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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29
A FRAUDULENT STATEMENT.
Juggling the Funds to Cover Up Repub-
Ucan RaHcalitY.

Juggling the Funds to Cover Up Repub-
lican Rascality.
Secretary Fosters explanation of
| the new form of treasury statement
| with which the administration begins
the fiscal year does not explain any
thing and was neither intended by Mr.
Foster nor expected by anyone else to
explain. Mr.. Foster is not in position
to tell the truth, which, as well enough
understood, is simply that the treasury,
outside of it's trust funds, has nothing
in it except the current collections,
which on the average of the coming
year will be exceeded by the expend-
lures. The object of the change is to
avoid stating the amount of available
cash, if any, and, by juggling the sloo-
100000 gold reserve trust fund for the
redemption of outstanding notes, to
make it appear that there is a large
balance in the treasury.
| In the statement for May the cash
| balance met cash, net amount in banks
of deposit and fractional currency was
| given at $50, I'll 900, and the net bal
| ance of cash in the treasury at $40, 1885,
| 900.
In the "new form" of statement for
June the met cash balance" is given
at S53, 1913. 900 and the leash balance" at
S153, s9S, 900, though in the meantime
there has been net increase of 81, 992,-
OeO in expenditures above income.
That is, with net balance in the
treasury of slo,1ss, 900 in May there is
now only S., 10000, instead of $50, $685.
600 which is the leash balance" in
stead of 1888, 500, 900 as Mr.. Foster pre-
tends by juggling in the trust fund of
s1o0, 900 in gold.
The $685. 800 leash balance in
| cludes SIS. 562, io9 in the net banks
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29
n FILTRATION.

,re been flirting to-day with baby
In the window right over the way.
And the neighbors are goss'p!nS, maybe;
rut don't care bit what they say.
,ts,s n dear little curly-lashed fellow,
with eyes that are laughing and sweet;
his hair was like grain, golden yellow,
tre,d blue shccs-for he showed me his feet
ue rIanccd at me- pleasantly smiling,
AZ though saying: ~ wish you'd remain"
rhen he tapped on the window beyuIllng
And dattened his nose ga nst the pane.
III threw me kiss for greeting,
He showed me the lace on his dress;
put ah why are moments so tieetinS?
the time came for luncheon guess.
Then waved him good by-oh, the saddcst
And smiled to him over the way,
And he looked. of all babies, the maddest,
when the nurse came and took him away.
Bu, sometimes he will peep thro the curtain
And hold the lace edges apart,
N ri watch every day, for I'm certain
THAT baby has broken my heart
Kate Masterson, in Once n Week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29

Albert Wilcox, of Bristol, Conn.,,
was awakened from sleep one night re.
Gently by sharp pain in his face.
Starting up suddenly he raised his hand
and found rat on his pillow. En-
ragged at being disturbed, the rodent
set his teeth deeply in the mans cheek.
causing him to cry for help. Mem
bers of the family rushed to his room
and found him moaning. The bed.
clothes were soaked with blood. and it
looked as though the man was bleeding
to death. DR.. Williams was summoned,
but before his arrival the man. who is
well advanced in years, was almost too
weak to tell his story.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29
NENRYL. BIOSSAT, Business Manage

"A nd tW0diys later. they siarte,t."
The outsider paused. all lighted a
forbidding-looking pipe.
When he resumed his narrative he
spoke in lower tone. The recollec-
lions that he called up seemed to stir
him within, although he was calm
enough of exterior
81 won't describe the experiences of
my pal on that trip. 1t was his first
tramp. He knew nothing of the art of
vagabondage. OF course they had to
beg. That was tough, although he got
used to it and to many tricks in the
trade. They slept in barns and they
ate when and where they could. 1t
cut him to the heart to see his wife in
such hunger and fatigue. But her
spirits kept up better than his-or at
least they seemed to. Often he re-
pented of having started upon such a
trip. But he kept that to himself.
when the wife at last did give in to
the cold. the hunger and the WEAKNESS,
1t was to collapse all at once 1t
happened in the mountain country. In
the evening of a cold, dull day they
were trudging along on the railroad
ties, keeping on the westbound track
so they could face approaching trains
and get off the track in time to avoid
being run down.
We'll stop in the town ahead, the
husband said; we can get warm in the
station, and you shall have supper if
we have to knock at every door in the
town.
And the wife said:
''Yes, we'll stop; for | feel, Harry,
as if--as if 1 couldu't-go any fur
Harry, where are you?'
''She fell forward on the track When
the man picked her up she was I'M
conscious Clasping her in his arms he
set his teeth and fixed his eyes on the
lights of the town ahead and hurried
forward.
"But before he reached the town he
found it was dead body he was car.
rying..
'You see she had kept up till the very
last moment in the hope of reaching
the town before dark
"What the man did, how he felt when
he discovered that her heart had ceased
to beat there in the solitude upon the
mountains, with the town in sight at
the foot of the slope in the gathering
night. l can leave to the vivid imagi.
nations of you newspaper men. For
four hours he mourned over her body
by the side of the track, and those in
the trains that passed could not see him
| for the darkness.
Then my pal took the body in his
arms and started up the mountain, fol
the track at that point passed through
what they call a cut, and the hills rise
steep on each side of it. He had his
prejudices against pauper burial, my
pal had, and he shrunk from going
TO the town and begging grave TO,
her. He didn't need doctors Ger
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29
PITH AND POINT.

