325.26 C43h it i mf*,'*?' nicv^^T,-* A1 C* :*%'*!? tuie THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS INTRODUCTION. In the fall of the year 1911, at the suggestion of the Rev. Archibald J. Carey, there was held in Bethel A. M. E. Church, Chicago, Illinois, a "Miniature Exposition" of the achievements of the Negro along the lines of arts and crafts. The Rev. Carey was president, Thomas Wallace Swann manager and Morris Lewis secretary. There were present during this exhibition such distinguished visitors as Charles S. Deneen, then Governor of the State of Illinois, Adjutant General P. S. Dickson, and Colonel Nathan William McChesney. This most enlightening and successful attempt gave birth to the idea of a State Exposition. Dr. Carey introduced resolutions in the Chicago Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church that the State Legislature be asked to contribute toward a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was originally to have taken place in 1913. The presiding Bishop Benjamin F. Lee ap- pointed a committee with Dr. Carey as chairman and Mr. Swann secre- tary to continue work toward the furtherance of plans for the Exposition. These plans were finally presented to the Illinois State Legislature through Major R. R. Jackson, then representing the 3rd Senatorial Dis- trict in the Lower House. The result was the passage of "House Bill" M. 919. Dr. Carey was called to Springfield to consult with Governor Dunne concerning the project and was then named first of a commission to conduct the exhibition and celebration to commemmorate the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation of the Negro, and the following commission was named: Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D. Major R. R. Jackson. Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D. Hon. Joseph Medill McCormick. Maj. George W. Ford. Hon. W. Duff Piercy. Mrs. Susan Jorgendahl. Hon. John Dailey. G6~v. E. F. Dunne, Ex-Officio. 7 THE ILLINOIS (NATIONAL) HALF-CENTURY ANNIVERSARY OF NEGRO FREEDOM. i ' I. The Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclama- tion are two of the greatest documents in the development of human liberty. On the first, Washington laid the foundation of the freest and greatest Democracy on earth. Through the second, Lincoln extended the freedom and opportunities of this Democracy to the millions of Negroes who for two and one half centuries had been subject to the cruelties and injustice of inhuman slavery. Few realized how vital were the dangers of American slavery, until the time when its abolition was indispensable to the peace and perpetuity of the Union of the American States. For two hundred and fifty years, the intellectual, moral and social evils of slavery withered and corrupted every phase of American thought and life. So far-reaching were its baneful and blighting influences, that in many forms they still linger to plague and endanger the Nation. From '61 to '65 the abolition of physical slavery exacted of the Nation a terrible toll of agony, treasure and life. This was the price, only in part, which justice then demanded for the physical wrongs which the Nation had done the Negro. That the American Nation was able to free the slave, pay this price and live, is one of the most striking and phenomenal facts in polit- ical achievements; therefore the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Bondmen, practically consummated in '65, is a national event of the broadest human interest. In the galazy of orilliant men who contributed so much to this new estate, the name of Abraham Lincoln stands pre-eminent. To his polit- ical genius, more than to any single factor, the Nation is indebted for the preservation of the Union with Negro freedom. While Lincoln was born in Kentucky, and lived in Indiana, yet it was Illinois that gave him to the country and to the world. It is peculiarly fitting, therefore, that a great celebration should be held in this State. II. In numbers too large to mention, the importance and significance of such a celebration is appreciated by the people of Illinois. While five years before Governor Deneen had emphasized in a public address, the educational value of the Half-Century Exposition idea, to allay race prejudice, growing out of a widespread unfamiliarity with the Negro's general social progress, it was the good fortune of Governor Dunne and the 48th Illinois General Assembly to consummate practically this noble and beneficent enterprise, by the passage of a bill creating a commission and making an appropriation for an Exhiihtion and Celebration to be held in the year 1915. "HOUSE BILL NO. 919. For an act providing for an exhibition and celebration to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the emancipation of the Negro, creating a commission to conduct same and making an appropriation therefor. Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there is hereby created a com- mission to consist of the Governor and eight other persons, residents ot the State of Illinois, two of whom shall be members of the Senate and two of the House of Representatives in the State of Illinois, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, to arrange for and conduct during the year 1915, at a place to be selected by said commission, an exhibition and celebration to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the freeing of the Negro from slavery. Such exhibition and celebration shall be so conducted as to show the industrial, educational and religious progress of the negro inhabitants of this commonwealth. The commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed such expense for trav- eling, clerical help, stenographers and necessary employes as shall be actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of its duty: Pro- vided, however, that the secretary of said commission, who shall be elected by said 'commission, and who may or may not be a member of said commission, shall receive such reasonable compensation as shall be determined upon and fixed by said commission. Said commission shall have full power and authority to collect, maintain and properly house and exhibit, and pay the expenses thereof. Sec. 2. To carry out the purposes of this act the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. That the said commission shall be allowed the use of the $25,000 thus ap- propriated, a sum not to exceed $3,000 for the collection and printing for free distribution a suitable compilation showing the progress thus far achieved by the Negroes of Illinois during the past 50 years. All payments shall be made on warrants of the Auditor of Public Accounts on vouchers of the commission approved by him. Sec. 3. As soon after the organization of the commission, notice shall be filed with the State Treasurer and State Auditor of Public Ac- counts of the election of the officers of said commission who, from time to time, shall be authorized through the president and secretary of said commission, to draw warrants on the State Auditor of Public Accounts for su r ch salaries or expanses incurred by the state commission, such war- rants, however, to be subject to approval of the Governor of the State of Illinois, and the Treasurer of the State of Illinois is hereby directed and empowered to pay the same. Sec. 4. The Commission shall annually make a report to the Gov- ernor, and within 60 days after the close of its exhibition the Commis- sion shall make a complete report and statement of all its doings, which shall include all exhibits and representations made, and the awards made on such exhibits, if any, and such other matters as the Commission may dee mof value to the State of Illinois, together with a list of all receipts 9 and disbursements, with complete vouchers therefor. The Commission shall keep a strict account of its receipts and disbursements. Sec. 5. The Commission shall in no manner create or incur any idebtedness or obligation in behalf of the State of Illinois in excess of any appropriation herein made. Approved June 27, 1913." COMMISSION APPOINTED. The following Commission was appointed by Governor Edward F. Dunne July 1, 1913: Right Reverend Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., president; Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, vice-president; Maj. Geo. W. Ford, treas- urer; Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph. D., D. D., Hon. John Dailey, Hon. W. Duff Piercy. Hon. R. R. Jackson, Hon. Medill McCormick; Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary. "An act for an appropriation to the Illinois Commission for the observance of the Half-Contury Anniversary of Negro Freedom, as provided for by an act approved June 27, 1913. Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of twenty-five thous- and ($25.000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated under the terms of this act to be expended as herein provided by the Commission authorized and appointed under an act entitled "An act providing for an exhibition an celebration to 'commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the emancipa- tion of the Negro, creating a commission to conduct same, and making an appropriation therefor,' approved June 27, 1913. 2. Only so much of the said appropriation of $25,000 to the Negro Emancipation Celebration Commission shall be paid from the state treas- ury as ?hall equal the sum raised by subscriptions, leases, concessions and from other sources and paid in cash to the treasurer of the Commis- sion by said Commission up to August 15, 1915, and the question as to the amount so raised shall be determined and certified by the Governor. And the Commission shall in no manner create or incur any indebtedness or obligation on behalf of the State of Illinois, nor expend any funds of the s-tate other than in the manner provided for herein. 3. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his, warrant upon the State Treasurer for the sum specified in this act on bills of particulars certified to by the president and secretary of the Illinois Commission (National) and approved by the Governor, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any funds in the treasury not notherwise appropriated. Approved June 29, 1915." III. The Illinois Commission for the observance of the Half-Century Anniversary of Negro Freedom held its first meeting in the Executive Chamber, Capitol Building, July 2. 1913, at 4 P. M., Governor Dunne presiding. 10 The members present were Governor Edward F. Dunne, Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, Major George W. Ford, Rev. Archibald James Carey, D. D., Ph. D., Sen- ator John Dailey. The Governor stated the purpose of the meeting and the officers were elected as follows: Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., President. Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, Vice-President. Major George W. Ford, Treasurer. The Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., Ph. D. Hon. W. Duff Piercy. Hon. R. R. Jackson. Hon. John Dailey. Hon. Medill McCormick. Thomas Wallace Swann, Secretary. Mrs. Joergen-Dahl's resignation because of ill health was later sor- rowfully accepted and Hon. John Dailey voted to fill her place. Thus was taken the initial step which resulted in the bringing of nearly a quarter of a million visitors to Chicago during the short space of time between August 22nd and September 16th, 1915, as visitors to the Exposition which was held at that time in the Coliseum. Mr. Wm. C. Niblack. representing the Commission, extended an in- vitation to the President of the United States in person to be present and open the Exposition. The President spoke favorably of the under- taking and promised to consider the invitation. However the year 1914 stands out in relief in the hearts of Americans as one which precipitated the nation into matters of such grave importance as to forbid the Presi- dent's participating. THE WHITE HOUSE Washington August 13, 1915 My dear Mr. Niblack: I have your letter of July twenty-third and wish most unaffectedly that it were possible for me to be present at the opening of the Lincoln Jubilee and Half-Century Exposition to be held at the Coliseum, Chicago, the latter part of this month, but I think that you will understand that the pressure of matters which need my constant attention renders it practically impossible. Will you not express to the managers of the Jubilee my sincere appreciation of their kind invitation and my genuine regret that circum- stances render it impossible for me to be present? Cordially and sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. Mr. William C. Niblack, Title and Trust Building, Chicago, Illinois. IV. Mrs. George W. Davis sugested a Tag Day as a means of raising funds for the carrying on of the Exposition. This suggestion was car- 11 ried out by the passage of an ordinance by the City Council. The man- agement of the Tag Day was left in the hands of Mrs. Davis and Dr. Mary Fitzbutler Waring. On July 24, in accordance with the city ordinance, taggers were stationed in all parts of the city. The return of the day amounted to $709.74. V. EXHIBITS