The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1898-19??
October 14, 1898

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«Ol^sßveekiy_c SWi lif A Jf?*^ Wlpm J W S&iKgS® CM® i ^yL_-;-g^g^^ggj|~^gg^^ STS \1 tz VOLUME 1. r'i iwll illl ^wi iQ MW HON. EDWARD SCOFIELD. Hon. Edward Scofield, who will lead the old Republican party on the eighth of November. Edward Scofield, governor of Wisconsin, was born in Clearfield. Clear field county. Pa.. March 28. 1842, and is the son of Isaac Scofield. While having an interview with him at the Pfister, we said: “Governor, it must he very tiresome and a burden to yon trav eling to Washington and different parts of the country.’’ He said: "Not the least. lam only doing my duty as an American citizen." "We hearitly EMIL GILJOHANN. Emil Giljohann. the nominee for insur ance commissioner, is a native of Mil waukee. being born there November 7, 1851. He received his education in the German and English academy and public schools of that city. He learned the trade of cigarmaker and packer, and was connected with the firm of Ed. Ascher mann Co. for twelve years, after which he went on the road as a traveling salesman. After spending several years on the road, he embarked in the cigar business for himself on West Water street, which he conducted successfully. His health failing, he was obliged to dis pose of the business and went to live in the country. Returning to the city, he was appointed United States gauger un- fit ‘MtS HON. EMIL GILJOHANN. lAnk^wh*^ 1 f I lter al 1 Revenue Henrv 1 i iV ch POMtion he had until the ad ^trition r r' ,hM!t Cleeland’s last admin istration. lour years ago he was assist committS^'vn th Re P' ,b l ie county committee of Milwaukee countv. and was nnT int W M-' PUty ns,lran commissioner Y- ,1 :Un .4- Fr »kc Januarv 1 w Inch position he now holds. Mr Giijohann is a hard worker, ami we cm say without fear of contradiction that he »c of the strongest men on the ticket And he is one of the best friends that colored people have in the state of Wis cousin. A Noted Comedian. Mr. Doc Truss made a call on Mr. Min ton. manager of the Electric Light and Street Railway companv. in regard to show given at M aukesha beach August 17. tendered wa/Sn^T* he® Milwankee Electric Rail thnt Mr W HiS Was that Mr. Truss could refer him to any congraulate you, governor, in your work on locking after the soldiers in our state. "We have made a thorough, canvass over the state, and the people of Wisconsin say that they are under obligations to our chief that can never be paid. His record is an open book. This gentleman is a stanch friend to tiie negro race, and to my personal knowledge the governor educated one of the first colored boys that was born in his county, and today we feel proud of him. And this noble gentleman is always willing and ready to help a good cause. He is an admirer of the Advocate, and says that the negro must work cut his own problem. manager of opera houses that were first class in every respect. He would gladly answer any communication in regard to the character and reputation of the com bination. Mr. Truss has made a reputa tion for himself by putting first-class peo ple before the public. He is a genial gen ih man and a splendid manager. The Ad vocate, wishes Mr. Truss success in his manly efforts. He Had His Gall with Him. The article in our last issue in which the young man claimed that his character was hurt by slander. We published this article for the benefit of our subscribers, not to make this man pay his debt, but we published this to show the public how unjustly this institution has been treated from time to time by men of his sort. So far as the money is concerned, the manager will get every dollar that is ow ing to him. We had the same experience to go through a few months ago, and the courts decided in favor of the institution. After the attorneys and justice of the peace and witnesses’ bill was entered it cost this young man S3O. Mr. J. H. Sto ver being the attorney for the institution. This young man makes applications to the city officials for a warrant for the editor of this paper for publishing the truth. What do you think of such a per son? We state right here to the public that we propose to do what is right, and any man or woman of our race who is trying to deceive the public by the fraud ery or misrepresentation of the race,, the sooner they are shown the better it is for the race and the whole concern. What do you propose to do about this article that appeared in your last issue? I don't propose to do anything about it. Have you had a talk with any person else on the subject? I have talked to the leading attorneys in our county and they told me that they never heard of such a thing, a man trying to beat his fellow men and because the truth is told he wants to swear out a warrant and have him arrested. In talking to Mr. Miles and A. G. Weissert and Mr. Morris, and quite a number of other prominent people, they are utterly surprised at this young man's conduct. We have numbers of such cases happening every day in our city. For instance, look at Mr. Holmes’ caw, a man who took his friend in and boarded and lodged him and fed him. and he goes in the absence of this man and takes his trunk and clothing and tries to make his escape out of the city. But Mr. Holmes reported the matter to the chief of police and had his victim caught before he got outside the state. I sup pose when Turner gets out of his trouble that he will go over to the state's attor ney's office and try to have Mr. Holmes arrested for doing his duty as an Amer ican citizen. We are meeting with con gratulation all over the state from promi nent white ladies and gentlemen about our paper. Every man has a right to do just as he pleases so long as he pleases to do what is right. We, the Advocate Company. Pupil—“ What, in your opinion, profes sor. is the most difficult mathematical problem?” Poor professor (grimly)— “Trying to make both ends meet, my dear gir.”—Tit-Bits. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, OCTOBER 14, 1898. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. Troops Had Refused to be Paid by Colored Officers. Washington, D. C., Sept. 16.—Paymas ter-General Stanton has turned over to the President all tne papers relating to the recent unpleasantness growing out of the refusal of a Texas regiment to re ceive pay from Maj. Lynch because he is colored. The President has taken no definite action beyond expressing approv al of Gen. Stanton's course in sending a sharp dispatch to the commanding pay master of that department, stating in ef fect that as Maj. Lynch had been regu larly commissioned by the President as an army paymaster, the troops must take their pay from him or else go without pay. Thus the matter stands, with the papers before the President. There is the possibility that a new question may arise on the point of insubordination in refus ing to receive pay from paymasters reg- I’.larly commissioned to make payments. Salem Baptist Church News. Rev. J. B. Odeam occupied the pulpit Sunday and he chose for his subject the fiifth chapter of Matthew and the eighth verse. “Blessed are the Pure in Heart for They Shall See God.’’ We are proud to say that this is one of the most wonder ful sermons that he had preached during his three years in Milwaukee. Rev. Odeam has been here three years, and the people appreciate him very much indeed. He has gone down in the slums and taken men and women into church, and is still trying to dig down after more. The congrega tion was ver.v large and very much pleased with his sermon. Rev. Odeam is a very smart and intelligent gentleman. Maj- God help him through all his under takings. We congratulate Mrs. J. C. Smith, our organist, in her nice selections during the reverend's preaching. She is thinking of reorganizing a choir. Mrs. Smith is a ver.v bright and diligent lady, having a great talent for music; with this she can do some, of the finest painting anyone would wish to see. Her selections were: “Blessed be. the Tide.’’ “Glorj- To His Name.” which the- congregation enjoyed and were carried away with. Rev. J. B. Odeam is still carrying on his revival, and everybody is cordially invit ed to come. His meetings are appreciated bj- those who have been going. Came and see what we can do for you. Personal Notes. Mr. Simonds, the proprietor of the Bos ton store, has some of the latest styles in good cloaks, underwear, etc. This goad hearted gentleman is a true friend to our colored race. His clerks are ver.v atten tive to his colored patrons, and we advise our colored people if thej- want to get things reasonably to go to this honorable gentleman. His clerks show all the cour tesy on waiting on our race and see that you are well pleased before you leave the 1 vljs^^^^lllliMMinm^^ ■^FWg 111 ~v 1 vX. '^wßSFirwftSra^HKmß9ND^^^R£^^B^9^^*^< HON. W. H. FROEHLICH. Mr. Froehlich was born in the town of Jackson. Washington county, Wis., June 22. 1857. He acquired his education in the parochial school of the Lutheran Con gregation Davidstern in the town of Jack son. and also in the public schools. In addition to this he took private instruc tion from a teacher of Milwaukee high school, and a course at the Spencerian Business college, from which institution he duly graduated. At the present time Mr. Froehlich is engaged in business as a dealer in general merchandise and grain at Jackson, and is secretary and treasurer of the Jackson Butter and Cheese com pany. He has held numerous important offices within the gift of both government and people, having been postmaster of store. Mr. Simonds, it will be remem bered made the Salem Baptist church a present of a beautiful Bible. This noble hearted gentleman has always proved to be a friend of our race. Would that there were more business men like him. Special Notice. The writers of the Advocate do here ac knowledge their sympathy for a certain young man on the west side—a member of the 400. who was charged in last week’s issue of beating—trying to beat the manager of the Help and Hand Intelli gence department out of sls. due the said manager for room rent and board. We will saj’ that we did not publish the ar ticle as a roast and neither did we wish to offend the mighty kind-hearted friend so much that he should appear before the city authorities in order to have the father of the friendless prosecuted for claiming an honest dollar that was his and was due him. We claim that in order to make the public know that we are men of our world ami mean business; we want to know that this young man claims that we have injured his character bj- so doing, we ask you as an honest people do you think that we could do anj- such thing to any party or parties acting as he did. We only ask for’justice and likewise it is our intention to mete out the same to everyone coming in contact with us. Therefore the Advo cate has no apology- to make in the behalf of the said issue. Booker T. Washington. There are many good points about Rooker T. Washington and his Tuskegee school. He has just sent out his seven teenth annual report, which shows that be has not yet arrived at a time when a string of titles, not even that of professor, vv ill add to the simple dignity of his name and the reputation hi* has built about it. He is officially just the principal. He is remarkable in another nay; lie believes that the salvation of his race lies in intel ligent work and not in politics or legisla tive favors. His school carrit^s on. under instruction, twenty-six industries, and the pupils are expected to study besides. Tins school did not. spring up full armed hut of the rarth; it grew under the direc-' tion of this man. not professor, not presi dent. this man 'Washington. It is there fore a power in the land. The fact that of late years public' attention has fallen his way and no inconsiderable amount of h< Ip lias been given from widely different steticns and interests, does not turn his io ad. Ho just goes on working and ad vertising. Yes. he is a skillful advertiser and has a right to be: why not? The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial insti tute is located at Tuskegee, Ala., and is devoted to the education of the colored people of the country. Visitor (to sexton digging grave in churchyard)—“Who’s dead?” Sexton—“ Old Squire Thornback.” Visitor—“ What complaint Sexton (without looking up)—“No com plaint; everybody satisfied.”—Tit-Bits. Jackson from 1881 to 1893. and has been justice of the peace continuously since 1887. He was also census enumerator in 1890 and 1895. and has been a member of the Jackson school board since 1891 and town clerk since 1893. He is also secretary of the Washington and Ozaukee County Firemen's association, to which he has belonged since its organization. He was elected to the Assembly in 1894. be ing at that time distinguished as the first Republican ever elected to similar honors from Washington county, during which term he was a member of the committee on dairy and food and medical societies. He was re-elected in 1896 and was chair man of the committee on diary, and food during that term. Mr. Froehlich is also an active member of the Davidstern con gregation in the town of Jackson. Mr. Froehlich is a great friend of the colored meeting. ms® JESSE STONE. Jesse Stone, who was nominated at the recent Republican state convention held at Milwaukee for lieutenant-governor of AVisconsin. is a resident of Watertown, Jefferson county. He was born on the 23d day of August. 1836, in the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. England, and re ceived his education in the common schools of his native country. Wlnm but 5 year*; of age his parents removed to the United States, bringing him with them; but it was not until August 1, 1869. that he came West and located at Water town, where he has resided continuously ever since. Here for a number of years be has been actively engaged in the manu facturing business, and it is not a little owing to the active personal interest he has taken in commercial affairs during that time that that place has become such a thriving and prosperous little city. Mr. Stone first became personally in- EMMET R. HICKS. The representative of the Advocate called on Hon. E. R. Hicks in Oshkosh, who had just arrived in town after can vassing over the state for the state ticket. HON. EMMET It. HICKS. We asktsl him how his prospects were. His face brightened up like an electric light and said: “Why. we are going to carry the state by 25,000 majority at least.” We said that we were glad that you have confidence of success for the grand old party. “Where do you expect to go from here?" was the question asked. “I think I shall go from here to West Superior.” The Issue is Before Us. Rooms of the Republican State Central Committee, Milwaukee, 1898. —The issue

x HON. J. B. THEAT. for the present campaign in the state of Wisconsin is now clearly set forth. The NUMBER 24. t< rested in politics in the year 1880, at which time he was elected to the Assem bly- as a representative of; the First dis trict. To this office he was again elected in 1882, during which year also he was a member of the school board of Water town. Once during his political career Mr. Stone was an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly, and he was also de feated for the state Senate in 1800. Two yearn preceding the latter campaign he was a delegate to the national Repub lican convention, and again in 1802. He was also a member of the state central committee from 1888 until 1804. In 18!Mi he was elected to the Assembly, receiving 2203 votes against 1526 cast for Thomas Sht nnick, the Democratic candidate. Mr. Stone is regarded sis one of the most val ued and progressive citizens of Jefferson county, and his unanimous recognition by the Republican party at the recent convention has proved a source of much gratification to people of all political shades of belief throughout that vicinity. Democratic state convention today en dorsed the Chicago platform, placing the Democratic party squarely upon the sil ver platform upon which their ticket went down to defeat in Wisconsin two years ago. It is the same free-silver repudia tion principle for which the Silver Demo cre.ts stood in 1896. and no amount of talk or sophistry can obscure it. The Democrats in their platform adopt ed today have much to say about state issues. Unon state issues the Repub licans of Wisconsin can meet them eager ly and gladly with a record which will put them to shame; but the Republicans must not forget for one moment that the purpose of the Democrats in talking of state issues at this time is to obscure the real issue, which is a financial one. Do not let this be forgotten for a mo ment, that the free-silver men are in control of the Democratic party in this state. We have ten congressmen to elect in Wisconsin this fall, and it would be a calamity for Wisconsin to send a single Silver Democrat to Washington. Here is the silver plank in the Chicago plat form which the Democrats of Wisconsin endorse: “We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.” In contradistinction to this, road the following money plank, adopted by the Republicans at their state convention in Milwaukee on August 17: “We believe that the declaration in the St. Louis National Republican plat form for the maintenance of the gold standard and the parity of our forms of money should be enacted into law. and the money of the American people should be made and kept, like all its institutions, the best in the world." The friends of sound money desire no clearer issue than this. Remember that not only have we to elect ten congress men. but a senator will be elected by the coming Legislature. Altogether the most important issue that this country or state has had to deal with is the question of honest money, and a state that has so nobly for years stood for sound money cannot afford for one moment to permit the real issue to be obscured or the friends of cheap money and repudiation to gain any advantage. We shall have with us in this contest, as we had two years ago. all the sound money Democrats, of whom 35,000 voted the Republican ticket in 1896. Make it clear to the Republicans and sound money Democrats in your section that the issue is as clearly drawn and as well defined on this money question now as it was two years ago. If the issue is prop erly kept before the people, the Repub lican ticket this fall, congressional, state and legislative. will have an overwhelm ing majority. Respectfully. J. B. Treat, Chairman. Mrs. Bangle—“ They say that half the world doesn’t know how the other half lives.” Bangle—“ Then it must be they don't read the patent medicine testimoni als.”—Judge.

