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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-25
THE SCARE.

The existance of yellow fever in
New Orleans and a few coast
towns has demonstrated the fact
that the people generally are big
ger towards than they would like
to be classed, and have less reason
than man is supposed to have.
We are confronted with q dan
ger that is vet more than one hun
dred miles away, which can be
kept out if the proper precautions
are taken, but in such emergen-
cies reason and judgment is need
ed and not the stupid action OF
people running with gun in hand
without knowing what they are
about, or what good they are do
ing to keeping the pest from en-
ering their limits.
Some communities are perfect.
ly wild, the people frenzied, talk
shot gun, make lots of noise, but
do nothing that will really pro.
tect their town and people. Shot
gun will not prevent yellow fever
from coming into q town, but in
telligent and scientific quarantine
will.
Some towns will not admit with
in their limits people from neigh
boring town who they know per
fectly we'll are not infected, al
was the case this week with TIT
authorities of Lafayette ordering
away District Attorney James 81
mon from st. Martinville, wht
had gone to Lafayette to visi
some relatives. Is there any sens'
or reason in such action? st
Martinville is today, we dare sa.
% clean and healthy as any tow
in Louisiana, or elsewhere, w
have no disease at all at this time
much less yellow fever. Ou
board of health is taking ever.
precaution to keep yellow feve
away from us, but not with sho
,app, we 60 at it with reason ant
science we do not quarantine tn
world. but infected places. Good
4hst are able to carry the germ o
1ipoaAe are not received neithe
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-25
Il Saves the creupy Children.

Ssaview. Wave have a special sale
on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. and
our customers coming from far and
near. speak Of 1t in the highest terms
Many have said that their children
would have died Of Group II Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy had not been gi-
vsu.-Kellam s. Ourren. The % and 0(
cant sizes for sale by +. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-25
crazy.
Valuable to Women.

Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place OF weak.
ness. and the glow of health comes to the
pallid cheek when this wonderful remedy is
taken. For sickly children or overworked
men it has no equal. No home should be
without Browns Iron Bitters. For sale by
"All Dealers"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-25

MY boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding, and suffering great pain" says
Mr.. E. j. Schall. with Meyer Bros, Drug
Co., st. Louis, Mo. Il dressed the wound.
and applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm
freely. All pain ceased. and in a re-
markably short time it healed without
leaving a scar. For wounds. sprains
swellings and rheumatism know OF no
medicine or prescription equal to 1t.
consider it hourehold necessity" The
% and 50 cent sizes for sale by I. j
Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-25

WONDERFUL are the cures by
ES Heod's Sarsaparilla. and yet they
are simple and natural. Hoods Sarsa-
..::l mixes PURE BLOOD.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-25
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
By order of the st. Martinville Build
ing and Loan Association. the under
signed will sell
100000.
At st. Martinville Bank on TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 9TH 1897, at Z O'Clock p. m.
C. GREIG,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
FOUR LOSE THEIR LIVES
Fire in Cincinnati Tenement Following 6
Wedding.
Bridegroom and Two Others SuROcat.
ed-IndulEence in Beer and
Cigarettes the Cause.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, August 5.-Four
persons lost their lives about 3 O clock this
morning as the result of a fire in a frame
dwelling on Elm street opposite Charles
The names of the dead are: Ezra Rous,
Arthur Guth Nellie Bennett, Roy Carr.
The fire is supposed to have started from
the explosion of gasoline stove. The build
ing was two-story frame.
Otto Adler kept an all-night restaurant
in the lower part of the house. There were
seventeen men and women in rooms in the
second story of the house. The occupants
of the building refuse all information.
None of the dead were burned. They
were suffocated by smoke from the fire in
adjacent rooms. The only exit for escape
was blocked by bath tub set up on end
at the head of the stairway. The smoke
came from an adjacent room, where the
fire was soon exJinguished. 1t seemed that
it was a wedding frolic, in which Guth,
the daughter of Landlord Adler was the
bride
Still. there is some doubt about who was
the bride, as it is nearly impossible to get
particulars in the case. The celebrantS OF
the wedding used beer and cigarettes very
freely One theory is that the fire was
started by cigarettes and that beer caused
The sonnolence which, with the up-enoeu
bath tub, was the indirect cause OF SO much
fatality. .
1t seems that the other thirteen inmates
of the house suffered but slightly from the
smoke and fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
Condensed LOCALS.

