The Gazette

Pe Re ect THE GAZETTE. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. i * @uapvanca) 5 WONG Wear 0.05. ee eee ee ceee ceeene ones os OL BO BR MONK. co. iesseie ystises caiec ese veeeee 100 ‘Three Months...i.. 0.6. cece eee Subscribers are requested to remit by post- ‘@Mce money order or registered letter. Entered at the post office ta Cleveland, Ohio, (es avoond-class matter. A)l communications should be addressed: ‘ HARRY C SMITH, Editor and Proprietor Tax Gazerre, e Blackstone Butlding, Cleveland. Ohio | 1894 to 1896. t Member Ohio Lecistaure4 1896 to 1808. 1900 to 1902. Pc) CEES TRADE (015, <) COUNCILS NEE | GLEVELAND, SATURDAY. DEC. 19. 1903 ee GAZETTE is the oldest, and the largest bona fide circulation, \double that of any newspaper in the ‘interest of Afro-Americans, published jae, state of Ohio, and comparison " any will immediately establish fits rank as one of the NEWSIEST \AND BEST in the country. —_—_—_—_—_—— } The refusal of the trustees of Dur- tham college, North Carolina, by a lvote of 18 to 7, to accept the resigna- ‘tion of Prof. John Spencer Bassett, is a very hopeful and encouraging ‘sign. Many prominent men and news- {papers of that state, and indeed the ‘south, demanded that he resign be- ‘cause of an article in a magazine in which he expressed sentiments. too Keversble tacee people to suit their ideas. He did so with the very satis- Mfactory result noted above. What Pity the trustees of that Georgia college did not have sufficient cour. ‘age to treat in a like manner the resignation of Prof. Sledd! b Elsewhere in this paper, in a com- munication from Little Rock, Ark. ee be noted the manly stand of Rev. . LeRoy Ferguson and his eongre- lgation, against further personal ser- ice at the hands of their bishop, one ‘m. M. Brown, of the Episcopal ureh, Who, although a northerner lof short residence in the south, talk- fed so glibly to the local daily press fhile in this city a few months ago, Feninng lynching at least in part, it his interviews amount practical- byte an assault upon the race. Rev. mguson and his congregation are to complimented in the strongest ossible terms and thus encouraged maintain the splendid \stand they thave taken. Bishop Brown clearly imeeds to be taught the lesson, for he lseems to be “out-Heroding Herod,” (that is, goes further in publicly Pleading “extenuating —_circum- istances” in the ease of lynchings than ido southern Episcopal bishops. ee b HANNA STILL THEIR IDOL, , ‘That alleged republican, 2 member ‘of the national committee from North Carolina, who left a banquet ‘hall in Washington, ». C., last Satur- ‘day night because another member ‘of that committee, an Afro-American, ‘was present, “made a play to the southern gallery,” that seems to have fallen so flat that even the NorthCaro- lina ass that made the blunder, must know it by this time. What consum- mate fools color and race prejudice has made of many southerners, and some northerners too, since Theodore Roosevelt became president. And how he has turned the tide that Me- Kinley und Hanna had running so rapidly against us! Simply wonder- ful! With the aid of obsequious office-holding Negroes and a, few others, these two individuals “were salving our people ‘to death,” while they were building up in the south “liiy-whiteism,” democracy, “Jim row” cars, disfranchisement, lynch- ing and various other vital thrusts, We know who is responsible for the downfall of nations! committeemen “of color, N. Wright Cuney of Texas, James Hil} of Mississippi, and Perry Carson of the District of Columbia, ‘and who would’ have had National Committeeman Lyons’ sealp but for Colonel Pledger, also of Georgia, who _was too wise to be used for the pur- pose of getting rid of the last Afro- American member of the national re- publican committee, We have not forgotten many other things that were done at the St. Louis and Phila- delphia national republican conven- tions and never published. This little banquet episode of last Saturday night will not cost Hanna a single “Rily-white” friend (as stated in the @aily press) because they know too well that Lyons is not a member of the committee because Hanna wanted him, or that he (Hanna) would have it so could it be changed. They re- member the elimination of those re- ferred to above; the ineffectual ef- fort to get rid of Lyons; Hanna's successful move to keep out of the committee an Afro-American (Chair- man Deas of South Carolina’s' state committee), by the appointment cf “g democrat (John G. Capers) to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Webster; and the retention ‘of Capers as a member of the nation- ‘al committee by Chairman Hanna, in spite of the fact that for several “years South Carolina's state commit- tee stood ready, willing, yea anxious, to ELECT a REPUBLICAN to repre- sent them, Do not be misled! Han- ‘pa will continue the idol of the “lily- white” republicans of the south. AGAIN HE PROVES THE INTEG- RITY OF HIS MANHOOD. President Roosevelt has again given proof of the metal of which he is made. He mingles not in the midst ‘ef the storm but rises above it. With eonsummate ability, he came back ‘gt Senator Gormau in a manner that fe pitifully humiliating to the great . Had the senator from held his peace, he might ve been saved the disgrace which t ‘been brought upon him. The Dp Enquirer commends Presi- . Roosevelt as the unshaken and a friend of the Negro. The Enquirer, however, might with equa grace have said, that the president stands the unshaken and immovable friend of equal justice to all men. Ii it be that the president is the un- compromising friend of the Negro. regardless 6f the claims of all men and races, the statement simply sig- nifies nothing. But to acknowledge that he is the friend of the Negro, means a good deal more than what may be conceded. The very fact that ke is a friend of the blacks should be readilyadmitted that he is a fair deal- ‘ing man. No man is honest and just ‘that feels no concern for the poor and the oppressed of our land and he who is not, deserves very justly to be called in question as to his public duties. Any public funetionary can afford to be just and fair dealing in his relations to the white people of America, It is no’ more than what is to be expected. But when a strong man rises before the people and con- fronts public issues with an avowed determination to do his duty as he sees it? it is then that such a man encompasses his full obligation-to his country and his fellow citizens and declares for complete justice to the humblest as well as the greatest. The Enquirer cannot by innucndo di- rectly or indirectly slur the presi. dent on account of the boldness of his position. Other presidents whe have ignored the claims of justice so far as it concerns the Afro-Ameri- can, have been criminally negligent of duty. But when brave men like Lincoln, Grant, and Roosevelt, assert the courage of their convictions, they have at once rendered a service for which unborn generations