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SEVENTEENTH YEAR. NO. 24.
Paris Sunday Gowns
STRIKING COSTUMES SEEN ON THE BOULEVARDS
AND PRETTY HOUSE GOWNS
WORN AT HOME.
NO better place and no better time
can be imagined to see Paris at
its best than on the boulevards
on Sunday. The fashionable thor
oughfares are a mass of color on the
rest day of the week, produced by a
display of fine gowns and fine mil
linery, which is not to be seen else
where in the world.
On these days one who cares to
look will soon become convinced of
the justness of the Paris woman’s
claim to superiority in the matter of
combining colors artistically. While
occasionally one will see some ex
ceedingly freakish costume, the great
ir
WHITE SILK VEILED WITH WHITE
CHIFFON.
majority are veritable harmories and
a delight to the eye to those who de
light in the artistic in dress.
Now, for instance, what could be
more artistic than this costume, which
1 saw on a recent Sunday, and which
was made of bluet cloth. The bodice
was box plaited and had a yoke of
velvet shaded from blue to very light
gray. This yoke was cut in three
points, which had the appearance of
being laced together a part of the way
by a network of chenille, and bor
dered by a fringe of alternating
strings of small jet and steel beads.
The skirt, at the sides and back,
was caught down in box plaits about
one-third the length, and then left
uncor.fined. Around the bottom was
a band of mink put on in points, and
above this two bands of chenille lat
ticework insertion, studded with steel
beads. The collar and wrists were
finished with the bands of mink.
Such a costume is not an excep
tional one, but just a fair sample of
the beautiful, artistic gowns which
grace Paris boulevards on Sundays,
and to see a whole procession of such
gowns is well worth an afternoon of
anybody's time if they have the least
particle of art in their composition.
1
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ACCORDION NUN'S VEILING IN
AUTOMOBILE RED.
As for the Parisians, they one and
all, rich and poor, turn out to wit
ness this weekly parade of fashionable
costumes as worn by fashionable soci
■ety.
But it is by no means all of the
fashionable society*of Paris that one
sees on the streets on Sunday. The
<lay is a fete day for society to a great
extent; a day on which pleasant little
informal receptions are held by the
society matrons, gowned in the tbost
bewitching of house gowns.
Not only are these Sunday house
gowns bewitching, but expensive as
well, and eften there is expended
upon them quite as much as upon
tie supposedly more elaborate even
ing and afternoon costumes, for above
all else the Parisian woman glories in
liar appearance in her own home.
The materials of which these gowns
«r* made are the rich, soft silks, crepe
*de chine, cashmeres, mobair and
THE GAZETTE.
French flannel. In colors white is the
latest thing and the most daintj’ and
becoming. On these, in the way of
trimmings, there is a lovely outlay of
laces, mousseline de soie, embroidered
chiffons and the cobwebby lace and
appliques, put on plainly or in fluffy
masses down the front and around the
bottom of the skirts.
One of the gowns of white silk, that
was made a princess, was veiled with
white chiffon. The front of the gown
is made with a V, and it is trimmed
with insertions of cobwebby lace
across the front, and around the V
neck, with three wide bands of the
lace on the white chiffon front. A
double box plait from the back of the
yoke hangs in long graceful folds.
Another that is a decided contrast
for this first gown is of automobile
red nun’s veiling. The yoke and
sleeves of this gown are of white snk
velvet, and are cross barred with auto
mobile red velvet. A double frill over
the shoulders is of the accordion plait
ed nun’s veiling, and a wee niching of
automobile velvet to finish the V front.
The accordion plaited nun's veiling
sweeps in graceful folds for the skirt,
with an extra frill around the bot
tom.
An empire gown that is decidedly at
tractive is made of white cashmere.
It has a pretty tucked yoke that is
outlined with two accordion plaited
frills cf white silk. This extended in
a deep cascade all the way down the
front, and was edged with a narrow
silk fringe. A novel idea for the
sleeves was a tight sleeve of the white
cashmere with four frills of the silk
from the elbows down to the wrist,
each frill trimmed with the narrow
fringe, end caught on the inside with
a large white glass button.
Another gown made in the empire
style was of pink accordion plaited
mousseline de soie. This has a short
sou are bolero of lace almost covered
with tiny ruchings of the mousseline
de soie. The neck and wrists are fin-
.Ok
Jilr
I ESutß-Ciißiifl
VIOLET VELVET WITH CREAM GUIPURE
INSERTION.
ished with accordion plaited frills
edged with ruches, and there is a
small ruche at the hem of the gown.
