The Gazette

2 THE GAZETTE. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, SUBSCRIPTION RATES, ‘ (ar apvaxce.) Pa & | Bubsoribers are requested 0 remit by post ‘ettce money order orregistered letver. j_ Entered at the post effice in Cleveland, Okie, (as second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: B.C SMITH, Editor and Proprietor Tax GazerrR, Blackstone Buflding, Cleveland, Oto Member Onio Legislature, {i tt : 1900 to 1908, ee em “ RADE. (lb «| COUNCI SQN EEE CLEVELAND. SATURDAY. MAR. 7, 1908 | THE GAZETTE Is the oldest, and ‘eas the largest bona fide circulation, ‘double that of any newspaper in the {nterest of Afro-Americans, published fim the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish {ts rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. ee It is hardly necessary for us to say that although we expected it, we are ‘highly pleased and thoroughly de- ‘lighted as the result of the outcome of the “Click” Mitchell case, which for seven years has been fought from the lowest to the highest court in ‘this state under our Ohio anti-lynch- ing law. vensentnteee ines President Roosevelt's letter to the editor‘of the Atlanta Constitution was a “hummer.” He refuses to be ®ulldozed by the south, and declares that his attitude toward our people, as far as appointments to office in that section is concerned, has been wonsistent, and that he will follow it out to the end. Equally determined is he to continue his course in deal- ing with that section of the country. THE EX-SLAVE PENSION BILL. Hon. Mark Hanna introduced a bill {n the senate a few days ago favoring pensions for the old ex-slaves. It was altogether contrary to the senator's way of thinking that he should do a thing so magnanimous for the race. But he said he did so «imply by re- quest. This being the case, then Mr. Banna has committed a grievous wrong. His very act disclaimed any sympathy or generous intention on his part’ for the ex-slave, for he claimed that he only introduced the bill by request and was doing so re- luctantly. It would have been better had Mr. Hanna left the matter un- touched. But as it is, he has excited a feeling of unrest among the freed people and led many to believe that something will be done when, in fact, they will find themselves deceived. Mr. Hanna very well knows that this ®overument will never pension the ex-slaves, therefore his action has Deen extremely fraudulent and rep. rehensible. Senator Thurston intro- duced a similar bill and plead his ex- cuse that he did so by request. It is a pity that’ our great statesmen should thus tamper with the feelings deldine Mitharete ‘anlnvad sen ED CARMACK’S FROTHINGS. “Smart Aleck” Senator Edwin E. aermack, of Tennessee, in his usual eccentric manner, again charges the president with an attempt to force the Negro upon the whites of the south as a social equal. Senator ©armack loves notoriety and seeks to tbe sensational. He tried his hand on he Philippine question and proved fin alibi. He waxed warm on tthe Indianola post office and found himself overmatched. He again re- sorted to his stock in trade, to wit: tthe social equality of the races, and mpon this theme he becomes hysteri- eal. He is never so complacent as when he is expatiating upon this sub- Ject. But Ed Carmack knows that there is no‘such thing as one person being the social equal of another ex- ‘cept by mutual consent. He is very @ippant upon questions, tending to Dlackguardism, but when treating upon subjects of great national mo- ment, he loses his balance. The ignor- ant dnd vicious delight io gratify their own vanity, but the stream mever rises above its source. For more than 25 years Carmack has been mouthing on the Negro as a social equal, At last he finds the dread re- ality thrust upon him by President Roosevelt—he thinks. JUDGE SPEER AGAINST DIS- CRIMINATION. Judge Emory Speer, of the district court of the southern district of Georgia, has recently given utterance to views which prove him to be a man of strong and sterling convic- tions. Indeed, he has expressed the ‘ethics and common sense of all fair- dealing and right-minded men. An honest man is said to be the noblest work of God. Without cavil, fear or favor, he has announced an opinion touching the claim of all men before ‘the Taw, and he substantiates this opinion upon the broad base of right- ous dealing among men, With him discrimination against tne black man is a crime and admits of no apology. The’ judge has announced a truth ‘that is as eternal as the ages. A 1aan may indulge his taste and his prefer- ‘ence in regard to matters of right and wrong, but if he abrogates any principle of justice, if he violates the apirit and intent of the Golden Rule, he is a villain and is unworthy the confidence of all honorable men. Gpeer is in politics a democrat, but he deplores the tyranny and loathsome- mess of the class of white citizens who discriminate against a man on account of his color. To his mind the drawing of the color line is as malici- ous, criminal and unjust as it would be to discriminate against a man be- cause he is one-eyed or iron-jawed. But many of our ablest and best men are onecyed and iron-jawed. Many of our best and ablest. Ameri cans are men of color. Judge Speer shows the unreasonableness and folly of white men predicating their claim to priority and superiority because of the whiteness of the skin. The judge recommends the enactment of impartial laws which will admit to the franchise the intelligent and up- right of either race, while it shall ex- elude the venal, the ignorant and worthless. In the above, the judge has said all that may be said in vindi- cation of God’s eternal law of right, Verily, there should be no discrim!- nation at the polls on account of color. WHITECAPS PERSECUTING AND DRIVING OUT. qn many parts of the south, it is well known, that there are communi- ties of colored people who are noted as being the most orderly and well- behaved of all classes. Indeed, they are thrifty and prosperous, toiling on their farms, the year in and year out. They have learned the art of saving and of making the most of ‘their opportunity. Many have ac- ‘cumulated wealth and are moving right on in the industrial pursuit of life. It is not @ matter of surprise to see them for miles around ardu- ously engaged in the work of the farm. Though hampered and handi- capped in their honest endeavor to do an honorable part as humble citi- ‘zens, yet they are confronting almost insurmountable barriers agains which they are struggling for dea: ‘existence. They constitute the labor element of the south. They have car- ried burdens but for which the peo- ple of the southern section could not have enjoyed riches and prosperity. Regardless of these stubborn facts, ‘there is a disposition on the part of a certain class of the whites to smite the Negro in his helplessness. The white caps feigning themselves regu- lators visit these poor people in the ead hour of the night and inflict the most merciless and heartless cruel- ties upon them. It is a startling fact that the blacks are fleeling from their homes seeking refuge for sue: cor and for safety. For years this persecution has been going on, and God only knows why the poor and harmless laborer must continue to be the victim of spite and resentment. ‘The judgment of the vengeful white ‘man is upon them. Why? is the question not answered. But the Ne- gro has been faithful in attending to business and he has prospered. Toil and endurance is a part of his nature and he remains unyielding in his ‘task and to duty. Down in the bot- tom of the central Mississippi valley he has plied this energies in the hard toil and heat of the day, adding to his earnings, and it is here verily that a reign of terror and persecu- tion has played its deadly hand. From Amite and the lower counties of the state of Mississippi they are moving to the Delta and hundreds ‘have been passing through Vicks- ‘burg. It is the better class of Afro- Americans who are now fleeing from the white caps sworn to drive them from the country. Being ordered to leave they must do so or suffer the awful consequences of a merciless ‘and riotous mob. Even the white planters who find it to their interest to have the blacks in their own em- ploy. dare not interpose against these clandestine clans. ‘The south, “the best(?) friend of the Negro,” toler- ates these outrages, while bad men prowl around at midnight to destroy and kill. Driven from their humble homes and peaceful possessions, we can only wonder what next. GREAT ADDITIONS. ‘The Steel Trust Plans to Spend 836,- 000,000 in Improving Its Plants. (New York, March 4.