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THE GAZETTE. One Year $1 50 Six Months 1 00 Three Months 50 Subscribers are requested to remit by post office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH, Member Ohio Legislature, } 1894 to 1898, 1900 to 1902. CLEVELAND, OHIO, FEB. 10. 1900. THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. There are a number of our readers who, if they will, can very materially assist us in locating agents and correspondents. We sincerely trust that they will do so promptly without waiting longer. Does this mean you, reader? RETURNING JUDGMENT. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1900. peace be established and the south has every thing to gain and nothing to lose. ILLITERATE AND HIDE-BOUND SENATOR MORGAN. Fruit Jar Makers Combine. Indianapolis, Feb. 9.—Fruit jar makers of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, representing the entire production of the country, adjourned Thursday after completing an organization whereby hereafter it is said all the product will be sold from a Muncie factory and each factory will share in profits as per capital invested. Jobbers have not been allowed to buy this year as yet and the entire season's business is yet in the hands of the manufacturers, who have advanced prices 25 per cent. Frick and Carnegie Quarrel. Pittsburg, Feb. 9.—A story to the effect that H. C. Frick, former president of the Carnegie Steel Co., has decided to go into court to ascertain the value of his holdings in that company is apparently confirmed. One of the principal counsel for Mr. Frick admitted last night not only that such action would be taken, but that the suit might possibly be entered to-day. It is reported that as a result of the late dispute between Mr. Frick and Mr. Carnegie, the former decided to sell his stock and retire from the firm. Shoe Dealers Assign. Shoe Dealers Assign. Akron, Feb. 7.—S. E. Phinney & Co. the largest boot and shoe house in the city, assigned yesterday. The liabilitise are between $50,000 and $60,000, and the assets about $30,000. DEMOCRACY'S DISCORD. The Suicidal Course Recommended by Bryan to His Party. The Jackson day celebrations bring out in a strong light the discord and demoralization which prevail in the party of which Jackson was one of the founders. Grover Cleveland, the only man the democratic party has elected president for 40 years, in a letter written for publication on Jackson day, declares he wishes it was to be printed at a time "when saner counsels prevailed in the party which he (Jackson) did so much to strengthen and place upon firmer foundations. "It seems to me," the ex-president adds, "that the inconsistency of unreasoning and false party leadership is impressively exhibited when the claim is made that Jacksonian democracy sanctions the degradation of the people's currency and a reckless disregard of the restraints of law and order." This is the voice of one of the lights of the old democracy—of the democratic party which Jefferson and Jackson created and led, and which governed the United States, except for one or two short intervals, from 1801 to 1861. Another prominent democrat, in a banquet at Omaha, was making an appeal at a celebration of Jackson day for a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform of 1896 and for a new crusade in favor of base money. This was William J. Bryan. To Bryan the defeat of himself and his cause in 1896 and the prosperity which that overthrow brought to the country means nothing. He is as devoted to the 50-cent dollar now as he was four years ago, and he wants to put in the platform of 1900 another doctrine which would be as abhorrent to Jefferson and Jackson as dishonest money would be. This is the doctrine of territorial contraction. Bryan wants the flag to be pulled down in the Philippines, and he urges this while pretending to be devoted to the memory of Jefferson, who got the Louisiana province from France, and he urged it at a celebration of a day dedicated to the memory of the man who upset Spanish sovereignty in Florida and constrained Spain to make the treaty with the United States which gave Florida to this country. The placing of Bryan in juxtaposition with Cleveland will show the wide divergence which the democratic party has made in the past few years from the creed of its founders. The suicidal course which Bryan recommends to his party will not be adopted this year without a strong opposition from an element of the party which urged it four years ago. Ex-Gov. Boies, also at a Jackson day celebration, declared that the democratic defeat of 1896 was due solely to the free silver crusade, and he said "a repetition of the course we pursued that year is as absolutely certain to lead to a worse defeat in this national canvass as this canvass is to come." Boies was a 50-cent-dollar man in 1896, but he is not a bourbon. He learns something from adversity. Undoubtedly the Boies faction is strong in the democratic party, but the Bryan wreckers are probably still in the majority. Nobody now alive ever saw the democratic party more discordant and demoralized than it is at this moment. The situation to-day is as bad for that organization as that was which was presented at the split which took place at the Charleston convention of 1869. The Cleveland men represented the Douglas element of that year, while the Bryanites resemble the Breckinridge madmen who plunged the party to destruction. These are gloomy days for the hundred-year-old democratic party.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. BRYAN PLAYING DEMAGOGUE Trying to Make the People Believe It Is Not for Him to Pay Taxes. Not only does Col. Bryan object to paying the war tax of one cent on every telegram he sends, but he is trying to make the people believe it is unjust to the poor man to make him pay the same tax on the tobacco he smokes and the liquor he drinks that is paid by the rich man. "The poor man pays a larger percentage of his income in war tax on the tobacco he smokes and the liquor he drinks than the rich man does," declares the free coiner, or words to that effect. Of course, if the poor man is paying a larger percentage of his income than the rich man is in war taxes on tobacco and liquor, something should be done about it at once. Perhaps it did not occur to Col. Bryan to suggest that the poor man should smoke less tobacco and drink less liquor. That, however, would be an interference with personal liberty. He might, nevertheless, propose that the rich man be compelled by law to double or triple his consumption of tobacco and liquor, and in that way the tax matter could be evened up. But the colonel will suggest no remedy. He knows the poor man does not feel the war tax he pays on tobacco and liquor; that not a single consumer would know he was paying such a tax unless told of it. The sole purpose of the colonel is to array the poor against the rich. He is making again the same appeal to passion and prejudice that he made during the entire campaign of 1896. It is simply the wail of the demagogue and nothing else.