The true Democrat. [volume], October 09, 1897, Image 1

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Officlal Journal of the Parish, est Feliclana and School Board.
~ EAKE, Jr., Pub. and Prop ST. FRANCISYILLE, WEST FHLICIANA PARISH, LA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1897. VOL; VI.---NO 35.
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j Powell, John H. Stone, FI
Sft.ranclsrille. Clinton, La.
fp.OWELL & STONE,
rnays - at - Law,
St. Franc:ville, La.
.ROBERT SEMPLE,
torney - - Law,
Illpractice in the courts of the B
and 14th jui liecil districts. Dur- p.
'faeaticou, mill mcct clients at the te
nIouse in 1:%v(,i Sara whenever se
IF
?W. RICHAR S PERCY, ei
trney.at-Law &. Notary Public, mi
ST. I RAXC('I~\ ILLE, LA.
Will practice in the 13th Judicial be
etrict, 4th Circuit; Suplremo and 1M
lerial Courts. ()ile in Bank Build.
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ROBT. C. WICKLIFFE, ~1
ttorney - at - Law, P
a]
ST. FRANCISTILLE, LA. ci
Ofiice near court house. Will prane
-in the 13th Judicial and Federal
tarts.
DR. A. F. BARROW, a;
ysician and Surgeon,
St. Franciaville, La.
u in Leake building. Telephone b
answered from either Kilbourne's c:
uhmford's drug stores. ;
DNEY POWELL, D.D.S.,
DENTIST,
'tranaloille, - Louisiana, a
Th prepared to do all work in
'hi line. Office at residence. ,
T. Gastrell, it
IAJBWABE, STOVES, WAGON
OA1BIAGE WOOD .WOBL t
s Furnishing Goods.
OMID, WOODS' MOWING IA
51Es, HAT RAIES, SASH,
S aNDS, DOORS, ETC.
9JOSEPH STERN,
....Dealer tin....
neral
Merohatndise.
Stail In Connection With Stars.
l of Horses and Mules for sale.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
05. STERN,
Foot of Hill.
IL P. KILBOURNE,
uggist
and Chemnist,
Roryal and Prosperity Streets,
St, Iranoisvlle, La.
ptons carefully oompounded.
hseleotion of Drugs, Patent
Medicines, and Notions.
MSh Carden Seed on Hand
T,.1' W, RAYNHAM,
utractor
and Builder,
SDoore. and Dressed Lumber kept
Waitantly on hand at shop,
S near residence,
Oe to Suit the Times.
14. PLITT,
ker and Confectioner,
*. IF'RANCIsVILLE, LA.
SPies, Cakes, Cream Pulfs
1lSorts of Faucy Sweets. Home
rStick Oandy.
il;ng weddilgs and plcnie par
LOUISIANA HAPPENINGS. to
Coll
FIFTEEN-YEAR.OLD BOY ACCIDENTALLY tor
SHOT NEAR DONALDSONVILLE, suit
uut;
Hand Crushed in a Gin--Robbed by a
Waiter...Sunday Law Enforced---Gin b
tor,
House and Contents Destroyed by Fire- live
Fined for Contempt of Court. 896
obe
Gin, Cotton and Seed Burned.
Guiliat & Marshall's gin at Egg bee
Bend was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock tie
p.m. Wednesday, to'gether with thir- cas
teen bales cotton and about forty tong .col
seed. - There was only small insurance. inf
Swamp Land Brings a Good Price.
At the partition sale of 640 acres of
swamp land, situated near lake Natch- soa
ez, in the neighborhood of Plaquemine, dr
made by Sheriff A. A. Browne, Satur- on
dry, p4,600 cash was realized. The th,
purchaser was the White Castle Lum. sh,
ber and Shingle Company, Limited, of yo
White Castle. ri
Sunday Law. an
The New Orleans Sunday law was lef
ignin strictly enforced by the police at re,
midnight last Saturday night. The fr<
)rders issued by the superintendent of yo
police were carried out by the officers Ri
and patrolmen, and the Sunday law ply
closing will become a fixture unless ie
s,me one in authority issues orders to ba
the contrary. in
Letter Carries Kicking Also.