—At a meeting of the directors of the United States Steel Corporation yesterday the form of circulars to be sent to stockhold- ers, in connection with carrying into effect the bond conversion plan was approved. ‘Phe plan provides for the issuance ‘of $250,000,000 of 5 per cent. bonds, $200,000,000 of which are to be ex- changed for $200,000,000 of 7 per cent. preferred stock. Judge Gary, chair- man of the executive committee, gave out an official statement to the effect that plans which have been under consideration for over a year for har- monizing, extending and rounding out the various plants will be pushed for- ward with all possible dispatch. The presidents of the various com- panies have given their approval of the plans which provide for additions and improvements to plants to cost more than $36,000,000. It is estimated that when these expenditures are completed there will be added to the total capacity of the various sub- sidiary companies, 2,700,000 tons of all products. Judge Gary’s statement says it is estimated “that under normal condi- tions the increased earnings from this increased and improved capac- ity will be about $7,000,000 a year, and that there will be a saving in manu- facture of about $5,000,000 a year, or @ total of something like $12,000,000 a year added to the profits of the sev- eral subsidiary companies.” | A Big Claim for Land, Vinitia, I. T., March 4.—The Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Co. has filed with the Dawes commission a claim to every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers to the extent of ten sections per mile on each side of its line of railroad through the Cherokee nation anu within 20 miles from its road. This claim is based upon an act of con- gress passed July 25, 1866, and in- volves 500 square miles of fine land. The Cherokee nation will insist upon the United States reimbursing the Indians, in case the railroad should sustain its claim. Chief Bluffington claims that the land was given to the Indians in 1835. Crowninshicla Will Retire. Washington, March 4.—Rear Ad- miral A, S. Crowninshield, command- ing the European station, has applied for retirement. He will be relieved in command of the station by Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton. SSS Horneecekers? Excursions by way of the Nickel Plate Road. Ask nearest Agent about them or address ~ A. Akers, © P. & T. A, ae THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1903. > 9 A LETTER Ti : RNS. 4 Ameri “CLICK” MITCHELL. “2. EDITOR. CONGRESS ADJOURNS. Speer President Roosevelt Says His Appoint | Democrats Refased to Thank Speake: | The | d folly Tite ee | ments Speak tor Themselves. Henderson—The Appropriations. the claim Continued from First Page.) |. Atlanta, Ga., March 2.—The follow-| Washington, March 5.—The Fifty] rs with the writer for the splendid re- sults attained by our people and the whites as well, under the law. Several ‘years ago Logan county, which adjoins Champaign, had a mob violence demonstration at West Lib- erty which resulted in two Afro- Americans and a white woman, the daughter-in-law of one of the former, being roughly handled, ducked in a pond in November and compelled to tramp 15 miles to Bellefontaine. All three instituted suits against the county under our law and were suc- cessful, receiving amounts aggregat- ing about $2,500. Logan county was wiser than Champaign, in that it paid the judgments promptly upon the conclusion of the first trial, and thus saved thousands of dollars in court costs, ete., which would have been in- curred had it contested the cases to the state’s supreme court as its neighboring county’ did. Judge Albion W. Tourgee, now a consul representing this country in France, author of “Fool's Errand,” “Bricks Without Straw,” and other interesting and valuable works on the southern question, is the author of Ohio's anti-lynching law, drawing ‘the bill at our request early in the winter of 1894. There are only two or three states in the Union that have any kind of an anti-lynching law. Ohio’s is the only effective measure, and it is a law because of the hard work of two Afro-Americans, practically unsup- ported in their effort by members of their own or any other race, the members (all white but three) of the 72d general assembly of Ohio who voted for the measure and Judge Tourgee, excepted. Before the enaction of the law this state was frequently each year dis- graced by lynchings or serious mob violence attempts. Since 1896 there may have been one or two in addition to Mitchell’s, but if so, we are unable to remember them. The law has been @ success beyond all question or doubt, exceeding in this respect the most sanguine expectations of its warmest friends. Catholic Priest in a Baptist Pulpit. ‘New Haven, Conn.—When the wor- ‘shipers at the Immanuel Baptist church entered their church one night recently, they were surprised to see Rev. Clement Thuents, pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, in the pulpit. ‘The pastor of the church, Rev. A, C. Powell, told his congregation that the appearance of a Catholic priest in a Protestant church, marked a new epoch in the Christian religion. ‘Yhe hymns sung were “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and “Rock of Ages.” ‘The priest preached on “Christ, the Savior.” Stringeut Against Lynching. Topeka, Kas.—The thouse has ree- ommended for passage a stringent law against lynching. It provides that a sheriff permitting a prisoner to be taken from him shall immedi- ately forfeit his office. Any person participating in a lynching party may be punished by death or imprison- ment for life, and any member of a mob at a lynching, whether he par- ticipates in the deed or not, may be imprisoned in the penitentiary for 25 years. Wellsbure. W. Va... Notes. Miss Lillie Edwards is sick.—Miss Bertie Shorts, who has been at Wheeling hospital for some time, is better.—Mrs. William Lewis’ husband is dead. Mrs. Lewis has the sym- pathy of friends in her sad bereave- ment.—The ladies’ aid met at Mrs, Dage Childs’ this week.—Mr. Albert Logan, of Wheeling, was here on business.— The second son of Mr. and Mrs. Travis Dixon fell out of a skiff into the flood, but was safely pulled out.—Mr. Travis Dixon was in Wheeling Sunday. ‘The President's Vatentines. Washington, D. C.—Little black babies were received by the dozen at the White House on February 14. They came as valentines for the president. Theycamefromnorth and south,f rom high and low. They had typical lines underneath and were good-humored, but not vicious. The president laugh- ed heartily over them, and directed that they be sent to the children, who were playing in the back yard. Other valentines represented the president as a Rough Rider. i. Wivattmn Comvieted. Selma, Ala.—The first white man ever convicted by a jury in Dallas county for killing an Afro-American mwas found guilty here and sentenced to a term of four years in the state penitentiary, when a jury after being out15 hours,retured averdict against Thomas Nichols of manslaughter in the first degree. Colonists Tickets to West and Nortn- west vin Pennsylvania Lines. From February 15th to April 30th, inclusive, one way second-class colo- nist tickets to California, North Pa- cifie Coast points,Montana and Idaho, will be sold at low tares via Pennsyl+ vania Lines. For particulars apply to nearest Ticket Agent of the Penn- sylvania Lines. ‘iat ele at i Ci Baltimore, March 4.—The British bark Katahdin, which arrived here Tuesday from Rosario, had on board six members of the crew of the Uni- ted States collier Alexander. The men were taken off the Alexander on February 18, because of a shortage of provisions. Capt. Roberts, of the Katahdin, declined to take more of the collier's crew, because of lack of provisions, The Katahdin's larders were empty when she arrived here. The collier was recently towed into port in the Bahamas. She had been broken down ten days Packing House Employes Strike. Chieago, March 5.—Engineers and firemen employed in the plants of Nelson Morris & Co., Schwartzchild & Sulzberger, Swift & Co. and the Anglo-American Provision Co., struck yesterday. They demand a straight wage scale of $5 a day in liey of a varying scale of from $2.50 to $3. An attempt to arbitrate failed. ‘Will Honor Ingalls’? Memory. Topeka, Kan., March 5.