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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-12-31
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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-12-31
TAX SALES.
CORPORATION of Lafayette VS..
Delinquent Taxpayers.

BY virtue of the authority vested in me by
the constitution and the laws of the State of
Louisiana, / will sell at the town hall in the
corporation of Lafayette, in the State afore-
said, between legal sale hours, beginning at
I o'clock a. M,
The sun., 1898-04-10
END OF THE QUARTER
Postmaster EnOch Moore Sends His
Regular Quarterly Report to
the United States Govern.
llleut.

Postmaster Moore has sent to Wash.
ington his report for the quarter ending
on March 3lst. The figures are very en-.
couraging and show an increase of about
81 200 over the same period last year.
The figures are as follows: Balance ut
the beginning Of the quarter, $25, ,s77. 81
received during the quarter, $50, $50. .66;
making total of $50, 728.27, from which
should be deducted $63.A for damaged
stamps and dead letter bills; net sale Of
stamps, envelopes, cards, ETC., $20.379;
sale of waste paper, 4.57; box rent,
Gl5.41; total receipts, $50, 1927.
The expenditures were as follows:
Salary OF postmaster. $500; special de-
livery, $l53.36; clerk hire, &,2O3; mis-
cellaneous expenses, $3.50; salaries of
railway postoffice clerks, $725; salaries
of letter-carriers, B,4O2,36; incidental
expenses OF the free delivery services,
$3.50; net balance deposited at the
sub-treasury in Philadelphia, $9,O54.O5.
In the special delivery department
] ,Sll articles were received from other
places and 106 deposited for local deliv-
cry, making total Of 1917. Other sta.
tistics are as follows: Newspapers
mailed, 26,04 pounds; registry depart
ment-domestic letters, 2.240; parcels.
IS; foreign letters, l37; parcels, 12; oili-
cial letters and parcels free, lO4.
The sun., 1898-04-10

this Government was in the attitude oi
having itself deprive Spain Of its pofsos.
sion, Spain would probably lay the mat
ter before the Powers, and under inter-
national law it is q question whether the
United States might not be held respon-
sible for such bonds as are held by for
eign Governments or their citizens.
For this reason the President and his
advisers are giving careful attention to
the form of the resolutions to be adopted
by Congress. A consulting mmittee
OF Congress, composed Of leading law
yers, have been searching for precedents
Of international law, and have come to
the conclusion that great care must be
taken to 80 frame the resolutions that if
the President desire to avoid the recog-
milton Of the present Cuban republic is
yielded to, this government will not be
put in the attitude OF herself depriving
Spain Of possession, the revenues Of
which have been pledged to foreign
creditors Of Spain. 1t is proposed to
meet this point that tie resolutions re.
ported shall declare that Cuba is in a
state of belligerency without government;
that Spain has lost her sovereignty over
the island, and that the government Of
the United States shall intervene for the
purpose of enabling the citizens of the
island to establish stable form Of gov
ernment, capable OF restoring and main
tanning law and order.
The sun., 1898-04-10
GREAT CARE TAKEN IN
DRAFTING THE RESOLUTION
This Measure Adopted to Protect
the United States In It's
Action.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The difference
of opinion between the President and a
section of Congress as to the form OF the
resolutions to be passed by Congress is
still unsettled, but an agreement for
perfectly harmonious action is hoped
for. Members of the Foreign Com
mittees do not talk us il there were
any prospect Of Congress yielding to
the proposition to intervene without first
recognizing the freedom OF Cuba. The
President is opposed tc the recognition
of the Cuban Republic for the reason, al
ready stated, that he does not believe
that the civil government which the in
surgents lay claim to las established the
fact that it can maintain itself On the
other hand, the legal opinion is ex-
pressed that If the United States should
Intervene for the purpose OF establishing
the freedom OF Cuba, at the same time
recognizing that at tie time Of interven-
tion the island was still u Spanish prov
ince, this Government might incur
moral obligation for the bonds issued by
Spain for which the revenues OF the is-
land were pledged. After the war, if
The sun., 1898-04-10
DONAHOE AS MARSHAL.
Was Chief of the Marching Forces
in Philadelphia on Apo.
lnnttox Day.

