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The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23
NATCHlTOCHES, La, APRIL %. 1897.

tanned; where everything xas most
a:sorganized.' Mr.. Dodge speaks of
one gentleman who told him that by
some happy accident he received $50
bill and had to spend four days riding
to get 1t changed, and being unable to
DO so, had to send it off.
There were senator's he said, "who
told me that their constituents seldom
saw dollar in money from the begin
ming OF the year to the end, with the
result that they had constantly to get
In debt to the storekeepers. The local
storekeepers received their pay in kind
IN fact, everything was drifting back
10 the old times before money was in
vented. And this was not in one Sec
ton only, but in large sections. MY
impression is," continues Mr.. Dodge,
that II some thoughtful plan could be
suggested, it would be quite possible
to educate all the agricultural people
OF the country to understand that
man who was thrifty and honest and
SOBER and prompt can always in some
way get some money. It is very hard
Thing. We do not understand it at all
here, because We have so much money
moving among us; but if every time
We went to store We were unable to
buy anything except on credit, II we
nad no money to pay down to enable
US 10 reap the advantage of cash pay
ments-we would begin to be fretful.
came from indianapolis with this
impression, and I have only ventured
TO submit it because | feel so deeply
that unless those of us in the more
favored parts of the country under
stand the condition of our brothers and
our fellow-c citizens in the other parts
or the country-unless we bring about
some wise methods for their relief
when the year of 1900 comes we shall
be swamped with an infinitely more
powerful vote against us than during
this last election"
There is some consolation in the
fact that the sleepy old East is at last
waking up to the seriousness of the
and that she is also seriously
watching which way the political cat
Is likely to jump in 1900.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.

Somewhere between time and eterni-
ty, a fine, large COB of prosperity, of
bright yellow color, with a collar of
confidence fringed with national bank
patriotism. When last seen, was
dressed in a suit Of corporation prom
ises, made in the mills of private prop
erty. A suitable reward will be paid
for any information by applying to
any unemployed or half-paid dupe who
voted to corral the animal last No.
vember.-Appeal to Reason.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
Taxation Abolished and Expenses Paid
Out OF Profit,

Taxation Abolished and Expenses Paid
Out OF Profit.
Coming Nation: All who are famil.
lar with the modern requirements of a
great city recognize the Importance OF
the question OF how to most easily
raise the necessary revenues for the
maintenance Of its various depart
ments. Much has been written upon
this important subject, and many plans
have been suggested, and that which
| is meeting with most approval Is to
secure large portion OF the revenue
from monopolies of public service,
either through some method Of taxa
tion or from collective ownership and
operation Of them.
Glasgow h.s adopted the latter, and
so successfully that after Jan. /. 1897,
she will levy no more taxes, but will
derive sufficient from municipal-owned
services to pay all the expenses of her
municipal government.
Among the most important Of these
is her street railway system. The re-
| port of last year Of the operation of
the Glasgow corporation tramways for
the first eleven months they were under
municipal management-from July !,
1894, to June |, 1895.-showed this ex-
pertinent to be wonderful success. 1t
gave the number of passengers car
ried during that period as 57,046,647;
the gross receipts were $1,132,070; ex-
penditures, $1,011,045, thus leaving a
balance to the city credit of Sill, ,020.
And this result was achieved with a
reduction in fares amounting in most
cases to SO per cent, brought about
through the adoption of the 1-cent fare
for half-mile stages. Thirty-eight per
cent OF The tickets sold for the first
eleven months were 1-cent tickets.
These reductions of fares have tended
to popularize the service and increase
the receipts, and this gives to Glasgow
the distinction of having cheaper street
locomotion than any other city in the
world.
The traffic returns for the year aggre-
gate $1,618,389; number Of passengers
carried, Sc, ,462.594, showing the average
fare paid by each person carried to be
fraction less than 17s cents. The
number of passengers shows an in
crease of about 38 per cent over the
first period Of eleven months.
The employees are furnished with
uniforms at the expense of the depart
ment. A friendly society for purposes
of mutual aid has been instituted
among the employees, the rules of which
were approved by the tramway COM
mittee, and the department adds to the
fund of the society sum equal to one
half of that contributed by the men,
bers, and though membership therein
is entirely optional the number on the
roll is LAT, and there is every indica-
ton that the society will prove a great
SUCCESS.
For clearness and attention to de-
tails the committees report is model
one, and is well worth careful study by
all who are interested in the problems
pertaining to municipal government,
and is complete answer, in sternly
practical way, to the opponents Of mu-
nicipal ownership Of natural monopo-
lies. This Glasgow experiment, and
the success attending it, must prove an
important factor in the solution Of
these yexed questions relative to the
raising and expending OF municipa,
revenue HENRY r. LEGATE.
Boston,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Laboring men compete with each
other. but trusts get out injunctions
and stop competition. The people arc
rapidly learning to regard the law and
the courts as farce, gotten up for
the poor to observe and the rich to
ignore.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

