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LOCAL DEPARTMENT. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—Subscribers not receiving THE GAZETTE regularly should notify us AT ONCE. We desire every copy delivered promptly. We advise our patrons to carefully examine THE GAZETTE's advertisements before making purchases. Business men who advertise in this paper should have the patronage of Afro-Americans. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line. CLEVELAND, SATURDAY, AUG. 3. 1901. WHERE "THE GAZETTE" IS SOLD. PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. Opposite 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, No. 586 Central avenue, cor. Sterling avenue. Open Sunday. TARRER & THOMAS' Restaurant, No. 608 Central Ave. Open Sundays also. F. VALENTINE's Grocery Store, 366 Central Ave. ALEX. O. TAYLOR, Local Reporters. J. EDWEN DUNLIL Mrs. Minnie Ford is visiting friends in Pittsburg. Little Ruth Brown has whooping cough. Mr. John Frazer spent the past week in Detroit. It is said that Miss Anna Whiting, of Hudson street, will wed soon. Mrs. Manley, of Wellsville, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Henson, of Forest street. Mrs. Mary Bundy, who sprained her ankle last week by falling, is improving rapidly. Mr. Carey was here from Mansfield Sunday to visit his daughters, Misses Ethel and Mabel Carey. Miss Mildred Mears has returned from an extensive trip through the south. Dame Rumor says that Leroy Noble and Miss Ella Stevens will approach the hymeneal altar soon. President Jones, of Wilberforce university, preached two able sermons at St. John's last Sunday. Mr. Charles Walden, of Bucyrus, spent Sunday in the city visiting his aunt, Mrs. Sanford, of Harmon street. Mrs. A. Bolden and baby daughter, Elsie, of Oil City, Pa., are visiting Mrs. George Fields, of Norman street. Mr. Bolden was here last Sunday. Revs. Bundy and Jackson and Messrs. Abbott, Reed and several others, have signified their intention of having nothing to do with the "Jim Crow tag end" G. A. R. committee. Good! Messrs. Simmons and Bass have bought out the roomy and airy place at No. 34 Vincent street, and all persons who enjoy pool, billiards or bowling can now enjoy the same. There is no other place of the kind in the city where you will be half as welcome and where there are no objectionable features. Patronize Simmons & Bass. The annual seashore excursions over the Pennsylvania Lines will be run July 25th and August 8th. On those dates excursion tickets will be sold to ten of the most popular resorts on the Atlantic Coast. July 25th and August 8th are the dates on which the low rate excursions to seashore resorts will be run over Pennsylvania Lines. Atlantic City excursions over the Pennsylvania Lines will be run July 25th and Aug.8th from Cleveland. The fare will be low and excursionists can buy tickets to Atlantic City, Cape May and eight other leading resorts along the ocean. Mr. James Y. Gilliam has leased the corner store of Woodliff block from Mr. A. E. Stevens for a period of five years and will open a billiard and pool room in same on Thursday evening. August 8. All friends and well-wishers are cordially invited to attend same. William E. Brown and Miss Bessie Cox were married at the latter's home on Howe street by Rev. Chas. Bundy Tuesday evening. The funeral of Miss Ella Campbell, of Seares street, occurred from St. John's church July 16, the pastor officiating. The ministerial union met at Shiloh church, Monday morning, perfected its organization and decided to meet semi-monthly on Tuesday. Rev. Chas. Bundy was elected president of the organization. James H. Harrison, of No. 34 Beckwith avenue, has gone to Owego, N. Y., on business and to participate in the emancipation celebration in Waverly August 1. Miss Bell Lacy spent last Sunday in Detroit, the guest of Mrs. Jones. She is the only Afro-American employed at Miller's restaurant on Superior street. Mrs. Craig, of Columbus, was the guest of her son, Patrolman Arthur McFarland, a few days the past week. His eldest daughter, Ruth, accompanied her home Tuesday. E. O. Orsburn left for Buffalo and Erie Thursday morning. Mrs. Lillian Brown, of Huntsville, Ala., was in the city a few days on business the past week. She returned on Wednesday. Mr. James Marshall and Miss Josephine Lewis were married by Rev. Chas. Bundy July 24. Mrs. Beecher Johnson and Mrs. Icie Milton, of Columbus, were guests of the latter's sister, Mrs. J. W. Lawson, of Central avenue, Sunday. J. W. Crawford is serving the best well-cooked meal in the city for 20 cents. It would pay those taking their dinners down town to give him a call. Mr. Crawford is doing a splendid business at No. 324 Prospect street. The fact that our women, for the most part, work for their daily bread is no excuse for the untidy manner in which some of them appear in the streets and in public places. What is true of our women is also true of our men in many cases. Looseness and alooseness are not the accompaniments of industry in any field of human endeavor. This being true, let us look to an appropriate degree to our appearance.—Dallas (Tex.) Express. Hon. Samuel P. Hurst, of Clarksdale, Miss., who was a member of the notification committee that went down to Canton a year ago in July to formally notify President McKinley of his re-election, passed through here with his wife Sunday, en route home from the Pan-American exposition. Wappo Johnson, the Negro stenographer of the republican executive committee, which has new headquarters in Case Library building, has been reappointed for another year. A visit to the seashore for $13.50. That is what the fare will be for round trip to Atlantic City, Cape May, and eight other attractive summer havens along the Atlantic, on tickets with return limit of twelve days to be sold via Pennsylvania Lines from this station, July 25th and August 8th. Miss Nellie Jackson celebrated her 20th birthday last week Tuesday evening by entertaining about 50 of her friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown on Central avenue. Dancing was the chief amusement until a late hoar. Miss Jackson was the recipient of a large number of beautiful presents from Cleveland and Buffalo friends. Sunday was the last day of the Christian Alliance convention in Beulah park. It was donation day and $12,000 were given for missions. Rev. A. B. Simpson (white), an eloquent speaker, delivered the principal address and seems to possess unlimited power to draw money from the pockets of his followers. A meeting was held every hour during the day, the principal one occurring in the afternoon. When it was announced that contributions for missionary work would be received one of the speakers told about Mrs. Salina Brown. "Sister Brown, of Cleveland," he said, "has enlargement of the heart. Her first subscription, although she is poor and earns her living by washing clothes, was $5. Her heart grew worse, and the next year she gave $10. Her heart continued to enlarge, and the following year she gave $15. Her next year's contribution was $20, and last year she said that, although it was hard work to wash so much money out of dirty clothes, she would give $25. This year her heart is decidedly worse, and her contribution is $50." The audience went wild over the announcement, and the utmost enthusiasm was apparent for several minutes. Notes from the Soldiers? National Military Home. Dayton, O.