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The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
LUMBERMEN ORGANIZE.

We elm the following from the Beau
nont EyterDri.r Of 18TH inst We fail to
reoo,,,,izo +be ,,o,nes of ,nv oF tbc Lake
Cbarias 1pmbermen and tberefpre cou-
c,rle that +he Niirs here are NOT included
on,ono +Lo nnr,hor +l,t farm thc ory.p-
izo+ion.
Toxas and Topisiapo Ipmher,n4u met
t},s ,yaek at Palestine. T.,as. and orgau-
;,ad +h. 4gravos and t.op;siara Iumber-
mar, Assoc;,tio,, j, ,v;fl, tbe fo,Iow;pr oft l.
csrs. ! < Rioo nrosidapt. A 7. CIarl,
,.ic..nresid.rt < = Curt.r serrrtary
D;roctors 7 GiIl,.rt ! Il M,orr "
1r..1..,... ,.1 ,,,r,.1..n.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

TUESDAY, May 10.
As intimated yesterday. not only Price.
but Boatner have Withdrawn leaving an
open field for Nr. Blanchard. This Is as
it should be. The special from the state
capital says.
The overwhelming victory of Caifery
yesterday and the display Of strength 10y
the friends Of Blanchard had the desired
effect Oh the supporters of Boatner. AT
a conference, Boatner's friend decided to
withdraw from the contest, leaving the
field free to Blanchard
Last night a caucus Of BIauchard's s
supporters convened in the senate
chamber, and the announcement of Boat
ner's withdrawal was received with
cheers
Tonight Il general caucus will be held.
at which Blanchard will he nominated
for the White succession and Catiery for
the Gibson vacancy. There was some
talk Oh the part of the alliance members
| combining with those members who cal
not be reconeiled 10 Blanchard. and
| holding IA caucus to nominate candidate
in opposition.
| This movement came to nought. Ii
WAS recognized that it would he futile for
any one to attempt to encompass the
defeat of Blanchard us his strength even
before the withdrawal Of BOatner was
conceded 10 be nearly equal 10, that Of
Catlery deN elOped yesterday
a GOOD MAN DEFEATKD.
We desired to soc elected that old war
horse Of Democracy, b. F. Jonas, who
has never faltered i'll his devotion to the
party, and whether in the leadership, or
wearing the hOnOrs OF the party, Or i'll
the ranks without any personal interest
or aspiration at stake, has always been
| III the battle where the blows We're fall
ing thickest but We have no quarrel
Win the Legislature for bestowiDg the
honor upon such man as Don Catfrey.
Of both gentlemen it may be said that
they are living Illustrations that honor,
devotion to principles and herOism are
not yet extinct in American politics
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
THE EARTH,S INTERIOR


Vinton Eagle.
The question which is at present more
seriously exercising physicists and cans
ing the most marked divisions Of opiuion
among them is that of the constitution
Of the earth's interior says an exchange.
By some We are told that within the crust
is raging liquid fire of gases by others
that the fire is not gaseous, but merely
incandescent solid matter, while third
section contends that the center Of the
earth is not in a molten state ut all. that
what little heat still exists is being
rapidly radiated and that ere long the
earth will be solid rock throughout
The most recent contribution Oh the
subject is that made by NJ Lateau to the
French academy OF sciences. In his Judg
ment the phenomena of the earths crust
are explained by regarding its interior as
molten, but he assumes that layer Of
gaseous matter separates it from a por-
tiOn Of the crust forming the continents.
whereas the sea beds sink, This theory,
NJ Lateau thinks. explains why volcanoes
have successiyely reached inland where
the sea has eucrOacbed, through it scarce
Ir supplies All explanation tor the exist
ing marine Volcanoes. The gradual eo-
cape Of gases imprisoned under high pres
sure will, We are told, excel in time the
production Of new supplies, and when the
pressure diminishes the continents will
fall i'll aud d more or less cratertorm con-
hguratiOu Of the earths surface Will be the
result. This is the condition Of the moon 5
surface at the present time, and NJ. LateHu
beilrN es It's appearance is due to action
similar to that which lie snpposes to be
i'll progress il the interior Of this planet.
III" physical essentials OF this theory
assumed the crust Of the globe 10 be
| eighteen and Oue-hah miles thick, the
pressure of gases Sin hundred and fifty
atmOspheres, their temperature nine hun
dred degrees centigrade and their density
nearly equal to that Of water Whatever
may be thought of this view, as Il REASON
able explanation it has the merit Of com
! bining il a measure, the TWO most prom
inent theories on the subject.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
NOTICE.

