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2 One Year..... 81 80 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, second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH, ALL INK PRINTING TRADESTO COUNCIL CLEVELAND CLEVELAND, SATURDAY, DEC. 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. In all this Roosevelt-Crum-South Carolina fusilade where is the Hon. Edmund H. Deas, "Duke of Darlington," and chairman of the state republican executive committee of S. C.2 We have been waiting some weeks to learn whether brother or sister Barnett, of the Chicago Conservator, noticed what The Gazette said about the recent election and Senator "Jilly-white" Hanna. This, because our friends seemed anxious to know what we thought of both. We hope President Roosevelt appoints Dr. William Demos Crum collector of customs for the port of Charleston, S. C. There is no question but that Dr. Crum is a leading Afro-American of intelligence, wealth and splendid character, and has practically a national reputation. He is, too, a lifelong republican and entitled to the recognition. Our good friend, Editor King, of the Dallas (Tex.) Express, prior to the election, was a little fearful lest The Gazette give too much encouragement to the northern Afro-American's independence in politics. We believe our distinguished confrere will, in the light of recent events, agree that it was the well-meant threat of the northern Afro-American to revolt against the republican party if its leaders continued to uphold "lily-whiteism" in the south that brought about the change in the attitude of the powers-that-be, so nicely set forth in the president's letter to that prominent prejudiced white citizen of South Carolina. It seems to us as if Nathan Hunt, heralded as a private secretary of Booker T. Washington, took a great deal of pains to have the Associated Press send throughout the country a statement to the effect that he could not get shaved in Buffalo, N. Y., on the night of November 25. There are more than a dozen places in that city where he or any other respectable black man can get the accommodations Nathan claims to have been refused. It is also a fact that there are a number of southern and northern white and black men running barber shops in Buffalo that refuse to shave Afro-Americans. And there are other such places in the north as well as the south. The Virginia newspaper Mar (white) who many months ago used the Associated Press for the purpose of spreading a tale that there was a wealthy Afro-American in that state who was offering white men $100,000 to marry his daughter, recently sent out another dispatch to the daily press announcing that Dempsey Hare, a former Negro slave, had died and left an estate of $19,000 to white legatees and $10 only *o his daughter who had refused to marry a white man, and that although the will was contested, it was sustained. It is just such not as this that is doing our people, particularly those in the north, great injury in a way it will not take our readers long to understand with a little thought. President Roosevelt's letter to the prejudiced prominent white citizen of Charleston, S. C., published elsewhere in this paper, has the right ring, and we thank him for it. In the light of this communication, we are almost willing to forgive him for his failure to say anything in his recent message to congress anent the greatest of problems with which this country has to deal. There is, too, no disputing the fact that the president has in the main made high class appointments when honoring members of the race. Especially true is this, of those in recent months. The selections of Hewlett and Terrell for justices of the peace of the District of Columbia, Durham and Fortune, are away above the average and especially good. The services of two women and one man, all Afro-Americans, were recently "sold" by a sheriff at Lancaster, Ky., to the highest bidder for three months, two and three years respectively, after having been convicted of vagrancy in the circuit court. This item was fired all over the country by the afore-mentioned Associated Press, which furnishes news to the daily newspapers for the same purpose that the Nathan Hunt banber episode was spread broadcast. The white newspapers of the United States in recent years have shown just as great a disposition to publish everything disrecreitable and injurious to the Afro-American as our race newspapers show, to give to our people especially all that is encouraging and commendable. The great mass of Afro-Americans should be made to understand and acknowledge this just as soon as possible. OFFICERS OF THE LAW. A Disaster at Sea. Swansea, Wales, Dec. 4.—The new British ship Brynnymer, which sailed from Barry November 19 for Algoa Bay, has returned to this port, having been damaged by gales in the Bay of Biscay. The Brynnymer had on board five of the crew of the Spanish steamer Neptuno, bound from Antwerp for Tampico, which founded with 23 of her hands. Five firemen of the Neptuno took to a small boat and are supposed to have been lost. An Election in Colombia Is Ordered Washington, Dec. 4.—Minister Hart, at Bogota, has cabled the state department that a decree has been published calling a congressional election for the middle of next March. Another decree issued extends pardons to all political prisoners and allows the return of exiles. The expectation here was that the new congress, which will probably act upon any canal treaty that may be drawn, would meet about January 1. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1902. President Roosevelt Refuses to Draw It. In Giving Out Offices He Declares His Policy is to Appoint Only Men of Good Character — Letter to a Citizen of Charleston, S. C. Washington, Nov. 28.—The president has sent the following communication to a citizen of Charleston, S. C.: My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of November 10 and one from Mr. _____ under date of November 11 in reference to the appointment of Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston. In your lettter you make certain specific charges against Dr. Crum, tending to show his unfitness in several respects for the office sought. These charges are entitled to the utmost consideration from me, and I shall go over them carefully before taking any action. After making these charges you add, as a further reason for opposition to him, that he is a colored man, and after reciting the misdeeds that followed carpetbag rule and negro domination in South Carolina, you say that "we have sworn never again to submit to the rule of the African, and such an appointment as that of Dr. Crum to any such office forces us to protest unanimously against this insult to the white blood;" and you add that you understood me to say that I would never force a negro on such a community as yours. Mr. —— puts the objection of color first, saying, "first, he is a colored man and that of itself ought to bar him from the office." In view of these last statements I think I ought to make clear to you why I am concerned and pained by your making them and what my attitude is as regards all such appointments. How anyone could have gained the idea that I had said I would not appoint reputable and upright colored men to office, when objection was made to them solely on account of their color, I confess I am wholly unable to understand. At the time of my visit to Charleston last spring I had made, and since that time I have made, a number of such appointments from several states in which there is considerable colored population. For example, I made one such appointment in Mississippi and another in Alabama, shortly before my visit to Charleston. I had at that time appointed two colored men as judicial magistrates in the District of Columbia. I have recently announced another such appointment for New Orleans, and have just made one from Pennsylvania. The great majority of my appointments in every state have been of white men. North and south alike it has been my sedulous endeavor to appoint only men of high character and good capacity, whether white or black, but it has been my consistent policy, in every state where their numbers warrant it, to recognize colored men of good repute and standing in making appointments to office. These appointments of colored men have in no state made more than a small proportion of the total number of appointments. I am unable to see how I can legitimately be asked to make an exception for South Carolina. In South Carolina to the four most important positions in the state I have appointed three men and continued in office a fourth, all of them white men—three of them originally gold democrats—two of them, as I am informed, the sons of Confederate soldiers. I have been informed by the citizens of Charleston whom I have met that these four men represent a high grade of public service. I do not intend to appoint any unfit man to office. So far as I legitimately can I shall always endeavor to pay regard to the wishes and feelings of the people of each locality, but I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope—the door of opportunity—is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would be fundamentally wrong. If, as you hold, the great bulk of the colored people are not yet fit in point of character and influence to hold such positions, it seems to me that it is worth while putting a premium upon the effort among them to achieve the character and standing which will fit them. The question of "negro domination" does not enter into the matter at all. It might as well be asserted that when I was governor of New York I sought to bring about negro domination in that state because I appointed two colored men of good character to responsible positions—one of them to a position paying a salary twice as large as that paid in the office now under consideration—one of them as a director of the Buffalo exposition. The question raised by you and Mr. _____ in the statements to which I refer, is simply whether it is to be declared that under no circumstances shall any man of color, no matter hom upright and honest, no matter how good a citizen, no matter how fair in his dealings with all his fellows, be permitted to hold any office under our government. I certainly cannot assume such an attitude, and you must permit me to say that in my view it is an attitude no man should assume. The Rails Spread. Prescott, Ark., Nov. 28.