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2 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: HARRY C. SMITH. Editor and Pröprietor THE GAZETTE. Blackstone Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Member Ohio Legislature, { 1894 to 1896. 1896 to 1898. 1900 to 1902. Cleveland, Saturday, Dec. 31, 1904. 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. Happy New Year! You will need The Gazette next year more than ever before. Better subscribe for it at once! F. J. Loudin lodge, K. P., of East Liverpool, has honored itself in the selection of a name. May it grow and prosper. Miss Hazelda Harrison is in a fair way to climb the ladder of musical fame almost to the height attained by S. Coleridge-Taylor. Good! Mean and low, the blow at the race industrial schools of that state, is the action of a recent Virginia legislature, mentioned elsewhere in this paper. It was and is contemptible! Another farce, as a result of that Springfield lynching, was enacted recently which will also play an important part in Ohio's next gubernatorial campaign in event of Gov. M. T. Herrick's renomination. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell is entitled to the credit for that excellent article on lynching in our last issue, rather than the New York Tribune, from which it was taken. She is certainly a brilliant woman and a credit to the race. What a magnificent fight for citizen rights our people of Alton, Ill., have put up in the courts for years! They certainly merit success and, we sincerely trust, will soon attain it. It will mean the wiping out of separate schools in Alton and the state of Illinois. Congressman Crumpacker, of Indiana, in a letter to a southerner recently, said that he believed in the supremacy of "virtue and intelligence" and not in "white supremacy," and then proceeded to read the aforementioned southerner a "curtain" lecture on good citizenship which he certainly needed. Would that there were more Crumpackers. President Nord, of Hajti, ever since his inauguration, has been after the rascals who plunged that country into a financial cesspool that is as dangerous in a way as the whirlpool of Niagara. He seems in a fair way to "catch" the majority of them. More power to him; for if there is anything that Haiti needs it is just the standing in the financial world that such a "cleaning up" will give it. About a dozen have just been given sentences ranging from three years to "life." Good! A HEALTHY PEOPLE, A HEALTHY NATION. If the study of physiology means anything, it means that we shall take advantage of the information we derive and apply it in preserving a healthful and vigorous mind and body. Our mental and physical activities depend upon the healthfulness of our entire being. If the study of the laws of health mean anything, it means the application of the knowledge we have acquired in making ourselves stronger, vigorous and helpful, in eliminating disease and sickness and infusing vitality and power into the national body. Few people in the prime of life need be in constant complaining, if they would but use the necessary care in order to avoid sickness. Needless exposure in standing upon the damp earth too long, thus inducing cold feet is sure to invite colds and pneumonia. Sitting in a draught between two windows, sitting in rooms poorly ventilated, or in a damp, cold room with too little fire, are means very sure to bring on sickness. The American mother is strictly called to know her responsibility to the young, to guard with scrupulous care every invasion of a possible disease and to be herself a safe advisor as to what is best for the digestive system. Her counsel is always indispensible for the young, and instead of fitting the child to appear handsome and pleasing in dress merely, she should also be earnestly concerned in regard to the physical training and appearance of the child. Instead of fostering women's social clubs for fashionable festivities and the like, she should plead for a universal law promotive of means and ends to rescue and save the American child and the American man and woman from the thousand of maladies so needlessly incidental to human existence. Instead of protesting against many of our modern and improved practices THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1904. known to medical science. she should demand them, she should favor the vaccination laws, she should encourage vivisection, and should favor all experiments that lead to a simple life. In short the American mother is especially called to guard against the attending influences calculated to impair and injure the moral, intellectual and physical growth of youth, and to increase the nation's health. Let her contend for better rules and regulations governing social life and restrain those of her own sex in religious excesses. It is an easy matter to contract sickness but it is very difficult to rid ourselves of chronic complaints. The Duke of Wellington was once asked what he deemed most essential to preserve the health of his soldiers. His reply was, "comfortable shoes and warm feet." It goes without saying that if people would see to it that their feet are well fortified against cold and foul weather and are kept warm and comfortable they would seldom have reason to ask medical aid. But under all circumstances it is always advisable that medical attention be sought at once to counteract the first symptom of disease. STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN THE SOUTH. Although we may be called to record some very striking happenings in the midst of the most enlightened nation on the globe, and though sometimes most revolting in their nature, yet they are as criminal as they are inexcusable. Only a short while ago a highly educated and cultured gentleman of color was seated in a Memphis, Tenn., street car by the side of a beautiful and attractive octooroon miss, not at all to be known from a white woman. Her escort was engaged in earnest conversation with his lady friend; while green-eyed white gentry looked on in the spirit of growing wrath. They could not believe otherwise but that this young girl was of the pure Saxon blood. Their blood warmed to fever heat; when, in a moment of madness, a half dozen white ruffians pounced upon the young Afro-American and beat him unmercifully. He plead for mercy but received a deeper wound. Fortunately the car stopped and the gentleman beat a hasty retreat into the darkness of the night. A dark skin white man, a millionaire from New Orleans, was seen riding through this same city in one of the street cars. His complexion awakened the curiosity of lookers on because he too was seated by the side of a white woman, his wife. The occasion was evidently becoming serious. The features of this uncrowned prince were strictly Caucasian, but the vicious whites would have no other belief but that the stranger was a Negro. A quiet whisper passed from ear to ear, and every eye was fixed upon this stranger. For a moment it was puzzling to determine the gravity of the situation. The suspected victim seemed inflexibly indignant and the fire which flashed from his eyes was significant of a devilish design. A voice was heard to ask, "Who is he?" and there came the response, "You had better watch that white man and you had better let him alone." The farce ended; for it was Greek meeting Greek. It is a fact that white men quail in the presence of each other, yet are exceptionally brave when they have a poor Negro placed at their mercy. The facts prove that men are brave under certain circumstances and not so much so under other conditions. But in the city of Milan, Tenn., we reach the climax of southern nonsense. In that city a congress of Negro teachers held their fifth educational anniversary. They invited the white principal of the city high school to address them. The white principal appeared and spoke for an hour. He was in one of his happiest moods. In his introductory remarks, he was most felicitous and dared to address these teachers as "Ladies and Gentlemen." But the phrase, "Ladies and Gentlemen," aroused the white element to mutiny and rage. The city press denounced the action of the white principal and poured out vials of wrath upon the head of a man whose harmless words were those of merest human kindness. A quarrel ensued throughout the community and it deepened with the wildest impulse against the principal who was in every respect in sympathy with his own people. The press prosecuted a bitter and persistent attack upon the white teacher, until finally he was called before the board of education and dismissed. All effort to adjust the matter and all pleading was in vain. The white principal presumed to call cultured and educated Afro-Americans, "Ladies and Gentlemen" and for this he is persecuted, ostracised and exiled. And this is boasted America! "the land of the free and the home of the brave," where even a white man is not allowed to teach pure ethics, is not allowed to say that his soul is his own! 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, Troy, Bellaire, Gallipolis, 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. Burglar's Got $500 in Cash. Cleveland, Dec. 28.