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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21
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I.ake t'hnPlse EehA
The saeursRnn sFmSR srnln MBama
and Intermediates Spwns hsnuglsa mlnsns
601 people t. our city SanhAy. 9ihs
Hrat thing was aha reception 81 che
Market hall. Glep they disp~reed Ene
dinner. After tlinsssr these feeling 30
diapUasd fs'ok ID dnmnas for Htm IIeo
PaIk far the 'aeea and hall gania,
while eAhera passed the time tripping
tha '.liehi fantastic" at Market Aall,
Others enjoyed sailing On cur beaattahl
iakW, dglvtRg MFOBnd Our Oiey mnd
doEAns Of ether says az saioymaat.
They were . jpIly. gsOa-natulod crOwd
and will be WelsEmsd at any guaurs
tims they may eDncluds 10 pas as
. viait. Thsg ssanFned &C z y. 49,,
sssningly wsii blessed win Illais
days OntiDg.
LAAe CAarsss pIass.
Sundays e~zeurslonisss numhnrsd
several hundred fewer than wore
szpsotsa. Thsrs were haa over ass
az six hnnslfsd al told. They cnma
prlnripAlly from EHnuma, Thlbadnux,
AlOi gan City and New Iberia. with !
apriuAling from other towns on tha
road. Tbs day hrrc was apsDG largely
10 sight sseing. 10 which the visitora
wers apparently shosDnghly pleased
and IN daaStRg ~ sAs Market Hall.
Hallisfs brass baad. asom mosRau
City. Furnished slss mn1is. Mnsy hired
easslsRss and tsok ia tie city. whiI4
Of cnaruo tlle mslsFIsy wlfnesneA tla
Facss and eall saias As Hoo HsDs d
WAS > thoroughly we'll behaved ssswd,
made up .us good psnple who knea
hos q aet Away hem hslns. Laka
Char loo appgschtsd tlrm, ana srratsd
them the besg ske knsW hoe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Dr., zslonkA ofIared shs following
resolution which waa upon metipn III
bfr. Lowala deferred uatis nuaA mbea
ing for acsion, viz:
BE u resolved bv ne Tom Coaacsg 81
ne ToUB II HOana, That NJ y.
G0uaux be offered = asttlomont az hls
sheIl bill ct the EaEe uf kwO CENTS par
barrel; aud
Be Il 0srtAer resolved, That IN tho
event ~ the ncCeptancp Of the nesove
price BIZ Mr. Gonanx, that payment b.
made hy inssallment.
COunciImen u. @. WnrRlow hAndaa
IN the lolloWing petition
4ouMA, La, Angus l5th. 1oeG.
TO the Mayer and Council ng the fnwn af
HoumNs
The undersigned respectfully seamssts rouf
Honorable hadN % reduce or nstnRA tha Ana
impeged an . Rinn8r this dAg ~ IRla Monor
tho Mayor. yon may daeida a. s. youf
RsspAusfaiiy anbmlsted.
RSUB hHgH.
AZ NJ. Lasy go present g ahe
meeting be wa ealladupna eeaaarsm
tho Mayor and Council ~ u us ennse
o. Che trouble which led fa hia aresea
and conviction. AZ the cnnclnsiop III
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

The pabsip q hgssby ussiasA nos %
hane. tes muls o. tnsapamm Aaesa
Rinhtntla1s under pnnaleg sf ahe law.
81. GEBLANC.
July 6th, lag7.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

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matches aaa gGlobos- .as
a. B.. q J. G. Dupout. palG
Aaron Jahnapn for cleaning
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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18
BARNEY sARNATo COMMITS SUICIDE,
rhe World Famous "King of the Kafirs'
Jumps Into the Sea-.

Ao fhAAAoA Ahhs6
Jumps Into the Sea-.
Barney Barnato is dead. The South Atri-
san diamond king" who in a few years
rose from the position of IN assisted Brit
ish immigrant to the position of 1--WE hum
dred times a millionaire, committed suicide
by jumping overheard from the teamer
Scot, that left Gable Bay, Cape Town, South
Africa, June 2, for Southampton, England.
The news comes In q cable dispatch from
Funchal, Island of Madeira, OIL the west
coast OF Morocco, where the British steaner
Scot touches.
The report of BarDato's suicide was made
at Funchal by the captain of the steamer
Scot. His report was that Barneto, who
had not shown the least sign Of agitation,
but who had kept rather moro closely TO
his cabin than was his habit on board ship,
suddenly appeared oil deck whilo most OF
the passengers were in the saloon. and with
q cry that the second officer thought was n
curse, and a passenger says was only IA
unmeaning shrek, dashed over the side.
The engins were Immediately reversed;
life buoys were thrown to the man, who
seemed to be struggling in the water, but
he was either unable or unwilling to reach
them. The drill for a imam overheard" on
British steamships Is efficient and prompt
and no time was lost In getting out a boat.
They rowed back to where Barnatos
body could be seen tossing on the waves,
Inc in very few minute the boatswnln had
his hand In Barnato's hair aud in another
momen he was In the boat. Every attempt
was made to revive him. but artificial
respiration, massagIuS OF his abdomen
and rolling him on "A barrel wepc equally
Ineffective.
The most extraordinary character among
modern, money makers was dead; the man
whose income a few years ago was placed
at S25. 600. 900 a wear,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18
MASSACRE OF A BRITISH FORCE.
Treacherous Natives on India's Frontier
.Annlhilate q Military Column,