Anderson Brooks. a colored man. seventy
years old, was found wandering about the
streets by the officers of the second precinct
about 10 o'clock last night. He was found
near Rhode Island avenue and 14th street,
ar was restored to his family.
\ broken limb of "a tree hanging in front
OF No 10 Eth street southwest causes an
obstruction which the police have asked
The parking commission to remove
II you want anything, try an ad in The
Star. If anybody has what you wish. YOU
will get an answer.
Last night about 8 o'clock No chemi-
cal engine was called out for fire on the
Piney Branch road. The burning of some
brush was what caused the sending in OF
an alarm.
An alarm OF fir was turned in about .
clock this morning for fire in the house
OF Granville Riding, No. 1901 $ street mort h.
west. How the IRE originated is not known
but the flames gained considerable head
way before the arrival of the fire depart
mcHt. Damage TO the extent of about
Sl.""" was done. The building is owned by
James T. ArIndell, and is fully insured
An DISTRACTED sewer in front of No. l2,l>
9TH street northwest was reported by the
police today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
More Medals of Honor.

Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has awarded
a medal of honor TO James W. Archer of
Washington, ID. c.
AT Corinth, Miss, October 4, 1862, this
officer, then first lieutenant, 18th Indiana
Volunteers. and abide camp to general
officer, voluntarily took command of his
regiment with the consent of one or more
of his seniors who were present, rallied the
command led it in the assault and was
mentioned by name in official reports by his
brigade and division commanders.
A medal has also been awarded to Lieut..
Col. J. II. Patterson, 22d Infantry, Fort
Crook. Neb.
AT the Wilderness, Va. May j. 1864, this
officer. then first lieutenant, 18th Infantry,
under the heavy fire of the advancing
enemy, picked up and carried several hun
dred yards TO place of safety a wounded
officer of his regiment, who was HELPLESS
and would otherwise have been burned in
the forest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05

am: Great Falls. temperature, 50; condi-
ton. Is. Receiving reservoir, tempera-
ture, SO; condition at north connection, Z;
uting reservoir, temperature, 50; condition
at inf1uent gate house, IA; efIiuent gate
house, 10.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 6:2S am. and 6:53 pm.
High tide, 12:0S am. and 1898 pm.
Tomorrow-LOw tide, Z: 30 am. and 1853
pm. High tide, 04 am. and 1:39 pm.
The SUN and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:O4 am. Sun sets,
7:O6 pm.
Moon sets, 1927 pm. today. Moon reach
ed first quarter, IA pm today.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 500 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted at STA pm. Ex-
tinguishing begun at Ala am. The light
ing Is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at 1853 pm. Extin-
guiShed at 4:29 am.
Temperature for Twenty-FOur Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer at the weather bureau during
the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon:
August A pm, 80; pm, SO; midnight
70.
August "a am, 70; a.m IS; - M, 81,
ard D.m, 80
Maximum 80, at pm, August 4; mini
mum, Il, at am, August g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
WHISKY TRUST PERFECTED
The Distillers Have Almost Unanimously
Signed the Agreement.
Samuel WOOlner Claims the Com iRa-
ton VIII Not Result i'm Advance
ing Price of Spirits.

CHICAGO, August 5.-According to
story printed in the Times Herald this
morning the efforts Of leading distillers and
distributors to fern combination to con-
troll the production and price of spirits
have at last been successful. The final
details of the plan of agreement. 1t is
said, have just been decided upon, though
frequent >etiigs have been held. mainly
in Chicago, New York and Cincinnati, dur
ing the last six months
The combination is on the percentage
allotment plan, with special rules, reg
ulatiors and forfeitures imposed on dis
tributors. Each distiller producing more
than his percentage allotment pays month
ly into the pool certain sum on the sur
plus. Each distiller producing less than
his allotment draws out similar sum for
each gallon short. The executive and arbi-
tration committees include in their mem
bership every important interested country
and will control the new association
The executive committee consists of
Samuel Rice of New York. president of the
American Manufacturing Company; Frank
Curtis of New York, P. J. Hennessey, Chi
cago Jacob Ross of St Louis. Frank I.
Corning, Peoria; Henry G. Herget Pekin,
ILL.,, and George Hubbell, William n. Ho-
| bart and J. T. McHugh of Cincinnati The
arbitration committee is composed OF
Samuel Woolner. Peoria; Jacob p. BALES.
New York; n. ]. Walsh, J. w. Freiburg,
Cincinnati, and J. f. liar, Omaha.
Samuel Wooncr. who Is here, said: The
object of the association Is to conserve and
marage the spirits industry. The agree
merit has been signed by everybody in the
business, and it is such that it is likely to
stick. The nature of the agreement 1 can
not define other than to say that the asso-
citation is an entirely voluntary one L do
rot believe that prices will al any time be
| advanced above a figure that will fairly
furnish living profit as this would only
| ircite new opposition from the public The
ertirc spirits industry is harmonious and
when pre- fits begin to take the places of
lcsses this feeling of harmony will be
strengthened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
STREET LIGHTING SERVICE
The Annual Report of Superintendent d
Lamps Submitted.
The Changes Heretofore Made and
erntions All Carefully Noted.

