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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-20

A Correspondent Of the FL Dorado
Republican says that mo man who
lives ON meat was ever known to
lick his wife or ask for divorce. Ma
poleon lost Waterloo because the allied
forces had bacon for breakfast the
morning Of the fight. The French had
vegetable soup. The south had to give
in at Appomattox because they were
out Of meat. No war can Be success.
fully waRed without meat"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-20
AZ HIS Mercy.

Pease-I had an awful time at the
dentists.
Hubbard-Worse than you expected1
Pease-I should say sol Heput SONS
Of his confounded instruments in mJ
mouth 50 that I couldn't talk back
and then he told me his wheel was bet
ter than mine.--Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-20

Anxious NotherI don't understand
how it h. BERTHE. that you are at the
bottom Of your class.
Bertte-I don't understand II mvself:
hut ! know IT, dreadful eay-nt-Bita
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12

Selling the back of chair to steady
himself, he asked in voice which
showed how keenly had hurt him:
"'Capt Palmer, do you mean that"
"'Gen. Butler, did you mean it when
you said the same thing to me at New
OrleansY l asked.
"What do you mean?
81 told him. Butler walked up and
down the room while was telling the
story. When l had finished, he came
oNer and put his hand on my shoulder.
"'palmer, had forgotten all about
it. So you are the young fellow who
wanted to fire a speech at me? Well,
you have had your revenge
"And then he sat down, and, hug
ging his right knee in his clasped hands,
he fought over with me the whole
Louisiana campaign. The Massachu-
setts veterans had the right of line in
the parade."-N. Y. Mail and Express.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
GREEKS ARE ALARMED.
They Fear that Peace Negotiations May
Collapse-Turlss Violate the ArmistIce.

They Fear that Peace Negotiations May
Collapse-Turlss Violate the Armistice.
London, June 9.-The peace negotias
tions do not seem to make much prog
ress and there is considerable disquiet-
ude in Athens caused by the appar-
entity reliable statement that the ne
gotiations are in danger of collapsing
altogether. The ministers when ques
toned on the subject, however, had no
definite news and expressed the opin-
ion that the report was without foun-
dation.
1t is said on good authority that tn
powers are now trying to induce Tur-
key to sign general peace conditions
defining broad limits within which
Turkey and Greece should afterward
settle details by direct negotiation.
This news is regarded at Athens as
breach of faith on the part of the pow
ers and as leaving Greece to the mer-
cies of the sultan. 1t is believed by
many good judges at Athens that
Greece may yet have to fight for her
very existence. There are reports that
the Turks have advanced into the
Agrapha district, occupying several
villages and advancing toward the
town of Agrapha Greece has pro
tested to the powers against this vio-
lation of the armstice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
MEMORIAL DAY.

o. Veterans of the war, strew flowers while
p you may
On the graves of your comrades of yore;
The day comes on apace-the inevitable
day
When in your narrow beds you'll sleep as
sound as they,
And the bugle shall wake you no more.
Father Time with his scythe cuts wide
swaths In your ranks;
Divisions are reduced to brigades.
As the Angel of Death makes havoc on your
tanks,
The grander army stands on yon mystic
rivers banks,
In serried battalions of Shadesl
The chiefs who led you down Secession's
pride to curb,
One by one they have gone on before;
The calm and silent Grant with Meade of
Gettysburg,
sheff,An and Sheridan and Hancock the
superb,
AL await you on the other shore.
The feet that bore you up the cannon belch-
ing height,
Move with faltering steps now, and slow,
The hands that were so strong for Union
in the fight,
That smote with saber keen or charged
with bay'net bright,
Have lost the force they had long ago.
could weep as gaze through times
transparent wave
On the last survivor of the war.
He totters on his way to an old comrades
grave,
And with his palsied hand pays tribute to
the brave,
While spectators look on him with awe.
He dies-the hero dies-a hush falls on the
lamb:
The Grand Army has all passed away!
From Potomac's broad stream to the far
Rio Grande,
OF the mighty host is left not a solitary
hand
To strew flowers on Memorial day.
Yet, grieye not. loyal hearts, the immortal
never dies,
Your spirits shall be with us for aye
From your ashes when called for grand
armies shall rise
And your story be told by the great and
the wise,
Till this world OF ours be old and gray.
IN. Y. Advertiser.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
TO LEeALlzE POOLING.

