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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-17
Binding and Eoan Report.
RECEIPTS,

The following is the standing of the
Abbeville Building & Loan for the past
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Albert N. Demary, town constable
has been removed for delinquency in
his tax collections, and Geo. E. Lyons
has been appointed, temporarily as
peace officer. The shortage is small
and will be fixed up by the bondsmen
without any litigation SO we are relia-
lily informed.
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The 4th was observed at Jefferson
Island last Saturday week. An excel
lent dinner was prepared by the ladies,
which all enjoyed on the bank of the
lake. After dinner the people repaired
to the jefferson mansion and enjoyed
some excellent music and a literary
programme.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1897-07-17

WIN. HENDERSON,
S. GUMBEL & 60.
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Who will be the town constable is
the question now uppefmost in the
minds Of a good many people of our
town now that the constable has been
removed.
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Capt. Victor Won schoeler says that
the dreaded water hyacinth which has
occasioned SO much trouble in Florida,
has appeared in bayou Vermilion, and
unless some means are found it will
cause a suspension Of navigation in a
ew months.-City Item.
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OBITTART +.

The Rev. DIR. Daniel w. Poor. who died in
Newark on Monday night. was the founder OF
the High street Presbyterian Church in that
CITY. He was born in Ceylon seventy.nine
years ago. and left India when IL years old. He
entered Amherst College thrca years later and
was a classmate OF Henry Ward Beccher. He
completed his theological studies at Andover.
In 1919 he won't to Newark and engaged in
mission work, from which the fine church
ut the corner OF High and Court streets was tho
growth. While his was distinctivcly an Eng
lish.spcakins congregation. DIR. Poor, who was
n line linguist. actively. interested himself
among the and it WAS his inspiration
that led to the formation OF the first German
church in Newark and the German Theological
Seminary.
Col. William Hathaway Forbes of Milton.
Mass, died on Monday, noon at his SIMMER
Of age. and was, n brother of j. NJ. Malcolm
Forbes. He had been i'll for some time. He
served in the nrIny with disting,ion; and was
Company. Col. Forbes married Mics Edith
Emerson daughter OF Ralph Waldo Emerson, the
poet, who, with several children. survives him.
A despatch from Newport yesterday brought
Intelligence of the ueNth there of Mrs. Atherton
Blight Of this city, formerly of philadelphia.
twcnty-Scven years. She was a granddaughter
OF Richard :: 'ireenough. the sculptor, Of Bos-
ton. One Of her three d4nghters not long ago
as an owncr Of race horses. The Blight home
IL 36 West Thirty-sevCnth street.
Capt. William II. Perry is dead at his home in
Ocean Grove, aged 50 years. He WAS n cousin
OF Hetty Green and u granddaughter of Commo.
dorc PERI. At the breaking out OF the rebellion
he WAS placed in nd Of Il fleet of vesFels to
clear ,hanncls and replace buoys. He leaves a
widow and three children. Tho funeral will be
held to-day.
Carrie Turner, the actress. wife of John Mack
She had been ailing for several months. She
was a native of Albany, and was SO years old.
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The Alleged Improper Letting or East River
bridge Contracts Aired In Court.

The Alleged Improper Letting or East River
bridge Contracts Aired in Court.
Arguments in the case of O'Brien, Mclean &
McHale. the contractors who allege that the
Commissioners OF the new East River Bridge
illegally threw out their bid for the contract to
build the abutmcnts. were heard by Justice
Smyth in Supreme Court. Chambers. yesterday.
The plaintiffs allcge that their bid was the
lowest and hat the contract should have been
awarded to them. Mr.. OBrien charges Incl
dentally. that before the awarding Of the con-
tract to Degnan, Mclean & Co., the next lowest
bidders, he was approached by a man who
claimed to represent some or the Commissioners,
and who stated that he could secure the contract
by the payment of $4,000. At another time. he
charges. n man informed him that DeRnan. Nc
Lean < Co. would pay him $4,000 to withdraw
from the competition.
EN.Congressman John J. Adams appeared for
Mr.. OBrien's company in the hearing. He said
that the award was the result OF a conspiracy
and corrupt compact between the DegnAn.Mc-
Loan Company and one or more of the Com
mlssiOncrs. He went on to say that the petit
toners only remedy wns by mandamus, as tho
Bridge Commissioners had no direct connection
with the cities OF New York and Brooklyn. such
As would give the REALTORS the right to sue the
cities for the acts Of the Commissioners.
H.. {. NJ. lngrlham. counsel for the Commits
sioncrs. in answering Mr.. Adams. said that Mr..
OBrien hnd suffered no loss by the rejection Of
his bid. and that the mere fact that he was the
lowest bidder did not make HIM suffer any more
The Commissioners. he said, had u right to
aware! the contract AS they thought tit, having
regard 10 the interests OF the two cities.
Justice Smyth reserved his decision.
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SCHOOLING r41MMANr,s ORATORS
Whey Are Instructed TO Carefully Avoid Bryan
and tho Chicago Platform.