—There are 6,000 veterans from all over the country in the Soldiers' home here out of 185,000 Afro-Americans who were in the war from 1863 to '65, there are only 200 here. The sanitary condition of the home is excellent.—James Webb is out of the hospital.—John Walker is visiting his two sons in Chicago.—Streater Sanders is in Columbus on a 90 days furlough; also Isaac Goins, of Hillsboro.—Samuel Penny and John Carter are visiting in Cincinnati.—Thomas Kimyan will go to Chattanooga in a few days to look after a piece of property. He expects to be married soon to a Dayton belle. Mr. Kimyan was in the last charge in the battle on Oberton's hill, Nashville, December 16, 1864.—Frank G. Jones, of 27 U. S. C. T., came in from Chillicothe. He enlisted at Greenfield in January, 1863.—David Coleman, of Ashtabula, has just been admitted to the home. He enlisted in Co. E. Twenty-second regiment, U. S. C. T.—Undertaker Dave Wilborn is visiting his home in Springfield this week. William Roller will fill all orders.—Lewis Hill, taken to the hospital a few weeks ago, is back to the home. While on a furlough to visit his home in Chillicothe, his horse ran away and upset his buggy. He had a very narrow escape from death. No More of Sam Douglass's Soap. No More of Sam Douglass's Soap. Knoxville, Tenn.—Sam Douglass, 65 years old, who has for a quarter of a century been a familiar character in this city, died yesterday, and with him a valuable secret. Douglass in slave days worked in a soap factory in North Carolina and there learned a receipt to make soap of a high grade. It was used for general purposes. He came to Knoxville, opened a small factory, where he worked and would allow no one to work with him. He made much money, and when he died it is said that he left a large sum behind, but what he did with it is not known. He was at one time offered $3,000 for his secret, but he would not take it. His soap has been analyzed several times, but the receipt cannot be followed properly and Douglass had a particular key to the making of the soap which he never divulged. He supplied every grocery store in Knoxville with his goods. The San Francisco Strike. San Francisco, Aug. 1.—There were but few changes in the local labor situation yesterday. Both employers and strikers are standing firm, and each side claims confidence in winning without drawing on its reserves. No serious disturbance of the peace occurred. The strikers are observing strictly the injunction to abstain from violence. The employers hold out no hope for a speedy settlement of the trouble and say there is nothing in sight but a hard battle. Two of the big steamship companies assert that they are getting non-union men to fill the places of some of the strikers and believe that, within a short time, they can secure all the men needed to operate their boats. To Break a Strike. Sharon, Pa., Aug. 1.—It is the purpose of the American Steel Casting Co., one of the largest producers of castings in the country, to break the strike at their works in this city by importing non-union workers to fill the places of the striking molders, clippers and cranemen. Two more carloads of men were brought in yesterday from Philadelphia and unloaded at the works. There were about 50 new arrivals, making a total of 200 who have been imported to date. The company claims the plant is now running almost in full. Adopted the Electoral Bill: Havana, Aug. 1.—After a lively debate yesterday the Cuban constitutional convention adopted the electoral bill submitted by the commission. Senor Sanguilly caused a commotion by protesting against accepting the project, on the ground that the convention could not assume the authority therein provided of establishing the new government and settling disputes arising out of the first election, as these matters belonged to the military government. A Duel with Swords. Duluth, Minn., July 31.—Information was received in Duluth yesterday that Adolph Hartman, of this city, has just fought a duel with swords with Lieut. Pachmann, of the German army. It was a bloody encounter in which the lieutenant received a number of severe wounds, one of which severed the jugular vein. Hartman was also seriously wounded. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901. Our Ministers on "Evangelist Griffin." The following action has been taken by the Afro-American ministers of Cleveland relative to the meetings held in the rear of Antioch Baptist church, Central avenue. Believing in the power of the Gospel to save men, to lift them out of the darkness of sin into the light of truth, to turn them away from evil and to bring them into full sympathy with Jesus in his thoughts and in His life, and desiring above all things to see the Gospel proclaimed so that it will manifest itself as the power of God unto the salvation of men, we, the undersigned ministers of Cleveland, wish to record our emphatic disapproval of the so-called Gospel meetings now in progress in the tent back of Antioch Baptist church, conducted by one J. L. Griffin. We disapprove of these meetings because they are in no sense Gospel meetings, but something akin to a street minstrel. The high jump and the "Voodoo dance." mentioned in the daily papers, are relics of the days before emancipation, while the jokes and other amusing features of the addresses stamp the whole performance as degrading the Gospel rather than exalting it. We disapprove of the meetings not simply because every effort is being bent and all kinds of sensationalism introduced to get money, but because no sincere effort is being made to do any of the things for which the Gospel was