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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-05-28

The many friends of Mrs. DR.
f. G. Marrero, of Mulberry Grove
Hotel, will be pleased to learn thai
she has almost recovered from hel
recent severe attack of pneumonia
She is able to sit up, and all hope
that she will soon he restored t
perfect health again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-05-28

A handsome aud complete
assortment of Clothing for
Spring and Summer wear
has Just been received at
Darlington Bros. & Co.,
who carry the largest and
most complete stock to
be found in Covington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-05-28
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Election. Monday, June 6, 1898.
For Mayor:
S. d. ANDERSON.
For Aldermen.
c.. Z. WILLIAMS.
o. v. RICHARD.
NJ. C.. DAY,
II. II. SMITH,
IT. G. WEAVER,
+. FREDERICK.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-05-28

!, If oar summer residents properly
appreciated the pleasures of boat
ing on the Bogue Falia, the river
would lie dotted with skiffs in the
morning and evening. 1t is much
preferable to drive over the dusty
roads.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-05-28

COvingtOIl, May Is. 1879
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Election. Monday, June 6, 1895
For Mayor:
S. D. ANDERSON.
For Aldermen.
C. z. WILLIAMS.
o. v. RICHARD.
NJ. c. DAY,
II. H. SMITH,
HIT. G. WEAVER,
E. FREDERICK.
APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. j. NJ. Russell will hold servic
- Jerusalem Church, the second Sur
,lay in each month, at ii O'Clock A. N
and at Diteman, near Willie Bossier'.
the third Sunday at ll:3OA. N.
Now plant peas for hay.
All quiet on Lake Pontchartrain
Several new houses are goin gu
in Old and New Covlngton.
The long drouth was broken b.
a short rain last Wednesday.
Blackberries are plentiful, an
and can be had for the picking.
The list of jurymen for the Jun
term Of Court will be found III an
other column.
The Bank of Covington vii
open its doors for business mex
Thursday, June 2.
Texas King Of five cent Cigars
at Frederick's Drug store. Sc
advertisement.
Mr.. Y. II. Frederick is sol
agent for the celebrated Texa
King Of five cent cigars.
We picked the first ripe fig o
the season last Monday, from on
of the trees in our tiggery.
There will he a sale Of pnbli
school land at the Courthouse to
dav. See advertisement, i'll anothe
column.
An interesting protracted meet
ing was held in the Methods
Church this week by Rev. NJ. g
jenkins, assisted by Rev. +. l
Mulholland.
There will be a judicial sale a
the Courthouse to-day, in the cas-
of w. Z. Rider VS.. w. J. ami +
A. Laughlin. See Advertisement
II is safe to say that few of tn
villifiers of the Constitutional Con
vention have read the new ConSti
tuition. They made up their mind
to denounce 1t some time before i
was adopted.
Ii oar summer residents properl,
appreciated the pleasures of boat
ing on the Bogue Falia, the rive
would lie dotted with skiffs in tn
morning and evening. 1t is mucl
preferable to a drive over the dust,
roads.
The many friends of Mrs. DIR
F. G. Marrero, of Mulberry Grov'
Hotel, will be pleased TO learn tina
she has almost recovered from he
recent severe attack Of pneumonia
She is able to sit up, and all hop
that she will soon he restored t,
perfect health again.
We publish another installmen
Of our synopsis of the new Consti
tuition this week. All should read
carefully. Its provisions are be
ing generally Endorsed Throughout
the State, as they become bette
known, and all admit that it is
great improvement over the Consti
tuition of 1879.
The sealed bids for building tn
Barker bridge, on the Staffcr,
Ford road, resulted is follows:
Christian Beck, $50 90
&. w. Thompson, 40 SIS
Frank =. Bierv. a 90
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
T WILL BE 4
 GRAND FETE
Enthusiastic Committees Pre- pairing for the Masonic
 Festival.
Assurances Given That the Widows and Orphans Home Will Be
 Completed.

