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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

sreNon BLrTz. whose merry man
ners clever conjuring and versatility
4, ventriloquism entertained the young
and old a quarter Of q century ago, is
INV g ST q Brooklyn hospital awaiting
t,ansfrr to the asylum as 9 hopeless
;,nhecile. He is victim OF par
4, .avtif slennentia, and has, according to
s1e 81 statement OF his wife, who accom-
s,an;ka IS. him to the hospital, had fifteen
l,aralytic l,,.r, strokes. Tho little man,
,Sl,ose smile was contagious and whose
a,,aint I !, foreign manners were especially
.51aliohtfnl ! to the little ones, has had
.ss,s asshas of his former genius, but flashes
~, a,,1v Marie Van Zandt, the prima
s., 5a,,ra Is tho granddaughter of the
s;anor s and was born IN New York.
q Z; Z ,y,,x,, Blifz, when tislsen to the hos
.,;fsl R ;nnocently offered to give an en-
fsrtalninent 4 sr,.1 ior the benefit of the IN
tsitatiorl.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

inE contract ror the construction OF the
merchants bridge across the Mississippi
at st. Louis has been awarded to the
Union Bridge Company of New York City
for II 100000.
BOOTH & BARRETT closed the most sue
cessful engagement on the 18th ever played
at Pittsburg. The rec eipts for the seven
performances aggregated $1S,5oO.
DIPLOMATIC circles at London are agi-
tated concerning the Samoan affair, and
the possibility of a rupture between Ger
many and America is being canvassed.
TEE reports of the destitute condition OF
the people of Walsh county, D. T., is true
The people are in danger of starving to
death.
Fla, has issued bulletin declaring that
city to be free from all conta gious or in
ifectious diseases.
A SCOTCH IkIsH congress will assemble
at Columbia, Senn., on tho 10Th of May.
THERE has arrived at A@cadia, La, dur
ing the past week about eighty families,
all immigrants.
A CONVENTION of the railway conductors
of the State of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana
and the Indian Territory and other South
western States, will be held at Little Rock,
Ark, February 21, when it is estimated
that 800 members will be present
THE rumor that the British Government
will appoint successor to Lord Sackville
West as Minister to the United States after
the inauguration of President Harrison, is
confirmed.
TIE Twenty-seventh General Assembly
&f Arkansas met at Little Rock on the
18th.
A FINE bed of Ignite coal has been dis
covered near Stephens, Ark, and has
been pronounced excellent by the State
Geologist.
JAMES BARBER, prominent farmer OF
Spring Hill, Kansas, was killed on the 18th
bv Holstein bull which he was leading to
the barn. Mr.. Barber was horribly gored
in the abdomen and chest by the iqfuriated
animal.
GEORGE FL. PRIMROSE, George Thatcher
and Billy West, the minstrel team, and
five others of the company, were arrested
Id their private car at Knoxville, Tenn,
on the 18th for playing poker.
GEORGE CLARK, sentenced to be hanged
at Greenville, Miss, on the 18th instant,
for wife murder, has been respited by the
Governor till February Goth.
THE annual exodus Of negroes has set
tn from South Carolina. The first batch Of
plantation hands left Camden on the 18th
for Madison parish, La. They were Gu
eaeed BY Chattanooga firm which
promised theaa homes at that place,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE Kansas Legislature met ON the Sth.
OsGooDBY, resident of Pomona, CAL.
claims to be the author of the '.Murchison"
letter.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE has bought
lot in Indianapolis and will at once begin
a residence. He declares emphatically
that he would under ne circumstances ac-
cept Cabinet position.
The House Committee on Appropriations
has completed consideration OF all the
regular appropriation bills with the prep
aration OF which it is charged except the
General Deficiency bill. The result of it's
labors is reduction of the appropriations
carried by these bills from $137, ,S56. 093 lthe
provision for the current year) to $l31,-
229, ,935, the sum allotted for the same
branches Of the public service during the
next fiscal year.
THE President has directed the removal
of Lewis McMillin, appraiser in the New
York Custom House, whose resignation
was requested but refused.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER OBERLY's report
to the Secretary of the Interior recognizes
Byrd as Chief of the Chickasaws.
The President gave state dinner OF
forty-six covers to the members OF the
Cabinet on the 10th, the second of the
winters series Of official entertainments.
THE Constitutional convention of New
Hampshire has adopted an amendment to
the Consultation prohibiting the nanufact-
uring and sale Of all intoxicating liquors
Except cider.'
THE last message Of Governor Oglesby,
of Illinois, was read to the Legislature of
that State on the 10th. 1t dealt only with
routine matters.
A LABGE party Of Dakota Democrats ar
rived in Washington on the 10th to urge
Congress to divide the Territory and ad~
NIT South Dakota as State. Chief JUS
tice Bartlett Trip headed the delegation.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ROBERTSON was
again refused admittance to the Indiana
Senate Chamber ON the nth.
Ts1E funeral OF Owen Brown, son Of
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
THE RED PEST.
A Farmers Wife Contracts Small -Pox
While Peddling Among Fashionable