shall rise up and call them blessed. We want no halfbacks in this trying crisis o! our country, The times deman¢ brave and valiant men who are no’ | afraid to do their duty as they se it. Unfortunately the press and th pulpit are sorely contaminated witl the truckling spirit of cant, equivo cation and fawnirlg. Our courts to day are damning the nation with thé | spirit of moral duplicity and trade |The supreme court of this republi is to all intents and purposes com | mitted to the blind feeling of cast and barter. The shame is that ¢ body so exalted and time-honored ha: | not been long since spurned and re '|nounced as a court of needless ser vice. The wonder is that some Crom well has not risen from among th people and asserted the intent an authority of the government. Th | president has declared for the right! | of the people; and he does it in Jananner that is unmistakably appro | priate to the truth and meaning o | the fundamental law. This court ha '| been told not for the first time tha |it is the conservative department ‘o the government, that if it keeps no '| constant vigil over the other depart '| ments, they will, as would the plan |ets without the law of gravitation || rush into hopeless and headlong ruin A great president has expressed th purpose and decision of his heart t enforce and carry out the obligation: of his office. It is our duty to ad '|monish and. warn, whether court will give ear or men will heed the ad | monition or not, and the time is a hand when a prophet in Israel mus | say to the king, “Thou art the man.’ At a time most needed, the presiden has spoken and he has done so in thi face of the appalling fact that th fate of free government is again be ing determined. The language of th man is portentious and mighty it significance, when looking far dow: the coming centuries, he said: “I can not turn my back upon the principle: of human liberty, and I would be in capable of doing it and unfit to bi president, if I could be capable of it I cannot expect to be re-elected by the corporation promoters, who ar fighting for special privileges, nor by the radical labor union men, wh would shut out all other men fron an opportunity to work, nor by thos who would close the door of hope against the colored man as a citizen.’ In these magnificent utterances, ht records himself as the friend of frec government, the friend of all ou citizens, despite the opposition of corrupt court and a venal press. MORE ABOUT THE CONVENTION The Sunday School and Woman’s Mite Missionary Convention—A Mar- rlage--Personal and Other Items. Cadiz, O.—The recent Sunday school and W. M. M. convention (men- tioned in our last issue), Mrs. L. C. Alston of Steubenville, president, and ‘Miss Viola Carter of Smithfield, sec- retary; was attended by delegates from Bellaire, Martins Ferry, St. Clairsville, Smithfield, Flushing, Mt. Pleasant, McIntyre, East _Liver- pool and Steubenville. Addresses were made by Rev. H. F. Fox, Prof. R. T. Ballard, B. FP. Lee and Miss Laura White, with responses by Mrs. M, Singleton of Bellaire, W. H. Scipio of Martins Ferry, and Mrs. Rosa Johnson of Cleveland. Papers were read by Miss Sadie Mercer of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. George Veney of Smithfield, Mrs. S. J. Preston of Bel- laire and others. Rev. W. H. Lucas preached the annual sermon. It was instructive and aoul-stirring. Mrs. Johnson organized a Junior Mission- ary society and preached to a large atidicace. Miss Dora Stewart, Miss Della Guyder, Mr. Edward Bigsby and Miss Ella Cochran were prominent in the convention. Mrs. L. C. Alston was given a wote of thanks for the effi- cient way she has increased the in- terest and membership daring’ the two years of her incumbency. The convention adjourned to meet at Bel- laire in May.—Messrs. J. W. Johnson and Theodore Mason attended the funeral of Mr. Charles Brown of Steubenville—Mrs. Annie Ballard is resovering from a serious 1llness.—A large number from here attended the marriage of Mr. Grant Christian and ‘Miss Maude West at Scio. Rev. Fox performed the ceremony.—Rumors say another popular young lady will soon marry a McIntyre gentleman.— Mrs. S. 5. Preston and Miss Ella Cochran of Bellaire, were guests of Mrs. W. L. Johnson.—Mrs. H. F. Fox entertained in honor of Mesdames Rosa Johnson, Mary A. Singleton and Loo. peas recently.—Mrs. Eva fitrothers and Mrs. Henrietta Smith were elected president and secretary, yespectively, of the W. C. T. U, re: cently nized.—A large crowd from, Flashing. attended the conven- tion,—Miss Lou Grandison of Martins Ferry, was the guest of Mrs. W. A. Mason, 2 > QATETTR 1 7 se y 7 WW x ‘HE GAZETTE, GLEVELAND, 0.,/ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1903. ma RR equa NY 0 Sanguinary conflicts between Per- ‘ tia BRI; eas | SHORT NEWS NOTES | acns'nt'tircomans are reported to | POSTAL SCANDALS. able paneer: Fate bare ae on the Bienes Lereie See Peete rontier. ‘The trouble arose from a Po They Come From Many Parts | the establishment of Persian custom | Conrad and Bonaparte Report re e un Vorld. houses. Fights between custom offi- 7. ch’s Charge ee ry ‘egro, of the World cers and Turcomans followed and re- on Tulloch’s Charges. General Brist me Srna 2 3 sulted in killings on both sides. aT terday with | y sig- | Information of Recont Date Collectea \ census of church attendance in | Meplorable Abuses Said to Have Exe | hibits, which ledge in Various Ways and Condensed the borough of Manhattan has just isted in the Washington Office— | the pending | i for the Convenience of been completed which shows that Officials to Binme—Perry 8. port reveals : what Our Busy Readers, about one-quarter of the population Heath and G.W. Beavers out by the n hat — attends divine worship. The count Held Responsible. jand not _emb aa CONGRESSIONAL. covered the four Sundave beginning aaah: | stract made SO te ee eee Re an i eet se E was transacted. A resolution was) adopted by the house authorizing the judiciary ‘committee to inquire into the official conduct of Charles Swayne, judge of the United States district court for the northern dis- trict of Florida. The senate on the 11th spent the day in debate of the Cuban reciproc- ity bill. The house considered the pension appropriation bill, but under the wide range allowed for debate a number of political speeches were made. ' The senate spent more than five) hours on the 12th in discussing the Cuban reciprocity bill. Mr. Foster, of Louisiana, led the diseussion and oc- ‘cupied the greater part of the day with an argument in opposition to the measure. The house was not in session. On the 14th the senate devoted its session to debate of the Cuban reci- procity bill. The house spent the day in consideration of the pension ap- propriation bill. i The Cuban reciprocity bill was again the subject of debate in the senate on the 15th, The house con- sidered the pension appropriation bill. The failure of the Gross & Strauss Co., of Boston, dealers in ladies’ gar- ments and