—The legis- lature has adopted a resolution to place a bust of John J. Ingalls in the historical gallery in the capitol at UWrashineton. ‘Tours Across the Continent tri-weekly via the Nickel Plate Road. All travel comforts. Very low rates, ‘Apply to nearest Agent or address E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A, Cleveland, 22 Pee. | ey A LETTER To AN EDITOR. 0 ai ea Sade ST ET ee TE | ments Speak tor Themacives. | | Atlanta, Ga., March 2.—The follow- ing letter is from President Roose- wit to the editor of the Constitution, in reply to a request for an expres- gion concerning the recent letter from Harry Stillwell Edwards, of Ma- con, in which Mr, Edwards made a statement of the president's position {n the matter of federal appoint ments in the south, holding that the president had been misunderstood. resident Roosevelt writes: “Hon. Clark Howell, Editor Consti- tution: “Dear Mr. Howell:—As to federal appointments in the south, frankly, it seems to me that my appointments speak for themselves and that my policy is self-explanatory. So far rom feeling that they need the slightest apology or justification, my position is that on the strength of what I have done I have the right to claim the support of all good citi- ens who wish not only a high stand- ard of federal service, but fair and equitable dealing to the south as well as to the north, and a policy of consistent justice and good will to- ward all men. In making appoint- ments, I have sought to consider the feeling of the people of each locality, so far as I could consistently do so, without sacrificing principle. “The prime tests I have applied are those of character, fitness and abil- ity and when I have been dissatisfied with what has been offered within my own party lines, I have, without hesitation, gone to the opposite par- ty, and you are, of course, aware thet T have repeatedly done this in your own state of Georgia. I certainly cannot treat mere color as a perma- nent bar to holding office, any more than I could so treat creed or birth- place, always provided that in other respects the applicant or incumbent is a worthy and well behaved Amer- ican citizen. Just as little will I treat it as conferring a right to hold office. “I ask you to judge not by what I say, but what during the last 17 months I have actually done. In Georgia you are competent to judge from your own experience. In the great bulk of the cases, I have reap- pointed President McKinley's ap- pointees. The changes I have made, were, as I think you will agree, changes for the better and not for the worse. It happens I have appoint- ed a white man to succeed a colored man as postmaster at Athens and surveyor at Atlanta. In South Caro- Una I have similarly appointed a white postmaster to succeed a col ored postmaster. “Again, in South Carolina I have nominated a colored man to fill a va- cancy in the position of collector of the port of Charleston, just as in Georgia I have reappointed the col- ored man who is now serving as col- lector of the port of Savannah, Both are fit men. Why the appointment of one should cause any more excites ment than ithe appointment of the other I am wholly at a loss to !mag- ine. I need hardly say that to con+ nect either of these appointments or my actions in upholding the law at Indianola, with such questions at ‘so: cial equality’ and ‘negro dominati-n,’ is as absurd as to connect them with the nebular hypothesis or the theory of atoms. “I have consulted freely with your own senators and"congressmen as to tthe character and capability of any appointee in Georgia concerning whom there was question. My party advisers in the state have been Maj. Hanson, of Macon; Mr. Walter John- son, of Atlanta, both ex-confederate | soldiers, and Mr. Harry Stillwell Ed- wards, also of Macon. I believe you will agree with me that in no state would tt be possible to find gentle- | men more upright or better qualified to fill the positions they have ‘illed with reference to me. Am I not right in saying the federal offcehold- | ers whom TI have appointed through- | out your state are, asa body, mem and women of a high order of efli- ciency and integrity? “If you know of any federal office | holder in Georgia of whom this is | not true, pray let me know at once I will welcome testimony from you or from any other reputable citizen, which will tend to show that a given public officer is unworthy; and, short : will be the shrift of any one waose | lack of worth'fs proven. Incidental | ly, I may mention that a large per- centage of the incumbents of federal ; offices in Georgia under me are, as T understand it, of your ewn political faith. But they are supported by me in every way, so long as they ean- tinue to render good and faithful ser- vice to ‘” » public. “This is true of your own state; and by applying to Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia: to Gen. Basil, of Kentucky; to George Crawford, of Tennessee; to John MeIheny, of Lou- isiana; to Judge Jones, of Alabama, and Edgar S. Wilson, of Mississippi, all of them democrats and all of them men of the highest standing in the respective communities, you will find that what I have done in Georgia stands not as the exception, but as the rule for what I have done throughout the south.” Turks Were Refeated. London, Mareh 2.—The Geneva cor- London, Maren 2.—The Geneva cor- respondent of the Daily Chronicle telegraphs that news has been re- ceived there of an engagement. be- tween Turkish troops and bodies of Macedonians and Bulgarians, near Monastir. The Turks suffered a re- pulse. After the fighting 32 dead and many wounded men were found. A Terrific Explosion, Meyersdale, Pa., March 2.—Francis W. Bare was killed and his son Mar- shall, aged 25, so badly hurt that both legs may have to be amputated, the result of a boiler explosion at the Bare sawmill, five miles east of here, Saturday evening. Killed by a Fall. Rochester, N. ¥., March 2.—J. P. Baird, of Guysville, 0., aged 24 years, was instantly killed by falling from Vincent street bridge over the Gene- see river, to the roof of the electric light plant below, a distance of 75 feet. Ex-Concressaman Baker Dics. Belleville, Ul., March 2.—Ex-Con- gressman Jehu Baker died at hie home here Sunday. He was S0 years old. He was in the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Fiftieth congresses as @ republican, When elected to the Fiftieth congress, in 1886, he defeat- od Willen pee ‘Was the Last of Her Race. Philadelphia, March 2.--A woman who gave her name as Mrs. Charlotte G. Wellington committed suicide Sat- urday night by inhaling chloroform in a fashionable boarding house at Heddenfield, N. J. CONGRESS ADJOURNS. Henderson—The Appropriations. Washington, March 5.—The Fifty Seventh congress expired Wednesday by limitation. In many respects the closing scenes were similar to those at the end of every congress. But there has not been in many years such a demonstration in the house as occurred yesterday owing to the fact that Speaker Henderson was re: tiring, not only as presiding officer. ut from the house as a member. ‘The bitter partisan feeling that has Sprung up in the house of representa: tives during the past week reached a pitch which prevented the speaker from receiving the unanimous approv- al of the house when the usual reso- lution of thanks was offered. More than this, the resolution had to come from the republican side, and while this has occurred before, it is not the usual custom. Phe usual resolution of thanks te President Pro Tem Frye was unani- mously adopted in the senate. The appropriations made during the session of congress just closed aggre- gated $753,434,018, as against $800, 624,496 for the last session. The to- tal for the entire congress thus foot- ed up $1,554,108,514, or more than $100,000,000 in excess of the total ap- propriations of the Fifty-sixth eon- gress, the total for that congress be- ing $1,440,489,438, The number of bills introduced dur- ing the Fifty-seventh congress aggre- gated 17,560, of which 3,918 were re- ported and more than 2,000 passed. ‘The house calendar is clearer at the close of this congress than it ever has been before, only 78 bills remain- ing undisposed of. A PLOT TO KILL. Man Who Caused the Arrest of His Miece In Now Charged with Urging Her to Kil! Her Husband. Monticello, N. Y., March, 5.