Representatives of Enormous Interests
Meet in Cincinnati and Ask Congress to
Legislato in Favor of Railroads.
Cincinnati, June Elm response to
the calls of the freight bureaus of Gin
cinnati, Philadelphia, Nashville and
Memphis, with other bureaus since CO.
operating, the subject of railroad pool
ing legislation was discussed at a
large meeting held here Tuesday. Re-
ports were presented from 9, 100 organ
izations of shippers favoring pooling
Legislation and from thousands of in
dividuals.
After general discussion of the
Foraker and Cullom bills and the sem
ate substitute for the Foraker bill, the
whole matter was referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions. This commit
tee was in executive session during the
afternoon considering these bills Sec
tion by section, but was unable to draft
its report. This committee reported
the import of its findings to the full
conference and the same were all
agreed to. The senate substitute was
agreed to, together with the following
amendments:
First-The elimination of the imprisonment
clauSe anu inc SUBSTITUTION, In addition TO tine
$500 penalty for the first offense of penalty OF
three times the amount OF the freight rate or
the fare against corporations violating the law
Second-To make all agreements authorized
between railroads subject to the same pro-
visions that are stipulated for pooling itself
Third-To authorize sufferers from any un.
just discrimination to sue for damages incurred
through the use of private cars as matter of
discrimination against such sufferers.
| Fourth For the punishment of railroad
companies for using private cars in any man
| ner of discrimination
No name was given the assemblage.
1t was simply a national conference OF
freight bureaus and shippers and it ad-
| journed sine die last night To-day
the freight commissioners will meet
and organize national association OF
freight commissioners. The confer
ence was not as large in number as it
was in the representation of vested in
terests, more than billion dollars of
capital being represented.
Mr.. Kelly, of Philadelphia, read a
paper to the conference in which he
reviewed the effect of the adverse de-
cision of the supreme court in the
Traus-Missouri Freight association
case. 1t had demoralized all railroad
associations formed for making equi-
| table rates.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12

instead of creating favorable impress
sion | had incurred the displeasure of
the general made my head reel. All of
my hard work had been in vain. I
dropped the report on the desk, saluted
and walked away. My home in Albany
was further away that night than it
had ever been since 1 marched with
my regiment into Louisiana.
"Many years after the close of the
war l was elected commander in chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
was in Washington arranging the de-
tails of the great parade of union vet
Grams. had room in the Ebbitt house.
All day long I had been receiving dele
cations. Evening was at hand, when
the door opened and in walked Gen.
Butler. Striding to the middle of the
floor he struck an attitude and began
vehement speech in which he intended
to prove to me the right of the Massa-
chuserts veterans to the right of line.
I listened to him for probably two min
utes, and then, smashing the desk as
hard as could with my fist, yelled:
"'General, if you have anything more
10 say to me, say it quicltp
''The old warrior fairly gasped his
establishment. His ponderous jaw fell.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
RIOTOUS TAlLORS.
Strikers In New York Make Life Miserable
for Proprietors of unfair" Shops.

Strikers In New York Make Life Miserable
for ProprIetors of "Unfair" Shops.
New York, June 9.-The striking
tailors exhibited boisterous disposi-
tion yesterday. Committees called on
the non-union men employed in unfair
shops Contractor Rothenberg, whom
they first visited, sent for police. On
the arrival of the latter 25 non-union
men quit work, A fight between Roth
enberg and the pickets followed, which
resulted in slight injury to the former
and the arrest of three of the latter
The committee then called on Con-
tractor Tack and lessened his force
by 25.
The last place visited was the shop
of Contractor Samuel Lewis, where 90
hands quit work. Meanwhile Louis
Stubeck, proprietor of a sweat shop,
was defending himself with a revolver
at Broome and Pitt streets from mob
of 500 strikers. The sight of the wea-
pom kept the mob at distance until
policeman escorted the contractor to
his home. The strikers said Stu ubeck
never paid his operators.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12

