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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-11-30
Citizens OF Alexandria
Vote i Five Mill Tax for School
House.

rhe taxpayers Of Alexandra
last week voted to tax themselves
FIVE mills. for six years, for the
purpose Of building school house.
It will be a handsome and COM
modious school building, which
will cost $40, 900 or more. We need
just such a building in Covington,
If we intend to perform our duty
to the rising generation
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-11-30
That Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you, il you
used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands Of sufferers have proved
their ma:chless merit TOR sick and
nervous headaches. They make
pure blood and build up your health.
Only 25 cents. Money back II not
cured. Sold by J L Watkins,
druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-11-30

When you go to New Orleans
stop at PENIS Hotel, corner of St.
Charles and Poydras streets. All
front rooms, newly furnished
throughout. Charges reasonable,
by the da V or week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-11-30
Our V Cigars.

What does that V stand for? V
stands for five cents. Perhaps you
think five cent too cheap for q good
cigar You've got that idea from try
ing other five cents cigars. You
will change your mind when you've
tried our v cigar. You'll find what
you don't expect IL five cent cigar, a
fragrant, even.burning, white-ash
smoke. We've done our talking.
You do your trying. Then you'll talk
too. Remember you get the v Cigar
only at
VII FREOERICk'S DRUG STORE.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

been made by the War Department for
the West Point Military Academy.
Chief Justice Charles B. Andrews OF
the Supreme Court Of Connecticut has
seht his resignation to Governor Mclean.
Ill health is the reason for the resigna-
tion and the date fixed for retirement Is
Oct. /.
II. s. Bigelow of Buffalo, a freshman
at Harvard. was instantly killed by a
chemical engine Of. the Cambridge fire
department. The students claim that the
driver. John Dowdis, deliberately drove
his engine into the crowd of students.
The headless body OF woman. ap-
parentiy twenty years Of age. was found
in lonely spot about two miles from
Chelmsford Center. Mass. by Elmer +.
Hildreth. superintendent Of the town
farm, and William Baker OF Chelmsford.
A search for the head was not success
full.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Philadelphia express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad near Christiana, Pa. The train
was preceded a few minutes by slow
freight train. drawn by one Of the heavy
locomotives. This struck the obstruction
and cleared the track without doing any
serious damage.
Henry Dingledy of Buffalo was killed
near Hornellsville. y. Y. on a train on
which he was employed. He left four
brothers in Youngstown. Ohio, and one
OF them, George Dingledy, on a recent
night had dream that his brother died
suddenly. He told another brother OF it
and shortly after received the death mes
sage.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

the public square, in Gallipolis, Ohio
Wood hit Varney over the heart and Var.
ney reeled and fell to the sidewalk, gasp
ing. and expired almost instantly.
After beating and robbing j. L. Travis
on the platform Of the Twenty-si sixth
street station Of the Alley - road in
Chicago. two colored highwaymen ran
along the elevated structure to Twenty
second street and then disappeared. The
robbers stole gold watch and Sl2.
The locomotive on Union Pacific
freight train blew up near Clarks. Neb.
Engineer Charles Fuimer of Council
Bluffs and Fireman Daii jenkins Of
Omaha were killed. Brakeman William
Fleming Of Omaha was scalded. inter
nally injured. ankle broken and will die.
Frederick q. Rocker. one Of the best
known members OF the Cincinnati bar.
was found in his bedroom with bullet
in his brain. The first impression was
that it was n case OF suicide. but the
family physician after an examination
stated that the shooting was accidental.
The allotting in the KiOwa aud Co
manche reservations il completed. 1t has
been decided that there shall be only two
counties In the two reservations. The
northern county contains fifty-twO TOWN.
ships, the southern county twenty five.
The county seats will be kiowa and An
adarko
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
UTOPIA FOR FARMERS.
G. H. Phillips Tells Them How to Keep
Corn at 40 Ceuta.

