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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
MULE CARS RUNNING.
WASHINGTON RETURNS TO SLOW
TRANSIT
As a Result of Great Fire, Burning Out
the Central Power Station -. The Loss
Will Exceed S75, OOO.-.Southsrn Railway
Loses Valuable Property.

Firemen were still playing on the
ruins of the immense Central Power
Station Of the Capitol Traction Com
pany, at 10 o'clock Thursday morning.
Nothing remains Of the massive six
stUry structure save part of two walls
of the building. The fire was one OF
the largest ever known in Washington,
and nothing approaching it from a
spectacular point OF view ever has been
seen in that city, where large fires are
OF rare occurrence.
The exact cause of the fire remains
unknown though it has been established
that it broke out in Gettipger's print
ing office on the second floor. The
amount of the loss has not been COM
puted wi h approximate accuracy
but it is roughly estimated that it
will exceed three.quarters of q mil
lion dollars and that the loss of
the Capitol Traction Company will
be over 100000. Of which a quar-
ter of a million was caused by the
destruction Of the building and the re-
mainder by loss of machinery and
equipment. The company carried in
the neishborbood of 100000 insur~
ance in local and out of town compan.
les. The Liverpool, London and Globe,
the Firemen's of Newark, N. j., and
the Home Fire Insurance Company Of
New York, carried Il large share OF the
Insurance
It is the purpose c. the Traction
Company to begin at once the erection
of another power house building and as
soon as possible it will reopen its rapid
transit system. Horse cars were put in
service again Thursday, and the de-
partment clerks and business men along
the company's lines were carried to
work behind horses and mules hastily
gathered together for the purpose.
I. The loss to the firms having quarters
in the power house building will aggre
gate upwards of Sl50,000. The Lans.
ton Monotype Company lost $4,000
or more, principally machines and
tools. The fire will throw thirty Of it,
employees out Of work. ~..;s :,
The Southern Railway Company hat
several offices in the building and while
its money loss is small it will take con
siderable time to replace the drawings
records and documents destroyed.
The losses of the score or more o.
other occupants of the building vii
range from one to ten thousand dollar
each. A number of buildings in tb
immediate vicinity suffered from tn
fierce blaze, the largest loser bein
!. Charles Walter, whose carriage factor
and contents were damaged to tn
extent of $25, 900; no insurance.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Sunday Law.

The New Orleans Sunday law was
'saiu strictly enforced by the police at
midnight last Saturday night. The
orders issued by the superintendent of
police were carried out by the officers
and patrolmen, and the Sunday law
closing will become a fixture unless
some one in authority Issues orders to
the contrary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Letter Carries Kicking Also.

The Letter Carriers Association
Joined the labor bodies in the general
appeal to modify the oppressive quar-
artino against the New Orleans COM
merce. The carriers association con.
sists of 100 members and in the resolu-
tons adopted they state that they have
been handling mail in all parts OF that
city and have not so far developed a
single case of fever.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
A Probable Fatal Fall.

Frank Griffin, employed in the
building of 5o,foot tower for the
Oaks Hotel, at Hammond, met with a
serious, if not fatal, accident Thursday
afternoon. While taking down por-
tion of the ecaffo]ding the plank on
which Griffin was standing slipped OH,
letting the unfortunate young man iall
a distance of thirty-tive feet, striking
the ground head foremost. 1t is feared
some fatal internal injury was sus-
tained,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Swamp Land Brings q Good Price.

Swamp Land Brings q Good Price.
At the partition sale of $40 acres of
swamp land, situated near lake Match.
ez, in the neighborhood Of Plaquemine,
made by Sheriff A. A. Browne, Satur-
dry, $4,000 cash was realized. The
purchaser was the White Castle Lum
Der and Shingle Company, Limited, of
White Castle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Hand Crushed in a Gin.

A deplorable accident occurred at
Slaughter Saturday evening at l
o'clock. Capt. Nj. V. Richardson
a prominent citizen, got his hand
caught in the belt as he was
attending to the gin of P. W.
Appleby and had bis hand crushed.
Drs. Allen, Wall and Hagaman found
it necessary to amputate his hand at
the wrist, "
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Edward j. Leche Shot While Hunting.