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WETWMMC.I. Assume Full Military and Gov ernmental Control. SPAIN IS NOTIFIED. Same Conditions to Go Into Effect on the Island of Porto Rico on October 18. Washington, D. C., Oct. 11.—The American commissioners have notified the Spanish authorities in Havana that the United States will assume entire control, military and governmental, of the island of Cuba December 1. The same control will be exercised in Porto Rico Octo ber 18. Instructions have been sent to the Unit ed States Military commission in Cuba fixing December 1 as the date when Span ish control over the island must cease. The commissioners, acting upon these in structions have notified the Spaniards that all ports and customs receipts and the management of municipal affairs will pass into the hands of the American mili tary commander in the iriand. This order was not intended to work hardship to tne Spanish troops or govern ment, but it was thought best to fix a definite time to end Spanish rule and to begin operations under the United States. It is probable that United States troops will go to Cuba before that time. By De cember 1 it is expected to have troops so stationed that there will be no need of Spanish troops to preserve order. The proclamations that have been issued by the President, establishing custom rates and defining the manner in which the Cu ban territory shall be governed will pre vail until it becomes apparent that new regulations are needed. On October 18 Maj.-Gen. Brooke will assume absolute control of the island of Porto Rico. It is jiossibie that all the Spanish troops will not have left Porto Rico at that time; if so they will be quar tered in barracks until they can be taken away. In the language of Secretary Al ger, the United States will be the host and the Spaniards the guests after Octo ber 18. The United States will not ship the remaining troops to Spain at its own expense. That was no part of the proto col. The customhouses, the money re ceived for customs and the government of the island will pass completely from Spanish control on the date set. The present custom regulations under procla mation of the President will prevail. SPAIN HAS NERVE. Proposes to Keep Bis Army In Cu ba Until Treaty of Peace is Actually Signed. Madrid, Oct. 11.—The Spanish govern ment announces its intention to maintain a strong force of troops in Cuba until the treaty of peace with the United States is definitely signed. Immediately after peace is signed the Cortes will be convened and measures dealing with the reorganization of all the state departments will be submitted to Parliament SAMPSON IS WORRIED. Imagines There is a Conspiracy to Place Blame for War Blun- ders Upon Him. Havana, Oct. 11.—Rear-Admiral Samp son’s continued illness is having a de pressing effect upon the other members of the evacuation commission, who, besides being hampered in their work, are filled with regret at the rear-admiral's trouble. The relations the members have borne with one another have been more than cordial. Gens. Wade and Butler fear Adniral Sampson cannot recover unless given absolute rest from care. It is said that news brought to Ad miral Sampson in private dispatches from Washington has caused him to worry and makes the progress toward recovery slow. The man who said this also de clared that Admiral Sampson knows a plot has been formed to make him bear a large part of the- burden of the responsi bility for the suffering of the soldiers at Santiago and on the return trip to the United States. Only a few of the official dispatches have been made public, but among these few are several from Ad miral Sampson giving him undue promi nence. The admiral is worn in mind and body by the terrible strain to which he has been subjected since he was appointed to the Maine inquiry commission. He is in no condition now to withstand the worry caused by the present movement against him. He exaggerates the importance of his enemies and feels that he is complete ly at their mercy while here in Havana. Unless the admiral’s condition speedily improves he would accept a relief from Washington and go on a furlough. Mrs. Sampson desires to take her husband North. RIOTOUS SOLDIERS. One Soldier Killed and Two Fatally Injured In the Camp at Huntsville, Ala. Nashville. Tenn., Oct. 11.—A special to the Banner from Huntsville, Ala., says that one soldier was killed, two fatally wounded and two seriously wounded at Camp Wheeler today. Soon after the arrival of the Tenth cavalry one of the members was arrested by the provost guard for disorderly conduct and an attempt was made by his comrades to release him. One was shot, whereupon the negroes in the train seized their arms and shooting became quite general. Three Tenth cavalrymen were wounded, two of them fatally. The provost guard lost Corp. McLaughlin. Co. L. Sixteenth infantry, killed. Privates Miles, Co. M, and Larkin, Co. I, were seriously wound ed. Louisville. Ky., Oct. IL—As a result of the killing of a private in the Twelfth New York regiment by Provost Guard Kitchen. 400 members of that regi ment formed a mob last night and seized a train at Camp Hamilton with the intention of coming to town on it and raiding the county jail, with the purpose of taking Kitchen out and lynching him. Gen. Wiley and Col. Leonard were quick ly notitled of the uprising and they sup pressed the mob by the most radical and prompt action. Advice Regarding Hawaii. San Francisco. Cal., Oct. 11.—Rear- Admiral Miller, who will retire from the navy October 15. warns people against going to Honolulu in the expectation of making their fortunes. He says: “The simple fact that the form of government is going to change has not opened up ad ditional resources or extended any which have been in existence. There are no new position* for people who go in. and there are not likely “o be any.” The ad miral, however, thinks there is a great future in store for the islands. CREDIT IS GIVEN ILL Forecast of the Report of Naval Board on Santiago Battle. THE CAPTAINS’ WORK. Followed Sampson's Original Plans— No Special Orders were Needed. New York, Oct. 12.—Although the American fleet in the battle off Santiago on July 3 obeyed the general orders of Rear-Admiral Sampson, given in advance to meet just such an emergency, it was essentially a “captains’ fight. This is the substance of the report of the naval board which has been investigating dis puted points in the battle. Rear-Admiral Sampson was not present, and the two orders signaled by Schley, “Close in” and “Engage the enemy,” did no good and were unnecessary, for the ships already had closed in and were engaging the ene my when the orders were run up. The text of the report must come from Washington, but many interesting points were obtained from the navy-yard after the board, which had been in session on the Brooklyn, finally adjourned. The board finds in a more general way that each ship in the fleet knew exactly what to do should Cervera come out, and did it when he actually did come out. Each captain fought his ship on plans pre pared and orders given by Sampson. Even had Schley directed the general movement of the fleet in the battle, which it was unnecessary for him to do, they would have been executed because of the preparation made by Sampson and within his general orders. The board proceeded along those well defined lines in making the inquiry: 1. The relative positions of the American ships when Cervera came out and through out the battle. 2. The course of the Brooklyn immediate ly after the alarm. 3 The distance of the New Aork from the Colon when the Spaniard surrendered. 4. The signals made by the Brooklyn. 5. The orders issued by Sampson in prep aration for an attempted escape of Cervera. The findings of the board are summar ized as follows: 1. The battle was fought and won upon plans prepared bv Rear-Admiral Sampson. 2. The directing of the movements of ships done by Schley during the battle was incon siderable. _ 3. The New York had no active part in the 6 4^ The Brooklyn, was not engaged at so close quarters as has been represented by the first report. On an average she was two miles away from the enemy. S. The brunt of the fighting was borne by the Oregon, Texas and lowa. 6 The New York was about nine miles from the Colon when that ship surrendered and between four or five miles from the nearest sister ship engaged (from which sig nal distance is taken). 7. The average range of the ships most engaged was about a mile and a half. 8. No American ship at any time during the battle was within a mile of an unsur rendered Spanish ship. The New York, the board finds, did nothing to affect the issue of the battle. When the Colon’s flag came down the New York was nearly ten miles to the eastward. Sampson on the New xork was near Siboney, where he heard firing and turned about and came back as fast as forced draught could bring him. Ihe New York was further in shore than any of the other vessels, but too far away to assist any in the destruction of the Span ish fleet. All she did was to fire two shots at long range at a torpedo-boat destroyer. She did not reach the Colon until three-quarters of an hour after the Oregon and Brooklyn and fifteen min utes after the Texas reached there. At the time of the hottest firing (be tween 10 and 10:15 a. m.) the Brooklyn was in line with the Oregon, but three quarters of a mile farther out to sea. The Oregon at that time was pouring fire into the Maria Teresa. The Oquen do was about 3000 yards distant, with the Texas and lowa half a mile to the rear of her. According to the testimony the Brooklyn was lying further out to sea than any of the American ships. She headed in at once and when about 2000 yards from the Maria Teresa, which was leading the Spanish fleet out, she turned to the eastward, then doubled southward to sea for a short distance. Schley then followed a parallel course with the Spaniards, keeping up a run ning fight. He was well outside the course of the other American vessels and in the lead. He kept this position, an average distance of about two miles from the Colon, until that ship surrendered. The issues of the battle, the board learned was not affected by any signals that Schley made from his flagship. The Oregon dashed out from the very begin ning of the engagement and kept within range of the enemy until the fight ended. The elaborate chart prepared by the board shows the positions of the ships at the times mentioned here: 9:30 a. m., when Cervera came out. v:SO a. m.. when the torpedo boat destroy ers appeared. 10:15 a. m., when the Maria Teresa turned to run ashore. 10:20 a. m., when the Oquendo turned to run ashore. 10:30 a. m., when the Furor was blown up. 11:05 a. in., when the Vizcaya turned ashore. 1:15 p. m., when the Colon surrendered. The board was made up of Lieutenant- Commander Richard Wainwright of the Gloucester, presiding officer; Lieut. Sam uel P. Comly of the Indiana; Leut. Lewis C. Heilner of the Texas; Lieut. William H. Schuetze of the Iowa; Lieut. Alben C. Hodgson of the Brooklyn; Lieut. Wil liam Allen of the Oregon, and Lieut Ed ward E. Capeheart of the New York. NEW PAPAL DELEGATE. Archbishop Chappelle of New Or leans Has Been Chosen to Go to Cuba. Washington, D. C., Oct. 12.—Cardinal Gibbons, who is here attending the meet ing of the archbishops at the Catholic university, received a cablegram from Rome today announcing that the Pope had appointed Archbishop Chappelle of New Orleans as apostolic delegate to Cu ba. He will retain his position at New Orleans, his new field being a special mis sion. Archbishop Chappelle is now in Rome. ZOLA’S PROPERTY SAVED. Friends Prevent a Judicial Sale of His House and Furniture. Paris, Oct. 12.—Yesterday was the day fixed for the sale of the house and fur niture of Emile Zola to satisfy a judg mant of 30,000 francs obtained against him by three handwriting experts who recently won a suit for libel against the novelist growing out of the Dreyfus case. The sale was ordered to take place in spite of the fact that the late Lieut.-Col. Henry confessed to having forged a let ter instrumental in bringing about the conviction of Dreyfus, which sustained the attitude assumed by M. Zola toward the handwriting experts, and although Octave Mirbeau offered to be responsible for the amount. The friends of Zola who were present ran up the bidding on the first article, a Louis X. walnut table, which was orig inally bought for 120 francs, to >2.'100 francs, thus producing the amount re quired and stopping the sale. PLANING MILL COMBINE Many Wisconsin Concerns Interest ed in a Deal Involving About $15,000,000. Chicago, 111., Oct. 12.—An amalgama tion of twenty-four planing mill plants, involving anour $15,000,000 in capital, is now being planned among leading repre sentatives of the trade in the Northwest. The mills which the promoters of the com bine propose to take into the deal are lo cated in Illinois. Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and lowa. The companies said by interested parties in Chicago to be ready and anxious to sell out to the new stock company are: Rockwell Manufacturing company, Mil waukee. Cream City Sash Door company, Mil waukee. Paine Lumber company, Oshkosh. R. McMillen Co.. Oshkosh. Radford Bros. Co., Oshkosh. Williamson Libby Lumber company, Oshkosh. Gould Manufacturing company, Oshkosh. Hafner-Lot liman Manufacturing company, Oshkosh. The Morgan Co., Oshkosh. A. C. Steenberg company. Fond du Lac. Moore Gallowoy, Fond du Lac. Curtis Yale, Wausau. A. H. Stange Co., Merrill. Farley Loetsche Manufacturing com pany, Dubuque. Carr. Ryder Adams company, Dubuque. Curtis Bros. Co., Clinton. M. A. Disbrow, Lyons, la. Rock Island Sash Door works. Rock Island. Hi. Hattig Bros.’ Manufacturing company, Muscatine, la. Muscatine Sash Door company, Musca tine,- la. Hall Munsoul, Bay Mills, Mich. Bardwell Robinson, Minneapolis. Smith Wyman, Minneapolis. The Bohn Manufacturing company, St. Paul. Notice has been sent each of the above firms of the proposed amalgamation. Many have eagerly seized upon the op portunity to sell and have so notified the promoters. Others are reported not un willing to become part of the combina tion, but are not signing any papers until the hand of the capitalist appears in the deal. The plan originated, it is said, with the Paine Lumber company of Oshkosh, and Hall Munsoul of Bay Mills. Mich. Both these concerns are very wealthy and are regarded equal to the undertaking of bringing the combination to a successful issue. In no way, Chicago manufacturers de clare, will the proposed combination be a trust, though they admit competition will largely be avoided. Prices, they say, will not be put up. The saving in expenses and competition will amount to a fortune annually, and this will be sufficient to satisfy the stockholders of the controlling corporation. Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 12.— [Special.] Paine Lumber company officials, said to be the leading firm interested in the scheme to combine planing mills in the Northwest, make a general denial tljat such a proposition is being considered. C. R. Nevitt of the Paine Lumber company stated today that the reports in circulation were largely the product of a vivid imag ination and is at a loss to know how such report was started. Milwaukee. Wis., Oct. 12. —[Special.] There has been more or less negociation in Milwaukee with the planing-mill inter ests by representatives of the proposed combination, but the local men who have been approached in connection with the deal are exceedingly reticent, declaring to day, when asked about it, that the matter had not assumed such shape as to warrant any statement whatever. One manager would refer the newspaper man to some other manager, and between them there was nothing definite given out. All looked mysterious, however, and one of them ad mitted that something was up, but that he was not in a position to talk at this time. It is believed that a proposition by the combine has been made to the Rockwell Manufacturing company, to the firm of Curtis Yale, and to several other in stitutions of the same kind in the city, but as yet. it is believed, no definite under standing has been arrived at. CHINA’S NEW EMPEROR. A Son of the Late Ruler, Tung Chi, is Chosen. London, Oct. 12.—The Empress Dow ager of China and the imperial clan —ac- cording to a special dispatch from Shang hai—have adopted as the new Emperor a son of the late Emperor Tung Chi, who will shortly be proclaimed. London, Oct. 12.—A special dispatch from Shanghai says: Early this morning (Tuesday) a United States consular offi cer with thirty armed members of the recently-discharged Corean bodyguard, invaded the foreign bureau, with the in tention of rescuing Huang, former Chi nese consul at Singapore, and lately min ister designate of China to Japan, who was arrested on Monday by order of the Empress Dowager, in connection with the reform movement. Huang, however, re fused to go and the party retired crest fallen. SCHLEY SPRAINS ANKLE. Rear Admiral Slips on the Steps of a San Juan Hotel. San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 12.—Rear- Admiral Schley while descending the steps of a hotel, slipped and sprained his ankle. He is temporarily confined to his room. Washington, D. C., Oct. 12.—Capt. C. M. Chester, in the cruiser Cincinnati, has left San Juan for Cainanera, where he will relieve Capt. C. F. Goodrich, com manding the Newark, supervising the wrecking of the sunken Spanish ships near Santiago de Cuba. The Newark will pro ceed to San Juan, where she will relieve the New Orleans as Rear-Admiral Schley’s flagship. PREPARE TO MUSTER OUT. Capt. Buck of Madison Arrives at Fond du Lac with Clerks. Fond du Lac. Wis., Oct. 12.—[Special.] —Mustering Officer Buck of Madison and a corps of clerks arrived in the city this morning and will spend the day at the Armory, giving Capt. Markle and the other officers of the company instructions relative to mustering out the boys. The mustering-out blanks will be filled out. the pay roll submitted, and a report of the property lost by the members of the company in the war sent to Col. Born at Sheboygan. Unless something happens in the meantime, the company will be mustered out of service November 9. FEARS FOUL PLAY. Racine Man Reports Disappearance of His Son to Police. Racine, Wis., Oct. 12.—[Special.]— This morning C. D. Morgan reports to the police that his son, Frank Morgan, aged 19. had disappeared from his home yesterday morning at 8 o’clock. All ef forts to trace the boy have failed and Morgan thinks that the lad has met with foul play. A few days ago he and his son had some trouble with another man over a disputed property line, and it is said the man threatened to punish the son. Handsome Gift to Ashland. Ashland, 55 is., Oct. 12.—Mrs. Emeliue E. Vaughn, who was married to Dr. Marquis of Chicago, before her marriage signed papers releasing control of the 1 aughn block of this city to a board of trustees for a free public library. This property is worth $40,000. SMOKE PIPE Of PEACE. Pillagers Desire to Have a Puff with Government Agents. INDIAN WAR IS OVER. Laugh at the Fears of the Whites and Say They Were “Just Having a Little Fun.” St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 12. —A Walker (Minn.) special to the Dispatch says: The Bear Island, or Pillager Indians will sur render and war has been averted. It only remains for the terms to be arranged be fore the hostiles will come into the agen cy. Father Aloysius Homanutz, Gu» Beaulieu and Chief Gay-Gwa-Che-Way- Bimung, the three peace commissioners who left on the Flora last evening far the hostile camp, got back at 4 o’clock this morning. They got to the camp at Black Duck Point at the mouth of the Boy river, at 9 o’clock last night. Indians on watch responded to signals and the three peace commissioners went ashore in a skiff, carrying flour, bacon, sugar, rice, tobacco and canned goods. They met a large number of the Indians back in the woods, and were given a cor dial greeting. Hands were shaken all around and the battle of a week ago was talked over. The Indians alluded to it as a “little fun.” They asserted that none of their number were killed or wounded. Bug-Ah-Mah-Ge-Shig was not in conference with the Indians, but his greetings were shouted back and forth across the little bay between him and the commissioners. He waited all day for the emissaries to appear and left for his house across the bay soon after dark. When the boat got in sight the Indians sent up skyrockets. After landing, a big fire was built and a conference held for three hours. The Indians were familiar with every movement of the troops and marshals and nothing told them was new. They asked why newspaper men had not come out and said they expected them. When it was explained that it was thought advisable for only a few people to go out. the hos tiles laughed at the fears of the people and invited the correspondents to go out today. A report in writing to be made to Indian Commissioner Jones was reserved until a later hour today. The emissaries refused to make public their report until submitted to Commissioner Jones further than to say that the Indians will come to the agency when a reply is sent back to the statements in the report of the com missioners. Will be No More Fighting. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 12.—The Jour nal’s staff correspondent at Walker, Minn., wires: There will be no more fighting. Father Aloysius and Gus Beau lieu returned this morning at 4 o’clock after a long conference with the hostiles and made this welcome announcement. They refused to say anything further un til a conference had been held with Com missioner Jones. It is understood that Mr. Jones will go to the hostile camp to day with the priest and Beaulieu and have a formal conference. While nothing has been said as yet as to whether the Indians wanted by Mar shal O’Connor will surrender themselves, there is little doubt this is the case, be cause it has been understood all along that no other terms would be considered. The positive assurance of both the re turning conferees that the war is over points to the conclusion that pledges of surrender have been made. The Indians say they have forty men in the camp and still insist that not a man was killed. Mr. Beaulieu says that the council last night lasted three hours. Chief Guy-Ne- Won-Aush was very bitter in denuncia tion of the manner in which the Chippewas of Minnesota and Dakota were being robbed by the lumbermen. The principal cause of the difficulty, he declared, was not whisky nor the arrests, but to the manner in which the Indian pine lands are being stolen. They had vainly ap pealed to Washington for several sears and had finally taken matters in their own hands. May-Dwa-Me-Nind followed with a bit ter attack on Deputy Marshal Ed War ren, who, he said, was not only arresting and prosecuting Indians on the most triv ial charges for the sake of the fees, but was one of the principal men concerned in the timber depredations, although it was his duty to prevent them. He named also mixed bloods who were in league with white men at Brainerd to steal all the pine of their reservations. He asked for a thorough investigation. Although the Indians have ceased hostilities and agreed to meet the commissioner, it will be several days before any definite under standing with them can be reached. Commissioner Jones on Hand. Washington, D. C., Oct. 12.—Commis sioner of Indian Affairs Jones has taken active charge of the interior department interests at the scene of the Indian trou ble and today went out to the headquar ters of the Bear island Indians, who arc still holding out against surrender, to talk over the situation with them. He seut the following dispatch today to Acting Secretary of the Interior Rankiu: Walker. Minn., Oct. 12.—The Secretary m the Interior. Washington: 1 am going out to the hostile camp today to hold council. Feel confident I can settle matters peace- fully. W. A. JONES. Mr. Jones, who left for Minnesota hur riedly last Saturday, has been confident all along that tact and honest assurance of fair treatment by the government would win over the Indians and induce tfiem to surrender those that are wanted by the courts. MANY NEW CASES. Sixty-seven of Yellow Fever Re ported from Mississippi- One Death. Washington, D. C., Oct. 12.—The of ficial dispatches to the Marine hospital service today show that on yesterday there were ten places in the state of Mis sissippi infected with yellow fever, sixty seven new eases were reported and one death, which occurred at Harrision. At Franklin, La., there were twenty new cases, but they are reiiorted to be of a mild type and there were no deaths there. The outbreak reported at Bay St. Louis, Mise., proves to he at Waveland, a lit tle village four miles this side of the cen ter of the bay. Tho report today shows nine cases there. KAISER’S PILGRIMAGE. Emperor of Germany and Suite Set Out for the Holy Land. Berlin, Oct. 12.—[Special.]—The Em peror and Empress of Germany started at 9 o’clock this morning on their journey to the Holy Land. They will go direct to Constantinople and from thence to Pales tine. The gendarmes have been taught photography, and by the Emperor’s order will photograph everything of interest. There are 110 trunks in the baggage ears, many of them of immense size and con taining the dresses of the Empress. One enormous box which does not leave the Emperor’s vicinity is in charge of a high functionary. It contains valuable gifts and diamond decorations, valued at 4,000,- 000 marks for Oriental officials. SOLDIERS STARVED. Pennsylvanians Returned from Porto Rico Tell Harrowing Tales of Suffering. New York, Oct. 12.