A breakfast gown, and by the wav
breakfast gowns of an unparalleled
elaborateness are the order of the day,
is of one of the newest shades of pale
green cashmere. It is made a princess
with a silk front of the green cash
mere, trimmed with green guipure in-
Eertion at each side of the front and
around the bottom. The guipure in
sertion is on the upper and lower
part cf the sleeves with a frill of the
silk at the wrist, and to finish the
high stock. It is tied at the waist line
with wide taffeta ribbon in pale green.
A pretty afternoon matinee is of
violet silk velvet with cream guipure
insertion. It is made with a double
box plait hanging from the back of
the neck, and about ten inches be
low the waist. It has a tight fitting
front, with two rows of the cream
guipure insertion running from the
shoulder to a long pointed front, with
cross bars of the insertion forming a
low yoke. A double frill of the lace
standing high about the neck and fall
ing in a double cascade to the bottom
of the matiuee. A full niching of the
lace to finish around the bottom. The
sleeves are made with a strip of the
violet velvet and then the insertion
running around. SADIE MERRITT.
The Increase of Nationalities.
According to a German statistician.
Russia is the nation which increases
the fastest —her population will double
in about years. Germany needs 65
years. Austria-Hungary 70. England SO,
Italy 110. but France can only do it in
S6O years, provided the present annual
increase does not diminish, which un
fortunately seems to be the case. The
loss of Alsace-Lorraine, with a popula
tion of 1,250.000 souls, is nothing in
view of the insignificant annual in
crease of France's population. During
the last five years the population of
Germany has increased 3.000,000. while
France’s increase has been scarcely
175,000-—a considerable part of whom
are, moreover, of foreign nationality.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1900.
STATE NEWS.
Letters From Many Parts of Ohio
Containing Local News and.
Much of General Interest.
>*erKonal, Social, Political and Church
Items—Literary, Obituary and
Ma rrlage Notes—All Corre
■pondent* Hu*t Bail
News on Tues
days.
Hillsboro.—Mrs.' Joe Young - is siok
at her home.— Mr. Ed Jones visited in
Rainsboro last Thursday, and Mr.
Charles Patterson, of Greenfield, visit
ed Mr. Charles Bolden the 10th. —'Mrs.
Mary Holieram is not well. —Miss Liza
Tonsell, of Cincinnati, visit 1 here
Sunday.—Mrs. Ellen Christy’s health
is improving.
Alt. Vernon.—-Mr. Jackson's health
is improving.—The meetings at the
A. AL E. church this week were largely
attended. A special meeting for the
•women has been set for Eriday after
noon, at 3 o'clock.—Mrs. Turner and
Mrs. Johnson and daughter visited Mr.
and Mrs. John Richerson Sunday.
Painesville. —Mr. and Mrs. Will Hen
derson have moved to Youngstown,
where they will reside.—-Bernice Bol
den. the iittle daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Bolden, has been sick the
last two weeks.— Mrs. Stone, of Knox
ville. Tenn., is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
William Thompson.—Miss Hattie Stan
ton met with a painful accident Tues
day, but is rapidly recovering.—Mr.
W. P. Bolden has been sick since Fri
day with the winter cholera.
Troy.—Mesdames Lizzie Alston, Eva
Hunt, Mrs. Shuts, (Tara Stroud;
Misses Bettie Stokes. Callie Coles, Sil
va Harness and Messrs. William Hunt,
A. W. Jpnes ami W. S. Lyons, visited
in Piqua Sunday.—Mrs. Mary Jane
Gails, of Urbana, visited Mr. P. Jones
ami family Sunday.— Rev. Ferguson, F.
E„ held quarterly meeting and confer
ence at Richard’s church last week. —
Mr. W. Lyons, of Muncie, Ind., was
here last week, and J. E. Williams was
at Piqua a few days.
Correspondents will please remem
ber that advertisements, lists of names
and of wedding presents, lengthy
obituary notices, speeches, resolutions,
poetry and inquiries for relatives must
be paid for. Gur advertising rates
will be sent you on application. Mail
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early on Tuesday of each week to
have them reach The Gazette office
Wednesday morning, and always place
your name find that of your city and
town on the outside of the wrapper
about returned copies. Unless this is
done proper credit cannot be given
you.