-Assignm ent is the moral an9sthet
ic that relieves man from payiu'.-
Washington Post.
Old Man &c Nothing is valuable
nowaday that can't be exchanged for
cash." Young Man-"How about repu.
tation for Observation-Disclosures Star.
-Sarcasm.-Th Actress-"Oh, dear!
I've broken my earring. What shall /
do?" The Managers for gla-
zier." Jewellers Weekly.
-Truthful.- are the only
girl who can make me happy" She
(coquettishly) "Sure?" He-"Yes, l
have tried all the others. Yankee
Blade.
discovered.
Il know her not as a uecelver,
My soul never felt doubt
Till one night called to see her;
twas then that found her out
Philadelphia Times.
The Lieutenant pointing to the
canyon): If you don't accept me to-
morrow | shall be down at the bottom
of that canyon. The Colonel's daugh-
ter: What dead? The Lieutenant:
No-fshing.
-"Do you think" said Ruthers' wife,
''that there ought to be so much formal
ity about calling?" Nav" said Ruth
ers, earnestly. eff you're with the
right people, all you've got to do is to
shove in your chips. Washington
Post.
The More Reason For Refusing
Customer-"I'd like about six months
time on these diamonds Times mon
ey,' you know" Enthusiastically;
but don't expect the goods and a lot of
money for the price of the goods alone,
do you ?"-Jeweler's Weekly.
"A New York gentleman was put out
of patience by some blunder of his new
groom "Look here!" he cried, 81
won't have things done in this way.
Do you think Pm fool?" "Shure,
sorr," said the groom, "Oi can't say,
sorr. only came here yesterday
-Tommy's Waterbury, Figg-
Tommy, bring me in an armful Of
wood" Tommy-'T will, just as soon
as can saw some" Mrs. Figg-"Why
thought heard you saving not five
minutes ago." Tommy-"No'm; was
winding my watch" = Demorests
Monthly.
Those Truthful Girls.-Jessie-
Elbow old did you say you were, JOSEF"
Josie Jagged twenty three. )-"Eigh-
teen" Jessie IA little later.)-"What
are you thinking about, Josie?" Josie
(absently.)-"I was trying to recall
how felt on the eve of my twenty
first carbohydrates Blade.
| Client lin lawyers office)-"I desire
to speak with the principal" Clerk
'Tend to you directly, sir-just take a
chair for minute" Client (haughtily)
-"Do you know whom you are address,
ing, sir? am Lord Taltamount." Clerk
"a thousand pardons, my lord. Take
two chairs, beg Of you. Pick Me Up.
--"Begosh!" said the retired black
smith; "this here etiquette book says a
man must go naked all the morning"
Lets see, JOSH" said his wife.
'sThat's So" she murmured, in
troubled way, as she read: "Gentle-
men should never dress until dinner
time" swell, Josh, we never could be
tony, no how. Sunday Mercury.
Miss Ortum-'Papa, you know, gave
me large cake on my birthday, and
studded it with gold dollars-one for
each birthday of my life" Miss QUIZ
-"How nice! And have you spent them
all YETI" Miss Ortum-s'Yes. l bought
this new cloak with them" Miss Quizz
-''Oh, isn'tit just lovely! But you must
have paid big price for it?"-Harper's
| Bazaar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29