furnishings, is announced. ‘The liabilities are estimated at $150,- 000. A merger of the electric lighting and power plants in the coke regions, and the Pittsburg, McKeesport & Connellsville railway system has been effected and an’ application for a charter for the combined interests will be made at Harrisburg December 31. It is said the capitalization will be considerably over $5,000,000. A reductiqn in wages averaging 10 per cent. and involving’ 6,000 opera- tives was made recently in the cotton mills at Adams and North Adams, Mass., and Norwich, Conn. The mills reducing are the last of those in southern New England, western Massachusetts and scattering towns elsewhere, to adopt a lower schedule, following the lead of the Fall River mills in November, and in all about 88,000 hands have had their pay re- duced, ‘The Carnegie Steel Co. is taking ad- vantage of the iron market to take its big blast furnaces out of blast in Braddock, Rankin and Duquesne, Pa., for the purpose of rebuilding and re- pairing. Some of the stacks have been in continuous operation from three and a half to six years. Five masked desperadoes appeared in Pavonia, N. J., about midnight and after holding up a bridgéetender and a watchman blew open the safe in the safe in the Dea cas Wvekin railroad station, escaping after |a running duel with two policemen. The sta- tion was wrecked ky the force of the dynamite explosion. The robbers se- cured about $10 from the safe. ‘Miss Helen Gould has notified her friends among the board of lady man- agers of the world’s fair that under no circumstances could she consider the acceptance of the position of president to succeed Mrs. James L. Blair. Dispatches from Indo-China report the massing of French troops on the Siamese border, in anticipation of war. The officials of Indo-China are quoted as saying that the occupation of a large slice of Siam has been de- cided upon. At Trenton, N. J., James M. Edge, the defaulting Paterson bank teller, pleaded guilty in the United States district court and will be sentenced next Monday. Edge was recently ar- rested after an absence from Pater- son of nearly a year. His peculations amounted to nearly $100,000. Contrary to expectation, Mrs. J. Edgar Thomson, widow of a former president of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Co., who died last month in Philadelphia, did not add her estate, estimated at about $2,500,000, to that of her husband, whose will provided for the establishment of an_ or- phanage for daughters of railroad employers. Mrs. Thomson’s will de- vises her estate to her sister. The joint army and navy board which Tecently visited the United States naval stations at Guantanamo and Bahia Honda, Cuba, has reported that it will be at least a year before either of these stations will be ready for a coast artillery force. In view of this report the war department has determined to withdraw the ar- tillery companies now at Havana and Santiago and keep them in the United States until such time as they are needed at the naval stations. President Harriman, of the South- ern Pacifie railroad, has been inform- ed by detectives in charge of the case that William R. Vice, defaulting passenger agent in San Francisco of the Union Pacific road, has been lo: cated in Honduras. As there is no extradition treaty with that country he is free from arrest. The comptroller of the corrency has authorized the Federal national bank of Pittsburg, which closed its doors October 31, 1903, to resume ‘Nusiness. The grand jury now in session at Kansas City, Kan., investigating charges of alleged boodling, is said to have evidence that at least four city councilmen received checks from certain brick companies to’ influence the giving of paving contracts. These checks are alleged to be in the hands of the jury. ‘The summary of the domestic ex- ports for November shows an in- crease over November of last year of $34,787,238, owing to the unprece- dented value of the cotton . exports, which reached nearly $68,000,000, the largest figure for any month in the history of the country. The supreme court of Kansas has upheld the 30-day jail sentence im- posed by the Shawnee county dis- trict court upon Blanche Boise, a dis- | ciple of Carrie Nation, for smashing the plate glass fronts of seven. ‘To- poss joints a year ago, and Miss ise must go to jail. Investigation by the government officers show that a reign of terror —— — ee, eee acts Re ete eat Ste A census of church attendance in the borough of Manhattan has just been completed which shows that about one-quarter of the population attends divine worship. The count covered the four Sundays beginning November 15 and ending December 6. The Pennsylvania rolling mi'ls, of Lancaster, Pa., employing 400 hands, have closed down indefinitely. Mrs, J. Messersmith, her daughter and Frank Smith, a clers, were burn- ed to death in a fire which destroyed the meat market and residence and the dry goods ‘store of J. Simon at Braidwood, ti, The locomotive of the Burlington road's Chiecago-Denver limited train, jumped the track near Malvern, Ia., and Engineer Knox, a veteran em- ploye, was killed. His fireman es- caped with a few bruises and the pas- sengers were similarly fortunate, al- though severely shaken. The republican senators in caucus have decided upon Rev. Edward Ever- ett Hale, of Boston, for chaplain of the United States senate, beginning January 1. He is a Congregationalist and is now $3 years old. James A. Williams, appointed by Goy. Garvin, superintendent of the investigation into the bribery and corruption alleged to flourish in Rhode Island, has submitted a re- port to the governor, The report is a voluminous one, but fails to point out any particular instance of | ille- gality. As an outcome of several explo- sions of dynamite in buildings being constructed in various sections of New York City, every large structure being erected is now under guard of police and private detectives. No great damage has been done by the explosions already reported. ‘Two men were found dead in a fur- nished room house at New York City, death being due to drinking wood alcohol. A third man is in the hospital dying and a fourth member of the party, erazed by the drink, disappeared. The four men had been drinking heavily for several days, their beverage being.a mixture of wood aleohol and cheap whisky. All Chicago city hall employes whose work brings them into ¢antact with the public will be requiréd to weara badge. An ordinance making the enforcement of this requirement imperative on the heads ofall depart- ments has been adopted by the city council. .The object of the ordinance is to prevent irregularities among employes who hope to escape pun- ishment because of the difficulty heretofore in establishing the iden- tity of offenders. Will Rannack, a young,corn husker, husked 209 bushels in less than ten hours on the farm of Albert Jobn- son, near Shenandoah, Ia. on a wager of $100 against $75 that he could husk 200 bushels