—Cleveland Leader. A Diplomatic Triumph. Practically all the great nations interested in the commerce of China have given written assurances to the United States regarding the preservation of the open door in that country. All will work to keep the trade of China open to all the world on the same terms. This is what the United States asks. It neither wants any territory in China nor would accept any even if it were tendered by the people inhabiting it, and were urged on the country's acceptance by all the nations of Europe. Neither does it want any especial favors in the Chinese trade. All that it seeks is that the trade remain open to all countries on the same terms, and this is now assured by the guarantees of the principal countries concerned. This is a diplomatic triumph which will fleet glory on the McKinley administration.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Bryan assumes to tell exactly what the democratic party must do, with almost as much assurance as if he were one of these wicked political bosses—Washington Star. RANTING ABOUT TRUSTS. Wanton Railing of Bryan to Create Prejudice Against Industrial Combinations. As usual, Mr. Bryan cries out "Trusts!" and takes great care not to say what he means. The plain people, as Mr. Lincoln used to call them, are well aware what that sort of treatment means. Never does it mean ignorance only. Were Mr. Bryan profoundly ignorant on the subject, he would not fail to guard himself by aiming his shots at the corporations which actually abuse their power, or at those which have powers they are likely to abuse. The bare fact that he is particularly careful not to limit his attacks, as a man of his cunning obviously would if he wished to reach the minds of intelligent people, proves that he has a different purpose. He is not trying to guard against any real evil; on the contrary, nothing else so effectually cripples the effort to promote sensible and practical legislation on this subject as wanton and indiscriminate railing at good and bad corporations alike. He is not trying to reach or influence men who are guided by information or reasoning, but to stir up hatred against capital and its effective use in productive industry. Whether he hurts individuals who are materially benefiting all workers and all consumers, he does not care. Whether he hurts the country, he does not care. For people of common sense no words of opprobrium are needed to describe such a purpose or such a man. A year ago such wanton railing at all industrial combinations did kindle prejudice against them. Most people had not closely followed the history of such corporations and did not know what they had done nor what had befallen them. A year's experience and discussion, with all the object lessons the year has presented, have entirely changed the state of public opinion. It is not yet fully informed, but knows for certain that information is necessary, and that some of the great industrial corporations are doing much good, as others are doing much evil. It has become known to practical and common sense voters that the man who rails indiscriminately at all industrial organizations does not do it because he is stupid, but because he is a demagogue and a knave. Large public information has been promoted by the conduct of new corporations toward employees. How many persons they employ can only be conjectured, but several hundred thousand of them have materially gained in fuller and better employment and larger wages, and the fact is known to them and their friends and neighbors that the change has been reached in the great majority of cases without any struggle or sacrifice, and without even a formal request in most instances, by the desire of the corporations to retain and fully satisfy the most competent and experienced men in their lines of work. There is no savor or pretense of philanthropy about it. The corporations want the most efficient work they can get. They are so far free from fear of immediate competition that they can afford to secure it. They calculate that it will add to their profits in the end. But if that is so, the natural tendency of combinations is to give to the strong corporations the pick of the workers and to their employees the best wages in their occupations. Whether this is the lasting effect remains to be proved. But the plain people have sense enough to see that it is the immediate consequence, and may possibly prove permanent, and that it means a distinct advantage for the great army of workers in the branches of industry most affected. As a result the half million employees, more or less, and the millions of friends and neighbors who know how the thing works thus far have realized that more information must be awaited before industrial combinations can be indiscriminately assailed by any honest man.—N. Y. Tribune. COMMENT AND OPINION. The free silverites profess to believe that the war in South Africa will help their cause. The silverites are always seeing things that are not visible to other people.—Cleveland Leader. It is stated that 310 miles of electric railways have been planned in Hawaii. Another credit mark is due the republican idea of restoring the American flag where a democratic administration pulled it down.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. As Mr. Bryan's bank account increases in size he becomes more and more tractable when approached with suggestions that free silver should not be the dominant and overshadowing demand of the democratic platform this year.—Chicago Tribune. Montana is said to have mined $40,000,000 worth of copper last year. That beats the gold or silver record of any state in the union. Will Montana come out for free and unlimited coinage of copper? It would be as sensible as "free silver" at sixteen to one.—Troy Times. There is a man in New Jersey who says Bryan will be elected president next fall, because he—the New Jersey man—has three pigs which crook their tails so as to form the initials "W. J. B." Here, at last, is a live issue for the democrats, with prospective pork in it.—Chicago Times-Herald. Mr. Bryan denies that "the dollar is all important," and thinks that "the man should be taken into account." The dollar would not be important if it were a sixteen to one affair, and the man who had it would be far less important than one who had a dollar in gold.—Brooklyn Eagle (Ind.). Mr. Bryan does not want to admit the Filipinos into the American brotherhood, because they are an inferior people. Mr. Bryan, it will be remembered, attributed his defeat in 1896 to the fact that the foreign-born citizens of the United States were mostly too ignorant to understand the issues.—Cleveland Leader. Senator Depew is telling a story of a New York factory which used to shut down for a week every Christmas for general overhauling. "This year," says the senator, "the place was rushed with orders, and there was no let up except during the actual legal holidays, and many of the men weren't idle even then. One of the workingmen growled a good deal about having no holidays and finally wound by saying: 'If this sort of thing keeps up I'll vote the democratic ticket.'" Chicago Post. DOINGS OF THE RACE. Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Institute, who was named some time ago as one of the educational commissioners to the Paris exposition, has now been employed by the United States government to write a monograph on Negro education to be sent with the educational exhibit to the Paris exposition. Two carloads of colored farmers passed through Memphis, Tenn., Monday en route to Texas, where they expect to make their future home. They are for the most part from Georgia and South Carolina. They will find in Texas advantages and a welcome, if they are deserving.allas Express. Maria Ware was alleged to have shoved the 14-year-old daughter of State Senator William J. Webb (white), from the sidewalk at Canton, Ga., on the 3rd ult. Senator Webb ran after the woman and beat her with his cane until he had worn it into fragments. This is an exhibition which will be not at all surprising to those who are acquainted with the brutality of certain white men in that section of the country. It is not generally known that a Negro owns a whole Georgia town, but such is a fact. Mr. Adam Dixon, of Queenland, Ga., owns the entire town. He is 75 years old, has been chewing tobacco 65 years and drinking sparkling dew, which is famous in the piney regions for 75 years. Mr. Dixon owns 2,300 acres of land. He is still active, and it is worth any one's time to listen to that gentleman talk of the long ago. W. H. Ellis, a colored man, is president of the Westchester waterworks company of New York. He controls the company, which is capitalized at $5,500,000. He has a large number of clerks in his office, a number of whom are young white women, his chief clerk being the daughter of an exconfederate general. He controls three and a half millions of the stock of the company, with offices in the Drexel building in New York—Ex. Dietary studies made by the department of agriculture among Afro-American families in eastern Virginia show that the average food value of the food consumed is as large or larger than among white families in moderate circumstances in New York and New England. For 11 cents the families in Virginia obtained food materials furnishing more protein and more energy than was obtained for 28 cents by the families of professional men in comfortable circumstances and for 19 cents by families of well-paid mechanics. Legal steps against the proposed disfranchisement of Afro-American voters of North Carolina will be taken at the opportune time. Just what the outcome may be can only be conjectured, but a continual fight will be kept up until the courts of last resort decide the question of the rights of the Afro-American. Being prepared for the worst, the best will be made out of whatever the decision may be, and it will be left to the needs of the hour to decide future lines of operation. Ten millions of people are not to be cast off, re-enslaved and ignored by those they live among. Oppressions drive us together when nothing else will. Joseph S. Schwab, the member of the Chicago board of education who favors separate schools for boys and girls, was born in Louisiana in 1856, just a few years before that state attempted to separate itself from the Union. When Mr. Schwab became old enough to go into politics he separated himself from the right and became a democrat. One of the principal industries of the democrats in Louisiana is the separation of Afro-Americans from their breath by strangulation. The wonder is that Mr. Schwab has not suggested separate schools for the races. Brierley Memorial hall, the orphan asylum and girls' school at Cape Palmas, Africa, which was founded in 1855, has recently been rebuilt as a memorial to Mrs. M. B. Brierley, a missionary who spent her life in Africa. The present structure is of stone, four stories high with double piazzas, and presents so striking an appearance from the harbor that it attracts the attention of the mariners and passengers on the many ships that call at Cape Palmas. There is a school of seventy girls, and the entire work is in charge of the native Africans. Manager Rosenthal, of the Orpheum theater of Omaha, refused to sell boxes to Afro-Americans. Dr. O. M. Ricketts, one of the leading citizens of the race, headed a delegation, called on the manager and threatened immediate proceedings unless Afro-Americans were given the right to purchase boxes. The manager offered to compromise by agreeing that Afro-Americans should have the right to seats in the lower boxes each Saturday night. This was accepted. Dr. Ricketts should not have accepted any compromise. The civil rights bill of Nebraska guarantees the civil equality of all citizens of the state. There is no justice in limiting the sale of seats in any part of a place of public amusement to any particular night. Reciprocity Treaty Signed. Washington, Feb. 9.—Special Plenipotentiary Kasson, for the United States, and Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, for his government, yesterday signed a reciprocity arrangement. This arrangement does not require the action of the senate, but it does need the ratification of the Italian chambers. Until that has been attained it is deemed well to withhold the text of the agreement from publication. It is stated, however, that the United States gains a reduction on cottonseed oil, of which Italy is a heavy consumer, and other staples, while Italy secures the abatement of duties on still-wines, argols and works of art. Tornado Visits St. Louis. St. Louis, Feb. 9.—Considerable damage to property in various parts of the city and vicinity was caused Thursday by a wind storm that reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour, and was of the nature of a tornado. Previous to the wind storm a terrific thunder storm raged for several hours. Mrs. Susie Thompson became entangled in a live wire which had been blown down at Winnebago street and Marine avenue and was killed. Anton Heister, aged 65, was blown from his door onto a stone walk and killed. Three Men Killed in a Collision. Williamsport, Pa. Feb. 9.—Three persons were killed and three seriously injured in a head-on collision Thursday between fast freight trains on the Beech Creek division of the New York Central railroad at Gordon Heights. Both engines were demolished and 37 cars were wrecked. CURRENT TOPICS. The first newspaper advertisements appeared in 1652. There are 219 national banks in operation in Illinois. During the last two years 41,375 men have been killed in battle. The present season has been one of particular benefit to oyster farmers. Cape Town is ordinarily calculated as 22 days distant from Southampton. A lawsuit which has lasted over a century has come to an end in Ireland. The number of languages and dialects spoken in the world amounts to 3,064. There was less poultry buying in London at Christmas than for many years. In 1850 Texas raised 58,072 bales of cotton. Now she raises 12,000,000 bales annually. There are 38 yoemanry regiments in England, with a muster exceeding 10,000 men. The sales girls in a New Jersey town have started a crusade against the use of slang. It is supposed that the average depth of sand in the deserts of Africa is from 30 to 40 