AND EXHIBITORS. Already the poems of Dunbar and Braithwaite, the essays of Miller and Grinke, the music of Rosamond Johnson, and the paintings of Tan- ner are the property of the nation and the world. Instead of being led and defended by others as in the past, they are gaining their own leaders, their own voices, their own ideals. Self-realization is thus coming slowly but surely to another of the world's great races and they are to-day girding themselves to fight in the van of progress, not simply for their own rights as men but for the ideals of the greater world in which they live; the emancipation of women, universal peace, democratic govern- ment, the socialization of wealth and human brotherhood. DuBois. Relating to the matter of exhibits and exhibitors, for quality, quan- tity of exhibits, the character of exhibitors and caretakers the National Half-Century Anniversary Exposition ranks first class in affairs of its kind. As expressed in the final report of the chief Field Agent, "This fact is attested to beyond any reasonable doubt." The press all over the country was unanimous in its praise regarding the character of the ex- hibits and their value from an educational standpoint. The public at large expressed itself as having become better acquainted with the Negro race, its accomplishment and future possibilities by their attendance at this Exposition than at any time in the history of like affairs. In order to accomplish the stupenduous undertaking toward which the Commission had set its zeal, the members realized that funds much in excess of the amount hoped for from the State Legislature must be available. To this end the Commission set about to accomplish the task of interesting neighboring legislatures in the advisability of co-operating with the Illinois Commission and placing at the disposal of the Negroes in their several states, appropriations which would enable them to make a creditable showing along with Illinois at this time. Appropriations were received from the states of Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Further appropriations came from the B. M. C. of G. U. O. O. F., and from the Board of Education of Chicago $1,000, whereby the colored children of the city could make a demonstration of their accomplishments. These appropriations aggregated a total of $14,000 in addition to the appropriations from the Illinois Legislature. Efforts in other directions, while unsuccessful in getting appropria- tions, awakened a number of states to the realization that something should be done whereby they could have a part in this unique exhibit. Most appreciative mention may here be made of the unflinching struggle made by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Senator Sherman and Con- 12 gressman Martin B. Madden in behalf of the Commission for an ap- propriation from the National Government. The international character of the Exposition had seemed to warrant such action unquestionably. According to the secretary of the Commission there were two incidents which operated against the appropriation. (1) The fight against the Howard University appropriation ($101,- 000) and, (2) The uncompromising opposition of five Southern senators to the Negro. "These five men," in the terse statement of Senator Lewis, "are not normal upon any question pertaining to the Negro." Much credit should be given to the citizens of Kansas, who, failing to receive an appropriation from the Legislature, formed an organization and by private subscription raised the funds which brought to the Exposi- tion such a splendid accumulation of exhibits and enthusiastic entertain- ment on Kansas Day. Indiana, too, losing in an effort for an appropriation, was re-awakened by the continued enthusiasm of the committees and with the co-operation of the Indiana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, was brought that splendid exhibit from Indiana without any other funds than such as these women could volunteer themselves. Exhibits were also sent under the supervision of commissions from Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa. Kentucky, and Tennessee. The wonderful exhibit from Liberia was under the supervision of Prof. Frederick A. Starr .of the University of Chicago, who received his commission from the Liberian government. Twenty-five other states, the Dominion of Canada and South Africa, through the courtesy of the M. E. Church and the Baptist Missionary Society, sent their contributions of exhibits. The Lincoln exhibit, which was loaned by Mr. Charles F. Gunther of Chicago and which attracted the attention of thousands to. the Coli- seum, was under the supervision of Mr. Gunther and his own corps of assistants. The Illinois Central R. R., through their chief photographer, Mr. D. H. Milton, sent a splendid contribution in the way of special pictures showing Lincoln's home and surroundings and the industries of the Southern Negro and his great advancement. A great number of expressions of thanks were received for the splendid care and prompt return of individual and collective contribu- tions and the percentage of complaints was very low. These exhibits, coming as they did from more than two-thirds of the states in the Union, from Canada, North and South Africa, were repre- sentative of the work of the Negro and his advancement along the line of art, literature and science, inventions, agriculture, mechanics, manu- facturing and domesticity. Advancement along these lines was shown in quantity, variety and quality such as to be indicative of the splendid rise from slavery to independent knowledge and activity generally. DEMONSTRATIONS. The operative character of the Exposition was displayed in the as- semblage on the floor of such demonstrations as the wireless telegraph, 13 flashing messages to Washington by the Negro operator, Alonzo Thomas of New Jersey; Elijah McCoy's lubricator, Michigan Morgan's safety de- vice, Ohio; Baker's friction heater, Missouri; the Lambert Feather Com- pany and Morgan Hat Shop, Chicago; Robinson's car-wheel patent, Illi- nois; Hill and Bailey's decorative plastering, Georgia; Snyder Jones' safety window lock, East Chicago. The activities of the city of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a place pop- ulated and controlled by Negroes; the No-Water Vapor Company of Chi- cago; the Wallace Bakery of Chicago and the famous beaten biscuit of Annfe Fisher of Missouri; the Overton Manufacturing Company of Chi- cago; the Lidrington Rug Manufacturing; the Orms' Crocheting; the Da- vis' embroidery; the Margaret Anderson China paintings; the Woodley and Bishop Schools of Dressmaking; the Balard Photography; the Ohio School of Botany; the Manual Training and Domestic Science Depart- ments of the Chicago Public Schools; the Out-Door Department of the Cook County School System; the Manual Training Department of the Chicago Public Schools; the Out-Door Department of the Cook County Louise Training School for Colored Boys, Chicago; safety drills and first aids given by the Madison County Coal Company miners under the direction of Dr. A. W. Springs of Dewmaine, Illinois. These together with the Emergency Hospital taking care of every case needing attention during the existence of the Exposition under the direction of Dr. M. Grant Dailey and the able superintendence of Mrs. Rosa Snowden, trained nurse of the Cook County Hospital and the Rest Room equipped and managed by the ladies of the O. E. S. were all made a matter of living history by the moving pictures taken under the able direction of Peter P. Jones of Chicago. There were congresses and exhibits representing the Y. M. C. A. movement among the Negro people, and a Roman Catholic exhibit de- picting in pictured, painted and sculpured forms the marvelous progress this great branch of the Christian church is making among its American Negro communicants. John Brown's daughter exhibited a lock of her father's hair and a model of a fort constructed by him. There was also on exhibit a box used in the transportation of slaves on the Underground Railway. The demonstrations mentioned however, do not by any means com- plete the splendid list of exhibits which literally crowded all the available space in the Coliseum. These are included in a list of approximately twenty thousand items. 14 THE COMMISSION The Commission found at the start of its work that it was necessary to build from the ground up. Investigation showed that the Illinois State Reports are almost bare of accurate facts concerning its Negro inhabitants. Closer investigation revealed that the United States Census Reports do not cover many of the gainful occupations in which Illinois Negroes are engaged. Therefore, a vigorous and industrious campaign was begun. Its first attention was given to the State of Illinois and its Negro people; thence extending its operations throughout the entire American Nation and its outlying possessions; thence to the Black Republics of Liberia, Haiti, and to Santo Domingo, to Abyssinia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile. Cuba, the English, French, German and Danish possessions, to Madagascar, New Zealand and to other foreign countries, where represent- atives of the Negro people are to be found. The Commission devoted itself almost exclusively to the work of Ad- ministration, entrusting to the Executive Committee, the detailed execu- tion of its plans. Every member of the Commission has been compelled to make individual sacrifices of time and effort in order to more com- pletely conserve its work. Many visitations were made by Individual Commissioners to distant points, inspecting similar Expositions for the purpose of securing exhibits, and for the procurement of appropriations from friendly State Legisla- tures and the National Congress. In each instance, it was necessary for each Commissioner to cover a total of two thousand (2,000) miles or more and to be away from his individual vocation for a period sometimes totaling an entire week, and in instances a much longer period. These Commissioners serve without pay of any sort. The Act of the Legislature (H. B. 919) especially stipulates that "The Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed such hotel, railroad and traveling expenses as may be actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of its duties." Nevertheless, the record of their services shows without exception that they have fully discharged their obligations to the State by prompt attendance and faithful and intelligent apprecia- tion of the work which is committed to their hands. EXPOSITION NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL, IN SCOPE. The initial idea as expressed in the Appropriation Bill creating this Commission was to give an Exposition of the progress made by the Ne- groes of Illinois since their Emancipation. As soon as the operations of this Commission became generally known, a demand for a celebration, 15 both National and Intel-national in scope, became insistent. Early in December, His Excellency, Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, accepted the office of patron, with the understanding that the epochal event which this movement was designed to celebrate would in" every essential degree be worthy of his consideration. It will be remembered in this connection that President Wilson (while Governor of the State of New Jersey) had originated the bill authorizing a fitting celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Procla- mation. Similar appropriations were made by the Legislatures of the ad- joining States of New York and Pennsylvania for purely State expositions. The three celebrations were held during the months of September and October (1913). They attracted much attention but failed to secure na- tion wide interest, primarily because of the lack of funds and time to make proper preparations. This Commission was represented at each of these separate celebra- tions and became thoroughly imbued with the wisdom and necessity of extending the scope of the 1915 celebration. Illinois is the shrine of the Immortal Emancipator, the scene of his first contribution to the struggle for Human Rights, the field where were enacted many of the most notable events in the drama for Negro Freedom. It is the home of many of the most noble pioneers in this history changing event. A still more prac- tical reason impelled the change. The Commission believed that the general idea underlying its work could be best conserved by gathering the fruits of the Freedmen everywhere and by comparative analysis this unequaled visible demonstration of universal, progressive effort, would act as an impetus to spur the Illinois Negro forward to still greater in- dustry and achievement. This in itself warrants and makes imperative the appeal for assistance from friendly State Legislatures and from the National Congress. FOREMOST WORLD WORKERS INTERESTED IN EXPOSITION. The roster of Honorary Vice Presidents and members of the Advisory Board witnessed a notable increase with the addition of the President of the United States. It includes such names as His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, Andrew