A Farmers Wife Contracts SmRn-Pcx
While Peddling Among Fashionable
Cleveland East-Enders.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 9.-Small-pox ap-
peared week ago in the family Of a
farmer living near the city. To-day it
was discovered that the disease was con-
tracted in Cleveland by the farmers wife,
who had peddled products from door to
door in the aristocratic East End. Half a
dozen health officers are now searching
in the East End for the cases. The farm
er's wife stated to Health Officer Ashmann
that at several houses she met people
whom she thought were suffering from
skin disease. Ashmann says it was un-
doubtedly varioloid or smallpox. There
Is much excitement.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

Ex-CoNG REssMAN C. r.. SINGLETON,
of Mississippi, died at his residence in
Washington recently. He was a Pres
idential Elector on the Pierce and
King ticket in 1852 and . Represents
five iii the Thirty-third to Thirty-ifth
Congresses, retiring in 1851 and be-
coming j. Representative in the Con-
.federate Congress from 1861 to 1865.
subseouently he was elected to the
Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty sixth.
Forty-seventh. Forty-eighth and Forty
ninth Congresses OF the United States.
Pc was born In Kentucky
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
Latest From Reading.

READING, Pa. Jan. 1.-No more bodies
have been found since yesterday after
moon. The wreck has been thoroughly
eynlored. and all bodies have been re-
moved.
The official list Of the killed furnished
bv the firm this morning is eighteen, as
follows:
sarlie C. Bickel, eAhteen years old.
Amelia Christman, Seventeen.
Henry s. Crocker, twenty three; thls
bodv will be taken to Connecticut Tor
burial).
Sallie Faust, sixteen.
Mary Fitzpatrick, thirteen.
Tillie Grow, sixteen.
Sallie Harner, fourteen.
Laura Kershner; seventeen.
Laura Leeds, seventeen.
Emma Nester, twenty-five.
John Reber, twenty-five; leaves wife
and two children.
Ella Reigthnauer, fifteen.
Lille E. Schaeffer, fourteen.
Sallie Schaeffer, sister of Lille, died
Thursday afternoon from effects OF her
injuries.
Barbara A. Seilheiner. fifteen.
Sarah Shade, seventeen; taken out alive,
but died after being removed to her home.
VIM. Snyder, twenty three; leaves Wild
ow and one child.
Sophia F. Winkelman, twenty-five.
The number of killed was greatly exag.
gerated owing to the confusion and fell
ure of those who escaped to report the.
fact. Messrs. Grimshaw are positive no
others were killed. Many of the injured,
however, are in critical condition and
it is likely some will die.
The Extent of the Damage at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 1.-THE damage
by Wednesday nights storm in this city
will aggregate a quarter of a million dol
lars. The heaviest single loss is to the
Falls branch of the Central railroad. The
whole road bed for hundreds Of feet along
\ the waters edge is scooped out and the
rails twisted in all sorts Of shapes. From
| 100 to $50 cars in the yard at the foot Of
Georgia street, many Of them loaded with
| grain, were flooded and tumbled over,
and piled up promiseuously. The trestle
| near Porter avenue is partly destroyed.
Traffic on this branch is entirely sus-
| pended.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

