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N0 ORGANIC UNION JUST YET.
..DUE'S PBESiVTEWAS* TAKE AC
TIOS O* THE M BJECT.
The Report Adopted le.-ni It I nwlm-
I ,itier K.latlaK Coodltlone to A*i
,;l(P the Rueitlon—Sentiment* ot
Inr ere He*nrd nnd 4'hrlatinn Af
(rrilon Enprenned—Dr. I rni* Fi
nally He-eleeted Secretary of Home
jliaalona—The Next General Asaeiu
tlly to He Held at Memphia.
I,.'.’as. May 21.—The organic union ques
,, tv.is settled amid great enthusiasm
~ morning in the Southern ITeabyteri
* general assembly. There was a most
r ,-tr.arkable scene and the measure passed
unanimously. The principal advocate of
UE ;o . Rev. Mr. Walton of Georgetown,
v, seconding the motion to adopt the
r . rt of the committee on bills and
overtures.
T. - assembly was called to order prompt
ly ii' ■' o'clock and the minutes were read
n„d approved.
The bills and overtures committee re
port .1. advising no action on the overture
i-kir,g for a change in the licensure of
candidates for the ministry.
jir. Graham, chairman of the commlt
tff on bills and overtures, in a concllia
to-y speech, presented the report on the
overtures on the subject of organic union.
The following Is the full text of the pa
re! after reference to the contents of
the overtures sent up by the various pres
byteries the report proceeding in the fol
lowing terms: "This assembly does not
(].. m it wise under existing conditions to
agitate the questions submitted in these
overtures, it avails itself of this occa
sion. however, to place again on record
it- sentiments of sincere regard and
Christian affection for that honored branch
of the great I’resbyterian family between
whom and ourselves close fraternal re
ia'ions already exist, and we here renew
the expression of our desire that the plans
of co-operation in Christian work, both
ai home and abroad, which have been
agreed to by our respective assemblies,
may be always faithfully and cordially Ob
6, rved by both churches.”
In an interview Rev. R. A. Walton, ex
pressing the views of the advocates of
union with the northern assembly, said*
•‘A great pressure was brought to bear
on me to contend for the appointment of a
committee on conference to meet a like
committee from the northern assembly on
the subject of organization. If the report
of our committee on overtures Bhould fail
to make this recommendation it matters
not what else might be embodied in the re
port. but I take it that wtiat is needed
just now is the securing of that real and
hearty co-operation which has been the
purpose of the former deliverances and I
am of the opinion that the spirit of the re
port which was presented and adopted is
a most decided step In this direction. We
must go on step by step until we reach
that point of union which the work de
mands.”
The committee on home missions report
ed and the majority recommended Rev. R.
H. Fleming. D. D., of Lynchburg. Va.. for
secretary. The minority was in favor of
continuing Dr. Craig. The assembly re
fused to debate this question in executive
s' ssion and Dr. Peyton H. Hoge, chair
man of the committee, supported the
nomination of the committee.
The assembly met again at 3 p. m. and
continued the debate on the election of the
secretary of home missions. Dr. Lefevre
of Baltimore made a telling speech in
favor of Dr. Craig, who was finally re
elected on the call of the ayes and nays
by a vote of 97 to 62. The vote was made
j unanimous.
Charlotte, Memphis, Atlanta and Fred
< ricksburg, Va., were placed In nomina
tion for the next meeting. Memphis was
chosen by a bare majority. The whole
afternoon was spent in debate on these
two questions.
The session of the assembly to-night
was devoted to the cause of foreign mis
s' s. Rev. R. H. Fleming, D. D., pre
y'd, I and the address of the evening was
i b> Rev. (}. W. Painter of Hong Chow,
China, who spoke for over an hour. At
:he conclusion of the address the assem
bly took a recess until 9 a. m. to-morrow.
PRESBYTERIANS OF THE NORTH.
Additions Made to the Committee on
Theological Seminary Control.
Pittsburg, May 22.—1n the general as-
Fcmhly this morning the moderator an
nounced the following additions to the
special committee on theological seminary
control: To till vacancies. Dr. George W.
F. Birch of Newark, Robert H. Hinckley
of Philadelphia and Thomas Ewing of
Pittsburg. Additional members. Dr. Fran
cis .Montfort of Cincinnati, Dr. W. H.
