The Gazette

One Year..... $1 50 Six Months..... 1 00 Three Months..... 50 Subscribers are requested to remit by post- office money order or registered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio as second-class matter. All communications should be addressed: HAKRY C. SMITH. Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE, Blackstone Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 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. An Associated Press dispatch to the daily newspapers of the country from New Orleans, La., on October 19 announced that agents of planters in many parts of the state were in the city awaiting the arrival of the steamer Liguria, which was due with 1,500 Italian immigrants. They were there to employ them for service on the plantations and on the extensive devee work now in progress, because there is a great scarcity of labor throughout the state. This same condition exists pretty generally in a number of southern states that have tolerated lynching and mob violence to such an extent that thousands upon thousands of our people have migrated to other sections of the south and north. There is one consolation to be derived in event of southern planters' employment to any great extent of Italian laborers, and that is, they will have to pay Italians and treat them better, than they do Afro-Americans. The Italian laborer is not such a costly institution as a rule, but he will have his money when his work is done and fair treatment while he is at work, or some one will form the intimate acquaintance of a knife in the vicinity of the ribs. The matter of proper treatment and payment of laborers, especially of our class, is a lesson that the average southern planter has yet to learn. There is no doubt that the Italian laborer will be able to teach him some things along this line. "A dirty nigger barber," in the person of one George L. Knox, of Indianapolis, has announced himself as a candidate for congress in opposition to the regular republican nominee, because, forsooth, there are some 6,000 colored voters in the district in which he lives and he wants to hold somebody up. Knox has a right to so announce himself, but he could not have been guilty of a more inconsistent inconsistency, for he has gone out of his way to snub Negroes wanting accommodations in his shop, even when shops run by white men were accommodating them. The Negro who will vote for Knox is himself a cur; yea, further still, the Negro who would suffer him or any other man of his ilk to visit his home does not deserve the right of citizenship.—Seattle (Wash.) Republican. We know little of the merits of the political fight Mr. Knox is making, and we have, in common with all other loyal members of the race, desired his shop color line and efforts in the face of it to have our people regard him as a leader—even a local leader, but we cannot endorse the Republican's vulgar reference to Mr. Knox in the first four words of its editorial reprinted above. We are astonished that there is a reputable newspaper man in the north who would use, to say nothing of publishing, such an expression, and are especially sorry to find it in what appeared to be a live, up-to-date, first-class republican paper. Surely, the Republican's "devil," and not its editor, wrote the article and slipped it into that paper's editorial department. If the affair hadn't been such a serious one, the several accounts of the brutal murder of Geo. W. Blount, of Berkeley, Va., on the 24th sent to the newspapers of the country by the Associated Press, would have been very amusing, because every one differed from the other so greatly. As nearly as we are able to judge after a careful reading of all of them, Blount was the victim of the members of the Berkeley police force or several of their friends, because he had struck an officer in the face with a lighted lamp, burning and cutting him severely, who had attempted to enter his house to arrest another Afro-American charged with shooting. The officer, doubtless, was without the proper warrant to enter Blount's home. W. W. Roberts (white), a prominent resident of the town who lived directly in front of the house where Blount was clubbed to death by four masked men, after a consultation with his Norfolk attorney, voluntarily went before Mayor Allen, of Berkeley, on the 25th and told him what he had witnessed from his bedroom window; how they had clubbed the poor fellow to death in the middle of the street, beating him on the head, and how one of the four remained behind, drew a pistol and shot Blount in the back of the head. The principle cause of the empathy for the victim was the fact that he was one of two Afro-Americans who were leaders in a movement to assist the white republicans of Berkeley to capture the town administration from those now in power. Such brutal actions are but a legitimate outcome of the south's general lawlessness, and freedom from punishment whenever such crimes are committed upon members of our race. THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL FREEDOM. The conflict between truth and error, between mind and physical force, has been waged ever since the world began and it will ever be so in the realm of ethics and morals. Even in our advanced civilization men contend against the right and the acceptance of general principles as though the world had never reached any fair and just conclusion upon them. Today in America and Europe the contest is on for supremacy in power regardless of the claims in equity. Far back as in 1834 Oberlin college advocated and sustained a school for industrial education, yet making it possible for students to complete a curriculum of study equal to that of the best institution in the land. But the conflict is not merely upon the advisability, but over the desirability of fitting through education a large portion of our population for a possible place in a free and self-governing community. Those who restrict the education of the Afro-American to industrial training in particular, hold that he was created the inferior of the rest of mankind and that it is the duty of the superior race to enforce that restriction. Well may we hold that the Almighty has ordained that one portion of the human family shall share only limited blessings of His bounty while the other shall enjoy blessings unrestricted. But such is not the divine ordering. The great principle that aspires to gain ascendency throughout Christendom is that of equal opportunity for all and favoritism to none. An individual may acquire industrial learning, he may fit himself for industrial pursuit, but certainly not to the exclusion of that knowledge so essential to qualify the mind for intellectual growth and development. We need not wonder that men fight so persistently against right and truth. It is certainly contrary to the law of nature that men should contend so violently and viciously against right principles; yet they do so in defiance of justice and for a temporary gain. In the vast political struggle now on in the United States it is very evident that republican principles are in perfect accord with the patriotism, the religion and commonsense of the Christian masses, but spurred on by the lust of power and a disposition to tyranize over those whom they would oppress, a mad and treacherous element feel no scruples in their unholy designs to press their fight regardless of consequences. There remains then but a single duty for all true Americans, and that is to determine grave issues upon the principles of justice. In every occupation or calling of life the best way is the right way. Liberty is the soul of a people, and upon that liberty depends the life and perpetuity of the nation. No mental enlightenment, no widening of the interests or thoughts of individuals can in any way result in evil or mischief to any people or government. Only the knowledge of the truth makes free the soul. We live for the good we can do. We live for the hope of prosperity. Let us awaken that hope to deeds of loyalty and truth, that in every department of government and among all the people, the humblest, as well as the greatest, shall find an equal chance in the race of life. For Roosevelt. We are much pleased to note the fact that our good friend, Editor Frank H. Warren, of the Detroit Informer, has swung his paper into line for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Brother Warren is one of the most prominent Afro-American democrats. He announces his intention to support the rest of the candidates on the democratic ticket this fall. This we regret. —Cleveland Gazette Come! Come! Brother Smith, surely you are not one of those republicans who are so narrow as to hate and despise everything and everybody that is labeled "Democratic." Positive am I that you are the same broad-gauged, liberal-spirited statesman, the boon friendship of whom I have enjoyed these many years. You could not be otherwise if you wanted to. Any man who can detect and oppose the Judas Iscariots in their own political household will surely recognize and approve men and measures possessing a high standard of political probity and just dealing even when found in the party of the opposition.