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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
MRS. NELLIE r. FRANCIS
Honorary Pres. State Federation.
Delegate to National Convention.

Francis responded. Luncheon was
served by the Ladies of Twin City
Charity Clubs, the host of the visit
ing delegates. There was abundance
of we'll cooked food, which demon
stratcd their knowledge of domestic
science served by Mesdames Burrell,
kccyes, Donovan, Perkins, Thomp-
son, Smith, Burkcs, Kennedy, Stir
man.
The afternoon session was opened
by prayer by Rev. Carter Memorial
Service. Memorial service was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Dora Adams who
prayed for and eulogized the departed
members. Song-Shall we gather at
the River. Prayer by Mrs. Camp.
Lead kindly Light" "Eulogy" by
Mrs. Eunce Smith in memory of Mrs.
Matte Ross Hall, died May 20, 1914
was very impressive. Song Face to
Face" Eulogy-by Mrs. Addie Belle
scene on Mrs. Anna Hughes, died
Feb. II, 1914 was delivered with
much emotion and sincerity. Mrs
Maud CAVITY and Mrs Chapman assist
ed at the piano. Song, Twill there be
any Stars in my Crown" concluded
the exercises which brought tears to
the eyes of many present. 1t was a
beautiful spectacle of devotion and a
fitting testimonial to those departed.
Mayor Nye's Address.
Mayor Nyc was present at his APP
pointed time to welcome the Fedora
ton. He gave short talk on the
work of the clubs and their co-opera-
ton He said in part, Il am especial
ly interested in the work of the Wom-
ems Federation. We have great
many colorcd people in this city in the
various walks of life. Many who are
highly respectable. Some who are
bad Many who are good. AS presid-
ing officer have to deal with all the
people in the city. | welcome you
who are interested in these people.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26

radical Democrats came into power
throughout the southern states. The
conditions described so wildly were
lamentable, illustrating the awful ca
lamities suffered by the weaker ele-
ment of the body polite at the hands
of the stronger.
But Major Lynch is not pessimist
He Is man with great vision. He
has seen the dawn Of new age when
each mans good shall be all mems
aim" We Of this age may be little
apathetic about such matters as are
set forth in the book. but it would be
well for us to read over and over again
what this wise observer has written
concerning our past. The book pre-
them. His study of the political situa-
ton is both analytical and intensive.
He is student Of psychology. His is
the advocacy Of civil and political
rights Of all citizens.
Major Lynch entered public life
while quite young man. 1t was In
1869 that Governor Ames appointed
MIN justice OF the peace In the city or
Natchez. Miss. He showed splendid
executive ability and was soon pro-
NOTED by the people to a seat In the
state legislature. His has been bril-
liant career. There is hardly Negro
in the entire country whose past life
has been so closely connected with the
reconstruction period and who is more
highly esteemed in the councils Of the
Republican party today as Is John r..
Lynch. While he was serving in the
national house Of representatives he
was leader Of powerful influence.
He was once honored by the national
Republican convention as temporary
chairman. He has served as auditor
Of the United States treasury and pay
master in the United States army.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
new ADDITION TO
RACE LITERATURE
Period Covered by Facts Of
Reconstruction. "
BOOK VOID OF PREJUDICE,

Former Mississippi Legislator and Re.
tired Army Officer Discusses a Most
Delicate Subject With Great Earnest.
ness and Fairness-Advocates Full
Civil and Political Rights.
In "Facts Of Reconstruction" the
title Of most interesting and valuable
book by Major John r. Lynch, retired
paymaster in the United States army.
the race has a work that is free from
sectional animosity and partisan bias.
1t is free from any features which
might be calculated to arouse racial
antagonism.
Beginning with 1866, the year mark
ed by radical differences of opinion be-
tween the president Of the United
States and congress over the question
Of the reconstruction of the states but
lately in rebellion against the nation
al government, and running rapidly
through the more important steps in
the political history of the state of Mis-
sissippi. touching here and there on
national politics and ending with a
conservative statement Of President
Taft's grave errors in dealing with the
Negro question, the author has illu-
mined in a most effective fashion some
of the most interesting pages of Amer
lean political history.
The recital Of the story of recon
struction is in parts dramatic and in
parts tragic. The strategy of designing
politicians worked an appalling trag-
edy in the life of the ambitious Negro
leader during the reconstruction Pc
Rod and especially in 1874, when the
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26

creditable Is her work that those whom
she has taught reflect great credit on
her and the faculty of which she Is
a distinguished member.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
Mrs. Henry Lincoln Johnson
Undergoes Operation by Famous
Specialists at Rochester, MINI.

