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The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17

Of bis party made it possible FOR
the whites Of this State TO enjoy Il
Democratic government. He also
spoke of tie large number of the
Peoples party who were old Con
fcderates, and stated that the Peo-
ple's party was composed of the
purest and most patriotic of Amer
lean blood-the sons of the Revo-
lutionary patriots. He concluded
by saying that these men would
not he robbed of their suffrage by
ballot box thieves.
The Committee on Resolutions
and Platform then reported as fol-
lows
To the Honorable Chairman and
gentle nen Of the Peoples Party
State Convention, of Louisiana ::
We, your Committee, on Plat
form and Resolutions, having COM
pleted our labors beg leave to re-
port as follows
Whereas, the prevalence of ring
rule, corruption and the worst
species of machine politics, boss
ism and fraud in Louisiana have
resulted in the most scandalous
maladministration of public off
GERS, licensed lawlessness, immuni-
ty to criminals, promotion of bal
lot box suffers, and the consequent
universal discomfort of our peo-
pie and
Whereas, the rights of the clti-
zens of this State are threatened
with destruction by the so-called
Democratic party now in power,
thereby forcing all citizens who
do not propose to submit to their
corrupt administration to rally in
our grand struggle to preserve and
maintain their rights of franchise
and manhood: and
Whereas, They are sitting the
will of the people in State affairs
by ring combinations and fraud,
to prevent a free expression of
the will of the majority, which
would put them out of Office. In
National affairs, by combination
with the enemies of the masses to
prevent the solution by the people
of great questions of finance, and
commerce and
Whereas, these manifold evils
are growing worse and more glar-
ing with each successive year, and
call loudly for a change of admin
istration in Louisiana, and the
nomination and election of tick
ct which all honest citizens can
support, and whose success will
be a guarantee that the present
reign of fraud and corruption shall
cease In the Commonwcalth-there
fore, we adopt the following plat
form, for which we ask the suf-
frage of all patriotic citizens:
PLATFORM -
| 1. We affirm our allegiance to
the pure principles of popular gov
ernment, as enunciated by Wash
ington, jefferson and Jackson, and
embodied in our National platform,
and we uphold the principle en-
bodied in the immortal declaration
that this should be "a Government
of the people, by the people ant
for the people"
9 And especially do we de
mand the free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver, at th'
ratio of Is to 1, with equal deb
paying power as primary money
and a full legal tender monetary
system for the people of the Unit
ed States, without consulting an,
foreign nation or money syndicate
3. We demand for Louisian'
industries equal protection to tina
afforded the industries of othe
States. An American, not Brit
ish system Of commercial laws
| r.. n,
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17
BIMETALLIST.

We've got Coffee at Is cents
that is equal to 20 cents elsewhere.
Williams, Weaver & O'Quin.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17

Buy some of our A cent Checks
and Plaids.
Williams, Weaver 6 O'Quin.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17

The Populist State Convention
at Alexandria made and unani-
mously adopted the best platform
ever presented to the voters of this
State, and while it failed on NAM
ing permanent ticket, it proved
concluslvely that there is no boss
ism or ring rule in the Peoples
party. The attempted bossism
was fought from start to finish,
and after desperate but magnifi-
cent struggle, the people won and
the usurper was laid in the dust
never to rise again.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17
DENTISTRY.

DIR. R. S. CALVES, establish
ed 1869, having returned to per-
mancntly locate in Natchitoches,
offers his services in all branches of
his profession, to his clients and
the public.
Office at the ccrner of Cypress
and New Seconl Streets.
Painless extraction of teeth.
Terms moderate. j10.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17

Our 5 cent Sugar leads the
town.
Williams, Weaver & O'Quin.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17
TOscn Property, Including the POpMldr
HosteIry Knotrn as the city Hotel.
Rare Opportunity bv Auction at the Front Door Of
the Courthouse in
NatchitocIles, La, Jan'y. 81, 1895,
G. L. TRECHEL, EX-OFFICIO AUCTIONEER.

