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the citizens of the United States from
every act of hostility This courageou
course of action in the presence of such
superior Spanish force brought a happy
issue out of one of the most serious of
our many differences with Spain. Gay
oso de Lemos, the Spanish commissioner
who became governor of Louisiana while
these troubles were pending, was in arti-
flee, procrastination and prevarication
past grand master. To postpone de-
hvering the district and to staye off the
inevitable hour, he had to go to New
orleans; pretended to have no instruc-
lions; had asked for instructions and
must await their arrival; was theatened
with an invasion from Canada: was liza
Die to an attack by Great Britain by sea,
ana so on ad infnitum. The plain
truth was he was trying to incite the
Indians to make war on us; he was still
doing out bribes to those despicable
traitors, Thomas Powers, Benjamin Sc
basuan and other base deserters; both
he and Carondelet were talking and play
ing anti administration politics like
Giles, Taylor and the worst Virginia
politicians, and lastly, the versatile
Spaniard was hoping and praying to
profit by the death of the patriot Wayne
as that would bring the old pensioner
of Spain, Gen. Wilkinson in chief com
4ltctlLO IL Is Uu0 TO WILKINSON to relate
that he repulsed these last overtures his
inordinate ambition being satisfied with
the command of the American army
seemingly for life. Not so selfishly pa
triotic at this time was another self
condemned man, Senator William Blount
OF tennessee, who was found guilty of
protfering aid to the British forces in
quebec while they were contemplating
a hostile movement upon Louisiana and
promptly expelled from the senate Of the
United States by an unanimous vote
In contrast with men of little faith in
their country or countrymen was Cant
Isaac Guion, veteran of the RevoIu-
ton, who commanded the reinforce
ments sent to the disturbed district, and
who determined to carry the Spanish
forts by assault if they were not eyac-
uated on or before q certain date, which
he fixed at April l, 1898. The garrisons
of the two forts were lodged for safety
in Fort Panmure. The state of local
feeling being at high tension, about
midnight on March %, the drums were
heard of the troops marching to the
river bank, and before daylight the last
| soldier of Spain had embarked for New
orleans. 1t was more like precipitated
retreat than peaceful evacuation.
The survey of the lines of demarcation
OANN PAOSCSuSO uuu6T Col. E1HcOIL,
Z with his assistants and military escort
II we knew exactly what about forty
| Oh our foremost historic men have said
and have done, we would then know the
most valuable and most instructive part
of American history. Behind ali great
events are great men. The man or men
who made the Louisiana treaty and the
statesmen who were behind that pro-
dlglous acquisition, are in the first group
OF the benefactors of their country.
The most Significant art or utterance
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CHAPTER VII,

