The Gazette

2 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, the second-class matter. CLEVELAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1902. 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. Afro-American old soldiers should not go to the Washington (D. C.) G. A. R. meeting to be insulted by that city's "Jim Crow" committee. Stay at home. We have never "taken any stock" in that "white elephant," the National Negro Business Men's league, and since its recent election of E. E. Cooper to a position in the organization, marvel at anyone else's doing so. "Major" Taylor was pocketed in the championship cycle race at Manhattan Beach Saturday and Kramer won.—Telegraph to daily papers. The white professional bicycle riders have banded together for the purpose of keeping Taylor from winning the championship again this year and the result is that they "pocket" (surround) him as often as possible in the races, hold him back and thus leave Kramer to win. He (the editor of The Gazette) has some crude notions about the great educator, Booker T. Washington, of which time and Tuskegee's great work will eventually cure him.—Indianapolis World. Our confrere is again mistaken. We have some splendid "notions" (not "crude") about some of the questionable methods of pleasing wealthy white northerners which the great educator, Booker T. Washington, follows while in this section, to the detriment of our people of the north. The Boston Guardian certainly is entitled to credit for the splendid fight it has for weeks been making to prevent the return to North Carolina on a charge of arson of an Afro-American by the name of Munroe Rogers. Ohio's governor (Judge Nash) refused to permit a Virginia sheriff to take back an Afro-American a couple of years ago (from Columbus) and he has ever since had a place in our heart for that act. Massachusetts governor should follow his example and not send Rogers back south to be lynched. EXTREME HATRED OF THE UNCULTURED GEORGIA WOMEN OF THE FEDERATION. The act of extending friendly encouragement to refined and cultured colored women who favor industrial and philanthropic endeavors in the interest of the country and the masses was defeated in the Women's Federation convention held at Los Angeles. The representatives of a quarter of a million of the best minds of American womanhood constituted the federation. Presumably the federation is designed to utilize those means promotive of the best interests of a progressive and enlightened Christian people. The world and mankind generally had no ground in expecting the cultured white women of such strong educational force as are found in this country to descend to such indignities as women in any part of Europe would be ashamed to do. But many of the so-called cultured white ladies of the south are pretentious and were these same individuals in Europe instead of America, they would sooner, have hidden their heads in bags than be guilty of such scullionism as was exhibited at the Los Angeles confederation. But it remained with these over pretentious and extremely fastidious ideals of blue-veined Bourbonism to emulate the example of southern numbsculism. Imbecility or inebriety displayed in womanly attire is diverting at all times, but under present circumstances when it will be remembered that the federation met for the discharge of very vital and special duties and that the climax of all that was accomplished, was the disfranchisement of those of their kind, perhaps their superiors in brain and culture, simply renders the act not only highly ridiculous and farsical, but pititable beyond measure. The Georgia white women who represented the confederation deserve very especially the unqualified commiseration of the cultured Christian white women everywhere. Pretenious in the possession of graces quite foreign to the accomplishments of true womanhood, they have affected a degree of sincerity which indeed proves to be utterly false. They joined the federation ostensibly with the view of promoting the ends and aims of their constitution. They declared their high appreciation of the work and mission to be consummated and upon their oath they pledged themselves to faithfully labor in furtherance of the designs of the organization. Looking forward to the time when the nation and Christendom might pronounce them blessed in their efforts consecrated to the holy cause of righteous dealing, the Women's Federation of America seems destined to become an effective moral force in the affairs of the country. But as it was in Eden's lovely home, when everything THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902. gave promise of uninterrupted joy and serenity, there came a creeping demon, crawling in the dust, evidently bent in his purpose to beguile innocence and despoil the excellence of pure and noble design. Eden felt the shock of the serpent's sting and from that day till now the demon of mischief still preys upon our nobler and better aspirations. The spirit of race animosity found its way into the Women's Federation at Los Angeles and instead of prosecuting the designs for which it was created, a breed of the serpent eminating from Georgia crept into the fededation, crawling in the dust and lo (Lowe) and behold, the once grand and majestic organization is defiled, humiliated, dragged into the dust and henceforth the Women's Federation of America must remain now and forever the shame and disgrace of the womanhood of the state of Georgia. The shame reaches its climax in the act, when it is remembered that white women of the home of Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, overlooking their most solemn trusts, resorted to the very small business of venting their malignant spleen against a struggling race only to gratify a depraved animal propensity. TAYLOR AND DIXON. The Former's Races and Consistency —The Latter and "Pedlar" Palmer Matched in England. Providence, R. I.—Major Taylor and Frank Kramer were tied for first place in the one-third mile national championship professional at the Coliseum last week Wednesday night. Springfield, Mass.—Frank Kramer defeated Major Taylor by a length in the one-third of a mile national championship at the Coliseum last week Thursday. The time of the final heat was 39 4-5 seconds. Iver Lawson was third and George H. Collett fourth. In his semi-final Taylor defeated Collett, J. F. Jacobson and Jed Newkirk. In his observance of the Sabbath, Major Taylor is at least consistent. He has refused handsome offers here and abroad to ride on Sunday, but he will not even go to the races that day. When he rode in the circuit race at Manhattan Beach recently he finished the day with three punctured tires. His trainer gathered them up and made some remark about repairing them the next day so that they would be ready for the races at Pittsburgh on Monday. Taylor turned on him suddenly and said: "Don't you do anything to them to-morrow. Do them to-night or else wait till Monday. I won't have any work done for me on Sunday." George Dixon's pilgrimage to England in quest of a match has borne fruit, for, according to the latest sporting exchanges from the other side; the former featherweight champion has signed articles to box his old rival "Pedlar" Palmer. The papers stipulate that the pair are to meet for 15 rounds before the National Sporting club, London, on September 8. The weight is 120 pounds. The pair met at Madison Square Garden about six years ago and the result was a draw after six spirited rounds. Since that time both have deteriorated in form, having been whipped each by Terry McGovern. Dixon, the report says, has been taking good care of himself and if this is true and the Negro is in shape, he ought to give an excellent account of himself. The Steubenville Choir. Martin's Ferry, O.—The W. M. M. convention at the A., M. E. church closed Sunday. Many from neighboring towns attended.—Miss Brown, of Steubenville, Mr. and Mrs. Bullett and Miss Powell, of Cumberland, Md., were Miss Luey Jackson's guests Saturday.—Mr. Nelson Howard, of Steubenville, was here Sunday.—Mrs. Mary Thomas returned Saturday from Spring-field. She visited her mother a month.—Miss Beulah Burke, of Flushing, attended the W. M. M. convention.—Mr. James Rivers, of Flushing, spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Stella Walker.—G. W. Cleggitt was improved Sunday.—The camp meeting of the Second M. E. church began Sunday.—Miss Mamie Taggart, of St. Clairsville, secretary of the W. M. M., and Rev. and Mrs. Singleton of Bellaire, were Mrs. Julia Wilks' guests during the convention.—Mrs. Rose Johnson, of Cleveland, president of the W. M. M., left for Flushing Monday evening.—Rev. C. T. Lewis and family, of Steubenville, passed through here last week.—The A. M. E. church choir, of Steubenville, rendered excellent service at the A. M. E. church here Sunday.—Mrs. Wilks and Miss Gipson entertained at the latter's home last Wednesday evening in honor of visitors. Refreshments were served.—A fine girl arrived at Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson's last Saturday.—Several attended the Labor day picnic at Wheeling Monday. Ignored as Usual. Lebanon, O.—Mesdames M. A. Dyer and W. Haggard spent Thursday in Cincinnati.—Lebanon society attended the reception Thursday, from 8 to 11 p. m., given by Mrs. M. A. Donegan and Mrs. A. C. Murphy. There were about 30 present. Supper was served. Out-of-town guests: Mrs. J. Wright, of Hoboken, N. J.; Miss Ethel Wilkerson, of Walnut Hills, Miss E. Williams and Mr. Sims, of Waynesville, and Mr. O. Clements, of Redline.