—Peter Yerkins, the uncle of Mrs. Kate Tay- lor, now awaiting trial here for the murder of her husband, was ar- raigned Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, charged ‘with complicity in the murder in having instigated the woman to commit the crime. Mrs. Taylor was arrested on infor- mation given by Yerkins, who in- formed the authorities that his niece had confessed to him that on the night of January 26 she had shot her husband and had then chopped up the body and burned it in the kiteh- en stove. The woman's 14-year-old daughter, Tda De Kay, witnessed the murder and testified agatnst her mother after her arrest. On Tuesday the daughter, who since the murder has been living with her uncle, James Taylor, at Kaimesha Lake, told him that Yerkins had per- suaded her mother to kill her hus- band. On this information Yerkina was arrested. In her testimony at the hearing yesterday the girl said: “In last September markma and I went to see Peter Yerkins and mam- ma and he had a long conversation. I only heard a part of what they said, but T heard him say to her: ‘If you will kill Taylor and get him out ot the way, I will buy the Benson farm and give you the deed, and I will come and live with you. Be sure when you kill him that you make a clean Sob of it. CRASH ON THE RAILS. Many Persons Iniured Ina Collision on the Rock Island Road. Kansas City, Moreh 5.The outgo- ing Rock Island train which left the union station t 1:40 last night over the Union Pac‘ie tracks, which the Rock Island uses out of here, crashed into the smohcr of two Rock Island | trains which ha. been made into one, but were late and which were trying to make a siding at the Kock Island |jometion, just outside of the Kansas City yards, The smoker was thrown from the track, turned over and smashed into kindling wood, and the ‘dozen or more persons inside sus- tained injuries, but no one was killed. Two other cars immediately after the smoker were derailed, but, the sleep- ‘ers stayed on the track. The Texas train was on time and running rap- ‘idly and the collision came with ter- ‘vifie force. The first news of the wreck was brought by George Jacobs, a news- boy of the Colorado train. He was in the smoker and was thrown under the wreckage, but managed to crawl out and came to the city on the mail ‘car of an incoming train. Jacobs, who came to the city for medical at- tention, could give few details of the wreck, but said that it was impossible ‘that any of the passengers in the gmoker had escaned injury: Biame Rests on the Engineer. Elizabeth, N. J., March 5.—The grand jury, which has been conduct- ing an inquiry into the wreck of the New Jersey “Central railroad near Westfield, on January 27, made a pre- sentment yesterday to Judge Vail. ‘The grand jury finds that Engineer Davis, of the Philadelphia & Reading train, which crashed into the Easton local express, was primarily respon- sible for the wreck, he having passed signals set against him, but that a leaky injector had enveloped his cab with steam, obscuring his view. An Old Newspaper Dies. Berlin, March 5.—The Frankfurter Journal, one of the oldest newspapers in Germany, has suspended publica- tion. Its age is not known, but the paper was first mentioned in 1673. A Pair of Murders. Bluefield, W. Va... March 5.—Two murders occurred at Powhattan, near here, last night. James Mack was shot and killed by James Hickman. Hickman had eloped with Mack’s wife. Mack followed the couple from North Cariolina and when he met Hickman the latter drew a revolver and shot him through the head. The other murder was the result of dif- ferent religious views between Mrs. Tillie Hampton and Michael Hamp- ton. Mrs. Hampton insisted on her husband adopting her religion, but he refused and she shot and killed him. A Duel to the Death. Nashville, Tenn. March 5.—Two deputy sheriffs and a constable had a battle yesterday with Josh Parmer, a negro, and as a result of the fight the negro is dead and Constable W. B. Eason is dying. The negro was wanted on a charge of assaulting a negro woman with intent to kill and recently had successfully resisted ar- rest, beating an officer over the head with a pistol. The officers located Parmer in a house in the West End end upon their approach the negro opened fire. A fusilade followed dur img which Eason was shot. ARMS FOR MILITIAMEN. the Distribution of 60,000 Krag- Jorgensen Rifles. Washington, March 4,—Gen. Cro- sier, chief of ordnance, has made pre- liminary arrangements for arming the entire organized militia of the United States with the Krag-Jorgen- sen musket of the regular service, in accordance with the provisions of the new militia law. He already has collected about 60,000 of, these arms at the government arsenals at Augus- ta, Ga.; Benecia, Cal.; Rock Island, Ill, and San Antonio, Tex., and more will be shipped to those points from the armory at Springfield, Mass., as needed. Nearly 35,000 Krag-Jorgen- sens have been sent to the arsenal at Rock Island, a larger number than was sent to any other point, Rock Island being the central distributing point for almost the entire middle west. These arms will replace the Springfield muskets which are to be returned to the government. According to the latest returns re- ceived by Adjt. Gen. Corbin the or- ganized strength of the militia is 115,749, but the impression prevails at the war department that the 60,000 Krag-Jorgensens already collected at the arsenals named will be sufficient to meet all demands for several months to come. Had a Tough Experience. St. Johns, N. F., March 4.—The pas- sengers of the two express trains which were snowbound in the interior are now reaching the city and relate thrilling stories of their experiences. During their detention in the snow drifts they were reduced to two meals daily, consisting of cake, hard biscuit and a mug of tea. Sometimes they had only one meal. They were reduced to very short commons when the relief reached them. Dominicans Yield. Santo Domingo, March 4,—The Dominican government has notified United States Minister Powell that it is willing to issue a decree, as re- quired by him, to place Mr. Ros in the full possession of the benefits of his concessions upon the terms indicated by the minister, The Dominican gov- ernment has refused until now to take over certain improvements made by Salvador Ros, including the build- ing of a wharf and warehouses. Called Out the Militia. Denver, Col., March 4.—At the re- quest of Sheriff Gilbert, of El Paso county, and the United States Reduc- tion Co., operating at Colorado City, Gov. Peabody has sent state troops to Colorado City to protect the re- duction company’s plant from strik- ers. Hobson’s Mission. Topeka, Kan., March 5.—Richmond P, Hobson, formerly of the United States navy, addressed the Kansas legislature yesterday. He said his mission is to educate the people of this country that they are the great- est people in the world. A Murder and Suicide. Leominster, Mass., March 5.—After accusing his wife Cordelia of receiv- ing the attentions of another man during his absence, Medard Fiset shot and killed her last night and then ended his own existence with a bul- Jet. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, ss. W. H. HOFFMAN, nN gh ye= ve. A.B. GARDNER, ‘SARAH F,WAL- TERS, RoW. WALTERS, BOARD- MAN’ Ti. BOSWORTH, NOAH GRAVES, OLIVER YORK, MAR- HA Al HALL, SOPHIA. HALL, ORLANDO HALL, WIL: LIAM’ HALL, P. D, HALL, D. P. HALL, D. 0. DAVIS, and the un- known’ heirs of the ‘above named defendants, Defendant PETITION TO QUIET TITLE, emOit. whee ‘The defendants, A. B, Gardner, Sarah F. Walters, R. W. Walters, Boardman H. Bos- worth, Noah Graves, Oliver York, Martha A. Hall, Sophia T. Hatl, Orlando Hall, Wil- liam Hall, P. D, Hall, D, P. Hall, and D. 0, Davis, whose places of residence are un- known, and the unknown heirs of all of the above named defendants, whose names and places of residence are unknown, will take notice that on the 27th day of February, 108, W. “a1, Hoffman, whose place of resi dence in) iat Chagiin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohlo, filed h's petition in| the Court’'of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, being case number 82006, against them asking that his title be quiet: ed as to the following described real estate : Ist Parcel. Situated in the village of Chagrin Falls, County of Cvyahoga and State of Ohio, and known as part of sub- lot_ number sevetity-four (74) in Gardner and Hallocks’ subdivision In said vilags, and bounded by beginning at a point In its westerly line of Main street 88.44 feet; Southerly from. its southwesterly corner of Main and Washington streets; thence southerly on its westerly line of Main Street 17.68 feet: thence westerly nearly pargitel with Washington street 85.04 feet ; thellce northerly 20 fest; thence easterly 81.04 feet to the place of beginning, 2d Parcel. S.cuated in the village, coun- ty and state aforesaid, and known ‘as its sontheast corner of sald sub lot number seventy-four (74), being 33 feet front om Main street and extending half way back to Franklin street: more particularly de- scribed by commencing at a point on Its West line of Main street 106.10, feet south- erly from its southerly Ine of Washington street; thence southerly along its westerly line of Main street 33 feet to its southeast- erly corner of said sub lot No. 74; thence westerly along its southerly line ‘of said sub lot No. 74 90.04 feet; thence northerly 35.25 feet; thence easterly 85.04 feet to its place of beginning, being the same land deeded to A. B. Gardner by Sarah F. and R. W. Wal- ters, by deed recorded in Vol. 382, at page 438, Cuyahoga County Records. 