sinating President Lincoln, with dag
gers and full murderous paraphernnlia
of the conspirators, have been in the
hands of the judge advocate general of
the army ever since the Mudd and Sur
raft trials.
There are 139 confederate battle flags
in the collection and they come from
many fields of sanguinary conflict.
Twenty-eight separate regimental col
ors were captured at Gettysburg from
those gallant southrons who charged
so bravely, SO madly under the COM
mand of Gen. Pickett. Longstreet's
corps contributed the principal portion
of the Gettysburg trophies, although
several were captured from other di-
visions of the confederate army during
the three days fight. Undoubtedly the
history of the capture of these latter
would be the most interesting of thelot.
If known, but standards taken in small
er battles appear to show the longer
records.
The Wilderness battle yielded 12 ad.
ditional flags as the legitimate spoils of
war, and the heavier share of the re-
maining 129 became government prop
erty in the continual series of battles
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
Tragedy in a Court Room.

Junction City, Ark, June "a
bloody tragedy was enacted here Tues
day in Justices court room. The
murdered man was w. b. Coffee, of Ell
dorado, and the murderer is j. j. Shep-
ard, of the same place. Both men
were lawyers. Coffee and Shepard
were opposing counsel in trial before
Justice Wright and became involved in
a dispute and abused each other. Cof-
fee picked up chair and Shepard
drew a pistol and fred four shots into
Coffee's body, killing him instantly.
Shepard is in Jail
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
A SOLID FRONT.
Republican Senator's Agree to Vote as a
Unit on the Tariff Bi4-A Sugar Schedule
to be Presented.

Republican senators agree TO vote as u
Unit on the Tariff Bi9-A Sugar Schedule
to be Presented.
Washington, June 9-The repub-
lican caucus yesterday was well at
tended, nearly every republican sena-
tor in the city being present. Great
interest was manifested in the caucus
because it was known that an effort
was to be made to secure new sugar
schedule, one which all republican SEN
ators could support. Senator Aldrich,
of Rhode Island, was present and after
the caucus adjourned said it was very
successful and that he felt that the re-
publicans were going to stand together
on all schedules OF the bill and that an
agreement would be reached where
differences of opinion existed. Almost
the entire time of the caucus was de-
voted to consideration of the sugar
schedule.
Senator Hanna made an earnest
plea for party harmony and united
effort on all the features of the bal.
He referred to the apparent divisions
at present existing in the senate, and
said it was high time that perfect
understanding was reached.
On motion of Senator Thurston the
caucus decided to vote together as a
party, which insures favorable action
on all contested schedules and the
passage of the bill as approved by the
majority.
The caucus instructed the finance
committee to report new sugar sched-
ule. The new sugar schedule is to be
specific and on all sugar which has
gone through process of refining 1.95
cents per pound duty instead of 1.S75
cents per pound, as provided by the
house. Coarse raw sugars from the
Philippine islands and Java are to be
| admitted at one-tenth of cent less
| than other raw SUGARS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
THE TABLES WERE TURNED.
How Capt. Palmer Got Even with
Gen. DutIer.

