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MoUNDsv1I1E BUDGET.
Yesterdays News From Marshall
Countv's Chief City.

EeSLeruayS NEWS GEuLu NA1ASLAeAAA
County's Chief City.
A meeting of Caldwell Post No. 81, G.
A. r., is called for tomorrow evening
This will be the last meeting before the
encampment and the commander ear
nestiy urges every member TO be pres
mt, as some very important business Is
to be attended to. An effort Will be
made to have the business houses and
dwellings, on the principal streets dec
GRATED on the 25th and Goth, during the
encampment.
Circuit court has been in session since
Tuesday. Nothing but the customary
business has been transacted, and II Is
thought the term will not last much
longer. The court has named Monday
as the day when they will act upon APP
plicatlons for saloon license in Ben
wood, McMechen and Moundsville.
Rev. w. C. d. Bond, pastor of the
First Baptist church Of Martins Ferry,
was in the city Wednesday, looking at
ter the interests OF the Baptist people
here.
The w. C. r. U. VIII meet at the
home OF Mrs. Oscar Wright this even
ing All members are requested TO be
present.
DIR. c. w. Riggs, recent graduate OF
the Columbus Medical College. was
calling on friends In the city yesterday
The board OF prison directors has ad-
iourned. after trnnsactIng the regular
routine business.
Messrs. Charles Adair and ]. NJ Seal
attended the circus in Wheeling yester-
day.
Deputy Sheriff Cunningham was on
business trip TO Wolf Run yesterday.
David Anguish. OF Glen Easton. was
calling on friends In town yesterday
J. NJ. Seal has sold his restaurant on
Seventh street, to Newton McGill.
]. w. Dunlevy. of Cameron. was call
ing on friends here yesterday.
Samuel Wilson. OF Glen Easton, was
In town on business yesterday,
James Hicks. OF Cameron, is visiting
his son, on Jefferson avenue.
S. NJ. Martin, Of Fork Ridge, was in
town on business yesterday.
Prof. I. b. Wilson is at Burton, on
business.
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CINCINNATI. O., April ls.-Before a
,brorr OF almos, 1900 people, Cincinnati
was forced to lower her eolors before CHI
car, in ,hc opening game OF the season.
Or the bases the locals fairly ran away
from their opponents, but they could not
make their hits count SO well For ttve
Innings Cincinnati held an advantage, but
In the sixth Phillips suddenly seemed TO
l9sa his speed. and FIVE hits and base
on balls Melted the visitors I'VE runs. Scott
was then nut In. but he could not locate
IN plate with HIS speed. and three passes
10 irst and % many hits added four more
runs to Chicago In the seventh The To-
Gals found Griffith easy. but Men9fee kept
the hits scattered. In the ninth two hits
and an effort By Mertes to trap fly filled
he bags, but the necessary hits were not
''''"'''''''''' '''''' RHE
Cincinnati - Q / lilo y 3
Chicago IL OO4 8 2 O-lS Il 1
Batteries. Phillips, Scott and Pletz;
Griffith. Neuetpe and Donahue. Attend
aRce l.,5o Umpire. o'Day.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, April l9.-Fifteen thousand
persons witnessed the opening game Of the
tase bali season at the Polo grounds this
afternoon The game throughout abound
ID IN good pitching and fielding. The To-
cal clubs new team showed up remarkably
vel, The Bro0klyns up to the seventh IN
utnE were unable 10 solve Carrtck's pitch
ifr The New Yorks batted well In the
RHE
Brooklyn ......O Q OOl2 O-S ! 3
New Ycrk.....0 o 0 o 0 0 90 10 l
Batteries, Kennedy and Mcclure; Car
~ "a Grady. Attendance, l5,O00. UNI
pfe 6nslle
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tsYansn Kenny to Come TODAY.

"Yank" Kenny. who has been acting
recently as sparring partner for kid
Mccoy, and assisting the Hoosler pugI-
list in training duties, is expected to
reach Wheeling to-day. In this city, the
scene of his boyhood. Kenny will COM
plete his training for his contest at the
Metropolitan club next Monday even
ing, with Billy MuncIe, the Marietta
coIored giant.
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Fell From a sleeping Car.

