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The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

the air like bird and falling gracefully
on the other side of the rod as light as
q feather. put it up nine feet'' said
Chapman. The Portland man led of,
but failed to go over at this mark. Not
so the man from Saco. Over he goes as
if fired from catpult. Again Bobby"
Chapman tries 1t and again he fails.
"Cheer up, old man, you can do it, -
shouted Griffith Chapman mods bis
Head down, pole we'll balanced and
running like deer. he vaults over the
air. "Hurrah," shouts the crowd and
a mighty cheer goes. up.
"Hoist her to foot incbes,' says De-
vine. Over this the Thornton man goes
easily. but Chapman is not in good
form and after three unsuccessful at
tempts given up the fight The Thornton
mon cheer Wakefield and the crowd hur-
ries towards the cars. But who should
have the third place? levine of the r.
H. s., and a Thornton man tossed a
penny for it. Thornton is lucky and
wins. The winner gives Bowker the third
place. InlS was On0 r6SulG OF COo event:
Wakefield first, 9 feet 8 inches; Chap
man second, and Bowker third.
Score, P. II. S., 70; Thornton, AZ.
STANDING HIGH JUMP.
Through some oversight the P. H. s.
allowed this event to 60 to Thornton by
default, This event scored Thornton 9
points.
The full score now stood. P. Il. S.,
70; Thornton, Sc.
The High School had won by just s3
points, a wide margin too, and the P.
Fl. S. men did not over exert themselves
in making these marks either, as they
are saving themselves for Waterville.
Before leaving the grounds hearty
cheer was given for the Thornton team
which was warmly returned.
1t was great day in the history of the
P. e. S. track events, although few Of
the records were broken.
After the mile bicycle race, Geo. II.
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Tom Burns of Springfield was offered
Mains for $500 but thinks the price too
high.
President Isaacson of the Lewiston club
will remove from Maine in October to go
into business in New York. Mr..
Isaacson's removal will be distinct loss
not only to Lewiston but to the entire
New England League. He has worked
indefatigably for the Lewiston club and
the outlook there will be a little dubious
when he goes away. 1t is not every
association which has the advantage of
having man at its head who not only
will work hard but who possesses to a
confidence and high regard of the bust
ness men of the city.
Lewiston and Auburn Interscholastic
Lewiston, June 6.-The third annual
field day sports of the Lewiston and Au
burn interscholastic association were held
this afternoon on the Bates college ath.
letic field.
The Edward Little high school of Au-
burn. the Lewiston high school and the
Nichols Latin school of Lewiston, COM
peted for the handsome silver shield pre-
sented by the Bates college club, which
had been won twice by the Latin school.
Owing to tie largo number of entries
the sports were Eot completed tonight,
though it was after O'Clock before they
ceased Tor the Gay.
The 12-yard hurdles. standing broad
jump and two-mile bicycle will be held
Monday afternoon.
In tcdsy's events the Lewiston high
school leads with 80 points. Nichols
Latin school second, with 80 and Edward
Little high third, with 81.
AS Lewiston high has practical cer-
ttinty of first and second in the bicycle
race. that school will undoubtedly win
the shield for 1896.
The two high schools have protested
the 120-yard high hurdles. CT background
thai they were not included in the origi-
nal list of events for which the shield
was offered, and that the standing broad
jump was. Both will be contested for
on Monday. and the Bates college club
will be called upon to decide which shall
be counted in the standing. The sum
lnaries:
Running broad jump-Day, L. Fl. S.,
first; A. Davis, b. l.. H. S., second;
Stevens, L. II. s., third. Distance Is f.
80 in.
Putting the 6-pound shot-Day, J.. II
- tirGt. CnNl<QNn /
skillines, E. L. II. s., third. Distance
SO it. in.
Mile rnn-Glidden, N. L. H., first;
Ham, L. H. S., second; Thomas, Z. L.
H. S, third. Time 5m IA 1. S.
:. 1oo-ynrd ash-Roberts, N. L. s., first;
Howe, y. Il. s., second; Cookson, E. L.
Hop. skip md jump-Day. L. h. S.,
first; Dean, N. L. s., second; Stevens,
L. Ii. S.. third. Distance 3Sft Gin.
Throwing 16-pound hailmer-Sturgis,
n. L. S., first; Skillings, E. l.. II. s.,
second; Day, j.. H. s.. third. Distance
T sso-y gard hurdles-putnan, N. L. s.,
N. i. S., third.
;. s2o-yard dash-Howe, L. H. s., first;
Mccarthy. L II. S., second; Johnson
N. L. S., third. Time "a 3-5s. 4
One-half mile-Ham, L. H. S., first:
Glidden, N. l.. s., second; Richardson,
u. l., ii. s., third. Time Pm 20 2-5s
Running high iump-Russel, L. L. II.
s., FIRST Davis, e. L. q. s., second; II.
81, Pottle, L. II. S, third.
440-yard run-Howe, L. q. S., first;
MCCARTHY, Z. II. S., second; Sturgis, N
l.. s.. third. Time So Abs.
Pole vanlt-Johnson, N. L. s., first;
Day, L. H. S., second; burlington, N.
L. S., third. Hight SIT. Tin.
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ROBINSON AT THE HURDLES.