Hhey Are Instructed TO Carefully Avoid Bryan
and tho Chicago Platform.
There was a rcTnd.up OF orators ut Tammany
Hall yesterday afternoon. Every man in the
organization who thinks no has been endowed
with the gift OF oratory and who desires to go
on the stump for the Tammany Hall ticket, and
who was vouched for by his district leader,
was present In the meeting room of tho Com
mittee on Organization yesterday.
There were several hundred of them. The
purpose Of the gathering was to instruct the
spelibinders regarding tho issues which they
snail DISCUSS during the campaign and those
which 1t is tho policy of Mr.. Croker to avoid.
Maurice Is. Blumenthal, Chairman of tho
on Speakers, was the first TO talk To
the orators. Ex- It. G.
I. Grain was another instructor, John w. Keller
another, and Maurice r. HOLMAN still another.
Not one of these men advised the spellbinders
TO say anything about Bryan or the Chicago
platform.
According to them the thing to be done Is to
housethe present city and State administrations,
lakes ana TO say a good word for municipal
ownership of franchises. There was a noticea-
pie lack OF enthusiasm among the orators over
One OF the new recruits in the Tammany ora
torlcal Held said afterward that tho instruction
tScolSca kept bringing, To his mind the lines in
leIl nnd9ne those things which we ought TO have
nohs ana We have done those things which We
2usEt not to have done, and there is no health
We ought said he, ito go on tho stump
nHvocsting tho principles Of the Democratic
PnIrIy, MG 40 not. We, are ordered to talk
NE IKE. u makes mo sick. Truly, there
: no health in a party hat can't stand up for
Tnlnmany Hall spellbiEder in this camnai1n'
lhere Is no inspiration In it,"
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Addresses by Lieut.-Gov. acknowledgements
cat and Delaware Also Celebrate.

Addresses by Lieut.. Gov.
cat and Delaware Also Celebrate.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. l2.-Sew York, Con-
necticut and delaware had their celebrations at
tho exposition to-day. New York was repre-
sented by her Lieutenant-Governor, Timothy L.
Woodruff. Gov. Tunnel and staff were here to
do tho honors for Delaware. The ancient Put
nam Phalanx f,Hnrtford arrived this morning,
demonstrating Connecticut's interest In the
day. The battalion made up Of four separate
egiment OF Brooklyn's contingent OF the New
York state Guards paraded this morning.
The New York lay exercises began at IL
O'Clock in the Auditorium at the conclusion OF
the morniny session 1f the authors md artists
cons ress. One OF the ilrcc-t aud ences ever
seen in the building listened attcnttycly 10 tho
greetings. The speakers were Robert l.. Taylor,
Governor of Tennessee; 7. L. Woodruff. Lieu
tenant-GoverHor OF New York; DR.. James IL.
Kirkland, Chancellor OF Vanderbilt University;
Dr.. A. v. Raymond. President o, Union College.
schenectady, y. V, ana the Hon. William &.
De Witt Of Brooklyn. y. Y. Nearly the entire
State commission was present.
The days festivities concluded with n recep-
tion and grand ball in the New York building,
which Is headquarters for the visiting dclega.
tionn.
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Bread
with yeast, IL hours;
with Royal Baking Powder
one hour, and better bread
at that.
TEXAS REPUBLICAN, SPLIT.
Two state Committees Formed-Green Heads
One and Grant the other.

One and Grant the Other.
DALLAS. Tex, Oct. 12,-Thc special meet
Ing OF the State Republican Executive Com
mittec, called by Chairman Il. II. II. Green,
the son OF Hetty Green OF New York, resulted
in disorder. Chairman Green and National Com
mitteeman DR.. John Grant have been fighting
over Federal patronage ever since the Presi.
Dental election. On practical results, Green
seems to have the better Of the fight up
to date, and tho bettor Of the prospect. When
Grants friends discovered to-day that they
could not control the committee, they boltod,
asserting that Green had recognized men not
members OF the committee and had turned down
men who we're members.
The proceedings became so boisterons that
officers had to be called for from Police Head.
quarters to preserve order. Tho boilers organ
lied a new State Committee and elected DIR. John
Grant its Chairman. This puts two Republican
factions in the field in Texas. one headed by
Green, the other by Grant, and divides the
party worse than ii had ever been.
II is said that Green and his State Committee
will. try. to have DR.. Grant removed from tho
National. Committee. on the ground that he has
conspired against the constituted authority of
the party in the State and disrupted the party
organization. Mark Hanna is said to be on
Green's side In the fight.
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READY WITH HIS PISTOL.
william Anderson Accused OF shooting James
NIOnhhnn.