feet. The queen of Greece is said to be the finest needlewoman among European royalties. The first attempt to manufacture pins in this country was made soon after the war of 1812. Forty-three per cent of the fruit trees in southern California are orange and 15 per cent lemon. Female bootblack are increasing rapidly in France. They wear a costume not unlike that of nuns. The name of Shakespeare can be spelt 4,000 different ways. The poet himself spelt it 22 ways. President Eliot of Harvard is something of a pedestrian, and never rides when time and distance permit him to walk. The longest continuous run of a railway train in Europe is that from Paris to Constantinople, 1,921 miles, in $64\frac{1}{4}$ hours. The olive crop of the past year of southern California, including pickled olives and olive oil, was estimated at $100,000. The number of Irishmen who have been prominently associated with the crisis and the war in South Africa is remarkable. Pottery makers in Great Britain and the United States of America are drawing up a price list to govern prices in both countries. Mrs. Gladstone attained her 88th birthday recently, and the bells of Hawarden church were rung in honor of the occasion. A volunteer in a Colorado regiment at Manila has been cured of stuttering by being shot through the throat by a Mauser bullet. A book published in Japan 1,000 years ago notes that at that time good silk was already produced in 25 provinces of that country. In the London meat market has been sold a consignment of frozen kangaroo tails, which are said to make a soup more savory than oxtail. The French government is perfecting arrangements for the transportation by rail of torpedo boats of small size in the event of war. In Devonshire the cycle has been applied to butter making. A man sits on his bicycle, pedals, and by means of a chain turns the churn. The postal money order service in New York for 1898 amounted to $90,-081,782. For 1899 it amounted to $115,-488,028—a gain of $25,407.146. The former military camp at Montauk Point, which a few months ago was fairly alive with American soldiers, is now only a wild waste. Thus far in the year Cuba has bought from the United States three times as much as it did in 1898. In value the increase was $13,120,000. The wood of the redwood tree never decays, it is said, and fallen trunks which have been overgrown by old forests are as solid as the day they fell. Prof. A. J. Henry, for 20 years in the weather bureau service, will fill the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. H. A. Hazen. At present Prof. Henry is chief of the meteorological division. Each battalion chief of the New York fire department is shortly to be supplied with a pocket telephone, which may be affixed to any fire box, and will then enable the operator to talk directly with headquarters. The attachment is simple and the device It will doubtless surprise most people to learn that any soldier of the British army who is captured by the enemy gets his pay stopped at once. Therefore the 2,000 English warriors who are now playing football on the race course at Pretoria are in no sense of the word wage earners. Roswell Beardsley, of North Lansing, N. Y., is said to be the oldest postmaster in the service of the United States. He was appointed in 1828, when John Quincy Adams was president, and John McLean was postmaster general. His salary was fixed at the munificent sum of $12 a year. He is 91 years old. Former Senator Ingalls' mother is still living at the age of 99 years. She lives in Boston, and recently sent the senator's family three slumber robes which she knitted her self. The annual consumption of cotton by the mills of the Russian empire for the last few years has been more than 200,000 tons, the amount showing a steady increase for many years. Germany is a more bookish country than either Great Britain or the United States. The historical novel "Ekkenhard" is now in its 164th edition, and Scheffel's "Trompeter von Sakingen" is in its 237th. The output of iron ore from the mines in Italy during the year 1898 amounted to only 190,110 tons, as compared with 200,709 tons in the previous year. William Waldorf Astor is said to resent the fact that his fellow countrymen in England drop the prefix of honorable, which he had until he was naturalized. A street car barn 600 feet long and 206 feet wide is being built in Buffalo of discarded street car rails, it being impossible to obtain steel within the time required. It will have a flat roof. M. $1000 REWARD. DR. SHEA. MARVELOUS MEDIUM. Gives the names of dead and living friends, tells who and when you will marry, also of business, journeys, lawsuits, absent friends, health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. 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Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line (six words to a line.) CLEVELAND, SATURDAY. FEB. 10. 1900. PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. N. HEXTER'S News Depot, City Hall Building, cor. Wood and Superior streets. Open Sunday. S. H. MOODY'S News Store, No. 387 Superior street, second west of Bond street. Open Sundays also. GOODMAN'S News Depot, 586 Central avenue cor. Sterling avenue. Open Sunday. ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL CLEVELAND Charlie Marshall as a candidate for the council in the First district, or any other for that matter, is simply ridiculous. Mrs. Wm. McCoy, of Maple street, and Miss Jennie Clark left Thursday night for New York City. Frank Moss was appointed janitor of the City hall last Monday by Mayor Farley; vice Chas. E. Scott, resigned. Ed. Turner, motorman on the Central avenue line, was promoted to a day run last Monday. Central Passenger Association Mileage tickets will be accepted for passage on trains of the Nickel Plate road on and after February 10th. 18 Miss Maggie Richards, who has been visiting Miss Carrie Henderson and Mrs. Wm. Scott, returned to her home in Emblenton, Pa., Tuesday. It is rumored that she will soon marry. Mr. Jesse Tyler, of Oberlin Conservatory, was the guest of Clarence White and William Taylor, Sunday. Miss Edith Tyler, of Elyria, visited Miss Ada Daugherty, the first of the week. Mrs. Lucy Johnson, of Laurel street, has as guests her sister, Mrs. Millie Flemming, of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Laura Cooper, recently of New York City. Mrs. Will White has gone to Chicago to spend several months. William Robinson and Miss Frankie Brooks are employed at the New Empire theater. Central Passenger Association Mileage tickets are good on the Nickel Plate road between Buffalo and Chicago or intermediate stations on and after February 10th. Enos E. Fitzpatrick, of 22 Lawn street, was assessed the costs in police court Monday for expectorating in a Pearl street and Clark avenue car. At St. John's church tomorrow, Rev. George Prosser will preach morning and evening. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Y. P. S. C. E. meeting, 6:30 p.m. The revival meetings have closed with splendid results. The General Conference Committee, assisted by the Women's M. M. Society will give a valentine social in the parsonage next Wednesday evening. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Hatch, 12 Vine street, are ill with chickensnox. Charles Moore was arrested Monday for hugging women in the East End. Moore is the man who was taken suddenly ill some weeks ago in the Mayor's office and removed to Lakeside hospital. If you hold a Central Passenger Association Milage ticket use it on trains of the Nickel Plate Road on and after February 10th. 20 Floyd, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, of Green street, died last Sunday morning and was buried Monday afternoon. Rev. Bundy officiating. Benjamin Underwood, aged 67 years, died at Lakeside hospital last week Thursday night. Death was caused by a kick in the stomach received from another man with whom he had a quarrel in Jos. Quinlan's saloon on Erie street. Clarence White went to Elyria last Thursday where he and Jesse Tyler gave a recital last evening. Henry Smith, a vagrant from Maryland was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse Tuesday by Judge Fielder. Frank Perkins who was some months ago promoted to the position of stock keeper in the rubber department of N. O. Stone's shoe store, has been again promoted to a clerkship in the children and youth's department, it is said. The funeral of J. McDonald, who died at 12 Sumner street, took place from Black and Wright's morgue Monday. Rev. Bundy officiating. The Deaconess' board of St. John's church assisted in defraying the funeral expenses. Last Saturday afternoon, in front of 1186 Pearl street, W. C. Evans, of 43 Huron street, stabbed Dwight Nutting, of 70 Castle avenue, during a quarrel. Nutting was taken to St. John's hospital. Evans was arraigned in police court Monday and waived examination to the charge. He was bound over to common pleas court in $500 bail. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Hodge, of Oberlin, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fields, of Calvert street, recently. They entertained in honor of them. The W. W. gave a social at Mr. and Mrs. Henderson's, of Central avenue. Thursday evening. A fine programme was rendered. The Sabbath school is improving rapidly under the new superintendent, Mr. Cosbin. The new officers of the Epworth League were installed Sunday night. Rev. Langford preached both services Sunday. At the evening service five members were added to the church. Mr. and Mrs. Cosbin, Mrs. J. S. Thomas and Rev. Meeks attended the Epworth League convention at Elyria as delegates last week. A lecture will be given by Mr. Habenth, of Haiti, Wednesday evening. Rev. Langford is holding revival services in Elyria this week. He has only three more Sundays before conference. Miss Mary Nunn is sick. Mr. Allen, who has been ill, is slowly recovering. Eighteen converts were baptized in Shiloh Baptist church Sunday evening. Revival services are still being held. Mose Simmons, an old and highly respected citizen, died recently, after a lingering illness with catarrh of the stomach and a complication of diseases. He was born in North Carolina in 1833, and came to this city 45 years ago. Through his energy, THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1900. thrift and enterprise he accumulated an estate worth $30,000 or more, it is said. He was a lover of fast horses, and always owned one or more. Until recently he was a member of Edwin Cowles Lodge, No. 17, K. of P. His nearest relatives are Mrs. Bryant and Mr. Bun Simmons, of Newton St. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Jones and son have returned from their three weeks' trip in Jersey City, New York and Boston, and are now at their home, 163 Hamburg street. The entertainment given by Damon Court, N. 10, I. O. O. C., at their hall last week Wednesday evening, was a decided success artistically, socially and financially. The program was splendid, being arranged by Alex. O. Taylor, who was master of ceremonies. Mrs. Prudence Jones, chairman of the committee, deserves much praise for the success of the entertainment. The reading of Mrs. Willie Powell, of Atlanta, Ga., the addresses of Mrs. Leroy Jackson and Rev. D. Johnson deserve special mention. The home of Frank Moss, 724 Sterling avenue, was ransacked by burglar last Sunday night. Maj. John C. Fulton is a candidate for constable. Mason Brown, of Central avenue, is still quite low. The Marquette Social Club will hold its first annual reception at Woodliff Hall, Wednesday evening, Feb. 21st. Harry L. Freeman is slightly indisposed. Miss Hattie Scott, of Scovill court, is quite ill. It is said that Fred Jones, who was discharged from the service of the Big Consolidated Railway recently, will get his position back next week. A large crowd attended the ball given by Co. D. 9th Battalion, Monday evening at Woodliff hall. Communion services were held in Shiloh church Sunday night. About thirty converts were taken into the church. Misses Carrie Southers and Lillian Caldwell gave a very pleasant party to about 50 of their friends Thursday evening at the home of the latter's aunt, Mrs. A. J. Braggs, 52 Blaine street. Dancing and games were indulged in until a late hour. Both young ladies are most pleasing hostesses. Rev. J. E. Mason, of Salisbury, N. C., delivered a very eloquent address at Zion church, Central avenue, last Sabbath evening. His subject was "The Demands of the Hour." A reception will be tendered him Thursday evening, February 8, at the above named church, at which time he will speak on "The Negro in the South." A valentine entertainment will be given at the church Tuesday night, February 13. "Members of the church will spare no pains to make this entertainment one of the best of the season. If you desire The Gazette delivered at your residence by carrier, send a card to Arthur Markowitz, 147 Scovill avenue. Gen. Passenger Association Mileage Tickets. The Nickel Plate road has become a member of the Mileage Ticket Bureau of the Central Passenger Association, and all mileage tickets properly issued by any line, a member of that bureau, are valid for use on that road on and after February 10th, in the same manner as on other roads, members of that bureau. No.17 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. THE undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Moses Simmons, late of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, deceased. MARLES BUNDY. ALEX H. MARTIN, Attorney 501 American Trust Building, Cleveland, O. London, Feb. 9.—Since the war has strained the resources of the military system, Englishmen have been troubled by the possibility that sea fighting might show naval defects which would weaken the line of defense in which the country has placed such complete trust. During the last few days the government's attention has been directed to the muzzle-loading guns. Sixteen battleships and eight armored cruisers depend upon muzzle-loaders. This means that smaller ships with modern guns would be able to stay 1,000 or 2,000 yards out of range and to disable about one-third of the vessels which appear in the naval list as "first class." Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 9.