The Masonic festival that is to be given at the Mechanics Pavilion beginning on May and lasting for six days, is now an assured success. The affair is to be given for the benefit of the proposed home for the widows and orphans of deceased members of the organization. Commit tees are daily hard at work, and yester- day the headquarters of the officers In charge of the entertainment were crowded with enthusiastic workers for the benefit of the fete. Among the callers was h. spector- General w. Frank Pierce, one of the foremost Masons of the State, and he was much pleased with the progress al- entertainment He prophesied that the fair would realize all the money that would be needed to complete the home and put it in condition for occupancy. He said there would be several thousand MasonS in attendance at the fete from the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and they would also donate many beauti- full articles to place in the booths for sale. The different city lodges have taken a wonderful interest in the proposed enter tainment. The Oakland MasonS have al- ready given over hundred handsome ar ticles to help stock the booths. The wives of the members of California Lodge will meet on Wednesday afternoon to arrange for taking an active part in the festival and on Thursday the ladies of Fidelity Lodge will meet to prepare for their part in the fete. Both meetings will be held at the Masonic Temple. Charles L. Patton, the chairman of the committee in charge of the festival, says he expects to sell at least 20 900 season tickets, and he ex presses the belief that the affair will be one of the greatest Masonic successes ever held in this State.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
Collected Illegal Fees From Santa Clara
 County.
Judgment Rendered Against Him for the Amount So
 Acquired.
Judicial Ruling as to Cases Wherein One Magistrate Acts for
 Another.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, March 2S-santa Clara County was given judgment to-day against Justice of the Peace Beggs of Los Gatos for $297, illegally collected for fees in criminal cases in Redwood Township. Beggs was called in to sit in place of Jus tice Dwyer of this city and Justice Her -rington of Santa Clara during their ab- sence. and collected the usual fees of 8 a case charged the county, although Jus tfces Harrington and Dwyer also charged +he same amount Suit was brought against Beggs for $510 thus illegally col
 Judge Hyland to-day gave judgment for the county for $279. He said the evidence showed that Justice Beggs had unlaw- fuI1v colIected 8 in twenty cases in Jus tice Herrineton's court and in seventy nine cases in Justice Dwyer's court. The decision says:
 If tho Justice of the Peace of one township uiskas to call in another justice of the same county to perform the duties imposed upon him hv law for the time such services are rendered he is the authorized deputy or the justice who requested him to act Tor his com
 The Justice of the Court in which the action was commenced is the only person authorlze9 to charge a fee of S9 In a criminal action, ana the Justice of the Peace of that court IS en- titled 10 collect such fee; If for any reason any other Justice is requested to act in any crlm- inal cases he must look to the Justlce Wno made the request for payment oi services ret- t dered. In no event Is the county to De charged more than 8 for all services perform cd in a criminal action by one or more Jus tlces of the Peace.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
Exciting Scene at the Union Mission Army
 Headquarters.
Commander Moore Threatens to Kill w. J. Davis With
 Hatchet.
Troubles of the Army Will Bo Again Aired in Court, as Warrants Are
 Out for Moore's Arrest

