The Gazette

THE GAZETTE. $1 50 One Yds. 1 00 Six months. 60 Thirbars are requested to remit by post money order or registered letter. entered, at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: H. C. SMITH. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE Blackstone Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 1894 to 1896. 1896 to 1898. 1900 to 1902. MEMBER Ohio Legislature, TRADE COUNCIL CLEVELAND. SATURDAY. DEC. 23. 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. The Nashville (Tenn.) Monitor, official organ of the Sunday-school union of the A. M. E. church, says in a recent issue that Editor Johnson, of the Christian Recorder, "is not allowed to represent his own paper on the field," and charges that paper's business manager with having stolen his position from his predecessor, Dr. Leak. Pretty strong allegations. The Conservator approves the appointment and congratulates Mr. Fortune that after more than a quarter of a century of heroie skuffling for an appointment, he has at last obtained a six months' stay at Uncle Sam's crib. The fact that the position was obtained wholly on Booker T. Washington's influence, only shows how loyal Dr. Washington is to those who use the papers to constantly sound his praises. It is now in order that Mr. Washington obtain positions for Brothers Cooper and Knox, whose great (?) papers are special agents of the doctor's glory and praise.—Barnett in the Chicago Conservator. Brother Barnett holds a political job, or did for several years at least until recently, and therefore should not "make faces" at Timothy Thomas Fortune as the result of his good fortune, especially since both were some months ago together in Chicago, during a certain national political campaign, heroically scuffing" under Senator Hanna's direction, and for the same purpose. Both have now, been rewarded—have received "appointments," and should felicitate each other. The president could not afford to appoint such an individual as Cooper, even to please so well-known a member of his kitchen cabinet as Booker T. "Brer" Knox's history, "My Life As I Remember It," and his COLORLINE barber shop would preclude the possibility of any consideration by President Roosevelt of claims to political preferment, Mr. Washington might present for him. JETER PRITCHARD, TRAITOR. Postmaster S. H. Vick, of Wilson, N. C., who was nominated for congress some months ago by the republicans of his district, is an Afro-American who has always acted with his party until it came to the point of supporting Jeter C. Pritchard, the new leader of the "illy white" movement in North Carolina and the southeastern section of this country, notwithstanding the ract that he (Pritchard) crawled into the United States senate on the backs of the Afro-Americans of his state. Like all the other loyal members of the race in North Carolina, Postmaster Vick could not swallow Pritchard's treachery to our people and continue to support him. The senator desired to secure his re-election. As a result of North Carolina Afro-Americans' stand against this very thing his ambition was defeated, and seeking revenge the senator went to Washington last week and carried his fight against Vick to the president. According to dispatches to the daily newspapers from that city, dated December 8, he was anything but successful. He came out of the president's room thoroughly angry, sarcastic and even insulting whenever he found it necessary to refer to Mr. Vick. President Roosevelt had evidently "said things" to him. The best people of Wilson, N. C., black and white, republicans and democrats alike, had given their postmaster an endorsement for reappointment that commanded the favorable consideration of the president, and he frankly told the senator so. Therefore Pritchard's anger upon emerging from the conference with the chief executive of the nation. In his talk to the newspapers he said things that were so manifestly unfair and untrue that ex-Congressman Geo. H. White, of North Carolina, now a resident of Washington, D. C., replied in a column and a half communication to a daily newspaper published at the nation's capital, simply "skinning Pritchard alive," laying bare inconsistencies, maliciousness and duplicity, and refuting all his many misstatements. Thereupon the senator hastened to be "interviewed" by newspaper men who sent broadcast over the country the statement that Senator Pritchard favored the reduction of the representation of the south in republican national conventions. 'This is Postmaster General Payne's hobby. Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, who favored the idea at the Philadelphia national republican convention, is quoted in the same dispatch as saying to Pritchard anent this question, "I am with you." If the quotation is correct, it is about THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1902. time for Pennsylvania Afro-Americans to wake up and get busy. As to Pritchard, he is a traitor to the race that made him, and will bear watching. He needs the constant attention ex-Congressman White gave him in that splendid communication already referred to. DOINGS OF THE RACE. Prof. John F. Ransom, formerly of Columbus, who was president of the Colored American Magazine of Boston, has resigned his position. The Bee begs leave to inform the Daily Post as well as the Evening Star that Mr. Booker T. Washington is the white man's Negro leader, but not the Negroes' leader. The Negroes are capable of selecting their own leader.-The Washington Bee. Thomas Connor, a mine owner of Joplin, Mo., where the zinc and lead come from, 55 years old, recently gave $15,000 to three colored churches there, where he has lived 34 years. When asked why he thus gave the money he simply said: "Well, I thought it was right. The churches are badly in need of repairs, and the money, which is to be divided equally between them, will fix them up. I do not even know the denomination of the churches." Orville McNorton, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., a stenographer and school teacher, a graduate from Virginia Union University, has obtained a patent for an automatic railway switch operating device. This invention relates to that part of a switch called a frog where the two inner rails cross. The device provides for a continuous rail for a locomotive coming in any direction across switches. It provides a long felt want among railroad men and is the only successful device of the kind invented. It has been found safe and practical after severe tests. Mr. McNorton has had offers to buy his patent, but has not accepted the amount so far. A. W. Hamilton, a rising young artist, has won the first prize from the Correspondence Institute of America, situated at Scranton, Pa. His sketch study was "For Want of Work." The faculty in awarding the prize offered him a full scholarship, the tuition being a reward for his repeated successes and perseverance despite of many obstacles. In making the offer the faculty said in their endorsement: "We have made a special study of your work, and do not hesitate in recommending you for the opportunity because of your great natural ability and painstaking habits in drawing; and predict that as a cartoonist, commercial designer, newspaper or magazine artist, you will win fame for yourself and honor the race with which you are identified." A law has recently been passed in the state of Louisiana, confining the high water mark in Negro schools to the Fifth grade. It is amusing to see the out-cropping of jealousy in the Southland in its mad attempt to tie the wheels of advancing time. Fifth grade or third grade, what does it matter. You can not stop the wheels of progress, gentlemen. Whoever has tasted the sweets of freedom, forever thereafter is a free man. If a race has left the first apathy of ignorance when it longs for education, then it will be as impossible to level down the rising ambition of the Negro boy as to blow back an advancing cloud or drink the ocean dry. The highest wisdom upon the part of a superior race is to lend a helping hand to the backward races, bring them up to a higher plane of Christian citizenship. To keep up a continued bleating about inferiority while denying to the lowly race the common rights of men is as silly as contemptible.—Charleston (W. Va.) Advocate. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, has a son, B. R. Tillman, jr., a lieutenant in the army, not in a South Carolina mob, where Jim Tillman is captain, but in the army, which is captained by Gen. Miles and wrote up by Root and politicalized by Corbin. To resume, Lieut. Tillman recently returned from the Philippines with his regiment, and while at San Francisco, he tendered a dinner to the officers of the army who happened to be there at the time. Invitations were extended and being an officer, Capt. Charles Young, of the Tenth cavalry, received one. A friend, thinking Mr. Tillman was ignorant of the fact that Capt. Young is a colored gentleman, imparted the information to the "worthy son" of a mighty bad sire." "I know how your father feels about such matters, and I thought I would tell you, in order to relieve you of any embarrassment, that Capt. Young is a colored man." And Lieut. Tillman replied: "Oh, yes, I know the captain is colored. I know him well. But color doesn't matter with me. Capt. Young is a captain in the regular army, and he must be a gentleman." Senator Tillman has not been interviewed on the subject yet; and probably he will not be. His son's manly stand might win him over to decency, if such is possible.