II 81 crossroads postmaster Is ca,,h,
In the act Of trying to swindle the pov.
ernment out of few postage stamns
he is sent to the penitentiary; but
Huntington and the other miliiono;ra
brigands are allowed to run at larpe
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The Pacific railroad fraud is one OF
the greatest robberies Of the age and
the government should put the bri-
gands In prison and keep them there
until every dollar of the great debt was
paid.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

II the government can't keep gold
to redeem its paper, how do the banks
expect to do so? The government is
much stronger than the banks and its
credit better than that of all the banks
combined.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

After all, the problem in the last
stages OF its analysis is, whether man
hood or money shall rule in this conn
try? All other issues center around
this one. 1t is the same old ones.
tion Of human rights.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

We can't get fair railroad rates until
the water is squeezed out of the stock.
The best way to do this is for the CIV
ernment to acquire ownership and
operate them.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Now is the time to agitate the gov
ernment ownership of the railroads.
The question is now up in practical
way in the settlement of the Pacific
railroads debts.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The gold reserve seems to be resery-
Ing all right now 1t don't bring pros
perity, and now the question occurs,
what connection has the gold reserve
with prosperity?
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Tne property of the Pacific railroad
thieves should be made to stand good
for the debt they have created, and the
government should secure judgment
against 1t.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Changing men will do no good un-
less we also change the system. The
Republican party will bring no better
times.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The first half of the nineteenth CEN
eury will mark the demonetizatIon of
all metallic currency except for SUBJ
sidiary coins.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

When one trust begins to compete
with another it gets out an Injunction
and puts a stop to it. Isn't this
dandy government?
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

1t ought to be borne in mind that
the Peoples party is not recruiting
station for the Democratic party.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Resolutions of sympathy for the poor
Is worse than soup, and soup is a
mighty light diet.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Inc spirit Of liberty and independ-
ence can be crushed and smothered,
but 1t cannot be killed.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Pretty soon there will be Surplus"
in the treasury and then that will be
urged as a cause Of hard times, We.
suppose,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The Republicans are kept busy ex-
planning why prosperity doesn't come,
and when 1t may be looked for.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

NO amount Of wealth can ever stand
before revolution. 1t Is weakness in
stead of strength.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

II fusion ever had any respectability
some of the place hunters have
smirched it with disgrace.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The cross of gold" is yet standing,
while the crown of thorns" is being
pressed down on labor's brow.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The mission of the Peoples party is
hardly begun. The work Of education
must go on.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Keep 1t before the people that the
Republicans promised to deliver pros
perity.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

1t is not r-production, but false
system of distribution that causes pov-
erty.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

The government part Of our govern
ment is socialism--when it is not ia
vOritism,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23
VOL. Ill.
7 Every trust Is menace to good gov
ernment.

Hmblic opinion is the greatest foe
TO progress.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Paternalism is a thousand tines bet
ter than fayoritism.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-23

Government banks will regulate the
volume and give us a stable currency,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30

