The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-07-15

III South 18th street, St. Louis. Mo
On July 20 Mr.. Tyler will sail from
New York for Panama in company
with Mr.. John F. Stevens.
Mr.. Chas. Pickett has engaged a
suite of rooms for himself and wife at
the palatial residence of DR.. z. S.
Miller. Mrs. Pickett will arrive in
Chicago Saturday, July Is.
Mrs. DR.. Whedbie, of Louisville, KY,
with her three little children are visit
ing their aunt Mrs. Cohen, 1850 Ar
mour ave. After next week they will
visit Mrs. Louis Bell, 6243 Morgan st.
Mrs. Minnie Bishop. 1852 State ST.,
is making elaborate preparations to
attend the meeting of Prof. Booker T.
Washington's National Negro Bust
ness League which convenes in New
York City, August 1918.
General Josiah T. Walls, the only
colored man ever elected to Congress
from Florida, is dead. He was one of
the most potent forces in the political
and business life OF the south during
the reconstruction period.
Quite a number Of ladies and gentle
men are going to Springfield Sunday
night, to be the guests of the Eighth
Illinois National Guards. Among the
young ladies are Miss Estelle Arnold
and Miss Blanche Wright
Hon. Robert ]. Roulston, one of the
new members Of the Public Library
Board, is a member of the wholesale
grocery firm~of McNeal-Higgins Com
pany, and being an honorable business
man he will make valuable member
of the board.
Miss Sadie Green, of Cincinnati, o.,
is visiting her relatives and friends.
Miss Green is a cousin of Mrs. d. W.
Johnson, 3141 Cottage Grove avenue,
and she expects to enjoy many delight
full entertainments with her during the
months Of July and August.
st. Paul Baptist Church, Boston,
completes the Tooth year Of its organi-
zation August g. 1t is the oldest col
ored church in all New England. Wen
dell Phillips, Charles Sumner, William
Lloyd Garrison and other champions
of human rights have spoken from st.
Paul's pulpit.
Owing to the popularity of Alder
man John ]. Bradley, he will no doubt
be elected as one Of the Trustees of
the Drainage Canal.
Mrs. J. H. Smiley and Mrs. Andrew
Smith are spending few weeks vaca-
ton at Normal. ILL.,, the guests of Mrs.
Smiths parents.
Mrs. VIM. Emanuel and Mrs. Robert
Hardin, entertained Mrs. James E
Thompson, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs.
c. c. Lewis Mrs. Jos. White, Mrs. Geo.
Ayers and Mrs S. w. Thompson and
a large number of children at Lin
coin Park Wednesday afternoon. Boat
ing was the main feature and all had
a pleasant time.
Mrs. NJ. c. Hogan, of Cambridge,
Mass, who beat US out Of one dollar
as six months subscription to The
Broad Ak, is the most ancient worthy
supreme grand matron Of the supreme
Grand Court of Heroines Of Jericho
of the United States and Canada, and
she is g warm friend Of the Honora-
BILE John G. Jones Of this city.
The ladies Of the Berean Baptist
church, 1888 Dearborn street, will give
lawn fete at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Amburg Cotton, 4917 Dearborn
street, Monday evening, July "a, for
the purpose Of raising money to send
Rev. w. 8. Braddan on a short yaca-
ton, Mrs. James H. Harris and Mrs.
Lillian Bell viii have charge Of the
AFFAIR.
The white Christians Of ShelbyviIIe.
KY, mobbed and lynched a Negro the
first Of the week who was simply
charged with assaulting Mrs. Chester
Crawford. a white lady. To prove
that the white Christian gentlemen
were simply savages and not In favor
Of law and order, they rushed into
: the day coach, in which the Negro
was seated while being transferred to
prison. and they riddled his body with
4 bullets as he sat in his seat. In other