—Burglars. secured $500 in cash and $170 worth of jewelry in the home of Charles W. Eberhard, 934 Case & avenue, early Tuesday. INTERESTING NEWS NOTES. HAPPENINGS IN THE BUSY WORLD BOILED DOWN. AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS Recent Events that Contain the Pith of the General News for the Perusal of Our Readers. Andrew Carnegie has presented the Braddock (Pa.) Carnegie library and the Homestead (Pa.) Carnegie library with $35,000 each as a Christmas present. Russia is on the eve of abolishing the passport system. The matter has already been decided in principle by the commission which is investigating the passport question. Sixty-two Colorado miners have arrived in St. Louis after being driven out of the state by deputy sheriffs. Most of them left their wives and families at Cripple Creek. Wearing cartridge belts and having their pockets filled with dime novels, two boys have been arrested in Harlem, N. Y., on charges of attacking their grandmother, strangling her into unconsciousness and then robbing her of jewelry and money amounting to more than $250. A high wind at Peru, Ind., blew down a two-story brick building in process of construction. The wall caved in the adjoining frame house of Mrs. Clare Taylor. With her were Mrs. Ann Arrington, Miss Ann Murphy and Adrian Taylor, a boy, all of whom were injured. The water company supplying Braddock, Pa., announces that it cannot guarantee a supply of water. The supply at Irwin, Pa., has been shut off, leaving it entirely without water. The drought is beginning to have a serious effect on the mills in the Monongahela valley. Eight prisoners dug out of the county jail at Charleston, W. Va., and escaped. All are white men charged with felonies. This makes 30 prisoners that have escaped from this jail within the past year. Fire at Chicago damaged a West Side apartment building $50,000 and caused a loss of $20,000 to tenants of the building. Three of the tenants were badly burned. Firemen rescued eight persons by means of ladders. The new tunnel which has been constructed under Boston harbor from the mainland to East Boston by the city of Boston has been leased to the Boston Elevated Railroad Co. for 25 years. The tunnel is about a mile long. National officers of the United Mine Workers have discovered that there are on the rolls 10,000 or 12,000 more paid up members than have been reported to them. This discovery explained the apparent loss of many members. The total loss by the recent fire in the business section of Sioux City, Ia., is $2,500,000 and the insurance about $1,600,000. Kenohah Brockway, who jumped from the fourth story of a building, missed the life net and was instantly killed. After having been exhibited for more than 40 years, during which time he visited nearly all the principal cities of the United States and Europe, William Connery, known as "the Irish Giant," has been sent to the almshouse in New York City. W. H. Halstead, aged 38, a pool room and restaurant proprietor at Colonia, Pa., was found murdered at his place of business. He was bound and gagged and his head was bruised in several places. The gas was turned on, causing death from asphyxiation. Three more election officials have been sent to jail by the Colorado supreme court for contempt, making a total of 30 who have been sentenced for violation of the court's injunction issued prior to the November election. The Montana supreme court has dismissed proceedings begun by Attorney General Donovan against the International Harvester Co. and four Chicago packing houses to restrain them from carrying on business in the state on the ground that they were violating the anti-trust laws of Montana. Mr. Russell, the American minister at Bogota, Colombia, has advised the state department of the arrest in Bogota of three opposition members of the last congress for circulating publications against the government. While resenting an insult to a young woman with whom he was walking in Glendale, a suburb of Brooklyn, N. Y., Frederick Fredericks was stabbed and probably fatally wounded by an unknown man who escaped. Arrest, instead of a comfortable cot, will be the lot after January 1 of the several thousand habitual or occasional drunkards who in the course of the year seek Bellevue hospital, New York City, for treatment and use the institution as a handy place to sleep off their sprees. Jilted by a widow in whose house he had roomed for several months, Charles Witt, of Chicago, is alleged to have attempted to burn her dwelling. Failing to gain entrance to the residence he is said to have broken open the door of a vacant house adjoining and to have set fire to it with the idea that the flames would spread. Papers are signed and the money is available for the construction of the immense power canal of the Great Northern Power Co. at Duluth, Minn. Mrs. Thomas E. Barnes, aged 21 years, was blown to pieces in her home at Detroit by a cartridge that had been sent her as a souvenir by her brother, a sailor in the United States navy. Miss Priscilla Odell has been given a verdict of $500 by a jury in the circuit court at Independence, Mo., against three men and three women whom she charged with whipping her publicly. All are residents of Atherton, Mo. Congressman J. J. Esch, of La Crosse, Wis., has announced his candidacy for United States senator to succeed Senator Quarles. Word has just been received by relatives in Port Jervis, N. Y., from F. C. Holly, a blacksmith, whom they had mourned as dead for nearly 14 years. He was a political prisoner in Colombia nearly all this time. Dividend and interest disbursements to be made in January will break all records. The total is about $180,600,000 to be paid out by leading railroad and industrial corporations, banks, trust companies, traction companies and the national government. By the burning of the house of Mr. Lafreniere, near Calendar. Ont., his four children perished. While Elmer Hunt, 19 years old, of Chicago, balanced a bottle on his head, William Dougherty, who had been boasting of his prowess as a marksman, attempted to emulate William Tell by shooting the bottle. At the second shot Hunt fell to the floor with a bullet between his eyes and died instantly. Dougherty escaped. Congressman William F. Mahoney, of the Eighth Illinois district, is dead at his home in Chicago. Rain and sleet, following a heavy snow storm, played havoc with transportation facilities and the telegraph service in and around New York City. The newly built Majestic theatre at Fort Wayne, Ind., was gutted by fire recently. Loss $35,000, three-fourths insured. The fire started through an explosion in the engine room. In an opinion rendered by Frank L. Campbell, assistant attorney general for the interior department, it is held that the laws of the United States are not applicable to the Panama canal zone. A gas machine used for lighting the Columbia hotel at Grand Forks, N. D., exploded and wrecked the building. A porter who was in the room with the machine was picked up 50 feet away, probably fatally hurt. Russian officials have demanded of the Chinese foreign office the restitution of the 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition apparently destined for Port Arthur seized by the Chinese authorities at Fengtai a few days ago. Louis Simon, a 6-year-old Chicago boy whose joy over receiving his long expected Christmas presents was so great that he was seized with an attack of heart failure, is dead at a hospital, of paralysis of the heart. Hugh A. Jamieson, one of the most prominent business men of Pennsylvania, is dead at his home in Warren, Pa. He was one of the prominent figures among the independent oil refiners of the United States and was largely interested in lumber. Buying a coffin ostensibly for a friend, Leroy K. Nesbit, a Chicago banker, committed suicide in an undertaking establishment. Scribbled on a card in the banker's pocket was a note saying: "I am tired of being a cripple." Nesbit had a shriveled leg. The opening of navigation from Morgantown, W. Va., to New Orleans has resulted in orders being given to open a large number of coal mines throughout the Monongahela valley, furnishing employment to 8,000 coal miners who have been idle for many weeks. The navy department has awarded the contract for the completion of the dry dock at the Mare Island navy yard to the Scofield Co., of Philadelphia. The amount of the contract is $1,385,000 and the dry dock is to be completed in 33 months. This dry dock will be the largest in the United States. The steamer Robert E. Lee struck a snag near Memphis, Tenn., and sank in shallow water. All of the passengers and crew were taken off in safety. In a head-on collision between a freight train and work train on the Atlantic Coast line which occurred 80 miles from Montgomery, Ala., one man was killed and four persons injured. It is unofficially reported that the attorney general, who is examining the Dreyfus case, has decided to recommend a retrial before a court-martial. This is subject to the approval of the court of cassation, which meets in February. King Peter has signed the new press law which practically abolishes freedom of the press in Servia. The gross earnings of the steam roads of Connecticut in the year ending June 30, 1904, were the greatest in the history of the state. They amounted to $50,188,984, showing an increase of $1,200,299 over the previous year. By the generosity of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, every pupil in the Cove Neck, N. Y., public school, which was formerly attended by some of the children of the president, received a Christmas gift. Mrs. Roosevelt sent two barrels of candy to the school house. Fire which broke out in a restaurant destroyed six buildings in the heart of the business section of Birmingham, Ala. Loss $75,000. The storm on Lake Michigan completely demolished the lighthouse at Macatawa Bay, near Holland, Mich., and washed away 75 feet of the lighthouse pier. Tarleton Thompson, prominent in business, social and religious circles, committed suicide in his office at Terre Haute, Ind. The cause of the suicide is a mystery. A disease similar to bubonic plague has appeared among the Kirghiz Cossacks in two settlements of the Ural territory, resulting in 190 deaths between November 24 and December 26. Fire at Chester, Pa., destroyed the furniture store of A. W. Wilson and the furnishing goods store of Messick Bros. Several adjoining buildings were badly damaged by smoke and water. Loss $100,000. The body of Capt. Howard W. French, constructing quartermaster at the new army post at Chattanooga, Tenn., was found with a bullet hole through the heart. He is supposed to have committed suicide. The directors of the Pennsylvania Co. have declared an annual dividend of 5 per cent. for the year 1904. This is an increase of 1 per cent. The Pennsylvania Co. controls the Pennsylvania railroad lines west of Pittsburg. Four Chinese magicians who performed at the St. Louis world's fair have been arrested at Chicago by United States Marshal Bach on a charge of violating the Chinese exclusion laws. The Chinamen were released on bonds. King R. Conners, a colored republican worker of Pueblo, Col., has been sentenced to the county jail for one year and fined $2,000 by Judge Voorhies upon his renewed refusal to answer questions put to him in the grand jury room. Capt. Fall, of the British ship Lonsdale, just arrived at Port Angeles, Cal., tells of picking up 26 castaways at sea who had been drifting about near Cape Horn for over a week. They had abandoned the British collier Elvion, which had burned at sea. W. N. Ferris, recent democratic candidate for governor of Michigan, in an address before the National Commercial Teachers' Federation at Chicago, advised women stenographers and women in general not to marry until they are in a position to support a husband. BUDGET OF WAR NEWS. WHAT THE JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN WARRIORS ARE DOING IN FAR EAST. VICTORIES FOR THE JAPANESE REPORTED. Tokio, Dec. 26.