The annual report of the superintendent
of lamps has been submitted to the Com
missioners. The most important improve
ment in the street lighting service during
the year, the report states, was the aban-
donrlent of the moonlight schedule, and
the Introduction of an all night, every
night schedule. The change was author
lied by the appropriation act.
Another change, but one that does not
seem in the line of Improvement was the
reduction by Congress of the size of the
burner for gas lamps from six TO five cubic
feet per hour. Although a corresponding
reduction of 80 cents per lamp per year was
made in the maximum price, the service
was not improved. With a few minor ex-
ceptions, the report says the gaS-Iighting
service has been well maintained through
out the year. All the burners were replaced
by new ones adjusted for five cubic feet
per hour.
The naphtha lighting service has heen ex-
tended in the suburbs of Congress Heights,
Takoma Park. Benning. Brcokland, Lang
don, Meridian Hill and Sherman avenue
and adjacent streets.
The incandescent service has been ex-
tended on the Tenleytown road to the Dis
trict line, the Aqueduct bridge is lighted
and 100 lamps placed in lexington, former
ly maintained by private parties, now con-
troiled by the District.
The report concludes as follows:
1T is urgently recommended that Con-
gress be requested to set aside about two
or three thousand dollars of the street
lighting fund to be expended by the Com
missioners for experimental lighting. with a
view of improving and increasing the eff
cheney of the service. Under the present
law. which fixes the consumption of gas
lamps at five cubic feet per hour, Wells
bach or other improved burners cannot be
used.
"Welsbach lights are meeting with favor
in many large cities, where they give n
splendid service. In Washington they
would be of great value in lighting those
resident streets traversed by street railway
lines, since considerable objection has been
raised to the introduction of arc lamps in
such sections. Welsbach burners consume
less gas and give more light than the or
binary burner. They are, however, more
expensive to maintain, it being impossible
to operate them at the maximum price of
$40 per lamp per annum fixed by the APP
preparation act
For this reason, and because they do not
burn five cubic feet, they have not been
introduced. Were this special provision
made in the law. such lamps could be tried
and if proved satisfactory could be provd-
ed for permanently. The recommends lions
of previous years for clerk and in
crease in the salary of the superintendent
are again made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
DOUBTFUL SCHEME SPOILED.
Indianapolis Corporation Infected by
Insurance COmpanies' Action.

Indianapolis Corporation Infected by
Insurance COmpanies' Action.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August 5.-Tte
determination of the leading life insur-
anoe companies to carry no risks on Klon-
dixie explorers has fallen with dampening
effect on the cooperative companies which
were forming in this city and upon a num-
Der of men who preparing to start
for Alaska during the coming winter.
One of these companies intended send
ing ten representatives, each insured for
$4,000 giving each man $1,000, besides
money for contingent expenses, all of them
to cooperate in the search for gold, divid-
ing equally with the company, and in case
of death the insurance money to be paid
to the company. By each death the COM
pany stood to win $500 on the basis that
not more than $1,000 would be spent on
each representative.
Another company simply designed carry
ing sufficient insurance to reimburse for
actual outlay. 1t is not thought that any
of these companies will proceed further
with the organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
FAIR WEATHER.
That is Predicted for Tonight md
Tomorrow.