—Advocate. John Flannigan, ex-slave, aged 110 years, and the oldest man in the west, has suddenly been made a very wealthy man, becoming the sole owner of a whole fashionable suburb in Omaha. He and his 90-year-old wife Julia have lived in the north end of Omaha, in a little house, probably worth $50, for nearly 40 years. In 1862 John was given 40 acres of land on the Nebraska prairie, five miles from what is now Omaha. The land came to him in lieu of a debt of $75, but the ex-slave received no deed to the property. John moved on to the little farm, built a sod house and each year raised a small corn crop. One morning teams began hauling building material over into one end of John's farm. The old man went over to see what it meant and was shown a deed to the lot given by ex-Governor Boyd. Upon investigation he found that Mr. Boyd had a deed to the whole tract, given him by the man who had given John the land without a deed. Legally, the old man had no right to the place. But there is a law in Nebraska which gives any one land of which they have had possession for a certain number of years. John took refuge behind this law and began to fight. For 15 years the case has been in court. Nine decisions have been rendered, each time in the old man's favor. But the last decision was from the court of final resort and the ex-slave now comes into possession of the whole tract of land, with the houses and improvements. SHORT NEWS NOTES They Come From Many Parts of the World. Information of Recent Date Collected in Various Ways and Condensed for the Convenience of Our Busy Readers. CONGRESS. The senate on the 11th passed the bill fixing the compensation of members of the coal strike commission. The house devoted the day to the Wagoner-Butler contested election case. The house on the 12th passed 173 private pension bills. The senate was not in session. The house on the 13th began consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The senate was not in session. The house on the 15th passed an urgent deficiency bill carrying $500,000 for eradicating the foot and mouth disease in New England. The senate's proceedings were unimportant. On the 16th the house spent the day in consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The senate ratified the treaty of friendship with Spain. At Cripple Creek, Col., the sheriff of Teller county burned more than $5,000 worth of confiscated gumbling tools on one of the street corners. Thousands of citizens saw and applauded the act. The gamblers had offered to pay $2,000 into court to be devoted to charity, if permitted to remove the property from the county, but the judge declined to consider the offer. Prof. Edmund O'Neill, of the University of California, has discovered a process for making cyanide of potassium from the nitrogen of the atmosphere, a discovery that will greatly reduce the cost of the precious compound. Queen Alexandra intends to mark her sympathy for the sufferers in the recent South African war by giving a Christmas dinner to all the widows and children, now in London, of those who fell in the war. The boiler of a locomotive pulling a passenger train on the Santa Fe road exploded at a point 60 miles east of Kingman, Ariz. Engineer Thomas Martin and Fireman George Vanatta were instantly killed. William Chapman, who was sent from England in 1842, by Sir John Francis to prospect for slate and discovered the now famous slate belt in Pennsylvania, is dead at Bethlehem, Pa., aged 87 years. The boiler of a passenger engine on the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis road exploded between Chesterfield and Medora, Ill., and the fireman and engineer were fatally scalded. None of the passengers were injured. Government cattle agents have found that foot and mouth disease prevails among the cattle in the vicinity of Chester, Vt., to an extent not previously suspected. Hundreds of cattle are infected and orders to kill the diseased animals are being carried out. Orders have been placed for 65 new engines for the Pennsylvania southwest lines, to be delivered between January and August next year. Of the new engines, 40 will be added to the equipment and the remainder will replace worn out engines. Peale Wright, a young farmer, was instantly killed beneath a Grand Rapids & Indiana train six miles north of Kalamazoo, Mich. He was driving home from Kalamazoo with his sweetheart, Nellie Snyder, who lost a leg in the accident. The town of Florence, Mo., is to be erased from the map and a large industry involving millions of dollars and employing hundreds of men planted there. Options on every lot have been secured. Florence, which is a suburb of St. Joseph, consists of about 500 lots and has 400 houses. The congregation of the propaganda has decided to propose to the pope the appointment of Bishop James E. Quigley, of Buffalo, N. Y., as archbishop of Chicago, in succession to the late Archbishop Feehan. More than 4,000 miners at Drifton, Pa., threaten to strike unless their employers adjust grievances. The dissatisfied miners are employed by Coxe Bros. & Co. They say that the company has repeatedly refused to re-employ all its union miners. The statement of this country's foreign trade for November shows a decrease in the balance of trade in our favor of over $24,000,000 compared with November, 1901. At St. Louis Judge Ryan overruled the motion for a new trial filed by attorneys for Robt. M. Snyder, the banker and promoter, of New York and Kansas City, convicted of bribery and sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. Notice of appeal was given. Snyder is now at liberty on bond. Dr. A. H. Glennon, the representative of the United States government, is preparing a report to Surgeon General Wyman, of the marine hospital service at Washington, to the effect that there has never been bubonic plague in California. Dr. Glennon's report declares that after a thorough investigation the bacilus supposed to be of the plague is that of chicken cholera. One hundred Oklahoma families are arranging to form a colony in Mexico, 125 miles west of Tampico. They have bought 200,000 acres of land and will engage in raising hogs, cattic, oranges, bananas and other tropical fruits. The colony will have its own schools, churches and stores. The party will move to Mexico in a body early in the new year. The large five-story structure occupied by J. L. Connell & Co., wholesale grocers, at Seranton, Pa., was destroyed by fire, together with the contents of the building. Four firemen were slightly injured. Loss $125,000, fully covered by insurance. Members of the Truck Drivers' union, which controls over 9,000 teamsters in Chicago, have filed a demand for a wage increase, varying from 15 to 25 per cent. The new schedule is now in the hands of the Truck Team Owners' association, an organization of employers. The two new craters which appeared in the Santa Maria, volcano on October 24 and devastated a large section of Guatemala, are still smoking. From one of the craters, beneath the cloud of smoke, whitehot lava exudes in a sluggish stream and from the other cold mud is thrown in epasmodic fashion. Charles F. Joy, republican, has formally entered contest against John T. Hunt, democrat, for representative from the Eleventh congressional district of Missouri. Mr. Joy alleges fraud in the election. The Standard Oil Co. has purchased a large tract of land near Marion, Ind., on which they will erect one of the largest refineries in the world. The work will begin early in the spring. An ordinance has been introduced in the city council of Seattle, Wash., providing for $300 reward for the delivery of the body of any highwayman or burglar at the city hall. Councilman Mullen, who introduced the ordinance, declares that he believes this to be the most effective method of dealing with the criminal element now in the city. A Philadelphia firm has received an order from the Japanese government for several X-ray machines which are to be used in the mints in Japan for the detection of dishonest employees who steel gold coins by swallowing them. Representative Martin, of South Dakota, has introduced a bill in congress making October 21, the anniversary of the discovery of America, a legal public holiday, to be known as Columbus day. Tariff schedules filed with the inter-state commerce commission by the railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac, show that the general increase on all iron and steel articles will be 10 per cent. Intense excitement