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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
NO.4s


The Academy of Sciences. Of 81
Petersburg, Rufsia, has elected Prof.
james Hall, LID, director Of the
State Museum Of Natural History
at Albany, N. Y, to be foreign mem
Der of that institution. In addition.
Charles Dcolittle Walcott. formerly
Prof. Halls assistant, the well known
psleontoloaist, and Edwin Seligman.
both Of New York, have beer appoint
ed corresponding nembers Of The acad-
emy. .
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Inheritaace Tax.

Surrogate Fitzgerald, of New York,
Thursday signed an order fixing the
amount of inheritance tax 20 be paid
by the children Of the late Jay Gould
as follows: George J.. Gould, O,771:
Jay Gould, $4,000; Helen M. Gould,
sos, 437;; Edwin Gould, sg2, 1876; How
ard Gould, sos, 1872; Frank J. Gould.
$a7, 175, and Anna, now the Countess
de Csstellano, $97. 10.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Went Back Tor His Money.

During . fire at their home at Elnora,
Clesrfeld County, Pa, J. George Kirch-
mack. was burned to death and Paul
Baker Sustained injuries that viii prob
ably cause his death. Both men es-
capped, but Baker went back for his two
boys, and in their rescue both he and
the children we're horribly burned.
Kirchnack returned for small sum OF
money, and while searching for it the
roof fell in and he was burned to death.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
.Foprteen .Thoasaud Slaughtered.

A letter has been received from
Kharpool by 2. e. Bagajian. gradu-s
ate of Kharpool College, and now .
student cf Yale. which describes the
masshcres in the villages near the city
of Kharpool. The. writer says the
atrocities are repetition of the Sas-
soun massacres of year ago, and ct
least IA, coo persons were butchered ip
that neighborhood.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Crushed by a Saw Log.

Tbos. J. YDougherty, o prominent
farmer OF Jefferson county, Tenn, was
instantly killed Friday while superin-
tending the removal of saw logs in
Wautauga county, North Carolina.
A large log was dislodged from a pile
of timber on the shore of the Wautaugs
river, and before Mr.. Dongherty could
get out Of the way it rolled over him,
crushing him horribly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
3. sTsJosEPH. La, RIDAY,:JANUARY II, 1896

1,046, 140; year before las. s76, 262 and
year before latter 677, 1927.
The three groups as above set forth
consist first, of Texas, including Indian
Territory; second of other gulf States,
embracing Arkansas, Louisiana. Missis-
sippi and Tennessee, and the Atlantic
States, embracing North Carolina,
South Caroline, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bams and Virginia
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
settled With the State.

The tax collectors of jackson, West
|. Carroll, Tangipshoa, Natchitoches,
Avoyelles, Madison, East Feliciana As
sension and Plaquemine parishes have
settled with the auditor for the last
quarter of 1895, and the collector Of
second district of Orleans for the
Month of December.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Fatal Quarrel.

Joseph Paxton, owner and pilot Of
the tug boat Mollie L., at Morgan
City, was shot in the head by a party.
named Charles Cole, who, after the
shooting, proceeded to assault the
wounded man with a hetchet. Cole
claims the attack was made in self-de-
fense. The origin of the quarrel is not
known. Paxton is not expected to
live.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Drowned in Fording a Creek.

- Thursday evening while returning
home,' Joseph Habetz, a young Ger
man, twenty-four years of age, was
drowned in Coles Greek. He attempt
ed to ford the creek with his team,
and on reaching the centre the mules
were drowned, and in the effort to save
them he lost his own life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Had His Hand Mashed.

BERTHE Randall, young white MAJ,
had his hand mashed, Thursday night
while coupling cars on the st. Louis,
Ayoyelles and Southwestern Railway at
Bunkie. His wound was dressed by
Drs. w. G. Branch and w. ID. Haas,
10 say that it may be necessary to
| .putate one of his fingers. This is
the fret accident to occur on the new
~,;lr0od -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
IL KilIed Yim.

