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One Year..... $1 50 7 x Months..... 1 Three Months..... 50 Subscribers are requested to remit by post- office money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office in Cleveland, Ohio, the second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: HARRY C. SMITH, Editor and Propreator THE GAZETTE. Blackstone Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Member Ohio Legislature, {1894 to 1896. 1896 to 1898. 1900 to 1902. ALLIED PRINTING TRADE S COUNCIL CLEVELAND 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. One outcome of the recent meeting of the National Sociological Society at Washington, D. C., which was of more than passing interest to our people, was the appointment of a committee of able men of both races, that called upon the attorney general of the United States (Mr. Knox), and presented him an appeal to defend the constitution of the country in the United States supreme court against the attacks being made by southern states that have adopted disfranchisement amendments to their constitutions or enacted such legislation in their (state) assemblies, thus abrogating a section of an amendment to the organic law of the land. Our good but weak friend, Editor Timothy Thomas Fortune, of the New York Age, seems to have lost all control of himself these days. At the slightest provocation, he gets abusive, very abusive. Tim has developed into a veritable journalistic dyspeptic showing a most lamentable weakness, and also cowardice in starting a libel suit against a brother journalist whom he has been roundly abusing for months. Come, come, old fellow, shake it all off and be good, manly and courageous. Also stop courting the favar of Booker T. Washington and Ohio's lily-white sympathizing junior senator, to such a degree as to make you almost ridiculous in the estimation of many old time friends and admirers. It will then be unnecessary for The Gazette to "lecture" you for "trimming" and showing so guest a lack of fairness as well as courage. VERY APTLY DESIGNATES THE CROWD. The Indianapolis Journal in an article upon "Mobs and the Races" gives the truth in a nutshell, dealing upon this subject. It very pertinently puts the question: "If there is an impressible conflict of races, who is making it? Certainly not the Negroes, for they sue for peace. They want to live in peace in the land of their birth. It is not the better class of Americans, for they recognize the right of the Negroes to be here, as much as they; not the better class of foreign born citizens, for they too recognize the right of the better their own condition." The better their own condition. The above is the language of one of the leading and oldest journals in America. But we ask: Who are they, provoking a conflict between the races? All motives have their source and whether good or bad, they emanate from an element, resolved on ends; which must redound to the weal or woe of the masses. The class of people concerned in the mobs, have already fully demonstrated their mad and reckless indifference to every public good. To appease their own wrath and propensity for mischief and murder, they have made every interest of good subordinate to a vile purpose. But the paramount question arises: "Who are they that so sorely disturb the public peace, have become a festering thorn in the heart of the nation, and a very stench in the nostrils, of better thinking people?" No public evil has ever so nettled the public mind. It finds its source from the lowest, the most dependent and degraded of the lower class. If the fact has not been so regarded; yet it is revealed in the tendency of that class to mock justice and to spurn the mandates of righteous law. Again, we ask, who is it that is fomenting genera disturbance from one end of the country? It is the ignorant and vicious, who follow the instinct of a mean and loathesome brutality and are too hopelessly ostracised from good society to know the ultimate end of human governments. Their practices are vile and inhuman and they stand allied to them with the most inhuman of their kind and with those who feel no limit to their beastly rage. They may share to some extent, sullen sympathy from those who feel no care for the poor and persecuted black man, but the villainy of their crimes loses none of its shame or inhumanity on account of such sympathy. Who is it, we ask that is bringing about strife and causing so much mischief and trouble in the land. Who is it that is bringing ruin and shame upon the country, that is rendering the Americans' name a bliss and a by-word among the nations of the earth? In the words of the Indianapolis Journal we answer: "It is the rabble, the riff-raff, the scrubbs, the loafers, the bums, the bungaloo bands, the drunkards, the traps, the rostabouts, the rufians, the ex-convicts, the degenerates and the scum of communities who seek not so much to assert the superiority of the white race as to gent their spleen and to gratify an inordinate passion for all that is low and sinful in man's fallen nature." But a proud and noble race lives above the pollutions of a degraded and loathesome element. Let this bad element be suppressed, let lawlessness and outbreaks be eliminated from the ranks of the people and we shall have not only a peaceful and well ordered government, but one in whose strong embrace shall reside the humblest as well as the greatest that claim the right of citizenship. SEVERAL MARRIAGES. The Odd Fellows' Musicale - District Convention-Church Notes-Personal Mention-Twins-Other Items. Steubenville, O.—Miss Cordelia Braxton was married on Thanksgiving to Clarence P. Walker by Rev. P. Alston at her mother's. The happy couple left at 5 p. m. for Pittsburg, carrying with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends. The Odd Fellows gave a musical Thanksgiving evening. Mrs. Hattie Dale sang, much to the delight of the audience. Nahum Brascher of Cleveland, guest of Dr. and Mrs. Dale, spoke and there were other selections.—Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, of Stanton street, twins—a girl and boy.—Miss Bertha Banks and Mr. Marlin Phillips, who accompanied Mr. Ed Washington to Everett, Pa., where he was married, have returned.—Mrs. A. J. Guy and children spent Thanksgiving with her mother in Braddock, Pa. —J. P. Guy of the court house, is quite sick.—Miss Emma Browne, who has been visiting in Hollidaysburg, Pa., for the past two months, has returned.—Mr. Dewitt Howard of Allegheny, spent Thanksgiving here with his aunt, Mrs. S. S. Clements.—Mrs. Carrie Mason of Cadiz, spent Thanksgiving here with her brother, Charles Brown, who is quite sick.—On the 27th ult., Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mathews gave an enjoyable reception in honor of the bride and groom.—r. and Mrs. Ed Washington, who received the congratulations of all Refreshments were served.—Mrs. Penbrook and children of Hollidaysburg, are visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wynetta Browne. — Thanksgiving evening Miss Blanche Pearl Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, was married to Henderson Castilla Coggins, by Rev. P. Alston. The bride was attired in white silk and the groom had on his best look.—Miss Baily Guyder was the delegate from the A. M. E. S. S., to the district convention at Cadiz this week.—Mrs. A. J. Guy and Mrs. L. C. Alston also attended.—Mrs. L. R. Mercer entertained in honor of the Women's Reading club last week in Thanksgiving style.—Mr. and Mrs. Auscer Reed visited Mt. Pleasant last week.—Miss Alberta Hargrave of Smithfield, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jane Robinson.—Mrs. John Steela entertained Mrs. Georgie and Miss Annie Johnson of Wellsville, Sunday. "JIM CROW" SUBURBAN; CARS. Kentucky's Contemptible Law and Its Effect on Interurban Lines Paris, Ky.—On account of failure to provide "Jim Crow" cars, the Paris-Lexington interurban company stands to be fined $180,000. Y. Alexander, president of the company, was summoned before the Bourbon county grand jury recently and immediately after leaving the room he ordered a separate compartment constructed in each of the cars. The maximum fine that can be imposed for each offense is $500. Eighteen runs had been made a day for the twenty days the line had been in operation. The Kentucky court of appeals has decided that electric interurban lines and railroads are subject to provisions of the law requiring compartments. It is understood the Bourbon grand jury agreed to return only one indictment and Alexander will be given the maximum fine under it. State Teachers' Institute. Cadiz, O.—Mrs. Carrie Mason was called to Steubenville by the illness of her brother, Mr. Charles Brown.—Miss Minnie Fletcher is spending several weeks in Uhrichville.—Mrs. Willard Wallace was buried from the M. E. church Monday afternoon. Rev. G. W. Bailey officiated.—Mrs. Henry Thomas and Miss Thomas of Mansfield, were guests of Mrs. James Smith, Thanksgiving.—The entertainment given by the Philo Literary society Thursday evening, was a success. Among those who participated were the Misses Dora Stewart, Annie Brown, Laura White, Mr. I. L. Strother and Rev. H. F. Fox.—R. F. Ballard and Miss Susie Mason attended the State Teachers' Institute at East Liverpool the past week.—Rev. Fox is training the young people for a concert to be given during the holidays.—Mrs. Jennie Harris entertained in honor of Mrs. Thomas.—Revival service is being conducted at the Baptist church by the new pastor.—Mrs. Annie Ballard is sick.