Massillon.—A surprise party was
held on Charles Robinson in honor of
his 30th birthday, last Friday night.
Many friends were present. —The
South African singers were at the
Methodist church one night last week
and the church was filled with both
colored and white.—Messrs. (I. .Jones.
Charles Murlt s, Charles Robinson and
Ga Hear, colored, are the only first-class
barbers here.—R. IL Pinn is the only
colored lawyer in this city, and he is
also the only pension agent. —Nearly
all colored men will be employed at
the new steel and pipe works now be
ing constructed.
Lebanon. — Rev. B. Morgan preached
at Springeboro Sunday morning and
afternoon. — Rev. ,1. Ferguson preachej
at the A. M. E. church Sunday morn
ing.—Revivals are being held at Zion
Baptist and A. M. E. churches this
week.—Communion service was ob
served at Zien church Sunday after
noon. The members are well pleased
with their pastor. Rev. .Jones.—Air.
and Mrs. ,1. J. Stockton entertained at
tea Rev. and Mrs. Morgan Sunday.—
Mesdames Davis and Burden are bet
ter. —Benjamin Tribe met at Mrs. Villa
Haggard’s Tuesday afternoon. A do
nation was tendered Rt v. Morgan and
wife Tuesday evening.
Piqua.—The numbers ami friends of
Cyrene chapel gave a donation to their
pastor on the 4th.—-The A. M. E. par
sonage has been beautified by new
paper and carpets, due to the sewing
circle and the president. Mrs. E. J.
Wilson. — Rev. Albert Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. William Hunt, Rev. and Mrs.
Alston, Mrs. Shutts and Mrs. Clara
Stroud, of Troy, attended quarterly
meeting here last Sunday.—Rev. Max
well. the presiding elder, preached
three sermons, and was entertained
by Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Madison. —
Mrs. Kendall, Miss Bailey ami Freddie
Wilson are sick. —Miss Jones, of In
dianapolis, is visiting- Mrs. Johnson,
on Water street.
Salem. —Rev. Coleman and wife left
for Wilberforce Friday.—Coart factor
Burke is convalescent and will re
sume his work at Palestine this week.
—The S. S. society will give a spelling
bee Monday evening, and the W. W.
society will meet at Mrs. Harper’s
Thursday night.—A daughter of Mrs.
Davis was buried last Saturday.—Mrs.
Edith White is ill.—Mr. Harrold of
Garrolton, visited Miss Hattie Wiltover
Sundav, —Miss Maggie Symson and
Mr. Ed Pard were married New Year’s
night, and Mr. Grant Wilt and Aliss
Blanche Williams have their license to
wed, but posponed it. so they say.—
Mr. Lawrence Newsom will visit in
Youngstown this week.
Cambridge.—Guernsey Lodge No. 2S,
K. of I’., installed the following offi
cers at their regular meeting Thurs
day evening. January 11th: George
Henderson, C. C.; Sherman Berry, V.
C.- Haze Buford, M. F.; Jonah West
brook. M. E.: Dan Ford. K. R. S„ and
B. B. Joice. M. W.—The Macedonia
Baptist church will give a concert
the 26th. —The little granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Buford died Monday
afternoon, and the funeral services
were conducted by Rev. U. G. Leeper
Tuesdav afternoon at 2 o’clock. —El-
der Gee will give an illustrated lecture
at the A. M. E. church February 6th.
—Miss Singer, of Byesville, visited her
cousin. Miss Alice Singer, Sunday.
Alliance. —Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Moore
were called to Ravenna this week by
the death of their niece.—Messrs.
Charles and John Cyrns, of Salem, vis
ited their parents Sunday.—Mr.
Charles Tull is visiting friends this
week. Mr. James L^cy has returned
from Cleveland.—Mis^Bertha Harring
ton has accepted a new place to work
on College street.—William Ar
tis preached at the A. M. E. church
in Salem Sunday evening.—T. E. Mc-
Pherson has taken ap place at carpi li
ter work in Sebring.—Mr. Charles
Tanlton left for his home in Little
Washington. Pa.— Mr. Edward Towns,
of Westville, was here this week, as
was also Mr. Garrie Rice, of Randolph.