This indisputable proof of the earliest
and clearest, the most progressive and
aggressive declarations in favor of the
possession of this enormous contiguous
territory, makes Hamilton the chief pro-
moteT of the Louisiana acquisition, un-
less we find that prior to 1903 other
statesmen went farther in this desirable
direction. This many-sided genius was
at this time the ranking major general
of the United States army, next in
authority to Washington by that match
less hero's own choice and insistence W.
The Natchez district, confirmed to US
by the Pinckney treaty with Spain, did
not come into the full possession of the
United States until 1898. In a message to
. congress, dated June Il, 1897, President
Adams said: This country is rendered
peculiarly valuable by it's inhabitants,
who are represented to amount to near
ly 4,CO0, generally well affected and much
attached to the United States. and
Jealous for the establishment Of a gov
ernment under their authority. l there
fore recommend to your consideration
the expediency of erecting government
IN the district of the Natchez, similar to
that established for the territory north
west of the river Ohio, but with GER
tain notifications relative to titles or
claims Of land, whether of individuals
or companies, or to claims of jurisdic-
. IlOn OF any MOlNlQual state.
The much-in-controversy Natchez dis
trict, which became the Mississippi ter
ritory, was bounded on the west by the
great river, on the south by the thirty
first parallel of latitude and on the north
, by a line drawn due east from the mouth
B Of the Yazoo to the Chattahoochy river
its eastern boundary.
We shall only epitomize the many
pages of history relating to the reluctant
transfer by Spain of a region which was
ours by plain treaty stipulation. 1t was
"a tooth-pulling, agOnlzing process. The
American commissioner was Col. Andrew
EIlicott, who had rendered valuable
services in laying out and surveying the
) city of Washington. He was ably as
sisted in his delicate mission by two
I brave and discreet officers, Capt Isaac
Guion and Lieut.. Piercy S. Pope
Col. EIlicott established his camp on
an eminence in Natchez about 500 yards
from the well-garrisoned Fort Pan
mure. Here he displayed mast high the
fag of the United States, demanded the
surrender of the fort and declining the
many polite invitations to go to New
+. Orleans and elsewhere, announced that
he would not move, except to the point
Where he was to begin SurveHing the
line of demarcation. In the meantime
. Gen. Wayne had sent Lieut.. Pope with
Z forty men to occupy a post within sup
porting distance. The gallant Pope re-
. ported to the resolute Ellicott his read
4 mess for action. That both soldiers
5 were heroes appears from a letter ad-
3 dressed to his Fellow citizens of the
4 district of Natchez," by Pope, approved
7 by Ellicott, in which the former de-
clares: I will, at all hazards, protect
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treaty is made. four vital propositions:
|. That we should take possession Of
Louisiana and the Floridas for ourselves.
z We should not allow them to fall into
g. The United States must keep the Key
of the up-river western country. a. That
the acquisition Of Louisiana AMI Florida
was essential to the perpetuity of the
American Union
Winthrop Sargent became by appoint
ment of John Adams the first territorial
governor. Here endeth, not the first,
out perhaps the worst lesson in Spanish
perhdy. Contemporaneous with this
falling back on land before an inferior
force, Spanish privateers> were selling
our unarmed merchant vessels, confis-
eating their cargoeS and marching their
officers and sailors in manacles through
public streets in Spanish towns to dun
geons where died the victims of the
Dreadful Inquisition. The conduct Of
France was no better. In his message
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of Dec. s, President Adams clearly
states the situation: ''The decree of the
directory alleged to be intended to re-
strain the depreciation of French cruis-
ers on our commerce. has not given and
cannot give any relief 1t enloins them
to conform to all the laws of France
relative to cruising and prizes, while
these laws are themselves the sources
so long, so justly and so fruitlessly
complained" The Cut Throat Direc-
tory" drunk with blood and democracy,
was now threatening war and destruc-
ton and was rolling up the four million
depreciation debt for which France gave
the United States ample territorial in
demnity in 1803
Recurring to the history of Louis
1ana we find that in January. 1898, Gov
Gayoso issued to his lower officials some
rather, nonsensical instructions, as for
example: Liberty of conscience is not
to be extended beyond the first genera
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welfare of the people and their province
Down to the end Of John Adams admin
istration March 4, 1901, Upper Louisiana
was exempt from all the disturbing agi-
and the New World complications, which
kept the lower province in a continuous
ferment And those whose lives partook
of the serenity of the forest prime val
happily escaped the reasoI-and-reputa-
Notwithstanding partisan strife raging in
the new republic, whose extremes were
measured by the exclamations of Ham:l-
ton and Macon on the death of Wash
ington: America has lost her savior
1 a father!' and, 81 am glad he is dead
We could not pull him DOWN. The alien
and sedition laws; the Kentucky revolu-
tions of '98; the Mazzei letter and the
peace negotiations with France are even
now too hot and explosive to handle.
James Q. Howard.
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Will Attend Luncheon.
The Town of Tehauntenec.

This town, to which the isthmus owes
It's name, is extremely picturesque.
Strangers are almost unknown, and
many quaint habits customs and cos
tunes still remain. Strange to say, how
ever, IN this very un-up-to-date, faraway
spot 'women's rights are undisputed.
Ninety per cent of the trade is done by
women a wife has to vouch for her
husband before he can ever get credit
indeed, woman reigns supreme. The
market place presents a curious specta-
Gle; hardly man is to be seen; in fact.
cutlery seems to be the only trade he is
allowed to ply. Not only do the women
predominate in business, but they prove
beyond all doubt that because a wom-
an earns a livelihood it is not necessary
for her to be ugly or misshapen. on
the contrary, the women of Tehuantepec
are remarkable for their beauty of face
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BIOOdless Surgery Now Possible