—The Lebanon Centennial will take place September 25. Up to this time there is not an Afro-American on any of the many committees appointed. Why are they sidetracked? Wait until election day and then strike back. Peoria, Ill., Personals. Mrs. Frank Barton entertained at a dinner party and Mrs. Joseph Conway at a card party last week Friday evening.—Mrs. Joseph Johnson and daughter, Edna, left Monday for Springfield, to visit relatives for a week.—Mrs. Robert Moody and family have moved to a farm in Eureka.—Miss Lulu Jolly is the guest of Mrs. Mattie Jackson.—Henry Hughes and Harry Gilkesson spent Labor day at Pekin.—The A. M. E. church rally, Sunday, netted over $5. The social on Monday evening was a success. A number of our people turned out at Kewanee on Labor day.—Elmer Scott visited a Springfield girl at Kewanee. Goin-White. Oberlin, O.—Rev. Edward F. Goin, pastor of the Congregational church of New Haven, Conn., and Miss Viola M. White, a teacher in the summer High school of St. Louis, Mo., were married at the residence of the bride's grandfather, J. H. Scott, August 27. Both are graduates of Oberlin college, class 1901. They Come From Many Parts of the Earth. Information of Recent Date Collected in Various Ways and Condensed For the Convenience of Our Busy Readers W. K. Vanderbilt, jr., who is credited with having driven an automobile faster for a mile than any other person, has announced his permanent retirement from automobiling as a sport. He is said to have sold his stable of high power machines, which included some of the fastest and most costly automobiles ever built. The epidemic of cholera is reaching alarming proportions on the other side of the Pacific, the outbreak extending further and having more victims than ever before reported. It extends from Java to Japan, and almost every city on the coast and many in the interior are affected. From New York City $10,000 is being sent each week to the miners' strike fund, and that city is doing less in proportion to its size than almost any other large city in the country. Cincinnati and Pittsburg contribute each about $10,000 a week. Chicago is sending more than any other city. The Amalagamated Journal, the official organ of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers of America, officially announces that the rebate proposition submitted to the tin lodges by the American Tin Plate Co. has been voted down. Collector Stranahan, of the port of New York, has requested the United States district attorney to institute forfeiture proceedings in the case of the $20,000 pearl and diamond necklace recently seized from a wealthy female passenger on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Plans for the national convention of the League of Republican Clubs have been partly framed. They contemplate a three days' meeting, to be held in Chicago on October 2, 3 and 4. It is the plan to have President Roosevelt present on October 3. By the terms of the agreement made between the heirs of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs and Mrs. W. K. Vandervilt, jr., the former are given more than $1,000,000. In the superior court at Seattle, Wash., Judge Richardson has held that a boycott is not illegal when peaceably conducted, and when not so conducted must be dealt with by the criminal court, not a court of equity. One life was lost as a result of the fire that destroyed Wood's opera house at Bay City, Mich., causing a loss of $100,000. The badly crushed body of Eugene Caremba, aged 22, was found under some fallen walls. A fatal wreck occurred on the Missouri Pacific between Wagoner and Fort Gibson, I. T. A heavily loaded freight train crashed into a construction train. Two men were killed outright and 15 others injured. Some of the injured will die. The republican state convention at Greensboro, N. C., has adopted a resolution accepting the constitutional amendment of disfranchisement and binding the party not to contest its constitutionality. The convention was composed entirely of white men. Santos Dumont, the aeronaut, will, according to a dispatch from Paris, attempt the construction of an aerial vessel to carry 80 persons. He plans to begin experiments with the machine in two or three months. At Spokane, Wash., Chief of Police Reddy was a passenger on a street car that was held up by a highwayman. The car had stopped at a railroad crossing when a masked robber, with a revolver in each hand, stepped aboard and compelled the conductor to give up his cash. He then commanded the passengers to contribute. Chief Reddy was unarmed and powerless. William E. Hagan, one of the most noted experts in handwriting in this country, is dead at his home in Troy, N. Y. He was born in 1826, in the city where he died. The general strike of the gold beaters of the United States which began about five weeks ago, has been declared off by President Lambert, of the Gold Beaters' International union. The strike was ended by a compromise. The Southern railway has increased the wages of machinists, blacksmiths and boilermakers employed on its system. The apprentice system is to be regulated on a basis of one apprentice to five journeymen; time and one-half is to be allowed for all overtime, including Sundays and holidays, and also for work on the road away from home. Mrs. Eva Wrendt, hysterical with fright, leaped from a window on the fourth floor of a burning flat house in New York City and was killed. Mrs. Wrendt's daughter had just been lifted to a place of safety from a window, when the mother was driven to the window by fire and smoke. The policemen could have rescued her. The United States army ordnance officers after an exhaustive test have reported against the adoption of bullet-proof cloth shields. The test showed that weight for weight the shields were not as resistant as steel plate, while they were of double weight when wet. Albert Terrell, a negro pugilist, died in a Philadelphia hospital after a boxing bout with William Stokes, also a negro, at the Golden Gate Athletic club. Terrell was 17 years old and Stokes is 20. In the third round of the contest Terrell fell from the effects of a blow, his head striking the floor. His skull was fractured. The police arrested Stokes and the seconds of both fighters. At Dover, Del., the Union republican (Addicks) state convention nominated District Attorney Michael Byrne for congress. This action insures the presence of two republican candidates in the field. The planters of the Mississippi delta, the great farming section of Louisiana, are demanding legislation prohibiting the playing of base ball during the fall months. One Saturday, recently, nine negro base ball teams played in the little town of Port Gibson, taking 81 men out of the cotton patches. There were the usual number of rooters, and at least 200 farm hands were idle that day. The National Orange Home, at Hatboro, Pa., has been dedicated by Orangemen. The new home is undenominational and will be open to all orphan children of Protestant parentage. Only the approval of the secretary of war remains to put into effect improvements along the North river docks in New York City which will cost $12,000,000. It is planned to extend the piers 1,000 feet. The harbor line is to be moved westward 200 feet and the river narrowed to 2,700 feet between the New York and New Jersey lines. J. W. Coulter, of Bucyrus, O., has been appointed receiver for the Mutual Aid Society of the Reformed Churches of the United States. Mr. Coulter gave bond in the sum of $40,000. The affairs of the society will be wound up. The receipts of the treasury department for the month of August exceeded the expenditures by $5,955,812, an unexpectedly large surplus. The total receipts were $48,605,812 and the expenditures $42,650,000. A collision occurred in the Straits of Malacca between the Dutch mail steamer Prinz Alexander and the British steamer Ban Hin Guin. The Prinz Alexander sank and the first officer and the first engineer and 19 passengers were drowned. At Indianapolis, Galvin Totten, a bricklayer, shot and instantly killed his wife and then turned the revolver on himself, inflicting a wound from which he died two hours later. Mrs. Totten separated from her husband some time ago. William Toll, an English soldier in the Second Bedfordshire regiment, stationed at Colchester, England, has confessed to the murder in Kansas City last January of George Landis. He is held for extradition. Reports received from Sheridan, Wyo., say that the great forest fire in Gremont county is still raging. The flames are of gigantic proportions and the fire has already burned over a territory of 40 miles. The Chinese government has asked the state department to see that justice is done by the state of Oregon to the Chinese who were attacked by rioters in Baker City, Ore., on August 8. On that date about 50 Chinese were attacked by a mob, three of them were shot and the remainder were driven out of town. After several months at the New York navy yard, the cruiser Brooklyn is expected to be ready for sea shortly. Improvements costing about $500,000 have been made and the ship is now one of the finest protected cruisers in the navy. In every detail she will be modern, and her battery will be exceptionally strong. The annual picnic of the Smith family was held recently at Peapack, N. J., and thousands of the name gathered to rejoice in the cognomen. It was the twenty-seventh annual reunion. "Uncle Abe" Smith, the oldest member of the family in New Jersey, made a speech of welcome under an apple tree. He told all about the history of the Smiths. A cake weighing one ton and 4,000 cakes of ice cream, were among the things consumed during the day by the Smiths. Forest fires have devastated hundreds of acres of