—The United States transport Obdam, which sailed from Ponce, Porto Rico, September 28, via Santiago, October 5, arrived at quaran tine yesterday. The transport brought 250 sick and convalescent soldiers and 350 passengers, all well on board. After leaving Santiago, where fire in her coal bunkers had to be extinguished, a fire again broke out in the coal bunkers, and although every effort was made to get it under control, Mias still smouldering when the Obdam reached quarantine. The sick and convalescent improved steadily during the voyage, being provid ed with excellent food and medical sup plies. There was only one death during the voyage, Private Sweeney of the Sixth Illinois volunteers dying of cerebral con cussion, and was buried at sea. Speaking to Gov. Hastings of Penn sylvania, who went down to the Obdam last night on the steamer Fletcher to see the Pennsylvania troops arriving, Col. Gibson said that he had been the means of saving many soldiers from starving. “Governor,” he said, after an exchange of greetings, “I have a story to tell that will startle the country.” As a result of this remark, there waa a con ference between the committee and Gov. Hastings, after which the governor de cided to take off the Pennsylvania sol diers and have them sent to a hotel for the night. Ralph Harwick of Dubois, Pa., a mem ber of the Pennsylvania volunteers, told a harrowing story of the treatment he and his companions had received while in Porto Rico. “We got there on July 28,” he said, “and were landed from the trans port Mobile. Many of us had contracted typhoid fever in the military camps in the South. The tropical climate devel oped the disease, but notwithstanding our weakened condition the Sixteenth made a good fight when it encountered the Spaniards. The regiment was under fire for over an hour and at the close of the engagement thirteen Spaniards had been killed and sixty-five wounded. We de served better treatment than we got when Porto Rico had been taken. The regu lars were well looked after, but the vol unteers were starved. When finally the men were forced to succumb to the fever and were sent to the hospitals, they were treated most shamefully. Although de lirious we were forced to get out of our cots to watch some poor brave fellow dying. Some of the men went mad un der this strain. Only think of it—deliri ous men nursing the dying.” MRS. GEORGE IS HELD. Alleged Slayer of Mr. Saxton at Canton will Not be Ad mitted to Bail. Canton, 0., Oct. 12. —Mrs. George was held to answer to common pleas court at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing today and her case will be investigated by the next grand jury. The presiding justice of the peace in passing on the case said there was sufficient circum stantial evidence connecting Mrs. George with the crime to justify holding her for the investigation of the higher courts. She is held on the charge of murder in the first degree, and cannot be admitted to bail. At the hearing the state finished with several witnesses corroborating the testi mony given yesterday. The defense decided to offer testimony and called for their first witness, Mrs. Eva B. Althouse, who has been frequently mentioned in the case and in front of whose house the tragedy occurred. She was called upon to explain the relations between herself and Saxton and as to whether Mrs. George did not have reason to be jealous of these relations. Much of the time was occupied in a legal squabble over the scope this inquiry should be al lowed to take. RIOTING IN COREA. Three Accused Prisoners Executed at Seoul—Bodies Shocking ly Treated. New York, Oct. 12.—A dispatch to the Herald from Hong Kong says: A dis patch from Chemulpo states that the three accused poisoners were executed at Seoul last night. The mob dragged the bodies through the street. There was no other violence. The situation is serious. BARTLETT BOY IS HOME. Chicago Youngster Who Disappeared in Green Bay. Chicago, 111., Oct. 12.—Harry Bartlett, who last July ran away from his home. 5760 Dearborn street, and was afterward thought to have been murdered by his tramp companions, turned up safe and sound in Chicago last night. After disappearing at Green Bay, Wis., he went to Montreal and worked his way to England on the steamship Merrimac as a coal trimmer, and after doing some sight-seeing in London returned to Mon treal on the same vessel, reaching there last Thursday. He then concluded he had had sufficient of a rover’s life and came back to Chi cago, appearing at his home about 8 o'clock, and causing his parents intense joy, they loug ago having given him up for dead. SHE ATE SPIDERS. Woman Convict Choses This Method of Suicide. Des Moines, la., Oct. 12.—Cora Mc- Camley Smith, confined in the peniten tiary at Anamosa for complicity in the murder of her stepfather, Michael Smith, eame as near emulating Cleopatra as her surroundings would permit. She could not utilize an asp, but she poisoned her self by eating spiders and died in great agony yesterday after telling the method she had adopted to end her life. The corridor in which the female pris oners at Anamosa are permitted to exer cise is surrounded by a great stone wall. Here during the day hideous spiders creep out of the crevices in the rock to bask in the sunshine. The woman picked the spiders from their haunts and se creted them in her handkerchief. She took them to her cell until she had se cured enough for a fatal meal. HONOR AUSTIN BLAIR. A Monument for Michigan’s War Governor. Lansing, Mich., Oct. 12.—The city’s was augmented today by up waru u.OOO residents of other por tions of the state who came to witness the unveiling of the statue of Austin Blair, erected on the state house grounds in front of the main entrance to the Capi tol, to commemorate the life, deeds and character of Michigan’s famous war gov ernor. Capt. Borrowe Recovering. New York, Oct. 12.—Capt. Hallett Al sop Borrowe of the Rough Riders, who has been ill at Southampton, L. 1., has so far recovered that he is able to take a short walk every pleasant day. When Capt. Borrowe was taken to Southamp ton from Camp Wikoff it was believed he was in a dying condition. A WHOLESOME BEVERAGE. A Physician Who Recommends Coffee for Certain Ailments. Coffee lovers are periodically assailed with the dread, amounting sometimes to conviction, that their favorite beverage is not wholesome. These will be reas sured by some experiments in diet which a physician has carried on at a hospital. He found, to quote from his own report, that “coffee acted upon the liver and was altogether the best remedy for consti pation and what is called a bilious con dition, that tea acted in precisely an op posite direction—namely, as an astrin gent,” and he adds: “Nothing we found could bring the peace to a sufferer from a malarial chill that would come from a cup of strong coffee with a little lemon juice added.” Another interesting fact developed by these same experiments was that for neuralgia in its simple form, fresh, strong, hot tea was almost a specific. “Many coffee lovers who find at times that the drink is not agreeing with them will notice a change for the better in its after effect if the cream is left out. This is not so great a hardship as it seems, provided care is taken to have the coffee of the best quality and served clear, fairly strong and hot. After taking it in this way for a few mornings with a lump or two of sugar it will be almost an effort to return to the cream com pound. The difference between the creamless morning coffee and the after dinner French coffee is that the latter is infused and the former is usually boiled. To bring coffee just to the boiling point and hold it there for a moment or two develops, so the chemist says, the stimu lating property. Knew His Habits. The following anecdote is given me by an Indian officer as illustrative of the manners and customs of the wily Pathan. A certain general and his staff, while wending their way through one of the narrowest valleys of Tirah, were annoyed by the attentions of a solitary marksman, who from time to time sent a bullet un pleasantly close. At last the general turned to his orderly—a Pathan sowar— and told him to dismount, take his car bine, and try to stalk the mountaineer. The sowar started off. and presently there was a crack, and a gray-beared old Afridi tumbled headlong down the mountain side. The sowar rejoined and fell into his place. “Well done!” said the general. “But how on earth did you manage it so easily?” “Oh.” replied the sowar, “I knew his habits. He was my father.”—London Truth. Our Treatment of Spanish Captives. Never before in history was there a case where a defeated and captive enemy re ceived such generous treatment as we gave the Spaniards. Equally astonishing are the cures brought about by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Never has there been so successful a medicine for stomach and liver disorders like dyspepsia, indigestion, biliousness and constipation. —There are 672 known volcanoes in the world, of which 270 are active; 80 in America, 24 in Asia, 20 in Africa; Java has 109. In New Zealand, within an area of 127 miles, there are 63, ranging from 196 feet to 900 feet in height. What Do the Children Drink Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-0? Il is delicious and nourish ing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-0 you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. —The flat system is reported to be spreading to the suburbs of London. The flat system used to be regarded as un suited to English ideas and prejudices, but there can be no doubt as to its con venience and growing popularity. St. Jacoba Oil cures Rheumatism. St. Jacoba Oil Neuralgia. St. Jacoba Oil Lumbago. St. Jacoba Oil Sciatica. St. Jacoba Oil Sprains. St. Jacoba Oil Bruises. St. Jacoba Oil Soreness. St. Jacoba Oil Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil Backache. St. Jacoba Oil Muscular Aches. —The cloth of the old Egyptians was so good that, though it has been used for thousands of years as wrappings for mummies, the Arabs of today can wear it. It is all of linen, the ancient Egyp tians considering wool unclean. Where to Buy Your Piano. Write for our special price-list. W» sell the finest pianos at manufacturers’ prices. New uprights from $l5O up. The S. A. Mondschein Piano Co, 418 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. —ln order to prevent the spread of dis ease by means of library books, a steril izing apparatus has been brought out in New York. It consists of a double walled box of iron, in which are shelves for the reception of the books. Lane’s Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price, 25 and 50c. —Despite the fact that hundreds of persons have killed themselves because they have been ruined by the Vienna Mu nicipal lottery, the Viennese continue to regard the institution with favor; it keeps down the taxes. Fall Medicine Is Fully as Important and Beneficial as Spring Medicine. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is just the medicine to keep the blood rich and pure, create an appetite, give good digestion and tone and strengthen the great vital organs. It wards off malaria, fevers and other forms of illness which so readily overcome a weak and debilitated system. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine. Hood’s Pills cure indigestion. 25 cents. X DR. McNAMARA. ip Established 1861 forthe cure Bi Nervous Debility, Exhaustion KnL o’ -rain Energy. Mental Aberra- rfggSk; kA hon, Physical Prostration, Sexu al Weakness. Kidney Affsclions, Blood Diseases, Barrenness, awUWfaV Leucorrhoea, Monthly Period FreyGWwL SkT? *nd Marriage. 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g Gossip for the Ladies After Many Days. Between them slow the river ran. The woods were purpled haze; Now black the line of hills, and sere, And locked the stream—but you are here, Now, after many days. The fields where once the furrows lay Have learned the touch of yesterday Along their crumbling ways; Anil you shall find them white with snow, Brown though they were in long ago— Now, after many days. The thickets where the cat-bird called. The meadows by green hedges walled, And stretch of briery maze. Have passed and vanished, fled and gone, Melted like starlight into dawn. Now, after many days. Full many a sign and sense of change That seasons bring of new and strange Will come to meet your gaze; Bleak pains where once the violet sprang, Dead branches where the robin sang. Now, after many days. The hills were burned with Autumn’s tan. But steadfast as the Northern star. Whatever changes be or are. Howe'er the season sways, Yon know the love that rules my heart Is yours, though long our hands apart, Now, after many days. —Ernest McGuffey in the Woman’s Home Companion. The Lack of Sympathy. The otner night, at a great concert, where the music thrilled and pulsated on the evening air like an angel’s voice, and seemed to fill all the place with a divine glory, the attention of everyone in the vicinity was attracted to a young couple who occupied prominent seats. They were fashionably dressed, and belong to what we call the best society, and the girl was extremely pretty, but it was not her beauty that drew all eyes to her. but the fact that all through the music she kept up an incessant chatter of “I saids” and she saids.” The young man had a re fined face, and by his brief answers one guessed how gladly he would have si lenced his companion, if he could. “Do you suppose he will marry her?” asked a woman curiously, observing the little drama. “Heaven knows,” replied a man dis gustedly, "but if I was married to a woman who would talk through this mu sic, 1 would get a divorce from her.” Somehow the little incident set one thinking that there is no other boon life can offer so precious as sympathy, or any misfortune so deep and bitter as to be linked by indissoluble ties to one who has no understanding of your needs and moods: who never knows when to speak and when to be silent; who has no com prehension of the times when to the up lifted soul a word is a uesecration, or of the hours when, worn with the care and fret of life, a complaint or a reproach is like a blow from the hand we trusted. In olden times the greatest cruelty that ingenuity could devise was to bind a dead body to a living one—the pulsing heart against the lumpish clay, the breathing lips against the icy mouth.the warm hands, palm against palm with the pulseless corpse, the seeing eyes gazing in horror in to sightless and souless orbs. We shud der only to recall such agony, yet how of ten do we see its prototype in life, where two with no thought in common, no com prehension or sympathy of each other's natures, are bound together. Sometimes it is a refined and sensitive woman tied to a brute of a husband, who tramples up on everything that is sacred and holy to her. Sometimes it is a sordid souled wom an, to whom her husband's fine sense of honor is finickiness, his aspirations are dreams, his interests are hobbies. Often this lack of sympathy is between parents and children, and it is the real reason the family bonds are so quickly broken. In spite of all that is said to the contrary, the tie of blood is the weakest tie in the world, and those who have no sympathy in common turn to those with whom' they have kinship of mind and heart as inevi tably as the needle seeks the pole. This craving for sympathy, this desire for comprehension, is a universal need of the human heart. The king in his palace without it is as lonely, though surrounded by a sycophantic horde, as the solitary shepherd feeding his flocks on some moun tain side miles away from the sound of another voice. We do not always find it, and it is part of the pathos of life that we go our way, searching every face. If perchance we may find in it what we seek. Many of us must be always disappointed in our search, and then we know that no matter what else fate has given us, that if we have missed finding one heart that answered to every need and throb of ours, that understood our unuttered thought, and whose sympathy was a divination of every passing mood, we have missed the very flower and perfume of life.—Boston Herald. nrken Their Own Lives to Brighten Others. 1 he consciousness of seeing her own charms reflected in a man’s eyes is some thing which appeals to every woman,” writes Edward W. Bok in the Ladies’ Home Journal. “Nothing else ever makes her so proud and so happy in exactly the same way. But that consciousness is not always for expression; sometimes it is a thing for one's inner self, to be enjoyed at the time and to be lived over in the years to come. No; women do not wil fully turn away from their own happi ness. But they do sometimes darken their own lives to. make brighter the lives of others who may be close or dependent upon them. Some higher and funda mental-duty sometimes calls, loftier mo tives sometimes quiet the deepest heart longings, a God-given task sometimes points a woman in the opposite direction to her own instincts. There is such a thing—not known to the young, albeit years bring the knowledge—as a woman turning away from great happiness to in sure the great comfort and happiness of others, choosipg their comfort as her life work. Men do it now and then. But women oftener do it. Memories take the place of realities, and in those memories, sweet and tender, many women are liv ing today. They have never been brides. But they might have been. At one time in their lives the necessity of choice came to them. Prayerfully and tearfullv, and yet resolutely, they made the choice. To day they are not wives simply because they are heroines. And who will say which is the greater?” Nursery Etiquette. The nursery is the child's microcosm. Here he begins to practice those gifts and graces which will stand him in stead at a later day. says the Philadelphia Press. chll,1 T re P be taught to avoid the use of slang. It is as well that thev shall have no especial pet phrase, and that their speech shall be refined. They may play as merrilv as thev choose, but it is well that they shall not be too rough or boisterous. In going about a house, children are not the gain” crs if allowed to tear from top to bottom of the stairs like little savages or suf fered to shout at the tops of their voices or to interrupt conversation. A well-bred child will bring its toys and he neither a trouble nor a torment in the ■drawing room where his mother and he” friends are talking. About children’s questions. As a rule, they should be answered as fully and clearly as possible, but children should not be encouraged in the mere asking of a long string of questions simply for the sake of putting themselves in evidence. One uihnls to exercise discretion in an swering the question that is asked be cause the child really wishes to know, and to decide what answer to give when the child is simply determined to be in the foreground. It is sometimes best to say very plainly and candidly to a child. “I cannot explain this to you now; I shall do so when you are older.” English children are kept in the nursery to an extent almost unknown among us. They see their parents less frequently- than do American children. Mamma is to them a sweet presiding genius, something very like a queen, who comes in now and then, to whom com plaints are referred, who is the real sov ereign, but is not always at their beck and call. The soft pillowy bosom of nurse, usually a middle-aged and comfort able sort of personage, receives their lit tle heads in their childish trials and trou bles. The nurse takes the children to walk; attends to their meals; manages all their affairs. The plan has something to be said in its favor, for certainly a mild-mannered and equable nurse is better for a child than a wearied and half-hysterical mother. Autumn House Parties. Saturday to Monday house parties are the autumn plan for entertaining with people who are staying late at their coun try houses to enjoy- the wondrous beauty of the fall foliage and at the same time “tone up” for the winter gayeties by un limited exercise in the exhilarating air. About ten guests are invited, the selection being made with the utmost care that they may be perfectly congenial spirits, and they are expected to arrive before luncheon on Saturday and remain until after luncheon on Monday. Saturday afternoon is devoted to riding, tennis, golf, if there be links in the vicin ity, and other games. In the evening a dinner party, to which some of the neigh bors are invited. Then follows a dance, which ends promptly at midnight. Sun day morning church and walking parties. In the evening an impromptu sacred con cert is always in order. Monday morning outdoor games and jolly good-fellowship, then luncheon, and goodbys are said, and the flying visit becomes a pleasant mem ory. There is a delightful informality about these affairs that makes them irre sistibly charming. Little Attentions. If husbands only realized what the lit tle attentions mean to the wives there would be many- happier unions, says the New York Ledger. It is not the cogt of a gift that makes it precious to the recipient. A tiny bunch of violets brought home at night betokens the thought giv en to her even while business occupies his attention; the most trifling souvenir of a wedding or birthday anniversary be comes a sentiment underlying its prof fering. Women may be foolish, they may- be all heart and very little reason; but the man who understands their na ture and caters to it is the one who stands higher in their estimation than the one who acts as though all he cared about was material comfort given with any sort of brusquerie. Of course, there are many mercenary women—thousands and thousands who can marry for a home and for rich raiment. These pooh-pooh the violets and value only the diamonds; but the average feminine heart, the sort which a man wants to beat beside his own. the foundation of truest sympathy and love, is moved more by the little at tentions in which sentiment is involved than by the great offerings representing only a stupendous sum of money. Quiet American Girls. Curiously enough, as the spirit of indi viduality is growing in England among girls the American tendency is toward a greater retrenchment of liberty. Appar ently the old-fashioned charm of refined English girls has not been lost on our Yankee cousins, who are quick to ob serve and to profit by their observations. American mothers of the present day are beginning to guard their daughters more carefully, to dress them more simply, and to make them lead a more child-like and healthy life, and in Paris to escort and ac company them as much as is the French demoiselle, who never stirs out without a chaperon. The daughter of Mr. Astor, the millionaire, whose manners have been favorably commented on in London, when seen as a girl was always the most plainly-dressed of her contemporaries, while the best brought up of the Ameri can colony in Paris are scarcely to be distinguished from their French proto types, except by their good looks and their general culture. What does all this point to but the fact that the independ ence and bachelor fashions of American girls have not been as successful as was anticipated, and that the errors in edu cation and the detestable habit of spoiling children are now fully recognized by their mothers. It will be a strange result if as the English girl divests herself of the armor of reticence and modesty the Amer ican girl should clothe herself with it as a garment and the pendulum swing back to its original position.