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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11

Shadows avaunt what barbarism!
They lynched a Negro at Trezevant,
Tenn, for "sassing" a young white
man. We have fallen on terrible times.
The white mans religion and sense
of justice are both nauseating.-(Chat-
tanooga) Herald.
And yet there are white men from
the South roaming over the country
saying that when Negroes stoy AS
.sAUHTLNG WHITE WOMEN, lynch.
ing win stop. But, the world knows
now, that Negro men and women are
lynched upon the most trivial causes.
And with It all, the Negro IL to-day
a. industriously engaged in spending
his money. banking his money and
upbuilding those who murder him.
just as II they are his best friends.
A sassy Niger" 70 bad enough,
but - fool Niger" IL Q thousand
times worse.-rhe St. Luke Herald.
Richmond Va =
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
WEST SIDE NEWS.
By Prof. A. L. Simpson.

Miss Lillian Porter, OF Maplewood
avenue, who has been on the sick list
for some time. has departed this earth.
A dear mother mourns her loss.
Mr.. Clarence Miller a popular West
side young man has settled down in
life and has taken with him a bride
of much Importance. We wish them
Gods speed.
The West side is very proud Of the
recent marriage on the Q. T.. Of Mr..
James Gordon to Mrs. George Broa-
die. They are a very happy couple
and have a bright future, and live in
their own mansion.
Prof A. L. Simpson the West side
most eminent Chiropodist is still at
the foot and can put you on your feet
on short notice. II you have any
trouble. Residence Phone. Ashland
4453. ONCE Phone, Monroe 2611..
Mr.. H. N. Fields is certainly the
real goods over here. He seems to
like things real we'll over here.
Mr.. Chas. H. Wheeler is still in the
laundry business and will clean you
from head to foot. Give him trial.
Mr.. Jones a noted police officer of
the South side stirred the West side
Young Men and Women's Sunday Club
to their utmost on last Sunday with a
very fine paper on the race.
Mr.. Geo. o. Jones the West side
most popular undertaken is still in
line, and is doing a good business and
great credit to his people.
The Wilson sisters are still serving
home cooked meals at 920 W. Lake
street. A trial is sufficient.
Mrs. NJ. Burroughs, Of 92O w. Lake
street, who has been on the sick list
for a long time is improving very fast
and has great hopes Of being on her
feet again.
Mr.. Samuel Taylor Is in the city
again after a two weeks visit in Ohio
with his father. (And Sam laughed
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
DOUBLE FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD OVER THE REMAINS OF
MRS. POPE AND MRS. De
GRAY, AT QUINN
CHAPEL.

Editor Julius F. Taylor.
Dear Sir:-Sad in the extreme
and unparalleled in the history
of the church was the double
funera lat Quinn Chapel last Sunday
afternoon at 1 o'clock. The services
were conducted by Revs. A. ]. Carey
and d. p. Roberts over the remains
OF Mrs. Harriet Pope, Samuel E.
Whites grand mother. who died April
30. at Augusta, Ga. Born at Edgeheld.
S. C. about 1926, she came to Chicago
1898, during the Worlds Fair and re-
NAMED here as a regular member G!
Quinn Chapel ever since. The death
of her sister. just four days previous
was too much Of a shock for her. In
terment at lakewood cemetery.
Mrs. DeGray. 3617 Calumet avenue
was the other faithful soul whom the
Lord in his wise providence saw Mt to
take unto Himself. She was So years
of age. and she, like Mrs. Pope. TIVE
old guard-mothers, members Of the
same Sunday school and communion
classes were sadly but truly an
nounced at rest from the same altar
&C. H. Dyess.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
PERSONAL MENTION.

Walter NJ. Farmer, for 16 years an
honored member Of the bar In St
Louis, Mo-, is now engaged in the
general practice Of law. Suite 7OS'
III Washington street. Phone Main
I1ka. Residence 1856 Langley avenue
Phone Drexel $500.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
FIRES HOT SHOT AT eUssE.
Rev. M. p. Boynton Makes Bitter Ar
raignment of Mayor.