and Wakefield, Goldthwait, L. Cole. and
Hatch of the Thorntons, were the com
petitors in the event. Wakefield. Lane
and Cole were the final contestants after
the others had tried and been found
wanting. Wakefield won with 81 feat.
Lane was second with 80 feet l inch and
L. Cole. put the shot % feet. The shot
weighed IS pounds.
The score was now, P. H. s.. rs:
Thornton, 33.
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
Watson and Pendleton of the P. H. s..
appeared in this event for the P. H. S.,
and Goldthwait, Wakefield, Gross and
Bradford were the Thornton men. The
first trial resulted with the following
marks Watson, II feet, Wakefield, IS
feet 2 1-2 inches and Gross 16 feet in
ohes. This left Wakefield, Gross and
Watson in the finals. They finished as
follows with the marks set opposite
their names; Wakefield, Is feet 2 1-2
inches; Gross, II feet 10 inches, and
Watson, II fee5 inches.
This made the score, P. II. S. 76;
Thornton, Al.
THE POLE VAULT.
The crowd which was by this time
blue ana shivering in the cold, damp
east wind, had remained to witness the
prettiest and browning event of the af-
ternoon. Chapman and Pease appeared
for P. H. s., and Wakefield, Bowkor and
Bradford were the Thornton men.
From an easy mark at first the rod
went up to II feet 6 inches. All went
over this mark finally, but Bradford
found some difficulty in doing SO. Up
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Georgia Silver Plated Too.

Atlanta, Ca, June 6.-Returns from
every part of Georgia indicate an over
whelning sweep for the free coinage of
silver. For United States Senator,
Crisp has literally swept the state and
the result is everywhere conceded. The
state convention bids fair to be rope
tition of Kentucky and Virginia. Gov
ernor Atkinson and the state house ticket
will be renominared without opposition
and sulaight silver delegation will be
sent to Chicago.
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Reed Club Excursion TO st. Lou s.

The excursion as was arranged, will
leave Union station, Portland, Friday,
June 18th at O'Clock p. m. The ex-
pense of the trip, including transporta-
ton to and back from St. Louis, six
days board there at one of tie best
hotels, sleeping car service, badges, etc
is s66. This excursion gives an excel
lent opportunity to attend the national
convention at smsll expense. The route
will be by the Maine Central through
the mountains. with a short stop at Nj
agara Falls, thence by the Shore line to
Toledo, and from Toledo by the Wabash
to st. Louis.
q Those who wish to go with the excur-
ion but have not passed in their names
to Col. Thomas Z. Shaw, Portland,
should do SO at onoe to secure aceoInmo-
cations.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