Representative Isaac Wilson. OF Nell
sencounty, Ky. who gotup from sick
bed to go.to Frankfort, KY, and vote
for Blackburn in Friday n.ght's caucus,
died Saturday morning. Wilson's
death breaks the legislative tie and
gives the Republicans majority Of one
on joint ballot a
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Three Brothers I1Rled.

The three brothers, David, William
and Georges McKisson, aged respective
ly IS. Is and Z years, died Monday at
Philadelphia from the injuries received
in Sunday nights explosion, while they
were attempting to blow open toy
safe with dynamite at their home
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
RussrA,s GREAT RAILROAD.
1t WIN Run Right to the Doors of
India n


India.
DR.. W. L. Hoenock, chief Engineer
of the Irkutsch and Vladivostock diyis-
ion Of Russia's great railroad, says
that feeders will be built from the main
line, one on an understanding with the
Persian government to Herat, another
into Afghanistan over the Thibet
Mountains, third into Beloochistan
and Afghanistan and Persia. This viii
bring the Russian road into the centre
of the Asiatic powers and right at the
doors Of India.
''You will be perhaps interested to
know said the doctor, ''that the Rus
sian government is building several
merchantmen to ply between Vladivc
stock and some port in Alaska. We
are now building three of them at Via
divostock and three more to be built at
Cronstandt; they viii be finished within
a year or so 1t is not decided which
port we viii go to; perhaps one viii be
made, for the United States is to build
railroad to some point north of
Alaska, and wherever it makes its term
mus that we shall make our port.
This is part of the grand strategic
plan, and it is being carried ont by an
understanding between the two coun-
tries. The United States will build q
line north to Sitka, cross the Behring
Sea Islands as far as practicable, and
from that point make connection With
the ships Russia is building, making
the journey in twenty-four hours.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
The Latest Foreign and Do
mestic News.
Canada Agreed to the Terms.

Sir Mackenzie Bowelr authorizes the
statement relative to Canada's position
in regard to tine arbitration of Behring
sea seizure claims that Canada agreed
to the terms of the treaty and prompt
ly forwarded hen assent to the British
authorities.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Baltimore warehouse Burned.

The large frame storage sheds at the
corner Of Bayard and Ridgeley streets.
Baltimore, belonging to, the glassware
firm of Swindell Bros, burned Mon
day night, together with their con-
tents. Loss slO5,0O0; partially in.
sured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Big Sale Of Lumber.

The Providence Lumber Company,
AXE Providence, has sold barge of
mber to st. Louis firm, apd has be-
pm loading it. They have on the bank
the river 500, 900 feet of fine cypress
lmber.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17

Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
when seen Monday night said that so
far as he was concerned there was moth
ing in the story about his being eau
didate on the Populist presidential
ticket for second place 'T win not,1
said he, "for almost three years reach
the constitutional age that would per-
NIT me to take the Office we're / to re-
ceive the nomination and be elected.
Besides, however. I am not and would
not be candidates. Senator Allen is q
strong man in our party, and if be
permits his name to be used in the con-
ventiop he viii have odfollowing- >
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
interesting and Newsy Items
From Our Exchanges.
BIG CARGO OF GRAIN.
shreveport to Have New Foundry
Have Settled With the State-An
Old Negro Dead-sugar House De-
stroyed by Fire.
In Total Darkness.

Since Monday Monroe has. been in
total darkness at night, owing to the
destruction of dynamo at the electric
light plant.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
sugarhouse Destrored bv FIre.

The sugar mill of Mrs. Hayden, near
Evergreen, burned Thursday night to-
ether with thirty-fye hogsheads of
hgar and fifty barrels of molasses,
PARTIALLY covered by insurance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
LIQUOR Causes a KILLING.