Carnegie, Bishop W. F. McDowell, Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Miss Jane Addams, Hon. James Ham- ilton Lewis, Rev. John Timothy Stone, Bishop Henry M. Turner, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield, Rev. Francis E. Clark, Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Bishop Alexander Wal- ters, Mrs. Victor F. Lawson, Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, Judge Robert S. Hud- spth, Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, Hon. Richard T. Greener, Mrs. Charles Hen- rotin, Mrs. Inez Rodgers Deach, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reed, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Rev. Johnston Myers, Prof. Kelly Miller, Miss Mary Mc- Dowell, Hon. John Edward Bruce, Miss Nannie Burroughs, Hon. John Wanamaker, Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris, Dr. N. F. Mossell, Hon. Moses E. Clapp, Mrs. Ruth Hannah McCormfck, Bishop L. H. Holsey, Hon. Louis F. Post, Rev. John Balcom Shaw, Miss Frances E. Still, Rev. Charles R. Uncles, Mrs. Mary B. Tolbert, Rev. Edward Thompson, Dr. Phillip J. Alston, George William Cook, Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall, Mrs. Eloise 16 Bibb Thompson, Charles W. Anderson, Mrs. Edwin Sidney Williams, Rev, H. L. McCrorey, George L. Knox, Mrs. M. C. B. Mason, John F. More- land, Mrs. J. C. Napier, John L. Thompson, Mrs. Olive Black Wheland, Albert H. Putney, Rabbi Joseph Stolz. Mrs. Henry E. Stewart, Dr. Caro- line V. Anderson, Hon. Charles E. Merriam, Hon Luke Lea, Col. -Frank O. Lowden, Mrs. Ida Jackson, Hon. Raymond Robins, and numerous others in the United States. Among the prominent world workers living in foreign lands we received valuable co-operation from Hon. W. F. Frear, Governor of Ha- waii; Hon. A. Cameron Forbes, former Governor-General of the Philip- pine Islands; Hon. Daniel E. Howard, President of the Liberian Republic; Bishop J. T. Hartzell, Rhodesia, Africa; Miss Ira Aldridge, England; Bishop John L. Nuelson, Switzerland; Hon J. C. Carter, Madagascar; Dr. J. N. Love, Jamaica; Duse Mohamed, England; Moses de Rocha, South Africa; Mr. H. O. Tanner, Paris; Hon. J. J. Massiah, Jamaica; Dr. L. W. Livingston, Haiti; Alfred Aoga, South Africa; Hon. P. D. Z. Peregrine, South Africa; Alexander M. Thackera, Berlin; Hon. Julius G. Ray, Rio de Janeiro; Hon. C. B. Curtis, Santo Domingo; Hon. Jacob E. Connor, St. Petersburg; John P. Jewell, Vladivostok; Hon James J. Dassen, Chief Justice Supreme Court, Liberian Republic; Rt. Rev. Samuel D. Fer- guson, Monrovia; Felix Fernandez, Cuba; Hon. William J. Yerby, Sierra Leone; Senor Merrill Griffith, Pernambuco; George H. Pickerell, Para; David R. Birch, Bahia; B. F. Conley, Canal Zone, Panama; F. H. Conway, Honolulu; Senor Julio Ernst, Argentina; F. H. DeVinney, Tokio, Japan; Eduard S. Butz, N. S. W v Australia; Senor Adolf o Asthesiano, Brazil; F. B. Armitage, Natal, 3. A.; H. Beck, British Guinea; Leopold Benezoi, Florence, Italy; L. Conradi, Hamburg, Germany; P. Christensen, Copen- hagen, Denmark; J. M. Cole, New Zealand; G. H. Clark, Cape Town, S. A.; Senor Pedro Cruz. Cuba; H. Ersberger, Beirut, Syria; W. V. Furle, Buda- pest, Hungary; A. J. Giron, Constantinople, Turkey; N. J. Aallorg, Ja- maica, B. W. 1.; E. M. Adams, Manila. P. I.; Dr. Ulysse Augsbougre, Paris; Dr. J. P. Badaut, Switzerland; Rev. D. P. Boersma, The Hague; Mr. O. O. Farnsworth, Saskatchewan, Canada; K. Hahn, St. Petersburg, Russia; David Haylock, Spanish Honduras, S. A.; Whang Djun Dao, Hunan, China; Paul lasi, Bunoa, Fiji Islands, P. O.; H. M. Hulden, Shanghai, China; J. C. Guenin, Costantine, Algeria; Dr. G. S. Fisher, Sydney, Australia; Dr. J. H. Reagan, Calcutta, India; Hon. John S. Durham, Munich, Germany, and Dr. Oscar Angeros, Stockholm, Sweden. EXPOSITION HELiD IN CHICAGO AUGUST, 115. The Exposition was held in the city of Chicago, opening on August 1st, 1915, and continuing thirty days. The main exhibit was displayed in the Coliseum Building. One great feature of the Exposition was a series of great Congresses, Religious, Educational, Sociological, Industrial, Agri- cultural and Miscellaneous. The International Inter-Racial Congress was a most impressive contribution toward the establishment of a permanent peace between the two races. 17 ESTIMATE OP ATTENDANCE AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE BENEEFIT OF THE CITY DURING THE LIFE OF THE EXPOSITION. Estimate of amount of money to be ex- Attendance, pended in Chicago. Attendance from Cook County 390,000 $200,000 Visitors from State outside of county 100,000 Total estimate of visitors from State 490,000 Delegates and vistors' organizations invited to meat in Chicago during the Exposition 52,000 298,000 Estimated to attend from attractions listed below: Such as President's week, Military week, State days, etc 300,000 300,000 Excursionists en route to Panama Exposi- tion 5,000 50,000 Excursionists in city during summer season 15,000 45,000 $395,000 Total, fex'clu^ng local attendance 272,000 As given above 490,000 Total estimate of attendance.. 862,000 $893,000 THE HISTORIC PAST THE LIVING PRESENT. The management of this Exposition movement appreciate its mag- nificent opportunity to do work which may be beneficially reproduced in scores of lives. While giving due attention to the historic past, they are mainly striving to focalize interest upon the LIVING PRESENT. They will show the actual advances of these people verified by every day evi- dences in shop and field, in home and office, in the kitchen and the school- room. The energy and power of such missionary activity can thus be embodied into intelligent information and manifold willing efforts. The wisdom gained by ordinary experience shows how few people who talk about the "Progress of the Negro" have 'comparatively and reliable knowl- edge gained from personal study and actual information of the subject. How few people realize the tremendous gain which our Negro men and women have made in the past fifty (50) years along the highroad of human endeavor? How startlingly illuminating is this incomplete record which actual study of first hand conditions reveals! The following tables may prove of value in this respect: 18 CONDITION OF THE COLORED RACE 1863. Population, census 1860: Slaves, 3,953,760; Free, 487,970; total 4,441,730 Illiteracy 9 % Value of property, estimated at $1,200,000 Number of colleges and universities 1 Number of college graduates, estimated at 30 Number of practicing physicians and pharmacists Number of lawyers Number of banks operated by Negroes Number of Negro towns Number of newspapers 1 Number of churches owned, estimated at 400 Value of church property $500,000 Membership of Negro churches, estimated at 40,000 Number of children in schools, estimated at 25,000 A HALF CENTURY OF FREEDOM. CONDITIONS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE 1913. Total Negro population (United States) 9,828,294 Homes owned by Negroes 500,000 Churches owned by Negroes 31,393 Church membership 3,207,305 Sunday Schools 24,380 Sunday School scholars 1,448,570 Illiteracy, census 1910 30.5% Value of property, estimated at $1,000,000,000 Number of farms owned 250,000 Number of college and university graduates 8,000 Professional men 75,000 Number of practicing physicians, estimated at 3,500 Number of practicing lawyers 1,500 Number of business men. estimated at 50,000 Number of children in schools 2,000,000 Number of Negro towns 50 Number of Negro teachers 30,000 Land owned by Negroes 20,000,000 acres or 31,000 square miles. Drug stores 300 General stores and other industrial enterprises 20,000 Newspapers and periodicals 398 Hospitals and nurse training schools 61 Banks owned by Negroes 72 Value of church property $65,000,000 Insurance companies 100 62.2 per cent of all Negroes in the United States, 10 years of age and over, are engaged in gainful occupations. 19 Property owned by Negro secret societies $ 8,000,000 Capital stock Negro banks 2,000,000 Annual business done by Negro banks 20,000,000 LIST OP OCCUPATIONS IN WHICH NEGRO FEMALE BREAD- WINNERS, 16 YEARS OP AGE AND OVER, ARE ENGAGED. Number in each occupation All occupations 1,119,653 Agricultural pursuits 434,041 Agricultural laboresses 361,804 Farmers, planters and overseers 71,665 Other agricultural pursuits 572 Professional service 15,050 Actresses, professional show-women, etc 252 Artists and teachers of art '. . 83 Literary and scientific persons 25 Musicians and teachers of music. . 1,159 Officials (Government) 50 Physicians and Surgeons. . . 160 Teachers and Professors in Colleges, etc 13,479 Other professional service 307 Domestic and Personal Service 634,104 Barbers and Hairdressers 981 Boarding and Lodging Housekeepers 3,576 Hotel Keepers 152 Housekeepers and Stewardesses. 9,408 Janitors and Sextons 854 Laborers (not specified) 70,112 Laundresses 215,043 Nurses and Midwives 18,676 Servants and WaUreise^ 313,091 Other domestic and personal service 2,211 Trade and Transportation 3,920 Agents 265 P-cokkespers a^d Accountants 189 Clerks and Copyists 539 Merchants and Dealers (except wholesale) 856 Packers and Shippers 224 Manufacturing and Mechanical Pursuits 32,073 Bookbinders 34 Boot, Shoe Makers and Repairers 66 Boxmakers (paper) 44 Confectioners 67 Glovemakers 10 Gold and Silver Workers 2 Paper and pulp mill operatives 25 20 Printers, Lithographers and Presswomen 96 Rubber Factory Operatives 1 Textile Mill Operatives 481 Carpet Factory Operatives 7 Cotton Mill Operatives 289 Hosiery and Knitting Mill Operatives 15 Silk Mill Operatives 44 Woolen Mill Operatives 70 Other Textile Mill Operatives 56 Textile Workers 24,389 Dressmakers 12,421 Hat and Cap Makers 2 Milliners 169 Seamstresses 11,297 Shirt, Collar and Cuff Makers 109 Tailoresses . 301 Other Textile Workers 90 Tobacco and Cigar Factory Operatives 4,639 Other Manufacturing and Mechanical Pursuits 2,219 RESEARCH WORK. The research work of the Commission is perhaps the most substan- tially developed part of its operations. Information blanks have gone and returned from every part of the world where civilized Negroes live. They prove beyond dispute that the intellectual, moral and spiritual uplift of this important portion of the human race exceeds its material growth. Especially is this true in the American Republic, where from former con- tempt and ridicule, they have passed to the sympathy and wonderment of their white neighbors, while within their own souls the Negro people have arisen from apathy and self-depreciation to more and more just and manly self-assertion. Our research develops that where nine-tenths of the colored people could not read nor write in 1859, today two-thirds can do so. They, to- day, publish three hundred papers and periodicals and their voice and expression are receiving profitable consideration among enlightened peo- ple. Our records present the most original and striking collection of the achievements of the Negro, past and present, ever collated. This accurate, scientific collation vindicates the lessons of history. It is unmistakable proof that all mankind possesses the same fundamental human traits, and the same innate capacities. The development of spe- cial or peculiar talents depends upon cultural environment, and history shows us that this changes from year to year and century to century. "LET US KEEP STEP TO THE MUSIC OP THE REPUBLIC." The whole idea of those who were entrusted with the responsibility of managing the Illinois Half-Century Exposition is beautifully stated in th? above injunction from Mr. Lincoln. Back of it all this is to be "A LESSON IN SIMPLE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!" The aim of this ex- 21 position was not to show the prowess of one race over the other. Far from it. The ideal of unity and co-operation will be all pervasive. The first thing to do is not to emphasize differences, and to formulate plat- forms, tut to come together in a spirit of human brotherhood and to work for those things about which there exists no difference of opinion. Moreover, there is nothing that begets suspicion and distrust so much as ignorance. We are always dubious about the people we do not know, especially if we have teen trained in a traditional belief that they hold wrong views. This inevitably means failure to understand each other, and inability to appreciate the different points of view. Many of our present ecenomic, social and racial difficulties are due to pure ignorance. There remain, of course, the real and valid differences, but the only way in which these can be appreciated and reconciled is by a better under- standing of one another. The exposition had provided many occasions when the workers for human uplift were brought together. The Congress of Religion was a notable event. The Educational Congress and the International Inter- Rac'al fathering was an opportunity such as has never been presented to the world's people to meet together, to study together, and to work together for the upreach and outreach of human kind. 2? AWARDS AND PRIZES GIVEN ON PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND CERAMICS AT THE LINCOLN JUBILEE AND HALF-CENTURY ANNIVERSARY EXPOSITION August 22 to Sept. 16, 1915. Commercial Art. 1st Honorable Mention. Head Poster M. A. Cowdery, Ohio 2nd Honorable Mention. Locomotives (oil) D. Royston, Iowa Architectural Rendering. 