TERS-One fourth Cash. balance in l. and years. with ntcrcs
at per cent
ASSUME TAXES: OF
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17

AND LOT the Of Second and Horn Street Popularity
Admirably located in the
This the ONLY Building in town FOX
directly Opera House
witt two blocks o the Courthouse
the City of Natchioches
and Will be pleased to give full
description to parties applying
The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17
l will also offer the following on same conditions

3. One1ot of ground on Second St
bounded above by lot of I'll. Kaifie Il
Bro, East by II. Katie e. Bro, South
by lot of j. A. Ducournau and West
by Second street with a front of 104
feet, on said street and running back
1S4 feet for depth. Also another lot OF
ground on Horn street, back of the
City Hotel and Baptist Church.
6. $50 acres of land. being the half
interest in, SWi of SE4 See. 33, L. 8, h,
9, the NWt of NEt Sec. Is, L. 7, Il. s,
the NEi of NW4, NWf of NE4 Sec. 10,
T. 8, r. 8, the NWfiofiSE4 and SE4 of
NEt and SW4 of SCI Sec. 4, L. 8, Il. 8,
Parish of Natchitoches.
Z. 1O6 acres in Sec. 4, +. 8, r. 8.
Also the NWt of Sec. "a, II. z, X. 8.
8. PSI acres of land in See. 81, L. z,
X. 8, and 6i acres in Sec. o 9T-R. 8.
The herald., 1896-03-01
ArduOus Work of Uncle Sans
Coast Guards
THE COST OF THE SERVICE
Men Who Battle With Winds ami
Waves aud Rescue the Perishing
Property Worth Many Times tn. Yearly
Outlay Saved, to Say Nothing Of
Hundreds Of Lives

