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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

The county conventions in IlliDa;s
are being held in rapid succession,
and the fact is developed that III
principles announced in the Chicago
convention of 1896 dominate the An.
timent Of the Democratic heart Of tie
State. 1t is one Of the paradoxes d
politics that Carter Harrison. Mayor
of Chicago, and q pronounced Free
Silvor advocate, is the favorite candi.
date of the Gold Democrats for gov.
ernor, and that he is likely to carry Off
the prize Of the nomination in The
State convention, and that his sun.
porters will be the Gold and Silver
Democrats, marching side by side.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
Mrs. Leslie in Business Again.

An interesting news item to the pub.
fishing world is the reorganization and
incorporation, on July LIST, Of the Frank
Leslie Publishing House, founded ii
1855 by Frank Leslie, and since 1880
the exclusive property OF Mrs. Frank
Leslie. The president of the new COM
paBy is Mrs. Frank Leslie, while MI.
Frederic L. Colver, who has managed
the property for the past three years,
is secretary and treasurer. Extensive
improvements will be made in Tho
printing plant and in all departments
of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly this
Fall.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
The Man on Horseback.

Says the Argonaut, an aristocratic
paper, published in Los Angeles,
California:
"After this war we shall see, as in
European cities, great buildings,
enormous barracks-human hives,
wherein are congregated thousands OF
soldiers trained to slay their fellow
men across the borders and to keep
their fellow men on this side in order.
"There viii be no more riots, no
more Trades Union boycotts, no more
railway strikes under our new policy.
Our great standing army win settle
that. The nan of millions need not
fear wealth will be protected and life
safe if liberty is not.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
We learn that the entire voting

We learn that the entire voting
strength of the first ward is register
ing their names on the poll books. It
looks like the people would go into
the next parish campaign with the
thermometer marking about 240 de-
grees. The best man is going to win
out in the next campaign. Acrobatic
politics is a species of ancient history
in this parish. The bosses with a pull
are about to pull their last. Every
man has a right to be a statesman if
he can get votes enough, and from
what we can learn there will be many
in prospect for the various Offices
Vindicator-NeWs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
Erath Echoes.
EDITOR MERIDIoNAL:
Fall.

Ol4O -S
Archie Young and son spent last Fri.
day at Live Oak farm.
Mrs. Thomas Ransom spent part Of
last week at Live Oak farm.
The humps here had the run Of the
burg but in a very mild form.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Young Of Rice
Cove were visitors at J.. NJ. Ransoms
last Sunday.
Sunday School has been organized
here and there was preaching the first
Sunday of this month.
Mrs. Norris near here is very SICK
with cancer of the stomach and Mr.
Theriot's have a very sick child.
Figs are ripe and the trees are load
ed; they are very large and fine. Veg
etables are very plenty aud peaches
getting ripe.
Miss Mamie Lebrun who has been 9
visitor at Live Oak farm a couple Of
weeks past returned home to New
Iberia last week.
Our burg is still moving along quiet
"; trade is good as can be expected
this time OF the year. Health as q rile
is good though there is some sickness
On the road leading south from here
there is a mud hole which if not ixed
o on will make travel impossible from
that way and as there is a great deal
of travel that way it is quite an neon
venience to the public generally.
We have not had much rain but 2
little south of us at Bayou Tigre set
Element they are having plenty q Z
and their crops are excellent especially
corn. The crop is made and If nothing
happens to destroy it will be 9 large
yield.
July is, 1898. SuNFIoWER;
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
An Enormous Expense.

Congress has adjourned and apart
from having brought on a useless war
with Spain, stands the fact that it has
been sinfully extravagant. $780,
527, Cells the amount of appropri-
ations for the present year. An
enormous sum and bear in mind that
no river and harbor bill has been
passed. Considering this fact, the
appropriations for civil and ordinary
expenses Of the government at this
session, and excluding war expenses,
exceed that of any preceding session.
The amount of estimated revenues
for the fiscal year 1899 was $780,
600, 900; postal revenues, $92, 874,-
647 grand total estimated revenues
for fiscal year 1899, 1882, 874,6 47.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
Triumph Of American Surgery.