Hubbard of Auburn, ex-Gov. .James A.
Beaver of Bellefonte, Pa., C. V. Vauden
berg of Minneapolis. In place of Dr.
Birch, w ho resigned from the Lane Semi
nary conference committee, the moderator
appointed Dr. J. I. Blackburn of Ken
tucky.
Elder Hinckley of Philadelphia presented
u resolution requesting the committee on
seminary control to inquire into and re
port to the next general assembly as to
the rights of tlie Presbyterian church in
the property now held by the Union Theo
logical Seminary.
Dr. ('halfant of Pittsburg presented the
report of the standing committee on for
eign missions. The report recommended
the re-election of the members of the
board whose terms had expired. William
Paxton, D. D„ John O. Wells, D. D., John
Balcom Shaw, D. D., David Gregg, D. D.,
Elders William A. Booth, E. M. Kingsley
and Alexander Maitland.
more revem k \reded.
I< Will Probably Bp Knlnri) by a Tat
on Uppr nnd Tobacco.
" ashington, May 23.—A1l of the prac
tlral officials of the treasury department
d' lare that steps will have to be taken
to secure additional revenue to meet the
legitimate expenses of the government.
deprived the Secretary of the Treasury of
the xpected *30,000,000 or more from the
income tax. it became necessary to look
about for some other available source of
revenue. Of course, nothing can be done,
'' ept to make suggestions, until congress
tner-ts.
! here is a general feeling at the treas
t department that the tax on beer will
be Increased. It,is contended that beer is
and the most desirable articles for an ln
(ream t n the tax. According to the official
' nns received at the office of the com
rr ! -doner of internal revenue, for the past
• months of the present fiscal year,
returns from beer, at the present tax
Per barrel, revenue to the amount of
‘V oit tH9,niio,ooo has been collected. For
; , ; ?amr period *85,000.000 from whisky, and
u "''‘ l 719.000,000 from tobacco and cigars.
be advocates of an Increase In the
• r tax declare that the rate would have
. n Increased from *1 to *2 in the Wllson
• orman tariff bill had It not been for the
'■■iluence displayed by the brewers upon
' "igress. It appears that both political
Parties have always been afraid of offend
■ng the German voters by increasing the
ax on their favorite beverage. In sup
r.l’ i 0f the P r °P°sed Increase In the tax
''eer to *2 per barrel. It Is claimed that
_ n Profit on a single barrel of beer is
■tortuous. Experts assert that a barrel of
beer cost the average saloon keeper not
more than IS. From one barrel Is drawn
about 100 glasses, of the usual retail size.
At 5 cents per glass the saloon keeper
makes a profit of about lit on each bar
rel.
It is claimed that an additional tax on
tobacco and whisky is easily collecte.L
Whisky is now taxed 11.10 per gallon,
which some persons claim is all it can
stand, with safety to the government. It
is said that when the tax Is raised above
a certain figure an Inc-ntlve is given to
indulge in Illicit distilling. Notwithstand
ing that plea it is believed that the tax
on whisky can be materially increased,
for the same reason that the beer tax
should be increased. Beer and whisky will
be in demand by certain persons regard
less of the tax imposed upon It and the
dealers will manage to serve it at the
usual rates even if they resort to putting
false bottoms in the glasses used over the
counter or bar.
Tobacco is another luxury that can well
stand an additional tax, accordingly to the
statements of the financial experts, in
search of sufficient revenue to meet the de
mands of the government. No additional
force of employes will be necessary to col
lect this additional tax and it Is easily
gathered in. These facts are probably well
known to Secretary Carlisle, but they will
probably be called to mind when lie re
turns to Washington. His recommenda
tions may not be determined upon until
he Is ready to incorporate them in his
annual report to congress.
BATTLES WITH THE BAT.
Ontrome of the Huy's struggle* for
the A'lintiiptoufthlp.
Washington, May 22.—The following are
the results of V ase ball games played
to-day:
At Cleveland-
First Game R H E
Cleveland ....1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 x—B 16 2
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o 3 2
Batteries—Wallace and O’Connor; Gum
bert and Grim.
Second Game: R II K
Cleveland ...1 3 0 0 5 0 4 2 x—ls 15 2
Brooklyn ....3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1— 610 3
Batteries—Cuppy and O'Connor; Stein
and Grim.