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Nfaro and Observation-Disclosures by David j. Reid
until a division may be effected. The paper is
puhl!sed exclusively hy David j. Reid, at ms OWE
saBenAs and for his benetti there being q joint
ownership of the plant, bat No partnership IN the
BEstne4s. Mr., Mayo will be entitled To demand
and receive fair consideration for the use Of hls
fractional portion, while all parties dealing with
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0thersgIse must deal directly with d. J.. Reid
publisher or his dalY authorized agents. NJ
contracts mRde by or with Mr.. Mayo, OF bis
agents before or since the 26th day Of July 1889
aTss binding np0n the present publisher. Sab
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are due and payable to d. j. Reid ali prior Il
that date must be settled with Mr.. Mayo, wins
then edited the paper.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
QUADRUPLE MURDER.
The MeekS Family Assassinated b.,
Brothers Under Indictment

= ANALN 4Alt
MILAN. Mo, May IA most atroclOns
crime was committed last night near
Browning, Gus Meeks hIs wife and wv"
children were murdered outright and
another Of the Meeks children, girl 7
| years old, WAS 50 badly injured that she
may not recover.
The circumstances leading np to the
crime are aJOut as follows: There are a
number Of criminal cases pending i'll
/ Lynn and Sullivan counties against VIM.
| II. Taylor and Geo. Iuylo1. brothers. the
| former being Il banker of Browning and
/ the Latter farmer. The charges against
them arr forgery, arson and larceny.
Wn. Il. Taylor, Gus Meeks and Others
were Jointly indicted and Meeks pleaded
guilty at the last term and was semt to
the penitentiary. About a month ago
Ar was pardOned 10y Gov. Stone, in order
| to list him AS Il witness against the TaN-
/ lors, who We're, i'll consequence, anxious
| to get rid Of hlIn. Ii lh said the TaNlOre
| had agreed with Meells to give the latter
team to get out OF the county. So that
| he might not be present when the case
against them was called for trial From
| Meeks mother il is learned that yestcr-
day lei oon received letter from the
TaylOrs III Br"wning telling him 10 be
ready at ~ o clock last night TO gUaWay;
| that Gus Meeks and his children waited
for Taylor until about midnight, when
two men, whom &Ieeks said were George
and Bill Taylor, came to their home in a
wagon Meeis and his family got into
the wagon and started for browning
The details of the crime, as near as can
be obtained, were told by the little 7
year old girl, who was suffering greatly
as she recited the story. 1t appears that
when the Meeks family and the persons
accompanying them reached a point near
the Jenkins schoolhouse, i'll Lynn county,
a short distance east of Browning, they
were met by two other men, who were
lying in wait. Gus Meeks was first shot,
and Mrs Meeks Jumped. She also was
killed. The mnrderers then took stones
anu Deal bAIE bEEtlu5 Olb vi JIG LNO Eitl7
Clren and left the other for dead. The
murderers then. it is supposed, loaded
the whole family into q wagon and
hauled them nearly two miles to the
Tavlor farm. where they were buried
under straw stack.
At half past o'clock this morning the
eldest child came to her SENSES and made
her way to the residence of Mr Garter
near by. The Garter family then sent q
boy to the TAYLOR farm, where he found
the murdered family as stated by tht
Meeks girl. Garter then saw George
Tavlor and inuoceutly told him of thu
murder as described by the almost dyine
child. Georre Tavlor started for Brown
ing ON borsebaek. got his brother ant
both departed on horseback. Their de
parture from Browning was before th,
IxnowIeaqe Of the murder had reached
: there.
M. ,,,,io ~ .,,o ,,o;,,,,,,,.I,,o7 ,,1oo,,
A"1 t"'b'o ~ a'i' ~ 'i'''t 'oV,A l''aoS'
guards aFollnn the strawstack where th,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
Repatriation Notice.

THE Office OF REGISTRATION will be
l open at the Court House, in the City OF
Lake Charles, La, on MONDAY, the l4th
day Of May, 1894, and remain open until Sat
urday, June ID, 1894 inclusive, for the Dur.
pcse Of registering all qualified electors. thus
enabling them to vote at the municipal elec-
Lion to be held on the 4th day Of June. 1894.
c. NJ. RICHARD.
Registrar of Voters
Lake Charles, La, May 10th, 1894
1l-4t
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