Honnhnn.
William Anderson, n Dane. Of COS Palisade
avenue, Jersey City, was arrested yesterday on
a charge of shooting James Monahan ut Cliff
side, a village on the brow of the Palisades.
Three weeks ago a man with a dark mus
tache and wearing a light-colored bicycle cap
and glasses began to make frequent visits to
Cliffside. Sometimes he rode a bicycle and on
other occasions he was seen lettering in tho
streets. When women passed him on the street
he accostcd them with foul remarks. One
evening, just before dusk, he stopped Miss
Emma Nagle, a daughter Of John Maggie, in a
lonely spot on the road and attempted to drag
her into the woods. Miss Maggie screamed and
several men ran to her assistance. The man
then mounted his bicycle and rode Off. The
next day he appeared again and took hold OF
Miss Mabel Rusch near the same place. Miss
Rusch wrenched herself from his grasp and
escaped.
On Monday last Constable Thomas Banville
noticed a cyclist answering q description Of the
man riding down Palisade avenue. Banville,
who also was on Il wheel, followed the stranger
as far rs Congress street, Jersey City, where he
lost track OF him.
on Monday night Banvillo and Monshan at
tended u Democratic primary in Cliffside.
Monahan left for his home about II 30 o'clock.
As he approached the doorstep Of his house at
Palisade avenue and Cliff street he noticed IA
man sitting by the roadside, The stranger was
dressed like the man Banville had said he had
followed. Monahan notified Banville, who had
stopped in q saloon near by.
"That's the man." said Banville as he glanced
at the stranger. Il can tell him BY his glasses
and that cap"
Banville then asked the man where he was
going, but he made no reply.
III arrest you II you don't tell me" said the
constable AS he stepped forward. He was just
about to seize the man by the coat collar when
the man darted back and drawing IA revolver
from his pocket fired one shot. The bullet took
effect in Monahan's left breast and he fell in tho
road. The stranger then ran down PHlisade
avenue. Banville fired three shots ut him., but
did not hit him. DR.. Ayrcs Of Fairview did not
dare to probe for the bullet in Monahun's breast,
fearing that tho opcra,io on would cause a fatal
hcmorrhdge. Monahnn's chances for recovery
are slight. He has a wife and 1--we children.
Yesterday morning Constable Bnnvillc went to
Jersey City and pointed out to the police n
house where no believed the man who did the
shooting lived. Anderson was found three and
arrested. Ito denied that he had been in Cliif-
side the night before, but his wife said that he
did not return home until after - O'Clock.
Hanvillc Identified him as tie man who shot
Mionanan. Miss Maggie was then sent for and
she identified him as the man who had as
saulted her. Anderson was taken to the Hack
ensack Jail.
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LOW INVADES THE ORIENT.
a GREAT SPEECH TO goo HEBREWS
VINO NAVE NO ENGLISH.

