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Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06
vention, just 90 on as you arc 90

ventlon, Just 90 on as you arc 90
ing"
And thes sPicayune closes the cho-
rus of the$ walls of woe: "Bnt if
| it should at last turn out that this
city is to be turned over, bound
hand and foot, to be ravished by a
rapacious, unscrupulous and mer-
ciless gang of politicians, those
members of the Convention who
shall hayo consumatcd such a crime
will be responsible for the destruc-
tion of the Democratic party in
Louisiana, for the people of the
States great city will rebel against
the outrage perpetrated on them
by a Democratic Constitutional
Convention. These people under
stand that Democracy is defined by
the Convention to mean for them
despoiling and ravishment By po-
litical plunderers, and they will
Indignantly repudiate and reject
such Democracy. They will not
endure to be sold out for the bene-
fit of politicians in the country
parishes, and they will rise up to
strike down every man who shall
have combined to compass the
city's undoing."
These flaming and inhammatory
editorials, appearing in three Dem
ocratic contemporaries, call to
wunst'- one of the morning
organs reproducing, in flaring
black-hcad form, the evening Or
gan's red-hot howl-may have been
mere condolences evolved from
the dominating conditions which
suddenly confronted them, bat
there is about them, and surround
ing them, what Mr.. Blaine used to
call "a suspicious contemporane-
ousness." There are ear-marks in
them all which indicate a common
origin, and most surely disclose a
common purpose.
Whatever the Convention may
have done thus far, and to The
Item, neither its advocate nor it's
oroan. having no pOIitical affilia-
ton with its membership and dis
creditilag its purpose in advance,
it certainly deserved other excuse
for an assault upon it than this fear
from future ring government in
New Orleans. Judged from the
result Of two reform movements
in Office, our city can suffer from
worse things than ring rule, bad
as they have been and may be.
The Items complaint against
the Convention is based on higher
ground than miserable quarrel
with ''Fitzpatrick's gang" What
we object to is the seeming fixed
purpose of the Convention to per-
petuate election rascality in the
whole of Louisiana. This does
not seem to concern our bowling
Democratic contemporaries, for
in all their columns of lamenta-
tions there is not q sound for hon
est elections.
The result over which these |
Democratic contemporaries have
set up q suspiciously contempora-
neous howl is q very small result |
compared with what will be occa-
stoned when the Convention shall
have framed a Constitution under
which Fosters State ring Gun wax
and grow fat, can stuff ballot box
es galore. When that result has
been attained it will be interesting
to listen to the quality and charac-
ter Of the howls these same con-
temporarles will then indulge in
Daily Item.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06

Some people claim that we are
fighting ''to free a lot Of negroes
in Cuba" Slavery was abolished
in Cubs two years ago, and there
is not nearly SO many negroes there
in proportion to whites as in Lou
isiana.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06

Rev. j. A. Hendricks is deliver.
ing some excellent sermons in the
meeting now going on at the Bap-
tist church in this city, aud the
audiences are daily increasing in
size and interest.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06
SILVER Cry, New Mex,
Nav /. 1893.

II. L. Brian, Natchitoches, La.
Our Cowboy regiment will leave
for Cuba, Tuesday. Unless | fail
on examination will be with them.
Tell my inquiring friends to meet
me in Havana.
Will write you a long letter in
case / fail to get through.
Remember the Maine" !"
Yours,
SAM D. KEARNEY.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06
A Great Naval Battle.