Edward J. Leche, the l5.year-old
son Of J. J. Leche, Esq, leading
druggist Of Donaldsonville, was seri'
ously injured Saturdays::'morning by
the explosion of the left barrel of his
shotgun whilst out hunting. The
young hunter had already fred the
right barrel at covert of cartridges,
and had just pulled the trigger of the
left barrel when the explosion occur
red near the lock of the gun, the shots
from the cartridge penetrated into the
young mans left arm. Young Valex
Richard, son Of Dr.. Richard, Of that
place, who was with young Leche, as.
sisted him to the vehicle and drove
back to town. The accident occurred
in the rear OF the Rateou place, some
four miles below Donaldsonville.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
LOUISIANA HAPPENINGS.
FIFTEEN.YEAR.OLD BOY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT NEAR DONALDSONVILLE
nand crushed In Gin--Robbed by q
Wa1ter.--Sunday Law Enforced-..Gin
House and Contents Destroyed by Fire..
Fined for Contempt of Court.

Gin, Cotton and Seed Burned.
Guiliat & Marshali's gin at Egg
Bend was destroyed by fire at o'clock
pm. Wednesday, together with thir-
teen bales cotton and about forty tons
seed. There was only small insurance.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Provisions Scarce at Opelousas.

Aaron Jacobs and B. Bennett, OF OPP
elousas, went to Alexandria overland
Saturday afternoon and left for St.
Louis Sunday morning, representing
the merchants at Opelousas, for the
purpose of purchasing ten carloads OF
merchandise, which had been made
scarce by the quarantine. They will
ship direct to Palmetto Station, on the
Texas and Pacific Railway, and haul
overland, distance Of thirty miles to
Opelousas.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
George H. Lewis Dead.

George H. Lewis, proprietor of the
Niagara Hotel, at Buffalo N. T.. and
formerly the president of the Bell,
Lewis & Yates coal mining company,
died Saturday, aged 81 years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
A Youthful Fratriciie.

At Greenfield, Ind, Sunday after.
noon Albert Scott, a boy Of IA years,
murdered his brother, Benton Scott,
by striking him three blows with q
pump-handle. Albert is in jail.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Calcasieu Raises the Embargo.

At the Saturday porning session Of
the parish Board OF Health at Lake
Charles, the following resolution was
adopted: "Be it ordained, That the
embargo be taken off between CAL
casieu parish and all points in Texas,
and that all guards be taken off at sa'
bine on the Southern Pacific and on the
Sabine at the Pee Gee crossing and
the City of Lake Charles. Represent
ed by A. o. Lyons, president of the
Board of Health, concurring in tho
above"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
ROUGH ON BRANN.
Students of Baylor University Mob thu
Erratic Editor.

Erratic Editor.
W. G. Brann, editor of the Brann'l
Iconoolast, at Waco. Texas, was thu
victim of a mob of 200 students Of the
Baylor University, Baptist ipstitu'
ton, Friday afternoon. Mr.. Brann
was seen in the office when the young
men, students of the university, cal ed
him to the door, where they seized him
and thrust him into q hack, which waa
rapidly driven to the college campus.
His captors were armed with revolvers.
At the campus a mob Of 200 studenta
were gathered, majority of whom
were armed. They seized Mr.. Brann,
pulled him here and there and threat
ened to shoot him. A rope vas pro.
vided and cries of Hang him. arose
on all sides. 'Brann, under threats OF
death, was compelled to sign state
ment declaring that an article appear
ing in the October number OF the
Iconoclast and rejecting on Baylo,
University was untrue, and promised
that he would leave town. Great e1'
element has been caused by the Incl
dent, and crowds discussed it on the
streets. The action of the mob o
students is generally condemned. B!
the expressions there Saturday night j
was thought that the matter was not a
an end. Mr.. Brann declared that b
could not be driven from the city, ant
zonld confinna his nanar.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
The Archbishopric:in Doubt.

Manager Martinel!i, the papal dele
gate. at Washington, has not been adj
vised as yet that any choice has been
made as archbishop for the New Or
leans archdiocese to succeed the late
Archbishop Janssens. The reports
from Cincinnati that Bishop Macs, OF
Covington, has been chosen, cannot De
officially confirmed up to the present
time,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
yfpfessiionul Gar0s.
pnRERT sEMPLE,

o,.ncy at Law,
mi, rroc,ice in the conrts of tho
,,,h and 18th julicial districts. Dur
y, .,oot;on will meet clients at the
Ss,,oo House in Bayou Sara whenever
tqlests
BAR. cout7aa 2ootcHice, la
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
May Not Run Through New Orleans.