was sent to get them out. One OF the
turtles tore a hole in the mans boot
leg and the man nearly tainted. n tur-
ties always gave battle. No thought of
retreat crossed their minds. If they have
minds. but they charged on whatever
came in sight. Swapping turtles are born
fighters. A bulldog Is not TO be compared
with a snapper. Up around Echo lake
a snapper would clutch a trouser leg and
tear out a piece Of the material OF which
the trousers were made. or he would
shoot out his neck and fasten his Jaws on
a mans hand and hang on. There was no
such thing as let go. Cutting off the
turtles head did not loosen his Jaws.
The jaw had to be forced open, and. as
this was a slow process, the interval
between the time of severing the head
from the body and opening the jaws was
often one of unsurpassed anguish. The
philosopher IN can endure the bite Of a
swapping turtle in silence is yet TO be
found.
The sad feature Of his turtle matter is
that Ech lake is ruined as a pleasure
resort. As a picnic locality it's days are
numbered. unless the turtles can be eX-
terminated.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
INSURGENTS CAN'T WIN.
SO Says n United states Consul Just
Returned From CABIN.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 2J.-Owen
MCGarr, United States consul at Glen
fucgOs. Cuba, has arrived here, hav-
ing left Cuba Aug. 2S. As 10 the con
hitiOn Of affairs on the island the con
sui does not agree with the Cuban
iunta in New York, but confirms Gen.
Weyler's uttcranccS in so far as his
experiences have gone. CienfuegoS is
in the southwestern part Of the is
land. in the Province Of Santa Clara.
where there has been M fighting. and
where everything is decidedly Span
ish.
80 far as | have been able to judge
Gen. Weylcr's claim" said Mr.. Nc
Carr, that four provinces Of the
western end Of Cuba have been paci-
fed, is correct. | have seen no fight
ing, and so far as my personal knOwl-
edge goes. cannot say there are any
insurgents
do you think the insurgents have
Il fighting chance to VIM was asked.
Not the least unless the United
States decides TO take a hand in the
matter"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30

Havana, Sept. 2J.-It is announced
from Spanish headquarters that dur
ing the night of Wednesday last n
umb of insurgents attempted to
enter the town of Socorro. Province of
Santiago de Cuba. but were repulscd
with a loss Of several men killed. The
Spanish commander of the town and
four soldiers were killed and twenty
TWO wounded. The military COM
mandcr of Camp Florida. this prov
ince, has captured at Ascicnto del
Cato, an insurgent depot containing
eleven boxes of cartridges and $40
pounds of dynamite. believed 10 have
been landed by a filibustering cXpc-
dition.
The Spanish authorities claim that Il
son of CaliXtO Garcia. the famous in
surgent general. ~ severely wound
cd in the attack on Fort BrcnOSa, in
the district Of liolguin. Province of
Santiago de Cuba. The i%nSurgent
leader. SalOmc Morojo. it is added. has
been killed in the Province of Mat
anZlS,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
FIFTH ARBITRATOR SELECTED.
Venezuelan boundary Arbitrator
Agree UPON m Umpire.

Washington. Sept. %. A final de-
cision has been reached by the arbi-
traitors who are to determine the Brit
ish-NeLezuelan boundary line, as 10
u NTH arbitrator or umpire. who is
10 act with them. His name is for the
present withheld. 1t is not Baron
Courcel. whose name has been men
toned in this connection. nor King
Oscar Of Sweden. who was to name
the umpire only in cas- the arbitrators
failed to agree. An agreement was
reached without the necessity of call
ing on the Swedish sovereign. The
umpire is an European, but this is said
TO be without significance, since no
question involving the Monroe doe.
trlnc is to be submitted to the tri.
bunal. The arbitratOrs on behalf Of
Venezuela are Chief Justice Fuller
and Justice Brewer. of the United
States supreme court.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
SAW MRS.
Defense Introduces MD:e Testimony
AbOut Her Being Alive.

Chicago. Sept. 25-The testimony for
the defense in the Luetgert trial was.
FOR the most part, that of witnesses
who said that they had seen Mrs.
Luctgert i'm the vicinity of Kenosha,
Wis, whiting a few days after the
date on which il IS claimed by the
state she was murdered. An effort
was made to introduce evidence re-
garding threats that Mrs. Luetgert. is
said TO have made of leaving home.
When this question was first brought
up the court ruled that threats of this
kind when made not longer than one
week prior to the disappearance of the
woman, would be admissible, but that
he could not permit testimony OF this
point dating back further than n
week. The witnesses for the defense
who were TO testify regarding the in
tent of Mrs. Luetgert TO leave her
home had heard her make the threats
several months prior to May 1, and the
cour threw out the evidence.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
LANDSLIDE on THE CHILliOOT.
Eighteen Packers Said TO Have Been
ki!lcd-Miners Returning.