Last Sunday evening about 5
o'clock, which was 5 a. m. in Ma
Mia. our Asiatic Squadron under
Commodore Dewey, steamed into
Manila Bay which was" supposed
to be lined with torpedoes and
mines, and where foated Spanish
feet backed up by so or 20 guns
of the fortifcstions of Manila and
Cavite.
Our fleet had no first class battle
ship like the Indiana, Iowa or Ore
gon, nor even our best cruisers
like the Brooklyn or New York,
but she had FIVE good cruisers, two
or three smaller gunboats, a dis
match boat and q collier. Her larg-
est guns were 8-inch, of which
she had 10. The Spanish feet had
nearly double the number of YES
sells, though many of them were
inferior and old fashioned, but it
was thought the guns from the
forts of Manila and Cavite would
more than make up the difference,
and with the mines IN the harbor
would put our Geet in great danger.
But risking the chances, for
which Amerieans are noted, having
confidence in the bravery and skill
of his gunnera and crew, knowing
what was expected of him by half
a continent Of freemen whom he
represented, brave George Dewey
led the fight, and for two hours he
and his noble crew poured shot and
she'll into the Spanish ships and
forts, rallying to the battle-cry,
"Remember the Maine"
In that time the Spanish flag
ship and its captain had gone down,
the Spanish Admiral saving him
self and flag by removing a few
minutes before to a small vessel,
two others of their ships had either
gone up or down, and our fleet
withdrew to the opposite side OF
the bay to land her wounded and
make connection with the insur-
gents, who were expected to attack
the cities from the rear.
The fight was then renewed and
three more Spanish ships destroy
ed, while three were SO badly dis
abled that the Spaniards burnt
them TO avoid capture,
The Spanish fleet was silenced
and practically wiped out, having
lost nine ships that We know Of,
with none of ours lost, though one |
disabled. Then Commodore Dew
ey sent a demand to the Governor |
General Of the islands to surren-
der, he refused, and Dewey de-
clared he would she'll the cities, but |
the only telegraph was cut and we
have had no word of the result up |
to the issue of the daily papers |
morning. There is little
ioubt however, that our flag now
floats over q good sized slice of
in the far East, and Euro.
pean nations are specializing as TO
RhaE we will do with it. All ma
sions agree that this is one OF the
great naval battles OF modern
;imeS.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06
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BeasB The 1lhs Kind You Have Always Bought
ID q G6G HlZz<M

A part of the Spanish feet is
coming west from Cape Verde, and
will reach the Caribbean Sea
about tho time our battle ship Ore
gon does Admiral Sampson has
left his small craft to blockade Gu.
ba, aud with his big cruisers and
battleships well coaled and armed,
left for parts unknown. Look out
for a battlerOyal,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-06
The ney In The United States ar.

The pay in the United States ar
my is as follows: Captain per an
mum, $500; first lieutenant, $500;
second lieutenant, S1400. Order-
ly sergeant, per month, S25; other
sergeants 500; corporals, $3.50;
privates $3.50. This is exclusive
Of rations that are furnished Off
GERS and men. Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-02-17

but justice to the other candidates
that Mr.. McCleary should have told
them from the start, instead of lead
ing them on by false hopes. Because,
Mr.. McCleary knew vbo he wanted to-
name over six months ago. and he
might have banished hope from the
minds of the three other candidates
at that time.
Mr.. McCleary has probably create
a new political dynasty in Redwood
county, and new political boss in the
court house, for Republicans to bow
to. 1t now remains a!question as to
just how long they will ::submit to the
lash of.the new. boss.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-02-17
WHO is THE MACHINE?

Wno composes the Republican ma
chine of Minnesota? It is the very
men who received the support of those
papers who are now yelling against
the machine. They are such men as
W. R. Merriam, Tams Bixby and their
followers-all of whom are opposing
Capt. VanSant for the gubernatorial
nomination.
Isn't it very natural that the hereto
fore machine papers are also opposing
the Winonassoldier?
DavesClough is the only member of
the capitol crowd that is supporting
VanSantsopenly. A. T. Koerner NAV
be for him, but this is not certain.
Dave Clough broke away from the
Merriam machine to support Van
SAINT, and Merriam's chief organ, the
st. PauliDispatch, is:bitter}y opposing
both Clough and VanSant. Isn't it
strange?
Dave Clough has not forgotten Van
SAINTS behaviour in 1896. Beaten bv
Clough at the convention VanSant
made the fight of his life for Clough
and the Republican ticket at the polls.
1t is..natural that Clough should break
away from the machine to support the
Winona! soldier.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-02-17

