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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

Alabama 80; South Carolina 81;
Missouri II; Mississippi 63; Ar.
kansas SO; Georgia So; Louisiana
81; Kentucky 80; Tennessee 81;
Virginia "a; Florida 80; North
Carolina 20; Indian Territory Il;
West Virginia IL; Oklahoma g.;
Maryland 6; New Mexico 3; Hi.
nois 2; Montana 2, Indiana l; DIS.
trict Of Columbia l; California L.
Very respectfully,
GEO. MooRMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of
Staff.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

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THE BRADFORD DIARY.

There are some facts connected
with "Bradford's Diary" which
was recently surrendered to the
United States by the Bishop of
London, that may be of interest
to our readers. William Bradford
came over in the Mayfower and
in 1921 was elected the first Gov.
ernor of the Plymouth Colony, and
reelected thirty times in as many
years. He left in manuscript ga
History of Plymouth Plantation"
which, by reason of it's high au-
thority, was freely used by the his.
torians of the seventeenth century.
The manuscript was placed in the
New England Library which kept
in the Old South Church, Boston.
When the revolutionary war came
on the British army took posses
sion Ct the church, and tearing out
the pews converted the building
into riding school. When the
British were forced to evacuate
Boston by the erection ian Amer
lean battery on Dorchester heights,
it was discovered that the valua.
bic manuscript had disappeared
and for many years it was suppos.
ed to have been destroyed. Eighty
years later, however, the Rev.
John s. Barry, in writing ''His.
tory of Massachusetts" had occa.
sion to consult "History of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in
America" by Samuel Wilberforce,
late Bishop Of Oxford, in which
were found many passages from
Bradford's History, as lie had seen
them quoted in histories written
late in the seventeenth century,
together with a reference by Will
berforce, to the fact that much of
his information was obtained from
document in the library of the
Bishop of London. Acting on this
clue Barry visited England and
found the manuscript in the libra
ry at Fulham, but to this day no
one knows how it got there. The
Massachusetts Historical Society
was permitted to make a copy Of
the document which was publish
ed in 1866, and the final surrender
Of the stolen manuscript to the
government of the United States
is graceful and friendly act on
the part Of England, which is
highly appreciated by the people
of this cOuntry.-States.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

1t will be an agreeable sur.
prise to persons subject to attacks
Of bilious collie to learn thatprompt
relief may be had by taking Cham.
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy. In many instanc.
es the attack may be prevented
by taking this remedy as soon as
the first symptoms of the disease
appear. IS and so cent bottles
for sale at the Phoenix Drug Store,
E. j. Sullivan, Proprietor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

The citizens of Alexandria,
La, have shown themselves to be
wide awake to progress and the
needs of educating the young,
without which there can be no true
and enlightened progress. The
public funds running short there,
the citizens are keeping open the
schools by voluntary subscriptions,
for which they deserve all praise.
-[Spring6eld Bee.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
1t would be far better for Il

1t would be far better for the
American people if their rulers
would give less attention to the
problem of how to devise tariffs to
takea hundred millionsa year more
out Of their pockets and give more
thought to cutting down superf1u.
GUS expenditures and putting all
branches of the public service up.
on q more frugal footing Balti'
more Sun, Dem.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

"A very amusing accident hap.
psned during the tariff debate last
week. While Representative eros.
venor was defending the bill his
eloquence grew SO great that his
false teeth flew out of his mouth.
Very few persons knew it, and the
adept manner in which he caught
them went to show that he is fa-
miliar with their Freaks Iber-
vile South.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
AS to An Ex.Post Facto Tariff

