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WEEKLY GAZETTE TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. .ngle copy, One Year...*1-5? single copy, Six Months...- ■ Single copy, Three Months.. DO loacriptioLi invariably in advance. Tohv iare .safety, money must be sent by 1 ost Unice ( Money Order or Registered Letter. -mo L*. seat 0.1 foet Offloe Box 597. Huntsville Alabama. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1894. R. C. O. Benjamin has resigned the pastorate of Mt. Pisgah Church, Washington, D. C. ------- The man'who has a job these days should hold to it as long as possible. — Leavenworth Herald. The colored miners should weigh well the cost betore they decide to strike.—Leavenworth Herald. Three hundred clerks were recent ly discharged from the Record and Pension Division of the War De partment. One of the cleanest and best pa pers that comes to our sanctum is the Buffalo (N. Y. National Advo cate. Times never get too hard for a Southern colored man to go on an excursion.—Chicago F ree Speech. You should know Brother Flem ming for you are from a city (Mem phis) that ruus more excursions than any other citv in the South. Masonry In Darkest Africa. The National Advocate. Buflalo, N. V. The following incidents, which are probably founded on facts,-have founded their way into some of our exchanges and are worth reproduc ing. Major Li. H. Carson, of Nashville, Term., is the narrator: “While a young man and soon af' ter moving from his native home in Kentucky to his plantation in Mis sissippi, Jefferson Davis bought a cargo of blacks just over from Afri ca. While they were working in the field* one day, Mr. Davis observ ed his new negroes making Masonic signs of distress to the overseer. That individual, not being a Mason, thought the Negroes were carrying on a system of signals preparatory to revolt was about to have them whipped. Mi. Davis stopped his proceeding. He tested the Negroes thoroughly and to his amazement discovered that they were Masons of the third degree, though brought from the heart of Africa. Being a Mason himself, you can un derstand that he lost no time in giv ing them their choice of either re' turning to Africa or remaining on his estate until he could provide for them in some other way. Most of them were shipped to Africa at Mr. Davis’ expense, though some of them remained with him until the end. Now, if this story is true, and I uon’t doubt it, how did Masonry find its way into fhe heart of Arica? I have often thought it strange that the Masons have never investigated this matter. There is nothing strange, says the Colored American, for the simple reason Freemasonry extends from East to West and from North to South and it is not confin ed to any particular color. The presumption is that Freemasonry was introduced into Africa by the English Freemasons, who to a great extent have circulated Freemasonry throughout the different civilized parts of the globe. England can well be named the mother of Free masonry throughout the world.’’ NEWS AND SENTIMET. Items of Interest Clipped From Our Exchanges. On last Saturday Rev. J. T. Cas ton went into the Oxford restaurant lor a lunch, but was promptly refus ed. He at once sought Attorney S. L. Mash and had the proprietor im mediately arrested under the Ava lanche civil rights act'of the Twenty Fourth General Assembly.—Des Moines Avalanche. Many a coffin is covered with ros es by hands that never before gave its occupant anything but storms — Mobile Sentinel. We have no faith in the telegraph' ic dispatches about Negroes band ing themselves together in Fierida against the whites. —^Memphis Watchman. PERFUMERIES. We carry a full line ol Stand ard Perfumery, and Toilet Ar ticles. Call and examine them now. Anderson & Dement. DEALER IN Fresh Dregs and Chemicals. SHOULDER BRMes Trusses,’etc. Remember that our stock oi the above goods at complete in every detail get them. ' — --—_ ! Edward Bellamy, the author of “Lookiug Backward,” thiuks that the Coxey movement is the begin ning of a great reform in socialism. We tbi.ik it is a movement which will seriously endanger the partici pants. and result in causing the lead ers to serve a term in the lock-up. Had they borne arms, they might have terrified congress, but a body of unarmed tramps mean nothing, and resulted in having some of the leaders marched off to the “pen. ’ Tuskegee Student. This is one of the conditions