form. Aside from this the paper has
been bolstered up by certain county
officials, whom The GAZETTE has
criticized, signing joint notes with the
editor.
Messrs. King, Tenney and Aiken
are real estate tax payers in Redwood
county to a greater or less extent.
Mr.. McCleary's choice is not, some
thing peculiar to Mr.. McCleary in the
district. Mr.. Tenney has lived here
thirty years or more, Mr.. King and
Mr.. Aiken about nineteen years.
Hughes has lived here about seven
years. So much for Mr.. McCleary's
high standard candidate.
The two or three politicians who
opposed Mr.. Aiken in the parlor re-
ception, and who were given the joint
hearing, claimed that The GAZETTE
did not always support Republican
candidates.. g., S. D. Peterson and
Frank E. Kenney. The writer was
not connected with The GAZETTE when
Mr.. Peterson was candidate, but to-
day he glories in the fact that his
partner had a better foresight than
the Republican party of this district,
and supported another man for sena-
tor. He, too, glories that the paper
refused to support Frank E. Kenney
for judge of probate, and the latter's
1897 st. Paul career, adds to the glory
of that non-support. But the peculiar
thing here is. that Mr.. McCleary
drank in, apparently, what this coterie
of politicians said, when, in the same
year, that very coterie, entered into a
secret combination to defeat two regu-
lar Republican nominees, o. L. Dorm
berg for commissioner, and j. r.
Lankard for treasurer. One they sue
ceeded in beating-the other they did
not, and his election was the cause of
secret lamentations for days after
wards.
As before stated Mr.. McCleary dis
regarded every one of his set rules for
making appointments when he made
his selection at Redwood Falls. He
even disregarded rule of the Re-
publican party-that all things being
equal, and there being soldier candi-
date, the soldier was to have the place.
If this was a personal selection of the
representative he should have 80 stated
at the outset. If his friends in other
counties wanted the selection it was
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-02-17

A good illustration of how easy it is
to entertain big crowd could be TAX
en- from the lunch given to those in at
tendance at the::institute week ago.
The same committee could have prob
ably handled a crowd as large again
with greater ease if it had the thing to
do over again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16

the cleVcrer Italian decorators came 70 King
Henry's court. and until the blight of the eigh-
tecnth century fell upon them the buildings or
England Increased in stately charm which 10
this day is extraordinarily potent II Is a charih
OF native vigor native rOughncss we had almost
said fused with courtly elegance and the most
refined intellectuality II is excmpncd even
more impressvely in the country houses, great
and small. than in the mansions. churches ana
other public buildings OF the city. Mr. Blomiield
DAYS less attention to the former, we think. than
they deserve We have had TO go outside his
volumes for our own illustrations Yet in such
n building as Moyns Park a moro characteristic
product OF the English Renaissance remains I'd
us than even in the masterpiece OF lingo Jones
The Ranqueting Hall stands for the apex Of
architectural scholarship in England during the
Renaissance Its lines indicate 4 full under
standing o. the great Italians In this. you may
say. the Italian tradition is handed on almost
intact But in such buildings Moyns Park
or the Gate House at Charlotte we find the ira
dition PLAYING its leavening part, affecting the
English builder as perhaps it was best that it
should affect him. not impeng him 20 overlay
his inherited taste with half assimilated and
wholly irrelevant ideas. but moving him gradu
ally TO incorporate a valuable feeling into the
very fibre of his work Borrowing IN TINS
healthy fashion he produced Moyns Park and
hundreds of buildings like it. buildings which
are essentially English Ia their style and in
their charm Thus come near To Mr Blom-
fields contention that the architecture OF the
English Renaissance is an English thihg, only
we insist upon distinction OF which ne Is hlm-
self aware but which he fails 10 draw rs !or-
chilly as he should. English architecture abb
sorbed Italian ideas into itself and remained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE ILLUsTR \TED SUPPLEMENT.

defenders. historians who would not admit that
the soul of the Gothic style born in France,
that the vitality OF their Renaissance was Dor
rOwed from Italy. But the old ardor is sacken-
ing MI Gotch's precious portfolios contain no
grudging illusions TO Englands Italian indebt-
edness, and 1t must be admitted that Mr.. Blom-
field himself writing in a much more elaborate
fashion. is not permanently indisposed to give
the Italians their due. Furthermore. his text Is
accompanied by 50 many Illustrations that the
reader is left free to judge for himself. MT
Bloomfield is candid too. in his discussion OF
lingo Jones. He frankly shows how the value
OF that great architect to England resided In his
mastery adaptation OF Italian ideas TO the needs
and sentiment Of his time. After all. the first
fruits Of the Renaissance may or may not have
been of strictly decorative character The
point is not of vast Importance. There were. as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16