Dayton.—The Baptist church is
holding a series of revivals.—Miss
Minnie Jones is ill.—Mr. and Mrs. S.
Ward entertained this Whist club Tues
day evening. Miss Blanche Moxley
died Monday and was buried Wednes
day.— The U. W. C. A. gave a social at
Mrs. Anna Regan's Thursday night.—
Miss Lizzie Anderson, of Springfield, 'S
visited Mrs. Bell Stewart.—A read
ing - club has been organized and the
apartments are on Baxter street. —
Alessrs, Franklin and Elliott are still
ill. Mr. Joseph Miller is in New Yoh.
—'Mrs. Mary Lyons has returned from
Xenia. — Miss Stella Graves is sick.—
Thaddeus Wheeler was elected secre
tary and William A. Sha.w assistant
secretary of Eaker Street church.
Findlay.— Mr. Paul Cumberlan visit
ed Mr. ami Mrs. W. R. Powell a few
days last week ami Miss Mabel White,
of Lima, is visiting her aunt. Mrs.
Mattie White. — Mrs. O. E. Cooper left
for Marion Tuesday. —The revival
meetings are very im’ereMting.—Attor
ney L. H. Jones, of Columbus, visited
here Sunday.—The Cl E. society of the
A. AL E. church is thinking of chang
ing to the Allen Endeavor.—F. C.
Brown’s health is improving.—The en
tertainment given at the college chapel
by the Cockbin and Tucker jubilee
company was appreciated.—Mrs. Tur
ner has returned to her home in Ox
ford.—The little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton is ill.
West Liberty.—Miss Elizabeth Wil
lianns, after two weeks' vacation, has
resumeri her tutorship of music in
Springfield.—Mrs. Eliza Byrd returned
Wednesday from A visit in Fort
Wayne, Ind. —George A. Williams re
turned to the Wilberforce university
after a visit at hoipeAnd Cincinnati.—
Mrs, Sarah Scott and John Devore at
tended the banquet In Urbana.—Miss
Elizabeth Williams returned Tuesday
from a visit in Mariam, Ind., and Mrs.
Ruth Walker from visiting in Urbana.
Massillon.—Miss Ella Mickens has
returned from her three weeks' visit
with friends in Ravenna.—Mr. Wash
ington, an employe Of 'the steel plant,
has moved his family here.
Cadiz.—Mr. Henry White has re
turned from Columbus. —The concert
given at the AL E. Church was a fin
ancial success.—Messrs. Wiaiter Ben
ford and H. Carter have started a
grocery—give them your patronage. —
Revival services are being held in the
A. M. E. <diurch.--jfe- and Mrs. Geo.
Alexander have returned frpin a
week's visit in Bridgewater.—-Rev.
Senior delivered an address at the
Baptist church, Monday evening.—
Miss Daisy Peterson has returned to
Uhrichsville after visiting friends.—
Miss Almanza Flether entertained in
honor of Miss Leola Foutz. Sunday
evening.—William Payne has gone to
Smithdale.
Oberlin. — Revival 'meetings have
commenced at Mt. Zion church.—The
New Year's day emancipation banquet,
given by the young men of Mt. Zion
church was a grand and costly affair,
and everyone was well pleased.—Prof.
Wilkerson will lecture on "The (rime
of the American Nation” Monday
evening. February 12. —The Cleveland
street car line will be extended from
Oberlin to Wellington in the spring.—
The Baptists will build their ne'.\
church this spring.—Mrs. Annie
Hughes' daughter and son have gone
to Cleveland.—Mrs. Sarah Snyder is
sick, as is also Mrs. Fenderson Copes.
—Airs. Alexander Davis’s health is im
proving.
Lorain.—Services were held at both
churches New Year’s eve,—At the M.
E. church, January Ist, an excellent
concert was given. A lecture illus
trated by stereopticon views was a
feature. A large number of Oberlin
and Elyria people were present.—Mrs.
Anna Pettiford and daughter, Ora, of
Berlin Heighits. spent the holidays
with relatives here. Mrs. Pettiford
is a vocalist and Miss Ora is an ae
oomplished elocutionist.—Charles A.
Pulley, of Cleveland. Is still ill.—-Mr.
Copes, of Oberlin, visited here last
week.—Mr. and Mrs. Kidds, of Nor
walk. were here New Year's evening.—
William H. Pulley was in Cleveland re
cently on business.—Mrs. Esther
Moore and son, Gerald, spent Christ
mas week in Akron. —There is some
talk of organizing a K. of P. lodge
here.