again goes the pole to s feet when Bow
ker and Bradford dropped out after three
unsuccessful efforts. Six inches goes the
rod and here Pease dropped out, leav-
ing Bobby" Chapman and Wakefield to
fight it out alone. 1t was case of
Greek against Greek. Wakefield was
waiting gracefully and without much
effort. This star athlete having contested
in nearly all of the star events, was still
in excellent trim. Chapman, slight,
but well formed, was also sailing through
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
petber and until the last few wears was
Supposed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced tia local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced ii incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore, requires constitutional treatment
j Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful 1t acts directly on the blood
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure Send for circulars and testi-
'i'0' F. j. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, O,
Ea- Sold by Druggists, Toe.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

ooc IN.
who runs very gracefully and is as full of
spiriJ as a race horse, took the lead at
tho start and kept it to the tape. finish
ing first. Whitney could not match Dow
and Foss, however, and the Thornton
men finished in the order named The
time was "a IA seconds. Score, P. H.
S., SO; Thornton, 10.
HALF-MILE WALK.
This event was rather lacking in inter
est for the crowd. unless some amusement
was to be found in the awkward gaits of
the contestants. Collins and Finnerty
represented the P. II. S., and Jose and
Cole bore the Thornton oolors. At the
outset, Mr.. Baxter, after four warnings,
put Jose out of the race for running.
tlnnerty proved an easy winner with
Collins second and Fl. Cole third. The
time was Am. 16s.
Score, +. H. S., 5S; Thornton, IA.
40 YARDS DASH.
Another running event in the quarter
OF mile race again stirred the blood and
tho falling enthusiasm of the crowd.
T. H. S. had Smith, Thomas and Sulli-
van IS color bearers, while the other
team put Dow. Foss and Weber in the
Held. Dow jumped to the van at tho
send off and finished first, while Smith
and Sullivan. distancing the Thornton
men, took the second and third places
as named, making very pretty finish
Tho A
Score, P. H. S., CO; Thornton, 10.
THE FIELD EVENTS.
1t was in the field events that Thorn
ton expected to excel, and they were not
disappointed, Thornton being stronger
and older as rule, the p. II.
s. men were well satisfied in
gaining the second and third places
and were not always granted these. In
throwing the hammer, Lane and Nc
Glaughlin were the P. H. S. champions,
while Wakefield of Thornton and one or
two others appeared for Che other team.
Wakefield won with throw of 101 fit.
3D. in. Lane got second place with a
throw OF 81 feet inches. mclaughlin
was third with 95 feet inches to his
credit At the close of this event the score
was, ?. H. S., &c; Thornton Academy,
"a The hammer weighed 12 pounds.
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
This event was very Interesting and
aroused considerable enthusiasm. The
jump was started at four feet, which Ed
wards and Watson of the P. H. S., and
Boyker, Phillips and Guptill of Thornton
easily took. Inch by inch the rod was
raised until it reached the mark of
feet inch. At this mark the contestants
found 1t little more difficult TO get over
easily. Several were obliged to try it
several times, but finally all were over
safely and the rod went up to feet .
inches. Here after three attempts apiece,
oil failed to clear the rod and were tried
at 8 feet inch. Back went the rod to
feet inch. Boyker was the first to
fail at this and when all had jumped
the rod safely again up 1t went to feet
2 inches. One after another the young
athletes tried this. Edwards, jump
ing gracefully and easily, with straight
dash at the rod and turn in mid air,
cleared it sally. The others were OBJ
liged to give it up, and the event finished
with Edwards frst Phillips second and
Watson third. Height feet inches.
Score, P. H. S., 70, Thornton, 81.
PUTTING THE SHOT.
Lane and mclaughlin OF the p. H. S.,
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