—According to advices from Bluefields, popular excitement in Nicaragua is increasing in consequence of the urgency of Norway in demanding a settlement of the claims growing out of the alleged ill-treatment of Norwegians by the Nicaraguan government during the Reyes rebellion last spring. It is believed that President Zelaya intends to resist the payment of indemnity and that he is occupying strategic points along the coast with Nicaraguan troops. Train Robbers at Work: Cleveland, Feb. 6.—A gang of train robbers is again at work on Lake Shore trains, Buffalo division. Frequent reports are made of seals broken and goods stolen from cars. On Saturday night five cars of merchandise were broken into near Ripley and the contents rified. Much valuable property was carried away. Railroad men say that the men who have been doing this work must be provided with rope ladders and other facilities, so, as soon as the train is well in motion, they commence their plundering. A Brave Young Woman. Columbus, Feb. 6.—Miss Jessie Baker yesterday risked her life to stop a runaway team of horses attached to a carriage. She rushed into the street, grabbed one of the horses by the bit and checked the team. Governors Trade Burglar's. Columbus, Feb. 6.—Gov. Roosevelt and Gov. Nash traded burglar's yesterday. Gov. Nash issued requisition on Gov. Roosevelt for the return from Buffalo to Youngstown of Frank Stehr. Then he honored papers from Roosevelt for the return from Cincinnati, to New York, of William Hole. Philadelphia, Feb. 9.—George H. St. Clair, colored, who, with George Weeks, another negro, on Christmas eve, 1898, murdered Mrs. Alice White, was hanged Thursday in the county prison. St. Clair's companion in crime will be executed next Thursday. A Rebellion in China. London, Feb. 9.—The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail says that a serious rebellion has broken out in Swatau, in the province of Kwang Tung. The viceroy has sent troops and a gunboat to suppress the insurrection. WITHOUT CARNATION CREAM HANDY IS AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHAT TO USE MEYER & GLEIM PREPARE IT. SEND-NO MONEY WITH YOUR ORDER, cut this ad, out and send to us, and we will send you OUR HIGH grade DROP GABINET BURDICK SEWING MACHINE by freight C, O, D. subject to exam found perfectly satisfactory, exactly as represented, equal to machines others sell as high as $60.00, and THE GREATEST BARGAIN YOU EVER HEARD OF, pay your freight agent Our Special Offer Price $15.50 SEND-NO MONEY WITH YOUR ORDER, cut this ad, out and send to us, and we will send you OUR HIGH GRADE CARINET BURDICK SEWING MACHINE by freight C, O, D, subject to exam nation. You can examine it at your nearest freight depot and if you are overweight, you can equal to machines sell as high as $60.00, and TREK. 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We are not responsible if you find it exactly as represented, to organs that retail at $15.00 or $100.00, the greatest value you ever saw and far better than organs advertised by others at more money, pay the freight agent our special 10 day offer price, $1.75, less the 10, $67 and less than $31.75 IS OUR SPECIAL 90 DAY PRICE, less than one-half the price charged by others. Such an offer was never made before. THE ACME QUEEN is 25 of the most durable and sweetestlined in shown, which is engraved direct from a photograph, you can form some idea of its beautiful appearance. Made of acetate, with a fine finish, and many decorated and ornamented, latest 1990 style. THE ACME QUEEN is 6 feet 5 inches high, 48 inches long, 32 inches wide and weighs ed by others. Such an offer was never made before. THE ACME QUEEN is one of the most durable and sweetested instruments we make. 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MARTH, 246 West 31st. Street, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Hours: 10 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sittings Mention THE GAZETTE TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time which is the same as BALL'S CITY TIME. CLEVELAND CINCINNATI CHICAGO EST. LOUIS HY BIG FOUR ROUTE Solid vestibule trains run daily to Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis. Parlor Car and Wagner Sleeping Cars. Best line in the West, South and Southwest. Ticket office, 116 Euclid Ave. Bell Tel. Main 910. Home Tel. 853. *Dally. No. 11. Southwestern Limited. *3 30 am No. 8, Col. & Cin. Express. 7 15 am No. 33, Col. & St. Louis Express. 11 40 am No. 35, Ind. & St. Louis Express. 12 00 pm No. 27, Columbus Accommodation. 4 00 pm No. 37, Col. & Cin. Express. 8 30 pm *Dally. No. 28, Cin. & Col. Express. 6 45 am No. 26, Galon Accommodation. 9 45 am No. 36, Ind. & St. Louis Express. 2 30 pm No. 46, Columbus & Cin. Express. 2 55 pm No. 24, Wellington Accommodation. 6 33 pm No. 2, Col. & Ind. Express. 9 25 pm No. 18, Southwestern Limited. 1 50 am Nos. 11 and 18 do not stop at Erle Ry. depot. No. 37, leaving at 8:30 p.m., has local sleeper for Cincinnati Nos. 33 and 46 have dining cars. For tickets call on D. JAY COLLER, city passenger and ticket agent. No. 116 Euclid Ave. (Colonial Avenue), Cleveland, O. WARREN J. LYNCH. G. P. & T. A., Cincinnati, O. Cleveland Union Station. Pennsylvania Lines. Foot of Bank Street. Ticket Offices at Station. Euclid Av., Woodland Av., and Weddell House corner. Through Trains run as follows by Central Time. *Dally. †Daily except Sunday. From Cleveland to Leave Arrive Pittsburg & Bellaire ... +7 09am +12 10pm Salem & Pittsburg ... *8 00am *8 30pm Philadelphia & New York ... *2 10pm *11 30am Baltimore & Washington ... *2 10pm *11 30am Salem & Pittsburg ... *2 10pm *11 30am Pittsburg, Bellaire & East ... +3 10pm +6 25pm Ravenna & Alliance ... +3 10pm *8 3am Ravenna & Alliance ... *5 10pm *8 3am Philadelphia & New York ... *11 10pm *4 30am Baltimore & Washington ... *11 10pm *4 30am Wellsville & Pittsburg ... *11 10pm *4 30am MT. VERNON & PAN-HANDLE ROUTE. From Cleveland to Leave Arrive Columbus & Cincinnati ... *8 35am *5 40pm Orrville & Columbus ... *8 35am *5 40pm Orrville & Millersburg ... *3 10pm +12 10pm Columbus & Cincinnati ... *7 35pm *7 30am NICKEL RATE. TheNewYork.Chicago St.Louis R.R. All trains stop at Euclid avenue, Broadway and Pearl street. City ticket office 189 Superior street. Tel Main 218. All trains arrive and depart from Van Buren St., Union Passenger Station, Chicago. Eastward. Arrive. Depart No. 6, Standard Express... 9 55 am 10 12 am No. 4, Eastern Express... 2 06 am 2 16 am No. 2, Nickel Plate Ex... 8 12 pm 8 22 pm Westward. Arrive. Depart No. 1, Western Express... +4 64 am 4 56 am No. 5, Standard Express... 7 00 pm 7 20 pm No. 3, Nickel Plate Ex... 11 13 am 11 20 am Local Freight... *3 50 pm *6 40 am *Daily, except Sunday. All express daily. Through sleepers on all trains. Chicago, Buffalo, New York, and Boston. Unexcelled dining cars and depot restaurants operated by the company. THE CLEVELAND, TERMINAL & VALLEY R. R. CO. (B. & O. SYSTEM) Depot foot of South Water street. City office, 241 Superior street. Arrive. Depart. Valley Jt. & Way Stations. Wheeling & Chicago....