At Cincinnati— R H E
Cincinnati ..5 0 0 0 0 010 0 6-21 20 4
Boston 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 8 13 5
Batteries—Dwyer and Merritt; Nichols
and Ganzel.
At Louisville— R H E
Louisville ...0 00010300—464
Baltimor? ...3 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0-11 15 2
Batteries—lnks, Luby and Welch; Esper
and Robinson.
At Pittsburg— RUE
Pittsburg ...0 2 01 1 01 20—7 12 4
Washington .2 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 3—14 12 3
Batteries—Colcoiough and Kinslow;
Stock,lale and McGuire.
At St. Louis — R H E
St. Louis 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-3 11 2
New York .. .2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-4 10 1
Batteries—Breitenstein and Miller;
Meektn and Farrell.
At Chicago— R H E
Chicago 2 2300403 o—l 4 15 0
Philadelphia 220001200—7 12 6
Batteries—Terry and Moran; Hudson,
Beam and Clements.
Nashville, Tenn., May 22.—Nashville won
its third straight game from Montgomery
to-day. The game was in striking con
trast to that of yesterday, both teams
playing superb ball. Neither club scored
after the fifth inning, when Nashville
bunched its hits and sent the two win
ning runs across the plate. The score fol
lows: •
R H E
Nashville ..1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0— 4 13 3
Montgomy. 102000 0 00—3 8 0
Batteries—Herman and Trost; Bailey
and Rappold.
Evansville, Ind., May 22.—Evansville
took the third straight game from Little
Rock this afternoon in the presence of a
small crowd. The visitors hit the ball
freely, but were unable to bunch the hits
for score-making. Morse and Fifield for
the visitors, and Blackburn for the locals
scored home runs. The score follows:
R H E
Evansville .1 2520302 o—ls 13 3
Little Roek.O 12200220—9 17 4
Batteries—Blackburn and Fifield; Morse
and Corcoran.
Atlanta, Ga., May 21.—Nearly 2,000 peo
ple to-day saw the prettiest and most ex
citing game of ball played in the south
this season, and so well was the game
played that there are very few chances
that it wilj be repeated again this season
either in the south or In the National
League. It was a game which drew a
tight tension upon all who were out, and
when it was over there was not one, not
even the most loyal home fan. who was not
satisfied. It was a battle between Wood,
the young pitcher Atlanta pulled out of the
prize box. and “Sllwcr” Braun. Each
pitcher gave up four hits, and the way
the hitting was done showed that both
men knew what they were doing. The
first hit in the game was made In the sec
ond inning, when Braun was found for a
two-bagger and then there was no more
hitting by the Atlanta until the eighth in
ning, when a second thump for a single
was found. New’ Orleans could not find
Wood at all until the fifth inning, when a
single w’as produced by the batters of the
team. The next inning a single came
from Braun's bat. When the Atlantas
went from the bench and the New Orleans
came in to the bat for the last time the
score w r as 1 to 0 in favor of Atlanta.
New’ Orleans had two men out when a
single, a double and a player’s choice gave
them two runs and the game. The score
follows:
R H E
Atlanta 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l 4 0
New Orleans..o 0000000 2-2 4 3
Batteries—Wood and Armstrong; Braun
and Godlng.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 22.—Chatta
nooga took the third straight game from
Memphis to-day, defeating her by a score
of 9 to 2. The Chattanooga colts are com
posed, perhaps, of the youngest average
players of any club in the southern league.
The players are Just rounding out as a
team and have developed from compara
tively raw material, a rapid lot of players
who will not long grace the tail end of
the procession. Nichols' umpiring was bet
ter received to-day. Memphis left to-night
for Nashville. The score follows: R H E
Chat’nooga .0 0003300 3—9 13 8
Memphis ...0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 o—2 2 0
Batteries—Sechrist and Fuller; Bean and
O'Meara.
EAST DAY AT LOUISVILLE.
The Meeting Closes With Only Two
Favorites First.