prevails at Panama over the situation in Venezuela. Bitter feeling prevails against what is called the unjustified aggression of the Anglo-German alliance, and the statement that the United States is regarding the affair with passive indifference is galling. The works of the Diamond State Steel Co., at Wilmington, Del., have shut down on account of inability to obtain coal, temporarily throwing about 3,000 men and boys out of employment. The unprecedented severity of the weather throughout Austria has caused acute suffering among the poor and the unemployed, who are more numerous this year than for many years past. In the iron trade alone there are 140,000 men without employment. Many factories are closed or are running on half time. That wheat was grown in Alaska by the Russians a century ago is proved by the discovery or two old flour mills built by the subjects of the czar. One of these has been discovered on Wood island, in southeastern Alaska, and the other in the interior. While no official announcement has been made, it is understood that the president has decided to appoint Dr. W. D. Crum, the colored applicant, as collector of the port of Charleston, S. C. Investigation of the charges involving the integrity of Dr. Crum has been made by the president, and they have been found to be unwarranted. Three lives were lost in a tenement house fire at New York City the other day. The dead: Mrs. Mary Bond, 32 years old; Raymond Bond, 7 years old; and Rose Bond, 5 years old. The Bonds lived on the top floor of the tenement, which was five stories high. There were 16 families in the house, but all except the Bonds got out safely. A man who perished in quicksand near Halpina, Miss., has been identified as George Kilrain. When Kilrain struck the quicksand he sank up to his armpits and remained in that position for two days before death relieved him. The Reading Railway Co., appreciating the fact that unless a supply of coal was immediately forthcoming, there would be a serious fuel famine in New York and Philadelphia, as well as in other towns along the line, has inaugurated a move that promises some relief from the present situation, shipping 92,000 tons from its mines in two days. The department of agriculture has issued an order requiring that all freight cars unloaded in the region infected with the foot and mouth disease in New England shall be disinfected before being allowed to proceed. According to the annual report of the inter-state commerce commission, the gross earnings of the railroads of the United States during the year ended June 30, 1902, were $1,711,754,-200, or an average of $8,761 per mile of line; the operating expenses, $1,-106,137,405, or an average of $5,661 per mile, leaving net earnings of $605,-616,795, or $5,100 per mile. Compared with the previous year, the net earnings are greater by some $51,000,000. Investigation proves that foodstuffs shipped to Honolulu from China and Japan via San Francisco are responsible for the cases of plague recently appearing there. A number of Japanese on plantations were taken down with the plague and died in a hospital in Honolulu. "General Peanuts," who for a number of years was one of the best known midgets and clowns connected with Barnum's and Forepaugh & Sells' circuses, was found dead in bed at New York City the other day. The midget was a Japanese, 38 years old, and two feet one inch high. The strike of the telephone operators of Des Moines, Ia., which had been in progress about six months, has been settled. The telephone girls are to be paid wages 15 per cent. in excess of the union scale, and all of the girls who struck are to be taken back to work. Mutilated almost beyond recognition the body of Roder Hamburger, of Company I, Twentieth infantry, was found in a deep ravine in the south portion of the reservation at Fort Sheridan. Ill. Hamburger was clubbed to death with the butt of his own musket by two military prisoners, who he tried to prevent from escaping. Employees in the various furniture factories of Chicago are to be organized by the Amalgamated Association of Woodworkers. The movement, which will ultimately affect more than 4,000 men, has been started in the plants owned by the Furniture Manufacturers Association. It is the intention of the union to force the owners to sign an agreement to pay a regular schedule of wages, and grant a nine-hour day. The senate on the 17th passed the pension appropriation bill and an urgent deficiency bill carrying an appropriation of $500,000 for use in eradicating the foot and mouth disease among cattle. The house passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. MUST BE PUNISHED Venezuela's Offer to Arbitrate Comes Too Late. British Foreign Office So Decide—England Will Try To Prevent Future Insults-Venezuelans Ask Castro to Yield to Demands of the Allied Powers. Caracas, Dec. 17.—The Italian minister to Venezuela has received orders from Rome to leave Caracas to-day. He will go on board the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan at La Guaira. The Spanish minister to Venezuela and the Belgian charge d'affaires have presented a joint letter to the Venezuelan minister of foreign affairs in which they ask, in case the claims of other foreign powers shall be paid by Venezuela, that the same treatment given these powers be accorded to Spain and Belgium. London, Dec. 17.—Judging from statements given out by the foreign office the Venezuelan situation does not appear to be any nearer a settlement. The foreign office claims that some matters are impossible to arbitrate, instancing the disrespectful treatment of Mr. Haggard, British minister to Venezuela. Quoting from the foreign office "there is not the slightest inclination to let Venezuela go unpunished for her repeated insults and injuries. The offer to arbitrate comes very late in the day. We are not seeking a quarrel, but we must insure ourselves against a recurrence of the acts which led to the present situation." The foreign office has made inquiry as to whether the United States would be willing to guarantee the fulfilling of Venezuela's pledges, either at the immediate cessation of the present European action, or pending the award of arbitrators. This inquiry resulted in a direct negative from the United States. With the guarantee of the United States, the foreign office says, arbitration in the Venezuelan matter would be an immediate probability, but, with only the word of a government hitherto unreliable, arbitration is difficult of accepting. Berlin, Dec. 17.—The German government has not yet replied to President Castro's offer of arbitration, being still in correspondence with the British government on the subject. Puerto Cabello, Dec. 17.—It has been learned here that during the bombardment of Puerto Cabello by the British cruiser Charybis and the German cruiser Vineta that the Charybis was struck in the bow by a shot fired from a cannon on the Plaza Bruzual. The Vineta was struck twice by the Venezuelan cannon fire. The report that an officer of the Vineta was killed during the bombardment by a rifle bullet fired from the shore appears to be true. Washington, Dec. 17.—President Roosevelt and his cabinet had one of the most important meetings yesterday that has been held this fall. The Venezuelan situation was discussed in all its phases. From an authoritative source the information is obtained that there will be no recession on the part of this government with respect to questions involving Venezuela or any other of the governments of South or Central America as laid down by the president in his message to congress. It can be said authoritatively that no apprehension exists in the minds of any of the administration officials that serious trouble growing out of it will accrue to this country. Caracas, Dec. 18.—Indications here are that Venezuela will yield to the demands of the allies. The leading citizens of Caracas have addressed a joint note to President Castro asking him to give full powers to United States Minister Bowen to effect a termination of the present difficulty. The awakening of the Venezuela people to the present situation of their country is accompanied by feelings of bitterness and sorrow. Their fleet has been destroyed and their pride has been deeply wounded. Washington, Dec. 18.—The following cablegram was sent Wednesday by the navy department to Admiral Dewey, in command of the combined fleets: "Send competent officer in torpedo boat destroyer or other vessel to Caracas as assistant to American minister." The following cablegram also was sent to Commander Diehl, of the Marietta, now lying at La Guaira: "Send Van Duzen (executive officer of the Marietta) as assistant to the American minister temporarily." It was stated at the navy department that one reason for sending the officers to Caracas was the fact that Mr. Bowen is almost overwhelmed with the work imposed upon him by his many charges. He has nearly all of the English residents in Caracas domiciled in the American legation and is feeding them from his own table. As for the torpedo boat destroyer, it is pointed out that it will serve as a dispatch boat to keep Mr. Bowen in touch with the cable station nearest to La Guaira, which can be relied upon to transmit messages to Washington, in case the La Guaira cable shall be cut as an incident to the blockade. There will be no effort on the part of this government to resist a war blockade of the Venezuelan coast as against merchant ships. Upheld Common Law Marriage. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18.—The supreme court handed down a decision yesterday which upholds the workings of the common law marriage statutes of this state. The case was one wherein the husband declared his marriage void because it had been performed less than six months after his wife had secured a divorce from her former husband. The court declared such a marriage unlawful, but held that the common law marriage statute legalized the union, because the couple had lived together after the statutory period had elapsed. Solomon Hirsch Dics: Portland Ore., Dec. 16.—Solomon Hirsch, former United States minister to Turkey, died here Monday at his home, of heart trouble. He was 63 years old. His death, while not entirely unexpected, was sudden. Mr. Hirsch was appointed minister to Turkey in 1890 by President Harrison Col. Ela Dies. Philadelphia, Dec. 16.—Col. John W. Ela delegate to the recent National Civil Service Reform league convention and president of the Civil Service Reform league of Chicago, died in a hospital here Monday. REDUCED FARES 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. For the Holidays. Lowest rates by way of the Nickel Plate Road. See nearest Agent for full information or address E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. 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 302 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, Admn. By W. T. CLARK, his Atty. 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. 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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 falls. 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; the Hon. Wm. Denmore, architect and Artist Sewell, ship builder, the 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. "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 met. I took what to do I did not know. I met 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 others; they took my money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met DR. SHEA. I would advise all in bad luck, sick or in trouble, to go to him at once. Sincerely, ALBERT AYERS, 2037 Atlantic avenue." "SOUTH PLANFIELD, Afg. 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, too, to say that this woman, the one of £250. I am a man and I was most 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 midst that can help people and tell them what to do. Sincerely, MRS. MARY MILLER, South Plainfield, N. J." A Sensation in Brooklyn—A Mibister's Statement. "I wish to state that one of my parishoners 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 his hand. I was told he would not be the matter, and 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 can 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. ELLARSON, DR. SHEA'S SUCCESSOR, and SPIRIT MEDIUM, CAN SHOW THOUSANDS SUCH AS 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, Dearness, Cataract Dropsy, Piles, Neonatal Debility, Digestion, Discomfort, Digestion, 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. Norriding with human life. Call or write at once. Do not delay. Is a registered physician. Diplomas hang in parlor. A new remedy for rheumatism just discovered, not a iliniment. Hopeless cases and those that others cannot cure it to call or write a perfect radial joint warranted. Fat folks made thin and radial folks made fleshy. The childless made par- DR. ELLARSON, Dr. Shea's SUCCESSOR, occupies his old stand, 651 Fulton street, Broadway, 11th A. M. and 12th B. Shea did, and has even still greater power. Call on or write to 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. S. GRANT, CUSTOM TAILOR Ladies' Tailoring a Specialty. Garments Remodeled to Suit the Latest Fashion. 490 CENTRAL AVE.,CLEVELAND,O. Repairing at Short Notice. THIS PAPER IS ON FILE IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK AT THE OFFICES OF A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. --- 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. 20, 1902. Purchase "The Gazette" at 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 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. G. MARTIN's News Stand, No. 344 Centra Ave. It is said that Mrs. Nannie Simms' remains were interred at Wilberforce last Sunday. The greatest of Christmas and New Year's presents is a year's subscription to The Gazette for a friend. A dance was given at K. of P. hall Wednesday evening in honor of Mr. James Starkey, who recently advanced to the uniform rank. A year's subscription to The Gazette will make a Christmas gift any member of the race will appreciate. Try it and see if we are not right. The Johnson administration is responsible for the recent appointment as jurors of James W. Tucker and Rev. J. S. Jackson, of Sterling avenue. Herman Ladd, aged 30 years, was found dead in bed at his home, 154 Lake street, Monday. Hogan's dead wagon took the body to the county morgue. Walter Brown, who has been quite ill recently, is slated to succeed Charley Marshall in the county auditor's office, or to become bailiff for Judge-elect Beacom in his new court room. Marshall was "fired" recently. "Col." Syd Thompson, it is said, is being backed for Gordon's old position as jailer in the sheriff's office by Col. Myron T. Herrick, on whose private car he is at present employed. Mr. Robert Hatch's father died Tuesday in Cincinnati and was buried Thursday. He (Robert) left Wednesday night to attend the funeral and returned to this city last evening. He has the sympathy of many friends. Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Maude McNeiven Johnson of Akron, to Mr. Walter H. Lawson, of this city, on Wednesday evening December 24, at the bride's home. Mrs. Nannie Simms, formerly of Sterling avenue, in recent months a resident of Wilberforce, O., where her grandson, Harry L. Freeman, teaches music in Wilberforce university, is reported dead. Mr. Allen L. White and Miss Virginia Anthony were married at 52 Forest street, and at 41 Scovill avenue Mr. Ananias Brown and Miss Cornella Williams were married on the 15th, Rev. W. R. Wilson performing both ceremonies. In Princeville, N. C., every business house is owned and run by Afro-Americans. It has a mayor (Mr. Orin James), postmaster, treasurer, five commissioners, clerk and a constable. The mayor is a wealthy merchant who does the most business and is worth $30,000. Warren Cossey's friends feel confident that he is a victim of circumstances and that he will be cleared of the charge now pending against him. He was a clerk in the post office and was arrested last week, charged with tampering with the mails. The editor of The Gazette received the past week from L. W. Benjamin, esq., of Boston, Mass., an invitation to attend the fancy dress party given by "The Bachbens" in Legion of Honor hall, Boston, on December 26. Committee: J. Howard Lee, chairman; Lyde W. Benjamin, secretary; Frederick C. Dickerson, treasurer. Henry "Aristides" Taylor, as a result of the influence of Mayor Johnson's administration, has been drawn on the jury for the next term of the common pleas court. It is currently rumored that he will succeed Willie Green, who was a clerk in the county treasurer's office, and was "fired" recently. Chas. Gordon resigned his position as head jailer under Sheriff Barry Wednesday. He has been connected with the sheriff's office for several years. Wm. Eggers (white) has been promoted to Gordon's old position. The Gazette told you Gordon was not a deputy sheriff—only a turn-key or jailer. Not a very desirable position. Miss Eva Bertha Daw, sister of Mr. Edward Daw, well and most favorably known, and Mr. Harvey Johnson Whyte, of Baltimore, Md., will be married December 30 at Mr. Daw's residence, No. 199 Beechwood street, Mr. and Mrs. Whyte will be at home January 1 at 523 Presstmain street, Baltimore, Md., and will carry with them the best wishes of a host of friends here, in Washington, D. C., and Baltimore. Dr. J. B. Anderson, of Lexington, Ky., is conducting special revival services under the notice of the Calvary Baptist church. He is an abie young man, a splendid preacher. He is pastor of one of the largest churches in the state of Kentucky, the membership being about 1,500, and is well known throughout his state. We hope to see him located in Ohio soon. T. Thos. Fortune will spend one on two weeks at Honolulu and expects to land in the Philippines about the middle of January. While he is away in the discharge of his new duties as a government special commissioner, the New York Age will be edited by Jerome B. Peterson, his partner, who is now business manager of the concern. Mr. Peterson will employ some one else to attend to his end of the business.