LADY SHAFTEsBURY, niece of the
Marquis of Donegal, is the latest men,
Der of the English aristocracy to go
into ,tradesfor the money there is in it.
She has started a store at Bourne
mouth for the sale of farm and dairy
produce, a portion of which comes
from her own property.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

PRINCE NICHOLAS, Of Montenegro,
mas produced at the Opera House at
Cettinie drama of his own construc-
ton entitled .The Czarina of the Bal
kans." The plot and situations of the
play were very exciting.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
The Duchess wants Ducats.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 1.-THE new Duchess
Of Marlborough is trying to get 100000
from the estate of her first husband, Ham
mersley. She applied to the Surrogate
for the money yesterday, through her
lawyer. She wishes to spend $150,O0O in
buying summer residence in England,
and the remainder in sustaining her new
rank of Duchess. She thinks she oughtto
have her S3O0, 200, whether her first hus-
bands will be admitted to PROBATE or not.
The total yearly income from the Ham
mersley estate is $350,Oo0. The executors
opposed the application. Decision waas
eseryed,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

IN was not thought probable that
fl1e bill to create Department of Ag-
riculture could become law in conse-
ouence of the sharp differences of
ouinion between the Senate and House
as to the transfer of the Signal Ser
vice bureau OF the War Department
to this proposed new department.
There were some indications, how
ever. that the House conferees would
Weld on this point, and If SO the re-
nort would undoubtedly be agreed to
by both houses.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

The entire Republican Congress
sional delegation from iocalled upon
Major Mckinley at the Ebbitt House,
Washington, the other evening and
notified him that they would cordially
and actively support his candidacy for
the Speakership. The feeling was
unanimous and enthusiastic. The del
egation expressed great confidence in
the Majors election.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

a LANDSLIDE has occurred at Posti-
hppo, Italy. mass of rock and earth
nve thousand cubic yards In extent
laiilng upon the houses below, killing
one man and several animals.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

MAJOR WARNER, Commander-in-
Chief of the G. A. r., recently applied
to Senator Hale as chairman of the
Committee on Census for a hearing on
the question of statistics relating to
the surviving veterans of the rebellion
being embodied in the next census.
The sentiment in support OF the CEN
sus was quite extensive and growing
rapidly, and it was understood the
committee was favorably inclined to
the proposition.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

Mr.. DoDD, the solicitor of the
Standard Oiltrust, says that trust will
not be affected by Judge Barrett's re-
cent decision in the sugar trust case.
as his company is simply a union of
stockholders and not of corporations.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

: GENERAL LEW WALLACE, it is now
said, desires to be made Minister to
home, SO that he may continue his
researches for material for historical
novel of the Eternal City which he has
In preparation.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

M. I. PEAsE, of Des Moines, Iowa,
claims to be the original inventor of
the telephone. He claims to have
made a working instrument as far
back as 1872, when it was described in
a b0olx
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

He dynamite cruiser, Vesuvius, at
the third<official trial recently, at
tainedfa speed of 21.64 knots an hour,
~aRexcess of 1.04 knots over the speed
required, by the contract.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
MTsCETLANEOUs.

The President has commuted the death
sentence Of Lewis Burrow and William g.
Porter. OF Arkansas, sentenced 70 be
hanged January %. III burrows case the
sentence was commuted to thirty years,
imprisonment and ID Porter's to iInprison-
lment for life.
TWELVE convicts in D farm gang near
Covinzton, Ca, ovsrpowuTsd their guard
recently and escaped. n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

FARMERS Of Warren and Sussex
Counties, New Jersey, were turning
over their sowed felds-something
unparalleled for the middle of Janu-
ary. The weather was SO mild that
trees were beginning to swell their
buds.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

TIE United States inspectors, who
have been investigating the burning Of
the steamer Kate Adams, have OBJ
tanned evidence which satisfies them
that forty-two persons were lost in
stead of fourteen, as first reported. It
appears that eighteen children among
the deck passengers and ten of the
boats crew perished in addition to the
victims previously noted.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19

IHE MeS4ean Telegraph Company
mas arranged for second cable across
the -Guf to Galveston from 220 miles
south OF Vera Cruz.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-01-19
CURRENT. COMMENT.