Rev. M. p. Boynton Makes Bitter Ar
raianment Of Mayor.
Mayor Busse was bitterly arraigncd
as "Chicago's prince Of the lobby" oy
Rev. Melbourne P. Boynton in a pre-
indie to his sermon in the Lexington
Avenue Baptist church last Sunday
night. In the course of his remarks
he said:
Chicago, the second greatest city
in America, is blushing with shame
that her mayor has taken to himself
the title of prince of the lobby by
reason of his recent visit to Spring
field on behalf of the most vicious
legislation proposed in the present ses-
sion of the legislature.
Terms Action "DIsgraeeful."
when Mayor Busse appeared be-
fore the committee and used the great
influence of his office to secure an
omen Sunday for Chicago and so-called
home rule on the saloon question he
was guilty of the most disgraceful
conduct that has ever characterized
an occupant of the mayors chair In
the history OF this city. This action
on his part is the more disgraceful
when il is remembered that he repre-
sents, not the city of which he was
elected mayor, but only an element in
the population. which element is for
eisn in its birth, foreign in its ideals,
foreign in its ideas of American hber-
ties and a menace to American insti-
tutions. When he pleads for an open
Sunday he allies himself with those
forces of our city which are making
the name of Chicago a kissing and d
byword throughout the world. He
comes out squarely as the enemy Of
the better element Of our population
and gives his administration as mayor
most inauspicious beginning.
eff this is a prophecy of what we
are to have under the present admins
tration then Chicago will add to her
i'll fame and become a place to be
Stunned by decent people. Already
we have had an old-fashioned prize
fight under what is alleged to be de-
cent auspices. Already rumor is
abroad in this city that racing will be
peremitted again. There is smile
on the faces of the men who exploit
the weaknesses of humanity for filthy
lucre.
Ally, He Says, Of the Vicious.
How unspeakably shocking 1t Is
that this city has a mayor, who does
not fear to ally himself with the sa
1 loon interests on the side Of looseness
and license and fails to appreciate the
high dignity of the ONCE he occupies
and does not seem to have the least
conception of the mighty service he
could have rendered the city that has
honored him with her highest elective
office.
mo, we want no prince Of the lob
by. Let the mayors of this state stay
at home and let the legislators do the
work they were elected to do by the
people Of tbs sovereign state"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
FOLLOWING THE COLOR LINE"
Concluded from page ID

oo,d,tions Charles T. Hopkins,
leader in the Civic League ana one VI
the nrominent lawyers Of the city, told
me that he believed the negroes
should be given their definite seats In
varv ear. he said that he personally
made It a practice to stand up rather
than to take any one Of the four back
seats. which he considered as oelong-
ing IN the Negroes. Two other lead
ing men on a different OCCASION TOLD
me the same thing. 1t is, however n
rare practice.
One result of the friction over the
Crow regulations is that many Ne
eroes ride on the cars as little as pos
sible. One prominent Negro met
said he never entered a car, ana tnat
he had many friends who pursued the
same policy; he said that Negro street
car excursions, familiar a few years
ago. had entirely ceased. 1t Is signln-
cant of the feeling that one OF tne
features Of the Atlanta riot was an at
took nm the street cars in which all
Negroes we're driven out Of their seats.
One Negro woman was pusheu
through an open window, and, after
falling to the pavement, she was
dragged by the leg across the side
walk and thrown through shop WIN
dow. In another case when the mob
stoned a car the motOrman, instead
Of protecting his passengers, went In
side and beat down a Negro with his
brass control-lever.
story of an Encounter on Street Car.
heard innumerable stories from
both white people and Negroes OF
encounters in the street cars. DR.. w.
F. Penn, one OF the foremost Negro
pby sicians of the city, himself partly
white. a graduate Of Yale College. told
me OF one occasion in which he en-
tered a car and found there Mrs. Crog-
man. wife OF the Colored president OF
Clark University. Mrs. Crogman Is a
mulatto so light of complexion as 70
be practically undistinguishable from
white people. DR.. Penn, who knew
her we'll, sat down beside her and be-
gan talking. A white man who occu-
MED a seat in front with his wife
turned and said:
Here. you Niger get out OF that
seat. What do you mean by sitting
down with a white woman"
DIR. Penn replied somewhat angrily:
Its come to a pretty pass when 4
lColored man cannot sit with woman
of his own race in his own part OF the
car"
The white man turned to his wife
and said:
Here. take these bundles. I'm go
ing to thrash that Niger"
In half a minute the car was in ar
uproar,, the two men struggling. For
tunately the conductor and motorman
were quickly at hand, and DR.. Penn
slipped OF the car.
Ito be Continued)
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
DEATH OF ROBERT A. WILLIAMS