Great as has been the success OF
American arms and gunnery in the
war with Spain the triumph OF Amerl-
can surgical skill and science is even
greater. Out of 1884 men wounded
in the battles before Santiago only 68
have died! The world is amazed at
this trivial mortality, and it is claimed
that never in the history of the world
have gunshot wounds proven less
fatal or healed SO rapidly. This is
due to the simple instructions given
by the medical corps. Every soldier
and sailor in the service is furnished
with a little packet, to be used py
himself or his comrades as soon as
possibIe after a wound is received. 1t
is carried in the pocket OF suspended
by a cord around the neck. Upon
being opened it is found to contain q
piece of gauze, a bandage and a
handkerchief; all treated with the
a~ntiseptic Kauen or bichloride OF mer-
curry, recently discovered BY DR.. Sis
ter Of England. Upon the handker-
chief are printed the instructions,
which by this time are familiar to
nearly all the soldiers. The gauze is
to. be placed Immediately upon the
wound. The bandage is to be used
to bind the arteries or veins SO as te
stop the flow of blood, and the hand
kerchief is to be tied about the wouno
until the patient can reach a regular
surgeon. These "first aid to the
wound applications have been gen.
orally utilized by those who have beer
shot both on the ships and in the
field, and the surgeons say the mer
have shown remarkable skill and pres.
ence of mind in applying them.
AS soon as a surgeon reaches |
wounded man his first act is to battle
the wound with bichloride of mereur,
and dress it with %antiseptic gauze
sY
and thus far in the war not a single
case Of blood poisoning has been re
ported. Among the $50 wounded
men at Fortress Monroe there is no
, one who is suffering from inflamma
ton nor one whose wounds are dis
charging pus. The mercury kills a
germs, keeps the ~lacerated fesl
sweet and clean and causes it to hea
rapidly. No lint is used in dressing
sterilized gauze is found much bette
in all respects.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

1t is now established that Cervera
was commanded by Madrid to make
that foolish dash Tor liberty. Il go,
though I go to my DOOM" was the
soldierly and pathetic answer made
by the brave admiral. And all of this
was done to save a throne for a punny
little boy. In what age of the world
is Spain living, any how?-Crowley
Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

1.-The Maine is avenged" Just
then the Pluton and the Furor sank.
The Gloucester's boat picked up as
many OF the survivors as she could
find on the shore. The prisoners of
war included the captains of both
boats. None offered any resistance,
and were glad to 60 to the Glouces-
ter, as they feared an attack from the
Cubans.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

President Mckinley has appointed
Captain A. T. Wimberly collector of
the port; C. w. Boothly s~uperintend-
ent of the mint l.. J. Souer collector
of internal revenue and Charles Fon-
telieu United States marshal for the
the eastern district. This is a knock
out for the sugar teats and a victory
for Willy Pitt Kellogg.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

1t is rumored that when the Phila-
delphia reaches Honolulu to raise the
American flag, the emblem will be the
same one that Capt. Wise, of the
Cruiser Boston, raised at Honolulu
February /, 1898, and was after.
wards pulled down by Commissioner
Blount under orders from Washing
ton.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

The surveying corps Of the La.
North and South railroad company
which is projected to run from Kan
a City to Vermilion Bay via Area
dia and Alexandria struck camp in
Colfax last Saturday says the Chroni-
Gle. The party consists of sixteen
men, fully equipped with teams and
all necessary tools and implements.
and is in charge of n. S. Woods,
chief engineer of the construction
company. The survey to Alexandra
is expected to be completed within
the next fifteen days. They began
work at Arcadia about May 18th, and
thus far HAYS averaged p miles per
day.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

SIMPSONS fleet will receive a large
sum of sshead money as a reward
for destroying Cervera's feet. The
officers and men are entitled to 500
for every officer and man on board
the destroyed vessels, 2oS7 of them.
This makes a total to be divided of
$208, 700.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
Sacred Rights Lost.

