The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-11-02
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Tho Galit ly the aso 81 vocal Organ
only, sfill continues between Corbett All,
Fftzsimnions.
Almost iaily The press lespatche
chronicle a hoid-up 81 the bold high
mayinan-' in semc part Of the country
The men Implicated in the Aoqua
Greek train robbery, who were PLACED
uader arrest have confessed, and most o.
the doodle has been recovered.
The Klotz trial and los Subsequent de
velopments, IN New Orleans, All 70 20
show that corruption and bribery were
literally exercised over the jury.
There arc z popnlists, I republican AMI
Sc democrats IN the eeorgia state senate.
and Of total membership 10 Of the
house, A are populists, the remainder
being democrats.
On three days notice, crowd OF 5000
/ people assembled in Wheeling, Va, from
all parts Of the neighboring country TO
B hear Honorable William l. Wilson and
Honorable 8ouflze Cochran speak.
The merchants of New Orleans are
thoroughly aroused over possibility Of
the fruit trade drifting away from that
pert to Mobile, where the charges are far
less exorbitant, and they ars taking ae-
tive measures to prevent its going to
Mobile.
As there is no fund appropriated Cor
the payment OF expenses to witnesses
summoned by the grand jury of Louis,
lana, Mr.. 2. B, Ligon, of PIttsburg Tex,
who came to New Orleans to testify in
certain crooked transactions, is out Of
pocket si7.2o.
Madeline Pollord declares most euphat-
leally that she will not go ON the stage,
but viii reside in New York hereafter.
The plaintiff in the great Pollard-Brecl,-
inridge case says She doesn't think she
will ever receive one cent Of the $4,000
damages awarded her.
Among the rumored changes in the
staff Of Southern Pacific officials SEIZED
uled for next January is the retirement
OR II. Pratt, assistant general snperin-
tendent, and Of Richard Gray. general
traffic manager. Their successors have
not been announced
Under the contract between the city Of
New Orleans and the Garbage Plant, to
which $4,000 is paid monthly, that cor
poration is supposed to remove all refuse
from the streets and garbage barrels
Yet, there are never less than from % to
30 complaints filed daily for negligence
against the aboyc-named company.
The fact that President Cleveland is
not surrounded by Gordon OF secret
police was proven when, the other day.
a crank named Roeder, gained access to
the presidents residence in New York,
and demanded to see him. Or. Bryant
reasoned with the maniac aud be went
away without creating any disturbance
Labouchere, in London T,gul, says;
II OF n OOAsunlLhaNt piece oI ilhpefll-
nenoe, put forward with unblushing eff
irontery, ! have never come across so
iine specimen as the reproof admins
tered by the Anti-Lynehing Committee
Of London TO the governor Of Alabama
state. Little PeddIington chastising the
American Eagle is so irresistibly comic
that there is some difficulty in treating
the subject from serious point ofyiew
In taking down an old building at
Peslh, Hungary, the other DAY. the
workmen made a curious discovery. At
the lower end of the lightning rod,
which has been affixed to the building
some fifteen years was found large ball
Of pure iron, firmly attached to the rod.
1t was about as big as mans head, and
as porous as a sponge. it weighed &c
pounds. Scientists think that it was
formed by the action Of electricity al
tracing to the rod the particles Of iron
in the clay. in winch the rod Terminated.