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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08

By virtue of an order of sale granted
in the matter of the above succession,
by the District Court for said parish,
the undersigned will offer for sale, at
his residence in said parish, at public
auction 60 the last and highest bidder
for cash OIL
Wednesday, Feb, 10, 1895
Two chairs and one rocker, one los
clothing, hats, shoes and one basket.
ALFRED BROUSsARD,
Administrator.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08
Trespass Notice.

ALL persons are hereby warned not to
hunt upon, trespass upon or pass over,
ride or drive through my fields and
Enclosures, in the 3rd ward OF this parish,
under penalty of being prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
1-20-'94. ALEXANDRA BRoUssvRD.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08
Richard Frotscher, the well known
seed merchant Of New Orleans died
last Sunday of pneumonia.

Unusually heavy rains are report.
ed from Texas and Mississippi. The
weather has been very threa tenipg
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08

Never in the history of Louisiana
have the people witnessed such a
~disgracefuI scramble for spoils as is
shown by the white Republicans and
some Populists. And the most re-
freshing part of the whole business
is. that we are cody informed that
ali these shameful dickers and com
bination of different elements are
made to save the State from this
evil ~ influences of Democracy.
And we are told these things by
such notorious scoundrels as Kel-
logg, Warmoth, Cage and Demas.-
Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08

Elsewhere in this issue will be
found two letters from d. B. Booth
that shows his stability and honesty
of purpose. He will not resign, aud
we glory in his pluck. His name
goes at the head of our columns
with pleasure, and as soon as the
balance of the ticket is untangled we
will tack it on.-Lakeside Review.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08

No doubt our Catholic readers
will be pleosed to know that the ed
itor of the Latouche Comet is com
piling a brief sketch of the life and
deeds of thot holy, beloved and ez-
emplary man, Rev. Father Meuard,
who mas passed into eternity, and
will publish the same in a compact
book form as soon as the cuts that
will illustrate the little publication
shall have arrived. The price Of
this little book has not yet been de-
termined upon, but it will be very
low.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08

Rayne is soon to have a new
Catholic Church costing some
$4,000.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-02-08
Probate Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
18th Judicial District Conrt-Parish of
Vermilion.

Succession of Joseph c. Broussard.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21

must have been committed by the mate
ana he signed the paper which Monhs
prepared. Ho could not read the pnper
ana 1t was not read to him.
On cross-examination Perdock salu ne
saw Bran walking between the main
and mizzenmast. q abetweensaa..and .. ne
heafd no noise whatever while ne WAS
on the lookout, from to 8. He was
with Brown between and 8. Brown did
not have much to say that night; he only
answered questions. Browns race
ohanged very much when he was put IN
irons and he looked as If he wanted to do
something before he was put in irons,
which was the reason tor doing 1t.
Brown was in the habit of talking to
himself, sometimes low and sometimes
loud, but the witness could not under
stand him. The witness said that before
the murder, Brown became angry with
Bran because the latter found fault with
his work. Brown talked considerabl bly,
after the mate left him. On the night
of the murder, Brown came to the wit
ness two or three times after he had lain
down and told him to go to sleep. The
witness did not like this, but had not
said he was afaid OF Brown.
After brief recess. Jonathan Spencer
the stewart of the Herbert Fuller, was
called to the witness stand.
He testified to some conversations he
had with Bran but the time for ADJOURN
ment arrived before he had got to the
story Of the murder.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
VERY EXCITED IN SPAIN.
Dons All Ready To Go To War with the
United States.

Dons All Ready To Go To War with the
United States.
Madrid, December 19.-The excitement
in this city caused by the news OF the
action of the foreign relations commit
tee of the United States Senate in deoid-
ing to report in favor of the independence
of Cuba, was intense. "A wave OF popular
indignation has swept over the entire
country and the bitter feeling against
the United States has been greatly in
tensifed. There Is no denying the fact
that popular feeling is in favor OF bold
ly defylng the United States and notify
ing tnes American government that Cupa
will be retained by Spain II 1t takes her
last dollar and her last man to uphold
her sovereignty.
In the cafes and every public place the
situation is excitedly discussed and
everywhere the determination Is ex-
pressed to uphold the governments 70 the
last extremity in maintaining Its rights.
Dispatches from other cities show the
prevalence of a feyerish feeling among
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
GARDINER JOINS IjS.
New City Admitted to Maine Polo
League.
WILL BEGIN PLAYING THE FIRST
OE NEXT MONTH.