Treacherous Natives on India's Frontier
,Annihiiate q Military Column.
A despatch from Simla, the residence OF
the Indian Government officials during the
heated periods of the year, announces seri-
GUS trouble on the northern frontier and
the massacre OF q number Of British officers
and native soldiers in the Government en-
ploy.
From the particulars ~abtainable at pres
ent 1t seems that two guns belonging to o
Bombay mounted battery. escorted by 800
men belonging to the First Regiment Of
Sikhs and to the First Punjab infantry were
treacherously attacked in the Tochi Valley
by O large force of hostile natives.
, The first report said that Colonel Bunny,
two officers and twenty-five prfvates had
been killed, and that three officers and
twenty-five privates had been wounded.
In addition, numbers of mules INC horses
ARE reported killed.
Further details show that a political
officer, Mr.. Gee, was visiting Shirani with
ian escort Of troops, when he was attacked
at Maiza by vastly superior forces. TIL
British troops were compelled to retreat,
and were followed for several miles by
overwhelming numbers of the enemy.
Tho fighting was desperate. All the
British officers were severely wounded,
Captain Browne, of the First Sikhs, a son
of the late Sir James Browne, and Lieu
tenant Crookshank, of the Royal Artillery,
were killed, and Surgeon Higginson, Lieu
tenant of the First Sikhs, and Lieutenant
Seaton-Browne, Of tho PuDiab infantry.
were wounded,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18
THE NEWS epfToMlzIO.


1t Is reported thai special Treasury
agents, who have been making en- tnvesti.
CATION, will recommend that all personal
effects OF returning American tourists Do
declared dutiable.
The Senate finished the consideration Of
the sugar schedule OF the Tariff bill, with
the exception OF the clause relating to tne
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, which was
laid over, to be taken up later on. Petit
CREWS antitrust amendment was tabled.
The trial of John s. Shriver, q newspaper
correspondent, for refusing to testify before
the Sugar Investigating Committee, was
sdn at Washington.
President Mckinley returned to WASH
ington from his trip to the Tennessee Ex-
position.
Notifications Of the Anglo Venezuelan
boundary treaty were exchanged by the
British Ambassador and the Venezuelan
Minister IN Washington.
The Senate refused to adopt the amend.
ment offered by Mr.. Lindsay TO wipe out
the sugar differentlal and put all sugars on
an equality.
A plan for reorganization OF the Union
Pacific Railroad acceptable to the Govern
Q has been agreed upon.
Tho Secretary OF tile Navy has ordered
the battle-ship Oregon to Victoria. British
Columbia, to be present at the festivities
attending the celebration Of the Queens
Jubilee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18
Fopeign.

Great damage has been done in Rumania
by the recent transforms. The Danube has
overhowed its banks, and an immense lake,
nine miles long, has formed between Fetesti
and T~ehernavoda.
The north OF England and Scotland have
been swept by heavy gales. The suburbs
of Glasgow and the country around hat
CITY were flooded and the railroads were
submerged.
A body of Spaniards has been destroyed
by General Bandera's forces near Sabana,
Cuba.
President Diaz has given an order for 400
organs to American and Canadian manu-
facturers, These musical instruments will
be placed in the public schools OF Mexico.
The order will shortly be followed by q
larger one.
Frank Butler was found guilty In Sydney,
N. 8. w., Of the murder OF Captain Lee
Weller.
Nelson's old flagship, the Foudroyant,
was wrecked in a gale on the northwest
coast of England. She had been touring
the coast as q show ship.
Further adyices received in Calcutta from
the interior OF India show that great de-
yastation was wrought by the earthquake.
The town Of shillong has been aiinihilated,
and great damage has been done In Dacca,
Jamitur. and Murshidabad. Several lives
have been lost. The funds collected In CAL
cutta for the Jubilee celebration are likely
to be distributed among the sufferers.
Particulars are received OF a serious ia
tality near the Illecillewaet tunnel on the
line OF the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
While a gang Of railroad laborers were at
work a mud and rock slide came down on
a number OF the workmen. | were
killed outright. Iyeir names are I
der Cummings, Albert Johnson, George
Phillips, A. Davidson, and 3. oieson.
The Porte has accepted DR.. Angel as
Minister from the United States. Minister
Terrell has left C~onstantinople for home.
Tha Mexican Central Railway trRfle NJ.
eoiais sra Snformed that 400 car Ioads ~
norn It'll he shinned from Texas and Var
sos - .ha City ri Mexico during the newt
few weeks. The corn will be used to relieve
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18

