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The times., 1898-10-14
THE STOCK MARKET.
Wall street Pays No Attention to
the London ENchange's Drift

the London Exchanges Drift.
New York, Oct 13.-The present indif-
ference of the stock market to the drift
of the London market; when the latter Is
out of accord with local sentiment was
shown today afresh. An advance in the
Bank of England's discount rate from 3
to per cent was made. to the seeming
surprise of the London market. At any
rate, general and substantial declines
were shown in that market in the early
cabled advices. and when business opened
in the New York market. foreign houses
sold freely of the internationally listed
shares. their total sales aggregating fully
l5.0O0 shares. Not only was this clrcum-
stance ignored by local traders but the
stocks in which the foreign selling was
the heaviest were among the strongest
features in the market. Northern Pacific
and St. Paul were notable cases in point
As regarded the local trading 1t was still
largely professional in character, but 1t
IS commonly the rule that professional
operators assume a definite stand in the
marke long before public interest assumes
a decided shape. The general outside sit
uation was unchanged. and was rather
featureless. Advices from Paris. pub
lished this morning, effectively dispelled
the uneasiness as to the issue of the de-
liberations of the Spanish-American peace
convention.
The Industrial shares. while very ac-
tive. We're not in their course effective in
shaping the course of the railway list
Sugar Refining, after being further de-
pressed at the opening, scored a substan-
tial recovery on reports that efforts were
on foot to bring the warning interests in
the trade to an amicable agreement. The
general market was firm throughout the
day, and at the close advances which. in
number of cases. attained substantial pro-
portions We're common.
The times., 1898-10-14
"What Makes Mama
So CROSSE"
A ChiId's Question Answered by
a Famous Specialist.

The mother had one of her nervous
spells and the little boy had been
warned TO be very quiet. The restless lit
tie fellow moved on tiptoe about the room
trying TO amuse himself, but almost
every move he made was followed by the
querulous cry OF the mother: Willie,
don't make so much noise" AT last, in
his over-anxiety to be quiet the boy
dropped a book on the floor and his moth
er's angry scream of protest drove him
TO the shelter of his fathers arms. The
father laid down his paper and caressed
the fearful boy, who whispered between
his sobs: Papa, what makes mama
SO CROSSE" Papa made no answer. He
did not know how to answer. He could
The times., 1898-10-14
THE WHEAT MARKET.
Errntic Tendencies Manifest
Every Feature of the Day.

Chicago. Oct. 1S.-Wheat today was err
ratio. and the fluctuations covered a
range of cent a bushel between 81 La
IS l-2 for December. closing at 81 7-SQ65.
New York reported all the way from
80 TO y boatloads for export. Cash sales
here were nearly 100000. Clearances from
the seaboard were nearly S22. 900 bushels
Minneapolis reported sales of 10000 bar
The times., 1898-10-14

Prices went up yesterday all the way
from a fraction to two points and more
There was Il reversal of form entirely
from the business of the beginning OF the
week 1t must be acknowledged that a
large part of the advance in stocks was
due to covering by people who Were afraid
to sell longer. but it is also fact that
there was some buying OF stock by room
traders There is very little in the ad-
vances in prices to base hopes of con-
tinued bullishness on. however. Some
people of the street talk of a better feel
ing with regard to elections and the Peace
Commission, but it is realized by most
that there is likely only to be tempor-
AIRY reaction from the weakness of the
past month.
The times., 1898-10-14
New York stock Market

Corrected daily by w. B. Piobs & Co,
members OF the New York Exchange
1913 + street.
The times., 1898-10-14

rels of flour yesterday. Primary receipts
were nearly / G30 0l0 bushels. and for the
week at Western points nearly 1l.O0o. 90.
Arrivals here were 305 cars. against 165
a year ago. Liverpool was l 1-Sd. higher.
The times., 1898-10-14
COvERyNYNT BDNDS.