Meeting at Brunswick Decides On Six
Club League-Schedule Adopted for the
Month of January-C1ubs All Repre-
sented at Meeting.
Brunswick, December 20.-A mesting
of the Maine Roller Polo league was held
at the Tontine today. There were present:
H. H. DonnelI, Bath; e. F. Smart,
Augusta; W. W. Burnham, Portland; Fl.
g. Bird, Rockland; &. L. Wheeler and
Henry Cody, Lewiston. W. A. Atkins
and o. M. Snowman presented an appli-
cation for Gardiner's admission to the
league. 1t was voted to grant franchise
to the Gardiner team to enter on a new
schedule January 2. The following
schedule was adopted for January:
January 1-Augusta at Portland, Bath
at Lewiston.
January 2-Portland at Lewiston, An
gusta at Bath. Gardiner at Rockland.
January 4-Bath at Rooklnnd, Angus a
at Gardiner.
January 5.-Gardiner at Lewiston,
RooklaEd at Bath.
January 6.-Gardiner at Augusta
Rookland at Portland.
January 7.-Lewiston at Bath.
January S.-Lewiston at Gardiner,
Bath at Portland, Augusta at Rockland.
January 9.-Portland at Augusta, Bath
at Lewiston.
January 1l.-Bath at Gardiner, Au-
gusta at Lewiston, Portland at Rockland.
January 12.-Lewiston at Portland,
Gardiner at Bath.
January 13.-Bath at Augusta, Gardi-
ner at Portland.
January 14.-Lewiston at Rockland.
January 15.-Lewiston at Rockland,
Portland at Augusta.
January 16.-Rockland at Lewiston
Portland at Bath, Augusta at Gardiner.
January 18.-Portland at Gardiner Bath
at Rockland.
January 19.-Rookland at Bath, Gardi-
ner at Lewiston, Augusta Mt Portland.
January 20.-Rockland at Gardiner.
January 21.-POrtland at Lewiston,
Augusta at Bath.
January 22.-Gardiner at Augusta,
Bath at Portland.
January 23.-Lewiston at Augusta,
Gardiner at Rockland.
January 25.-Lewiston at Gardiner,
Augusta at Roekland.
January 26.-Rockland at Portland
Augusta at Lewiston.
January 27.-Rockland at Bath, Port
land at Augusta.
Jnnuaryl28. Bath at Lewiston, Gardi-
ner at Rockland.
January 29.-Bath at Augusta.
january 30.-Portland at Rockland,
Lewiston at Bath, Augusta at Gardiner.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
portions, westerly winds.
Local Weather Report.


Local Weather Report.
Portland, December 20-The local
weather bureau Office records az TO the
weather are the following:
s a. m.-Barometer. 2o 935; therm2me- o. =
ter lao; dew point. B; humidity, 6BO !;
wind, W; ve!ocity.4; weather, cloudy.
Sp. m.-Barometer. CO. 917: thermome-
ter. 17.0; dew point, 9, humidity.
$3.50; winds W; velocity. 5; weather,
cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer. 17.0s maxi
mum Thermometer. 90. o; minimum ther.
mometer. 1870. maximum velocity OF
wind, wv; total precipitation. ,.
Weather Observation.
The agricultural depal tment weather
bureau fol yesterday, December 2o' taken
at pm. meridian time, the observation
for each station being given in this order:
Temperature, direction of wind, state OF
weather:
Boston, 26 degrees. SW, clear; new
York, 30 degrees. W, clear; Philadeipnla'
30 degrees, W, elear: Washington,
81 degrees. s,p cloudy; Albany, % degrees
s, CLOUDY; Buffalo, "a deglees' w.
snow; Chicago, "a degrees. NV. cloudy
st. Paul, Is degrees, W. cleaI; husons
Dak., 3 degre es, ,SK, cloudy; BismaIoK .s
degrees. NE, cloudy; Jacksonvaile' o.
deR1sss, NV, cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
Cleveland Has Nothing to Add.