—Read The Gazette next week for a report of the district convention commencing Friday evening at the A. M. E. church. Third Educational Session. Another unqualified success from every point of view was the third educational session of the Loyal Legion of Labor, held at St. Andrew's Episcopal church last Sunday evening. The devotional services were very impressive and beautiful. Rev. Doan was very earnest in his commendation of the work of the legion and urged our people of the city to get together in the union and make themselves felt. Royal Master Green introduced Prof. Z. W. Mitchell, in a few well chosen remarks, who afterwards gave a very interesting review of the objects, plans and work of the movement. Quite a number afterwards joined. A grand union meeting is being arranged and may be the last of the series for this time. School Board Must Not Discriminate, Cincinnati, O.—The color question in the schools, which has been agitating some of the residents of College Hill, was decided recently by County Solicitor F. C. Ampt in favor of our people. Hamilton county has no right to discriminate in any way against Afro-Americans. Attorney George Cormany, who represents them, will await the action of the College Hill board before taking any further steps in the matter. White Brutes. Harmony Grove, Ga.—With a determination that bodes but a short life to the young brutes, if caught, poses of both blacks and whites are searching for three whites named Chandler, McGinnis and Fitzpatrick. The crime with which they are charged is torturing and criminally assaulting one of our women from whose bosom they first tore her infant. It is stated that lynching will follow the capture of the men. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1903. HILL-HUDNELL. Gone to Cuba-Glenn's Will Probated Brought Suit-The Concert-Social Personal-Notes. Oberlin, O.—Mrs. Heavener's mother, Mrs. Brown, is sick.—Miss Annie Heavener sprailed her ankle. A number of our young people attended a dance in Lorain last week Wednesday.—The remains of Miss Nettie Evans was brought home Sunday evening. Funeral conducted by Rev. Tenny of the Second Congregational church, of which she was a member, was held Tuesday afternoon. She leaves a mother and brother, William, to mourn her loss.—Edward Taborn and William Gould (white) are visiting in Florida, Cuba and other places.—The Thanksgiving dinner and tea social at the Second M. E. church netted a neat sum.—Mr. Thomas Hughes is improving the home,—Florence Garrett, of Cleveland, and Charles Proctor, of Ravenna, were Mr. and Mrs. Moses Garrett's guests last week Wednesday.—Mrs. Washington and Mrs. Carter went to Toledo.—Miss Susie Chambers and Mrs. J. W. Smith visited in Cleveland.—Bryant Reed's house has been repainted.—Mr. John Scott is selling his goods at the second hand store.—Miss Ruth Chambers, of Elyria, visited her parents.—Lawyer Tillotson (white) brought suit against Robert and Will Nelson.—Mrs. Comings, Misses Miles and Craig, of Cleveland, were Mr. and Mrs. William Smith's guests.—Frank Cobb (white) has brought suit against Horace Bolden for $60 with interest said to be due on a promissory note.—Preparations are being made to have a fine program Emancipation day.—The will of Charles H. Glenn was probated.—Thanksgiving dinner was served at Mt. Zion church. In the evening a literary and musical program was rendered. Esther Brown, violin solo; recitations, Pearl and Benjamin Smith; trio, Jasper Bows, the Misses Brown and Maggie Bows; debate, affirmative, J. S. Burton and Emma Bows; negative, Maud Reed and Thomas Bows.—A much desired lamp post has been put on North Water street.—Mr. Monroe Smith has purchased a fine cow.—Merton*Hudnell has recovered from his injuries.—Mr. Cairns (white), conservatory, will probably take the directorship of the Western Star band.—There are about 50 Afro-American students in college this year.—Mr. Fred Dyer is repairing his house.—Mr. William Robinson, of Cleveland, visited his parents here recently.—Lenora Hudnell and George Hill, of Cleveland, were married recently.—Skating season opened Saturday afternoon. A large number were at Gaytor's rink.—In the photograph taken of the business college football team there was one Afro-American.—The little three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Heard died Sunday.—A series of meetings at the Second M. E. church. REALIZED A GOOD SUM. and Other Items of Interest. Lockland and Wyoming, O.—Mrs. Pearl Reed, is improving and Mrs. L. W. Wells is able to be out.—Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Reed also attended Mr. John Sanders' wedding on Walnut Hills.—Mrs. Mildred Hill entertained the S. E. club last Friday evening.—Rev. J. C. Turner and wife, of Middletown, visited their home last week.—Mr. Blaine Davis who had his limb cut off while boarding a freight car, died at the hospital. His remains were taken to Warsaw, Ky., for burial.—Mrs. Belle Wallace entertained Miss Malinda Smith and mother on Thanksgiving.—Rev. J. G. Orr preached a very interesting sermon Thanksgiving. Those present were greatly benefited.—Miss Birdie Poston, of Rising Sun, who has been visiting Miss Alice Poston, returned home.—Mr. Edward Minnes, principal of the public schools, has been quite ill but is improving.—Mrs. Lucille Perry Taylor, formerly of Portland, Ore., but a resident of Cincinnati, was here recently.—Jennie Brown, of Cincinnati, was called to her mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Pond, Sunday.—At the A. M. E. church last Sunday at 11 a. m. Rev. Butler preached an able sermon and at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Hartman. It was rally day.—At M. Zion Baptist church at 11 a. m. Rev. J. G. Orr preached eloquently and at 3.50 p. m. Rev. Dr. Wyatt, of Cincinnati. Owing to the inclement weather the attendance was not large but the rally was very successful.—The old maids' convention at the A. M. E. church was well attended last Thursday evening. It was a decided success. Amount realized from the entertainment and the rally $50. Leg Amputated. Massillon, O.—The Shiloh Baptist church gave a dinner on Thanksgiving which was well patronized—Mr. Frank Holliday had his leg amputated last Wednesday on the account of gangrene.—A social gathering was held at Mr. and Mrs. J. Goins, Thanksgiving evening.—Miss Frances Riley expects to open her school of domestic science on Jan. 1.—Miss Lila Fields spent several days with Mrs. McGruder of Canton, last week.—Our bon-ton boys attended a dance at Alliance Thanksgiving. A fine time was reported.—Mrs. Chas Lotteer has gone to Newcomerstown to work.—Miss Nettie Clark has accepted a position here.—Mrs John Fields has received word of the death of her brother's wife; Mrs. T. S. Williams, of Fostoria.—Mr. John Johnson was in Canton, Friday.—An entertainment and supper was given at Zion church last week.—Miss Flora Myers and her guest, Miss Johnson of Wooster, spent Friday in Canton.—Master Wesley Edmonson spent Thanksgiving here. Negro I. and E. Exposition Association. Xenia, O.—The Negro Industrial and Educational Exposition association met here the 24th ult. at K. of P. hall. D. H. Purnell is president of the association and Wm. S. Rogers, secretary. Lisbon.—R. W. Greene, of Canton, is spending a few days with his parents.,—Messrs. Pete and B. Johnson were Salem visitors recently.—The social given by Mrs. Catherine Rollins was quite a success.—Rev. Combash was here Sunday.—Friday being rally day for the Christian Endeavor a couple of ladies from the Presbyterian church (white) addressed us.—Mrs. Adam Cooper and daughter, of Pittsburg, were guests of Mr. Adam Cooper.—The party and dance given under the auspices of the Misses Maria Marks and Laura Greene and Mrs. Fanny Franklin was a very enjoyable affair.—The Ladies' Industrial society met at the residence of Mrs. Catherine Rollins. A light lunch was served.—C. of C. meets Wednesday night.—Mr. Ira Greene, of Salem, was the guest of his parents last week. A BIG SENSATION Alleged Wholesale Bribery at Grand Rapids, Mich. Ex-City Attorney Lant K. Salisbury Makes a Confession Concerning Water Scandal Implicating Many Prominent People—Big Corruption Fund. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 1.—The confession of ex-City Attorney Lant K. Salisbury in regard to the notorious water scandal in this city was told Monday for the first time in court at the preliminary examination of State Senator David Burns and it has created a tremendous sensation on account of the number of prominent persons it implicates, in addition to the 17 officials and former officials who were arrested on bribery charges ten days ago. The persons implicated by Salisbury during his testimony against States Senator Burns and the amount he alleged they received are as follows: George R. Perry, ex-mayor, $13,725; J. C. Clark Sprotat, manager Grand Rapids Democrat, $3,333; R. A. Cameron, New York, $500; State Senator Burns' $200, Alderman McCool $500, Alderman Ellen $350, Alderman Depagter $350, Alderman Muir $500, Alderman Kinney $350, Alderman Donovan $500, Alderman Phillips $1,000, Alderman Johnson $300 or $400, Alderman Stonehouse $350, Alderman Lozier $500, Alderman Shriver $350, Alderman Mol $350, Alderman Ghysels $350, Alderman Hodges $500, Alderman Slocum $500, Cory P. Bissell $500, Russell Thompson, reporter on Evening Press, $500, Isaac Lamoreaux, ex-city clerk, $1,500; State Representative Van Zoeren $350, State Representative Van Dercook $60, E. D. Conger, manager Grand Rapids Herald, $10,000; Thomas F. McGarry, a prominent attorney now in Florida, $7,500; C. S. Smith, manager of the Evening Press, $5,000. He also implicated in water deals Dudley E. Waters, ex-president of the board of public works; Dr. Ullee De Vries, ex-city physician; George