Louisville, May 22.—The fifteen day meet
ing of the New Louisville Jockey Club
closed to-day. The weather was delight
ful. the track fast and 6,000 persons wit
nessed the closing events. The Burlington
stakes was captured by the favorite, May
Pinkerton. Turner got off well and rush
ing to the front won all the way, finishing
a length in front of Reprieve. Summaries
follow:
First Race—Six furlongs. Laurate, 102,
A, Clayton, 2 to 5, Won, with Fra Diavolo
second and Dominion third. Time 1:1644.
Second Race—Four furlongs. Semper
Ego. 113, Perkins. 4 to 1, won. with Lucille
H. second and Rewarder third. Time :49.
Third Race —One mile, selling. Cyclone,
101, A. Clayton, 7 to 2, won, with Orlnda
second and Greenwich third. Time 1:41.
Fourth Race—The Burlington stakes,flve
furlongs. May Pinkerton, 101, Turner. 7
to 5. won. with Reprieve second and Fred
Barr third. Time 1:02'4-
Fifth Race—Seven furlongs, selling. Ra
mona. 109. Bergen. 7 to 5, won. with Elise
second and Dr. Refd third. Time I:2BVi.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 2X 1805.
GALLANT HEROES OF THE GRAY.
(Continued from Fir*t Page )
camp have prepared a correct list of the
enrollment from every county, the number
Killed and in what battle; It ai*ks ea*'h
state organization to urge upon its respec
tive legislature to make an appropriation
for carrying into effect these recommenda
tions; endorses the Confederate Veteran
publication, censures the Encyclopedia
Btitannlca. for misrepresenting the south;
strongly indorses Dr. J. L M. Curry and
his history, “The Constitution and Re
united I‘nion," and asks that he be in
vited to address the veterans at the next
reunion on the subject of slavery and se
cession; it also asks that the committee be
enlarged to one member from each state.
The report was adopted and ordered pub
lished.
When Gen. I>ee finished the veterans
were invited to pass in review l>efore Miss
Davis, after the adjournment, which
then taken from 1 till 7 o’clock. The
crush and confusion was so great that
there was actual danger of fatalities.
Miss Winnie advanced to the front of
the platform, and smilingly raising her
hands, said she knew she could rely
upon the members, as men and Texans to
follow the rules and mike the review as
easily as possible." adding, “Now won’t
you?” with an appealing smile. This was
partially effective, but not wholly so. and
for nearly two hours she was buried
among the mass of who scram
bled over the reporters’ tables ami upon
the platform. It would be impossible to
describe the enthusiasm and confusion of
the scene.
At 5 o’clock in the afternoon the spon
sors and their maids of honor held a larg ‘
reception at the Hutchins house.
The Atlanta delegation nu t this after
noon and determined to make a strong
pull for the next reunion. Gen. Clemeiu
A. Evans and Judge W. L., Calhoun were
a pointed to represent Atlanta’s claims
Memphis Is making a strong fight for tlu*
reunion, offering sr,,rtKfcto be used in enter
taining the delegates. Richmond and
Charleston .are keeping the contest warm
The convention was an hour late in
reassembling to-night and it was 8 o’clock
when the business was taken up. The au
dltorloam was again full to overflowing,
but perfect order prevailed.
The report of the Davis Monument com
mittee was made the special order for to
morrow morning at 11 o’clock.
The report of the committee on creden
tials was made, but it was imperfect and
not read in full.
The action of the commander in suspend
ing the constitution adopted at Birming
ham was Indorsed and a committee to
adopt anew one was appointed, with one
member from each state comprising the
late confederate states, from Indian terri
tory and the division of the north. Tlte
committee was as follows: Gen. Stephen
D. Dee of Mississippi, chairman; W. K.
Miekel of Alabama, John \V. Harold of
Arkansas. Clement A. Evans of Georgia,
Frank Phillips of Florida, J. Taylor Elly
son of Virginia, J. A. Charlton of Douis
lana, John H. Hickman of Tennessee, A.
T. Watts of Texas. K. I>. Hall of North
Carolina, R. H. Teague of South Carolina,
John D. Galt of Indian territory and Joe
Shelby of Missouri from the divisions of
the north.
At 9 o’clock the convention adjourned
until 10 o’clock to-morrow. The veterans
remained in the auditorium and listened
to a special concert gotten up for their
benefit by the citizens of Houston.
A large reception was tendered Miss
Winnie Davis at the residence of Judge
Masterson to-night. One thousand invita
tions were issued, and the reception was
the social event of the week.