farm and timber lands in the vicinity of Lake Linden, Rice and Mud Lakes, Mich. The state banking board has taken charge of the Chamberlain banking house at Tecumseh, Neb., and closed its doors. The bank is the oldest in Johnson county and its suspension caused great surprise. The deposits are placed at $102,000, but there was practically no cash on hand when the examiners arrived. A dense fog in the vicinity of West Point, Va., caused a fatal collision between the steamer Charlotte and the schooner Annie N. Harris and a panic among the passengers and crew followed. Lee Robinson and Elvin Randall, a colored seaman of the schooner, were drowned. Eight hundred cement finishers and helpers at Chicago have struck, thereby stopping work on a number of big buildings in course of construction, among which are several additions to the University of Chicago. The cause for the trouble was the refusal of the workmen to sign an agreement to work exclusively for the bosses' association. John Harvilla, aged 34 years, a nonunionist employed as coal hauler at the Beaver Meadow colliery near Hazleton, Pa., was shot in the right eye while attempting to drive away unknown parties who had bombarded his house with stones. While four Italian laborers of the night shift were at work on the new drydock at the Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard one of them struck a stick of dynamite. He was instantly killed by the explosion. The other three were injured, one fatally. Dr. Edward Eggleston, the famous author and novelist, is dead at his cottage at Lake George, N. Y. Apoplexy was the cause of death. His most famous work was the "Hoosier Schoolmaster." Dr. Eggleston was born at Vevay, Ind., December 10, 1837. The government of Portugal, owing to its need of money, has pawned the crown jewels. They included the famous diamond-encrusted scepter of Don Juan IV., valued at $5,000,000, and altogether are worth a fabulous amount. The Bank of Portugal, it is said, is pressing the government. Anarchistic literature, including several autograph letters from Emma Goldman and Johann Most, together with a mysterious iron chest, have been found in New York City beside the dead body of a woman about 40 years old and known as Mrs. Freda Schroeder. The woman was well dressed and wore a quantity of jewelry. The chest resisted all attempts that were made to force it with the means at hand and experts will be employed. The bicycle trust, known officially as the American Bicycle Co., with a capital of $50,000,000, has failed to pay the interest on its debenture bonds and announces that it will ask for the appointment of a receiver. R. L. Coleman, of Chicago, the president, says the company has always been hampered by a lack of working capital, and that a plan of reorganization will shortly be submitted. He declares the company is solvent. A detachment of soldiers on duty at Rush Run, W. Va., caught two men in the act of firing the coal company's houses and arrested both. It is said that both men are non-union. The fire in the Pocahontas mine at Bramwell, W. Va., which was thought to be under control, is still burning and great damage is resulting. The mine officials say that it may be ten days before the fire is extinguished. Rioting continues at Agram, Hungary. A state of siege has been proclaimed and troops occupy the squares and principal buildings. The rioters sacked the houses of a number of Servians. The residence of Capt. Witas, who shot a member of the mob, was destroyed, and the captain and his wife badly beaten. Many rioters were arrested. A NARROW ESCAPE The President's Landau Meets With Disaster. An Electric Car Dashes Into It-Mr. Roosevelt's Head Cut - William Craig, of the Secret Service, Killed—Secretary Cortel-you Slightly Injured. Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 4.—The president of the United States escaped a tragic death by only a few feet in a collision between his carriage and an electric street car in this city Wednesday, while one of his most trusted guards, Secret Service Agent William Craig, was instantly killed, and David J. Pratt, of Dalton, who was guiding the horses attached to the vehicle, was seriously injured. President Roosevelt himself was badly shaken up, but received only a slight facial bruise. Secretary Cortelyon, who occupied a seat directly opposite the chief executive in the landau, sustained a minor wound on the back of the head, and Gov. Crane., who sat beside the president, extricated himself from the wreck practically without a scratch. The carriage was demolished by the impact of the rapidly moving car and the heel horse on the side nearest the car was killed outright. The crew and passengers of the car escaped injury. The president and party were driving from this city to Lenox, through South street, one of the principal thoroughfares of Pittsfield, which was lined with cheering people, and the catastrophe occurred in the plain view of hundreds. The trolley car approached the road crossing under a good head of speed with gong clanging just as the driver of the president's carriage turned his leaders to cross the tracks. On each side of the chief executive's carriage rode two mounted troopers of the local cavalry company and the horsemen on the left of the landau had turned on to the track with the trolley car immediately behind them, though some vards distant. Alarmed by the clanging gong, they both turned in their saddles and waved vigorously to the motorman to stop his car. Almost at the same instant Gov. Crane rose to his feet and motioned to the motorman. The latter tried to stop his car, but it was too late. The horsemen managed to get the frightened animals out of the way just in time and the car struck the rear wheel of the carriage on the left side and ploughed through to the front wheel of the vehicle, which received the full force of the blow. The carriage was upset and one horse fell dead on the tracks. The other three powerful grays attached to the vehicle started to run and dragged by them and pushed by the force of the car, the wrecked carriage was moved 30 or 40 feet. Agent Craig fell from his seat in front of the car and it passed completely over his body. Driver Pratt, in falling, struck the dead horse immediately in front of him and rolled off clear of the car, thus escaping a similar fate. President Roosevelt, Gov. Crane and Secretary Cortelyou were thrown together in the bottom of their carriage. No one on the car seems to be able to explain how the accident happened. Even the motormen and persons on the front seat are apapently unable to tell why it was not avoided. It is claimed that Driver Piatt turned to cross the track sooner than teams ordinarily make the turn, but this he was forced to do because his team of four horses required more room and the two troopers on the right of the carriage also needed space to get through. Motormau Madden and Conductor Kelly remained in the station house from 10 a. m., when they were arrested, until 6:20 last evening, when bail was furnished. The charges against them are manslaughter. Bail for the motorman of $5,000 was furnished by his brother and P. H. Dolan, manager of the Pittsfield Street Railway Co. Kelly was bailed in the sum of $2,500 by Mr. Dolan. NO IMPROVEMENT. Situation in the Flat Top Coal Field Is More Serious Than Ever. Bramwell, W. Va., Sept. 4.—The situation in the Flat Top coal field is serious. At Simmons Creek as the non-union miners were leaving the mines last night a volley was fired at them by strikers hidden on the mountain side. The guards returned the fire. So far as is known, no one was injured. The officials at Simmons Creek and other operations in the Flat Top field have asked both county and state authorities for protection, but it seems impossible for the sheriff to find enough men whom he can deputize to preserve order. More than half the men deputized in the past week by the sheriff have refused to act. So far Gov. White has refused to send any troops to this field, notwithstanding many appeals are made daily. The mine officials greatly fear explosions in the mine as the result of the fire, and it is difficult to get men who will push far into the interior to fight the fire. The officials of the Pohahontas collieries state that the fire in Pocahontas mine is now burning more fiercely than ever and is gaining headway rapidly. It is said that the fire has extended to the other three mines, to which the chief entrances are from the West Virginia side and that there is no prospect of putting out the fire soon. Aid for Martinique's Sufferers. Aid for Martinique's Sufferers. Paris, Sept. 4.—The Martinique commission met here yesterday and decided that $100,000 should be immediately sent to Martinique for distribution among the sufferers from the last eruption there. The Martinique fund now amounts to over $1,700,000, of which $300,000 has already been distributed. This is in addition to the $100,000 which was sent to the island immediately after the catastrophe of May and the subscriptions obtained in the United States and other countries which were sent to Martinique. A sum of over $1,400,000 is consequently still available for relief work. Convention Broke Up in a Row. Convention Broke Up in a Row. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—The state convention of the union party yesterday was marked by scenes of wild disorder which resulted in a split and the holding of two conventions. One faction of the party favored the indorsement of the democratic state ticket headed by Robert E. Pattison for governor, while the other faction favored the republican ticket headed by Samuel W. Pennypacker. Each side tried to get control of the convention machinery. In the mixup, pistols and knives were flourished, some men were struck by black jacks and others by chairs. OHIO DEMOCRATS. They Nominate a State Ticket-The Nonginees and the Platform. THE TICKET. Secretary of State-Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, Cincinnati. Supreme Judge—Michael Donnelly, Napoleon. Food and Dairy Commissioner—Philip H. Bruck, Columbus. Member of State Board of Public Works—Joseph J. Pater, Hamilton. Sandusky, O., Sept. 4.—The democratic state convention here Wednesday was principally the occasion of booming its presiding officer, Mayor Tom L. Johnson, for the presidency, and of introducing into Ohio politics Lev. Herbert S. Bigelow, pastor of the Vine Street Congregational church at Cincinnati. The former has been conspicuously before the public for years, but the latter was not so well known until he was made the standard bearer of the party and made a speech of acceptance that was received with unusual enthusiasm. Bigelow is 33 years old, independent in his creed and has become prominent as a lecturer as well as a popular preacher. The session lasted less than three hours and had only one ballot, most of the time being devoted to speeches, and that of Rev. Bigelow was conceded to be the feature of the occasion. In presenting the names of candidates and in seconding the same and in accepting nominations, over a score of orators were heard, but none of them commanded more attention, not excepting the keynote speech of Chairman Johnson, than the young minister. It was a Johnson convention throughout, although Mr. Johnson himself was more conciliatory than at the preliminary meetings of the past two days. The platform was adopted as it came from him through the committee. The state central and executive committees were both organized as he suggested and the state ticket with a single exception was nominated by acclamation as slated by the Johnson men. All the proceedings were conducted with dispatch in accordance with what was known as the Johnson program, and the chairman was made the hero of the day in every possible form of demonstration. Men passed through the audience and the commodious grounds of the summer resort with valises full of buttons bearing the picture of the chairman of the convention and the inscription, "Tom L. Johnson in 1904." Previous to the assembling of the convention Mayor Johnson was called on by delegations of those who had vainly opposed him at the preliminary meetings and said they wanted to cooperate with him, but that his managers had been unfair in trying to unuseat certain members of the state central committee. It was noticed afterward that Lewis G. Bernard, who is opposed to Johnson, was seated as a member of the state central committee without further opposition. In the contest in the Twelfth district for state committeeman Fred J. Heer was seated by a vote of 10 to 7 over C. C. Philbrick, the man for whom Johnson made such a strong personal appeal. Four of the 21 members of the committee did not vote and some of the ten members who voted for Heer were friendly to Johnson, but they insisted that Johnson had enough and that Heer was entitled to his seat. The only contest for a nomination in the convention was for food commissioner. Ex-Mayor Bruck, of Columbus, was nominated over Senator Krause, of Cleveland the personal friend of Johnson The latter had been told that he was going too far in urging the nomination of a personal friend for a minor state office, but, once committed to Krause, he stuck to him to the last. During the ballot the Bruck men objected to votes cast for Krause by proxies after the delegates of certain counties had left for home and Johnson ruled against his friend Krause, insisting that no votes could be cast except by delegates present in person. Bruck got the support of all the Germans and ex-soldiers who were in the convention and through an excellent organization broke the Johnson slate. The platform declares against perpetual franchises in the strongest possible terms. Advocates entire home rule in municipal government, the democratic definition of home rule being that embodied in the municipal codes providing for the creation of its own government by each municipality. Demands taxation reform and the shifting to the shoulders of corporations a fair share of their burden in taxes. Indorses Bryan and the Kansas City platform without specifically indorsing, but not condemning, the silver plank. Declares for relief from trusts and their exactions. Declares against imperialism. Condemns what is characterized as an unholy alliance between Boss Cox, of Cincinnati, and the two republican United States senators of Ohio for the furthering of their own interests by legislation not in the interests of the people, and arraigns the present state administration for a record which it condemns. Declares against the acceptance of free passes by public officials and demands that the acceptance of such favors shall be made ground for removal from office. Mayor Johnson with his big tent opens the campaign at Lorain next Saturday and the convention voted to have delegations present from as many counties as possible. Wants a Receiver Appointed. Toledo, Sept. 3.—The Mercantile Trust Co., of New York, has made application in the United States court in this city for the appointment of a receiver for the Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western railway, which was recently purchased by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton from a syndicate headed by J. J. Astor. The road is 79 miles long. The Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western Railway Co. in November, 1894, issued bonds which were secured by first mortgage and a deed of trust made to the Mercantile Trust Co. The company has defaulted in the payment of interest since 1895. Riots in Hungary. Vienna, Sept. 3.—The rioting at Agram on Sunday in connection with a demonstration on the part of the Croatian students against the Servian inhabitants, during which the police charged with drawn swords and many persons were wounded, was renewed last evening. The rioters overpowered the police and smashed windows in houses inhabited by Servians. The troops were finally ordered to clear the streets. Similar riots are reported to have occurred at several other towns in the province and there was some bloodshed during the disorders at Gospic. President Baer Answers Senators Quay and Penrose. He Says Coal Barons Are Not Fighting Labor Organizations, But Battling for the Freedom of the Individual and His Right to Labor on His Own Terms. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—President George F. Baer, of the Reading Co., and United States Senators Quay and Penrose held a long conference Wednesday in this city, at which the anthracite miners' strike was thoroughly discussed. At the conclusion of the conference President Baer issued a lengthy reply to the two senators. Among other things he said: "I recognize that it is your duty as senators representing the great state of Pennsylvania to do whatever can legitimately be done to end a strike that so seriously affects business and brings so much suffering to the women and children of the coal regions. The newspaper story that I said 'the strike was a private affair which did not concern the public,' is a reckless fabrication. "Now, what I have said, is, that the management of the business belongs to the owners. In the case of the coal companies the law casts the management on the directors and officers, whose responsibility is to their stockholders, to the state and to the public. The right of the stockholder is to have good management and a fair return on his investment. The obligation to the state is to conduct the business in strict conformity to the laws it has established. The duty to the public is to conduct the business so as to add to the common welfare. "The coal operators say that they cannot mine coal because the miners make demands which render it impossible to mine coal profitably, and that the state has enacted laws prohibiting the employment of men in the mines unless they have worked two years in anthracite mines, and therefore they cannot for the time being mine coal. How, then, can there be any violation of public duty? If we yield to the extravagant demands of the miners we will lose money. If we attempt to increase the price of coal, we will destroy the industries depending upon anthracite fuel. If we increase the price on the domestic sizes, we will be called robbers, oppressors of the poor, monopolists and enmies of mankind. We have concluded, therefore, that our duty to ourselves and to the public will best be served by standing firmly on these propositions: "One-That the wages paid in the anthracite coal regions are fair and just, and that men willing to work honestly can earn more money on the present basis of wages than in any other industry engaged in producing common articles of necessity in the United States. "Two-That wages cannot be increased without increasing the price of coal, and to increase the price of coal will restrict the market and drive the public to use bituminous coal, a cheaper and more abundant fuel, and that a restricted market will curtail production and result in depriving the miners of regular employment. "Three—That we are not fighting labor organizations. We fully recognize the right of men to organize to protect themselves from oppression and to benefit themselves in any legitimate way. But we do oppose their unreasonable interference with the management of our business. We will not permit them to select our employees. Neither politics, religion, nationality or membership in labor organizations shall debar any competent man from working for us. We are fighting the battle of freedom for the individual and his right to labor on his own terms. "Fourth-That it is by reason of varying conditions at each mine impracticable to adopt a uniform scale of wages for the whole region. But that at each colliery every complaint will be taken up and investigated by the superintendents and adjusted whenever it is just. I personally offered to Mitchell and his district presidents to go with them and investigate any grievance. "You see, senators, none of these things can be the subject of arbitration. "You cannot arbitrate a question of wages when an increase will destroy the business and a decrease will be unacceptable to the workmen. "We cannot arbitrate a question as to whether mining operation and business generally shall be managed under the common sense rule of law and equity, by the owners and the servants they have selected, or by a labor organization. "You cannot arbitrate the right to protect your property and your workmen from the mob rule of labor organizations who boldly proclaim a purpose to destroy property and endeavor to make their proclamation effective by killing and injuring their fellow workmen who refuse to join in their lawlessness." Cleveland, Sept. 4.