—London Graphic. Secret of Friendship. It has wisely been said that the seret of gaining friends lies not in an elegance of attire or in ability to bestow what money will buy. A gracious presence counts for more than these, according to the Delineator. If one has not personal magnetism, she will not be generally loved, however many she is able to bid to her feasts. She who has grown almost morbid over fancied or real neglect, who faces the fact that she receives only half-hearted wel come wherever she goes, will be mentally healthier if she endeavors to determine the cause of all this. It may be that she is not friendly enough or is too friendly, either of which would be fatal to gra ciousness. To be hail-fellow-well-met may be democratic, but it never produces true charm, while a stiff, defensive man nerism is equally disastrous. Above all charms is that of cheerful ness and sunniness. The world loves a happy woman, and she who makes hap piness and jollity out of small things is the cheerful friend to whom everybody is attracted. As a sex we are not given to humor, but a good laugh may be culti vated, and one who has acquired this happy faculty wears its bright stamp upon her face. Who has not known the woman who seldom smiles, whose laugh is inconceivable and who without any particular sorrow never seems to have a happy demeanor? She it is who rails against the world and its lack of appre ciation. Nature may have been sparing of her charms, but if a face is lighted by the sunshine of a happy heart there is never a lack of admirers. Giggling is not cheerfulness, but nerv ous hysteria, and bears no kin to his grace.' Humor. The giggling girl is of all tilings impossible. and her one mis sion in life is to point a warning to those who pass her by. Cheerfulness and the ability to see the bright side of life, to turn to the world a smiling face, is a gift not to be despised; and it may be ac quired by any one. One may at least seem light-hearted, for Mrs. Grundy well knows that if only the really happy were the merry ones, this world would be sadly lacking in moral sunshine. A Young Man’s Personal Letters. “A young man in business is wisest who sees to it that his personal letters do not come to his business address,’ writes Edward Bok in the Ladies' Home Journal. “Aside from the technical point that he has no right to use his employ er's address for social correspondence, and that it is not the place for such let ters, it means a freedom from distraction which is valuable to him. The receipt of social letters at business places often means their answer there, and so one evil niultiplies into another. A young man’s business hours should be devoted to business, and he cannot be too strict in the observance of that rule. Nor should our girls seek in any respect to lead our young men to give laxity to that rule. The best kind of a self-respecting girl, on the other hand, is she Who helps a young man to keep inviolate a rule so obviously for his own best interests, pres ent and future. A girl cannot too rigid ly let a young man alone during busi ness hours. That is the rule of wisdom, and I wish that every girl would learn it and adhere to it.” Women as Business Advisers. It is said that the only two countries where women are the leaders and men in leading strings are France and the United States. Frenchmen comment on the fact that English and American wom en often are utterly ignorant as to wheth er their husbands are making or losing money,, while the French woman, even in business, is her husband’s adviser, and is made his confidante in regard to all his business transactions. The critics think that the different positions occupied by American and English women are due largely to education, boys and girls being educated in the same schools in America. Children and Myths. It is a most excellent idea to familiar ize the young with certain of the more important myths, stories and poems, just at the formative period, when the youth ful mind is receptive, and knowledge is acquired more easily, and. when once ob tained. remains with the young student. Subjects such as mythology, cloud study, botany, zoology, astronomy, ornithology, and poetry were formerly thought to be long to the more advanced school period, and children were fed upon such legends in their school readers as “See the ox. It is a large ox. The ox is strong. The ox in the picture is a black ox,” and so on. instead of the beautiful Greek myths or something that would be of value to them when the full significance of their knowledge should come to them. Great Men’s Mothers. “It is an interesting historical fact that nearly every man of great deeds who also possessed a great character had a mother of a strong, fine nature, with whom in boyhood and early manhood he dwelt in close sypmathy even when at a distance from her,” writes Frances B. Evans, in the Ladies’ Home Journal. “Probably the most disagreeable man socially of all celebrated men was poor Thomas Carlyle, whose disposition was nervous, melan choly and grumpy, but in the midst of his laborious life and severe mental industry he could always find time to write affec tionate letters to his mother, full of the respect, tenderness and consideration he never seemed to feel for' much greater personages. If a mother’s hand holds the leading-strings of a man’s life he will hold himself as securely as did Anthony Hope’s Prisoner of Zenda, with his mot to, ‘The King can do no wrong.’ Too Much Bric-a-Brac. A man who had been visiting his sis ter’s home thus descants in a daily pa per on the bric-a-brac mania: “I don’t know much about Sevres and Worcester ware or Beauvais tapestry, but I know that, whether they are price less or not, they are a nuisance in any but the most spacious rooms, and should even then be arranged in cases along the walls, and not left to be knocked down or swept off tables by careless servants or absent-minded guests. Too much bric a-brac is an incentive to profanity and an encourager of nerves. It makes the most graceful of guests a laughing-stock to those who have once safely made the passage in and around the tables which fill the drawing room, but who are by no means safe until they find themselves at the front door.” Apple of Beauty. The legend that Paris awarded the ap ple to Venus and declared her to be the most beautiful of the daughters of Olym pus shows that the ancients knew what they were about when they made the nip ple the emblem of beauty. It is certainly the greatest beautifier known to science. A noted Paris specialist says that a wom an who eats three or four apples a day cannot be ugly. The apple acts on the liver, gives a beautiful complexion, and is fattening. Talk in a Sick Room. When two or three persons get together in a sick room, they forget that the con versation which is amusing to them may be anguish to the sufferer, too weak to bear the sound of continual talk, or the strain of trying to attend to it. Quiet means that the invalid should see only one person at long intervals besides the nurse, and that some one who can be trusted not to introduce exciting topics, or in any way to overtax the attention or strength. In no way are a doctor’s or ders so often disregarded as when he en joins that a patient shall be kept quiet. For Young Married People. Try to be satisfied to commence on a small scale. Try to avoid the too common mistake of making an effort to begin where “the par ents ended.” Try not to look at richer homes and covet their costly furniture. Try going a step further and visit the homes of the poor when secret dissatisfac tion is liable to spring up. Try buying all that is necessary to work with skillfully, while adorning the house at first with simply what will render it comfortable. Try being perfectly independent from the first and shun debt in all its forms. Try to cultivate the moral courage that will resist the arrogance of fashion. Peculiar Orders. When John Farmer was chosen by the governor of his state to command a regi ment of minutemen at the time of Mor gan’s raid, bis sole qualifications for of fice were common sense, endurance and perseverance, says the Youth’s Compan ion. He was convinced of his duty, and when commissioned, was told to get his troops in order and lead them down to the place where Morgan would probably appear. This order he carried out in the following original manner: “Get into two strings in the road here, all looking the same way, and when we start out I want you to walk right clus together, and stick to yer gait until we get where we’re goin’ to; and when the battle begins, I want you to come right up in a bunch and stay there, and load and fire until oid John Morgan turns and runs. Now grab your guns, powder, shot and other fixin’s, and we’ll go after Morgan.” Level of Pure Air in Cities. Scientists have demonstrated that the purest air in the cities is found about twenty-five feet above the street surface. This goes to prove that the healthiest apartments are those on the third floor. [^b^Brightßabbie] Somewhere in the Adirondaeks. Of all sad words of tongue or pen e saddest are these: "There were no men! That was the lament of a very viva cious Baltimore belle who was one of the last of the batch to leave the alleged hotel where we had been for a short time. M e did not depart because we wanted to, although all of us were tired of the fear fullj dreary place after a day which seemed about forty-eight hours long. The proprietor of the.“hotel” was discouraged o> w hat he considered the lack of appre ciation of the "city folks,” and he deter mined to close for the season a couple of weeks earlier than usual. And incidentally it was a mystery to me. after a brief experience with the be uniskered gentleman's hospitality, how he ever managed to keep a Ixiarder for more than one consecutive day. I have tested a great many hostelries in my time, but this was the worst that dreams had ever brought me. We all reached the re- I signed and thoroughly miserable stage be fore the first day was over. In fact, only two persons in the house appeared to be otherwise at any time. These were, first, the proprietor, whose face wore an ominous and sordid smirk, especially on Saturday, which he had established as pay day, no matter when one arrived. If you got in on Friday, you paid pro rata for the imaginary entertainment which you had not had the next day, and there after there were supposed to be the regu lar full weekly installments. The other sometime—or. rather, always —cheerful, person was the daughter of this modem Shylock, who exacted his pound of silver every Saturday and grudgingly doled out to us about the same quantity of food during the rest of the week. This daughter of the noble Borgia wore a perpetual smile. She had histri onic aspirations, and it seems that some one had told her that if one would pre serve the beauty of the face one mnst never look sulky. The consequence was inevitable. She simply made up her mind that she would always smile and smile and smile, and thus forever avoid the abysses of facial wrinkles and crow's feet. Tell her a funny story, and she would smile, tell her a pathetic one. and she would smile. Naturally, through the constant and what I cannot help believ ing must have Inen the painful effort., the smile gradually forsook the lady’s face, and a smirk took its place. It was present and working overtime when I first saw her. but despite the drawbacks she was really the only thing which measurably relieved the tedium of her "Awful Dad’s” awful hotel. She was forever asking me to use my influence, upon my return to New York, to get her an engagement with some first-class com pany. and so desperately in earnest was she that she assured me that while she was fully competent to play “leads” she would be willing to take second parts to begin if Mr. Daly or one of the Froh maus would agree to advertise her as heavily as their protean role exponent. I promised to do whatever I could, but up to the present time I have heard nothing from the managers in question. Of one thing I am quite certain, and that is that if this young woman should get an oppor tunity in a good tragedy she would imme diately find herself thld Squire Thornback.” Visitor —“What complaint?.”' Sexton (without looking up)—“No com plaint: everybody satisfied.” —Tit-Bits. Young Husband—“As I told you before we were married, my dear, nothing is too good for you.” Wise —"Yes. I remember your saying that. love, but it’s got to be monotonous now and I’d like to have a change.”— Boston Courier. Moved by a temporary insanity, he seized the young woman and kissed her. “That is not right,” she said. “I'm sor ry,” said he, humbly: “I was doing the best I knew how. Would you mind in structing me as to the proper way?’—ln dianapolis Journal. The author of “Quo Vadis” is coming to this country with his 16-year-old daughter Jadwiga. Her name may be all right, but it doesn’t sound so.—New York Press. Doesn’t it sound better than if it were transposed into Jagwida? —Brooklyn Standard Union. “Hov% do the seasons move?” asked the cross-eyed boarder of the observant boarder. “How do the seasons move?” repeated the latter. “I'm afraid I don't grasp your idea.” “Well, at this time of the year the seasons move autumn-atie ally.”—Pittsburg Chronicle. Doctor (to Gilbert, aged 4); —“Put your tongue out. dear.” Little Gilbert protruded the tip of his tongue. Doctor —“No. no; put it right out.” The little fellow shook his head weakly and the tears gathered in his eyes. can’t, doctor: it’s fastened on to me.”— Modern Society. “Too bad about young Braxley, isn’t it?” “What's he been doing?” “Oh, they say he’s got to drinking. I guess he’s going to follow right in the footsteps of his father.” “No, that’ll be impossible. Even if he were sober he would get dizzy if he at tempted to keep in the old man’s trail.” Cleveland Leader. He bent him low. “And may I print a kiss upon your lips?” he whispered. “Manuscript kisses would be awfully uninteresting.” she faltered, for she was herself not without literary taste. Love, bear in mind, would hardly fly out of the window before the second or third installment upon the furniture fell' due.—Detroit Journal. Wise —“Who was that who called?”' Husband—-“ One of my tenants called to pay me his rent.” “Did he pay it?” “Yes.” “Then why do you look so gloomy?” “He didn’t say a word about wanting £ls or £2O worth of repairs.” “What of it?” “That show’s that he’s going to leave. —Tit-Bits. Folliman and his girl were out mush room hunting. As she piloted him from a vine-broidered laneway into a pasture open, he remarked: “1 always get be wildered in these pathless wilds, don’t you know. It was only yesterday that I was somewhere in this neighborhood, and I completely lost my head.” Stooping to pick up a mammoth puff ball, she roqnishly inquired: “Is this it?” —Cleveland Leader. “That German baker had the most in genious turnout in the fancy-dress bicycle parade.” “What was it?” “His wheels were exact imitations of two pies.” “That doesn’t seem so remarkably fun ny.” “No: but the way he describes it got him the prize." “How was that?” “He said, ‘Dot's mein pi-cycle.’ —Ex. His Mind was Sot. A correspondent for Law Notes sends us the following story from Mississippi. Counsel for the defense was addressing a country justice. of the peace out of the “old school.” Said he: "I realize that I stand in the pres eiice of a d(*scendant of the grand old Huguenot family that emigrated from France to escape from religious intoler ance. Many able jurists have from that family and embellished the bench and bar of the Union. Their watch words are honor, truth and justice, and their names are spoken in every home. 'Hie law is so plain c 8? who runs may read.’ Shall I intelligence of this court hy reiterating a proposition so simple.' Need I y more

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The veteran editor of the Georgia Bap tist takes the editor of the Augusta Daily Chronicle to task for his knuckle close Bourbonism on the race question as follows: “The white people of the South art capable of more radically changing their views and ideas than any’ other people in the whole world.” The young women of the Soldiers’ Aid society of Boston have shipped a box to the members of Co. L, Sixth Mas sachusetts regiment, at I’orto Rico, con taining 102 pillows, 108 combs, 108 haud k< rebiefs, 45 jtounds of tobacco. 100 ci gars, 4 reams of writing paper. 300 stamped envelopes and 144 lead pencils. Lewis Washington died at Omaha re cently at the age of 130 years, it is said. Of course he had seen mid known Gen. George Washington, but he* did not pro fess to have been one of his body serv ants. His wife died in 1890 at the age of 104 years. The Baltimore Afro-American draws the following lesson from the war: “As a soldier the black man has opened the eyes of the present generation to the fact that he is the equal of any in the world. And why? He was just as good a soldier in the late Civil war and in the wars of the past, from the Revolu tion down. The fact is. the present gen eration had no history to extol the brav ery and courage of the black man. in consequence of which they did not know anything at all of his prowess. They have now come in contact with him. and as a consequence they know and respect him. Just so in all the walks of life: if the white man would only come in contact with the colored man. meet him in his business, in his home, see his more refined social side, he would have a high er regard for him and res}»ect him more. C< ntact is what is needed and our best side seen.” The white and black Baptists are still on the verge of a rupture. The American Baptist Home Mission society has with drawn the annual appropriation from the Virginia seminary and will not restore it unless President George W. Hayes is dismissed and the curriculum changed. The black Baptists of the state are rally ing to the support of President Hayes. The black Baptists want to cut loose from their white coreligionists, but find it d'ificnlt. Alton. 111., is one of the hotbeds of race prejudice in the country. It maintains separate schools. It recently erected the Lovejoy schoolhouse at a cost of $5944 for Afro-American children, but Arthur Odey. 8 years of age, is the only one who attends it. It costs Alton $1186.1)8 an nually to educate him, the following be ing the items of expense: Interest on $5944. cost of building. $416.08; one teacher, one principal. $315: one janitor, $135; light and fuel. SSO. At the third annual meeting of the Western Negro Press association recent ly the following officers were (‘leered for the ensuing year: President. W. T. Ver non of Kansas; vice-presidents. J. A. Wil liams of Nebraska. Mrs. M. E. Nero of Kansas. G. A. Dudley of Missouri: sec retary. Mrs. F. Jackson of Kansas: treas urer, C. D. Bell of Nebraska; chairman of the executive committee, H. M. G. Spencer of Missouri. Many papers were read and a set of resolutions was adopt ed. The Langston City (Ok.) Herald is ex cited over the lynching record. It says: “len lynchings, a week, and sometimes hve at a clip, is a good record for Ar kansas and the United States. At this rate the year 1898 will show a record of a2O lynched Negroes. If these figures do not appall the Negro, then what will? Instead of harping altogether too much on politics, he had better be forming anti lynching parties and building up anti lynching leagues and associations from one end of this country to the other. But the Negro is lethargic." The signature of Judson W. Lyons, who succeeded B. K. Bruce as register of the treasury. will go down in financial history in the $200,000,000 of war bonds issued by the government. Mr. Lyons’ chiregraphy is vastly more ragged* and inartistic than was Mr. Bruce's. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Radical believes in imperial America. “Negro editors should encourage the expansion idea," it says, “since it means the opening up of avenues for employment of members of the race. Every Negro should be think ing along this line, because the effects of this war are far-reaching, and no man can read the future." Several Afro- Americans of New York have already gone to Cuba, including one man of am ple means. Mr. E. L. Marshall of Pen sacola. Fla. A New York Negro law yer is preparing to go to Hawaii dur ing this month. Mr. Booker T. Washington and- his wife are delivering free lectures in South ern cities under the auspices of the trus tees of the Slater fund. Separatiste legislation. Mr. Thomas Fortune, in the New York Age. shows up very effectivelv the hum bug of separate school and marriage laws. The incident that brought it out was the Rochester conference where Mr. Fortune made a square issue of his membership ot the conference and of his presiding over it on the direct question of admitting Hon. John H. Smyth of Virginia to mem bership of the conference after Mr. Smyth's open and shameful declaration WAR CONCERT CONSISTING OF Stereopticon Views OF THE LATE AND PRESENT LINCOLN HALL, Saturday Evening, Oct. 29, ,1898. Beenfit for the Afro-American Benevolent’and Protective Ass'n. TICKETS, 25 CENTS. TK 7'. GREEN, Esq., will give Opening Address. PROGRAMME OF ABOUT 65 VIEWS WILL BE PRESENTED, This entertainment is for the* benefit of the poor and will have the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Fuller, who are second to none in their special work. “Tenting Tonight.” solo by Mrs. Louisa Smith with quartette chorus. The celebrated Scotch tenor, Robert L. Smeaton, will sing “The Bugle Call of Gettysburg.” with quartette* chorus and obligato solo for cornet by Mr. Jerome Fuller. “Soldier's Dream.” solo by Mrs. Louisa Smith, with bugle call by Mr. Jerome Fuller. The old war songs will be sung and fully illustrated. Lecture on the views by Mr. J. E. Wildish, Esq. Lantern furnished by Mr. David Thomas. Music by the South Side Quartette Harmony Orchestra. Look for the win dow cards. Refreshments will be served at the close of the entertainment. that he did not believe in mixed schools and mixed marriages, on the specious and untenable plea that he believes in the preservation of the Negro type, and all that sort of rot. Commenting on the oc currence in his paper. Mr. Fortune handles the subject in the following caustic style: “It is an insult for any Afro-Ameri can to appear in a race assembly of hon est men and women and unblushingly de clare that he believes in the two evils which are the very bases of all our civil disability and moral degradation, and the offense is doubly aggravating when the assembly is made up not only of faithful men ami women of the character of Miss Susan B. Anthony, who was fighting for equality for the race in all directions be fore Mr. Smyth was born. Take the separate school question: It embodies the inception and concatenation of all the separate civil legislation under which the race staggers and which makes its citizenship in many states of the Union a simple farce. The man who endorses the separate school infamy must perforce endorse all the other parts of the separate machinery of legislation which weights down the race. There is no escape from the reductio ad absurdum. We do not propose that Mr. Smyth and those who think as he does shall escape from the illogicality and the infamy of this aspect of the contention. Then take the separate marriage laws: Who will deny that they are not at the very bottom of most of the immorality which demoralizes our womanhood, which is left without redress in law or public opinion while white scoundrelism is not only relieved of its legal responsibility for the honest support of the progeny o£ its libertinism but is unwhipped of public opinion for its moral debasement. Any restraint upon the free operations of the affections which is not general in char acter is immoral in purpose. Separate marriage laws are of this character and it is impossible to make anything else of them. They shield the white libertine but leave the black victim naked indeed. To favor the existence of such laws for whatever reason cannot be defended upL on any ground whatever: surely not upon the ground of race integration advanced by Mr. Smyth and those who think as he does, white or black, because the Federal Constitution works directly and irresisti bly for homogeneity of citizenship, how ever much certain of the state constitu tions work in the opposite direction in con flict with the Federal Constitution, for any state law which strikes at the roots of citizenship, the home, must conflict with the fundamental law defining citi zenship. As far as preserving the Negro race type is concerned, under the opera tions of separate marriage laws, let Mr. Smyth go through the country or confine his investigations to the city of Rich mond and count the fatherless yellow chil dren with black mothers he meets. But they waste time and space, when the view of the matter we take is so self-evi dent? The John H. Smyths are a dead weight on the progress of the race.” An Echo of the Bourgogne. The Dominicans of Rosary Hill, York, have heard from the lips of the sub commissary of the Bourgogne, the circum stances of the end of their shipwrecked brothers. As they were accustomed to sleep in their religious habits they hur ried on deck, clad in their beautiful white vestments, by which they were instantly recognized and amid all the confusion and terror which prevailed on the ship, they looked like angels sent down from heaven to guide the souls of those whom the sea would presently engulf. While the ship was still tossed to and fro by the waves, they gave absolution to their distressed companions and prepared them to meet the merciful Ruler ofslife and death. Father Florisoone, the prior, showed the most perfect self-control. When the Bourgogne was on the point of sinking, he asked the subcommissary if there was anything else to be done. “What I am about to do myself, jump into the sea.” “We cannot swim.” re plied the heroic superior, “may the will of God be done!” And then in order to die according to the rules of their order the fathers began to chant the “Salve Regina.” and thus chanting they went in to the next world. The Soldier Boy’s “Trappings.” The girl who is looking for the return of her soldier boy and a rich stock of brass buttons that have seen service be fore Santiago is liable to be disappointed. Possibly the men who see the war through may be able to bring home their brass buttons, but the detachments of sick and wounded soldiers who are corning up in small squads now are sadly jacking in everything but the plain, dirty, greasy clothes that they wear and which resemble soldiers' trappings about as much as the everyday dress of a Westchester farmer, and the farmer would at least be moder ately clean. A dark blue flannel shirt, brown jean trousers, a dirty slouch hat with holes cut in the crown for ventilation, the name of the wearer and “Santiago” printed around the hatband, heavy government shoes that were made for service and to cost as lit tle as possible, make up a typical uniform. “This is a regular uniform,” says the soldier who wears it. “and it’s a mighty good one. too. You had to put your name on your hat; if you hadn't it would have been stolen. I left two other uniforms in Cuba. I suppose those have been stolen by this time. Our guns and cartridge belts they dropped over into the harbor before the Olivette left Cuba. Anvway, we know where they are. No one will get them.” —Count Benedetti, who. with Count Rechberg. was Bismarck’s greatest en emy. is at work upon a book concerning the dead chancellor. MASONIC. WIDOWS’ SON LODGE NO. 25, A. F. A. M.—Meet first and third Tuesdays, at 88 Wisconsin St. W. T. Green, W. M.; W. H. Hargrow, Secretary. Visiting brethren welcome. ZOROASTER CHAPTER NO. 14, ROYAL ARCH MASONS.