The Letter Carriers' Association
joined the labor bodies in the general
appeal to modify the oppressive quar. q
antino against the New Orleans com- y
merce. The carriers' association con- he
sists of 120 members and in the resolu- al
tions adopted they state that they have b
been handling mail in all parts of that wj
city and have not so far developed a nE
single case of fever. st
Hand Crushed in a Gin. Oc
A deplorable accident occurred at
Slaughter Saturday evening at 1
o'clock. Capt. M. V. Richardson,.
a prominent citizen, got his hand r
caught in the belt as he was
attending to the gin of P. W.
Appleby and had his hand crushed. -
Drs. Allen, Wall and Hagaman found
it necessary to amputate his hand at
the wrist.
Calcasien insires the Embargo.
At the Saturday.orning session of
the parish Board of Health at Lake
Charles, the following resolution was ni
adopted: "Be it ordained, That the tl
embargo be taken off between Cal- P
casieu parish and all points in Texas, tl
and that all guards be taken off at Sa
bine on the Southern Pacific and on the d
Sabine at the Pee Gee crossing and 6
the City of Lake Charles. Represent- C
ed by A. O. Lyons, president of the t
Board of Health, concurring in the r
above."
Provisions Scarce at Opelousas.
Aaron Jacobs and B. Bennett, of Op- t
elousas, went to Alexandria overland
Saturday afternoon and left for St.
Louis Sunday morning, representing
the merchants at Opelonesas, for the
purpose of purchasing ten carloads of
merchandise, which had been made
scarce by the quarantine. They will
sbip direct to Palmetto Station, on the I
STexas and Pacific Railway, and haul
overland, a distance of thirty miles to
Opelousas.
A Probable Fatal Fall.
Frank Griflfin, employed in the
building of a 50-foot tower for the
Oaks Hotel, at Hammond, met with a
Sserious, if not fatal, accident Thursday
afternoon. While taking down a por
tion of the scaffolding the plank on
which Griffin was standing slipped off,
" letting the unfortunate young man fall
a distance of thirty-five feet, striking
the ground head foremost. It is feared
some fatal internal injury was nsus
L tained.
Robbed by a Walter.
Mr. J. S. Harrison of Tallulah, La'.,
complained to the police at New Or
leans Saturday that while in the bar
d rcom of Pete Mil!et, at the corner of
-.Conti and Burgundy streets, andin
the act of taking a drink, he was rob
bed of $25 by John McGinn, a waiter
in Wenger's saloon. McGinn was
seen, so it is claimed when he took the
money from Harrison's vest pocket.
When Harrison made a kick for his
money McGinn handed him back $10
and then fled from the barroom. Mo
Ginu was arrested and locked up in
the Third Precinc& Station.
Th" ee Cottages Destroyed by Fire.
Three hands.,mo cottages on Pine
dt an Fourth streets in Monroe were
wiped out of existence by fire Fri.
dty night as if they had been veri
!:il,!e tinder boxes. The result is that
the families of J. J. Jordan, J.
D. White and Frank Vaughan are prac
tically wi:hout homes of their own.
* I heir losse, as well as those of the
oweri, are partially covered by insur
Selut that is small in consideration
3f the fact of the wiping out of exist
eucm of many things held dear. The
lss is about $5000, nearly covered by
insuirauce. The Mechanics and Trad
ers', of New OrleansP, lose $500 and
11s Ihe Teutonia, of the same city, $750.
Ins. rleffnier Fined for Contempt of Court.