—The tugmen's strike, which has been on five months, was settled, Wednesday, at a conference held in Senator Hanna's office. The new men working for the Great Lakes Towing Co. will be let go within 30 days. The old members of the Tugmen's union who stuck by the company will be dropped by the company by January 1, 1903. All other claims were waived. Five Workmen Killed. New York, Sept. 4.—The bottom of a huge receiving tank in the course of construction for the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. in Williamsburg, collapsed Wednesday afternoon and five men were instantly killed. They were Italians and together with two other Italians, who miraculously escaped, were engaged underneath the tank in riveting the sheet iron sections in position. A great number of workmen were employed on top of the tank and when the crash came the loss of life was thought to be very much greater than proved to be the case. The Brooklyn Strikes a Rock. The Brooklyn Strikes a Rock. Newport, R. I., Sept. 4.—The cruiser Brooklyn, flagship of Rear Admiral Coghlin, on leaving New Bedford yesterday ran onto a rock not far from Dumpling lighthouse. She came off after a while and is not seriously injured. Failed to Lower the Record. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—The famous pacer Dan Patch failed yesterday in an effort to beat the world's record of 1.591% at Belmont race track. His best time was two minutes. Twelve thousand people saw the race. Dan Patch was paced by a running horse. 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 (six words in a line). CLEVELAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1902. 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. HATCH & GREEN'S Barber Shop, N. 544 Central Ave., cor. Greenwood St. F. VALENTINE'S Grocery Store, No. 366 Central Ave. JAMES F. BEASON'S, News Stand, No. 133 Central Ave. Rev. E. D. Dandridge returned home from his vacation the past week. Mrs. Julia Ford, of 39 Allen street, has returned from Canada and Michigan, where she went for the benefit of her health, which is improved. The Anti-Lynching League meets Monday, September 8, at St. John's church. A musical and literary program will be rendered. The Western Union Baptist association convened in Shiloh church Tuesday till Friday, inclusive. The sessions were interesting. Many prominent ministers were present. There were about 100 delegates. J. Welfred Holmes, esq., of Pittsburg, en route home from Toledo (where he attended the Knight Templars' conclave) and Detroit, called at The Gazette office Thursday afternoon. The Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1460 St. Clair street, Cleveland, O., has two very bright, promising baby boys for whom good homes are desired. Both are light colored, healthy and attractive. The father and brother of Mrs. Chas. Smith (wife of Patrolman Smith), of St. Louis, who have been visiting for a week, returned home Wednesday. The first mentioned and his son-in-law paid The Gazette a pleasant visit. Rev. E. T. Demby, an Episcopal clergyman of superior education and ability, of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ricks, of Cory avenue. He is on his vacation and will wed Miss Nettie B. Ricks, one of our first young ladies. J. E. Reed was appointed a member of the committee on decoration and illumination for home week celebration, October 6-11. The first meeting of the committee was held August 28 at Parlor B, Hollenden hotel. Mr. Reed is the only Afro-American on this committee. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Burke, of 594 Sterling avenue, were entertained by about 150 friends Tuesday evening, August 26, in honor of their first wedding anniversary. The most prominent guest was Rev. Edward Wm. Worthington, pastor of Grace Episcopal church, who married them. Several from out of town were present. Many valuable and useful presents were received. A curious return to the miracle play and mystery is to be made in Buffalo. The Rev. J. L. Griffin, a colored evangelist, is to play the part of the Prodigal Son's father, and the Rev. W. H. Dobbins that of the Prodigal Son. After the Prodigal Son, in rags and full of husks and repentance, comes into the gospel tent where the performance is to take place, he will be duly forgiven; and then there will be an enlarged version of the Fatted Calf. A barbecue of 2,000 pounds of beef will be served, the taste for veal being somewhat limited. The story has much simple dramatic force; and in Buffalo the feast that follows will insure a large audience.—N. Y. Sun. On Thursday morning, accompanied by Rev. Spells, of Sandusky, the editor of The Gazette visited the Western Union Baptist association, which was in session the past week at Shiloh church. When introduced to the association by the moderator he was given an ovation, those present rising and waving their hands. It was something similar to the Chautaqua salute. They insisted upon the editor's responding, which he did, and his ten minutes' address was listened to attentively by all. The association meetings, day and evening, have been very successful, fully 100 delegates being in attendance. Each of the three daily sessions were well attended by local residents. A more extended account in our next issue. Rev. Chas. Bundy, president of our local ministers' union, said a few days ago in an interview published in a daily paper that "the republican leaders have not treated us fairly, and we are disgusted. The colored people hold the balance of power, and they can have their rights if they demand them. We might as well begin the fight in this city as anywhere else, so we are preparing this open letter to colored voters. Our grievances are striking and of a nature to appeal to every colored voter. We have been disfranchised in several states of the south, and the republican majority in congress refused to do anything. It also refused to legislate against the "Jim Crow" car laws of many southern states and against the monstrous cancerous crime, lynching. It passed the reapportionment bill increasing the congress representation of several of those 'disfranchising' southern states, when the federal law explicitly says it should be decreased in proportion to the number of citizens disfranchised. It also refused to do ANYTHING for my people and capped the climax when it re-enacted and amended the Chinese exclusion act, which robs every Afro-American of the citizen-right of testifying in the United States courts as a witness in certain cases. Then, too, Senator Hanna chairman of the national republican committee, appointed a democrat by the name of John G. Capers (white) a member of the national republican committee when he knew the great majority of the members of the state republican committee of South Carolina had indorsed for the place its chairman (Deas), an Afro-American, whom he also tried to prevent being elected to the chairmanship. Hanna and McKinley, and later on Roosevelt, recognized and recognizes southern democrats for appointment to the best federal positions in that section THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902. of the country and turn down loyal black republicans, thousands of whom in years gone by have been shot down in their tracks like so many mad dogs, simply because they sought and were trying to vote and support the republican party, now disgraced by such miserable, insulting and hurtful leadership. Here in Cleveland the black voter has not only been ignored and refused places, but insulted, and grossly, too, in ways too numerous to mention. It is simply an insult to any intelligent Afro-American for Hanna or any of his white or black political slaves, especially those brought here from Washington, to approach him in the interest of the party or its candidates, when the treatment of his people by McKinley, Hanna, Roosevelt and the recent republican congress is remembered. The thing for the loyal local Afro-American to do this fall and next spring is to NOT vote the republican ticket whatever he does—if, indeed, he does anything in the way of voting." AMEN! A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY 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: Zanesville, Springfield, Lima, Urbana, Washington C. H., Cambridge, Massillon, Youngstown, Oberlin, Hamilton, Lorain, Toledo, Wilmington, Portsmouth, Chillicothe, Delaware, Bellaire, Lancaster, O., Allegheny, Pittsburg, Washington, Sewickley 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, Wick Block, Cleveland, O., and our terms and 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 or others, to whom we can write relative to the matter. CENTENARIAN FIGHTER WINS. 100 Years Old Yet He Whips a Stal- Wort Youngest of 80 Years Wart Youngster of 25 Years. Washington, D. C.