At 1920 Thursday Robert A. Will
liams 1874 Dearborn St, who had hosts
Of friends throughout Chicago; quiet
ly and peacefully passed away after a
long and serious illness.
High mass, was held over his re-
mains at st. Monica's church seth and
Dearborn st., Friday morning, and In
the evening his remains were taken
to his old home Youngstown, Ohio for
interment, accompanied by his con
slant and devoted wife Mrs. Elizabeth
L. williams and a few sorrowing
friends Of the family.
Mr.. Williams was q good man who
loved his home and his death will be
greatly lamented by those who were
near and dear to him.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11

same party turn heaven and earth oV-
er to educate and protect the citizens
of other lands.
And yet the Negro is expected to
vote for Theodore Roosevelt or some
man named by him for president In
1908.
Will we? Will we? Just wait!-The
ST. Luke, Herald, Richmond, Va
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
BLACKS LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA.

Georgia coIored People Find condl-
tons Better. Race Problem Felt.
Special to The Citizen:
.4Americus. Ca, Friday-The emigra-
tion Of Negroes from Americas and
neighboring territory 10 Southern Cali
foFnia may determine the race Pro
hlemahere 10 . Admitted extent Recent
b half - huAared sAneEiens celored
people haxe depaEted Cor Los angeles,
and encouraging letters OF conditions
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
ELECTION BY JEWISH WOMEN.
Council Chooses otieers and Hears
Annual Reports.

Council Chooses ofTeers and Hears
Annual Reports.
No opposition was offered to the Of
fetal ballot in the annual election Of
officers held by the Chicago section OF
the Council of Jewish Women at Sinai
temple Monday afternoon and officers
for the coming year were unanimous
" elected. A board of directors COM
posed of twelve members was also
chosen.
Besides the principal business Of the
afternoon a number Of reports from
the various committees were read,
showing the work that has been &C.
complished by the society during the
past year. The result Of the election
was as follows:
President-Mrs. NJ. A. Weinberg,
1913 Washington Park place.
Vice president-Mrs. Henry Gerst-
ley. 4235 Michigan avenue.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Isaac B.
Lipson, 4947 Vincennes avenue.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Ii
Ian Kramer, 1912 Prairie avenue.
Treasurer-Mrs. A. W. Hamburger,
5134 woodlawn avenue.
Auditor-Mrs. Ignace Refs, "a East
Forty-sixth street.
A board Of directors was also chos-
en- at the meeting-The Chicago
Chronicle, May z.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
FIGHTS WHITE MAN; LYNcHED.

Pine Bluffs, Ark, May 7.-Sam
Fleming, a Negro bartender, was
lynched from a tree in the center Oh
the town because he fought with
Henry Vaughan, q white bartender
and bested him.
It must be remembered that Flem-
ing was not charged with raping
some white woman who might not be
adverse to being raped by some good
looking black man with plenty OF
money.-Editor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ON JOUR.
NALIsM.

at IL not to be concealed, however.
that the maintenance Of such journ-
al Douglass Weekly has been q
work Of much dimculty, and could all
the perplexity. anxiety and trouble
attending Il have been clearly fore
seen, I might have shrunk from the
undertaking."-L4te Of Douglass By
himself.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
HUsTLINc coLoRED MAN WANT
TED TO SELL SUBURBAN REAL
ESTATE.

Wanted Q good representative CO..
ored man to sen choice lots in North
Shore suburb to Colored people can
make $4,000 to $4,000 per week. No
capital required, must be man or
ability and education. References
required. Address 81" care Etdtor
The Broad Az. 500 Armour ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11

els It not lovely, when husband and
wife are always Of the same opinionT
Certainly; only It makes such q
great difference whose opinion It H.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11

Some write (but their ground l see
mott that Sundays thunder should
bring the death of learned men, Judges
and others; Mondays, the death of
women; Tuesdays, plenty of grain {;
Wednesdays, bloodshed; Thursdays,
plnty Of sheep and corn; Fridays, the
slaughter of great man and other
horrible murders; Saturdays, a gen.
eral pestilent plague and great dearth."
After this the gay and lightsome man.
ner shown by Lord Northampton to-
ward these grave matters in his DE
fensative" Is most cheering. aft
chaunceth sometimes" he writes, "to
thunder about that time and season
of the yeare when swannes hatch their
young, and yet no doubt it is a para
dox of simple men to think that
swanne can not hatch without a cracke
of thunder"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11
Now an Anti-Expnnsionist.