No one was injured by the explosion. A
man In the crowd, suspected as the prime
mover, was arrested. He gave his name as
Gallet, and made only brief replies to ques-
tions put to him by the police.
Gallet said that he had no occupation,
but resided at Levallois-P erret. The police
are making a thorough search OF his lodg-
ings. He is believed to be insane, for as
the carriage passed along he shouted 80
loudly as to attract general attention in the
crowd. The police have also made another
arrest, in this case a youth, but 1t is thought
probable that the actual culprit escaped in
the thicket.
The news OF the attempt spread like Wild
fire through the city, n when NJ. Faure
returned to the Elysee the streets along
the way where 1t was known he would drive
were crowded with people, who cheered
him y~ociferously.
It was at first reported that the would-be
ASSASSIN was u young man about twenty
i've, who stood In the crowd 100 yards or
more from the racecourse and discharged
the pistol at NJ. Faure as he drove up to the
entrance; and there was o subsequent re-
port that both pistol and bomb were used.
But the police now believe that the sup
posed pistol shot was merely the noise of
the bomb.
The bomb wes a clumsily made affair, to
which q piece of fuse was attached and the
fuse was probably lighted by q paper fixed
In the end of a stick as o o as the head OF
the procession came into view. The pre-
sumption is that the moment the fuse was
lighted the culprit fed; and In any case the
bomb could not have done much harm.
In the thicket where the police found the
remnants of the bomb, they found also q
pistol, upon which were engraved the
words: Mort a Felix Faure,n and the
names Alsace-Lorraine and Cologne. Near
the pistol was a small dagger bearing a
similar threatening inscription, and a few
feet way the police found a newspaper
with a cartoon grossly insulting to the
President. This contained IN offensive In
scription limiting at the execution Of NJ.
Faure.
Several persons have stated to the police
that the moment the explosion occurred a
man was seen to run swiftly into the
thicket, but reports of this character are
likely to be mere conjecture.
An American correspondent talked
with an official who was riding with NJ.
Faure, who said:
when the report was heard q dense cloud
OF smoke rose from the thicket. and there
was terrible CONSERVATION, until It was
found that no one had been injured. The
police sprang forward, but found the thicket
deserted. When the crowd saw one OF the
policemen holding the bomb, they jumped
to the conclusion that he was the perpe-
TRAITOR of the outrage, and handled him
roughly, clubbing him with heavy walking
sticks and umbrellas, until his comrades
rescued. him, badly bruised and covered
with blood. The Presidents cortege then
proceeded to the r-acecourse."
The attempt on the life of NJ. Faure was
made on the very spot where Berezowsky
tried to shoot the Gar while driving to the
military review at Longchamps, In 1867,
and where Francois, a lunatic, last year
Tired his revolver at NJ. Faure on July IA.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18
MINISTER TO SPAIN CHOSEN.
General Stewart l.. woodford Nominated
by the President.

General Stewart l.. Woodford Nominated
by the President.
The President nominated Stewart l..
Woodford, of New York, to be Minister to
Spain.
Stewart Lyndon Woodford was born in
New York City on September 8, 1885. He is
q descendant from Puritan stock in the
eighth American generation. Mr.. Wood.
ford went to Columbia College, Their to
Yale, and In his junior year returned to Col
umbia and finished his course with high
honor. He studied law, and was admitted to
the bar In 1857. He was a natural cam
palgn speaker and tool the stump for Lin
coin in 1860. When the war began Mr..
Woodruff enlisted. He rose to Captain,
Lieutenant Colonel, and for gallantry was
promoted to the rank of Colonel and
breyeted Brigadier-G General. In 1866 Gen.
eral Woodford was elected Lieutenant.
Governor, the youngest man that ever pre-
sided over the State Senate. -Four years
later General Woodford was the Republic
can candidate for Governor of New
York. but was defeated by John
i. Hoffman. General Woodford repre-.
sented the Third District in Congress in
1872. He was q candidate for Vice Presi-
dent In 1876, but withdrew in favor of WILL
lam A. Wheeler. General Woodford was o
member Of the Greater New York Commits
sion. He has made a fortune from his law
practice.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18