intended. We believe that the performances at these meetings, attended as they are by a large number of curiosity seeking white and colored people, will do more to retard the Christian work among the colored people of this city, and more to increase the impression that the Negro's religious life and character are confined to his emotions and are incapable of very high development, than anything that has occurred in our city for many years. We denounce these meetings as in no way representative of the Negro's religious life and progress in Cleveland, and are sure that the more enlightened Christian colored people of this city have no sympathy with the man or his methods. We believe in the preaching of the Gospel anywhere and everywhere and we are not opposed to any methods that will win men to a better life. Nobody is being won in these meetings and the methods are calculated to repel rather than save men. Signed: Rev. J. S. Jackson, Rev. Charles Bundy, Rev. E. D. Dandridge, Rev. J. C. Turner, Rev. S. H. Ferguson. One of the Heirs. Camden, N. J., July 24, 1901. Hon. H. C. Smith, Editor and Proprietor of The Gazette: • Dear Sir:—Reading an article in June 15th issue of your paper relative to an estate valued at $25,000 left by ex-slave, Henry Dixon, of Watertown, N. Y., and being directly interested, I write you. My husband is Rev. George M. Witten, who was pastor in Frederick City, Md., for three years. Henry Dixon, the ex-slave mentioned, was one of my grandfather's brothers. There were three brothers, each one taking his master's name at the time of slavery. Mrs. Mary E. Brooks, nee Miss Dixon, who went to Watertown recently to claim the property of her father, Henry Dixon, is my cousin, I, myself, am old and crippled. Yours respectfully. "Major" Taylor Still Winning. New York.—"Major" Taylor of Worcester, Mass., champion American cyclist, duplicated his victory of Saturday when he beat Frank Kramer at Manhattan beach in the half-mile circuit championship in a similar event on the indoor ten-lap track at the Madison Square garden Monday. Kramer was defeated in the semifinal heat by W. S. Fenn, who met Taylor in the final heat. Taylor won by three-quarters of a wheel's length. Good as he is, the champion has realized the extreme absurdity of attempting to jump precipitately from sprint racing to pace-following. His defeat by Nelson at his home city taught him a lesson. Chicago, Ill. Notes Two Afro--American deckhands and two ladies' maids are employed on the steamer Williams.—Mrs. P. Blake is secretary of the new church on Eighteenth street.—The Blue Cross society has postponed its trolley party on account of the rainy weather. Mrs. Ida L. Lewis, of New York, is the guest of Mrs. Garrison.—Mrs. Josie Moore is visiting in Milwaukee.—Misses A. Mirsis, B. Morton, J. Jackson, Mrs. M. Henderson and Mrs. W. Webb, of Lockport, N. Y., are guests of Mrs. J. B. Alexander, of Princeton avenue. Do You Want a Good Job? There is a splendid opportunity for Afro-Americans in Portland, Ore., to replace labor in a large cannery. Eight or ten of them should have some experience or knowledge of machinery. If successful in securing competent laborers for this cannery, it means places for from 800 to 1,000 men in the different canneries of Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Any person desiring such employment should write to Walter L. B. Plummer, post office drawer No. 48, Portland, Oregon. Special Local Sleepers. Train leaving Cleveland at 7:50 p. m. for Chicago, return trip leaving Chicago at 8:35 p. m. via the Nickel Plate Road, now carries extra local sleepers between these points, affording ample room for all. For specific information call on nearest agent, or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. No. 145 $12.50 - Three Days Expenses at Buffaio - $12.50, including round trip via the Nickel Plate Road, going August 6th, lodging, meals and admission to the Pan-American Exposition. For specific information inquire of Geo. B. Hoag, 189 Superior St., Tel. Main 218, Cleveland, Ohio. No. 150 Comedian Hogan Settles in Harlem New York City.—Ernest Hogan, colored, the author of "Go' Way Back and Sit Down," has bought for $20,000 the dwelling house at 50 West 134th street, where he will live with his family. Mr. Hogan when not writing sings at the New York theater. He thoroughly believes in evolution. $3.70—Buffalo and Return—$3.70 $3.70-To Buffalo and Return-$3.70 Every Tuesday and Saturday until recalled. Good returning within 3 days on any regular train including train leaving Buffalo at 1:00 (eentral time) or 2:00 (eastern time) after midnight of the third day from date of sale. For specific information call on E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., 189 Superior street, Tel. Main 218, Cleveland, O. No.135 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the hair that makes the hair grow as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over four years and made by Warner and harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. 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Any person sending us one dollar a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it, sent C. O. D., it will come by express. 25c. extra. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. AVERY COLLEGE TRADES SCHOOL ALLEGHENY, PA. A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trade School for Colored Boys and Girls, Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plastering, Painting and Interior Decorations. Tailoring, Dress-making, Millinery, Voice Culture and Piano Forta. Literary Department from Primary to Normal Course. Job Work Solicited and Profits given to the Students. Catalogues now ready. Unusual advantages for Girls and a separate building. Fall terms begins Sept. 9th, 1901. Address JOSEPH D. MAHONEY, Allegheny, Pa. Principal. Our Journal. Our Bank. Because It's Ours. And Beneficial League (CORPORATED) world owned and operated by colored of $100,000.00. It is backed by investment at $2 per share, which earns 12 PER CENT. reduced from one to seventy years of age with 10 per week, and death benefits from $15 At Endowment Policy any organization of its character. Mem- bers' membership and are at liberty to draw Death Department basis and members enjoy advantages in any. INSTITUTION, under the laws of Pennsylvania in the sum be stockholders and participants in the Our Insurance. Our Journal. Our Bank. is the strongest organization in the world owned and operated by colored people, being capitalized in