harmed runs-Portland, / Brockton, l.
Two base hlts-Naceau, Wise, Shea. Sac
rifce hits-DuneaB. stolen bases-Slater
2, Musser, Leighton. First base on
balls-By Woods, Korwan s, Mckenzie,
Shea, breckenridge; by Korwap, Slater,
Leighton, Teteau, Musser, Duncan.
First base on errois-PoItland, !. Struck
out--By Korwan, Slater, 0 Rourke, Dun
can, Iebeau 8, Woods. Double plays
Cavanaugh, Musser and Slater. Umpire
Cunningham. Time-2 hours.
augusta Wasn't In It.
New Bedford, Mass, June 6.-The
home team easily won from Augusta to-
day. Braun struck out twelve men and
allowed the visitors only four hits
Weeks and Pickett were both battsd hard.
Attendance, 1000. The score:
New Bedford,1 2 Q 2 2 3 3 liz
Augusta, 0 0 0 0 o 0 / o. .
Base hits-Nsw Bedford, II; Augusta,
4. Errors-New Bedford. 2: Augusta, 4.
Batteries-Brauu sand Burke; Weeks,
Pickett, Counors ard Hart.
Pawtuclet Beat Lewiston.
Pawtueket R. l., June 6.-Pawtuoket
won another clese game today by timely
hitting. Morse pitched q good game for
1@6WlSbCI, DuO tHc tifUIS VI uIO SISltOIS
were costly. Attendance 1900. The
score:
Pawtucket, 100 o 3 9 0 81
Lewiston, l 0 0 l Q 2 0 o.
Base hits-Pawtucket, s; e2iston. a.
Errois-Pawtucket,2 2; Lewiston p Bat
teries-Kelly and Yeager; Morse and
MessItt.
How Bangor Beat the Leaders.
Fall River, Mass, June 6.-Fall River
lost today because of its poor folding.
Bangor hit Lincoln hard. Attendance
1909. The score:
Bangor, 21O o s o 0 2 x-1a
Fall River, 0 l o o o o.
Base hits-Bangor, II; Fall River, Is.
FrTors-BangoF. 5; Fall River, 6. Bat
teries-Wheeler and Roach; Lincoln and
Rupert.
New England League Standing.
Dbl
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

The House refused to make any further
concessions regarding approximations for
public buildings and ordered further
confere nee.
Mr.. Boutelle called up tho conference
report on the naval appropriation bill
which was only shortly before rejected
in the Senabe. After some discussion,
the House ordered further conference.
Tho partial report of the conferees on
the post office appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman, Republican of New
York, presented the final agreement of
tho conferees on the Indian appropria-
tion bill After considerable debate the
report was disagreed to and further
conference ordered. Speaker Reed an
nounced the appointment of Messrs.
Evans Republican of Kentucky, Rus
sell. Republican of Connecticut, and Nc
Millin, Democrat of Tennessee, as mem
bers on the part of the House of the
joint congressional commission. prov1d-
cd for in the bill to repeal the free alcohol
clause of the Wilson tariff law, to lnVes-
tigate and report whether or not 1t would
he possible to frame regulations under
which alcohol for use in the arts ana
manufactures may be admitted free with
out danger to the customs revenues.
At 7.25 the House took recess Until
10 O'Clock Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

yards in the lead with Boyd and Cole
neck and neck behind and Twitchell not
far behind these. Down the stretch came
Dunbar, running easily and with great
speed. He was given cheer as he f1n-
ished first. with 80 yards lead. His time
was 5m. 51s. Boyd made magnificent
finish and ran like q deer in the last
quarter. He finished second. Time GIN.
-. Cole 81 Thnrnton finished third.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08
MADE THREE STRAIGHT.
Portland Ends the Week by Scoring Vic
tory From Brockton.

Brockton, Mass, Juno CHATTING and
ali error by Brockton gave Portland a
lead OF tive runs in the first inning today
and WooG's pitching kept them in the
lad throughout. 1t was game marked
bg beautiful fielding, Cayanaugh, Ma
eoJE, shca and Mckenzie making bril-
lhant plays. Cunningham gave two close
d ois.ous against the home team that
u!Iected the score and in the last three
innings was Kissed and jeered unceas-
ingly. The attendance was 900. The
scsio:
PORTLAND
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08
FATAL OVER HEAD BRIDGE.
Brakeman Deschain Found Dead on Top
of Car.