A Natchitoches paper does not take
a very hopeful view of the new jury
system. Listen to the plant:
The recent jury term of the district
court just held here discloses some OF
the encroachments Of that wretched
farce-the constitutional convention
upon the most sacred rights of the
people.
The grand jury has been cut down
from 16 members to II, and it has
been stripped of the great bulk OF the
power, which has been transferred to
the district attorney. Here in Match
itoches where it never before sat less
than two weeks and sometimes four,
it finished up last week in less than
one. SO much of its former work was
done by the district attorney.
The petit jury had little to do the
first week of eourt-a jury of five be-
ing used in a few cases, but none in
most-and this week it was discharged
on Monday morning the first thing
| after court assembled, while next
weeks panel has been notified not to
come.
Thus the sacred right of trial by
jury is slowly but surely and stealthi-
ly being wrenched from the hands of
the people and placed in the hands Of
the lawyers.
The right Of suffrage has already
been abridged, debaueEed and be-
fudled, until the average citizen con-
siders it almost worthless,
The great declaration Of independ-
ence vouchsafed to every man the
right of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, and as both life and
liberty has been endangered by the
/ Louisiana Democrats, the only thing
left absolutely untrammeled to our
people is the pursuit of happiness
with but little prospect Of catching it.
Little did we think that English
speaking people of Anglo-saxon de-
scent, born on American soil, and
Injured to freedom would submit to
the destruction Of the great principle
the Magma Charta and the Declare
ton of independence.
All these frauds upon humanity
were attempted to be passed as con
stitutional amendments, and sub
mitted in the general election of 1896
were almost unanimously voted dowr
by the people.
And yet there are animals passing
for men, who viii not only vote fol
Democrats again, but for the very
Democrats mostly instrumental II
working all this ruin Of liberty
Na4abi4aabaa papul;c+
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
NOTICE.

In accordance with the rules OF tne
Board of Pardons and law ! do here
by give notice to all whom It may
concern that / am applying for par,
don from the sentence pronouneea
upon me in the case entitled State q
Louisiana vs.. Henry Thurman, So;
sos, Criminal Docket of the DlstFlcs
Court for Vermilion Parish, La.
HENRY THURMAN.
July 16, 1898
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

AS a brick fell from a carriers bod
it knocked down a Spanish flag dis
played from a store-front below.
"That must have been an American
brick said a passer-by. "Yis,"
said the bod carrier above, 'sbut it
was of Oirish descent. =
Dispatch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

Over 400 cases of yellow fever are
reported among the troops in front OF
Santiago. Fortunately the disease is
Of a mild type and but few deaths
have occurred.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

General Joseph S. Williams, the
hero of Cerro Gordo, and an ex-U.
S. Senator died last Sunday, July Il
at his home neal Mount Sterling,
Kentucky.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

To the best Of our understanding
the German press wants it understood
that the Irene incident meant nothing,
or if it did mean anything it did not
mean what it meant.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
STATE OF LoUISIANA,-1m
judicial District Court,-Parlsa o
Varmilion.-No. 369.
July Is, 1898

CUVs
Succession of Cecile Broussafo.
Notice is hereby given to all partaes
interested or having any opposition $
to make to the tableau OF debts ~ "
charges against said succession wv
distribution OF net assets OF same flea
by Albert B. Broussard. NaIuasa
Tutor administering said estate to nls
same in writing in the office o. "
clerk of the district court within "
days from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and sea- z
office this 10th day of July, 1882
ALcIDE LEBLANC
Clerk of Cont.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

The Cuban .'patriots'' as they style
themselves are proving to be a sorry
lot. They are too lazy to work and
too cowardly to fight. The American
soldiers hold them in contempt.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
Saturday, July 2s, 1898.

General Miles is to sail at once for
Porto Rico with a large army and
compel the Spaniards to surrender.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23

The Madrid paper that threatens to
tell the truth, and nothing but the
truth regarding the war, will find its
life very exciting from now on.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-07-23
This is what the Philadelphia Press