in ten hours, Viola Sands Hazard, thought to be the oldest, woman in Rhode Island, 4s dead at her home in Wakefield at the age of 10] years, She’ waa known. as | the only descendant of the sole sur- vivor of the ship Palatine, which was wrecked | at Block iene in the cighicenth century and ‘which became celebrated as the “phantom ship,” in Whittier’s poem. William H, Ennis, a former Brook- lyn policeman, convicted of having murdered his ‘wife, was put to death recently in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison, The murder occurred January 14, 1902, at the home of Mrs. | Ennis’ mother in Canarsie. In the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, Morgan Josephs, formerly a fireman in the United States navy, has filed a suit against Commander Joseph Edgar Craig, U. S. N., in which he asks damages in the sum of $25,000 for what he de- seribes as the “cruel, unwarranted and malicious treatment” he received at the hands of Commander Craig, ies is now at the Norfolk navy yard, The grand jury at Peoria, TIL, has ignored charges aginst the Big Four |trainmen whom the coroner's jury held for the Tremont wreck. Both men have been released, | The Bank of Quimby, Ja., has been _ robbed of $3,000. ‘The eracksmen es- caped. ‘The Wilkesbarre & Wyoming Valley ‘Traction Co. has increased the wages of its employes five cents a day and the men will not strike. The em: ployes demanded an inerease of 25 cents a day, but decided to compro- mise. | A two weeks’ shutdown has been ordered of 60 box board plants in: cluded in the combination which re- jcently formed the Paper Products Co, as a selling corporation, because [ot an overproduction throughout the | United States, | he Louisiana supreme court has '|given damages in the sum of $5,000 each to Peter Warner, Reuben Brown ‘|and Edward Warner, against 30 citi- ‘|zens of Dodson, Winn parish, who | had whitecapped them in an effort to '|'secure information as to the author of several incendiary fires. ‘| ‘Master plumbers of Pittsburg and vicinity have decided that the work jon the different large buildings, which has been suspended for 11 '|weeks on account of the strike of || journeymen plumbers, shall be taken '|up at once and pushed to completion. Thirty-six master plumbers _ have volunteered and the work will be [rushed night and day until the build- ‘\ings have been finished. || “Nearly 4,000 persons will be idle in {the Haledon district of Paterson, N. |J., for several days beeause of ‘the | bursting of a small dam which let |loose the waters of a pond and flood- {ed an area of 30 acres occupied by the large factories. The flood _im- {mediately subsided, but the machin- jery was coated with ice, making © eration of the mills igneis® sf | Two men lost their lives, one was {fatally hurt and several others were {more or less severely injured in a col- jlision of two sections of a freight \ 141 ‘7 POSTAL SCANDALS. Conrad and Bonaparte Report on Tulloch’s Charges. Deplorable Abuses Said to Have Exe isted in the Washington Office— Officials to Biame—Perry 8. Heath and G.W. Beavers Meld Besponsible. Washington, Dee. 17.—The | report of Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte on the charges made by S, W. Tulloch, formerly cashier of the Washington city postoffice, against the adminis- tration of this office, was made public _ yesterday. ‘The summary and conclusions of the report are as ‘follows: LAs a result of our inquiry in the “Tulloch charges” and of the consid- erations Pereinbefore set forth, we have the honor to report that, in our judgment— First—The discussion of the “Tul- loch charges” has revealed the exist- ence of deplorable and gravely dis- creditable abuses during the years | 1898, 1899 and 1900 in the Washington | postoffice and the office of the first assistant postmaster general. | | _ Second—These abuses involved con- | auct on the part of various public | officials which was certainly often illegal and may have been some times criminal, but suen offenses, if “committed, were in all eases com- | mitted more than three years before we were ordered to investigate the “charges” and, so far as we are clear- ly informed more than three years before Mr. Tulloch's interview of May 1 last. Third—The evidence laid before us suggests the possibility and even probability, but does not prove that abuses may have continued both in (the department and in the postoffice | subsequently to the early summer of | 1900, when we lose sight of them, and |thint in connection therewith crimi- nal acts may have been committed within the period of limitations. | Fourth—The report of Inspector Crowell jand the facts relating to the |claim off George W. Beavers, indicate the poskibility that similar condi- |tions mhy have existed both: within |and beypnd the period of limitations in the Kew York postoftice. | Fifth+The persons primarily re- |sponsible for the above mentioned | abuses qnd the resulting seandals ap- | pear tol have beer Perry S. Heath, jthen firkt assistant postmaster gen- eral, and George W. Beavers, then |chie? of the salaries and allowance | division, neither of whom is now in | the serjice of the United States. | Sixth-LCharles Emory Smith, late | postmaster general; James P. Willet, |late postmaster of Washington, now |deceased; John A. Merritt, his suc- cessor in the said office and its pres- jent incumbent; Robert J. Tracewell, lcomptroller, and Henry A. Castle, | auditor for the postoffice department, |all appear to have shared, in some | measure, the responsibility of the late postmaster general for his seem- ing failure, notwithstanding repeat- ed warnings, to appreciate the grav- ity of their misconduct and the neces- sity for its prompt punishment. Seventh—The employment of sub- ordinates in postoffices about to be- come-classified for the purpose of thus securing their admission with- out examination into the classified service was a practice in frauden legis and officials guilty of it there- by established their own unfitness for public employment. Fighth—The employment of s0- called “laborers” to do “classified” work was clearly illegal and, under the express directions of the etvil service rules, to be punished by dis- missal from office. Ninth—An agreement ty any pub- lie officer with any person, whether in or out of the public service at the time, that the latter shall receive the emoluments of public employment under pretence of being employed without rendering any service to the government, constitutes a conspiracy to defraud the United States. We very respectfully recommend: First—That a thorough investiga- tion be ordered if it has not been al- ready ordered of the administration of the Washington postoffice, of the administration of the New York post: office and of the administration of the office of the first assistant post- master general within the past three years. Second—That a carefully chosen, small commission be appointed by the president to report a plan whereby the work of the offices of the comp- troller and of the several auditors may be removed from all political, personal, or other extraneous influ- | ances. ic Big Steel Piant Shuts Down. Pittsburg, Dec. 17—The — entire plan of the Edgar Thomson _ steel works of the Carnegie Steel Co. at Braddock, with the exception of the furnace and foundry departments, shut down yesterday for an indefinite period. All of the skilled men of the plant, over 3,000 in number, will be rendered idle. This is the first sus- pension for several years and will be utilized for the making of repairs and Seer pia | Cape Haytien, Dec. 17.