—Meets second Tuesday in each month at 88 Wisconsin street. Visiting companions welcome. W. T. Green. M. E. High Priest; F. Newton, Secretary. HOLYROOD COMMANDERY, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.—Meets fourth Tuesdays at 88 Wisconsin street. Visiting Sir Knights welcome. J. J. Miles, Eminent Command er: Gilbert Hamilton, Recorder. TADMOR CONSISTORY, A. A., SCOT TISH RITE, 32 degree, S. P. R. S.-J. J. Miles. Ills. Commander-In-Chief; D. F. Coates, Recorder. Meets fourth Thursday, 88 Wisconsin street. NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE. BAALBEK TEMPLE.—NobIes of the Mys tic Shrine, M. T. Green, Illustrious Po tentate: D. T. Coates, Illustrious Record ?r. Meets second Thursday, 88 Wisconsin street. PRINCESS ELL AH CHAPTER NO. 22. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR— L. H. Palmer, Worthy Patron; Mrs. P. D. Thomas. Worthy Matron; Mrs. Minerva. Hawkins, Secretary. Meets first and third Tuesdays at 88 Wiscon sin street at 2:30 p. m. COLORED PEOPLeTdIRECTORY. Those who wish the Advocate should call on DAVE BOWLER, 330 Main street, Osh kosh, Wis. HENRY BLAND, Barbershop, 230 Third street. Shaving, Hair Cutting, Shampooing. DANGERFIELD. FRANK, 217 Third street. Haireutting, Shaving, Shampooing. W. M. SMALLWOOD, Barber, 146 Reed. W. H. THOMASON, 247 Wisconsin street. MISS JULIA M’NAMEE, Hairdressing and Massage, 264 Eighth street, Milwaukee. W. T. GREEN, Lawyer and Notary Pub lic. Rooms 17-18 Birchard Blk, 105 Grand avenue, Milwaukee. JOHN GOODWIN, Turkish Baths, 523 Broadway. MILWAUKEE BUSINESS MEN’S COL LECTION COMPANY, Rooms 17-18, 105 Grand avenue. S. A. MATTHEWS, Turkish Baths and Massage. Masonic Temple. D. T. COATES. Turkish and Electro Ther mal Baths and Massage, 194 Biddle street. SHELTON M. MINOR, News Clerk, Hotel Pfister. WILLIAM HAWKINS. Law Clerk, office of J. H. Stover. Pabst Building. R. Whitfield, Clerk. Attorney Walker, Loan Trust building. JOHN MILLER, janitor Cawker building. MISS MARION BERRY, clerk in office of Dr. Becker, Colby *hbot building. JAMES A. JOHNSON, Delivery Clerk, Gimbel Bros. WM. TATE, Assistant Janitor City Hall. S. R. BANKS, Tonsorial Parlors, 224 Wells street. MR. G. L. GAINES, 192 Third street. MR. J. J. MILES, 408 Wells street, or Plankinton House. MR. “AL.” DANDRIDGE, Messenger, St. Paul Station. MR. N. F. BUTT, 194 Third street. DR. J. A. JOHNSON, Dentist, No. 56, Loan Trust Building. MR. A. V. HAINEY, Mail Clerk for Wis consin Central Railroad. MR. JOHN SLAUGHTER, 180 Third st. Mr. WM. WATSON, with Wisconsin Cen tral Railroad. MR. ASBURRY’, 315 Wells street, or 99 South Bay street. MR. IRVING POTTER, Davidson Hotel. MR. L. M. BANKS, 584 Grand avenue. WAUKESHA BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Valentine Tiller—Restaurant, 714 Clin ton street. Jackson—Whitewasher and Painter, 620 Main street. C. W. Brown —Barber Shop, 228 Broadway. C. H. King—Manager Waukesha Baths. A. J. Valentine. Proprietor of the Valen tine Hotel, 311 Madison street. Tiller, R. C.—Cook, 714 Clinton street. Reese, Miss Gertrude and Beatrice —Hair Dressing Room. 307 South street. Mr. Reese—Janitor of High School, 309 Madison street. MR. SIDNEY’ BLACK. Pastor. GEOSKEJ7S Restaurant and Sample Room. cor. of Clinton street and Broadway. He Wasn’t Eni bar-rased. When Mark Twain has first introduced to Gen. Grant the latter shook hands in a perfunctory manner and immediately relapsed into his customary attitude of reticence. There was an awkward pause; it grew longer and longer as the humorist tried to think of something bright to say. Finally, as if in sheer desperation. Twain looked up with an assumed air of great timidity, and said: “Mr. President, I—l .feel a little bit embarrassed. Do you?" The President could not help smiling, and Mark took advantage of the chance the incident presented to give p’ace to others. Ten years later, when statesman and humorist met again, Gen. Grant, with a twinkle in his eye. said, before Twain had the chance to utter a word: “Mr. Clemens. I don't feel at all embarrassed. Do you?"—Ladies’ Home Journal. Must Have Money. The Right Hon. Cecil John Rhodes, who has just reached the age of 45. re fused to enlist with Gordon in the dis astrous expedition to Khartoum. Gordon had. a year or so previously, been at the cape and became very friendly with the future premier. It was at this period that Gordon tola Rhodes the story of the of fer of a roomful of gold made to him bv the Chinese government. “What did voii do?” asked Rhodes. “Refused it.* of course.” was the reply; “what would vou have done?” “Taken it,” was Rhodes’ TELEPHONE 567. OPEN DAY AND NICHT JAS. E. PATTERSON, Agent Livery, Boardings Sale Stable 414-426 CRAND AVENUE, REAR, CARRIAGES: Kos. 12,16,17,50,63. MILWAUKEE, WIS. WHY JNWT ^ißuvie Misfit and Uncalled-for Custom Tailor-Made Clothing when you can get them for less than half of the price of ready-made clothing? Remember that we carry custom tailor made clothing only. Our Suits were made from $lB to SSO. You can buy them from $7.50 up to $15.00. Spring Overcoats were made from sls up to $25. You can buy them for $4.50 up to SIO.OO. The finest of custom-tailoring. Remember the place, 221 West Water St. between Wells Street and Grand Avenue, the new home misfit clothing house. AMATEUR FINISHING Interior and Exterior Views Made. PRICESON KODAKS AND SUPPLIES 531 Grand Avenue, Cor. Sixth Street. HARRY SA PI RA DEALER IN SSL. FURNITURE Stoves, Carpets, Pictures BOUGHT, SOLD AND EXCHANCED 453 Third Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. but characteristic reply, “and as many more as I could get. You can’t carry out big ideas unless you’ve enough money to do it with.” —San Francisco Argonaut. Did Not Argue with the Text. Tennyson exercised no direct guidance over his illustrators, and he must fre quently have been astonished at their in terpretation of his ideas. In the poem of “The Lady of Shalott,” for example, the lady’s hair is never mentioned. Holman Hunt, however, represents her with flying masses of crimped hair spreading over her like a veil. “My dear Hunt,” said Tennyson, when he first saw the illustration. “I never said that the young woman’s hair was fly ing all over the shop.” “No,” said Hunt, “but you never said it wasn’t.” and after a time the poet came to be wholly reconciled to the design. He never quite forgave the same artist, how ever, for giving King Cophetua a long flight of steps to descend to meet the Beg gar Maid. “I never said,” he complained, “that there were a lot of steps; I meant only one or two.” “Well.” retorted Hunt, “the flight of steps doesn't contradict your account; you merely said: ‘ln robe and crown the King stept down.’ But Tennyson was not to be appeased, and kept on declaring that he meant only two steps at the outside. A Potato Novelty. For fourteen years a woman in Charleston. W. Va., carried a potato in her pocket as a preventive of rheumatism. At her death, a few days ago. the potato had become shriveled with age. After the funeral her clothes were hung out to air and in the pocket of one of the gar ments was the potato. A rainstorm drenched the clothing, and it was found that the potato had put forth several green sprouts. Persons Desiring First-Class Groceries, Go to D.e. ADAMS ..GROCER.. And Jobber in Catsups, Mustards, Olives and All Kinds of Coun try Produce. Cor. Third and Wells Sts. Before Going Elsewhere You Had Better Apply to the Badger State Express Co. F. L. SAYLES, Prop. at 328 Wills St. or at 248 Fifth St. Prompt and polite attention rendered and delivery made to any portion of the city. Satisfaction Guaranteed. OIK 11 [JIB Corner fourth and Cedar St*. REV. JAS. S. HIGGINS. Pastor, Besidenee, 256 Seventh Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. SERVICES SUNDAY 10:45 and 7:45 SUNDAY SCHOOL 3 P. M. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR 7 P. M. ALL ARE WELCOME. TONEY BURGETTE first-class man for Parties, Balls, Weddings and Receptions. Will also furnish Waiters and Lady Attendants. BUSINESS ADDRESS, 246 FIFTH ST. Proprietor Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. Residence 709 Wells St.. Milwaukee. Wis.

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j CREAM CITY NOTES. J \H persons having news items for the ,1 column of the Advocate will please ml them to the office. 248 Fifth street, >t later than Wednesday of each week. ht pastor, in company with tin l reure- MiitatiM of the Advocate, called on H. B. Tn at. chairman of tae Republican tv- f "hat he has "c kid hard for. It is an old saying. n I a true saying, that the Negro is his rst memy. The Advocate is one who ■eves his race. Mr. Louis Ripple. 317 Third street, the wi .I'l7 i”"' Shoe Bailors, "mid la- pleased to have the colored peiple patronize him. He is a true trim, io our people, and before going .71 r r fall «»»d winter footing M'*’ him. and you will be justlv treated by him. A noble gathering of a swell affair, this Riand and- noble lady is one of the best t" 'vv- 1a d people in the state ii i? 'd v T u, i She her w-• hiehh tUul indorse the "mk highly mat the editor is engaged in m s Th r tb r t Caiut 'n'* hisses Mnnfred Bright. Eustis. Black. Sehiev Chaffee. Bigelow. Gibbs, Cramer Mrs. Henry Bland of Eighth street who has been on the sick list all the .summer, is convalescent. Mr. J. M. Buford. W. T. Green and I'lent Newton have gone to Champaign 111., to attend the grand lodge of Masons’ to which they are delegates. We wish thim much success, also a grand time, as they are gentlemen worthy of the honor conferred upon them. Mr. F. W. Allen has resigned his posi tion at the Pfister hotel and accepted a position on the road. He w ill leave Tues day at 1 o'clock for a few days' vacation and will return to his former position on the 25th. The representative of the Advocate had a very pleasant chat with this young man and he suys that the colored people of Milwaukee ought to organize and come together, the soone r the better it w ill be for i ur race. We need societies and many other things. They w ill not do this and as soon as one or two try to do anything to help thou? along there is somebody always trying to throw them down. There will never be unity as long as this partiality is shown. To my perional knowledge while in the city 1 have known quite a number of colored men to make complaints to our city officials of their own race and these white gentlemen have got disgusted with them. The reason is this, that no white gentleman or lady has any use for any negro who will come to them with tales about some other negro. They say a man like thirt yis dangerous to the negro and white man and the sooner such a man is denounced the better it is for both races, the white and the black. We have a number of men who go to our politicians and say they control a certain number of votes among our colored breth ren. We wish to say that this is false. It is as much as he. can do to control his own vote. Jet alone trying to control some body else’s. My advice to our people is to go to the polls on the 4th of November and vote a straight Republican ticket. Now a word of our noble editor and his work. He is to be congratulated on the interest hi* takes in our people. I made a then ugh investigation of his work and find it to be one of the most interesting race works in the state of Wisconsin. He is trying to work out the negro problem. We wish to say any time we can help this gentleman in anything he tries to do we should be glad to do e>. Mr. F. W. Allen. St. Paul. Mr. S. A. Mathews has returned from his trip to the Grand Lodge of Brother hoods. which met in Baltimore, M. D.. and claims to have had a grand time, also claims that the race is progressing rapid ly throughout the land. The Advocate is proud of such material as Mr. Mathews, he. having the honor of being the only colored representative from the state of Wisconsin. Miss Sheny of Eighth street expects to attend the peace jubilee in Chicago next week. Miss Sheny is a very bright young lady and a very interesting entertainer. The Advocate wishes her a grand trip. Mrs. Annie Andrews of 248 Fifth street has been very ill for the past week, but we hope that through the aid of her faithful nurse. Mrs. Carter, she will come around all right in a few days. Mrs. Car ti r is constantly at her bedside. Mr. W. A. Taylor has returned from a flying trip to Chicago, where he went to secure help for the Help and Hand Intelli gence office. Mr. George H. Brown, the popular sa loonkeeper, formerly of Waukesha, but now of 42 and 44 Martin street, this city, is doing a rushing business. We wish Mr. Brown much success in business as he is a stranger in the city. Mr. R. B. Montgomery, general man ager of the Help and Hand office, made a flying visit to Oshkosh last week and has returned. Mr. Montgomery claims to havd been royally received whilst there. The ease pending in Judge Ries' court, in which the manager of the Help and Hand department was the eomplainant. was decided in favor of Mr. Montgomery. It cost the parties who tried to beat the i ditor out of his money S3O. This was done through his attorney, Hon. J. H. Stover, one of the best friends of the ne gro in the state of Wisconsin or else where. He has in his law firm Master William Hawkins, who is studying law in his office. There is not a time that you go into that office that you don't find this young man busily engaged in studying law. We hope some day that he will prove to be one of the greatest colored lawyers in the Northwest. Mr. J. H. Sto ver is one of the bright, shining lights of the Democratic party in the state of Wis consin and is a great friend of the negro race. Rev. Mrs. Mollie Craft of Milwaukee, formerly of Richmond. Ya., wlho was or dained in Salem Baptist church by Rev. J. B. Odeam. who has been traveling through Michigan.are now crying against the wickedness of Chicago. Rev. Sister Craft and husband have been holding services in the Zion A. M. E. church, of which Rev. R. Christian is pastor. Sis ter Craft’s farewell subject on last Fri day evening was one which the congre gation declared they had never heard. It was found in the Book of the Maccabees. Brother Craft is also studying the mon astery. Go on. brother and sister, rest assured that you will have our prayers. To the Editor of the Advocate: Wine improves with age. so it may be said of your paper, the Advocate. 'Would that more colored papers were published in the state of Wisconsin, so we might read from time to time of how the negro is progressing all over America. Although we are the down-trampled race, yet let us not fail. Some day we may be spoken of as an intelligent race. As we look over the long list of intelligent men anil women of our race, it gladdens our hearts to think and know the black man is continually rising, not only rising in legitimate business, but to that which the cultured of other races are aspiring. We always find him trying to attain a higher, nobler and more refined position in life. Let us not be satisfied at our present state, but be continually looking out for another round to climb in the ladder of success. In last week’s issue of your paper appeared the portrait of a man who in his business we wish success. Now can we not have portraits of nobler men and women, who are doing more for the upbuilding of this race. For instance. Booker T. Washington. Here is a man. principal of the normal and industrial school in Tuskegee. Ala. Ida B. Wells Barnett, a great race de fender. It is needless to go away from home. We have a few professionals here in the Cream city. Let me further wish you more success with your paper. It is devoted to the colored race, and should be found in ev ery home. You have my best wishes. Maytie Shirley. City. Mrs. Maggie Bruce of Chicago, 111., spent a week in the Cream City as guest of Miss Lizzie Bruce at 184 Fourth street. Miss Lizzie Bruce is a charming entertainer ami she is the recipient of many callers. She is a constant reader of the Advocate and she says the paper is all right. Mr. John Ellis is in the pink of condi tion and he is contemplating a trip to the Klondike. We earnestly wish Mr. Ellis a pleasant trip. Mr. Crawford White of the Cream City deserves great credit for manly efforts he has displayed in trying to educate his little daughter. His last notion was to semi her to Roger William university. We wish the- young lady success with her studies. Mr. White has a deep interest in his daughter and he is determined to edu cate- her at any cost. Mr. George Lewis of Milwaukee has just returned from an extended visit to Cincinnati. where be went to look af ter his father's estate. Mr. Lewis reports everything favorable. Mr. Lewis is on of the nnest porters on the road and he knows his business from A to_Z. While away he spent one week in Chicago visit ing relatives and friends. There were sev eral parties and picnics given for Mr. Lewis during his stay there. The writer takes pleasure in saying that Mr. Lewis is a genial gentleman and that ho has many warm friends in the Cream City. Attorney W. T. Green has returned from Champaign, 111., where he went to attend the thirty-second annual session of the Grand lodge of Illinois and juris diction as the representative of the Wid ows’ Sou lodge. A. F. A. M.. of this city. J. B. Buford, who accompanied him. will return today. He reports an excellent time and states that the dele gates were royally entertained. _ Mr. Green was interview at his offices in the Birchard block this morning. He smiled pleasantly when informed of the chal lenge extended him to debate by N. F. Butts of the colored Democratic club. Ho had been absent for more than a week and did not know of the challenge until informed of it by the representative of the Advocate. He stated that he was under the orders of the county Republic an committee, but would be pleased to meet the gentleman at any time with their consent, and would accept any ar rangements of which they might approve. Mr. O. H. Pierce, the able gentleman who succeeded Mr. Fricke as secretary of the county central committee, is the right man in the right place. Mr. Pierce is one of the most popular men in the Fourth ward, and furthermore he is al ways approachable. Ho is an intelligent gt ntleman. and anytime yon approach him he always has a kind word for you. Mr. Pierce's father was an old abolition ist, and he did a grear deal to upbuild the colored race. The Advocate wishes? Mr. Pierce success in his new position. Furthermore, we feel that Mr. Pierce will be fair in all his dealings with ]>olitical out sticns. Mrs. lash of Fond du I,ac has returned to her home after spending two weeks with her niece. Mrs. A. Marting. The Advocate hopes Mrs. Lish will call again. Mrs. Annie Martin is on the sick list again. We hope she will be out in a few days. Miss Estella Forcen of 254 Ogden ave nue is making a pleasant visit with Mrs. Eakin at 2SB Sixth street. Mrs. Eakin is a charming lady and a tine entertainer. A. W. HILL. In 1894 Alex. W. Hill was nominated for clerk of courts of Milwaukee county by the Republican county convention. He was born ip New York and received his education in the public schools. He came to Milwaukee and established for himself a trade. In 1894 he was elected by a plurality of nearly 19,(MM) votes for clerk of courts and re-elected in 1896. In the ‘InV VW HON. A. W. HILL. matter of politics he has always been a Republican, has taken some part in local campaigns, but with more regard to dis charge of his duty as a citizen and the promotion of political principles in which he believes than to the securing of per sonal influence and position. Mr. Hill is a shrewd politician and a good organizer. He is always approachable and when questioned about the outlook in the politi cal field he expressed himself as being well pleased with the progress of his party in this campaign. Mr. Hill is a constant reader of the Advocate. GRAHAM L. RICE. Graham L. Rice, nominee for railroad commissioner for the state of Wisconsin on the Republican ticket, is a citizen of that glorious Republican county. Douglas, re siding at the progressive, enterprising city of West Superior. He is a man about 40 ilOi 'i HON. GRAHAM S. RICE. years of age. and has been successful in all his undertakings. No man on the state ticket has more friends or will be more energetic in working for the Re publican cause than he, and an unusually large majority will be rolled up in that district on account of the state’s favor ing their favorite son. St. Mark’s A. M. E. Church. The Rev. Higgins took for his Sunday text Matthews. 4th chapter. 16th verse. •'The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.” His subject was a very interesting one which the congregation enjoyed very much. The Rev. J. Higgins is going to try to organize a Young Men's Sunday club, so as to make them take an interest in the church. We have such a number of young men that do not get out to church and go elsewhere. The congrega tion are very much pleased with his un dertaking and appreciate his doings, and hope that it will prove a success in every respect. The fair will be on foot from the 4th of November till the Bth. The ladies antici pate having quite a number of pretty girls in their booths. There is to be a concert on one of the evenings and many interest ing things are promised. We wish the ladies all the success we can. Come and enjoy yourselves. Everybody is invited. Did His Best. The distinction between the parish rec tor and the curate in the old days is illus trated by a story of an old rector, says an exchange. Returning to his parish af ter his autumn holiday, and noticing a woman at her cottage door with her baby in her arms, he asked: “Has that child been baptized?” “Well, sir,” replied the courtesying mother, “I shouldn’t like to say as much as that, but your young man came and did what he could.” $3.00 Value for SI.OO 3 Pair Gs Best Quality Kid Gloves for the Price of One AT THE THIRD AND ^PRAIRIE, j BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING We place on sale and will sell an enormous quantity of Ladies’ Kid Gloves in button and lace in all imaginable colors, both in dressed and undressed kid, at the ridiculous price of SI.OO No more and no less than 3 pair sold to any one customer, and only for th s one day—Saturday—s3,oo Value for SI.OO, at the THIRD AND ^PRA |R| E. When You Want Your Musical Instruments Tuned Call on W. ALPHONSO JOHNSON Professor of Piano, Organ and Brass Music. Experienced Piano Tuner and Repairer. 86 Custom House Place, CHICAGO, ILL. MRS. JNO. W. WALLS Only Colored Lady Tailoress in ths City. Practical Dressmaker.. Gents’ Clothes Repaired, Cleaned, Pressed and Dyed a Specialty. PRICE TO SUIT THE TIMES. 25G Seventh St. Union Laundry and News Co. 328 Wells Street GEO. W. SAYLES. All Work Carefully Done. Lowest Prices and Satis faction Guaranteed. LOUIS DENIS, Meat Market Oysters, Game and Fish IN SEASON. 626 Wells Street. Milwaukee. Wit H IFSSFN 181 Martin Street, Van Buren Streets, MILWAUKEE, WIS. Latest in Chinaware. Table Linen and Best Quality Silverware to Loan for Parties, Sociables and Weddings. DR. C LINGER SON, DENTIST, Office: 307 Third st., Milwaukee, Wis. USE DR. LINSER’S ALL-HEALING OIL. s. K- BANKS SHAVING PARLOR 224 Wells Street, MILWAUKEE. HARRY JONES. Foreman Boston Store Boston Store Mumm? You Can Get a Fine Vlhsel for Nothing—A LADIES’ or COLUMBIA by bringing to this office, during the next thirty days, 30 paid yearly sub scriptions. For 25 yearly subscriptions, $lO in cash For 10 yearly subscriptions, $2.50 in cash The only condition is, that they are yearly subscriptions, paid in advance. If you do not get enough to compete, bring them in anyway, and we will pay you a liberal commission. NO BLANKS’ J. BOEHM, Manufacturer and Jobber of Stove Repairs WATERFRONTS, STOVE POLISHES, STOVE PUTTY, FIRE BRICK, ETC. REPAIRS FOR ALL STOPES. 395 Third St., MILWAUKEE, WIS. LOUIS RIPPLE, JR. BOOTS&SHOES 317 Third Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. Branch Store, 509 Mitchell St Ladies Solicited... A Shoe Polishing Parlor, Ex clusively for Ladies, is an Innovation at ROBINSON’S, 89 Wisconsin St. Your Patronage Will Make It a Success iiioSni LADY DENTIST 105 Grand Avenue, Office Hours:) Over Spiegel's Drug Store, 9 to 12 l. M. Rooms 51-52 P 2tosP. M. MIL WA UK EE, WIS. S. L M 8 SON Funeral Directors AND EMBALMERS *3l Broadway, MILWAUKEE, WIS. W. T. GREEN, LAWYER, Rooms 17 A 18, Birchard Block, IOS GRAND AVE. DEALER IN THIRD AND PRAIRIE. 1 THIRD AND A. J. BAUM, DEALER IN Fresh, Salted and Smoked Meats, ^nd all Varieties of Sausage, Poul try, Fish and Game. 408 STATE STREET. Our Friends Should Call on AUG. H. GEIER, DEALER IN FRESH, SALTED and SMOKED MEATS OF ALL KINDS Also Fresh Fish and Oysters in Season A Full Line of Vegetables. 502 WELLS STREET. Telephone Main 1009. WHEN IN TOWN DON’T FAIL TO GO TO Whitefish Bay To get there take the Steamer BLOOMER GIRL AT GRAND AVE. BRIDGE Leaves the bridge daily at 2:15 and 7:45 p. m.; returning, leaves Whitefish Bay at 5 and lo:15 p. m. Sundays: going at 10:25 a. m., 2. 5 and 8 p.m.; returning, at 11 a. m 3. Oand 10:30p.m. CAPT. RICHARDSON, Prop. ROUND TRIP ONLY 25c Persons visiting Hartford should stop at the Central Hotel. P. KREUTZ, Proprietor. STEAM HEAT. LARGE ROOMS. Best accommodations for the traveling public. Large stable room in connection. HARTFORD, WIS. Those wishing to get first-class ac commodations should go to the FESS HO USE GEO. E. FESS, Proprietor. 113-119 East Doty St, Madison, Wis. Steam Heat Throughout J* Rates SI.OO per Day. The American TAILORS. Leaders in Style Workmanship Prices that beat Competition. MR. S. A. MATTHEWS^ IMLBJIIMAWimffI RHEUMATISM CURE A SPECIALTY Indigestion and bad cold*. Also chiropodist treatment carefully attended to. 470 Jefferwi St., Milwaukee, Wit. Masonic BM$.