Gs II. fhilItps Iel10 Ihem HOW 10 heep
Corn at 40 Cents.
Government granaries in Chicago big
ger than those that Joseph built in old
Egypt. and farmers bank with $780,
OOO, 900 capital, also in Chicago. are the
two agencies which George H. Phillips
looks forward to as the means Of put
ting the farmers Of the United States
in a business paradise, establishing for
them trust which can fight on equal
terms with any other trust in the coun-
try and making 40 cents the bottom price
OF corn forever and ever more. Mr..
Phillips was given banquet at the
West Hotel in Minneapolis by the Ma
tional Grain Growers Association, AMI
in the course Of his remarks took his
farmer admirers into his confidence and
predicted good times for them.
He spoke on the basis of his theory
that the 3.OOO.OOO farmers of the land
are not ''too-many headed" TO act as a
body and that if they do act together
they can fix their own prices on COM
modities as easily as any trust magnates
can do it. Let the government tax the
farmer a cent a bushel on his corn CROP
he said. "and with the money build ele-
vators in which to store hundred mill
ion of corn and pay 40 cents basis Chi
cago market for it and the world will
pay the same for it. There is not so
muca of it that we need worry about an
extra large crop or two. With the gov
ernment ready to pay 40 cents for 1t the
farmer can borrow 30 cents from his
country bank il he needs money AMI
carry the surplus for seven years, il need
be. as did Joseph 5000 years or so ago.
Another dream Of this sort is one l
have had Of a farmers bank located Mt
Chicago Make the capital $25.OOO,OOO
or $5O,OOO.OOO. Sell the stock in $40
shares. not less than ten shares sub
scribed to farmer, who could, il he so
desired, dispose Of some of his slHres
to a neighbOr."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
FOREIGN,

French oficial circles are worried by a
new outbreak in Algeria.
Glasgow University will confer the de-
gree Of LII. D. on Andrew Carnegie
Turbine engines on British torpedo
boat destroyer Viper stood three weeks
trial successfully.
Marin Padilla, who elOped from Guada-
lajara, Mexico. with priest, is locked up
in convent in Madrid
Annual returns Of English vessels and
tonnage passing throus the Suez Canal
show decided decrease.
Three French thieves who robbed an
American jumped into the River Arc to
avoid capture and were drowned.
Austria. still smarting under the whip
ping given Spain by the United States.
is strongly urging European tariff war
against America.
Sir Walter Besant, Englands most
popular il not her greatest novelist of the
present, died at his home in Hampstead
after an illness Of not more than two
weeks. Grip was the fatal disease.
Eddie Guerin OF Chicago. world-famous
as bank sneak, hiyhwayman and rob-
ber. has been arrested in Paris, France.
and his identity established by the
Pinkerton agency OF Chicago. His latest
crime was the robbery OF the American
Express Company's Paris office.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
)OocoCoCOCoCOCOcONoCOC
) NEWS FROM
{ OUR COLONIES.
}
1cOCoCONO COC

Incredible reports of the productiveness
of the soil Of Hawaii have reached the
Agricultural Department in Washington
through Gov. Dole. who requested one
Of the principal farmers Of Hawaii to fur
nish authentic information ON this sub
ject. This farmer says that almost ev-
cry vegetable and fruit known to man
will grow in the island in profusion. Pep
permint. he says, grows wild. Four
crops OF potatoes have been produced in
succession on the same piece of land with
in twelve months. This Is not an extra.
ordinary occurrence. Radishes become
edible ten days after sowing. Strawberry
vines bear fruit all the year. The berries
are Of the finest flavor. Cabbage grows
all the year and 1t apparently makes no
difference whether it is planted in the
spring. summer, autumn or winter. Pars-
ley, once sown. grows forever, apparent
ly. Lima beans continue to grow and
bear for over a year, and they have 10 be
gathered every week after starting to
bear. Cucumbers bear the entire year.
and SO do tomatoes, which. with proper
attention. bear for years. Raspberries
bear for six months. Pineapples come in
to bearing when the plants are four
months old and bear in abundance for
years. Lettuce can be planted at any
time. and it develops quickly. The same
is true OF celery. Wheat, corn. barley
and oats produce only one crop each year.
and this is not quite as good as the crops
produced in other portions Of the world.
-
1T is no wonder our soldiers in the
Philippines think an American apple
food for the gods when you look at the
thing those Filipinos call an apple said
one Of the chiefs of the Department Of
Agriculture as he held up for Inspection
an article that looked for ali the world
like a lemon that had been left on a pic
ME ground. 1t was as fine specimen
when put on one Of the government
transports for shipment to the United
States as could be found in a Philippine
orchard, but it was Of a decidedly perish
able nature, and even had it been judi
ciously packed could not have stood the
long voyage without serious damage
When 1t arrived few woan holes and
a small core attached to a bit Of skin
were all that remained to tell the story.
Our soldiers beg for apples. real Ameri-
can apples. as hungry man would for
bread, while the most luscious tropical
fruits hang all about them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
SOUTHERN.