THKI HAVE \D PENNIES.
Their Absence Fell by lullforuinun
lii FI nit n<*lii I Clrcnlntlon.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Tt is starnge that the penny has not been
brought into use on the Pacific coast, since
it would benefit the buyer and producer
and work no injury to the seller, except
possibly increase the volume of his busi
ness without a proportionate addition to
his profits. Its direct 'benefits would be
so great and widespread and its second
ary advantages equally so postive and ex
tensive In the way of cultivating frugal
ity that it is indeed remarkable that we
should be so inhospitable to the introduc
tion and use of the small coin. No prob
lem in Euclid can be demonstrated more
lucidly or unequivocally than that the use
of the penny would add a substantial in
crease to the wages or salary of every
workingman or clerk. Thus, If a man buys
half a dozen eggs for 8 cents and must
pay 10 because small coins to make the
change are not in use, he loses 2 cents,
or 20. per cent, of the purchase price. If he
speni his wages in small purchases of that
character he would lose 20 cents in every
dollar, and if he were a wage-worker at
$1.50 a day he would lose by the end of the
month $9. The saving of such an amount
would be equivalent to an increase in his
wages of 20 per cent. Of course all of a
man’s wages are not laid out In small
purchases, but if one stops to think, it is
remarkable how much a man of small
means buys in small quantities.
If a man can save in his purchases from
5 to 20 per cent, of his income, he has just
that much more to expend for other arti
cles. If the workman saves Scents in the
purchase of half a dozen eggs, he has
that additional amount to lay out for an
apple or an orange. His purchasing pow
er has been increased and consequently
the man who produces has just so much
greater demand to supply. Thus the pro
ducer is benefited to the degree of the
increase in the buying power of the peo
ple.
Jt mav be said that the seller would
lose this odd change in the transaction,
and this is true. Yet, if he could sell the
half dozen eggs for R cents and thereby
tret a fair profit, he ought not to complain
because he cannot charge at per cent, ad
ditional. Furthermore, the buyer would
probaly spend for some other article the
amount he saved on one purchase, and the
seller would make a profit on that trans
action.
A careful study of the daily purchases
of a workingman with a small family will
show that he Joses from $3 to $8 or $9 a
month because he does not receive exact
change from the seller. And this amounts
to a substantial and important sum. There
is also a secondary benefit bestowed in
the use of small coins which should by no
means he despised. It is the advantage
derived from the impulse to frugality and
economy which it gives. If a Child he giv
en a cent to spend instead of a nickel, it
has a great more respect for the nickel
and looks on It as of greater value than
though It were the smallest coin In use.
What is true with the child is true with
the man, and these subtle impressions
on the mind have an unconscious effect
upon the opinion a man forms of the val
ue of money. It is said that the old Cali
fornian who used to measure values by
the rude way of weighing gold dust threw
the nickel in the street when it was first
given him in change. But who would now
give up the nickel, or who can estimate
the benefits its use has brought to the
people? The penny is just as useful, just
as beneficial to the people as the nickel,
and its coming should be warmly wel
comed.
—"Tlie growth of a few tiny rootlets,"
observed the teaehhr of the botany class,
"has been know to lift a heavy rock from
its place, and the root of a tree growing
out under a stone sidewalk will sometimes
push it up and break it. Other cases of and
like nature showing the strong uplifting
power of vegetable growth have occurred,
I doubt not, within your own observation.
Is It not fg>?" “Yes'm,” said the boy with
the faded hair: "I’ve heard my paw say
his last year's corn crop lifted a mort
gage off his farm."—Chicago Tribune.
Perfectly* Satisfied.—Crack Boat
Builder—Ali! How de do, Mr. Richman?
How did the rowboat I made you last
summer suit?
Mr. Richman— Perfectly!
“Ah! I'm glad to hear It. I always like
to give satisfaction. Suited perfectly, eh?"
“Yes. I left It in front of my boathouse
all summer, and every scalawag who tried
to steal it got upset or drowned."—New
York Weekly.
A Peculiar Case.\
- %
PHYSICIANS PUZZLED BY THE EX
PERIENCE OF MRS. BOWEN.
Th* F.plmpal Hospital Said Mir Had
ton.nmpttan.