Here is some interesting information for
the man who drinks only his favorite brand
OF wine, whisky or cordial. 1t Is almost "a
pity TO give away these trade secrets, but
they are public now in sworn testimony.
After reading this the bibber will no longer
smack his lips, look wise and give express
sion to a deep, satisfied "A-h-h-h" after q
glass OF his favorite tipple. W. A. Taylor,
wine merchant n expert, to-day swore
that certain foreign firms on labels Of some
wines have no existence in fact. Fine cog
nae, he said, could be made from roasted
almond shells and essential oils. This drink,
he said, would fool the average drinker. In
b~ottling wine for retailers or private stock,
the sellers put the names OF the buyers and
other marks on the Imported casks or
bottles. In %clarets. for instance, some OF
the bottles may be labeled "Medoc" and
some "St. Julian" In illustrating he said:
"a party Of gentlemen may go into a cafe,
and one man says, L guess I'll take a St.
Julian and another says. I don't care for
that; I'll take Medoe.' Well, in most cases
these gentlemen are fooled, and both wines
generally come from the same cask." Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Taylor cited a case in point,s
where IN italian dealer had sold a case Of
italian vermouth for $3.50. He said the
duty on this was SLIGO, and the freight IA
cents, so the dealer sold the imported
stuff" for Just Sc cents for a dozen bottles.
bordeaux the same dealer sold for S1.65
for q case Of twelve bottles. where the duty
and freight alone would have cost $1,82.
Now, one would imagine that all this
stuff sold under bogus labels and fraudu-
lent all the way through goes simply to the
lower class of Bowery saloons and Tender
loin cafes. That is where the mistake is
made, as the next question brought out.
The witness in his testimony admitted that
the largest hotels here, Of the highest
class bought wines and cordials from him
In bulk. He bottled and labeled the bottles
"St. Julian" and 'Medoc" and "Margau."
1t all, he said, came from the same cask
and fooled even the delicate palGtes Of the
hotel habltues. That the smaller dealers
are not alone in this imposition on the
stomachs of this country was shown from
the vice-President Of tho Wine and Spirit
Traders Society that he himself had bot
tied a ~hogshead of st. Julian for bottles
variously labeled "Medoc,' "St. Julian"
and "Pontet Canet."
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18
ELLIS ISLANDFIRESWEpT
Main Building Of the immigrant Sta
ton Completely DESTROYED,
FAMOUS GATEWAY TO AMERICA.


Blaze Started In the Second Story of the
Great Jmmirr,tion niId,,,-pes,u
OF Two Hundred Frightened Immi-
prauts-pronertv of tho Poo, uoma
eeeNers Des1royeu IN the storerooihs'
Nrw yopx c,rv fsneo,on Tho bio irrri.
'u
grant landing bureau at Ellis Island was
reduced to ashes early Tuesday morning,
and two bundred and afty ;mmicr,pts
49,. -. =, m
pareiy escaped win tne'r iVes' ihere
were forty patients in the wooden hospital
building in the rear OF the main structurs
,,ha .- - ~ L-ana
"n 80 " nooteIu ~ NV
pospital TOOK lire. The immigrants and
patients were safely landed at the Barge
Aa q o,a,o,. NJ onn II
omoo ~ "'
them received SO mucn as Il purn'
What caused this sudden coniagration Is
and may remain a mystery. William Burke,
/ chief of the night watch on Ellis Island, de-
clares he does not know the cause Of the
Are. The fire started in the east end or
side of the main structure, which is more
than 1000 feet long and two stories in
height. The first floor of this building is
almost entirely given up to baggage, while
the eastern end of the second story Is used
Tor offices. The middle and southern por-
lion Is used for O landing bureau n de-
tention rooms.
1t was In this part OF the building that
most of the $50 people detained on Ellis ISL
and were sleeping. The fire started in the
end of the building toward New York, and
was not at first noticed in the detention
rooms, which are cut off from that portion
by partitions.
When Chief Night Watchmaa Burke no.
ticed the fire 1t was licking around one OF
the towers. He at once summoned the
thirty men employed under him, who
Into the detention room, and aroused the
sleepers, h were reposing on benches
and on wire cots, which the bureau provides:
on OF tine night watcnmen was also SEM
on the jump across the bridge TO tne wo-
mans dormitory. contained In a two,story
building In the rear OF the landing depot.
Meantime the men In the main Dundlng
had been rushed out and down the main
double stairway, at the west end, TO the
boat.
Surgeon ]. H. White and Assistant Sur,
geons White and Gideon had been aroused
by this time and they at once began to re-
move the forty patients In the hospital. IL
was seen at a glance that the big, main
building was doomed. and 1t required quick
work to carry out the helpless sick before
the blistering heat prevented an approach
to the hospital building.
Meantime some Of the immigrants who
had escaped from the main building had
become anxious about their baggage, and
despite the fact that the vast building was
fast being encompassed by the flames,
rushed back to save it.
In all the known tongues they insisted
hat their all was contained In the boxes
and bundles which they had brought over.
Captain Burke and his men had to fairly
fight them back on the boat. They wept
n wrung their hands when they found 1t
was impossible to save their property.
-
The new immigration depot at Ellis
Island, New York Harbor, was opened on
New Years Day. 1891. The structure was
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18