—Detroit Informer. Cleveland, O., Oct. 28, 1904. Editor, Gazette, Dear Sir:—I noticed in your valuable paper of the 22nd an announcement that in Anniston, Ala., an Afro-American will build the first government building ever awarded one of the race to erect. I beg leave to differ. In 1903 in Lisbon, a beautiful post office was built by an Afro-American. Mr. Chas Burke, of Salem, was the contractor, and to my knowledge the work was exclusively done by Afro-Americans. The building is finished and "Uncle Sam" has occupied it several months. Chas, Burke, of Salem, has the race honor of first building a government structure and M. B. Morton may be the second. Let the good work go on. Yours respectfully. Yours respectfully, MRS. IDA B. WELLS. Brutally Killed on a Train. Montgomery, W. Va.—Wade Hilstein, a passenger on a Chesapeake and Ohio train became enraged at Frank Howard, because the latter entered the train at Point Creek and took a seat beside him. Hilstein pulled a revolver and, without uttering a word, shot the Afro-American dead. Hilstein then leaped from the rapidly moving train and made his escape. This happened fifty days ago and so far we have seen no account of "posses scouring, the country with bloodhounds" etc., as would have undoubtedly been the case had the murderer been colored. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1904. DOINGS OF THE RACE In no "public" school for Afro-American pupils in New Orleans is instruction given in any grade higher than the fifth. The southern democrats seem determined to keep the race down. Chas. S. Baker, of St. Joseph, Mo., has invented a machine which produces heat by friction and threatens to revolutionize the heating systems of the country. He has been at work on the invention for twenty years. A St. Louis company has purchased the United States' rights of Baker's friction heating machine. Governor J. K. Vardaman refuses to allow the U. B. F's. & S. M. T's. to be chartered in Mississippi. These are old organizations, but the governor does not believe the Afro-American should be a member of secret societies. He proposes to discipline the Negro of his state. There are none in the state who would follow the governor or take his advice in anything. We have been so busy that we have omitted to note the entrance on its 22nd year of the old and reliable Cleveland Gazette. It is a great paper and has rendered magnificent service to the Negro race. Its editor, Hon. Harry C. Smith, is one of the best men in this country, and we wish him and his paper unbounded prosperity.—Martinsburg (W. Va.) Pioneer Press. The re-election of John C. Asbury, Esq., as editor of the Odd Fellows Journal by the B. M. C. at its recent session in Columbus, O., was certainly pleasing generally. Editor Asbury has made himself deservedly popular with the newspaper gang and his re-election in our judgment will prove a decided advantage to the order. His ability as well as his experience will prove decidedly advantageous to the Journal. The report has just come to light that in Margarettsville, N. C., a few days ago three drunken white men of a prominent family entered the home of a respectable Afro-American, held him and his wife at bay with pistols, and assaulted their daughter. The girl was then forced to go with the men to the woods, where she was tied to a tree and left until morning. No legal proceedings have yet been undertaken against the criminals. Not content with discrediting his candidate in a general way. Ex-Gov. Hill, of New York state, has gone up on the stump to proclaim, as he did in West Virginia, on the very day of Parker's anti-imperialist speech at Esopus, the old shibboleth of the slave oligarchy, that this is a "white man's government." A "white man's government?" Yes. In the sense that the majority shall administer it, and the majority are white, it is a white man's government. But not in the sense in which Hill's phrase is used. It is not a government where white men may enslave black men. It is not a government where white citizens may disfranchise black citizens by class legislation reinforced with shotguns and tissue ballots. It is not a government where white criminals may with impunity burn black criminals at the stake. Yet all this barbarity is involved historically in the phrase "white man's government," and it is to that barbarous spirit that Hill appeals. Judge Parker's democracy would need to be better known to the genuine democrats of the country than it is, to carry him successfully through a campaign in which the man who is popularly believed to be closest to him, personally and politically, makes speeches of that undemocratic kind.—Chicago Public. JOHNSON DEFIES JEFFRIES. The Challenge was Issued Just as the Big Afro-American Had Knocked Out "Denver" Ed. Martin. Los. Angeles, Cal.—Jack Johnson, of California, considered the only logical candidate for the heavyweight championship, knocked out "Denver" Ed. Martin in the second round last week Thursday night. There were loud cries for a speech from Johnson when it was learned that there had been no fatality. "I will not rest," said Johnson, in responding, "until popular public opinion forces Jas. Jeffries, the world's heavyweight champion, to recognize the validity of my claim for a fight with him. His drawing the color line is all bosh. His famous battle with Peter Jackson out here, his fight with Bob Armstrong in New York, and his tussle with Hank Griffin, all Negroes, make his drawing of the color line ridiculous. Jeffries says when a man comes along better than Bob Fitzsimmons he will fight again. Well, I am better than Bob Fitzsimmons. I knocked out Geo. Gardner, a feat Fitzsimmons was unable to accomplish. I have never been defeated and am the one man in the world fit to make Jeffries extend himself to his limit. The champion knows this, and accordingly sidesteps with that time-worn, old, cowardly, fourflusher's standby—the color line." The Quickest Train From Cleveland to New York. "Without any extra fare charge is "The New York Special" of the Pennsylvania Short Line, with through sleeping cars from Cleveland to New York. Leaves Union Station 5 o'clock p. m. every day, Euclid Avenue at 5:10 p. m. every day, reaching New York the next morning at 7:15 o'clock by Cleveland time—a ride of only 14 hours from Euclid Avenue Station. Parlor car and a la carte—"pay-for-what-you-order"—Cafe service on this train from Euclid Avenue Station to Pittsburg in three and a half hours. Cafe Car open at 5:10 p. m. Please make inquiries and reservations at the Ticket Office of the Pennsylvania Short Line on "The Corner," No. 1 Euclid Avenue, or address at that office. Obituary—Ophelia Caldwell Stokes. Chicago, Ill.—Mrs. Ophelia Stokes, of Portland, Oregon, died Oct. 15. She was the daughter of R. B. Caldwell of the local post office, living at 4717 Dearborn street. Mrs. Stokes was 30 years old. The remains were brought here for interment, arriving the 21st. Funeral from St. Cecilia's Catholic church Saturday morning, Father Kelly conducting solemn high mass.—A large package of Gazettes arrived last week and found a ready sale. Don't forget to get a copy at Jones' news stand, No. 4838 State street. A NEW "FIND." The Editor of the Alexandria (Va.) Home News on Henry Y. Arnett and the St. Louis Fair. The St. Louis Fair company is still discovering Negroes who are willing to go into print in extenuation of conditions there. The latest to succumb to the wiles or perhaps some stronger inducement, is Henry Y. Arnett, who holds the office of "financial" secretary of Wilberforce university. There may not be any significance in his position as "financial secretary" and his ready acquiescence in the request of the editors of the two Negro papers, who he claims asked him to go there and give their readers "the truth," but one cannot fail to note the coincidence. Just why the Colored American and the Christian Recorder, who he says sent him their season passes (both at once apparently, another curious coincidence) should have picked him out to write "the truth" when we have had it told by so many reputable people and newspapers already, we leave them to answer. We are not at all surprised to learn from him that he failed to find enough prejudice "to bother any self-respecting gentleman or lady," but we are surprised to find a few of our Negro papers soft-pated enough to run his letter, apparently with approval. It's a little curious too, that the management, well knowing how exceedingly anxious we are to know the "truth," failed to favor the Home News with a printed copy of Arnett's letter, as they did the press generally. Several papers, including the Cleveland Gazette, and the Star of Zion, instead of being taken in by this latest fake, properly dealt with the renegade who allowed his name to be used in this shameful business. The meanest part of the whole communication was this fling: communication was this thing. "Certainly, persons coming from any southern state need not have occasion to know the prejudice is there at all." The southern Negro papers, especially the South Western Christian Advocate, which has as yet "opened not its mouth," should chew that chunk well before trying to swallow it. If Wilberforce expects to retain the confidence and the patronage of the intelligent and self-respecting Negroes it would do well to suppress this "financier" even though he is a bishop's son.