h. Ands In the architecture OF his period must
b. attributed to purely native origin. but an
outsider Is indisposed TO accept this view. NO
amount of argument will do away with the fact
that anything bearing the mark of that move
mept known as the Renaissance bears also the
mark o, Italy In the Peninsula the great hu-
manistlc revival began: from the Peninsula us
seeds were carried far and wide, and no mater
how ingeniously Mr. Bloomfield may plead he
leaves US aware OF nothing more tangible than
the Indebtedness Of his country to the architects
Of the South.
In the reign Of Henry VIII the relations be-
tween Italy and the British Islands were on the
whole Agreeable They led to the introduction
Of more than one Italian artist TO the king and'
Is an immediate consequence, TO the kings
mobiles IL the capital and near ii the mansions
and manor houses Of the time began TO show
greater Hghtness in decorative details than they
had ever known before. For awhile, as MI
Bloomfield is careful TO point out. the change was
visible in decorative details alone. There were
no architects in our sense OF the term. 10 PROJECT
the new spirit into the structure Of English
building That was to be accomplished later.
Bu, Mr. Bloomfield is mistaken in his tacit as
sumption that the Italian Influence did not at
once 20 beneath the surface 1t penetrated to
the centre of things and accomplished imme-
dately a certain negative result, as 1t might be
called II did not turn British builders into
Italian artists but il disturbed their British in
sularity; Il confused them. it made them feel
vaguely that there was something in the air
which was bound 10 change their work, though
they could not at once see just how good
Illustration OF this ambiguous state OF AFFAIRS Is
offered By the screen 10 Bishop GARDENERS chan
Try in Winchester Cathedral. The good Bishop
died ~ l5}J The work upon this screen was
executed. therefore. just at the time when the
new IDEAS we're beginning to ferment what
Old they accomplish In this case? They caused
the builders 10 fashion marvellous Hybrid
thing a combination Of Gothic arches win a
casscl. eutab.aturc Mr. Blomheld, being an
EngisAuar. not uuuaturaily concludes that the
maker = that screen were instinctlVcly Golillc
In their taste and capped on the classical en-
tabaturC indi1crcntly. merely decorative
tribute 10 the fashion then just coming In. we
prefer % think that those builders could not
resist the rapidly encroaching style, that they
erected the entablature with some serious
thought about H. and only chung to the Holhlc
archie because they were yet unlnSuucleu III
ue ar Of playing up to the Italian motive
EAgAsA architecture has always had us PROUD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16

enlichtened spirit. Jones was perhaps, the hrst
English architect to work with all the scholar
ship and skill required In his profession; he was
not content to take orders: he strengthened II
he did not largely create the distinction between
The mason and the designer which has ever since
been recognized in England. as elsewhere, and
he gave to his country in the famous Banquet
ing Hall Of VIII; hall a model Of architectural
art-onc OF thoso productions from which a last
ing influence goes out 20 thu world That he
was ale to design this admirable work was due,
Of course. t. the natural genius Of the man
His success sprang too, from his share in thd'
sentiment to which we have referred. senti-
mcnt for things Italian among all Engllshmen
Of culture two hundred years ago, upon which
Mr. BlomhcId might well have laid greater
stress.
II is in relation TO this sentiment that the
study of the English Renaissance becomes
especially interesting to architectural and othef
students We are to think of the hobles oil the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries OF the
mobiles and Of the authors, poets drailduS'S'
scholars and actors. as alternately enchah''u
and overpowered by the things ana the spirit
of the Italian Renaissance. That spirit those
things. were above all classical III tendency
beautiful. and simple in their beauty. They
made for refinement for delcacy' LOT hi"u
-, eevere distinction. The English CROPPED for
,ax,,, T., the dark before they made the ne"
,,,.h, ,beir own. They never made It wholly
,i- ovrn and in fact the years passed
raolish architecture diminished from the noble
strength Of lingo Jones and the equally noble
orace Of Sir Christopher Wren into the medioc-
ri,v of. say George Dance the youhger-or
,aor Rut the spell had been land upon the
british at SO early a date as that upon whlch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE.
gr FRUITS OF THE ITALIAN RENAls-
SANCE