There wsre Factions There. Each with n Fu-
Eieuan, at whose BiddinE In ftddiah tho
Assembly Kissed or Cheered Most Impair
tiaiiy-TrnveIs OF Thrce cts In n CAB
Seth Low started out last night to tell the
citizens OF tho east side that he was the only l
in citizenship. Ho was accompanied by CIT
Secretary Clark and Press Agent Matthoison.
Tho three drove in q cab and made the nrst stop
opposite the East broadway FOUNTAIN at NC"
Pythagoras Hall.
Two hundred men and women were
on tho low wooden benches of the hall, and a
band Of musicians were playing popular melo-
dies on the sidewalk when tho three Cts ar
rived. The Cts were escorted to an improvised
platform in tho end Of the hall.
As they came in some one raised q hiss, and
the crowd Joined In. The Chairman Of the
meeting, Mr.. NJ. d. Rothschild. turned red In
the face and then led the crowd into cheering.
It was n good.natured crowd. They were will
ing to hiss or cheer at a moments notice. All
they wanted was some one TO give them the cue.
in Hebrew or YiLdish. for none OF them under
stood q word OF English.
A Hebrew citizen who sat in tho frst row Of
benches told another in Yiddish that he was a
Henry George man. The man he said this to
stroked his long black beard and replied in He
brew that he was out Tor Van Wyck, because his
uon-in-law had always been taken care of by
Tammany Hall.
A third man Joined in the conversation and
said he was for Tracy because he was n Re-
publican. Then ono of the three stood up and
gayo a signal in Yiddish to hiss. The crowd
Kissed. A man in tho fourth row OF seats got
up and made a request In Hebrew for the crowd
to cheer. Then tho GROVE cheered, and Chair
man Rothschild introduced Mr.. Low.
The man in the first row gave his kissing sig.
nal and tho crowd Missed again. The man in
the fourth row gave his cheering signal and the
crowd cheered. 1t was evident that the crowd
was there on general principles. 1t had been
coaxed into the hall by the band Of musicians
and the band Of local Cts. who were anxious to
die in office for the Greater New York.
NJ Chairman and follow citizens" said Mr..
Low, Il thank you for the hearty welcome you
have given me. We are engaged in a great
struggle"
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SAILOR SHOOTS SAILOR,
KILLS Himself After woundinG His Rorme
Friend-0uarreIled Over . Woman.

Kills Himself After WoundinG His FoFme0
Frlend-ouarreIled Over . woman.
Two German sailors quarrelled last evening
in the basement of a boarding house at 103
Washington street. One Of them now lies dead
in the Morguo and the other is in the Hudson
Street Hospital with a bullet wound in the abdo-
men. He may die.
The sailors were Gottfried Tietz, % years old,
late OF a Nova Scotian schooner. which no left
in Boston six days ago, and Johanas Boyson, %
years old. who. his friends said, was to sail
from this, port to-day on the German ship Otto.
street. and they were apparently the best friends
IN the world up to a few minutes before the
Nearly all day yesterday they sat together at
a table In the basement OF the boarding house
ner. About 8 o'clock, they began 10 quarrel.
Presently Tietz jumped up and said in German;
lie, us go into the street and ilgh, i out 1t.
about three feet behind Tietz. and while tho
pulled out a 3s:calibre bulldog revolver and
pointed it at him, .1ietz wheeled about aS
Tietz in the abdomen and he fell like a log:
Boyson lcapcd over his body. and running up
and pulled the trigger, again: The bullet en-
tered the, lung, and the sudden hemorrhago
suicide. An ambulance was summoned and
the two men were taken to the Hudson street
Hospital, where Boyson. died at $50 O'Clock.
iihiL al nun VNiOi',i o eNu'h n'NN. ''coS
went to the hospital and took TietZ's ante
norton statement. The wounded man said
that Boyson started the quarrel by accusing
him Of taking his woman away from him. Tiets
declared that the, accusation was not true, as
he had not seen tho woman until Monday. He
said he did not know her name or place Of resi-
drncc. Nothing further concerning the quar-
rel could be learned from him.
AT l03 Washington street 1t was said that
Boyson was slightly dcncnted. The proprietor
of the place said that the dead man was struck
on the head by Il bottle during n quarrel which
took place In lower Washington street when
Boyson was in town three months ago, and that
he never fully recovered from the effects OF the
blow,
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Tho weather.

There was a storm central to the north Of the lake
region yesterday moving ard. It was attended
by high winds In the eastern lake region and on the
Middle Atlantic and New England coasts and some
heavy rains over these districts.
West and south OF the lake region the weather was
fair.
The temperature was higher by from g. to go In
the Atlantic States and from 81 TO IL lower west OF
the Allegheny Mountains.
In this city II was cloudy and showery. About noon
o heavy shower occurred which gave ID Of an inch
OF rain In nve minutes, the total fall OF rain was 80
OF an inch. In the morning the temperature was
higher than ON any l2th OF october on record. The
highest for the day was 60 at II A. NJ, lowest 82'
average humidity 03 per cent: wind southeast.
shifting to southwest: highest velocity 81 miles an
hour, average 10 miles an hour; barometer corrected
TO read to sea level. at 5 A. M 5000. 3 F. NJ. 1854. -.
The thermometer at the United States Weather Blu
reau registered the temperature yesterday q follows:
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ny s,'<c cSii:

Lobster soy" as the Corlears Hook man
pronounced It.
MI. Low was driven to Manhattan Hall. at
1l5 Lewis street.
Then he went around to 81 Columbia street,
and afterwAra to WRlhalla Hall in Orchard.
The lobster cry followed him every where.
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STATE CHARITY JURISDICTION.
1t Extends Over the Institutions Educating
Deaf. Dumb and blind.