of af fairs in which the Negro is not so much of a sufferer as his poor white brother. Of all the thousands of the ‘•commonwealers ’ on their way to Washington not one hundred of them are colored men. This fact marks the Negro no idle, lazy, good-for nothing being, but places him a rank far in advance of his white friends. -Omaha Progress. Parents who are rearing children should be very careful of the com pany they keep. Thebojsand giils ot today will he the men and women of the future. Would you have them be an honor to the race or a disgrace to civilization? Would you rear monuments to your memo ry more enduring than marble or will have your name dragged into shame? Your teaching will tell.— Brotherhood. A person who will make you feel miserable by bringing to you all of the filth of the neighborhood is no friend to you, but tends to mar your thoughts, and finally injure your reputation. “A dog that will bring a bone, will carry one.” He cannot properly be chosen for a friend whose kindness is exhaled by its own warmth or frozen by the first blast of slander. Boys walk upright; be cheerful; be polite; be honest; be industrious; tell the truth; use gen tlemanly language, When with men of your superior, be content to listen and learn. Read good news - papers and good books.—Keep good company.—Richmond Planet. Our Limestone Letter. Athkns, Ala., June 5. Editor Gazette: Trinity school closes with its sec* ond session under the principalship of Miss K. S. Dalton on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th ult. The graduates were Miss Anna D. McKissac and Mr. R. S. Bridgeforth. The teach ers have all gone North to their re spective homes. Memorial service was held in hon or of the late principal, Miss M. F. Wells. Rev. McLinn Turner preach* ed the memorial sermon. Resolu tions of respect were passed and copies were requested to be publish ed in all the leading colored papers of the race and a copy sent to the relatives. But for space in your valuable paper I will give the reso lutions in the next writing. Many papers of condolence were read and many touching speeches made Words fail to express thesorrow and repair the loss of this great and la mented teacher. T. A. Crenshaw (Rabbit root) is ao home from New Orleans, La., where he has been for the last ten months with the Pullman Palace Car Company Among the many young ladies who attended the memorial services were Misses Banks and Schaudies, of Decatur, with Miss Dora Higgins. Misses Wise and Lampkins, from Decatur, with Misses Smith and Malone. The Misses King, from Courtland Ala., were entertained at “The Oaks," the guests of Miss E. S Ma* lone. During the commencement exer cises of Trinity school, Mrs. C. R. Donegan, of your city, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs D L. Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. W. L Cox. Miss Teedie is ao Athenian, and she has friends here by the legions, who al ways accord her a hearty welcome Hon. H. V. Cashin, of Decatur, in company with two daughters at tended memorial service. Among some of the gentlemen {who visited Athens the past week were Messrs. T. H. Thomason, of St, Louis, I. B. Tarry, J. L. Frasser, J. if. Malone, Dr. Hudson, Birraing ham, T. C. Higgins, Richard Ramey, Glenn Childes, of Decatur. Mr. Charlie Harris, of Hunts* ville, attended the commencement. J. H. Thomas:n has gone to the Magic City. Miss Patti J, Malone is at “The Oaks,” to spend the summer with her mother and sister. The writer will attend the com* raencement at Fisk. Rain seems to be a thing of the past: Long live the Gazette. W L C. DALTON IS DEFIANT. Expresses Contempt for Officers and Says He Will Gt) Where He Pleases. Denison, Tex., June 8.—A citizen of the Indian Territory furnishes the par ticulars of the presence of the Dalton gang, who have been in the neighbor hood of Kiowa, I. T., for at least a fortnight. Monday the gang called at the farmhouse of Mr. White, who re sides 10 miles west of Kiowa. White has known Bill Dalton for a number of years. He was accompanied by four companions, who were well mounted and armed to the teeth. After being provided with a hearty meal Dalton remarked that he was short of cartridges, and wanted every one that was in the house. White gave him all he had. That night the gang went into camp on a ridge which overlooked the prairie lands below. Dalton ex pressed his contempt for the officers, and