3d Parcel. Situated in the village, coun- ty and state aforesaid, and known as pane part of lot No, 74 in Gardner and Hallock: subdivision and bounded and described as follows: Commencing at Its northeast cor- ner of a lot of land owned by Aristus A. Kingsbury; thence northerly four (4) feet; thence westerly 17 feet; to its intersection of its northerly line of its sald lot owned by sald Aristus A. Kingsbury; thence east- erly to its place of beginning, and is the same land deeded to said Aristus A. Kings- bury by Sarah F, and R, W. Walters, Octo- ber 7th, 1842. ‘The prayer of the sald petition ts that the defendants’ claims be adjudged null and vold as to any and ail rights roving out of any interest or estate in said prem- Ises adverse to plaintiff of any and all of the defendants above named, together with the unknown heirs of said defendants, and that the said defendants be, each and all of them, compelled to set forth each and all of their respective interests, that the same be adjudged null and void, and that plain- tiff's title to ‘the above described prope: be forever quieted against any and all in- terest adverse to that of plaintiff ; aud that each of the above named defendants, If liv. ing, and If dead, thetr legal representatives or heirs, each one, be compelled to set forth specifically their interests in sald described property, and be required to answer all and Singular the matters and things herein set forth, and that each ana all of the above named defendants be compelled to show thelr title or Interest, and that the same be adjudged null and void, and that the plain- tiff's title to the above described real estate be forever quieted against any and all inter- est of defendants, and each and every one of the above named defendants be forever enjoined from setting up any claim, estate or Interest In any of the above described property. ‘The said defendants, A. B. Gardner, Sarah F. Walters, R. W. Walters, Board: man H. Bosworth, Noah Graves, Oliver Xork, Martha A; tall, Sophia, 7. Hall, Or- fando Hall, William Hall, P. D. Hall, b. P. Hall, and 2. O. Davis, whose places of rest- dence are unknown, and the unknown heirs of said defendants, are hereby notified that unless they file their answers herein before ‘April 18th, 1903. a decree will be taken ‘against them as prayed for in sald petition A SURE SIGN. “When spring is comin’ in, an’ skies turn blve, An’ the first grassblades sir a peepin’ thr'w’. I luv’ to git out in the open air, An’ kind 0’ loaf about, jest ennywhere; No wonder, ‘tis, to me, thet poets sing ‘The changin’ beauties uv an airly spring, Fer somehow when the sap begins to flow ‘There's unevarsal joy down here below! March winds kin’ blow, an’ turn, an’ blow ag"iDy Mad ez @ hare, an’ bitin’ like ol’ sin; Dry leaves kin fly an’ kind o' whisk around, An’ rustlin’ cornstalks make a shivery sound: But ef you jes’ kin hear a bluebird sing, You know right off, it sure enuff, is spring.” CBARLES W. STEVENSON. Sues for $500,000 Damages. Mineola, L. J., March 4.—Papers were filed here Tuesday in the suit in- stituted by Camille Weidenfeld, who was recently suspended from the New York stock exchange, aguinst William McClure, secretary of the stock ex- change. Herbert R. Limburger, the counsel for the plaintiff, in a deposi- tion alleges that MeClure did not make the charges against his client in good faith, but willfully, reckless- ly, dishonestl? and maliciously, and the plaintiff seeks to recover punitive damages to the amount of $500,000, together with costs and disburse- mente. A War Hero Dies. Indianapolis, March 4.—Maj. Gen. Robert Sanford Foster died Tuesday. 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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. MAR. 7, 1903. Purchase "The Gazette" at Puszaw'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. 596 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. GRIGG'S NEWS STORE, No. 529 Central Ave. H. C. ALLEN'S NEWS STORE, No. 529 Central Ave. Miss Marie Taylor spent the first of this week with Youngstown friends. Miss Katie Hawkins, of Oberlin, is visiting friends in this city. Messrs. John Wilson and Frank Perkins attended a ball in Youngstown Monday evening. R. E. Nookes, footman for the William Taylor Son & Co., is quite sick with typhoid pneumonia. A meeting of the Anti-Lynching league was held Monday evening for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. The paneake social given by the Men's club of St. Andrew's mission last week Tuesday evening was a success. Misses Hawkins and Kenney, of Oberlin, were in the city this week and stopped at Mrs. Henry Burch's, 463 Central avenue. There is a letter at The Gazette office from Winchester, Ky., for "Wm. Seldom." Tell him to call and get it at once, if you know him. Harold Taylor is confined to his home with congestion of the kidneys, as the result of his recent attack of typhoid fever. Mrs. West, 193 Hamilton street, entertained about 20 friends very pleasantly last week Wednesday evening. A fine supper was served. C. W. Hines spoke at Tried Stone Baptist church on Monday evening on "The Two Races," at the request of the pastor, Rev. F. Rice. Mrs. George Ross was removed to Charity hospital Wednesday, very ill with typhoid fever. Her many friends hope for her speedy recovery. The Thurman W. C. T. U. will hold its regular meeting at Mrs. Mary Wilkins', 50 Frank street, Monday evening. The members are urged to be present. Business of importance. Miss Strange, 30 Hackman street, gave a delightful party to 40 of her friends last week Tuesday evening. Cards and dancing were the chief amusements. Hon. Jere A. Brown, government immigrant inspector with headquarters in the Postoffice building, was taken home very ill the first of the week. Harry A. Williams, tenor, gave a parlor recital at a musical reception at Walter J. Durham's in Buffalo the early part of last week, returning to sing at the celebration on last week Thursday evening at Masonic Temple. Mrs. Chas. Mann, of 296 Lincoln avenue, returns heartfelt thanks for the kindness shown her and her husband during his illness and for the many acts of kindness rendered after his death. Grand St. Patrick's feast, given in honor of Ohio Lodge, No. 1188, G. U. O. of O. F., at Woodliff hall, March 17. Dinner served from 12 to 6 p. m. Supper in the evening. Music in the evening by Bowman's orchestra. Admission, 25 cents. A social will be given at the home of Mrs. E. F. Montgomery, 294 Lincoln avenue, next Monday evening for the benefit of Star of Bethlehem Lodge of Good Samaritans. A program will be rendered. Admission, 5 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fairfax, of 43 Calvert street, entertained the Pocahontas and Hiawatha clubs Tuesday night. Misses Carrie and Ida Brown, Pearl Crawford and Clara Douglass also attended. Refreshments were served. The eighth "Pop" concert will be given by Cleveland Grand orchestra at Grays' armory, Sunday afternoon. Frederick Harrison Smith, basso cantante; Fritz Fischer, zither obligato. A program of brilliant novelties will be played. Emil Ring, conductor. We intended last week in the interviews (from a daily paper) published in The Gazette to refer to Rev. Chas. Bundy as presiding elder and expastor of St. John's church, but forgot to do so. Rev. W. J. Johnson is the present able and popular pastor of St. John's. Margaret Ann, widow of the late Robert R. Denney, aged 62 years and 10 months, after years of illness and much suffering died last Saturday. Funeral Monday afternoon from the family residence, 1049 First avenue. She leaves several sons and a daughter to mourn her demise. Mrs. Lulu M. Greene, a well-known resident of this city, and the wife of S. Clayton Greene, proprietor of the new Leonard Sofa Bed Co., 587 Sterling avenue, died Monday morning at Washington C. H. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon. Mr. Greene has the sympathy of friends in his sad bereavement. A meeting of members of the old Ninth battalion was called recently at Central armory for the purpose of organizing an association of Afro-American members of the Spanish-American war. There are about 100 Afro-Americans in this city who saw service during the late war, and an effort was made to get them all into one organization. Mrs. Julia A. Ford entered the Old Folks' Home on Monday. Mrs. Celia Ware, of Allegheny, Pa., and Mrs. H. C. Johnson, of Ravenna, O., daughters, were here this week the former stopping at Mrs. J. E. Reed's, on Giddings avenue. Mrs. Johnson is, and has been for years, The Gazette representative in her city, filling the position most acceptably. A special meeting of the city federation of our Women's Clubs will be held at Woodliff hall Monday, at 3 p.m. Each club has been requested to give expression of its wish relative to the adoption of a line of special work by the federation. A method for raising funds to defray current expenses must be determined upon at this meeting. Retiring officers are requested to present reports and turn over all records, etc. Sarah L. Mitchell, president; Bertha Blue, secretary. A grand rally will be held at Shiloh church May 31. The pastor expects to raise $500. Each male member of the church has been asked to give $2.50 and each lady $2. The Elkanah society has been asked to give $100, and the Ladies' Industrial society and Young Ladies' Loyalty club $50 each. The church is getting too small. Rev. Dandridge desires to purchase one of the lots next to the church, buying from the one giving the best terms. The church is in a splendid financial condition. As the editor of The Gazette is responsible for J. E. Reed's candidacy for a republican nomination for councilman-at-large, we want all of our friends to stand by him in this contest. Reed shall be a winner, regardless of the "Little Black Tammany" and their satellites' opposition. The nomination of Charles Marshall would mean the defeat of the entire republican ticket. Mr. Geo. Sampson, sr., Myers' candidate, withdrew, permitting the "Tammany" to get together on the lost candidate, Marshall. As announced in The Gazette several weeks ago, the board of trustees for the Old Folks' Home has succeeded in raising sufficient money to pay the $700 balance, due on the mortgage on the home. Cash previously acknowledged and disbursed, $1,813.50; recent subscriptions, $868.09; disbursements, balance due on mortgage, $704.09; to debts on home, $25; balance cash, $139; total, $868.09; recent subscriptions and disbursements, $868.09; total, $2,681.59. Now let the trustees publish the much-desired report for the last three years. It is not generally known among our colored population that the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company is now writing insurance in their favor, as it once did not, but permit me to say that this is now a fact, and Mr. Frank E. Minter, who was for six years private secretary at Booker T. Washington's school in 'Tuskegee, Ala., has been secured to write insurance of this company in favor of colored people. He can be seen at 402 Superior building (opposite City hall) from 8:30 to 11:00 o'clock a. m., or hs residence (42 Maple street) in the evening. Phoebe Hartwill, (white), widow of Dr. Shepard H. Hartwill, the aged Afro-American physician who succumbed to smallpox at the detention hospital last October, is dead. Her death was caused by a broken heart. When the doctor was taken ill his wife followed him to the pesthouse, but was refused admittance. She begged and implored, but it was of no avail. She never saw her husband again. Brooding day by day over her husband's death, and especially her inability to be with him, her own strength finally gave way. Louise Steadley, a daughter of Mrs. Hartwill, visited probate court Friday to ask for letters of administration. She told a sad story of her mother's breakdown and death. Mrs. Alice Tillman, of No. 17 Pine street, was probably fatally shot Tuesday night by her husband, who fired three shots point-blank at her. Each bullet lodged in the right side, very close to each other. Tillman and his wife separated some few months ago, and Mrs. Tillman's refusal to let her husband return to his home to live is given as the cause of the trouble. Dr. Fred Y. Allen was summoned. The woman was taken to St. Vincent's hospital and was placed on the operating table at once. Mr. Tillman is about 33 years old and has been working in the yards of the R. G. Miller Coal Co. since Saturday. He has also been employed as wagon driver for other coal companies. He came to Cleveland from Collinwood. James Appleton, in the employ of the Smith Moving Co., was caught in an elevator shaft at the Cleveland Telephone building last Saturday morning and received probably fatal injuries. Hogan's ambulance took him to Cleveland General hospital. Appleton was assisting in the moving of a safe from the fifth to the fourth floor. He was standing on the elevator weights adjusting a pulley, for the safe was to be moved through the shaft. Someone started the elevator, which was at the bottom of the shaft, lowering the weight upon which Appleton was standing, and thus catching him between the shaft and the weight. He was dragged to the floor below, the weight passed a window and his body was forced through the glass. He was thrown out upon a skylight below the window and lay there for some time unconscious. The constable at Squire William Brown's court is hunting for F. A. Davenport, who, until last Sunday, has been living at No. 14 Allen street. Davenport has for some years been a resident of Cleveland and is supposed to be a contractor. He and his entire family are supposed to have left the city last Sunday. He is wanted in common pleas court, having been bound over on a charge of forgery by Justice Brown. On February 4 Davenport was tried before Justice Brown and bound over. It was alleged that he had forged a check for $66.30, which he had presented in payment on account to C. F. Bleckreid, an attorney at No. 22 Wick block. He was found guilty and a man by the name of Carroll signed his bail. Wednesday it was discovered that Davenport had moved out of the city with his family and not a trace of him nor his goods could be found. His household goods he is said to have taken with him. The police in neighboring towns and cities were notified. Current rumor has it that Wm. Douglass, of the alleged straw binder, slipped into the city last week and held a sort of secret meeting with a few of the "stockholders" of his alleged company at Antioch church. The old man is now claiming, it is said, to have reincorporated his alleged company in New Jersey or some other state than Illinois, and that they will issue new stock to the amount of $50,000, changing the name of the alleged company. It will be remembered that the secretary of state of Illinois vacated the corporate powers originally delegated to the alleged Douglass Automatic Straw and Grain Binder Co. many months ago, because of President Douglass' failure to comply with the laws regulating corporations securing charters in that state. Mr. Douglass, although over seven years have elapsed since his first claim to have the invention referred to, has not as yet patented it. This ought to be enough for any sensible person. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1903. LIGHT ON INDIANOLA AFFAIR. Mr. Weeks Was Very Persistent in His Endeavor to Get the Job of Postmaster. Washington, March 3.