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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23
The yellow Fever Record.

Below we give the record of yellow
fever in New Orleans since the closing
of our last report on Oct. 9th
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

Trains ceased running to Abbeville
yesterday and that town has no more
mails or communication with New Or
leans. The rumor that there were two
cases Of yellow fever these, as with
most rumors, was not true.-signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

S@%~~SsAN eSSy%&1W&~& &9SAt
T'WO Dollars n Year
Saturday. October 20, 1897.
Town and Parish.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that | am in
possession Of the tax rolls of the cor
poration Of Abbeville for the year 1897
which are due and collectable. Per-
sons owing taxes are notified to come
up and pay without delay.
L. DUTEI,
Const. Coll.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the OPEN
ing 0 ftfe public schools of Vermilion
parish has been postponed until Mon
day, November l, 1897.
OPHELIAs BoURoUE,
j. 4. kITCHELL, Pres. School Board.
Snpt. Pub. Ed.
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There will be a few weddings in
town mex week.
Beautiful weather for the past week
and the farmers are happy.
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This week has been warm and show
cry. Regular spring weather.
Rose Hill Refinery is busy now max
ing up second sugars Of last years crop.
Big fogs have been frequent this
week, and the autumn chill is in thu
night air.
Monday the cane growers will com
mence active work cutting and hauling
cane for the outside refneries.
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Two young men from Queue Tortue
were lodged in Jail last Monday for re-
fusing to work on the public roads.
Keeping pace with the march Of i'm
provement, DR.. W. D. White is having |
extensive repairs made to lis residence.
The train did not leave here We'd
nesday until Ii O'clock, the delay be-
ing occasioned by loading cattle, Of
which there were eight car loads.
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People don't believe there is any vel
low fever in the country because the
cases don't all die. should find comfort
III the variety at Franklin. Out Of 4
cases there have been 8 deaths.
Thursday evening about 6 o'clock,
while working OIL DR.. Ycung's new
building, Morris Mills accidentally fell
from the top and received severe iniur-
les from which he may not recover.
Desire Hebert, Jr., was brought over
from the New Iberia jail Monday eve-
ming BY Deputy Sheriff CASTOR Leblanc
Tor TIE purpose Of giving bail. Some
now the bondsmen we're not forthcom-
ing and he was returned to jail.
20
Trains ceased running to Abbeville
Yesterday and that town has no more
mails or communication with New Or
leans. The rumor that there were two !
cases of yellow fever these, as with /
most ruinors, was not true.-Signal. /
Not an ounce of quinine for sale in
Crowley and many other medicines and !,
supplies are nearly exh austed. This !
condition of affairs clearly points tosthe !
necessity of getting train service re- !
established to the west via Lake {
Charles. Signal. !
It would be a good thing for the rice q
mills to do as the flour mills up west, 9
establish elevators at their mills and
warehouses so farmers could deliver
nee ~ bulk. It would also save farm j
ers thousands of dollars that now helps e
@ swell the cost Of rice raising. I
Quarantine has made business dull d
u al lines, except the railroad. There :
are only three trains a week but some
q them are whoppers. Monday, the
incoming train was SO cars long.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