| About seventy.five members and
friends of Encampment No. 81, U. V. L.,
lett Wilmington yesterday morning, on
the 3. 4 0. railroad, for Philadelphia to
participate in the Appomattox Day an
liiversary.
! The general Committee on Arrange
ments Of the Union Veteran Legion,
which is composed uf Union soldiers and
sailors. who were in actual service not
less than two years, had completed ar.
rangelnents for the celebration OF the an
niversary OF ApWmattox Day, April 8,
1865, VIII u General Lee surrendered to
General Grant.
Tie members Of the six Philadelphia
encampments participated in the ccle-
bration, together with the encanpments
located in Camden and Bridgewater, N.
D., Wilmington, Dell, West Chester
Reading, Pottsville and other points in
Pennsylvania.
General Archibald Blakely, OF Pitts
burg, national commander and his staff,
took part in the parade, which formed at
Ninti, street and Girard avenue at 9
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The line of
march was west on Girard avenue to
Broad, thence to Chestnut to Tenth, to
Market street, to Broad, to Vine, and
there dismiss.
General John p. Donahoe, past ma.
tionaf commander, was chief marshal
a camp fire was held at Industrial
Hall at 3 o'clock, while the adxiliaries OF
the different encanpments in Philadel.
phia are to provide luncheon in the hall
from o'clock to 7, Mrs, Agnes Lyshon.
being chairman OF the committee.
An open meeting was held in the
evening, ut which addresses were made
by jude Breezy, Generals Blakely, Dona-
hoe and Latta, Colonel u. p Boyer,
Coroner Ashbridge and Chairman
William II. Redheffer.
The sun., 1898-04-10
SURVIVOR ON DUTY
Assistant Engineer Norris OF the
Maine Ordered on Cruiser
COIll mbiu,

KANSAS Cry, April 0.-.John II. Mo-
ris, assistant engineer Of the battleship
Maine, and one of the survivors Of the
disaster in Havana harbor, has received
a despatch from the Navy Department
commanding him to report for daiy at
Hampton Roads on Sunday night.
Mr.. Morris was in hospital ut Kew
West from the time VI the explosion
until two weeks ago, when he came to
Kansas City, Kan, to visit relatives.
He Is now fully recovered from his in
iuries. lie will join the cruiser Column
bin OF the flying squadron
The sun., 1898-04-10
VERDICT NOT SATISFACTORY
The Deputy States Attorney
Dissatisfied Over a Verdict.
FINDING OF CORONER'S JURY
Say That Frances Harris alias Kelly
Died From ShOck.-Trushy
Held Under Heavy
Bail.
FINDING OF CORONER'S JURY