—Postmaster General Payne has forwarded to the house all the papers in the case of the Indianola, Miss., postoffice, which postoffice was discontinued by the administration because of the forced abandonment of the office by its postmistress, Mrs. Minnie V. Cox. The correspondence shows that A. B. Weeks, a brother-in-law of Mayor Davis, of Indianola, began his candidacy for the postoffice against the incumbent as far back as April 7, 1902, when he began sending a long series of letters and telegrams to the department. The papers include an extract from a letter of a postoffice official dated February 23, 1903, narrating a conversation which it states took place at Biloxi, Miss. In this letter Mayor Davis, of Indianola, is quoted as saying that if Mrs. Cox should again take charge of the postoffice, "she would get her neck broken inside of two hours." Mayor Davis wrote the fourth assistant postmaster general on January 3 requesting copies of all letters written to the department regarding the postoffice, and stated that the postmaster was requested by all of the citizens to resign, that no threats were made; that she was "perfectly willing" to give up the office. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow declined to furnish the copies of the letters. The correspondence shows that A. B. Weeks wrote the department several letters during last April, in one of which he requested that he be appointed at once and in a letter dated May 30, 1902, he stated that he was anxious to get the appointment, supplementing this on July 2 with a letter urging his own appointment and giving reasons why it should be made. On September 19 he wrote the fourth assistant postmaster general that there was a determined effort of the people to make the postmaster resign or give up the office in some way because she is colored, and requesting that his application be remembered. On January 1 he wrote the president that the postmaster had abandoned the office; pressed his claims for the appointment and said that he would be glad to have the president wire him to qualify. Later he wrote the president twice, asking that the postoffice be re-established, stating that Mrs. Cox would not take charge of the office again and urging his own appointment. Several other candidates applied for the office in October on the understanding that Mrs. Cox had tendered or was about to tender her resignation. On October 9 Weeks wrote the president that he had the assurance of Mrs. Cox, the postmaster, that "she will forward her resignation in the next few days" and pressing his own application on the ground that he was the only white republican at Indianola. On December 13 he wrote the president that he would be glad to come to Washington so that it could be seen how competent he is. Six days later he wrote that he was the only good friend the administration has among the white people of Indianola and later he forwarded a petition of colored citizens of Indianola in behalf of his appointment. Extraordinary Low Rates to Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Manitoba and the Northwest by way of the Nickel Plate Road, March 17th, 24th, 31st and April 7th and 14th,'03. See nearest Agent. E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. 21 If a woman ever turns a deaf ear to her mirror telling her she is beautiful, it is probably to see if she doesn't look still better in profile.—Puck. TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves—CLEVELAND, 5:00 P. M. (Daily). Arrives—INDIANAPOLIS, 11:45 same night. Arrives—ST. LOUIS, 3:30 A. M. next morning. Arrives—KANSAS CITY, 5 15 next afternoon. Arrives—DENVER, 11 A. M. second morning. With Fine Vestibule Coaches, Drawing Room and Buffet sleeping Cars to Indianapolis and St. Louis. One of the fastest and finest trains in the country. 5 Fast Trains to Columbus, 4 to Cincinnati, with Sleeping and Dining Cars. Local sleepers to Columbus and Cincinnati on train No. 25, leaving at 9:30 every night. (*Daily) Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave. Arrive. *Col. Cin. Ind. & St. Louis' 1d 3:33 a.m. 1:40 a.m. *Galton & Intermediate. 6:00 a.m. 1:15 p.m. *Col. Ind. Ind. Col. Cin. 1d 3:33 a.m. 1:20 p.m. *Springfield, 1d 3:33 a.m. 1:20 p.m. Indianapolis & St. Louis. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. *Exp. Fl. Ind., Pec. St. Louis' 5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. *20th. Cen. L.d. Cin. Col. 7:35 am 7:40 p.m Galton to Cleveland. 9:20 a.m. To Galion and Columbus... 4:00 p.m. ..... *Col., Spring, Day., Cin... 9:30 p.m. 6:45 a.m. Exposition Flier 7:25 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Limited trains don't stop at South Water Street. Get Tickets at Big Four Office 116 EUCLID AVE. Phone Main 910. Cleveland Union Station. Pennsylvania Lines Foot of Bank Street. TICKET OFFICES at Union Station, Euclid Av. and Woodland Av. Stations. New City Ticket Office, Euclid Av. Cor. Public Sq. THROUGH TRAINS RUN AR FOLLOWS BY CENTRAL TIME *Daily. *Daily except Sunday. From Cleveland to Leave. Arrive. 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THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1903. SHORT NEWS NOTES 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. CONGRESSIONAL On the 26th the senate passed the sundry civil bill and held a long executive session. The house spent the day in discussion of the contested election case of Wagoner vs. Butler, from the Twelfth Missouri district, and Mr. Butler was unseated. On the 27th the democrats in the house put into operation a series of filibustering tactics which completely blocked all efforts to pass any bills. The senate passed the naval and the military academy appropriation bills. An effort was made to take up the Littlefield anti-trust bill, but without success. On the 28th ult. the senate passed the fortifications appropriation bill and the house immigration bill. Most of the day was devoted to consideration of the Aldrich bond deposit bill. The house passed the omnibus public building bill. A session of the house was held on the 1st and the day was spent in consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. On the 2d the senate agreed to the conference reports on the fortifications appropriation bill and the Alaska homestead bill and passed the general deficiency bill. The house passed a number of private bills. On the 3d the house agreed to the conference reports on all but two of the big supply bills, notwithstanding the filibustering tactics of the democrats. The senate was in continuous session and finished consideration of all the big appropriation bills. Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert, the British ambassador, have exchanged ratifications of the Alaskan boundary treaty. The preparation of the cases of the two sides will proceed with all speed as, under the treaty, they must be submitted to the arbitrators within 60 days. A combined walkout and lockout of union metal workers has taken place in the principal shops in Los Angeles, Cal. The trouble is said to be the forerunner of a general strike of all union labor organizations in various building trades. The men asked for an increase to $4.50 per day. The Montana house of representatives has passed the bill licensing gambling and making it a local option measure in small communities. For eight years gambling has been a felony in Montana. Col. Alfred Rives, a distinguished civil engineer, died at his home in Albemarle county, Va. He was about 71 years old and was for some years general manager of the Panama Canal Co. Robbers blew the postoffice at Garrett, Ind., and carried away $1,000 in cash and $300 in stamps. The robbers went to Altona, two miles distant, stole a horse and buggy and escaped. Great Britain has purchased the cruisers Rivadavia and Moreno, which are now under construction at Genoa for Argentina. It is reported that Great Britain has also purchased the warships Constitution and Libertad, which Armstrong, Vickers & Co. are building for Chile. Fire which is supposed to have originated from a lighted cigar stub thrown carelessly into some loose furniture packing, resulted in the loss of a new Pere Marquette freight warehouse at Grand Rapids, Mich. Loss $125,000. The associated banks of New York City begin the month of March with a surplus reserve of less than $6,000,000. A year ago the excess cash reported above legal requirements was approximately $10,000,000 and two years ago $15,000,000. The Philadelphia National league baseball club has been sold by John I. Rogers and A. J. Reach to a syndicate composed of 20 Philadelphia, two