intimated that he intended to go where he pleased, and take his time about it. The next morning the gang left, going northeast. The officers were immediately notified, and on Monday Chief of Police Laflore McCake and others arrived at Kiowa. The news was sent to Paris, and by Monday night about 20 officers were on the ground ready for pursuit. There is no doubt that Dalton and his gang have been in the neighborhood of Kiowa for some time, and that they are per fecting arrangements for a raid on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train. The impression is that Dalton has gone to unite with the Longview bank robbers, who are believed to be east of Kiowa. SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION. A Negro Murderer Hanged In Staunton. Bright to the Last. Staunton, Va., June 8.—Lawrence Spiller, convicted of the murder of Lot tie Rowe, April 28, in the suburbs of Staunton, was hanged at 8:25 a. m. The drop was only four feet. There was a plunge, his head dropped to one side, his body slowly swung around and came to rest. Death seemed instanta neous. The doctors declared his neck broken. Respiration ceased instantly and his heart ceased to beat in nine minutes. Spiller was visited in his cell at 1:30 by newspaper men who remained m his room seven minutes. He looked very bright and cheerful and told the repor ters he was perfectly reconcile 1 to go. A number of colored friends and minis ters, and white persons int*re.->ted in him, also, were present. There was almost continual singing and praying. Spiller ate a hearty break fast with evident enjoyment. His con fession was published in extras imme diately after the hanging. Shot to Death by a Mob. Cape Charles, Va., June 8.—Isaac Kempt, a negro, who murdered Deputy Sheriff Ned Carver at Westover, Ind., Wednesday morning, h’;is been taken from the jail by a mob of about 400 men and shot to death. ON DEAD HEROES’ GRAVES. Lee, Jackson anil Other Dead Leaders Re membered in Virginia. Lexington, June 8. — Confederate Memorial day was observed here and an address was delivered in the Washing ton and Lee university chapel by Hon orable John Randolph Tucker. He paid I a high tribute to both the living and the deail heroes of the south. The tomb of General Robert E. Leo, the graves of "Stonewall" Jackson, Brigadier Gen eral William N. Pendleton, chief of ar tillery of the army of northern Vir ginia, and other Confederate heroes were decorated. The organizations which participated in the ceremonies were the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, headed by their band: the faculty and students of the Washington and Lee university, the Lexington volunteer fire department, the Lee-Jackson camp and other con Tedernte veterans. During the ceremo nies minute guns ware fired by a de-! tachment from the old Rockbridge bat tery and the cadets fired a salute of five rounds. Twenty-five hundred people witness o! the decorating of the graves. A Pccnllar Conrt Claim. Abilene, Kan., June 8.—The Travel ers's Insurance company has sued the Union Pacific Ri ilw iy comp my for $40,000 damages because trains are not stopped for meals at the Pacific hotel j in this city, claiming that the entire! value of the house has been taken away, j The case is brought in tha United States circuit court at Leavenworth. FABULOUS WEALTH. _ It li Supposed to Be Hidden in an Old Cave Just Discovered. Lampasas, Mex., June 8.—The people of the town of Sabinas and surrounding country to the south of here, are ex cited over the discovery of a bandits’ j cava in which a fabulous wealth is be- I lieved to be stored. The cave was the rendezvous of the famous bandit, El Colorado, and his followers who terror ized all of northern Mexico about a cen tury ago. It is situated in the Iguana mountains, near Sabinas, and was first discovered three months ago by an old man named Cuevas, who in some man ner had just come into possession of a chart giving the location of the cave. He and three sons and four other rela tives started to make an exploration of the cave. In an inner compartment they found a large pile of silver coin of ancient coinage. They had filled one sack with the money when they were all overcome with the fire damp, with which the cave was filled and only four of the party succeeded in reaching the open air alive. Old man C aevas was taken very sick as the result of his terrible experience, an 1 a few days