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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-06-13


The returns of all elections shall be
sworn to as correct by the commission
ers of election and shall be delivered to
the Town Council for compilation and
promulgation. And all elective officers
shall enter upon the duties OF their re-
spective offices Immediately after re-
ceiving their commissions from the pro-
per State authorities and taking the
prescribed oath of Office, of which pro
ceeding due record shall be made upon
the minutes of the council.
FL case of tie for Mayor or any Coun-
cilmen new election for said Office or
officea'shall be Immediately ordered, of
which fifteen days previous notice shall
be given in one of the newspaper publ
shed in the town. No one shall be eligi-
BILE for Mayor or Councilman who is not
a duly qualified elector and who has not
been an actual resident i'm said town
during three consecutive months previ-
Gus to his election. ..t
Every person shall be permitted to
vote who is duly qualified electOr I'M
der the general laws of this State, and
who has resided three months within
the corporate limits Immediately pre-
ceeding the election.
Immediately after their qualification,
the Council shall hold their first meet
ting at the Town Hall, or such other
place as may be selected, at which time
the Mayor and COuncilmen having pre-
scented and filed their commissions OF
certificates of election and oath Of Office
as herein provided, shall enter upon the
discharge OF their duties as specified II
this act, and their predecessors shall
render to them final report and turf
over to them all books, papers, property
moneys and accounts pertaining I,
their respective offices. and the Town o
st. Martinville, La.
The Town Council shall at its frs
. meeting after their election and qualifi
! cation to Office, elect Mayor pro tern
pore Of the council, who shall act q
: Mayor i'm case of the absence. refusal OI
inability of the Mayor to act; and il
case Of a vacancy Occasioned by hi
= death, resignation or otherwise. act a
Mayor for the unexpired term and hav
l the same powers and receive the sam
! fees and compensation of the duly elet
: ted Mayor. .,... .-...
l Should vacancy occur at any tim
: i'm the offices Of any Councilman b
!. death, resignation or otherwise, NOR
y than six months proceeding the expirs
Q ton of or their term of Office, the COun
: Gil shall at its first meeting after tn
: Occurance of said vacancy, or as 500
t thereafter as practicable, order an ele,
@ ton to fill the same, of which due nc
q tice shall be given in one of the newspi
|, per published i'm the town ten (10) day
Y prior to said election.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-06-13

it's LEGAL equivalent in paying
or in buying, as determined by
law!
The value of the l is subject
to the same fluctuations as the va
lue of 16, when that l is declared
an equivalent by law.
Gold is not the 81" in stability,
and silver's value when money is
not measured by gold, and right
at this point is the exhibition of
the idiocy on finance that the su-
perficial lawyer for plutocracy can
be depended upon to present when
he essays the task of disputing
the immutable laws of supply and
demand.
The value of the unit of money,
so far as human wisdom and pres
cience can provide, should be I'M
changing The expression "value
of money" does not mean the COM
modify or commercial value of the
material of which money is made,
but the MONEY VALUE Of THE
UNIT.
Money is an Office or a purpose
served by a material thing. and
its value does not depend on the
cost of production or reproduction
of the material which may be Sc
lected to bear evidence of the au-
thority to fix monetary value.
The sole constituents of the va
D lue of the l, as of all money, is
( supply and demand. That is to
say, the supply of MONEY and
the demand for MONEY.
The supply being limited, the
8 value of money rises, all else be-
4 ing equal, and the supply of mo.
n ney in a country is not the supply
of particular kind but of ALI
. kinds. -
q Here is the equation: On ont
: side stands total demand fo
money and on the other tOta
. supply of money.
- The Item asks, is it now crown
/. ing oneself the fool to assert tina
: the disturbance of either of thes
le components of the laws of trad
ii will not effect the value of the
as we'll as it would that of the 16
a. Nay, more so, for if the Is wa
Is with us vet as money in the unli
mited sense that the | is now le
galized, the increase in the mum
Der of the units of money thereb
4 effected would prevent the seriou
" disturbance to material interest
a paucity of units would affiict ur
j. on them.
J. The az is only the same in We
lue when the demand for the 81
" is the same, increase that deman
h in volume to the extent that 20
r. would be required to supply an
IS the Times-Herald's mOnetar
|. science would exhibit the hog
it wash it really is.-Daily Item.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-06-13
TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting a horse in fine healthy con-
dltion try Dr. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new lite 10 an old or over-workcd horse. %
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29