Uncle Sam has something like 1900
men to guard 10000 miles OF sea and
lake coast from tho dangers Of gale and
storm. The figures of the former seem
away out of proportion to the latter,
yet from the official records at Wash
ington property and life which have
been placed in jeopardy have been ably
protected.
This is a tribute to the men who
make up the life saving corps, particu-
larly as the parsim ony of the govern
ment only allows of their employment
from Ootober l to May l. The rest of
the time the unfortunates who may be
caught in a wreck are supposed to
shift for themselves or depend upon
the efforts OF the unorganized aid
ashore.
Bot the men in charge OF the life saw
ing department in Washington have
made the most of the slim means at
their disposal. Complete protection
has been given the coast near the i'm
portant harbors of the country, but
thousands of miles have been left un-
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tain confirmation or denial of the re-
port that oil had been tapped was with
out success. This morning it is given
out officially that the we'll has been
sealed up, and this fact but adds to the
belief that oil has bsen found, aud in
such quantities that it rises to the top
of the we'll, which is estimated to be
about 900 feet deep.
Leading Italians Of this city are pre-
pairing program of reception and en-
tertainmeut to Captain Bertolino.
Prince Luigi of Savoy and the other Off.
GERS of the italian cruiser Ohristoforo
Colombo, which is due to arrive in this
harbor on March 4th. Part of the pro-
gram will include an elaborate BAN
quet, which will be purely for guests
Of italian birth, and probably another
banquet will be rendered these officers
by the public bodies Of the city.
for trial in the superior court here on
the charge Of an assault with deadly
weapon upon the person Of Walter
Wilson. The trouble is the result of
an old feud.
Captain s. A. Burnap, who recently
bought the Elite block in this city,
which was formerly owned by John d.
Hanourg, now Of Los Angeles, will add
another story to the building, making
1t three stories high.
In the libel case of Fred H. Robinson
Va. The Times Mirror company Of Los
Angeles, the motion Of defendant
changing the place Of trial to Los An
geles, was granted.
J. Fred Blake, representing the Los
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have horse. This is recent acquisi-
tion, bat q necessary one. At times
when a vessel had gone ashore couple
Of miles from the station 1t was found
impossible to move the life boat on the
sand cart up to the point of danger.
The horse now does the work in a few
minutes where it formerly took hours.
No means have yet been discovered
by which the Iifeboat can be launched
when the surf is running very high.
Experiments have been made with a
tower-like structure erected az close to
the water as possible, and with set of
tracks running from the top into the
water. The lifeboat rests on plat
form fitted with wheels The platform
toboQeans down the tracks with mo-
meIitum sufficient to send it into deep
water. This combination has worked
satisfactorily in some places in Europe,
but on the Atlantic or Pacific coast 1t
is at q disadvantage, because vessel
does not select its precise locality
when she is blown ashore. As the
structure must bs firmly erected, it is
not possible to move it from one place
to another. -4
The breeches buoy has largely done
away with the need of the lifeboat.
however, except in cases where vessel
goes ashore too far out to be reached
BY the life line. Much Of the efficient
work of the department is due to the
adoption of the international code of
signals. BY these the men on shore
tell the people on the stranded vessel
exactly what to do and how to do 1t.
This code embraces only eighteen diff
ferent flags, but $1,000 distinct mes
eages can be sent by them.
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covered. The life saving service is
part of the treasury department and
Sumner I. Kimball ia the general sup
erintendent. The establishment en-
braces 251 stations. The average sta
tion is composed of six men and eac
station is held responsible for the care
of certain number OF miles of the
coast. On the Atlantic coast there are
1S4 stations, while there are but thir-
teen on the Pacific coast. or course
the amount of traffic on the Atlantic
is many times greater than that on the
Pacific, TO say nothing of the larger
number of important harbors to be
protected. On the great lakes there
are tifty-three stations, and Louisville.
KY, stands unique among the inland
cities because it boasts of life saving
station at the falls of the Ohio viver.
Within the past month some thrill
ing examples have been given of the
efficiency Of the life savers, notably
when the great American liner st. Paul
ran ashore at Long Branch, and again
when the tramp steamer bennington
WAS driven upon the treacherous Long
island sands near the Fire island light.
It was due to the clever work of the
life savers near the latter place that
the twenty souls in the bennington
were saved. Not only did they bring
the men safely ashore, but they also
rescued little Spanish pony from the
steamer by the aid Of the breeches
buoy.
Had it not been for the vigilance of
the coast guard, who burned danger
signal, the Cunarder Campa1iia would
have gone ashore in the fog at the
same time the St. Paul struck her un-
lucky nose against New Jersey. The
between 100000 aud 100000 by the
red light thrown out by the life savers.
This is the kind OF work the coast
guards are doing all the time, but un-
less there is actually disaster no
record Of it appears in statistics gath
cred in Washington.
But even taking those statistics, the
record Of the service is fine one. The
department year does not end until
June 30th, and taking the completed
records for the year ending June, 80,
1895, some idea of the work accom-
plished by these men can be obtained.
There were 483 disasters in that year
on the coast, and the amount of prop
erty involved WAS $10.647, ,235. Owing
to the life savers, Of this vast sum
So, ,085 was saved, leaving 1,502, 100
which was lost. By the 483 disasters
the lives Of 5402 persons were placed
in jeopardy and all but twenty of them
were saved. The number Of vessels to
tally lost was seventy-three. At tht
various life.saving stations the unfor
tunates who suffered by the shipwrecks
were cared for, and the namber Of
The herald., 1896-03-01
DOwNEY.

DowNEY, Feb. 29.-In the absence OF
rain the ditch and water companies are
getting things in shape to begin ir-
rigation.
J. E. Graham Of this place has been
appointed deputy county assessor for
the Downey neighborhood.
The property on the corner Of First
and Crawford streets is to be improved
eoon.
]. A. Mitrovich hss gone down to
Newport on hunting and fishing ex-
pedition.
Born-on February %, to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Townsley, a son.
Mrs. M. j. Stewart is improving her
property on New street.
Robert J. Pollard of Azusa was down
Tuesday, as we're also Mr.. and Mrs. O.
d. Reynolds of Los Angeles.
l.. V. Glasscock of San Fernando
WAS down this week.
Protracted meetings are being held
at the Presbyterian church.
Among the recent arrivals to locate
here are Z. E Bedell, Mrs. M. Thayer
and Mr.. Holmes, all of Pasadena.
Wv. Jerome, lately Of Whittier,
CAL, has sold out his property at that
place and located here and will 60 into
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burke enter
tanned number Of their friends at q
dinner party at their residence on the
evening of the 21st.
The herald., 1896-03-01