ALEssANDRo GAyAzzI, the famous
itailan orator, revolutionist and evan
gelist, Is dead, aged eighty years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-10

played to very large audiences. Through
out the country the popularity of minstrel
shows has been manifestly on the wane. 1t
is true that several organizations of burnt
cork artists are still on the road, and if any
reliance could be placed in the reports and
fiaring advertisements of their managers we
should suppose they were making a great
deal of money. The probability is, how
ever, that the minstrel comp anies in oues-
ton have been benefited by the general
prosperity of theatrical business every
where. The people, when times are good,
cannot be kept out of the theater by any
thing.
The cause of the decline and fall of burnt
cork negro minstrelsy, after hourishing
more or less luxuriantly for quarter of
century, is not hard to find. The minstrel
performance of to-day is, as a rule, nothing
more than a variety show given by black
faced artists. The burnt cork on their faces,
the bones and tambo as end men, and the
man in the middle have been retained as a
matter of form. But the faithful portrayal
of negro character is no more seen in these
nondescript productions The spirit that
made colored minstrels popular is dead;
there is no good reason for postponing the
counterfeit's departure from the stage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-10
Biiou Thenter.

For the first time in three years Miss Clara
Morris faced Pittsburg audience last night,
appearing in the dramatization of that powerful
work of the younger Dumas. Camille" There
were very few empty chairs IN the building, and
as the ever-popular star made her first entry she
was greeted with most generous burst of ap-
plause, which was often renewed during the
evening. In the second and third acts, es-
pecially, the sympathies of the audience were
with Miss Morris, and many persons were
moved to tears. The versatility of the noted
actress was well illustrated by the sudden
transitions from frivolous gayety to the pas
SiOnate-almost tragic-portions OF the charac-
ter. With one or two exceptions the work
of the supporting company was fair.
Mr.. Frederic de Belleville. as armand
DUAL grows stilted in the longer speeches.
and his voice lacks feeling when that is most
requisite. Perhaps he suffers more by contrast
with Miss Morris than would otherwise be the
case. Miss OctaVia Allen, as Madam PrU-
de1ce, takes excellent care of the lighter por-
ton of the play, and ID the supper scene, at
least does some very realistic work Made
nlotseLLe Mitchette in the hands of Miss Beatrice
Moreland is a very agreeable young lady. who
caught the fancy of the audience by her clever
imitation of a lawyers boasting speech. Be-
tween the second and third acts Mr.. Samuel
Barken rendered the cornet solo, Carnival of
Venice" in such an acceptable manner that
he was encored twice. Some confusion was
caused by the curtain rising considerably be-
fore the announced time. and before great
many of the auditors had reached their seats.
Tonight Miss Morris will appear in Helene"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-10
Emma Juch's Visit.

Miss Emma Jueh and her array of lyric stars
will be the attraction at the Grand Opera
House week of December % English opera
has no more devoted champion than Emma
Juch. She has given the stage many an artistic
and welLremembered portrayal, and her high
rank among prima donnas well warrants the
taking of her name to designate this we'll
known organization Of singers Under the ex-
perienced direction of Charles E. Lock and ].
Charles Davis, the Emma Juch Grand English
Opera Company has made a notable record of
artistic successes in Boston, Philadelphia,
Washington and New York, the various
theaters in those cities being crowded with
the largest and most brilliant assem-
blages. In the company will be found
Laura Bellini, Charles Hedmont, Marie
Ruebert, Frank Baxter, Lizzie Macnichol,
Franz Vetta, Susie Leonhardt, Al0azo Stod-
dard, Fanny Gonzales, William Bott and 1. S.
Guise. The repertoire for the week will be as
follows Monday, Carmen" with Jueh as Car
men; Tuesday, IN Trovatore;" Wednesday
matinee, "Postillion of Loniumeau." Wednes-
day evening, "Martha," with Juch as Lady
Juch as Marguerite; Friday. 'MIgnon," !" with
Juch as MtgnOn; Saturday matinee, "The
Bohemian Girl" and Saturday evening, der
Freisehutz." The various representations will
be mounted in the most elaborate and costly
manner. The chorus will consist of powerful
voices made up exclusively of young and
handsome Americans and the orchestra will
be under the direction of Add Neuendorf.
The sale of seats will open Monday, December
16 and there will, no doubt, be spirited rush
for the choice of seats.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-10
REPUBLIC Or D1crAroRsHrp1