In consequence of the yellow fever
quarantine in tho Southern States, the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
has decided to close it's gulf route to
al freio hit traffic. Arrangements have
been petected by the Southern Pacific
with the Texas & Pacific whereby con-
nection may be had with New Orleans
snd other points in the Southern parts
of Louisiana. Through freight for the
East will also he turned over to the
Texas e. Pacific at Ell Puso, Texas.
This arrangement, while only tempo.
rary, will continue until the abate.
ment Of the yellow fever epidemic.
Another effect OF the yellow fever
scare is the decision of the passenger
department of the company, not to
run the Sunset Limited to New Or.
LEANS this winter. It will run to Chi:
|scago instead. y
sawmill and Lumber Consumed by Fire.
"A fire broke out last Saturday even
ing at $50 o'clock in the boiler shed OF
the Kyle Lumber Company, in the up
per portion of Franklin. It consumed
the eawmi]l and a quantity OF sawn
lumber. The exertions of tho local fire
department, efficiently assisted by the
New Iberia steam fire company, which
came by rail, prevented the spread Of
the flames, combining them TO the i'm
mediate neighborhood OF the mill
Loss estimated from $500 to $l5,
900; no insurance. The property wa
owned by three young men, who b.
their energy and enietp:isc had bull
up prosperous and paying business
They will nrvcecd 10 rebuild as soon a
possible. The company hos man.
friends and wcil-wishers i'll the parish
The weather is clear, with warm day
and cool nights. The health OF tn
parish continues good.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09

,.s ,,ofrner Fined for Contempt of Court
Tn the district court ct Shreveport
Wednesday, Judge 4 D. Land de- :,
,,eed that James Heffaer be sentenced
to ten days imprisonment in jail and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
Robbed by Il Waiter.

Mr. J. s. Harrison of Tallulah, La.'
complained to the police at New Dr.
leans Saturday that while in the bar.
room Of Pete Milet, at the corner OF
Cont and Burgundy streets, and IN
The act of taking drink, he was rob-
bed of s25 by John McGinn, a waiter
in Wenger's saloon. Mcdlnn was
seen, so it is claimed when he took the
money from Harrison's vest pocket
When Harrison made a kick for ms
money McGinn handed him back y, $lO
and then fled from the barroom. NC
CHM was arrested and locked up IN
the Third Precinct Station.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09
1,ec Cottages Destroyed by Fire.

Three handsome cottages on Pine
and Fourth streets in Monroe were
wired out Of existence by tire ri
INV night as if they had been v re
..l,,e Under boxes. The result is that
tho families of J. J. Jordan, j..
3 White and Frank Vaughan are prac'
ticony without homes of their own.
ILn;r losses, as we'll as those OF the
owners, IRE partially covered by lnsur'
,pce, but that is small in consideration
# the fact of the wiping out OF exist
encc Of many things held dear. lne
loss is about $4,000, nearly covered by
insurance. The Mechanics and Trad,
prs', OF New OrleanP, lose SOW o-o ana
ihe Teusonia, Of the same city, S75o.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
>Vagaries Of Russian Juries.

The most incredible stories are told
Of Russian jurymen. Thus the fore
man Of a jury declared he would not
send a poor fellow to prison because it
happened to be his (the juryman's)
birthday. Another jury had agreed up
OIL a verdict Of guilty. when the church
bells began to ring. They revised their
verdict because a holiday had begun.
A burglar was allowed to go free be-
cause the man whom he had robbed
had refused Il lend him money. This.
In the opinion Of the jury. was a direct
incentive TO crime.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Tcnuyson and His Pipes.