Forecast till pm. Friday-For the Dis
trict of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia. fair tonight
and Friday; cooler northerly winds.
Weather conditions-The pressure is high
in all districts, except the lower Colorado
valley.
Showers have occurred in the lake re-
gions. New England the middle Atlantic
states, the Ohio and middle Mississippi val
leys. and on the middle slope.
The temperature has fallen in the Ohio
valley the lower lake region and New
England. 1t has risen in the upper Mis-
souri, valley, and on the northern slope, and
has remained nearly stationary elsewhere
The condition of extreme heat continued
yesterday over the Ohio valley, the south
Atlantic and gulf states, with maximum
temperatures. ranging from 80 to 100 de-
greeS and over and exceeding, in some in
stances. any previously recorded by the
weather bureau during the first ten days
of August Palestine. Texas, reported d
maximum of 104 degr ees, which was as
high as ever before recorded at that sta
ton.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
incheS) vas reported
During the past twenty-four hours-Pue-
bio, 1.52; Boston. ITO.
Condition of the Winter.
Temperature and condition of water at 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
TO AID THE INSURGENTS
The Heraldo of Madrid Makes Sensational
Announcement.
United States to Wait Four Months
Before Interfering In Cuba
Story Denied Officially.

MADRID, August 5.-The Heraldo of this
city says 1t understands that the United
States government has decided to wait
four months longer forsthe pacification of
Cuba, and that unless it is accomplished by
that time the United States will undertake
the protection of the insurgents.
Inquiries made in official circles ELECTED a
denial of the accuracy of this announce
mcnt. f.i
A Carist deputy has madeRa bet with a
conservative colleague of 1850 francs. the
former wagering that Don Carlos will be
in Spain at the head OF his partisans be-
fore the end of February. 1895
AS the result of a conference between
the minister for the colonies, Senior Cas-
te,lano, and the premier, Senior Canovas
Del Castillo, the scheme for the customs
reforms for Cuba has been modified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
COTTON CORNER ALLEGED.
One Firm Owns Nearly All the st.
Louis stock.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. August 5.-Cotton is
said to be cornered in this city and is likely
to remain SO until September /, when the
official cotton year opens ard the new
crops begins to move. The statements OF
the local warehouses show that the total
number of bales in storage aggregates 3,6S2
bales. Last year at this time there We're
y, 236 bales. OF the 9,6S2 bales now on
hand, 5000 are held by one firm, the Allen
West Commission Company.
james II. Allen of the latter company
when asked if there corner replied:
This is the end of the cotton season of
1896 and 1897 and spot cotton is mighty
scarce at all the leading points between
New Orleans and st. Louis. We
have over 5000 bales in the warehouses
and we are holding on to it, as nearly half
of that cotton is two years old. 1t Is well
seasoned, and then the crop of two years
ago was finer than last year, growth
He would not admit the existence of a
corner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
nUrCHERY AT CALCUTTA.
English Artillery Fired Into MOD,
killing 1,5OO.

LONDON, August 5.-The Evening news
this afternoon publishes letter from
Calcutta volunteer reiterating the state
,,,.nt that during the recent rioting there
the artillery fired point blank at a mob of
: ono mil, hands. who were marching to
Join the rioters with the result thal 1'ooo
of the natives were killed.
The secretary of state for India. Lord
George Hamilton, was questioned in the
house of commons On July as to the &C
curacy Of the native report that Loo per
sons were killed during the rioting which
had then just occurred in the vicinity OIL
Calcutta as one of the results of the Strln-
GENT measures taken by the government
officials to prevent the spread of and stamp
out the bubonic plague. He replied that
about seven persons were killed, and that
about twenty were wounded during the
riots referred to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
TURKEY ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
Condition of the Treasury Causes a
Change of Policy.

CONSTANTINOPLE, August g. The
Turkish government officials are now mani
Testing desire to expedite the settlement
Of the peace negotiations, owing to strait
ened state of the eXchequer rendering it
impossible under the present circumstances
to contract a new loan, because of the I'M
healthy condition of the troops in Thessaly,
where many of the soldiers are dying.
There are also political reasons, the atti-
tude of Bulgaria, Servia and Montenegro
being regarded as threatening.
The Turkish minister for foreign affairs,
Tewfik Pasha, replying to inquiries made
by the ambassadors of the powers, has eX-
pressed ignorance of the destination of the
Turkish fleet which left the Dardanelles
on Tuesday last. 1t appears, however, that
the warships are not going to Cretan wa
tiers, which is probably wise decision
upon the part of the Turkish authorities,
as it has been stated that the admirals in
command of the fleets of the powers have
decided to oppose by force, if necessary
the entry of the Turkish squadron into
Cretan waters, where precautions have al
ready been taken against such an eventu-
ality by the dispatch of foreign warships
to guard the different ports of Crete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
AFRAID OF PIRATES.
4 Request of AIaska-BOund Steamer
Owners to Arm Their Vessels.