Yesterday morning ar inquest was
held on the body OF Frances Harris, alias
Fannie Kelley, colurcd, who, it is al
legged, received injuries that resulted in
her death by Bert Trusty throwing a
lighted coal oil lamp at hear early Tues
day morning of last week.
Mrs. Harriet Johnson testified that on
last Monday night she heard talk
between the dead woman and accused
man.
This was heard by her through the
PARTITION. Then she heard the lamp fall
down the stairs and soon aiterward
heard some one fall. Daniel Green
went to the window and then Wit
ness heard Fanny say "Pm burned to
DEATH"
Martha Duckery was with tie deceased
and Lee Ruley on Monday night. They
went to the "shoot," at Front and
Market. Had two glasses Of beer. Went
to Mary jeans house and got home
about l.55 O'Clock. Deceased struck
match and said, ''They are all here"
She lit lamp and went upstairs; heard
her say something about giving Trusty
money for pair OF shoes and said sleep
on for this is the last - night you'll
be in this house.
Trusty replied you'd better go ON
and let me alone" He then got up and
looked down stairs and said "Heigho"
Five or ten minutes afterward heard the
lamp fall and then heard yell. Saw
Fannie run down stairs. She was all
ablaze. She ran to the shed and set fire
to paper on the roof by her left hand
which was on fire When she was re-
moved to ,Johnson's House she threw
her arms about my neck and said ''Oh,
my, amt burned?'
The jury returned to their room at
the mo,gue and returned the following
verdict:
Resolved That Fannie Kelly came to
her death in Wilmington hundred on
April &, 1898, from shock incidental to
burns received at No. . Lord street, OF
April ), 1898.
Deputy States Attorney Cooper was
dissatisfied with the verdict. He feIt
that the evidence was strong enough to
present for murder case in second de-
gree. Word was accordingly Gent to the
police station not to release Trusty
In Municipal Court last night Trusty
was remanded in default of 81 900 bail
for the upper court.
The sun., 1898-04-10
NOT ADMITTED
Members Of the Git-Tosether
Club are Polite.
PART Of SALARY PLEDGED
Meeting of the Lincoln Republicans
And as Many as Five New Mem
bers Join the Ranks-Resume
of the Meeting.

"No Admittance''-tOr reporters-is the
polite manner in which the Lincoln Re.
publican or "Git-Together" Club refuses
admission to that class Of the newspaper
fraternity.
Reporters are not the only people who
are refused entrance to the alleged 'se-
cret service" meetings Of the body, but
many stalwart Republicans, it is said,
are also turned down"
The principal object of the club is to
reunite the party in the State, but il the
"Git. Together" refuse to allow any one
to Join outside of office and ex-otfics
holders, it is q mooted question whether
or no the new club is failure
All the members, it is understood, have
signed atfidavits to the effect that provid-
ing they are in t'ofice," they will turn
over a certain amount Of their "hard"
earned money to bring he Republican
party Together"
While this.is the primary cause OF the
formation OF the club, it is alleged by
outside Republicans that the "Git-To-
gether," is only for the purpose Of pro.
noting the interests of ''would-be"
office holders.
The following is q brief resume OF
the business transacted by the club last
evening:
There was about twenty-five persons
at the meeting OF the Lincoln Republi-
can Club last night.
The meeting was called to order at
about $50 O'Clock with Mayor McI.ear
presiding, and City Councilman James
Robinson acted as secretary. The min
utes OF the last meeting were read and
approved.
The first consideration was the ques-
tion of yearly dues. Receiver of Taxes
Horace Rettew, suggested that the year.
ly dues be fixed at ~.
DR.. France objected to the sum named
as being too high,. Several other per-
sons joined in the discussion, and then
by general consent the matter was laid
over.
An invitation was then given to per-
sons present to sign the roll and become
members OF the club. Five or six per-
sons responded.
No other. business being proposed, and
in the absence of the report OF Commit
tee on Bylaws, the meeting adjourned
to meet again on Saturday evening next.
Among those present were the follow
ing: Sheriff, W. Il. Finn, ex-Sheriff,
Paul Gillis; Deputy Sheriff, Ge ,rge Reed
Mayor, ii. c. NlcIear; ex-Mayor,. }. z.
Wales; ex- Mayor, L. V. Shortlidge; City
Treasurer, II. Curry; ex-Tax Collector,
Edmund Mitchell, Jr.; Tax Collector,
Thomas Lewis; Councilman, Z.
II. Watson; Councilman, James
Robertson; NJ. S. Quigley,
and Washington Hastings, candidates
for postmaster, Clerk Frank Pierson of
the Street and Sewer Department, Isaac
Brown and Maxwell Mahoney Of the
Water Depa' tiIIent, John Taylor and
Samuel Mcdaniel, candidates for sheriff,
Tax Receiver Horace Rettew, Tax Re-
ceiver Rober Burns, Chas. Groves Of the
Street and SewerDepartment; John Lynn,
Levy Court Commissioner, DR.. France
and Hadley Lewis, OF the Board of
Health, cx-Sheriff Pierce Gould, Police
Commissioner W. NJ. Pyle, Comptroller,
Clerk Edward Clark and George T.
Cummings and W. V. Truxbury.
The sun., 1898-04-10
IN MUNICIPAL COURT,
Cases That Appeared Before Judge
Ball-.-Crimes of Larceny Sent
IN tEs, urnno,, 6,n,,vt