—A northbound passenger train from Texar kana to St. Louis on the Kansas iron Mountain & Southern railway was wrecked near here Thursday Engineer Asbury B. Archibald was killed. Fireman George Hays saved his life by jumping. The recent heavy rains caused the rails to spread and the engine rolled down a six-foot embankment. Engineer Archibald was pinioned under the wreckage of the engine, and met death instantly. The mail and baggage car also left the track and turned over. A Row in Barcelona. Madrid, Nov. 28.—A serious agitation is threatened in Barcelona over the outcome of the publication of decrees prohibiting the recitation of the catechism in the Catalan language and making the teaching of the Spanish language compulsory. Numerous protests couched in the Catalan, French and English languages have been sent to the minister of education. The students at Barcelona made a demonstration yesterday and were charged by the civil guard and dispersed. The civil guard afterwards occupied the university. and Price, of Kentucky, were Elmer Palmer's guests. Martins Berry. — Little Fannie Beasle, who represented the Junior Band at the W. M. M. and S. S. convention at St. Clairsville, and several of the delegates, returned this week. —Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilks visited in Bellaire Sunday. —Otho Gilmore left for Norwalk last Thursday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Curry. —Clara Stewart and Jessie Cole were here last Thursday. —William Skinner has typhoid pneumonia. —Harry Walker is visiting his parents. —Mrs. Blackburn, of Springfield, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ladd. —Lena Williams, of Wheeling, was here Saturday evening. —Mrs. Beasle and daughter, Ella Cochran, and Rev. Taggart were delegates to the convention last week. —The entertainment given by the ladies of the Second M. E. church was well attended. —Mr. Jobe Murphy bought two splendid teams last week. —Mr. Nickles, of Bellaire, was in town Monday. —Mary Logan spent Thanksgiving in Steubenville. —Mrs. Sarah Guider, of Washington, Pa., returned last Tuesday evening. —Persons wishing The Gazette should leave order at No. 27 Second street. Columbus.—Mr. Burke, of Toledo, stopped here en route to his former home in White Sulphur Springs, Va.—Mr. and Mrs. James Evans, of Marysville, were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Summers' guests. All not attending the "Free Floor Meeting" Sunday evening missed a treat. The talks of Mrs. L. F. Buckner and Mrs. Chavous were most timely.—Hiram La Sorrell has left for Wooster.—Miss Anna V. Hughes gave a successful evening's entertainment at Zanesville Thanksgiving night.—Mrs. Ida May Moss directed the sacred cantata "Under the Palms" Thursday evening at the A. M. E. church, Delaware. It was a success.—Mrs. Minnie G. Jamison was in Delaware recently.—Mr. and Mrs. Woodriff, late of the Philippines, expect to locate here.—Mr. Robt. Goode entertained Mr. Thompson, of Detroit, Sunday.—Mesdames Ball and Bell were guests of Mrs. Lucy Whyte while in Delaware.—Messrs. Joe Hill, Jones and Stewart brothers are home again.—An enjoyable party was given Wednesday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones' in honor of Mr. Jones, who recently returned.—Miss Cynthia M. Caldwell is very ill. Ravenna.—Mr. and Mrs. G. Young entertained at dinner Thanksgiving Prof. and Mrs. Z. W. Mitchell and daughter, of Zanésville; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pegram, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Jackson and Miss Lucy Darnell, of Akron.—Mr. and Mrs. B. J. David entertained at dinner on Thanksgiving Misses Emma Malone, Lilly M. Malone, Ida Winn and Katie Thath, of Alabama; Miss Sally Butler, of Cleveland; Messrs. Bibbs and Cox, of Warren; Messrs. A. Oliver and C. Proctor, of this city.—Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Robinson entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Johnson and family.—Mr. J. Kelly spent Thanksgiving with his daughter in Newcomerstown.—Mr. W. Proctor spent several days in Sharon. Mr. Grinage, of Sharon, was the guest of Mr. O. Fullum last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Buchanan, of Cleveland, and Mrs. C. Alexander, of Windom, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. LaCount. Mrs. Luther Nickens and Miss Rapp spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Nickens' mother, Mrs. F. Bunch. C. R. Lancaster, of Cleveland, spent Thanksgiving with his family. Messrs. F. B. Lancaster, of Akron, and C. and P. Johnson, of Salem, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Lancaster. Mr. D. Boggess spent the week with his family. Little Earl Boggess is convalescent. C. R. Johnson spent Saturday in Cuyahoga Falls and Akron. Mesdames-Pickett, and Morrison, of Akron, were guests of the Mesdames Matthews Sunday. Mrs. D. A. Matthews and Mrs. C. P. Lancaster and family spent Saturday evening in Kent, the guests of Mrs. Stokey. The Messrs. H. and E. Grey and sisters served cocoa and cake to several friends Thursday evening. A JACK-KNIFE. It Is Offered in Evidence at a Murder Trial—Did Blondin Use It in Decapitating His Wife? Boston, Dec. 4.—An ordinary jackknife was offered in evidence by Attorney General Parker in the course of the Blondin murder trial yesterday, and the questions put, in direct examination, to Assistant Medical Examiner Meigs, of Lowell, when this article was exhibited, lead to the belief that the prosecution will claim that the defendant decapitated his wife with it. Attorney Morrison, for Blondin, protested against the admission of the knife as evidence, but he was overruled by Judge Braley. This was the chief incident of the day and the state followed it up with testimony from Dr. Meigs that such an article might have been used in cutting off the head of Mrs. Blondin. Mr. Meigs further testified that, in his opinion, the woman died of asphyxiation and that decapitation was made at a considerable interval after death. Pensions for Railroaders Pensions for Railroaders Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 4.—Following close upon the announcement that the Union Pacific railroad will pension its old employees, General Manager Bancroft, of the Oregon Short Line, has issued a circular stating that on January 1 the Oregon Short Line, the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. and the Southern Pacific Co. will establish a pension system. A fund will be provided for the purpose on each separate road, the benefits of which will accrue to those employees who have been in the service for 20 years continuously and who have reached an age necessitating retirement. Na ligation 1. Con d. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Dec. 4.—Through navigation from the lakes to the ocean is practically closed. When the wrecking steamer Petrel and her consort, the schooner Neelon, equipped with wrecking appliances for establishing a wrecking station at Placentia Bay, were about to clear yesterday for St. Johns, N. F., advices were received that the lower St. Lawrence canals were frozen over and another night would render them impassable. The Petrel returned to Kingston to remain until the opening of navigation in the spring. Two Killed. Four Injured. Two Killers, Four Nights Sharon, Pa., Dec. 4.—By the overturning of a ladle of molten metal at the works of the South Sharon Steel Co. two men were killed and four others badly burned. [Continued from first page.] "lily-white" democrats. If he would satisfy justice, he would remove from office all "lily-whites," both republicans and democrats, and appoint stalwart men on their merit, who think it no disgrace to co-operate with black men in politics which shape the issues upon which parties ask the indorsement of the people at the polls. The president himself co-operated with black men at San Juan hill. Greenville (Miss.) Pathfinder. There was nothing during my daughter Portia's entire stay at Wellesley which indicated that anyone had the least prejudice or feeling against her on account of her color. In fact, from the beginning to the end of her school life there she has been treated with the greatest kindness and consideration by students and teachers. She did not board in the hall for the reason that no one except those taking the regular college course is permitted to board in the hall. There is a colored girl at the present time, much darker than my daughter, in the senior class who boards in the hall. Besides, I presume nearly a half dozen colored girls have graduated at Wellesley since it has been founded.—Booker T. Washington. One hundred and thirty-two years ago Mary McDonald, an inmate of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People, West Philadelphia, was born in a hamlet near Valley Forge. Elsewhere we reproduce from The Cleveland Gazette some correspondence between Hon. H. C. Smith, the editor of that paper, and Hon. J. C. Morris, commissioner of railroads and telegraphs, relative to 'Jim Crow' cars. It appears that roads from Virginia and Kentucky crossing into Ohio, dropped into the habit of keeping the "Jim Crow" signs on their cars. The correspondence will show how promptly and effectually Mr. Smith's timely and dignified protest "squelched" this offensive habit. Indiana politicians might learn something by watching Mr. Smith. There is really a crying need throughout the country for more H. C. Smiths. The World extends heartiest congratulations to Bro. Smith—may his tribe increase—Indianapolis Worl. When the United States supreme court opened recently seventeen attorneys were admitted to practice. Two of these were Afro-Americans, Robert H. Terrell, esq., of Washington, D. C., who occupied a seat beside ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed, and J. Douglass Wetmore, esq., of Jacksonville, Fla. They were admitted on motion of E. M. Hewlett, esq., a member of the race and one of our two justices of the peace at Washington, D. C. (Mr. Terrell being the other), both appointed by President Roosevelt. This is the first time an Afro-American has been admitted to practice before the United States supreme court on motion of another member of the race. Some of our colored statesmen of the District of Columbia ought to take a lesson from a leaf in the book of Hon. H. C. Smith, of Cleveland, O. On two occasions Mr. Smith has called the attention of the proper authorities of his state to the fact that "Jim Crow" cars from Kentucky were being run into Ohio with their obnoxious signs displayed in conspicuous places. Upon each occasion the result has been the removal of all such signs before the trains come into Ohio and a cessation of the enforcement of the Kentucky discrimination law the moment one train touches the borders of the Buckeye State. The obnoxious "Jim Crow" cars of Virginia are run into the national capital and colored people are forced to enter separate coaches while the train is in the District of Columbia, in violation of the laws of the nation. This ought to be stopped. Our big men down in Washington should make a stand for the rights of the race. Will they do it?