—The following report was received yesterday from the besiegers at Port Arthur: "A body of our right wing surprised the enemy at Housanytantun, (Housanyentao?) and Siaofantun (the latter about six and a half miles northwest of Port Arthur) at 10 o'clock Saturday night and occupied the villages, and, subsequently dislodging the enemy, occupied the whole of Taliuchiatun (about five miles northwest of Port Arthur) at 2:55 o'clock Sunday morning. "Our repeated attacks during the first few days were uniformly successful and now the whole of the enemy's advanced position fronting our right wing is in our hands. "According to the statement of prisoners captured at Keekwan mountain December 18 and of Russians who surrendered in the vicinity of Etse mountain December 22 during the battle of 203 Metre Hill, Gen. Kondratenko, commander of the Seventh East Siberian rifles division, and Gen. Irman, commander of the Fourth artillery brigade, were killed and Gen. Fock, commanding the Fourth East Siberian division, was wounded." St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.—Gen. Kuropatkin reports skirminshing December 24 near Tapinlin. The Russian advance posts were driven in by the Japanese, but afterwards advanced again and occupied their former position. The Russian losses were trifling, while those of the Japanese were heavy. JAPANESE SUFFER London, Dec. 27.—The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Che Foo says: "A messenger from Port Arthur describes a Japanese attack, the evening of December 22, with a light column of 5,600 and many machine guns on the northern defenses. They dashed along the railway, carried trench after trench and succeeded in reaching the water course beneath Payulsean mountain, whence the Russian artillery worked terrible execution. A fierce bayonet fight occurred at midnight. The Japanese, after a desperate struggle, retired to the north, leaving several machine guns, 300 rifles and 80 prisoners. It is estimated that they lost 600 killed." SHERIFF BARRY MUST WAIT. Extradition Papers for the Arrest of Dr. Chadwick Defective. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27.—Sheriff Barry, of Cleveland, who expects to arrest Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband of Mrs. Chadwick, when he lands in New York, on the charge of forging the name of Andrew Carnegie, met a check in his plass Monday when he failed to obtain from Gov. Odell the requisition papers necessary to permit the transportation of Dr. Chadwick to Ohio for trial. He called at the executive chamber in the capitol, but was informed by Judge John T. Joyce, the governor's pardon and requisition clerk, that his papers were defective in that they failed to prove that Dr. Chadwick was in Ohio on March, 5, 1903, when the alleged forgery was committed. Sheriff Barry decided not to try to correct his papers now, but to go on to New York and arrest Dr. Chadwick and arrange for his requisition afterwards. The Ohio sheriff left immediately afterward for New York, where he will wait for Dr. Chadwick's steamer which is expected Wednesday. He will consult with New York City authorities regarding the best course of procedure. New York, Dec. 27.—Sheriff Barry, of Cleveland, reached New York Monday afternoon from Albany and went to the Hoffman house, where he will remain until the arrival of the steamship Pretorla, which is bringing to this country Dr. Chadwick and his daughter, Miss Mary Chadwick. A Judgment in Default. Port au Prince, Hayti, Dec. 28.—The court has rendered a judgment in default condemning ex-President Sam to imprisonment for life at hard labor for the alleged issue of fraudulent bonds. Madame Sam is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, and several members of Sam's ministry and other high functionaries have been condemned to terms of imprisonment ranging from five to 15 years. The judgment in default is the form usual under the legal procedure in France and some other countries. Czar Promises Reforms. St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.—An imperial ukase issued last night makes decidedly liberal promises under a number of heads. It promises a full and equitable enforcement of existing laws; assures the zemstvos of the fullest possible measure of self-government and the enforcement of the laws now existing in their behalf; promulgates a scheme of workmen's insurance; extends the liberty of the press, and promises a full legal trial of all persons accused. Began to Do Time in Prison. St. Louis, Dec. 28.—Thomas E. Barrett, ex-marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals; John P. Dolan, ex-chairman of the democratic city central committee, and Policeman Frank Garrett, convicted of naturalization frauds, whose ten days of grace expired Tuesday, surrendered to United States Marshal Morsey and were taken to the penitentiary at Jefferson City to begin their sentences. Shoe Company Assigned. Calais, Me., Dec. 28.—The St. Croix Shoe Co. has assigned for the benefit of creditors. Quick Justice. Port Huron, Mich., Dec. 28.—George Bears, who murdered Mrs. Abel Brown at her home on a farm near Berville last Friday, pleaded guilty yesterday to the charge and was sentenced by Judge Law to life imprisonment in Marquette prison. Dentist on Trial for Murder. New Ulm, Minn., Dec. 28.—Dr. G. R. Koch was placed on trial in the district court here yesterday on the charge of having murdered Dr. Louis A. Gebhardt on November 1. The defendant is prominent socially, as was also Dr. Gebhardt. IT WAS A PITCHED BATTLE. Story of the Murder of Two Brothers by William Adkins, Near Midkiff, W. Va. Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 27.—The mystery surrounding the murder of Lucien and Ira Lucas and the fatal wounding of Octave Adkins, near Midkiff, Sunday night, has been cleared. The tragedy is even more sensational than was at first supposed. The first reports were inaccurate. The shooting was not the work of assassins, but was a pitched battle in which three people figured, and four persons were shot instead of three. Lucien and Ira Lucas had attended church at Midkiff and on their return home in company with Miss Martha Williams the party stopped at the home of William Adkins, Ira Lucas being in love with the daughter of Adkins. Adkins had forbidden Lucas from visiting his home and Sunday night when Lucas, his brother and Miss Williams called at the Adkins home, the father followed his daughter to the front door. Seeing that it was Lucas who desired admittance he forbade him entering, but invited the remainder of the party in. This so enrged Ira Lucas that he pulled his revolver and fired into the doorway. Lucas' bullets went wild, howeber, and one of them penetrated the body of his sweetheart, Miss Adkins, and she fell in the hallway, seriously injured. Mr. Adkins got his revolver in action and Lucien Lucas joined in the shooting, which became a battle to the death. Both Lucien and Ira Lucas were killed outright and their friend, Octave Adkins, was mortally wounded. William Adkins was uninjured, but there were several bullet holes in his clothing. Miss Williams, who was with the Lucas boys after her escort had been shot dead, ran and gave the alarm. When officers arrived William Adkins surrendered and is now under guard. His daughter is in a serious condition, a bullet having entered her right side, but physicians say she will recover. Octave Adkins is a nephew of William Adkins. His death is momentarily expected. THE TROUBLE IN SAMAR. Gov. Wright Says Reinforcements Have Been Sent to Aid in Subduing Rebellious Natives. Washington, Dec. 27.—Secretary Taft has received a cable message from Gov. Wright at Manila in response to his inquiry in regard to the recent uprising of the Pulajanes at Dolores, Samar. Gov. Wright's message is as follows: "With reference to your telegram of 21st inst., I regret to say that Gen. Corbin's report of attack on and loss of detachments of scouts at Oras and Dolores is correct. Pulajanes have of late left west and north sides of Samar and become active on east coast, which is practically without a harbor and very difficult of access during the prevalence of the existing monsoon. "Orders were given some time since to strengthen all detachments on the east coast, but unfortunately this was delayed by the wreck and loss of a coast guard boat carrying a hundred or more of the constabulary. The men were saved, but the delay in sending another coast guard boat to the rescue resulted in leaving these small detachments at Oras and Dolores isolated and the consequent loss. All east coast stations have been heavily reinforced and we are still sending men in. Gen. Allen (chief of constabulary) left here (Manila) two weeks since to take charge of affairs in Samar. I am still further reinforcing him with constabulary and am consulting with Gen. Corbin, who, if necessary, will aid us with troops." PLAN TO UNITE CHURCHES. Scheme for Federation of Presbyterian Bodies Almost Completed. New York, Dec. 27.