STATE OF LOUISIANA, 18th Judicial District
PARISH OF CALCAslEU. Court
4 SPECIAL JURY TERN of the 18th j ud
"a cial District Court, in and for the Parish Of
CalcRsieu for the trial of all civil cases which are
to be tried by jury, and for the transaction Of
such other business, civil and criminal is hereby
ordered to be held, to commence Monday, the 1ltl
day OF June, 1894. The Jury Commissioners ara
hereby instructed to draw ysnire of thirty 90
jurors to be summoned according to law to attend
sucL term of court during the first week thereof
and let due public notice hereof be given accord
ing to law.
Thus done officially, at Lake Charles, La, MAY
7th, 1894. tSigned), &. A. F0URNET,
Judge I2th Judicial District.
~~N~~ Filed May 7th, 1894.
LIS. (Signed), &c. GILL.
W. Clerk.
A true copy, this 7th day of May, A. D. 1s84
a S. G0SSETT,
list Deputy Clerk of said COurt.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

II. r, DULAEY Va. TROY EWING,
RY VIRTUE of a writ of lisri fanias issued and
A. to me directed by the honorable court af0re-
said have seized and will offer for sale at pub.
lie auction. TO tine last and highest bidder at
at the O1urt house door OF this parish in the CITY
Of Lake Charles, La. on
Saturday. IWme 2mSR, R6B4,
between legal hours the following described Trop
eTty, situated IN the town of Lake Charles CaiGa-
sieu Parish. State of Louisiana, and described As
follows, t0wit:
ORR undivided half INTEREST in and to the huild-
ing and contents consisting OF q small quantity Of
liquors, bar and back bar, and fixtures billiard
table, etc, known the Two Lions" SelaoB
lately occupied by Ewing & T0mpkins. said build.
ing being situated Oh the north side Of North
Court street. in the town Of Lake Charles, Parish
OF Calc8sieu StRtsOf Louisiana.
Seized under said writ.
TEHMss-Ihis being the seGOEd Offering the
above described property will be sold for what
ever 1t will bring on a credit of twelve months
purchaser to furnish bond with good and solvent
security, and special mortgage on the property
sold, with eight per cent. per annum interest
from date until paid costs and taxes amounting
to $S0,0g, more OF less, TO be paid cash out Of
price bid.
DAVID ]. REID,
Sheriff of CalCasieu Parish La
Sheriff. Office Lake Charles, La. MAY 18th 1894
a. ?, Pujo, ESQ, Attorney for Plaintiff
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
Meeting or Creditors.
Twelfth Judicial District Court Caleasieu Paris
L0uisiana.--NO-

Twelfth Judicial District Court Caleasieu Parish
L0ulsiana.--NO.--.
W. A. KNAPP VS.. HIS CREDITORS.
TO TIE Creditors Of the said IgSOl0eHt:
FTNAKE NOTICE-That pursuant to a notice
signed 3y the bon: Y; A. 69arnst. judge OF
Of the said W. A. Knapp are hereby notified that
meeting Of said creditors will be held before me
H. g. Gill, clerk of said CORrt at my office in the
court house Of said parish, in the city of Lake
Charles La, on
Saturday, May A0Gans As0@,
beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. at which said meet.
ing the creditors shall Este for D Syndic also as
to the manner aud terms of sale of the property
surrendered, and upon the application Of tie IN
solvent for a. discharge.
Witness any hand and official seal of office at
SL.B. A. D. 1894.
~ II. q. GILL,
Clerk of District Conrt.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
sataardaY, June 2ald, ls94,

between legal honrs theiellaWing described prop.
erty situated III the town Of Lake Charles, parish
af CalGasiea State OF Louisiana, and described 81
follows tOwit:
Lots Eleven al and Twelve az Of the subdi.
deceased in the CITY Of Lake Charles La. 10,
gether with all the improvements, rights, ways,
and privileges To flle same belonging.
Seized under said writ.
gRRAls;--This being the seeond offering, the
Vadeseribed property viii be sold for whatever
ii win bring on cTedit Of twelve months, pnr.
chaser "a furnish bond with good and solvent SO.
eurity, and special mortgage On the real property
sold with eight peF cent pei anpnln interest from
date nntil paid eosts and taxes, amounting q
$500 more or lsss, 10 be paid cash out of price
DAVID j. REID,
Sheriff of C'alaasieu Parish, La,
Sheritl7s Office Lake Charles La. May 10th 1901.
sGeo. III. q 3, y. Wells, Esgs., Attyaaor lin
I2s3t
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
SRaRK.fH'.s sale.