—Philadelphia Odd Fellows' Journal. We congratulate ron. H. C. Smith, of The Cleveland Gazette, on his successful fight against the N. & W. railroad. Mr. Smith appealed to Gov. Nash to force the above mentioned railroad to desist from running cars through the state of Ohio containing the hateful "Jim Crow" signs, "For White," "For Colored." The governor of the state took up the matter and called down the N. & W. authorities in double-quick time. It is a pity that West Virginians must be insulted by such signs hanging in the C. & O. coaches which pass through this state, and worse than that, the N. & W. actually forces West Virginians to ride in separate coaches within the borders of our own state. We have no separate coach law, still we are compelled to submit to such indignities and there seems to be no redress. More power to H. C. Smith, for his faults are far out-shone by his race loyalty.—Charleston (W. Va.) Advocate. The Scottish Rite Masons (white) of Egypt, in a letter to Hon. John G. Jones, of Chicago, recognize our Scottish Rite Masons in this country. Mr. Jones is a thirty-third degree Mason and solemn grand commander. The daily press announces that Gov. Sayers, of Texas, has determined to make a strenuous effort to stop lynching in his state by striking at the judges and sheriffs in whose counties the disgraceful affairs occur. The Young People's Christian and Educational congress held at Atlanta, Ga., last August, cost about $9,000, in addition to the personal expenses of all those who attended, making it entirely too expensive an embellishment for the poor Afro-American. Sharon, Pa., Items Mr. H. Byrd spent Sunday in Oberlin, O., with his best girl, Miss Jenkins.—The Eureka Social club will give its first ball the 11th.—Mr. B. Myers and Miss Linnie Kennedy were married in Warren, O., and will go to housekeeping on Davis street.—Zion church gave a turkey dinner Thanksgiving.—Miss Schlotta Davis was in Youngstown Wednesday. — Mr. T. Jackson opened a fine barber shop in South Sharon. Music Teacher Wanted. The Curry school would like to correspond at once with a Christian young woman who is competent as a music teacher. Must come well recommended as a Christian, amiable person with ability to do the work. Address E. W. Curry, president Curry school, Urbana, O. Attention! Agents. As The Gazette has moved from Wick block to the Blackstone building, in the future send all mail to the last address. Please do not forget this. The First and Second Mates Rowed to Shore in a Little Skiff While Heavy Seas Dashed Over the Ill-fated Steamer. Detroit, Dec. 3.—A special to the Free Press from Sault Ste Marie, Mich., says that the crew of the lost steamer Hebard were rescued Sunday morning and pulled ashore in a "bosun's chair" between the hours of 3 and 10 a. m., while the steamer was pounding to pieces on the rocks 200 yards off shore. The vessel went on the rocks bow on in a blinding snow storm, shortly after midnight, off Mamaise point, about 60 miles north of the Soo. The crew could just distinguish the outlines of the rocky shore and it looked as though no small boat could possibly live in the raging sea that was washing over the ship's decks with every billow. But the boat was already settling on her side and it was evident that the pounding could not continue long before the rocks would punch great holes in her. Volunteers to make the attempt to carry a line ashore were found in First Mate Burrell and Second Mate Jackson. The ship's yawl had been stove in by the sea and nothing remained for the perilous trip ashore but a little skiff. In this frail little craft the two mates set out. Twice their boat was hurled back by the waves when they had all but reached the goal and the third time the boat spilled them out just inside the line of safety. Clambering up the rocks, clinging tightly to the line upon which hung the lives of their comrades aboard ship, the two men, bruised and bleeding from head to feet, fell exhausted on the shore. Oscar Carleson, who lives near by, came upon the scene with his sons in time to assist making fast the line and help bring the first members of the crew to the shore. Two were hauled in the chair at once for the first two trips and the fifth passenger was Miss Jennie Barnes. Capt. Ryan had a narrow escape from death at the last moment. As he was swinging clear of the vessel, the lines became entangled and it was a difficult task to get him ashore. He was thrown out of the chair and had to be hauled out of the surf by the members of the crew who had preceded him. It was 10 o'clock in the morning when all were safely on the shore. The Free Press correspondent gives a generous measure of praise to Oscar Carleson and his sons for their part in the rescue, as the two mates of the Hebard were totally exhausted when they reached the shore and were in urgent need of assistance in making their line fast and beginning the work of rescuing their shipmates. The Hebard was coming down the lake Saturday night, towing the barges Franccomb, Warmington and Aloha. A gale was blowing and a fierce snow storm was in progress and it was impossible to keep the vessels in their course. It soon became apparent to the captain that he had lost his bearings, but owing to the gale he knew that it would be worse than useless to drop anchor. All that could be done was to keep the boat under way and wait until daylight came and the snow storm had abated to get his reckonings. ANOTHER HOLDUP. Three Robbers Secure $2,000 from a Bank in Montana. Billings, Mont., Dec. 3.—The bank at Bridger was entered by three masked men yesterday and Cashier Trumbo was relieved of $2,000. Immediately after the robbery the men left on horseback for the Crow reservation. A pursuing party has been organized. The scene of the robbery is in the vicinity of the famous Hole-in-the-Wall country. The robbery occurred at noon. Cashier Trumbo looked up to see two revolvers pointing directly at his head. A third man, also armed, stood at the door. "Hold your hands up," he was commanded. Mr. Trumbo complied. At this instant Mail Carrier Frank Williams appeared at a side door and was immediately covered by two pistols. Williams and Trumbo were ordered to face the wall. While one man covered them with his pistols, the other man ran behind the counter and took all the money in sight. The three men left the bank and escaped. Every horse in sight was pressed into service and pursuit was begun. A mile and a half from town the posse began shooting from the saddle. The robbers wheeled in their saddles, returned the fire and held their pursuers off until they reached the timber. They have not been seen since. Major Giann's Case Manila, Dec. 3.—Orders have been received from Washington directing that Maj. Glenn, of the Fifth infantry, shall be put on trial a second time for alleged cruelty committed during the Samar campaign. Maj. Glenn is charged with having ordered the execution of several native guides for misleading the American column sent against the enemy's stronghold. Will Build Bellways in Havana. Will Build Railways in Havana. New York, Dec. 3.—Willis Parks and several other capitalists of Youngstown, O., returned from Cuba yesterday on the steamer Mexico. They have secured a franchise in Havana for 15 miles of street railway which Mr. Parks says will be constructed at once. Under the name of the Havana & Jiminettas Railway Co., which is incorporated under the laws of Delaware, they have taken up a large tract of land at Mariano Beach, near Havana, where they propose to establish a summer resort modeled after Coney Island. A Battle of Money Standards. Mexico City, Dec. 3.—The dominant topic in business circles is the gold standard and how best to get the country on a gold basis. In one respect the struggle over the gold standard is one of city against country; the large farmers and planters fear that the gold standard, even though the present dollars are retained and given an artificial value, will cause a rise in the wages of their laborers, and, hence, they are strong partisans of silver. Every drop of a cent in the value of silver means a heavy loss to the large corporations. M. MARVELOUS MEDIUM, Gives the names of dead and living friends, tells who and when you will marry, also of business, journeys, lawsuits, absent friends, health or anything you wish to know, no matter what it is. He asks no questions, don't ask you to write the name for him. Don't try to pump you in any way, but tells you right off. You all oughtly endorsed and endorsed Spiritualists almost all from them a gold medal and special license to practice his wonderful powers; credentials no one can can show; can give thousands of references to both white and colored patrons. Twenty- five years' practice—seven in Brooklyn— will show you that he can do all he tells of. Can tell you what business is best for you and where. Can tell you how to win speedy marriage with one you love. How to be successful in all your doings, in short what is best to do. He succeeds when all fall. Positive help and satisfaction or no pay. Can tell you will find it lucky consult this finned Christian gentleman. He has a medicine that will cure drunkenness; can be given patients, not knowing it. Thousands through him are now RICH, HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL in all their undertakings while those who neglect his advice are still laboring against poverty and adversity. Through his perfect knowledge of chemistry he can impart to you a secret that will overcome your enemies and win you friends. His aid and advice have often been solicited, the result has always been the securing of speedy and happy marriage and all your wishes. In love affairs he never fails. He has the secret of winning the affections of the opposite sex. It is the curse of Spiritualism that in all large cities there are a class of men and women who claim powers they do not possess. They have neither gifts, credentials, nor references. Surely the colored people are not so wanting in sense as to throw their time and money away on such. DR. SHEA refers to the Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2481 Atlantic avenue. BW. Wm. Denmore, architect and builder, 47 Cleveland avenue, artistry Sewell, ship builder Soleil Brooklyn. All have known him for the past seven years. He gives a free test of his power to all. He understands thoroughly the diseases, spells or influences the race is subject to. He is now and always has been a true friend to the colored people and always had a large patronage from them. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: "BROOKLYN, June 3, 1892.—This is to certify I came to New York from Albany. I was a stranger in a strange city, out of work and out of money. I had no luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did not know. A friend advised me to go and see DR. SHEA. I did; he told me the cause of all my trouble; he took me in and treated me like a brother. Through him I got a good position that very week. I had been to others; they took my money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met DR. SHEA. I would安好. I went to work, or in trouble, to go to him at once. Sincerely, ALBERT AYERS, 2937 Atlantic avenue." "SOUTH PLAINFIELD, Aug. 15, 1891.—This is to certify that my husband had gone away and been absent two years. I mourned for him, night and day. I gave him up as dead, Hearing of the wonderful things DR, SHEA was doing, I resolved to consult him. He told me my husband was alive and well and where he was; he told me he would come home and when. To my joy all of it came true. He is home now, come back like one from the dead. I also wish to say that this month I lost the sum of $250. I am a poor man and he was insane. I went to DR, SHEA and he told me I would find my money and to my intense joy I found it as he told me. I thank God there is a man in our mildst that can help people and tell them what to do. Sincecerely, MRS. MARY MILLER, South Plainfield, N. J." A Sensation in Brooklyn—A Minister's Statement. "I wish to state that one of my parishioners was sick and in trouble for a long time, Mrs. Brown, 37 Gay street. No one seemed to understand her case. She had several doctors, but none of them seemed to know what was the matter. None could do her any good. It was my duty as her pastor to call and see her. Hearing of the wonderful work being done by DR. SHEA, the last few years, I thought I would call to see him myself. I found him a kind, sympathetic gentleman. He gave me a wonderful test of his powers; told me to send him a lock of patient's hair, which I did by myself. He looked in a short time cured her sound and well. Her family had seemingly been under a cloud. Now, all is changed. All are well and prosperous. I truly and heartily recommend DR. SHEA to all those in sickness or distress of any kind. REV. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Pastor of Lebanon Church, Brooklyn." DR. ELLANSON, DR. SHEA'S SUCCESS SHOW THOUSANDS, SINCE THE ABOVE DR. ELLARSON has been carefully educated in the medical schools. DR. ELLARSON'S success is wonderful in curing Paralysis, Rheumatism, Asthma, Sore Eyes, Tumors, Cancers, Constipation, Ague, Dyspepsia, Tape Worm, Liver Complaints, Deafness, Catarrh, Dropsy, Piles, Nervous Debility, Heart Disease, Consumption, Diseases of Women and Children, Fits, Kidney Disease, and all strange and mysterious diseases which others don't understand. All diseases, no matter what they may be. Nothing but honorable treatment. DR. ELLARSON will honestly tell if you can be cured. Has all new remedies and new successes. Has had ample experience in public hospitals, and private clinics. No trilicing with human life. Call or write at once. Dr. ELLARSON has a registered physician. Diplomas hang in the parlor. A new remedy for rheumatism just discovered, not a liniment. Hopeless cases and those that others cannot cure solicited to call or write. A perfect and radical cure warranted. Fat folks made thin and thin folks made fleshy. The childless made parents. DR. ELLARSON. Dr. Shea's SUCCESSOR, occupies his old stand. 651 Fulton street, and he had even so for you all Dr. Shea did, and has even still greater power. Call on or write to DR. ELLARSON. 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Nearly Opposite Orpheum Theater. State your troubles freely. Office hours from 1 to 7 P. M.; also by appointment ALL LETTERS MUST CONTAIN AGE, LOCK OF HAIR, STAMP AND ONE DOLLAR. Confinement Cases Taken. When writing mention this paper, please. Garments Remodeled to Suit the Latest Fashion. THIS PAPER IS ON FILE IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK AT THE OFFICES OF A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. 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, DEC. 6. 1902. PUSHAW's News Store, Cuyahoga Building opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. opposite the Post Office. Open Sunday. N. HEXTER's News Depot, City Hall Building, cor. Wood and Superior streets Open Sunday. S. H. MOODY's News Store, No. 387 Superior street, second westof 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., con Greenwood St. F. VALENTINE's Grocery Store, No. 366 Central Ave. JAMES F. BEASON'S, News Stand, No. 133 Central Ave. G. W. CHOCKET'S News Stand, No. 344 Central Ave. FOR RENT.—Rooms at Nos. 11 and 15 Pine street. None but desirable tenants need apply. Ed Dunjill visited Detroit last week. Geo. W. Johnson returned Monday from Ann Arbor, Mich. Mrs. Lela Nooks, who has been sick the past week, is much improved. the past week, is much improved. Mr. D. Fullum, of Akron, visited Cleveland Monday, the guest of H. Simpson. Charles Johnson, 29 Webster street, was arrested Tuesday evening on the charges of carrying concealed weapons and grand larceny. Mrs. Sarah A. Jones, an aged resident of the West Side, desires to thank the many friends who assisted her into the Old Folks' Home. It is rumored that friends of Charles Gordon, a turnkey in the sheriff's office and not a deputy sheriff as some people claim, are backing him in the purchase of the bar (saloon) in the old Imperial boarding house or hotel on Seneca street. Mrs. W. E. Beidleman, of this city; Mrs. Wm. H. Butler, of Buffalo, and Miss Laura Hedgepath have returned from Chillicothe, where they went to attend the funeral of their father, Henry Hedgepath. The latter was a member of Company E of the Fourth U. S. C. volunteer infantry. Dr. T. J. Jones, dentist, who has been practicing here the past two years, left Thanksgiving night for Mobile, Ala., to locate. A reception was tendered him Tuesday evening by the Pocohontas club at Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Douglass' on Newton street. The ladies' sewing circle of St. Andrew's church will have a bazaar for three nights (the 9th, 10th and 11th) in the Sunday-school room. There will be a program each evening. The ladies will have on sale many pretty articles that would make both useful and beautiful Christmas presents. A charity concert and promenade will be given at Gray's armory Monday evening, December 29, for the benefit of the Home for Aged Colored People. The event promises to be a grand affair. The best musical and literary talent is being secured for the occasion. Willie Green was some weeks ago "let out" of the treasurer's office by Treasurer Nunn, and now comes County Auditor Wright with a "fire" for Charles Fauntleroy Marshall, Green and Marshall were clerks—the former an "extra." Thus do two more members of the little black Tammany "bite the political dust." Invitations are out for the Bachelor club's fourth annual banquet at Woodliff hall Monday, December 29. Music by Bowman's splendid orchestra. The members of the cluo are: W. A. Stewart, Robert Hodges, John Bieler, L. G. Crawford, Oscar Baker and Jno. T. Wilson. F. J. Perkins is president. Vaughn Brothers, caterers, will serve the spread. Do not waste time going to other stores for things you can purchase at the great Bailey Company, on Ontario street. They have everything, the best, and the cheapest in the city, Read carefully their advertisement in this paper. Patronize the Bailey Co. When a firm advertises in our paper, they want your trade. Go where you are invited. As the holidays are rapidly approaching and one is wondering what presents to purchase, we would call attention to C. L. Lacy's advertisement elsewhere in this paper. He is a member of the race and has been in the employ of The Sigler Brothers Co. the past 18 years. Go to him before going elsewhere when purchasing anything in the line of jewelry and you will profit by it. Mrs. W. R. Harris, whose husband is headwaiter of the New Hotel McKinley in Canton, O., has returned from a visit with Mr. Harris. While in Canton she was honored by Mrs. McKinley with an invitation to call on her. She also met at the McKinley home that lady's maid, Miss Alice Healie, Miss Maud, a sister, and a Miss Mathews, all of whom treated her most cordially indeed. The president's wife informed Mrs. Harris that she would be pleased to have her call again, their conversation on religious topics having been so satisfactory. Mrs. Harris also visited the ex-president's tomb while in Canton. The Odd Fellows' Journal cites the success of our contemporary and colleague, Hon. H. C. Smith, of The Cleveland Gazette, in having the "Jim Crow" car designation removed from the cars during their passage through the state of Ohio, and wishes to know why the iniquitous distinctions enforced in Virginia are made in these cars in the District of Columbia. It is a question that deserves an answer. Following the lead of Rev. D. A. Wiseman the matter was taken up some time since to the commissioners and Mr. W. C. Martin was the attorney in whose hands the matter was placed. It is up to Mr. Martin, who, by the way, is a great Odd Fellow, to rise and explain.