A Virginia mountaineer, who had
strayed to Richmond ON an excu.sio !,
and who, as his holiday progressed, te-
came rather hilarious, grew overconf-
dent Of his own greatness.
Gentlemen" he said, II kin lick any
man in Richmond"
No one tried to dispute the assertion,
and he tried again.
Gentlemen" he said, "I kin lick any
man in the whole State of Vlrginny."
The words were hardly out Of his
mouth before tall, sinewy man from
his own part of the State entered the
game and gave the boaster a good
thrashing.
The mountaineer had sense Of hu-
NOR. He slowly picked himself and
faced the group to which he had boa IT.
ed.
Gentlemen" he said, 81 am now
ready to acknowledge that 1 klvered to,
much territory in that last statement"
Baltimore Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11

writing 250 words every quarter of an
hour and placed his watch before him
to make sure of completing his thou
sand words an hour. He pooh-poohed
the Idea Of waiting for inspiration and
punctually produced his copy with the
regularity of clockwork whatever his
mood at the moment. He made a cal
culation to show that In this way, by
working at his desk only three hours
daily, he could write ten pages of an
ordinary novel day and finish three
novels comfortably each year. lroI-
lope could also write as easily in rail-
way carriages while travelling as at his
desk, and, as matter Of fact, COM
posed most Of "Barchester Towers" !"
generally considered to be his best
novel, in this way.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11
QUEER WAY OF SMOKING,
West Indians Put Lighted End of
Cigar in Mouth.

Cigar in Mouth.
Visitors to the West Indies and the
Spanish main have often noticed thena
tive negro carrying thin, dark object,
like very long cigarette or slender ci-
gar, in his mouth, and If these visitors
look long enough they would see smoke
Issuing occasionally from between the
full, red lips Of buxom matron or a
dried-up granny, says the New York
Herald. But even the most observant
could see no light on the end of the ci-
gar smoked by the natives of the trop-
les.
That Is not to be wondered at, how
ever, for the reason that it is the Gus
tom of the natives in that part of the
country to smoke with the lighted end
inside the mouth. That is curious, of
course, but not as remarkable as it
sounds. Most Of the women, who are
all great smokers, work very hard.
They coal ships, load bananas and do
the kind of work usually done by men.
When on the docks, where they make
to the coal yard or fruit cars, there is
generally a strong breeze blowing and
1t would be almost impossible to keep a
cigar lighted in the teeth of a stiff
trade wind. Besides, these hard toll
ers, who earn few pence or a shilling
day, according to the amount of coail
or fruit they carry, could not afford to
take the time to keep their tobacco
lighted, so they hit upon the scheme of
protecting the light by keeping it in
the mouth and thus enjoying a smoke
without trouble or loss of time. They
have been doing this for so many years
that the older ones are experts and
never burn their tongues or the inside
Of their mouths and the younger wom-
en- soon get the hang of it.
The cigars they smoke are usually
made of native tobacco and fashioned
very rudely. They are about the size
Of lead pencil.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11
THUNDER LORE.
Ancient Beliefs as to the Meaning
of Noises of the Sky.

Ancient Beliefs as to the Meaning
of Noises of the Sky.
Thunder, just because 1t Is noise
for which there Is no visible cause, has
always excited the Imagination Of the
unscientific; so 1t is natural, says the
London Chronicle, that the most out
rageous superstitions about storms
should date back to the time when ev-
erybody, more or less, was unscien-
tific One old writer explains the belief
Of his day-that 'storm Is said to
follow presently when company Of
hogges runne crying home," on the
ground that "a hogge is most dull and
of a melancholy nature, and so by rea-
son 'doth foresee the raine that COM
eth.' Leonard Dlgges, in his Prog
nostication Everlasting" (1556) men
tons that thunder in the morning sig
nifies wind; about noon, rain, and in
the evening great tempest"
The same writer goes on to say !:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11
INTELLECTUAL NEW YORK.
More Reading Done There Than in
Any other City.