—Alex., Va., Home News. A CAPTAIN IS DISMISSED. One Lieutenant Suspended and Two Publicly Reprimanded for the Statesboro Affair. Atlanta, Ga.--By the verdict of the Statesboro court martial, which was signed last week Friday by Gov. Joseph M. Terrell, Capt. Robert M. Hitch, who was in command of the troops when Reed and Cato were burned at the stake, was dismissed from the service of the Georgia state troops. Lieut. L. A. Mell, who was in command at the camp while Capt. Hitch was at the court house, was suspended for a year, and will be publicly reprimanded. Lieuts. Cone and Morrison were requitted of the charges lodged against them. The action of Gov. Terrell in signing the verdict of the court closes the entire Statesboro incident so far as the state troops are concerned, with the exception of the public reprimands, which are to be delivered by the colonel of the regiments to which Licuts. Mell and Griner belong. Denied the Father's Application Cleveland, Oct. 26.—A dead woman's wishes as to the future of her child dictated a decision given in probate court Tuesday when Judge White denied the application of Frederick F. Needham to be appointed guardian of his 10-year-old son, Benjamin Needham, and appointed instead Miss Kate McFarland as guardian of the boy and his $250,000 inheritance. So great was Mrs. Mary Needham's enmity toward her former husband and his family that, before she died in 1902, she stipulated in her will that the boy should forfeit all interest in her estate if, after 16 years of age, he voluntarily associated with Frederick F. Needham, his father. Found Evidence of Fraud. Cleveland, Oct. 26—"We have found strong evidence of fraud in the registration books," said President Gentsch, of the board of elections, Tuesday. "We have come upon 100 registrations which we believe to be false. Men have made affidavit that they have been naturalized when they have not. Other men have registered twice. Still others have sworn they have lived in the county 20 days when they have not. We also know that men are being brought into the city in droyes and are being colonized. The board is investigating all these cases carefully and it is likely arrests will follow." Half Fare Rates to Hunters in parties of 3 or more, on one ticket via Nickel Plate Road to McComb and Payne, O., and points between; also to South Whitley and Willvale, Ind., and points between. Tickets Nov. 9th to Nov. 30th inclusive. Good to return Dec. 3rd, 1904. See local agent or address E. A, Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O., 28 Public Square. Contemplate a Vigorous Campaign. Columbus, O., Oct. 26.—Gov. Herrick's political managers contemplate a vigorous campaign of defense against the attacks of the Anti-Saloon league, through the columns of the country press following the coming election. Big Fire at Troy, O. Troy, O., Oct. 25.—A fire starting in Gill's livery Monday afternoon caused a $100,000 loss to business places and residences on Main, Walnut and Mulberry streets. The Piqua and Tippecanoe City fire departments responded to calls for aid. St. Louis Via Nickel Plate $12 Round trip. Stop-over at Chicago. Coach tickets daily except Friday and Saturday. Tickets No. 28 Public Square. (449) Missing Man Found in the River. East Liverpool, O., Oct. 25.—The body of George L. Strothers, aged 28, a colored porter, missing more than a week, was found floating in the river Sunday night. Oct. 30th is the Last Day for Sunday parties of five rates via the Nickel Plate Road. Points with- in 100 miles $1.00 round trip for each person. (449) NEWS NOTES. DOINGS IN THE BUSY WORLD CHRONICLED. Items Gathered from the Different Sections of the United States and Foreign Lands. "Othello, Moor of Venice," the only known complete copy of the first issue of Charles Lamb's juvenile tale, has been sold at auction in New York City. It brought $530. This story, combined with others, was reprinted to form the "Tales from Shakespeare" written by Lamb and his sister Mary. Rev. Charles G. Adams, whose death by suicide is reported from San Francisco, was at one time a pulpit orator of prominence in the east. He was born 57 years ago and was ordained an Episcopal minister in 1875 at Catskill, N. Y. Owing to his brilliant oratorical powers his rise was rapid, but reports that he had become a drug victim finally led to Adams' leaving the pulpit and his removal to California. Because her husband chilled at the altar rail and she proposed a platonic alliance with her husband, Viola Sondine, an heiress to millions, has reimbursed Irvine Flickling for the money he spent in furnishing a home for her. The supreme court of New York has declared their marriage annuled, on the ground that the bride committed a fraud in the marriage contract. Eleanora Woodcock, 17 years old, daughter of Richard Woodcock, a wealthy farmer living near Waterloo, Ill., has been murdered by an unidentified man, who, finding her alone at home, cut her throat and dragged her body to a nearby field, where he placed it under a pile of straw, to which he set fire in an effort to burn the corpse. The girl's body was partly destroyed when found. A portion of the store of the Durand & Kasper Co., wholesale grocers, at Chicago, was destroyed by fire the other night, entailing a loss of $200,000. Two firemen were seriously but not fatally injured. Indictments charging attempted bribery have been reported by the superior court jury against William E. Pierce, city clerk of Portsmouth, N.H., and Arthur S. Johnson, a representative of the Barber Asphalt Paving Co. It is alleged that Pierce and Johnson offered members of the Portsmouth city council sums of money to help in securing contracts for paving city streets. In an explosion of flash light powder with which he was experimenting, W. D. Grant, of Chicago, and his wife were probably fatally injured. The force of the explosion wrecked the furniture, shattered every pane of glass and tore great holes in the walls of the studio where the explosion occurred. This year's total registration in Greater New York was 688,775, which exceeds by nearly 50,000 the record of 640,522 in 1900. Each of the boroughs showed a substantial increase over the registration of four years ago. At Atlanta, Ga., Samuel F. Ring stabbed W. E. Hopen through the heart with a pair of scissors. Both are white barbers and the murder occurred in the shop of a hotel. Negotiations for the sale of a majority of the capital stock of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Co. to the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad have been practically concluded. L. Herzfield, of Chicago, was shot and fatally wounded while endeavoring to rout three masked highwaymen who had invaded the grocery of his father-in-law, A. M. Tubin. Fifteen earthquakes have been recorded on the seismograph, or earthquake machine, at the Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore since April last. Frederick Schorn, 78 years old, and his daughter Cecelia, 30 years old, were found dead at their home in Chicago, from gas asphyxiation. A rubber tube connected with a gas stove was detached. It is thought the deaths were accidental. Fred C. Mathews, a prisoner at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, Mich., serving a sentence for desertion, was shot and killed by Private Frank H. Hilla, while trying to escape. Hilla was conducting Mathews to the wood pile for his day's work when he broke away and ran toward the fence about the fort grounds. Hilla ordered him to stop and when he failed to do so, shot him in the back. Frank Gustafson, a convicted murderer, who was to have been sentenced to death in the electric chair, committed suicide during the night