Brunswi ok, Me-, June 6.-When the
working train reached Brunswick this
evening tho body of Joseph Deschaine
was found dead across the top of box
car. There was bad cash on his head
and his neck was broken. 1t is supposed
he was hit by an overhead bridge be-
tween here and Freeport. He was at
work On the double track. He was sin
gle, aged 20.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08
Charles Logan's Body Found.
Violent Hurricanes in GERMANY.

Berlin, Juno 7.-Violert hurricanes &C.
oompanied by rain has prevailed through
out Germany within the lasE two DAYS,
causing great damage TO property. The
telegraph Rnd telephone wires have been
prostrated and communication by wire is
sus pended.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08
Baseball Notes.

Baseball Notes.
Looks as though the State College out
Chased Bates doesn't it?
Gayanaugh's work has been gilt edged
Oh this trip.
Lewiston is wondering where Tim
Sheehan is. The ex-leagusr wired from
Columbus that he was at liberty to do
business with the Lewiston's and paid
for tho telegram himself which led tho
directors to think that possibly he was in
carpest A reply was forwarded imme-
diataly fer him to report in Fall River
The same day an answer came, "Have
left for New York" Since then Timothy
has not been heard from.
Portland has three more games to play
on this trip, two with Pawtucket and
ORC with BIockton. If the team can win
one of them it will be more than salts
faatoTy.
Portland isn't quite happy" says the
Lewiston Journal. We didn's know it,
but If it comforts you any in your misery
to thin k so, if it will dry one tear, we
wouldn't undeceive you for the world.
The writer saw letter from President
Soden Of the Boston club to President
Isaacson of Lewiston offering to sell the
Hub association's interest in Willie Mains
for the small sum Of $500. Lewiston
would have preferred Mains to what it
received for him at tie opening Of the
season, but as they have SPENT about s40O
in experimenting in pitchers they think
it a little tough to be expected to pay
back what he was sold for, too.
Tebeau played through the whole game
In Brockton Saturday.
Burnham's aggregation must be getting
@ trife disorganized. Last week they
dropped four games in succession and on
one occasion two o. the players failed to
show up until the game was half over.
So far on the trip Portland has won
three games, Bangor and Augusta two
each and Lewiston nary.
We have to depend On Bangor to do IN
Fall River any way.
Sockalexis, the Maine Indian with the
Holy Cross team, broke tho amateur
record for throwing baseball Saturday,
making 131 yards,
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Races at Exeter.

Bangor, June 7-At Exeter races Sat-
urday the three minute class was won by
jos r., 6. W. Ballard, Dexter; 2,3} class
by Judge Goodloe, E B. Ireland, Exeter;
2.26 GLASS by China Boy, W. 6. Reynolds,
Winslow.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

II was cold, oh. so cold! But then,
who caredF Wasn't there enough enthu-
siasm in the grand stand and exercise
on the field to make it warm enough for
any one? The occasion was the dual
athletic meet of the Portland High
school and Thornton Academy at RigDy
Park Saturday afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

Eastern League Games
The following are the results of the
games played in the National League
Saturday:
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 0; Cincinnati.
ID.
At Boston, hicago, A; Boston, l.
At Observation-Disclosures, Il; Cleye-
land, 6.
AT New York-New York, 4; st. Louis.
6. Fa'Ts'
At Philadelphia-Ph 3;
Pittsburg, 2.
At Observation-Disclosures ton. 10;
Louisville. S.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08
ARM CRUSHED TO PULP.
Fatal Accident at Bath Iron Works Yester-