—N. Y. Mail and Express. Rev. Dr. F. E. Lloyd, rector or St. Mark's church, conducted a mission at St. Andrew's mission all this week. He preached every evening except Saturday. The closing meeting will be to morrow evening. Much interest was awakened and the rector expects to present a large class for confirmation some time during the THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1902. fore part of the new year. It is now under training, and more are expected to present themselves as a result of the mission conducted by Dr. Lloyd. There seems to be great quiet indignation among the decent and respectable of our people of this city, as a result of certain controlling interests of the charity ball to be held at Grays' armory. A representative of the "tenderloin" district who was mixed up with the notorious woman, Blanche Moulton (white), who killed Powell some months ago, and others of his kind, are entirely too conspicuous in the affair for them, says a writer in a long communication, anent the ball, received by The Gazette the past week. Wm. N. Alexander, chef, now employed by Carnegie on Carnegie Island, Fla., where no other family lives, has made an excellent showing. There is in Dungeness, Carnegie palace, a French chef of great reputation. Mr. Alexander has cooked seven dinners for them, the last on November 11, W. C. Carnegie's anniversary. Mr. Andrew Carnegie said he never before saw such artistic decorations and such food. After dinner Mr. Carnegie raised Mr. Alexander's salary to that of the French chef. Made Intunction Permanent: New York, Dec. 18. Justice Dickey, of the supreme court of Kings county, yesterday granted a permanent injunction against Richard M. Osborne and others, restraining them from interfering with the employees and conduct of the business of Edwin C. Burt & Co., shoe manufacturers. In July last there was strike at the Burt factory and the firm discharged the strikers and employed other workmen who were interfered with by the pickets of the strikers. A temporary injunction was obtained the following month against the locked out men and yesterday the injunction was made permanent, with costs. Seized Smuggled Liquors. San Juan, P. R., Dec. 18.—Collector Cruzen yesterday seized several hundred cases of liquors which had been brought from St. Thomas on board the United States lighthouse tender Laurel. It is reported that certain army and navy officers as well as some prominent citizens of San Juan are implicated in the matter. The case will go before the federal court, and the bureau of insular revenue will also take action. It is said that this method of smuggling has been in operation for the last 18 months and that goods worth several thousand dollars have been landed here. An Exodus of Negroes. South Bend, Ind., Dec. 18.—Four shootings and one murder in which negroes took part, have been followed not only by closing clubs and saloons conducted by negroes, but many colored people are leaving the city. They are afraid to stay here owing to a feeling against them among the white people. The negroes say they cannot get food at the restaurants, although they have the money to pay for it. A committee has raised more than $500 among business men as a reward for the capture of three negroes who murdered John M, Koonsman. Shut Down Because of a Strike. Mr. Bishop's Will. New York, Dec. 18.—The will of Heber R. Bishop, disposing of an estate valued at $3,500,000, was filed in the surrogate's office yesterday. The sum of $55,000 is bequeathed to prepare a room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the reception of the great collection of jades and other precious stones, valued at $750,000, presented by Mr. Bishop to the museum last April. After small bequests to relatives, the rest of the estate is divided between the testator's widow and his eight children. Burkett Signs with St. Louis. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 18.—The Telegram says: Jesse Burkett yesterday signed a two years' contract to play with the St. Louis Amrican league club at a salary of $5,000 a year. Having signed with St. Louis, with which team he has played for two seasons, Burkett will return to the New York National league club the check for $3,000 advance money sent to him by Manager McGraw several weeks ago, as an inducement for him to "jump" the American league. Three Schooners Missing St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 18.—The steamer Siberian arrived here on Wednesday from Liverpool. She encountered furious gales which swept her decks and smashed her lifeboats. Three schooners, with crews aggregating 23 men, are missing. As these vessels were not reported by the Siberian, the government has sent a tug in search of them. Fears are entertained, however, that the schooners have been lost in the gales of the past fortnight. Big Shipments of Silk. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Dec. 18.—Japanese raw silk valued at $2,000,000 was yesterday transferred to the New York Central railroad here from Canada, and sent by special train to New York. The silk was shipped from Japan by a Canadian Pacific steamship to Vancouver and by rail to Prescott. Within six weeks 38 cars of Japanese silk, valued at nearly $5,000,000, have passed through here for New York. In a State of Siege. Victoria, B. C., Dec. 18.—Mail advises from Chang King, in the Szechuan province of China, report that both the cities of Mei Chou and Kiatingfu have had their gates closed and a state of siege declared, owing to the numerous bodies of armed Boxers in their vicinity, it being feared by the officials that the insurgents may take the cities by surprise. Troops were sent to raise the siege of the two cities, but failed. Boasting is only begging for praise.—Ram's Horn. HOYT-KENT-SEFTON CO., EUCLID THROUGH TO PROSPECT. A Stupendous Week. THE greatest holiday business we have ever known is coming to the big store this season, and the beautiful, tasty things for holidays are finding appreciative owners. 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Comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST IN THE COUNTRY. at a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway of Springfield, O., says: THE GAZETTE. The healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicative of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brain and Observation when the fact is remembered that in its columns are famous from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a people it represents, and can be relied upon as a friend of although his face may be of ebony hue. The Gazette is a prairie of what can be done by the young men of our race. A man who, by dint of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and has succeeded in giving to the colored people of Obio and PAPER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having been the Gazette since its first appearance, and having written that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should people generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICAL in the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interests without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAY Read what a Leading Minister, Rev. J. W. Gazaway, of Springfield, O., says: THE GAZETTE. The most healthful signs of life and a highly useful career are indicated in the existence of the above-named paper. That it is a paper of Brain and Culture can not be doubted when the fact is remembered that in its columns are found communications from the wisest and best minds of our race. It is a paper FOR THE PEOPLE it represents and can be relied upon as a friend of every colored man, though his face may be of ebony hue. THE GAZETTE is a practical demonstration of what can be done by the young men of our race. The editor is a young man who, by dint of INDUSTRY and ECONOMY and FAIR DEALING, has succeeded in giving to the colored people of Ohio and the country a PAPER WORTHY THE PATRONAGE OF ALL. Having been a reader of THE GAZETTE since its first appearance, and having watched its course, I feel that in justice to the paper, the editor and the race, I should urge upon the people generally, to support the paper that is PRACTICELY identified with the COLORED people, and is in harmony with the interests and success of all without regard to Complexion. J. W. GAZAWAY. THE GAZETTE IS AOKNOWLEDGED TO BE DING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPE Devoted to the Interests of the Race. A LEADING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER Devoted to the Interests of the Race. IT ADVOCATES AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR Educational, Moral and Financial Condition neutral in nothing that advances or impairs the Progress of the Race. 