—Washington (D. C.) Record. What said "Bro." Martin? The Philadelphia Odd Fellows' Journal says Madam Selika is still "in a class by herself." Says the Journal: "Reference is made elsewhere to the very successful concert given by the Union Baptist Sunday-school on last Thursday night, in which Madam Selika, Mr. Henry Burleigh, Signor Velosko and Mr. Leon Adger participated. It was the only THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1902. successful high-class concert that has been given in Philadelphia this season. There were ten other attractions for the colored people of Philadelphia that night, but the fame of these artists served to pack the Union Baptist church. Of course all wanted to hear Mr. Burleigh. But many came out of curiosity to see if Madam Selika held her own as of yore. She pleased her friends and disappointed her enemies. Those who came in a skeptical frame of mind remained to admire and went away aazed at the remarkable purity and youthfulness of her tones. Her famous double trill charmed all of those present. She is as good to-day as when crowned queen of song by the German mobility. The truth is that the race has never in this country had another singer equal to Selika. She stands in a class of her own and unless all signs fail when she retires, the only thoroughly educated soprano of the race will have disappeared. Mr. Burleigh was excellent and stirred his audience to a high degree of enthusiasm. Signor Veloski, high baritone, and Mr. Leon Adger at piano acquitted themselves handsomely and pleased those present." Owen G. Fisher, of this city, received a letter recently from a sister in Chicago stating that she had secured a fortune. Some years ago Mrs. Lulu Davis was a servant in the family of Dr. W. S. Stirman, of Kentucky, and overheard him giving a glowing account of wealth made in the Colorado gold districts. She asked the doctor to invest a small sum for her. He finally consented to place $10 in a piece of land near Plainfield, Cripple Creek, and with the money bought a small piece of ground, 125 feet by 150, in Mrs. Davis' name. This was ten years ago. It was thought some time afterward that her land was worthless, but Mrs. Davis would not part with it, thinking some day it would be valuable. She now refuses $600,000 for it and wants $1,000,000. Mrs. Davis says that 50 feet below the surface of her property there is little else but gold. Assayers and mining experts have told her it would be foolish to sell it for less than she asks for it. She is 30 years of age and divorced from her husband. Many attended the second grand "Pop" concert given by the Great Western band at Gray's armory on Sunday afternoon, November 30; Mr. Frank Hruby, director Soloists, Mr. Jos. Narovec, clarinet, and the Hruby brothers (sons of the director), cornets. The next concert will be held on Sunday, December 14. As many as possible should attend these "Pop" concerts. They are fine. The admission price is 25 cents for reserved seats in the gallery and free down stairs. Last week Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock Miss Ethel Perry Chesnutt, the daughter of the well-known writer, Charles W. Chesnutt, esq., was united in marriage to Edward C. Williams, librarian of Adelbert college, Rev. Wilson Stearley, of the Emmanuel church, officating. Only the members of the family were present at the ceremony. The house was profusely decorated with cut flowers and greens. The parlor where the vows were spoken was decorated with white chrysanthemums, palms and ferns. The living room was in American Beauty roses. The dining room was in white roses. The bride wore a very beautiful gown of white barege, trimmed with Irish crochet lace. She wore a long veil and carried a shower bouquet of Bride roses tied with tulle. The maid of honor was the bride's sister, Miss Helen M. Chesnutt, gowned in pale green crepe de chine with a handsome applique of white in leaf design. Miss Chesnutt carried white chrysanthemums. Miss Dorothy Chesnutt in a white mull gown trimmed with valenciennes lace acted as flower girl. The ring-bearer was Master Charles Richardson. The best man was Edwin Chesnutt, brother of the bride, home from Harvard for his sister's wedding. The wedding was followed by a reception at 8:30 o'clock. A large number of guests were present. The bride was graduated from Smith college in the class of 1901 and for one year taught in Booker T. Washington's school in Tuskegee, Ala. Mr. Williams was graduated from Adelbert college in 1892 and has since that time been connected with the university in his present capacity. After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Williams will be at home at No. 71 Elberon avenue. Stockholders in the alleged Douglass Automatic Grain and Straw Binder Co. ought not to pay another dollar, unless they have "money to burn." 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, Cadiz, Urbana, Marion, Troy, Gallipolis, Xenia, Jamestown, London, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Steubenyville, Sandusky, Hamilton, Piqua, Toledo, Ironon, Marietta, Bridgeport, Chillicothe, Rendville, Lancaster, O.; Allegheny, Pittsburg, Washington, Sewickley, New Brighton 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, Blackstone 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. West, Northwest, South and South- West, Northwest, South and South- west via Pennsylvania Lines. Home Seekers' excursion tickets will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines November 18th, and December 2d and 16th to points in the West, Northwest, South and Southwest. For particulars regarding time of trains, etc., apply to Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines. To Homesekers and Colonists. Special rates by way of the Nickel Plate Road on first and third Tuesday of each month to points in the West, Northwest and Southwest. For full information see nearest Agent or address E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. 245 CLEAN THE KING IS DEAD WOMENS APPAREL CLOSED ENTIRE STOCK SOLD BY BAILEY CLEVELAND, OHIO. THE BIG BUSTED PHILADELPHIA CONCERN. THE SALE is now at its best. SWEEP LONG LIVE THE KING THE BAILEY CO. CLEVELAND OHIO. BEGINNING OF A GLORIOUS END THE MOST STUPENDOUS SALE IN ALL OUR EXPERIENCE IS NOW AT ITS HEIGHT. What's left of the great PHILADELPHIA BANKRUPT STOCK now occupies the prominent positions in the store. REMNANTS--BROKEN SIZES--ODD LOTS--are cut the deepest. The smaller the lot, the bigger the bargain; the smaller the lot the more haste is necessary to participate. No half way measure here--DEEP PRICE CUTTING--A QUICK CLEARANCE SALE PRICE CUT IN HALF. A CLEAN SWEEP--and the greatest bargain sale ever enjoyed by Cleveland folks will pass into history. This sale affords a great chance to buy. CHRISTMAS GIFTS at a big saving--especially the useful and sensible sort. Mother's Claim Is First. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 4.—The supreme court last evening rendered an opinion against Bishop Bonacum and Mrs. G. S. Fitzgerald in the suit begun by Mrs. Catherine McIntee to secure the remains of her son, Edward Cagney, buried in the Fitzgerald plot of the Catholic cemetry in Lincoln. Edward Cagney was the nephew of and made his home with the late John Fitzgerald. When he died Mr. Fitzgerald claimed the remains and buried them. His mother wished to re-inter them at Plattsmouth, and the widow of John Fitzgerald, with Bishop Bonacum, resisted her efforts. The court holds that the mother, as the nearest relative, has first claim on her son's body. Baker's Gifts to Employes. Baltimore, Dec. 4.—As a reward for faithful services, Bernard N. Baker, former president of the Atlantic Transport Co., now a part of the International Mercantile Marine Co., will distribute nearly $500,000 among his former employees. The distribution will affect about 300 persons. To each person who was in the employ of the Atlantic Transport Co. one year or more, and who will remain after January 1 in the employ of the International Co., he will give $1,000 of the stock of the new company; to those employees who will lose their positions on that date, he will give $2,000 in stock. Detroit, Dec. 4.—A report from Michipicoten announces the safety of the crew of the schooner Aloha, given up for lost with all on board. The Aloha was in tow of the Charles Hebard. She was found deserted and afloat on the lake by the steamer Ossifrage. Later the crew were picked up on shore and put aboard the Aloha, which was towed to Garganfuva. The schooner now lies there, but nothing is known of her condition, or that of the lumber she carried when cast drift in the storm. Shamrock a Big Prize Winner. Chicago, Dec. 3.—Despite the inclement weather, Tuesday proved one of the biggest days in point of attendance in the history of the international live stock exposition, 40,000 people passing through the gates during the day and evening. Shamrock, the grand champion of the show, entered in the fat Angus grade classes, won everything and aggregated more than $500 in cash prizes. The ills of life are sufficiently hard to bear, without adding to them the wear and tear of discontent and rebellion. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. A Traveling Evangelist. Rev. W. R. Davis, known throughout our church, is a man well fitted by experience, observation and education to do the work of an evangelist. Rev. Davis has served the pastorate faithfully and acceptably for years, during which time he has held many successful evangelistic meetings. He is an earnest, faithful, consecrated and Christian minister and a fluent speaker. He enters upon this necessary, though much neglected, field bringing with him a rich, useful and varied experience in every way necessary to one who would succeed in his work. Churches and pastors desiring evangelistic meetings held now or in the near future may address with stamp. NOTICE. SAMUEL JONES, colored, late of Cleveland Ohio, departed this life October 21, 1902. Albert Bernard was duly appointed administrator of the estate by the Probate Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. All persons who are of kin or in any way interested as heirs at law either of Samuel Jones or of his wife, deceased, will immediately give notice to W. T. Clark, attorney for said administrator, and whose office is at 1902 American Trust Building. There is some property that remains to be distributed. All persons who can legally prove themselves heirs of said estate will be entitled to a distributive share in said property. ALBERT BERNARD, Admr. By W. T. CLARK, his Atty. THE BAILEY CO. The Trading Center of the Masses. 