Second Wand Justices Court Parish of Iberia
State Of L0uisiaua.-No. Sos
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

Is. SCHWARTZ, vs.. 6, BRENT RICHARD

Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish Of CalCa
sieu. State OF Louisiana. No. 1850.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
SatmrdaY. JMne 2nd. lS94.

between legal hours, the following described
property situated in the parish Of Calcasieu State
of Louisiana, and described as follows, tewit
The undivided one-halt of the northeast quarter
of the southwest quarter Of Section Twenty eight
2s Township Ten t10l, South, Range Nine u
w est, containing 20 aeIes.
The undivided One-half of the southeast quarter
Of the southwest quarter Of Section Twenty -One
i2ll, Township Eleven al, South, Range Nine 90
West, containing 70 acres.
All Of the northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of Section Twenty.four pa, Township
Nine t9l, South, Range Ten Gl0, West containing
10 acres
The following, situated in the town of Lake
Charles CalGasisu parish, La, and described a.
follows tOwit: The undivided One-hah of Lot
Five 49,, Block Fivet5, Horridge addition, t0Rether
with the improvements, rights, ways, and pTivil-
eyes to the same belonging, or In any way apPer-
tanning.
Seized under said writ.
TERMs.-Fhis being the second offering, the
above described property will be sold for whatever
it will bring on q credit of twelve months, pnr.
chaser TO furnish bond with good aud solvent
seeurety, and special mortgage on real property
sold, with eight per cent per annnm interest from
date until paid costs and taxes amounting to
$50 90 mOre or less, to be paid cash ont Of price
bid.
DAVID j. REID,
Sheriff Of CalGasieu Parish, La.
SheTiffs Office Lake Charles, La, May 10th, 1884.
Mitchell 4 Mitchell Attys for Pltf
12-3t
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

III yon 40 not receive your paper regularly
either 5y mail or carrier, please notify
Ill ns at once.
TT-1 You wish your paper stopped, tell as 30
like little man. Don't leave It to the
LII postmaster to notify us.
TIL you change your address, let ns know,
giving your name, your present post
III Office, and the postofIice to which you
wish the paper sent
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
Gees ssaa Sale.
Twelfth JnaIeIal District gaaFt STATE lf Lpni
aaa and Parish ef Galaaeien4
SUCCESSION or ALsIEE n, NJ HINg7EtI1E.
Mo B{d

THE 4aslewinE described RrQparsg bel0uging tD
aad sleeeaai0u an2 III aia5lE1itg " lth Henry "a
SVfnfFse surgigin huAhaad AsYing 1alad To sell,
IL previously aiwaftised, netahe i hereby gfRslI
ant MI Rali tAe sags&e NJ pabaie aust ti9n ~ the
go assa isfeIast hitlisr fgE What Will bFing 9n
1 efsil n hi faelfA months, purchaser n furnish
fgssld " aaeBgs Htenf al d clock b NM %
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

DN VIRTUE OF a writ of feri faeias issued
ID and to me directed by the honorable court
aforesaid, have seized and will offer for sale at
public auction to the last and highest bidder, at
at the court hons door Of this parish in the city
Of Lake Charles, La on
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18

n. n. nULANY vg. Troy EWTNG.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
sheriff = Sale.

Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish Of CaICR-
sieu State Of LOaisiana.-hn, 2ll5.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
@EAerLR's sale.
!. LEvY 4 %. vs.. JosRPH HlRsoH G Son.

Twelfth Judicial District ConFt, Parish of
aCalcasieu, State Of Louisiana. 1000
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-18
Judicial Notice.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, 18th Judicial Distric
PARISH OF CALCAsIEU. Court,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-07-25
Original and selected.

Some heads are no good except
for hat pegs.
The way to have your own
weigh is to own the scales.
This is a good time TO stay at
home. Travelling is not SO good.
All railroad traffic is slowly get
ting back to its normal condition.
The financial statement appears
in this paper; it is good issue to
preserve.
You can't make an honest man
out of seoundrel simply by chang
ing his politics.
Those parties who complain Of
our editorials being short should
study them longer.
A man may be two-faced, but it
is mighty hard matter for him to
have his back two ways at once.
Generally the biggest kicker, or
biggest striker, is the one who has
received the most favors.
There are men who hope to get
to heaven simply because they have
never been in Jail.
Capt. Frank Cooper has been ap-
pointed Postmaster at Ravenswood,
upon the recommendation of Mr..
Capehart.
The congratulations of the REcIs.
TER is extended to Mr.. and Mrs.
James B. Menager, over the arrival
ofa son to bless their home.
The great strike is now but a
memory-if the tariff was only in
the same condition we might look
for resumption of business.
We have been repeatedly request
ed to furnish some rain. We can't
contract for that but we can furnish
plenty of thunder.
DO not natter yourselI thag Inc
pearly gate will swing simply be
cause you gave tramp pair OF
shoes that pinched you.
Mr.. S. D. Fabian the gardener
on Kanawha, above town, says the
drought has damaged him at least
$500.
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WEST VIRGINIA..

