Detectives anG
secret service officers have investigated
a number of externally unpretentious
houses and have discovered conditions
they never believed could exist. To
step within the portals of these houses
is like being transported to the orient,
Rich rugs, tapestry, Chinese and Jap
anese bric-a-brac. virgin gold and jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye of the Wis
itor.
Lured by Tales of Wealth.
1t is into these lens of s%plendor that
Cnsuspecting girls have been lurcd
Wild tales of the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs in the orient are
poured into the startled ears of the
girls by women 50 schooled that tbs
unsuspecting victims really believe the
| glowing promises that are made.
You will find scores of wealthy
merchants and business men in Chi
reese cities who are far from home
say the deceivers. They are seeking
wives from their own land"
Another story IS that wealthy orien-
tails want American companions and
e-oyernesses for their children who arc
to be trained for college courses IN
the big universities of this country.
Traffic a Surprise.
That Chicago has been Used as
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The woman in question, it is said,
takes periodical trips to China and
receives and entertains women Wis.,
itors from the orient in the United
States, ostensibly to enjoy vacations
during the heated tenn in the Chi.
nese city. The visitors, it is declared,
are the women who do the actual work
of transporting the girls from Amer.
lea to China at so much apiece. They
| visit San Francisco, New York. Phila-
delphia, Montreal, and every large city
where it is possible for them to pur-
sue their nefarious vacations without
too much police interference. The
woman Ices not deny her oriental ac-
quaintances, but she does deny that
girls are obtained by her and sent to
China.
Hard to Reach Offenders.
Washington officials first notified the
local authorities of the nefarious prac-
tice which was going on, as there is
no federal law under which punish
ment could be melted out to the Of
tenders. They can be reached, how.
ever, under an illinois law, and If
| sufficient evidence can be obtained the
guilty one can be SEN to the peni.
tertiary on the charge ~ abduction.
The difficulty which has prevented
the officials from taking action is
that the victims shipped out of the
country never return to tell the tale.
At Hongkong or some other Chinese
port they are met by agents of tbs
band ard sold into slavery in the in
terror far beyond the pale of Euro.
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Chicago.-Recent astounding dis
closures have brought TO light the fact
that a traffic in human lives has been
going on for some time in this coun-
try and that this city has been the
recruiting point. Young American
girls have. been lured from home and
friends under various pretexts and
sold into living deaths in Chinese
haremS.
They are employed as secretaries
and travelling companions with
promises of big wages and the pay
ment of all travelling expenses. once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them. only to be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach of civilization,
to pass their lives in hopeless despair.
the absolute slaves of merciless mas
tiers free from the restraint Of all law
and accountable to no M for their
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret serv-
ice officials who uncovered The opera
tiuns of those engaged in deporting
the girls were surprised at the
extent and ramiications Of the
system they unearthed. Instead
OF involving a few women and
the deporting of a few girls, it is now
admitted the Investigators are on the
track of half a score Of trafickers,
and the number of girls lured from
nome may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone. TO say nothing OF the extent
OF the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada.
Two Of the intended victims of he
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai. They told an
officer of the American navy their eX-
~periences and about the fate OF their
former companions. 1t is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women by the American consul may
make the affair international.
Astounding Facts Disclosed.
Forty-nine American girls have been
sold into life slavery in Chinese
harems. Most of the white slaves de-
lIered into the hands of Chinese mas
tiers are lost to civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond
ase save by suicide. They are help
less prisoners in Chinese interior
towns subject TO the whims of man
darlns and wealthy Cinnamon who
were enabled to purchase them
through co|nnivance with a woman
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THE Automobile Terror.

There is a certain kindly Old LADY
in an eastern town who sca.reI!
knows what it is to be addressed az
Mrs. Tompkins," the appreciation
which is hers by right, since for years
she has been grandma" not only 10
a flock of grandchildren, but to the
whole community as we'll. She lives
in a quiet little hamlet where even the
automobile does not often penetrate.
Recently she visited a nephew VINO
lives in Newport, where the motor car
is. to put it mildly, not unknown. he-
turning. a friend said to her: WE'LL
grandma. | see you're back from New
orr all safe and sound" Yes, | am.
returned the old lady, firmly, DIT
tell 0 one has to be mighty carefu'
down there. Why, do you Know,
reached the point where ! didn't gel
ont Of bed in the morning without nrsl
looking around the Q Tor auto
mobiles"
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Traffic in Young Women EN-
America Is Disclosed.
BECOME SLAVES OF MERC|LESS MANDARINS
Lured to Dens in Chicago on Various Pre-
texts and Taken to Orient by Ring OF De-
ceiving Eemales-Astoundine Prac-
tice Barred by Secret Serv-
ice Officials.