HUNTINGDON, Pa. April l9,-R. II.
c. HIN. OF Baltimore. representing the
r.. C. Dun Mercantile Agency, was
killed to-day, twelve miles east OF
here, by failing from sleeping car OF
n PENNSYLVANIA railroad train. Mr.. Hill
WAS on his way to Meadvllle to testify
in an important railroad case. After
falling from the train, his body was
terribly mutilated by n freight train.
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THE RIVER


Cincinnati. QUEEN CITY, p. m
parkersburg. II. X. BEDFORD, 1880 n. n
MatnrnorRs, JEWEL. If a. m.
Pittsburgh. GREENWOOD, $3.50 n. m.
Pittsburgh. .LORESA. ; n. m.
Sistersville. RUTH, $3.50 p. m.
CIaringtorf. LEROY, $500 p. m.
Steubenyille. r. NJ. BANNE, Z:sO p. M
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Pittsburgh. VIRGINIA, 5 a. m.
parkersburg. BEN HUR, II q. M
Sistcrsyille. RUTH, $3.50 y. m.
CiarInrton LEROY. $3.50 p, m.
stellbenville. IT 81. BAYSE, $50 p. M
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
Charleston. GREENWOOD. $50 a. IN.
pnTkersburg. II. X. BEDFORD IL a. M
Notamorns.. JEWEL, II q. m.
Sistersyitte. >. RUTH, 800 2. ~.
CIorington. LEROY, $3.50 ?. m
steubenvllle. II. N. BAYNE, Z:SO D. m
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Comes from DR.. d. h. CnrElle. OF
Wnshlta. /. T, He writes; -Four bot
tIea Of Electric Bltters has cured Mrs.
Brewer OF scrotula, which had caused
her great suffering for years, Terrible
cores would break out on her head and
lace, and the best doctors could give no
help. but her cure Is complete md her
health is excellent" This shows what
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IT'S the supreme remedy for eczema, tet-
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tlon. builds up the strength. Only 90
cents. Sold by Logan Drug Co.. drug
Fist. Guaranteed
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or, cTTY-Riyer feet 10 inches ana
slang Weather, clear and cool, ..
WARREN River Q feet N'"''''
cIenr and mild. i,,cbcs
GREENSBORO River 3 teet , menu ,l.o NV,
and failing. Weather. clear ana warn,
W WJ6WGKNTOwN- River Z teet "a
Inches and rising. weather. 'l'A' '"''
BHowNsvGLLE-Rlver ieet
inches and rising. Uco.
PiTTsBuRGH-Rly River 80 ieet "'"
tbar clpnr and warm. ...t 1
sTEUBENyfLLE-Rlyer iee'
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Last nights hop given by Battery A,
Uniform Rank, Knights Of PythIas, at
PythIan castle, South Side, was a social
event of great enjoyment and large at
tendance was largely augmented after
the adjournment Of Black Prince lodge
No. 10, which, in the presence Of many
visitors from nearby towns, initiated
eighteen candidates In the third de-
gree
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BOSTON, April is.-Ten thousand per-
an. aw the opening OF the base ball sea-
y,,o-day. when the home team was beat
NJ philadelphia. The weather was
X. The visitors had great lead until
., ninth through me stsa1ln ,SS5 c ~ NJ
- ~ batting and Boston tied the
s .SiT The batting rally was the feature.
sso''' RHE
p,.,oc l2Ooi al o oil % 5
P5la. - 0 . . o l 2-ls - 2
Batteries, Wills. Bailey and Clarke;
orb bernhard and Mcfarland. Attend
ance. ltee. Umpire, Connolly.
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inch and falling. Weather, clear and
warm. Up-LOrena and Greenwood.
PARKERSBURG-Onio river feet
and rising. Weather. fair and warm.
Up-WiHIam DUFFY. Virginia. Down
Valley Belle. Due down-Queen City
and Bedford. Little Kanawha rising.
Locals on time.
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RECEIVERS SALE.