- II&Hf
This is what the Philadelphia Press
has to say about the "rebel yell:'
ssThe ssrebel yelr' has been heard
again. This time it arose from under
the red, white and blue banners OF
Skaters battle line in front of San
tiago last Friday, and no cry in all
Cuba that day has so true an Ameri-
can sound. Great is the tsrebel yell
and may it echo down the agesl' j
Prof. Robert B. Butler, for several
years principal of the Franklin high
school, and Miss Agnes Hartz, the
first assistant in the same institution
of learning, we're married in New
Iberia one day last week. Mr.. But
Ter recently passed the examination
before the Supreme Court and Is a
licensed attorney.
This gentleman some years ago
taught school at Perry's Bridge.
When Dewey advised Prince Henry,
the German Emperor's brother that
he would pleased to see him in Ma
Mia harbor at any time, but to be
careful not to get in the way of his
guns, he meant what he said and
from present indications the Prince
viii feel the weight of this warning if
the Germans continue to land marines
in the Philippines, as they are doing
at present. When civil war ended,
and the French tried to work a s'skin
game on Mexico Sheridan soon put
a q~uietus upon that, and perhaps that
will have to be learned by the Ger
mans. While it may possibly come
to a showdown of fleets and men, it
is not very likely that Germany will
persist in her misguided zeal for ter
~ritorial expansion, for when the Amer
lean fighting blood is up, as it is at
present it is not likely that one inch
Of ground will be yielded up, espe-
cially if any blood was split in the
taking of it.
The bill, introduced not long ago,
in the legislature, looking to the
ton Of a new parish out of Calcasieu,
to have been known as East Calca-
sieu, failed, and the Jennings Record,
published where the capital of the
new division would have been placed,
took up a crusade against the dishon-
est measures, resorted to by the citi-
zens of Lake Charles, for the defeat
of the scheme. The Lake Charles
papers stoutly deny the charges, and
bemean the Record as having a knowl-
edge to the contrary. The parish of
Calcasieu ought to have been divided;
it is the largest, territorially, in the
State, sparsely populated, rendering
a good public road system impossible.
st. Mary, being an ordinary sized
parish, with its population following
the arabic ridges that rise out of the
marsh, as distinguished from Calca-
sieu's, which is scattered broadcast,
the parishes may be compared thus:
st. Mary, 648 square miles; Calca-
sieu, 3,409-more than five times its
size. st. Mary 66,326 acres in cul-
tivation; Calcasieu Ia, 004-nearly
five times as few, with St. Mary some-
thing over 1000 in advance in. popu-
lation. The people living in the far
corners of that parish are required to
ride two and three days, through
summer suns and winter rains, to at
tend court and other duties that they
can not avoid. In regard to the
methods that were pursued by the
people Of Lake Charles, everybody
knows that the merchants and politi-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-23
NO ACTION TAKEN

On an Unreasonable Proposition Before
the Board of Public Works, Last Evening.
At last evenings session of the
Board of Public Works a communica-
ton and plat was received from the
local end of the Bell Telephone Com
pany, asking for permission to open
the streets and alleys of the city in
twenty-seven different places between
Tenth street and the creek, and from
Water street to Eoff, for the purpose
of extending their underground SER
vice, taking down existing distributing
poles and erecting new poles in other
localities. The contemplated work
embraces almost every street and al
ley within the district mentioned and
in some instances 1t would require the
tearing up of the streets or alleys in
several places.
In view of the lateness Of the season,
and from feeling that the work might
have been done while the weather vas
good, or else deferred until next spring
and recognizing that good repaving
cannot be done in the winter, the
Board refused to take the matter up.
and it lies on the table.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-23

So far the ballots thrown out will
nearly all be contested by the Demo-
cratic attorneys.
A recount has also been demanded
for S. A. Stone and this well be taken
up later.
In Liberty No. / it will be noticed
that Dunlevy's vote was cut in two and
Davis lost II votes. At this rate it may
be that Dunlevy will be counted out
and it may be possible that Sturms
majority in the county will be effected
considerably. However at this writ
ing it is hard to say what the court
will do in regard to the head of the
tickets which were counted against the
two candidates for the county commits
sionership. This is the substance Of
the days work.
In Washington No. l, which is the
Court House, thirteen tickets were
thrown out. This is the precinct that
VIM Meighen acted as the challenger
for the Democratic party.
The Republicans are represented by
B. f. Meighen and J. B. Mcclure, and
the Democrats by ]. A. Ewing, ]. G.
Simpson and c. c. Newman. The
recount" will be continued to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-23
No WASTE or WORDS.
Kvidence which Il Right to the Pol6t and
Reliable