/ " @kNJ BNA II OolJAof oSSOdN
grade. Leslie Dore, Victoria Gooch
Jas. T. Cannon and DR.. Z. T. Parker
third grade.
Speaking Of the yellow fever in New
Orleans, the mildness of the disease
and the low mortality, We took the
trouble to examine the record up to
Monday last. it shows:
I1ecoveFles. 44i'
DedthS. IUU
lotai OBJ
Now, this is nearly 20 per cent. which
certainly equals the mortality record
ID past epidemics.
One of the Imaginable incidents of the
New Iberia quarantine is the detention
Of our good friend Bro. John Weeks,
editor of the Daily Iberian. The night
Mr.. Gill aud made his bad break, John
had called to see his best girl. When
1t was definitely ascertaiued that Gill
eand had been to Franklin, and it was
decided 70 isolate him and his fa3lily.
John had not taken his departure, so
be will be held q close prisoner for ten
days.
Cattle continue to come to town for
shipment. They come in big droves
and little droves, cows and calves,
yeariings and huge oxen. Everybody
is being called upon and if the rush
continues we are afraid there will soon
be a cattle famine here. The quaran-
tine against Texas, and the stoppage
of trains vest Of New iberia has help
ed our stock raiseEs by giving them a
good hold on tile New Orleans market
and prices Of stock have advanced Is
per cent.
The Atlanta Constitution enquiries
what's in a mare?
Teunyson runs q Georgia distillery.
George Washington has teen tried in
Georgia for perjury.
Abraham Lincoln has been arrested
shootipg At a man ii D.tde county.
Stonewall Jackson is il jail for slash
ing bis wife with Il b
Jefferson Davis is suing for a divorce.
Napoleon Bonaparte, eighty years
old aud black as spades. has been ar
rested for hog Sealing.
Talk about "going all around Ro bin
barn to get in the back door,"
we'll that's an apt way Of describing the
neandeFiDgs and peregrinations of a
.etter mailed here and addressed to
my persan in Crowley or Rayne. The
etter goes first from here TO New Or
cans, direct, there it is fumigated and
goes north on the Mississippi Valley
Dad to Memphis, Tenn, from there it
yoes to Little Rock, Arkansas, thence
Shreveport, a., from shreve port it
soes to Alexandria, from there to Lake
Charles over the Watkins road, thence
" the Southern Pacific to destination
bout 1900 miles to cover an actual
distance Of 25 miles.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

Not an ounce of quinine for sale in
Crowley and many other medicines and
supplies are nearly exh austed. This
condition of affairs clearly points to-the
necessity of getting train service re-
established to the west via Lake
Charles. -Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

we learned a piece of news on Thurs
gay which surprised us. In discussing
tle yellow fever news. a gentleman re-
marked, "There is a disease in this
parish that ! dread more than yellow
ever "What is it, small poxgn quer-
iea the writer. NO. answered he, lit
y ieprosy, and can be found in three
FAMILIES in q certain neighborhood of
TINS parish. This has been known for
some time, but it is true all the same.s
Crowley Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

IL would be q good thing for the rice
mllis to do as the -four mills up west,
establish elevators at their mills and
warehouses 50 farmers could deliver
nee IN bulk. It would also save farm
ers thousands of dollars that now helps
@ swell the cost of rice raising.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

Speaking of the yellow fever in New
Orleans, the mildness of the disease
and the low mortality, We took the
trouble to examine the record up to
Mauaav Last ,Jt shows.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

Now, this is nearly 20 per cent. which
certainly equals the mortality record
id past epidemics.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-10-23

Quarantine has made business dull
% all lines, except the railroad. There
are only three trains a week but some
q Them are whoppers. Monday, the
incoming train was 38 cars long.
Twelve of them were loaded with coop
for Putnam's RosesHill Refinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
The blindness of Criminals.

The blindness of those contemplating the
commission of crime. or who, having COM
mitted it. arc seeking to further the ends
gained or to hide it. has long been a theme
for the psychologists. The keenest as we'll
as the ordinary intelligence is shown to
work at signal disadvantage In such cir
cGmstances, and to blurder In the most
fatuous way. Some exceedingly nice and
difficult points of a scheme may be ar
ranged with great skill and shrewdness,
and yet the whole scheme be left open to
son appears to be the merest triviality.
This latest murder in New York Is an In
structive case in point. Not high order
OF intelliGeI ce was involved. but the par
ties showed coEtrivance and some cunning
up to a certain point, and then blindness
seized them Thorn and Mrs. Mack could
plan the murder of Guildensuppe, but
of his body ever came to light or not his
disappearance would inevitably cause re-
mark and lead to an investigation. Their
idea was that II they could kill him and
make Identification of the dismembered
body impossible they would be perfectly
secure. And so considering they arranged
to live together In another part of town.
But they would not have been secure II no
part of the body had ever been recovered.
The disappearance Of Guildensuppe would
have caused an investigation, and sus-
picion would have attached to both his
former paran,our and his rival. And their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
The MnrtyrdOm of Crime,