Washington, December President
Cleveland returned to the White House
this morning. Secretary Thurber called
to see him and spent some time telling
him of the events that had occurred;
during his absence but no official bust
ness was taken up, and it is not believed
the President feels called upon to add
anything to the Cuban controversy at
present.
During the day Secretary Olney ad-
peared Mt the Executive Mansion and had
q brief consultation with the President.
While there is no official guarantee for
the assertion it is not to be questioned
that their conversation referred almost
solely to the latest phase in the Cuban
situation.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
SEAMAN PERDock STORY.
More About the Tragedy on the Bark
Herbert Fuller.

Boston. December 19.-In the Bran
murder trial today, the motion for, a
postponement in order that the
defence might procure additional evil
denoe as to the sanity of Seaman Brown,
was overruled. Brown testified to be-
ing taken sick while in Holland. For 1S
days he WIS in hospital. He said the
hospital doctor told him that he had
fired a shot, but not to fear for every
thing had been forgiven. A Swedish off,
Ger also told him that all was not we'll.
He had been robbed of his money which
fact he found out after three weeks con-
inement In the hospital.
Henry PerdOck, a seaman on the Her
bert Fuller, corroborated the testimony
of the other witnesses in all essential par
tioulars regarding the events of the night
OF the tragedy. At. 10, he relieved the
watch. He laid down aft Of the fore
castle and went to sleep. He heard no
noise between one and two. He de-
scribed the finding of the bodies, as told
BY other witnesses. He heard Bran
make statement abous how the crimes
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
is being liRhtered and diver Is working
on her bottom.
WILL BE SETTLED SOON.
The Hamburg Dock Strike on Its Last
Legs.

Berlin, December 20.-In regard TO
the lam burg strike it may be said tha
all prospects of success of the strikers are
extremely gloomy. The strikers and their
families are suffering terribly for lack OF
food, clothing, shelter, etc. The men
are losing heart and many are seeking
reinstatement, but the masters refuse to
permit any to return until the strike is
finally ended. The employers are now re-
rowing the offer made at the beginning
of the strike, and it is probably that the
offer will be accepted in the early part Of
this week.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21

The Debate May Last Until Fourth OF
Others Will Take Position Adverse To
That of Secretary Olney.
Washington, December aO.-The Gu ban
question and Secretary Olney's statement
OF the executive position may precipitate
debate in the Senate tomorrow that
will set aside thu regular business as
81 gned for the TWO days that body will
still be in session before the holiday re-
cess.a 1t is not improbable tnat some of
the more radical Cuban sympathizers
will start discussion with the presenta-
tion Of Senator Cameron's report shortly
after the morning hour.
Conservative Senators who have
studied the precedents are inclined to the
opinion that the talk about serious
difficulty between the President and
Congress has no sound foundation. Cool
heads will counsel moderation.
.- There is not the remotest probability of
Mr.. Cameron's resolution recognizing
the independence of the Republic of
Cnba being acted upon in the Senate be-
fore the holiday recess. When the debate
does begin it is evident that Senators
Aor gan, Davis, Chandler, Lodge,
Cullom and Mills will stake up a position
adverse to that of the Secretary of State
and the discussion may be prolonged till
after the fourth of March.
1t the programme of the Senate, made
before the Cuban question took such an
acute form, is permitted to be carried out,
the Senate will discuss the Oklahoma
free homestead bill. which is unfinished
business.
The beginning of the holiday recess
with the adjournment Tuesday gives but
two days for business in the House, and
there is small prospect of a quorum.
Consideration of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill,
which is unfinished business, will be re-
sumed tomorrow and the measure will
probably be disposed Of, unless the advo-
Gates of the library scheme, proposed by
the Joint committee as a substitute for
the provisions reported by the committee
should require the presence of quorum
In which case the bill will go over un-
til after the holidays.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
new DOCTRINE INDEED.
Remarkable Pretensions Of Present
Administration.
OLNEY SAYS CONGRESS- HAS NO
POWER TO RECOGNIZE CUBA.