The Georgia Supreme Court decided
that the State Treasurer had no right ia
use the public property fund TO pay
the school teachers of Georgia or for
any other purpose except the payment
| of the bonded debt Of the State.
The Louisville Railway Company will
on July increase the wages Of Its motor
men and conductors from 171a cents to
1S1. cents an hour. The increase is to he
given all employees who have been in the
company's service two years and affects
$50 men.
4 head-e end collision occurred on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad two
miles south OF COlesburg. Ky, between
a freight engine and a south bound pas
senger train. No passengers were hurt,
but seven trainmcn were injured, hone
seriously.
John David was killed by O. b. BYRD
at Pioneer, Tenn. David is said to have
been conducting blind tiger near Byrds
store and Byrd objected. David confined
Byrd in house for day OF two. and
when David was about to enter the house
Byrd shot him.
BY vote of 56 to 81 the constitutional
convention which assembled in Rich
mond. Va, declined to take the oath of
office which involves pledge to support
the constitution Of the United States. The
reason given was that it might interfere
with the avOwed purpose Of the eOnven-
tion. which is the disfranchisement Of the
negro.
Two men were killed and one mortally
-
ing out Of an attempt to arrest Andy
Cox. Deputy Sheriff Branham demand
ed his surrender. Cox's reply was bull
let, which instantly killed Branham. AMI
Cox then turned and fired on Chief Of
Police Silas Wilder. who was advancing
on him with a drawn pistol. Wilder
was mOrtally wounded, but killed Cox by
shooting him through the heart.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
This and Tint.

BostOn's fashionable set now call a
dance band"
The lime burners Of San Jacinto. Cal
use crude oil as fuel in place Of wood and
coal
Phya Phetchada has been appointed
Slams minister extraordinary TO ths
United States
A large number Of school teachers have
sailed for the Philippines, where they will
be employed.
1t is expected that S.OOO,CO boxes Of
citrus fruit will be shipped from Califor.
MIA this season.
Yavapi County, Arizona, has decided
to assess Senator Clark's copper property
ut $5,OOO.OOO. Heretofore tax OF S24..
600 has been levied on the United Verde
mine on valuation OF 100000. Sena.
tor Clark's Arizona property now will
cost him $4,000 annually.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Fl. Seymour
who has been British commander-in chief
on the China station since 1898. has been
proomted 10 the rank Of admiral.
Insane patients in Dannemora. n Y
hospital. plotted TO make break for
liberty. but their scheme was knocked
i'll the head by an attendant. Knives
jimmies, files and chisels We're found.
Miss Sophronisba Breckinridge. daush
ter of Col w. G. L. Breckenridge. passed
the Chicago University examinations for
the degree of doctor OF philosophy She
had previously received there the degree
Of master Of science. She was the first
woman lawyer to become a member Of
the Kentucky appellate bar.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