Port Townsend, Wash. Sept. %
Tug Pioneer. which left Puget sound
Sept. II with the bark Shirley in tow
for Skaguay. returned, having made
the IL down in ninety-siX hours. The
Pioneer brings Il report Of a landslide
which occurred near Sheep camp, on
the Chilkoot pass, last Sunday nor
ing in which eighteen MAJ are said
to have lost their lives. Only one
body is said to have been recovered.
The steamer -Alki, a week overdue
from Alaska, has arrived. She car
from S6aguay who were unable to-
cross the pass. The snow is six inches
deep at Lake Bennett and three
inches fell on the summit of the Gull
koot pass last Saturday.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
Not n Nice Place for Sleeping.

zone evening my officer said to me;
4 think I'll sleep here tonight. Wick
enden, down by the gun" / an
swered. Very good. sir and scraped
n hole in the sand ard laid his blanket
in it. AS II rule we could sleep direct
~ we lay down: but i'm a few moments
he said: 4 can't sleep here. Wicken-
den" Cant you. SirY l asked.
What's wrong. SIR" why, there's
such an abominable smell just here
"Oh, that from Ove the hill
yonder. sir, where there a few dead
lcrses," | replied. However, | scraped
n hole for him somewhere else. and
while | was moving the blanket dis
covered the body of a black buried
just below the surface. which my mas
ter had exposed by twisting and turn
ing about in his reStlessness. 1t gave
re n bit of n shock. but l called out TO
II of my comrades to come and look,
end we had a good laugh about it
Told From the Ranks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
ONE KILLED. SEVERAL INJURED.
HOrycs Attached to n Fire Engine
Run Away.

Toronto, Ont, Sept. 25.-Firc, orig
mating in a wOodshed in the rear OF
the MuSee theater on YOnge street.
communicated to a large warehouse
adjoining and to the theater. The act
ors ia the theater were preparing at
the time for a performance and there
was n wild scramble to get out of the
building. The theater was badly
damaged by fire and smoke. A fire
engine was left with The horses
hitched to it. \ jet of steam shot out
of the safety valve of the engine with
a loud explosion. This frightened the
horses and they ran away. The en-
CINE ran over BERTHE f. Scott, killing
her instantly. Several firemcn were
SO badly crushed between the engine
and Il wall that they had to be re-
moved in an ambulance to the hos
pital. Half n dozen citizens were also
more or less injured.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
ENCOUNTERED HIGH SEAS.
Big Waves Broke Over the Steam
ship Andes.

New York. Sept. 25.-The steamship
Andes. Of the Atlas line. which ar
rived here from Port Limon and
Hayti. has encountered very severe
weather and heavy seas. Mate Hay
den said that off Cape Hattcras the
waves were Scyenty-five feet high and
seemed TO come from all directions.
When they broke together near the
ship the decks were covered with
spray. At times the decks Of the
Andes were almost perpendicular.
ThoSe heavy seas continued until
Barnegat was reached. About thirty
miles south of Barnegat there was OBJ
served in the sea the deck house. APP
parently of n schooner. five or six bar
rels of vegetables and much plankinc-
There We're some chairs and bits Or
upholestry. too. in the wreckage. They
may have been washed off the deck OF
n schooner or possibly n ship may
have gone under.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
TURTLES on ECHO LAKE.
ae'ous story of IN Extraordinary
Tue After n New Jersey Storm.

- H''er u new Jersey storm.
Slhgton Post: There is q lake in
'tfsey, near Westield. called Echo
ror several years past ii has been
NV that the lake contained many
srms turtles. The snappers made
war upon the fish. killing many
ana crowding others ont of the
new weeks ago there was n severe
III mat section of the country, and
,sty AFTER the storm a party from
s.iu went out to the lake to see If
~ Were left in 1t. or If any had
5Ds landed in the meadows by the re-
> waters. They found few fish, but
Im ~~eire swapping turtles in abundance.
lite bits OF fellows a few inches
ross up TO lusty warriors a loot
In .ne back, and the jaws of all Of
tha,o" eIe IN thorough working order.
In "ere turtles everywhere. crawl
r al directions. fighting and biting
,bbay II search of the lake, which
IN, ner objective point. Everything
I'm which they came In contact
eaulately assaulted. and the tur-
IN an out best in every instance, un,il
be-, rpedred on the scene. Then the
kpnars" as changed. and although the
kd % were worsted. they rendered a
|n or bad, as may be. of
h a was no trouble for a turtle to
turtla aI,hy hen or cat, or even a dog.
| cross INC was one OF a party of three
lev a yard. caught a chicken by
bath ,r ms head vas cut off and his
rs cr,,anu open, but the chickens leg
Faces oSu' There were several in
fcse dr. cats coming flying into the
p honatesihg a turtle along with them.
b arross' watchdog could be seen rae
kamen,S,a Held with a small snapper
b IN ing the n OF his tail. and a
p thai attempt to make a meal of
h had nae obtained access to the pig
The hon PORTION Of his jaw torn off.
N axe We're invaded by the ,nr,,es
Fat ing the women folks. and even
ts haw,n was attacked. Several snap
Farra,,s crawled into a cellar Al
's boarding house, q German
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
rnoyING CURED BY BLEEDING.
Rescued from Apparent Death
nv N Novel Experiment.