Ellis, a local broker; Samuel M. Lemon, collector of internal revenue, and William H. Anderson, president of the Fourth national bank. Six separate water conspiracy deals were on in Grand Rapids at one time, according to Salsbury's sworn testimony, each gigantic in its size and all calling for the use of a boodle fund. In addition to the Henry Taylor $100,000 Lake Michigan water deal, he said there were five other strings out, from each one of which thousands of dollars were hanging. Every one of these six sets of men who put up or offered to advance a corruption fund were dupes, so Salsbury says of himself, Perry, McGarry and Sproat. Pat Flynn, of New York, he names as one of those at the head of one scheme. The men interested in the hydraulic water company are named as the backers of another deal, in Chicago. Then there was a Milwaukee deal, in which he said Contractor Loss, of Chicago, was interested; the Omaha deal in which the Barton millionaires are said to have put up $50,000, and the Gillespie deal. On top of all these, Salsbury implicates Revenue Collector Samuel Lemon with a deal, charging Lemon with coming to him with a proposition to buy the council after having bought the mayor for $10,000. During the examination of Salsbury the recent acquittal of ex-Senator George Nichols on the charge of bribery was taken up and Salsbury declared that Nichols really was guilty; that Nichols and McGarry conceived a plan to bribe Frederick H. Garman, the people's star witness in the former water conspiracy trials, but that he (Salsbury) opposed it, never believing that Garman could be bribed. He said that the money was turned over to William Leonard, exactly as the prosecution claimed, and that Leonard gave it to Garman. The prosecution completed its introduction of evidence in the Burns case and the respondent asked for an adjournment for a week to prepare his defense, which the court granted. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 2.—All the features in the examination of Lant K. Salsbury in the water boodle cases in police court yesterday were lacking in sensational disclosures to compare with Monday's startling revelations, yet his testimony was intensely interesting because of voluntary statements made by the witness while under cross-examination. His testimony implicated no new names. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 3.—Attorney John McDonald's announcement that he had advised five of his clients to plead guilty in the superior court was the principal development in the water plant boodling scandal yesterday. The five men referred to by the attorney appeared before the police magistrate and waived examination to higher court. Still another sensational chapter in the history of attempted crimes which is promised for the trials is relative to a plan to sell the municipal plant of this city. It is said that Salsbury had a plan to create a prejudice against the plant, on the ground that it was expensive and was poorly managed, and to have a bill passed by the legislature to allow the board of public works to sell it. His plan included the purchase of the plant by a stock company to be organized and a subsequent consolidation with the Edison Co. and two water power companies in this vicinity. Powder Mixing House Exploded. Carthage, Mo., Dec. 1.—The mix house of the Independent Powder Co.'s plant, five miles southwest of Carthage, blew up yesterday, instantly killing the two mixers, Lester Ridge and Bert Cobb, and seriously if not fatally injuring four other men. Alleged Embezzler Arrested, Chicago, Dec. 1.—Charged with embezzlement of $60,000 from the First national bank of Dundee, Ill., which closed its doors November 22, Cashier Francis B. Wright was arrested Monday and brought to jail here. Lowered Two Records. Macon, Ga., Dec. 1—In the face of a cold wind and with the temperature at 47 degrees, Dan Patch broke two world's pacing record yesterday. To a high wheel sulky he lowered Directum's record of 2:06 for a mile to $2.04\%$. Five minutes later, to the usual track sulky, he went two miles in 4:17, lowering Nervola's record by two seconds. A Triple Lynching. Shreveport, La., Dec. 1.—Three negroes were lynched at Belcher, La., yesterday for complicity in the fatal shooting of Robert Adger. EXPLOSION OF NAPHTHA. Fifteen Cars Wrecked on Delaware Division of Baltimore & Washington Road-Two Deaths Occur-Several Persons Badly Injured. Dover, Del., Dec. 3.—An explosion of a tank car of naphtha in the center of a freight train on the Delaware division of the Baltimore & Washington railroad yesterday caused two and probably three deaths, the injury of a number of persons, the wrecking of several buildings and a number of freight cars. The accident occurred at Greenwood, 25 miles south of this city. The explosion is thought to have resulted from spontaneous combustion. The burning fluid was scattered in all directions. Fifteen cars were wrecked, three of which were destroyed by fire, and several buildings near the railroad caught fire. Engineer B. W. Sheppard, of Wilmington, is missing and is believed to be buried under the wreckage. The known dead are: Brakeman Edward J. Roach, of Georgetown; taken from the wreck dead. An infant child dead from shock. Injured trainmen: Conductor Cornelius J. Hall, Wil- mington, badly burned. Fireman John Barker, Wilmington, badly burned. Towerman Horace Lynch, Greenwood. A dozen or more citizens were injured or suffered seriously from shock. Of these the condition of Mrs. William Morris is serious. The telephone and telegraph wires were broken and communication with other towns was impossible. As soon as possible a locomotive was sent back to Seaford and it returned with a special train carrying five physicians from Harrington. While the physicians were looking after the injured citizens and trainmen a party of rescuers was at work around the wrecked train and another party directed its efforts to the burning buildings. Despite hard work of the fire fighters the residence of Dr. H. C. Johnson and the public school building were consumed and a dozen other houses were rendered uninhabitable. THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. France Excited Over Its Revival-Old Bitternets Looms Again Bitterness Looms Up Again. Paris, Dec. 3.—Only incidental mention was made of the Dreyfus case at the weekly sitting of the revision commission yesterday when, before the end of the proceedings, Gen. Mercier, the senior member, excused himself on the ground that he had to examine the Dreyfus documents transmitted by the minister of justice. Mercier added that he would make his report as soon as possible, but that he did not believe he could do so before the lapse of ten days. A meeting of prominent nationalists yesterday demonstrated that they are bitterly antagonistic to the action taken by the government. Ex-War Minister Cavignae accused the government of disturbing the peace of the country by reviving an affair which had been made an instrument for civil discord, and asserted that it was useless to interpellate the government on the subject because the ministry was too strong. Gen. Mercier, the former war minister, who is regarded as the chief accuser of Dreyfus, has issued from comparative retirement from public life, as a senator and has affirmed that everything he had read in the government newspapers regarding Dreyfus was untrue. The bitter tone of the nationalists is an indication of how the actual taking up of the case has revived all the old bitterness of the last ten years. Intense feeling is shown throughout governmental, political and army circles. Arrest of a Bad Bunch Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—A tenement house on Carpenter street was raided by the police who captured 15 supposed members of the Mafia. The raid was the result of complaints made to the police by Italian merchants and bankers who said they had received blackmailing letters and had been threatened with death should they refuse to comply with demands for money. Each of the 15 men arrested was armed with two revolvers and a stiletto. In the room were a number of pistols and a store of ammunition. At the hearing yesterday one of the men admitted that he and his companions were members of the Mafia. They were held in $1,500 bail each. Declared a General Strike. Declared a General Strike. Chicago, Dec. 3. 3. A general strike against the George A. Fuller Construction Co. and the sub-contractors of that company was declared last night by the executive board of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' International association now in session in Chicago. The fight against the Fuller Co. will be centered in New York City, where the Fuller company is said to have assisted in the formation of a rival union of bridge, structural and architectural iron workers. The Fuller Co. is said to have contracts aggregating more than $20,000,000 in a dozen cities. Chile Sells Battleships. Santiago De Chile, Dec. 3.—The battleship Libertad, now undergoing speed trials on the Clyde, and the battleship Constitution, now in course of construction, have been sold by the Chilean government for $9,000,000. It is believed that both ships have been purchased for Japan. A Famous Oarsman Dles. Newburgh, N. Y., Dec. 3.—Joshua Ward, the old-time champion oarsman, died at his home in Cornwall-on-Hudson, yesterday. Ward was born near Newburgh in 1838. In 1859 he won the sculling championship at Staten Island, rowing five miles in 37 minutes and 10 seconds. He held the championship, defacing all comers, until 1864, when he was defeated by James Hamill on the Schuylkill. In 1871 the four Ward brothers, Gilbert, Charles, Henry and Joshua won the international race at Saratoga Lake, beating the crews of England and others. Will Investigate Grafting. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 3.—Mayor Frank E. Moores yesterday announced his intention of investigating "grafting" by certain city officials, which he says has been going on for some time. He began by calling before him City Poundmaster McLaughlin, whom he openly charged with receiving money for duties never performed. Many Horses Were Burned. East St. Louis, Ill., Dec. 3.—Fire last night destroyed a stable and 114 horses belonging to the St. Louis Transfer Co., causing a loss of $50,000. POSTAL SERVICE. Report of Gen. Bristow for the Past Year. Number of Postoffices Aggregate 74. 169-Total Number of Cities Having Free Delivery, 1,032- Number of Rural Free Delivery Routes, 19,398. Washington, Dec. 3.—The annual report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, makes the following recommendations: An appropriation to construct inspectors' lookouts in postoffices wherever necessary in the opinion of the postmaster general; that the inter-state law be amended so as to prohibit common carriers from aiding and abetting in the green goods, lottery or any other scheme carried on partly by mail and partly by common carrier, in violation of the postal laws; that special agents and route inspectors be hereafter designated as rural agents; that the provision that rural carriers shall not be prohibited from doing an express package business be repealed; that the maximum salary of a rural carrier be increased to $750 per annum for a route of 25 miles or more in length, and the enactment of a law requiring assistant postmasters, cashiers and other employees to give bonds to postmasters direct and holding postmasters responsible under their own bonds. The estimated expenditure for both city and rural free delivery service during the fiscal year beginning July 1, next, will aggregate about $47,000,000. There were 15,061 appointments of postmasters during the year and the removals of postmasters for cause showed a decrease. There were 4,462 postoffices discontinued, of which 2,163 resulted from the extension of rural free delivery, the salaries of the postmasters of the latter offices aggregating $121,332. On July 1, last, there were 74,169 postoffices, of which 242 were first class, 1,107 second class, 360 third class and 69,130 fourth class. City free delivery service was established at 99 postoffices, making a total of 1,032 free delivery offices. There are in operation 19,398 rural free delivery routes. It is estimated that 3,260 additional routes can be established out of the appropriation now available, making 22,678 which will be in operation or ordered established by March 1, 1904. To maintain the service on these routes during the fiscal year from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905, will require $13,560,-000. If congress provides for an increased number of agents as recommended, it will require about $19,000,-000 to maintain and install the service during the next fiscal year. If the maximum salary of the carriers is increased from $600 to $750 per annum, as recommended, it will necessitate an increase in the above estimates of about 25 per cent. Mr. Bristow's report further says: "An investigation, which is still in progress, has shown that for a number of years supplies for the free delivery service have not been purchased with an eye single to the public interests. Both in the matter of quality and the cost of equipment the ruling consideration has been private gain. This applies to, articles furnished under regular contract, such as street collection boxes and carriers' satchels, as well as to those bought in the open market under the exigency privilege, which has been much abused. "Favored contractors, abetted by a trusted but unfaithful official, have corrupted the public service. An early and thorough reformation will be undertaken along the line of service equipment, with the prospective result of improved service at reduced cost. Fraudulent contracts have been abrogated. In the re-letting of contracts honest competition will have fair play." An Ovation for Mitchell: An Ovation for Mitchell. Trinidad, Col., Dec. 3.—President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, arrived in Trinidad last night. Over 3,000 people greeted him. One thousand miners surrounded the carriage containing Mr. Mitchell and President Howells, of district No. 15, and escorted him through the main street of the city to his hotel, there being a continual ovation along the route. The miners believe Mr. Mitchell will settle the strike before leaving here. Signed the Treaty. Panama, Dec. 3.—The canal treaty was signed yesterday. The treaty as approved and signed by the Panama junta will be promptly returned to Minister Bunau-Varilla at Washington. To insure its safe and prompt transmission without interference by officials anywhere, the treaty will be entrusted to Consul General Gudger, at Panama, who will forward it to Washington. Odell's Statement. New York, Dec. 3.—Gov. Odell held two conferences yesterday with Senator T. C. Platt and Chairman Dunn, of the republican state committee. Subsequently the governor made a statement in which he said they had arrived at a conclusion that was satisfactory to all and added: "There is no reason for any friction in the party. We are only actuated by a common desire for party success and increased votes and propose unitedly to work to that end." A University in Ashe A University in Ashes. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 3.—The Ottawa University in this city was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday. All that remains of the magnificent stone building, which was one of the sights of the eastern part of the city, are portions of the walls. The loss is estimated at $250,000, partly covered by insurance. It will be two years before it can be rebuilt and meantime it will be impossible to get a place suitable to carry on the work of the institution. There were 450 students at the university, which was a Roman Catholic institution. A library of 30,000 volumes was destroyed. Convicted of Extortion. New York, Dec. 3.—Timothy McCarthy, walking delegate for the Housemiths' and Bridgemen's union, was yesterday found guilty of extorting $200 from Herman Loebel for terminating strikes on the Martha Washington Hotel and the Republican club. Fatally Shot by Robbert. Chicago, Dec. 3.—James A. Fullenweider, a wealthy lawyer living on Forty-second street, was shot and fatally wounded last night by one of two men who attempted to rob him CLAIR VOYANT. MRS. MARTH, the world-renowned and highly celebrated business and test TRANCE CLAIRVOYANT, reveals everything. No imposition. Can be consulted on all affairs of life. Business. Love and Marriage a specialty. Every mystery revealed, also, of absent, deceased and living friends. Respect and care in all matters unites the separated and speedy marriage. $1,000 challenge to any medium who can exceed her in her startling revelations of the past, present and future events of one's life. 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DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT 35 Chestnut Street, Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars, POOL & BILLIARDS. J.R.SIMMONS Manager. Phene Cuyahoga, 1768. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—Subscribers not receiving THE GAZETTE regularly should notify us AT ONCE. We desire every copy delivered promptly. We advise our patrons to carefully examine THE GAZETTE's advertisements before making purchases. Business men who advertise in this paper should have the patronage of Afro-Americans. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line (six words in a line). DENNIS H. FOWLER, Local Reporter. CLEVELAND. SATURDAY, DEC. 5. 1903. PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building, Open Sunday. GOODMAN'S News Depot, No. 585 Central avenue, cor. Sterling avenue. Open Sunday. F. VALENTINE's Grocery Store, No. 366 Central Ave., between Perry and Harmon St's. 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 door west of Bond street. Open Sundays also. I. W. GRIGG's News Depot. No. 529 Central avenue, near Greenwood street. Florence Garrett visited in Oberlin last week. William Robinson visited his parents in Oberlin last week. George Hill married Lenora Hudnell, of Oberlin, recently. Miss Gertie Blackman visited in Columbus last week. Miss Dora Lucas visited in Youngs-town last week. Mr. Harry Simpson spent Thanksgiving at his home in Akron. Mr. Charles Green, of Ashtabula, spent Thanksgiving in Cleveland. Miss Estella Anderson gave her class several dainty little souvenirs. Miss Essie Mountain spent the past week in Akron, guest of Miss Hattie Lancaster. Miss Ada Christian, formerly of this city, is in the city. Miss Clara Penman, of Meadville, Pa., is the guest of Miss Ethel Scott of Chadwick street. The orchestra of Mt. Zion Sunday school gave an entertainment in the church last Sunday evening. The ladies of St. Andrew's church served Thanksgiving dinner last Friday evening in the Sunday school room. Misses Sallie Brittle, Hattie and Ada Grey, Mesdames Bessie Randolph and J. A. Ford visited in Ravenna recently. The local True Reformers have leased the top floor of a building on Cedar avenue, near Hayward street, being erected by Mr. Samuel Green, and will take possession January 1. Capt. D. J. Brooks of the adjutant-general's office at Columbus was in the city for a few hours last Saturday. It is said that Eugene Talbert is fearing a severe