How Capt. Palmer Got Even with
Gen. Butler.
Capt. John Palmer, secretary of state,
tells a good story of the late Gen. Ben
jamin L. Butler. While Gov. Black was
shaking hands with a seemingly end
less line of people in the executive cham
Der on Inauguration day Capt. Palmer,
Senator Coggenshall, Railroad Commits
sioner Cole and Mail and Express rep
resentative were exchanging yarns in
cne corner of the room. When it came
the captains turn, he said:
81 served in the Louisiana campaign.
Ben Buffers headquarters were in New
Orleans. One day L was told that / had
been detailed to go to New Orleans,
some 80 miles away, and present a re.
port to Butler. l was very young
man then, and to be thus detailed l
considered a tremendous honor. After
long deliberation l concluded that /
would be expected to make speech
in delivering the report. worked over
that speech until it was masterpiece.
''Of course, had an idea if could
make an impression upon the general
it would be good thing for me. Final
ly the day of my departure came, and
1 started for the city. On the way re-
hearsed my speech. had it letter per-
feet and felt satisfied that nothing but
stage fright could knock it out of my
head. When l reached New Or
leans, lost no time in finding head
quarters and getting into the presence
of Gen. Butler.
"After 1 had saluted him stepped
back, threw out my hestand started in
on the speech. Before l had spoken a
dozen words Butler looked up from
his desk. l saw that l was making an
impression. a dozen words more and
the general began TO move uneasily in
his chair. There could be no doubt OF
the fact that had caught his fancy,
Visions of promotion began to float be.
fore me as warmed'up with the speech
Suddenly old Ben thumped the desk
savagely with his fist and roared:
"Young man, if you have anything
more to say to me, say it quick!'
IF he had hit me on the head with
an ak he could not have knocked ms
out more completely. The thought that
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
They Hold Meeting in Chicago to Pre-
pare for National Convention.

They Hold Meeting in Chicago to Pre-
pare for National Convention.
Chicago, June 9.-Thirty-two states
were represented at the first meeting
of the provisional committee of the
national silver republican party which
met in executive session at the Leland
hotel Tuesday. Besides the commit
teemen of the states represented, over
100 silver republicans were present
from all parts of the country.
feature of the session was the
session was the visit of delegation of
women representing the Women's BIZ
metallic union. Resolutions We're
adopted outlining the plan of action to
be pursued by the party and recon-
mending the appointment of nation
al executive committee of seven which
is to have general control of the con-
duct of the party and call national
convention. The members of the COM
mittee will be named to-day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
ROGERS, BOLD ACT.
Arrested n Brigndier General on the
Field of Battle.

Field of Battle.
Clayton E. Rogers, who is candidate
for department commander of this de-
partment, is said to be the man who
saved the day at Gettysburg. The in
formation on this is in the shape of
letter from Col. Rufus r. Dawes, Sixth
Wisconsin, afterwards commander of
the Iron brigade, written to Gen. George
C. Ginty, in which he says:
"Clayton L. Rogers was selected by
Gen. James 1. Wadsworth to serve on
his staff. Wadsworth was a keen judge
of merit in men. He wanted courage,
faithfulness and executive ability in
the officers of his staff. His selection of
Rogers and the great confidence he
showed in him are evidences of the
best kind as to Rogers high qualities
as soldier.
ut was the fortune of Lieut.. Rogers
to render his country at Gettysburg a
service of incalculable value. The des-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12

Nc men have delayed, at least during
the present generation, the exhibition
of these relics of the civil war.
The officials of the war department
tNant the flags transferred. An army
officer near the secretary of war to-day
said: This subject has been agitated
9bf late, more so than several years ago,
aud some, steps should be taken towards
IN Inherent policy, as no doubt there
'Wfll, the way the matter looks now. The
national museum is the proper place tor
all government belongings of this,sort,
''e%en il they do call up morbid or ghast-
ly reflections. They are interesting to
most people, and, besides, better care
ssSs6sild 10 taken for their preservation
kp inn institution like the museum,
&Hich would. be lacking. in. the war
kaeihftment,s y for reasons that do, not
e6eed explanation. Take for Instance
skhE confederate flags captured from
1861 to 1865. A big percentage of them
aT4 almost in sshreds, and even If they
|sHfS packed AWAY carefully there is
s0hanceoenough for their complete de-
astFhetion, which would not be the, case
4 ifsother arrangements were made"
la In this connection there are numbers
|sofs relics Scattered throughout the
|ryBolc war department which have
|Nte&er been viewed except by few
persons, and then, too, the articles are
of national interest. The weapons
used by John Wilkes Booth in assas-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
Fatal Riot.