Echoes OF the famous raid of the Young
er brothers in the town Of Mortified, Min
nesota, twenty-oEe years ago. are now be-
ing heard through d renewal of the effort
TO secure the pardon of Cole and James
Younger, the sole remaining members of
the famous gang of bank robbers. These
men were captured. with their brother
Bob. few days after the raid In the
course of which they killed the cashier of
the bank and an innocent Swedish by
stander who did not understand their or
Gers. Bob Younger died in prison some
years ago and now the question of pardon
ing the remaining criminals who are serv-
ing life sentences, Is agitating the citizens
OF Missouri and Minnesota. The people of
the former state have always been inclined
TO enshrine the Younger brothers as heroic
figures. suffering martyrdom at the hands
OF the law in an unfriendly community
The same sentimentaity prevailed on the
part of the general public there in the case
of the notorious James brothers, who
were engaged in very much the same bust
ness as the Youngers. Indeed 1t Is prac-
tically certain that these outlaws Frank
ana Jesse James. were members of the
gang that terrorized Mortified in 1876,
though their identity was never fully dis
closed. The survivors of the gaag have al
ways spoken OF two Others whose names
they would not reveal. Three of the rob-
hers and murderers were killed in the raid
and pursuit.
A petition LIS now about to be presented
TO the board of pardons of Minnesota
sighed by the most prominent citizens and
officials of Missouri In the list of petit
TONERS are United States judges. governors
every state officer of Missouri, nearly the
entire state delegation In Congress and all
OF the judges of the state supreme court.
The body that is to consider this remark
able plea for clemenoy for the two self
confessed murderers and robbers will meet
rext Monday In seni-annual session. and
public attention In the two states directly
interested az well a. In other sections OF
the country where the Northneld raid Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
Isllunl G, Harris,

The District loses a good friend and the
Senate most serviceable member in the
death of Isham Green Harris. For prac-
tically all his long life he was prominently
before the public. first of his own state
and then of the nation, and throughout his
career he was notable for his keen view of
affairs. He served four years in the House
of Representatives, was chosen governor
of Tennessee three times and sat twenty
years in the Senate. His greatest fame in
late years was parliamentarian, and
ii is probably true that no greater ex-
FOUNDER of the rules of deliberative bodies
ever served in Congress. Men of all parties
deferred TO his knowledge of the standing
and special rules. and they were always in
terpreted by him without partisan preju-
dice. He conducted himself in the Senate
with deep Difference to the needs of his
constituents. and was a hard worker for
his state throughout his career. The capital
city knew him chairman of the District
committee at various times, and In this
capacity he was frequently of great service
in advancing liberal projects for the public
good. His marked peculiarities of person
ality and manner rendered him one of the
most striking figures in the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
The Special silver Envoys.

The latest news from the special ENJOYS
sent abroad to sound official sentiment on
the silver question encourages hope OF an
other International congress. The ENJOYS
are now in London. have been formally re-
ceived by Lord Salisbury. and In addition
to the assistance of the American embassy,
they are to enjoy that Of the French en-
bassy In pressing their case upon the at
tention OF the British government. Their
success in Paris was such that when they
left. the French authorities kindly volun-
teered to lend them their influence in Lon
don. and instructed the French minister
there accordingly. The length Of the stay
in London has not been fixed. From Lon
don the ENJOYS will go to Berlin. and upon
the conclusion Of their labors there will re-
turn home.
1t remains the fashion in certain circles
to sneer at this mission, and to predict Its
utter failure. The wish. of course. Is father
to the thought. England. 1t is insisted will
never change her present financial policy.
and without the cooperation of England
nothing can be accomplished. England.
the critics of this mission say. may consent
to send delegates to another pow-wow, but
if she does 1t will signify at most only an
act of courtesy. Another conference will
simply mean another exchange Of views.
and no more. The history of the Brussels
conference will be repeated, and that will
end the matter.
But those who advance these views take
no note of the changes in the situation
here and elsewhere which have occurred
since the Brussels conference was held.
There was not the depression at that time
that everywhere exists now. There was
not the demand then that now exists for q
solution of the difficulty. Attention then
was not nearly generally fixed on the
question of a larger use Of silver by inter-
national agreement as it now is. In this
country in particular great a change
has taken place since the Brussels confer
ence was held that most spirited national
campaign has been fought on the silver
question. and bimetallism by International
agreement won by a popular majority of
three-quarters Of a million of votes.
Another International conference. there
fore, would have to consider the question
in n light in many particulars different
considered It,
The work of the special ENJOYS Is being
done with scrupulous regard for all Of the
proprieties- There Is no boasting-no tray
cling with brass band. The conferences
held are not detailed for the benefit of the
out But such reports as may with pro-
prfety be made are such as give the friends
of bimetalli5m good deal of confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09

