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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-27

manly strength of the groom offered
rare contrast. The couple were
preceded to the altar by the maid of
honor, Miss Irma GenOvar, sister to
the bride, accompanied by Mr.. Will
son Hall, nephew of the groom. The
welding march was rendered by Mr..
Lindsay Papy, and the ceremony, ac-
cording to botn the Catholic and
Presbyterian churches, was performed
by ReY. Father Hugon.
Tne ceremony and the warm con-
organizations which followed were
succeeded by a wedding breakfast
elaborate and choice. Healths and
pie lges were drunk in champagne.
and the bride retired to prepare for
her journey. In time for the east
bound mail she reappeared in a
tailor-made suit of handsome
cloth and silk, with hat of blue beaver
to match, and received the good
wishes and farewells of the few hon.
Ored guests.
Those present were: Rev. Mr.. Nc
Carly, Mr.. N. H. Harrison, of Lake
City, Messrs. and Mesdames Ray
mond, and David Cay, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall, Miss Minnie Cay, w. A
Demilly, Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeting and
Miss Sweeting, Mr.. and Mrs. Corbett,
| MIS-. Radford and Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Ness and friends of the bride and
groom from distant points.
The presents were numerous and
handsome, from admiring friends Of
tbolh parties. The welded pair left
Flor an extended tour and will make
their home in this city on their
return.
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Died,

On last Monday, December 9th,
1900, after a short attack Of pneumO-
MIA, Mr.. 1. J. Wilson, a much re-
spected citizen, who resided aboRt
two miles west of this city. He was
a devout member of the Metdodft
Episcopal Church, South, from whidh
church he was buried CHRISTMAS
morning, at 10 o'clock. His death
was very sudden and was great
shock to the whole community and a
large circle of sorrOwing friends
He leaves a wife and large family Pt
children, several of whom are Vely
small. His bereaved ones have t 3e
sympathy of the entire community
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Phil Graham Caught.

Phil Graham, the negro who was
indicted by the grand jury at the last
term of our circuit court, was cap
tured last. week at Americas, Ga.
There was a reward of 5000 offered
for his capture. Sheriff Pearce has
brought Graham to Tallahassee, and
he is now in Jail here. This murder
is but another instance, illustrating
the careless indifference for human
life, which is so common among a
certain class of our negro population.
Graham had been separated' from
his wife for several months. He
worked on tht turpenIine farms be-
low this city and on the night of the
murder, came to his wife's house,
and tried to persuade her to allow
him to sleep at her house that night.
She refused his opportunities and At
about 4 a. m, becoming tired of ar
guing with her, and angered at her
refusal, he stood up and stretching
himself said: Il have your age IN my
pocket, and pulled ont razor and
cut the woman's throat. She
screamed, caught him by his coat-tail
and ran him all round the house and
fell dead at her door step.
Sheriff Pearce laid several traps tC
catch Graham but was unsuccessful
until few days ago.
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respectively a stringent anti-prize-
Fighting and antigambling law; or
Ehat the vast prepOnderance of testi-
InOny from all the four states is, that
the effects of woman suffrage have
been In every way beneficial to the
commonwealth; nor is it worth white
10 suggest that the women in all
Ibf these states are SO largely
in the minority that, even if they
should stand sOlidIy together, they
isould not wholly eradicate those evils
which are so strongly implanted in
khe community. There is ample and
trustworthy evidence that those wo-
men have used ,ir ballots in favor
IF law and order, and of candidates
who would enforce existing statutes
and not be themselves ViOlatOrs of
civil and moral laws.
But what right have men to exact
b guarantee from women that they
will regenerate the world with their
ballots? Have they required such
pledges from any other class of citi-
zens? Was this result expected
when several million plantation ne
grOes were cnfranchised; and when
the vote was conferred on the semi
civilized Indians of the Western
plains? Do the political managers,
previous to each election, scOur the
alleys and byways of the cities in the
effort to naturalize every newly
landed foreigner SO that he may i'm
prove the quality of the electorate?
Is it for this reason that criminals
are pardOned from the penitentiaries,
Jail doors are opened, and the In
mates of the aims houses are rounded
up at the polls? For this same lofty
purpose has the ballot been placed in
the hands of the ilIiterate Hawaiians
and Porto Ricans; and the balf-sav-
age Filipino entreated to accept
! 1t IN exchange Tor his bolO:
o, no, not at all. There has not
been a class of men enfranchiSed fol
! the last forty years that has added
| to the dignity, the intelligence or tn,
morality of . the electoral body; OF
| the contrary, all, for time at least
have caused a distinct retrogresSiOn
and have added many diverse ele
ments to be dreaded and feared a
every election.
But when suffrage is asked for tn
women of the United States the mos
profound apprehension is at One'
aroused, lest they might not be abl
to purify politics; lest they shOuio
not, at one sweep, wipe out of exis
tence the vicious institutions whic
men have allowed to take root an
flourish for centuries. The prophet
must have had this great body o
American ObjeetOrs in mind whe
| he spoke of those who strain at
gnat but find no difficulty in swa
| lowing a canal.-Ida Hustled Harpe
in New York Sun.
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Negro Decapitated by SeabOard All
Line Train.