tOthe Upper Court.
Before Judge Ball in Municipal Court
last evening William Durance was fined
81 and costs for drunkenness.
Henry Wilson, charged with vagrancy,
was fined II and costs.
The case of Andrew Conner, in which
he was charged with larceny, was dis
missed. ..
Adam Newman, charged with assault
and battery, was held in the snm of
5000 bail for the upper court.
Yesterday morning William Matthews
was arraigned OH the charge OF stealing
some wire from the city water works.
He was held under 5000 for the upper
court.
John Closky, drunk, was fined ST.;
Edward Mcbride and Edward Garrett,
charged with disOrderly conduct, were
fined 81 each. William Cloud and Cor
nelius Lynch, charged with drunken.
ness, were fined ~ each.
Mary Iilllson, colored, was charged
with cutting her husband, Frank Till
son, last evening with u knife. Mary
said she did it in self-defence, and the
case was dismissed.
Ella Mandell, charged with stealing
box OF bread from u grocery store at
Fifth and Jefferson streets, was held un-
der 500 bail for the upper court.
Edward Neutweck was charged with
disorderly conduct and not supporting
his wife. Several witnesses testified
that Neutweck worked and supported
his wife and children whpnever he could
get work. Agent Stout, OF the S. P. G.
G., gave damaging testimony. The case
was continued until Monday morning.
The sun., 1898-04-10
GENERAL LEE now !.
ON AMERICAN SOIL
The Consul-General Reaches
Key West at Ten
O'clock
MESSAGE FROM GENERAL W00DFORD
Received Last Night and
Treats Of the Proposed
Armistice Of Spain
With Cuba
McKINLEy'S MESSAGE ON MONDAY
Spanish Fleet Will be Dealt With
First and Cuba Will be
BloCkaded
There Will be no Further Delay and Congress Will Act
on Tuesday---War Discussed at White
House Conference.