As a result of the disruption in the Union Mission army there was a violent scene at the headquarters, IA Hayes street, Saturday night, nearly ending in bloodshed.
 The dismissal of the case against W. J. Davis and his wife, charged by A. W. Moore, the self-styled commander, with disturbing the peace, by Judge Low on Saturday was celebrated with joyous ac- claims at the headquarters Saturday night, much to the un-Christian rage and modification of Moore. In his anger Moore wrote out notices that he was the only commander of the army and warn ing all and sundry not to have any deal- ings with the apostate Davis. He pro- ceeded to post the notices on the walls of the headquarters, when Davis was mo- tified by a friend and promptly tore the notices down.
 Moore had used hatchet in posting up the notices, and while Davis was pulling them down he rushed at him and grasp ing him by the throat with his left hand raised the hatchet aloft as if to drive IL into Davis skull. A bystander rushed be- tween them and forced the enraged Moore to release his hold of Davis. Moore then sullenly retired to his shack in the rear of the headquarters.
 Yesterday morning Davis appeared In Judge Joachimsens court and wanted a warrant for the arrest of Moore on charge of assault to murder, but aIter talking over the matter IL was QoClOeu lO make the charge threats to kill. Moore had on previous occasions threatened to strangle Davis if he did not give him ab- solute possession of the headquarters and recognize him as the commander.
 Attorneys Rose and Harrington, who represent Davis, may also swear out warrant for Moore'S arrest to-day on the charge of obtaining money by false pre- lenses. They assert that Moore is going around the city selling meal tickets and appropriating the money to his own uses and purposes. These meal tickets are made good at the headquarters, and Davis and the other members have to bear the ex- but Moore has his own seal as command CT. which the others allege Is not guar anteed or recognized by the army.
 Davis attorneys are also looking up Moore's record, and they propose to show just what sort of a man he Is when the case comes up in court, including his do- ings in Portland, when he was expelled from membership In Gods Regular Army there, rendering 1t necessary for Com mander-in-C Chief Purdey to give public notice that he was no longer connected with the organization.
 A w. Moore was arrested in the even ing on a warrant sworn to by Major Da- wis, for threats to kill. The arrest, ac- cordng to Moore, is a piece of spite work. and the outcome of a miSunderStand1ng. Moore charged Davis with throwing flag and drum belonging to the mission into the street and had him arrested for the act. Moore denied that he had threatened Davis but says he only ordered him to leave the mission.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
Rif1ed Artillery for Angel Island and AlcatraZ
 Batteries.
The Position at Lime Point to Be Re-enforced by Eight
 Inch Guns.
Preparations to Destroy Any Hostile Ship That Might Pass the Outer
 Line of Defense.

In order to be prepared for any emer- gency, General Shafter, commanding the Department of California, has decided to strengthen the Notifications of Lime Point and Angel Island In a big engage ment at the heads one ironclad of an en- emy might, by some one of the many chances of war, run by the batteries or Fort Point and get inside. In that event the batteries of Angel Island. Alcatraz and Lime Point might be able to render great service.
 It is proposed now to place on Alcatraz and Angel islands eight-inch converted rifles. These guns do not have long range, as modern rifles are estimated, but the rifles shoot with remarkable precision and are highly effective at short dis tances. They will be kept in readiness for active service until the new modern nigh power guns are received to supplant them
 It is said that General Shafter will also re-enforce the battery of twelve-inch breech-loading guns at Lime Point with a new battery of eight-tnch converted rifles. Old artillerymen have the greatest faith in these eight-inch guns. They rh- fer to the records of target practice to prove the accuracy of the shooting.
 The usual monthly muster and review place next Thursday. If the weather is fair and agreeable all the troops of the garrison will be reviewed on the parade plain. At the Presidio and other saIIl-
  preparations have been carried forward as far as the emergency demands The signs of peace now reported from the East will not cause a cessation of work on the Qualifications. New guns will be mounted as fast as they arrive and work will be continued throughout on the main plan of harbor defense as mapped out by the engineer corps.
 A quantity of ammunition, 40 900 pounds, has been sent to San Diego to supply the 1o-inch breech-loading rifles at Ballast Point COlOnal Moore the chief quarter master of this department, is at San Diego arranging some matters of trans portation in connection with the works defending that harbor.
 The funeral of Miss Anna Morris. daughter of Lieutenant-C Colonel Morris, Fourth Cavalry, took place at the Pre- sidio yesterday. Miss Morris had been sufferer for many years and her death, last Saturday. came as a release. She was highly esteemed by her associates. The fnterment took place. at the National Cemetery at the Presidio. The pail bearers were chosen from the second lieutenants of the garrison. The men of the Fourth Cavalry followed the funeral procession on foot.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
Complaint That Mission Property Is Hurt by
 Creeping Cars.
Petition Circulated Asking for Faster Electric Gar
 Service.
Real Estate Men Say Tenants Make Loud Complaints of the
 Service.