—Official announcement is expected this week, according to the Times, of the details of the plan whereby it is hoped to bring all the religious bodies of the United States having a Presbyterian form of government into one organization which, while not providing organic union, shall afford a basis for cooperative work that has not before existed. The plan provides for the organization of a "federal council of the Reformed churches in the United States holding the Presbyterian system." The plan of federation, if carried out, would bring into one organization the 2,000,000 or more members of Presbyterian and Reformed churches, and will be made public this week in order that it may be thoroughly discussed and may be acted upon in the synods and assemblies of the various bodies next spring. The aim is to secure the approval of the various supreme judiciatories to the general plan and to have the committees continued and instructed to prepare a definite plan for adoption a year hence. An Unlucky Hotel. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 27.—For the eighth time in 25 years the St. James hotel has been gutted by fire. Sixty-five guests, including members of two theatrical companies, were asleep in the hotel at the time of the fire and many of them had narrow escapes from death or injury. Firemen carried out many of the guests clad only in their night clothes. The fire, which is supposed to have been of incendiary origin, caused a loss of $25,000. The Coke Monopoly Is Complete. Greensburg, Pa., Dec. 27.—The purchase by the H. C. Frick Coke Co. of 1,000 acres of Connellsville coking coal land has just been confirmed. The Frick Co. is a subsidiary company of the United States Steel Corporation and the property bought is said to be the last piece of coal land held by private individuals in the Connellsville region. The property lies near Uniontown, Pa., and the price paid is said to be $1,000,000. The deal includes 63 acres in the Klondike region and 100 ovens known as the Crossland plant. An Invasion by Hungry Bears. San Francisco, Dec. 27.—Capt. Thwing, of the steamer Harold Dollar, which has returned from the eastern coast of Siberia, tells of an invasion of the cities and villages of the Kamtchatan peninsula by hundreds of starving bears. The ferocious animals, driven from the mountains by hunger, made their way to the inhabited regions of the coast and for days kept the natives in a state of semi-siege. In Ustakamchatka, a small town, 150 of the savage brutes were shot in one day, as they roved among the houses in search of food. SEVEN MEN WERE KILLED. A HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN PASSENGER TRAINS NEAR MAUD'S STATION, ILL. ONE PASSENGER AND SIX EMPLOYES DEAD. Both Locomotives and Four Coaches Were Destroyed—A Telegraph Operator's Blunder Caused the Disaster. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 26.—The passenger train which left St. Louis at 9 o'clock Saturday night on the Southern railway collided head-on with the passenger train leaving Louisville about the same hour near Maud's Station, Ill., yesterday. One passenger and six employees were killed and two passengers and eight employees were slightly injured. The St. Louis-Louisville and the St. Louis-Knoxville sleepers were drawn by both trains, but none of the passengers in these four cars was injured. Both engines were badly damaged and four coaches destroyed. The collision occurred between Mount Carmel, Ill., and Princeton, Ind., and, according to the Southern railway officials, was caused by the failure of the operator at Browns, Ill., to deliver the eastbound train an order naming a meeting point for the trains. All of the employees with the exception of the trainmen were in the combination baggage and smoking car. Engineer Buchanan and Fireman Taggart escaped by jumping. Nothing was found of Fireman Hutt's body but some charred bones which were identified by a watch and ring near them. The bones were gathered into a water bucket by the rescuers. Only the trunk of the body of Engineer Bowen was discovered and it was found pinned beneath the burning tender. The limbs were burned off and the head had been burned from the trunk. The body was identified by means of a watch and Elks' badge. The cars of the eastbound train were telescoped and caught fire. The cars of the westbound train were only partially telescoped and the passengers escaped without serious injury. FOUR MEN SUFFOCATED. Philadelphia Was the Scene of Fires Early Christmas Morning. Philadelphia, Dec. 26.—Four men were suffocated and eight other persons were rescued from fire in three different parts of the city early Sunday. At a boarding house at 1545 Wood street Charles McCusker, aged 44 years; James Merry, 48 years, and Joseph McGill, 24 years, died in a trap made by themselves. Against the wishes and knowledge of their boarding house keeper the three men took a quantity of whisky to their room. They placed one of the two beds in the apartment against the door to prevent interference by the boarding house keeper. After the men had retired a lighted candle fell from a mantle on the greasy working clothes of one of the boarders. The clothing was ignited and the room was soon filled with a thick smoke. McGill was awakened by the smoke, but was unable to remove the bed from the door and fell to the floor unconscious. The boarding house keeper discovered the smoke and when the room was broken into McCusker and Merry were found dead. McGill died soon after being removed to a hospital. At 1136 Fairmount avenue, Edward Rathtine, aged about 25 years and believed to be a resident of New Jersey, was also suffocated. It is believed he set bed clothes on fire with a lighted cigar and in trying to leave the room crawled into a closet by mistake, where he was found dead. His face was slightly burned. CHRISTMAS IN GOTHAM A Snow Storm, High Winds and a Cold Wave Came with it. New York, Dec. 26.—This city was treated to a Christmas snow storm, accompanied by a high wind and a decided drop in temperature. With the snow came a gradual increase in the velocity of the wind, which by 10 o'clock last night was blowing 30 miles an hour. At that time between four and five inches of snow had fallen, which brought the record for the month up to 29 inches, the heaviest snowfall for December recorded here in many years. On Ellis Island 2,000 aliens of many nationalities were introduced to the American Santa Claus. Later in the day, when the number had swelled to 4,700, they were given a Christmas dinner. A Dark Horse Won the Prize. Washington, Dec. 27.—The president has appointed W. Hall Harris postmaster at Baltimore. Mr. Harris succeeds Davies Warfield. His name never has been mentioned in connection with the office and it was not known except to a few that he was a candidate. Mr. Harris' name was laid before the president by Charles J. Bonaparte. Ship Disabled by a Storm. Boston, Dec. 26.—The steamer African Prince, from Japanese ports, came up the harbor yesterday with her propeller shaft twisted, steering gear damaged, boats lost and portions of her deck torn up by a storm encountered in mid-Atlantic. After the steering gear was damaged the vessel was tossed for two days in the trough of the sea, unable to proceed until repairs had been made. A large number of the crew were Mohammedans, who, anticipating death, threw their prayer mats on the deck and sang the Moslem death chant. Plans to Spend $30,000,000 in Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 26.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is prepared to spend $30,000,000 in the construction of a new railway station in Chicago. Two-thirds of this sum will be spent in acquiring land adjoining the present Union depot and $10,000,000 will be spent in buildings. Plans for a most elaborate group of structures devoted to railway purposes have already been completed. The site of the new terminal as planned by the architects and engineers of the Pennsylvania Co. will occupy seven square blocks of territory. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—Subscribers not receiving THE GAZETTE regularly should notify us AT ONCE. We desire every copy delivered promptly. We advise our patrons to carefully examine THE GAZETTE's advertisements before making purchases. Business men who advertise in this paper should have the patronage of Afro-Americans. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. Local reading notices (advertisements) ten cents a line (six words in a line). Cleveland, Saturday, Dec. 31, 1904. Purchase "The Gazette" at PUSHAW'S News Store, Cuyahoga Building, Open Sunday. GOODMAN'S News Depot, No. 586 Central avenue, cor. Sterlingavenue, Open Sunday. I. B. BOWMAN'S STORE, No. 580 Central Ave near Sterling Ave, Open Sunday. F. VALENTINE'S Grocery Store. No. 366 Central Ave. between Perry and Harmon St's. ADAMS & HAWKINS' Barber Shop, No. 452 Erie St. N. HEXTER's News Depot, City Hall Building, cor. Wood and Superior streets. Open Sunday. FOR RENT—Suites of 4 rooms, modern in A1 condition, Nos 11 and 15 Pine St. Will make them cheap. Apply at 1037½ First Ave. 'Phone, Cuy. 6880. Buy Crown of Glory Hair Pomade at Stern's drug store, corner Central avenue and Greenwood street. Mrs. Jos. Gailer is slowly improving. C. W. Perkins is spending his vacation in Cadiz. Miss Annie Smith, of New Castle, arrived Tuesday to visit. Dan Fairfax is employed at the post office in St. Louis, Mo, post once in St. Louis, Mo, Mr. Hicks, of Mansfield, is in the city having his eyes treated. Mr. Ernest Redmun, of Wellsville, was in the city the first of the week. Miss Lydia Royal, of 215 Crawford road, spent the holidays in Fremont. Mrs. Lewis Buchanan, who has been seriously ill, was taken to the hospital Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Copes, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Smith and Miss Jones spent Sunday in Oberlin. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wright's ten year old son was quite severely injured recently as the result of a fall downstairs. Mrs. Charles Smith and son, of Beechwood street, will return from St. Louis next month. She has been quite ill but is convalescing slowly. "Sir" Robert Bass sends word from the Simmons farm in North Olmstead that he proposes to spend the remainder of his days there. Good for Bob! Mrs. James R. Snyder, of 94 Norman street, who has been seriously ill at St. Vincent's hospital for weeks, was able to return home on Monday. Most of the "blue-veins" and a far larger number of those invited that are not known as such, gave the Batchelor-Benedicts' ball the frost of last winter. The Cleveland Protestant Orphan asylum, No. 1460 St. Clair street, Cleveland, O., has a promising girl 8 years old and two boys 8 and 5 years old, for whom good homes are desired. All are Afro-Americans. Miss Gene Ballard spent the holidays with her parents in Cadiz. She was accompanied by her brother, John Ballard Jr., of Oberlin college. He visited his sisters here a few days before going south in the state. Dan Fairfax Jr., arrived Christmas from St. Louis, where he has a clerkship in the post office, to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fairfax, of Calvert street, and his brothers and sisters. He returned west, Thursday. The public safety board Saturday decided to begin the mental examinations of applicants for positions on the police force on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Half of the applicants will be examined on that date and the balance on Jan. 4. The Christmas exercises at St. John's church were successful. On Sabbath evening the attendance was large and the exercises each evening were thoroughly appreciated. Revival services are still in progress at the church. What we want you to do, dear readers, is to notice the fact that you are holding a newspaper in your hands. Call the attention of your friends to the fact, and oblige The Gazette greatly. There is only one way to get the news of our people the country over, and that is to take this paper regularly each week. The funeral of Mrs. Georgiana Swain took place from St. John's church last week Monday at 2 p. m. She died on the 14th. Mrs. Swain has been a member of the church for 35 years. Age 61 years. Rev. J. M. Gilmere preached the funeral sermon. Mrs. Laura Smith, of Steubenville, her daughter, was in attendance. Joe Soskin, the tailor whose advertisement appears elsewhere in The Gazette, has a fine custom made Tuxedo suit and a black sack coat and vest which he made for a man who has failed to call for them, doubtless because of a lack of funds, which he will sell to any one very cheap. Call and see them. Either is a bargain. They will fit almost any ordinary size man. William N. Alexander, the well known chef, opened Mr. Calvary Morris' home, 803 Prospect street, with a surprise dance on the daughter, Miss Flora P. Morris, who came home recently from Ogontz school. Everything was managed by Chef Alexander, even the guests, decorations, refreshments and orchestra. It was a brilliant affair. The house was a palm garden on Dec. 24. A fine church is being erected by the congregation of Antioch church on Central avenue, opposite Sked street. It is to be of the gothic style of architecture and the main facade is to be of a beautiful brownish shale brick with sandstone trimmings. There are two main entrances and a rear entrance for pastor and choir. The building is so planned that the Sunday school room can be used as a part of the main auditorium. The church will seat about 400 people and the Sunday school about 300, making THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1904. a total of about 700 people who can be accommodated. The interior is to be quiet and simple; the main features are the pulpit, choir and baptistry at the further end and the gallery at the other end with a paneled ceiling. The choir will be in the center and just a little higher than the pulpit platform, and the baptistry is situated to the right of this. The treatment of the baptistry is properly balanced on the other side by an arched entrance to the pastor's room and robing rooms in the rear. The Sunday school is in the front and will have a the modern arrangement with classrooms, a balcony and infant room on the main floor. In the basement will be a large social room, which will accommodate 200 people. The basement will also contain a kitchen, pantry, coat room and toilet rooms. The church when completed will cost about $16,000. Blackall & Page are the architects. One of the most horrifying charges ever made against a husband was voiced recently by Laura A. Todd. She says, in an application for divorce, filed Dec. 7 by Attorney Wm. T. Clark, that her husband, John L. Todd, one day about four months ago deliberately seized her, twisted her fingers, one by one, out of joint, and broke them. He was angered perhaps, because she had accused him of infidelities with Ellen Palmer, and he, too, it is said, had charged Laura with faithlessness. At all events the unhappy woman, who was wedded to this alleged demon of cruelty, in the summer of 1890, is still suffering excruciating agony from her broken and disjointed fingers. It is one of the most remarkable accusations of brutality, ever embodied in a divorce-seeking document, and smacks, with other alleged cruelties, of the horrors of the Spanish inquisition. For five years past, states Laura, Todd had been engaged in a liaison with Ellen Palmer, both in Cleveland and other cities, and in addition to his other alleged brutalities she accuses him of the following cruelties: On February 13, 1901, he not only struck her, but held and spit in her face, abusing her most shamefully. On May 29, 1901, he used vile, abusive language toward her, wishing her dead and out of his way, and accusing her of unfaithfulness. One day in August of 1902 he struck her a violent blow, splitting her ear from top to bottom and hammering her until, for a time, she was deaf and blind and then drove her from home. Todd, it is said, owns a home and real estate in the East End, and earns large wages.—Ex. Todd is a railway postal clerk with headquarters here in Cleveland and lived on Lexington avenue. Cory Literary society is much interested in the Morrell bill to prevent discrimination on railroads on account of race or color. This society under the leadership of J. D. Jackson is active and means business. Provision has been made for forty thousand names, and petitions have been placed in the hands of The Gazette, Messrs. Jas. A. Tyler, Fred Blackburn, Letcher Dunn, W. H. Smith, J. T. Boyd, Robert Lawson, Will E. Smith, Mrs. Nellie Jones, Mrs. Lenora Whitaker and Rev. R. L. Dickerson. To Rev. Dickerson is the credit due in no small measure for the prosperity of Cory and the activity of its literary society. He has so revolutionized the church and its attendant societies that within two years the former is one of the leading churches of the city, and he is appreciated and loved for his geniality and scholarly attainments. The editor of The Gazette delivered a highly entertaining and strong address before the society recently, arousing such enthusiasm that enough funds were immediately voted from the treasury to carry out the plan he suggested to help pass the Morrell bill in congress. The committee appointed has been much surprised to find a few Afro-Americans who refuse to sign the petitions on the ground that "Jim Crow" cars are what our people need. In spite of puerile opposition the committee has been successful in obtaining several hundred signatures already. Mr. Robert Lawson with logical argument easily won his debate with R. L. Brown recently on the question of the relative happiness of the uncivilized and civilized man. "Hoof" surprised and pleased a host of friends who did not know it was in him. The debate between Messrs. Jas. A. Tyler and Walter L. Brown on the tariff was instructive. Both spoke well. Last week President Jackson, representing Cory, and Mr. Moore, representing Lane literary, discussed a biblical question. The bouquet went to Cory. The "Rube" Party. New Castle, Pa.—About forty people took advantage of the special car run by the Twentieth Century club of Youngstown to New Castle last week Monday evening to attend the "Rube" dancing party, given by a number of our ladies. The party was in Peerless hall, a leap year party, and proved one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. The brilliantly lighted hall was gaily decorated with lanterns. The costumes were unique, some of them being very pretty and every character in country life was represented from the farm hand and dairy maid to the gentleman farmer and his lady. There were about 75 couple present. Music was furnished by Parson's orchestra. At 11:30 a delicious lunch was served. The committee in charge of the affair was composed of the following persons: Misses Julia Roots, Grace Thornton, Ella Whiting, Florence Robinson, Janette Jones, Rachel Shorts, Nellie Whitbeck, Jessie Whitbeck, Ida Johnson, Jennie Johnson; Mesdames Alice Campbell, Sadie DeLibardie, Emma Mann, Mattie Coleman, Mabel Ward, Emma Smith, Ella Whitbeck, Carrie Mercer, Retta Roper and Josephine Jackson. Pine Bluff, Ark.—Mr. Wiley Jones died Dec. 10th. He was one of our wealthiest men. Born 58 years ago in Georgia, he came to this state in 1855. He began as a barber, and accumulated considerable property. Then Mr. Jones bought the Citizen's railway of this city for $300,000, but lost money during its operation. He finally sold it to a St. Louis syndical and purchased what is now known as Jones Park and Pine Grove stock farm. He was quite a horseman, and from his farm came the "Executive," a trotter whose record is 2 24 1-4. Mr. Jones was a member of the Masons and Knights of Pythias. In the summer he gave to our Catholic church here an alter worth over $300. He left over $100,000. MINISTER UP FOR LIFE. Haitian Court Passes Sentences Around for Participation in Fraudulent Bond Sale. Port Au Prince, Haiti.