II Extends Over the Institutions Educating
Deaf. Dumb and blind.
ALBANY, Oct. l2.-Comptroller Fitch of New
York city refused to pay certain bills which
the New York Institution for the Blind claimed
TO be due from the city OF New York for cloth
ing inmates of this institution sent from
New York county until the accounts were APP
proved by the State Board OF Charities. holding
that under the Constitution the State Board of
Charities had jurisdiction over these various in.
situations. A writ OF mnndtmus was issued
ordering Mr.. Fitch to approve these bills.
The case was appealed by the Attorney.Gen-
erai in behalf Of The State. Board of Charities
as well as Mr.. Fitch. The Court Of Appeals has
reversed the decision OF the lower courts and
has held that a writ OF mandamus could not be
issued and that Mr.. Fitch and the State Board
were correct in the position taken by them.
The case was conducted by the Attorney-Gen-
eral in behalf of COMPTROLLER Fitch and the
State Board of Charities. and the Jurisdiction of
that board has now been settled as covering all
the charitable institutions OF the State.
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,epSs, ,y,ps.


That was what the man in the fourth seat
shouted, and the interruption brought the band
along too. The band started in to play "Oh,
! don't know. you amt SO warm" and a
dozen men in the rear Of the hall ran
ont on the idewalk to cork up the
musicians. The band leader was q German. He
did not understand the ommand to cork up"
delivered in Hebrew, so he played louder. Then
the corkers shook their fists in a threatening
manner at the band leader and pointed into the
hall, meaning. Keep quiet, Mr.. Low is speak.
ing"
side. so he called his musicians together and
they filed into the hall and climbed upon a little
wooden balcony. Here they were going to play
again. when they were again threatened by the
corkers.
The audience had by this time fallen into q
conversational acquaintance with each other.
and the men on each bench held little argu-
ments in Hebrew. Mr.. Low waited for peace.
and thee. seeing 1t was q hopeless hope" as
they say on the east side. he started of again to
tell them who he was and what he was there for.
thrown into one" said Mr.. Low, latter the first
OF January. Ineed hardly point out to you that
no greater problem over was submitted to the
people than-"
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OHATTANOoaA's ELECTION.
LauasIide On the Democratic neutrality-suspicious.
beaten by 1000.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Oct. 1.-THE municipal
election here to-day resulted in a landslide to.
ward the Democratic side. Col. F. Watkins
Democrat. was elected Mayor over Thomas Nc
Dermott, Republican, by a majority of 800. Two
years ago the Democratic candidate went in by
a majority Of less than 100, and in the last
twenty years a Dem ocratic Mayor had been an
exception. Six out of eight Democratic Council
men wore elected. tho Republicans losing
heavily in every ward.
The Democratic gains are ascribed to the ex-
ceptional popularity OF Col. Watkins, thorough
organization, and the difficulty the negroes had
In voting, the election being under the Austria
liam Ballot law.
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Need Not Pay la In This state.

ALBANY. Oct. 1.-THE Court OF Appeals to-day
reversed the decision OF the State Comptroller
and the order OF the lower courts in the case of
the Chicago Junction Railways and Union
Stock Yards Company against tho State Comp
troller. The Supreme Court held that this COM
pany was doing business in the State of New
York and ordered it TO pay n corporation tax.
The Court Of Appeals has held by II divided
court, four to three, that the company Is not
taxable in this State. Three opinions were writ
ten by the Court of Appeals upon this question.
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ctable Compound,
I hree boxes of
Pills, and have also
used the Sanative
W ash, and must
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LEAPED OUT TO ESCAPE HIS WIFE.
walter Cox or Albany Jumps from . Third.
story window.

ALBANY, Oct. 12.-Walter NJ. Cox, pursued by
a Jealous wife, jumped from the third story Of
an office building here tonight and narrowly
escaped death. He is u well-known young man.
employed by Cluett & Sons. music dealers, and
also as Assistant Treasurer of Harmanus
Blocker Hall. He was married several years
ago to Miss Emma Young.
The couple appeared at first to be very happy.
Lately. however. Cox is said to have formed an
attachment for q young typewriter employed
by a law firm. His wife learned that he had
an appointment tonight with the type
writer at the office and she went there. When
she appeared Cox got 30 thoroughly frightened
that he rushed to the window and jumped. The
telegraph wires broke his fall and he was hurt
only slightly. Persons who saw him jump
called the ambulance. but by the time it arrived
Cox had been helped away by friends.