the sum of $100,000.00. It is backed by investment stock, which is sold to members at $2 per share, which earns 12 PER CENT. ANNUALLY. Persons are protected from one to seventy years of age with sick benefits ranging from $1.25 to $10 per week, and death benefits from $15 to $500. The 16 Year Limit Endowment Policy is the safest and cheapest issued by any organization of its character. Members pay no more dues after 16 years' membership and are at liberty to draw CASH VALUE of their policies. The Sick and Death Department is also operated on the most mutual basis and members enjoy advantages in this not accorded by any rival company. which is capitalized and chartered under the laws of Pennsylvania in the sum of $50,000.00 and all members can be stockholders and participants in the profits therein. THE AMERICAN HERALD nization, a copy of which is sent to every path, that they may keep posted as to every weekly and mailed to subscribers at $1 ing NEWS MATTER (not a cheap patented character, and pains are taken that no advertisements are inserted in its columns, my first-class journal can afford, and made information address. is the official journal of the organization, a copy of which is sent to every member by mail at least once a month, that they may keep posted as to every detail of the work. It is published weekly and mailed to subscribers at $1 per year. It is brimful of interesting NEWS MATTER (not a cheap patented sheet) edited on the most high-toned character, and pains are taken that no unclean or objectionable items or advertisements are inserted in its columns. Advertising rates are as cheap as any first-class journal can afford, and made known on application. For detailed information address, J. CLINTON, Jr., President, Box 3823, Sta. D PHILA., PA. EXCURSIONS TO SEASHORE. Atlantic City, Cape May and Eight Other Attractive Resorts. The annual excursion to seashore resorts via Pennsylvania Lines will be run Thursdays, July 25th and August 8. Tickets to ten of the most popular resorts on the Atlantic Coast will be on sale at special rates on those days, viz.: Atlantic City, Cape May, Anglesea, Avalon, Holly Beach, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Wildwood, New Jersey, Ocean City, Maryland, and Rehoboth, Delaware. The round trip to either of these delightful summer havens will be $13.50 from Cleveland. The return limit on all tickets will be twelve days, including date of sale. Through trains over Pennsylvania Lines take passengers to Philadelphia without changing cars from principal points on the lines west of Pittsburg. At Philadelphia connection is made with seashore trains for the various resorts. For these special excursions passenger service through Philadelphia to Atlantic City will be provided, so that excursionists may go through to that resort without stepping from the train. For particulars apply to nearest Ticket Agent, or address C. L. Kimball, G. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. Write at Once! The old reliable Gazette desires an energetic and honest agent, and a good correspondent, in every city and town in Ohio and adjoining states having a number of Afro-American residents. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Lima, Lorain, Toledo, Wilmington, Kenton, Portsmouth, Chillicothe, Delaware, Washington C. H., Lancaster, Newark, Urbana, O.; Allegheny and other western Pennsylvania cities and towns; Wheeling, Parkersburg and other West Virginia cities and towns; northern Kentucky and eastern Indiana cities and towns. Address a card to the editor of The Gazette, Case Library building, Cleveland, O., and our terms and full instructions to agents and correspondents will be sent at once. Send us the name of any good person or persons in any of the cities named above to whom we can write relative to the matter. Notice to Agents. During the warm weather agents will please send postal notes and not stamps, in payment for papers. After July 1 a postal note can be purchased for three cents. Subscribers, agents and all others forwarding amounts to The Gazette will please remember NOT to send postage stamps. $13,50 to Atlantic City, N. J., and Return. From any point on C., T. & V. R. R. July 18th and August 15th. Tickets good twelve days and for return will admit of stop-over at Washington on return trip. Apply to any agent or J. E. Galbraith, Traffic Manager C. T. & V. R. R., Cleveland, O. 5t A Vacation Outing. At Cottage Grove lake on C. T. & V. R. R.-B. & O.-will prove restful and enjoyable. Good hotel service at reasonable rates. For accommodations inquire C. T. & V. agents or address J. E. Galbraith, traffic manager C. T. & V. R. R., Cleveland, O. 3t Special Rates The Nickel Plate road will be the popular route to Buffalo for C. M. B. A. day, July 23. For complete details inquire of E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A. 189 Superior street, Cleveland, O.; Tel. Main 218. No.136 Pan-American Exposition Rates To Buffalo via the Nickel Plate road. Tickets now on sale at all stations, one and one-third fare for round trip, good returning 15 days. Write, wire, 'phone or call on nearest agent, or E. A. Akers, C.P. & T.A., Cleveland, O. 85 NOTICE. State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, ss. in Pleas. Margaricate Cornwell, Plaintiff, vs. James Cornwell, Defendant. Petition for divorce, alimony and custody of children. JAMES CORNWELL, the above named defendant, whose place of residence when last departed at a place in Ohio but who departed thence January, 1991, which time his whereabouts has been impossible to ascertain, will be notice that on the 21st day of June, 1991, Margaricate Cornwell, his wife, the present plaintiff in the above entitled suit, filed her petition in the court of common pleas of the county of Cuyahoga, and state of Ohio, being cause (number 74997, praying for a divorce, alimony and custody of children. The charge in said petition is that of presence of death for over the period the three years last post. Said cause will be for hearing in said court of common pleas on or any time after the service of publication is completed. Said publication being for a period of six weeks. W.M. T. CLARK. Atty. for Plaintiff. The League operates its own League headquarters, 1024 S. 20th St. CRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA VELAND & SANCU BREWING COMPANY -1116 American Trust CLEVELAND & SANCUSKY BREWING COMPANY, 1109-1116 American Trust Bldg., ERNST MUELLER, President. JACOB KUEBELER, 1st Vice Pres't. JNO. M. LEICHT, 2nd Vice Pres't. WILLIAM H. CHAPMAN, Sec'y & Treas. READ THE "THE PROCEED TIONAL NEGRO Which held its first convention BOOKER T. WASHIN This convention was the ed business men ever held in line of business was represen educator, the doctor, the law the merchant and rulers of n ered and papers read are all of delegates and others, whi the convention. READ THIS BOOK "THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE" Which held its first convention in Boston, Mass., August 23-24, 1909. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. President and Founder. This convention was the first National Convention of business men ever held in this or any other country. 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All committees including the executive committee were made up of members of the general citizens' committee. After the lapse of the many months referred to it finally dawned upon the members of the citizens' executive committee that there would be hundreds and possibly thousands of Afro-American veterans of the War of the Rebellion, members of the G. A. R., in attendance upon the national meeting of the organization here this fall. In constituting the general committee through an oversight or otherwise no Afro-American was given a place upon it. This mistake should not, of course, have been made. For some reason or other the executive committee has failed and refuses to recommend such action. The result is that no Afro-American has or can have any regular connection with the citizens' general committee, the executive or any other of its many auxiliary committees. Recognizing this condition and being desirous or unloading to a greater or less extent the care of the colored ex-soldiers and their visiting friends who will attend the encampment, the executive committee authorized the appointment of an irregular auxiliary committee made up of Afro-Americans with the result of Ed Doty, its secretary, notified the following named persons of their appointment: Charles W. Chestnut, esq., (chairman), Rev. Charles Bundy, Rev. J. S. Jackson, A. T. Abbott, J. E. Reed, H. J. Embrey, H. M. Foote, W. B. Wright, Alexander Martin, James E. Benson, T. W. Flemming, J. H. Davis, John J. Bolden, George Vosburg, Willie Green, George Sampson, Willie Clifford, George Myers. On July 12 this alleged committee was notified to indicate their acceptance of the color-line honor (?) and to attend a meeting to be held on Monday evening, July 15, in the committee rooms in the chamber of commerce building. A number of the persons mentioned upon receipt of the notice were bright enough to recognize this "Jim Crow" movement and appreciate the intentional or unintentional insult to our old soldiers and the race its composition implies. Among this number were Rev. Bundy, Rev. J. S. Jackson, Messrs. Abbott, Reed and others. Indeed only four or five attended the July 15 meeting, Mr. Abbott being one of the number. He, however, went for the purpose of rebuking the others for tamely submitting to such an outrageous insult. He paralyzed the alleged meeting, which was hastily adjourned without having taken any action. It will be seen that among those named for membership on this "Jim Crow" committee there are a number of men of color who in spite of their long years' residence in Cleveland have little or no standing among our people here because they have had practically no association with or shown any interest in them. For one reason and another they have held themselves aloof from our people, their organizations, churches, etc., showing absolutely no interest or care for them. They are, therefore, anything but "representative colored men." Then, too, there is one of them that will not even accommodate men of his own class in his place of business, unless the Afro-American seeking the same is a guest of the institution in which his place of business is located. Rev. Charles Bundy and others of our pastors are most outspoken in their denunciation of this latest "Jim Crow" movement. After his sermon Sunday morning, July 14, at St. John's church he discussed and denounced it thoroughly and very properly, taking severely to task the members of the race, especially those on the alleged committee, who failed to resent so open and aggravating an insult. Rev. Bundy very properly stigmatizes it as a "Jim Crow" annex to the G. A. R. encampment and general committee! "The appointment of a 'colored committee' on entertainment for colored troops is a terrible blunder," said Rev. Bundy July 16. "It is an attempt to draw the color line in Cleveland, of all places. In Cincinnati or St. Louis one might understand the motives behind such an attempt. In Cleveland it is perfectly inexcusable. Here on the Western Reserve, famous for its love of freedom, liberty and fair play, such discrimination against colored people is an outrage. I do not think that the people will endorse such a thing if it is brought to their attention. "If it was even a question of nationalities there might possibly be no objections. If a committee of Germans and another of Irish citizens had been appointed, for instance, to look after the interests and comfort of the troops of their nationalities, then a colored committee to look after colored soldiers might be in place. "No such thing has been done, however. The general committee will look after the entertainment of all veterans except the colored men. A 'Jim Crow annex' is to care for them. The colored soldiers are members of the Grand Army. They are entitled to care at the hands of the general committee, with other veterans. "No self-respecting colored citizen will serve on that 'Jim Crow' committee. If their co-operation is wished a place could be made for some of them on the general committee. Then if their services were especially desired in the interests of colored soldiers they could be detailed for that work. But it is an insult to ask a man to serve on a committee whose very existence indicates an attempt to draw the color line against his race. "A serious mistake has been made by this attempt, and the sooner it is rectified the better." Rev. Bundy paid absolutely no attention to the notice placing his name on the "Jim Crow tag end" committee, and he feels intensely indignant because of the act, the more so because, he says, that he was consulted about the matter some time since, and plainly responded with his views on the subject. To a daily newspaper reporter on July 16 the editor of The Gazette also said: "We want no recognition on the executive or