There is a concerted movement of resi- dents of the Mission to induce the Mar ket-street Railroad Company to increase the speed of cars running to the Mission.
 It is said by real estate dealers that there has been a marked depreciation or rental values since the cars began to run so slowly and that 8 great many work ingmen have signifled deslre to move nearer the center Of the city.
 Speaking of the matter yesterday, John Hoesch said: There is 8 general com pIaint about the slow way that the cars are run. and a petition Is being prepared by residents asking that the company in crease the speed of the electric cars. I have not yet seen the document, though I know it is being prepared The cars creep along nowadays, ana this IS hard to bear, following rapid speed, as 1t does. The real estate men say that there is a slack in the inquiries for Mission property and that business out that way has been greatly damaged by the old fogy policy that has so suddenly Ia1len like a pail over the Mission.
 George W. H. Patterson, real estate dealer, said There Is a general com plaint that the service is bad. We have less inquiry than fornerly TOT the prop that they have to get up too early to catch cars In the winter when 1t is dark the complaint will grow worse instead of better I think there Is no need of the slow run, and that there has been alto gether too much emphasis laid on the fact that lives have been lost by reason of rapid running. Let the company adopt the best fender it can get and leave the rest to care and good Judgment, and all
 L. A Souc had heard the general com plaint. but did not look for much en- couragement from the company. They said there was much complaint, among patrons of the road, many of whom are conpeIIed to be up very early in the morning.
 demonstration in favor of restoring some such schedule as the one recently aban- doned- with the suggestion that the cars run at a slower rate from Eighth street in, and that all conductors be requested to slow LID at crossings.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
LOVE LED TO SUICIDE.
Affection for His Divorced Wife Drove John Hons to Self
 

Despondent over the love he bore for his divorced wife, John F. Hohs com mitted suicide yesterday by taking mor- phfne His Iandlady, Mrs. Katie Kinks, went to uis room to make the bed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and found him fin an unconscious condition. She notified a noliceman. who Lad the man taken to the Receiving Hospital, where he died at o'clock. He told Dr. Thompson, who attended Jim, that he had not taken
 Among a number of letters which Hohs left addressed to different people was one to the Coroner stating that he was tired of life and had taken morphine. On the back of two pictures of his 3-three-old son appeared the following, written in German: .'F'redchen, my dear little boy, what did your father do to harm your mother? God bless you and take care of you. Rememoer your father ana aVenge his blood" To h-s wife he wrote: Clara, Clara, I have been good to you. I love you even unto death, but you were false
 Hohs kept small delicatessen-store on Howard street until about six weeks ago, when he became a barkeeper at a saloon on the corner of Seventh and Grammar. Since then he has been rooming at 554A Natoma street, where he took the poison. He and his wife had considerable trouble, and about two weeks ago she was grant ed divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty. Hons did not contest the case and friends think he has been grieVing over the separation until he became half crazed.
 The deceased was a German, S7 years of age, and was a member of the Nord Deutscher Verein, Ancient Order of Foresters, the Odd Fellows and the Inde- pendent Rifles.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
His Title Affirmed bv Judge Allen of Los
 Angeles.
Attempt to Dispossess Him of the Large Tract
 Fails.
Decision in Suit InvoIvino the Towns of Redondo and
 InglewOod.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, March 2S.-Superior Judge Allen to-day rendered a decision affirming the title of Daniel Freeman to twenty-three hundred acres of val uable land including the cities of Re- dondo and Inglewood. The ranch orig inally belonged to Ignacio Abila, who died in 1850. Prior to his death he made will giving the ranch to his daughter, Ascencion Sanchez. Her putative heirs in 1865 sold the ranch to a man named Burnett. The sale was approved by the Probate Court and Burnett ob- tained quit-claim deeds from all the supposed heirs of Ascencion Sanchez, then alive. In 1885 Burnett sold the ranch to it's present owner, Daniel Freeman, and its present value is 100000.
 In the meantime a company was formed, known as the Abila Estate Company, to contest the title of Free man to the ranch. The claim to the property was based upon the allegation that Ascencion Sanchez had two chiI- dren by Don Pic Pico, and that their interest in the ranch as heirs of Ascen- cion Sanchez had never been quieted or satisfied
 After hearing all the testimony to- day Judge Allen decided that the evil dence was in no particular instance sufficient to cloud Freeman's title to the ranch. He held that 1t had not been proved beyond doubt that the two al- legged heirs of Ascencion Sanchez were her heirs, as the only testimony upon which any such allegation could be based was that. of Don Pic Pico, the last Mexican CAverncr of California, who had claimed that he was the father of two children of whom Ascen- cion Sanchez was. the mother This Judge Allen did not consider good evil dence and he. therefore, gave a deci- sion in favor of the defendant
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
San Jose MerCury's Vain Attempt to BesmirCh
 The Call.
Rails at a Dispatch Sent by the Associated Press, of Which It's City Editor Is
 Agent.