Fatal Accident at Bath Iron works Yester-
day.
Bath. June Ga shocking accident
occurred Saturday forenoon in the plate
shop of the Bath Iron Works Martin
Cunningham, II years old, only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra A. Cunningham of
this city in passing by a large finishing
machine made inisstep and fell against
the machine. His hands were caught in
the cog gear, and both arms wero drawn
between them and before the machine
was stopped the limits were crushed to
pulp and his skull was fractured. The
unfortunate boy. a bright al Intelligent
fellow, was conveyed to his homo as soon
as possible. Physicians who attended him
said that death would ensue during the
day. Young Cunningham has been en-
ployed at tho works about three weeks
he having left school to learn a trade
there. Strong men who were eye wit
ness of the accident were completely IN
nerVed by the terrible sight and several
of them ceased work and went home.
The father Of the unfortunate boy is n
travelling salesman and is we'll known
on the road
Charles Logan's Body Found.
FoxorUft lie, June 6.-The body of
Charles Logan of Gardiner was found
Wednesday at Northwest Garry on the
West Branch of the Penobscot river. The
| corpse was buried the same day at Cow
ward, tho head of Moosahsad la-a To
gan was drowned near Seboomook Falls
on May Bird last being tipped from
canoe while fishing. Hs was q river
driver with Bradstroet and his body was
found by the crew he was with when he
was drowned. The place where his BODY
WAS found was three miles below the
scene of the accident.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08
PORTLAND VICTORIOUS.
Oar High School Boys Triumphant
at Rigby.
A COLE DAY BUT WE DIDN'T GET
LEFT.

The Thornton Roys Made Good Fight
Plenty of Rooters Both Male and
Female.
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

In the 800 yards dash. P. H. s. sent
Waugh and Whitney into the fiald aoa,nst
The Portland daily press., 1896-06-08

Won. Lost. Pet won
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Planters Store,
l.. 6. DUCHAMP.

Has always hand the largest stock Of hardware agn
cultural Implements wheelwrght material, furniture house
furnishing goods crockery paints OILS tpentine, saddery
stores barbedwe stationary tnwae agate ware ETC. etc.
Lime, cement, sand, coal, SALT charcoal, canthooks at
$I4o rngdogs, at I2 Disc cultvators best in the wor
terms; agent for the famous DAVIS GASOLINE ENGINE
year old boy it, pump electricity, starts in
minutes barbed wire $40 hundred pounds in lots OF
reels.
John Deere's Disc CuItiuators
at $500.
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Those Stuffed Statistics.

To a Fosterite, figures were in
tended to be manipulated, and al
though figures do not lie, the men
that use them can do so, and that
most outrageously, if the tables
published in the organs of the
combine are to be seriously consi-
dered as fair sample of their ef-
forts.
While all the white parishes are
conceded to have been carried on
q white vote by Capt Pharr, the
manipulators of Fosterism have
undertaken to break the force of
this fact with an array of cooked
statistics" resembling in every fea-
ture their late and interesting ef-
forts at election returns.
For instance, they insist that
Capt. Pharr carried those parish
es, because he received the entire
negro vote in them, when the fact
is more notorious, can and will be
fully proven, that in such parishes
as Grant, Vernon, Sabine, Lin
coin, Union and number of 9TH
ers the Democratic vote was, to
the extent of moro than three
ffths, composed of bulldozed,
bought or drunken negroes driven
to the polls. In Bienville and
other parishes the. negro were
counted for Foster against the al
most solid white votes of those
parishes. In De Soto and Red
River the negroes were used" to
defeat the large Populist vote.
We cited the fact that the
Times-Democrat had discredited
these statistics on the morning
they appeared in its columns by
puncturing them with the fact
that in Concordia the only ward
returning a majority for Pharr
was the only white ward in the
parish.
A casual analysis of the "vote"
of Rapides, as compared with the
Foster statistical table. reveals
another and equally important
fact, that in the white wards of
that parish only one vote in ten
was cast for Foster, while in the
NEGRO belt" one in three rushed
to the polls to "save civilization" /"
Squirm as they may, the truth
is there, that Fosters connted vote
is negro vote; and that Phart
received, not only In the white,
but in the negro parishes as we'll,
an overwhelming majority of the
whites votes of the people of Lou.
isians.-Daily Item.