to the industrial sltuauon. That will
make land easy to get. When good
thing is easy to get it is more largely
used. When land isused productivity it
increases the wealth of the community.
And when wealth is being produced I'M
der freedom of state and freedom of con-
tract, the portion going to labor is the
full reward of labor. That is labors
millennium. 1t can get no more. There
is no more to pet
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se. 1t, for he was willing to do any,
VOW, s 10 Keep lining to his skin. If
Wv oa'e never been in his predicament
~ van l realize how it is and you
kno. oeiieve it possible. But I've
bso.' more than one man to starve
won IGse he couldn't get work and
lion ~, take public charity. Starva-
low . mas the prospect of this young fell
le,rs ar % MS wife. So they decided to
nh; r.1tsburgh and come to Philadel-
eas; s' Where they thought it would be
= ct lor the husband to get work.
h,., but how can we get there?" the
kno,e was a plucky girl and had
trai, Wa hardship, although she was
Walk she replied
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29
A NEEDY OUTSIDER.
And the Pathetic Story He Told
the Reporters.

HERE was ami
nation at the
Nocturnal club
at three o'clock
in the morning
The city report
ers w no had
been dropping
in S in ce mid
night were now
re nforced by
telegraph edit
ors for the
C try edi-
tions of the big
dailies were al
read y be ing
rushed in light
w ag ms over
t he SO unding
stones to the
railroad sta
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29
Security of Possession All That is
Needed.

1t is not the magic of property, rs Ar
thur Young said, that has turned Elem
ish sands into fruitful fields. 1t is the
magic of security olabor. This can be
secured in other ways than making
land private property, just as the heat
necessary to roast a pig can be secured
in other ways than by burning down
houses. The mere pledge of an Irish
landlord that for twenty years he would
not claim in rent any share in their cul-
tivation induced Irish peasants to turn
a barren mountain into gardens. on the
mere security of a fixed ground rent
for term of years the most costly
buildings of such cities as London and
New York are erected on leased ground.
If we give improvers such security, we
may safely abolish private property in
land.
IT is the ownership of the soil that
everywhere gives the ownership of the
men that live upon it. 1t is slavery of
this kind to which the enduring pyra-
mids and the colossal monuments of
Egypt yet bear witness, and of the in
stitution of which we have, perhaps, a
vague tradition in the biblical story of
the famine during which the Pharaoh
purchased up the lands of the people
Progress and Poverty.
THERE have existed men who had the
power to hold or to give exclusive pos.
session of nortions of the earth's s,1rf., 90
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1891-07-29

THERE have existed men who had the
power to hold or to give exclusive pos.
session of portions of the earth s surface.
but when and where did there exist the
human being who had the right9
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
OFF WITH A HOSTLER
Mrs. Van Haus' ElOpement The
Sensation of the Day.
LONG BRANCH IN AMAzEMENT.
Strange Infatuation Of Society Woman
for a Worthless Youth

Blessed with Wealth, children and all
that Pertains to Happiness, She Pre-
ferrcd to Leave Her Husband -- Her
Charmer Ignorant and Not Even Good
loolSing--Tbo Husband Frustrated.
Lone BRANCH, n. j., Sep. 26.-Mrs.
Lorenzo II. Won Haus well known to an
extensive circle of society people in York
vile and Long Branch has shocked
her many friends and church acquaint-
ances by abandoning her husband and
four children and eloping with a stupid,
shiftless young Hollander former rly EN-
ployed by her husband.
Van Haus keeps fancy edible stores in
Long Branch and New York, which were
well patronized by the best people.
About a year ago Charles Van-Hoevel-
ing, a young Hollander, applied to Van
Haus for work. He was of short build,
with blonde hair and mustache, and was
not at all an Adonis. The clerks in the
store say he seemed too stupid to glance
at a woman. Charles began to work for
Van Haus for his board and So a week.
Unprepossessing though he was Van
Hoeveling and his employers wife be-
came friends at once. He was dis
charged soon after, some say for drunk
enness, others say because he was too ia
miliar with Mrs Won Haus. Mr. Won
Haus, as in former years, opened and
conducted his branch delicatessen
store at the West End, Long Branch,
while Mrs Won Haus was left in charge
of the New York store.
When he left for Long Branch Van
Hoeveling became a frequent visitor to
the Park avenue store. He had got en-
ployment as the driver of a milk wagon
up town. Van "Most,n as his fellow
driver called him on account of the fierce
cut of his hair, stopped 30 often at the
store that his visits grew to be a subject
of gossip among the neighbors. No un-
| pleasant consequences were anticipated,
| however, as Mrs. Won Haus was known
| to be a regular church member and a
| good housewife, and the husband, who
was attending to business down at Lon e
Branch heard nothing to arouse his sus-
| picion.
Mrs. Van Haus vent to Long Branch
as the store there was to be closed up for
the season. Before starting she bade her
! children goodby more atfectionately than
usual When Van Haus came back he
learned that his wife had not been seen
since the previous night, and that a
young man answering Van Hoeveling' s
description had accompanied her to a
train going west.
Heartbroken, the father returned home
to communicate the news to his children,
No traces of the couple have yet been
found.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
GATLING,s NEW Gun.
Believes He Can Repeat In Heavy Ord
nancn His NIaclrLn e-gun Success.