Atty. w. T. Francis made a hasty
trip to Rochester, MINI, where he
went on receipt of telegram to meet
Mrs. Henry Lincoln Johnson, wife of
the Recorder of Deeds of Washing
ton, D. c., who is to undergo an
operation for goitre at the Mayo
Bros. Sanitarium. Mrs. Johnson is inn
proving. She may stop in St. Paul
before returning east.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
Mot His Funeral.

Wife (studying vocalism)-I wish
dear, you'd have double windows put
on. I'm afraid my practiclng will dis
turb the nelghbOrs. Hub-Well. If II
does It's up to them to put on double
windows. -HOStOn Transcript.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
Tho Oldest Book.

Psychologists Of the Berlin school
think it necessary to warn their pupils
that every line Of the Book OF the
Dead is corrupt" BY this they mean
that the grammatical forms in which
It is written seldom fit into the hard
and fast lines within which, as did
Procrustes. they seek to cOnfine the
ancient Egyptian language. But when
all is said the Book of the Dead Is the
oldest book in the world. and as we
have copies OF it in one form or an
other dating from somewhere about
$500 B. c. to within few centuries
Of our era 1t can hardly be wondered
at that its expressions sometimes defy
grammatical rules made In Germany
London Athenaeum.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26

SMOKE THE RELIABLE
Sight Draft cIsar-5e.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
Meeting OF PUBLISHERS.
Muskosee, Okla, to Entertain Press As.
ISOLATION In August.

VuuoNoSCOS SN'0sS ~ -">S' $500 ~
ISOLATION In August.
Muskogee, Okla.-Newspaper men
from all parts of the United States
will gather in the on City of the West
during the month of August to cOnsid-
er plans for the betterment Of the
craft. This is not the first meeting of
the National Negro Press association
to be held west Of the Mississippi. but
it will be the beginning Of better Or
ganization and will. no doubt. create
more interest among the newspaper
men in this section. MuskOgee's prep
arations continue with clocklike pre-
cision. Committees Of every deScrip-
ton are working out well laid plans
that have been outlined for the enter
tainment Of the visiting newspaper
men.
Since their meeting in Nashville.
Tenn, last February, when the execu-
tive committee held its midwinter SEES
sion, all of the hundred or more mem
bers Of the association have been look
ing toward MuskOgee. and now the
entering wedge has been made so that
when the official call Is sent out from
Baltimore the pilgrimage Of newspa-
per men. correspondents. publishers
and editors will be turned toward the
west.
The corresponding secretary's office
In Nashville has kept everything NOV
ing. The Reciprocal News service that
was inaugurated Immediately after the
midwinter session has proven won
derful success. Other items looked
forward to for accomplishment In An
gust are the final disposition Of the
standardization of advertising and
some recommendations for the inau-
guration Of the plate service. together
with the report Of the committee ap-
pointed as a permanent boosting or
ganization for the association and the
report Of the committee on the cipher
code to be used exclusively by news
paper men belonging to the association
by which they will he able to trans
NIT messages among themselves.
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-26
SCHOLARSHIP OF
MRS. P.L. DUNBAR
Brilliant Educator Complies
Masterpieces Of EIoquenca
WHAT THE WORK CONTAINS
important Speeches and Addresses OF
Many of the Most Prominent Men of
the Coiored Race Selected and Pub
lished For the First Time In Book
Form.
BY GEORGE FRANCIS KING.