correspondent had to be relied upon, and to the extent he erred responsibil- ity must be placed at this end of the line. If the damage was less serious than at first reported and so 1t seems to have been, the friends of The Call here are sure that paper, assiduously as 1t has worked for the interests of Santa Clara, will be gratified to know it and to spread the news abroad.
 Tt Is not easy to conceive" con- tinues this editorial freak. what The Call has against San Jose"
 So a number of citizens seen here to- day freely admit.
 ''The Mercury must have gone daft" |" said one of these. @'If Jim Req thinks he can delude anybody by such stuff he's a chump. I had always given him credit for sense. We all understand what is the matter. Your paper has been fighting him and beating him at every turn. Job after Jon or ms nas been laid bare. He is losing his grip. The Mercury also is on the downgrade, and The Call is gaining here every day. That's what ails Jim. was not par ticularly pleased at the item myself, but seeing it in all the city papers recognized that it must have been Associated Press matter Of course if the frost had been as bad as reported the fact would have been of grave i'm portance, and no editor with any sense would have suppressed it. There was no reason for any of them to suppose that it was not authentic. And Santa Clara is not to be injured by any frost. This is a great and productive section, and has no excuse for being super sensitive"
 This gentleman expressed the con- sensuS of opinion as gathered by talks with a large number of citizens. The charge of "a deliberately premeditated plan to discredit Santa Clara" was re- cognized as so ridiculous as to rob the Mercury's vttuperation of all weight and dignity. That odd and unpleas- ant print seems to have a set of edi- torial fangs yet, but it's poison sacks have been removed. It has the inn pulses of the snake, but not the power.
 This precious ebullition closes with the assertion that "the attack and the islander Is one of the meanest ever published against Santa Clara Coun- ty." AS there has been no attack, and as the islander" came from a res ident of Santa Clara, people here are naturally inclined to smile. They are serene in the confidence that an effort to prove this valley anything but a de- sirable place of residence would be as useless as to get out an injunction against the rising of the sun, and their faith in the friendship of The Call is not to be shaken by the whine of a boss on whom 1t has been necessary to shed light revealing him as a trick ster unworthy of trust.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
ASKS FOR HEAVY DAMAGES. Trial of Another Railroad Suit Com menced Before Judge Dainger-
 field and Jury.

The trial of the suit brought by Margie Nagle to recover s50,OOO from the Market street Railway Company was begun yes terday before a jury In Judge Dainger- field's court She claims that she was badly bruised and jared by the sudden stopping of a car of the Folsom-street electric line on which she was a passenger on February last. The railroad com pany denies that the plaintiff received any injury, and. further, claims that the car was stopped by the motorman in the hope of preventing a collision with a buggy crossing the track. The car and buggy came together, however, and the glass in the forward part of the dummy was shattered.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29
Innocent Children Sacrificed.

The slaughter of the innocents'' continues, until it Is estimated that fully one-fourth of the human race die before attaining their fifth birthday, owing in great measure to our rig orous and changeable climate. And there thousands of adults, even in this land of plenty, that stomach. liver and bowel com plaints reducing to confirmed inyaldsm whom Hostetters Stomach Bitters would promptly relieve and invigorate Malaria, rheumatism and kidney trouble yield to the Btters.