Electric Light. lOalll American Graph
ophone. lg5dl3 rs. American GRAPHIC
phone preferred, 59d Il 9-l6.
ravru~.y,rr pnSnS
The times., 1898-10-14

President f. H. Gary, of the Federal
Steel Company. says the new company
will begin operations with si5.0G0 900 in
cash. and with cash assets available for
working capital of s25. 0OO.O00. Mr.. Gary
with some of the directors elected. started
yesterday at once on a tour OF inspec-
ton of the various properties now owned
by the company. The officers elected
were as follows: E. H. Gary. president:
directors, j. p Morgan. H II. Porter r.
P Flower. d. o. Mills. H. II. Rodgers C.
c. Cuyler.. Robert Bacon. Nathaniel Thay-
er, Samuel Mather. E. H Gary, Marshall
Field and Norman Reid. The stock of the
company sold yesterday at 10 Is and 10 Ia
for the preferred. and % and 90 Is for the
common. The company necessarily has a
great many friends.
The times., 1898-10-14

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
1a1n L rtraat
The times., 1898-10-14

Washington Stock Exchange.
Sales-U. s. 3s. coupon, s40d1O5; $1,000
1o5 1-2. Capital Traction, 597s. U. s.
The times., 1898-10-14
Loans Of SlO =; ,s,s: iss;;55 5ss:ss Sss!ss ''

Wagons etc. at loves. rates and on the da,
you apply Loans may be refaid on :he build
ing association plan. in easy weekly or monthly
payments; every payment reduces cos, Of car-
yins loan II you have a loan with some other
company, we will pay it of and advance yos
more money. II desired
Leans made anywhere In the District Call
and get -ate.. Front room. first door. Scientiso
American Building.
National Mortgage L oan Co.
625 F St. N. W
The times., 1898-10-14
MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

l WILL PAY 10 per cent on loan of $500 for one
year; good security given. viii make ar
rITSements with party for RON and board for
use of same sell interest in s,me. Address
REASONABLE, this office. ocI4-St
The times., 1898-10-14

MONEY TO LOAN d. C. real estate; payable
in snail monthly installments JOHN a.
WALTER. WILSON WILLIAMS. 1871 IT. rz
iy23-tf
The times., 1898-10-14

The earnings of Chicago and Eastern
Illinois for the first week of October de-
creased $500. From July l there has
been an increase of SIG, 900. Norfolk and
Western first week increased s35, 900: from
July / decreased $4,000 Pittsburg and
Western first week declined 5000: from
July / increased s3l, 900. The Pacific Com
pany reports for August net earnings of
sl15,O 900 Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company first week increased 1900;
from July 1 increased $4,000.
Dow. Jones & Co. say of the Tobacco
fight. referred to in this column yester-
day: IF the dispatches from St. Louis
are trustworthy it is evident that the
management of the American Tobacco
Company intends to engage in the bitter
est fight in the plug tobacco business
which it has yet waged. The war will.
of course. be directed against the Light
e Meyers establishment, which is the
largest of any of the plug concerns and
which is understood to be owned largely
by estates. The Drummond plant has
evidently been selected as the club be-
cause of its location. The Light & Mey-
ers Company has large resources, and it
may take some time to bring about a
settlement of the war;
The times., 1898-10-14

The Pacifics were very strong yesterday.
despite the fact that they were sold for
foreign account. There Were good buyers.
especially for Northern Pacific common.
1t is said that the heaviest buying of this
stock has been by important interests not
connected officially with the company.
who, however. have received information
that per cent dividend will be declared
next month on the common stock. The
people who put out this story add to 1t
that the differences in the management
of the company have been adjusted to a
point where the dividend is assured.
One of the important announcements of
the day was that majority of the Pitts
burg and Western seconds have been
bought by Lake Erie and Western and
Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg inter-
estS.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Why Is It2

While the city and country is at
ficted With malaria, dengue and yel-
loyoid to an unusual extent, yet the
parish Jail and ~penitentiary remain
si~ngularIy free of either. 1t was re-
marked during the prevalence OF vel
low fever last year and again this
season that while disease was wide
spread among the people those within
tile walls were exempt. Does this re.
s2lt from better sanitary conditions
On 10 1t because Of isolation Of the in
mates. In the parish Jail, friends OF
prisoners are frequent visitors and yet
that institution has been free Of fevers
and the health of those confined has
been excellent in every respect. There
must be a a for this exemption
and it might be in the interest OF
science to discover it. One thing is
certain. however, and that is the peni-
Tertiary and the parish jail are about
tie healthiest places in the parish
b. II. Truth.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

a peculiar state of affairs exists in
the Indian Territory. Reports from
the Kiowa and Comanche reserva-
tions, of which William Walker is
agent, are that many OF the Indians
are dying of disease caused by being
stopped from eating mescal beans.
For some years the Indians surrepti-
tiousiy have been eating these beans,
and the agent was never able to learn
how they managed to get drunk. 1t
seems that the bean, which was SNUG
gled to these Indians from Mexico
had the effect of Intoxicating them.
II also prevented consumption as
medical experts who have just re-
turned from there bringing this tes-
tify. As soon as the Indians are
stopped from eating the beans they
take sick and die.-States.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Probate Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA

18th Judicial District Court-No
358-Parish Of Vermiiion.
Succession Of Theozime Toucbet
Notice is hereby givpo that hv
virtue of an order Of sale geanse5 IL
the Hon District Court aforesaid s,
the matter Of the suecessioa .ntitled
and numbered a. above. and II !
commission is>ned o me t~hereunder
there will be offered for sale 4, NH.
lie auction, 10 the last and hiphest
bidder, hy The Undersigned. Or any
dnl, authorized anclioneer, to pey
dents Of said succession, on
Thursday, November 10, 1898.
betwee the hours of II q. m and i
p. m at the late residence of the de-
ceased. in this parish the hereinafter
described property belonging 10 said
setate. tcsw1t
One certain tract of land lying in
Vermilion parish, La, on the west
side of Bayou Vermilion, containing
80 78-1o0 acres Cor 100 arpentsl
designated as the south half Of the
northwest quarter Of section two, In
township twelve. south or range three
east, with all the improvements there
on situated except the corn crib and
all the pieux fencing which is spe-
cialiy reserved.
Five head of horned cattle.
Rice binder, and many other arti-
cles too numerous to mention.
Iefms--Ca4h
AbbeVille, La, October 8, 1898.
VIcToIRE e. CONNER,
Administrative.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
TO q PUBLIC.

From and after this date the pub.
lie is hereby warned not to enter for
any purpose on the property known
as the Old Peter Lee tract. situatad
in lbe 2nd ward Of Vermilio1 parish.
without consent OF the overs there
Of. Any one found trespasaiog on
said premises will he prosecuted TO
The full extent OF The law.
Justillien Thibodeaux.
Ursin Primcaux,
Joseph Dupuy.
Frank Moss.
October 1. 1898
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

A correspondent in an English pa
per states that a mustard plaster on
the elbow will cure neuralgia in the
face, and that one on the back Of the
neck, will cure neuralgia in the head !:
the eason given for this is that tie
mustard is said TO touch the nerves
directly it begins to bite while if it is
put on a part where no nerves exist it
is of no use.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
,arazia EeherL aud Remy Heherl

~arazla Eeheri aud Remy Hebert.
' virtue If 81 order 81 seizure
md sale iseaed Ia the matters Of the
above emitted and nntabees aait.
and 10 ne directed. faily aulbneigiae
aud empowering NC Id The premises
witl proceed fo ell Al paoiic auction,
to tho iass and higlest bidder, al he
principal front j9or of The court
house in this parish on
Saturday, November 26, 1898,
between hours prescribed By law,
the lnIIowing Described property.
seized 10 satisfy said writ. 10 wit
Ooe &c, tain uact Of land situated
in the parish Ct Vetmiiion, At place
called Mentions Cove" measuring
fonr Hfpenta front on the south ne
swecu conveying linea towards the
orb giving . froa, Il Two arrents
AID two ;hird4 front on The nnith ty
the dep,h # Al atpents. fnte o. less;
the long lines lunning IN The norih-
erly aud souihei " directions, and
being bounded on she north hy land
formerly belonging 10 The heits If
Marin Moutao, soush By Homer De-
CUR aud Albert Hpheri, lrss one
half Of ht width II he public road
between said tract AMI Decuir and
Helsett. east hy AFviiien Choafe,
Jahu Rawkie afd mhe.s end west
Bsrtha 4. Mas Hicks, Solomon
Wise AID Eas'ie Brous-ard, with all
and singular the Improvements s'tu
ated thereon with all rights. WAYS,
~ tviieges, and fnaF fcres Of sngar
cane more or less III field UNCUT and
Top buggy, u blue mare, n mule,
american hrown1 one plow, marked
Avery co, six ~naar kettles, l2
sngat aud can jniee coolers, about
So barrels Of corn. more or less,
about fonr acres Of cotton 10 fsld
urga'hered, crop Of Sarszin Hebert,
atd 70 acres Of corn more Or less 10
& Ii ungathered md about Is acres
o. cotton more or less in field un-
gathatcd property aud crop of Remy
Heber.,
And unless the ann of one thou
"a nd fse hundred dollars. subject 10
he following credit and applied on
The note m turing eu F.hv 10. 1880
paid 90 The 28'h day OF December.
1889, the sum Of oae hundred and
twenty Eve dollars paid on The 9Th
day Of April, 1892. the eum of Gfsy
three 81 100 dollars paid on the
18th Of April 1895. and fhe sum of
forty-three O2-OO dollars paid on the
l4th day Of January, 1895, with ell
interests and costs,
Sheriff's Office, Abbeville, La.
October %, 1898
j. @. HEBERT, Sheriff
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
TO THE PUBLIC.

