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The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

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The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
Improvement Of Cane River.

The people of Natchitoches just
now are in a fervor of excitement
over the prospect of having per-
manent navigation secured for Cane
river by means of a asystem of locks.
The cost of the project is said to
be only about $1,000 per mile, say
$500 for permanent navigation
all the year. This is q mere ba-
gatelle in comparison to the bene-
fit it would be to a vast area of
rich and fertile country, thickly
settled and having large and varied
mercantile and agricultural inter-
ests. The matter is being urged
before Congress, and great hopes
are entertained Of favorable action.
1t seems to us, however, that even
in the event of the government
failing to make an appropriation,
the city Of Natchitoches could we'll
afford to take the matter in hand
and push to completion for the
benefit it would be to her own bu-
siness interests. AS Colfax is sit
uated at the mouth of Cane river,
an increase in the river traffic
would be bound to also add to our
commercial Importance as a ship
ping point. Chronicle.
Glad that it will help you, neigh
Dor, and glad to have your help in
getting it.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

Next to the joke of the circus
clown is the funny remark of the
store keeper that it is too dull to
advertise. The first thing that
Byron Nugent did when he open
cd store in Mount Vernon, Illinois,
was to contract with the local pa
per for three coluns of advertising
space and 25, 900 hand bills week.
To-day Nugent is q wealthy mer-
chant, and the men he outstripped
in business are there yet. Some
have been closed out by the sheriff
and others are still waiting for the
times to get better so they can ad-
vertise in the local paper and have
3 8 few dodgers" printed. Capital
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
Peoples Party National Con.
venliOn.

We received a lengthy letter
from Chairman Butler in which he
asked our opinion as to the advisa-
bility of calling a national conven-
ton of the Peoples Party for next
summer. We replied rs follows {:
Monroe, La, March "a, '97.
Hon. Marion Butler, Washington,
D. G..
Dear Sir-As a member of the
Peoples Party National Committee,
| heartily endore the proposition
to hold a representative conference
or convention this summer at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Our party needs such a reunion.
| also heartily endorse your views
relative to our papers carrying on
an educational campaign on the
financial and transportation ques-
tions. The convention which | ad-
vocate will give q strong impetus
to the important movement out
lined by you.
! have the honor to remain
Yours very truly,
A. A. GUNBY,
Member National Peoples Party
Committee.
Monroe Bulletin.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

Mr.. J. Alphonse Prudhomme
was in town Tuesday, and kindly
favored us with his views on the
Lock question. His knowledge of
the country to bo affected is extcn-
sive, and while he thinks naviga-
ton desirable, he fears overflow
for back lands on Old river, Kis-
atchie and its tributary lakes,
which contingent we discuss else
where.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
Constable Sale.


L. Chopin vs.. Edmsnd Hull.
Parish of Natchitoches, State of Lou.
isiana, 2nd Justice Court.
DY virtue Of q writ of Fl. Fa. issued
ID by w. F. Robertson, Justice of the
Peace of the 10th ward, and to me di-
rected, l have seized ana will offer for
sale at public auction at the residence
Of the said Edmand Hull, in the 10th
ward, to the last and highest bidder On
Saturday, April 17th, 1897,
the following movables, to-wit
One Beadstead and 3Chairs, 2 Mat
tresses, 2 Quilts and Pillows, l Sheet
and / Washstand. / Table, / Armor,
and I Heating Stove.
Seized as the property Of Edmand
Hull.
Terms of Sale:
Cash-subject to appraisement.
FRANK VALLERY,
April 2, '97. Constable, ward 10.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

An effort is being made by the
people of Natchitoches and Cane
river valley to secure permanent
navigation in that stream by means
of a system Of locks. The plan is
feasible, as the stream is fed by
innumenble springs. 1t would
increase the trade of Natchitoches
and prove of immense benefit to
the planters in that unrivaIled fer
tile valley. Shreveport Times.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
FRIDAY, April 2, 1897.