On Mr.. AL Britton's plantation near
Brookstown, Monday night, Joe Knox
and Sam Gray, colored, after imbibing
too freely of liquor, became involved
IN a quarrel, in which Gray shot Knox
with double-barreled shotgun, killing
him instantly. Gray was arrested and
placed in Jail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17


The total deposits Of gold 81 fhe sab-
treasury Monday amounted to 81, 700.-
900 in american gold coin, and in adj
dition there was deposited at the nsssy
office, 500, 900 in gold bars and for
eign coin. total Of e2, 400, 90. All Of
the gold had been imported and in nc
single instance were greenbncks taken
in exchange. The presumption is that
the various amounts viii be used to pay
for subscriptions to the new govern
ment loan. The gold was deposited
for examination, and receipts we're
given for it. Only United States oold
coin is received at the ub-tressury snd
no charge is made for examination.
Foreign gold and bars are received ::
the assay Office, subject. to the usna;
charge for treatment and mintaee. A
withdrawal was made Monday from The
srb-treasury of $500. 900 in gold coin.
There was some contention as e
whether the amount taken out figured
against the treasury reserve, Is It was
claimed that the gold was part Of q sum
deposited last week By e firm Of bul-
hon brokers for examination. It IS IN
derstood that the gold was flaally Dc
posited in the bank Of New York
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
A Savings Bank Short.

Au examination of the accounts Of
the Fifth Avenue Savings Bank at Co
lumbus, Ohio, which suspended last
Saturday, shows they are short about
$4,000. John Fifeld has been ap-
pointed receiver. Cashier John "A.
Knight has assigned all his property, to
the bank and promised to maks,an ex-
planation to the directors. who. refuse
IN the interim. 70 make any charges
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Reslsts Arrest and is Shot.

Thursday evening, Deputy Sheriff
Colgin and Special Officer Hebert en-,
tered the Felix Saloon and Dance Hall,
at the corner of Jefferson and Madison
streets, New Iberia, to arrest Henry
Scott, Dave Williams and Edward VII.
liams, colored, wanted in st. Mary par
ish for robbing, shooting with intent to
murder and carrying concealed weap-
ons, who were in the place. As the
officers arrived in the dance house, the
two Williams ran, Scott stood his
ground and attempted to draw his pis-
tol, 44-calibre Smith & Wesson, to
shoot Colgin, but before he could do so
Colgin shot him in the shoulder, and
this failing to stop him he was again
shot in the hreast, midway between the
nipples. This caused him to drop, and
he was disarmed and taken to the par
ish jail, where Coroner Burgess and
DIR. King attended him, pronounc;ng
the wounds painful but not necessarily
dangerous.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-17
Grain Exported From New Orleans


A better evidence of the ever-increas-
ing export trade of New Orleans cannot
be found than the fact that some of the
largest steamships that ply the seas
have within the last year visited her
wharyes and sailed for foreign clines
laden with cargoes little less enqr,
nous than the largest that have passed
out OF New York harbor. The latest
strides Of New Orleans toward CONNER
cial renown consists in the shipment by
Chas. Orthwein & Sons, the New Or
leans grain exporting firm, Of the larg-
est cargo Of grain that ever left that
port; SO large, indeed, that only in one
instance has New York exceeded her in
this direction. The big steamship Had
don Hall will have the distinction of
carrying across the sea this immense
cargo, comprising 204,622 bushels Of
grain, and In addition thirty two car
loads of general merchandise.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-19
MANAGER
AND HIS WAR ON LABOR