More Reading Done There Than in
Amy Other City.
Boston may claim the palm for intel
lectuality and real blue-blooded "baked
in the bean" cleverness, but there are
few persons who dwell more upon let
ters or read more in lifetime than the
average New Yorker, says the New
York Press.
The New Yorker never stops read
ing, from the moment he shuts his fiat
door behind him in the morning until
he comes back and shuts it behind him
again at night. The moment he gets
downstairs the bellboy hands him his
mail or he takes it out of his own
letter box as the case may be. 1t may
not contain a personal letter, but there
is never day that he does not receive
from one to three or four advertise
ments, booklets, pamphlets or circulars.
He always glances over these at least
once, and by the time he has finished
he has reached the corner and Is buying
his morning newspaper.
AS there is a newspaper issued about
every hour of the day In New York
City and many men try to devour them
all the New Yorker spends good many
hours over his pink, yellow or burnt
orange sheet. If he happens to finish
one Of these while on a street car or
elevated train he cannot glance up with
out seeing dozen advertisements along
the line above the windows waiting to
be read. These glare at him so stead
fdstly and furiOusly that he cannot fail
to read them sooner or later. But, if
ones eyes are tired and he shuts them
to the street car ads, or turns them to-
ward the street. the spell is still upon
him. Signs, big and little; quick lunch
signs, hotel signs, tailor shop signs;
bootblacks, BARRIERS, theaters-all have
their signs; millions of them, like mi
crobes
Then there are the names of the
streets on the lamp posts as he flashes
by. There Is an almost uncomfortable
desire to read them as we'll as the num-
bers on the automobiles which glare at
you and the newsstand signs teeming
with vari-colored ads and the billboards
and the rubber-neck coaches and the
sandwich men. By the time the New
Yorker reaches his office and begins to
open his mail his eyes and brain are
tired but he goes on all day long, read
ing, reading, reading about baby pow-
der and fancy preserves and canned
soups and health foods and cold cream
and hair reviewers, ETC., and then the
Bostonian sneers because we have no
time or inclination left for reading mere
books.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11
A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
Motorcycles Wild Run Along a Ver-
tfcal Surface.

Motorcycles Wild Run Along Ver-
tfcaI Surface.
One of the most peculiar incidents of
the kind ever known occurred recently
in Paris in the course of a motor cycle
race. BY means of the skillful joining
of photographs taken especially for the
purpose the incident is clearly set forth
In the accompanying illustration, taken
from the Illustrated London News.
The race was run by two competitors,
Pernette and COntant. Pernette fell.
and his body and his motor cycle occu-
pied nearly all the track. Contant, in
his endeavor to avoid his comrades
body, took the outside course and was
swept up to the palisade, which his
machine climbed until it reached the
top Of the "u' in the word Humber"
At speed Of fifty miles an hour he
continued his course upon the vertical
plane until he reached the top of the
second "e" in the word "Eadic." At
that point the machine leaped above
the barrier and swept along literally on
the breasts and heads of the spectators
until the front wheel struck post, and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11

knowledge Of human nature Is
shown in the recent order of the Post
office Department, that for minor dere-
Lotions of duty not serious enough to
warrant discharge, fines shall be no
longer imposed. Instead, the salaries
of the less worthy employees will be de-
creased, and the reductions will be
added to the salaries of the deserving
or course serious offense brings dis
charge, as heretofore The new system
encourages good service and discour-
ages service which Is not good.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11

Scarless surgery is one Of the latest
achievements In medical science. The
London surgeon who conceived the idea
and successfully put 1t in practice Is
unable to meet the demands for his
services. The idea is a simple one. In
making the incislon the scalpel does
not cut the skin at right angles with
the surface but passes through 1t at a
slant. After the operation is over the
skin is Joined with the greatest nicely.
a magnifying glass being used to see
that the contact is perfect. Then a
rigid dressing Of wool and glass Is ap-
piled to prevent contraction and as
much pressure is applied as is safe.
Naturally much depends upon the skill
Of the operator. The surgeon who per-
fected the process devotes himself en-
tirely to making incisions in the skin
and treating them afterward, leaving
the operations proper to others.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-11

An editor looked up from his dog
cared copy Of Lorna Doone".
"I've read this book about eight
times" he said. what first attracted
me to 1t was remark Of the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. In England.
some years ago, l saw the archbishop
distribute some prize books to school
boys. One Of the books was Lorna
Doone,' and as he handed it out the
archbishop said:
81 went to school with the writer
of this book. AS he was A little young
er than me, when he misbehaved
used to knock him ON the head with n
brass hammer. '"-Washington Star.