Congress passed an act this week
making an emergency approprla-
tion of s25O,OOo for the protection
of the Mississippi river levees,
which are now strained to their ut
most, several crevasses having OIL
ready occurred.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

A serious difficulty occurred last
Friday evening between the teach
er of the Clarence school, a Mr..
Sutton, and ono Of his pupils, a
Mr.. Clark, about Is or 10 years
old. The lad, who had been pun
ished about a week previous for
some offence, and had vowed re-
venge, struck the teacher on the
back of his head with a desk leg,
fracturing, it is thought, his skull.
Mr.. Chas. Inter, one Of our
best business men, leaves Sunday
for Kansas City, and thence to New
York, where live his parents,
brothers and sisters, whom he has
not seen since II years, when he
left them IN Germany, a slender
youth. He will, of course, buy
new stock of goods while on this
trip.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

Another pillar and bulwark of
the Democratic party has been re-
leased from the penitentiary. This
time it is L. 0. Desforges, the
convicted boodler and traducer of
his wife's sister. The party can
therefore congratulate itself upon
at least a temporary growth.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

There are 80 few Republicans in
Louisiana that the scramble for
''pie" is not likely to be very rush
ing.-Shreveport Journal.
What they lack in putting up a
first-class rush will be more than
made up by Democrats, who seem
to like Republican pie as well as
any other.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
Are You Overflowed z

Are YOU OV0IuOWou
Cane river has all the water in
its channel now that we would
ever want to keep there with
Locks, and we have not heard OF
any one on its banks or its tribu-
taries being at this time overfowed.
And we confidently believe that
the Kisatchie is still running down
stream, Notwithstanding the water
now in Cane river.
From our intelligent and we'll
informed friend, Mr., Alphonse
Prudhomme, we learned much of
the topography of the Cane river
and its tributaries, Old river, Bay
Gus Natchez and Derbanne, the
Kisatchie and continents, and the
lakes through which they pass.
That information we systematize
as follows:
Let. Cane river has 36 feet Of
banks here, 40 feet 6 inches at his
residence, 13 miles below here, and
necessarily more at its mouth at
Colfax.
End. Once or twice during the
century just closing, the Kisatchie
has poured water enough into the
Cane river when full, to make it
run up stream, but the latter chan
mel has deepened since the last
phenomenon of this kind, and it
has not reoccured in about 20 years.
3rd. All the lands that over
flow are on Old river, Bayous
Natchez and Derbanne, and the
Kisatchie, whose channels are nee
essarily higher than that of Cane
river, as they all empty into it.
4th. Not many years ago the
Kisatchie ran out Of Lake Acasse
through Bayou Derbanne, into
Cane river at Derry, while now it
has cut its way direct from the
lake into Old river, which seems
to be so much lower that the Kis-
atchie has not only nearly drained
the lake, which was once 10 feet
in water, but has cut itself q chan
mel through the bed of said lake,
it's waters reaching Cane river
through Old river.
The resultant facts follow that
the Kisatchle has two outlets where
it formerly had one, and 1O-foot
lake empty for q reservoir, where
It was formerly full, and that the
bed Of said Kisatchie must be con-
siderably higher than tho bed of
Cane r;ver-quite probably higher
than the top of any Locks we
shsould want to put in that river.
Now as no one claims overflow
in Cane river, but; some fear over
flow Of the back lands by Kis-
atchie water, We see the utter im-
possibility Of Locks In Cane river
aggravating the present overflow
situation in the least.
Thoinf0rmation which my friend
gave as reasons for the fear OF
overflow, seem to mo proofs that
overflow is not to be feared.
But as stated to Mr.. Prudhomme,
what we want is q full and impair
tial examination by the Board OF
ENGINEERS, and if they determine
that it will increase overflow to
any considerable extent, we will |
give it up.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
Eslray Notice.

EStr8y NOtlCc.
State Of Louisiana, Parish of Natchito-
ches.
Estrayed before me, the undersigned
authority, by Volnoe Moreau. living
two miles and half from Marco, one
Steer, described al follows: About Z
years old, red and white pied, mark
ed swallow-fork and under-bit in the
right, and smooth crop and split and
right hip. Appraised at nine dollars
by Louis Rachal and A. o. Moreau, con-
jointly with the undersigned Justice of
the Peace, this Goth day Of February,
1897,
w. F. ROBERTSON, J.P.
march 1858 d..
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

The Louisiana Popullst, the able
and earnest advocate of Industrial
development is urging the people
of Natchitoches to place locks in
Cane riypr.-MonrOe Bulletin.
Thanks, neighbor, help US.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

Our neighbor, the Peoples De-
nands Of Colfax, has improved
its appearance very much since it
got rid of an old secondhand out
fiji, which it had used till it could
do better.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
The Bosses sustained.