In the district court at Shreveport,
Wcdoisday, Judge ,. D. Land de
r- cred that James Haffocr be seutenced
to ten days' imprisonment in jail and
to pay a fine of $50 for contempt of MU
court. James Heffne was executor of
the will of Winm. Heffner, Jackson Heff
ner, of.Mississippi, and others brought WASI
suit to annul the will; the will was an
nulled and it was ordered that they be
1-ut in possession of three-fourthes of
the estate. 'James Heffner, as ec- As a
tor, was ordered by the court to fe- the
liver to them as heirs the sum of $9,- wil
896.39 and interest. He refused to Lo:
obey the order and the decree of the
court is the result. The case has.long Fi
been in litigation and had been before ruin
the supreme court several times. This Stgt
case is particularly interesting on ae- papC
.connb of the rarity of such proce"ed- Nti
,ings in that section of the State, ebr
of t
Edward J. Leche Shot While Hunting. the
Edward J. Leche, the 15-year-old and
son of J. J. Leche, Esq, a leading spec
druggist of Donaldsonville, was seri see
ously injured Saturday .:torning by of n
the explosion of the leftbarrel of his T
shotgun whilst out hunting. The unk
young hunter had already fired the that
right barrel at a covert of partridges, ing
and had just pulled the triger of the am(
left barrel when the explosion occur- put
red near the lock of the gun, the shots but
from the cartridge penetrated into the will
young man's left arm. Young Valex lion
Richard, a son of Dr. Richard, of that the
place, who was with young Leche, as- be
sisted him to the vehicle and drove ter
back to town. The accident occurred des
in the rear of the Rateou place, some mai
four miles below Donaldsonville. equ
IMay Not Run Through New Orleans.
nec
In consequence of the yellow fever R
quarantine in the Southern States, the the
Southern Pacific Rlilroad Company the
has decided to close its gulf route to NA
all freioht traffic. Arrangements have
been petected by the Southern Pacific j
with the Texas & Pacific whereby con- Co
nection may be had with New Orleans of
and other points in the Southern parts soc
of Louisiana. Through freight for the tra
East will also be turned over to the ser
Texas & Pacific at El Puso, Texas.
This arrangement, while only tempo- tht
rary, will continue until the abate- w.
ment of the yellow fever epidemic. gal
Another effect of the yellow fever
scare is the decision of the passenger in
department of the company, not to gal
'run the Sunset Limited: to New Or- tot
Sthis winter. It will run to Ch'.io
:osago instead. '- toe
Sawmill and Lumber Cosumned bye Fire' er
-A fire broke out last Saturday even
ing at 9.:30 o'clock in the boiler shed of see
the Kyle Lumber Company, in the up. its
per portion of Franklin. It consumed aid
the sawmill and a quant;ty of sawn rel
lumber. The exertions of the local fire
department, efficiently assisted by the oti
New Iberia steam fire company, which ra'
came by rail, prevented the spread of ea
the flames, confining them to the im- i.
mediate neighborhood of the mill, fi
Loss estimated from $12,000 to $15,. Cl
000; no insurance. lhe property was an
owned by three young mei:, who by ex
their energy and enterprinse had built
up a prosperoous and paying business.
They will prccd to rebuild as soon as
possible. 'The corpaulny has many at
friends and well-wishers in the parish. H
The weather is clear, with warm days in
and cool nights. The health of the fr
parish continues good. tl
ROUGH ON BRANN.
Students of Baylor Universlty Mob thq aj
Erratic Editor. d
SW. C. Brann, editor of the Brann'n
Iconoclast, at Waco, .Texas, was the
victim of a mob of 200 students of the
Baylor University, a Baptist institu
tion, Friday afternoon. Mr. Braun
was seen in the office when the young
Smen, students of the university, cal ed
Shim to the door, where they seized him t
d and thrust him into a hack, which wasr t
Srapidly driven to the college campus. t
His captors were armed with revolvers.