BY GEORGE FRANCIS KING.
Wilmington. Del Americans
have often been inspired by the elo-
Quence of orators of other races, but
the native elOquence Of the people
with whom they are identified and for
whom the peculiar exigencies Of their
struggling race have been a source of
inspiration has not been conserved
heretofore for the youth Of the race.
Mrs. Paul Laurence Dunbar. the
widow of the greatest Negro poet the
world has produced. has for year
been gathering masterpieces Of elo-
quence of the most prominent colored
people of the world. 1t would not
have been possible to have selected
any one who had the pre-eminent quail
ificatiOns for this great task who
would have been able to render this
service for the race as Mrs Dunbar
has done
She came to this work qualified by
years Of study and experience equaled
by few members of our race. Consid
cred as she is-an English scholar un
surpassed by any in the race and with
few competitors In the other race-she
has performed a service in literary pro
auctions that will forever make her
name hohafed and iilustrious in r,f9.,.i
annals. The book contains fifty
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
1RI STATE TO GET.
Line into CHICAGO

Minneapolis, Mimi, April THE
Tri-State Telephone and North Amer
lean Telegraph companies have COM
pleted an agreement by which the
entire Minneapolis, ST.. Paul and. out
lying system of the Tri,State is; to be
connected with the new long distance
telephone service Of the North Ameri-
can company to Chicago. President H.
A. futile of the North American, re.
turned from New Orleans via Chi
cago and announced the plan.
Vice President A. s. Harris of the
North American Il month ago announc
ed that the long distance telephone
line of the company from Minneapolis
to Chicago, which follows the 500
lines Chicago division, or Wisconsin
Central road was practically COM
plete and that service on lower rate
basis than now. existent would lie es-
tablished. y,n# T' -
MI. futile said that local connec-
ton in ChicagO is a further part of
the eventual plan. "
1--WE have completed tho arrange
ment with the Tri-State in Minneap-
oils" Mr.. Tuttle said. at will be pos
-siblc, when the connections are made
for every 1fi-State telephone sub.
scriber in Minneapolis, st. PaPul or
elsewhere northwest to be connected
with Chicago oyer our new line"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
BRYAN'S ATTITUDE
MATTER Of CONCERN
Wonders lille VII RepudiaIe
One Term Plank

Washington, D.. C.. April 2.-Sug
gesting that MI. Bryan, the secretary
OF state. has undergone a change ct
heart since his address before the
Pennsylvania legislature, May IL last:
Senator Gallinger, minority leader.
today asked the democrats whether
they would be as ready TO rerud!ate
the single presidential term plank of
TIL. Baltimore platform rs they have
been with the tolls plank
1T would be interesting t. know
what the views Of the distinguished
secretary Of state are at the present
time on, this tolls question: said
Senator Gallinger. 1T is limited that
he, with others of his party, has met
with a sudden change CT heart on
this subject. IA change almost as sud.
den as that which overlook Saul of
Tarsus..
"While Senator Owen was. talking
Friday l wondered whether he was
equally prepared, to repudiate that
plank in the same platform which
says: We favor a single presidential
term. and we pledge the candidate. OF
Nhis n%ominstion tot7thfs principla.'
Certainly IT, the plank, on the free tolls
proposition can be openly repudiated,
thesplank thatI have just quoted can
equally. be r%epudiated, and probably
will be- and who can tell how much
Of a platformswill ne left when a dem
ocratic president and q democratic
congress get through the process of
reputation.
IF this thing goes on much further
it will be necessary to have an ex-
purgated edition of the, document, SO
that the American people al know
to some degree of definiteness what
the democratic party actually stands
for at the present, time.
1T answers my purpose ut present
to call attention to the changed at
titude CT many men in public life,
which they seem to justify or the
ground that our relations with foreign
governments require that we shall
retreat from the position which was
taken after long debate and due DELHI.
eraticn. am unaware OF any ma
ton that has ~ lAe y protest EXCEPT
Great Britain.
"1Efcel confident that the American
people will never be willing to sur
render d principle at the behest Of
any other nation or earth that lies
at the very foundation of our gov
e~rnmeat-that of controlling our own
property. and our own affairs in our
cwn way. If the result Of this contest
shall be against that view / venture
the prediction that some way will
be found later onto remedy the mis-.
take which we are asked to commit
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
SALTS ILI|S S FINE FOR
KIDNEYS, OUT MEAT
Flush to Kidnsys at once when, Dask
hurts o. 0laddsr, bother1-1oet I
forms uric acid.