When the Seaboard Air Line
train Saturday night arrived at
the depot from Jacksonville, pieces
of clothing, human flesh and
bloody stains were noticed on the
engine trucks-plainly showing that
some poor fellow had met his death
not far from the city. The next
morningthe yard engine carrying dep
uty Sheriff Hopkins went out on the
main line, and just beyond the sec
ond mile post, which stands at the
eastern end of the deep cut, the de-
capitated body of a colored man was
found lying on the right hand side Of
the track. A little further away Wai
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-27
Cay-Genovar.

The marriage of Mr.. Charles AL
fred Cav and Miss Florence Lorenzo
Genovar was celebrated Sunday, De-
cember o.. 11:45 a. NJ, at the home
of the bride in this city.
Although the banns we're published
according to the usual custom OF the
Roman Catholic Church, the affair
was keptrso quiet that every one was
surprised by the event.
Surrounded by ferns and roses IN
the tastefEily decorated rooms, the
bride, whose Spanish beauty is per.
feet, gowned in snowy satin, was .
dream of loyeliness to which the
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-27
Woman suffrage in the West.

The opponents of woman suffrak'
are shouting from the hOusetopF
"Behold! women have had the frah
chise four years in Idaho, FIVE yef'
in Utah, seven years in COLORADO
ten years in Wyoming and the MI
lennium has not yet arrived: theie
fore woman suffrage is a failure-ti
ought to be abolished in those STAFF
and never granted in any others" J"
1t would be a waste of words, pr
haps, to suggest that even the longss
of these periods is a rather brief ii ~
to usher in the millennium or to 4l
attention to the fact that there is 10
a state in the Union with so SNAP
proportion of its inhabitants in Fl
jails, poorhouses and insane ASYLUM
as Wyoming; OF that the first Lsg
lislatures of Coloradoand Idaho, al 6
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Renefit Methodist PARSONAGE.

There will be musical at ''The
Columns" New Years evening, be-
ginning at 8 o'clock.
Aside from music by the finest ar
lists in town, there will be other at
tractive features, namely, Holiday
Convention" in which four of the
most charming younS Sladies of Talla-
hassee will be costumed to suit the
days they represent recitatiOns, etc.
An enjoyable time is promised and
everybody cordially invited. Pro
ceeds for Methodist parsonage. Ad-
mission only Is cents.
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Ladies viii Serve Dinner.

The ladies of the Methodist.
Church will serve dinner to the hun
CRY multitude, soldiers especially, On
Inauguration day. They have Sc
cured the vacant store two doors
north of Schrsder's drug store, and
will serve the dinner there. There
will be a regular meal, besides many
delicacies, etc.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-12-27
SENATOR RROUSE SHOT
His Cousin Killed at the Same
Time.
DEPLORABLEAFFAIR INDEED
Parties on Both Sides Prominent ami
Well Connected.