*0 5 pm *8 25 pm *8 15 am *8 10 am *8 25 am *8 15 am *8 10 am *8 25 am Akron, Canton & Chicago Akron, Canton & Wheeling Akron, Canton & Chicago Akron, Canton & Chicago Akron, Canton, Marietta Pittsburg, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia *10 30 am *3 25 pm Baltimore. 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Comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the IN THE COUNTRY. a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway, Pittsburg, Pa., says: THE GAZETTE. healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicated of the above-named paper. That if is a paper of Brain and Cur- cubbed when the fact is remembered that in its columns are fou- ns from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a p- ople it represents, and can be relied upon as a friend of o- although his face may be of ebony hue. The Gazette is a pra- cific of what can be done by the young man of our race. ing man who, by dint of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and LIFE, succeeded in giving to the colored people of Ohio and PER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having be- THE Gazette since its first appearance, and having watched that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should people generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICAL the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interest without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAY Read what a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway of Pittsburg, Pa., says: THE GAZETTE. The most healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicated in the existence of the above-named paper. That if it is a paper of Brain and Culture can not be doubted when the fact is remembered that in its columns are found communications from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a paper FOR THE PEOPLE it represents, and can be relied upon as a friend of every colored man, though his face may be of ebony hue. THE GAZETTE is a practical demonstration of what can be done by the young man of our race. The editor is a young man who, by dint of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and FAIR DEALING, has succeeded in giving to the colored people of Ohio and the country a PAPER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having been a reader of THE GAZETTE since its first appearance, and having watched its course, I feel that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should urge upon the people generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICALLY identified with the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interests and success of all without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAY. THE GAZETTE IS AOKNOWLEDGED TO BE DING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER evoted to the Interests of the Race. IT ADVOCATES AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR Educational, Moral and Financial Condition neutral in nothing that advances or impairs the Progress of the Race. 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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year.....$1 50 | Three months.....$ 50 Six months.....1 00 | In clubs of ten, one year.....1 20 In clubs of five, one year.....$1 25. Write for Our Extraordinary Inductions to Agents. CLEVELAND. OHIO. "Do Not Burn the Candle At Both Ends." Don't think you can go on drawing vitality from the blood for nerves, stomach, brain and muscles, without doing something to replace it. Hood's Sarsaparilla gives nerve, mental and digestive strength by enriching and vitalizing the blood. Thus it helps overworked and tired people. Hood's Sarsaparilla Never Disappoints MORE ARMENIAN MASSACRES. Some Fugitives of 1895 Return to Turkey and Bloodshed Speedily Follows. The reports have come of the renewal of massacres of Armenians in the villages of Erzeroum, in Asia Minor. The district of Alashgird, in which they are said to have taken place, is near the Russian frontier, and is one of those from which the Armenian inhabitants were able to escape across the border at the time of the great massacre in 1895, and subsequently. Until last spring the Russian government allowed the fugitives the hospitality of its territory among their fellow-countrymen who were delivered from Turkish rule in 1878, but partly on account of the burden of their maintenance and for political reasons, Mr. Zinoveiff, the Russian ambassador at Constantinople, was instructed to press on the Turkish government the necessity for provision being made for their return to their abandoned homes. The Turkish government, however, represented that the villages and farms from which the Armenians had fled, had been occupied by Kurds who refuse to give them up to their original owners, and whom it could not expel by force, and that the return of the Armenians after so long an absence would infallibly result in bloodshed. Under the circumstances the Russian government did not insist on the refugees leaving its territory, but many drifted back and rejoined those who had survived the great massacre of four years ago. It is possible that matters might have settled down but for the action of some revolutionary Armenians who crossed into Turkish territory during the past autumn, and in the fighting that took place killed a number of Kurds, themselves losing many of their band. The massacre now reported to have taken place in the Alashgird district is declared by the Turkish authorities to have been in revenge for the killing of Kurds by the Armenians in the raid alluded to. Whatever the truth of the matter may be, the lot of the unfortunate Armenians in Asia Minor, more particularly in the Kurdish districts, is unhappy. They obtain no protection from the government to which they owe allegiance, and they are unwelcome in the Russian territory where alone they can find sure refuge. The European governments regarding them as a disturbing element in a part of the world where they all desire to see peace maintained, have long ceased to take any account of their grievances and complaints; and the sixty-first article of the treaty of Berlin by which united Europe promised the Armenians an amelioration of their condition has long since become a dead letter. These last massacres, therefore, receive only a passing notice.—N. Y. Sun. A Gloomy Prospect. Mr. Snell—What are you crying for, Elsie? His Little Daughter—I've just read that the diamond mines may be exhausted in seven years and it's eight before my coming out—Jeweler's Weekly. 