still a distinct memory is closely fixed upon
the outcome of the effort to secure a par
don.
Public opinion in Minnesota Ii strongly
against clemency. though there are some
citizens and a few prominent officials. In
GLIDING the warden of the prison. who be-
lieve that the ends of justice have been
served by the Imprisonment of the men
for twenty-one years. The people of North
field. where the outrage occurred. are prac-
ucally unanimous in their denunciation Of
tie sentimentality that seeks to turn these
criminals loose after their solemn convic-
ton on a crime that richly merited death
sentence. which, however, was prohibited
- the state laws then in force. It Is as
serted by the peac eful residents of North
field that the pardoninY of the Youngers
will stimulate the lynching spirit among
the people, whose faith in the efficacy Of
the law to fully protect them and punish
their assailants will receive a severe shock.
1t is urged on behalf of the Youngers that
tt ey have been exemplary prisoners. never
having given the least trouble. On the
other hand 1t is declared that they have al
ready received their reward for good con-
duct by being given soft berths in the
states prison. One of the men Is the prison
postmaster and the other the pharmacist.
Much of the sentiment in their favor arose
from the fact that the prisoner who died
had become intensely devout and having
studied theology in prison declared his ir-
tention Of becoming a minister II he should
be pardoned.
The handspring Of the movement in be-
half of the Youngers, however, seems to be
a certain tendency of thought in Missouri
that has always resulted in heroizing such
bandits as the James brothers and the
Youngers. There Is too much fondness, it
would seem. for deeds of daring and open
handed defiance of the laws of life and
property. The Youngers' release at this
time would be an outrage upon decent gov
eminent and would set a premium upon
lawlessness and crime. No good end could
be served. The prisons Of the country are
doubtless filled with men who have sincere
ly repented of their misdeeds and who
could be safely turned loose once more. but
the moral effect of such clemency would
De most DISASTROUS in affording an encour-
aging example to all classes Of evil-doers.
1t is to be hoped that the Minnesota board
Of pardons and the governor will stand
firm against the dangerous appeals for
mercy for these criminals. and thus save
the state from the shame Of such an affront
to the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
Toe Big u Contract.

Senator Wellington says he will not con-
test the unanimous report of the Senate
Committee on Commerce for confirming Z.
II. Warner. Jr.. to the Leipsic consulship.
IL begins TO dawn on him probably that his
undertaking to down the President and
his cabinet. and Congress. and the republic
can party, and the voters of Maryland was
rather too big contract for a man of his
inches. 1t is unfortunate for him and his
party that his foresight was not equal to
his hiudsight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09