(From th* Rrcord, JFkUodflphin, JVi.)
Last July the Episcopal hoapital admitted
• woman whose pale and -mamatfl face and
racking cough proclaimed her the vic
tim of consumption. She gave her name a*
Mrs. Sallied. Bowen, wife of lira. G. liowen,
residence, 184'.* Meighan EL, Philadelphia.
The ease was diagnored and she was told
plainly that shs was in an advanced Face
of consumption. The examining physician
even showed her the sunken place in her
breat where theeavitv in her lung was sup
posed to exist. She went home to her family
a broken, disheartened woman with death
staring her in the face. That was the begin
ning of the story, the end was told by Mrs.
Bowen, who no longer expects to die, to a
reporter wlm visited her home.
“ The first svinploinsof consumption came
in the form of terrible sweats, both night
and day. Front April until S-ptemher 1
was constantly cold and kept wrapped nn
in blankets through the hottest weather. A
terrible cough took possesion of me, my
breast was sore to the slightest touch, and
my limits were like cold clay. The hardest
rubbing with the coarsest towel would not
create the slightest flush, and the least
exertion would so exhaust me that I could
barely gaap for water.
“ 1 w'nt ti the hospital in July and they
diagnosed my case as above stated. It
was when the clouds were the darkest
that the fi-st glint of sunshine came. Mr.
Shrlmerdine, a friend, who lives around at
1944 < ’lementine tjt., said to me one day, Mrs.
liowen did you ever try Dr. Williams’ Pink
Pills for Pale People? I had never heard of
the medicine hut in inv condition c mid not
turn a deaf egr to anything that re
lief. It waa after considerable thought and
investigation that I concluded todiscontinue
p.ll the medicine I was taking, including
cod liver oil, nnd depend entirely upon
Pink Pills. 1 b-gsn to take the pills, at
first wi.h but little encourage went. The
fird. Bign of improvement war a warmth
an 1 a tingling sensation in my limbs.
Finally the cough disappeared, my chest
lost its r.orcn*ss and I began to gain flesh
until I was fift >ea pound heavier. All this
I owe to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and I can
not praise them too highlr.”
Mrs. liowen is a kindly faced lady of
middle age, a ehnrch member well-known
and highly esteemed. She looks to-day.
well and strong nnd it seems almost im
possible that she wa ever given up by em
inent phvsieinns as nn incurable consump
tive. Yet such is the case beyond all dis
pute.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all Ihe
elements necessary tn give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are fir sa'c by all druggists,
or mav be had by mail from Dr. Williams'
Medicine Cos., Schenectady, X. Y., for 600.
per box. or nix boxes for $2.50.
A nill tliO SIM.III <ITI/.KV
lit* is Illnok null Was Fornierl}' a
Slave In Carolina.
From the Chicago News. .
In a dingy little room at 400 Dearborn
streets Lewis Bates, the wealthiest col
ored man In Chicago, “keeps house" all
alone.
The walls and floor of the room are
Latte, its celling is smoky, Its furniture
the most meager, and the gunneuts of
its white haired occupant are seedy and
ill-litting. Yet this unlettered old man
owns $150,000 worth of property within a
stone's throw of Polk street depot, tints
an elegant new, seven-story pressed brick
and terracotta apartnvyit house, worth
$90,1M)0 to white tenants on State street,
and could probably cash his check for
130,1,000.
Bates is a small, well-built, ordinary
looking old man, and is utmost black.
He wears a full beard, Is very gray and
slightly bald. He is entirely uneducated
and dresses so |>oorly that he would not
attract a passing glance on the street.
(Over half his life was spent in slavery,
and Ills fortune lias been accumulated
by hard work and shrewd investments
in Chicago real estate, in the thirty years
of freedom he has enjoyed. He was
"burned out" in the second big Chicago
tire, and Ills history Is Interesting and ro
mantic, with a touch of pathos.
Born a slave, near Vancyvllle, N. C.,
nearly seventy years ago, he was sold
away from his parents when a child.