Believes He Can Repeat In Heavy Ord
nance His DIaclrine-gun Success.
MARION, Ind, Sep. 8.-Dr. Richard J.
Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun,
which is known and is in use through
out Christendom, has invented a process
for the manufacture of heavy guns
which he believes will be as great a sue
cess as his wonderful machine-gun. He
has decided to proceed at once with its
manufacture, a stock company having
been organized here for that purpose.
The capital stock is to be 81 00O 900; all
of which has been guaranteed.
DR.. Gatliug has devoted years of study
to this invention and has sublime faith
in its success. He has several patents
which cover both composition and
mechanical process. The former he de-
clares to be much greater in tensile
strength than any heretofore known, and
by means of the latter he coils the molten
lead about the core, securing the strength
and elasticity of wire wrap, with none Of
its defects. The composition has been
subjected to the severest tests, which il
has withstood even better than expected
by the inventor. The new process is
exceedingly rapid and DR.. Gatling ex-
poets in about four months to be ready
for a test.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
AFFAIRS IN Chilli.


the People are not in sympathy.
WASHINGTON, Sep, .21 "A dispatch
from Buenos Ayres says that private ad-
vices have been received there giving an
entirely different view of the the condi-
tion of affairs in Chill from that pre-
sented by the present ruler of that
country.
While it is true that comparatively
few executions have taken place, nearly
every public man who held Office under
Balmaceda is being prosecuted, and the
property of many of them has been
seized by the Junta, whose object is said
to be to create "a reign Of terror that win
paralyze opposition to the Congressional
ist candidates at the approaching cleo
tions.
1t is also said that there is no certainty
of permanent peace, as the majority
of the common people are not in sympa-
thy with the new government, and
looked upon Balmaceda as their cham
piDu.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
4 BIG SPLIT LIKELY.
Catholic knights of Missouri Threaten to
Withdraw from the National Order


Withdraw from the National Order
SEDALIA, No, Sep. 26 - St. Joseph
branch, No. S4, Catholic Knights of
America, of this city, has taken a step
that's of national Importance as it means
the withdrawal of the order in Missouri
from the national body
The recent defalcation for S71, 900 of
Supreme Treasurer O'Brien, which is the
fourth defalcation on the part of SUI
preme treasurers in the past few years,
caused the local branch to issue a circu
lar letter, which will be mailed to every
local branch in the State.
The letter demands the State officials
of the order to call a convention to act
upon the proposition that all branches
of the order in Missouri unite in with
drawing f ON the national organization
and forming an independent body.
The letter also says that the order has
been conducted in the interest of poll
ticians and Office seekers, and it is time
to call halt on the dishonest practices
pursued by Grand Lodge officers. The
organization has more than 1000 mem
bers in Missouri and the letter is certain
TO produce a sensation,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
MURDER WILL OUT
Former Philadelphian's
Bloody Confession.
HIS CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HIM
An Innocent Man Has Been Wrongfully
Imprisoned for Eight Years

Tho Murderer so stung by Rcmorso that
He Had mo- Rcst Uum lie Had DruIgcd
His Secret -- How CTcum, ,tnutiui Evil
dcnco Convicted GuHucss NTnu -- 4
Strange story.
M1SNEApoIGs, Mimi, Sep. 26.-Con.
science has finally forced Jacob Brown 20
confess a dire deed that he did eight
years ago Since 1888 Brown has been
fleeing from his crime, but it has pursued
him until at last in Minneapolis he has
confessed to Superintendent of Police
Henderson.
There is one man whose heart will give
a bond of joy when he hears of the con-
fession. He is convict Gray, "lifern at
the pen at Chester, III. Gray has for
eight years been thought the murderer
He was convicted at Salem. Ill. Brown
went to Superintendent Henderson yes
terday and told his story
1t was so strange that the chief set
him down as a crank. The man was so
earnest, however, that the chief locked
him up and sent a telegram to Centralia,
H. where the murder was done, The
answer came from the sheriff "Hold
the man"
The tory Of the murder Is a strange
one Brown, who was tramping, went
into box car TO sleep. He stumbled
over a man in the dark A fight eusued.
Brown hitI his assailant. a death blow
with a coupling pin and fled.
Shortly afterwards another tramp
named Gray came along and went TO
sleep in the same car, not knowing that
that he had a dead man for companion
The next morning he arose and found that
his arm had lain in pool of blood. He
tore off the bloody sleeve and fed. That
sleeve caused his arrest, conviction and
| sentence
Brown is said TO be a former resident
| of Pittsburg Pa,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
Killed byaC Convict.