Angeles Fiesta association, IL here for
the purpose Of interesting the chamber
Of commerce in having San Diego
float in the fiesta procession. The sug-
gestion has been favorably entertained,
aud it seems highly probable that Mr..
Blake's mission will be successful. The
cost Is set down at $500.
The city council met in special ses-
sion and adopted an ordinance fixing
the water rate to be paid by consumers
for one year, beginning July 1st. The
rate agreed upon is about the same as
was formerly charged.
A. B. Hotchkiss, the Los Angeles at
torney and director in the Utah and
Southern California Railway company,
reached this city last night, and this
morning was closeted with his railroad
ass ociates, Mayor Carlson and Hon.
d. 9. Reed.
Harry LABEL, who recently left here
to 60 into business at Cripple Greek,
has returned, and reports that business
at the gold camp is considerably over
done, aud that many deaths occur
daily from pneumonia.
The chamber of commerce, assisted
by committee of the G.. A. r. post
here, is making an effort to secure the
Southern California G. A. Il. encamp-
ment for San Diego. The excursion is
planned to come during the latter part
of June. and the encampment will last
about two weeks. .s
The U. s. monitor Monterey sailed
for San Francisco this morning.
All the excavations for foundations
of the new brewery buildings have
been completed, and the stone for
foundations is being prepared.
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tain. He is hold responsible for the
work of the men.
The hardest work they have to do is
to patrol the beach at night time. Any
one who has walked on fiat, sand y
beach in winter time, with the wind
blowing gale and hurting salt spray
with the force of Runshot hundreds Of
feet, knows what the work of the coast
guard is. He has no shelter, as the
beach Is as fiat as q billiard table, and
when a heavy snowstorm Is on the
work is infinitely worse.
Each man must cover patrol Of
six miles during the night. He walks
three miles in either direction, from
the station and then back. Unlike the
policeman he never loiters. He has to
keep moving all the time or it would
be the last Of him. It is not necessary
to have any one out to see that he at
tends to his patrol because there is no
place where he can seek shelter. The
stations are placed only in exposed
The herald., 1896-03-01
MOUNT LOWE