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Write for Our Extraordinary Inductions to Agents. Address H. C. SMITH. "THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND. OHIO. CLEVELAND. OHIO. 4 FILLETED BY INSTALLMENTS Me Thought His Bones Were to Be Taken from Him a Bit at a Time. At the Royal national hospital, Ventnor, recently a patient found a very small piece of splintered bone work out through his skin. Next day he happened to be called up for medical examination, with some four or five other patients. In the consulting room he told the physician of the preceding day's incident, relates the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Can you produce the piece of bone?" said the latter. Whereupon the fellow carefully unwrapped a little piece of paper and handed over the tiny object. The doctor made some remarks about its chemical nature, and passed it on to the resident medical officers for further scrutiny. The patient was then dismissed, and in the next room caused some amusements among the few fellow sufferers present by the remark: "That's all right, isn't it? I wonder what he'll do next. He's started sneakin' my confounded skeleton, and says how very interestin' it it!" Why It Was All Right—"You needn't be at all afraid to speak to papa, George. I am sure he will be all right." "What makes you think so?" "He asked me last night what your business is, and when I said you were a retired coal-dealer he smiled and said he guessed that settled it."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ST. JACOBS OIL POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia Backache Headache Feetache All Bodily Aches AND CONQUERS PAIN. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Bentwood See Pac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR BIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALOLY SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION PRICE 25 CENTS Purely Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. ANUARY BUYING There is no time like January for satisfactory buying. The holiday market is not yet begun. 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Fac Simile Signature of Gustaf Patterson NEW YORK. 48 months old 35 Doses - 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. --- TO PREVENT FRAUD. Bortillon System Will Be Used to Identify New York Employees. Fraudulent impersonations made by laborers in the street-cleaning department led the municipal civil service commission of New York to adopt a rule requiring such employees to submit to the Bortillon system of measurement in order to permit the identification at any time of men in the city's employ. The system is in use in this country almost exclusively for the identification of criminals. It is the intention of the civil service commission to extend the system to other departments where laborers are hired in large numbers and possibly to the police and fire departments, where, it is said, gross frauds have been perpetrated by substitution of one man for another while examinations are in progress. At the meeting of the committee it is said that in the last three months 20 cases have been discovered where men have been working under assumed names and using cards that had been given to them by the original employes. In many cases, it was said, the men caught had only been in the country a short time. Indication cards are to be used. On these will be noticed the color of the man's hair and eyes, his stature, the length of his feet, forearms and thumbs, the size of his head and ears and any distinguishing marks or blemishes that may be discovered. The decision of the commission was reached after the street cleaning department officials had conducted a rigid inquiry into several cases where substitution was suspected. In one of these a man working under an assumed name was discharged in court, the magistrate holding that no law had been violated. Hereafter where misrepresentation is discovered the owner of the identification card and the holder of it will be dismissed from the service. The infliction of this penalty debars both men from entering the city's employ for a year. "GREAT HEAVENS!" IS BAD. The Co-Eds at the Northwestern University Now Say "Fudge" Instead. Northwestern university co-eds at Evanston, Ill., use "swear words" even though they don't mean to be profane in the least. So says Prof. J. Scott Clark, head of the English department of the university, and he took the young women sorely to task for their failing in his sophomore composition class. "Great heavens" is the favorite "swear word" of the co-eds, according to Prof. Clark, and it is just as painful in a feminine mouth as "damn" in the mouth of a young man. "Don't shock me by ejaculating 'great heavens,'" said Prof. Clark to his class. "It is a profane expression. I want to warn the young women in this class, especially, because I know they are in the habit of using the expression more than the young men. When you say 'great heavens' you are taking a sacred name in vain. I hear girls using the words every day, and would feel almost like blushing if I were not aware that they didn't mean it for anything bad." The expression which prompted the remark on feminine profanity was found by Prof. Clark in a co-ed theme, which he read before his class. The 30 young women were indignant at the accusation aimed at them, but have decided to throw over "great heavens," and henceforth say nothing stronger than "Oh, fudre!" She Was Not Superstitions During a marriage ceremony at Northeast Harbor, a week ago, the long veil of the bride in some unaccountable way became loosened, and fell. A superstitious bride would have been horror-striken at such an occurrence—perhaps would have fainted, perhaps postponed the event. Not so this bride. She just stopped the proceedings long enough to readjust the refractory adornment, glanced smilingly at the groom, and then, with a let-the-procession-move look toward the minister, resumed her position at the altar. The reverend gentleman proceeded, and it was noticed that he gave an extra tug at the nuptial knot.—Kennebec Journal. Somewhat of a Badish. A man in Butler, Okla., who has followed the "biggest ear of corn" and "biggest pumpkin" controversy in the Star, writes to tell about his giant radish. "It is a black Spanish winter radish," this veracious correspondent writes, "just commencing its winter growth. It has leaves as long as a Missouri fence rail; it is larger at the top than that Kansas pumpkin, and has sapped my well of all its water. It looks like a steam merry-go-round and is still growing. Grasshoppers fitted on its leaves now weigh 40 pounds."—Kansas City Star. The vainest hopes are generally the most roseate.—Chicago Journal. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Hitchens. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1902. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. Steamer Saxon Prince Arrives at New York Having on Board Three Cases of that Dreaded Disease. New York, Dec. 17.—Three cases of bubonic plague are under treatment in the Swinburne Island hospital at quarantine. The sufferers are the first and second cooks and the second steward of the steamer Saxon Prince, which arrived from Durban, South Africa, on Monday, when, on inspection of the crew three were found to be ill. A thorough examination of the patients convinced Health Officer Doty that they had all the symptoms of the plague and they were taken to Swinburne island, where cultures were made. The result of the examination, made known last night, confirmed the diagnosis made at the inspection. The first man taken ill, according to the report of Capt. Jamison, was the second cook. He first complained to the captain when the ship was out two weeks. As the steamer left Durban on November 9, this places the reported illness on November 23. The other two cases appeared about two weeks ago. The history of the cases makes a complete chain of infection from the time of the exposure of the first man at Durban to the time of arrival. The crew were ashore at Durban and it is undoubtedly there that the disease was contracted. The first patient is convalescent, but the other two are still under treatment. All three men slept together in a small compartment. The total number of the crew is 31. There are five passengers on board, a woman and four children. The steamer will be sent to sea to discharge the water and sand ballast taken on board at Durban. She will then return to quarantine, when the passengers and crew will be transferred to Hoffman island, where they will be held for ten days for observation. The effects of all will be thoroughly disinfected and the steamer will be washed and disinfected in every part before being released. Dr. Doty says that there is no danger of a spread of the plague, as the whole matter is well in hand. "We have been at work for a long time," said Dr. Doty, "in anticipation of the possible appearance of bubonic plague from South African ports. All steamers from those ports, since the reported presence of plague there, have been detained at quarantine. The crews have been taken on board the disinfecting steamer, stripped, bathed and examined for symptoms of the plague, and their clothes and sleeping quarters have been disinfected. This course has at last resulted in the detection of cases of the disease." ACETYLENE TANK EXPLODED. Six Children are Instantly Killed While Eating Lunch, Fort Lee, N. J., Dec. 17.