1st Honorable Mention. Water Color Paul D. Williams, Cal. Figure (Oil). 1st Honorable Mention W. M. Farrow, Chicago Portrait (Oil). 1st Honorable Mention (Group) J. W. Hardrick, Ind. 1st Honorable Mention (Single water color) Tom Terrell, Chicago 1st Honorable Mention (Group \vater color) Tom Terrell, Chicago Landscapes (Oil). 1st Honorable Mention (Single) . . . B. E. Fountaine, Chicago 1st Honorable Mention (Group) B. E. Fountaine, Chicago 2nd Honorable Mention (Single) G. W. Brooks, Calif. Fruit (Oil). 1st Honorable Mention. . . .- R. M. Williams, Chicago 2nd Honorable Mention Chester A. Diggs, Chicago Corn (Oil). 1st Honorable Mention P.. Chisholm, Chicago Still Life (Oil). 1st Honorable Mention. . W. M. Farrow, Chicago 2nd Honorable Mention G. W. Castone, Chicago 3rd Honorable Mention J. C. Stubbs, Chicago Charcoal Drawing. 1st Honorable Mention Edward Knox, Chicago Not in Competition. Henry Ossawa Tanner Hors concours William A. Harper Deceased Lottie Wilson Moss Deceased 23 China Painting. 1st Honorable Mention (Conventional hand painted) Margaret H. Anderson, Chicago 1st Honorable Mention (Naturalistic decorations) Mrs. Nora C. Lee, Chicago 2nd Honorable Mention (Naturalistic decorations) Mrs. Anna Jefferson, Chicago Judges of the Awards. Mr. William F. Tuttle, Assistant Secretary, Art Institute, Chicago. Mr. T. J. Keane, Dean, Art Institute, Chicago. Miss Carolyn Wade, Instructor in Painting, Art Institute, Chicago. VI. PROGRAMS AND ENTERTAINMENTS. Aside from the exhibits the most potent factor in drawing the splen- did attendance to the Exposition, was the character of the entertainment given from day to day for the amusement and edification of those present. With few exceptions the evening entertainment of week days was given over to fraternal organizations who had been interested in the affair by Major R. R. Jackson. The special Sunday programs for which the Rev. Archibald James Carey was personally responsible were inclined to the religions in character; and instead of an admission fee a silver offering was requested. The different states which interested and drew enthusiastic crowds by providing special programs were Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Missippi, Kansas and New York. Woman's Day, Catholic Day, Ex-Slaves' Day, Hamilton Club Night, Labor Day, the Baptist Convention and the National Medical Association meeting interested many thousand in attendance at the Exposition. EVENTFUL DAYS AT THE LINCOLN JUBILEE EXPOSITION. Coliseum, Chicago, 15th and Wabash Avenue. Dedicatory Exercises, 3:00 P. M August 22 Health Sunday August 22 Folk Lore Musical Festival, 8:00 P. M August 22 "Chicago Day," 10:00 A. M August 23 Woman's Day August 24 Convening National Medical Association August 24 S. M. T. Day and U. B. F August 24 Governor's Day August 25 Grand Army of Republic Day August 25 Eighth Regiment, I. N. G. Day August 25 Spanish War Veterans August 25 Michigan Day August 26 Benjamin Bannecker's Day .August 27 Negro Authors August 27 Hamilton Club Night August 27 Meharry Day August 27 24 New York, Pennsylvania August 28 Southern States Day August 28 Religious Congress August 29 Sunday School and Young Peoples Society August 29 Convention, I. B. P. O. of Elks August 29 Knight Templar Day August 29 Folk Lore Musical Festival, 8:00 P. M August 29 Farmers' Congress August 30 Indiana Day August 30 Educational Congress August 31 Railroad Day August 31 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Day September 1 Roman Catholic Day September 2 Catholic Order of Foresters Day September 2 Presbyterian Day September 3 True Reformers Night September 3 Kentucky Day September 4 Congress of Anti-Slavery Workers September 5 "Peace Day" September 5 Folk Lore Musical Festival, 8:00 P. M September 5 Labor Day September 6 Industrial Congress September 7 Ancient Order of Foresters Day September 7 National Baptist Day September 8 Wisconsin Day September 9 Knights of Pythias Day September 9 Insurance Day September 9 Frederick Douglas Day ( Maryland ) September 9 Tuskegee Day September 10 Mound Bayou Day (Mississippi) September 11 Methodist Day September 12 Folk Lore Musical Festival, 8:00 P. M September 12 National Baptist Woman's Day September 13 Knights of Labor Day September 13 Kansas, Missouri, I.owa and Northwest Day September 13 Fraternal Day September 13 Ohio Day September 13 International Inter-racial Congress September 14 Fraternal Day September 15 Ancient United K. D. of Africa Day. September 15 Closing Day; Illinois Day September 16 -25 INTERN A TIONAL-INTER-RACIAL WOMAN'S MEETING HELD AT THE COLISEUM ANNEX Tuesday. September 14th, 1915, at 2:30 P. M. Mrs. Archibald J. Carey, Presiding. PROGRAM. "AMERICA" Eighth Regiment Band Invocation Rt. Reverend Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., President Illinois Commission Half-Century Celebration. "ILLINOIS" Eighth Regiment Band Factors in the Promotion of International and Inter-Racial Amity: a. Ethical Teaching in the Public Schools -Miss Gertrude E. Eng- lish, Dist. Superintendent, Chicago Public Schools. b. The Woman's Club Movement Miss Harriet E. Vittum, Chicago Woman's Club. c. The Social Settlement Miss Mary McDowell, University of Chi- cago Social Settlement. d. Miscegenation Mrs. Mary Deatherage, Afro-Amerrcan Woman's Aid. S.OLO Mrs. Anita Patti Brown e. Religion Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon, National Council Jewish Women. f. Christian Organizations Mrs. Daniel H. Williams. g. Peace Conferences Miss Emily Napleralski, Polish Women's Alliance, Delegate to The Hague, h. Woman's Civic Evolution Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Wilberforce University, National Federation Colored Women. SOLO Mrs. Martha Broadus Anderson i. The Press, The Stage Mrs. Anna M. Schaedler, National Bureau Advancement Patriotism, j. Personal Initiative Miss Kate Meade, Illinois Chairman, Irish History, k. Unity of Language Mrs. Lester D. Lockwood, Department of French. W. P. H. S. 1. The Protection of Immigrants Mrs. Vittoria Licci, Italian Im- migrants Protective League, m. Protection from Mob Violence Dr. Mary Fitzbutler-Waring, Member Illinois Commission, Half-Century Celebration. South Africa Miss Somtunzi. Japan Mrs. Shimavu. Armenia- Mrs. Flora Nahigian. Bohemia Dr. Marie Schmidtz. "STAR SPANGLED BANNER" Eighth Regiment Band Chicago Day and Illinois Day brought an attendance exceeded only by that on the opening day. 26 The entertainments given by the children of the Louise Training School for Boys, under the supervision of Mrs. Elzabeth McDonald, super- intendent, the one given by the Colored Girls Glee Club of the State Training School for Girls of Geneva, Illinois, Mrs. Carrie O'Connor, super- intendent; the one given by the Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls, Sister Stella supervising; and one by the children of St. Benedict the Moor Convent, supervised by the sisters of Notre Dame, were among the very interesting programs rendered. VII. DEPARTMENTS. The work of the Celebration and Exposition in Illinois was divided into eight general departments as follows: 1. Department of Religion. 2. Department of Education. 3. Department of Military and Naval Affairs. 4. Department of Industry. 5. Department of Social Progress. 6. Department of Fraternal Organizations. 7. Department of Athletics. 8. Miscellaneous Department. DEPARTMENT OP RELIGION. The Department of Religion was the first to be organized. Every denomination in which the Negro holds membership was efficiently can- vassed with most encouraging result. The work of the Department of Religion was to illustrate the religious development of the Negro in each denomination represented in Illinois and the various states. Spe- cial emphasis was laid upon the spiritual and intellectual progress in Negro church life as disclosed by the influence and variety of his religious activity, in addition to the number and material value of church property and schools. To this was added a religious exhibit. The services of the most prominent white and Negro members of the 'church and laity in the United States and many foreign countries were enlisted. The following classification is both unique and invaluable. DENOMINATIONAL ROSTER. (Each individual was either an Honorary Vice President or a mem- ber of the Advisory Council). Baptist 42 Methodist Episcopal 26 African Methodist Episcopal. . . 43 Zion Afr. Methodist Episcopal. . 19 Colored Methodist Episcopal. . . 14 Reformed Episcopal 7 Protestant Episcopal 22 Roman Catholic 36 Jewish 2 Universalist 2 Independent 14 Congregational 16 Presbyterian 28 Christian 2 Christian Science 4 Lutheran 11 Adventist 3 Bartists 5 Total 228. 27 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The Department of Education had the work of combining the ad- vancement of the Negro people in all the lower and higher culture through the Common Schools, High Schools, Academies, Colleges and Universities. The exhibit showed this progress concretely. The leading Colleges, Schools and Seminaries in the United States and Liberia maintained for Negro pupils were brought into touch with the Exposition. THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS. The Department of Military and Naval Affairs demonstrated the fact of the Negro's participation in all the wars of the nation and the military life of the states. This was emphasized by a collection of selected exhibits displaying the prominent part contributed by the Negro soldier and sailor on land and sea as an act of defense and as a support of American insti- tution from early colonial times to the present day. THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY. The Department of Industry illustrated the progress of the Negro in all the lower grades and avenues of employment to which the Negro has been admitted as a wage earner, together with his development along the lines of independent and competitive business enterprise, with appropriate exhibits in agriculture, banking, insurance, real estate, photography, cater- ing, tonsorial, grocery and similar business vocations. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS. The Department of Social Progress embraced Negro advancement and activity in the higher forms of industry and culture, as inventions, the sciences and professions. Aside from a suitable exhibit, representative of the Negro's higher intellectual and industrial life, a sociological congress was held, during which leading sociologists of the races were invited to discuss and consider the different phases of American race relationships. DEPARTMENT OF FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. In this department a wealth of data was gathered and wide publicity given to the whole work of the exposition. DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS. The laurels won by the Negro in the field of athletics were exhibited by the department. THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. The Miscellaneous Department had charge of the lines of Negro activi- ty which are not included in the foregoing departments, such as women's work, historical societies, public comfort, exploration, civics, philanthropic and benevolent movements and in addition to representative exhibits, a mothers' congress was held at which leading female representatives discussed the problems associated with the improvements of Negro home life. 28 COMPLIMENTARY LIST. 1. Mr. George W. Dixon, Chairman of the Citizen's Committee: Transportation to the amount of $250.00. 2. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company: Linoleum for Emergency Hospital. 3. Frank Betz & Company: Hospital furnishings and supplies for safety demonstration of Madison Coal Company miners. 4. Joseph H. Hudlun: Seven large American flags for decorating one office desk. 5. Art Institute: Two works of art oil, Art critics. 6. Carter H. Harrison, Ex-Mayor of Chicago: Work of art, oil. 7. Marshall Field & Company: Draperies for Art Gallery. Lincoln Statue. Arrangement. Critics on Needle Work. 8. Otto Lehmann of "The Fair": Five large show cases. 9. Howard Green: Three show cases. 10. Hillman & Company: Twenty-five yards of material for Tag Day Bags. Use of work and store room for two weeks. 29 ILLINOIS NATIONAL HALF-CENTURY EXPOSITION. EXPOSITION HEADQUARTERS. 128 North La Salle Street, Gi (opposite City Hall), Chicago, U. S, A. OFFICERS President, Ex-Officio Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Governor of Illinois. PRESIDENT Rt, Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D. VICE-PRESIDENT Hon. John Dailey. TREASURER. Maj. George W. Ford. SECRETARY. Thomas Wallace Swann. MEMBERS. Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph D., D D. Hon. W. Duff Piercy. Hon. R. R. Jackson. Hon. Medill McCormick. Mrs. Mary F. Waring, M. D. W. C. Niblack, Chairman, General Finance Committee. Leon Hornstein, Chairman, Local Finance Committee. Miss Annabel Carey, Assistant Secretary. Miss Blossom A. Barton, Stenographer and Assistant Secretary. Mr. James Hale Porter, Chief Field Agent. Rev. H. J. Buckingham, B. A., Assistant to President. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The president, the vice-president, the treasurer, Rev. A J. Carey, Hon. John Dailey, Major R. R. Jackson. 31 LOCAL, FINANCE COMMITTEE. Hon. Leon Hornstein, chairman; Alderman George Harding, Senator Francis, P. Brady, Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop, Dr. A. J. Carey, Albert Nowak, John E. Traeger, Avery Coonley, George W. Dixon. COMMISSION APPOINTED BY MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF CHICAGO. Alderman George P. Harding. Alderman F. Gazzolo, Alderman P. J. Carr, Alderman H. L. Pitte, Alderman V. J. Schaeffer, Alderman Hugh Norris, James Hale Porter, Oscar De Priest, A. H. Roberts, Rev. E. J. Fisher. COMMISSION APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT McCORMICK, OF THE COOK COUNTY (ILL.) BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. Commissioner Albert Nowak. Commissioner Bartley Burg, Commis- sioner Daniel Harris, Commissioner Avery Coonley, Commissioner John J. Gard, Lawrence A. Newby, S. B. Turner, Joanna Snowden Porter. DEPARTMENTS. RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT. Chairman, Bishop William D. Chappelle, 1208 Harden street, Colum- bia, S. C. Rev. L. G. Jordan, Chairman Bureau of Christian Mission, 624 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. P. C. Cooper, Vice-Chairman Bureau of Christian Missions, Lin- coln, 111. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS. Mrs. Theresa G. Macon, Chairman, 506 W. 56th Street, Chicago. Y. W. C. A. Bureau, Mrs. Emma S. Ransom, New York City. Y. M. C. A. Bureau, Mr. L. W. Tucker, Chicago. Bureau of Literature, Mrs. Fannie B. Williams, 4203 St. Lawrence Avenue. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY. Major R. R. Jackson, Temporary Chairman, 3441 State Street, Chi- cago. Mrs. Eva T. Jenifer, Vice-Chairman, 3430 Vernon Avenue, Chicago. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Assistant Chairman, 3226 Prairie Avenue. BUREAU OF CHINA PAINTING. Mrs. Margaret Anderson, Head, Chicago. BUREAU OF INSURANCE AND BANKING. Mr. J. Harold White, Chairman, 1905 E. Jackson Street, Spring- field, 111. George H. White, People's Saving Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. Sylvanus H. Hart, of S. H. Hart, Son & Co., Jacksonville, Fla. R. R. Church, Jr., Solvent Trust Co., Memphis, Tenn. J. W. Francis, Bank of Mound Bayou, Mound Bayou, Miss. Dr. L. K. Atwood, Southern Bank, Jackson, Miss. Dr. W. R. Pettiford. American Penny Savings & Loan Co., Birming- ham. Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., Mechanics' Bank, Richmond, Va. Dr. Eugene Mason, Prudential Savings Bank, Birmingham, Ala. Mrs Maggie Walker, St. Luke's Bank, Richmond, Va. Hon. J. C. Napier, 2225 Fourth Street, Washington, D. C. 32 MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. Mrs Sarah F. Sheppard, Chairman, 1209 Second Street, Peoria, 111. BUREAU OF DENTISTRY. Dr. T R. Mozee, D. D. S., Chicago. DEPARTMENT. OF MILITARY AFFAIRS. Col, John R. Marshall, Chairman. Lieut. Louis B. Anderson, Chicago. Capt. Daniel H. Williams, Chicago. Major Otis B. Duncan, Springfield, Capitol Building. Capt. W. H. Freeman, Jacksonville, 111. Capt. R. A. Byrd (Quincy, 111.), Springfield, 111., Enterprise Sav- ings Bank. Capt. Clinton Hill, Chicago. Capt. Arthur Williams, Metropolis. Lieut. William S. Conway, Peoria, 111. Lieut. Thomas R. Thompson, Springfield, 111. DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS. Mr. C. Bruce Ford, Chairman. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Prof. Benjamin F. Allen, Chairman, Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Dr. Mary F. Waring, Vice-Chairman, 4529 Vincennes Avenue, Chi- cago. Prof. Richard H. Cole, Head High School Bureau, St. Louis, Mo. Miss Mary E. Minnis, Head Common School Bureau, Cairo, 111. DEPARTMENT OF FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. Major Robert R. Jackson, Chairman. Mr. Richard E. Moore, Vice-Chairman, 3265 Vernon Avenue, P. O. Box 10. Dr. Allen A. Wesley, 3100 S. State. Robert H. Hardin, 143 N. Wabash Avenue. Dr. M. R. Bibbs, 2900 S. State Street. Mr. George T. Kersey, 6908 Cornell Avenue. Mr. L. E. Finney, 428 Seventh Street, Cairo, 111. Rev. E. C. .Cole, 1307 E. Capitol Avenue, Springfield, 111. Mrs. C. A. Curl, 3523 Vernon Avenue. Mrs. Hattie Chavis, 3560 Vernon Avenue. Mrs. A. J. Jones, 636 S. Fayette Street, Jacksonville, 111. Mr. Alexander A. Martin, 1200 Cedar Street, Cairo, 111. Mrs. Jennie A. Hatcher, 5321 Dearborn Street. 33 PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. S. B. Turner, Chairman, publisher "Illinois Idea," Chicago. Fred R. Moore, publisher "The Age," New York, N. Y. John Mitchell, Jr., editor "The Planet," Richmond, Va. W. Calvin Chase, Publisher "The Bee," Washington, D. C. Rev. R. E. Jones, editor "Southwestern Christian Advocate," New Orleans. Chris. J. Perry, publisher "The Tribune," Philadelphia, Pa. J. D. Osby, "The Forum," Springfield, 111. Mrs. -Eloise Bibb Thompson, "The Times," Los Angeles, Cal. C. C. Wilson, "The Baptist Truth," Cairo, 111. Rev. George C. Clement, "The Star of Zion," Charlotte, N. C. Henry Allen Boyd, Nashville, Tenn. A. N. Fields, Chicago. R. W. Thompson, Washington, D. C. N. B. Dodson, American Press Association. Prof. R. R. Wright, Jr., "The Christian Recorder," Philadelphia, Pa. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS A Miss Jane Addams, Hull House, Chicago. Benjamin F. Allen, Ph. D., president Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Bishop J. W. Alstork, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Montgomery, Ala. Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, D. D., Protestant Episcopal Church, Chicago. Hon. Charles W. Anderson, collector internal revenue, New York City. Bishop William F. Anderson, D. D., M. E. Church, Cincir-^ti, Ohio. Major William T. Anderson, Wilberforce, Ohio. Hon. Henry Andrus, State senator, Rockford, 111. Mr. Walter B. Anderson, Chicago. Mr. George A. Arthur, Chicago. Thomas Allen, Jacksonville, 111. Mrs. B. R. Ashford, Little Rock, Ark. Mr. E. T. Atwell, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Dillard Artis, Marion, Ind. Henry J. Allen, Baton Rouge, La. David Ballen, Newport, R. I. W. T. Andrews, Sumter, S. C. Dr. W. E. Atkins, Hampton, Va. Rev. A. Anseeuw, Roman Catholic Church, Mansure, La. B Bishop George L. Blackwell, D. D., LL. D., A. M B. Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. M. B. Bailey, State senator, Danville, 111. Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, governor of Connecticut. Hon. Richard J. Barr, State senator, Joliet, 111. 34 Bishop J. W. Bashford, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Peking, China. Hon. R. P. Bass, governor of New Hampshire. Rev. William E. Barton, D. D., First Congregational Church, Oak Park, 111. Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop, Chicago. Hon. Francis P. Brady, State senator, Chicago. Prof. J. W. E. Bowen, D. D., Ph. D., Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. M. P. Boynton, D. D., Baptist Church, Chicago. Hon. William O. Bradley, United States senator, Kentucky. Mr. John J. Brennan, Milwaukee, Wis. Hon. Theodore Brentano, judge superior court, Chicago. Hon. Fred A. Britten, M. C., ninth Illinois? district, Chicago. Rev. Aaron Brown, D. D., secretary V. C. fi. U. Zion Church, Pensa- cola, Fla. Hon. Edward Osgood Brown, judge appellate court, Chicago. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, professor Wilber/ tree University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rev. John P. Brushingham, D. D., M. W. Church, Chicago. Hon. Frank Buchanan, M. C., seventh Illinois district, Chicago. Bishop M. F. Burke, Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Mo. Bishop William Burt, D. D., M. E. Church, Buffalo, N. Y. Hon. Frank M. Byrne, governor of fouth Dakota. Mrs. Pauline Mars-Baxter, Newark, N. J. Hon. Louis A. Bryan, Gary, Ind. Hon. Francis C. Blair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Mr. J. T. Brewington, Jr., Chicago. Dr. J. E. Bell, Pine Bluff, Ark. William J. Brown, New Rochelle, N. Y. Mr. C. H. Barber, Springfield, 111. Mrs. Charles H. Barton. Springfield, 111. Mrs. I. M. Bayliss. Nfvw Orleans, La. T. W. Burton, M. D.. Springfield, 0. E. D. Brown, Wewoka, Okla. F. P. Bronson, Rentiesville, Okla. Dr. Robt. T. Burt.. Clarksville, Tenn. Arthur Banks, Towns^nd, Va. A. F. Brooks Roanoke, ^ 7 a. Capt. J. H. Blodgett, Jacksonville, Fla. Rt. Rev. W E. Burke, D. D.. Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Mo. Andrew Carnegie, of New YOTK James L. Curtis, Esq., New Yorn, N. Y. Mr. W. Calvin Chase, publisher "The Bee," Washington, D. C. Miss Susan B. Cook. Howard Place, Washington, D C. J. A. Cotter, Esq., Chicago. 35 Mrs Coralie Franklin Cook, Washington, D. C. Hon. John M. Chamberlain, mayor, East St. Louis, 111. Rev. J. C. Caldwell, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. Bishop J. S. Caldwell, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Phiadolphia, Pa. Hon. Stephen D. Canaday, State senator, Hillsboro, 111. 3t. Rev. J. F. R. Canevin, Roman Catholic Church, D. D., Pitts- burgh, Pa. ,\!r. Thomas H. Cannon, high chief ranger Catholic Order Foresters, Chicago. Vlon. Joseph M. Carey, governor of Wyoming. Mr. Joseph P. Carmy, city treasurer, Milwaukee, Wis. Dr. Julia Pearl Hughes, Coleman, Washington, D. C. Mrs. John Clarke, Bridgeport, Conn. 'W. H. Caster, Waterbury, Conn. R W. Cooper, Dawson, Ga. F. R. Cabell, Jr., Madisonville, Ky. C. W. Custis, Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Thomas H. Cox, Cambridge, Mass. Dr. H. W. Conrad, Guthrie, Okla. Prof. C. W. Cansler. Knoxville, Tenn. Chas. L. Carter, Norfolk, Va. Dr. E. T. Connor, Clifton Forge, Va. Dr. G. W. Cabaniss, Washington, D. C. Joseph P. Carney, City Treasurer, Milwaukee, Wis. Rev. Ed. Cleary, Roman Catholic Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Carey, Chicago. Rev. Lorenzo D. Case, D. D., Universalist Church, Chicago. Hon. T. B. Catron, United States senator, New Mexico. Bishop William D. Chappelle, D. D.. A. M. E. Church, Columbia, S. C Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. Hon. William E. Chilton, United States senator, West Virginia. Hon. Moses E. Clapp, United States senator, Minnesota. Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., LL. D., president United Society, Chris- tian Endeavor, Boston, Mas?. Rev. George C. Clement, D. D.. editor Star of Zion, Charlotte, N. C. Bishop George W. Clinton, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Melvin E. Coleman. Associated Press, Chicago. Prof. Nathan W. Collier, A. M., Florida Baptist Academy, Jackson- ville, Fla. Bishop James M. Connor, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Little Rock, Ark. Rev. William D. Cook, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Bishop Levi J. Coppin, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Church, Philadel- phia. Pa. C. C. Copeland, Libertyville, 111. Hon. Willett H. Cornwall, State senator, Chicago. Bishop E. Cottrell, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Holly Springs, Miss. 36 Bishop Earl Cranson, D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church, Washington, D. C. Josiah Cratty, Esq., Chicago. Hon. Coe I. Crawford, United States senator, South Dakota. Prof. W. H. Crogman, LL. D., Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, resident commissioner, Lincoln Memorial Committee. Hon. Albert M. Cummins, United States senator, Des Moines, Iowa. Hon. Edward C. Curtis, State senator, Grant Park, 111. Dr. A. M. Curtis, Washington. D. C. Col. Harry Cutler, F. L. Inf., R. I. M., Providence, R. I. Rev. Forrest E. Dager, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadel- phia, Pa. D Mrs. Edward F. Dunne, Springfield, 111. Hon. Charles G. Dawes, president Central Trust Company, Chicago. Hon. Charles S. Deneen, ex-governor of Illinois, Chicago. Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Chicago. Samuel Danziger, editor "The Public," Chicago. Mr. W W. Doyle, Chicago. Mrs. Bertha Williams Doyle, Chicago. Mrs. Lewis H. Douglas, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Charles R. Douglas, Washington, D. C. Clarence S. Darrow, Esq., Chicago. Rev. Pleasant H. Doswell, Danville, Va. Mr. F. Dunlap, Esq., Jacksonville, 111. Dr. James H. Dillard, New Orleans, La. Mr. George Duncan, Jj 1 ., Chicago. Mrs. Clara J. Dailey, Peoria, 111. Col. Jasper T. Darling, Chicago. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, national organizer, N. A. C. W., Chi- cago. Rev. Ozora S. Davis, D. D., president Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago. Col. F. A. Dennison, 8th Regt. I. N. G., Chicago. Hon. Humphrey J. Desmond, Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Inez Rodgers Deach, Past-President Hull House, Chicago. Gen. Frank S. Dickson. adjutant general, Springfield, 111. Hon. William P. Dillingham, United States senator, Vermont. Dr. W. T. Dinwiddie, dentist, Lexington, Ky. Miss Roberta J. Dunbar, recording secretary, N. A. C. W., Provi- dence, R. I. Very Rev. P. H. Durnin, Roman Catholic Church. Milwaukee, Wis. Rev. N. P. Dennis, S. S. J.. Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore, Md Mrs. M. C. Dumas, Washington, D. C. Miss Julia Edith Duff, Normal, 111. C. H. Douelas, Esq., Macon Ga. John Di'ckerson, Fso., Jacksonville, Fla. S. M. Dillard, Ardmore, Okla. 37 E Hon. Adolph O. Eberhart, governor of Minnesota. Mrs. Ella Smith, Wilmnigton, Del. Very Rev. J. Engelbrink, Roman Catholic Church, Opelousas, La. Very Rev. J. Engbaint, Opelousas, La. Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, State senator, Chicago. Mrs. Lucy B. Fallows, Chicago. J. M. Frierson, Houston, Tex. Hon. Woodbridge N. Ferris, governor of Michigan. Rev. E. J. Fisher. D. D., Chicago. Bishop Joseph S. Flipper, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker, ex-United States senator, Ohio. Hon. A. Cameron Forbes, ex-governor general Philippine Islands. Mrs. Hattie E. Ford, Riverton, 111. Hon. Edward J. Forst, State senator, Chicago. Hon. H. Robert Fowler, M. C., twenty-fourth Illinois district, Eliza- bethtown, 111. Hon. N. Elmo Franklin, State senator, Lexington, 111. Hon. W. F. Frear, governor of Hawaii. G His Eminence, James, Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore, Md. Hon. D. Clarence Gibboney, Philadelphia, Pa. Charles S. Gibbs, Esq., Springfield, 111. R. Grief, Martin, Tenn. Mr. C. H. Greene, Chicago. Rev. F. L. Gassier, V. G., Roman Catholic Church, New Orleans, La. Rev. Paul Griffith, Roman Catholic Church, Washington. D. C. Hon. Thomas Gallagher, M. C., eighth Illinois district, Chicago. Col. John J. Garrity, 2d Inf., I. N. G., Chicago. Hon. Edward J. Glackin, State senator, Chicago M. F. Girten, Esq., president American Federation Catholic Societies. Hon. F. A. Garesche, State representative, Madison, 111. Mrs. lone Gibbs, vice-president N. A. C. W., Minneapolis, Minn. W. H. Goler, D. D.. L.L. D., president Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. Hon. Al. F. Gorman, State senator, Chicago. Hon. George E. Gorman, M. C., third Illinois district, Chicago. Rev. James M. Gray, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. Hon. John H. Gray, State senator, Morrison, 111. Hon. Richard Theodore Greener, L.L. D., Chicago. Rev. Frank W Gunsaulus, D. D., Armour Institute, Chicago. H Hon. John M. Haines, governor of Idaho. Hon. H. D. Hatfield, governor of West Virginia. Prof. Charles R. Henderson, D. D., L.L. D., University of Chicago, Chicago. 38 Hon. W. H. Hinebough, M. C., twelfth Illinois district, Ottawa. Mr. H. W. Hammond, Chicago. Rev. Dennis J. Haggerty, Roman Catholic Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Thos. H. Hayes, Memphis, Tenn. C. O. Hunter, Columbia, Tenn. Mr. I. C. Harris, Chicago. Mr. J. Walter Hodge, Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. S. W. Harrison, Ft. Smith, Ark. Jas. E. Hamlin, Raleigh, N. C. . W. Hughes, Tulsa, Okla. W. H. Hackett, Troup, Tex. R. C. Houston, Fort Worth, Tex. Prof. J. W. Hughes, Wheeling, W. Va. Walter P. Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. A. C. Howard, Philadelphia. Prof. W. H. Holtzclaw, Utica, Miss. Dr. George Cleveland Hall, physician, Chicago. Mrs. Theodocia J. Hall, Chicago. Hon. John R. Hamilton, State senator, Mattoon, 111. J. H. W. Howard, journalist, Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop John W. Hamilton, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Bos- ton, Mass. Bishop C. R. Harris, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Salisbury, N. C. Hon. George W. Harris, State senator, Chicago. Rev. William I. Haven, D. D., secretary American Bible Society, New York City. Dr. J. R. Hawkins, financial secretary A. M. E. Church, Washington, D. C. Hon. James H. Hawley. ex-governor of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. Prof. George E. Haynes, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Bishop Wm. H. Heard, Monrovia, Liberia. Hon. Campbell S. Hearn, State senator, Quincy, 111. George Edward Henderson, Blackdom, N. M. Mrs. Lucy H. Henderson, Blackdom, N. M. Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, D. D., M. E. Church, Chattanooga, Mrs. Charles Henrotin, Chicago. Rev. Emil G. Hirsch. D. D., Sinai Congregation, Chicago. Hon. George H. Hodges, governor of Kansas. Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. John Hope, Ph. D., president Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Maclay Hoyne, State's attorney, Chicago- Hon. Robert S. Hudspeth, Jersey City, N. J. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, San Francisco. Hon. George H. M. Hunt, governor of Arizona. Rev. Wm. E. Huntington, D. D., L.L, D., Newton Center, Mass. Hon. C. F. Hurburgh, State Senator, Galesburg, 111. 39 Hon. F. A. Hurley, State senator, Chicago. Bishop John Hurst, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md. I G. P. Inge, Charlottesville, Va. J Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, treasurer N. A. C. W., Columbus, Ohio. M. J. Jones, Boley, Okla. Rev. W. C. Jason, Dover, Del. Frank H. Johnson, Riverside, Cal. Thomas J. Jackson, Anniston, Ala. R. N. Johnson, Esq., Chicago. B. J. Jones, Lake City, Fla. Dr. J. T. Jeter, Oklahoma City, Okla. Dr. R. E. Jones, Richmond, Va. Bishop J. Albert Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. Niels Juul, State senator, Chicago. Rev. J. Simpson, D. D., financial secretary, A. M. E. Zion Church. Mrs. Eva Jenifer, parliamentarian, N. A. C. W., Chicago. Rev. John T. Jenifer, D. D., historian, A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Mrs. R. R. Jackson, Chicago. Bishop Joshua H. Jones, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rev. S. B. Jones, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Peoria, 111. Hon. Walter Clyde Jones, State senator, Chicago. Rev. L. G. Jordan, D. D., secretary Baptist Missions, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson, recorder of deeds, Washington, D. C. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, D. D., L. L. D.. Abraham Lincoln Center, Chicago. Dr. Algernon Brashear Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. A. W. Knight, Chicago Heights. 111. Mr. Patrick Henry Jacobs, Hammonton, N. J. Miss M. Gertrude Jackson, Chicago. K Hon. H. H. Kohlsaat, editor Inter-Ocean, Chicago. Hon. William S. Kenyon, United States senator, Iowa. Miss Edwina B. Kruse, Wilmington. 111. Mr. Gustave Keller, high treasurer Catholic Order Foresters, Apple- ton, Wis. Hon. Kent E. Keller. State senator, Alva, 111. Rt. Rev. James L. Koudelka, D. D., Roman Catholic Church, Supe- rior. Wis. Rev. L. W. Kvles. D. D., editor Zion Quarterly Review, Mobile, Ala. James E. Kefford. Waterbury, Conn. fJ. W. KeiiPhaw. Horatio, S. C. Rev. Joseph F. Kroha. Roman Catholic Church, Elkhart Lake, Wis. L Mrs. Victor F. Lawson, Chicago. Col. Frank O. Lowden, former representative, Illinois, Oregon, 111. 40 Rev. Dr. Joseph S. La Boule, D. D., Roman Catholic Church, Mil- waukee, Wis. Rev. P. 0. Lebeau, Roman Catholic Church, New Orleans, La. E. C. Lamb, Hopkinsville, Ky. J. R. Levy, M. D., Florence, S. C. Hon. F. A. Landee, State senator, Moline, 111. Hon. Luke Lea, United States senator, Tennessee. Rev. M. D. Lee, D. D., general secretary A. M. E. Zion Church, Rock Hill, S. C. Bishop Frederick D. Leete, D. D., M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. James H. Lewis, United States senator, Illinois. Hon. Ernest Lister, governor of Washington. Rev. J. I. Lowe, D. D., business manager A. M. E. Church, Phila- delphia, Pa. Bishop B. F. Lee, D. D., L.L. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. Carey B. Lewis, Journalist, Chicago. J. Gray Lucas, Esq., Chicago. Mrs. Jessie Slater Lee, Springfield, 111. Bishop NaR'hthali Lucccck, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Hel- ena, Mont. Hon. Carl Lundberg, State senator, Chicago. M Bishop William F. McDowell, D. D., L.L. D., M. E. Church, Chicago. Very Rev. Justin McCarthy, D. D., Roman Catholic Church, Balti- more, Md. Frank Mallory, Jacksonville, 111. Edward Mallory, Jocksonville, 111, F. B. McKinney, Waterbury, Conn. Anthony McCarthy, New York, N. Y. Dr. Charles A. Martin. Muncie, Ind. F. W. Mosley, St. Louis, Mo. Geo. H. Mitchell, Greensboro. N. C. E. E. McDaniel, McAlester, Okla. John R. McBeth, Eufaula. Okla. Major R. R. Moten, Hampton, Va. Mrs. Gertrude Bustill Mossell, Philadelphia, Pa. A. E. Manning, publisher "The World," Indianapois, Ind. Dr. Henry McKee Minton, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Joseph D. Mahoney, Avery College, Pittsburgh, Pa. Hon. James McAndrews, M. C., sixth Illinois district, Chicago. Col. Nathan William MacChesney, attorney at law, Chicago. Hon. William H. Maclean, State senator, Chicago. Hon. Martin B. Madden, M. C., first Illinois district, Chicago. Hon. Hugh S. Magill, State senator. Princeton, 111. Charles A. Mair, Chicago. Hon. James R. Mann, M. C., second Illinois district, Chicago. Col. John R. Marshall, Illinois National Guard. Chicago. Rev. Hubbard Henry Maynard, A. M., D. D., Ph. D., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 41 Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, D. D., Chicago. Bishop Francis J. McConnell, D. D., M. E. Church, Denver, Colo. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Chicago. Mrs. Mary E. McCoy, Detroit, Mich. Rev. N. J. McCracken, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Springfield, 111. ,Rev. J. Frank McDonald, D. D., editor Western Christian Record, Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Tomas F. McDonald, high secretary, Catholic Order Foresters, Chicago. Dr. Samuel McDonald, Bushnell, 111. Mrs. C. R. McDowell, auditor, N. A. C. W., Hannibal, Mo. Miss Mary McDowell, U. of C. Settlement, Chicago. Bishop Robert Mclntyre, D. D., L.L. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Oklahoma. Hon. John McKenzie, State senator, Elizabeth, 111. Hon. Raymond D. Meeker, State senator, Sullivan, 111. Prof. Charles E. Merriam, University of Chicago, Chicago. Hon. Charles R. Miller, governor of Delaware. Prof. Kelly Miller, clean of arts and sciences. Howard University. Duse Mohamed, editor Oriental News, London, Eng. Bishop David H. Moore, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Indian- apolis, Ind. Dean L. B. Moore, Ph. D., Howard University, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris, Chicago. Hon. Daniel H. Murray, Assistant Librarian, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. Rev. Johnston Myers, D. D., Immanuel Baptist Church, Chicago. Dr. Theo. R. Mozee, dentist, Chicago. N Hon. Charles Nagle, ex-Secretary of War, St. Louis, Mo. Hugh Norris, alderman, Chicago. Dr. Ida Gray Nelson, D. D. S., Chicago. Isaac G. Nutter, Esq., Atlantic City, N. J. W. H. Noble, Galveston, Tex. Hon. J. Thomas Newsome, Newport News, Va. Hon. J. C. Napier, former Register United States Treasury, Wash- ington, D. C. Bishop John L. Nuelsen, D. D., L.L. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Zurich. Rt. Rev. Edward W. Osborne, D. D.. Protestant Episcopal Church, Springfield, 111. Rev. Thos. M. O'Keefe, Roman Catholic Church, New York City. James L. O'DonnelL Esq., Bloomington, 111. J. B. Osby, Springfield, 111. Mr. Sumner H. Lark, Brooklyn, N. Y. Anthony Overton, Manufacturer, Chicago. G. D. Olden, Topeka, Kan. G. W. Obee, Omaha, Neb. 42 Hon. John M. O'Connor, State senator, Chicago. Hon. John G. Ogiesby, former lieutenant governor, Illinois, Elkhart, 111. Hon. Frank T. O'Hair, M. C., eighteenth Illinois district, Paris, 111. Hon. W. J. Onahan, Chicago. Rt. Rev. D. J. O'Connell, D. D., Roman Catholis Church, Richmond, Va. P Hon. Boies Penrose, United States senator, Pennsylvania. Hon. Miles Poindexter, United States senator, Washington. Hon. Carroll S. Page, United States senator, Vermont. C. W. Posey, Esq., Pittsburg, Pa. Wm. M. Porter, Cincinnati, 0. H. H. Pace, Atlanta. Ga. H. T. Pratt, Baltimore, Md. F. D. Patterson, Greenfield, O. Philmore R. Purnell, Providence, R. I. Hon. C. J. Perry, publisher "The Tribune," Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Charles W. Pierce. Chicago. Mr. M. W. Ponder, Chicago. Hon. John B. Peterson, M. C., Crown Point, Ind. Mrs. Caroline H. Pemberton, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Cordelia Pendleton, Grand Rapids, Mich. Bishop C. H. Phillips, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. W. Duff Piercy, Mount Vernon, 111. Hon. Louis F. Post, Assistant Secretary Labor, Washington, D. C. Commodore James A. Pugh, Chicago. Hon. C. A. Purdunn, former manager Illinois State Reformatory, Marshall, 111. Q Bishop William Quayle, Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minn. Hon. James A. Quinn, Chicago. R Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Boston, Mass. Rt. Rev. Jos. Richter, D. D., Bishop Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Rt. Rev. P. J. Rhode, D. D., Bishop Roman Catholic Church, Chi- cago, 111. Jas. Riley, Beaufort, S. C. Hon. Magnus L. Robinson. Alexandria, Va. Mr. Hcurn Rhodea, Springfield, 111. Dr. S. D. Redmond, Jockson, Miss. John M. Royal, Esq., New York, N. Y. Wm. Marion Reedy, publisher "The Mirror," St. Louis, Mo. Hon. Andrew Russell, Jacksonville, 111. Cornelius Richardson, Richmond, Ind. Rt. Rev. James Rainer, D. D., rector St. Francis (Catholic) Semin- ary. 43 Rev. J. W. Rankin, D. D., secretary missions, A. M. E. Church, New York City. Rev. R. C. Ransom, D. D., editor A. M. E. Church Review, Philadel- phia, Pa. Dr. C. V. Roman, physician, Nashville. Tenn. Rt. Rev. Robert L. Rudolph, D. D., L.L. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, New York. S Hon. David E. Shanahan, State representative, Chicago. Hon. Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Rev. C. Schaaf, O. F. M., Roman Catholic Church, Louisville, Ky. Rev. Joseph A. Shorter, Roman Catholic Church, Leavenworth, Kan. John F. Scanlan, Chicago, 111. Hon. Louis G. Stevenson, Bloomington, 111. Dr. A. W. String, DuMaine, 111. Frank Parker Stockbridge, New York, N. Y. Dr. William A. Sinclair, Philadelphia. Mr. David Spencer, Jacksonville, 111. Mr. Sherman Spencer, Jacksonville, 111. Mr. John Spencer, Grinnell, la. Mr. Harvey Spencer, Mason City, la. Mr. Horace Spencer, Washington, la. L. H. Stewart, Evansville, Ind. J. W. Simmons, Coweata, Okla. Wm. M. Scott, Lawton, Okla. R. W. Smith, M. D., Wagoner, Okla. R. E. Stewart, Muskogee, Okla. J. H. Stevens, Okmulgee, Okla. H. W. Scott, Dallas, Tex. Hon. Adolph J. Sabath, M. C., fifth Illinois district, Chicago. President William S. Scarborough, D. D., L.L. D., Wilberforce Uni- University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Bishop Isaiah B. Scott, Methodist Episcopal Church, Monrovia, Li- beria. Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Rev. John Balcom Shaw, D. D., Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, Cal. L. B. Shepard, Esq., Madison, Wis. Bishop William O. Shepard, D. D., L.L. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas. Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, United States senator, Illinois. Hon. Benjamin F. Shively, United States senator, Indiana. Gen. Robert Smalls, Beaufort, S. C. Mrs. Annie Bustill Smith, Princeton, N. J. Bishop Charles S. Smith, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Detroit, Mich. Bishop Charles W. Smith, D. D., M. E. Church, St. Louis, Mo. Hon. Thomas Sterling, United States senator, South Dakota. Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, former Vice-President United States Bloom- ington, 111. Mrs. Frances E. Still, Philadelphia, Pa. 44 Mrs. Mamie E. Stewart, recording secretary, N. A. C. W., Louisville, Ky. Bishop C. W. Stewart, D. D., Colored M. E. Church, Birmingham, Ala. Rev. H. E. Stewart, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Evanston, 111. Rev. T. G. Steward, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rabhi Joseph Stolz, D. D., Chicago. Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D., pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. Hon. William Sulzer, New York. T Bishop Henry M. Turner, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. W. A. Tunnell, Howard University, Washington, D. C. Mr. Pedro T. Tinsley, Chicago. J. Edward Thompson, Springfield, Ills. Watt Terry, Esq., Brockton, Mass. James C. Thomas, Esq., New York, N. Y. Watt Terry, Esq., Brockton, Mass. James C. Thomas, Esq., New York, N. Y. Bishop J. N. Thoburn, D. D., L.L. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Meadville, Pa. Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield, D. D., L.L. D., M. E. Church, New Or- leans, La. Hon. Charles M. Thompson, M. C., tenth Illinois district, Chicago. Rev. Edward Thomson, D. D., general secretary Sunday League of America, St. Louis, Mo. Hon. F. Jeff Tossey, State senator, Toledo, Ohio. Bishop Evans Tyree, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert. chairman executive board N. A. C. W., Buffalo, N. Y. U Mr. Frederic W. Upham, president Consumers Co., Chicago. Rev. C. R. Uncles, D. D., Epiphany Apostolic College, Baltimore. V Hon. F. A. Van Valkenburg, Philadelphia, Pa. Samuel H. Vick, Wilson, N. C. W Hon. John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pa. Bishop Alexander Walters, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, New York City. Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Rev. J. Milton Waldron, D. D., Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. Edward T. Ware, Ph. D., pesident Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. Bishop A. J. Warner, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Charlotte, N. C. Prof. Edgar H. Webster, D. D., Ph. D., Atlanta University, Atlnata, Ga. Rev. L. J. Welbers, S. S. J., San Antonio, Tex. Hon. Oswald West, governor, Oregon. 45 Bishop R. S. Williams, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Augusta, Ga. Dr. Daniel H. Williams, physician, Chicago. Rev. Edwin Sidney Williams, D. D., Congregational Church, New York City. Bishop Luther B. Wilson, D. D., LL. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City. Rev. Joseph D. Wilson, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadel- phia, Pa. Rev. J. W. Wood, D. D., secretary missions, A. M. E. Zion Church, Indianapolis, Ind. Hon. D. T. Woodard, State senator, Benton, 111. Hon. J. T. Womack, State senator, Equality, 111. Rev. L. J. Welters, S. S. J., Roman Catholic Church, San Antonio, Tex. G. Grant Williams, Philadelphia, Pa. F. C. Windham, Birmingham, Ala. C. M. C. Willis, Indianapolis, N. C. Rev. Douglas Williston, Fayetteville, N. C. J. E. Whitfield, Tallahassee, Okla. J. T. Walton, M. D., San Antonio, Tex. N. E. Williams, Elderville, Tex. F. L. Woodard, Navasota, Tex. Elmer J. Williams, Sherman, Tex. Dr. B. F. White, Huntington, W. Va. M. F. Whittico, Keystone, W. Va. Mrs. Neeton A. Williams, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Ida Jones Walker, Decorator, Chicago. Mr. James R. Wilson, Danville, Va. Mrs. Josephine Turpin Washington, Montgomery, Ala. Hon. Ewing Winslow, Boston, Mass. Y Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent public instruction, Chicago. Maj. Charles Young, U. S. A., Monrovia, Liberia. Lieut. W. H. York, military attache, Monrovia, Liberia. ADVISORY COUNCIL. A Dr. Phillip J. Allston, chemist, Boston, Mass. Dr. Hiram E. Archer, Ph. D., Payne University, Selma, Ala. Hon. John A. Atwood, State representative, Stillman Valley, 111. Mr. Julius N. Avendorph, Chicago. Dr. Matthew Anderson, president Berean M. T. School, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Caroline V. Anderson, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa. B Prof. W. E. Du Bois, editor Crisis, New York City. Hon. George B. Baker, State representative, Golconda, 111. 46 Hon. Edward Barker, State representative, McLeansboro, 111. Hon. Robert Barren, State representative, Chicago. Rev. Ernest A. Bell, D. D., Midnight Mission, Chicago. Rev. John H. Bell, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Rev. I. W. Bess, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Osceola, Iowa. Mrs. Charles H. Betts, Chicago. Mrs. Anna W. Blackwell, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. Joseph C. Blaha, State representative, Chicago. Miss Sarah A. Blocker, Jacksonville, Pla. Mrs. M. E. Bowman, Chicago. Rev. A. Boyd, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Moline, 111. Mrs. Florence C. Bruce, Yonkers, N. Y. Mr. John Edward Bruce, Yonkers, N. Y. Hon. Randolph Boyd, State representative, Galva, 111. Hon. Thomas A. Boyer, State representative, Chicago. Rev. D. W. Brown, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Washington, Iowa. Rev. P. James Bryant, D. D., Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. I. M. Burgan, D. D.. president Paul Quinn, Waco, Tex. Mrs. C. L. Burgess, Chicago. Hon. W. F. Burres, M. D., State representative. Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, director Young Women's Work, N. A, C. W. Dr. H. R. Butler, physician, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. S. S. Butler, Atlanta, Ga. C Mr. George William Cook, A. M., LL. M., secretary, Howard Univer- sity. Rev. Martin C. Cady, D.D., M. E. Church, Chicago. Rev. Wm. A. Creditt, D. D., Sherry Street Baptist Church, Philadel- phia, Pa. Hon. Thomas Campbell, State representative, Rock Island, 111. Hon. Charles H. Carmon, State representative, Forrest, III. Rev. E. R. Carter, D. D., Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. W. H. Carwardine, D.D., M. E. Church, Chicago. Hon. Franklin S. Catlin, State representative, Chicago. Rev. R. H. Cato, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Elgin, 111. Mr. R. M. Caver, secretary National Baptist Ben. Association, Little Rock, Ark. Mr. A. W. Claphan, Camden, N. J. Mrs. Belle Wood Claphan, Camden, N. J. Prof. Lewis S. Clark, Ph. D., D. D., president Knox Institute, Athens. Ga. Hon. Maurice J. Clark, State representative, Chicago. Rev. Ed. Cleary, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand, dentist, national president American Flag Day Association. Hon. Charles F. Clyne, State representative, Aurora, 111. Rev. A. J. Cobb, D. D., editor Christian Index, C. M. E. Church, Jack- son, Tenn. 47 Rev. E. C. Cole, D. D., Springfield, 111. James Herald Coleman, Blackdom, N. M. Hon. John Coleman, State representative, Rochelle, 111. Rev. L. E. Christy, D. D., Springfield, 111. Dr. Eugene G. Covington, physician, Bloomington, 111. Mrs. Annie J. Cooper, Washington, D. C. Mrs. John W. Cromwell, Washington, D, C. Mrs. L. W. Cummins, Chicago. Hon. Charles Curren, State representative, Mound City. Mrs. A. M. Curtis, Washington, D. C. D Thos. C. Day, Esq., Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Katherine H. Day, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Julia Duncan, Springfield, 111. Mrs. Inez Rodgers Deach, past president Hull House Assn., Chicago. Mrs. Augusta I. Deal, Riverton, 111. Dr. John Deal, physician, Riverton, 111. Rev. H. H. DeWitt, D. D., Baptist Church, Jacksonville, 111. Mrs. M. L. Dinglespiel, Chicago. Mr. N. B. Dodson, American Press Association, New York City. Mrs. T. C. Dorroh, children's department, N. A. C. W., Jackson- ville, Fla. Rev. T. F. Dornblaser, D. D., Lutheran Church, Chicago. Mrs. I. N. Dunlap, Chicago. Very Rev. P. H. Durnin, Milwaukee, Wis. Rt. Rev. P. J. Donohue, Roman Catholic bishop, Wheeling, W. Va Hon. E. M. Duvall, State representative, Lewiston, 111. E Hon. R. H. Elliott, State representative, Monmouth, 111. Hon. N. B. Elliott, State representative, Williamsfield, 111. Hon. George W. Elis, attorney at law, Chicago. Rev. P. S. Erwin, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Des Moines, la. Hon. James M. Etherton, State representative, Carbondale, 111. F Charles S. Fallows, Esq., New York City. Hon. Edwin T. Farrar, State representative, Chicago. Rev. J. H. Ferribee, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Glencoe, 111. Prof. W. W. Fisher, Evanston, 111. Hon. George Fitch, State representative, Pecria, 111. Mr. Bernard W. Fitts, Chicago. Hon. Norman G. Flagg, State representative, Moro, 111. Hon. Charles W. Fleming, State representative, Danville, 111. Rev. Durant Ford, Seventh Day Advent Church, Chicago. Hon. Henry A. Foster, State representative, Fairbury, 111. Dr. W. A. Fountain, president Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. W. T. Francis, St. Paul, Minn. 48 Mr. Frank D. Fulton^ attorney general, Chicago & North Weslera Railroad, Chicago. Mrs. G. G. Funk, Chicago. Dr. Sumner A. Furniss, Indianapolis. Ind. G Rev. F. L. Gassier, V. G., New Orleans, La. Hon. J. D. Glasgow, mayor, Washington, Ik. Hon. E. D. Green, ex-State representative, Chicago. Rev. M. I. Gordan, D. D., Ottawa, la. Hon. Thomas N. Gorman, State representative, Peoria, 111. Mrs. Belle Graves, Evanston. Hon. Charles S. Graves, State representative, Evanston, 111. Rev. W. H. Griffin, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, D. D., secretary educational board, Baptist Church, Memphis. Hon. John Gorman, State representative, Chicago. H Bishop Jos. C. Hartzell, D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church, Rhodesia, Africa. Rev. R. H. Hackley, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. Mrs. Sadie Black Hamilton, N. A. C. W., Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. C. A. W. Hasselrris, president Danish American Association, Chi- cago. Mr. Frank L. Hatch, Springfield, 111. Bishop, Wm. H. Heard, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Monrovia, Liberia. Hon. Michael F. Henneby, State representative, Wilmington, 111. Mrs. Martha Hicklin, Springfield, 111. Rev. James Higgins, D. D., Chicago. Mrs. James Higgins, Chicago. Prof. C. Walter Hill, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. George Hoagland, D. D., Christian Church, Bloomington, 111. Hon. William P. Holoday, State representative, Danville, 111. Hon. T. A. Hollister, State representative, Freeport, 111. Rev. Solomon Porter Hood, D. D., Trenton, N. J. Hon. R. D. Hunt, State representative, DeKalb, 111. Miss Charlotte E. Hunter, Washington, D. C. Hon. Charles G. Hutchinson, State representative, Chicago. Hon. Leon Hornstein, assistant corporation counsel, Chicago. I Hon. Michael G. Igoe, State representative, Chicago. Rev. E. W. D. Isaac, D. D., national secretary, B. Y. P. U., Nashville, Tenn. J Mrs. Joshua H. Jones, Wilberforce, Ohio. Mrs. E. B. Jackson, N. A. C. W., rescue department, Lexington, Ky. Mr. George H. Jackson, attorney at law, Chicago. Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, D. D., Baptist Church, Chicago. Mrs. Elizabeth Jiles, Chicago. 49 Rev. A. L. Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Sioux City, Iowa. George H. Johnston, Milwaukee, Wis. Rev. H. E. Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Chicago, Waukegan, 111. K Col. Charles R. E. Koch, past adjutant general G. A. R., Evanston, 111. Hon. Charles A. Karch, State representative, Belleville, 111. Mr. Samuel J. J. Kellogg, Washington, Iowa. Hon. Edward J. King, State representative, Galesburg, 111. Mrs. Georgia Swift King, president W. C. F. N., Atlanta, Ga. Hon. R. D. Kirkpatrick, State representative, Benton, 111. Mrs Thelka S. Kjellber, Chicago. Mr. George L. Knox, editor Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind. L Hon. Geo. A. Lawrence, Galesburg, 111. Mrs. David Rudolph Lawrence, Chicago. Rev. Buchanan Lewis, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Mr. J. C. Lewis, principal Sumner High School, Cairo, 111. Rev. T. W. Lewis, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Mr. Alain LeRoy Locke, Camden, N. J. Mrs. Sarah Lough, Chicago. Rev. William B. Lowery, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Hon. T. E. Lyon, State representative. Springfield. M Hon. William McKinley, Speaker, House of Representatives, Illinois. Mrs. M. C. B. Mason, temperance department, N. A. C. W., Cincin- nati, Ohio. Dr. M. A. Majors, physician, Chicago. Rev. E. J. Martin, D. D., general officer C. M. E. Church, Jackson, Tenn. Rev. E. T. Martin, D. D., Baptist Church, Chicago. Mrs. Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Washington, D. C. Hon. Joseph M. Mason, State representative, Chicago. Hon. Si Mayer, alderman, Chicago. Hon. William R. McCabe. State representative, Lockport, 111. Rev. F. A. McCoo, D. D., Baptist Church. Chicago. Mr. A. R. Miller, editor The Democrat, Washington, Iowa. Mr. John W. Monroe, grand master U. B. F., Quincy, 111. Mr. John F. Moreland. national secretary Y. M. C. A., Charlotte, N. C. Mr. F. D. Motts, Washington. Iowa. Mr. Frederick R. Moore, editor New York Age, New York City. Hon. William W. McCormick. State representative, Emden, 111. Hon. John P. McGoorty, judge circuit 'court, Chicago. Rev. J. T. Merrett, D. D., A. M. E. Church. Racine, Wis. 50 Mr. George Miller, corner Charles and Mount Royal, Baltimore, Md. Hon. Ezra E. Miller, State representative, Naperville, 111. Hon. Benjamin M. Mitchell, state representative, Chicago. Mr. Richard E. Moore, Chicago. Hon. Frank W. Morrasy, State representative, Sheffield, 111. Hon. J. L. Morriss, State representative, Springfield, 111. Mrs. Anna E. Murray, Washington, D. C. Rev. B. N. Murrell, D. D., Baptist Church, Peoria, III. Hon. L. B. McWilliams. State representative, East St. Louis, 111 N Mrs. J. C. Napier, educational department, N. A. C. W., Washington, D. C. Hon. Barratt O'Hara, Lieut. Gov., 111. Dr. A. J. Ochsner, physician, Chicago. Hon. J. J. O'Rourke, State representative, Harvey, 111. Rev. L. H. Owens, A. M. E., Fairfield, Iowa. Hon. Albert H. Putney, State Department, Washington, D. C. Rev. H. J. Parker, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Buxton, Iowa. Mr. F. D. Patterson, Greenfield, Ohio. Rev. Francis J. Peterson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Rev. J. D. Peterson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Beloit, Wis. Mrs E. V. Poindexter, Chicago. Hon. E. F. Poorman, State representative, Mattoon, 111. Rev. Robert L. Pope, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Denver, Colo. Hon. Walter M. Provine, State representative, Taylorville, 111. Q C. C. Quale, M. D., Chicago. R Hon. John M. Rapp, State representative; Fairfield, 111. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reed, A. M., L. H. D., Chicago. Hon. William Riddle, mayor Atlantic City, N. J. Hon. Walter E. Rinehart, State representative, Effingham, 111. Mrs. Minnie E. Roach, Chicago. Rev John W. Robinson, D. D., Chicago. Hor Fred B. Roos, State representative, Forest Park, 111. Hoi.. Isaac S. Rothschild. State representative, Chicago. Hon. William Rowe, State representative, Saybrook, 111. Hon. Frank J. Ryan, State representative. Chicago. S Hon. Jonn S. Schnepp, mayor, Springfield, 111. Rev. \V. A. Searcy, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Monmouth, 111. Hon. Harry S. Shaver, State representative, Chicago. Hon. Henry A. Shepard, State representative, Jerseyville, 111. Hon. R. E. Sherman, State representative, Chicago. 51 Hon. Edward D. Shurtleff, State representative, Marengo, 111. Hon. S. Elmer Simpson, State representative, Carrollton, 111. Rev. J. P. Sims, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Keokuk, Iowa. Hon. Edward J. Smejkal, State representative, Chicago. Rev. W. R. Sawhill, D. D., pastor Second Presbyterian Church, Wash- ington, Iowa. rJcn. Harry C. Smith, editor, The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio. Hoti Frank J. Snite, State representative. Chicago. Rev &. W. Stansberry, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Dubuque, Iowa. Rev. \Villiam H. Stark, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Bedford, Iowa. Dr. George W. Stoney, physician, Augusta, Ga. Rev. T. B. Stovall, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Davenport, Iowa. T Mrs. George W. Sublett, Chicago. Rev. Wm. Tracy, D. D , Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev B. W. Taylor, D. D., A. M. E- Church, Des Moines, Iowa. Hon John H. Taylor, State representative, Chicago. Rev. R. Thomas, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Kewanee, 111. Hon. H C. Thompson, State representative, Piper City, 111. Mr. John L. Thompson, editor, Iowa Bystander, Des Moines. Mr. Noah D. Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. P. P. Thompson, Jacksonville, 111. Hon. Homer J. Tice, State representative, Greenview, 111. Mrs. B. A. Townsend, Chicago. Hon. C. J. Tucker, State representative, Decatur, 111. Mrs. Laura J. Turner, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. S. B. Turner, editor, Illinois Idea, Chicago. Mr. Zach Twyman, Moaipouth, 111. W Mrs. Edwin Sidney Williams, New York City. Mrs. Maggie Walker, St. Luke's Bank, Richmond, Va. Rev. Thomas W. Wallace. D. D.. East St. Louis, 111. Mrs. Leigh H. Wallace, Washington National Bank, Washington, Iowa. ffon. S. A. T. Watkins, assistant corporation counsel, Chicago. Mr. Lester A. Walton, managing editor The Age, New York City. Mr. Charles Ward, secretary La Salle Street National Bank. Chicago. Hon. James A. Watson, State representative, Elizabeth Town, 111. Mrs. Cecelia Webb, Evanston, 111. Hon. Joseph A. Weber, State representative, Chicago. Hon. Everett L. Wert. State representative, Oquawka, 111. Mrs. Olive Black Whealand. Riverton, 111. Rev. Abel M. White, D. D., Universalist Church, Chicago. Rev. John A. White, D. D., member New Jersey Emancipation Com- mission. Hon. Francis E. Williamson, State representative, Urbana, 111. Mrs. Mary T. Williams, Chicago. 52 Mrs. Marion B. Wilkinson, Orangeburg. S. C . Rev. J. S. Woods, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Milwaukee, Wis. Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams, physician, Chicago. Hon. George H. Wilson, State representative, Chicago. Hon. Charles L. Wood, State representative, Bluford, No. 2, 111. Mr. J. G. Wray, attorney at law. Chicago. Mr. William F. Wright, Evanston, 111. DELEGATES TO ILLINOIS EXPOSITION APPOINTED BY GOVERNORS OF AMERICAN STATES. ARIZONA. Miss Fannie Alexander, Bisbee. Mr. Alvin Booth, Globe. Mr. Cicero C. Simmons, Tucspn. Mrs. Alvin Booth, Globe. Mr. Frank Shirley, Phoenix. Rev. Edward Jones, Douglas. Mrs. T. U. Branch, Douglas. Rev. J. R. Rector, Douglas. Mr. Charles Phillips, Tucson. Mr. J. E. Walton, Phoenix. Mr. Paul Green, Phoenix. COLORADO. Rev. James Washington, Denver. Mr. O. T. Jackson, Masters. Mrs. Jennie Henderson, Colorado Mr. Arthur Newsome, Akron. Springs. Dr. D. A. Grant, Colorado Springs. Mr. George Collier, Wiggins. Mrs. Gertrude Ross, Denver. Mr. H. L. James, Leadville. Mrs. Clara B. Franklin, Masters. D^. R. A. Henderson, Pueblo. IOWA. Mr. R. N. Hyde, Des Moines. Mr. John A. Spencer, Grinnell. Mr. George Woodson, Albia. Mr .Al. Walker, Marshalltown. Mr. S. Joe Brown, Des Moines. Mrs. Ruth Bright, Davenport. Capt. W. H. Milligan, Cedar Mrs. J. B. Rish, Des Moines. Rapids. Mrs. Wells Fowler, Ottumwa. Mr. John L. Thompson, Des Moines. KANSAS. Hon. W. I. Jameson, Topeka. Dr. W. H. Hudson, Atchison. Judge I. F. Bradley, Kansas City. Hon. W. L. Sayers, Hill City. Dr. D. L. Stewart, Nicodemus. Miss Lula B. Harris, Topeka. Mr. J. S. Groves, Edwardsville. Mrs. G. G. Brown. Wichita. Pres. H. T. Kealing, Quindaro. Mrs. W. I. Jameson, Topeka. KENTUCKY. Mr. John W. Hayes, Henderson. Mr. P. W. Williams, Frankfort. Mr. John B. Caulder, Lexington. Mr. W. S. Coleman, Bowling Green. Mr. J. S. Estill, Mt. Sterling. Mr. J. H. Garvin, Winchester. Mr. J. D. M. Russell, Richmond. Mr. W. H. Wright, Louisville. Mr. Edward E. Murrell, Danville. 53 LOUISIANA. Dr. L. T. Burbage, New Orleans. Mrs. Ella Hurst, New Orleans Prof. J. B. La Fargue, Alexandria. Mr. Robert E. Jones, New Orleans Dr. M. R. Dixon, New Orleans. Prof. J. R. Reynolds, Baldwin. Mrs. F. J. Gaudet, New Orleans. Mr. V. P. Thomas, New Orleans. Rev. A. Hubbs, New Orleans. Mrs. S. F. Williams, New Orleans. MICHIGAN. Mr. Thomas Jefferson, Grand Rapids. Mrs. Adela Pendleton, Grand Mr. C. A. Warren, Lansing. Rapids. Mr. Oscar W. Baker, Bay City. Mrs. Grace Sims, Grand Rapids. Rev. S Henri Browne, Grand Rev. Louis Pettiford, Kalamazoo. Rapids. Mrs Henry William, Kalamazoo. Mrs. Mary E. McCoy, Detroit. Mr. Francis H. Warren, Detroit. Mrs. Charles Spencer Smith, De- Mr. Wilmot A. Johnson, Lansing. troit. Mr. W. R. Roberts, Lansing. MINNESOTA. Mr. Jordan M. Morris, Minneapolis. Mr. George B. Kelly, Duluth. Hon. Wm. R. Morris, Minneapolis. Mr. John Q. Adams, St. Paul. Hon. Brown S. Smith, Minneapolis. Hon. William T. Francis, St. Paul. Mrs. John M., Allison, Minneapolis. Mrs. Richard Chapman, St. Paul. Mrs. Chas. H. Robinson, Minne- Mr. William F. Williams, St. Paul, apolis. OHIO. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Wilberforce. Mr. Ida Joyce Jackson, Columbus. Mr. Phillip Bush, Lima. Miss Dora Johnson, Norwalk. Mr. W. E. Clemens, Dayton. Mr. Ollie Gregory, Springfield. Mr. J. W. White, Steubenville. Mr. Albert Smith, Cncinnati. Mrs. Hattie Price, Cleveland. OKLAHOMA. Mrs. Hattie P. Jacobson, Oklahoma City. Mrs. Matie Myers, Poeter, Okmul- Mr. S. D. Russell, Taft. gee. Mr. E. E. McDaniels, McAlester. Mrs. Lavinia B. Sneed, Guthrie. Mr. G. A. Kenyon, Ardmore. Mr. Wm. Harrison, Oklahoma City. Mr. E. E. Hall, Hennessey. Mr. W. E. Day, Muskogee. OREGON. Dr. J. A. Merriman, Portland. Mr. J. C. Logan, Portland. Mr. C. H. Maxwell, Salem. Mr. Edwd. W. Rptherford, Portland. Mr. O. L. Lynthecom, Salem. Mr. A. Ballard, Portland. Mrs. W. D. Allen, Portland. Mr. E. Richardson, Portland. Mrs. V. E. Keene, Portland. PENNSYLVANIA. Mr. Carl W. Bolliver, Philadelphia. Mrs. Mollie Durham Randolph, Mrs. Marguerite Dutriueille, Phila- Pittsburg. delphia. Mr. W. Justin Carter, Harrisburg. 54 Mr. John S. Hicks, Erie. Dr. George W. Bowels, York. Mr. William M. Stanton, Pittsburg. Mrs. Ella Gladman, West Chester. Mr. James M. Auter, Harrisburg. Mr. C. J. Perry, Philadelphia. NEW MEXICO. Rev. A. Richard, Albuquerque. Mr. George W. White, Roswell. Mrs. A. Richard, Albuquerque. Mr. George Williams, Silver City. Mr. John Spurlock, Raton. Mr. Joseph Marable, Las Vegas. Mrs. John Spurlock, Raton. Mr. John W. Hughes, Las Cruces. Dr. James Dennis, Albuquerque. Mr. William Vaughn, Santa Fe. TEXAS. Mr. D. Abner, Jr., Conroe. Mr. J. R. Gibson, Galveston. Mr. W. L. Dixon, Gilmer. Mr. N. Q. Henderson, Houston. Mr. R. S. Lovingood, Austin. Mr. H. B. Pemberton, Marshall. Mr. M. W. Dogan, Marshall. Mr. R. L. Smith, Waco. Mr. C. H. Maxon, Marshall. Mr. J. W. McKinney, Sherman. WEST VIRGINIA. Dr. R. L. Gordon, Thurmond. Mrs. C. H. James, Charleston. Mr. James E. Ellis, Oak Hill. Mrs. J. M. Hazelwood, Charleston. Dr. C. C. Barnett, Huntington. Mrs. William Turner, Wheeling. Prof. J. W. Scott, Huntington. Mr. N. T. Whittico, Keystone. Prof. J. T. Jefferson, Parkersburg. Dr. H. P. Stillyard, Wheeling. Dr. J. W. Sheelcroft, Parkersburg. Mrs. A. G. Froe, Welch. WISCONSIN. Mrs. T. C. Clark, Milwaukee. Mr. G. H. DeRees, Milwaukee. Mrs. R. B. Montgomery, Milwaukee. Mr. J. D. Cook, Milwaukee. Mrs. Oscar Horton, Milwaukee. Prof. G. W. Murphy, Milwaukee. Rev. J. S. Woods, Milwaukee. Mr. S. R. Banks, Madison. Rev. G. J. Fox, Milwaukee. Mr. William Miller, Madison. Dr. A. S. Herron, Milwaukee. WYOMING. Rev. J. A. Waring, Cheyenne. Mr. J. T. Muse, Cheyenne. Mr. N. I. Smith, Cheyenne. Rev. W. S. Hall, Laramie. Mr. Willie Benjamin, Cheyenne. Rev. A. J. Dillingsly, Evanston. Mrs. W. M. Redd, Cheyenne. Mr. H. E. Jefferson, Cheyenne. Miss S. K. Thistle, Cheyenne. Rev. C. O. Smith, Cheyenne. 55 V- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA 30112041480176