During the past season much has
been written about Ii Hum Changes
method of smoking. The popularity in
this habit Of one nearo- and dearer to
us-Tennyson-is decidedly unique. A
writer says of the great poet:
The common clay pipe was his
choice. His den was at the top of the
house. When he sat down TO work in
the morning a huge tobacco-jar, big
enough for an ancestral urn, vas at
his feet. together with a box full of
white clay pipes. Filling n Of these,
he smoked until il was emrty. broke
1t in twain. and threw the fragments
into another box prepared for their re-
ception. Then he pulled CIT a fresh
pipe, filed it, smoked it, and destroyed
it as before. He would not smoke a
pine the second time"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Air in Bedrooms.

Middle-aged and all old persons and
those with weak hearts or impaired
lungs have often experienced a feel
ing of suffocation when there is too
much water in the atmosphere. Those
who breathe it are. to d certain extent
deprived of their due supply of oxygen
The air of bedrooms is exceedingly Ii.
able to be Overcharged with watery
vapor, the most obvious reason being
that many bedrooms are never warmed
with fires, and that their windows are
often left open until dusk, and some.
times even to the hour of going to bed.
A delicate or an aged person leaves,
say, at 11:30 "a sitting-roOm in which
the temperature was 6S degrees, and
enters a cold, damp bedroom with a
temperature of, say, 50 degrees.
The air in the sitting-room was dry,
perhaps a little too dry. The air in the
bedroom is loaded with cold, watery
the bedroom he chOkes and gaSps anG
coughs for half an hour at least, and
sometimes brings on such an attack
Of asthma, or. as he calls it, 'stuffiness'
of the chest, that he can hardly breathe
at all. He may even lose his nights
sleep, and be i'll for some days after
such an exposure. Common sense says:
Make an effort to bring the atmos.
phere of the bedroom nearer in point
both of dryness and of warmth to the
atmosphere of the sitting-room, and
then the occupant will neither gasp nor
choke o cough, but will go to sleep
with ease and comfort"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Alabastine.

Chicago Inter Ocean, Feb. %: Readers
of the Inter Ocean have often seen Ala
bastine prominently mentioned in these
columns during many years past. The
main counting room on the first floor OF
the building was daintily and beautifully
decorated with Alabastine, both walls and
ceiling, seven years ago, and has been
nicely cleaned five times, though badly
smoked each year.
The same room has just been handsome
ly redecorated in freehand Alabastine
modelling in the delicate tints and other
Alabastine work, and the effect is very
beautiful, even surprising the original
work of seven years ago.
The original Alabastine (the hot-water
kind supplied nearly all demand for
ready-made wall coatings throughout the
whole of the United States for sixteen
years.
This is the same as the original except
being in form adapted for use in cold wat
or. Alabastine is a cement that forms
~aermanent coats, admits of recoating from
hme to time without removing it's old
coats, and hardens with age.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Egg Chowder.

Take three slices of salt pork about
three inches square,; place in a kettle
on the top of the stove, and allow the
fat to cook out slowly; when a delicate
brown, take out the pork and pour into
the kettle a pint of boiling water; then
place in a layer of sliced potatoes, then
a layer Of crackers, seasoning each lay
err with salt and pepper. When the
potatoes are cooked, which will be if
about thirty minutes, add a cup OF
milk; when this ONE to a boil add the
eggs, dropping them in carefully, one
at a time. When the eggs are done, re.
move with a skinner. After the chow,
der is taken out, place the eggs on TOP
of it. Onions may be added if the
flavor is liked.-American Agricul.
turiSt.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Golden Opportunities.

How lamentable that we should go
through the world so misunderstood.
ing one another; letting slip golden op-
portunities for glimpses into mems bet,
ter nature, which might have drawn
the veil of charity Over faults which,
in our blindness, seemed to Us without
a virtue to balance them. Angels turn
sorrowing away from this soul blind
ness of ours, and fiends laugh ove the
final fall of despair which u help
ing hand might at such moments have
averted. Well for S all it is that He
who is Himself without sin, more
merciful than man, sees gathering tears
in eyes that we deem hard and dry,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
A New Point I'm Insurance.