England granted 22YO56 b.5yose patents.
last year. II
Nearly all our missionaries take bicycles
abroad with them.
The cyclists OF England participated In
the Queens diamond jubilee celebrations.
Between ten and fifteen United States
Senators ride bicycles. Now they are look
ing for a room in the Capitol where they
can store their silent steeds,
An up-to-date coroner at Woodside, N.
Y, has bought a %seStuplet, on which his
iuries will hereafter race around the dis
trict In performance OF their duties. the
coroner aud his clerk accompanying the
on a tandem.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18

and visitors prefer to ride on 1t rather than
to look at the many wonderful displays OF
arts, crafts and sciences that may be seen
In the main buildings.
The foundation is placed on a terrace
twenty-five feet high. The main support
of the structure Is a tower 100 feet in height,
built entirely of steel. Across the top Of
this tower there Is swung q rectangular
steel beam 200 feet in length. On either
end of this beam is suspended q car capable
of holding about forty persons.
When one end of the beam Is depressed
and the other raised to its greatest limit
the total height is somewhat under the
height of the supporting tower. This makes
the greatest height OF the structure some
thing less than 200 feet. To this must be
added the height OF the terrace. namely,
twenty-five feet. A person, therefore. who
takes q ride In this seesaw Is gently lifted
from the earth to an elevation Of nearly
225 feet.
The motor and machinery are built es-
pecially for the seesaw, and, rather curious
", are located in the top Of the tower, q
fact which enables the engineer who runs
the motor to assert that he is the highest
in the world. The machinery drives the
beam by means of cog gearing, operating
on two large twenty-five-foot area.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18

In Archbishop Ireland's work, inst pub
iished, he has an interesting chapter on
"Intemperance and Law" in which he es-
Inmates that throughout the United States
6,000, 600 persons frequent barrooms and I'M
dulge immoderately in alcoholic drink, 4
writes Robert 2. Porter. 1t is estimated
that the annual drink bill of the country
falls but little, il at all, under the enor-
nous sun Of one billion dollars. These es-
Inmates were based undoubtedly on the flg-.
ures OF ten years ago. The Archbishop, il
he has not consulted the more recent fig
ures, will be glad to learn that there are
evidences of Improvement in this respect,
and that more recent statistics cut the to-
tai down to $500, 600, goo. which, when we
consider the increase of population, is a
good showing. In comparison with the
United Kingdom, the United States has
every reason to feel gratihed, as the per
capita expended for alcoholic drink is
s17.15 In the one case, against 5000 in the
other. Part of this difference may be due
to the fact that alcoholic beverages are I'M
doubleday cheaper here thar on the other
side, but q considerable part OF the de-
crease may be directly traced to the excel
lent temperance work done.-Picayune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-06-18

DIR. George Henry Fox, professor OF dis
eases of the skin in the New York College
Of Physicians, says: at is quite certain
that few people drink too much water and
I feel sure that many unpleasant feelings
and symptoms OF actual disease would
quickly disappear If tho sufferers ap-
preciated the value of this best and cheap
est Of all remedies (pure water)." Dr.
Charles L. Dana, professor OF nervous DIS
eases in the New fork Post Graduate
Medical school, in an article on diet in
nervous diseases, says: water should be
drunk between meals or before meals, and
a moderate amount at meals. At least
three pints, or about six tumblerfuis,
should be taken daily. American neurotics
do not drink water enough. They have
half dessicated nerves and dessication in
creases nervous irritability." Those who
believe tina they must have alcoholic
stimulants to keep them in good bodily
condition should lay the GboVe wise words
to heart,