NEW STAMP TAX LAW.
Important Changes and Notifications Taking
Effect on the First of July

| preparing for the changes which nre "a
occur in the stamp law. The general
public is most deeply interested in bank
check stamps and stamps on telephone
anu telegraph messages. These are all
repealed. All together. stamps ARE to
, lie abolished on twenty-six articles. and
1t Is estimated at the internal revenue
bureau that the revenues will suffer II
reduction aggregating from $4O.COO,OOO
to S45.OOO.OOO
The latest circular issued by the bu-
reau for the guidance OF persons inter
| ested in the redemption OF stamps states
that the latter will he redeemed when
presented in quantities of 81 or more face
value. and no claim for redemption will
be allowed unless presented within two
years after the purchase Of the stamps
from the government. Claims for the
redemption Of stamps must be prepared
in the district where the claimant resides
and forwarded by the collector OF that
district to the internal revenue bureau.
The commissioner states that under the
law and regulations all stamped instru-
ments and all imprinted checks. drafts
and SO forth. presented 70: the redemp-
taoAA Va ahe tieitOh "A>AA
the stamps are redeemed. be retained
with the claim: therefore. no such in
struments can be returned to the owners
thereof"
But there seems to be a misunderstand-
ing about the matter and 1t is possible
that the checks will be returned.
Next to the bankers. the makers of
patent medicines are most widely inter
ested in the repeal OF the stamp laws.
the tax now being only " Of cent for
every 5 cents worth of value. 1t is said
at the internal revenue bureau that by
far the largest proportion Of stamped
medicines have separate stamps afnXed,
only about fifty firms having taken nd
vantage of the opportunity provided by
the law to have special stamps prepared
for their individual nse. 1t has already
been decided by the treasury official that
II a stamp has been affixed TO the pro-
prietary package, it cannot be redeemed.
The work of the bureau will therefore be
confined to the redemption OF such I'M
printed labels and separate stamps as
have not been placed upon the package.
but even this will entail very large
amount Of extra work.
The remaining items upon which the
use Of stamps has been abolished will not
give the internal revenue bureau much
trouble. as in nearly every case the
stamps have been attached separately
and not imprinted. This is true Of GER
tificates Of deposit, leases, manifests.
mortgages. prOmissory notes. money or.
ders, warehouse receipts, etc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
ALL IN A NUTSHELL.

I drawn In but payable out Of United States
cents for each 500.
Passage tickets. 81 TO IS: now exempted
| below $50 In value: for each $50, 30 cents
exceeding $780, In addition thereto. so cents
Sales Of products at exchanges: cent for
each 500 retained. but sales Of merchandise
In actual course Of transportation exempted
| from tax.
Tobacco ana snuff, y cents per pound
now. discount Of 10 per cent allowed.
The taxes are retained us follows:
! Bankers capital and surplus. $50 for $23..
900 and 81 for each additional $1,000.
Bonds. detentures. certificates Of indebt-
edness. etc, ) cents for each $1,000.
Bonds for indemnity or for due execution
or performance OF duties Of any cffice or
position. 90 cents.
Broker. $50.
Brokers contract. 10 cents.
Certificates Of profits, cents for each
500.
Certificates Of stock. original Issue. cents
for each 500.
Certificates OF stock. transfers, 2 cents for
each slOO (Amended to include sales at
bucket shOps.)
Cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per 1.OOO. $500 per l.COO.
Custom house brokers. $40.
Dealers In leaf tobacco. SO to $24. accord
Dealers In tobacco. s12. when sales exceed
so 900 pounds.
Drafts. time. or bills Of exchange, inland
cents for each 500.
Entry Of goods Mt custom house for con-
sumption. 25 cents to 81.
Entry for withdrawal. 60 cents.
Freight receipts or domestic bills Of lading
1 cent
Manufacturers Of cigars. SO to $24
Manufacturers Of mixed -four. $l2 per an
mum.
Manufacturers Of tobacco. 50 to $24
Mixed -four, 4 cents per barrel.
PawnbrOkers, $40.
Petroleum and sugar rehneries, u per
cent gross receipts In excess Of $250. Goo.
PrOprietOrs Of bowling alleys or billiard
rooms. IS for each alley or table.
Proprietors of circuses, 500.
Proprietors Of other public exhibitions.
So
Proprietors Of theaters, museums and
concert halls. 500.
Sleeping and parlor car tickets. ! cent.
Sparkling or other wines. one pint. I cent:
more than one pint, cents.
Tea, customs duty Of 10 cents per pound
New taxes have been Imposed, In force
April I, 1901. as follows:
Broker. class 2. special tax In addition to
all other special taxes. $50.
Bucket shop transactions, 2 cents for each
$1OO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
ACCEPTED BY CUBA.
PlATT AMENDMENT ADDED TO
ISLAND CONSTITUTION.
BY a Vote of 10 to II the Cor st:tu.
tional Convention Decides in Favor
of Adopting the Provisions of the
Measure Entire