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(IC _ 171 I ^w^gjgig|j^||gg|^ w^fe ^^S^kSs&js.. Z w. THE augmentation of parental in fluence as the centuries go by Dr. Talmage here sets forth while dis coursing about one of the grandmothers of Bible times. The text is 11. Timothy i., “The unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois.” In this pastoral letter which Paul, the old minister, is writing to Timothy, the young minister, the family record is brought out. Paul practically says: “Timothy, what a good grandmother you had! You ought to be better than most folks, because not only was your mother good, but your grandfather was good also. Two preceding generations of piety ought to give you a mighty push in the right di rection.” The fact was that Timothy needed encouragement. He was in poor health, having a weak stomach, and was a dyspeptic, and Paul prescribed for him a tonic, “a little wine for thy stomach’s sake”—not much wine, but a little wine, and only as a medicine. And if the wine then had been as much adulterated with logwood and strychnine as our modern wines he would not have prescribed any. But Timothy, not strong physically, is encouraged spiritually by the recital of grandmotherly excellence, Paul hinting to him, as I hint this to you, that God some times gathers up as in a reservoir, away back of the active generations of to-day, a godly influence and then, in response to prayer, lets down the power upon children and grandchildren and great-grandchil dren. The world is woefully in want of a table of statistics in regard to what is the protractedness and immensity of influence of one good woman in the church and world. We have accounts of how much evil has been wrought by a woman who lived nearly a hundred years ago, and of how many criminals her descendants fur nished for the penitentiary and the gal lows, and how many hundreds of thou sands of dollars they cost our country in their arraignment and prison support, as well as in the property they burglarized and destroyed, but will not some one come out with brain comprehensive enough and heart warm enough and pen keen enough to give us the facts in regard to some good woman of a hundred years ago and let us know how many Christian men and women and reformers and useful people have been found among her descendants, and how many asylums and colleges and churches they built, and bow many mill ions of dollars they contributed for hu manitarian and Christian purposes? Good Women’s Influence. The good women whose tombstones were planted in the eighteenth century are more alive for good in the nineteenth cen tury than they were before, as the good women of this nineteenth century will be more alive for good in the twentieth cen tury than now. Mark you, I have no idea that the grandmothers were any better than their granddaughters. You cannot get very old people to talk much about how things were when they were boys and girls. They have a reticence and a non committalism which make me think they feel themselves to be the custodians of the reputation of their early comrades. While our dear old folks are rehearsing the fol lies of the present, if we put them on the witness stand and cross examine them as to how things were seventy years ago the silence becomes oppressive. The celebrated Frenchman, Volney, vis ited this country in 1796, and he says of woman’s diet in those times, “If a pre mium was offered for a regimen most de structive to health, none could be devised more efficacious for these ends than that in use among these people.” That eclipses our lobster salad at midnight. Everybody talks about the dissipation of modern so ciety and how womanly health goes down under it, but it was worse 100 years ago, for the chaplain of a French regi ment in our Revolutionary war wrote in 1782 in his “Book of American Women,” saying: “They are tall and well propor tioned: their features are generally regu lar; their complexions are generally fair and without color. At 20 years of age the women have no longer the freshness of youth. At 30 or 40 they are decrepit.” In 1812 a foreign consul wrote a book en titled “A Sketch of the United States at the Commencement of the Present Cen tury.” and he says of the women of those times, “At the age of 30 all their charms have disappeared.” One glance at the portraits of the women 100 years ago, and their style of dress makes us wonder how they ever got their breath. All this makes me think that the express rail train is no more an improvement on the ok! canal boat or the telegraph no more an improve ment on the old-time saddlebags than the v omen of our day are an improvement on the women of the last century. A Glorious Race. But still, notwithstanding that those times were so much worse than ours, there was a glorious race of godly women 70 and 100 years ago who held the world back from sin and lifted it toward virtue, and without their exalted and sanctified influence before this the last good influ ence would have perished from the earth. Indeed all over th'; land there are seated to-day—not so much in churches, for many of them are too feeble to come—a great many aged grandmothers. They some times feel that the world has gone past them, and they have an idea that they are of little account. Their head sometimes gets aching from the racket of the grand children down stairs or in the next room. They steady themselves by the banisters as they go up and down. When they get a cold, it hangs on them longer than it used to. They cannot bear to have the grandchildren punished, even when they deserve it, and have so relaxed their ideas of family discipline that they would spoil all the youngsters of the household by too great leniency. These old folks are the resort when great troubles come, and there is a calm ing and soothing power in the touch of an aged hand that is almost supernatural. They feel they are almost through with the journey of life and read the old book more than they used to, hardly knowing which most they enjoy, the Old Testament or the New, and often stop and dwell tear fully over the family record half way be tween. We hail them to-day, whether in the house of God or at the homestead. Blessed is that household that has in it a grandmother Lois. Where she is angels are hovering round and God is in the room. May her last days be like those lovely autumnal days that we call Indian summer. Is it not time that you and I do two things—swing open a picture gallery of the wrinkled faces and stooped shoulders of the past and call down from their heav enly thrones the godly grandmothers, to give them our thanks, and then to per suade the mothers of to-day that they are living for all time, and that against the sides of every cradle in which a child is rocked beat the two eternities? For Good or Evil. Here we have an untried, undiscussed and unexplored subject. You often hear about your influence upon your own chil dren. I am not talking about that. What about your influence upon the twentieth century, upon the thirtieth century, upon the fortieth century, upon the year 2,000, upon the year 4,000, if the world lasts so long. The world stood 4,000 years before Christ came. It is not unreasonable to suppose that it may stand 4,000 years af ter his arrival. Four thousand years the world swung off in sin, 4,000 years it may be swinging back into righteousness. By the ordinary rate of multiplication of the world’s population in a century your de scendants will be over 300, and by two centuries over 50,000, and upon every one of them you, the mother of to-day, will have an influence for good or evil. And if in four centuries your descendants shall have with their names filled a scroll of hundreds of thousands will some angel from heaven, to whom is given the capac ity to calculate the number of the stars of heaven and the sands of the seashore, step down and tell us how many descend ants you will have in the four thousandth year of the world's possible continuance? Do not let the grandmothers any longer think that they are retired and sit clear back out of sight from the world, feeling that they have no relation to it The mothers of the last century are to-day in the person of their descendants, in the sen ates, the parliaments, the palaces, the pul pits, the banking houses, the professional chairs, the prisons, the almshouses, the company of midnight brigands, the cellars, the ditches of this century. You have been thinking about the importance of having the right influence upon one nur sery. You have been thinking of the im portance of getting those two little feet on the right path. You have been thinking of your child’s destiny for the next eighty years if it should passonto be an octogena rian. That is well, but my subject sweeps a thousand years, a million years, a quad rillion of years. I cannot stop at one cradle. I am looking at the cradles that reach all around the world and across all time. lam not talking of Mother Eunice. lam talking of Grandmother Lois. The only way you can tell the force of a cur rent is by sailing up stream or the force of an ocean wave by running the ship against it. Running along with it, we can not appreciate the force. In estimating maternal influence we generally run along with it down the stream of time, and so we don’t understand the full force. Let us come up to it from the eternity side, after it has been working on for centuries, and see all the good it has done and all the evil it has accomplished multiplied in mag nificent or appalling compound interest. Like a Mighty River. The difference between that mother's influence on her children now and the in fluence when it has been multiplied in hundreds of thousands of lives is the dif ference between the Mississippi river away up at the top of the continent start ing from the little Lake Itasca, seven miles long and one wide, and its mouth at the gulf of Mexico, where navies might ride. Between the birth of that river and its burial in the sea the Missouri pours in, and the Ohio pours in, and the Arkansas pours in, and the Red and White and the Yazoo rivers pour in, and all the States and territories between the Alleghany and Rocky mountains make contribution. Now, in order to test the power of a moth er's influence, we need to come in off the ocean of eternity and sail up toward the one cradle, and we will find 10,000 tribu taries of influence pouring in and pouring down. But it is, after all, one great river of power rolling on and rolling forever. Who ean fathom it? Who can bridge it? Who can stop it? Had not mothers better be intensifying their prayers? Had they not better be elevating their example? Had they not better be rousing themselves with the consideration that by their faith fulness or neglect they are starting an in fluence which will be stupendous after the last mountain of earth is flat, and the last sea has dried up, and the last flake of the ashes of a consumed world shall have been blown away, and all the telescopes of oth er worlds directed to the track around which our world once swung shall dis cover not so much as a cinder of the burn ed down and swept off planet? In Ceylon there is a granite column thirty-six square feet in size which is thought by the na tives to decide the world’s continuance. An angel with robes spun from zephyrs is once a century to descend and sweep the hem of that robe across the granite, and when by that attrition the column is worn away they say time will end. But by that process that granite column would be worn out of existence before mother’s in fluence will begin to give way. Mother’s Influence. If a mother tell a child if he is not good some bugaboo will come and catch him, the fear excited may make the child a coward, and the fact that he finds that there is no bugaboo may make him a liar, and the echo of that false alarm may be heard after fifteen generations have been born and have expired. If a mother prom ises a child a reward for good behavior and after the good behavior forgets to give the reward, the cheat may crop out in some faithlessness half a thousand years farther on. If a mother cultivate a child’s vanity and eulogize his curls and extol the night black or sky blue or nut brown of the child’s eyes and call out in his pres ence the admiration of spectators, pride and arrogance may be prolonged after half a dozen faakfiy records have been ob literated. If a mother express doubt about some statement of the Holy Bible in a child’s presence, long after the gates of this historical era have closed and the gates of another era have opened the re sult may be seen in a champion blasphem er. But, on the other hand, if a mother walking with a child see a suffering one by the wayside and says, “My child, give that 10-eent piece to that lame boy,” the result may be seen on the other side of the following,century in some George Mul ler building a whcle village of orphanages. If a mother sit almost every evening by the trundle bed of a child and teach it les sons of a Saviour’s love and a Saviour’s example, of the importance of truth and the horror of a lie and the virtues of in dustry and kindness ^nd sympathy and self-sacrifice, long after the mother has gone and the child has gone and the let tering on both the tombstones shall have been washed out by the storms of in numerable winters there may be standing as a result of those trundle bed lessons flaming evangels, world moving reform ers, seraphic Summerfields, weeping Pay sons, thundering Whitefields, emancipat ing Washingtons. God Never Forgets. Good or bad influence may skip one gen eration or two generations, but it will be sure to land in the third or fourth gen eration, just as the Ten Commandments, speaking of the visitation of God on fami lies, says nothing about the second gen eration, but entirely skips the second and speaks of the third and fourth generation —“visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the third and fourth generations of them that hate me.” Parental influence, right and wrong, may jump over a gen eration, but it will come down further on as sure as you sit there and I stand here. Timothy’s ministry was projected by his grandmother, Lois. There are men and women here, the sons and daughters of the Christian church, who are such as a result of the consecration of great-great grandmothers. Why, who do you think the Lord is? You talk as though his mem ory was weak. He can as easily remem ber a prayer offered five centuries ago as a prayer offered five minutes ago. This explains what we often see—some man or woman distinguished for benevolence when the father and mother were distin guished for penuriousness, or you see some young man or woman with a bad father and a hard mother come out glori ously for Christ and make the church sob and shout and sing under- their exhorta tions. We stand in corners of the vestry and whisper over the matter and say, “How is this, such great piety in sons and daughters of such parental worldli ness and sin?” I will explain it to you if you will fetch me the old family Bible containing the full record. Let some sep tuagenarian look with me clear upon the page of births and marriages and tell me who that woman was with the old fashion ed name of Jemima or Betsy or Mehitabel. Ah, there she is, the old grandmother, or great-grandmother, who had enough re ligion to saturate a century. Transmitted Power. There she is, the dear old soul, Grand mother Lois. In beautiful Greenwood cemetery there is the resting place of George W. Bethune, once a minister of Brooklyn Heights, his name never spoken among intelligent Americans without sug gesting tw-o things—eloquence and evan gelism. In the same tomb sleeps his grandmother, Isabella Graham, who was the chief inspiration of his ministry. You are not surprised at the poetry and pathos and pulpit power of the grandson when you read of the faith and devotion of his wonderful ancestress. God fill the earth and the heavens with such grandmothers! We must some day go up and thank these dear old souls. Surely God will let us go up and tell them of the results of their influence. Among our first questions in heaven will be, “Where is grandmother?” They will point her out, for we would hardly know her, even if we had seen her on earth, so bent over with years once and there so straight, so dim of eye through the blinding of earthly tears and now her eye as clear as heaven, so full of aches and pains once and now so agile with celestial health, the wrinkles blooming into carnation roses and her step like the roe on the moun tains. Yes, I must see her, my grand mother on my father’s side, Mary Mc- Coy, descendant of the Scotch. When I first spoke to an audience in Glasgow, Scotland, and felt somewhat diffident, be ing a stranger, I began by telling them my grandmother was a Scotchwoman, and then there went up a shout of welcome which made me feel as easy as I do here. I must see her. Make it as easy for the old folks as you can. When they are sick, get for them the best doctors. Give them your arm when the streets are slippery. Stay with them all the time you can. Go home and see the folks. Find the place for them in the hymnbook. Never be ashamed if they prefer styles of apparel which are a little antiquated. Never say anything that im plies that they are in the way. Make the road for the last mile as smooth as you can. Oh, my, how you will miss her when she is gone! How much would I give to see my mother! I have so many things I would like to tell her, things that have happened in the thirty years since she went away. Morning, noon and night let us thank God for the good influences that have come down from good mothers all the way back. Copyright, 1898. The Master.—When Christ came, the world did not need any more would-be or so-called masters; it needed the mas ter-one all commanding, all-authorita tive voice; one who could say, “I am the light; I am the truth;” one of whom the father could say, “Hear ye him.” Jesus Christ gains the mastery of the human heart and of the world by an attractive power; he wins his way. The common people heard him gladly. The multitude followed him. They were astonished at his doctrines. He mastered all hearts by his very meth od. He had faith enough in man to die for him.—Rev. Frank Bristol, Metho dist, Washington, District of Columbia. Of every 1,000 inhabitants of the globe 538 live in Asia, 242 in Europe, 111 in Africa. 82 in America, five in Oceanica and the Polar regions, and only two in Australia. Asia contains more than one-half of the total popula tion of the earth, and Europe nearly one-fourth. Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little. —Cervantes. SOLDIERS AT HOME. THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. How the Boye of Both Armies Whiled Away Life in Camp-Foraging Ex periences, Tiresome Marches—Thril- ling Scenes on the Battlefield. f^fT^HESE new volunteers,” said an old army forager of the thirty-third degree, “could never have had as much fun as we old fellows had in the ’6os. We had fence rails to burn by the million, and these new fellows haven’t a blamed rail, and in this era of barbed wire fences they never could have. War without fence rails to burn is a hollow mockery. It makes me sick to ride over the country and note the disappearance of the jol ly old-fashioned rail fence. “A barbed-wire fence gives a soldier neither shelter nor fuel. A rail fence in the South was the soldier's best friend. A cedar rail was the best pot boiler in the world. Any fellow who was half a inan could take a dry cedar rail in his hands and make kindling wood of it in two minutes, and use nei ther hatchet nor ax. All he had to do was to strike the rail on the ground in the right way and it would split up the middle, and with other blows into splin ters. Start a fire with these splinters, and yum-yum. how your coffee would boil! Or if you came into camp after marching all day in the rain a big tire of rails was a heart warmer, I tell you. “I understand there are no fence rails In Cuba, and mighty few chickens and pigs. If it wasn’t for the sweet pota toes and bananas and cocoanuts I don't see how a respectable war can be conducted there at all. Every’ man with military instincts will miss the fence rails. When we got down to real business in the old war and had no tents, and half the time no connection with the cracker line, fence rails were our best friends. We could build breast works of them, could make shelters and beds of them, and could build fires of them that would make even an ague patient feel cheerful. It was against traditions and regulations to steal rails, so we always confiscated them boldly. This was a comfort denied to the modern volunteer. I don’t suppose the boys down in Cuba or at Tampa needed much fire, but the absence of fence rails would naturally’ make them discontented.” “Seriously,” said the Major, “the vol unteers of this war have been put to a pretty severe test. In fact, the severest trials to volunteers in all wars come in the first three or four months of ser vice. This was the case in 1861, and we had the same flurry of hysterics and complaints and the same dismal talk about starvation and bad treat ment. Just at the time when the three month troops were asked to re-enlist a wave of exaggerated and extravagant complaint swept over the country. “There were accusations against of ficers, charges against the government, wild stories of persecution in camp, all circulated with intent to discourage re enlistment. People of this day’ can scarcely imagine the terrific onslaught that was made on the government and on the army in the first three months of the war. Cool-headed people saw the purpose, but many of the volunteers came really to believe that they had suffered such torments as were never visited on soldiers before. Stories were told at home of the cruelties of officers and the volunteers were urged by their parents and friends not to re-enlist. “The sorely perplexed men who had enlisted to fight, and who had no ex perience in war, had one advantage over the discontented volunteers now. There was fighting ahead of them. They knew that the war had only be gun. The war spirit, the American spirit, the certainty that there was hard fighting to be done by Americans, held them together. In spite of all that could be said by the copperheads, and the peace-at-any-price men; In spite of all the pleas of panic-stricken friends, the great majority of the three-month men re-enllsted. They soon learned that the trials of their first three months were harder to bear than any that came after. The hardships of real campaigning were as nothing compared with the hardships born of inexperi ence and discontent. “After they had been one year or two years in the service they took hardship and exposure as a matter of course, and made provisions to care for themselves. At first, to be left one night without their tents was a sore grievance, but In the second and third years of the war they did not care whether they had tents or not. They had become self reliant. They knew what to do in an emergency, and they knew how to get out of a scrape. They believed that the government was doing the best it could, and it was their business to do the rest. They accepted defeat in bat tle, sickness in hospital, hardship on the march, exposure and privation, all In a soldierly spirit, and it made the greatest difference in the bearing of the troops. “The Army of the Cumberland moved forward from Its camps at Nashville on the 26th of December, 1862. There was fighting from the first, and for nine days that army was without tents, without even shelter tents, and for the greater part of the time was fighting against a well-posted and well-discip lined army. This was in midwinter, it must be remembered, and I do not sup pose that one soldier among the 50,000 under the command of Rosecrans thought of complaining about the hard ships or exposure, or of blaming any one because things did not come out as expected. “The wounded were, from the neces sity of the case, left on the field. They were cared for as soon as possible. In making the rounds of the hospitals the week after the battle I found not a single man of our regiment with a com plaint on his lips. Every’ one was glad that he had been in the battle, glad he had done his duty, and glad that the enemy had been whipped. There was some sickness as the result of this exposure in winter, but not one-tenth as much as there would have been as the result of such exposure in the first six months of the war. In some cases men were taken sick on the bat tle field and had to be removed by force. “We had one sergeant in our com pany who had severe chills on the night of December 29. These were followed by high fever, and when the morning of December 30 came he was a very sick man. Fortunately on that day our di vision was not called upon to change Its position in line, and the sergeant was cared for by the boy’s, who piled their own blankets over him, regard less of the character of the disease. The surgeon came and prescribed for him and advised his removal to the rear. He declined to be removed, and on the morning of December 31, when the or der of battle was read, he took his place in line, with two heavy blankets draped about him. “Again the surgeon came and order ed him to the rear. Two of the boys got him by the arms, walked him off briskly toward the rear, made a little detour in the woods, and came back with him. When the attack came the sergeant, sick with the fever, fired as many shots as any other man in the ranks. The last sight the boys caught of him was as he was going forward, with the two big blankets fluttering in the wind, wild with the excitement of battle. Six days after that we found him in the hospital, the two blankets literally riddled with bullets. The man in his delirium raved because he had only two or three little flesh w’ounds to show he had been in the fight.”