That Alone Vested in the President-Gen.
orally Supposed That He Was Speaking
for the neutrality-suspicious. of Nom
bers of Congress.
Washington, December 19.-Secretary
OF State Olney, iu the absence OF the
of Congress in session, pFecipitated upon
the public today statement which would
seem to imply that a conflict between the
executive and legislative branches OF the
national government is in prospect on
the Cuban question. The most singular
feature of the situation is that the h1ther-
to conservative Senate Is understood to be
on the side which does not represent oon-
s1rva tive action and the House of Rep.
resentatives, heretofore regarded as some
what reckless in Its course on fOreig Il
affairs Is relied upon to sustain the Pres.
ident's views, and will probably do SO.
Secretary Olney today spoke freely to the
representatives of ths press. He said
the m memorandum he had drawn up as tc
the relative positions Of Congress and the
President on the question Of the reoog-
milton of the new government was de-
rived from Q careful tudy Of the Contitu
tion entered upon. by him before he be-
came secretary of state. He specified in
detail certain things which in his judg-
ment Congress could not do, which in
cluded matters otherthan the reception OF
new governments, and stated his opinion
az constitutional lawyer, that these mat
ters rested with the executive alone. Mr..
Olney declined to admit that his an
nounoe ment of his views on the question
lot Cuban recognition was the res ult of
any telegraphic Instructions received
from tho President. On the contrary, he
conveyed the impression that they were
his individual views, arrived at without
any consultation with his cabinet asso-
ciates In the Presidents absence or with
the President himself
In his Statement, Mr.. Olney said:
The power to recognize the so-called
republic of Cuba as an independent state
rests exclusively with the executive
"A resolution Of the subject by the
Eenate or BY the House, by both bodies
or by one, whether concurrent Of joint,
is imperative as 1egisIation and Ia i'm
poItant only as advice of great weight
the manner In which he shall
exers Else his constitutional functions.
"The operation and effect of the pro-
posed resolution, therefore, even If passed
by both houses of Congress by two
thirds vote, are perfectly plain. Tt may
raise Sxpectationssin in some quarters which
can never be realized. 1t may infiame
popular passion. both in this country
and else where. 1t may thus put in
peril the lives and property of American
citizens who are resident and travelling
abroad, and will certainly obstruct and
perhaps defeat bis best efforts of this
government TO afford suoh citizens due
protection.
"But except in these ways, and unless
the advice EN- bodied in the resolution
shall lead the executive to revise copclu-
sions already reached, and officially de-
clared, the resolution will be without
effect, and will leave unaltered thu atti-
tude of this government toward the two
contending parties in Cuba"
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
FURY OF THE GALE.
How 1t Felt on the Runaway Lighthouse

Woodsholl, Mass. December 19.-Capt.
Jorgenson. of the Nantucket Shoals
| lightship, says of his experience during
the late storm: "The storm began about
10 O'Clock Wednesday morning anC the
sea began to roll downsupon us in noun
tainous waves. The wind whistled
through the rigging with fearful veloc-
ity. The men on watch found it difficult
to remain on deck. The spray which
drenohed the decks nearly blinded them.
The snow fell in such thick and binding
clouds l could not see the length of the
ship. The barometer began to fall stead
ily and about in the morning reached
| the lowest point have ever seen 1t, be-
ing 90 95-100ths. The wind certainly blew
more ttan so miles per hour. All day
Wednesday and long into the night, the
| tide was running at 10-knOt clip and
| between the force of the tide and the
| fury of the storm the ship was almost
| continually on its beam ends. We were
all obliged to remain below except the
watch, who lashsd himself to the ship.
The ship was rolling and pitching in
such way that we would he thrown
into the sea if we ventured from below.
We bad $50 fathoms of cnain attached to
1000 pound mushroom anchor. The
water was about 80 fathoms deep. The
wei 2ht of the chain ca BILE would pull the
high bow OF the boat into the mountain
Gus waves as they broke ard when the
waves passed down into the trough of
the boiling sea, the ship would go under
until it seemed that we were bound not
to stop until the bottom was reached.
"a few minutes after 10 on Wednesday
the ship descended into the trough Of the
sea until the water seemed to rise in a
wall on either side Of us nearly 30 feet
high. Down the stauuch ship continued
to go, when suddenly it was thrown high
in the air by the com bined force OF wind
and wave, land when it again fell into
the trough of the sea 1t had reler sed itself
from the mushroom anchor and Was
adrift at the mercy Of the elements.
"Steam was gotten up as soon as we
could manage to walk around and the
crew got sail enough on the ship to keep
her head to the wind. The sail was soon
useless and away we drifted, rolling in
the trough of the sea or riding on the
crest of the mountainous waves. When
night came we we're ignorant Of our
whereabouts. At daylight on Thursday
nothing could be seen but water, which
swept around us in huge waves. All day
we drifted before the gale which showed
no signs of abating. Late in the day, the
men at the masthead sighted land, which
we soon made out was Block Island and
from that time we knew that we could
safely reach port. 1t was slow work
reaching here, but tho ship was kept
constantly under way and the "trip was
quite uneventful.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
HUSBAND SET HER ON FIRE.
Alice Johnson's Terrible Charge, As te
Cause of Her Death.