Three times he changed masters, and
finally, when he was about 20 years of
age, found himself in St. Louis, Mo.,
in the hands of a slave trader, who again
offered him for sale, ill common with a
lot of other slaves. While young Bates
was with the trader, an old “auntie” who
had been let out to a St. Louis family on
trial, told him that where she had been
working there was a colored woman called
"Aunt Fannie” w ho resembled'him enough
to be his mother. She asked him If he had
a mother In St. Louis. Bates said he
didn't know. He had some parents once,
he guessed, but that was so long ago that
he had forgoten how they looked.
“Well, honey,” replied the good old
auntie, 'Mat woman Is yo’ mother, sho',
an’ de good Lord is goln' to foth yo' two
together.”
Bates went straight tip to the trader
and told him what he had heard and the
latter, beomlng Interested, promised to
Investigate. Word was sent to Aunt Fan
nie's master, who. It was found, owned
aunt Fannie's husband, 100, and he
brought his servant Fannie down to see
young Bates, and, strangely enough, he
was her son! The kind master was not
deaf to the ixsor mother's entreaties for
her son's companionship but very humane
ly purchased him, and thus'the little slave
family was again united.
Bates' new master owned a foundry and
there Bates learned the iron molder's trade
He was given a certain task each day and
when that was finished his time was his
own. He worked hard In his extra hours
and In five years had scraped together 1150
by doing odd jobs. He loaned his little
"nest egg” to a free colored man for
one year at 10 per cent. Interest, but at
the end of a year the man told him he had
lost the money, and Bates, being a slave,
could do nothing about It. To add to
Bates' troubles his father died shortly af
ter this and the war broke out and the
master detemiincd to take bis remaining
slaves to Texas, so t'hat they could not
escape to the free states.
Then Bates began to plan for his free
dom. He saved up S6O and made friends
with one of the ofllccrs of the under
ground railroad, and early one morning
they both took fishing poles and went to
the river. Bates was rowed across the
Mississippi to the Illinois shore and put on
board a Chicago and Alton train, and In
twelve hours was In Chicago looking for
work. This was In 1801. In a few days
Bates found employment In P. W. Gates'
foundry on the west side, and In three
months had saved SIOO. Then work got
slack at 4he foundry and he bought a horse
and wagon and started out as an express
man, and, although he rapidly accumu
lated property, he drove his wagon until
a year ago, when he quit because he was
getting too old for heavy work.
A Daily News reporter, who called at his
room yesterday, found Bates at home.
The house In which he lives Is a four story
brick at 400 Dearborn street. It Is valued
at 175,000, and the name “Lewis Bates" is
carved In a gray stone center-piece over
the door. Bates owns another house just
like it on Plymouth place, but he prefers*
to live on Dearborn street. He does his
own cooking, and bis room presents such
a poverty-stricken appearance that one
finds it difficult to believe that Its com
monplace looking occupant is worth near
ly half a million dollars.
The evening was cold, and while the
curious old man poked some slicks, which
he ha l evidently picked up from the street,
into a little rusty stove, he told the ro
mantic story of his life and gave several
interesting accounts of his ability as a
money-maker.
"Soon after I came to Chicago," he
said, “I bought a horse, married a woman
an' brought my mother here. I knew I
needed an education, but 1 thought I need
ed money worse, 'cause 1 had others to
take care of. tne day 1 was driving along
an saw I could buy this place for s2,(rti.
I bought it an* paid the money in one
year. There was only a little frame cot
taae on it then. I was milkin' $35 a week
an sometimes mote with my wagon In
them days, so 1 bought another house on
Plymouth place. Then I Imught two more
lots for s2i> apiece way out near Thtrtv
sixth street on State. Thai was out o'
town in them days an* people laughed at
rue. Now. 1 haw u fine house with seven
stories an' a basement, worth 180. QUO, on
them lots all' wouldn't sell for stioo a font
hen 1 got good an ready I put up
tills btiiliiin' here, an'—would you believe
it'.'- my feller-expressmen wanted to run
me away from my stand. They said I
had money enough. As If I didn't know
when I had enough. Fp to a year ago 1
drove my ole horse, i kept a-savln’ o'
my money an' buytn' property, an' Jest
cause 1 drove a wagon and was po*. -die
colored folks all laughed at ini—-an* 1
(••savin' all I could—fin' why they done
me so I never could tell. Maybe the
good tgird knows.