Savannah. Ga, Aug. 2S.--The nation
al democrats" of the First Congressional
district met in Savannah tonight to elect
delegates to the indianapolis convention
and to take action in furtherance of the
sound money movement. Resolutions
were adopted declaring opposition to the
Chicago platform and candidates, affirm
ing devotion to the principles of demo-
cratic faith as expounded by Jefferson
and declaring sympathy and cooperation
with the movement resulting in the call
for the Indianapolis conv ention. The fol-
lowing delegates were chosen to repre-
sent the district at Indianapolis: Sam
uel B. Adams, Irwin B. Tiedeman, j. Ran
dolph Anderson, Isaac G. Haas, j. P.
Williams, C. D. Baldwin, James M. Dixon
and W.O. Wadley.
A national democratic convention was
also held at Thomasvile, in the Second
district, which elected delegates to In
dianapolis and adopted the usual ieso-
lutions. The organization of the nation
al democratic party in Georgia will be
wholly through organizations in congress
siOnal districts.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29

and she will go to the Norfolk or New
York navy yard to make ready for duty
she was never designated to undertake,
congress having authorized her construc-
tion solely rs practice cruiser for the
education of naval cadets. The admins
tration having reached the decision, how
ever, that the presence of a United States
war vessel was imperatively demanded
at Constantinople to perform duty SINH
lar to that of the guard ships maintained
there by England and France and other
European powers, and the Turkish laws
resting on the treaty of Paris forbidding
vessel of over six guns to enter the Bos
phorus the Bancroft alone was found
available for the service required. She
has four guns, and therefore is under no
obligation to secure permission to pass
the forts, as would be the case of all other
American warships save the Concord,
now out of commission, and the Benning-
ton, attached to the Pacific station, and
the dispatch boat Dolphin, which mas two
guns. 1t is understood that during the
climax of troubles at Constantinople sew
eral months ago the United States gov
ernment asked leave to send one of the
ships on the European. station into the
BosphoruS, but permission was refused
at the time on the ground that the Min
neapolts, San Francisco and Marblehead
exceeded in power and size the terms of
the Paris agreement. 1t is also under
stood that at Minister TerrellS sugges-
tion the step now to be taken has been
under contemplation for some time and
is not due to any sudden and unforeseen
complication.
The cruiser Bancroft can carry only
200 tons Of COAL and must therefore make
port frequently on cruise. Her main
battery consists of four 4-inch rapid fire
rifles and a number of small secondary
weapons and two torpedo tubes. She
carries ten officers and 120 men. In all
respects she is warship of the highest
class in miniature, equal in appearance
to the finest vessels in for 1eign navies.
formidable of United States naval ves-
sells.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
THE ONLY AVAILABLE SHIP
The Bancroft, Coming Under the Provisions Of
the Treaty Of Paris, Is Ordered to
ConstantnopIe

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The president
has decided to send a warship to Con-
stantinople and the little cadet practice
ship Bancroft has been selected as the
first American national vessel since the
ratificat ton of the treaty of Paris to pass
the Bosphorus and anchor in the Golden
Horn, opposite the gardens of the Serag-
lilo.
The navy department Is in a state of
suppressed excitement today on account
of the preliminary orders TO fit the ves-
sci for a foreign cruise, and although
officials have been pledged to unusual
secrecy over the Immediate cause of the
departure, it is well known that extra
ordinary efforts are being made to ex-
pedite the dispatch of the vessel from
Annapolis, where the cadets have just
disenlbarked from the summer cruise,
and the instruction officers have been
ordered ashore to the naval academy.
Within a day or two, under peremptory
orders, a new complement of officers and
men, it is understood, will man the ship
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
THREE SAID TO BE IN IT.
Arrest at New Orleans or Men of High Social
Standing Alleged to Be Bank
Wreckers.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Acting Comp
troller of the Currency Coffin caused the
arrest yesterday of President III. Gardes
and Vice President Girault of the Ameri-
can National bank, New Orleans, which
failed on the 9th instant; also of a third
party, said to be implicated in certain
criminal acts with these officers. They
are charged with violations OF section
5000, United States revised statutes, and
of section 13 of the act of July r. 1882
They appear to have used the funds of
the bank to large extent to buy in its
stock, to have made large loans in their
own interest, to have made false reports
of the condition to the comptroller and
to have certified a check for depositor
whose account was overdrawn. AS a re-
suit Of their msmanagement the assets
of the bank have in some way been vast
ed to the extent that the capital has been
extinguished by resulting losses.
So far as the comptroller Is informed
only the three parties arrested are i'm
plicated and the losses inflicted will be
confined strictly to shareholders and
creditors of the failed bank.
The officers are said to be men of high
social position, but the acting comp
troller insisted upon their being prompt
ly arrested and had the hearty and ac-
tive support of the department of justice
in bringing this about.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
UNCLE SAM Is SORRY
That Those Italians We're Lynched-May
Offer Pecuniary Compensation to
the Heirs.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The report of
Governor Foster of Louisiana upon the
lynching of three Sicilians charged with
murder and confined in the parish jail
at Hahnville, ST. Charles parish, just be-
low New Orleans, in respect to which
Baron Faya, the Italian ambassador in
the name of his government. has asked
reparation from the United States, has
Just been received at the state depart
ment. The governor makes the customa-
ry reply in such cases, that the perpe-
traitors of the deed are unknown ITO the
authorities, who are taking all possible
steps in the matter.
This communication was communicat-
ed to Baron Fava with an expression of
regret on the part of the United States
government that subjects of the king Of
Italy should have been dealt with In this
lawless manner. This apology will prob
ably be followed by an offer of pecuniary
compensation, as in the case Of the al
legged "Mafa" murderers shot down in
the parish prison OF New Orleans some
years ago and the killing Of three Italian
miners at Walsenberg, Col, in 1895. But
the action will probably have to be
awaited as the annual appropriation Ito
meet unforeseen emergencies in the dip
lomat.c service" out of which Mr.. Blaine
settled for the Maha incident, is very
nearly exhausted.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
Bradstreet's Report.