0~----~SSSSe
On Thursday afternoon, the 10th
inst, difficulty occurred at Ashmore
and in much less time than it is re
quired to tell the story, one man was
dead and another dangerously
wounded. State Senator-elCct. VIM.
G. Rouse was the latter and Edgar
Minis the former. The shooting Was
done by Frank Walker (more gen
orally known as Little Frank, a son
of the late Hon. B. Frank Walker
of this county.
The facts, as told the coroner,
jury by witnesses, are about ar
follows: Walker had been WORKING
turpentine boxes on McCabe's lan6,
in Wakulla county on which the
lease had expired. He had also,
been hiring teams from Minis to do
hauling with. Rouse and Nlms both
went from SOpchOppy to Ashmore,
where Walker kept a eOmmissarv.
for settlement.
A dispute arose between Rouse.
and Walker over the amount of the
settlement, hot words followed and
Walker pulled a pistol and shot
Rouse In the stomach. Rouse was
unarmed. Minis, seeing that Rouse
his cousin, was, or had been, shot,
pulled his only weapon, a pair of
metal knucks, and struck Walker.
who wheeled and shot Minis two or
three times Zone report says two, an
other three.) The first shot penetra-
ted Minis bowels, ranging. from the
left to the right side, and the second
went through his heart, killing him
almost instantly.
| A telegram summOning DIR. Gwyn,f
was sent here and special train took
him down the same night to see
Rouse. Unable to return himself,
DR.. Philbrick was sent Saturday in
response to another telegram and
considered RouSe's condition 80 crit
ical that he was brought here Satur-
day afternoon on another special
train, where the Doctor could have
the benefit Of everything ;pOssible t.
, save the patients life.
From that time until Monday
morning his condition was extremely
critical. About 10 o'clock A. m. o.
: the latter date, however, the crisie
. came, and the iron nerve of the Da.
tient, without the use of anesthetics
and the skill of the physicians--Dr
Philbrick, especially having remained
and worked with him almost con
| stantly-became masters of the stu
2 alton, and Rouse is at this writing
, on the high road to speedy recovery
A cOrOner'S jury sitting upon the
: Minis case found that he came to bI>
! death in the manner stated, and ac.
f CuSed Walker of murder in the sec
Ond degree. The accused Is a half
+ brother to the sheriff of WakuIIa
county, II. n. Walker, and is in hi,
? custody, but not confined, no warrant
t having been sworn ont at las
accounts.
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The little children attending the Mis- s
Cbild's kindergarten school had a
Christmas of their own last Friday on
which were hung presents for their pa
rents, all of which were made Dy the m
selves in their school I5 was lovely
sight to see the little tots presenting &
their little presents to their mothers, as
their names was called.
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lhe DeacOn's TribuIa Ions.

Horace c, Dale's "The Deacon>
TribulatiOns," was presented at Nun
rO's Opera House last Friday night
by the students of West Florida
Seminary. The audience was large
and the majority of thpm showed
their keen appreciation Of the acting
of the students. The caSt .of char
acterS was as follows:
Deacon Thornton . Mr.. i I RapJo,,l,
George Grail, DeacOn's Nephew, aIr, A. b. CLARK
Je05gs Ts@es Ree6 Sa5T"h' Escaped convi4rs, .----
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. E. G. Jo.hsun
-......-....- Mr.. W. u Mcintosh, IL
Dusty Jim, a tramp, Mr.. II. b. Crawford.
Billy, the DeacOn's hired boy. F. ,,-..,-..-
Pete Mrs Tbor1fon dnsl5 4F; 49, w. E. Edmonds"n
constable. ...........---......-..M Mr. F. c. Coles,
Amelia, Deacon wife Miss Leila Jackson.
MIS- thornton, Amelia's sister, Miss Bessie Saxon
Daisy Dean, as pretty and pert as Of yOre,
Nellie Dar1ah' Daughter MISS Bie si Damon, anon
The acting all through was good,
except the heavy tragedy, and that
was perhaps better than could have
been expected of students so young
IN years and new in the profession.
Altogether it showed great talent
and close application on the part OF
the participants and careful training
on the part of their instructors.
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T. E. James of st. Petersburg is visit,
NO his brother, S. G. James.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18