ID ECEINER's SALE OF WETZEL
III COUNTY LANDS AND MARSHALL
COUNTY OIL INTERESTS
In the Circuit Court for Ohio County.
The Syracuse Chilled Pillow Company and
others vs.. Robert X. Gitcn aud others.
In Chancery.
In pursuance OF n decree entered by tho
Circuit Court OF Ohio County In the above
entitled cause on the 18th day OF March,
1902. I shall, on
Monday, May 14th, 1900,
beginning at 10 o'clock n. m. at the north
front door Of the court house OF Ohio
county, In the city Of Wheeling, West Viz
GINA, sell at public sale Il certain tract OF
land situate on Horse Run on the waters
OF tho north fork OF Fishing Creek, Wet
gel county. West Virginia. adjoining lands
OF S. J. Long. senior, ", King and John
BumgRrd the said tract Of land being
bounded and described as follows: Begin
ming at stone In Horse Run, corner OF
s. ]. Long, ir., thence with his lines south
iO' west Is poles to a hickory. thence north
n west poles To stake corner . }. ~.
King: thence with his lines south N west
- poles to stake, thence south II west 81
poles to stake In c. W, Parks line thence
with his lines. south ~ east & poles to IL.
o.; thence south 6flss east y poles to a
stake where chestnut was called ipr'
thence north iG east 2GiE poles 10 G. o.;
thence north c0' east ~ poles to w. O.;
thence south ca cast II poles 10 sinke'
thence north g. east u poles 10 sour gum
thence continuing tho same course north
G. east poles to {. a., thence north 2Hs'
west % poles to a maple; thence north p
cast 50 poles to n stake In Bumgard's line.
thence north IS west poles TO hickory
corner to Humgard's, and with his line,
north Gis' west a poles 70 small sour gum,
corner 10 5, J. Long, ir., thence south te'
west 20 poles to stone In run In line OF $.
J. Long. ir. thence south 10 cast poles to
sugar. thence south 50 east sala poles TO the
beginning, containing Is and eight-tcuths
acres, the said trnct Of land being the
Same which was Conveyed 10 II, X. Gincn
by 5. D. Han, trustee by deed, dated Do.
ccmbCr H. 1881, and recorded In the office OF
the clerk OF the county court OF WytEul
county IN Decd Book No. ~. folio "a.
TERMS or SALE; Onc-thlrd Of the pur-
chase money and as much more Ig tho
purchaser may elect cash In hand. the res
iduc In two equal instHllmCnta payable re-
spcctivcly IN nine and eighteen months
from the day Of sale with interest from
that day. the purchaser TO give bonds for
tho deferred lngtnllmCrts Of purchase
money and the title to said land 10 bc re-
tninCd until the payment OF the purchase
money In fun
At the same time and place shall sell 70
the highest bidder for cash, one undivided
thlrty-srcord part OF the working iutercst
In oil wells on the William Rorcrson farm
In Washington district. Marshall county,
West Virginia.
Hubbard n Hubbard Receiver.
Attorneys. ans
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siblnu Nominnted for Congresg

BRADFORD. Pa, April l0--Thc Re-
publican congressional conference rep
rpsentlng Mexican, Warren, Ncnango
and Cameron counties, comprising the
Twenty district, met at Kane
to-day. Hon. ]. c, Slhloy, OF Nenan-
20. was nominated for Congress on the
arst bnlIot.
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Along the Landing.

The rise win reach 70 or 10 feet here
this week.
The marks at p. m. Thursday show
ed feet and rising. Weather, clear and
warm.
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PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS.
PATENTS AND
TRADEMARKS.

Proper protection secured IN all coun.
tries. Reliable service at moderate rates
Advice free. Correspondence solicited.
Il. E. DUNLAP, Potent Attorney,
Reilly Building Wheeling, w. Va
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The Crlckets, who were scheduled TO
play the shamrocks, ran up against play
ers from the Hustlcrs, Golden Rods and
ShamrOcAs, who went under the name Of
the latter team, and lost two games.
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Manager Pop" Lytie, of the Wheel
ings will 90 to Cincinnati Saturday. to
Zee Pitcher Bates and learn why he
does not report to the local club. Lyle
believes Bates is being tempered with
oy Mayor Flelschmann. AS Bates has
accepted wheelIng's terms and advance
money he Is sure to come here eyentu-
llE
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mystic Cure" for Rhcumatlam and
Neuralgia radically cures In to days.
Its action upon the system Is rcmarka-
bic and mysterious. 1 removes AZ cneo
tho cause and the disease Immediately
disappears. The flrst dose greatly hem
ofts. 40 cents. Sold by Il. II. LAST,
1910 Main street. Chus Menkemcller,
corner Market and Twcnty-second
streets, druggists, mw%t
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This afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. at the
bland ball park, the wheellngs cross
a'H with the West Virginia University
van The colleglans arrived last
t'Ai and are chock-full Of confidence
asLr ability TO the give Inter.staters
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wnhswnrth for Congress.

yINCENNEs, Ind, April 19.-The
second district Republican convention
to-day nominated Peter r, Wadsworth,
OF Washington. FOR Congress
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BASE BALL COMMENT.