138-150 ONTARIO ST. TAKEN FROM LIFE; BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curvy hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and it is made for forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitation. Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of marrow is that you can straighten your own hair at home. 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Reader, do you ever notice that some people seem to have good luck all the time, and no matter what they do they seem to prosper, while others, yourself may-be, have such a hard time to get along, and no matter how hard they try they find at the end of the year they are no better than the person they married. This is because they have not consulted the right Medium, while the successful people, in all probabilities, have been to one of the genuine Mediums and obtained advice. If you are unsuccessful in business, have bad luck, things go wrong with you, then you should consult Mrs. Marth. She will tell you what your trouble is, as she understands the spells and evil influences. She has spent years helping distressed persons and has brought thousands to success. For advice by letter $1.00. All letters must contain stamps. MRS. M. B. MARTH, 246 West 31st. Street, NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Hours: 10 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sittings. AND ASTROLOGIST. Life from cradle to grave. Give* names in full of those you have or will marry; causes happy marriage to those you desire; uses those appointed (never fails) If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any undertaking in business, social or domestic life: sickness, divorces, separations, law-suits, lost or absent friends interest to save Give names in full of those you have or will marry; causes happy marriage to those you desire; unites those separ- rated (never fails) If you are in doubt as to the outcome of any undertaking in business, social or domestic life; sickness, divorces, separations, law- suits, lost or absent friends interest you; if you desire to have /our domestic troubles removed, your lost love returned, consult or write me. You will be advised the best way to succeed. Patrons attended to in all parts of the world. Letters of inquiry answered on receipt of two acent stamps. MRS. C. CARY 1406 WEST YORK STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. AND GAS FITTER, 116 Maple St., Cleveland, O. (The editor of The Gazette recommends Mr. Katowitz to all desiring first-class work at reasonable rates. He is honest, capable and reliable-ED.) Every dollar's worth of the busted Philadelphia Concern's stock must go at one price or another, to make room for Holiday Goods. This book contains One Hundred Treatises on Thirty-Eight General Topics in which the negro problem is viewed from every possible standpoint. No work could more fully represent the higher stratum of negro citizenship. It will furnish the basis of future calculations on all race subjects. There are. 100 PORTRAITS AND 100 BIOGRAPHIES of the writers. To see the pictures and read the lives of the hundred most prominent negroes is to have a fair knowledge of the entire race. Over 700 large pages and retails at $2.50 in cloth, postpaid. AGENTS. We want 5,000 canvassers at once to introduce this great book. Highest commissions paid. Books on credit. Agents' magnificent sample book for $3e. to pay mailing expenses. Write for our proposition at once. This is the opportunity of your life. J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Naperville, Illinois. The Sigler Brothers Co. Will be pleased to have his friends and customers call on him when in need of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware, Table Cutlery, Umbrellas, Canes, Opera Glasses and Spectacles. Testing and fitting difficult eyes a specialty. Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired on short notice by skillful workmen. Old Jewelry made to look equal to new. All goods and work guaranteed. All kinds of first-class Engraving promptly executed. I kindly solicit your patronage. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Will make prices on all goods as low as the lowest. DR. D. W. OULP The Sigler H MFG. AND WHOLE Will be pleased to have him on him whe Watches, Diamonds, J ware, Table Cutlery Opera Glasses Testing and fitting difficult eyes a specialty. setice by skillful workmen. Old Jewelry ma- guaranteed. All kinds of first-class Engrav patronage. Orders by mail promptly attended. Will make prices on all goods as l Nos. 52 and 54 Euclid Ave. Cleveland Union Station. Pennsylvania Lines Foot of Bank Street. TICKET OFFICES at Union Station, Euclid Av. and Woodland Av. Stations. New City Ticket Office, No.1 Euclid Av. Cor. Public Sq. THROUGH TRAINS RUN AT FOLLOWS BY CENTRAL TIME Daily. 1 Daily except Sunday. From Cleveland to Leave Arrive. Pittsburg & Bellaire...+7 00am +11 20pm Salem & Pittsburg...*8 00am *8 30pm Salem & Pittsburg...*4 00pm *11 30pm Philadelphia & New York...*4 00pm *11 30pm Baltimore & Washington...*4 00pm *11 30pm Pittsburg, Bellaire & East...11 40pm *6 30pm Baltimore & Washington...11 40pm *6 30pm Baltimore & Washington...5 0pm *8 10pm Philadelphia & New York...*11 30pm *5 00pm Baltimore & Washington...*11 30pm *5 00pm Pittsburg & Wellsville...*11 30pm *5 00pm MT. VERNON & PAN-HANDLE ROUTE. From Cleveland to Leave Arrive Akron Columbus & Cincinnati. *8 10am *5 50pm Indianapolis & St. Louis. *8 10am *5 50pm Millersburg & Columbus. +1 20pm +1 05pm Col., Cin., Ind. & St. L. *7 20pm *7 30pm CLEVELAND ...AND... BUFFALO "WHILE YOU SLEEP" both together being without doubt, in all respects, the finest and fastest that are run in the interest of the traveling public in the United States. TIME CARD Until Dec. 1, Steamers will leave CLEVELAND, daily, 8:00 P. M., Central Standard Time. BUFFALO, daily, 9:00 P. M., Eastern Standard Time. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. ORCHESTRA ACCORDES NIES EACH STEAMER Connections made at Buffalo with trains for all Eastern and Canadian points, at Cleveland for Toledo, Detroit and all points West and Southwest. * Ask ticket agents for tickets via C. & B. Line. Send four cents for illustrated pamphlet. SPECIAL LOW RATES CLEVELAND TO BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, ALSO BUFFALO TO CLEVELAND. W. F. HERMAN, General Passenger Agent, CLEVELAND For Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Fine Commercial Job Work of All Kinds, Get Our Figures. --- 22 CLEVELAND, O. TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves—CLEVELAND, 8:00 A.M. (Daily). Arrives—INDIANAPOLIS, 3:10 P.M. Arrives—ST. LOUIS, 9:40 P.M., same night. Arrives—KANSAS CITY, 7 next morning. With Fine Vestibule Coaches, Drawing Room and Dining Cars to Indianapolis and St. Louis, also Coach and Parlor Cars to Columbus and Cincinnati. One of the fastest and fastest trains in the country. 5 Fast Trains to Columbus, 4 to Columbati, with Sleeping and Dining Cars. Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave Arrive. *Col. Clin. Ind & St. Louis*...3:35 a.m. 1:50 a.m. *Galton & Intermediate*...7:00 a.m. 6:20 p.m. *St. Louis Ltd. Ind. Clin. Clin.*8:00 a.m. 10:25 p.m. *Col. Springf'd. Day. Ind. Clin.*...12:35 p.m. 2:55 p.m. *Indianapolis & St. Louis*...1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. *Galton to Cleveland*...9:00 a.m. To Galton and 'olumbus*...4:00 p.m. *Col. Spring, Day. Clin.*...9:40 p.m. 5:50 a.m. Get Tickets at COLLVER'S, 116 EUCLID AVE. Phone Main 010. NICKEL PLATE. The New York, Chicago & St. Louis R.R. All trains stop at Euclid avenue, Broadway and Pearl street. City ticket office 101 Superior rreet. Tel. Main 218. All trains arrive and depart from Van Buren St. Union Passenger Station, Chicago. Eastward. Arrive. Depart No. 6, Standard Express ... 9 55 am 10 12 am No. 4, Eastern Express ... 6 06 am 2 16 am No. 2, Nickel Plate Ex ... 8 12 pm 8 22 pm Westward. Arrive. Depart No. 1, Western Express ... 4 46 am 4 56 am No. 5, Standard Express ... 7 00 pm 7 30 pm No. 3, Nickel Plate Ex ... 11 14 am 11 20 am Local Freight ... *2 50 pm *6 40 am *Daily. except Sunday. All express daily. Through sleepers on all trains, Chicago, Buffalo, New York, and Boston. 