—Heavy fighting in which the revolutionists ‘were repulsed has been going on at ‘Santiago for the last two days, ac- cording to a dispatch received here. ‘The government has advised all fami- lies to leave the city. Must Not Strike in Sympathy. Philadelphia, Dec. 17.—At a special meeting here yesterday of the vari- ous employers associations in the building trades in this city the reso- lution recently adopted by the advis- ory board of the master builders’ ex- change, opposing sympathetic strikes, was indorsed. This resolution states that after January 1 “no workman should be employed on any of our buildings in Philadelphia unless he is willing to agree not to engage in any sympathetic strikes and to ar. bitrate any differences that may arise, work to continue meanwhile.” Made a New Record. Erie, Pa., Dec. 17.—In @ match bowling contest last night the Blue Ribbon team, of the Central City league, established a world’s record for a five-man team, scoring a tota} of 1,164, pins. The former record was 1,152 pins. H. C. Stahlbordt made 11 of 37 strikes in a game marked by but two errors. ‘Wit Pay 87,210,000 for Friars? Land Manila, Dec. 17.—An agreement has been reached between Gen. Taft and the friars by which the United States will acquire the friar lands for the euni of $7,210,000 gold. BRISTOW AGAIN. His Complete Report Adds Some to the Story of the Postal Frauds. the Story of the Postal Frauds. Washington, Dec. 17.—The full re- port of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow was made public yes- terday with the exception of the ex- hibits, which are withheld because of ‘the pending criminal cases. The re- ‘port reveals many new facts brought ‘out by the months of investigation ‘and not embodied in the official ab- 'stract made public a fortnight ago. ‘These are mostly in the way of im- portant supplementary information regarding the alleged connection of executive officers of the department ‘with fraudulent contracts for sup- plies, alleged efforts to promote min- ing stock among postoffice depart- ment employes, irregularities in out- side postoffices, ete. Regarding the sale of promotions in New York City and Jersey /City, the report mentions Bayonne, N. J. as involved and says that Otto F. Weis, the registry clerk at New York, now dismissed and an intimate friend of Beavers, says he collected from $8,000 to $10,000 for the “legislative fund” for the clerks. Weis’ bank ac- ‘count where these funds were de- posited aggregated $19,154, and Mr. Bristow expresses the opinion that this represents the amount of Weis’ collections. Weis stated that he used about $3,000 of this money for ex- penses, and that the balance, $6,000 or $7,000, he paid to Benjamin Park- hurst, “an intimate friend of Beavers, and superintendent of a postofiice station in this city, but removed last | April.” | The report cites increased amounts for leases of postoffices against the “recommendations of inspectors, and quotes Section 3737 of the revised ‘statutes inhibiting contracts with congressmen and says that Beavers nevertheless made contracts with members of congress for the rental of premises, either in their own names, the name of the agents, or some member of the family. Mr. Bristow says: \ “A careful investigation, however, does not show that the government has been defrauded by the payment of excessive rentals to members of congress, either directly or indirect- ly. I recommend, however, that all leases where a member of congress is a party be cancelled.” TO WATCH COLOMBIANS. A Company of Marines Have Been Landed trom the Crutser Prairie at Colon — They Wil Camp Near Tutra aoe inal Colon, Dee. 15.—A company of marines from the United States cruiser Prairie was landed here Mon- day morning under the command of Capt, Smedley D. Butler and immedi- ately started by train for Panama. The destination of the marines is said to be Yaviza, up the San Miguel gulf and Tuira river. It is believed that the decision of the naval authorities to station marines there may be owing to the reports that Colombian troops have been seen in that direction, but up to the present time there is no reason to believe that any large force is un- der orders to march on Panama from Canea, The opinion seems to prevail that the few Colombian soldiers seen were probably scouts who were endeavor- ing to learn what preventive and pro- tective measures were being taken by the republic of Panama, and that it was their presence which gave rise to the exaggerated rumors of a speedy attack by Colombia on the isthmus. It is more likely that the move- ment to Yaviza is in conformity with the policy of the naval authorities to concentrate forces at points which offer the best facilities for getting information of any movement by Co lombian troops toward Panama and at the same time of affording the marines some relief from their con: finement on the ships, The marines carried with them all requisities for camp life and also a number of ma: ‘echtices “hiniie LABOR PARTY WON. An Election in Australia in Which aoe acsccaeGer ATACHI ANGERS Melbourne, Victoria, Dee. 17.—The first of the commonwealth genera: elections at which women exercise¢ the right of suffrage was held Wed: nesday, with the result that all politi cal calculations were upset. The struggle was chiefly over the fisea question, The government party fa vored protection and the opposition supported free trade, and the third in importance, the labor party agreed to sink the question of fiscal differences with a view to securing the balance of power, which they vir tually held in the last parliament. The women voters were excellent ly organized and cast a heavy ballot almost exclusively in support of the labor ticket, the result being that the labor party won many | seats mainly from the protectionists, ix districts where the three parties con tested. | ‘The feature of the results is thé remarkable success of the labor voté in Victoria, where at the last elec tions the laborites were badly beaten. Colorado Miners’ Strike. Telluride, Col, Dec. 15.