The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-09-23

avenue. who was taken seriously i'll
on the train enroute to Chicago from
New York, is improving in health and
expects to be out again in the course
of a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. Avendorf, 6454
Greenwood avenue, celebrated the
5th anniversary of their marriage,
Tuesday evening, September 18th. A
large number of relatives and friends
called to wish them continued happi-
ness
About 60 men met at the Appomat-
tox Club Tuesday Eve, Sept. IS, and
organized duplicate whist club. The
officers elected were:-M. F. Hussie,
Pres; DR.. A. D. C. Bosnes, Vice. Pres;
DR.. A. B. McKissack, Sec'y.; r. r.
jackson, Treas; Adelbert Lee, Stew
ard.
Miss Annie Mae Afford, Of Montgom-
cry. Ala, has brought suit against the
traction company of that city for $51-
| 900 because one of its conductors
thought she was a Negro woman in
stead Of a white gal, and he forced
her to ride In the Jim Crow" end OF
the car.
Seven of the members Of the Phyl-
lis WheatIey Club escorted by their
President, Mrs. l. A. Davis, visited
the Old Folks Home. last week.
61O Garfield Blvd, and while there
they preserved one bushel of peaches
for the old folks to feast upon, the
coming winter.
A large number OF our representa-
tive male citizens organized. on last
Thursday evening, at the Douglass
Centre Club House, a club to be
known as "The Forum 1t is their
intention to wear away a portion OF
the long winter evenings debating the
why's and wherefores" Of all ques-
tions concerning the race.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wells, 663S
Champlain avenue. are thinking seri-
ously of leaving Chicago altogether,
and taking up a residence at an east
ern summer resort, where they can
make it a business to look after the
comforts of the colored swells who
seek ocean enjoyments" in hot
weather.
James ". Wells. of the 9th Ward.
manager of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company, has been selected by the
Cook County Democratic committee,
instead of DR.. o. W. Lewke. TO make
the race for Trustee of the Drainage
Canal. Mr.. Wells being a first class
business man will greatly add to his
chances of election.
Attorney William L. Martin. 155
Washington street, recently returned
from Kansas City, Kan, where he
spent two weeks visiting with his
mother. Mr.. Martin. who enjoys a
good law practice. was much benefited
by his vacation trip, and he is ready
for the rush of law business for the
September term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen c. Deppe, of
Hickory Run, Pa, have just had the
sixth pair of twins born to them. and
they are now the mother and father
of twenty-three children. They have
been married twenty years and are
not yet forty. II they keep 1t up for
the next twenty or thirty years. they
will have one hundred children to
their credit.
On Tuesday morning, September
18th, ]. D. Thompson, 157 Emerson
avenue, departed this life For %
years Mr.. Thompson was chief engin-
eer for Fuller and Fuller, wholesale
druggists, corner of Randolph and
Franklin streets. A wife and son sur
viye him. The funeral took place
from his residence at IL a. m. Friday,
Rev. jackson officiating. Interment at
Rose Hill.
Joseph Grein, City Inspector Of
weights and measures, is looking after
the interest of the citizens Of Chi
cago. Last Saturday he entered Ru-
bel and Allegretti's Candy Store, 179
State street, to purchase a pound box
Of candy and the salesman or the
manager thought he was from Mis-
souri,, and sold him IA ounces. Then
Mr.. Grein pulled the store and the
owners were fined $500 and cost for
dealing in short weights and meas
ures.
The weekly Conservation. Sedalia,