I Havana is safe with it's mined harbor,
from American attack, until the Vizcaya
and the Oquendo, now at Porto Rico,
have been settled with, and when the
fleet at Cape Verde Islands comes over
the sea, then that. Meanwhile the Span.
I iards in. Havana will have a little OF the
medicine they have SO cheerfully been
giving to the reconcentrados. They will
starve. Cuba will be blockaded.
Naval officers believe it possible that
Spain may try Il rush at one of our coast
towns i'll the hope OF inaicting one bad
blow and spreading alarm through the
country. J,'I
They have taken precautions accord
ingly. The Spanish ships may get here,
il they can escape the vigilance Of the
flying squadron, and after they have had
their one say they will make man or less
valuable additions to the American navy.
There will be no need OF Spanish ships
on tins side OF the ocean anyhow there.
after, for with Cuba and Porto Rico gene
the last hold OF Spain upon the hemi-
sphere she has tortured witty her mis-
government for four hundred years will
have been lOOsed.
She can vent her spite wholly upon
the Philippine islands, il, indeed, Amer
lea does not pay her back for descent
upon her coasts by wrestling also those
Nlands from her
This is the drama that is to open with
the scene in Congress on Monday, when
the Presidents message comes IN. All
the other acts will follow quickly, SO it is
fully believed here.
No one to-day in official and unofficial
circles can see any other way out OF it.
The offer of armistice, which is more
than half expected from Spain today or
tomorrow, is discounted.
1t VIII not stay the Presidents message
lie has said so. The Cubans would not
consent anyhow. Queen Christina can
not abandon Cuba if she would.
The only other chance that remains is
that Of proposition from the Powers for
Joint intervention in Cuba with view
OF setting up free government there, and
against that the Cortes would rebel.
Washington see. no other way out
than through war, and is ready and eager
for it.
The sun., 1898-04-10
PLANS TO be OPERATED
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Spanish Fleet Will Ike Dealt With
First and Cuba Will lR
BlOckade0.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The Admins
tration sticks. IL has not changed ain
the least since Yesterday, and will not
unless the unexpected, and held here to
be the incredible, should happen that
Spain backs clean down. In fact, it can
not change
President Mckinley has come to the
point which President Madison reached
In 1872 after series of outrages upon
American sailors. Diplomacy finally
failed and war followed History will
repeat itself once more.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations sits quietly day after day taking
testimony, not on Cuba, but on the
Maine. The case is nearly complete. 1t
will be when Consul General Lee has
been heard. Capt. Sigsbee's testimony is
on file. Lee will testify as soon as he
csmes from Havana, likely on Tuesday.
That is the day the Senate will bring
in its report, from present promises, and
it will not mince matters. Monday the
President will submit his message and
it will BE- referred to Committee.
Havana will be cleared. Weyler
volunteers will have only each other and
the poor reconcentrados to fight, and
Z for these latter the hour Of deliverance
will be then at hand.
On Tuesday Congress will be ready to
act OH the joint resolutions which order
Spain out of Cuba. The ships arelying
with steam up at Key West. That same
night, If the President gives the order,
they may close the Harbor of Havana.
There will he no bombarding of
Havana. That Is not in the plan. The
ships will not attack land forts while
the Spanish navy is afloat.
The Italians made that mistake at
Lissa, exhausted their strength and
their ammunition and fell an easy prey
to the Austrian, Admiral Tegethof, who
came fresh to the fight.
That taught the naval world lesson.
The sun., 1898-04-10
SALES RATIFIED.
Judge Spruancc Receivers From a
Slight Attack Of Sickness and
Attends to Business.

Judge Spruancc is we'll again, and held
Orphans Court yesterday morning.
Elwood ii. Mousley was appointed
guardian of George II. and Leroy Hol-
lett.
Philip L. Garrett, administrator of
William 7. Howard, deceased made re-
turn OF the sale of the real estate, which
was confirmed.
Eli Davis, administrator OF Eshert J.
Davis, deceased, made similar return
and it was confirmed.
James Megary, guardian of Mary J..
Stuber, was granted an order to sell part
of the real estate.
Court then adjourned until next Wed.
neslay.
The sun., 1898-04-10
NIAGARA NEARLY COMPLETED
Vessel Will Not Be Purchased by the
GOvcrnment-BusyS Scenes at One
of the ShiDyards,

The Harlan 4 Hollingsworth Com
pany have received another order for a
large sea-going tug for the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, to be like the one
that was launched last Tuesday.
The two sister tugs will be the largest
that the company ever built, and they
are nearly all iron excepting the inner
parts.
Mr.. George Gould and his fiancee,
Miss Clemmons, visited Wilmington
yesterday to look at his yacht Niagara.
The yacht will be the largest of its
kind af1oat and, as far as furnishings,
will be one Of the finest in the world.
The stringham Torpedo boat which is
being built is being fast completed; near
ly all OF the ribs and some of the frame
work was placed on Yesterday and they
expect to finish that part by Monday
afternoon. The Stringham will be 2S5
feet long but will set low in the water as
the top deck only measures about Is
feet
The sun., 1898-04-10
On a Visit.