Youngstown.—There were three
services held at the A. M. E. church
the 14th.— Rev. Dobbins in the morn
ing, Rev. R. S. Laws in the afternoon
and Rev. L. W. White in the evening.
— Mrs. M. Vactor was called to Mc-
Keesport. Pa., by the illness of her sis
ter. Mrs. Carrie Montgomery, who has
pneumonia.—Miss M. E. Boggess left
for Van Wert to attend the executive
board of the Woman's M. M. society.
—The ladies of the Rescue Mission
gave an entertainment in their church
the 15th, and it was a success.—Quite
a number attended the ball at Warren
on the 16th. —Miss M. Barnett left for
Alliance last week.—A literary society
will be formed in the Rescue Mission
Monday evening. The president and
secretary pro tern, are Mr. W. Tabler
anti Miss Lillian Boggess.—The Bap
tist church gave an entertainment the
15th.—Revival services are being held
in the A. M. E. church.
Oberlin. —An emancipaition banquet.
The members and friends of the Mt.
Zion church celebrated the anniver
sary cf the emancipation proclamation
of Abraham Lincoln, January Ist, by a
large banquet. The tables were laid
in the rooms formerly occunied by the
G. A. R. post on West College street.
About eighty-five plates were laid and
a very fine course dinner was served,
after which a number of short, pithy
speeches were made. Rev. C. M. Wil
liams, pastor of Mt. Zion church, made
a short address in which he said they
had taken, occasion to celebrate eman
cipation day this year in order to help
their fund, which they were raising
for a new church. Speeches were
also made by Prof. H. C. King. Rev.
J. E. Wood nastor of Rust M. E.
[Continued on second page.[
SKULL CRUSHED!
Prominent Southern White Man
Killed by a Bottle Thrown
by a Hotel Waiter
In the Dining Room -Gov. Hogg, of
Texas, In the Party—Defended His
Headwaiter — Justice Shown
the Afro-American—Th rill
ing;ly Interesting.
Denver. Colo. —The citizens of this
city taught a lesson to the spirit of
vindictive prejudice that will be re
niemlbered many long years. They
deserve the congratulation of all fair
minded people of the land, for they
hare show n that they honor true man
hood and do not ask a colored man
to submit to insult and abuse when
ever any southern bully sees fit to
air himself.
The incident which calls for this
special notice has just closed with the
successful defense of an Afro-Ameri
can who killed a prominent southern
white man in a hotel in a prominent
watering place, called Manitou, a few
months ago. The white man was
stopping at the finest hotel in the
place. One day, on going to his meals
with a company of friends, the head
waiter did not give him the seat he
desired. Instead of acting the part
of a gentleman and having the fault
remedied in a civilized manner, the
guest, who was one of the leading
white men of Texas, started in to
curse, abuse ami insult the head
waiter ami wouhd up with striking
him.
Gov. Hogg of Texas was with the
party, and as the guests were all
prominent white people, the head
waiter did not resent the blow. But
when the white man continued his
abuse of the head waiter, another
colored man in the room, a waiter,
seeing the imposition upon his head
waiter, picked up a heavy water bot
tle and let it fly at the white man's
head. His aim was deadly and the
prominent Texas gentleman fell to
the floor with the blow that crushed
his skull and from which he died in
a few hours.
The affair assumed national impor
tance because of the prominence of
all the parties. The fact that Gov.
Hogg was with the party, and deter
mined to push the prosecution, made
the friends of the waiter fear that
even in that fair-minded State the
colored man who dared to resent the
Southern bulldozer might, not have a
fair trial.
But their fears were not justified.
The people, white amT colored alike,
determined to see 'that the colored
man should have fair play. Money
was raiseri, the best of counsel se
cured. noble-hearted lawyers refused
to accept big fees to prosecute the
young man. so that when the day of
trial came he really had a “white
mail’s chance.'' That was all he need
ed. A splendid lawyer, a just judge
and a pood jury did all the rest.
Instead of being sentenced to death
for murder, he was convicted of in
voluntary manslaughter and sent, to
the city jail for a term of eight
months.
A letter recently received shows
how the good people of Colorado
stand by a man who fights for his
rights. It was written to Mr. L. W.