No man or woman who eats meat reRu.
larry can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says . we'll:
Known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores % they
sllggishly filter or strain only part Of
tho waste and poisons from the blood,
then you gst siek. Nearly Ill rheuma.
tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipation, dizziness. sleeplessnes,
bladder disorders come from sluggish kid.
1eyS.
The moment you feel = dull ache in tho
,kidneys Of your back hurts, or if tho
urine i cloudy, offensive, full Of sedi.
njcnt, irregular of passage o. attended
BY . sensation of ecalding, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take . tablespoonful in
Z glass of water before breakfast for .
few days andsyour kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts 10 made from
the acid Of grapes and lemon juice, oom.
bined with lithia and has been used for
generations to flush cloggeds kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu.
tralize the acids in urine * it no longer
irritation, thus ending bladder dis.
orders.
Jad Salts is Inexpensive and can.
not injure; makes q delightful effer.
vescent Whitewater drink which all reg.
ular meat caters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and the
blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid.
ney complications
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
TO STUDY Effect
-:
Of TARIFF Law
Government Commissioners
Y !. Investigate Beet ST.
glf Industry

Washington, April 2.-Redeeming
It's promise to investigate with
scientific ARE all industries claim
ing they cannot live under the I'm
derrwood tariff, the case Of the beet
sugar manufacturers. TIE first In
ysestigation has been that of the pot
terry industry, which sis approaching
completion. The beetsugar investi7
CATION has Just started.
The investigations, Of course. comes
under the department of commerce.
Two investigators, acting, nnder the
bureau of corporations, have started
for the beet, fields of Michigan, two
for, those OF. Ohio and four for those
Of colorado. The four in Michigan
and Ohio will complete their work in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
ASK EXTRA SESSION
TO REPEAL TWO LAWS

Madison, Wis, April -Four state
officials called upon Governor McGov-
ern with a petition that he call an ex.
ira session Of the legislature to repeal
certain appropriation acts with a
view to reducing state etxes. The
specific appropriations the repeal OF
which is dsired are he highway aid
law and the public buildings appro
p%riations act. The officers were at,
torney General Walter c.. Owen, Sec
rotary of State John S. Donald, State
Treasurer Henry !. Johnson and Lieut..
Gov. Thomas Morris.
They were in conference with the
governor for owe an hour. but re.
fused afterwards to discuss his views.
The governor told them he would
give the petition thorough considera-
ton. 1t is intimated that an an
nouncement of action on the petition
may come within the next forty.eight
hours.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
AySPRGS|OENlARIBOR
PROPOSED TO HER TWICE

Washington. D. c., April 2.--That
former President Arthur had twice
proposed marriage to her was assert
ed by DR.. Mary f.. Walker in a lecture
delivered in a theatre. The fact that
he used tobacco and that she did not
wish to lose her Identity made he;
refuse his hand. DR.. Walker gave
many "reminiscences.
I would have accepted the first of.
fcr OF marriage made me by Col. Ar
thur, who later became President"
she said, but for tho fact that he used
tobacco. He would have given up the
use of the weed if | had consented
to become Ills bride, so my friends
said. but then | would lose my iden-
stlty In his. AS his wife would have
been known as tho first lady in the
land FOR q few years and then would
have been a nobody as his widow.
i will always be somebody.
II was first introduced to Col. Ar
thur by q mutual friend. When | met
him he va carrying a lighted cigar.
J. shook hands with him, and then,
looking him in the eye, told him to
throw that dirty thing away. He pro-
posed marriage to me on this Occa.
sion and again a few years later"
DIR. Walker told OF many experiences
while serving in the army of her soc.
ial life, love affairs and of her deeds
for the bcttcrment Of mankind. She
said that when Spain was threatened
with depopulation through an epide-
mic Of smallpox she had advised the
to eat onions and put them
in the streets to aid in curing the cpl
demic. She said she was thanked by
the Spanish officials in 1898, upon her
to the embassy for CONSUL
tatiOn, when Spain and this country
were about. to 80 to Val and members
of. the press were refused admission.
WOULD GIVE INDIANS CONTROL.
Washington, April Am import
ant amendment to the Indian bill,
which, if adopted, will give the Min.
nesota Chippewas practical control
Of a 100000 tribal fund on deposit
In the treasury to their credit. has
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
DECREASE IN RECEIPTS
Of RAILROADS SHOWN.
Operating Income Falls OF
$5l,026,935 10 7 Months