Pontiac, ILL.,, June GA serious Ia
Dor riot occurred at Minonk yesterday.
The coal miners there have been on a
strike since May 1. For a week a few
men have been working against the
wishes of the majority. Tuesday
while Superintendent A. w. Morgan
and one of the bosses, Joseph Erbe-
land, were escorting one of the men TO
work a crowd of miners interfered A
fight ensued and Morgan and Erbe-
land commenced to shoot, killing a
young married miner named John We
miners then attacked Morgan and Err
beland with clubs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
Aneadlnek ProhahIe.

Pittsburg, June 9-The first confer
ence on the iron and steel wage scales
of the Amalgamated association will
be ON the tin plate scale. 1t vial be
held in Pittsburg on June 10. Both
sides are gathering data to support
their claims. The workers say they
will not concede a point. They will
ask for restoration of the rates paid
under the Mckinley tariff law, which
means an advance over present wages
of from 12H to i534 per cent. The
manufacturers assert that the condi-
tions will not justify any increaSe in
wages
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12

perate fighting of the First corps on
July 1, 1868, gained time for the army
to march to Gettysburg and take posi-
ton on that famed line that enabled
it to defeat the enemy and save the
union.
Lieut.. Rogers had carried orders for
Gen. Wadsworth throughout the battle.
For four hours of most deadly fighting
of the war he had traversed the battle
line intrusted with the most impor-
tant orders.
He gave to me, as commander of
regiment, every order that l received
throughout the day. But when the
awful struggle ended in inevitable re-
treat, then was the crisis of the battle.
Our men were now conscious of defeat;
they were overcome with heat and al
most dead with thirst.
Our brigade took in 1900 men, and
of them 1900 had been shot. The enc
my were all around us and closing in,
firing and yelling. History now shows
us that the whole fate of the battle
tarned on rallying these troops on Gem
etery Hill and Culp's Hill, and forming
them at once in line of battle.
"When L got my regiment to the hill
1 found everything in disorder. Panic
was impending over the exhausted SOL
diers. 1t was n confused rabble of dis
organized regiments of infantry and
crippled batteries. A
ITO add to the confusion and peril,
Brig. Gen. Rowley, who was in COM
mand of a division, had become posi-
lively insane. He was raving and
storming and giving wild, crazy or
ders. Cool, courageous and efficient
men, ut that supreme crisis in the his
| tory of our country, brought order out
of chaos. - = f.,
"In the midst of this Clayton Rogers
rode up and boldly placed Gen. Rowley
| under arrest, and called on me for bay
| onets to enforce the order. This was
perhaps the only instance in the&war
where n first lieutenant forcibly, ar
rested brigadier general on the field
| of battle.
81 saw all that happened during the
half hour of confusion. Rogers stsylfo
| was well mounted, by his cook, CLEAR
headed actions did more than any other
man to get the troops in line of battle,
If Gen. Wadsworth was alive he would
! confirm this opinion. t,,.S %Y3S,,'
Certainly his arrest of Gen. RowIey
was an act essential to success, and it
was done at once when necessity, re-
| quired. The major general cepsmand-
ing the corps Endorsed the action after
the fight. ..
"History leaves us in no doubt az to
the value of the service, for Gem Lee
says: The appearance of strong line
of battle on Culp's Hill caused me-to
withhold the attack This SYaas.
worth's division I'D. H, HellykRes ii aas
tional Tribune. ~ N E M NJ
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-12
AN Incident OF thh

At the battle of NorrisiiB tlRk
Bill Snort, G. S. A., was stan
near n drummer boy, whosa fi1saias we're
dashed out by piece of q slfelRr1 9oi,eu
Snort gazed on the horribfesIa q So :.
some moments in silence. .SssEnihssss lsssza ;
Colonel, what are youssug gpsis as a0f
Such things must happen In nssgapsy yisAidy,
Maj. Tom breckenridge, who Yds sSshss s
ent. ,SssishA .sssl
81 know it," replied Cob k&d4 "bst
what astonishes me is that a BOY WithS
20 much brains should be here at all."-
Tammany Times.