The decision Of the United States
Supreme Court that the inhibition
in the Constitution upon the pas.
sage Of ex post facto laws relates
only to criminal statutes is proba.
bly, law-that is, Of course, it is
law when the Supreme Court says
so. But while that decision pre-
vents any attack on the Dingley
tariff on the score of unconstitu.
tionality because it is retroactive,
it does not rescue the bill from the :
charge of stupidity. 1t ought not
to be constitutional if it is to pass
retroactive laws. The right to
make law passed in May, or per.
haps in June, take effect from the
first OF April, implies the right to
pass a law in 1897 TO take effect
from the first of January, 1896, or
1900, for that matter.
The mere fact that such law
involves endless confusion ought
to be sufficient argument against
it. From this time forth to the
passage of the bill by the Senate
if that body shall pass it-nobody
can tell what duties are payable
on importations. The Wilson ia
riff is still in force, of course, be-
cause nobody can be assured that
the Dingley bill will pass at all;
and until it does pass it is only .
menace. What is to be Gone with
the duties collected under the Will
son act between now and the time
the new law is passed 7 Or is the
government to suspend the collec-
ton of duties until that time, run.
ming the FISK OF insolvency or fall.
ure on the part of those from whom
they are to be collected9 The
question would be of less impor-
lance if there were any certainty
or probability even-that the Sen.
ate will promptly pass the Ding.
ley bill just as it comes from the
house. But there is no such cer-
tainty or probability. The chan.
ces are, indeed, that the bill will
be long delayed in the Senate and
possibly mutilated beyond recog'
nition.- Detroit Free Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
What bothers ENGLAND in q

What bothers England in the
present European quarrel is that
if she mixes in she will put in dan
ger of destruction her very costly
warships. While Russia, Ger.
many and Austria would endan.
ger only cheap human lives. If
England should lose only 100 war
ships she would drop to a second
rate position. Russia, on the con-
trary, could lose 200, 900 soldiers a
year for twenty years and not stop
growing in population Kansas
City World, Rep.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

is worth noticing that by this little
exploit the Federals accomplished
more than in the whole two weeks
of firing.
Another dark night, two days
after the above exploit, during the
terrible mixing of the elements, a
gun boat, having a float loaded
with hay fastened on the exposed
side and a barge of coal on the
other to balance it, undertook to
slip the batteries. The night was
black, with frequent flashes OF
lightning, aud the rain poured in
torrents.
-
AS this Federal gun.boat came
even with the island the sooty
chimneys caught fire and great
flames leaped out, but those
aboard, realizing the danger of be.
ing discovered, Immediately had
the fue caps closed. Strangely
enough this was not observed by
the sentry in the fort. However,
az the awkward craft passed the
upper fort on the island the smoke
stacks again caught fire and blaz
ed forth. Signal rockets arose
from the Confederate sentinols and
Immediately cannon began to fire
with continuous volleys iuto the
vessel. But her pilot bore her in
beneath the range of the guns.
Presently she escaped down the
river. A night or two later, an.
other boat passed by uninjured.
"Ihus the doom of Island No. 10
was sealed"
The batteries on the Kentucky
shore were silenced shortly after
wards by the Federal gun boats
and the island was taken. The
Confederate commander, General
WIN. D. Mccall, capitulated with
two or three hundred men; the
rest Of the garrison had fled and
scattered in the woods of the adj
joining shore. The Federal gun.
boats now had command of the
Mississippi to within sixty miles of
Memphis, by the fall of Island No.
10. It was the key to the situa-
ton in the West, and with it's fall
the Confederacy began to decline.
Shortly after the war the old
fort or enbankment cayed in, and
before maby years the whole is
land was Invested of its all0vial
soil down to the lower clayey stra.
tum beneath the water.
And now, standing as you may
at the little landing ON the oppo-
site shore, called "Bessie" and OBJ
serving the great clump of willows
and cane through which the mad
waters 60 rushingaand swishing,
one, on recalling its historic past,
feels constrained to utter with deep
regret: calais! for No. 1O.n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
BEATS THE RECORD.