—The Miners’ union has yoted to continue the strike in this region until a set- tlement on an eight-hour day basis is reached with mine and mill mana. gers. Managers say they will not ree- ognize the union or grant its de POAT Ge ae i Found Dynamite. New York, Dec. 15:—Two one- pound sticks of dynamite with ful- minating caps and fuses attached were found Monday by laborers in the Acker, Merrill & Condit building in process of construction at Forty- third street and Broadway. Mys: terious explosions occurred Sunday morning in this building and_ the Broadway tabernacle, Forty-third street and Broadway, the contractors on which have been employing mem: bers of the new Housesmiths’ union, formed some time ago in opposition to the union of which Sam Parks was walking delegate. Te Charzed with Bate Catting. Buffalo, N. Y., Dee. 15,—E. E. Mac: Leod, chairman of the Western Pas senger association, is reported as ac cusing the Clover Leaf of question able dealings with its western con nections. 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When you find a cough holding on—when everything else has failed—try Shiloh's Consumption Cure The Lung Tonic It is guaranteed to cure. If it doesn't, we'll refund your money. Prices: S. C. WELLS & Co. 4 25c. 50c. $1. LeRoy, N.Y., Toronto, Can. POETER 10 CENTS. EMERSON'S BROMO-SELTZER 10 CENTS. CURES ALL HEADACHES. WHEN PAIN AND ANGUISH WRING THE BROW, A MINSTERING ANGEL THOU: BROMO- SELTZER 10¢ SOLD EVERYWHERE. PATENTS 48-page book FREE, highest references. FITZGERALD & CO., Box K, Washington, D. C. THIS ELEGANT SOLID GOLD SEED send Stainless and Presence enclosure for Pollen STRATFORD PEN CO., STRATFORD THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1903. High Salaried Jockies. The star jockeys of the period all command incomes on a level with bank and railroad presidents and the most eminent men of the professions. Arthur Redfern is paid $10,000 a year by W. C. Whitney and earns as much more from others. Capt. S. S. Brown, of Pittsburg, pays $15,000 a year to George Odom, who is believed to receive as much more for his services to others. "Pittsburg Phil" paid Willie Shaw a $15,000 fee for the season. Well Remembered. Valley City, N. Dak. Dec. 14.-Two years ago Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of this place suffered a great deal with a dizziness in her head. She was cured of this by a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and has not been troubled since. Shortly afterwards she had a bad bilious attack and for this she used Diamond Dinner Pills and was completely cured in a short time. In January, 1903, she had an attack of Sciatica of which she says: "I was almost helpless with the Sciatica, but remembering what Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills had done for me before, I commenced a treatment of these medicines and in three weeks I was completely restored to health. I have great faith in these medicines for they have been of so much benefit to me." Dodd's Kidney Pills are very popular in Barnes County, having made a great many splendid cures of Sciatica, Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles. Many families use no other medicine. Grateful Woman. After expressing her gratitude to all who "administered to my dear husband in his fatal sickness" a Leavenworth women adds, in her card of thanks: "And especially the accident insurance agent, Mr. Fairlock, who assures me that congestion of the stomach comes under the head of accidents."—Kansas City Star. ON THE "DUDE" TRAIN. Johnny Drummer, Who Is Side Tracked to let the Limited go by, expresses his sentiments regarding that Superb Train. "It has been my dream of joy supreme To ride in plush and velvet spendor Parlor car for a swell tailender Platform fenced with a swell brass fender On the Regular Limited Train Electric bell right under your nose Porter to come and brush your clothes Grub in the diner the best that grows A downy bunk for a night's repose On the Regular Limited Train Biff! Bang! a mile a minute No other method of travel is in it I want to go ripping, skipping and zipping Away on the Limited Train." These lines are not original with me. They are taken from a tuneful little ditty song in George Ade's comedy "Peggy from Paris." The jingle danced through my brain the other day as we lay on the siding at Prairie Junction, or some such place, to let the Santa Fe's west bound California Limited go by. It was a gorgeous train of palace cars, and behind the plate glass observation windows beauty and fashion and youth and old age were lolling among the luxuriant cushions, some visiting, some reading, some pleasantly dozing, some making wreaths of cigar smoke, some gazing dreamily through the windows at the passing cities, and fields, and forests and rivers. I stood on the rear platform of the last car of our train and watched the California Limited as she faded away toward the golden west. And I thought of the difference between travel now and travel in the days of '49, when it took the gold-seeker half a long, weary year, filled with all kinds of hardships, to travel the distance that is now covered in three days. I thought of the slowly moving wagons, the dust, the stones, the jolting, the thrist, the hunger, the homesickness, the snail-like crossing of plains, the laborious climbing of mountains, the weary dragging weeks, the never ending trail. In these palaces that had just glided by were people going to the same place to spend the winter months where the climate is perpetual summer. And they were not to endure a single hardship on the journey. When night came they were to lie in beds whose soft embrace makes sleep a luxury—and in the day time the velvet cushions of their seats were to be made deeper still by pillows—and thy were to spend a delightful part of their time in the gilded and glittering dining car, where every dainty that ever tickled the palate is enticingly served—in short, they were to have on the trip all the comforts of home—and of the best kind of home. I stood there and watched them pass out of sight while my soul was consumed with envy. But I derived some consolation out of resolving that sometime I, too, would see California, and I promised myself that if I ever did go there it would be over the Santa Fe. "JOHNNY DRUMMER." "Has the doctor given up all hope?" "Oh, no; he thinks the estate will settle the bill if his patient dies."—Cincinnati Times-Star. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. "That man Brown has just bought a fur cap and a pair of skates." "What for?" "To serve his own ends, I suppose."