I hereby forbid any one to trespass
on the following tract Of land in any
way, shape, form or manner, to wit:
The southwest quarter Of Section one,
township thirteen, south of range four
east, Louisiana Meridian, containing
one hundred and tifty-seven .96-1M
acres. ALEX. GgoTFRoY.
Oct. 8, 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
81 TIE LOUI@IANA-parish 81
Vermilion-.7th Judicial District

81 TIE LOUISIANA-Parisl Of
Verm,lion-,7ih judicial District
Court.-No 299.
Succession OF Mary Jane Lang.
Application of Elijah Wise 70 %
discharged as administrator.
Notice il hereby given to all whom
it may concern, including the heirs
Of said succession. to make oppos's
ton, if the, think ft, within ten
daYs from the day 10 which ln's
nol,ea IL g1thii Ii q, showing the req:
sonif any they have. why said appli.
cation for discharge filed by Ellat
Wise, administrators of paid sac
cession and his bond Cancelled %
such to file the same 10 writing 70
the office Of the clerk of court WltnM
en- iaya from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal ol1
court this l7th day of September
1898.
ALcIDE LEBLANC.
Clerk CT Court.
n. 3. White, atty.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Viek's Magazine for October


is a very instructive number and is
also beautifully illustrated. "Some
Lilies of Summer and Autumn is
embellished with six handsome illus
trations. "The Largest Natural
Bridge in the World has two Illus
trations. "In Natures Garden is
illustrated with three engravings,
ssNotes from a Southern Garden"
are particularly interesting. The
Letter Box department covers a wide
range of subjects, and Buds and
Fruit consists oftimely and sugges-
tive notes. The editors page IS de-
voted to subjects of special interest at
the present time, or those OF late oc-
currence. Other topics fill the pages,
and the number, as a whole, will be
found unusually entertaining and in
~structive. Vick's Publishing Co.,
Rochester, n. Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Under Which Road Law

Mr. Editor:-Under the constitu-
ton the police %juries are authorized
to levy a per capita tax of one dollar
upon each able bodied man of their
parish or parishes between the ages
IS and IS, and further authorizes
them TO enact laws both of civil and
criminal nature to enforce the pay
ment of tax or license of o criminal
nature for the tax and civil for the
license. This has never been done by
our police jury. But on the con-
trary, they are Still driving away on
the statute law of 1896, the only
known road law now existing in u
parish. This act fixes the age for
labor at from Is to so and also pre-
scribes the penalty for its violation.
The acts of 1898 are silent upon the
matter. Article POI as above re-
ferred to only alludes to tax or license
and says nothing about labor, only IN
so far as a non compliance of the then
existing law. Supposing that the
police jury had acted under the con
stitutional enactment and passed an
ordinance to that effect, then and
only then would it become effective
against persons over The age OF 30,
for if they are not given the opportu-
nifty to pay or refuse how can they
be held accountable, that is, between
the ages of so and So, for the consti-
tuition says from is to So for tax per
capita and acts OF 1896 say from ID
to 30 for labor. Then again there is
art. 293 Of the constitution that de-
clares that the police jury shall relieve
from compulsory road duty all per-
Sons who have paid their road and
bridge tax and license levied against
them, this includes all between the
ages Of Is and So, in the event that
the police jury had seen fit to COM
rlg aitb that article Of the eonstitu-
tion which was done only to be re-
pealed at their next meeting. Now,
Mr.. Editor, what we are driving at is
this: The road oyerseers by and
through instructions received from
members of the police jury and their
advisers are notifying men who are
exempt from road duty on account of
age as is setforth in the acts of 1896,
viz: so years of age and undertaking
to work all hands from Is to SIS I'M
der art. 291 when the state of 1896
limits the ages from Is to 80 and pro-
vides the penalty therefor. It seems
as if our police jury were trying
to work the roads under a law that
they have never passed, if they want
to adopt new methods they should
enaet new laws as they are author
lied to do and not confonnd the old
and known law with one that does
not exist. But strange things will
always continue to exist as long as the
world stands and especially SO when
old and effete laws such as the pres
ent system Of road laws remain upon
the statute books of the State and in
the hands of Law makers who have not
the nerve to abolish the old and enact
a new system. SaxTUs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
STATE OF LoUIsIANA,-l7tA
October |. 1893