CLEVELAND, O., May s.-Ns one
ooupts mckinley subserviency to Han
ma. Here Is kindergarten lesson which
teaches 1t. There is a telephone from
Hanna's ONCE to McKinley's house, some
seventy miles away. 1t is not there to
permit Mckinley to tell Hanna what to
do; 1t is used by Hanna to tell Mckinley
what TO do, and frequently to tell McKin-
ley what he must do.
It's as II Hanna had established the
picket posts Of his commands all about
his candidate. No one reaches the Nc
klnley eye or speaks one word to the
Mckinley ear without the password from
Hanna. He has Mckinley in his clutch
as ever did hawk have chicken, and he
VIII carry him whittier he chooses. That
is the pact between them; the under
standing upon which Hanna and his SYM
dictate Is breaking, and buying and beg
ging, and bullying a road for Mckinley
10 the White House. And when he's
there Hanna and the others will shuttle
him and deal him like deck of cards.
hanna In person Is broad, tall, care
lessly clothed, and of red. violent visage.
His nature has all the force and lack of
scruple of a torrent. He has a bushel
of brains; coarse they are. but strong as
morse. One could make two McKinleys
out OF Hanna and have plenty of Hanna
LETT. Given an object. Hanna pursues
it relentlesly. In its chase he will over
run anything or anybody, and pay no
more heed to the right of another than
cow would to a cobweb. The question
with Hanna is not What is right" but
What is wanted?" He does not what
he should, but what he can, and oonsults
instinct, not reason, as he fashions a
need.
Hanna loves money. Not for its yell
low sake as a miser might, but for the
sway and power thereof; because he may
make men creep and crawl, and spring
to his word. This feeds his vanity, and
he is vain with all of the vulgarity and
ostentatious strut of a turkey cock-a
fowl, by the way he much resembles.
Hanna Is not a leader: he is a boss.
Rather. so far as he may be. he is a
tyrant; drives men and is prone to OPP
press. What is weak he brushes from
the merest instinct of destruction.
Being from his youth about the lakes.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-19
"OFF ITS BASE"

Inc Evening Express seems solicitous
about dissensions in the local and state
Democracy, and favors the public with
what 1t probably conceives to be a clear
and able analysis of the situation. With
few swoops of it's sharpened Faber IT
divides the party in this county and
state into two factions-eold bugs and
silver bugs, and designates some little
differences that have arisen locally
about the mode of electing delegates to
the next county convention, as prelim-
mary skirmish in the battle between
the bugs over the thing that they are
bugs about-finance That there is a d.
vision of sentiment in the Democratic
party of California regarding the silver
issue no one denies, but that the differ
ences developed at the late meeting of
the county central committee are about
that issue it has been left to the Ex
press to find out and publish to an impa
tlent constituency. The fact that men
representing both sides of the coinage
issue are acting in common on each side
OF the contest about the coming Demo-
cratic primary elections is ignored in a
way that is charmingly characteristic
There are free-silver and goId-standard
Democrats supporting the ward primary
project, and there are gold-standard
and free-silver Democrats acting in uni
son in behalf of the plan to conduct pre-
clnct primaries. in accordance with the
custom of the party. There is absolutely
no evidence that any faction of the De-
mocracy of this county has thus far
made arrangements" to send a deleea
ton welded to either side of the money
question to the Democratic state CON
Vention. Some arrangements may have
peen making to send certain parties To
That convention, but not because of the
views those parties entertain on the
great national question.
Inc differences in the California. DO
mocracy regarding matters of national
policy viii doubtless come to a head in
due time. and when they do thew will
be fought out in the manly. omen NAV
peculiar 10 the party that is made nm
OF men who have convictions and tho
courage to contend for those convic-
llohs' Inc product of the Democratic
state convention will not be machine
made, like that of the recent Republican
convocation at Sacramento. The Hor-
aid has confidence that that product win
be to its taste, that the conventions
declarations regarding the tariff. the
financial, the railroad funding bin and
the other important public questions
will be in line with true Democratic
principles, but whatever it is. il will no
inspired by sense of principle and NOT
of policy. Unlike their Republicao
brethren, Democrats are given 70 tho
mistake as the Express evidently
considers it. of standing by principle as
they see it. even when policy might
seem to promise more pleasingly.
TO The Herald's evening contempor-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-19
AT THE THEATERS