is a favorite expression with some of
our famous congressman.
But bring up a bill to grant special
privilege to some railroad syndicate,
some manufacturing monopoly, or
product trust, and pandemonium reigns
with vociferous proclamations of it's
supporters. Ye Gods how Yankee
Doodle has fallen! O We American
sovereigns of village, town and city,
are these the men in whose hands you
place your faith, honor, and welfare of
your family? Are these the samples
of what men deem honorable and best
among the loyal and noble-hearted
American people? Shame on such
honor, justice or Christianity that sup
ports or excuses such existing condi-
tions.
Instead of collecting millions to
build more churches, let those who
preach Gods word do the work that is
at hand and help clear out the corrupt
boodling legislators of their state. 1t
were better to take the universal vote
of the people on any acts or law affect
ing the states welfare than to have
such set of men gambling with the
peoples rights.
The people don't require of the state
senator's to take the lecture platform
or public stump and tell them of the
injuries inflicted on the tax payers and
wage earners of the state by the cor
rupt combines and trusts. The people
know it. But explain to them who
trust to your honor as men, to guard
their welfare; why, in your capacity
as representatives you have passed
acts and created laws that permit such
criminal conditions to prey on the
honest citizens ofsyour state.
1t is not partyismT that constitutes
right-it is principle, and the principle
of truth and honor should be support
ed by every man, be he Republican,
Democrat, corn-planter or mugwump.
The people have listened too long to
the loud-mouthed orators, who climb
on the table and tluctuate from the
rock bound coast of our grand Repub-
lie to the sun-kissed waves of Manila
bay. The people don't want pine
woods oratory. They want honest
actions that will support the honesty
and welfare of a nation or state.
JAN O'RURICK.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18
Written for The Prison Mirror.
Criticism.

Criticism is sometimes misunder-
stood in its application to many con-
ditions and individuals. Yet, without
criticism there would be very little
progress and no perfection in anything
pertaining to man or his vOcatiOns.
During the French army scandals,
severe criticisms were passed upon the
methods of French justice, and it was
given from the critics standard of
moral justice as recognized throughout
the Christian world. Therefor it must
be correct. Now when an individual
criticises the morals or actions of a
class, sect, or party, there are people
who in turn criticise the critic and
call them cranks. Such are the con-
ditions of our civilization, and as some
easy going preachers contend, are in
evitable and must be endured.
Now such reasoning is false. Per-
lection comes from experiment. 1t is
the same in relation to the social or
moral conditions of state or a people.
And one of the most essential and
important factors in the advancement
of a people toward perfect civiliza-
ton. They are placed in their high
positions by the people, who expect to
be benefited therefrom. 1t would be
tedious to take the reader back to the
source of American legislature or Con-
gress since their organization in this
country. Suffice it to state that the
body were adopted in our Constitution
for the benefit of the people and not
individual profits, inasmuch as they
were the selected representatives OF the
people. They are expected to enact
such wise laws as should tend to for
ward the progress and happiness of all
the people. In our first American leg
islature and congressional assemblage,
we had no lobbyists to bribe for individ-
ual gain; we had no trust kings to
purchase the honor and manhood of
our representatives, for in those days
Columbia bred men to higher
standard than we reach today.
AS for those who represent the
American people today in our costly
assembly halls, simply take a review of
the laws and acts that are passed by
this body and mark out those acts that
benefit the people, and compare with
the acts that are passed for the indi-
vidual or trust. Christ says: "By
their acts ye shall judge them"
Let one honest representative of the
people stand up for honor and desires
of the people and ten will rise up and
jeer him, and some trust bound traitor
will yell, "To hell with the people," as
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18

A woman got in and a polite man
rose to give her his seat, raising his
hat and asking her if she would not sit
down. The woman pumped herself
down in the vacant seat without a
word of thanks and ! saw the color
flush up in the young mans cheeks.
In minute he hastily looked over the
books which he carried under his arm
and then, speaking to the woman to
whom he had given his seat, he said:
II beg your pardon, but 1 think 1 left
my pocketbook ON that seat"
The woman arose to let him see and
he quietly slipped into the seat him
self, saying: "Thank you," and i'm
mediately burying his nose in a big
geometry.-Brookiyn Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18

river. new boat. In few months
there was about six accidents, one
after another, they could do nothing
with her; several had lost their lives on
her, SO the owners tied her up. When
war broke out she was sold to the
government, and has done good service
ever since. You may call it what you
like say it's the luck. MEMO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18