Washington of Chicago, one of the
best known young men connected
with the hotel services, and it will be
read with great interest. The letter
is as follows:
Denver. Col., Oct. 16, 1899.
Mr. Washington: Dear .Sir—l take
great pleasure in writing you the
facts in the MeComie ease, growing
out of the tragedy which occurred
in the Barker house during the month
of August at Manitou, in this state.
I have received several letters from
Chicago from persons who were de
sirous of learning the facts in this in
teresting ease. I was employed at the
Barker House at the time of the tra
gedy, was an eye-witness to the same,
and have been in the case from start
to finish. The statement 1 make to
you here is authentic, and you are
welcome to use it to correct any er
rors that mav have been made in con
nection with the matter; also to let
the Chicago people know what success
has attendee! the defense.
Soon after the arrest of Mr. Me-
Comic the colored people went to
work to provide for him a defense
fund, as we did not prppose to set
him fail of justice when his act was
one that came from the courageous
assertion of his true manhood. His
cause was the cause of every manly
man.
First of all I must give credit to
Mr. De Young, one o<f our splendid,
popular head waiters, who succeeded
in securing the invaluable services
of Mr. Crowell, one of the ablest law
yers in Colorado, to conduct the de
fense of Mr. MeComie. The prosecu
tion offered Mr. Crowell $1,006 not to
take hold of the case for rhe defense,
but this noble man refused the offer,
and as a champion of the oppressed
colored man granted our call for his
service and pleaded for the colored
man. and only asked the small fee of
SSOO.
This money was quickly raised, and
even more than was needed. Most of
it was raised by the waiters of Mani
tou. while much credit is due to the
churches of this city for their liberal
contributions. J must also mention
in connection with money matters
that one of the finest lawyers in the
State was offered $3,000 to assist in
prosecuting the case, but he refused
it. The Southern contingent, which
was here to prosecute the colored
man, spent money plentifully, and ex-
Governor Hogg of Texas was con
snicuous on the side of the prosecu
tion; but they all failed, owing to the
spirit of fair play which blesses our
State and to the splendid defense
made by Mr. Crowell. He reminded
the prosecution that the spirit of op
pression was not satisfied with the
atrocious persecution of colored peo
ple in the South, but fried to extend
the same to the North. When he was
through with his argument the jury
was not long in arriving at a verdict.
Mr. MeComie was found guilty not of
murder, but involuntary manslaugh
ter, the penalty of which may be a
SINGLE COPY, FIVE CENTS
i fine or a year's imprisonment. The
final sentence was to eight months in
the county jail.
You may be sure we were all pleased
with the result of the trial, for it was
a guarantee that the colored man who
defends himself or his race will find
friends in the court of justice and
among all the people. The
fact that a man is colored does not
take from him the right to assert his
manhood in Colorado. He is sure to
have a fair chance in this part of the
country. Your,-, for the race.
CHAS. P. ROBINSON,
1931 Larimer street.
COLOR LINE IN SCHOOLS.
The Question of Its Legality in This
State Before the Court of Appeals.
Albany, N. Y.—A case of much in
terest to the people of this state, es
pecially to our citizens, was before the
court of appeals recently, it was the
suit of Elizabeth Cisco against the
school board of the borough of
Queens, New York City. Mrs. Cisco's
children were sent to the common or
public schools in that borough, but
admittance was refused them on ac
count of their color, and they were
ordered to the separate colored school.
She refused to send them there, and
in doing so she followed the plan
adopted by her husband before his
death. Mr. Cisco was twice tried be
fore a jury and acquitted each time
on the charge of violating the com
pulsory education act, because he re
fused to send his children to the col
ored schools when admittance was de
nied them to the white school. After
he died Ids wife was arrested for the
same offense, but was never brought
to trial. She applied to the supreme
court for a mandamus to compel the
board to receive her children in the
common schools.
At special term her motion was
denied, the justice stating that he was
bound by the decision of the court
of appeals in King against Gallagher
in 1883. From this Airs. Cisco ap
pealed, but. the special term's deci
sion was affirmed by the appellate
division, second department. She then
appealed to the highest court in the
state, which must now decide wheth
er or not the color line can be en
forced in public institutions.