ago died. On his death bed he eonfi led to the priest the secret of the cave, and a party of exp’orers was at once organiz »d to visit and secure the treatment. It was headed bv Silverio Garza, a pro nine *t citizen of Sabinas. They were all driven out of the cave by the noxious gasses, and two members of the party have died from the effects of the poison which thev inhaled. The news of this stoond expedition had become public and the authorities have placed guards at the cave to guard the treasure until further explorations can be made. The general government has been notified of the situation. DENOUNCED INCOME TAX, But Got a Free Advertisement of Their Business for the Service. New York, June 8.—A Pittsburg special says: Correspondents of the New York Sun here and at numerous other points in western Pennsylvania are amused at the publication in that j paper of a mass of alleged spontaneous telegrams denouncing the income tax, said to have been sent by business men all over the country, to the recent anti I income tax mass meeting in New York. The purely “spontaneous” character of the “uprising,” indicated bv thes* telegrams is shown by the following copy of a telegraphic or lor from The Sun, received by all su h corrasp >n 1 ents the day previous to the meeting. Please request the president of your chamber of commerce and any othe prominent business men your town or in surrounding towns to telegraph words of approval and encouragement to the great business men’s anti income tax meeting, to be held on Friday night next. Address Evan Thomas, chainnau. Carnegie Hall. New York. Use every endeavor to insure this being done. Get the telegrams your self and send them, if possible. Say that all telegrams can be charged to The Sun Needless to say, the correspondents hustled, and it was a poor business man who couldn’t get his name, his business and ft certificate of “prominence” into The Sun free, _ DUG HIS VICTIM’S GRAVE. A Young: Man Who Killed His Antagonist and Theu Helped at ilie Funeral. Paris, Tex., June 8.—N ws reached here of a tragedy that occurr d in Red ftiver county several days ago. Wiley White was the name of the man billed, Jim Nally did the killing. The p rties had a difficulty in the morning, but no damage was done eith r of them. That afternoon, however, W i te wis siiot and killed in the barn of Mr. Mitch 11, for whom be worked. Nallv admits the shooting, but claims i: was do.io i:i self defense, there being, hovrev r. contrary belicfs in the prem sea. The slayer made no attempt to lo ,vj the country, but stayed around the n ighbocuoo.i ami ! helped to dig the gr ;v ■ for the dead man and attende ’. the funeral. He has been arrested by the nffi -ers. Nally has lived in the neighborhood two or three years an 1 White has been in the country less than a year, going there from Arkans s. To Protect the II» ilth of I’amengerit. New York, June 8.—D*sp'te the fact that the board of health several weeks ago ordered th it all street ear compa nies should dis o.itinue the use of open cars on rainy and coli days, the major ity of the comp uiies havi been running auch curs in all kin Is o: wealher ever since. Sanitary Saperinten !eij‘ Roberts reported this fact to th? boir l of health, and suggested that when the thermom eter was below 5T degr e-i nt 7 a. in., the compani- s shall be co upellel to use closed cars An or in ince w 11 be drawn up wh;ch the 1 ourd of aldermen will be ask-i io pass at on •«. The rail roads'w.11 h .vo a hearing June *20. Confes s.', to lii! 1.nj a Virginian. Galekburis. TIN., .Tun i 9 — Robert Isdab, conii ;e i in the United S'ates military prison at Lnav.ni worth Kan., for desertion wr t s here confessing that he murh r-d T. J. Maaifer, of Harrisonbur ; Vi., while a guest at the Union hot 1 in rtiis city, on the night of March 10 1QJ5. by giving Manifer a drink heavily drugged with morphine. At th it time a coroner's jury found that M inner died from asphyxiation by gas, and it w is suppoud he committed suicide. Rob', ery was Is lale’s motive. Catholic I'rlests Disfranchised. San* Jose Costa Rica, June 9.—Con gress h..s pissed a law disfranchising Catholic priest i and p-ohibiting them from taking any part in politics. This will insure the election of a Liberal president lor the next term, as the Catholic party are thus deprived of leaders. J ___BAB1^ CAR.R.IAGESS C. S. 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