ALBANY, Sep. 28.-Clerk Bowers of the
penitentiary, who was assaulted by
Frank Wallace, coloredr will die. Wal
lace had been reported for misconduct,
and Superintendent Mcintyre and Clerk
Bowers went in the to shop see about the
matter. AS they approached, the negro
grasped one of the knives used by the
prisoners for cutting and sprang at Bow
ers Bowers struck his assailant on the
wrist with a small stick he held in his
hand, knocking the knife to the floor
The enraged convict picked up a ham,
mer and struck Bowers two blows on the
head, telling him to the floor, aud fatal
ly injuring him,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
Three Men Killed in a Collision.

NEW MILFORD, Conn, Sep. 26.-About
two miles west of Hawleyville two
freight trains collided on the New Eng
land Railway, instantly killing Engineer
William Day, Fireman James Larner
and Brakeman G. A. Sprague of the east
bound train They all belonged in Hart
ford. A brakeman on the west-bound
train was badly injured. The west
bound train was running on the time of
the other which though late had the
right of way Traffic was not delayed,
as the accident occurred opposite the
siding.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26
CoNrEsrING EDITOR RICE,s VIII.


JeCt OF Attack.
NEw YORK, Sep. 28.-And now the
will Of Allen ThoudilJe Rice, late editor
and proprietor % the "North American
Review is 90 1a contested Mr. Rice
died at the Fitch Avenue Hotel in May,
1889, just rs ur WAS making prep ara
tions TO leave for St. petersburgh as
Minister Co Russia.
Only the disposition by will of that
portion of his estate which he inherited
from his graudmother Mary A. Bourne,
of Brookline, Mass, is affected Mrs.
Bourne left Editor Rice quarter of a
million dollars in trust, with the pro-
viso that If ho had issue the trust fund
should be divided among his children at
his death.
Mr.. Rice died childless. and other heirs
of Mrs. Bourne now claim that his viii
does not explicitly dispose of this trust
fund, of which they claim q share. The
contest has been begun by them i'm Brook
line, Mass
The contestants are Anna De Sartigue
of Paris, wife of Count Eugene DE Sarti-
que, and Countess Mary A. Bannelos,
also of Paris, wife of Count Miguel De
Des Santos de Bannelos both children Of
Mrs. Bourne; c. X. Parker of New York,
James Parker Of Boston, and Mary NJ.
Parker of Dublin, n. H., children Of the
late Mary S, Parker and grandchildren
of Mrs Bourne
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26

ELLINGTON, Conn, Sep. 26.-The pro-
bable elopement of Miss Florence NJ.
Cooley, aged fourteen and Mahlon Kib-
be- aged eighteen years, has caused much
talk. The girl was bound to a farmer
named Fornam She and Kibbe have
been much together OF late, and Tuesday
morning they disappeared The girl re-
tired early, and when morning came she
was gone A big hole in the side of the
house was found, through which she had
made her escape to her lover.
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Lard applied at once will remove the
of a bruise.
BaDpV HOOsiers.

VIM. TlmmOIs, Postmaster of Idavi'le,
I d writes. "E'ectric BiJters has donemore
for me tnau all other medicines combined,
fer that bad feeling arising from Kidney and
Liver trouble John Lesis, farmer and
St0cR man, of same place, says: "Flnd Elec.
tric Bitters to be the Oest Kidney aud Liver
medicine, made me feel Ike a new man." j.
W. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town,
says: Electric Btte-s is Just the thi for a
man who is all run down and don't care
whether he lives or dies; ne found new
strength good appetite and felt just like he
had new les Sc on life. only SOC, a bottle at
G. Il, Hagenbuch's Drug store.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-26

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Sep 2G.-Heavy
rains have prevailed in Central New
Mexico for several days causing a num-
Der of washouts ON the Atlantic an d
Pacific Railroads in that section. No
mail has arrived for three days and all
passenger and freight traffic has been
sugppndpd