—In accordance with the verdict of the jury in the trial of the alleged fraudulent bond case the court has pronounced judgment as follows: It acquits Hebard Roy, former minister of finance, and two high officials; condemns Vibrun Guilliaume, former minister of war, to pehal servitude for life; the high officials of the National bank of Haiti are sentenced to four years' imprisonment and two sons of former President Sam, M. Gedeon, a former minister, and Saint Victor, former minister of foreign affairs, to three years' imprisonment. Judgment against those persons who are in contumacy will be pronounced later. The action against the above mentioned persons grew out of an act of the Haitian congress of 1902 authorizing the consolidation of th national debt in a bond issue of about $6,000,-000 and an additional $213,282 to be paid the bank for financing the deal. Before the transaction was completed the government of President Nord came into power. The bank officials were imprisoned a year ago on charge of conspiring with the secretary of the treasury in fraudulently issuing from $200,000 to $850,000 in bonds and of alleged bribery. The trial began Nov. 28 and of the thirty-three persons accused, among whom were ex-President Sam, thirteen were present, the others having fled. LIFE SENTENCE And Long Terms for Murdering Negroes—A Mississippi Judge Deals Out Salty Sentences to Prominent Whites. Brookhaven, Miss.—In the presence of nearly a thousand citizens of Lincoln county, Miss., Judge James Wilkinson on the 20th sentenced a number of the most prominent men of the county to various terms in the penitentiary and some to death for the crime of whitecapping. As the sentences were read one after another, the scenes enacted by families of the convicted men were pathetic in the extreme. The sentences have caused a great sensation throughout the south, as it was believed that most of the men would be let off with short terms and no death sentences were expected. Judge Wilkinson passed sentence as follows: Oscar Franklin, life imprisonment for the murder of Eli Hilson, an Afro-American; Will Franklin, D. W. Smith, Elias Smith, R. L. Smith and Elbert Gill each 50 years in the penitentiary for manslaughter for the killing of Henry List, another member of the race. These two killings were the whitecap cases which roused the indignation of the citizens and caused the formation of the Law and Order league. H. Lofton, one of the crowd concerned in the List killings and who turned state's evidence, was given his liberty, as were two Afro-Americans, Louis and Sam James, who had been implicated in whitecapping and were held in jail several months as witnesses. Contemptible Legislation. It is not generally known that the new constitution of Virginia which has disfranchised more than 140,000 Negroes and not one white man, contains a clause which exempts from taxation all industrial, mechanical and agricultural schools operated by the state, and places a tax upon all other schools should they do any work for compensation in the community in which the school is located, for others than pupils of the schools. Like our suffrage law, this is another law, while perfectly fair on its face, the administration of the same is intended only for the Negro industrial schools at Hampton, Lawrenceville and Manassas, and intended to cripple and hamper them by preventing them from doing work of any kind in the towns in which the schools are located. The white industrial and technical schools are run by the state and are not in the slightest or remotest degree affected. The Negro industrial schools are run by public philanthropy and if they print a visiting card, drive a nail, sell a glass of milk, patch a shoe, they must pay a tax reckoned on the capitalization of the plant. St. Luke Herald, Richmond, Va. Olean, N. Y., News. Amongst those who will assist in the musical program are: Misses Ada Jordan, Elizabeth Byrd; Messrs. Fred Collins, Robert Ragland, of Bradford, Walter Green and William Kelley, of Ithaca, N. Y.-Miss Hazel Jones has returned from Loleta, Pa.-Mr. Harry Carter, of Bradford, spent Xmas with relatives here.-Mrs. Louis Jackson, Mrs. Susan Wright, Jerome Snowden and Mrs. Mary Burghardt are improving.-Earl Hornbeck is in Cleveland.-Mr. Frank Brooks and family spent Xmas in Portville.-I. J. Palmer is quite ill.-The Christmas program at the A. M. E. church was fine.-Mr. Otis Morphat, of Clarion, Pa., is here visiting Lester Clemmons. Sharon. Pa.. Items. Mrs. Hayes Houston left Friday for the south to spend the holidays with her parents.—Miss Jeannette Jones and Leonard Howard, of New Castle, and Mr. Willie Hill, of Butler, were guests of Miss Etta Hill Christmas. Mr. William Banks was also among those present.—Miss Annie Smith is visiting in Cleveland.—The Industrial club bazaar at Zion church last week was quite a success.—Mrs. Fred Pullman and son, John, of Dillonville, are visiting her father, Mr. John Hill.—Mr. John Wheeler and Will Hill were in Youngstown Monday.—(This letter a day late. Never mail news later in any week than Monday.—Ed.) Intends to Live in Ohio Again. Arrest of a Bank Official. Bellefontaine, O., Dec. 27.—Douglas Kenyon, cashier of the Rushsylvania bank, which failed in September, was arrested Monday on the charge of inducing School Treasurer William Stevenson to transfer $1,100 to the Rushsylvania bank 48 hours before it failed. TAKEN FROM FIRE BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. 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Local scooper to Columbus and Cincinnati on train No. 25, leaving at 9:30 every night. Trains from and to Cleveland. Leave. Arrive. *Col., Cin., Ind. & St. Louis I'd 3:35 a.m. 1:40 a.m. *Gallion & Intermediate..... 6:00 a.m. 1:15 p.m. *St. Louis Ltd. Ind., Col., Cin., 7:25 a.m. 10:20 p.m. *Col., Springf'd, Day., Cin., 12:35 p.m. 3:00 p.m. *Indianapolis & St. Louis..... 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. *Exp. Ft., Ind. Ive., St. Louis 5:20 pm 3:00 pm *9th, Cen., Ld., Cin., 7:25 am 7:40 a.m. *Gallion to Cleveland..... 9:20 a.m. To Gallion and 'olumbus..... 4:00 p.m. *Col., Spring, Day., Cin., 9:20 p.m. 8:45 a.m. Exposition Flyer 1:25 a.m and 1:15 p.m. Limited trains don't stop at South Water Street. Get Tickets at Big Four Office. 116 EUCLID AVE Phone Main 910 A New Year's Call THINGS are seldom, if ever, just what they seem," modified Beile Farnsworth after her favorite author, "and people, never!" Turning slowly around before the long mirror she noted the faultless reflection of the new tailor-made suit, but her thoughts were otherwise occupied. "One must be positively hypocritical sometimes, I find," she continued, more teniently. "Now, for instance, I am to circulate, as the politician says, among the people of Hanover Square this afternoon, wishing them the joys of the New Year as if life was simply reflected Paradise. But the truth is, the cobwebs are thick in my sky and I have not the ambition to emulate the example of the old woman who went heavenward with her broom. "O, if it were only cobwebs," she added, bitterly, "that obscured my sun, I would not hesitate to try the sweeping process; but—it's more!" Miss Farnsworth had been delegated by her society to make New Year calls in her neighborhood and she had consented. Anything was preferable to mopat home with Aunt Roxy on this especial day; the day she died—not the prosaic old auntie, but she, Miss Isabelle Farnsworth—for ever since she and Allan Druer had broken faith three years ago, she had considered herself "dead." And he might as well be, for had he not left Cliff Point that very day, "forever," he vowed? And so far he had grimly kept his word. After that she, too, fled from the home village where old Father Time hacked such a dreadful tally once a year to remind her that the dead Past did not always bury its victims! Yes; she had come to North Adams to forget if she could. Of course the anniversary followed; she could not help that. With a sympathetic glance at the suspiciously solemn face in the glass, Miss Farnsworth adjusted the badge of the King's Daughters on the gray lappel and went thoughtfully downstairs. The blithe young year reflected his joyousness on all the faces she met and, in spite of herself Belle began to speculate happily. But the anniversary which "followed" came suddenly abreast of her as she mounted the steps of a pretentious brown stone cottage on the corner, for the fifth and last call. Lost for the moment in the unusually pleasant musing, her fingers sought the bell-pull unconsciously. Her first call had been on "snobs," as Aunt Roxy would have said. They had bowed her in and bowed her out in A "I SIMPLY CANNOT." dressed-up-icicle fashion, with a patronizing smirk that would have done credit to the king's fool. Another call revealed a fat roly-poly lady who giggled continuously while she displayed her cheap diamonds and entertained the plain tailor-made gown condescendingly. But the fourth call: Well! it would always be a bright spot on the anniversary. A little old lady in soft, velvety costume drew her to a sunny corner where an invalid daughter lay smiling a genuine "Happy New Year" in her welcome. As the thin fingers closed over the caller's hand a long silent chord somewhere in the dead heart vibrated in harmony with the greeting; and Miss Farnsworth concluded that she was not a walking mummy after all. Far from it; the King's Daughter felt like shutting herself in with these other daughters of the king for the rest of the day. But she meant to go back, for they had most cordially invited her. Yes; and her fingers closed mechanically over the silver knob of the brown stone cottage, but—she did not ring! A painful awakening ran over her, bringing up at her "dead" (?) heart with a desperate grip. "I cannot do it," she said, staring hard at the handsomely-lettered plate; "I simply cannot; it is impossible!" She could have manufactured a dozen plausible reasons for the omission, but she could not go beyond that gold and blue lettered plate gleaming above the bell handle. Putting her hands out blindly she turned back to the seven broad stone