OF LOUISIANA,-lM
judicial District Court,-Parih of
Vermilion,-No. 1853.
Succession of Theozime Touchat.
Notice is hereby given to all parties
interested or having any opposition TO
to make to the tableau of debts and
charges Of said succession filed By
Vic. E. Conner administering said
estate to file same in writing In the
Office of the clerk of the district court
within ten days from the date hereof
Given under my hand and seal OF
office this oath day of Septembs,
1898.
ALcIDE LEBLANC,
Clerk of Court.
Edwards & Greene, attys.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

Well, New York is bound to get q
Dutch Governor, but whether his
name will be Roosevelt Or Van Wyck
there is a decided difference Of opin-
ion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

A French school teacher whose
name was given as Jules LIE Fevre
Grand NASSAU, aceidently fell from
the Gueydan bridge and was drowned,
last week. An inquest was held last
Friday by Deputy Coroner II. G.
Webb.-Crowley Mirror.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

HI was heard to say, II am a man
of quiet taste'' then he went behind a
door TOOK a flask ont Of bis pocket
and tasted something.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

An Atkinson girl wac q year ago
drew $50 d month lor Suing in Q
cool Office and pretending to do york,
and whose wages went on while she
took a weeks vacation, is spending
her time this summer in making bread
in a hot kitchen, putting up fruit and
doing Other house work without get
ting a cent of wages. What hap
pensd to cause ler sorrow? She re-
signed her position last winter and
cot married.-Atehinson Globe.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
Af.er an absence Of two. months

After an absence Of two months
we gladly welcome to our exchange
table the sprightly Franklin yindica-
tor-News. It had suspended publi-
cation on account Of the Yellow fever,
but is once more on deck and evident
ly none The worse for its enforced
vacation.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

The owner ia hereby notifed TO como
and prove his property, pay costs ~
fifteen days from this date otherwise
the same Mill be disposed OF accord
ing to Law. HENRY ABsHTRE.
September II, 1898. 9th ward.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

TAKEN UP-By the undersigned, 9
creole ,sorfel horse, aged about eight
years, has been ranging in my neigh
borhood about three months, and
branded thus H.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

Saturday, October q. 1893

France and England are on the eve
OF hostilities.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

The Jennings Fair has been post
Doned until November.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22


Commenting upon a recent report
sent out by the State Board of Health
the Lake Charles Press hits the medi-
cal 'sprofesh'' of New Orleans the
following stiff blow:
If the above figures are true, and
there is no reason to dout them, the
theory that New Orleans doctors are
all yellow fever specialists is exploded.
AS can be seen at a glance, nine
out Of fifteen deaths of yellow fever,
in ahe entire State, have occurred at
New Orleans and Haryey's Canal, a
suburb of that city, where SIS a natu-
raj consequence New Orleans doctors
would practice, yet these two places
report AT cases up to the lst inclu-
sive.
There are 229 cases reported from
other points and but six deaths. In
other words the New Orleans doctors
lose a little yer Is per cent of theil
yellow fever patients whereas the
country doctors lose q lite less thar
three per cent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

Already we are beginning to feel the
effects Of the expansion aud annexa-
ton policy. One Of our legal friends
remarked the other day during a
tropical downpour, that We had COM
menced annexing the climate Of Cuba,
and the yellow fever, and tie acquisi-
ton Of the island itself would follow
as a natural sequence.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22
SherifTs Sale.

STATE OF L0UIsIANA-Parish
If Nsrmifon-1Tf Judicial Dis
trict Couft-a 10. Ills.
W u Benedict
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-22

Last week a bloody conflict ensued
at Virden, amining town nearspring-
field, ILL.,, in which a number of mi
ners and two negroes were killed.
The trouble grew out Of the importa-
ton Of negro miners from n IA anna,
and the attack by white miners upoe
the train bearing them. The fire vas
returned with deadly results and the
negroes were not permitted 70 get off
the cars, which were ,afen on to
Springfield.