general committees unless voluntarily given, but we will not for a minute submit to the apparent plan to put the colored veterans by themselves while in this city. "If the Irish are going to look after the Irish veterans and the Germans after the German veterans, then we will look after the colored veterans. We will not, however, submit to any class distinction." Our people should denounce with every breath this effort to establish a "Jim Crow" committee and the misguided individuals of color who undertake to act on it. The citizen committees will have the honor of caring for the encampment; therefore let them do the work—all of it, including that necessary for the proper care of the Afro-American contingent. The effort to shift it to somebody else simply because these old soldiers belong to our race and are of a little different color, is exceptionally contemptible even for the average prejudiced white person. These old soldier heroes of ours did their part to save the great American government and should be esteemed too highly by the citizens' general committee of this city to permit of any such exhibition of prejudice and smallness as would be a "Jim Crow tag end" committee such as has repeatedly been referred to. That "Jim Crow Annex." With a citizens' committee of two or three hundred members from which all sub-committees are taken, we fail to see the necessity and wisdom of the appointment of a committee for any purpose, the members of which are not members of the citizens' general committee. The appointment of a "colored committee" for the very evident purpose of shifting to our people the care of the Afro-American ex-soldiers and friends who attend the G. A. R. encampment to be held here this fall, ought to be followed by the appointment of Irish, German, Bohemian, Jewish and other race or class committees, for the care of the ex-soldiers of the various nationalities who will also attend the encampment. To be consistent and prove that they are not intentionally drawing the color-line and creating a "Jim Crow annex" for purposes obvious, the citizens' executive committee must at once appoint two or more of these other race or class committees. To say that they are following precedents established in other cities where the national encampment has been held, is no argument in favor of a "Jim Crow tag end" committee in Cleveland for this fall or any other time, or for this or any other purpose, because there is only one Cleveland in the Western Reserve of this country. By this last we mean there is no city of its size in the country where there is so little excuse for such ridiculous action. The citizens' executive committee could have saved itself much humiliation had it conferred with leading Afro-Americans before taking the insulting action referred to. If they do not desire to provide for the Afro-American ex-soldiers just as they do for those of other classes, without any more reference to or consideration for their class or color, they should give way to broader-gauged men who can and will provide for the heroes of the war of the rebellion without any regard for class or color. We are perfectly willing, and so will be all of the ex-soldiers of color who visit our city this fall, to accept the care and treatment provided for all without reference to class or color. The oversight which resulted in a failure to place leading citizens of color upon the general and executive committees in charge of the coming G. A. R. encampment, should not lead the members of the latter into making a far greater and more aggravating mistake, namely, the creation and maintenance of a "Jim Crow tag end" committee. Cleveland has a reputation the country over for fairness in the matter of the treatment of Afro-Americans which all "Jim Crow" movements mar. This addition to a personal feeling is what leads the intelligent and manly of our people as well as the broad-gauged whites to oppose such a disgraceful line of action as the creation of a "Jim Crow" committee, upon the part of the citizens' executive committee. We sincerely trust the obnoxious movement will be abandoned and that all concerned will understand that all calls upon the local public for assistance, etc., in the care of the old soldiers who will convene here this fall, will mean the same to and have a like effect upon the Afro-Americans of this community as upon all other loyal residents of every class. WILL TEST THE LAW. New York Gamblers Claim that the Penal Code of that State Is Unconstitutional. New York, Aug. 1.—The gamblers and pool room proprietors of New York have instituted, through their attorneys and John R. Dos Passos, counsel, a proceeding to take the case of Charles tennett, an alleged associate of "The Allen," to the United States circuit court on the ground that Sections 343 and 351 of the penal code of this state in regard to gambling are "Contrary and repugnant to the constitution of the United States and the amendments thereto, and the laws of the United States." Mr. Dos Passos said that if the United States circuit court sustained the allegations that the state laws were unconstitutional, it would have the effect of making illegal the sentences of all the gamblers raided and afterward convicted by the committee of fifteen, and would necessitate a revision of the laws as they pertain to gambling in the state of New York. This is the first time a step of this character has been taken in this state. Female Smugglers at Work. Female Smugglers at Work. Rome, Aug. 1.—The frequent walks across the Swiss-Italian frontier of girls from a seminary near Maslianco aroused the suspicions of the customs officers, who finally stopped a procession of 40 walking two by two, and ascertained that each girl was smuggling cigars. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901. The "Jim Crow Tag-End' Committee of the G. A. R. Encampment Citizens' Executive Committee. Every One of Our Local Ministers Sign Resolutions Denouncing the Disgraceful Attempt to Draw a Color Line. In response to a call sent out Thursday, July 18, Rev. Chas Bundy all of our ministers, except Rev. E. D. Dandridge, met Monday, July 22, in the study of Antioch Baptist church, on Central avenue, to consider and pass upon the appointment of the "Jim Crow" committee appointed recently by the citizen's executive committee (white) which is in charge of the arrangements for the G. A. R. encampment soon to be held in Cleveland. Rev. Dandridge, of Shiloh Baptist church, who was unavoidably absent, is in hearty sympathy with the opposition to the "Jim Crow" committee. The editor of The Gazette was also present at the meeting on the invitation of Rev. Bundy, of St. John's A. M. E. church. A temporary organization was effected with Rev. Bundy as chairman and Rev.F.G.Brookins, of Antioch church, secretary. After the call was explained by the presiding officer, an expression was had from each person present, which included in addition to those already mentioned, Rev. S. H. Ferguson, of Cory M. E. church; Rev. J. S. Jackson, of Mt. Zion Congregational church, and Rev. J. C. Turner, of the Second A. M. E. church, East End. There was absolute unanimity of expression upon the part of all present in condemnation of the appointment of the "Jim Crow" committee "on colored troops" by the citizens' executive committee (white). After a full and free discussion and thorough handling of the matter, the following persons were elected a committee on resolutions: Rev. J. S. Jackson, Rev. Chas. Bundy and Hon. H. C. Smith. This committee met with the chairman of the meeting in the study of St. John's church on Tuesday, July 23, and reported to the general meeting held at 6 p. m. on the same day in the study of Antioch church. The following are the resolutions formulated, presented and unanimously adopted: Whereas, The citizens' executive committee on entertainment for the G. A. R. encampment has seen fit to create unnecessarily "a colored committee on colored troops" and has not created class committees to care for troops of other classes of people or nationalities, and Whereas, The creation of a "color-line" committee is not only unnecessary and obnoxious to the loyal and intelligent Afro-Americans of this community and an unfair reflection upon the splendid reputation abroad of this city for fair treatment of all people without regard to class or color who come within its borders, but will also prove to be most aggravating and distasteful to the thousands of Afro-American veterans and their families and friends who will visit the city during the encampment, therefore be it Resolved, first, That the undersigned do most vigorously protest against the color-line action in the appointment of a "colored committee on colored troops" and respectfully request the citizens' executive committee to rescind the objectionable action. Secondly, that in case this is done, we pledge the citizens' executive committee our assistance in common with all other loyal people of the community without reference to class to do all in our power that may be required to assist in providing for the "wants and comforts" of all the veterans and visitors who may come to our city to attend the encampment. Signed: Rev. Chas. Bundy, pastor St. John's A. M. E. church. Rev. E. D. Dandridge, pastor Shiloh Baptist church. Rev, S. H. Ferguson, pastor Cory M. E. church. Rev. J. S. Jackson, pastor Mt. Zion Congregational church, Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Gazette. The following communication written on July 19, appeared in the daily Leader of July 22, and is self-explanatory: Editor Leader: As a matter of fairness, I feel sure you will permit the publication of the following reply to the article which appeared in your paper of July 18 anent the discussion which resulted from the appointment of a colored committee "on colored troops" by the Grand Army Citizens' executive committee on encampment. Rev. Chas. Bundy and the writer esteem as highly as other citizens of this community the members of the citizens' committee and desire no controversy with it. We know that the executive committee has made an unfortunate mistake, possibly on the solicitation of some misguided Afro-American, which ought to be rectified at the earliest possible moment. There is no more excuse for such a class committee than there would be for committees of other nationalities to attend "to the wants and comfort" of the veterans of the various classes or nationalities who will attend the grand encampment. It is entirely unnecessary, because my people of this community will take as much pride and pleasure in doing all they can for the Afro-American veterans as any and all other classes of people for the veterans of their classes and, too, under the direction of the citizens' executive committee. There is no city of its size or larger in this country where there is so little excuse for such obnoxious action as the creation of a "Jim Crow" committee. Cleveland has a reputation the country over for fairness in the matter of treatment of Afro-Americans, which all such creations mar, and I sincerely trust that this latest attempt will be abandoned. Very respectfully, HARRY C. SMITH. The book binder cannot always afford to disdain another person's leavings.—Philadelphia Bulletin. BACTERIA IN COFFEE. Ohio Grocer Convicted of Violating the Pure Food Laws of the State. Toledo, July 30.—The jury in Judge Meek's court in this city has found James White, a local grocer, guilty of selling adulterated coffee. The prosecution was based on a package of Arbuckles' Ariosa coffee. The State of Ohio, through the Pure Food Commission, prosecuted White. The case was on trial for nearly a month and attracted national attention. The manufacturers of Ariosa coffee conducted the defense for Grocer White. The best attorneys in the country were retained to defend him but, after a short consultation, a verdict of guilty was returned by the jury. The State of Ohio considers this a big victory. Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn has been waging a warfare on spurious food articles and the department has been very successful. The complaint of the State of Ohio was that Ariosa coffee was coated with a substance which concealed defects in the coffee and made it appear better than it is. The State charged that this coating or glazing was a favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria. Prof. G. A. Kirchmaier, of this city, a well-known chemist, was the principal witness for the State. He had made scientific examinations of samples of Ariosa purchased in the open market from Grocer White. He found that each Ariosa berry contained an average of 300 bacteria. Mr. Kirchmaier further testified that other coffees he examined contained few bacteria or none at all. He declared that the glazed coffee was not a wholesome food product. Chemist Schmidt, of Cincinnati, corroborated the testimony of Prof. Kirchmaier. The State did not present further testimony. The defense, through the Arbuckles, who prepare this glazed coffee, secured some