"The nig lit of the first big Chicago fir
I made Ate. beside what I made In tip
day. I had gone to lied tired, an' long
in the night the fire hells an’ blaze wok*
me. 1 saw the tile was north o' Harri
son street an' that my house was safe,
but 1 knowed it was a fine time to make
money, so 1 hitched up an' went out <•
the street. Everybody was actin' crazy an'
runnln' for dear life. A man w’unted me
to haul some clocks to Twenty*eron*l
street. 'l'll do i* for slo,' I said, 'an' 1
want my money before I load up.' I got
It an’ took the load, domin' back a man
says: 'What'll you charge to haul m>
trunk two blocks?' 'Five dollars, In ad
vance,’ says 1. I done the Job an' lots
mote, an' when I went home I hail sixty
cold dollars. I might have made rh<>'.
but I took pity on some po' colored fum
bles nn' moved them for nothin'." •
Bates takes no active Interest In politics
and never gets lonely. He Is a Baptist in
belief, hut belongs to no church. He
rises at 5 o'clock in the morning and eel
dom retires until 10 o'clock at night. He
loves mom y, but Is openhearted and kind.
Those who know lilm say that he made
Ids money by homed saving and careful
It.vestments und that lie would not cheat
a child. He "never visits anybody and
makes very few friends, and, outside of
a very few very distant relatives, tint
is not a soul to Inherit his wealiu.
SO MM 111.11 Tit ADM THICKS.
How They Were I’linislicd Five Hun*
di-cl Yen vs Ago.
From the Hartford Times.
Cheating In trade is no new thing.
It was practiced In the fourteenth cen
tury as well as the nineteenth. Our town
records contain many cases of summary
Jurisdiction In matters, affecting the price,
weight and quality of food, clothing and
other things.
1 cull a few from the archives of the
city of London. In 134S proceedings were
taken against a butcher for selling putrid
meat. Three reasons were alleged against
tins conduct at his trial before the mayor
and aldermen. It was deceitful and dis
honest; dangerous to the public health;
It brought si-cndul and disgrace upon the
mayor, corporation and all the Inhabitants
of the city that a Londoner should be
havii so.i After investigation he was
found guilty, Hnd condemned to he taken,
will! his bad meat carried in front of
him, to the pillory in Cornhlll, anil while
hi- stood therein, the carrion he had tried
to sell was burnt under his nose.
It Is well-known that the pillory wai
an Instrument In which the culprit was
fixed, Incapable of movement, exposed to
the contempt of the people. The offense
of tlie culprit was always publicly pro
claimed, and according to the views of
the spectators, the punishment might hi
severe or otherwise. If they disliked the
offense or the offender, their contempt
would take the proverbial and forclll*
form of rotten egg and dead cats, and the
tiader would make a closer acquaintance
with his own wares, both raw and cooked,
than he might find pleasant.
A publican, convicted of selling un
sound and unwholesome red wine, was
sentenced to drink a draught of the same
stuff which he sold to the common peo
ple, and the remainder being poured on
his head, ami compelled to forswear the
calling of h vintner in the city of London
forever, unless he could obtain the favor
of the king. A note on the record states
that he was readmitted five years later.
About the same time we find a woman
charged with selling ale In a short-meas
ure quart pot, the bottom of which she
had thickened with pitch and covered
with rosemary, to look like hush In the
sight of her customers. It was a com
mon practice to put some sort of ever
green leaves in the bottom of tankards—
hence the proverb. “Good wine needs no
bush." Her sentence was to stand In the
"thew,” or female pillory, with half of the
pot attached to It. As far as possible, the
cause of the offense wus always exhibited
along with the person punished.
Severe punishment was meted our for
endeavoring to raise the standard mar
ket price of com and other articles. In
1347 a merchant was Imprisoned for forty
days for enhancing the price of his own
property. He, secretly, employed a man
to bring certain of his own (the mer
chant’s) wheat to the market, where
upon he bought his own at 2d. more per
bushel than the market price, of course
taking good care to make the same well
known, forgetting, however, to state what
he knew about the seller.
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Mrs. J. c*. Lynch says My little daughter Katie has t*en afflicted with wore ryes ver *lnc#
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We offer to-day, along with our great manu
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Men’s Pants, which are far below prices ever
offered by any competitor in this or any other
city. - • --
A line of $2.50 Pants at .$1.75
A line of 3.00 Pants at 2.20
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