—James Hughes, who is 100 years old, in a rough-and-tumble fight August 29 at the Freedman's hospital, with Edward Middleton, a stalwart 25-year-old, whipped his youthful antagonist in good style. Both men were patients at the institution. The trouble was the result of a political discussion. After a wordy controversy the young man threw a bench at the centenarian, whereupon the old man floored his adversary with a blow on the jaw and pounded him until the young fellow was thoroughly subdued. Middleton was arrested and locked up. The centenarian, except for a cut on the head, was apparently none the worse for his exertion, and said he could whip his opponent again without any trouble. Middletown, O.—Mr. Harry Bush and Miss Marie Rothwell were married by Rev, A. R. Palmer, August 27.—T. Howard's birthday party was fine.—Mrs. E. Braxton, of Lexington, Ky., visited her sister, Mrs. J. Wills, last week.—Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Tarry were Mr. and Mrs. F. 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The encounter is to be at 135 pounds and the lightweight title. Gardiner's last mill was with George McFadden, of this city, whom he whipped in six rounds at Chicago recently. In the event of polishing off Gardiner, Gans says he will be in line for contests with either Jimmy Britt or Frank Erne. G. A. B. AT WASHINGTON. Very Low Fare to the National Encampment via Pennsylvania Lines. Persons who expect to attend the 36th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Washington, D. C., in October, or who may contemplate a sight seeing trip to the National Capital, should consult local ticket agents of the Pennsylvania Lines in regard to low fares, stopover privileges, side trips, etc. Apply to nearest Ticket Agent, or C. L. Kimball, A. G. P. A., Cleveland, O. $5.00 Toronto and Return. C. & B. Line will sell tickets Aug. 31 to Sept. 9th Toronto and return at $5.00, good to return up to and including Sept. 13th Take in Canada's great Industrial Exposition. Grand attractions. 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That it can not be doubted when the fact is remembered communications from the wisest and best mi FOR THE PEOPLE it represents, and can be colored man, though his face may be of ebony his demonstration of what can be done by the editor is a young man who, by disg of INDUST DEALING, has succeeded in giving to the country a PAPER WORTHY THE PATRON, reader of THE GAZETT, since its first appear course, I feel that in justice to the paper, the ed upon the people generally, to support the identified with the COLORED people, and is in success of all without regard to Complexion. that a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. W. of Springfield, O., says: THE GAZETTE In healthful signs of life and a highly useful career of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brixted when the fact is remembered that in its columns from the wisest and best minds of our race. People it represents, and can be relied upon as a though his face may be of ebony hue. 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SMITH. "THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND. OH CLEVELAND. OHIO AND. OHIO. QLEVELAND. OHIO. 3 4 THE ONLY TROUBLE. His Arm Wasn't Long Enough to Make Up for Deficiency of His Eyes. When Mr. Snow began to realize that he was not quite as young as he had been, the truth had a disquieting effect on him, and made him at times very irritable. He knew his weakness and regretted it, says Youth's Companion. "If I outlive my faculties," he said one day to his wife, "I'm afraid I'll be the techiest man in this township." His brother, who was bald at 30, put on strong spectacles at 35, and lost his hearing at 50 through the agency of a fever, had no sensitivity on any of these points, and was a great trial to Mr. Snow. One day his brother happened to see Mr. Snow in a cool corner of the barn, holding the weekly paper as far away as he could get it, and working his head from side to side with squinted eyes to decipher the news. "Soho! Your sight's begun to fail at she opened her eyes to decipher the news. "Snoo! Your sight's begun to fail ye at last," said the visitor, bluntly. "Well, tain't surprising at your age." Mr. Snow turned on him an indignant glare. "My eyesight's all right!" he roared. "The only trouble is my pesky arm isn't long enough!" The Man and His Theory. The Man and His Theory. Once upon a time a theorist believed that he had a plan for making large profits in a short time on a small investment. He took a few friends and their money into his confidence and explained his theory to them. Their joint fortunes went into a pool that was to pay 400 per cent, profit in three months. One day there came a report that startled the stockholders. Their theory of profits had gone to smash, carrying their money with it, and hurling them all into bankruptcy. Moral—Theories are likely to explode, with terrible consequences.—N. Y. Herald. The Chicago & Alton Railway has established an Employment Bureau, the purpose of which is to recruit employees from among the people living along the line of the Alton Road. The head of the Bureau meets citizens living in towns upon and adjacent to the line of the Alton Railway for the purpose of getting in touch with young men of good habits and high character who would like to become employees. Students in telegraph offices, clerks in various departments, operators, brakemen, firemen, etc., are recruited from persons whose record is kept by the Alton's Employment Bureau, the selections being made from those who are best suited and qualified after having passed mental and physical examinations which have been made a part of the requirements for employment. One Great Difference.—"What's the principal difference between the wise man and the fool? There's no one so wise that he isn't a fool some time, is there?" "No; but the wise man knows when he makes a fool of himself, and the fool doesn't."—Chicago Post. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad has inaugurated dining car service between St. Louis and New Orleans and Mobile. The headquarters of the Superintendent of Dining Cars and the Commissary have been located at Jackson, Tennessee. In cost, finish and furnishing, the cars equal any that have yet been built. "Huh! That's not a profession; it's a disease."—Chicago Daily News. It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune.—Franklin. Stops the Cough and works off the cold. Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents. There are a good many necessary evils that are not really so necessary as they are convenient.—Puck. 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DOUGLAS OF Shoes by mail, 250 extra. Hius, Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCUMON, MASS. HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL DIPHTHERIA. CROUP ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT PILES ANAKESIS gives insultant relief and POSITIVE PILES. For free sample address "ANAKESIS." Tribune building, New York. THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND. O.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1902. The Jaguar Special By PAUL R. BULLARD. STRANGE affairs happen upon the solitary railroad of Spanish Honduras. Hold-ups, collisions and runaway trains are of frequent occurrence on its 50 miles of length, but its most extraordinary incident was that in which George Powers took part. It was in the "dry season," when the banana plants were weighted with their bunches of green fruit, ready for cutting. "One day"—as Powers tells the story—"the fruit steamer Breakwater anchored unexpectedly in the offing of our Caribbean sea harbor of Porto Cortez. Soon, at her agent's orders, there was hoisted at her masthead the signal indicating 'Fruit, ready for a quick cargo.' And when the ship had reached the dock a fruit train was being made up. "Then we learned that the Breakwater was expected to sail for New Orleans with a cargo of bananas early the next morning. Extraordinary efforts must be made to load her with a suitable shipment in less than a day's time. To hurry was decidedly untropical, but the bonus given by the railroad officials was as oil to lubricate the machinery of the 'transportation department;' and I was handed these orders: Engineer Powers will take engine No. 13, with 18 platform cars, and proceed with best speed to La Pimenta; load cargo of bananas; return to San Pedro; load fruit there. Report at this office after the run, and not later than ten p. m. to-day. (Signed) COLVILLE (Supt. of Trans.) "Such an order meant 'hurry.' My fireman oiled 13, the only locomotive available, and the yardmen made up the train. By noon we were started. There was work enough ahead to keep us all out of mischief for the next ten hours. To cover a round trip of 100 miles, load 18 cars with bananas and pull them into Porto Cortez within ten hours would be the record for speed upon the Honduras railroad. "So old 13, with throttle wide open, was soon puffing up the rough road bed to La Pimienta at an unaccustomed pace. The telegraph line was equally busy, and when we ran past San Pedro