— Chicago Inter Ocean. Mail in War Tinies. “Let this go. A. LINCOLN.” When the army was encamped in Virginia, near Washington, in 1861-62, President Lincoln franked a letter in the above manner for a youthful sol dier named Frank King, of Fond du Lac County, Wis., and the envelope is still held as a sacred treasure by the family of the soldier lad, who lost his life at Gettysburg. Captain Thomas Jones of the pension office related the story in this way to a representive of the Washington Star: "The boys who went to the front to fight Spain imagined they had a diffi cult time getting their letters to home folks and loved ones, but they had things dead easy compared to what we had in the war of the rebellion. Pa per and envelopes were hard to get, and stamps were almost as scarce as diamonds. Soldiers who were fortu nate enough to be near Washington had their letters franked by Senators and Representatives, and you may’ imagine that our national lawmakers were kept busy with their pens. President Lin coln was even known to help the boys out occasionally. On one occasion Frank King, a private in a Wisconsin regiment, encamped near Arlington Heights, got a package of envelopes, and, with a friend. Harry Dunn, went to the White House and asked Mr. Lin coln to frank the envelopes. It was easier to see the President then than it is now, and at certain hours of the day a soldier could reach him as easily as could an.v of the high officials. 'When the President knew what was desired of him he asked: ‘Why don’t you get your Congressman to frank these en velopes? lam very busy.’ ‘The folks at home would like to see your name on the envelopes,’ replied young King. Mr. Lincoln smiled, then, taking a pen, he wrote on one of the envelopes; ‘Let this go.. A. Lincoln.’ He carefully blotted it, and, handing it to King, with the reminder of the package, said: ‘Now, my boy, take the rest of these to your Congressman, Scott Sloan, and tell him I said fix them for you. I want you both to be brave soldiers, and, shaking the hands of King and Dunn, he bade them good-bye. King wrote to his parents that night and en closed the letter in the envelope frank ed by Mr. Lincoln. The young fellow w-as killed at Gettysburg, but that en velope is religiously and lovingly- priz ed by the surviving members of his family. Dunn, who was with King when Mr. Lincoln franked the envel ope, called at the White House two years later and asked to have some en velopes franked. Mr. Lincoln remem bered him, and w-hen told that King had been killed his face wore a look of sorrow. Too Exact. The Boston Herald says that while General Butler was in front of Peters burg, he received the news that his favorite horse, “Almond Eye,” had been accidentally killed by falling into a ravine. Thereupon he ordered an Irish servant to go and skin the ani mal. “What! Is Almond Eye dead?” ask ed Pat. "What’s that to you? Do as I bid you and ask no questions.” Pat went about his business, and in an hour or two returned. “Well, Pat, where have you been all this time?” sternly demanded the gen eral. “Skinning the horse, your honor.” “Does it take nearly two hours to per form such an operation?” “No, ye honor; but, then, you see. it tuck ’bout half an hour to catch him.” innocently replied Pat. General Butler east upon his servant such a ferocious look that Pat thought he meditated skinning an Irishman in revenge for the death of his horse. To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.—Whate ly. A DOMESTIC INCIDENT From the Observer, Fmeking. Me “Early in November. 1894.” says Frank Long, who lives near Lennon. Mich., "u starting to get up from the dinner mba-. I was taken with a pain in my buck. The pain increased and 1 was obliged to take to my bed. The physician who was sum moned pronounced my case tntismlar rheumatism accompanied by lumbago. He gave me remedies ami injected mor phine into my arm to ease the pain. “My disease gradually became worse, until I thought that death would be wel come release from my sufferings. Besides my regular physician I also consulted an other, but he gave me no em-ouragemeut. On Getting Up from the Table. “I was finally induced through reading some accounts in the newspapers regard ing the wonderful cures wrought by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, to try them. I took the pills according to directions and soon began to notice an improvement in my condition. Before the first box was used I could get about the house, and after using five boxes was entirely cured. “Since that time I have felt no return of the rheumatic pains. I am confident that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills saved my life and I try to induce my friends who are sick to try the same remedy. I will gladly answer inquiries concerning my sickness and wonderful cure, provided stamp is enclosed for reply. “FRANK LONG.” Too Stingy to Live. The following story is commonly re lated as true in France. Old Harpagon was fast approaching his end. His suf ferings were very great, but he comforted himself with the thought that as he could not eat there was so much saved, at any rate. “Well, doctor,” he said, in a feeble voice, “how long have I yet to live?” “Only half an hour. Would you like me to send for somebody—a clergyman, for instance?” Harpagon was silent for a few mo ments; he passed his hand over his chin, bristling with a grizzly beard of several days’ growth, when a sudden thought struck him, and turning to the doctor, he gasped, excitedly: “Quick —send for—for a barber!” The barber soon afterwards arrived with his shaving tackle. Harpagon, whose voice was getting weaker, asked him: “You —charge—two- pence—for shaving?” “That's the price,” was the answer. “And—how much—is it—for shaving—a corpse?” The barber paused a moment, and then said. “Five shillings.” “Then shave —me quickly,” stam mered old Harpagon, casting a feverish glance at the watch which the doctor still held in his hand. He was too feeble to utter another word, but the doctor understood the mute appeal, and said: “Fifteen minutes more!” A smile of satisfaction stole over the features of the patient. The barber set to work, and in a very short time finished his task, notwithstanding the nervous twitchings that distorted the face of the dying man. When the operation was over, old Harpagon uttered a sigh of re lief, ami was heard to whisper: “That’s a good thing—four shillings— and tenpence—saved!” and he breathed his last. —Tit-Bits. Her Suspicions Aroused. Here is an extract from a letter that a Cleveland man wrote, not long ago, to his wife, who was at an Eastern summer resort: "You have been gone nearly two weeks now, and I have had just two letters from you. I judge, therefore, that you are having a splendid time. That's right. Enjoy yourself. I wish I were there with you. But that, of course, cannot be. Business is picking up wonderfully, and it would be foolish or even worse for me to neglect it now. “By the way, my dear, you took the key to the postbox with you. Please send it back at once. I happened to see the postman yesterday, and he said there were several letters in the box for me. I can’t imagine why folks should direct my letters to the house. Don’t neglect to send it at once.” But she didn’t send it. She took the first train home. She knew a thing or two concerning the way other men had acted while their wives were away, and was not disposed to be made a fool of. She didn’t telegraph to him that she was coming, either, and so there was no body at the station to meet her; but she didn’t care. When she reached the house she had her key all ready to jab into the door of the postbox. After nervously unlocking it she took out two handfuls of bills for ice cream, dry goods, mineral water and other things that had been purchased by her prior to her departure. Electric fans are not needed to keep the temperature down in that house at the present time. —Cleveland Leader. Two Good Keasons. A London correspondent of the Wash ington Post tells this good story of a groom who, unlike the majority of horsemen, was too honest to tell a lie: “I was at Aldrige’s not long ago. when George Cordery. who considers nimself a first-rate judge of a horst*, bought what he considered a beauty. ‘Have you any thing to tell me about him?’ asked Cor dery of the groom. ‘Well, sir,’ answered the man. ‘the ’oss only has two faults.’ ‘What are they?’ inquired Cordery. ‘He’s terrible ’ard to ketch,’ said the groom. ‘Oh. that doesn't matter.’ observed Cor dery. ‘And there’s the other fault,’ con tinued the faithful groom. ‘He ain’t no good when you've caught ’im.’ Russia’s Poor. Statistics just published show that in Russia only 347,268 families out cf a population of about 130.000,OCX) souls have an income of over £IOO a year, cr that practically more than 99 per cent, of the whole population are constantly in a state of abject poverty and pauperism in their various degrees. The figures become appalling when one considers the case of the peasantry, which forms the overwhelming majority of rhe population. The average yearly income of a peasant family consisting of six members ranges between £l2 and £ls a year, out of which between £5 and £7 has to be paid to the government in direct taxes.—London Mail. —A San Francisco character is Cant. Goddard E. D. Diamond, who claims to be 102 years old, and gets his living as a book agent. He had passed the century line when he gave up his position as an engineer in the big Baldwin hotel in that city.

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STICKNEY IS CHOSEN.

Republican State Central Com mittee’s Session. CANDIDATES CONFER WITH THE COM MITTEE M EX. Milwaukee Man Elected Secretary and Leander Ferguson of Brandon Treasurer—Circular Defining Issues of Campaign, Reaffirming Sound Money Doctrine and Calling Upon Republicans to Work for Ticket. A inciting of the Republican state seu tral committee was held recently at the Hotel Pfister. Every member of the committee wa: present, and re ports were submitted from all the con gressional districts in the state showing the most favorable conditions. In addi tion to the committeemen there were pres ent Jesse Stone of Watertown, candidate for lieutenant-governor; W. H. Froelich of Jackson, candidate for secretary of state; E. R. Hicks of Oshkosh, candidate for attorney-general; Emil Giijohann of Milwaukee, candidate for insurance com missioner; Graham L. Rice of West Su perior, candidate for railroad commis sioner. and L. D. Harvey of Milwaukee, candidate for state superintendent of pub lic instruction. G. I*. Stickney of Milwaukee was chosen as secretary of the committee, as predicted in the Sentinel recently: W. A. Richter of Milwaukee, assistant sec retary, and Leander Ferguson of Bran don, treasurer. The following executive committee was selected: J. B. Treat, chairman ex-of ficio; C. C. Gettings of Racine, George E. Bryant of Madison. James A. Stone of Reedsburg, C. M. Gregg of Milwaukee. C. W. Fraser of Waukesha. Ira I’. Coon of Plainfield, N. C. Foster of Fairchild. Charles Reynolds of Jacksonport, and Norman B. Black of Marinette. The Tenth congressional district, at the re quest of the committeemen from that dis trict, is not represented on the executive committee, it being urged that the dis trict was so far off that it would be better to make the committee up without them. The following address was formulated 'by the committee and will be sent out to the voters of Wisconsin: THE ISSUE IS BEFORE US. Thv issue for the present campaign in the spite of Wisconsin is now clearly set forth. The Democratic state convention today en ctorsed the Chicago platform, placing the Democratic party squarely upon the silver platform upon which their ticket went down io defeat in Wisconsin two years ago. It is the same free silver repudiation prin ciple for which the silver Democrats stood in 1896, and no amount of talk or sophistry van obscure it. The Democrats, in their platform today, have much to say about state issues. Upon state issues the Republicans of Wisconsin can meet them eagerly and gladly with a record which will put them to shame; but the Republicans must not forget for one moment that the purpose of the Democrats in talking of state Issues at this time is to obscure tint real issue, which is the financial one. Do not let this be forgotten for a mo ment, that the free silver men are in con trol of the Democratic party in this state. We have ten congressmen to elect in Wis consin this -fall, and it would be a calamity for Wisconsin to send a single silver Demo crat to Washington. Here is the silver plank in the Chicago platform which the Democrats of Wisconsin endorse: “We demand the free and unlimited coin age of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to_l.” In contradistinction to this, read the fol lowing money plank, adopted by the Repub licans at their state convention in Milwaukee on August 17: "We believe that the declaration in the St. Louis National Republican platform for the maintenance of the gold standard and the parity of our forms of money should be enacted into law, and the money of the American people should be made and kept, like all its institutions, the best in the world.” The friends of sound money desire no dearer issue than this. Remember, that not only have we to elect ten congressmen, but a senator will be elected by the coming Leg islature. Altogether the most important issue that tills country or state had had to deal with is the question of honest money, am! a state that has so nobly for years stood for sound money cannot afford for one mo ment to permit the real issue to be ob scured or the friends of cheap money and repudiation to gain any advantage. We shall have with us in this contest, as we had two years ago, all the sound money Democrats, of whom 35,000 voted the Re pubiienn ticket in 1896. Make it clear to the Republicans ami sound money Demo crats in your section that the issue is as dearly drawn and as well defined on the money question now as it was two years ago. if the issue is properly kept before the people, the Republican ticket this fall, congressional, state and legislative, will have an overwhelming majority. Respectfully. J. B. TREAT, Chairman. The Kansas City Carnival. The Kansas City papers say that one of the features of the coming carnival in that city will be “Her Illustrious Highness, Princess Mban-Na-Ulivau. eldest daugh ter of Tanno Moafu, King of the Fiji Isl ands, who has already started from her father?® capital, Savu-Savu. situated on the island of Moula Mairari, for San Francisco, and will arrive there on Sep tember 26. Her highness brings with her the court costume she will wear when in Kansas City, and before leaving her isl and home it had been carefully packed in a cigar-box and sealed with the royal seal.” The managers of the carnival found her a high-priced attraction, as, in addition to her traveling expenses, she held out for three copper nose rings and a necklace of human teeth. In addition, they had to give her father a bonus of one pound of iron spikes and a bottle of Medford rum. And then after all these negotiations had been completed, and it was supposed the deal had been closed, her highness struck for a box of rough on-rats. which she insisted she must have to do up her back hair. Story of the Helper Family. The death of the Hon. William Strutt, the son and heir of Baron Belper, and luphew of the Earl of Dunmore, who was found dead on October 5 in the bathtub of his apartments, at the West End hotel. St. Louis. Mo has recalled a story of the Belper family. The first Lord Belper was a blacksmith who helped Arkwright with his inventions. When Arkwright made his first spinning fmme he found the threads twisted. Greatly chagrined, he went to the black smith, who said he would remedy the matter on condition that he receive half the profits of the invention for ten years. Arkwright, it is said, agreed to" this, whereupon the blacksmith rubbed his hand over one of the cylinders and coolly said: “That is all it wants." He hail chalked his hand, and had created a rough surface where Arkwright had two smooth ones. He Wasn’t Hungry. A young foreigner had recently arrived -a London from his native country, and so/ue friends of his family arranged a dim.'r in his honor. The evening arrived, the guests invited to meet him were as sembled, but the young fellow did not appear. A friend called on him the next day and. reminding him that he had ac cepted the invitation, inquired why he had not been present. His reply was in genious. “I vas not hungry,” he said.— Tit-Bits. A NEGRO MILLIONAIRE. Guatemala's Croesus was a Slave in the South Before the War. Don Juan Knight is popularly sup posed to be the richest man in Guate mala. He is said to be worth $7,500,- 000. And yet previous to our Civil war, Don Juan Knight was a negro slave, the property of Danie! Upton, who lived in Dadeville. Tallapoosa county, Ala. Born in the bondage of slavery, John Knight never knew his father. His par ents were separated at a sale of slaves before he was born. At the close of the war, when the slaves were declared free, he walked to New Orleans. He was 20 years old and hadn’t a dollar to his name. Now his annual income from his vast tracts of coffee tineas, his gold mines, his enormous banana plantations and his farms of vanilla beans, his banking and steamboat stocks, besides the debts’ in terest on money that Guatemala bor rowed from him. is over $400,000. He lives in a beautiful home in the suburbs of Guatemala city, and is ceaselessly busy looking after his immense estates. The Irony of Fate. And more than this, by the strange irony of fate, he has, in the days of his affluence, befriended those who formerly claimed him as a part of their goods and chattels. The son of his former owner is in his employ as superintendent of his mines. Mrs. Upton. his former mistress, is the recipient of his bounty in her de clining years. Thus has the negro slave boy totally reversed the order of things. Daniel Upton, Knight’s former master, was a scholarly man, and his wife was a former school teacher. They had half a dozen slaves, all of whom had been treat ed well. Knight was born on the planta tion one spring morning in 1845. Mrs. Upton gave the negro child sufficient les sons to get him started on childish stud ies by himself. Later Mr. Upton also be came interested in little “Black John,” and provided him with common school books. He became the most promising negro in Tallapoosa county. Mr. Upton died in 1860, and the smart black boy was auctioned off to a new master, who took him to a cotton planta tion in central Alabama. The mas ter entered the Confederate army. Young John became the overseer of a part of the plantation. For four years he superintended the gathering of the cotton and its shipments to New Orleans at the best market prices until the close of the war. His First Start. Then he walked to New Orleans and worked as a wharf laborer for a firm which handled fruits from Central Amer ica. He saved his money. In 1866 he was sent by his employer to Yucatan, in Central America, to live there, as boss of the packing and shipping of fruits to New Orleans. That was practically the beginning of Juan Knight’s millions. A lively, wideawake person was some thing unique in those days of siestas and tropical sunshine. A revolution in Guate mala, in which Ramon Sanchez had been deposed, was just at its close. Knight saw what hard work and an opportunity to gain the favor of the new administra tion would do for himself. He proposed that for a concession of some 50,000 acres of land suitable for pineapples and banana growing he would go to New Or leans and get the wholesale fruit dealers, who ruled the American markets thirty years ago. to agree to buy $2,000,000 a year of Guatemala fruits. The Guate mala government gladly accepted the proposition. In less than three months the deal was consummated at New Or leans. It was the beginning of the trade in millions of dollars annually. To make a long story short, Juan Knight got other concessions, as he de monstrated the profit there is in growing fruit for the United States market. The shipping business to New York and San Francisco was started and enormously enlarged. By 1871 the negro was the largest employer of labor in northern Guatemala. Where a multitude of white men had given up in despair ever trying to get work out of the lazy, improvident and careless natives of the rural regions, Knight’s experience among the slaves stood him in good stead. He was famous for the zeal he imparted to all who la bored for him. Married and Happy. He married a native young woman in Stapa in 1872, and the union has been a great help to his fortunes. About twenty years ago he induced New England cap ital to embark extensively in coffee grow ing in Guatemala, and invested his own capital in the industry. The government gave him a very advantageous shipping concession for his efforts in bringing cap ital to the country. Coffee growing proved wonderfully remunerative for a dozen years. The negro planter branched out in other directions. He went to Phil adelphia and contracted to furnish many thousands of feet of mahogany yearly for ten years. There is another side to this uncommon man. He has been a liberal patron of educational measures. He is, withal, a plain, modest man, who is not known by sight far from home. He is tall and slen der. and shows the effects of hard work and constant care and thought concern ing his enormous business. There are seven children in Juan Knight's home, and all have been edu cated in the United States. Two of the boys are in a military academy in Mis sissippi now. One daughter is an accom plished portrait painter in Boston. Once a year the father and mother go on a trip to New Orleans, and from there to New York. They were in Europe in 1894. Helps Former Owners. The millionaire planter and miner of Guatemala has several times visited the plantation in Tallapoosa county, Ala., where he was born and raised. Hun dreds of people there know all about him and remember his childhood. In 1888, when he was in Dadeville, he met the son of his first master. Daniel Upton. He had not forgotten how Mass’r and Missus Upton taught him to read and write, and all the petty privileges they had shown their chattel, little black John. So what did the former slave boy do but employ George Upton, a son of his early master, to go down to Guatemala and be a superintendent at the mines. Not only that. The former slave found that the widow of his old master was sick and in financial distress in Mobile, and he forthwith invested for her a sum of his money sufficient to keep her com fortable during her remaining days.