Boston, December 30. Alice johnson,
thirty years old, white, the reputed wife
of VIM. johnson. colored, was terribly
burned tonight and probably cannot live
till morning. In her antemortem stata-
1nent she accused her husband of pouring
oil upon her and setting it on fire.
johnson, who bears a good reputation,
says the woman was Intoxicated and in
staggering about the room with kero-
sene lamp in her hand spilled the oil up
on hers elf which became ignitei John
son, however, is looked up.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
ROYALTY IN BOSTON.
Queen. Lilliuokolini Will Be There on
Christmas Day.

San Francisco, December 2o.-Ex-
Queen Liluokolini of Hawaii left for
Boston last night. The royal visitor will
arrive in the Massachusetts metropolis
at 2.50p. M, Christmas day.
II shall visit my husbands relatives
while in Boston, she Informed a re-.
porter. land my plans for the future will
be announced shortly after my arrival
there. am not as liberty to state them
at present. Regarding the stories cirou-
lated concerning the object of my visit.
! have nothing to say.
II wish to state however. that highly
appreciate the kind treatment accorded
me In San Francisco
1t is now understood that Princess
Kiaulani will visit her aunt in Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
USUAL WAY REVERSED.
Young Woman Tries the Murder ana Sui
cido Racket.

Danbury. Conn.,, Decem ber 2o.-T.
Williams. son of town and city treasurer
Williams was stabbed in the breast and
dangerously wounded late last night by
sadie Reed, twenty-five, whom it is
claimed is his wife.
The affair took place in Main street
boarding house, where Williams called
upon the Reed woman. They quarrelled
and Miss Reed stabbed Williams with a
pocket knife. She has been arrested and
charged with assault with intent to kill.
After doing the cutting, the woman tried
to kill herself with hat pin.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
FIVE PERSONS suRNED TO DEATH
Horrible Tragedy in New York Result of
Lamp Explosion.

New York, December 2O.-A family Of
five persons were burned to death in
their home at 542 East 23rd street to-
night by u fire caused by the explosion Of
q lamp. The dead are Aaron Goldsmith.
45 years old, Mrs. Matilda Goldsmith, 33,
Bertha Goldsmith, 10; Hattie, 8; Frank
6.
The only other person in the house at
the time was Mary Roska, alservant. She
escaped by jumping out of second story
window to the rear yard. The damage
done to property was slight.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
EEAaED WOMEN BURNED.
The Alcohol Used in Bathing Was Ignited-
The Victims Were Sisters, All Over
Eighty.


Newport, r. l., December 19.-About
10. 80 tonight. Eliza Ann, Martha and
Charlotte Wilbour, aged respectively so,
S3 and Sc, were burned to death in their
home on Spring street. After the firemen
extinguished the flames and removed the
bodies from the house, servant girl was
found asleep in the attic but she WAS not
seriously affected by the smoke. The old
est sister was an invalid and the younger
one was apparently bathing her with al
oohol which in some way ignited and set
their clothing on fire. One rushed into
another room whers the third sister was
abed and set the bed atire. Passersby
saw the smoke and gave the alarm. The
doors were burst open but when the fire.
men reached the todies they were lifee
less. The sisters were daughters of NortoH
Wilbour, years ago one of Newportt
most prominent traders.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-21
ASSAULTED BY A TRAMP (
A Fiepd's Gratitude for Kindness Shown
Him by North Anson Woman,

North Anson. Decem ber 20.-A tramp
brutally assaulted Mrs. Sslden Benjamin
Saturday afternoon. She was at home
alone and he wanted to get warm and
was SO allowed, but ON teing refused a
dinner, she having given him two meals
and lodging, ha struck her several times
with some instrument, causing severe
wounds about the head. They are not
considered dangerous, but are quite pain
full. Citizens are searching for the tramp
but at present he is at large.