the ox-cars were already unloading their nine and ten-hand bunches alongside the track in readiness for our return. Between four and five o'clock we whistled for La Pimienta, the terminus. "There the station agent had a gang of 'loaders' ready, and before the train had quite stopped the green bunches were being passed to the loaders in the cars. In an incredibly short space of time the bananas rose, tier upon tier, to a heavy load; and all the time my fireman fed the sticks of soft pine to our roaring fire box, for we should need a good head of steam to get back to San Pedro in season. The agent sarcastically asked me: 'Is the engine good for the heavy pull without a breakdown?' and I replied: "Number 13 is about to surprise everybody by a record trip.' And so we did, both because of and in spite of an unprecedented adventure. "At six o'clock we had loaded all the fruit in sight, and whistling for 'open brakes,' we started for San Pedro. The down grade helped us materially. In less than an hour we had covered the distance and were taking the fruit aboard from our last stop. "Delay began here. There were few men to load the fruit, and the handling of it was slow; every bunch was thoroughly inspected by the loaders lest they should grasp tarantulus crawling among the bananas. But at eight o'clock the train was loaded, the pitchpine headlight was lighted, the throttle opened and the whistle shrieked its farewell to San Pedro. "Two hours only were left in which to make the run in schedule time over 35 miles of rolling country and with a weight of 18 heavily loaded cars. The 'passenger,' with her light freight, was allowed four hours for the same run. The darkness, was intense, and the vibration of the train soon became so great that the headlight was shaken into a mere sputtering, and at a lurch went out. The front of the engine became the limit of my vision. "The white mile markers were passed so quickly that my fireman lost his count, and we could not tell where we were. But No. 13 was doing her best. Not a valve had blown out, nor a rod broken. Our clattering over the track was varied only by the frantic squealings of a fine, fat pig, sent by the agent at La Pimienta to the captain of the Breakwater as a delicacy for his table. Piggy continually squealed from its berth in an open fruit car. "In one place a large limb extended from a tree out over the track, just high enough to clear the stacks of the passing engines. The pig seemed to scream more loudly than before and we heard a new sound. "What was that?" asked my startled fireman. 'Did you hear that crash?' "Oh, never mind! Give me more steam.' I replied, for I knew we must be nearing a steep grade. I blew the signals to release the brakes, but without avail. "In a minute we struck the hill. It was a hard one to climb, and the engine puffed so loudly that I did not notice the cessation of the pig's squeals. Slowly but surely we were coming to a standstill. The brakes still seemed DAWN ON THE PRAIRIES. How still the prairies lie at early dawn! These rolling landscapes of unbroken sod, Ere yet the shadows of the night are gone These billows stiffened by the voice of God- set. I again blew the signal for their release, but the train came suddenly to an irresolute stop, although making herculean efforts to keep going. "The incline had but begun. To start the train was impossible. "I lighted a pine torch, swung from the cab to ascertain the situation, and had passed several cars when the most terrible yells echoed through the forest. The men from the rear of the train were shouting at me. It was impossible to distinguish what they were saying, because of the yells which were rising apparently between me and them. These did not alarm me much for the creature seemed like a wildcat, a reckless, but not dangerous, night prowler. So on I walked toward the rear of the train. "Approaching the trainmen, I heard them shout: 'Look out for the jaguar, Powers!' "Now, no wild creature is more dangerous by night to man than a jaguar. I halted and stared. I could now see the glaring eyes of the fierce brute as he pawed the lifeless pig. Those eyes followed me with such hostile intent that I hastened back to the cab for the fireman and my Winchester. "Of course, one of us had to stay with the engine, so I left my fireman in charge and returned alone, with torch in hand and rifle ready. The trainmen came toward me from around the rear of the train. They told me that the jaguar must have been crouching on the overspreading limb, and having heard the squeals of the pig, must have leaped recklessly into the passing train for his prey. The trainmen had discovered him when they started to answer my signal of 'brakes off.' The brute held them at bay. They were in the rear car, the jaguar was in the next one, and they could not pass over the train to release the brakes. The 18 loaded cars, most of them having tightened brakes had stopped No. 13 on the incline. "I must either give up hope of getting to the port in time for loading the Breakwater, or else must kill or drive away the jaguar. The fire of his eyes was intensified by the flickering light of the torch. It was not a pleasant grimace when the brute suggestively wiped his lips and tongue with those huge paws. "The engine gave a sudden lurch. My fireman must have been meddling. It threw the animal from his balance. His tail lashed. Handing the torch to a man, I raised my Winchester. The beast glared ferociously, and measured with his eye the distance to the ground. Some of the men ran. As the animal seemed about to jump, I took hasty aim and pulled the trigger. Apparently the jaguar was unharmed, but he had changed his opinion about the jump, and calmly trotted along the tops of the bananas toward the engine. I aimed at him again and pulled the trigger. Then I remembered that the only cartridge in the Winchester was the one I had fired. "I shouted to the fireman, but before I could make him understand the cowardly fellow jumped from the cab and scampered into the forest. Luckily, there was no other jaguar awaiting him. "I went toward the cab, expecting to find the jaguar in possession, and determined to club him out with the butt of my gun; but he was not in the cab. I blew 'brakes off,' and casually looked around. On the floor of the tender, among the wood and casks of water, stretched out at full length and apparently crouching for a spring. I saw the jaguar. I jumped from the engine. The thought of the fireman's cowardice did not amuse me. As fast as possible I ran toward the rear of the train. "Ten o'clock was approaching. The ship could not receive her fruit unless we started immediately. In my haste I had left the rifle in the cab; now I took a crowbar which one of the brakemen handed me. But the plan from which I hoped most was his suggestion that I should climb upon the engine from the front of the cab, and then reach in to open the steam valve on the chance that the escape of the hissing steam would frighten the brute to the point of leaping from the train. "I opened the valve — the jaguar never moved. "I then reached a heavy iron wrench and threw it at the beast with all my strength. It struck him upon the head, but he did not stir. I was startled. Climbing to the fancied security of the top of the cab, I poked him with a long-handled rod; but I could see no sign of life. "After a close watch, I descended to the floor of the cab and opened the furnace door to have more light. The jaguar was dead. There was a hole through his head caused by the lucky shot from my Winchester. He had walked to the tender in a daze and died there. "I blew the whistle vigorously. It was a welcome sound to the trainmen. The brakes were speedily released. The fireman came scrambling back; I opened the throttle, and slowly the train went up the incline toward Porto Cortez. "At a little after ten o'clock that night the whistling of No.13, approaching with her load of bananas, summoned the crew of the Breakwater, whose captain congratulated the officials of the Honduras railroad on the remarkable expedition of their fruit service. But when he saw the nine feet of jaguar stretched out in my tender and heard the story of the difficulties of the run, he remarked that the railroad officials should pass a vote of thanks to me upon the success of the record trip of the road."