—By the explosion of an acetylene gas tank yesterday the residence of John Puglughi was demolished, his six children instantly killed and his wife so seriously injured that her recovery is despaired of. The dead are: Ida Puglughi, aged 14 years; Tilly, 12 years; Irene, 10 years; Adeline, 7 years, and George, 5 years. The body of the eldest daughter, Clorinda, aged 22 years, who was supposed to have gone to New York, was found last night in the ruins of the house. The mother was found 200 feet from where the explosion took place, her right arm almost torn from her body. Just returned from school, the children were at the lunch table, when the explosion occurred. The roof and sides of the house were blown out. An adjoining cottage was also partially destroyed. The debris immediately took fire and the bodies of the dead were badly charred. Mrs. Puglughi, who was waiting on the children at the table, was blown through the side of the house and was found in the road. The father was away from home. The acetylene tank which exploded was in the cellar and supplied the illuminating gas for the building. SMUGGLED GEMS. Dinnonds Worth $24,000 are Selzed by Customers Of All Posts Tax Diamonds Worth $44,000 are seized by Customs Officers at El Paso, Tex. Washington, Dec. 18.—Special Agent Evans, stationed at El Paso, Texas, has reported to the secretary of the treasury the seizure at El Paso of diamonds said to be worth $24,000, and which, it is claimed, were smuggled from England via New York. The jewels have been placed in the custody of the collector of customs at El Paso pending a hearing of the case. One of the pieces of jewelry was a diamond necklace containing 192 gems, mostly small, another was a brooch containing about 600 small diamonds. It is understood that a wealthy lady of El Paso and a young man, a professional palmist, claiming to be from India, are connected with the case, or at least know the history of the gems. Gen. Swayne at Death's Door: New York, Dec. 18.—Gen. Wager Swayne, who has been ill at his residence, was last night reported to be very low. His recovery is not hoped for. Gen. Swayne served with distinction in the civil war, being brevetted major general for gallant and meritorious services and retired from the United States army in 1870. He has practiced law in New York since 1880. Rev. Irvine Loses His Lawsuit. Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 17.—The case of Dr. N. W. Irvine, the deposed rector of St. John's Episcopal church here, against Bishop Talbot and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Elliott, of Huntingdon, for $25,000 damages, ended Tuesday when, on motion of the attorneys for the defense, the court instructed the jury to render a verdict for the defendants. Counsel for both sides made elaborate arguments, but the charge of Judge Bailey was imperative to the jury and they rendered a verdict as instructed. Dr. Irvine will appeal to supreme court. A Murderer Confesses. Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 17.—John Bartlinger, or Utyler, as his name proves to be, has confessed that he murdered Mrs. Robert Garrison, who was found shot dead in her home in Bedford township Monday. He also confessed that he outraged the woman. Successful Burglars Richmond. Va., Dec. 17.—At Big Stone Gap yesterday burglars blew open the safe in the postoffice, taking about $800 in stamps and $400 in money. They entered the rooms by boring out a panel in the door. ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE. Englishmen Are Sick of It - Opinions of the British Press Concerning the Venezuelan Imbroglio. London, Dec. 18.—The developments in the Venezuelan imbroglio, as revealed by Premier Balfour's statements in parliament yesterday, have resulted in bringing out in the press this morning stronger expressions than ever of the desire to reach some pacific settlement of the difficulty. It is said on behalf of the government that even in last July, when German co-operation was first mooted, the British government fully recognized the possibility of war with Venezuela and only postponed action until the winter at the suggestion of the admiralty, and in order to avoid the unhealthy season. On the other hand, those who declare that the government of the United States forced the government of Great Britain into a virtual declaration of war are not lacking. Certainly a considerable portion of the British public was rather disagreeably surprised to find that Great Britain actually was at war, and that this war might for many months to come require the presence of a large naval force in Venezuelan waters and put a stop to all British trade with Venezuela. Henry Norman, M. P., in a newspaper article published this morning in which he emphasizes the dangers of the position into which Germany is dragging Great Britain, contends that the only safe and dignified course for Great Britain is to seek satisfaction through co-operation with the United States. Mr. Norman's opinion reflects a very widespread feeling with regard to the Anglo-German agreement and concerning the question of how the United States would view the existence of a state of warfare between the powers and Venezuela. The newspapers this morning ask: "What would happen should Germany choose to seize Margarita island as a base for the blockade?" The Daily News, in an editorial declares that the new European concert "is not to coerce a bankrupt republic, but is a revolt against the Monroe doctrine." The Times gives great prominence to a letter from Sir Robert Giften declaring that the foreign office gravely blundered in associating itself with Germany against Venezuela. Sir Robert contends that a blockade will be useless against a bankrupt state, while the seizure of customs will be tantamount to annexation and full of danger. "Further," continues the writer, "however much we may bring Venezuela to its knees, no solvent government will remain with wiltch to deal." Sir Robert strikes his most alarming note when he refers to the danger of Germany embroiling Great Britain with the United States. He believes that Germany would not hesitate to occupy Venezuelan territory, and he thinks the less said about British claims the better. He says he doubts if Great Britain has any moral claims against Venezuela and concludes with these words: "The best course is to cry off at all hazards and, at the utmost, exact punishment for the injured seamen by getting hold, if possible, of the guilty Venezuelan officials." ALMOST IMPREGNABLE. A French Diplomat Says that Venezuela's Capital Would be Hard to Capture. Paris, Dec. 18.—M. Thiesse, formerly minister of France to Venezuela, and who lived many years in Venezuela, has been interviewed concerning the situation there. He said: "Venezuela can put 400,000 men in the field, and even foreigners there are liable for military service. A number of the younger officers received their education in the military schools of France and Germany. The Venezuelans are armed with Martini and Remington rifles and have a few Maxim and Krupp guns. They have no cavalry. "Caracas is almost impregnable, owing to the fact that it is situated on the other side of a mountain range about 6,000 feet high. These mountains are impassable except by steep mule paths where 20 men could stop a whole regiment. There is a railroad from La Guaira to Caracas, but the destruction of a single bridge would render the line useless. If, by a miracle Caracas shall be taken, the Venezuelans would wage a guerilla warfare, as they did against Spain." Earthquake Destroys a City. Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, Dec. 18.—The town of Andijan was totally destroyed by an earthquake Tuesday. The number of fatalities is not yet ascertained. The population is threatened with starvation. Shocks were felt in surrounding villages and a railway at Andijan was destroyed for a considerable distance. Andijan is a town of Russian Asia. It had a population of about 30,000 souls. Insanity Plea Didn't Win. New York, Dec. 17.—Thomas Tobin was yesterday convicted of the murder of Capt. James B. Craft, of Glencove, L. L., whose decapitated body was found about two months ago in the Empire music hall. The defense sought to prove insanity, but numerous experts testified that the prisoner was sane. Clerks Get the Worst of It. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 18.—The difficulty which western railroads are finding in keeping enough mechanical help is affecting in a peculiar manner the clerks they employ. Some of the roads have begun reducing salaries of the office employes. The high wages paid to mechanical help makes it necessary, the companies say, to retrench in expenses and the roads are doing this among their office forces. No organizations exist among the clerks, but it is understood that steps will be taken to protest against the reduction policy. Shot His Wife and Suicided St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 18.