New York, Aug. 2S.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
The volume of general business has not
increased within the week. Exceptions
appear to be at Baltimore, Louisville and
Kansas City, which send out more favor
able reports as to the quantities OF gem
eral merchandise sold than any other
center. Early movement of crops Is said
to be behind the increased orders. An
other encouraging influence Is found in
lower rates for foreign exchange the
movement Of $1000000O In gold from
abroad to the United States and the ex-
preston OF opinion that not less than
s25, 900, 900 in gold Is to be imported In the
near future.
Conspicuous among checks TO trade are
greatly increased firmness for money
at nearly all financial centefs. AS at
New York. banks at most larger cities
report Withdrawals of deposits, in many
instances by country banks, higher rates
for call loans, and at some points the
practical refusal to make time loans.
Regular rates of discount are no nigh
Louisville, Nashville, Omaha and Kansas
City, but only reg ular patrons are belng
accommodated. Rates at New YORK,
Boston. Providence, Buffalo. Chicago, ST.
Louis, Detroit. ST. Paul, Minneapolis
Duluth and Charleston are all hlgher,
with regular customers receiving better
than published rates The demand tor
funds to move cotton at the south ana
southwest, and wheat west ana nofth-
west, with the tying up In speculative
deal Of several millions belonging to Cnl-
cago banks, intensifies the relative dlt-
ficulty in securing funds.
Jobbers and manufacturers report no
general increase in demand for staple
merchandise. The tendency or the
former Is to let the latter carry stocks,
and of the latter to cut down production
until scarcity compels freer purchases by
wholesalers Trade opinion Is that little
gain in business need be expected until
after the election Merchants In regions
where cotton and new wheat are moving
freely are somewhat more hopeful as 10
prospects. 4. uo,,,,,
Bank clearings totals continue to range
at low levels, the aggregate for SIX bust
ness days ending August u being $l4S'-
900 O0O nearly s per cent less than last
week and Is per cent less than In the
fourth week of August, 1895.
The record of this weeks business faii-
ures in the United States shows large
increase over last week-32O, compared
with 264--a gain of 54. Compared with
the week year ago the increase Is l3o
The general tendency of prices OF sta
ples continues downward, exceptions be-
ing advances for print cloths, wheat, SUI
gar and anthracite coal
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
AS IT DWINDLES IN DISTANCE
A Retrospective View Of the Boltocratic Con-
venton-How Delegate Gulce Came
Near Causing Catastrophe.

Montgomery, Aug. 28.-(Special)-A
retrospective view of the proceedings of
yesterdays convention reveals some in
teresting conditions. 1t is notable in the
first place that no roll was called. Dele
gate Guice came very near demanding
roll call at one time and the call was
commenced, but a number of others ran
lid and besought him, reminding him
probably that roll call would knock the
wind out Of about half of the county dele
cations that were supposed to be pres
ent. and he allowed the calling of the roll
to be stopped
DR.. Bob Mcseley, in his most autocratic
days, never controlled one of his dark
faced conventions as absolutely as did
the managers of the sound money con-
vention yesterday. Only dozen men
opened their mouths during the entire
voluminous proceedings, excepting to
vote. and this number includes the pre-
siding officers, the secretary and all. If
more than this number chirped your cor
RESPONDENTS note book bears no record
of ii and neither does his memory. Every
proposition but one--that providing for
the selection of electors to Indianapolis
was accepted unanimously, and 1t was
apparent thet the bosses of the affair got
tangled in their Interpretation or the pro-
gramme as to this.
The state executive committee of the
new party is we'll officered Thomas H.
Clark has been chosen chairman and
George w. Jones secretary. They are
both exceedingly clever and competent
men, and more regret is expressed here
over their action in going off with the
enemy and that of Captain Falkner than
over the loss of almost all the balance.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29