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The YO COMPA THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1902. SCOLDING THAT HEAIS. Theory Advanced That Organs of Body Have Separate Intelligence and Respond to Suggestion. "Every organ of the body is endowed with a separate and independent intelligence, and if it does not perform its functions properly and disease and pain result you have only to expostulate with it or perhaps scold it, and then it will return to its duty and your health will be restored." This is the teaching of a Chicago doctor who has just returned from a European tour. Twelve years ago he threw both systems, allopathy and homeopathy, overboard in consequence of a discovery he claims to have made that the organs of the body are intelligent and are amenable to reason. "It happened this way," he said. "While living in Sydney, N. S. W., I roomed with a friend who was ill with pulmonary consumption. As the disease progressed his cough became more and more distressing, and finally kept me awake at night. After suffering this annoyance a long time I lost patience and one night, by some impulse which I can hardly explain, got into a passion with the man's lungs and began to upbraid them for their abnormal behavior. To my surprise the lungs seemed to hear me and heed me, and at once became quiet and the man speedily recovered. This led to other experiments and resulted in the discovery of an entirely new therapy, which I am convinced is destined to sweep every existing school of medicine into oblivion." He says a man's heart or kidneys can hear and understand every word that is spoken to them, are susceptible to reproach and shame, and can always be induced to abandon irregular action and return to their proper gait. DIPLOMAS FOR SERVANTS. Association at Chicago Plans to Have "Graduate" Cooks and Laundresses. According to plans made by the Chicago Housewives' association serving maids may hereafter be obliged to hold diplomas issued by the association in order to secure positions in the homes of members of the organization. This plan, announced by the women at their meeting, is the latest suggestion for the solution of the servant girl problem. The rules regulating the granting of the diplomas are to be definite. The formal testimonials will be granted to a maid only after she has been in one family for a year and has performed her duties with a certain degree of proficiency. Real parchment will be used and the holders will be described as "satisfactory," "good," or "remarkably efficient." Graduate "cooks," "waitingmaids," "ladies' maids" and "laundresses" will be the classes of household women servants. The association is enthusiastic over its new project. "We have graduate nurses to look after us when we are sick," said one of the members. "Why shouldn't we have graduate maids to look after us when we are well and keep us in that condition." A reform in the social nomenclature denoting employer and employee was also introduced, and in the future "mistress," "domestic," "servant," and "girl" may be dropped from the vocabulary of families of the members. "Matron" and "maid," the association insists, are the proper terms to use. Happiest Time of Life An eastern paper is trying to find out what is the happiest time of life. How, about the time, asks the Chicago Record-Herald, when the children have been put to bed for the night? AT BED TIME I TAKE A PLEASANT HERB DRINK THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER. My doctor says it acts gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys and is a pleasant experience. This drink is prepared in the cup used as easily as tea. It is called "Lane's Tea" or "LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE All druggists or by mail 25 cts, and 50 cts. Buy it to day. Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels each day. In order to healthy this medicine is taken daily. There is no time like January for satisfactory buying. The holiday season is a time when trade has not yet begun. In January you always get first pick of all the earliest Spring goods and there is ample time to fill and ship your orders with greater promptness. Send 15 cents TODAY for our large General Catalogue No. 71. It gives pictures, descriptive text, and a special eat, wear or use. Save 1/4 to 2/4 on everything you purchase by sending your orders to Its Present Position Regarding Polygamy Explained. Apostle Smoot, Who Aspires to a Seat in the Senate, Lauded as a Capable and Enterprising Citizen—His Church Duties. Salt Lake City, Dec. 2.—In an interview yesterday President Joseph Smith, of the Mormon church, defined the present position of the church with respect to polygamy, also the ecclesiastical position of Apostle Reed Smoot, whose candidacy for the United States senate has resulted in an active campaign against him by the ministerial alliance. "The church does not desire to enter the controversy over this question," said President Smith, "but it is anxious that its own people, as well as the people of the country should understand its position." "Does the Mormon church solemnize or permit plural marriages?" President Smith was asked. "Certainly not," he replied. "The church does not perform or sanction or authorize marriage in any form that is contrary to the laws of the land. The assertion that prominent Mormons practice polygamy is evidently made to mislead the public. Polygamy under the law is the marrying of a husband or wife while the legal husband or wife is living and undivorced. There is no such offense committed by sanction of the Mormon church. But when the prohibition of polygamy was proclaimed by the president of the Mormon church there were many persons who had contracted plural marriages, and that relation has been continued in many instances, because the men in that position determined not to abandon their families, but to care for and provide for them and educate and cherish their children. President Smith was asked to define the position of Mr. Smoot in the church, his position as an apostle having been compared to that of a cardinal or archbishop in other churches. "The two positions are not parallel." President Smith said. "An apostle, or elder pr bishop in the Mormon church is usually engaged in some secular vocation or laboring in some capacity for his daily bread. He is ordained to the office he holds in the priesthood so that he may act in that calling when required. He gives his services gratuitously to the church. "There are instances, of course, when a man's whole time is taken up with some church duty, that he receives remuneration therefore, but as a rule men holding positions in the priesthood are engaged in secular callings and are men of affairs. Reed Smoot is a banker, the manager of the largest manufacturing institution in this state and is interested greatly in mining operations. He is recognized as a capable and enterprising citizen and his position in the church need not interfere in any way with his services to the state or nation in any political office to which he may be elected." STORY OF PERIL. Is Told by a Man Who Says He Made a Trip to the Arctic Regions. St. Louis, Dec. 2.—Wilson R. Misner, brother of Rev. W. Misner, pastor of the St. Stephens house, an Episcopal mission of this city, has returned from an involuntary and perilous trip to the arctic regions, in which an ordinary ship, caught in a mass of swiftly moving icebergs, reached a point as near or nearer to the North Pole than was ever attained by professional explorers, who set out with a magnificently equipped expedition. Mr. Misner had been gone six years. He returns aged and worn from the perils and privations he has suffered, but he says the experience was worth it all. He relates a most thrilling tale of the remarkable voyage to within 600 miles of the goal of all Arctic expeditions. The ship, he says, narrowly escaped being dashed to pieces by the huge blocks of ice, only the strength of the vessel and the bravery of her captain saving the passengers and crew from terrible deaths. A SEA TEST. Naval Officers Say the New Submarine Torpedo Boats Should be Tried Out in Deep Water. Washington, Dec. 2.—The board of naval officers appointed to conduct the trials of the submarine torpedo boats Adder and Moccasin have submitted their report on the Adder and recommended the acceptance of that vessel after certain defects and unfinished work are completed satisfactorily. The board calls attention to the fact, however, that "although the trials to which the Adder has been subject fulfill the strict letter of the contract under which this vessel was built, yet they do not provide for any trial under service conditions at sea, and on account of the extremely novel character of the vessel it is impossible to predict from her performance in the smooth waters of a landlocked harbor an opinion as to her behavior in even a moderate seaway." The report therefore recommends that when the remaining vessels of this class are tried one of them should be given sea tests. A Pittsburg Tragedy. Pittsburg, Dec. 2.—Mrs. Lizzie Wilson was shot and killed and Ruth Stern badly wounded, in a Colwell street resort yesterday. Superintendent of Police McAleese last night announced that a warrant had been issued for Harry Singer, or Aaron, as he was sometimes known, for the murder of Mrs. Wilson. Singer is a young Hebrew peddler whose residence is within 300 feet of the house where the murder occurred. It supposed he fled from the house to his home, changed his clothing and escaped. Fined Him $25. New Orleans, Dec. 2.—Julius Wels, one of the wealthiest cotton merchants of New Orleans, was yesterday fined $25 for violating the separate car law. He sat in the section reserved for negroes and declined the conductor's request to get up because there were no empty seats in the white section. Wages to be Raised. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 2.—The Savannah Electric Co., controlling the street car lines of the city, announces a general increase in pay of all motormen and conductors. WONDERFUL WORK. Case No. 18,977.—David M. Bye, P. O. Address Box 297, Midland, Mich., says: "Three months I was almost incapacitated from labor; could not sleep at night; had to walk the floor, owing to terrible pain in the hips, in the small of the back, in my instep and ankle of the right leg. "I was treated for sciatic rheumatism in the hospital, but received no benefit. One month ago I returned home and was given a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. To-day residents of this city can bear witness to the fact that I am able to work, and can also walk to my work without the aid of a walking-stick or crutch. "In speaking of the immediate effect of Doan's Kidney Pills, I did not find them to deaden the pain, but quickly and surely to eradicate the cause of it. "I am of the opinion that Doan's Kidney Pills is the best remedy for kidney ailments that can be procured. I was especially careful in my diet, in order to give the treatment fair play. "In conclusion, I shall be pleased, at any time, to answer any inquiries regarding my case, from anyone desirous of obtaining it." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. Bye will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS. Fifteen Hundred Schools Adopt Feature and Scholars Deposit a Total of 81,350,611. The report of Mrs. S. L. Oberholtzer, of Pennsylvania, superintendent of school savings banks, delivered before the Woman's Christian Temperance union at the convention at Portland, Me., shows the splendid results accomplished by this department. She says: "Thrift is the ability to spend time and money wisely; to get the best results from them both; hence it antagonizes intemperance, waste and vice. School savings banks is the most systematic and general method of inculcating thrift known and has proven itself worthy of extension as a reform philanthropy and educational measure by all who would uplift humanity from the slough of intemperance, impure and idle thoughts that lead to worthlessness. The school savings bank has become a feature of 1,500 schools (scattered through northwestern, western, eastern and middle states), and the pupils in these schools have saved and deposited to their credit $f350,611. "Hawaii has its school savings bank system, and it is anticipated that the schools of Honolulu will adopt it this coming year." The Schoolboy's Excuse. Indifferent correspondents will sympathize with the lad who, after he had been at a boarding-school for a week without writing to his parents, penned the following letter: "Dear people—I am afraid I shall not be able to write often to you, because, you see, when anything is happening I haven't time to write, and when nothing is happening there's nothing to write about. So now, good-by, from your Georgie." A Kansas Editor Ruminates. It is said that when a hungry Indian goes hunting he kills the first thing he sees, if it is only a crow. If he kills a duck, he drops the crow and if he gets a deer, he throws away the duck. Some girls are regular Indians, aren't they?—Lane New Leaf. London used during last year 208,000,000 gallons of water a day. He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.—Emerson. Silence may be golden, but the golden eagle talks.—Chicago Daily News. Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the 'deaf can hear and understand.—Bovee. A little inside information sometimes makes a man content to stay outside.—Indianapolis News. He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough.—Powell. Justice is the insurance we have on our lives and property, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.—Penn. In the Conservatory.—He—"There is something, darling, I want to tell you." She—"On, then let us get away from the rubber plant. Come, tell me under the rose."—Baltimore American. "Don't worry about money, darling, when we are married. We can live on the proverbial 'bread, cheese and kisses.'" "I know, Archibald; but who is going to furnish the bread and cheese?"—Baltimore Herald. Bland—"I didn't get Mrs. Barnes' husband's vote, after all, although I patted her baby, and told her it was the perfect image of Mr. Barnes." Bowers — "You never have seen Barnes, have you?" Bland—"Come to think of it, I never have." —Boston Transcript. "I think," remarked the man who had recently won $1,700 at the races before he woke up, "that I'll play two dollars each way on this horse." "I see," said the Innocent Party, who is anxious to learn, "that's so if he turns and goes in the opposite direction around the track, you win just the same, isn't it?" —Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. TRADE MARK. Happiness is the absence of pain, and millions have been made happy through being cured by St. Jacobs Oil of RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, TOOTHACHE, HEADACHE, LAMENESS, SCALDS, BURNS, SPRAINS, BRUISES and all paints for which an external remedy can be applied. It never fails to cure. Thousands who have been declared incurable at baths and in hospitals have thrown away their crutches, being cured after using St. Jacobs Oil. Directions in eleven languages accompany every bottle. Elisabeth T. a distressing case of Fibroid Tumor, which baffled the skill of Boston doctors. Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, Mass., in the following letter tells how she was cured, after everything else failed, by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Hayes' First Letter Appealing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I have been under Boston doctors' treatment for a long time without any relief. They tell me I have a fibroid tumor. I cannot sit down without great pain, and the soreness extends up my spine. I have bearing-down pains both back and front. My abdomen is swollen, and I have had flowing spells for three years. My appetite is not good. I cannot walk or be on my feet for any length of time. "The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor given in your little book accurately describe my case, so I write to you for advice."—(Signed) Mrs. E. F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St., (Roxbury) Boston, Mass. Note the result of Mrs. Pinkham's advice—although she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, to take her medicine—which she knew would help her—her letter contained a mass of additional instructions as to treatment, all of which helped to bring about the happy result. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Sometime ago I wrote to you describing my symptoms and asked your advice. You replied, and I followed all your directions carefully, and to-day I am a well woman. "The use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound entirely expelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system. I can walk miles now. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is worth five dollars a drop. I advise all women who are afflicted with tumors or female trouble of any kind to give it a faithful trial."—(Signed) Mrs. E. F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St., (Roxbury) Boston, Mass. Mountains of gold could not purchase such testimony—or take the place of the health and happiness which Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes. Such testimony should be accepted by all women as convincing evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distressing ills of women; all ovarian troubles; tumors; inflammations; ulceration, falling and displacements of the womb; backache; irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation. Surely the volume and character of the testimonial letters we are daily printing in the newspapers can leave no room for doubt. Mrs. Hayes at her above address will gladly answer any letters which sick women may write for fuller information about her illness. Her gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is so genuine and heartfelt that she thinks no trouble is too great for her to take in return for her health and happiness. Truly is it said that it is Lydia E. 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ALL DRUGGISTS. --- --- With Only $75,000 a Year He Had No Reason to Expect That He Had a Chance. The yellow moon hung by its crescent hook against the starlit azure of the September sky, and the night was dreamy, delicious, divine, says the New York Herald. The man and the maiden walked beneath the silent stars and listened to the purple music from the dusk. Her jeweled fingers rested lightly on his arm, and he felt them there as trembling harpstrings feel the teuch of angel hands that summon forth the soul's high harmonies. His heart beat fast and the red blood ran riot in his veins, for love had placed its chalice to his lips and he had drunk his fill. He had not spoken, but he felt the spirit of the hope that makes man dare do anything and now this night of nights should see him conqueror of the maiden's heart. "A penny for your thoughts," he whispered, bending low to look into her sweet, soft eyes. "No more?" she murmured, looking up at him, to let those blue eyes fall again. He caught her hand in his and let his full heart flow. "All I have in the world," he said, sublimely. "Too little" she responded with 6rm "Too little," she responded, with firmness. And then he knew that some of his hated rivals had told her he had but $75,000 a year income and no rich relatives. He Got It. The man with the cinnamon colored beard was observed standing at the counter and looking at the bottles on the shelves in some perplexity of mind. “What is it?” said the druggist. “Isn't there an organization of Methodist young people,” asked the man, “that's named after some place where John Wesley used to live?” “You mean the Epworth league?” “That's it!” exclaimed the customer, his brow clearing. “Give me five cents' worth of Epworth salts.”—Chicago Tribune. California. The Passenger Department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway has just issued a beautiful book of 60 pages, relating to California and the best route to the Pacific Coast. The book is artistically arranged, beautifully printed and fully illustrated—portraying the scenic beauties, hotel and transportation advantages, and delights of outdoor life in the favored climate of the Coast. This publication is of special value to those interested in California or contemplating a trip to that State, and may be obtained on receipt of four cents in stamps, sent to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago. Ill. Only Death Is Sure. "Dolly," said the sick Mr. Hyroler to his little daughter, "has it occurred to you that papa might die and go to heaven?" "No," rephed the child, "because I asked the doctor that very question. "And what did he say?" "He said: 'I don't think he will, although, of course, he may have to die some day.'"—Philadelphia Press. Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops, as a blood purifier, strength and health restorer, and a specific for all stomach, liver and kidney troubles, leads all other similar medicines in its wonderful sales and marvelous confidence of the people, especially our vast German population. It is not a new and untried product, but was made and sold more than sixty years ago. Old Ones. Quads—Funnyman tried writing his jokes on the typewriter, but had to go back to his fountain pen. Sneeze—What was the matter with the Space—What was the matter with the typewriter? "The bell rang too often."—Manila American. Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—J. F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Willing to Leave It Out.—"Sweet are the uses of adversity," quoted the philosophical friend, "Perhaps," admitted the prosaic man, "but I'm not hankering for that kind of sweetness."—Chicago Post. All creameries use butter color. 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