—Youth's Companion. How soft the light falls on the gracious scene! Field after field, in green and gold array, Rises distinct; the anchored clouds are seen To glide, a stately fleet, upon their way; While fluting low within their coverts green The songbirds seem to dream of coming day; And all the sweep of clearing sky and land To love and faith man's spirit doth command. —Charles W. Stevenson, in Chicago Inter Ocean. The fortune teller who said Edward would reign but never be crowned has decided not to use that prediction, says the Chicago Record-Herald, for advertising purposes. A Michigan preacher delivered a sermon the other Sunday of 27 words because of the hot weather. A BENEFIT TO FARMERS. Consolidation of Harvester Plants Means the Continuation of Low Prices to Buyers. The benefits that will undoubtedly result to farmers from the recent incorporation of the International Harvester Company, which took over the business of the five leading harvester manufacturers have probably not been considered by a large portion of the farming community. The economical necessity of a consolidation of the interests of manufacturers and those of their farmer customers must be apparent to any one who understands the present situation. The increased and increasing cost of material, manufacturing and selling—the latter in consequence of extreme and bitter competition between manufacturers and their several selling agents—has made the business unprofitable. The two alternatives left for the manufacturers were either the increasing of the prices of machines or the reduction of the cost of manufacture and sales. The latter could only be accomplished by concentrating the business in one company. As can readily be seen, the forming of the new company was not a stock jobbing operation, but a centering of mutual interests. There is no watered stock; the capitalization is conservative and represented by actual and tangible assets. There is no stock offered to the public, it having all been subscribed and paid for by the manufacturers and their associations. The management of the International Harvester Company is in the hands of well-known, experienced men. The officers are: President, Cyrus H. McCormick; Chairman Executive Committee, Charles Deering; Chairman Finance Committee, George W. Perkins; Vice-Presidents, Harold F. McCormick, James Deering, Wm. H. Jones and John J. Glessner; Secretary and Treasurer, Richard F. Howe. The members of the Board of Directors are as follows: Cyrus Bentley, William Deering, Charles Deering, James Deering, Eldridge M. Fowler, E. H. Gary, John J. Glessner, Richard F. Howe, Abram M. Hyatt, William H. Jones, Cyrus H. McCormick, Harold F. McCormick, George W. Perkins, Norman B. Ream, Leslie N. Ward, Paul D. Cravath. The International Harvester Company owns five of the largest harvester plants in existence, The Champion, Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee and Plano—plants that have been producing nearly or quite 90 per cent. of the harvesting machines of the world. It also owns timber and coal land blast furnaces and a steel plant; it has a new factory in process of construction in Canada. It is believed that the cost of producing grain, grass and corn harvesting machines will be so reduced that the present low prices can be continued, and that consequently the results cannot be otherwise than beneficial to the farmer. To maintain the present prices of these machines means to continue and increase the development of the agriculture of the world, for no one cause has contributed or can contribute more to this development than the cheapness of machines for harvesting grains. HAS A WIRELESS STATION. Postal Telegraph Cable Company Establishes Successful Line with Marconi Company. The Postal Telegraph Cable Company has established a successful wireless telegraph station, in connection with the Marconi Company of America, at Sagaponack, L. I. Messages are sent to all the ships of the great ocean-going vessels which have been equipped with the Marconi system. The apparatus is being installed rapidly in most of the big liners, and the list of ships which may be communicated with while still at sea is growing weekly. The new service is somewhat expensive, and of course will appeal chiefly to persons who like luxuries and can afford to pay for them. Thus messages of ten words will cost the senders $2, with a rate of 12 cents for each word additional. It is believed that the station of Sagaponack will soon be doing a large business in telegrams sent from all parts of the country. The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America at its offices in New York the other day gave out a direct contradiction from the Marquis Solari, of Italy, in regard to the published reports that Signor Marconi had yielded credit for his inventions to the marquis. The official journal of the patent office on July 16 contained a notice announcing that Marconi sought leave to amend his application by converting it into an "application for a patent for an invention communicated to him from abroad by the Marquis Solari." STRING CURES HICCOUGHS. Young Russian Girl After Suffering for Three Years Is Relieved in a Simple Way. Hiccoughs of three years' standing were cured at Bellevue hospital, New York City, the other day, with a bit of string. Miss Sarah Blockson, a young Russian girl, was subject to spells of melancholia, and when once she had acquired the notion that she could not stop hiccoughing she had been sitting in her home waiting for the recurring spasms. The physicians tied about her waist a cord so tight that the spasmodic movements of the diaphragm were controlled. She was unable to hiccough any more. After ten minutes the cord was removed, and the young woman was told she was cured. The manner of the physicians was either so convincing or the cure was so effectual that from that moment she ceased to be disturbed. CONCERNING THE WORKERS. A Dublin correspondent says that Irish gold and copper mines are not paying concerns. The promoter of a mine in Cork recently failed, losing some thousands of pounds. P. J. Howard, a colored man of St. Gabriel, La., is the inventor of a sugar cane loading machine, which was given a public trial recently at New Orleans and proved highly satisfactory. Howard has patented his invention and confidently expects to realize a fortune from it. AN EXTRA SESSION. Pennsylvania's Governor Will be Asked to Call One to Enact Legislation that Will Make Arbitration Compulsory. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 3.—Gov. Stone has made an appointment for Thursday noon to meet a committee from the state legislative board of railroad employees of Pennsylvania to intercede with the executive in behalf of the striking anthracite coal miners. The committee will request the governor to take immediate steps to bring the strike to a close and, if necessary, call an extra session of the general assembly for the enactment of legislation making arbitration compulsory. A fund of $122 was raised at Tuesday's meeting of the board for the relief of the striking miners. Resolutions were also adopted denouncing Gen. Gobin for his order to the troops on duty in the hard coal districts to shoot strikers who stone and assault soldiers and the coal operators for their refusal to arbitrate with the miners. Tamaqua, Pa., Sept. 3.—While the Governor's troop was marching near one of the big collieries yesterday, John Tomaka, a Hungarian, was arrested on a charge of calling the troopers hard names. He is now in the guardhouse at Manila Park. In a letter to Maj. Gearhart, Burgess Malloy, of Lansford, reiterates his charge that the officers in command of the troops that clashed with the strikers at Lansford were intoxicated and that several of the men were in the same condition. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 3.—President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, returned from Philadelphia last night. He said there was no change in the strike situation. The miners were as determined as ever and did not propose to return to work until the operators granted their demands, or agreed to arbitration. Mr. Mitchell said he placed no credence in the reports that certain mines were in operation and were turning out a large amount of coal for the market. Wilkesbarre, Sept. 3.—Richard Roberts, mine driller, and John Devitt, machinist, employed by the Lehigh Valley Coql Co. at their Forty Fort colliery, were attacked by four men while on their way to work Tuesday. Roberts was struck on the back by an iron bar and Devitt had a miner's needle run through the fleshy part of his legs. The injured men called for assistance, when their assailants fled. FIFTY LIVES LOST. Eighteen Ships are Wrecked on the South African Coast. Cape Town, Sept. 2.—Elighteen vessels, mostly sailing craft, have been driven ashore in a gale at Port Elizabeth. Five of them were dashed to pieces and all the members of their crews were lost. Two tugs are also reported to have foundered and a score of lighters are ashore. It is feared that there has been great loss of life. The storm broke shortly before midnight Sunday night and was accompanied by a deluge of rain and brilliant lightning. The night was very dark. Several tugs went out to the assistance of the endangered vessels, but nothing was visible from the shore at Port Elizabeth, except the continual flashes of rockets as signals of distress. Daylight revealed the beach at the north end of Algoa Bay strewn with vessels lying high and dry, while others were in the surf and were being swept by the huge breakers. With the exception of four vessels which foundered with all hands, every sailing vessel in the roadstead was ashore by midday. Many steamers, after weathering the storm all night, steamed out to sea. Fifty bodies have already been washed ashore. TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN. A Farmer Kills His Son and Shoots a Nelkhor. Muskegon, Mich., Sept. 2.—David P. James, a Holton township farmer, is locked up at the jail here, his son John James lies dead, a victim of the father's jealousy, and a neighboring farmer named Henderson is suffering from a bullet wound in the hip, re-received from the elder James. David P. James is 75 years old and his anger was aroused by the fear that the son was alienating the affections of his housekeeper, Lucy Lewis, whom he claimed as his wife. He shot his son twice Sunday with a revolver, and then, seeing that his shots had not resulted fatally, followed him down the road. The dead body of the younger James was found later at the roadside, pierced by five bullets, two of which had lodged in his head. Before taking to the woods James visited Henderson, with whom the son had been living, and shot him in the hip. He also tried to see the Lewis woman and fired two shots at her father for/refusing to allow him to see her. Soldiers Aided Strikers. Parkersburg, W. 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