The National League opening yester-
day was most suspicious, the attend
anee figures being remarkably high.
The results at Boston and Cincinnati
We're the surprises OF the day. Philn-
delphia, however, was strengthened by
the capituIatlOn OF Delehanty and La
joie. who had been holding out for
higher salaries Without the hitting OF
these players the game would have
been Boston's. Clncinnatrs defeat by
Chicago was due to Phillips let-down
when he had the game well in hand.
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HAIR BALsAM.
srAT1oNERY. COOKS &c.
FASTER CARDS

y
And Booklets IN great variety. All
OF the leading Weekly Papers and
Magazines. SAPHo and many other
cheap books, Stationery and Blank
Books. Gospel Hymns.
c. II. QUINIBY. 1ili Market st,
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s s. Louis Is,,.,:, -. ..S 9 go -
r,rpsi runs, St Louis /. Two-61se hits
vSiann, Beaumont; Three-o ase ms Wa WI.
, as, sy W Young s. by waddellL Time, l:t0.
i'r,plfe Hurst.
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ro-DAY's GAMES.

TO-DAY'S GAMES.
.,.,-, AZ cincinnati.
h.4tgg -S5klyu At New York.
ThUadelphia at Boston.
Pittsburgh at st. Louis.
,ors Mo. April l9.-Cy Young
81 -, yeH,nble stumbling block to the
fio, .,-..s team to-day in tho opening
r,p', ,[ the season. He allowed but 1--WE
ll"' . =. out nine men, and helded his
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...FOR RENT....

No. q sixteenth street. S-story brick
store room and 10 rooms,
No Is Maryland street.
No q Maryland street
No ~ Main street
No lie Main street
Lot on Fifteenth street,
Lot on South Front street.
New house on South Huron street
No 90 North Front street
NO G6 Seventeenth street.
No i2l Nineteenth strect-Si.lN.
Lot east end Nineteenth street, % feet
frOut=EgOO
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
John Roemer,

Candidate for County Commissioner for
Centre district subject TO Republican
primary election on the 18th OF April AT
Hardman's hall. northeast corner Twenty
third and Market streets Your vote Is
respectfully and kindly solicited. apl7
ITO THE VOTERS.
hereby announce myself as q candidate
for the Republican nomination for County
Assessor In the Country District. subject
to the party primary election.
respectfully solicit your support.
mg&f-ial ROBERT ANDERSON.
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BOWLING.


The. Alphas defeated the Ramblers two
out OF the three games by the following
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

! hereby announce myself as candl-
date COR the nomination for Justice OF the
Peace, subject TO the decision OF the Re
publican voters Of Union district Marshall
county. and respectfully solicit your sup.
port.
inal II. NJ. SMITH.
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WANTED.
LOST

r oST-sTTNDAY, MARCH q. A LARGE
j 4 sum OF money. in pink envelope LIB
eral reward will he given II returned TO
Intelligencer office mrs
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a warm argument. Poole will pitch the
entire nine innings for the stogIes, and
Bowman will likely pitch for the visit
tors,
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FEMALE HELP WANTED.

C1O \ DAY EASILY MADE TAX.
- lNJ ING orders for Life OF Moody
Best book Best terms. Credit. Full out.
Mt free. STANDARD PUBLISHING CO.,
a n. Sixth St. Philadelphia. Pa. jazz
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Open nil night.
Waterman's Pharmacy, s. w. corner
Eleventh and Market streets.
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For SALE.
STOCKS FOR SALE,

STOCKS FOR SALE,
Riverside Pottery Co,
Mccoy Shoe Co.
Sistersville Gold Mining.
Fostor!n Glass Co.
Wheeling Pottery.
Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co.
Wheeling Steel & Iron Co.
Wheeling Bridge Co.
National Steel Co.
Dollar Savings Bank, Bridgeport, Ohio
BONDS.
Wheeling Corrugating Co.
Wheeling Stamping Co.
National Steel Company. American Tin
Plate Company, National Tube. Company,
American HoOu Company stocks bought
and SOLD ca the Stock Exchange, New
York ana Chicago
SIMPSON s TATUM,
Room Ne. 4 City Bank Building.
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BUSINESS CHANCES

7 INVEST sAFELY-4S Per cent interest
i paid Lot your money work fot you.
i3uy'n certificate now Payments made eF-
cry fifteen days Satisfied clients all SEE
lions OF the country Write for partieu-
lars. c. r. MACKEY & Co, % Broad
,ynv. New York. apll
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REAL ESTATE.
FOR RENT.

ll-room house at Pleasant Valley, suItRN
bic for hotel or boarding house.
No. 70 Erie street. 4 rooms
No 10 Virginia street, rooms.
No. ~ North Broadway street, rooms.
No. 80 Twelfth street rooms.
No. a Thirteenth street, G rooms,
No 1875 South Front street, rooms.
Office room, ll6a Market street.
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sTocKHoLpERs, MEETINds.
WHEELING GREENHOUSE co,