The youngest great.grand-moth.
er in the country lives in southern
California, in the San Gabriel val.
ley. She is a good-looking, viva.
cious woman of middle age ard
her name is Mrs. Jennie Nelson.
Before she was Is Mrs. Nelson was
a mother; at 80 she was grand.
mother and at 46 she became a
great-grand- mother. That is a re-
cord which is seldom equaled.-
Mrs. Nelson was born in San Der.
nardino, CAL, in May. 1850. Her
mother was a Spanish woman and
her father an Englishman. Her
maiden name was Jennie Fawcett
aud she was a particularly hand
some and attractive girl. At that
time there were very few white
families in that section and so
those which were there were
friendly. The nearest neighbors
and closest friends of the Fawcetts
were the Nelson's, and when Miss
Jennie was only IA years old she
was married to George Nelson, a
young man of 10.
When Jennie lacked two months
of completing her fifteenth year,
she became the mother of a bright
baby girl. The youthful couple
moved to San Diego and there il
the course Of II years six more
children were born to them. The
eldest child was a girl and was
named Isabelle. She was soon IA
nous far aud wide around San
Diego for her beauty, and her
friends were not surprised enc day
to hear that she had come home
from school to announce that she
had been married to Earl E.
Phelps, dashing young man from
the east. Miss Isabelle was in
short dresses still, but her mother
forgave her and the couple went
to live on young Phelps ranch,
near the town. There, when Isa-
belle was Is, her first child was
born. This made Mrs. Nelson a
grandmother at 80. Since then
the graDdchiId, Amelia, has grown
to girlhood and last year she be-.
came engaged to young Orange
county ranchman, Henry Walker.
They we're married and a short
time ago, at the age Of 16 years
and three months, Mrs. Walker
became the mother of a little boy.
This interesting little chap has the
most remarkable set of relatives.
Besides his forty-six.year.old great.
grandmother he has All aunt who
is a week younger than himself,
and has a grand-urcle who is less
than three years old. Baby Wal.
ker's father is but twenty years
old, his grand father has just pass
ed his thirty.fif birthday and his
at.grandfather Nelson is barely
10 San Francisco Call.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
A disiuhereste4
and elea, headed
Judge deesu's a.
low himself to be
hlaaxd m asAin

~"
biased BY pfejs-
dice. Superstition
doesn't Affect his
decisions. NJ ere
tradition has no
place In Ills rea-
looming. Facts are
the only things
which he consid-
ers. II the intelli.
gent men and No.
men who make up
this great country
Of ours Will simply
bring their reason
and comruon.senSe
to bear on tn c
problem Of curing
their sickness, we
>,:1i eao~ h. a ~a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
Will of George IutllOwe, Part
Owner of the Pilgrim Ship
Mayflower.

Mayflower.
Mr.. Charles Patton Dimitry, a
well known member of the distin-
guished Creole family of that name
has original documents, descended
to him by Inheritance from his
Virginia ancestors, through his
mother, the late Mrs. Alexander
Dimitry, Of New Orleans, nee Ma
~ Powell Mills, of Washington,
u. e., and through her ascending
to General John Smith, of Hack
wood, Virginia, Colonel iu the
Revolutionary War, member of
Congress; aud for two generations
these papers were part Of the rec.
Ords of the famous "Hackwood"
library. Eight manuscripts, dat
ing from 1895 to 1855, are among
the oldest colonial records of Vir-
ginia extant. at this writing all
good, Americans will be greatly in.
terested iu what may now be con.
sidered the most valuable-a codi.
Gil to ga previous last will aud ties.
lament" Of George Ludlowe. (broth.
or Of Roger Ludlowe, Deputy Gov.
e4nor Of Massachusetts aud Con.
necticutt during the years 1890 to
1854 in which George Ludlowe
conaitionally bequcaths to his
nephew, Thomas Ludlowe, ''all of
his property here in Virginia, to.
'gether with the sixteenth part of
the ship May Flower" In. the
event that Thomas Ludlowe should
'intermarry with one Rebecca
Hurst, that is at this writing liv-
ing iu my house," then the will
provides '.that his overseers here
in Virginia to take into custody
all my whole estate aud dispose of
tho same, until they can send into
England, tony nephew, Jonathan
Ludlowe, Oldest son to my broth.
er, Roger Ludlowe, who lives in
England at Dublinne."
The will is written in old En-.
glish and enjoys the histor.
ical and archaeological dis
tinction of being, with the excep.
ton, perhaps, of Governor Brad.
ford's "History of Plymouth" now
being returned to the United
States, through Ambassador Bay
ard, and the original clog of the
May Flower" still iu the posses.
sion Of Sir Frederick Temple, the
archbishop of Canterbury, the old.
est authentic American record
which is known to be in existence,
in which reference is made to the
May Flower, or in which the name
of that historic ship is written
down. The records show that
twelve of the original passengers
of tho May Flower were alive in
1910, and as late as 1890, two were
still living.
| It would seem appropriate that
this precious relic of the Pilgrim
Fathers should be deposited with
the Brsdford's "History of Ply
mouth" and with such = laudable
object in view, We learn that the
distinguished actor, Mr.. Joseph
Jefferson, will temporarily take
charge of the George Ludlowe will
|-[Daily States.
1t will be an agreeable sur
prise to persons subject to attacks
of bilious collie to learn that promp
relief may be had by taking Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21