by hanging himself in his cell in the Tombs prison at New York City. Dr. Van Telburn Hoffman, surgeon of the Atlantic Coast Line railway at Sumter, S. C., beat his wife and then blew off the top of his head with a shotgun. He was very prominent and the act has caused a great sensation. At Madison, Wis., a third opinion has been handed down in the republican factional case in the supreme court, Judge Winslow filing a long opinion in effect holding the La Follette ticket regular. Judge Winslow holds the party committee in the state superior to the national committee because recognized by law, while the national committee is merely a "voluntary" body. The gold output of the Klondike this season is $9,500,000. Two million dollars is the amount of damages asked for ore alleged to have been illegally extracted from the Nipper mine through the underground workings of the Parrott claim in 1902 by representatives of the Amalgamated Copper Co., according to a complaint filed with the federal court at Butte, Mont. Allen Parker, the defaulting cashier of the First National Bank of Tullahoma, Tenn., gave himself up recently. He said he lost about $35,000 of the bank's money in Chicago bucket shops. Parker, in addition to his banking duties, was deputy revenue collector for the Tullahoma district. While engaged at prayer in the Catholic church at Opelousas, La., Mrs. Donald Guillory, aged 100 years, was burned to death in a horrible manner. She was bowing before the altar, near which a number of candles were burning. Her devotions concluded, she rose to leave the church, when her dress came in contact with a candle and in an instant she was ablaze. The new Kanahwa hotel at Charleston, W. Va., has been damaged by fire starting from electric sign wiring on the roof. The hotel was full of guests. The damage, $50,000, caused mostly by water, is covered by insurance. Dr. M. F. Weyman, a private patient in the insane asylum at St. oseph Mo., eluded the guards and wandered through the city. The police tracked him by the garments and other articles which he had thrown away, among the discarded effects being a $1,000 bill and $491 in bills of smaller denomination. All but about 50 cents of the $1,500 he had was recovered. While members of the Bank of Hamilton staff were returning from Plum Coulee to Winkler, Manitoba, they were robbed of $2,000 by masked highwaymen, who forced them at the point of pistols to give up the bank's funds. The robbers escaped. In the presence of the girl who had rejected him, Charles Melzard, aged 19 years, of Roxbury, Mass., shot and killed himself. F. S. Colton & Co., brokers, of New York City, have announced their suspension. The firm has offices in several New England cities and in New York. Mrs. William P. Tonry, the only daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Surratt, who was put to death for being involved in the Lincoln conspiracy, is dead at Baltimore after several years' illness. She was 68 years old. John Connelly, aged 15 years, is dead at Pittsburg of shotgun wounds said to have been inflicted by his mother. The boy was a somnambulist and was groping about the house early in the morning, when he was shot in mistake for a burglar. Laranche, a fortified seaport town of 4,000 inhabitants, is now besieged by the rebellious Sahel Kabyles, says a dispatch from Tangier, Morocco. The European residents, fearing an assault, have appealed to the foreign legations for auxiliary forces. At South Royalston, Mass., six buildings were burned and the entire village at one time was threatened with destruction by a fire which started in the George E. Whitney woolen mill. The mill, the Congregational church, Mechanics' hall and two dwellings were destroyed. The loss will reach $100,000. Peter Fitzwilliams, a Baltimore & Ohio switchman, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Sarah Walters, of Pittsburg, and then killed himself by putting a bullet into his brain. While the cause of the shooting is not definitely known, it is thought to have been brought about by jealousy. Mrs. Walters kept a boarding house. Under a call issued by Secretary Metcalf, of the department of commerce and labor, the supervising inspectors of the several districts of the steamboat inspection service have convened at Washington to consider proposed changes in the regulations and recommendations for the betterment of the service. President Roosevelt has directed the appointment of Mrs. James Longstreet to be postmaster at Gainesville, Ga., to succeed Col. Henry P. Farrow, removed on the report of an inspector that Farrow is not a resident of the community in which the postoffice is situated. Mrs. Longstreet is the widow of Gen. James Longstreet. A gang of robbers who have been terrorizing southern Ohio made a raid upon Wheelersburg, O. They burglarized the stores of W. H. McCurdy and McCoy Brothers, securing several hundred dollars' worth of merchandise and considerable money. They also secured much plunder from several residences and escaped. Rendered uncontrolable because of leaves on the track, a Boston & Worcester electric car slid down a steep hill on Boylston street, Boston, and crashed into another car that was stalled at the bottom of the hill, wrecking both cars and causing painful injuries to eight passengers. Fire Commissioner Hayes, of New York City, has announced the discovery of a plot to obtain from firemen on the eligible list for promotion to higher grades large sums of money. The commissioner was informed of the matter through knowledge which came to a priest in the performance of his church duties. Wrenching himself free from the grasp of two men who had divined his purpose and seized him, an unknown man flung himself under an elevated train at Forty-second street, New York City, and was crushed to death in the presence of scores of persons who crowded the platform. Chicago bank clerks are preparing for one of the most unique competitions ever held in that city—a money counting contest. The battle of brains and quickness will take place Wednesday evening, November 2, in the lobby of the First national bank, which will furnish the requisite amount of currency—$1,000,000 in bills. There will be prizes for money counting and and prizes for proficiency in the use of adding machines. Edward M. Morgan, assistant postmaster in the New York City postoffice, has been named as the temporary successor of Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott, who died recently. The selection was made by Postmaster Van Cott's bondsmen as required by law. Mr. Morgan will act as postmaster until Mr. Van Cott's successor is chosen by the president. Martial law continues at Berkley, Va., where the negro politician Blount was taken from jail and lynched. Col. Higgins, commanding the troops there, says they will remain as long as Mayor Allen feels there is danger of an uprising. George O. Osborne, head keeper of the New Jersey state prison at Trenton, has announced his determination to inaugurate radical reforms. One of the changes to be adopted is the abolishment of dungeon punishment for the infraction of prison rules and the substitution of a well lighted and well ventilated cell for such offenders. Something new in the automobile accident line has happened at Flushing, L. I. While running at high speed a head-on collision occurred between a big car and a motor cycle. B. R. Young, of Jamaica, who was riding the latter machine, was badly hurt, while the chauffeur of the automobile was hurled out and bruised. The appellate court at Chicago in a decision holds that when the sidewalks of two adjoining properties meet and the flagging of one is a few inches lower than the other, it is not to be classed as a defective sidewalk and the city cannot be held liable for injuries suffered by persons who fail to exercise due precaution. 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She will tell you what your trouble is, as she understands the spells and evil influences. She has spent years helping distressed persons and has brought thousands of success stories. She will give $1.00 all letters you contain answer. Box 958. Indian Territory. Frank W. King, UNDERTAKER AND ARTERIAL EMBALMER, Illinois License, No. 1229; Ohio State License, No. 573. Class A. W. W. GEE, ASSISTANT. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE. 662 CENTRAL AVE. Carriages Furnished for All Occasions. Phone. Cuy. Centrel 3732 W. PATRONIZE THE "Gem" Restaurant, No. 91 Sheriff St. James W. Crawford, Proprietor. SPLENDID MEALS SERVED! One Meal, 20c.; Seven Meals, $1. TRAVELERS' REGISTER Trains on all roads run on Standard Time. NICKEL RATE. The New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR. TICKET OFFICES: 28 Public Sq., 334 Pearl St. and Stations. Eastbound. Daily 2 4 6 Pearl St. Station...8 15pm 1 50am 7 55am Broadway Station...8 30pm 2 65am 8 20am Enclid Av. Station...8 47pm 2 18am 8 36am Westbound. Daily 1 3 5 Enclid Av. Station...6 01am 11 05am 7 22pm Broadway Station...6 25am 11 26am 7 56pm Pearl St. Station...6 30am 11 31am 7 56pm Cleveland Union Station. Pennsylvania Lines Foot of Bank Street. TICKET OFFICES at Union Station, Enclid Av. and Woodland Av. Stations. New City Ticket Office, No. 1 Enclid Av. Cor, Public Sq. THROUGH TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS BY CENTRAL TIME Daily. Daily except Sunday. From Cleveland to Leave Arrive. Pittsburg & Bellaire..... 7 10 am *11 20 am Salem & Pittsburg..... 8 10 am *8 30 am Salem & Pittsburg..... 5 10 pm *11 30 am Philadelphia & New York 5 10 pm *11 30 am Baltimore & Washington..... 5 10 pm *11 30 am Pittsburg & Washington & East 11 40 pm *6 30 am Baltimore & Washington 11 40 pm *6 30 am Alliance Accommodation 5 10 pm *6 30 am Pitts, Phila, & New York 11 30 pm *5 10 am Baltimore & Washington 11 30 pm *5 10 am Akron, Columbus & Clin..... 8 10 am *6 00 am Indianapolis & St. Louis 8 15 am *6 00 am Millersburg & Columbus..... 12 05 pm *1 20 am Col., Clin., Ind. & St. Louis 8 10 pm *7 30 am "THE ST. LOUIS LIMITED" VIA "Big-4 Route." Leaves—LEVELAND, 5:00 P. M. (Daily). Arrives—INDIANAPOLIS, 11:45 same night. Arrives—ST. LOUIS, 3:30 A. M. next morning. Arrives—KANSAS CITY, 5:15 next afternoon. Arrives—DENVER, 11 A. M. second afternoon. With Fine Vestibule Coaches. Drawing Room and Buffet sleeping Cars to Indianapolis and St. Louis. One of the fastest and finest trains in the country. 5 Fast Trains to Columbus, 4 to Cincinnati, with Sleeping and Dining Cars. Local sleeps to Columbus, and Cincinnati on train No. 25, leaving at 9:30 every night. Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave Arrive. *Col. Cinc., Ind. & St. Louis* Id 3:35 a.m. 1:40 a.m. *Gallon & Intermediate.* 6:00 a.m. 1:15 a.m. *St. Louis Lift.* Col. Cinc., 7:25 a.m. 10:20 a.m. *Col. Springf'd Day.* Col. Cinc., 12:35 a.m. 3:00 a.m. Indianapolis & St. Louis. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. *Exp. Fl. Ind. Peo. St. Louis* 5:00 p.m. 3:01 p.m. *30th. Cinc., Ld. Cinc., Col.* 7:25 am 7:40 p.m. Gallon to Cleveland. 9:30 a.m. To Gallon and 10 gallons. 4:00 p.m. *Col. Spring, Day, Cinc.* 9:30 p.m. 8:45 a.m. Exposition Flyer 7:25 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Limited trains don't stop at South Water Street. Get Tickets at Big Four Office. 116 EULID AVE. Phone Main 916 LOCAL DEPARTMENT. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—Subscribers not receiving THE GAZETTE regularly should notify us AT ONCE. We desire every copy delivered promptly. We advise our patrons to carefully examine THE GAZETTE's advertisements before making purchases. Business men who advertise in this paper should have the patronage of Afro-Americans. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line (six words in a line). Cleveland, Saturday, Oct. 29, 1904. Purchase "The Gazette" at PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building, Open Sunday. GOODMAN'S News Depot. No. 586 Central avenue. cor. Sterlingavenus. Open Sunday. L. B. BOWMAN'S STORE. No. 580 Central Ave. dear Sterling Ave. Open Sunday. F. VALENTINE'S Grocery Store. No. 366 Central Ave. between Perry and Harmon St'- ADAMS & HAWKINS' Barber Shop. No. 452 Erie St. N. HEXTER'S News Depot. City Hall Build- ing. cor. Wood and Superior streets. Open Sunday. S. H. MOODY'S News Store. No. 387 Superior treet, second door west of Bond street. Open Sundays also. FOR RENT—ROOMS—Neat furni- nished rooms at No. 134 Oregon St. Rates reasonable. Call at once. FOR SALE—On Gibson street, lot No. 66, 41 feet by 94, $300. Ten dollars down and $5 a month, or $300 cash. Will build to suit. D. H. Mills, Hotel Euclid. FOR RENT—ROOMS—Two nicely furnished rooms for rent at No. 397 Central avenue, across the street from Charity hospital. Convenient for two gentlemen each. Buy Crown of Glory Hair. Pomade at Stern's drug store, corner Central avenue and Greenwood street. Warren Cossey returned to the city recently. Mr. Harvey Armstrong has taken charge at the Colonial club. Dennis Fowler informs The Gazette that the rumors of his marriage are false. Mrs. J. A. Ford returned recently from a visit to New York and Niagara Falls. P. W. Chavers, editor of the Columbus Standard, was in the city the first of the week. The Young Ladies' Callendar club social at Miss Mabel Blue's Wednesday evening was a success. Miss Sarah Russell, of this city, and Mr. Jesse Sanders, of Canton, were married there last week. If you want the news, subscribe for The Gazette. Have you noticed where copies of it are on sale each week? Miss Dayse Deane Walker, of Indianapolis, supported by local talent, will read at Shiloh church at an early date. Mrs. Thomas Ramsey, of Pittsburg, is visiting Mrs. R. W. Hayes, of Jackson court, and expects to spend the winter here. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Smith, nee Miss Alice Touny, of Smithfield, were here the past week to spend a part of their honeymoon. Rev. and Mrs. J. Francis Gregory, of Bordentown, N. J., nee Miss Edna Anderson, of this city, have a fine little daughter, born Sunday, October 23. The Reese brothers and their mother recently sold their home on Bragdon street and purchased a fine residence on Mapledale street, West Side. Mrs. W. J. Johnson, of Cedar avenue, is still critically ill and the reverend is far from well. Her brother, Rev. Alexander Smith, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., was here to see her the past week. The Old Folks' Home on Osborn street held its annual ingathering on Thursday, serving dinner at noon and refreshments during the afternoon and evening. Fancy articles and a quilt were on sale. The editor of The Gazette entertained Rev. A. H. Lealtad, of Chicago, former rector of St. Andrew's mission, at dinner last week Friday. The reverend also paid The Gazette "sanctum" a very pleasant visit. Wm. N. Alexander returned recently from a vacation, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simpson, of Toronto, Ont., and Mr. and Mrs. Becking (white), of Montreal, Can., where a reception was given in his honor. Dr. Leroy N. Bundy, formerly at 399 Forest street, is now connected with the Woodliff dental parlors, No. 448 Central avenue, where he will be pleased to see his many friends and former patrons. All work positively guaranteed. Services at St. Andrew's mission Sunday: Holy Eucharist, 8 a.m.; morning prayer and sermon, 10:30; Sunday school, 12 noon; evening prayer and sermon on "Holy Confirmation." Rev. Edward S. Doan atattended convocation this week in his old parish at Bellevue. Do you know that in the very nature of things it will one day be your turn to be disabled either by a long period of illness or by an accident? It comes to all men some time. For accidents or sick benefits see Ball or Mitchell, No. 215 Sibley street, or 416 Superior building, agents. Round trip tickets to points in southern and southeastern states at considerable less than the one way rate are on sale via Pennsylvania lines on November 15th. For full information about rates, time of trains, etc., write or call on Geo. W. Weedon, D. P. A., Cleveland, O. Jas. R. Snyder, of No. 94 Norman street, recently completed a very pretty and neat story and a half cottage on Colonial place, East End, which is the most attractive residence on the street. Recently he made some improvements on his property on Doan street, occupied by his mother. Rev. A. H. Lealtad, of Chicago, was in the city for a week, guest of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Benson, of Collinwood. He was royally entertained at dinner last Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Henderson, of ewton street, and on Wednesday of last week by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bell, of Beechwood street. At the close of Sunday evening's services a vote of thanks was given Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Gilmere for their effective work during the year. Marriages last week by Rev. Gilmere: Wm. Logan and Lillian Griffin, Fletcher Mahoney and Helen Pembleton, Payne Literary society meets every Monday at 8:30 p. m. at St., John's church. With Forest street armory packed and jammed with people as it was on the night of the Emancipation Celebration, and according to the committee in charge only 549 persons consti- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1904. tuted this immense throng, how many were at the political meeting Wednesday evening at the same place? Certainly there couldn't have been more than 250. The talk favoring the selection of a citizens' committee to investigate the financial conduct of the recent Emancipation celebration grows daily. We believe it should be encouraged. Such an investigation ought to be coureted by the committee. Dennis Fowler says there were at least 700 in the armory that evening. Others claim from 600 to 800. What do you think? Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Gibbs, who have been residents of White, N. J., for about a year, have returned to Oberlin to reside until in December, when Mrs. Gibbs will join him in Little Rock, Ark., where he will go at an early date to assist his father, Judge M. W. Gibbs, ex-United States consul at Tamatave, Madagascar. Mr. H. E. Gibbs was in the city from Oberlin last Saturday. Joe Soskin, the merchant tailor at No. 522 Prospect street, near Perry street, makes the finest and best fitting suits from $15 up and pants from $3 up. He also does cleaning, pressing and repairing in the most thorough and satisfactory manner. If you want to be pleased and at the most reasonable figures, give him a call at once. See his advertisement elsewhere in this paper. Miss Dazalia Underwood and Mrs. Cornelia Montgomery were guests of Mrs. Mattie Coleman and daughter, Miss Grace, of New Castle, Pa., last week. They also visited in Mercer, Pa., and were highly entertained. Miss Underwood and Mrs. Montgomery were royally entertained in New Castle by Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Dillard, Mrs. Baker and Miss Margaret Wilson, as well, as by Mrs. Coleman and daughter. See New Castle letter elsewhere in this paper. With a bullet in his body, which the physicians believe lodged in his lungs, Henry Scherill, who lived on Mayflower street, lingered since October 1. He died last week Friday afternoon at the Cleveland General hospital. Scherill quarrelled with Andro Wedrn (white), a saloonkeeper at No. 545 Broadway and a duel of pool balls and bullets followed, the saloonkeeper using the revolver. Scherill was struck by four of the bullets, one of which penetrated his body. Our people who daily lunch or dine down town should have sufficient race pride to occasionally, at least, patronize Crawford's "Gem" restaurant at 91 Sheriff street, and the B. B. cafe and restaurant at No. 31 Chestnut street. They furnish as good a lunch or meal if not better than you can get anywhere else and at prices just as cheap if not cheaper. Do not forget our two undertakers, the Woodliff dentists, John S. Hall, the watchmaker and jeweler; C. L. Lacey with Seigler Brothers, and our other advertisers. Albert English has finished a four-year term in the penitentiary and was in the county jail awaiting commitment to the state hospital at Newburg until Wednesday noon, when Judge White discharged him because he was sane. No insanity warrant was sworn out against him. "He was 'brought back here under the statute,' said Judge White, Tuesday, "providing for the return of insane prisoners to the counties from which they were sentenced. No action has been taken in this court in his case yet, and none will be until somebody swears to a warrant." English was convicted of grand larceny October 22, 1900, and sentenced November 10, 1900, to four years in the penitentiary. He was kept in solitary confinement for the last 14 months of the time. "I asked them to let me work," he says, "but they would only leave me there alone with my thoughts. It is a wonder such treatment is not maddening." The Douglass Automatic Straw Binder Company made the second assessment, in the shape of a required increase of at least a half share of stock, on its stockholders this fall on the old plea of the need of money (this time $2,500), "to secure letters patent in foreign lands." The following is a letter sent to local stockholders under date October 19, 1904, by Jas. H. Dunjill, assistant secretary, by order of the board of directors of the company: "You are hereby notified that Saturday, November 12, is the last day you will have to purchase stock in the Douglass Automatic Straw Binder Company to secure patents in foreign countries. You will be expected to take at least a half share, otherwise your stock becomes void. This is final. Stock can be secured at No. 64 Hackman street." Wouldn't this jar you? About a year or more ago each stockholder was assessed $4.25 per share. Now comes dose No. 2. In spite of the thousands of dollars of stock sold and the large amount realized from the assessment of the same, a conservative estimate of the total amount realized as the result, being at least $15,000, we have yet to learn that William Douglass, the president of the company, has ever patented his alleged invention, to say nothing of putting one of them on the market. If there is anything that beats the Rover Safety Rack Company it is certainly this alleged Douglass automatic straw binder business. The following appeared in Tuesday evening's Daily Press: "I have been all over this country and I know there isn't another club like ours anywhere. None of them has got the money we have. This place is worth $5,000. Those curtains we got from Mayor Johnson $100 each. That Turkish den cost over $100, and we haven't got room for all our stuff. We've got a palm garden and a grill room." Daniel S. Young, for two years butler at Mayor Tom's residence and now general manager of the Kenmore club, was talking. Furnishings from Mayor Tom's home and the Dan R. Hanna residence adorn the club rooms. Draped over the doorways are heavy brocaded silk hangings, the gifts of Mayor and Mrs. Johnson. Silverware and cut glass represent the Hanna household. Young's "brother" is Hanna's butler. He's been in the Gordon family for 29 years, according to his brother, the secretary. Young, who is always on duty at the club rooms, is distinguished by his green cap and his stock tie gathered through a massive gold ring. Ray Green, "the best colored entertainer in town," holds forth at the piano for the pleasure of the wives and sweethearts of the members, who, as guests of the club, can intrude only to the parlor. "I have played and sung all over the city," says Green. "Entertaining is my meal ticket." "We never allow any 'honkytonks,' as we call them, here," says Manager Young. "When- ever any of those fellows come in I say, 'Gentlemen, you aint on 'Erie street, there's the door.'" Hon. Judson W. Lyons, registrar of the United States treasury, and a personal friend of the editor of The Gazette, arrived in the city Wednesday morning from the east for the purpose of delivering an address at the Forest street armory meeting, held on the same evening. Mr. Lyons is a native of Georgia and has his home in Atlanta, although for the last four or five years he has been living in Washington, D. C., as the result of his federal position. He is also the only Afro-American member of the national republican committee. After registering at the Imperial hotel Mr. Lyons called upon the editor of The Gazette, J. renewing his subscription and their mutual friendship of years' standing. He is a man of ability as well as of exceptionally fine physique, being more than a six-footer, and one of the leading men of the race. Some who attended the political meeting at the Forest street armory on Wednesday evening remembered Rev. Morgan Wood's spectacular failure to speak at St. John's church many months ago after faithfully promising to do so, and therefore took very little interest in what he had to say on this occasion. Paul Howland, esq., a forceful talker, was one of the speakers. The star of the evening, however, was Mr. Lyons, whose address was devoted to national issues, and not only proved exceptionally interesting, but beneficial. Correspondents Wanted. The old reliable Gazette desires an active agent and 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, Piqua, Bellaire, Galipolis, Cambridge, Lima, Toledo, Portsmouth, Circleville, Delaware, Hamilton, Sandusky and other places where we have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, Blackstone building, Cleveland, O., and terms will be sent promptly. Our readers can oblige us greatly by sending 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. Olean, N. Y., Items. Mrs. Sarah Hill is ill.—Mr. Henry Johnson is better.—Little Kenneth Halthcox has mumps.—The L'Ouverture club meets at Mr. and Mrs. Lester Clemmons.—Miss Sarah Green, of Elmira, will reside here.—Mr. Harry Barnes is visiting his parents.—Miss Ida Randall attended the ball at Hornellsville.—Mr. L. Cady, of Scio, was here last week.—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Norris, of Herrin, Pa., were guests of Mrs. Sarah Hill.—Miss Florence Brooks gave a dinner in honor of Miss Miranda Holliday, of Baltimore, Friday. Covers were laid for twelve.