—San Francisco Examiner. Sans and Otherwise. “Ah. yes.” said the young woman in the parlor to the young man, “the dead leaves will soon be swirling in the ditches, making sad. dreary music, and the autumn winds will be moaning through the cornices—and yet, as a com pensation. we may bathe in the mellow, warm, tender light of the Indian summer sun." and so on, etc., etc. When, after the young man had taken his leave, she discovered that her little brother, who was in bed. had seized the one remaining porkchop out of the refrig rator. she went up to his room and held a personally-conducted interview with him. sans sad. dreary music, sans au tumn wynds. sans mellow, warm, tender light, sans all things spiritual.—Washing ton Pbet. WAUSAU BOYS VISITED. Rev. W. B. Carrier Tells of His Trip to Porto Rico. HE TOOK SUPPLIES. Found His Town Company in Good Condition Physically—The Mess was Good. Wausau, Wis., Oct. 14.—[Special.]— Rev. W. O. Carrier, who left here Sun day, September 18, for Coamo, Porto Rico, with money and delicacies for the sick of Co. G, has arrived home, having been gone twenty-seven days. In his report to the citizens' committee Mr. Carrier says: “Upon arriving at Ponce, Wednesday, September 28, 1 met Adjt. Holloway of the Third regiment and was both surprised and grateful, for he was the very man to direct me to my destina tion. We had supper that evening with Frank Dana, bandmaster of the Third and a former Wausau man. We then visited Capt. Abraham of Co. G, who was in the officers' hospital. He left next day for home. We drove in a car riage to the camp at Coamo on Thursday morning, over the famous military road. My reception at the camp by the Wau sau boys was more than enthusiastic. I was expected, for a letter had arrived the day before stating that I was going on this errand. “After seeing to the safe delivery of my charge of supplies I spent the rest of the time in looking up the condition of the soldiers in general. I found that the days of short rations and poor food had passed. The boys were all getting plenty to eat and it was of the best qual ity. The commissary department had opened up a store at which the boys could purchase any article of food they wanted at wholesale price. They had just received two months’ pay and were Hush and happy. Their mess was good, for I ate with them and know. “I am glad to say that I found Co. G to be at that time the healthiest com mand in camp. More men are reported as fit for duty from the Wausau company than from any other.” Mr. Carrier sailed from Ponce on Oc tober 2on the Berlin. lu returning the transport ran aground on a coal reef off the west coast of Porto Rico, and it was feared for a few moments that all was oyer. In leaving New York, Mr. Car rier says, the Berlin collided with the White Star liner Majestic, so he had two hair-raising experiences. As a little excitement on the side, fire was discov ered in the Berlin’s coalbunkers twice on the home voyage. He returned via San tiago de Cuba, spending one day in that historic city. Mr. Carrier will probably speak on his experience at the Presby terian church on Sunday next. FOLLOW SPANISH CLOSELY. That is What Third Wisconsin Ex pected to Do. Cayey, Porto Rico, Oct. 4.—[Special.]— The Third Wisconsin is now encamped here and prepared for a short stay. The "shortness” of the camp will depend on the circumstances. The Spanish are not yet out of all of the towns between here and San Juan. The reported programme for Gen. Ernst’s brigade is that after a short rest here the march to San Juan will .be resumed by easy stages. It is the intention to follow the withdrawal of the Spanish troops very closely. The de tachments of the regiment at Aibonito, Cayey, Barras and Barranquitos are to remain, doing garrison duty in those towns until further orders. It is not like ly that they will be with the regiment when it moves into San Juan or that, they will rejoin until close to the time scheduled to leave the island. Lieut. O. Hol way. the adjutant of the Third Wisconsin, who for several weeks past has been acting as regimental com missary as well, has been “drafted” into service as brigade commissary officer. Lieut. Cousins is acting as adjutant of the Third. Considerable damage is reported by the roving convicts who have been turned loose by the Spanish authorities in the cities north, of here and kindly headed this way. These bandits plunder every thing, and it is reported that a band en tered the village of Barras on this busi ness. There they ran across Lieut. Mas se of Menomonie and his men. It is said that a fight ensued in which Lieut. Mas se shot one bandit dead with his revolver and three more were captured. MUSTER OUT OF THIRD. Will be Done After a Furlough of Sixty Days. Washington. D. C.. Oct. 14.—The four volunteer state regiments which have been ordered home from Porto Rico, the Third Wisconsin, Third Illinois, Sixth Massa chusetts and Fourth Ohio, will go imme diately to their state headquarters when they arrive in the United States to be given sixty days’ furlough and before their muster out. BOOKED FOR CUBA. The Fourth Army Corps, Which In cludes Fourth Wisconsin. Camp Shipp. Anniston, Ala., Oct. 14 [Special.]—Brig.-Gen. Mattock has gone away on leave of absence, thus leaving Col. Seaman of the Fourth Wisconsin in command of the Second brigade. Col. Seaman will retain the command until Oc tober 27 when the transfer from the Third to the Fourth Army corps will be made. According to a general order received yesterday from Washington the Fourth Army corps is booked for Cuba. This is military field day and the mem bers of the entire brigade will be out in full force. It was very cold here last night and this morning. Lieut. Everett is officer of the day. Lieut. Leighey officer of the guard. DEATH OF PRIVATE KREBS. He Was a Member of Co. B, First Wisconsin Regiment. Jacksonville. Fla., Oct. 14.—Private Krebs, Co. B, died last evening of ty phoid fever. He had the best possible care toward the last, but nothing could save him. His mother was with him. His body will be sent to Watertown. Privates Fairfield and Lundberg are very low. Corporal Peitch. Co. M; Pri vate Bullis, Co. B; Private Hodges. Co. H: Private Glascott, Ambulance corps, and Private Fairfield. Hospital corps, left for their homes. Private Steele of Co. 1. Forty-ninth lowa, was on the train going to his home in Wyocena, Wis. TAKES FRICKE’S PLACE. Emil Giljohann Appointed Commis sioner of Insurance. Madison, Wis.. Oct. 14.—[Special.]— Emil Giljohann, Republican candidate for insurance commissioner, who has been deputy in the office, has been appointed commissioner to succeed W. A. Fricke, whose resignation takes effect tomorrow, E. C. True of Portage, who has been a clerk in the office, succeeds Mr. Giljohann as deputy. REFUSED CLERGY’S AID. Murderer Forswore Religion Be cause innocence was Not Established. Chicago. 111., Oct. 14.—George H. Jacks, formerly chief of police at Muske gon, Mich., and John Druggan, both con victed murderers, were hanged on the scaf fold in the county jail this afternoon. Some time before the hanging Jacks sent the following letter to the jailer: Mr. Whitman—My Dear Sir: Please do not let any of the clergy in to see me. If I, an innocent man, lie hanged today without the right to have the highest court in the laud pass upon my case, which is all pre pared, at great expense to myself and labor to my friends; if I am refused this right, which every man is entitled to. there certain ly can be no God above us, and in that case the clergy can do no good. So please do not allow any to see me. Yours. GEORGE H. JACKS. This request was complied with. Jacks was convicted of the murder of Andrew J. McGhee, an aged collector jmd solicitor, whom Jacks, assisted by Wil liam J. Willows, now serving fourteen years for complicity in the crime, decoyed into an apartment house on Indiana ave nue for the purpose of robbery. Jacks was a queer product of humanity. For some years he was in the life-saving service; later he was chief of police at Muskegon, a deputy United States marshal and finally chief of the fire de partment. While holding these offices he saved as many as ten or a dozen lives, often at the imminent risk of his own. But there was a. less heroic side to his career during the same period, for he was engaged in systematic burglary, which his cleverness failed to conceal, and he final ly landed in the Michigan penitentiary. Upon his release he came to Chicago and returned to his old mode of living. Jacks was out on bonds for a burglary when he was arrested on the charge of murder. Druggan was convicted of the murder of Robert Gudgeon, a saloonkeeper whom Druggan attempted to rob. Both men died of strangulation. Neith er man had anything to say on the scaf fold. Jacks prayed constantly while the noose and shroud were being adjusted. Just before going to the scaffold Jacks, notwithstanding his remarkable letter, consented to be accompanied by a priest. Ou the way to the scaffold Jacks repeated aloud after the priest the prayer which the priest voiced. “Oh Lord, have mercy on my soul,” were the last words of Jacks. A FINAL CONFERENCE. Believed that Pillager Indians will Accept Terms Laid Down by Government. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 14.—The Journal’s staff correspondent at Walker, Minn., wires: There is confidence here that the question of peace or war will be settled definitely at this afternoon’s con ference of Indian Commissioner Jones with the hostiles. The rumor that at least three of the ringleaders would sur render themselves at this council is, how ever, received with a good deal of skepti cism. Two of those wanted were present at yesterday's conference and were urged in vain by the older men to give them selves up. The difficulty seems to be that old Bog-Ah-Man-Ge-Shig, the cause of all the trouble, is still obdurate. He has sworn that no United States marshal shall ever again take him into custody and sticks to his text. As he is consid ered the ringleader, the authorities will not be satisfied with anything less than his surrender. The others would follow his lead in such an event. The Indians seem to have reached some understanding and this will be presented to the confer ence. CUBAN ARMY TO DISBAND. President Masso Agrees to Col. Ray’s Request. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 14. —Bartolome Masso. accompanied by two members of his staff, arrived at Manzanillo from San ta Cruz del Ser, a small town in Puerto Principe about seventy-five miles from Manzanillo, where the Cubans now have their headquarters and where on October 20 the Cuban Assembly will meet to elect a new president and to decide as to the plans for disbanding the* army, if dis bandment. is considered advisable, and as to other important matters. He called on Col. Ray, who received him courteous ly and said ho hoped Senor Masso would arrange for disbanding the Cubans under Rios in the neighborhood of Manzanillo, so that work in the fields could begin. He also earnestly advised the President of the Cuban provisional government to disband the Cuban troops at all points now in possession of the United States forces, in order that the men might give the assistance so greatly needed to place the country in a position to recover from the evils of the three years’ war. President Masso readily agreed to car ry out Col. Ray’s request and said that Gon. Rios should receive orders imme diately to disband his men. NO PERMANENT OFFICE. Knights Templar Decide Against Headquarters at Washington. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 14.—Executive business occupied the fourth and closing day’s session of the grand encampment, Knights Templar, at Carnegie hall today. The special order of business was the consideration of proposed revision of the constitution. The most important amend ment proposed was the one to locate the grand encampment headquarters in Washington, D. C., thus providing for the storage of all archives of the encamp ment in that city. This was voted down by a large majority. SEARCH IS IN VAIN. Calnmet Fisherman Probably Victim of a Storm on Lake Superior. Calumet, Mich., Oct. 14.—[ Special.]— Alex Hendrickson, a fisherman, started out to fix his nets last Sunday afternoon and failed to return. No trace of him has yet been found, although the shores have been scoured for miles in the vicini ty of his home ever since Sunday night. His friends have given up all hope of finding him. He was in a small boat, and it is thought he was driven far out into the lake during a severe windstorm on Sunday night. MRS. SHERMAN’S CONDITION. Slightly Improved, but Her Right Side is Paralyzed. Washington, D. C., Oct. 14.—The con dition of Mrs. Sherman, wife of ex-Secre tary of State* John Sherman, is reported to be slightly improved today. She passed a fair night and has recovered conscious ness. though she has not yet spoken to those about her. Her condition is still very critical. Paralysis has affected the whole of her right side. Sargent Stays with B. L. F. Peoria, 111., Oct. 14.—Frank P. Sargent, grand master of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen, who was appointed a member of the Industrial commission by President McKinley, has resigned the commissionership in order to retain his position with the brotherhood. DEEP PLOT IN FRANCE. Scheme to Change the Government Without Involving Pres ident Faure. Paris, Oct. 14. —It is announced here this morning that a military plot against the government has been discovered. The Rappel, Furore and Petite Republique Francaise publish almost identical stories of the subject. It appears that the plot was discovered by a general holding an important position. The plotters were to have taken action on Saturday, during the absence of the minister of war, Gen. Chanoine. It further appears that when the government was warned of the plot the ministers were not surprised, having already obtained information regarding the conspiracy. The Matin says the plot was not in favor of one of the pretenders to the throne of France, who had been talked about for some time, but was only for the purpose of changing certain officers of the government without touching the President. The premier, M. Brisson, was among those who were not surprised when no tified of the plot. He promises to take action in the matter. The government officials here refuse to furnish any information regarding the dis covery of the plot, but it is rumored this afternoon that the conspiracy involved Prince Louis B. Bonaparte, who is a colonel of Russian Laneiers and in whose favor his elder brother, Prince Victor Bonaparte, recently resigned the leader ship of the Imperalist party. It is added that certain political personages handed the premier impbrtaht documents, includ ing a cipher dispatch compromising cer tain military men. The minister of war has reconsidered his announced intention of leaving Paris. London, Oct. 14.—The situation in Paris is regarded in well-informed quarters here as being more serious than at any time since the commune. The St. James Gazette this afternoon says: “A military revolution, however peaceful, which replaces the Brisson cabi net with the nominees of the generals, would imperil the relations between Eng land and France almost to the breaking point.” PEACE COMMISSION. Believed the Americans Have An swered Spain on Cuban Debt Question. Paris. Oct. 14.—Commander Bradford. U. S. N., who has arrived here from Washington, was examined this morning by the members of the United States peace commission relative to the condi tions prevailing and the main features of interest in the Philippine islands, with which the commander is well acquainted. The fifth joint session of the two com missions was convened at 2 o’clock today. It may be said that the first, second and third meetings scarcely penetrated the sur face of any protocol point and less still the marrow. Last Tuesday, however, marked the Spanish presentment regard ing the Cuban debt, which has, during re cess, brought the Americans to serious preparations, adjustment of the diplomatic forces and the formulation of a plan upon which they may ultimately stand in rela tion to the Cuban phase of their mission here. It is not unlikely that since Tuesday's meeting the Americans, who have been exceedingly busy, have determined «[»n an attitude towards the Spanish proposi tion that the United States assume the Cuban debt in whole or in part and that has been reduced to writing for the pres entation to the Spaniards at today’s ses sion, stating the American view broadly as to what is the Cuban debt, what pro portion is fairly chargeable to the island as legal and beneficial thereto, and the proportion to be charged to Spain as beneficiary of the so-called Cuban debt. A hasty conclusion, however, should not be drawn from the fact of this careful weighing of the Spanish proposition by the Americans that they accept either al ternative classification of the Cuban ob ligation, but rather that they are acting on a line and purpose to meet every point raised as exhaustively as presented. They have thoroughly traversed the Cuban debt views and the proposals sub mitted in writing by the Spaniards on Tuesday. The Americans, therefore, un doubtedly submitted in writing today their return for the Spanish presentment, and there will be either an oral discus sion today or a written interchange of views at the next meeting. PULLMAN COMPANY MEETING. Capital Stock is Raised from $36,- 000,006 to $54,000,000. Chicago, 111-. Oct. 14..—The annual meeting of Pullman’s Palace Car com pany was held yesterday afternoon. The old board of directors and officers were re-elected, Mr. Lincoln continuing at the head of the corporation. The capital stock was increased from $36,000,000 to $54,- 000,000. beginning next November, in ac cordance with the recommendations of the directors last summer. The official an nouncement given out after the meeting contained no mention of the proposed re duction in the dividend rate from 8 to 6 per cent, on the new capital, though a dividend of the new capital is not due until the quarter ending next February. The regular quarterly dividend of $2 per share on the present capital was declared and is payable November 15 to stock of record November 1. Books close Novem ber 1, reopen November 16. Books close and reopen for distribution of the new stock on the same dates. The fiscal year ended July 31 was quite a prosperous one for the company. The gross income increased 18 1-3 and the net surplus 35 1-5 per cent, over the previous fiscal year. Net earnings for the year ending July 31. 1898, were equal to 14.65 per cent, on the present capital of $36,000,000 and 9.76 per cent, on the new capital of $54,- 000,000. The increased capital starts off, therefore, with rather flattering prospects. In regard to the surplus, the officers have done some fairly liberal charging off. They leave the total surplus standing at $19,883,104, which is equal to 36.82 per cent, of the new capital. Only Man Who Whipped Dewey. New York, Oct. 14. —Maj. Z. K. Pang born of Jersey City, the only man who ever whipped Admiral George Dewey, was nominated for Congress by the Re publicans of the Hudson county district. New Jersey. Maj. Pangborn has a na tional reputation as editor and orator. He whipped Dewey while the latter was his pupil in a backwoods school near Montpelier, Vt., half a century ago. Mr. Curzon's Successor. London. Oct. 14.—The Rt. Hon. St. John Broderick, member of Parliament for the Guildford division of Surrey and under secretary of war. has been appoint ed under secretary of state for foreign affairs in succession to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the new viceroy of India. Shorter Day Contract Ratified. Syracuse. N. Y., Oct. 14.—The Interna tional Typographical union has ratified the shorter workday contract made by its com mittee with the Typothetae. A resolution of sympathy for the striking Illinois min ers was passed. DAN’L T. COATES PROPRIETOR OF Elcctro-lhcrmal ana Turkish Cabinet Baths For Nervous Debility, Dyspepsia, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Sciatica, Rheumatism, Gout, Etc. Galvanic, Paradic and Static Electricity and Massage FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN STpIX” 8:30 a 191 Biddle si, Milwaukee MISS JULIA G. ROMETSH, Lady Assistant. For Ladies 5 For Gentlemen Tuesday, Thursday S Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and Friday. SILK HATS MADE TO ORDER Phil. A. Hoffmann Co. 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