—Prince-ton Tiger. Stops the Cough and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents. A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another which he was never sensible of in himself—Steele. DO YOU COUGH DON'T DELAY TAKE KEMP'S BALSAM THE BEST COUGH CURE It Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, Influenza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large bottles 25 cents and 60 cents. FRANCES STOREY'S HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS By HILDA RICHMOND "Papa says one of you girls must accept Aunt Caroline's invitation for the holidays," said Mrs. Storey, with a troubled look on her motherly face. "I am sorry to have you go to that dead-alive little village, but you know papa seldom says 'must,' so we will have to make the best of it. Now which will it be?" "It's simply impossible for me to go, mamma," said Margaret, whirling lightly around on the piano stool. I've practiced for weeks on this Christmas music and the entertainment could not go on without my playing. Frances or Kate will have to sacrifice this time, and it's only fair, for they have not so much on their minds as I have." "Why, Margaret, my time is as precious as yours," said Kate, looking up from the new dress she was finishing, "and besides I am going to sing at the party next week." "I might go if someone would finish dressing these dolls for the tree down at the mission. Poor Aunt Carrie must be lonesome since her only daughter went to Oregon to live and I'd like to see her again. She used to let us make little pies and muss around in her clean kitchen, and at home Sarah never allowed us to spoil her domain," said Frances. "I'll attend to the dolls," said Margaret, promptly, "and help you pack your trunk if you need help. I have no doubt you will have a good time at Cedar Hill, for Aunt always thought so much of you." "And I'll finish the white dress so you can take it along," added Kate, inwardly rejoicing over the solution of the vexed question. "You may have my blue silk waist, too. It is a little too tight for me and nobody down there will suspect it was not made specially for you." In spite of her 19 years the whole family considered Frances a mere child and no one but the mother thought it made any difference that she was to spend the holidays in a lonely house with Aunt Caroline, instead of having a share in the city celebrations, which she so much enjoyed. Mrs. Storey slipped a number of packages marked "open on Christmas eve" in the big trunk and provided a stylish traveling dress, but her heart welled as the trim figure disappeared amid a chorus of farewells and the noise of the busy station. Mr. Storey gave his daughter some bright gold pieces with the instructions to spend them as she liked, but Frances reflected that she was likely to bring them home gain for want of a chance to invest in anything except goods found in a country store at Cedar Hill. It was late in the afternoon before the brakeman announced "Cedar Hill," and Frances was surprised to see a number of passengers get off. "Is this really Cedar Hill?" she asked of an old man near. "It really is," he answered with a smile. "If I am not mistaken, you are Fanny Storey that used to play with my granddaughters. Don't you remember Grandfather Devon?" "Of course I do. How are Nellie and Ruth? The reason I thought this was not Cedar Hill is because the town when I knew it, was only a little place, and this looks like a city." "We've had a boom since those days. Here, Horace, help Miss Storey with her luggage. I can take care of myself. This is the young lady who used to play with the girls a dozen years ago, but I don't suppose she remembers the freckled boy who built playhouses for her." "Yes I do," said Frances, shaking hands with the elegantly dressed young man. "You always built the very nicest houses of any boys we knew, Mr. Devon, and I still recollect them with pleasure." "It used to be, Horace," put in the old gentleman, "and if I remember correctly, this young rascal called you Sissy. He's an architect now, so you see his early training comes handy." All this time they were leaving the train and looking for Aunt Caroline, who evidently had not received the letter announcing Frances' visit, for she was not in sight. "We'll take you to Mrs. Howard's, for she lives close to us," said the young man, loading himself with "Sissy's" baggage. "You never would find the old house without a guide, for factories and churches have sprung up in such fusion that it is entirely overshadowed. Your aunt and grandfather and some more of the conservative old residents bewail the new order of things as much as they would a national calamity, but I must confess that I like to see paved streets where we used to make mud pies." "I wish mamma and the girls could see me now," said Frances, gazing at the latest styles in dresses in a store window. "Mamma cried to think of my coming to this out-of-the-way place and I very nearly started with only a satchel, thinking I would only need a few clothes. We write and get letters from Cedar Hill so seldom that I never dreamed of the change I see to-day." "You'll be glad enough you brought your trunk, for things are lively during the holidays." "What is that beautiful building we are coming to?" inquired Frances, as they neared a stone structure that might have graced a city. "That is the public library," said Mr. Devon. "I suppose you have a supply of books in that big trunk for fear there would be nothing to read in our town. I won't mention it to the citizens though, for fear they might put you on the first train for home. There is Mrs. Howard on the porch. She knows you." The days that followed were busy ones for Frances. She sent a telegram telling of her safe arrival and found only time for the briefest notes till after Christmas, on account of the many places to go and the delightful things to do. Aunt Caroline enjoyed the company and the frolics to the utmost and urged her niece to make the old house as lively as possible. The girls and boys she played with years before flocked to see her, bringing friends with them, till Frances declared this the nicest visit she ever had in her life. "You and I are the committee on dolls for the poor children's Christmas tree," said Horace, coming into the parlor where Frances was putting up holly for the great day. "Imagine waiting till three days before the twenty-fifth before looking after dolls! But it's not their fault, for Miss Gray would have attended to it if her mother had not taken sick. Come, get your sunbonnet and we'll make short work of the infants." "I'm going to buy some candy and fruit for the people at the hospital," said Frances when the dolls were disposed of. "Papa gave me some gold pieces to spend and they are burning holes in my pockets." "A good idea. I'll go halves, for I feel like celebrating too." feel like celebrating, too. Over and over again Frances wished the folks at home could see her during the happy holidays. Every letter assured them that she was having a fine time, but it is impossible to put the spirit of good times on paper. The Christmas tree for the Sunday school of Third street church was a complete success and then the young people trooped off to the mission to distribute gifts and candy to the factory people who could not attend "the big church up town." "Are you homesick, Fanny?" asked Nellie Devon, with an arm around Frances as the gay crowd sat waiting for the clock to strike 12 on Christmas eve in Mrs. Howard's old-fashioned parlor. "I don't want to remind you of home or make you sad, but you must have so many pleasant things to do in the city that we never heard about." "I don't know what they are," laughed