After nearly 6 weeks since the
Jones vs.. Freeman case was ar
gued before the Supreme farce
(court) that travesty upon JUS
ticc handed down a decision sus-
tanning the action Of the lower
VERY Iow) court. ,
In the lower court there was an
Infamous steal of evidence into the
record which won the case and
covered up the Infamous steal Of
the Offices last April, when the
thieves had to call in the State Mi
litia to protect them from the fury
of outraged white citizens of this
parish.
There are in this parish honest
Democrats-some having held high
judicial position-who are ashamed
for their party's sake, of this de-
cision. And the Supreme court
itself would not, as it could not,
give a reason for its disgraceful
decision.
This decision only confirms the
belief that our courts are rs rotten
ly partisan as the veriest political
caucus, and that it is worse than
folly to carry to the courts a case
either political or that could be in
any way twisted to a political ad-
vantage.
Had this belief been as we'll
grounded IL months ago as it is
now, there would have been q lit
tie blood-shed had the thieves stood
their ground.
The occupant of the Sheriff's
Office is mach better man than
the dirty schemers who put him in
Office, and would have long ago
given up what did not belong to
him, but for the demands Of his
associates and a party of which he
must be ashamed.
Too much cannot be said in
praise of the skill and ability with
which our lawyers, Messrs. Jack
& Fleming, handled the case. Their
brief to the Supreme court, which
was written by Col, w. H. Jack,
is pronounced by all who saw it, a
masterly argument and a decisive
victory over the pusillanimous slop
which was all the able lawyers on
the other side could dish up, so
weak was their cause.
Probably the country will thrive
and prosper, the Democratic party
grow in the affections of the peo-,
pie, and their reverence for and
obedience to the laws of our coun-,
try increase under such maladmin-
but We fear not.
Only the warning Of factions
keeps the Republican party from
sweeping Louisiana now, and some
day an iron hand like Mark Han
mas, backed by unlimited Doodle,
will take hold OF the factions and
weld them into a solid phalanx and
bear down upon the Democratic
party, the pride Of whose strength,
the sturdy North Louisiana farmer,
will not rally to its support, nor
will self respecting people soil their
garments in its defense.
We are a Democrat in every
honest sense Of the word, but we
can't belong to the party of that
name because we would be sup
porting the scoundrels who domi-
nate it, and there would be no way
for the world to distinguish us
from them. Many others feel that
way, hence the decimated ranks of
the Democratic party.
Another pillar and bulwark of
the Democratic party has been re-
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

A man named Hayne living at
Campti has invented a cotton-seed
huller which is cheap and can be
attached to gins. There's millions
in it.-Monroe Bulletin.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

Our neighbor, the Enterprise,
came out this week on Allfools' day,
which probably accounts for its
editorial on the Jones-Freeman
case.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02

Mr.. j. G. Clark, the Jewcllcr,
has had his front nicely painted, his
shop neatly trimmed inside, and
his new goods so tastily arranged
therein that it is pleasant to look
in as you pass.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-02
JOB WORK.
Job work must be paid for when
delivered. There Is no exception
to this rule. Strictly cash.
JOB WORK.
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
1wANr every man and woman in tho United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits to have one Of my books on these dis.
eases. Address B. n. Woolley. Atlantis, Ga.
Box 90, md ono VIII he sent y0u 4yee,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-10
SHE DID THE LEADING.
a slight Mistake In the wedding
Notice.