steps, the way of escape. Had she followed him, or had he followed her to North Adams? If he had followed her was it because he still cared? Or was he married to another and she stumbling on to the fact in this cruel manner? She could settle the whole matter by turning back; but that were impossible to-day, at least. Across the clear sunny air of the New Year's day came the old familiar words: "I shall always carry your image in my heart, Belle; no matter what has come between us." Like a mysterious revelation came a response to the inner sanctuary and she knew that Allan Druer had hidden more than the "image;" it was her very life, and that was why she was "dead." For a moment it came to her that he was still true to the "image" and that there might be a blessed resurrection in North Adams. An answering impulse went to her heart like old wine and she hurried homeward dazed with the possible outcome of the call she did not make. Some one looked from an upper window in the brown stone cottage as Miss Farnsworth fairly flew out into the street; carelessly glancing at first, then scrutinizing the supple figure in gray. The next minute he was out on the pavement, but the tailor-made gown had vanished around the corner. Quickening his pace he saw the girl THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1904. ascending the steps or a humble cottage, third from the angle. "Making New Year calls?" he cogitated, "but she did not ring at the Druers'. No wonder; poor little girl!" Instead of waiting to be received, however, he noticed that she went right in and closed the door behind her unceremoniously. Miss Farnsworth was at home. Aunt Roxy was snoozing in her easy chair near the fire, when Belle peeped into the parlor, so retreating on tiptoe she went upstairs with a far-away look in her shining eyes. "I believe I am alive!" she exclaimed, triumphantly, to the dimples in the mirror, "and I am sure he has the image still intact." Removing her wraps the new old Miss Farnsworth settled herself before A woman in a long dress stands in front of a mirror, looking into it. She is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long skirt. The background is a room with a painting on the wall. TURNING SLOWLY BEFORE THE LONG MIRROR. the cheery grate in a contented little heap to dream over again those first treasured chapters before the misunderstanding folded them in. "Turn backward, turn backward, O, Time, in your flight!" Writing material and a heap of unanswered greetings lay on the desk at her elbow, and the pen bristled in its rack with impatient waiting; still Miss Belle dreamed on. "Here's a letter for you, Niece Farnsworth." Aunt Roxy had toiled upstairs and pushed open the door as she spoke. There were no preliminaries with the blunt old lady and she omitted the common courtesy of tapping on the panel, as useless, "seeing it was only Belle." "Not by the postman," queried the girl, a rose color suffusing her anxious face; but luckily the old auntie did not notice the signal of the heart. "No; a boy brought it a moment ago. Some business of the society. I presume," and Aunt Roxy waddled downstairs to her cozy corner again without even a suspicion of the purport of the message that could not wait to put in its appearance in the conventional way. Hurriedly opening the cream-tinted envelope with its gold and blue monogram on the corner, Belle thanked Heaven for once that her aunt's eyesight was none of the best; then she read: "Dearest, I saw you to-day. The old love is warm in my heart; and I want your forgiveness, and the old-time confidence. Am hungry for your presence —would have starved to death long ago had it not been for the image. Am coming to see you this evening; going to make a New Year's call. Allan." "Things are better than they have seemed for a long time," again modified Miss Farnsworth, folding the gold and blue monogram over her delighted heart, "and people aren't so bad after all!" That night as the happy stars looked down over the rim of the new cycle and winked at some millions of crisp resolutions going up to the Recording Angel, Belle Farnsworth, very much alive, watched her lover out of sight around the corner, humming softly in her old-fashionel way. "One is not obliged to be hypocritical after all, I find," she whispered to the beaming cupid hovering near, "and my New Year calls turned out lovely in spite of everything." THE WISDOM OF JOHNNY. 4 "Johnny," said his father, "what good resolve are you going to make for the new year?" "Well, I'm not goin' to fight with Tommy Jones any more," replied Johnny. "I'm glad to hear that," said the father; "but how did you come to make that resolve?" "'Cause I always get licked," was the answer.—Cincinnati Enquirer. A New Year's Prospectus. We'll make good resolutions Just as in seasons past. With the usual understanding— "Not guaranteed to last." —Washington Star. Getting Ready. "It seems to me," remarked the frank friend, "that you are hitting a pace that is a little too swift." "Not at all, not at all," replied the youth. "I am merely arranging for a suitable case of remorse to strengthen me in my usual New Year's resolution." —Chicago Post. A New Tack. "Do you intend to swear off this year?" "No. I'm going to try a new scheme. I'm going to see if by attending a little more strictly to business I can't earn enough to afford the things I've been trying to swear off on in the past."—Chicago Record-Herald BLIZZARD RAGED THROUGH TERRITORY LY. ING BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND GREAT LAKES. RAILROADS AND TELEGRAPH LINES SEVERELY DAMAGED Street Railways in the Cities of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri Forced to Suspend Operations Because of Snow Drifts. Chicago, Dec. 28.—One of the most severe storms of recent years has raged through the territory lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes since early Tuesday morning and caused much trouble to street cars, railroads and telegraph companies. The latter were the greatest sufferers, for the blizzard which swept through the west and northwest during the last 24 hours was preceded by a heavy fog and drizzling rain which made the wires almost unworkable. Railroad trains were badly delayed all through the west. In its extent the storm was the most widespread of any during the last 15 years. Counting the fog as a component part of the storm, it stretched clear from the Rocky Mountains to New York, and from Winnipeg to New Orleans. The fatalities reported as due to the storm were three men killed. At 10 o'clock last night the storm was reported as subsiding at Kansas City and at other points on a north and south line from that city. The storm extended from the middle of Missouri as far south as Indian Territory and was accompanied by high winds and snow which on the level would have been about one foot in depth. It was drifted so badly by the gale, however, that in nearly all the cities of Nebraska, Kansas and western Missouri street car traffic was at a standstill by noon. The storm reached eastern Missouri by noon and the temperature in St. Louis went down 20 degrees in two hours, while the wind piled the snow up in the streets in great drifts. At Omaha and Des Moines similar conditions were reported. All through western Iowa the storm raged with great fury. In the northwest the storm was even more violent than in Missouri and Iowa. The storm struck Chicago shortly after noon and increased until it had assumed hurricane violence at 5:30 o'clock, when the wind tore through the streets at the rate of 72 miles an hour. It fell away after that and by 7 o'clock had dropped to 50 miles an hour, where it remained through the night, with occasional gusts that would bawl through the streets with the force of a cyclone, tearing down signs, smashing in plate glass windows and in many sections of the down town district hurling pedestrians from their feet and overturning wagons. Reports from Wisconsin are that the storm was the most severe ever known in that section of the country. Damage in the city of Madison is estimated at $100,000. In Indiana the damage was especially heavy in the oil fields, where fully 500 derricks were blown down and all operations suspended. IS AN ILLEGAL MONOPOLY. Attorney General Moody Seeks to Demolish the Western Combine of Paper Makers. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 28.—Attorney General Moody for the United States, through United States District Attorney Haupt and Frank B. Kellogg, and James M. Beck, special assistant attorney general of the United States, late yesterday afternoon filed a petition in the United States district court in which he makes the General Paper Co. as principal defendant and 25 paper and pulp manufacturing companies in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan party defendants in a suit to enjoin them and restrain them from doing business through the General Paper Co as sales agent, in violation of the act of congress approved July 2, 1890, entitled an "Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies." The petition alleges that the defendants entered into an agreement to combine and control the sale of the product of the different companies through the General Paper Co., in that the General Paper Co. regulated prices, sales and shipment and territory for the sale of the same and after deducting operating expenses of the General Paper Co. divided the surplus among the members of the corporation. The court is asked to declare the alleged combination unlawful and that the defendants be perpetually enjoined from doing any act in pursuance of the same; that the General Paper Co. be enjoined from acting as sales agent for the other defendants and that the latter be enjoined from continuing their arrangement with the General Paper Co. The court is also asked to direct the defendants to come into court and answer all questions relating to the allegations of the petition as may be necessary. Midshipmen Had a Spree. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 28.