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The following letter written by Mr. John Cummings of Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, formerly of Washington, to a friend in the United States is only one of a hundred similar cases, and what was done by Mr. Cummings can more easily be done to-day by any good, sober and industrious farmer who chooses to make his home in the Dominion. Dear Sir: You want to know how I got along since I came into Northern Alberta. I am happy to inform you that I am not ashamed to tell. We located five miles northeast of Wetaskiwin; left Farmington, Washington, on the 29th of May, driving all the way. We had time to build our log house the first fall and to make us comfortable for the family and stock. We then built four stables 18x20 inside, so that we could put everything inside them when the cold got down to the fifties, and worked hard getting up the stable and got through dubbing on the 1st December, but to our surprise we had no use for the stables only for the milk cow and two span of horses. The balance of the horses lived on the prairie all winter and took care of themselves. The doors of two stables were left open for them to go into in a cold time, but they would not do it, but stayed out on the prairie the coldest night we had, and looked as spry as crickets. I can go ten rods back of my house and count ten residents. I know all of their circumstances. Every one of them have doubled their cultivated land and doubled their animals, and a great deal more. All of us are comparatively out of debt and an unusually big crop to thresh and prospects of a fair price, and I expect we are as well contented lot of people as there are from Florida to the Klondike. My son bought two pounds of twine to the acre, and when we started to bind some barley, we found that instead of taking two pounds to the acre, it was taking nearly five pounds. Then you ought to have seen him hitch up a team and make for town for 100 lbs. more. I cannot say how it will thresh. All I can say is that it is well headed, and takes an enormous amount of twine. WIT AVERTED A STORM. The Capital Device of a Congressman to Cool His Wife's Anger. In the seclusion of the house cloakrooms a story is being told on a western member. There are 357 men in the house. Three hundred and fifty-six are hereby released from any connection with the story. The other man—and the other man's wife—will recognize the truth of what is here recorded. The western member went home at a very early hour in the morning. He had made a night of it with some friends. He knew that his conduct would be considered reprehensible by his better half, and so as he ascended the steps of his modest home he racked his brain for some plan to avert the lady's wrath. As he entered the hall he saw an umbrella. Instantly it occurred to him that the umbrella might be his salvation. He carried the umbrella upstairs. Seating himself on a chair in the corner of the bedroom, he raised the rain guard over his head and then coughed loudly. His wife awoke and saw in the dim gaslight her liege lord sitting solemnly under the raised umbrella. "What are you doing?" she asked in natural curiosity. "It is three o'clock, my dear," said he, "and I am waiting for, the storm." and I am waiting for the storm. The congressman's ready wits saved him from a Caudle lecture. He is worrying now, however, to find an equally effective act for the next time he stays out late.—Washington Post. Called It Down. "You want a decollete shave, I presume," remarked the funny barber, as the dudelet climbed into the chair. "Aw—beg pardon," said the youth, "but wealy, I aw—fail to comphewend." "That's French for cutting down," answered the knight of the razor, with a grin on his mug.-Chicago Evening News. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarr that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarr Cure. F. J. 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Teacher—What happens when a man's temperature goes down as far as it can go? Smart Scholar—He has cold feet, ma'am. —Boston Christian Register. The promises of a lover are as unreliable as those of a politician.—Atchison Globe. FAVORS ITS PURCHASE. Naval Board Pleased with the Miller Coaling System for Use of Coaling Ships in Mid-Ocean. The naval board which conducted the trial of the Miller coaling system has submitted its report to Admiral Bradford, chief of the equipment bureau. The board conducted these experiments with the battleship Massachusetts and the government collier Marcellus, the battleship towing the collier which supplied the former with coal in 800-pound bags by means of the towing lines, which made an aerial trolley. The tests were conducted under varying conditions of weather, and in the opinion of the board were eminently successful. In weather as heavy as it was practicable to coal ship under any conditions, the device transported about 20 tons an hour safely. Altogether the board concludes that the apparatus will be of value during war time, and consequently the plant with which the experiments have been conducted will be paid for by the government under the terms of the contract made last summer. Rebuke to Hypocrisy. Sir Algernon West in his "Recollections" records the rebuke given to the Norwich Bible society by Lord Orford. The sporting character of that nobleman was well understood and he himself was disgusted with the incongruousness of the choice, as the following extract from his reply shows: "I have long been addicted to the gaming table. I have lately taken to the turf. I fear I frequently blaspheme. But I have never distributed religious tracts. All this was known to you and your society, notwithstanding which you think me a fit person to be your president. God forgive your hypocrisy."—Chicago Times-Herald. Vest's Stolen Pigs. "Another story that Vest told related to his candidacy for the legislature in 1861 against A. S. Walker. The canvass was exceedingly exciting because of the near approach of war, and all the questions incident to it were discussed with much animation. Charges and counter-charges were made. Both sides knew that about six votes either way would determine the contest, and on the day before election Walker raised the point on Vest that he had stolen some pigs. The only way that Vest could meet the charge was to acknowledge smilingly that he had the pigs in his pen and in his possession. If he had gone further and said that he had bought them—which they hoped he would do—they had witnesses to show that he had not bought them, but Vest was too shrewd to be caught in the trap, and turned the accusation off with a laugh and the remark: “‘One can't account for the way his boys get pigs.’”—St. Louis Republic. THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Peruna. A man in a hat and coat sits in a chair, holding a stick. In the background, there is a cabin with a pitched roof and a chimney. Mr. Isaac Brock, Born in Buncombe Co., North Carolina, March 1, 1788, Says: "I attribute my extreme old age to the use of Peruna." Born before United States was formed. Saw 22 Presidents elected. Pe-ru-na has protected him from all sudden changes. Veteran of four wars. Shod a horse when 99 years old. Always conquered the grippe with Pe-ru-na. Witness in a land suit at age of 110 years. Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest remedy of the age for Catarrhal Diseases. A CAREFUL BRIDE She Didn't Give Hubby a Chance to Make Any Declaration of Devotion. The happy pair had survived the congratulations of friends and relatives, and were being whirled rapidly towards the railway station, before the bridegroom began fairly to realize that the vision of loveiness at his side was indeed his own. 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