Next step was to overcome the
Confederates at "No. 10" and New
Madrid, Mo-, an adjacent point.
Batteries were erected against the
latter and it soon fell.
"No. 1O' was then bombarded
from the river" says historian.
sbut to no purpose. Pope could
not attack it, as it could only be
reached from the left bank, and he
could not bring up boats to carry
his troops across owing to the
Confederate batteries which COM
manded the river"
The bombardment lasted for two
weeks, but the garrison on the is
land withst0od all with q steady
resistance.
One night during q thunder
storm a Yankee Colonel with fifty
men stole down the river to the
upper battery located on the is
land, and spiked five gus and q
ten inch Columbiad, before the
surprised garrison had time to
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-21
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
About Island Number Ten.
BY "KNAPsACK."

In our school histories We read
of the bombardnent of Island No.
10, the historians all making i'm
portant mention of it; but none as
yet have called attention to
the fact that to-day there is
no "No. TO-" This has been
true for many years.
At one time in its history this
island bore OIL it's proud bosom
several luxuriant farms, each one
having a large acreage and pro.
ducing its quota of bales of cotton.
But today, these thirty.fve years
siuce the great bombardment, it
lies submerged beneath the Mis-.
sissippi's iuexorable waters, which
roll with cruel swiftness over the
historic spot. With stolid indif.
ference, the mighty stream has
eaten away the fertile soil until
nothing now remains but bar,
which lifts it's head above the sur.
face when the river is low in dry
summer.
Just thirty FIVE years ago s'No.
10" stood above tho water support.
ing the proud works of tho Confed-
crate battery. This was for the
purpose of guarding against the
encroachments of the Union gun
boats, which were fain to pass by
aud get control of the Father of
Waters. 1t had been the plan of
the Fsderals at the beginning of
the year 1862, to capture Forts
Henry and Donelson and
thereby get control of the Tennes'
nessee and Cumberland rivers.
This was accomplished by Grant
with seventeen thousand men,
aided by a feet of gun.boats. SO
now they had possession of Ken.
lucky and a large part Of Tonnes.
see; consequently they held Nash.
vile, Tenn, end Columbus, KY,
an important fortress controlling
the upper mississippi.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

Besides an excellentiy arranged pro-
gramme the announcement that Nine
Geneva Johnston Bishop would be the
soloist al yesterdays afternoon concert
contributed 10 the drawing out OF the
largest and most fashionable audience
of this years season of popular Sunday
musicales at the Seattle theater. Con-
spicuous among those who occupied
boxes were members of the Del Conte
Grand Opera Company. of which Nine.
Johnston Bishop Is a member.
The introduction TO the programme was
found in a Sousaesque number, the
Beau Ideal march. which was rem
siered with much spirit. 14eutner's over
ture, Grand Festival" and GottschaIks
"Pasquinade'' followed. both being well
received. selection from Sidney Jones
"A Gaiety Girl was played for the first
time in this city. and earned for itself
a recall Another piece. grand selec-
ton from "Gerusalemme. by Verdi. was
also heard for the first time yesterday.
in an arrangement for brass instruments.
Tire Indian Campaign" full OF effects
for drums and unusually noisy. completed
the list If instrumental numbers. many
Of which were erccred. THE Hungarian
Fantasia" hy Tohani, and recall piece.
'rn the Dccn Cellar" a bass solo. were
aIuony the most effectively rendered of
thu numbers allotted 20 the band.
rSma. Johnston Bishop has been heard
In Seattle n concert and had many ad-
rn.~ers N the theater when she appeared
Her FIRST number. m aria from lie CID"
hv Masseaet. vas we'll sung. The quail
tieS rlo~t CONSPICUOUS IN her voice are
2tre0s'h and range. and the power OF
sustaining r0tes IN the upner register
She received sn enthusiastic recall. and
ssrv he aria from ''(:ahrielIc" hy pizzi
Her accnmpSrist was Sig Pietro Val
iins 'he leader of the italian opera or
che ira. SINE disappojn tment was ex-
pressed n the appearance Of the Del
CoI;e orchestra, which had been an
no1nced 10 play Nine Johnston Bish-
ops accompaniment. The reason as
signed for It's absence was thu lack of
eehearsaf 20 properly play the Intricate
.nusi" for Mime. Johnston Eishop's num-
hers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