Notice.
The square-iawed woman with pinkish
hair laid her umbrella on the editors desk
and took her seat on pile of damp proofs.
"Did man." she said, "a man with a
grayish goatee and a snealin' manner hand
in marriage notice this mornin' for publi-
cationW
'He did" said the editor; ''there it is,
Samson Peters to Mrs. Huldah Hoskins. Is
that right?"
"Ihe names is all right. 1t says Mr.. Pc
ters led Mrs. Hoskins to the hymeneal altar,
don't it,"
"It does"
IL thought so. I'm Mrs. Hoskins. That is,
! was last night. / s'pose I'll have to be
Mrs. Peters now. want the style of that
marriage notice changed" E
I'm what way?" asked the editor.
I'll give you my reasons first. You see,
I've got some money and own farm and
two cotton gins. Anybody can see don't
need a husband. That Samson Peters is
trifin', lazy, and no account generally. He
ain't got no family nor friends and amt
wuth shucks. He amt no more fit to take
care of hisself than babe. He'll be dead
expense on my hands, fur he'll never pay
fur his salt, and he owes morn eighty dol.
lars that I'll have to pay. But / don't keer
how no count man gifts, some woman or
others bound to try and git him. That
sassy widow Albright's been on the trail for
four. months and one of the Simpson gals
has been maxim eyes at him every Wednes.
day night at prayer meetin'. He's mighty
pore, humble kind of creeter to take in, but
I knows my duty when it comes before me.
You jest scratch out where it says Mr..
Peters led Mrs. Hoskins to the hymeneal
altar and say that Mrs. Huldah Hoskins an
nexed Samson Peters last night at nine
o'clock p. m."-Detroit Free Press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-10
WEST AND SOUTH.

A mixed passenger and freight train
rolled down 4O-foot embankment on
the Sedalia, Warsaw & Southwestern
road on the I'd near Warsaw, Mo. En-
gineer John Minnier was instantly
killed and five other persons were in
iured, some of them seriously.
An aged Detroit Mich capitalist,
Thomas McGraw, was struck by an
electric car on the 10th, sustaining in
iuries from which he cannot recover.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Chicago & Southeastern (Midland)
railroad.
The Kansas City, Osceoln & Southern
railroad, known as the Blair line, be-
cause controlled by Blair & Co., OF
New York City, has been sold, the pur-
chasers being the directors of the st.
Louis G. San Francisco railroad.
The death of Maj. John Dalzell oc.
Cured on the 4th at his home in Lee
lanan county. Mich, at the age OF "a
He served with honor on the,staffs OF
Gems Burnside, Hartsuff, j. d. Cox
and Schofeld.
At Helena, Butte and Anaconda,
Mont, slight earthquake shock was
experienced on the 4th, but no damage
was caused.
Five men were injured. two of them
fatally, by an explosion that occurred
in the plant of the Illinois steel works
at Milwaukee, Wis, on the night OF
the 4th.
A syndicate with ]. P. Morgan at its
head, it is said, will buy the Kansas
Pacific railroad for the use of the Chi
cago & Alton.
1t is reported from Joliet, ILL.,, that
the operators at Carbon Hill are plan
ming to import Chinese laborers to take
the place of strikers in the mines. A
batch of 600 will be used as an expert
ment.
Four steam dry kilns, five lumber
sheds and over 1, ,25O, 900 feet of lumber,
the property of the Central Coal, Coke
and Lumber Co., were destroyed by
fire at Texarkana, Ark, on the 9th.
The total loss is over $1O0,O 900.
1t is feared that George II. Brown, a
prominent citizen Of Knox, Ind, who
left his home October II, has been
robbed and murdered in Chicago.
Brown had 5000 in cash and $4,000
worth of negotiable paper in his pos,
session when he left home. He added
| S., 900 in cash to this sum later.
The San Marco hotel, one of the
finest in st. Augustine, Fla, was
burned to the ground by firebugs on
the morning of the 18th, entailinga a loss
of about $3.50, 900, with less than $50, OOC
insurance. The miscreants cut the fire
bell rope and also mutilated the suction
pipes which supply water from the
hydrants.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered nom All Quarters.
WASHINGTON.