a t County Court continued and held for
~ the County of Mason al the Court House
thereof on Thursday, July g. 1884, the follow
ing entered of record:
WHEREAS, a petition has this day been
presented to the Court signed by Mt least o
voters of Hannah District in Mason County,
praying for the adoption of the method 81
constructing and keeping in repair the county
roads of said district, as provided in Chapter
50, Acts of 1881, as amended by Chapter 40,
Acts 1885, and Chapter 80, Acts of 1887. 1t is
therefore ordered that the said method OF
constructing and keeping in repair the coun-
ty roads OF said district in said county be
submitted to the voters of said district for
ratification or rejection at the next ensuing
election. Those voting for said road system
shall have written or printed on their ballots,
ssFor the new road law and those voting
against said road system shall have written
or printed on their ballots, against the new
road law
And It is further ordered that a copy of this
order be published in the newspapers of this
county for four successive weeks preceding
the day of said election.
july 25-4w. J.P.R. B. SMITH,
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WEST VIRGINIA

a County Court continued and held for
~ the County of Mason ut the Court House
thereof on Thursday, July s. 1891, the follow
ing was entered of record:
WHEREAS, A petition has this day been
presented to the Court signed by at least 25
voters of Union District in Mason County,
praying for the adoption of the method OF
constructing and keeping in repair the conn
ty roads of said district, as provided in Chap
Acts Of 1885, and Chapter 30. Acts OF 1851. III
is therefore ordered that the said method OF
constructing and keeping in repair the coun-
ty roads of said district in said county be
submitted to the voters of said district for
ratification or rejection at the next ensuing
election Those voting for said road system
shall have written or printed on their ballots,
For the new road law" and those voting
against said road system shall have written
or printed on their ballots, against the new
road law
And it is further ordered that n copy of this
order be published in the newspapers of this
county for four successive weeks preceding
the day of said election.
a Copy Teste:
july 25-4w. j. p. R. B. SMITH,
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WEST VIRGINIA

=
n T County Court continued and held for
~ the County of Mason at the Court House
thereof ON Thursday, July 5, 1894, the follow
ing was entered of record:
WHEREAS, A petition has this day been
presented 10 the Court signed by at least %
voters of Arbuckle District in Mason County,
praying for the adoption OF the method OF
constructing and keeping in repair the county
roads of said District, as provided in Chapter
80, Acts of 1881, as amended by Chapter 40,
Acts 1889. and Chapter 80, Acts OF 1881. 1t is
therefore ordered that the said method of
constructing and keeping in repair the coun-
submitted to the voters of said district for
ratification or rejection at the next ensuing
election. Those voting for said road system
shall have written or printed on their ballots,
"For the new road law" and those voting
against said road system shall have written
or printed ON their ballots, against the new
road law"
And it is further ordered that a copy OF this
order be published in the newspapers of this
county for four successive weeks preceding
the day of said election.
A Copy Teste:
july 25-4w. j. p. R. B. SMITH.
InFIr
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WEST YIRGINIA

A n County Court continued and held for
~ the County of Mason at the Court House
thereof on Thursday, July 5, 1894, the follow
ing was entered of record.
WHEREAS, w. j. Pillow and So others, vot-
ers OF ArbuclSIe District, Mason County.
West Virginia, this day presented to the
Court petition praying that the Court sub
NIT to the voters of said Arbuclxle diifrict at
the next general election the question OF en-
forcing the provisions of Chapter 45 of the
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia for
1855, in said district. It is therefore ordered
by the Court that said Act be submitted to
the voters of said Arbuckle district at the
rejection. AT such election those voting for
the enforcement thereof, shall have written
and those voting against the enforcement
thereof shall have written or printed on their
ballots, "a gainst Stock Law
1t is further ordered that copy of this
order be published In the newspapers OF this
county for four successive weeks preceding
the day OF said election.
Copy Teste:
July 25-4w. JP-RB. SMITH,
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Last June Dick Crawford brought
his twelve month old child, suffer
ing from infantile diarrhea, to me.
1t had been weaned at four months
old and had always been sickly. /
gave it the usual treatment in such
cases but without benefit. The
child kept growing thinner until it
weighed but little more than when
born, or perhaps ten pounds. 1
;hen started the father to giving
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy. Before one bot
tie of the 20 cent size had been used
a marked improvement was seen
and its continued use cured the
child. Its weakness and puny con-
stitution disappeared and its father
and myself believe the child's life
was saved by this Remedy. J. t.
MARLow,M D., Tamaroa. I'll. For
sale by &. w. NJ. Hooff, Druggist.