living together In a new home would have
been circumstance strongly conflrmstery
of guilt or guilty knowledge. 1t was known
that the two men had fought about the
woman and that Guildensuppe had driven
Thorn of. So that. with Guildensuppe I'M
accounted for; and Thorn and the woman
occupying a new home together. an inves-
tigation of Guildensuppe's disappearance
would almost certainly have led to the I'M
covering of the crime.
There was likewise the usual blindness Of
guilt In the reasoning Of the three people
about their relations and obligations to one
another. Guildensuppe complained Of Mrs.
Mack because she was not true to him.
And yet he had seen her repudiate her own
husband. Mrs. Mack complained Of Gull
densuppe because of his attentions to other
women. And yet 1t was this very lawless
spirit of the man which had originally
brought him to her own side. She seemed
to think, however. that this lawlessness
sic uld have ceased right there and the
man become from that moment pattern
of constancy and good conduct And
Thorn, for his part, with full knowledge
of the fact that the woman had betrayed
her husband, and then the paramour who
had succeeded him in her favor. was put
tln8 nlmSelI INTO Ner power IN tne matter
of murder in which he was to be the active
executioner. He was utterly unable to see
that such a thing as keeping faith In any
matter great OF smaH was entirely out Of
the question between two such people as
Mrs. Mack and himself; and In his blind
ness and viciousness. but evidently with
sense Of security. he carried out his part
Of the appalling contract
10 rtof
these two creatures had not been appre-
hended. another tragedy would in time. and
In no long time, have followed the one Just
committed. Either Thorn would have
killed Mrs. Mack, or she would have killed
him. Both are fiends, and even the bond
of crime would not long have held them to-
gether. The extraordinary nature Of that
bond. indeed might the more violently have
rent them asunder. Then it would have
been a race. SO to speak, for poison, the
knife, or the pistol. between two creatures
equally capable Of employing any means OF
taking hunen life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
COincidents Of Accidents.
From the Philadelphia Press.

In maritime circles here there Ia a con-
viction that steamship accidents almost
always come in groups, Just as railway
men believe that great railway accidents
are liable to occur coincidently
The experience of the Christian Endeayor-
ers is an illustration Of that theory The
collapse of the shafts Of the Spree and of
the Cephalonia within a few hours. while
each vessel was making the eastward pas
sage. and the dangerous fire upon the City
of Rome, while all three steamers were
upon the ocean, would tend to convince
those in the maritime exchanges that their
theory Is well founded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
Our Street Sweepcrs,

How fleeing are the giories which have
claimed so much renown!
These works Of art we boasted-let US sad
ly take them down.
The monuments, the bas-reliefs, the heroes
carved in stone
Are all outranked in loneliness; their ma
jesty has flown.
Let ridicule be silent lest this effort it may
spoil.
To lend aesthetic glamor to the humblest
forms of toll.
Let them daze the eyes of nations as their
calling they pursue.
These living statues out on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue.
What though an hour or two of work their
dove-like garb may spoil?
Well smile as we remember 1t was done
in honest toll.
Let our fond imaginations. to dispel a
thought of gloom,
Look on each as an Apollo with a shovel
and a broom.
And should our gallery of art find patron
age so great
We can't accommodate the crowd and
have to shut the gate,
The disappointed still may find some COM
fort as they view
The living statues out on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
Wellington Throws Up the Sponge
From the Baltimore Herald.

Washington. July S.-Senator Wellington
throws up the sponge. and Mr.. Warner &C.
cupies the hte field of battle as victor
The Senate committee on commerce. at Its
regular meeting today, decided to report
the nomination of Mr. B. H. Warner. jr,
favorably, by unanimous consent. 1t was
not made necessary to even take a vote
No objection was offered to the favorable
report, and Senator Wellington, when in
formed Of the action of the committee, said
that he would offer no opposition to the
confrmatio of Mr.. Warner. Thus the fight,
30 far as Mr.. Warner Is concerned, termi-
mates. but the effects on Maryland politics
are not SO easily eliminated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
SHOOTING STARS.
Seeking SOlace.

WELL" said the Spanish general as he
received the news Of his recall. tits a great
misfortune, but it might be worse"
Il don't see how" replied the officer.
Il had just started in on the most elab-
crate pacification l have attempted, and
I'm glad the news came before completed
it. 1t would be doubly hard to be left with
lot Of rejected manuscript on my hands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09

4 coal operator suggests that the strikers
can take sixty cents ton for the present
and later ask for more. If in the mean
time they happen to take q fancy to the
moon they car also ask for that. this be-
ing country it, which freedom Of speech
is guaranteed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09

The objection that the annexation of
Hawaii will in the course of time add TO
the number of senators is not impressive.
1t is difficult to see how q few more or
less would make much difference in the
rate OF speed at which business is trans
acted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09

The fact that large number OF the
South Carolina dispensers are short III
their accounts is another reminder OF the
risk a state runs by getting too much
whisky in its political system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09

The sultan in his desire to dictate to the
governing powers of Europe should not
grow naughty and mistake himself for q
bond syndicate.