Ex-Assemblyman Wallace (white) of
the law firm of Wallace & Smith, of
Jamaica, has appeared for Airs. Cisco
throughout. Assistant Corporation
counsel Carr, an Afro-American, ap
peared in opposition. Mr. Wallace
asked the court to reverse its decision
of 1883. He contended that there was
great doubt, even at that time, and
only four members of the court
joined in the decision. One of these.
Judge Earl, joined five years later in
an opinion in another case expressing
contrary views. Mr. Wallace eon-
tended that section 383 of the penal
code had never been passed upon by
the court of appeals until after the de
cision of 1883, when it was fully sus
tained by the highest court. This
section makes it a misdemeanor to
keep children out of any school on
account of color. He also contended
that the compulsory education act of
1894 was absolutely incompatible with
the color distinction in schools. He
also contended that any color distinc
tion had been specifically pro
hibited for years past in schools
in New York City, where col
ored schools were permitted but they
must be open to all "without regard
to race or color.” As the Borough
of Queens has been taken into New
York City Mr. Wallace contended that
this clause governs its schools as well
as all the other schools of the city.
He further showed that all the legis
lation relating to colored people since
1883 had manifested the intention of
the legislature and of the people of
this state to wipe out the color dis
tinction. and the court of appeals now
had the opportunity to explain to the
world that the last vestige of enforced
color distinction had been wiped out
of the civilization of the Empire state.
Active Persons Wanted.
The old reliable Gazette desires at
once an energetic and honest agent,
and a good correspondent, in every
city and town in Ohio having a num
ber of Afro-American residents
^\e are especially desirous of heat
ing from persons in the following
named cities at once: Piqua. Spring
field. Steubenville. Toledo, Wilming
ton, Kenton, Ironton, Columbus, Cir
cleville, Portsmouth, Lancaster, Xenia,
Newark, Cincinnati, Urbana. O.; Pitts
burg and Allegheny, and other west
ern Pennsylvania cities and towns;
Wheeling, Parkersburg and Charles
ton, W. Va.
Address a card to the editor of The
Gazette, Case Library building, Cleve
land, O. Send us the name of some
good person or persons in any of the
cities named above to whom we can
write relative to the matter.
This is a splendid opportunity for
any person, male or female, old or
young, especially students, to make
some money, who has a few hours to
spare on Saturdays,
New Brighton, Pa., News.
Mrs. Thomas Wright and children
are still here.—Mrs. Thomas Reed,
who was sick for a week, is better.—
Miss Harriet Boyd returned from
West Virginia, where she visited her
relatives.-r One of our young men will
soon be weckled to a young ladv
whom, as yet, he has never seen.—Mrs.
Oliver Grimes, of Beaver Falls, visited
here Tuesday.—Rev. Weirs preached
Sunday evening at the second Baptist
church. Beaver Falls.—The revival is
still going on.—Mrs. Hardy has gone
to the hospital to have an operation
performed.—Mrs. John Bruien is bet
ter.—Mrs. Julia Bacon, of Chase City,
is visiting friends and relatives here.
—Mrs. J. H. Porter gave a 3 o’clock
dinner Sunday afternoon.— Rev. Car
ter of Leetsdale, has moved his family
to Bridge water. — Rev. Wallace
preached Sunday evening at the Bap
tist hall.
A Judge Ku joined.
Madison. Wis., Jan. 19.—The su
preme court has granted a writ of pro
hibition restraining Judge Ludwig, of
the superior court at Milwaukee, from
going further in the contempt pro
ceedings against the city officials in
the street railway case.
THREE LETTERS!
One from Australia, Another from
the Philippines and the Third
from Scotland.
The Ninth Battalion’* Fine Showln?
at Columba*—Loudln In Scotland,
McAdoo In Au*tralla and Our
Boy* In the Philippine*.
Special to The Gazette.
Columbus, O. — Full credit has never
been given the three companies of the.
Ninth battalion for their very fine ap
pearance in the inaugural parade.
Maj. Fulton and his subordinate offi
cers, and especially cur Cleveland com
pany, made an exceptionally fine ap
pearance and the Ninth was highly
complimented all along the line
of march.