-rv1a~ In Hamlet. Baossz IN Ric~aars ILL.,
E7prr4 - In DtneEko. Charlotte I-1-anaa n
sfannesh Davenport "a DIzek-EFe1 Susan.
snss Jefferson IN Rip Van Winkis, have
sfar- magnificent werx- rot 10 mention
Mrs slSaonx the kaxasIeS. kesn, Wa
lack. snd a score Of otSaers wao nave
reached high inches fa their profession. IN
ssseff tha tAeatey is the sTrongest aTessr.-
tsEssp1s Of aurnan scenes ard characters. II
r. great pity that tfs drama IL not keEft
pure eTsosrgh 10 enable preachers 20 rraFst
~ sss healthy Influence. The ps1lpaf Wolff
- a greater power !n tfTe world could u
~ reinforced with genuine dramatic
spirit. But, Yes / nust put Ii but
THE average thea:er is not rs place
for fe1rfsgian people 20 frequent. TIE aF-
sraEa play is nos - either 10 ne seen or
heard The average actor fe rrt the proEasF
73ar@or - cater "a. The amusement % the
pure minded The immediate alliances or
rae she8fer are bad. Tire snflsisflee p tie
modern stage In general Is demon Allzlfss-
Its fsln r. spoiled by tts lewanesS A. fu@
ena Of ira entertainment there = poison.
0sas sting. There ara s0rSe plaEs woAla
Eks "a see s1d would ike my family 10
s@e bat n1ust forgeo the pleasure D.
cause OF TIE unhealthy moral tone q tns
whole business. Could l De assured ina.
there rouId be .hsater n this city wasre
only pure plays would be performed y
morally reSpactabI actors ard where the
saffsath would be ho1o-ad by SIS CLOSED
doors, I would 20 and enjoy this highest
form % Intellectual recreation ~ often "a
could afford the time and tire money A.
Tia shcatsr IS cannot favor II for my
self or my people
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-27

The 5i-monthly business meeting OF Ply
mouth Congregational church viii be held
neyt Taursdas
The state executive committee Of thu Y.
p 5. C. Z. VIII mold a meeting IN Ply
mouth Congregational church next Friday
afternoon At o'clock.
There will pe a Christmas entertainment
al the Irving street Sunday school. corner
o. Twenty-fonrih avenue south n l..
sizer is superintendent of the school.
service preparatory 10 the administra
ton % the Lords Supper Will pc held at
the Church OF the Holy Trinity. corner OF
Seventh avenue and Union street, on New
1ear'S cse.
The Luther League holds its monthly
meeting tomorrow evening at the resi-
fs-nce Of Miss Robson, corner OF Fifth
avenue and Bell street. TIE Ladies So
cisgy % the English Lutheran church
meets a. the same place next Thursday
afternoon.
the Union Christian Endeavor in the First
Baptist church last week resulted as fot-
lows: President. \. III. Dimocks vice pres
iasnt. Mrs. II. 4. Raymond; secretary, a.rs.
A. g Ward: corresponding secretary. Miss
Elsie Moore; treasurer. Mr.. +. X. Wright
AZ Plymouth Congregational church
ths church wefs AIKEN VIM gratifying
results the pledges agsregating $40 a week
or s. 90 fer the year. But Mr.. Temple.
with his progressive plans. Is oy no means
satisfied with that amount. and says more
than twice that much Will be needed. As
this was only q first call ne feels sure OF
getting what he asks Tor
There VIII be a novel and interesting en-
tertainment IN the First Methodist Episco-
PAL church Wednesday evening OF this
week The new and powerful pnonograpn
will render selections fran noted artists,
including Miss Alice Shaw, the whistler
f1iimore'S band Marine band and many ~.
strumental solos. The proiectiscope VIII
he used TO present many interesting NOV
ing pictures Admission free. All are in
yifei