The ingenuity Of some insurance
companies in devising ways and means
for cvading responsibility is equaled by
nothing on earth. A claim was recent
ly made against an accident insurance
company for indemnity by a physician
who had met with an injury in a very
peculiar fashion. He had been i'll as
the result Of an accident received some
time previous, but was partly recov-
cred. While driving he was seized with
a spasm and great exhaustion over
came him. He stopped his horse and
proceeded to administer a hypodermic
injection : some powerful stimulant
to which he resorted in such emergen-
cies. Just as he was about to insert
the needle his horse started. The needle
was driver deep into the flesh, infict-
ing a severe and painful injury. He
sued for indemnity, he being disabled
for twenty-five weeks. The judge dis
missed the complaint on the ground
that the injury was not caused through
external violent and accidental means
in the intent and purpose Of the policy.
This decision will strike the average
thinking individual as somewhat pc
culiar. If a mishai due to the sudden
starting of a horse S not an accident, it
might be interesting to know how the
word could be defined.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Can Do Without Water.

Many animals never drink. but alb
sorb sufficient moisture from their It's
sues, from the air. or from their foods.
\ parrot is said to have lived fifty-two
years without a drop OF water. 1t is
often said that rabbits in n wild state
never drink. The fact is that they feed
on the heritage when it is heavy with
dew. and therefore practically drink
when eating. In the autumn and win
ter. when sheep are feeding on turnips,
they require little or no water.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29

taken prisoner, and is now in Bulu-
wayo. The young mar standing at his
side in the photograph is Daniel, who
was secretary to Lobengula. He is in
Jail now, undergoing a long term OF i'm
prisonment for rebellion. Banko, a
sketch of whom is also published in
this issue, is ha~lf-brother to the late
M'limo. the Matabele god" or priest.
He was chosen as the M'limo's success
sor when the latter was shot by Mr..
Burnham. and is now a prisoner.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
OFT Repeated.

One Of the most remarkable echoes in
the world is that produced by the sus-
pension bridge across the Menai Strait.
The sound Of a blow with a hammer on
one Of the main piers is returned in sue
cession from each of the cross beams
which support the roadway. in addition
to which the sound is many times re,
peated between the water and the road.
way, at the rate Of twenty-eight times
in five seconds.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Terms of an Oath,

The following curious oath was. I'M
til recently, administered in all the
courts of the Isle Of Man:
"By this Book, and by the holy con-
tents thereof, and by the wonderful
works that God has m~iraculously
wrought in Heaven above and in the
earth beneath in six days and seven
nights, l do swear that will, without
respect of favor or friendship, love or
gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or
malice, execute the laws Of this side
and between party as indifferently as
the behring's backbone doth lie in the
middle Of the fish"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29

When Bette Quick. who was receiv-
ing the attentions of Fred Bokamb and
Henry Perkins, in mott County, Ken
lucky. appeared to favor Perkins, b.
kamb got a polecat and threw 1t into
her lap, and trouble began. Perkins
was in it. Reports are meager' at
Middiesborough, but Bokamb was NOR
tally wounded.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Sweetbread and Celery Salad.

Boil pair Of sweetbreads in salt
water, in which has been poured a lit.
tie lemon juice Of vinegar. Cut into
dice, and add an equal amount Of
celery cut in cubes. Mix with boiled
dressing and serve in nests of lettuce
leaves. To make the dressing, mix
one-half tablespoonful each of salt
mustard and sugar; add the yolks OF
three eggs, two and one-half table
spoonfuls melted butter and three-quar
ters of a cupful of cream; add slowly
one-fourth cupful of vinegar, using a
wooden spoon for mixing. Cook ovel
hot water until it thickens, stirring
constantly; strain and cool.-Bostor
Cooking School.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
RaDRed Ton.

Speculators and experienced miners will
undoubtedly flock TO the new mining re-
gions of the Black Hills this spring az soon
as the snow goes off sufficient to- proceed
with the prospecting. If you conclude TO
90, remember that the "North-W Western
Line is the most direct and the best.
Through trains to DeadwoOd thoroughly
equipped.
Write for further particulars.
j. X. BUCHANAN. General Passenger
Agent F. E. & NJ. V. r. r., Omaha, Neb.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-29
Bni1ed Eggs.

One Of the incest ways to serve fresh
eggs is boiled in the shell Select those
Of uniform size; wash them; have the
water boiling and put them in. Set the
dish containing them where the watel
will keep hot, but will not boil, and let
them stand five minutes. The whites
will not be hardened, but will be jelly
like. Little wire baskets, in which tt
put the eggs and then plunge them into
the water, + a convenience, as they
may be instantly lifted when done.