operation on one of his lower limbs. It is said that B. F. Stewart, of Norwalk, who spoke at St. John's church Sunday evening a week ago, roasted several prominent members of the "Little Black Tammany." Mrs. Hattie Brown, of Bowling Green, has been the guest of her sister, Madam Emma French, of Mayflower street, for a week. It is said that during the recent reorganization of the local Loyal Legion of Labor, several more or less well-known individuals were dropped from the roll as officers. Rev. W. A. Jackson and L. E. Shy paid The Gazette "sanctum" a pleasant visit last Saturday morning. Lane Memorial church has one of Lane Memorial church has one of the best choruses in the city. Mrs. Charles Russel who has been in the hospital undergoing an operation is recovering. It is currently rumored that Geo. Reynolds, better known as "Monk," is to be married Christmas "eve" to ____. Ask him. Mr. Daniel Fairfax spent Thanksgiving in Detroit. While there he participated in a football game between the All-Cleveland and D. A. Cs.. As of old he was the bright particular star. The entertainment given by Chas. Sumner and the Ohio lodges at the Forest Street armory, was a financial success. Mrs. Minerva Taylor introduced a new parlor game last Monday, known as an observation party, entertaining the "Hiawatha" and "Pocahontas" clubs. Mr. Wm. Fox of the East End, has a fine new girl in his family. Two boys and a girl now. William's "all smiles." The L'Allegro club entertained last Saturday evening in its club rooms at the Alta house. About 35 couple were present including several out-of-town guests. Mrs. Hattie Walker's dancing school is no more. That "blue-vein" reception which was so generally criticised some weeks ago, was too great a load to carry, it seems. Three of our high school boys accompanied the Central High football team to Ithaca, N. Y., on Thanksgiving day. They were Austin and Robert Turner and William Brown. Twenty-two aspirants for the Alta's basket ball team are working like beavers to get into condition. Among the candidates are: Daniel Fairfax, "Ted" Green, Lewis Johnson, Austin and Robert Turner, John Fairfax, John Early, J. E. Dunjill and Dennis Fowler. "Teddy" Green, the Case football star, was one of the chosen few to receive 'varsity sweaters from that school. He was picked by all critics of prominence for the All-State team and was also chosen last year. The Carnation Social club gave what proved to be a most enjoyable social function on Wednesday evening of last week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Scott, No. 559 Aetna street. Dancing was the principle feature of the evening. A delicious light lunch was served. John B. Thompson, well and favorably known especially on the west side of the city, gave an enjoyable reception and ball for his numerous friends, at Merrell's hall, corner Pearl and Carroll streets, on Tuesday evening. Prof. W. E. DuBois, teacher of history and sociology at Atlanta university, spoke at the Colonial club on the "Development of the People," a discussion of the color question, Thursday evening. Bishop Leonard presided over the meeting. Prof. DuBois is a graduate of Harvard uni- The Thurman W. C. T. U. held a special meeting Monday evening at Mrs. A. Lewis', Forest street. Mrs. Rosa Johnson spoke on the national W. C. T. U. convention. At a recent THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1903. national meeting of the Woman's Parent M. M. society at Pittsburg. Mrs. Johnson was elected national lecturer and organizer. Mr. Thompson, father of Mrs. Eliza Burgess of Blaine street, died last Sunday morning. Dr. Wm. Huffman, formerly of this city, now of Richmond, Ind., passed through last week. He was here but a few hours. For three Tuesday evenings in succession has the "Little Black Tammany" met at Woodliff hall in an effort to absorb the Afro-American political clubs; but in vain. The "Grafters" and East End club members seem to know the game. There'll be gnashing of teeth before long. Rev. H. C. Bailey, pastor of Antioch church, spoke in Wadsworth Sunday afternoon. Rev. Joseph Carr was at Antioch in the morning and Rev. J. H. Huff in the evening, both preaching excellent sermons. Many of Antioch's Sunday school teachers and officers attended the convention at Old Stone church on Monday and Tuesday. What The Gazette published several weeks ago anent Mrs. Hattie Walker's dancing class, wasn't so far wrong after all, was it? The class dwindled and died as predicted—as this paper predicted. There was not a dozen couple at last Monday evening's effort which it is announced was the last. Two years ago this fall Willie Clifford was a defeated candidate for the legislature and last spring candidate-at-large-for the council. Charles Marshall went down. The catholic democrats saved Eubanks from defeat and the rest of the republican ticket in the county with the exception of Mr. Baehr, and Colonel Herrick possibly... It is said that several Masons, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows are going to try to get shaved at "Brother" Myer's Hollenden House barber shop and "Brother" Bowles' shop on Central avenue. The "stockholders" of "the Douglass Automatic Straw Binder Company" have our sympathy. "M. Leonard Frazier, M. A., LL. D., dean of the faculty of law, Morris Brown college, Atlanta, Ga.," is the way "Dr." Frazier, a former resident of this city, later of Boston and Brooklyn, N. Y., "signs himself." He was a chiropodist, etc., here, for some years and was at one time a tenant of the Stone block on Euclid avenue. Morris Brown college is an A. M. E. church institution. Miss Estella Anderson, one of the teachers of Mt. Zion Sunday school, entertained her class of little girls on Thanksgiving eve at her residence, No. 54 Livingston street, from 4 to 8 p. m. There were 23 little ones whose beaming faces surrounded a table loaded with fruits and delicacies of all kinds. After the repast the rest of the evening was spent in playing games. Mrs. Joseph W. Smith and Miss Susie Chambers, of Oberlin, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Starkey, of Sterling avenue, have returned home after a delightful visit of about ten days. Last week Friday evening Mrs. Starkey and Mrs. John Burke gave a card party in their honor, and the following evening Mr. and Mrs. Charles Griffin entertained them at Mrs. Buelah West's. Other social affairs were given in their honor this week. Cory chapel's revival meetings have closed. Ten persons professed religion and eight joined the church. On tomorrow afternoon a missionary program will be rendered. Mrs. Dickerson, the pastor's wife; Mrs. J. S. Thomas, L. Webb, V. Ross and M. Mungion were delegates to the county Sunday school convention held in Old Stone church this week. The old maids' concert and supper will be given at the church on the 9th. Grand rally the fourth Sunday in this month. Ohio Lodge Lyceum will reconvene Sunday afternoon to reorganize and begin its accustomed winter work. J. W. Carroll, of North Carolina, will lead the devotional exercises. L. J. Price, special deputy to the district grand master, will deliver an address upon "Odd Fellowship and Its Benefits." All persons are cordially invited to attend the sessions which will be held every Sunday afternoon of the winter months. Dr. John R. Philen, N. G.; Earl Parker, P. S. John Good, 47 Hackman street, was injured in a runaway last week Monday night. Good is a driver of a delivery wagon for DeKlyn & Co. As he turned on Central avenue from Ontario street his horse became frightened and dashed down the street. Good lost all control of the animal. Several attempts were made by pedestrians to stop the horse, but it raced past them. At Allen street the horse turned. The wagon was upset and Good thrown to the pavement. He was picked up unconscious and taken to Huron Street hospital in Black & Wright's ambulance. The welcome reception at Lane Memorial church on Monday evening in honor of the new pastor, Rev. R. T. Moody, who came here recently from Ripley, and Rev. W. A. Jackson, P. E., of this, the Covington district of the C. M. E. church, proved a very enjoyable as well as successful affair. Quite a lengthy program, consisting of recitations, solos, choruses and addresses by our local ministers, members of the church and the editor of The Gazette were rendered. Strong responses to the many addresses of welcome were made by the pastor and presiding elder, after which supper was served. It was a very enjoyable affair indeed. A few gentlemen can secure furnished rooms at the Pavilion hotel, Nos. 103-105 Erie street. Rates reasonable. The Pavilion hotel is the place to stop when visiting Cleveland. First class accommodations. Nos. 103-105 Erie street. For Rent—Rooms.