WHEELING NkEENIiOOSL w.
Tho undersigned. the incorporates
named In the agreement rccited In the GER
tllcatr OF incorporation OF the Wheeling
Greenhouse Company. give notice that a
general meeting OF the stockholders Of
that company will be held at the office OF
Howard HaZlctt & Son In the city Of
Wheeling, on Monday. April 30. 1901, at
1850 y. m. for the purpose of organizing,
clcctlhr board OF directors, making by
laws and trunsuCting any other business
which may lawfully be done by the said
stockholders IN general mcptinC
H. G, HAZLErr,
\. G. HUBBARD,
NELSON c. HUBBARD,
A. W. PAUL.
THOS. y. SWEENEY,
npI3.f Interpretations
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ZOE sALR.

~ANARIEs-50O HARTZ MOUNTAIN
Rollers. Males from SEC up; Fsmales
56c: also Bird Cages, ~ HENRY HEN.
streets. oeA
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mo THE VOTERS.
ANNOUNCEMENT.

hereby announce myself as can
didate for County Commissioner Of
Richie District, subject to the de-
cision of the Republican primaries,
on April 2s, 1900. Your support is
respectfully solicited.
api3 j. NEWTON BOWLER.
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DANCING at Pleasant Valley Park
ta.RlEht.
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JAMES A. HENRY,

Real Estate AGENT Collector Notary
Public and Pension Agent. No, 1911
Main street
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PERSONAL.

MORPHINE. OPIUM, LATDANuM,
NA Cocaine habit myself cured; Will in
form you OF harmless, permanent home
Chicago. mrs
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Ass1aNFE,s SALE.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE

OF slorr ak public auction. q HgEdrsa
" Va, April Z, between the hours OF u
and b. m This il n large stock OF gen
eral merchandise assigned to T. b. liam
Bond has been iiied IN the clerks ONCE
OF thr county court OF Wetzel county.
West virginia, as required by law in this
assignment.
TERAfs-Cash IN hand on day Of sale.
WIN. b. KINCAiD, Assignee:
Cameron, W. Va.
Above sale continued until Saturday.
April IL, 1900, between same hourS named
above
Above sale postponed until wednesday,
April y 100, between the hours named
above aPt1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-05
TO TEST SUFFRAGE LAWS.
Negroes VIII Start with a Fight in
the Louisiana Courts

Washington, March. Am important
conference of representative Afro-Ameri-
cans was held here yesterday at which
the testing of the suffrage law legislation
of the Southern states, especially Louisi-
ana. was thoroughly discussed. Among
those present were T. Thomas Fortune
of New York, chairman of the Executive
Committee of the National Afro-Amercau
Council; Jesse Lawson of New Jersey,
chairman of the sub-executve commit
tee; Representative White of North Car
DINA; Thomas S. Jones of Virginia, Will
liam Calvin Chase, editor of the Wash
ington Bee; Edward E. Cooper editor of
the Washington Colored American, and
others.
The conference was not held under the
auspices of the National Afro-American
Council but it was decided to indOrse the
action of the council in determining to
bring to a final test the constitutionality
of the suffrage clause of the Louisiana
constitution, and sufficient amount of
money was raised to insure the institu-
ton of a proper case in Louisiana and to
see that it reaches the United States SUI
preme Court for final adjudicat ton, if nee
essary.
Respon sible persons in New Orleans
were instructed by telegraph to see that
the purposes of the conference were car
ried out a once, at the expense of the
conference.
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STEAMSHIP CONSOLIDATION.
Leyland and Atlantic Transport
Lines Get Together

New York, March 4.-Bernard ". Baker
president of the Atlantic Transport Steam
ship Line, returned on the Lucania to-day.
He confirmed the report of the consolida-
ton of the Leyland Line and the Atlantic
Transport Line and gave some details of
the deal
While abroad, Mr.. Baker arranged the
details of the consolidation with Frederick
Leyland & Co, and the frs meeting of
those interested will be held in England
about April To- The corporation will be
English, with many American stockhold-
ers The consolidation will take effect
on May l. Mr. Baker said
THE Leyland and the Atlantic Trans
port lines have amalgamated. Neither
line has been absorbed. The consolidation
takes in all the lines of both companies
and the capital of the new concern will
be $4,000 600. The name of the new COM
pany has not been decided upon"
Mr.. Baker is the largest individual
stakeholder.
The service of the Atlantic Transport
Line from New York, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and of the Leyland Line, between
Boston, Montreal and Portland, Me, will
be Continued The Leyland Line has at
present under way five big boats and the
company is building thirteen, in addition
to ten ships belonging to the combination
at present in English government service.