Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
irg, Of course, absolutely ostracised by
everyone in Shelby county"

irg. Of course. absolutely ostracised by
everyone in Shelby county"
I'm 1885 Coke became afflicted with loco
motor ataxia," continued Mr.. McDermott
ard year later he went to Judge J. w.
Clapp. father Of the present mayor Of Mem
phis. and, despite that lawyers protests
and representations OF the disgrace that
would attach to his memory, insisted on
making a will, in which he Acknowledged
Rosa as his wife, leaving her the residence
on Linden street and a plantation on Presi-
dent Island In the Mississippi river below
! Memphis. in fee simple The remainder Of
lis property was beQueathed to his niece
Mrs Ida G. Brewer. Mrs. Brewer received
her Inheritance and made no complaint, and
as soon as Rosa received her share Of the
property IL IL charged that she was pre-
vailed upon to deed Its title to Mrs. Brew
er's child, the deed to become operative at
her death. and not a long while after this.
1t was alleged. she decided the life interest
In Ii to the same child Rosa married Bur-
rell Randolph, negro policeman of Men,
phis. in 1887, and in 1855 they began suit to
set the deeds have mentioned aside. as
having been procured by fraudulent means.
| The supreme court Of Tennessee upheld
them IN this suit, and at her death Rosa be-
queathed her property to the Baptist Church,
the Howe Institute and to her husband In
1891 Mrs. Brewer attacked the validity of
the original will OF Matthew Coke, notwith-
standing that she had accepted an inherit
| T. y
Rosa was also questioned. Brilliant counsel
We're employed on both sides. Jules Taylor,
the present district attorney OF the Mem
phis district, and William H. Carroll chair
nan Of the democratic executive committee
| of Tennessee and both ex-confederate Cff1-
| GERS, were employed by Mrs. Brewer, and
the beneficiaries under the will OF the octo-
room slave-wife of Matthew Coke were rep
| resented by Judge James Greer, another ex-
| confederate soldier, and William Randolph.
| jr, Of Virginia After being out an hour,
the jury declared Matthew Coxes Will AZ
being perfectly legal. Mrs. Brewers coun-
sci will take the case up TO the supreme
Court for final adjudication"
"The present strike Of the coal miners and
the threatened fuel famine now impending
by reason Of 1t 10 causing an extra amount
of attention to bs given to the question OF
using Oil as a means Of making heat for
the creation Of steam on q large scale"
said e. A. Larcombe at Wizards this morn
ing. For several years experiments have
! been in progress with a view OF preparing
| petroleum in q solidified state, 80 that 1t
| may be used in the same manner ana In the
I same furnaces that coal Is now burned.
| While success has been approached In many
OF the tests, an absolutely practicable result
has not yet been reached. The nearest thing
| to it has been block, which Is secured by
| COMPRISING q mass composed OF petroleum
and sawdust together at an immense press
| ure. The blocks thus secured have been
naces. but their rapid combustion has been
| found too great. and 1t has been impossible
for a steady degree Of heat to be MAIN
tanned by their use. Something of the sort
| will have to be used in the future. II labor
| organizations continue to dictate the sys-
tens to be pursued by their employers.
| Coal mine operators will be chary of max
Ing longtime contracts, when they cannot
| tell what the future may bring forth, or
| when a few discontinued walking delegates
, and agitators may make up their minds TO
order general strike. such as that now in
| progress. believe that the power Of Mag
ara Falls Will almost entirely supersede the
use of coal for motive purposes in a large
section of New York, Pennsylvania and
| New England, but in communities which de-
pend entirely upon coal. have no doubt
that some form of fuel which will not be
subject in its supply to the arrogance and
whims OF labor sgitators will come into
| general use"
| No one would sooner see the power of
Tammany in New York city broken" said
Philip Taylor OF New York at the Riggs
House last night, and no one would work
harder to accomplish such devoutly to be
desired reform than myself. But do not
place much stock in the roseate opinions
expressed by SO many New Workers that the
result will be accomplished either this year
| or for many years to come. Tammany's
| immense strength lies In its recognition of
| the humble workingman and the poor class
| es generally Of New York city, which is
| Illustrated perhaps, to the best degree in
the system OF social clubs which IT supports
| in every one of the thirty assembly districts
| In New York city. One OF the Tammany
| leaders struck the nail fairly on the head
| the other day when he remarked, We found
| 5000 homeless laboring men In New York
| city and gave them places to pleasantly
| spend their time The political organization
| that wins them away from us will have TO
build better club houses and provide better
! entertainments hon
| frills whatever about Tammany clubs" con-
| tinued Mr.. Taylor; the humblest day labor
er has as many rights within them as Jus
| tice Paddy Diver or Timothy Dry Dollar
Sullivan. The dues are small, and member.
| are not posted IL they are unable to paw
| them. The clubs are exCnlEently well
| equipped, and they really do great deal Of
good In keeping men away from the saloons
| Every year each club has an annual outing
| and then II is that its enormous influence
| In its particular district may be appreci-
| ated. Take the Comanche Club, for m
| stance, when 1t starts out 10 have a good
| time. Business In the district is virtually
suspended for that day. The members of the
club meet at the club house early in the
| morning, and, with banners streaming and
| two or three brass bands footing away for
dear life, march to the dock. where steam
| ers and barges are loaded down and pun
| merrily away to the pleasure grounds or
| seaside resort selected for the days picnic
| The home coming, however, is the most
| glorious part of the occasion The boats
| get BACK just after dark. The leaders
tumble into carriages, the less important
| members fall again into a procession, stay-
| at-homes come down in a little squad. be-
| cause there are very few stay-at-homes on
| such occasions, with more brass bands and
| the march Is taken up to the club house
| When the district is entered fireworks begin
to play all over 1t. and until midnight or
| afterward the whole neishborhood is given
up to a happy revel, that becomes the Ia liz
| of that portion OF the town for davs and
| weeks together. The reform movement now
| going forward in New York Is gaining
| impetus all the time. but II is not winning
any OF the humble class Of voters, and until
| 1t does 1t cannot hope to wrest from Tam
many its unbounded power for municipal
| corruption"