—Mrs W. R. Harris has some first class rooms with bath for gentlemen, at No. 155 Central avenue. Wanted—To buy for cash, a light three-spring wagon. Call (Bell 'phone) Doan 486 Y. Did you ever take dinner at the Waldorf, H. C. Jackson's up-to-date restaurant at 450 Central avenue, in Woodliff hall block? If not, do so at the first opportunity and you will never regret it. A customer once, a customer always. Our people in the vicinity of Central avenue and Greenwood street, can secure a copy of The Gazette each week from I. W. Griggs, who keeps a confectionery and news store, at No. 529 Central avenue. S. Grant, custom tailor, is doing a successful business at 490 Central avenue. This is due to the good work he does at a price within the reach of all. Ladies' tailoring a specialty. Garments remodeled to suit the latest fashion. Repairing on short notice. Madam Emma A. French, a graduate of the Findlay, Ohio, Conservatory of Music, and an experienced teacher of piano, voice, musical history and harmony, has located At No. 19 Mayflower (Maple) st. It will pay those desiring to study the piano or have their voice trained, to call on cars. French, as she is painstaking and thorough and competent. One of the oldest and largest jewelry firms in the city is the Sigler Brothers Co., 52 and 54 Euclid avenue. For the past nineteen years or more Mr. C. L. Lacy, a member of the race, has been employed by them and is fully in their confidence. When desiring anything in the jewelry line call on Mr. Lacy at the above named firm. They carry a splendid stock at reasonable prices and Mr. Lacy will be able to attend to any of your wants in that line. Any man or woman now living in Cleveland who has been a member of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and is not now connected with any lodge of the order, can learn something to their advantage by sending their name and street address to A. T. Abbott, P. O. box R, City, in a sealed envelope, giving "The Word" to prove themselves. Same must be in his hands before Dec. 1. When in need of a carriage for a wedding party, funeral, reception, and all occasions requiring the need of such a vehicle, patronize a member of the race—Arthur Owens. You can either address him or call on him at No. 24 Judd street, or No. 34 blackman street. Mr. Owens has more than one team and is able to meet your wants in his line of work. By helping a member of the race in business you help yourself. The holiday season is rapidly approaching and the question uppermost in the minds of all is what they shall buy for members of the family. A most acceptable gift indeed is a piano. It will pay you to call at once at the B. Dreher's Sons' Co., in The Arcade and look at their $185 pianos. George, the next time you insist upon taking a lady home, wear yet overcoat and you won't freeze on the way back. Father Moran on the Tillman Lea- St. Patrick's Church, 302 Bridge street. Cleveland, O., Nov. 23, 1903. Editor The Gazette: I have your marked copy of The Gazette in which you say regarding Senator Tillman's lecture in our course that "it is hard to believe that there is an organization in Cleveland, especially a church club, that would extend an invitation to lecture to so notoriously vile an individual." Permit me to say that we did not invite Mr. Tillman because we endorse his views. We disagree with him on many subjects and on none perhaps more than on the race question. Our club has the highest respect for the colored race and hope that they may receive every consideration their condition and importance demand. We regard the colored people as our brethren and see no reason why there should be any discrimination against them in favor of our white population. Our republic is not for white people; it is for freemen. Senator Tillman was invited that we might have an opportunity to learn his views from his own lips. We have heard him and our verdict is that the colored people need not fear him. His own statement is the best argument in their favor and against his personal content. Sincerely, FRANCIS MORAN, Pastor St. Patrick's church. Correspondents Wanted. The old reliable Gazette desires an energetic and honest agent, and a good correspondent, in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following cities: Zanesville, Springfield, Galipolis, Cambridge, Lima, Toledo, Portsmouth, Circleville, Dayton, Piqua, Hamilton, Sandusky and other places where we have none. Write to the editor of the The Gazette, Blackstone building, Cleveland, O., and terms will be sent promptly. Our readers can oblige us greatly by sending at once the address of any good person or persons in any of the cities named above or others, to whom we can write relative to the matter. Every Ticket Office of the Pennsylvania Lines is a Free Information Bureau of the great World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904. The Bureau address at Cleveland, Ohio, is No. 1 Euclid avenue, in charge of C. L. Kimball, A. G. P. A. A "Rooms" booklet of St. Louis hotels and boarding houses, their location and rates, compiled by the World's Fair Management, can be obtained from him; also other valuable information about the Universal Exposition. A Credit to Ohio Afro-Americans. Mr. Edward G. Berry, of Athens, O., is a successful hotel man, he conducts one of the finest hotels in the state. He owns the building in which his enterprise is conducted which is valued at $50,000. There is no bar connected with his hotel.—Wilberforce (O.) Student. War Talk Is Revived. Berlin, Dec. 3.—Dispatches indicating the extreme tension of the Russo-Japanese situation almost monopolized the attention of the German press and official world Tuesday and the danger of war was regarded as greater than ever. But this feeling was changed by the announcement from Paris that a basis of a settlement had been reached. Later a tide of alarming dispatches reversed the favorable sentiment. Official circles take a more hopeful view of the situation than the public. The hope that war will be averted is based on the belief that Great Britain will not earnestly support Japan. Washington, Dec. 3.—The tenth anniversary of the appointment of Civil Service Commissioner John R. Proctor was marked by a dinner at the White House last night. Mr. Proctor was appointed a member of the commission by President Cleveland on the recommendation of Mr. Roosevelt, then a member of the board. In token of this fact, a loving cup was presented to Mr. Proctor during the dinner. Steel Magnates Meet. Pittsburg, Dec. 3.—The presidents and other subsidiary officers of the underlying companies in the United States Steel Corporation met here Wednesday. It is understood that the subjects having special interest to each company in the way of operation and in curtailment of production and extension of business, were the main features. The question of wages was not taken up. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. Is it worth putting out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands, warranted by many. It is the best, soft and beautiful, living it that healthy, life-like appearance so much desired. 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THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT To Prove What Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney Remedy, Will do for YOU, Every Reader of Our Paper May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail. EDITORIAL NOTICE—If you have the slightest symptoms of kidney or bladder trouble, or if there is a trace of it in your family history, send at once to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., who will gladly send you by mail, immediately, without cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, and a book containing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women cured by Swamp-Root. In writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure to say that you read this generous offer in this paper. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more sickness and suffering than any other disease, therefore, when through neglect or other causes, kidney trouble is permitted to continue, fatal results are sure to follow. Your other organs may need attention—but your kidneys most, because they do most and need attention first. If you are sick or "feel badly," begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because as soon as your kidneys begin to get better they will help all the other organs to health. A trial will convince any one. The mild and immediate effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root will set your whole system right, and the best proof of this is a trial. 14 EAST 120TH ST., NEW YORK CITY. DEAR SIRS: Oct. 19th, 1903. "I had been suffering severely from kidney trouble. All symptoms were on hand; my former strength and power had left me; I could hardly drag myself along. Even my mental capacity was giving out, and after I wished to die. It was then that my deterioration set in. 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CONSUMPTION --- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1903. ness, sleeplessness, nervousness, heart disturbance due to bad kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloating, irritability, woutout feeling, lack of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow complexion, or Bright's disease. If your water, when allowed to remain undisturbed in a glass or bottle for twenty-four hours, forms a sedi- ment or settling, or has a cloudy appearance, it is evidence that your kidneys and bladder need immediate attention. Swamp-Root is the great discovery of Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and bladder specialist. Hospitals use it with wonderful success in both slight and severe cases. Doctors recommend it to their patients and use it in their own families, because they recognize in Swamp-Root the greatest and most successful remedy. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is for sale the world over at druggists in bottles of two sizes and two prices—fifty-cent and one-dollar. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. WATCH IN THE SPRING. And the Spring in the Watch, But the Jeweler Didn't Grasp the Situation. While picknicking with a crowd in the country the other day, says the Joplin News-Herald, Arch Shade accidentally dropped his watch in a spring, and quite naturally it has since refused to run. He took the timepiece to a jeweler, and the following conversation ensued: "Here's my watch; can you fix it?" "What's the matter? Did you break the spring?" "No; the spring broke the watch." The man wondered, but proceeded to examine the injured article. "The spring is broken," he finally announced. nounced. "No wonder," said Arch; "I dropped the watch in it." "It began to dawn upon the jeweler that the young man was certainly insane, and just as he was glancing around for some avenue of escape Arch explained the situation." Stops the Cough. and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents Candor is the rarest virtue of sociability. —Sternau. Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain the hands or spot the kettle, except green and purple. Reduced circumstances are the kind that alter cases.—Chicago Daily News. Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—J F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Some men would be witty if they knew how to be brief.-Chicago Journal. ANOTHER LIFE SAVED. Salisbury, Md., wife of G. W. Fooks, Sheriff of Wicomico County, says: "I suffered with kidney complaint for eight years. I felt tired and weak, was short of breath and was troubled with bloating after eat- MRS. G. W. FOOKS, 01 ing, and my limbs were badly swollen. One doctor told me it would finally turn to Bright's disease. I was laid up at one time for three weeks. I had not taken Doan's Kidney Pills more than three days when the distressing aching across my back disappeared, together with the other symptoms." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Grant Wood See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION GENUINE MUST HAVE SIGNATURE. Price 25 LENTS. Purdly Vegetable. CURE SICK HEADACHE. 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. The senate was in session 25 minutes on the 27th and then adjourned until December 1. The house transacted no business of importance and also adjourned until December 1. The house and senate held short and unimportant sessions on the 1st and then adjourned until the 4th. The United States government has given diretions looking to the recognition of King Peter Karageorgevitch, of Servia. Mr. Jackson already has received his credentials as minister of the United States to Belgrade. The fact that Mr. Jackson also is minister to Greece and Roumania is said to account for the delay in establishing relations with Servia. Disturbances are reported in all the Russian provinces of Armenia. Conflicts are occurring everywhere between the people and troops or police. The chief cause is the decree issued by which the property of the Armenians was given to the government. The Independent Window Glass Co., one of the three leading glass manufacturers' association, has been dissolved. The glass in stock is being returned to the members who formerly owned it and most of them are preparing to enter the new combination now being formed. The United States supreme court has affirmed the constitutionality of the eight-hour law of the state of Kansas regulating labor on public works. The main building of the Jewell Lutheran College at Jewell Junction, Ia., was destroyed by fire. The body of Bert Melang, of Randall, Ia., was found in the ruins. Several students had narrow escapes. The loss on the building is estimated at $25,000; insurance $12,000. Nineteen lives were lost on the football field during the season of 1903. One boy was driven insane from injuries. Thirteen players were severely injured, some of them being disabled for life. The number of minor but painful accidents goes into the hundreds, and the list of the severely injured necessarily also is incomplete. The wages of about 32,000 cotton textile operatives were reduced on the 30th. This addition brings the total number in New England who have had their pay cut down this fall to about 64,000 and the cut which takes effect in New Bedford December 7 will swell the total to about 75,000. At Bridgeton, N. J., one man was killed and two others were so injured that there is very slight chance of their recovery by the blowing up of the separator bowl of an ice and milk plant. The dead man was Nelson Woodruff, who expired after the amputation of a leg. An effort is being made to organize the importers of the United States on a large scale, with the object of obtaining fair, prompt and impartial administration of the custom laws. A law department and a bureau of analysis will be established and a large force of clerks and experts employed. Augusta Siroux, a German servant girl employed by a retired merchant living in New York City, was burned to death within sight and almost within the reach of a Methodist church congregation attending service. Windows barred with wire netting prevented rescue by the worshippers, who were thrown into a panic by the horrifying sight. The entire plant of the Hancock Leather Co., at Amherst, Me., was destroyed by fire recently. The loss is $100,000. Under the will of William Wyman, the philanthropist, just probated at Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University will receive his estate, valued at over $500,000, upon the death of his daughter. During his life, Mr. Wyman made large gifts to the university. Since the 15th of September Butler, Pa., has had over 1,300 cases of typhoid fever and 15 deaths. The state board of health investigated the case and says the cause is the pollution of the water used in the greater part of the borough. The police officials of Philadelphia were notified recently by William Welsh Harrison that his country home at Glenside, Pa., was robbed of jewelry valued at $25,000. The thief is believed to be a man servant who had been employed by Mr. Harrison. The man disappeared and the loss of the jewelry was discovered a short time later. John L. Sullivan's famous $10,000 diamond belt has been sold at auction for $2,900. The belt was given Sullivan by the citizens of Boston July 4, 1887, and has been purchased by a Bowyer dealer. The belt was pawned about a year ago and was sold as an unredeemed pledge. The purchaser intends to use it for display purposes in a curiosity shop. At Indianapolis Warren Hart, an alleged safe-cracker, was shot while trying to escape from Detectives Asch and Manning, and died at a hospital. Both detectives fired at the man and it is not clear as to whose bullet hit Hart. The American Flint Glass Manufacturers' association has announced a reduction in prices to the trade from 18 to 14 cents per dozen on one-third pint bottles and from 21 to 16 cents on half pints. As the employees are working on a sliding scale, the reduction in prices will mean a cut of about $1 a day in the wages. About 1,000 men are affected. The tower of the German building at St. Louis will be equipped with cast steel bell chimes, consisting of three bells which have just been completed at Bochum and tested by Prof. Krause, the royal musical director, and found worthy of the great renown of German bell founders. Six persons were severely injured and scores of others thrown into a panic when an engine on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad crashed into a crowded electric car of the Chicago General Railroad Co. at Twenty-second street and Stewart avenue, Chicago. The engine struck the car near the front, turning it almost completely around and dragging it some distance. At Paterson, N. J., 300 puddlers in the employee of the Passaic Steel Co. have been discharged after deciding they would not be satisfied with a proposed reduction of 10 per cent. in wages, announced to take effect December 1. Rev. William Walker, of Christ Episcopal church, has been made a sort of assistant chief of police by Mayor Crolius, of Joliet, Ill., to enable him to conduct his anti-saloon campaign there. The mayor has sent a letter to Mr. Walker asking him to act as the representative of the mayor in investigating violations of law. Drastic provisions for the protection of life from the pistol of the bandit and holdup man have been submitted by Mayor Harrison to the city council of Chicago. The sale of firearms is to be regulated and the buyer must pay a license after giving satisfactory evidence that he ought to be allowed to possess any kind of firearms. A private car containing officials of the Philadelphia & Reading railway crashed into a gang of workmen at Gilberton, Pa., instantly killing John Zubricki and fatally injuring John Deyda and Michael Barna. Senor Riaz, the fanatic Filipino leader and so-called pope of the Tayabas, has been hanged. He was captured last May and was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Twenty-seven of his followers were sentenced at the same time to various terms of imprisonment. That a man who was never intoxicated, and whose only indulgence was a moderate drink of whiskey in the morning and another before retiring at night may die from alcoholism has been demonstrated by an autopsy made at Bellevue hospital, New York City, in the case of George Turner. Delegates of the Central Federated Union of New York City, representing more than 150,000 workers in the miscellaneous trades, have decided not to enter politics as a means to obtain legislation. Three lives were lost and one man was badly hurt by a collision between the tugs Idlewild and Hercules, off Ellis Island, in New York harbor. Hans Peterson, William Lasker and a man whose name has not been learned were drowned. At Richmond, Va., the Western Union telegraph messengers struck against a reduction of wages. The company is filling their places with negroes. The great natural gas main of the Manufacturers' Light and Heat Co., laid for the purpose of piping gas from the West Virginia fields to Pittsburg, has been put into service successfully. The main is 64 miles long, cost $3,000,000 and was laid in 160 days. Papers