Judge Frank Ives, OF District Court
of Crookston, Mimi, says: For some
time / have used Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets with seeming great benefit with
few exceptions, I have not been so free
from Indigestion in twenty-five years.
George w. Roosevelt, u. S. Consul to
Brussels, Belgium: Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets, safe, pleasant to take, conven-
lent to carry, give keen appetite, per-
feet digestion.
Mr.. w. D. Tomlin, mechanical en-
gineer, Duluth, Mimi: One box of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets has done it's
work, and am again gaining flesh and
strength.
o. E. Ransom, Hustonville, KY:
was distressed and annoyed for two
years with throwing UP food, often two
or three times day; had no certainty
of retaining a meal if l ate one. Four
boxes of the tablets from my druggist
have fully cured me. l find them
pleasant to take, convenient to carry.
Rev. G. d. Brown, Mondovi, Wis:
The effects of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets is simply marvellous; quite
hearty dinner of broiled beefsteak
causes no distress since l began their
use.
Over six thousand people in the State
of 1iichigan alone in 1894 were cured
OF stomach troubles by Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets.
Full sized packages may be found at
all druggists at so cents, or sent by
mail on receipt of price from F. A.
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich
Send for little book on stomach dis
eases, mailed free.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-23

The Marshall County Canvassing
Board met yesterday. pursuant to the
adjournment of last week, and cheer
fully entered upon the work of count
ing out Commissioner-electJ ]. W. Dun
levy, Democrat. This gentleman lost
forty votes before the days work was
done, and it is pretty apparent to all
fair-minded citizens, irrespective Of
party, that he is to be counted out.
1t is only fair to Mr.. S. R. Davis, the
defeated Republican candidate, to say
he is not party to the scheme. He
has not only said so, but that he did
not understand who was behind the
plan of the Republican managers, and
In addition to this he has written a
letter in which he says be would not
accept the Office if in the recount he
should have 5000 majority. This does
not deter the ringsters, however, for if
they count Mr.. Davis IN and ne refuses
to serve, they will simply fill the va
cancy with some tool who can be hand
led easily.
Another thing is becoming very ap-
parent, and that is, that some one has
tempered with the ballots as to COM
missioner. Ballot after ballot was
found yesterday with the name Of
Davis struck out, and yet there would
be big blot or other obliteration on
the name Dunlevy, and it was counted
for neither. So often did this occur
that it excited more than suspicion,
for voter who knew enough to scratch
his ballot would know when to stop,
and not nullify the entire ticket. One
ballot was thrown out because, al
though Davis name was scratched and
Dunlavy written in, the initials y. W."
had been omitted Many other similar
tricks were INDUCED in by the Board,
with this net result
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-23
A LARGE FUNERAL.
The Remains OF John Heckel Laid at Rest
Yesterday.

The Remains OF John Heckel Laid at Rest
Yesterday.
The funeral of John Heckel took
place yesterday afternoon Fl ON his late
residence on Marke: street, and was
largely attended. Impressive services
were conducted at the house by the
Rev. VIM. Ulfert, pastor of the st.
Johns church. The singing section of
the Arion rendered two selections,
Rest and Hope" in an excellent
manner, under the direction of Prof.
Hermann Shockey. The flowers, tes-
tifying to the esteem in which deceas-
ed was held, were numerous and hand
some. A large Tyre came from the
Arion, and the designs from relatives
and friends.
After the services, the remains were
conveyed to Greenwood cemetery,
where the interment took place. The
pail bearers, in compliance with a wish
Of Mr.. Heckel were chosen from the
Arion society. They were Prof. H. M.
Shockey, F. Riester, c. w Appenzeller,
c. A. Schafer, Henry Meyer and Frank
]. Diegmiller.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-23
IN SOCIETY,

Mrs. W. A. Wilson, Of South Front
street, entertained a number of her
Island friends at duplicate whist on
Monday evening. Eight mixed pairs
occupied the four tables Thirty-two
hands were played, including the over
play. Comparisons of scores followed
which told a queer tale of some crack
minister's losing their heads and mini
MIXING their scores before the smart
work of keener players. These sur
prises did not lessen the evenings
pleasure, which was rounded up by
dainty refreshments and subsequent
good nights and good byes."
49,
Mrs. W, H. Frank will entertain the
Charity Whist Wednesday evening,
from eight to eleven, at her residence,
81 Twelfth street.