—Mrs. Archie Clemmons visited her parents in Portville' last week. Crown of Glory Hair Pomade Straightens, Softens. Makes the hair easy to handle. Try it for Beauty's sake. Trial treatments 10c. Large bottles 50c. Order to-day and be convinced. THE OSBORNE CO., Box 21, Cleveland, O. SPECIAL SALE OF PIANO PLAYERS PIANOLAS, Angelus Piano Players, Angelus Orchestral Piano Players. Slightly Used, but Every One in Good Working Order. We must have the room now taken up by these "odds and ends" and in order to move them have marked them down to prices unheard of heretofore. EASY PAYMENTS, IF DESIRED. If interested do not delay but call at once and examine the best piano player made, The Pianola. Every one a genuine bargain. The B. 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Notes on Winter Fashions dress authorities are real artists and are wise to return to the beautiful old French modes. Nothing could be more imposing than the Louis XVI. corsage, with its becoming point and beautiful lace berthe, tucker or what variation the wearer wills, marking the line of the decolletage. To any woman who has the right, by reason of a beautiful neck and shoulders, to wear decollete dress at all, the Louis XVI. line is quite the most becoming, while the skirt slightly pleated on the hips, shows a good figure to the best advantage. UNITED BY A DREAM Ogdensburg, N. Y., Man Prompted by Revelation Seeks and Finds Aged Parent-Had Been Absent Forty- Three Years. A long lost father has been located in Ogdensburg, N. Y., through a dream. The incident is a rather peculiar one, the truth of which is vouchered for by the dreamer himself. During the war of the rebellion, Frank Ashley, of Cook's Corners, N. Y., enlisted at the call to arms and marched away. When peace was restored, he returned to his home and resumed work on the farm. But the life he had led in the army made farming a dull occupation to him, and he finally went to Colton, where he engaged as a sawyer in a lumber mill. For a few months his family heard from him regularly, but suddenly all communication ceased, and, as years passed, his family came to the conclusion that he had gone to join his comrades in the life beyond—that he was dead. One night recently his son, Henry Ashley, a respected farmer, who was only a youngster when his father left home, dreamed that if he went to Ogdensburg he would find his father. The next morning he related his dream to his wife, who only laughed, putting little reliance in the dream. Mr. Ashley could not get the dream out of his mind, so at last he determined to come to Ogdensburg, being fully convinced that when he returned to his home he would find his long lost parent. Arriving in the city he made inquiry among relatives, none of whom had heard anything of his father. Finally the young man visited Frank Johnson, customs officer at the Ferry dock, who is also quartermaster of Ransom post, No. 354, G. A. R., in that city, and to him related his story. There the son was informed that a man named Frank Ashley was at that moment in the city hospital, sent from the soldiers' home at St. Louis, Mo., for treatment. Henry Ashley went to the hospital at once, and after conversing with the patient for a short time he was convinced that his dream had come true—that the sick man was his father. The senior Ashley could hardly realize that it was his son to whom he was talking, the 43 years that had elapsed during his absence having transformed the child as when last seen into a man of middle age. The recognition was an affecting one. The old man is recovering, and as soon as able will go to the home of his son. He draws a liberal pension and is 76 years old. He had been an inmate of the soldiers' home at St. Louis for a long time. STRANGE FOSTER MOTHER. Big Maltese Cat Raising Litter of Bull Pups in Kansas City with Her Own Offspring. Out in a most fashionable part of Kansas City, a big maltese cat mother is giving her entire attention and care to a litter of five bull puppies, while she nourishes a kitten of her own and strives painstakingly to encourage the six to dwell in peace and unity. Recently the mother of the puppies, a blue ribbon English bull that was registered and had been exhibited at many dog shows, died, leaving to mourn her loss the five puppies, then but a few days old. Capt. Kennedy, the official dog enumerator, was surprised in no small measure when a young woman called at his office and asked for a mother for the puppies. "I haven't a dog of that description now," explained the impounder, after he had regained his equilibrium, "but I have a big maltese cat which I think will prove to be the best kind of a mother to your puppies." So the cat and one of her kittens were removed to the young woman's home. Then the five hungry puppies were turned over to their strange mother. The cat purred gloriously, and by other manifestations expressed her delight. For several weeks she has nursed the five puppies and her one offspring. All day long the puppies caper around with the mother cat and her kitten, and when night comes the whole bloomin' menagerie climb into a box together and roll up in a solid ball of cat fur and dog hair. Meets Death in Odd Way. Ona, the 12-year-old son of Carrie Watson, is dead of lockjaw at Corydon, Ind., resulting from a fractured bone of the arm. Several days ago the boy was attempting to ride a calf in a field. The animal was playful and threw him to the ground. He fell on his left arm, the bone of which snapped and, protruding from the flesh, stuck into the ground. He was pinned, unconscious, for several hours until discovered by accident by a laborer returning home in the evening. Specialists were summoned, but their utmost endeavors were without avail. Gets Marie Antoinette Harp. The museum of the Conservatory of Paris has obtained the harp which once belonged to Marie Antoinette, of France, a magnificent instrument, heavily gilt, made by Nadermann in 1780. The short arm is ornamented with a marvelous wreath of roses, on the top of which is carved an eagle with spread wings. Diamonds are incased in the eagle's claws. A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 Sixth street, Fond Du Lac, Wis., Presbyterian clergyman, says: "I had attacks of kidney disorders which kept me in the house for days at a time, unable to do anything. What I suffered can hardly be told. 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Fashion Notes from Gay Paris RESS of the Louis XVI, and of the Josephine period is well represented in the winter fashions of 1904, both for day and evening wear, and it is of the latter I wish to write this week. The present day D We are, of course, modifying these modes a little. The danger is that the authorities may insist upon having them too full at the feet, and so allow them to be suggestive of the crinoline. On the other hand, the long trains of the Josephine perjod will counteract this effect. In fact, in the matter of skirts. Katy Cock A SMART TAILOR-MADE GOWN IN GREEN AND BLACK. there is much controversy and many variations to choose between. The beauty of the colorings and materials employed in the days of the Louis cannot be surpassed; for instance, there are the wonderful blue and the vieux rose, with both of which we are familiar, and if neither of these suits us we can adopt that curious blue-green of a later period, or the lovely old white and gold brocades. In conjunction with such glorified fabrics we want, of course, beautiful lace, and some old paste or enamel buttons. But the lack of these things need not dishearten the would-be wearer of the Louis XVI. corsage. Let me advise her to look carefully among the relics of the past, and if she cannot find any lace-edged handkerchiefs which she could utilize let her buy some very very fine plain Brussels net or some good imitation lace. Nowadays the manufacturers are obliging enough to imitate the old-world designs in a truly marvelous manner. And Parisian diamonds are indeed a faithful reproduction of the beautiful gems worn in the days of Louis XVI. A lovely model brought out by one ARIS.—Most interesting this season are the various styles of outdoor and evening wraps that appear on all sides. Worth has revived the old-fashioned paletot and some beautiful Directoire modes. PARIS.