The further details of the revolution in
Brazil, and of the events which have fol-
lowed it, justify the policy of waiting till
the course of the new Government has
shown itself to be true Republic, as has
been suggested to be wise In these columns.
The statement of the cause of the revolu-
ton may be tinctured with monarchist
prejudices; but as it is the only explana-
ton of its rise which has yet reached the
outside world, it has to be given some
weight until disproved. This account does
not afford much foundation for faith in the
new Republic. Constitutional and demo-
cratic institutions are not, as general rule,
securely founded on military mutiny; and
a Government placed in power by yinsubor-
dinate troops is likely to be the reverse of
careful of the liberties of the people.
The statements as to the acts of the new
Government since its establishment are
calculated to strengthen that opinion. The
Provisional Government it has already been
announced, has prescribed q suffrage quail
fcation. Now we hear that the Rio Legis-
lature approved a construction of the
constitution on the basis of thorough
democracy, while General Fonseca, "is
officially styled President" This is a fine
way of saying that some one, without either
calling full constituent body, or holding
an election, has undertaken the job of
making constitution and naming Presi-
dent. Add to this the apparently undisputed
fact that the transmission OF news from
Brazil has been placed under a censorship,
and 1t begins to get rather plain that the
enthusiastic people of this country who
welcomed the new Republic before they
knew anything about it, made brilliant
record of leaping before they looked.
Certainly the burden of proof is on the
Brazilian Government to prove that it is
genuine Republic, and not as it is under
just suspicion of being, a dictatorship in
democratic disguise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-10
THE DANGER OF CIVILIZATION.

The sentiment of the old sailor, who could
never, after slight experieAee of railway
travel, bear to subject himself to the awful
hazards of travel on land, is parallel in a
good many respects to Emin Pasha's expert
ence. The perils of the head of the Nile be
had braved and found them unable to iniure
him. Tropical suns rebellious soldiers and
fanatical engineers all had attacked him and
been repulsed. But the, first contact with
civilized dangers, in the conjunction of the
festive board and second-story balcony
proved better able to conquer the Governor
of Equatorial Africa than all those from
which Stanley spent two years to rescue
him.
This is all the more striking in view of
the reluctance-the ''infatuation" as Stan
ley called (which made the Pasha linger
and hesitate long before he was induced to
abandon the province which he had held so
long. 1t is not likely that he had any pre-
vision, however dim, of that inglorious
balcony at Bagamoyo. Probably he did
not even formulate any distinct idea that it
is better to endure the dangers that we
know how to meet, than fly to those of
whose existence, even, we are ignorant.
Nevertheless, in view of the unfortunate
sequel, it is permissible to question whether
the infatuation was really such, or whether
it was not an indefinite feeling that the
perils which man has proved, where his
duty lies, are likely to yield more honor
able issue than those which, being unknown
to him, overcome him before he recognizes
their existence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-10
COLONEL ANDREWS IDEA.

Colonel james Andrews is prolific in new
engineering ideas; and that which is pre-
sented in our local columns, has many
points about it which are worthy of public
attention. The idea of free bridge be-
tween Pittsburg and Allegheny will un-
doubtedly be popular one; while the pro-
ject of dividing the expense between the
two cities and traction company indicates
a feasible method of lessening the cost.
Nevertheless there are objections to the
plan which would be likely to be developed,
if the project we're seriously taken up. In
the first place there is more pressing duty
for Pittsburg in Obtaining free communica-
ton between the parts that are under the
same municipal government than in estab-
fishing the same privilege with another city.
As a question of justice between corpora
tions, also. it may be asked why the cities
should go into partnership with one passen-
ger railway company for the building of a
bridge rather than with another which has
already commenced work on its own bridge,
1t would seem as if the same public policy
should apply to all bridges, which are 10 be
used by traction or electric roads, or at
least, that any bridge in which the cities
have an interest must be open to the use of
all such companies upon the payment of
reasonable trackage royalties.
The proposition shows that the free bridge
idea is working, and indicates that we are
moving steadily toward the time when that
will be the rule over both rivers.