residents of Cincinnati and an Indianapolis man for $200,000. By a decision of the city of London court English newspaper proprietors in the eye of the law are manufacturers and as such do not infringe on the Lord's day observance act by publishing Sunday papers. As a result of the derailment of a Grand Trunk westbound limited express at a crossing in Battle Creek, Mich., one man was instantly killed, one was fatally injured and several were seriously hurt. A party of three women and four men left Hickman, Ky., to cross the Mississippi river. The current suddenly carried their skiff under a pile of driftwood. All but one were drowned. An epidemic of diphtheria has broken out in the village of Morristown, N. Y., on the St. Lawrence river, and all business is temporarily suspended and the schools are closed. Twenty deaths have occurred and new cases are reported daily. Medric Robillard, well known among actors as Louis Martinetti, is dead of apoplexy at Victor, Col. He was playing the leading role in "The Devil's Auction." A westbound Missouri Pacific passenger train collided head-on with a freight four miles west of Fort Scott, Kan., and 20 passengers and members of the crews were cut and bruised. A dispatch from Guadalajara, Mexico, says the rain of ashes from Mont Colima still continues. Many plantations situated in the rich valleys to the eastward of the volcano have been devastated. The slate colored powder covers the ground to a depth of several inches. Lava is pouring down the eastern slope of the mountain. Walter E. Cooke, ex-state representative from Milford, Mass., and treasurer of the Milford co-operative bank, recently attempted to commit suicide. It has developed that his accounts at the bank are short from $5,000 to $15,000. A strike of the weavers in the Bristol mill at New Bedford, Mass., has been inaugurated and although the looms were started with the other machinery, not more than 50 weavers are at work. About 250 weavers are out. The employees complain of poor yarn, poor filling, high-speeded looms and changes in style. William Farmer, deputy sheriff of Clayton county, Georgia, shot and instantly killed his father-in-law, James Christian, mortally wounded his wife, and attempted to kill his son, but missed fire. The frenzied man then turned the gun upon himself and fired, dying instantly. The carpenter of the British ship Cambrian Prince, from Coquimbo for Middlesborough, has been picked up in the North Sea. He reports that the Cambrian Prince capsized and sank. The monthly statement of the coinage executed at the mints of the United States shows that during February, 1903, the total amount was $9,196,880, as follows: Gold $7,488,510, silver 51,521,000, minor coins $187,370. The postoffice department will shortly adopt a flag emblematic of the postal service. Several designs are under consideration, including the figure of an eagle clutching an envelope and the present design of a post-rider on a circular field, and the mail transfer craft on the lakes will in the immediate future have the special flag of the service flying from their mastheads. Huntington, Central City, Kenova and Ceredo, W. Va., and Ashland and Cattlettsburg, Ky., experienced a gas famine resulting from a break in the chief main leading from fields in Kentucky. Many factories closed and there was much suffering. Dr. Charles H. Ohr, aged 92, is dead at Cumberland, Md. It is claimed that he was the oldest Mason in the United States. He was grand master Mason of Maryland in 1840, and was active in Masonry through the anti-Mason excitement, due to the Morgan abduction incident in New York. Dr. Ohr introduced the use of strychnine as a treatment for cholera during the epidemic of 1833. The Chinese government is contemplating the establishment of a great lottery as a means of increasing the revenues. All embargoes on freight recently placed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg during the period of congestion have been listed. At Canaan, Conn., the Cummings block, containing the postoffice, the bank of Fuller & Peets, and Collins' jewelry store was burned to the ground. It is believed the fire was started by burglars after they had looted the safes in the building. The failure of A. B. Turner & Bro, brokers, of Boston, is announced on the stock exchange. The firm was largely interested in mining and western railway projects. The failure is attributed to the stringency of the money market. The inhabitants of the Arran islands are in a state of semi-starvation in consequence of the prolonged storms on the west coast of Ireland. The wants of the population are ordinarily supplied by steamer three times weekly, but communication with the islands has been completely cut off since February 21. The strike of coat tailors which was inaugurated at Philadelphia when 2,000 hands refused to go to work, has extended to Egg Harbor, N. J., where 1,200 operators, pressers and buttonhole workers struck. In Philadelphia another union of buttonhole workers has quit work, making the total number of idle hands there and in Egg Harbor about 3,500. The United States supreme court has denied the petition of Joseph H. Ching for a writ to bring his case into the court for review. Ching is accused of frauds in Maryland in connection with the last census and is under sentence to serve a term of two years in prison at Baltimore. The effect of the decision is to leave this verdict in force. Simon Cassell, general electrician of the Harrisburg (Pa.) Traction Co., was instantly killed by the bursting of an emery wheel at the car house. A fragment of the wheel struck Mr. Cassell on the head and broke his neck. The senate of Washington state had one of the liveliest debates of the session over the bill declaring the conduct of gambling resorts a felony. The bill was finally passed with amendments, making the scope even greater than when introduced. Two masked men robbed the post-office at Turner, Ariz. They held up the postmaster at the point of a revolver and made him give over $1,000 in cash. Six persons were seriously injured and a number slightly hurt in a collision between a passenger train and a light engine on the Pennsylvania railroad near Brownsville, Pa. R. G. Dun & Co. report 1,930 commercial failures during February, with liabilities of $10,907,454, compared with 1,104 in the corresponding month of 1902, when the amount involved was $11,302,029. While hunting, wild flowers in a cemetery near Mamaroneck, N. Y., Nellie Tyler, a 7-year-old school girl, discovered a mailbag filled with valuable registered packages and letters containing checks for hundreds of dollars, which was stolen from the local railroad station four months ago after having been thrown from a train. Rev. C. M. Winchester, a clergyman of Middletown, N. Y., has prepared a table in demonstration of his declaration that a minister can live on $12 a month if he lives alone, and live substantially at that, with some money left every month to give to the church. Fifteen members of the house of representatives died during the congress just closed, an unusually large number. Increasing numbers of Bulgarian revolutionary bands are operating in Macedonia and the frequency of stiff encounters between them and the Turkish forces is regarded as indicating that a general rising has already begun. The important nominations that failed of confirmation at this session of congress are: William D. Crum, to be collector of customs at Charleston, S. C.; William B. Byrne, United States attorney for the district of Delaware; Page Morris to be judge for the district of Minnesota. In a heavy fog two trains on the Fifth avenue elevated line in Brooklyn, N. Y., collided at the Twenty-fourth street station. Six persons were hurt, two of them seriously. No one was killed. Within a few minutes there was another collision on the same line. The passengers were badly frightened, but nobody was hurt. Col. Michael C. Murphy, commissioner of police under the last democratic administration in New York City, is dead. He suffered from stricture of the oesophagus for years and was obliged to take his nourishment through a silver tube which covered an opening to the stomach. Both houses of congress adjourned sine die on the 4th. Theocrats in the house refused to make unanimous the resolution of thanks tendered to David B. Henderson, the retiring speaker. 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