At the campus a mob of 200 students
were gathered, a majority of whom
were armdd. They seized Mr. Brann,
pulled him here and there and threat
ened'to shoot him. A rope was pro
vided andcries of ' Hang him!" arose
n on all aides. Brann, under threats of
death, was compelled to sign a state
r ment declaring that an article appear
S ing in the October number of the
Iconoclast' and reflecting on Baylor
University was untrue, and promised
Sthat he would leave town. Great ex
10 citement has been caused by thel inci
dent, and crowds discussed it on the
a streets. The action of the mob of
students is generally condemned. By
the expressions there Saturday night it
n was thought that the matter was not at
e an end. Mr. Brann declared that he
ri could not be driven from the city, and
i- would continuehis paper,
Lat The ArchbishoprlicIn Doubt.
J Manager Martinelli, the papal dele
e- gate, at Washington, has not been ad
'. vised as yet that any choice has been
he made as archbishop for the New Or
leans. archdiocese to succeed the late
on Archbishop Janseens. The reports
t- from Cincinnati that Bishop Maes, of
he Covington, has been chosen, cannot be
od iially confirmed up to the present
time,
George H. Lewis Dead.
George H. Lewie, proprietor of the
SNiagara Hotel, at Buffalo N. Y., and
rt, formerly the president of the Bell,
de- Lewis & Yates coal mining company,
ed died Saturday, aged 57 years.
id
MULE CARS RUNNING. 'I c
WASHINGTON RETURNS TO SLOW
TRANSIT
As a Result of a Great Fire, Burning Out
the Central Power Station --- The Loss
Will Exceed 875,000...Southsrn Railway
Loses Valuable Property.
Firemen were still playing on the
ruins of the immense Central Power
Station of the Capitol Traction Com
papy, at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Exo
Npthing remains of the massive six
stiryetructure save a part of two walls
of the building. The fire was one of tro
the largest ever known in Washington;
and nothing approaching it from a
spectacular point of view ever has been
seen in that city, where large fires are
of rare occurrence.
The exact cause of the fire remains
unknown though it has been established
that it broke out in Gettinger's print
ing office on the second floor. The
amoant of the loss has not been com
puted wi h approximate accuracy
but it is roughly estimated that it
will exceed three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars and that the loss of
the Capitol Traction Company will
be over $600,000, of which a quar
ter of a million was caused by the F
destruction of the building and the re
mainder by loss of machinery and
equipment. The company carried in
the neighborhood of $400,000 insur
ance in local and out of town compan
ies. The Liverpool,London and Globe,
the Firemen's of Newark, N. J., and
the Home Fire Insurance Company of
New York, carried a large share of the
insurance.
It is the purpose c* the Traction
Company to begin at once the erection A
of another power house building and as
soon as possible it will reopen its rapid
transit system. Horse cars were put in
service again Thursday, and the de
partment clerks and business men along
the company's lines were carried to
work behind horses and mules hastily
.gathered together for the purpose. S
" The loss to the firms having quarters
in the power house building will aggro
gate upwards of $150,000. The Lane
ton Monotype Company lost $75,000
or more, principally machines and
tools. The fire will throw thirty of its *
employes out of work.
' The Southern Railway Company iat
several offices in the building and while
its money loss is small it will take con
siderable time to replace the drawings,
records and documents destroyed.
The losses of the score or more of
other occupants of the building will
range from one to ten thousand dollars
each. A number of buildings in the
immediate vicinity suffered from the
fierce blaze, the largest loser being
Charles Walter, whose carriage factory
and contents were damaged to the
extent of $25,000; no insuranoe.
Steamer Doric Arrives.
The steamer Doric arrived Friday
afternoon at San Francisco, from
Hong Kong and Yokahama, bring
ing the following advices: Reports
from all parts of Japan indicate
that the rice crop will exceed in
quantity any during the past ser
enty years. The crop will be from
15 to 40 per cent above the aver
Sage. The Jiji Shimpo says that the
days cf the present Japanese cabinet
are numbered, and ascribes the prinoi
pal reason to the alleged fact tlhat it is
divided against itself. To make next
year's income equal to the contem
Splated expenditures, it is proposed to
Sraise 12,000,000 yen by inc:casing the
B rate of the sake taffl and interdicting all
brewing of sake for domestio use, but
n to refrain from any otL~r addition to
ithe present weight of taxation. Whe
s the new tariff is pat into force it will
* yield an addition , revenue of 6,000,
t 000 yen. A revival is perceptible in
SYokohama bu;siness circles. The recent
' apathy is ascribed to fears of the prob
t able effect of the change in the cur
' rency that comes into forec at the be
e ginning of October. The Japanese
railroad bureau has ordered twenty
e- locomotives from the United States.