r,croRy oy RENAISSANCE ARCHITECT,
hI bT N ENGLAND l5Oo-lS0 BY Reginald
UhE " A With Drawings by the Au-
sor and Other Illustrations. Two Volumes
tay octave pp. xix. AL The Macmillan Com
pany
The fascination Of architectural study is peren-
-, and imperative, and we refuse to believe
49,. .,.se volumes Of MI Blomiield's will APP
49,, - enecialists alone On the contrary, they
-. b. valued by every reader Of history. for
49,. dsaI with an interesting side OF English
.~r.,a,,on Perhaps we should say Italian
rn,,ish civilization. Mr.. Bloomfield would like
- ., ,s,ieve that three-fourths of the good that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16

we have said no professional architects in the
time Of Henry VIII Builders carried out the
verbal instructions of their employers, and any
thing like the machinery Of modern architecture
was quite unknown. BY the time lingo Jones
came upon the field. however, in the earlier
wears of the seventeenth century, the Italian in
sniration had been seized in a broader. more
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-13
Knahe PinnOA.

Won Bulow, who is considered the great
est critic of the age, says: The sound and
touch of the Knabe pianos are more sym
pathetic to my ears and head than the
sound and touch Of any other piano in the
United States" He declares that they are
absolutely the best pianos in America.
Tschaikovsky, the great pianist, says he
is delighted with the beautiful Knabe
grand he had for his private use on his
tour through the United States. He says
the Knabe combines with great volume of
tone, rare sympathetic and noble tone
color and perfect action. On his next visit
to America he will be sure to use the
Knabe Grand on each and every occa-
sion.
Eugene D'Albert, the great pianist, de-
clares that the Knabe piano is the finest
sure to use it on his next trip; he says he
gave his Endorsement with pleasure, vol
UNFAIRLY and unsolicited.
We take pleasure in calling your atten-
ton to these testimonials of the Knabe
piano. In some of the best houses of this
city these instruments viii be found, and
parties who are posted and are judges
will be sure to use the Knabe piano.
The agency for these fine Instruments is
placed with us. Lippman Brothers, L.pp-
mans block. Congress and Barnard
streets. The Queen zlthers are very pretty
and any one can learn to play without a
teacher-in a few days.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-13
FIREMEN,s PARADE TODAY.
All Arrangements Have Been Com
pIeted for Gala Event

All Arrangements Have Been COM
pIeted for a Gala Event.
The firemen at the various stations were
busily engaged yesterday making prepar-
ations for the parade and inspection this
afternoon at O'Clock. All the apparatus
has been made spick and span, and the
indications point to an unexceHed exhi-
bltion.
There is natural rivalry among the
foremen Of the stations to make the best
showing, both in the way the men con-
duct themselves and the good order of
the equipment The commissioners make
no distinction in this respect, however, or
at least they do not express themselves
IN favor of one or the other. 1t is likely
they viii form their conclusions about the
company that shows up best, but to COM
pliment one without the others, would
likely conduce to unnecessary discord The
judgment the commissioners and the al
dermanic board passes viii be on the de-
partment as a whole and is therefore sure
to be complimentary.
For several reasons the commissioners
have decided not TO ride i'm the parade, but
viii review il with the aldermanic board
from the city exchange balcony. This Is
the only change in the programme, which
will be carried out to the letter in ali
other respects. The commissioners We're
actuated 10 make this change for the
reason it was thought the members of
Council might wish information as to the
different companies, and it would be ad-
Visable for them to be on hand to give it.
All the board has been invited, and il is
pretty certain they win be present at the
exchange, as considerable interest has been
aroused, ana the aldermen are anxious to
see just ow the department looks since
the recent changes and additions have
been made,
Chief Mcguire will sound two taps of
the big duke at $50 O'Clock, which wiz be
signal for all apparatus to proceed TO
the rendezvous on Oglethorpe avenue with
the right of The line resting on Drayton
street. The parade VIVA be properly lined
Up for the march, and headed by the band
via move promptly at 4 o'clock toward
East Broad street. The line of march is TO
East Broad, TO Liberty, to jefferson. to
BroughtoE, 10 Drayton, to Bay, to Bull
and thence to the beginning.