—The naval academy authorities discovered that preparations for the drinking of a large amount of intoxicants during the holidays had been made by some of the midshipmen, the liquor to be obtained through academy attendants. Watchmen were placed at the gates to inspect persons coming in and were successful in finding considerable quantities of liquor, which was confiscated. A quantity was smuggled in, however, and several banquets were interrupted. As a result the prison ship Santee is full of midshipmen. Ferryboats Collide. New York, Dec. 28.—While a dense fog hung over the river and harbor yesterday the ferryboats Bergen and Musconetcong of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western line, crashed into each other near the Hoboken ferry slips and for a few minutes there was a wild panic on both boats. A Collision on the Wabash Road. Indianapolis, Dec. 28.—A message from Peru, Ind., says a Wabash passenger train collided with a freight train at Muncie Junction last night. The engineer of the freight train was killed and ten passengers hurt. Steamer Drumelzier in Great Peril- Seas Break Over Her. New York, Dec. 29.—Still pounding on the bar off Oak Island, where she struck on Christmas morning, there was practically no change last night in the condition of the steamer Drumelzier. Word was sent to the Sandy Hook life saving station to get ready to start for the wreck at daylight. Capt. Patterson will have charge of this crew of eight men, the hardiest life savers along the coast. The Drumplzier lies about threequarters of a mile off the extreme end of Fire Island beach. She is almost in the channel leading from the ocean into Great South Bay. All communication between Oak Island and the mainland is cut off by the ice that fills this bay with drifting floes, driven hither and thither with the winds, and in some places piled in huge humocks. The position of the steamer is one of great peril. She is lying bow-on toward the shore, with her stern resting on the bar, showing about two feet above her normal draft. As she lies, the seas are breaking over her port side, but the westerly gale which came up last night showed a tendency to beat down the high running surf. During the day the steamer hoisted no signals of distress, nor did she even use her whistle, although smoke and steam from her funnels indicated that the fires were still going. The revenue cutter Mohawk lay to near the steamer for several hours. In response to the Mohawk's signals, asking if the Drumelzier desired assistance, no affirmative answer was made. OUR FARM PRODUCTS. The Agricultural Department Gives an Estimate of the Value of the Principal Crops Produced This Year. Washington, Dec. 29.—The following bulletin was issued by the agricultural department yesterday: Final returns to the department of agriculture from regular and special correspondents, supplemented by reports of special field agents, show the production and value of the principal farm crops of the United States in 1904 to have been as follows: Corn, 2,467,480,934 bushels, value $1,087,461,440. Winter wheat, 332,935,346 bushels, value $325,611,373. Spring wheat, 219,464,171 bushels, value $184,878,501. Oats, 894,595,552 bushels, value $279,900,013. Barley, 139,748,958 bushels, value $58,651,8-7. Rye, 27,234,565 bushels, value $18,-745,543. Buckwheat, 15,008,336 bushels, value $9,330,768. Flaxseed, 23,400,534 bushels, value $23,228,758. Rice, 21,096,038 bushels, value $13, 891,523. Potatoes, 332,830,300 bushels, value $150,637,392 $180,675,952. Hay, 60,696,028 tons, value $529,- 107,625. Tobacco, 660,460,739 pounds, value $53,382,959. GOV. ALVA ADAMS' PETITION. He Asks the Supreme Court to Appoint a Committee to Open All the Ballot-Boxes in Denver and Report as to the Alleged Frauds. Denver, Col., Dec. 29.—Attorneys Charles S. Thomas and Samuel W. Belford filed a petition in the supreme court yesterday on behalf of Alva Adams, the democratic governor-elect, asking that either the court or a commission to be appointed by the court shall open all of the 214 ballot-boxes used in Denver at the late election and make a thorough examination of their contents. Gov. Adams' petition charges that certain evilly disposed persons are using the supreme court as a cloak under which they may nullify the will of the people as constitutionally expressed at the polls. The petition insists that, however extensive the frauds perpetrated, the legal voters have a constitutional right to have their ballots counted and to that end every ballot-box in the city of Denver should be opened and scrutinized. Both Must Hang. Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 29.—Gov. Pennypacker has fixed February 16 for the execution of Mrs. Kate Edwards, the Berks county murderess, and her negro accomplice, Samuel Greason. The woman's husband, John Edwards, was murdered nearly four years ago. The case has been before the pardon board repeatedly and was also before the supreme court. The legislature passed a bill at the last session which was intended to apply to this case, which permitted the courts to review newly discovered evidence on application for new trials in murder cases. Every effort, however, to free either the woman or her accomplice failed. There Will be No Inquiry. Philadelphia, Dec. 29.—There will be no hearing of the charges against Bishop Talbot, of the diocese of central Pennsylvania, by the court appointed by Bishop Tuttle, is the statement made by churchmen who are well posted in the laws of the Episcopal church. A complication has developed which they say will put a stop to the proceedings of the court of inquiry as now constituted. The trouble comes from a recent change in the canons of the church regarding the appointment of a court of that nature. Died from Morphine Poisoning. New York, Dec. 29. -Orestes A. Weed, said to be interested in the manufacture of gas meters at Boston, died at a hospital here yesterday of morphine poisoning. Weed and a companion named Benjamin J. Riley, of Hartford, Conn., were taken to the hospital from the Grand Union hotel. Both were suffering from the effects of the drug. Weed died without recovering consciousness. Riley was soon revived. He is detained in the prison ward of the hospital as a suspicious person. He says he and Weed entered into a suicide pact. Sent Millions to Other Lands. New York, Dec. 29.—The United States played Santa Claus to the world at large, according to reports from the money order division of the New York postoffice. From December 1 to December 24, the night before Christmas, 334,084 international orders were forwarded to other lands from this city, and these orders called for $4,667,628. Boiler Explosion Killed Six Men, Chehalis, Wash., Dec. 29.—Six men were killed yesterday by an explosion of four boilers at a sawmill 30 miles west of here. ST. JACOBS OIL TRADE MARK. The Old Monk Cure for Pains and Aches of the human family, relieves and cures promptly. Price 25c. and 50c. "I suppose there comes to every man a desire to do something smart on an occasion," said the drummer, as a sigh took the place of his smile, according to the New York Times. "Well, such a desire came to me as I was leaving a certain southern city after a week's stay. The waiter at my table had called me 'Gineral' and been at great pains to care for me and I made up my mind to reward him with a $5 bill. It was a counterfeit with which I had been stuck, but I thought it would be the biggest kind of a joke to work off on Bob. "I had got a hundred miles away when I was arrested on a telegram for passing counterfeit money, and when taken back I was arraigned in a United Stafes court and had to give bail and appear on three different occasions. I had a lawyer and other expenses, lost a good three weeks altogether and just escaped prison by the skin of my teeth. In addition to this I had to make good to the waiter, who sorrowfully shook his head when he received the money and said: "Ize sorry for you, General, but dis may be de means of savin' your contemptible soul from the gallus!" JUST LIKE PRISON ROUTINE. Boastful Traveler Brought to a Pause by a Very Embarrassing Question The scene was a third-class smoking compartment, five on a side. The speaker was stout, florid, with short-cut gray hair, and was very self-satisfied. The effeminate degeneracy of modern young men was his theme, relates London Tit-Bits. "Look at me! Sixty years of age—never had a day's illness in my life, and can do my four miles an hour! Why? Because from when I was 20 to when I was over 40 I lived a regular life. No delicacies for me! No late hours! Every day, summer and winter, I went to bed at nine, got up at five, lived principally on porridge, worked hard—hard, mind you, from eight to one, then dinner, then an hour's walking exercise, and then—" "Beg your pard'n, guv'nor," interrupted a young working man sitting opposite, "but not was you in for?" About His Reisin' "Who's that skeetin' along in that big automobile?" "That's Jones—the successesful author." "Why—he used to ride in an ox-cart!" "Hush!—he wouldn't be seen in one now. He only makes his money by writin' about ox-carts, an' the poor folks that ride in 'em!"—Atlanta Constitution. Further Explanation Needed. Possible Purchaser—What is the title of this painting? Artist—That is "A Ship in a Storm." "It's wonderfully effective and striking. Would—h'm—would you mind telling me which is the ship and which is the storm?" —Chicago Tribune. Too Much to Expect "See here, landlord, must I sit here forever before I get the half chicken that I have ordered?" "Oh, no, sir! I'm only waiting till somebody comes and orders the other half. Of course, I can't kill a half a chicken!"—Fhegende Blaetter. Found at Last. Hensley, Ark., Dec. 29th.—(Special)—That a sure cure for Backache would be a priceless boon to the people, and especially the women of America, is admitted by all interested in medical matters, and Mrs. Sue Williams of this place is certain she has found in Dodd's Kidney Pills the long-looked-for cure. 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