Frances. "I think I could give the president information about 'The Strenuous Life' since I've been here. A woman is being pushed up the stairs by a man carrying a suitcase. Another man is standing behind her, holding a bag. "HERE, HORACE, HELP MISS STOREY OFF WITH HER LUGGAGE." This is the busiest and happiest holiday time I ever had, except that I want all the folks at home to enjoy it, too." "You must all come to dinner tomorrow—no, to-day—" said Mrs Howard as the young people started home. "It has been so many years since I had such a flock around me that I must make the most of it. I want Frances to have a good time so she will want to come every year." Frances felt a touch of self-reproach on Christmas morning when she remembered the neat little parcels she was to have opened on the evening before. She had fallen into the happy sleep that visits the pure-hearted without a thought for the lovely time she was having and a little prayer for her family and friends. As she smoothed out the note slipped through the beautiful ring, she smiled to read the tender message—"My Dear Daughter: I hope this will be the happiest Christmas of your life to reward you for giving up your own pleasure to gratify Aunt Caroline. Many happy returns of the day, sweetheart. Mother." Mrs. Howard found time on Christmas day for a long letter to her brother, in which she said, "You must be prepared to give us your little Fanny, for I am sure Horace Devon has persuaded her that Cedar Hill is a good place to spend a lifetime. He is a rising young architect and has a fine place in the city, to which he goes every day. This may sound like strange tales, but I did not want the news to strike you too suddenly. Of course the young people are not rash enough to make plans far into the future without resulting you, but I can find no fault with their anticipations. Horace is Eut Mr. Storey had laid down the letter with a bewildered look that plainly showed his pain and astonishment. His wife expressed no surprise, though tears came into her eyes as she said, "You might have taken a hint from the child's short letters in which she spoke of being perfectly happy. I have been hoping this would be a happy day for her, but I am not quite prepared to say I like the realization of my wishes." With the light streaming through the stained glass windows on the evergreen and holly wound around the stately pillars of the church and the Christmas music in her ears Frances found it hard to keep her thoughts from the mental picture of the bare little church Cedar Hill had boasted in other days. "Glory to God in the Highest," sang the sweet voices just as the choir in the church at home was doing at that very moment, but there was no homesickness in her heart. Under cover of her big hymn book Horace Devon softly pressed her slim hand while the ushers seated late arrivals in the little pause that followed the anthem, and she smiled to think her mother's Christmas wish had come true.—Baptist Union. An Exploded Myth. "Do your little ones believe in Santa Claus?" "No. They did till last Christmas, when their papa played the part. I had the children in the hall and he was to come from upstairs with a lot of presents for them." "Yes?" "Well, we had the lights turned low and he thought he was down when he wasn't. They recognized his language." —Chicago Herald. ADMIRAL SCHLEY ENDORSES PE=RU=NA. Pe-ru-na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen: "I can cheerfully say that Mrs. Schley has taken Pe=ru=na and I believe with good effect." W. S. SCHLEY.—Washington, D. C. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, one of the foremost notable heroes of the Nineteenth Century. A name that starts terror in the heart of every Spaniard. A man of steady nerve, clear head, undaunted courage and prompt decision. opposition and has won its way to the hearts of the people. The natural timidity which so many people have felt about giving endorsements to any remedy is giving way. Gratitude and a desire to help others has Approached by a friend recently, his opinion was asked as to the efficacy of Peruna, the national catarrh remedy. Without the slightest hesitation he gave this remedy his endorsement. It appeared on later conversation that Peruna has been used in his family, where it is a favorite remedy. Such endorsements serve to indicate the wonderful hold that Peruna has upon the minds of the American people. It is out of the question that so great and famous a man as Admiral Schley could have any other reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna than his positive conviction that the remedy is all that he says it is. The fact is that Peruna has overcome all Make Lazy Liver Lively You know very well how you feel when your liver don't act. Bile collects in the blood, bowels become constipated and your whole system is poisoned. A lazy liver is an invitation for a thousand pains and aches to come and dwell with you. Your life becomes one long measure of irritability and despondency and bad feeling. 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Never before in the annals of medicine has it happened that so many men of national and international reputation have been willing to give unqualified and public endorsements to a proprietary remedy. No amount of advertising could have accomplished such a result. Peruna has won on its own merits. Peruna cures catarrh of whatever phase or location in the human body. That is why it receives so many notable and unique endorsements. Address The Peruna Drug M'f'g Co., Columbus. Ohio. for free literature on catarrh. TWO PRAYERS. Queer Requests Made in the Supplications of Imaginative Prenachers. "Speaking of 'queer breaks' occasionally made by pastors in addressing their faithful flocks, here is one that I think takes the cake," observed a New Yorker to some friends as they were chatting at the club, according to the Times. "The case in question was that of a young clergyman whose imagination sometimes exceeded his common sense. At any rate, on one occasion he began his prayer as follows: "'Oh Lord, we thank Thee that there is one small spark of grace remaining in our hearts. Water it, we beseech Thee, Oh Lord, water it.'" "That reminds me of the favorite climax of the minister of the one church in a little country place where I was staying one summer," remarked one of the others when the laugh had subsided. "He was of extremely pacific tendencies and rarely ended his prayer by any other phrase than the following: "Oh Lord, we pray Thee that the dove of peace and the eagle of freedom may soar heavenward together, bearing between them a banner with the motto, "E pluribus innum, "A-a-men."" Mr. Trucker—"I think I shall give up my business, my dear. I might as well have some good out of my money." Mrs. Trucker—"Oh, not yet, Samuel! But when one of us dies, I shall give up housekeeping and see a little of the world."—Town and Country. 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