rYokohama, Tokio and neighboring die
ie tricts were visited on the morning of
or September 9th by a severe typhoon.
d Much damage was done on land and
Sseaq and a number of lives were lost.
i1 hiing suffered greatly.
ol The Bell Ringer Kept His Word,
By The city of Antwerp, Germany, is
it greatly stirred by the solution of a
at mystery which for some months past
he has baffled the police and people. A
ad bell-ringer of St. Paul's church, named
Muyens, vowed vengeance against a man
named Derollue and his wife, for some
le- supposed injury, and a few months ago
id- stole their 4-year-old child, after which
en he wrote its parents, saying that they
}r would never see the child alive again,
ste All efforts to trace the bell-ringer and
rt the child failed. A fortnight ago the
of finding of the body of the bell-ringer
be in the Brussels canal revived interest
ent in the mystery. Friday evening the
body of the child was found hanging
in the vaults of St. Paul's church.
A Youthful Fratricide.
he At Greenfield, Ind., Sunday after,
nd noon Albert Scott, a boy of 14 yeare,
eli, murdered his brother, Benton Scott,
ny, by striking him three blows with a
pump-handle. Albert is in jail.
!. MaC. LsARasoN, Pres. E. L. Nuzwsti, Tiae-Pres. E. B. Bu-a,x-hier,
Bank of West Feliciana
.,..ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA....
Cash Capital, $ - - $25,000o
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.
Exchange bought and sold. Prompt service guaranteed. Your budnem Ib
solicited. Bank hours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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F. M. Mlumford, IM.D.,
.....DEALER IN.....
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
.....Perfumery, Toilet Articles, 8oaps and Brshes.....
Fine Stationery & Blank Books,
.....PENS, INK and PENCILS.....
CUTLERY, NOVELTIES and FANCY COD8,
CIGARS and TOBACCO.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
Agency of F. Hammer & Company's READY
MIXED PAINTS.
School Furniture * Supplies
The "VICTOR" Folding Desks are especially adapted for use in
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Agents Wanted Everywhere.
THOMAS KANE & CO., Racine, Wesl
f AT REYMOND'S
f Corner Main and Third Streets,
*JUST A FEW WORDS * *
* To tell you of some of the many bargains that we
have for you. Beginning on
SMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,
. We will sell some of our new goods for early Au
tumn wear, at a little less than their real value.
Finest Satteens, worth 50 cents at only ..............9 CENITS
Best Indigo Blue Prints at only.... ............ 4 CENTS
Childrens' Fast Black School Stockings, worth 15 etsli CENTS
at only................ ........ . . ,,, u
Ladies' Extra Fine Hose, sold everywhere at 25 cents1
at only..................... ... ..... t
.China Matting, worth 20 cont., at only............15 CNTS
Yard wide Bleachel Cotton, worth 61 cents at only 5 CENTS
In every department we have special bargains for you, so if
you are not already one of our customers, it is time you were
coming with the great majority, we will give you better goods
for your money every time than any house in the State.
S. I. REYMOND,
Cor. Main and Third, Baton Rouge.
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-The Southern Military Academy,.
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An ideal school for young boys. Next Session opens Sept. 22nd. Apply
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iMajor T. H. Gilmore, Supt.
sa m Emm n i m
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E. R. MOSES,
....Dealer in....
FANCY CROCERIES, -
FRUITS, CANDIES
and FINE WINES. +
He also carries in stock the finest brands of Whiskies, such
_as Lewis 66, Bt._ aall,. Fookey Club, B ell of Feliciana.
St. Franoisville, lea.
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