of the most eminent chemists and scientists in the United States to give testimony in their behalf. Prof. H. W. Wiley, of the United States Agricultural Department; Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor University; Profs. Bleile and Webber, of the Ohio State University, were called to defend Ariosa. Dr. Wiley had made a careful examination of the method of manufacturing Ariosa. He told of the 19,000,000 eggs used by the Arbuckles yearly in the preparation of this glazing. On this point in cross examination, the State's attorneys deftly drew from him the information that these eggs might be kept in cold storage by the Arbuckles for a year or two at a time. The experts who heard Dr. Wiley's testimony were pleased to be able to "catch" so famous a chemist. The doctor at one point in his testimony explained very clearly how it is that the egg put into the coffee pot by the housewife settles the coffee. He said that the heat coagulates the egg, and as it sinks to the bottom of the pot it carries the fine particles of the coffee with it, and thus clarifies the drink. It is the act of coagulation in the coffee pot that does the work. Later on in his cross examination, he had to admit that when the egg was put on Ariosa coffee at the factory, it became coagulated, and as egg cannot be coagulated but once, that the coating on coffee was of practically no value as a "settler" when it reached the coffee pot. Prof. Wiley acknowledged that the glazing might be a favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria, although he would not testify positively either way because he was not a bacteriologist. Prof. Vaughn, of Ann Arbor University, also a witness for the Arbuckles, said he found bacteria on Ariosa coffee. Prof. Bleile, another witness for the defense, found any number of lively bacteria on the Ariosa coffee he examined, and he agreed that glazed coffee surely was a more favorable medium for the propagation of bacteria than unglazed coffee. The verdict of the jury in this case is of national importance because a great many other states have Pure Food Laws like that of Ohio, and it is natural to suppose that similar action will be taken by other Pure Food Commissioners to prevent the sale of glazed coffees. Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn says: "The State is very much elated over its victory against this big corporation. We are now considering the advisability of informing every grocer in the State of Ohio that it is an infraction of the laws to sell Ariosa, and at the same time give warning to consumers that the coffee is an adulterated food article." Discomfiting Comment A quack doctor stood on his wagon in Chamberiain, selling his cure-all. A group of people gathered about him, and he undertook to explain to them the construction of the throat. "My dear friends," he began, "perhaps you don't know it, but there are two passages in the throat. One is called the esophagus, and the other the esophagi. Now, the solid victuals go down the first, and the liquids down the second. Over the top of the passage is a cover, with a hinge down the middle, and when you swallow beefsteak the little door over the esophagus flies open and the little door over the other drops down, and vice versa when you take a drink of coffee." This description proved too much for a farmer, who, shaking with laughter, called out in a loud voice: "Gosh! but those doors go flipper-flipper when a fellow eats bread and milk."—London Answers. OF FOREIGN INTEREST New Zealand has 42,000 natives (Maoris) to 626,000 whites. Great Paul is the biggest London bell. It weighs $17\frac{1}{2}$ tons; while Big Ben, of Westminster, is only $15\frac{1}{4}$ tons. Prince Carl of Roumania is thirteenth in order of succession to the British throne, the German emperor twenty-fifth. Corn is, next to sugarcane, the principal crop grown in Queensland, and is one of the most important products of New South Wales. SUNSTROKE A man falls into the street. PREVENTED BY CASCARETS CANDY CATHARTIC BEST FOR THE BOWELS 10c. 25c. 50c. THE TABLET. ALL DRUGGISTS CASCARETS are absolutely harmless, a purely vegetable compound. No mercurial or other mineral pill-poison in CASCARETS. CASCARETS promptly, effectively and permanently cure every disorder of the Stomach, Liver and Intestines. They not only cure constipation, but correct any and every form of irregularity of the bowels, including diarrhoea and dysentery. Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do good. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. Write for booklet and free sample. Address STERLING REMEDY CO., CHICAGO or NEW YORK. Odd Marriage Ceremony Performed by an Early Montana Magistrate. George Hazel, of Helena, Mont., in speaking of the formerly great influence wielded by the justices of the peace on the frontier, told the following story, says the New York Tribune: "In the prestate day of Montana the justices of the peace reigned supreme in the land. They joined men and women in life, buried them in death, and were general peacemakers to the community at large, and judges of dog fights. Their position in western communities was unique, and the stories that have been told about them have been innumerable. One of the most peculiar characters to be found in Washington, however, was one Reed, J. P., who ruled over the town of Belknap, Mont., since deceased in the early 70s. "He performed at Belknap in the winter of 1878 a marriage ceremony that is classic in western annals. He made the bride swear that she would support the constitution of the United States and the organized acts of the territory of Montana; that she would be ever loving, faithful and true, and would be ever willing to defend—with her life, if necessary—the honor of her God, her country and her flag. The bridegroom was compelled to swear that he would split the wood, carry the water, shovel the snow, build the fire and under any and all circumstances try to be a perfect gentleman. Instead of returning her devotion with slurs and scowls he would repay it with a kiss and kind words. If he ran shy of kisses he was to call on the justice of the peace, who was long on kisses, but short on girls. Reed wound up this unique ceremony by making the couple recite the Lord's prayer in anison. And the ceremony ended with the crack of a revolver and a pop of beer corks." At the Funeral.—Rigg—"Poor old Mudge. He doesn't look like the same man." Tigg—"No. And just listen to that eulogy. 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