for them and sending dangerous wit
nesses against themselves out of the
country.
Chicago Girls Among Captives.
The names of ten more young WON
en- that have disappeared from homes
in Chicago and other American cities
and were shipped to Shanghai are in
the possession of the inspector of the
Chinese immigration bureau. The po-
lice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoters
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
n.ent agents say they must rely on
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against ex
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James L. Rodgers,
at Shanghai, has enlisted the coopera-
ton OF the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence OF
many sales of American and Canadian
girls to Chinese masters has been pro-
cured.
The authorities have unquestionablo
proof OF the Incarceration in Chimes
harems of al least a dozen Of the girls
who were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 90. is said to have com
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan
Gnai in order to escape the fate OF be
ing a slave to a Chinese master.
Others were shipped to interior towns.
x~tooo +ho,- n,n hO1I hy nnn rooStnr
after another, until they were finally
sold to Chinese, who took them so far
into the interior they could not be
traced.
The horror of the situation of the
girls. all of whom are young and We're
selected because of their beauty. can
be imagined when it is known that
the Chinese purchasers them as
chattel slaves, may sell them to
others, or may keep them as long as
they please. and in event of their dis
pleasure order their heads cut off. a.,
without mourning the risk of trial OF
punishment.
Prices for Girls Vary.
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 u
$500. The price paid by the Chinese
me for the American girls betrayed
into their hands by the two women
engaged in the traffic varies from $500
to $1,000 apiece. A young woman of
special beauty and accomplishment
brings a higher price than a palmer
and less accomplished one.
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A TRULY IDEAL WIFE
HER HUSBANDS BEST HELPER
Vigorous Health Is the Great Source of
the Power to Inspire and Encourage
All Women Should Seek It.

One o. the most noted, successful and
richest men of this century, in a recent
article, has said, Whatever l am and
whatever success / have attained in
this world l owe all to my wife. From
the day / first knew her she has been
an inspiration. and the greatest help
mate of nv life"
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New Industry.

Agent will just leave this prospectus,
cir, and when you read it through care
fully, you will see that you cannot pos
sibly do without our company, if you
want to make sure of the future of your
wife and little ones.
business Man-What's your specially
"We insure you against loss on your life
insurance policies. Baltimore American.
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Ask Your Neichbors.

Gelatt, Pa, Nov. 9Th Especial Mrs.
H. w. Stems, a well respected resident
of Gelatt, tells in convincing words, what
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for her.
She says:-
Il was a great sufferer from Rheuma-
tism, caused through my Kidneys being
cut of order. I was subject to it for
years. 1t would take me without warning,
and while the attack lasted | was SO lame
| could not get around. So | had to send
for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I took them
for three days, but didn't feel much bene-
fit, but on the fourth day | noticed a
great change, the lameness in my back
was gone, and the pains l used to suffer
were less. | kept on with Dodd's Kidney
Pills and now | am glad to say L have no
lameness nor pains of any kind. l feel as
if | didn't know what Rheumatism was.
| shall never be without Dodd's Kidney
Pills in the house, and l bless the day l
first heard of them"
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hrher IN New York City.

Lavge masses Of amber have recent
" beer discovered in eretaceous strata
On staten Island, row the borough of
Richmond of the city Of New York. The
G~euosits are being canlercially worked.
II IS thought that some OF this amber
may be the product OF sequoia-trees
that grew on the Atlart.s coast in ere.
tace3us t.me.-Youth's Companion.
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pean and American civilization that
fringes the seacoast.
A number of persons have been sent
to the penitentiary under the federal
statutes for importing women into
the United States, but the authorities
have never been able to reach persons
operating in the other direction.
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Lacked Regular Symptoms.

"Do you think he loves your asked
Maude.
Il don't know" answered Mamie.
"He writes to you every day."
Eyes; but his letters seem susplclously
sane and sensible. STRAY Stories.
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Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature ; great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. AT drug
gists, 25c., soc. and 81. 90 per bottle.
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I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Ihos.
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
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Obstinacy is the foundation Of many a ia
fee for lawyers.-N. y. Times.
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Introspection ceases to be interesting
after the e~nthusiasms of youth have passed
off.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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When a man has learned to get along
without pride or prejudice he has mastered
the greatest lessons in life.-DetIoit Free
Press
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When ca man is generous to a fault, 1t Is
generally MS own fault.
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Man eats to please himself and dresses
to please his wife; woman dresses to delight
herself and eats just because the stuff would
spoil if it was to stay in the refrigerator an
other day.-Home and Abroad.