filed for new companies in the eastern states with a capital of $1,000,000 or over in November represented a total of only $56,100,000. This is the smallest aggregate for any month in a series of years, the nearest approach being $57,450,000 in August, 1901. Chief Henry J. Eaton, who has been at the head of the Hartford, Conn., fire department since 1868, has been formally retired. Chief Eaton is the oldest fire chief in the country in point of service. He first entered the department in April, 1851. Citizens of Cleveland through a delegation from the chamber of commerce of that city have formally presented a handsome bronze ship's bell to the new cruiser Cleveland. At Philadelphia the appeal of the United States Shipbuilding Co. against the decision of Judge Kirkpatrick appointing James Smith receiver of the corporation was decided against the company. The opinion was rendered by Circuit Court Judges Acheson, Dallas and Gray. At Central City, Ky., Mrs. W. P. Warren and her sister, Miss Morris, were burned to death by the overturning of a lamp which set fire to their clothing. Fire at New Orleans completely destroyed the plant of the National Biscuit Co. and damaged a number of surrounding warehouses. The loss to the biscuit company and surrounding property is between $200,000 and $225,000. Emperor William has withdrawn his offer of a cup for a trans-Atlantic yacht race in 1904, on account of his health, and has substituted for it the offer of a cup to be raced for in 1905. At Charlotte, N. C., the Charlotte Street Car Co. did not furnish heat for its cars and all motormen and conductors went on strike. The census bureau has issued a report on the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1903 up to and including Noevmber 14, showing total commercial bales of 7,070,437. Demanding shorter hours and a uniform schedule of pay, 100 cabmen employed by the Union Cab Co., of Boston, went on strike. Later other cab men belonging to the Cab Drivers' union also stopped work. Three hundred and fifty men struck at the Sunday Lake and Brotherton mines at Wakefield, Mich. The operators reduced wages on December 1, and now, in view of the strike, have closed down the mines for the winter. At Marquette, Mich., the Lake Shore engine works has reduced wages in all departments 10 per cent. At the shops of the South Shore road hours of labor have been cut to nine daily, with a proportional reduction in wages. Several hundred men are affected. Indications are that within a week or ten days nearly every industry in Braddock, Homestead, Pa., and the Turtle Creek valley will be working double time with a full complement of men. The 28-inch mill of the Homestead steel works has resumed after being shut down for several weeks. The miners at the coal workings in Spring Hill, N. S., are on strike over a disagreement with the management regarding the system of measuring the product. About 1,500 men, nearly all of whom are members of the union, are involved. Eight prisoners convicted of territorial offenses and sentenced to the Lansing, Kan., pen, sawed their way out of the county jail at Pawnee, Okla., and escaped At Hays City, Kan., Yost's mill and elevators, the postoffice and a block of business buildings were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated $200,000, with light insurance. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. In a collision between two northbound trains on the South Side elevated railroad at Chicago Harry Cottell, a motorman, was fatally hurt and several passengers seriously injured. The fog and frost on the rails were responsible for the accident. At almost the same moment several persons were injured in a collision between two Cottage Grove avenue cable trains. The Surer Way Have your cake, muffins, and tea biscuit homemade. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and economically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. CURIOUS FOOD COMPOUND. Old Bones, Alum, Flint and Sulphuric Acid for Raising Bread. Housekeepers have recently been solicited by some of the grocers and by peddlers to try another kind of baking powder—"cheaper and just as good," as they say. This is another scheme of some baking powder manufacturer to get a new brand on the market by offering the grocer a large profit. Housekeepers are not usually much benefited by such changes. Alum baking powders are generally low priced, but they are well known to be detrimental to health. Large quantities of one of them were recently seized in New York, being found to be largely composed of sharp-pointed grains of ground flint and sulphuric acid! Most of the so-called phosphate powders are mixed with alum. The manufacturer of a phosphate powder has patented the process of making the principal ingredient of his powder from bones digested with sulphuric acid. Housekeepers do not want such mixtures in their food. They should never encourage peddlers nor admit testers or alleged experimenters in food within their doors, and when buying baking powder should get a brand well known to be made of cream of tartar, which is a healthful product of the grape. CHICKEN LASSO. New Invention Being Tried in the Commission District of Cleveland, O., Meeting with Great Success. Chicken lassos are the latest. The inventor is a well-known man in the commission district, of Cleveland, O., and his device has become popular among the handlers of poultry in that locality. All dealers are supplied and farmers will be quick to adopt them. A chicken hunt is a daily occurrence in the commission district. It is a common sight to see a crowd of men and boys running down Broadway, over wagons, through yards and over fences, after cackling hens, turkeys or ducks. The race continues for blocks, and sometimes lasts for hours before the fugitives are caught. But the evil has been corrected, and it is now an easy thing to capture the fowls. The new invention is a stiff wire, ten or 12 feet long, with a long narrow hook about the size of a chicken's leg at the end. The operator stealthily approaches the fowl, hooks it by the leg, and draws it in as an angler would a fish, then it is carried back in triumph to its coop. Read Like a Miracle Friarspoint, Miss., Nov. 30.—The Butler case still continues to be the talk of the town. Mr. G. L. Butler, the father of the little boy, says:— "The doctor said my boy had disease of the spinal chord, and treated him for two months, during which he got worse all the time. Finally, the doctor told me he did not know what was the trouble. The boy would wake up during the night and say that he was dying. He would be nervous and trembling and would want to run from the house, saying he saw ugly things which frightened him. After we had tried everything else, I read an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for Nervous Troubles. I purchased some and used them until he had taken altogether eight boxes, when he was sound and well, with not a single symptom of the old trouble. This was some months ago, and I feel sure that he is permanently cured. We owe to Dodd's Kidney Pills all the credit for his restoration to good health." Why He Complained. pard? Dusty Dennis—No; I had on a paper undershirt. "What of dat?" "It was a comic paper, an' I was tickled." —Chicago Daily News. It all men were true, the world would soon be made new.—Ram's Horn. A fool's cap is more admired in society than a sage's mantle.—Town Topics. You cannot drive a tenpenny precept with a tackhammer practice.—Chicago Tribune. Idelness has no umbrella for a wet day, and no galoshes for the snow.—United Bresbyterian. He—"Could anything be smaller than her foot?" She—"Yes; her shoe." — St. Paul Pioneer Press. Envy not the freedom of the dove; for one canary in a cage were worth ten pigeons in a pie.—N. Y. Times. When you hear a man bragging that he has never made a fool of himself, you can set it down that he has been a fool all the time.—Philadelphia Press. Anybody can write a book, just as anybody, can write a check. The difficulty lies in writing a book or a check that will be honored.—N. O. Times-Democrat. Section Boss—“What is all that arguing down the road?” Foreman—“Why, the man operating the steam roller insists that we shall call him a chauffeur.”—Philadelphia Record. Husband—“What does it matter how plain your clothes are? Beauty, you know, is only skin deep, and—” “Wife—“And I really would like to make mine sealskin deep just for once.”—Philadelphia Press. "Smithers doesn't seem to be enjoying that cigar you gave him just now. Look at the face he makes when he smokes it!" "I don't blame him. It is the cigar he gave me yesterday."—Cincinnati Times-Star. 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Miss Murlel Armitage, 36 Greenwood Ave., Detroit, Mich., District Organizer of the Royal Templars of Temperance, in a recent letter, says: "I think that a woman naturally shrinks from making her troubles public, but restored health has meant so much to me that I feel for the sake of other suffering women it is my duty to tell what Peruna has done for me. "I suffered for five years with uterine irregularities, which brought on hysteria and made me a physical wreck. I tried doctors from the different schools of medicine, but without any perceptible change in my condition. In my despair I called on an old nurse, who advised me to, try Peruna, and promised good results if I would persist and take it regularly. I thought this was the least I could do, and procured a bottle. I knew as soon as I began taking it that it was affecting me differently from anything I had used before, and so I kept on taking it. 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