—John Williams fatally wounded his wife and killed himself by shooting last night. He lay in wait for her an hour and fired the shot because of jealousy. Williams was 53 years old and his wife 43. They left nine children. Uncle Sam Asks Corea to Pay. St. Petersburg, Dec. 18.—It is announced in a dispatch from Seoul that the United States minister to Corea has demanded the payment of $1,500,000 due to the builders of the electric railroad. For Burns and Scalds Use MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT THE BEST LINIMENT MADE FOR MAN OR BEAST, THERE IS NO TEST LIKE THE TEST OF TIME AND USE HAMLINS WIZARD OIL FOR RHEUMATISM, LAME BACK NEURALGIA. 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When the passengers came tumbling out of the cars to see what had caused the stop the boy had disappeared. The railroad officials instituted an investigation and succeeded in learning who it was that had stopped the train. A representative of the road went to Principio a few days ago and hunted the boy up. He was told that the railroad company was anxious to do something for him and was asked what he would like best in the world. He thought for a long time, and finally confessed that he "didn't know," and was told that he could go through college and learn any trade the cared to select. "I guess I'd rather be a fireman than anything," he said. He was told to take a year to think it over, and if he was of the same mind at the end of that time this wish will be granted. A Rare Exception. A New York man has paid up $500,000 of old debts which his creditors never expected him to pay, but, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, this is only one exception to the rule that in New York and elsewhere creditors who do not expect to be paid are seldom disappointed. Demonstrated. A San Francisco boy will get well from an accident with part of his brains gone, says the Baltimore American. Science is proving every day that brains are not more essential to living than many people have suspected. Southwest Colonist Excursions. Low one-way and round trip rates to Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas, on the 1st and 3d Tuesdays of each month. Write for particulars and literature. James Barker, Gen'l Pass, Agent, M. K. & T. Ry., 501 Wainwright Bldg., St. Louis. At a Brooklyn Boarding House. Mrs. Oldbird (sweetly)—Mr. Choosey, will you pass the butter? Mr. Choosey (emphatically—You bet your life—if it's no better than usual.—Judge. Many of us might be happy if we did not suffer from disorders of the liver. Then we ought to use Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops, which cure the disorders and bring the whole system to a healthy condition. "De man dat's allus yin' to git sumpin' foh nuffin'," said Uncle EbEN, "is purty li'ble to wind up by bein' one o' de people dat gits nuffin' foh sumpin'."—Washington Star. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Schoolmaster—"Now, let us have 'Little Drops of Water' again, and do, please, put a little spirit into it."—Glasgow Evening Times. Steps the Congh and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents. Self-trust is the essence of heroism.— Emerson. Carpets can be colored on the floor with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. A clean youth makes a clear old age.— Ram's Horn. Tact teaches men when to be silent.— Chicago Daily News. Right ends are never furthered by wrong agencies.—Ram's Horn. Necessity knows no law; therefore it is the mother of invention.—Judge. " Some people mistake spectacular effect for success.—Chicago Daily News. Experience with many people is merely the raw material for conversation.—Judge. It is perhaps because art is long that so many artists are short.—Chicago Journal. German Instructor (to usually late student)—"I see you are early of late; you used to be behind before, and now you are first at last."—Harvard Lampoon. "Dar is two kin's o' friends," said Uncle Eben; "dem dat wants to do you favors and em dat expects you to do favors foh dem. I kin tell you in one guess which kin' you has de mos' of."—Washington Star. Putting It Delicately.—"There are just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught," asserted the maiden lady of uncertain age. "But you never cared much for fish, did you?" returned the pert young thing, with delicate significance.—Chicago Post. Merchant—"Yes, I've lost my entire fortune. Our most trusted employee robbed us of enough to force my company into bankruptcy." Friend—"But you surely saved something from the wreck." Merchant—"No. We found the receiver as bad as the thief."—Philadelphia Press. A One-Sided Contract.—Bilks—"Yes; my wife and I have agreed that whenever I make a mistake I am to acknowledge the fault at once." Jinks—"But when she is in error, you will call her attention to the fact?" Bilks—"Well, hardly. That would simply be another one for me to acknowledge."—Detroit Free Press. LYDIA E.PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND I Did Not Feel That I Could Walk "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—It is with thankfulness I write that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been of the greatest help to me. My work keeps me standing on my feet all day and the hours are long. Some months ago it didn't seem as though I could stand it. I would get so dreadfully tired and my back ached so I wanted to scream with the pain. When I got home at night I was so worn out I had to go right to bed, and I was terribly blue and downhearted. I was irregular and the flow was scanty, and I was pale and had no appetite. I told a girl friend who was taking your medicine how I felt, and she said I ought to take it too. So I got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and commenced to take it. It helped me right off. After the first few doses menstruation started and was fuller than for some time. It seemed to lift a load off me. My back stopped aching and I felt brighter than I had for months. I took three bottles in all. Now I never have an ache or pain, and I go out after work and have a good time. I am regular and strong and am thankful to you for the change. "I recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound whenever I hear of a girl suffering, for I know how hard it is to work when you feel so sick."—Miss MAMIE KEIRNS, 553 9th Ave., New York City. Women should not fail to profit by the experiences of these women; just as surely as they were cured of the troubles enumerated in their letters, just so certainly will Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure others who suffer from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, irregular and painful menstruation, nervous excitability, and nervous prostration; remember that it is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that is curing women, and don't allow any druggist to sell you anything else in its place. Miss Amanda T. Petterson, Box 131, Atwater, Minn., says: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM.—I hope that you will publish this testimonial so that it may reach others and let them know about your wonderful medicine. "Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I was troubled with the worst kind of fainting spells. The blood would rush to my head, was very nervous and always felt tired, had dark circles around eyes. "I have now taken several bottles of Lydia E. 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An Exchange.—Mother (who has been out for the day)—"Tommy, did you take that medicine that I told you to, when I was away?" Tommy—"No, ma. Willie Jones came in, and he liked it so, I exchanged it with him for a sour apple."—The King. 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 laxative. This drink is made from herbs, and is prepared for use as easily as tea. It is called "Lane's Tea" or LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE All drugstores or by mail 05, 05, and 05. Buy it to day. Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Address Box 295, Lo Roy, N. Y. The Vast Areas of This Remarkable Agricultural Country Are attracting more attention than any other District in the World. The Granary of the World." "The Sunshine." "The Natural FEEDING Grounds for STOCK. 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PAXTIN CO. 201 Columbus Ave. Boston, Mass. BLAIR'S DIGESTIVE TABLETS Cure indigestion, fatulence, heartburn, etc. By mail on receipt of 35 cents in stamps. HENRY C. BLAIR, 3th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION A. N. K.-C 1948 DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick puffer and cures worse masses. Book of testimonials and 10 Dairy's treatment. Frec. Dr. E. H. GREEN'S SOUS. Box 9, ATLANTA, 604