lowing have been asked to serve as men,
bers of this committee: Senators Henry
NJ. Teller of Colorado and Fred T. Dubois
of Idaho, representing the silver repub-
licans; Senator Marion Butler OF North
Carolina chairman of the national popu-
list committee, and G. T. Washburn. OF
Massachusetts, representing the peoples
party; l. N. Stevens of Colorado, chair
man of the national silver party, and
George P. Keeney of California, chief or
ganizer of the silver party, as repre-
sentatves of that organization. Sena-
tor. Jones said these appointments were
"for the purpose of promoting unity ana
entire harmony among these various po-
litieal organizations in the management
of the campaign" The members will be
frequently at democratic headquarters
in this city and will aid the democratic
campaign committee with their counsel
on all questions.
Mr.. Stevens, one of the official cam
paign advisors, has been in Chicago for
a few days and left tonight for his home
in Denver. He will return September
and formally open headquarters of the
silver party at the Clifton house or the
nications from all parts of the country
asking when the party would open head
quarters and in what city.
Mr.. Walsh has received a voluminous
and detailed report of the situation in
Iowa from Chief Wells of the state lit
erary bureau and Chief O'Meara of the
speakers bureau. The figures from
county committees, clubs and editors
give a much greater gain of republican
votes than losses from gold democrats,
the organization of big Bryan clubs in
former republican strongholds and an
estimated democratic gain of 80 1-3 per
cent in the state at large.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
THE STRAIN is LESSENED
Incoming Gold and Outgoing
Goods Help the Situation.
LITTLE is DONG IN IRON
The Volume of Get = Trade Has Not In
creased oin the Week.
HOPE IN THE 81 MOVEMENT OF CROPS
Increased 3 Cess for Money at All FL
nancia1 Centers-At Some Points the
Rates of Discount Are Higher.
General Review.
LITTLE is DONG IN IRON
HOPE IN THE 81 MOVEMENT OF CROPS

New York. Aug. 2S.-R. G. Dun & Co.
will say tomorrow in their weekly review
of trade;
Failures for the week have been 2SS in
the United States against 1856 last year,
and 33 in Canada, against AZ last year.
Clearing house certificates have not been
issued, but instead gold Is coming hither
largely on the swiftest steamers about
$10,000,0 600 being already on the way.
Higher lending rates bring it, notwith-
standing foreign events, which disturb
London markets, and growing confidence
in the monetary future of the country
helps The shrinkage of merchandise
imports and increase in exports also help.
These tendencies all help to lessen the
strain. Liabilities in failures for three
weeks ending August 20 were $2U932, 2S5,
against $6,519,366 last year and SS2l4,470
in 1894. The stoppage of Hilton, Hughes
q Co. this week Is of course not Included
In these figures.
The stoppage of work also continues,
including among other iron concerns the
Illinois steel plant at Hammond, Ind,
and the Lakeside Nail works there. Dis
fuption of the Tin Plate association re-
suits from inability of many concerns
to go on paying wages demanded and
will presumably be followed by the stop
page of some. Other iron works are get
ting very little new business ana there ls
so little doing that quotations are al
most nominal. Gray forge has sold for
1926 at Pittsburg, but it is said that spec
ulative purchases amounting to 100000
tons of pig have relieved the Chicago
market The billet pool in session at
Cresson yesterday was expected to
change it's basis and fix prices on open
hearth steel. Coke production at Con-
nellsville decreased 10000 tons last week,
a furthef decrease being expected. An
thracite has again been advanced 20
cents September l.
Boot and shoe shipments continue
large New business Is scarce. No gain
is seen in the demand for woolen goods.
Cotton shows a stronger tone and in
few qualities slightly better prices, but
the change has been in selling from store.
without disposition to order ahead OF
current wants.
Speculation in products caused an ad-
vance of 1852 cents in wheat but by
Thursday it had been lost, only to rise
again and close at nearly the top.
Heavy western receipts continue, low as
prices are.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
Cvcle Meet Mt Nashville

Nashville, Aug. 2S.-The two nights cy-
Gle meet of the coliseum was initiated
tonight with fair crowd and an excel
lent card. There were two professional
events, but the star attraction was the
one mile match between Jay Eaton of
Elizabeth, N. j., and w. e. Becker of
Minneapolis. 1t was two in three and
three heats were necessary. Eaton took
the first, Becker the second and Eaton
third. Time by heats, 2:24 1-5, 2:30 AS,
2:11 1-5. In the open professional it was
between Walthour of Atlanta, Raines of
Nashville and Doris of Nashville.
Raines took first heat, with Doris sec
ond; Walthour took second heat, Raines
second and Doris fourth. Decision was
by points, so Raines got first money,
Walthour second and Doris third