Washington, April "A decrease
in net operating income of $51, 026,-
935, or 22.5 per cent of the eastern
railroads was described in a state
ment submitted to the interstate
commerce commission, at the resump-
ton Of hearings in the advance rate
case, covering a period of seven
months, ended January 81, 1914, as
compared with the corresponding pc.
Rod of last year.
The statement al presented, on
behalf of the railways, by George Stu
art Patterson, general counsel for the
Pennsylvania railroad. who advised
the commission that the figures had
been tabulated from reports made to
the commission by the roads.
The figures indicated a decrease in
total freight revenues of $4,000, $3.50,
an increase in passenger revenues of
S~.734,227, an increase of $2,2G9,5 74,
In other sources Of income and a de-
crease in total operating revenues Of
$685., 529, or 10 per cent. The. total
operating expenses Showed an in.
crease Of $39,21O,233, or G.3 per cent.
A general increase also. was shown
in various phases of railroad trans.
portation. the aggregate showing the
decrease above stated in net operat.
ing income.
] Clifford Thorne, chairman Of the
Iowa state railroad commission, rep
resenting eight western state in oppo.
sition to the proposed advance In
rates, presented a synopsis of his
recent testimony before the commits
sion. He maintained that the contest
one between the carriers and
shippers, and that any horizontal in
in rates would be unjustified.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03

those states and will then so into any
neighboring states having such fact
cries. such as Minnesota, \ (which has
one. The four sent to Colorado win
proceed from that state to Califor-
MIA, Utah and Nevada.
Commissioners OF Corporations DAY.
les has been instructed, BY Secretary
Redfield to push the investigation
with all speed compatible with
thoroughness, and It Is hoped to have
the Job completed in two months, al
though more time will be used If
found necessary. The investigators
are to find all the facts and their
verdict to rest upon them. If it is
found true that the tarin has killed
the beet sugar industry, the presi.
dent, Of course, will transmit the in
formation to congress for such action
as 1t chooses to take.
At the same time vigorous denial
is made by the friends Of the admins.
tration that this is a. step for the
humiliation of Mr.. Underwood and
the other congressional leaders, who
are opposing the administrations
attitude on the question of Panama
tolls for domestic commerce.
It is asserted that this investiga.
ton is a duty promised the country.
and that it will have to he carried out
in regard to every Industry putting
up a cry OF distress because of the
democratic tariff. It Is further assert.
ed that the investigation will be made
IN al cases by trained men, whose in.
invariably will be to get
the truth and nothing Dut the truth.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03

conference, the principal purpose Of
which is to discuss preliminary plans
for the State campaign and if posi-
bic select a candidate to oppose Gov
ern0r Ferris at the November election
The PrOgressives expect to put name
candidates for all State and county Of
fees to be filled next fall. They will
also devote particular attention / the
congressional situation. The Progress
sives already have two of the twelve
members Of the Michigan delegation
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03

been offered by Representative Town.
send Of Michigan.
The amendment ,sprepared by Gus
Baaulieu, provides that no ~appropria.
tion In excess Of $1,000, to be paid
from Indian funds, shall be expended
for any purpose until the Indians con.
cerncd saall Indicate that they favor
It.
Mr.. Beaulieu said u disbursement
Of about 500, 900 of tribal moneys is
being made this year among the Chip
pewas of Minnesota. OF this amount,
he said, a little more than SAC 900 is
being used to provide tat jobs for
politicians. Mr.. Beaulieus told Sen
ator Townsend that 212 federal off.
GERS administer the affairs OF the
Chippewas In the state.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-03
FOOL JOKE
CAUSED near RIOT

Chicago, April "A grim April
fool joke resulted in a near riot q
5000 jobless men at the 500 railway
freight house, where they swarmed
in answer tt. q newspaper add call
ing for freight handlers. The rail.
road officials denied inserting the ad-
vertisement in their megaphoned
denial to the crowd which damned
the street. The crowd became threat
ening after standing in the rain and
it was necessary for the police to
dispense them. =