The question of recurring to the sys-
tenn of reciprocity for encouraging
commercial relations with Canada is
being favorably considered by our gov
ernment
England's ambassador to the United
States has been instructed to ascertain
the views of the government Of the
United States in regard to a reciprocity
treaty with the English West Indian
colonies.
As result Of the split which recent
ly occurred at Kansas City the national
corps of the Regular Army and Navy
union has been incorporated and has
established its headquarters in Wash
ington.
It is announced that James H. Eckels,
the comptroller of the currency, has
accepted the presidency of the Com
mercial national bank of Chicago, to
which he was elected. He will assume
his new duties on January l. His sue
cessor will probably be c. G. Dawes, OF
Illinois.
Under the amended lottery laws 244
fraud orders were issued during the
last fiscal year by the post Office de-
partment. Sixty-four were subsequent
ly revoked.
A court-martial to try Capt Lover
ing has been ordered by the president.
The court will meet November 90 at
Fort Sheridan, Ill.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-10
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

1t is said that 81, 900, 900 in paper cur
rency has mysteriously disappeared
from the Spanish treasury in Havana.
The money was intended for the pay
ment of the troops.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung an
nounces that two Rheinish missio ma
ries, Mes and Henle, have been MUIR
dered in the Chinese province of Shan
Tung.
Great Britain has decided not to take
part in the Florida fisheries conference
A dispatch from Madrid states that
the cabinet has approved measures for
giving to the inhabitants of Cuba and
Porto Rico the same constitutional
rights as are enjoyed by Spaniards, for
the bestowal of the right of suffrage
upon all who have attained 25 years
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-10
LATER.

THE postmaster general has issued
fraud order barring from the use Of
the mails John Wedderburn, John
Wedderburn & Co., the National Re-
corder and the National Recorder Pub
fishing Co., of Washington. The order
is the result of charges made by
number Of patent attorneys
GEN. JAMES DUANE, rs years old,
died at New York City on the sth. He
was graduate of West Point and
served with distinction in the Army of
the Potomac.
AS result of the past seasons op-
erations of the United States fish COM
mission at the cod stations in New En-
gland $50, 900, 900 eggs were collected,
from which 0S,OOO. 900 fry were liber-
ated on the natural spawning grounds
along the coast of Massachusetts,. The
results secured were 10000, 900 in ex-
cess of the previous year.
REPRESENTATIVE Coles football bill,
prohibiting match or prize games Of
football, or games of football where
admission fees are charged, has passed
the Georgia house of representatives.
The Lovejoy monument in Alton,
ILL.,, was dedicated on the Sth Sixty
years ago Owen Lovejoy was assassin
ated in that city because of his fiery
editorials against the slave trade. The
monument is a 9O-foot shaft erected by
citizens of Alton and people of Illinois
at a cost of $50, 900.
ANOTHER war ofrates is on between
the railroads in the Trunk Line associ-
alton. The war extends over the west
and southwest but it is especially Bit
ter among the lines east of Chicago
This condition is ascribed to the fierce
competition among the roads between
Chicago and New Y ork.
THE president has appointed W. God
frey Hunter, Of Kentucky, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary to Guatemala and Honduras. Dr.
Hunter is one of the leaders of the re-
publican party in Kentucky.
LEW DocKsTADER, the well-knowu
minstrel, made an assignment at New
York City on the sth.
ACCORDING to dispatch from Shang.
hal the emperor Of China and the board
of revenue have approved a memorial
presented in favor Of establishing q
gold standard and prohibiting the ex-
port of gold. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether this will have practical result
The Irwin building, corner Of Har-
rison street and Wabash avenue, Chi
cago, was partially destroyed by fire
on the sth. Loss on building and con-
tents S15O,OOO; fully insured. The
block is a five-story structure occupied
by carriage manufacturers
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-10
OHIO.

Columbus, Nov. "Wednesday was
a day of anxiety with the Ohio pol
iticians. 1t opened with the republic.
ans and democrats both claiming the
election of their state tickets and a
majority of the members of the legisla-
ture. Before noon the democrats con-
ceded the election of the republican
state ticket by larger pluralities than
were given Tuesday night in the earli-
est dispatches as the claims of the re-.
publieans. Last night the democratic
state committee announced no definite
claims on the legislature and the re-.
publican state committee raised its
claims to a majority of five on joint
ballot as follows: Senate-17 republic,
ans, 10 democrats. House-5S repub-
licans, 81 democrats. Totals-75 re-
publicans, 10 democrats. Wood county
had been conceded to the democrats
until last night, when the complete
returns caused the republicans to
claim it.