4 delegation of the members of Con-
gress passed through this city Yesterday
afternoon for Philadelphia to visit the
Philadelphia Commercial Museums. The
party consisted Of Messrs Hepburn, of
Iowa; Sherman, Of New York; Hawley,
Of Texas; Adanson, of Georgia, and
Davis, of Florida, all Of the Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce;
Mcmillan, Of Tennessee; Dovener and
Miller. Of West Virginia; Sulloway, of
New Hampshire; Evans. of Kentucky;
Lloyd, of Missouri Wilson, of South
Carolina, and Weaver, OF Ohio.
The sun., 1898-04-10
Will Amputate a Leg.

Peter NJ. Stewart, Of ~. 5O5 South
Jackson street, gatetender stationed at
Thorn street watch-box, will 90 to
Delaware Hospital next week to have
his right leg amputa,ed. Mr.. Stewart
is "a years OF age and Was injured about
twenty years ago ut Pennington, while
brakeman on r., W. 4 B. freight
troi
The sun., 1898-04-10
Ankle WiencDicd,

George W. King of No. 1ll5 West
Fifth street, brakeman on the p, w.
u B. railroad, wrenelled his ankle while
at work in the west yard shortly before
midnight, Friday. He was brought to
the French street station and afterward
sent to his-home in ~ cab.
The sun., 1898-04-10
POWERS NOW HARD AT
WORK IN MADRID
Pressure Being Brought to Bear on
Spain to Induce Her to Make
Further Concessions.

WASHINGTON, April 0.-It is learned at
one OF the foreign Embassies that the
Spanish Government tot.ay has under
very earnest consideration the issuance
OF a proclamation declaring an armistice
in Cuba. This decree has 1t yet been
signed so far as is known here, nor does
the information indicate that a final de-
termination that it shall issue has been
reached as yet. The measure, however
is being strongly pressed upon the con-
sidel alton OF Spain by some of the Com
tinental European Powers, which have
acquainted their Embassies with the
fact 1t is the hope of the Powers urging
this move that by means of this conces-
sion war might be avered, although it is
realized that the United States may not
regard the concession rs adequate to
meet the case.
The sun., 1898-04-10
Order Clerk Sick,

Harrison Gould, money order clerk at
the postotiice, is sick at the residence
Of his father, near Newport. During
his illness his place is being filled BY
Registry Clerk Young and Archie
Crozieris' filling Mr.. Young's place.
The sun., 1898-04-10
MCKINLEY'S MESSAGE
COMES ON MONDAY
There Will BE No Further Delay and
Congress Will Then Act.

Congress Will Then Act.
WASHINGTON, April 9-Rumors were
current, today that the government had
word that Spain would proclaim an
armistice OH Monday for settlement OF
the warin Cuba, and that the President
would ask for further delay in the pre-
sentation of his message to Congress.
As soon as this rumor reached the
White House an emphatic denial was
given to its truth. 1t was denied that
any new proposition, direct or indirect,
had been received from Spain, and that
there was any change in the Presidents
intention to send his message to Con-
gress on Monday.
/, At the State Department it was asserted
that Minister Woodford has sent no de-
spatches showing a change in the situa-
ton. Officials insisted that the disquiet-
ing rumors were set atloat for stock job
bing purposes.
The sun., 1898-04-10
Elbow DisIOcatetl,

John Hedley, the son Of William II.
Hedley,. living at No. 1906 Van Buren,
street, fell and dislocated his elbow
white ut play OH a vacant lot ut the cor
ner Of Sllallcross avenue and Jackson
street OH Friday evening.
The sun., 1898-04-10
REGULAR TROOPS
MAY START MONDAY
All Preparations Made at Fort
Sheridan for Immediate De.
parture for the East.

c .IcAGo, April 9.-Officers at Fort
Sheridan expect that the fort will be gar
risoned by only q corporals guard on
Wednesday while the main command is
hurrying to the army rendezvous at
Chicana,,ga Park.
Information has reached the fort that
the expected order to start will come
probably on Monday, but certainly not
later than Tuesday. Acting on orders re-
ccived yesterday to be in readiness for
immedlAte departure, final steps were
taken to have everything prepared for
the expected transfer to the South.