The North American Transportation Com
paDy, running steamers between the Pa
cific states and Alaska, is in correspon-
dcnce with the Treasury Department, with
a view to the equipment of some of their
vessels with rapid-fre guns for the protec-
ton of the precious cargoes they are eX-
pected to bring from the gold fields. Presi-
dent Weare of that company recently re-
qUested the department to lend his COM
pany a Calling gun for use on the steamer
Portland. He was informed that the law
prohibited the government from loaning
its property to private parties. There is
also considerable doubt as to the right of
a merchantmen to arm itself as a man-of-
war without express authority from Con-
gress. Treasury officials are inclined to be-
Heve that the dangers from pirates and
other marauGers in the Alaskan seas have
been gre atty magnified, and that the steam
trs now engaged in the Alaskan trade are
in no special danger of molestation. in spite
of the great value of the cargoes they are
bringing from the gold fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following.
White-Lous Noelker and Lucy Crabtree;
William A. Shepherd and Male 6. Moore;
Thomas Alvey and Anrie Nightingale;
James w. Hummer and Ola F. johnson
William H Fairall and Katie b. Gibin;
Isaac NJ. Alexander and Eliza c. Stewart
Characterization Johnson and Mary
Mack: Henry Clay Scott and Jessie Nav
Mackell; Andrew W. jackson and Mag
gle Bergman; Frederick l.. Jones and Hes
ter f. Williams: John r. Catcher and Mag
gle c. Myers; Robert H. Gamma and Alice
V. Hicks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-05
Transfers of Real Estate


Marshall-Jn" q A. Lee ct to James W.
W.S-tnan- lots 10 30. blk. 16: $50
Narshsill-Jas. W. Wightman TO Miletus j. Wine
lots to "a, blk. 10: $40
Georgia avenue southeast between 10Th and 16.h
str'ets-Geo. \. King trustee. 10 Marion i. Ed
n"ir-ton. parf 'ot =. 81. 1876: $50.
Ninth street northeast between + and 6 streets
Eirin Forrest 10 Chas. Il. PickforI, part lot 1873.
- gI3; SO
Hickman street southeast between LIST and %
h%,n"y. Iot i3s. 81; 1856; so,
plea l. Kent lot II. blk. 3: $40.
seventh street northwest between y and q
Long Meah,ws Forrest W. McElroy ct n.y. 10
VI" vls, IaI AND Ear s, To. 20 s Fannie,
B''Sse't - al. 10 Cornelius J. Reilly part lot =
/: street northwest between 9Th and 9TH streets
n'n,y A. Brown :, TX TO VIM H. Davis. lot l7s
= ., ~; Si,oS'- VIM II Dayi. conveys to james
Fitth s;rc-t northwest between J.. and streets
t'r,' W Darcy ct ia. 10 Rose Slks, lot 60. ST.
Twenty -tr>t street northwest between II and 5
streets walter Mischeaux 10 VIM. Z. IL. Mer
q street northwest between 18th and nth street,
.Itrs.i Solomon To Geo W. Darby. lot 81, So
Twenty ,nrst and F streets northwest job Bar
n;Fd et al trustees; to chas H. Weaver. origina
East Washington Park J. D; croissant Ell ux. t,
Grant Park Emma ii. Meyer to Laura J. Sum
dos. lots - to ~. blk. I: 81
Emerson street northwest between 18th aud IN
sirecis-tieo j.. Newton et w. 10 Viola Bacon, 10
1'-i. ssI- l01.': SO.
Long Meadows BERNARD ]. Cain to VIM NJ
KeIyes. lot i19; $500.
- street northwest between 2lst and I'D streets
Ora l.. Pitncy ct al. trustees. 10 Julia f. Ashley
lp,s - and -, 81 Is; -. $40.
q street southwest between "a and 9th streets
Jas; : Pierce ct TX 20 VIM III. Davis part orig
iusil lot p 81. iJI: <. 900.
No. 80 q street northwest-Mahlon Ashford g
al trustees, to Don A Sanford. lot -, reservation
10. $500.
West Brooklsnd-Thos. Armat ct al, trustees 4
biz %: 81.
Meridian Hill-Aaron Baldwin to Louis Beyer
Jr-, part lot IL. blk. IL; $40.