DR.. swlft's Nineteenth Birthday-An Italian
Cruisers Visit
ECHO MOUNTAIN, Feb. 29.-Judging from
the continuous throngs ascending and de-
scending the great incline, and penetrating
the upper canyons along the narrow shelf
known as the Alpine division, Mount Lowe
is certainly the Mecca of America this win
ter. Here is the place to meet everybody
who travels. 1t is a truly cosmopolitan
gathering which is seen here every day.
DR.. Lewis Smith, the veteran astronomer
of the Lowe observatory, today celebrated
rare event. 1t was his birthday. In a
long and illustrious career of seventy-six
years he has had only nineteen birthdays
and will not have another till the year
1904. Judging by his youthful feeling,
physical activity and mental vigor, he is
still youth of 10, but judging by his ex-
tended labors, his thousands of nightly
vigils, the dozen comets he has captured,
and the go odd nebulae he has first chart
ed, he is as old as Methuselah.
But astronomers are proverbially long
lived. The man whose mind dwells Sc
renely among the stars, far from petty
jealousies and harassing vexations of the
average mortal, takes long lease of the
present earthly existence, and in the full
ness Of time glides TRANQUILITY into the great
eternity beyond. Let us nope our Vener-
able friend may live to enjoy several more
birthdays, and may we be there to con-
ratulate him.
Today congratulations we're teleRraphed
him by Prof. Holden and the other astrono-
mers Of Lick observatory, and he received
a beautiful octave volume from his friends
Barnard and Burnham of the Yerkes OBJ
servatory at Chicago. The book was Ca
mile Flammarion's last work.
The officers Of an Italian war cruiser and
a committee of Italian citizens of Los An
geles will visit Mount Lowe on Wednes-'
day, March 4th. A nephew of King
Humbert and heir apparent to the throne
wi i be in the party, numbering forty per-
sons.
company of New England excursion
lists have telegraphed for twenty rooms for
tonight. This, in addition to the sojourn-
ing guests and those already booked, will
tax the capacity of he great hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Burks of Los Angeles
are spending a very pleasant week on the
mountains.
Rev. Or. L. H. Stokes and party are still
at the hotel, and the beautiful sunsets have
stirred the venerable DOCTORS muse. He is
so years old and still possesses remark
able mental vigor.
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days succor afforded them sggrsgatss
223l. Yet the total annual cost of the
department is less than 81 $4,000.
These are dry statistics, but they
tell the story convincinRly. By the ex-
penditurs Of N,350,0O0 hundreds OF
lives were saved and many times that
amount of property rescued from de-
struction. Better Investments by the
government for the public welfare
have been made, but it will take a
most diligent search Of the records to
unearth them.
The life of the coast guard 10 not ex-
citing; 1t is dreary and monotonous.
He almost welcomes q shipwreck be-
cause it gives him something to do
and breaks into the lonely routine OF
his cheerless labor. For seven months
in the year he is almost as lonely as a
hermit or q castaway on "a q
desert island. He is paid $50
a month by the government,
and the hardships of his work
incapacitate him at comparatively
early age. Rheumatism. and its kim
dred ailments, due to exposure, make
a wreck of his hardy constitution, and
when he is worn out the government
casts him aside as farmer thro 9
away toothless rake. No pension
awaits him either. No provision is
m de for the life saver in his old age.
although he is certainly the equal Of
the soldier, and risks his life and
health In the public cause oftener.
Many tine es efforts have been made
in Washington to provide pension
for the lite savers and to give them
work twelve months in the year, but
without result. Economy has always
been the cry, but when popular sem
ator dies four or flve thousand dollars
are freely voted for fine congressional
funeral.
In summer time the life saver sup
ports himself and family by fishing, by
sailing pleasure craft or by working at
, bathing resort as life saver. When
in the employ of the government he is
absolutely cut off from his family. He
must be on duty twenty-four hours
day and seven days in the week. s
or seven men compose the average sta
tion. One of the number is the cap
The herald., 1896-03-01
GIANTS FROM LOS ANGELES
Beard the Baynclimate Heavy. Weights
10 Their Den
Succeeded-San Diego and the Fiesta.
General News

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 29.-The Los An
& ,les giants who are to contest for a
purse of $500 against the San Diego
heavyweights, were received by the
City Guards band upon their arrival
today and escorted to their quarters at
tn, Horton house. Both sides are
"a tally confident of success and much
interest is taken in the outcome. The
contest begins Monday night and will
end on Wednesday.
On Thursday there was much ex-
element in the city over what ap-
peared well-founded report that big
flow of oil had been tapped in the
prospect we'll near Ocean Beach. Sew
eral parties drove out, but all were met
short DISTANCE from the works by Su-
perintendent Mcintyre, who informed
the visitors that his Instructions were
TO allow no one to coma within fifteen
ssst OF the we'll. Their efforts to OBJ
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Stole Chnir

flames Murphy, petty larceny, piece of
chair as evidence" on the police blotter is
all that is left to tell the tale of the afoFe-
said Murphy's escapade on Alameda street
last night. He was wandering about in q
drunken condition with a chair which had
evidently come from some restaurant IN
the vicinity, and napkin which he did
not know how he came by. Murphy was
given time in the cooler to think 1t over.
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places, where people don't live in win
ter time.
When it is possible the stations are
connected with each 9th Ter by tele-
phone. The little houses are we'll built
Nearly all of them have small libraries.
rne principal room is the mess-room.
It serves as parlor, dining room sitting
joins it on one side and the captains
sleeping booths for the men.
Some Of the most important stations
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A Stolen Slave

Two Cinnamon spent the greater portion
of last evening hanging around the police
station awaiting the arrival of Justice Nor
rison before whom they wished to swear
out warrant for the arrest of another
Celestial who had made way with one of
their female chatteIs. 1t Is the old story
of factional feuds over the possession Of
the slaves who are prostituted to vile uses
by their masters. The justice not appear
ing they went away without the deslred
paper.
The herald., 1896-03-01

All pieces OF Wallpaper greatly reduced. A
A. Eckstrom, 324 South Spring street