—Most interesting this season are the various styles of outdoor and evening wraps that appear on all sides. Worth has revived the old-fashioned paletot and some beautiful Directoire modes, and other houses are producing wonderful, quaint Japanese styles made of beautiful cloths, embroidered or piped with velvet, and sometimes finished with deep fringes of silk and chenille. The real jaquettes seem to gain favor with middle-aged ladies, but not with our younger mondaines. After all, the three-quarter length tight-fitting coat in peau de soie, trimmed with fringe and ruchings in black or puse color, is somewhat ageing. For morning wear in the Bols a great many scarlet and white sac coats are worn trimmed with kid and cloth embroideries. These are worn with trotteuse skirts. In the afternoon we see fur tippets with triple capes and fichu ends. There are also some pretty shawl-like wraps of lovely pastel cloths, embroidered and edged with fringe. There is no doubt that the graceful shawl line is very beautiful in a wrap, especially when the wrap is of faced cloth embroidered with embossed velvet taking in the various shades of the costume, for everything is still a perfect study in color. Brown, bronze and wine shades predominate, together with the real, old, faded vieux rose. Charming are the evening wraps of lace over chiffon, embroidered with shaded panne and velvet leaves, finished with crine or chinchilla collar and cuffs. Sometimes, too, these wraps show fur edgings. The three-quarter length is a favorite one, but the Josephine wraps are fully trained. Bronze-brown opera cloaks are wonderfully beautiful, lined with shaded chiffon and lace, and further adorned with huge collars and deep cuffs of sable or mink. A vieux rose velvet wrap lately saw had a lovely overcape of chinchilla, and a regal purple velvet mantle was trimmed with many rows of crine. I must not omit to describe a Josephine dress of thick cream Liberty satin, the long train of which was edged with mink, while an over-train reaching only a little below the waist was of olive-green velvet embroidered in gold. Wonderfully embroidered buttons appeared on this gown, and a narrow fun CURRENT CURIOS. W. H. Boyer, a Portland musician, says his dog, a fine spaniel, committed suicide because he was shut up in the kitchen instead of being taken out as usual, for a walk. At any rate, when Mr. Boyer returned, there lay "Brown Boy" dead, with his nose against an open gas jet in the kitchen stove. Surely the most curious present ever given to anybody was that made to an elderly Welsh couple in Kentucky. John Williams and his wife celebrated their golden wedding, and among the presents received from their friends was a of the leading costumieres is an example of the evening dress prevalent during the reign of Louis XVI, brought up to date. It is in a thick make of vieux rose taffeta and beautifully arranged point d'Alencon, shaped in a deep point, and losing itself in the pointed bodice, finished with two enormous choux of velvet of a bright rose shade, with quaint paste ornaments in the center. The heavy folds of the skirt derive most of their fulness from the hips, the front width being outlined with velvet, and having a few rosettes thereon. This is very full round the feet, and is also trained. The sleeves are of a rather picturesque order, and from the elbow are long strands of shaded rose-pink chiffon giving the necessary touch of softness which produces such graceful results in the picture gowns of the present day. I recently noted a lovely picture dinner frock with an underskirt of old lace, which, by the way, affords a rather good opportunity of making use of a wedding veil. This particular model had a Directoire coat, cut away in the front, with long tails behind, of heavy white and gold brocade, with an inner waist-coat of shaded green chiffon velours, folded and intermingled with an inner chemisette of Brussels lace. This had elbow sleeves also of lace, and lace was appliqued on the green velvet collar, forming a becoming finish to the decolletage. For evening wear there is a revival of the polonaise and the old princess frock of a later period. If well carried out, they can be very beautiful, but they are difficult of manipulation, and do not commend themselves to the general public. And dare I suggest they offer no opportunity of using up remnants or long-kept relics as many of the other modes do? The prevailing methods of using trimmings, and especially for edgings, show a decided tendency towards the revival of the Louis XVI., the Empress Josephine and the early Victorian modes. A purple velvet princess frock trimmed with ermine edging and tucker of old lace sounds very sumptuous, and this style of gown must be costly. Some of the autumn models are, of course, too exaggerated, but this is always so at the beginning of any season. Ere long we shall settle down, and we shall probably find that in the world of fashionable couturieres, "period" dressing has come to stay. There have not been wanting indications of this all through the past season, and the idea doubtless originated two or three years ago, during a craze for fancy dress balls and dinners. And, after all, we should welcome any mode that tends to lighten and brighten English dressing. And, above all, do we welcome in a dull London winter the richness and fulness of coloring of which real artists never tire, and exquisite fabrics and trimmings are in themselves a pleasure to look upon. I suppose the ideal fabric for the evening is velours-mousseline, which takes lovely lights and shades. I am told that a leading American is having a beautiful frock in the new bronze-green shade, so beloved by Parisians, with a tucked berthe of deep "copper" colored Mechlin lace, and trimmed with big embroidered velvet buttons down the front of the skirt and bodice. There is a tremendous demand for every variety of fancy button. ELLEN OSMOND Henry Gould Made of white cloth embroidered with roses, narrow frills of taffeta and Irish lace. edging outlined the square decolletage. Long suede and kid gloves and mittens are worn in the evening, and for ornaments tortoise shell pins of every description are placed in the eoiffure. The ruby, the turquoise and the emerald are fighting for popularity, which I think is very evenly distributed among them. With classical dress the Juliet cap of many-colored stones is worn and pearls never lose an lot of their value. How pretty are big choux of velvet worn in the hair, the center consisting of a beautiful diamond ornament. ANNETTE GIRVY. Trained. 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Big Four Route TO St. Louis "The Way of the World" to the World's Fair For information as to rates, hotels and boarding houses, address nearest Big Four Agent, or WARREN J. LYNCH, G. P. and T. Agent, Cincinnati, O. MEXICO IS TEMPTING In the two continents of America there is no more charming and delightful country for a vacation trip than Old Mexico. At every turn some more sight or sound claims the traveller's attention, everything is new and different. From St. Louis to Mexico City, the M. K. & T. RY operates a Pullman sleeper running through without change. This sleeper leaves St. Louis at 8:35 p.m. every day on the "Kate Plate." Rates are low now. Write for particulars and copy of booklet, "Sights and Scenes in Old Mexico," to "KATY" ST. LOUIS, MO. Strawberry and Vegetable Dealers The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad Company have recently issued a publication known as Circular No.12, in which is described the best territory in this country for the growing of early strawberries and early vegetables. Every dealer in and around would address a postal card to the undersigned at DEBQUE, IOWA, requesting a copy of "Circular No.12." J. F. MERRY, Asst. Gen'l Passy Agent. PILES ANAKESIS gives belief and POSITIVE MESSAGE. For free sample address "ANAKESIS," Tribune building, New York. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world. The reason W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the greatest sellers in the world is because of their excellent style, easy fitting and superior wearing qualities. If I could show you the difference between the shoes made in my factory and those of other makes and the high-grade leather used, you would understand why W. L. 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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. The Chiropodists' society, of Chicago, has been incorporated. Hooray for the corn crop!—Chicago Journal. Up to Her. Mr. Crimsonbeak—You women never know when to say no. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—I'd like to know why we don't. "Because, if you'd have said no when I asked you to marry me, see the trouble you would have saved!"—Yonkers Statesman. Grounds for Divorce Newed—Alas! I am a disappointed man. My wife cannot sing. Oldwed—Can't sing! Why, man, that ought to be a cause for rejoicing. You are to be congratulated. Newed—Yes, but the trouble is she thinks she can—Cincinnati Enquirer. A. Deceived Duke First Nobleman—The poor duke was dreadfully deceived. Second Nobleman—He married an American heiress. First Nobleman—True, but her money has given out, and now she won't even work for his living. N. Y. Weekly. Not Apprehensive. 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