THE ORPHEUM.-Anothe standing
room" audience packed this house last
night, and witnessed performance that
took equal rank with the excellent shows
seen at this popular place of amusement
of late. Rosie Rendel opened the bill with
her graceful dancing. and quick change
acts, and was followed by Essie Clinton
in we'll sung character songs. The three
Rubes as usual captured the audience
with their eccentric, mirth-provoking
comedy. Dixon, Bowers and Dixon have
become big favorites here. Hayes and
Post, with their high kicking, were
again the wonder of the audience. The
Guatemala marimba players, with their
extraordinary musical instrument, fair
ly charmed the large audience with their
mastery rendition of dulcet Spanish
airs. Golden, Chalfant and Golden-a
happy combination of sweet singing. be-
witching dancing and grotesque negro
comedy-of course, won the hearts of all.
The Mimic Four in their travesty on
Trilby made one of the notable hits of
the evening, despite of the fact that their
costumes and music had not arrived
from San Francisco. They will be on
hand tonight, however. If you want to
see a first-class show at all points of
judgment go to the Orpheum this week.
4 4
BURBANK THEATER.-A splendid
house greeted the Davis-Moulton COM
pany in its second presentation of the
Lords of Creation. The fun in this play
Is fast and furious. The interest of the
audience does not lag for an instant,
and the result is most enjoyable and
laughable evening
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-19
THE OCCUPATION TAX
Cordial Endorsement OF The Herald's View
of the Subject


Editor Herald: I read with pleasure
your timely and forcible article on this
question in today's Herald. The impo-
Sltlon of this tax is think peculiar to
the states and territories of the south
west that formerly belonged to Mexico
can 1t be that the system is the offspring
of early Mexican rule? 1t is certainly
a feature of Spanish municipal govern
ment. Indeed all Latin countries en-
force these odious taxes, and the reason
is not far to find. The governing classes
IN these countries were formerly, and
TO great extent are now. people who
1--we by other means than those of trade
ana commerce. 1t was instructive in
them to throw the burdens of local gov
eminent on the classes with whom they
were so little related. The odious mu-
licipal tax called the octroi was few
years ago attacked by the intelligent
press OF Paris, but whether it has out
lived the attack l am unable to say. I
nave sometimes wondered in observing
the municipal laws of western cities and
their administration, whether council
men mere, who, as elsewhere in this
union, are the product of a political ma
chlne, nave ever considered economic
questions and informed themselves on
the enlightened systems of local gov
eminent elsewhere. Are they men who
1--we by means other than those of trade
ana industry? How many of the coun-
cllmen of Los Angeles pay this tax on
industry?
Are they and is the newspaper press
influenced by the class on whose Shout
ders the burden should fall-the rich
to such an extent that popular interests
the interests of the workers-are ig-
nored in municipal legislation. and per-
n1c1ous ordinances so rarely attacked?
yours. G. B. GORDON.
May IS. 1896
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-19
Farewell Reception

There was a very pleasant gathering
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Tyler
on East Twenty eighth street last II sht.
given as a farewell to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dodge, who will leave today for Santa
Ana to make it their future home. The
evening was passed in conversation, mu-
steal and literary selections and the en-
joyment of tempting refreshments. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Vale, Mr. and
Mrs. Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Annabel, Mr..
and Mrs. McCrea. Mr.. and Mrs Church.
i'll. Mr.. and Mrs. Graves, Mr.. and Mrs.
Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs Reeves, Mr..
and Mrs. Borst. Miss Borst, Miss Jabson,
Mr.. and Mrs Moody, Miss Moody, Mr..
and Mrs. Hammond, Mr.. and Mrs. Blk
ty, Mr.. and Mrs. Carter, Misses Ham,
mond. Messrs. Hammond. Misses Lii
liam Adams Merriam Cook. Mamie Dible,
Raymond Bradford, Hattie Bradford,
James Dible. Hardy O'Melveny, Harry
O'Melveny, Guy O'Melveny. Roe Sander
son, Valentine Wachtel. Leonard Wach-
tel. Don Wilson, Mrs. L. ]. Rose, Mrs.
James Montgomery. Mr.. and Mrs. SAT-
ford. Mr.. and Mrs. Wachtel, Misses Pike,
Maud Rose, Mabel Rose, Cole, Messrs.
Pike, Easton, Adams.