After short session in Havana We'd
nesday, the Cuban constitutional conven-
| tion voted that the Plat amendment,
| just as il stands, be added TO the consti-
| tuition. The resolution had Il preamble
| referring to the joint resolution of Con
gress, the treaty of Paris. and the Platt
| amendment. The vote was Ii to ii. The
Radicals made no opposition. Many Span
| iards, Cubans and Americans hoped that
the amendment would be rejected, and
thus. perhaps, annexation would come
about. Ii is stated that the Radicals
We're more relieved after the amendment
had been accepted than were the Con
servatives.
According to the provisions of the Plat
amendment Cuba comedies the following:
Cuba will make no treaties with foreign
powers without the consent Of the United
States.
The United States may intervene by arm
or otherwise 10 preserve peace and TO en-
sure the proper sanitation Of the Island.
The United States viii select such naval
stations In Cuba $ IL may desire.
The Isle Of Pines Will remain United States
property.
The letter OF Secretary Of War Root
Is published. Ii points out that the for
mer resolution, with the explanations at
tached, So changed the provisions Of the
Platt amendment that it was not the
lame as that passed by Congress. 1t add
ed that President Mckinley could not
withdraw the troops unless the Platt
amendment was Incorporated in the con-
stitution. 1t further says that the Presi-
dent Is not authorized TO act until the
government is established. When that Is
done it will be his duty to see whether
The constitution contains the Platt amend
ment as part Of itself. In case the con-
vention did not change its former reso-
luton then the President could not ie-
move the troops. as the former resolu-
tion altered the P,att amendment. Some
Of the delegates argued that then. though
the amendment was not accepted, gov
ernment might be established.
The convention will now appoint a COM
mission to draw up the electoral law.
The news Of the adoption Of the Platt
amendment by the Cuban constitutional
convention was received with gratifica-
tion in Washington. Now that the Gu
bans have demonstrated their good faith
in the United States, it is expected that
fairly speedy evacuat Son Of the islani
will follow. contingent only upon the es-
tablishment OF a stable government in the
island. One cabinet officer. speaking Of
the matter. expressed the opinion that il
the other requirements are met the with
drawal OF United States troops might be
accomplished during the summer, and
that Cuban independence might be a re-
ality by next autumn.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
IN GENERAL.

New submarine naval boat Fulton was
launched at the Nixon shipyard.
Ecuador has placed in the United
States contracts for millions Of dollars
worth of railway material.
Mexican government has detained
twenty cases Of antiquities gathered by
Prof. NJ. X. Saville of New York.
President Mckinley has issued state
ment emphatically declaring that he does
not want third term and would refuse
the nomination il offered him.
The Cuban constitutional convention
has accepted the Platt amendment by a
vote of Ii to IL. The resolution to accept
was carried without discussion.
Trolley cars built in this country will
soon go whizzing and changing from Ath-
ems to Piraeus in modern Greece. The
contract for constructing the line has
been let. In a general way the cars will
resemble those used in Brooklyn
Crazed by love for his young wife.
whom it is said he had driven from his
home in Chicago. Robert FulfOrd. a pros
porous Chicago contractor, killed his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Jennie McCord. anl
then blew out his brains The tragedy
occurred on the McCOrd farm at llder
ton near London. Ont