Recently I have received several in
teresting communications from three
very distant parts of the world. The
first was a letter from Prof. Bender
sou Smith, who is conducting a bawl
of Afro-Americans accompanying ALc-
Adoo's minstrel and jubilee eosnpany
in Australia. it came via Van Cou
ver. Be had just learned of my re
nomination and sent congratulations
and expressed a strong - desire for my
triumphant election which came as
all know. Be wrote that the com
pany had just ieturned from the West
Australia gold fields, supposed to be
the richest in the .world, and also stat
ed that the company’s business was
line; that people were being turned
away nightly. The AL B. Curtis,
minstrel company, which followed
McAdoo’s company out to Australia
from this country, is still stranded in
New Zealand, he writes, with little
’hope of ever being able to return to
this country. The professor says
that summer is just commencing out
there and that it is terrible hot. The
company soent Christmas in Tasma
nia.
The second letter is one from the
Philippines, written by C. W. Cordin,
who, as our readers well know, is a
member of Company B, Twenty-fifth
infantry, stationed near Manila. By
this time, however, he is en route to
China and Japan on the hospital ship
Missouri, which has on board be
tween two and three thousand sick
American soldiers. With the -letter
came a box of cigars, a small FUipino ,
flag and three coins, one frotf the
island of Negros. Air. Cordin,’® will J
be remembered, was in Cuba during ,
the strife there, a member of cue Jf,
the Immune regiments. After ^ilf^
mustered out in Havana he visited sev
eral of the leading Cuban cities, send-,
ing to this paper interesting letters
which our readers doubtless renm-,
ber. Immediately upon his return to
this country he enlisted and went to
the Philippine islands.
The third is a beautiful New Year’s
memento sent from Scotland by Mr.
F. J. Loudin, of the famous Fisk Jubi
lee Singers, who, for a year, have been
on a tour of England and Ireland.
The little memento is in the form of a.
dance programme, upon the first page
of which, under a small piece of isin
glass is a sprig of heather and under
neath which, the size of the glass, is
a small piece of Scotch plaid. On the
inside pages are several quotations
and a verse from one of Burn’s famous
poems, making in all a very attractive
and pleasing New Year’s gift.
The assembly has _at last gotte.i
down to work. but have not selected
all of their employes. The governor
and other new state officers are very
slow in making their appointments.
A large number of young Afro-Amer
icans are candidates for a place in the
adjutant general’s office. The must
aggressive one, perhaps, being Charles
Fillmore, of Springfield, and later of
Xenia. It will be remembered that
Mr. Fillmore, as major of the Ninth
battalion, refused, two years ago. to
participate in Gov. Bushnell’s inaugu
ral parade. The latter got back at
him by refusing to appoint him major
of the Ninth battalion when that or
ganization was mustered into the Uni
ted States service during the war with
Spain. Charlie then appealed tj
Senator Hanna, whose cause he wis
espousing when he failed to appear in
the aforesaid inaugural parade, for a
place in some of the volunteer regi
ments, with the result that he received
a second lieutenantcy in one of the
volunteer regiments of color. At this
time he was corporation clerk in the
secretary of state’s office, receiving a
salary of $1,200 a year. He resigned
it and we.it to Cuba with his regi
ment, Calvin W. Reynolds, esq., of.
Ironton, succeeding him. After a few .
weeks in Cuba he became ill and was
compelled to return to this country,
finally resigning his commission. Th-?
secretary of State refused to give him
his old position, and since then he has
been working for Do-little & Press
brick. Charlie’s greatest weakness
a woeful lack of that element of char
acter which enables a man to say “no”
and “yes” when he wants to rani stand
by it. He is too easily influenced.
The State Treasurer’s office has Z. R.
Jackson as messenger (re-appoint
ment Jand the fiovernor also has an
Afro-American as messenger. A few
other minor positions are held by our
people about the state house, ami with
those employed in various capacities
by the senate and house make a very
fair showing.
In future communications I shall
have much to say of a personal and
general nature anent our people of
Coltrmbus, and what they know a
well as what they are doing here.
I have neglected to refer to the copy
of a proclamation Afuinaldo issued
to the Afro-American soldiers on th?
island of Luz n, also sent by Mr. Gor
din. I will publish it in my next let
ter. with a “batch ’ of other interest
ing matter.
H- C. 8.
Cave Himself Up.
West Plains, Mo., Jan. 19 — Grady,
one of the men who broke jail after
bating to death Deputy Sheriff Al
fred Henry, and who was captured at
Koshkonong, was brought here Thur-r
day and lodged in jail. Grady deniea
having anything to do with' killing
Henry, and says he was forced to go
with Richardson, the other prisouei.