WIN WIZ COOPCO up Ill TdCIl6r close
quarters we'll aft among the various
boxes and bales of merchandise.
All went we'll until the ship had
almost reached ,Woosing bar. White
and L were in the Captains cabin en-
Joylng game of "seven up'' and dis
cnssing the merits of bottle of three
star which the Captain had placed at
our disposal. We had heard the steam.
er's whistle, but paid no attention to it.
thinking it merely warning to some
belated fishing junk on her way to
Shanghai. Suddenly there was ter
rlfic shock which sent White in one
direction and [ in another. but this
seemed rather to facilitate than to
retard our progress to the door out of
which we rushed only to find we had
been almost cut in two 10y steamer
almost twice our size, who, even then,
was endeavoring to free herself.
TO say we were not frightened
would be prevaricating, but drown
ing man will clutch at straw and
forgetting everything but the one
thought of self-preservation made
leap for the anchor chains of the
steamer that had caused the disturb
ance; luckily I gained footing and
moment more found me on her deck.
Feeling that | was safe, at least for
the time, | gazed around and imagine
my surprise at seeing Whites head
appear above the rail- His answer to
my greeting was, 1 thought, rather
abrupt. "Why the devil didn't YOU
wait for me?" said he. But was too
excited to reply. We were safe and
that seemed to be about all 1 was cap.
able of thinking of.
1T did not take the Newchwang
many minutes to clear herself. where.
upon she was headed for the shore and
beached where she lay on her beam
ends.
Not so with the OnwO. We had no
more than cleared her when her stern
rose high in the air and with one sick
enlng plunge she disappeared carrying
down with her all but four of her
officers, the Captain himself being one
of the unfortunates.
An investigation revealed the fact
that the Captain of the Newchwang
had failed to answer our signals: this
accounted for our not hearing a reply.
He was tried and convicted, but
through the efforts of the owners he
escaped with light fine. But the
former being one of the stockholders
it will be seen that it would have been
out of the question to impose more
severe punishment, even though he
was responsible for the death of those
heather Chinese.
The above is but one of the MANY
events which spring from no other
source but carelessness. Had he given
his wheel one turn he would have lost
nothing and gained great deal; but
much was in his estimation, to be
gained by quick run and as a conse-
quence two hundred souls were hurled
into that dark beyond. YORKTOWN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-18
THE BRINY DEEP.
Paper Read Before the Chuotauqua Circle.

Paper Read Before the Chuutduqua Circle
From Landmarks point of view the
life of a sailor is not to be envied, he
takes it for granted that it is made up
of danger, hairhreadth escapes, ILL.,
treatment, and to be candid, it must be
admitted that the majority of news
papers and especially those aspiring to
yellow journalism, bear him out in
this impression. Many who would
otherwise avail themselves Of the op,
portunity Of visiting the old home
once more, before leaving this vale of
tears for that long journey to the bet
ter land, will naturally hesitate at the
idea of run across the pond. Visions
Of typhoons, monsoons: hurricanes and
fires, all leading to the same end,
namely, the inevitable shipwreck
where the weak are trampled upon to
make room for the strong.
TO some the above may seem absurd,
and yet the fact remains that there are
many today who could no more be per-
suaded to trust themselves to the ten
der mercies of old Neptune than they
would to Malay pirate.
Now seafaring man takes an al
together different view of the situa-
ton. He takes, as matter of course,
the attending dangers which, by the
way, are greatly exaggerated, and
should he be so unfortunate as to
undergo'shipwreck he promptly makes
the most of his situation.
Wrecks are not as common as is
supposed, and when they do occur the
court of inquiry will, in the majority
of cases, prove concusively that care
lessness and negligence were at the
bottom of them.
TO prove the truth of my assertion l
will relate to you an experience, the
only one in nearly ten years spent in
following the sea, which happened to
me in the spring of '96, at the mouth
of the Yang,tse Kiang River Our ship
the Yorktown was then at Hankow
abont 700 miles up the Yang tse- Kiang
River. We had, unfortunately for our
selves, been left at Chefoo when the
ship received orders to proceed to
Hankow and had reached Shanghai by
way of NingO on board the Petrol AS
orr orders were to rejoin our ship, we
Immediately on arriving at Shanghai
took passage on board the OnwO, one
OF the numerous sidewheel steamers
then trading up the Yang tse- Kiang.
My companion, White, was in favor Of
our waiting until the sailing of the
regular passenger steamer, which
would not be until the following morn
ing, but finally overcame his scruples
and eleven O'Clock that evening found
us bound down the river on our way to
one of the dirtiest cities in China.
The crew of the Onwo consisted of a
captain, two mates, boatswain and
two quartermasters, all of whom with
the exception of the second mate, who
was japanese, were Dutchmen; in
addition to these she carried dozen
coolie deckhands and about one hun.
dred and seventy Chinese passengers