ohe W khdeiphia Times: with his respira-
a'eief mt five in five minutes, we saved
h speaker was DIR. Albert ID. Black
"a" chief of the medical staff at the
,or Syterian hospital. The man referred
y" al been brought there by the patrol
! cour an several weeks ago nearly dead
pital ne eHSc'S od a nuS%,S Nth .mi-
y f intent, but who now, thanks to the
Na thought. or. more likely. the in
saon which seized DR.. Blackburn,
gal the usual methods were failing
e. rsorp consciousness and death seemed
: moment to finger. is mighty glad
me breath of life still fingers in his
NhOurs we worked with him, con-
M he doctor. we applied the stom-
smp. but the blood had absorbed
Ter 2 gson. We tried other methods. We
ten a~ssiduously' almost frantically
a M Family we were forced to acknowl-
that we could get no results, for
"' patient sank lower and lower. We
al our wits end. Suddenly this line
bought struck me: That mans res
!. ton is but five in five minutes: he Is
supBl tCally dead. The stomach pump will
er, d 20 good, for the blood has absorbed
res. poison and is pregnant with il. The
and way TO get ii out OF the system Is
~ Need him. to deprive him of the very
ro. nee of life. in order to give him life.
Ire : n b. ] thought. blood is largely a saline
YES tion; We can prepare a like solution,
-heald tie proportions the anne, n in
ND this into the body. TO take the place
tssa he poison-flled blood. The body will
he rest: ii will assimilatc the solution
make it blood.
ne chance was a desperate one, but
eSie1 circumstances called for il. So we
the man, and the two pints which
NJ out were as black as ink. so preg-
wer rSith The poison was IT,. Quickly we
an equal amount Of the saline
A then with our anxiety at a high
" we stood round to watch and
% RESULTS. Once we thought we de-
Wy = a slight increase of respiration,
R dare not trust too much. A few
les later We were sure of it. Slowly
, i'd aspiration began to rise. and slowly
surely the organs began once more
I resume their functions. Still we
itH1 kned. fearing a relapse. None came.
sWv1 al last the man was out of danger.
TDuI shyed under our care for a few days,
'ryaI Enen We sent him away he a to-
recovered from the effects of the
WI which he had put into his sys-
hove To-day he is a hale II hearty
Is highly probable that this method
"ereoming poison is a novel one. No
W. seems to know of a like instance.
sd East several reputable physicians of
city. when interviewed. said that
4se OF a similar nature had ever come
THEIR notice, nor were they aware
ono sueh a method had ever been applied
Y success before. However hat may
i ue method is undoubtedly an efica-
au ! one and will probably De the means
Vlal s4ving the lives of many people who
swallowed deadly poisons accident
En- VI with a desire Ito take arms
Sl a sea Of troubles, and. by oppos
end them"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-09-30
THEIR DEMANDS REFUSED.
Several Hundred Miners Are on n
Strike.

Scranton. Pa, Sept. -. Several
hundred miners in the Edgerton. Last
Chance and Eyebrow mines of Simp-
son n Watkins, have struck and 600
miners are out. A further strike is
threatened in the big Northwest mine.
also owned by the same firm. The
Edgcrton men went out on Monday
but returned to work pending a con
ference with the superintendent. Their
demands being refused they again
quit work. The other men had made
the same demands. which had to do
with the dOckage system. Supt. Craw-
ford has Informed the men that the
mines will be closed for the winter IL
they do not resume work.