DR.. Jekichi Takamine, a Japanese
claims to have discovered the possibility
of bloodless surgery through the medium
of a chemical composition called adren-
alin, in solution, operations may be per
formed, it is said on the nose, ear and
eye without the spilling of a drop of
blood Thus has it been demonstrated
that the discovery is the most powerful
medicine known, and at the same time it
might be said the most expensive. AT
present it costs As grain, or 81, 400 a
pound.-Pearson's Weekly.
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Schumann-Heink in the spring. Mrs r.
B. Clark is president of the organiza-
ton; Miss Carlotta Simonds, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. G. H. Jones, recording secre-
tary, and Miss Alice Field, correspond
ing secretary.
The Golf Club.
An enthusiastic golf club is among the
associations of the citv. While the or
ganization is purely social and athletic,
it is not Won1an's club. Women how
and successful players. The local links
are beautifully situated and the Mecca
OF society in the summer days. Mrs.
David Stocking holds the Womans'
championship cup. and has held it for
the last two seasons. If she wins it
in the next contest. it will become her
personal property. Mrs. Clark Fagg, an
other enthusiastic and capable player,
has won for three successive tourna-
ments the handicap cup, which is now
her own.
The Magazine Club.
Mrs A. M Miller is president of the
Magazine club, study class, which
and: as is suggested by it's name, makes
a study OF current magazines.
Will Attend Luncheon.
From Duluth will go to the Federation
luncheon at minneapolis Mrs. ]. L.
Washbqrn, Mrs. H. c. Marshall. Mrs.
Ralph NJ. Marble and Mrs. w S. Wood
Mrs. Marshall will respond to the
toast, w hat Is Worth VIII Ie in Club
Life. Her RESPONSE Will be worth
while. Club work, for some reason or
ing the last three years, and is in most
active condition now
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There were in round figures 5000
800 slaves The value of the deerskins,
lead. and 50 forth, shipped to New Or
leans in 1893 amounted to $73, 176.
On Oct. 1, 1900, the important treaty of
San lldefonso was concluded between the
King OF Spain and the first consul of
France, Napoleon Bonaparte. AS this
belongs to the class of secret treaties
and did not take effect so far as it re-
lated to Louisiana, until the following
March, its consideration relates to the
next administration. Although this was
a treaty in which we had no hand or
part, it undoubtedly essentially modified
the history of this republic. Spanish pro-
crastinatipns would have postponed our
crossing the Mississippi to a later date.
IL IS a matter OF general regret that
the materials for the history Of Upper
LOUISIANA are so meager in extent
The well and favorably known John B.
henderson, Of Missouri, has expressed
the opinion that the Spanish archives
and the official records of the chief off,
GERS at st. Louis would prove to be the
best sources of historical informa ton
But these formal documents would hard.
iy De suitable or adequate for a popular
r[a.,1 al5Ol rave. mere has been a failure
somewhere to collect and preserve the
facts relating to the many interesting in
e1dents and events that must have ham
pened during the Spanish occupation Of
so large a domain
DufIng the comn1andantship Of Zenon
Trudau, which ended in 1898. immigration
was wisely encouraged; fur trading was
extended far into the interior and far nm
the Missouri, and st. Louis was made
more attractive by newer and better
houses and other structures, Command
ant Delassus, who followed Trudeau, was
q hlgh-toned gentleman by birth and
breeding and favored whatever mea s1ras
tnat tended to promote the permanent
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cramped There is no gymnasium, no
fitting home for prosperous and grow
ing family, prosperous, although the per-
sonal contributions of it's members are
very small The club has become
power in the advancement of thought
and progress of the city. It's membership
fee is 81, and admits the candidate to
every class department. The club en-
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Force of Habit.

''These editors make me weary" com
plained the eminent architect
Explain" suggested the sympathetic
friend.
for Fibbler's Magazine. and they have
rejected five stories. and said they would
pay for the oLners after publication
Baltimore American
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Good Financier.

did Smiley marry his wife for her
money!"
mo, he married her for his money"
GLOW is that?"
''She sued him for breach of promise
and got fifty thousand, so he patched
things up and married her. Detroit
Free Press
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A Two-FoId surnrise.

Miss Alice" said the nervy young
man, I think will marry you.s
Indeed? Two very remarkable state
rie1ts, sir!'
1.-TWO! How two?"
"One that you will marry me; the
other that you think. Baltimore News
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TruIx RegreftahIe.

To read the drGgman's various ads
Doth bring me sorrow deep,
1t seems too bad to have my health
When cures are sold so cheap.
st. Louis Star.
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Maybe if He Dies Younr

loved.
She-That isn't the point Are you sure
I will be the last?-Chicago News
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Thinks It's the Same Thinr.

Goodwin Smith recommends marriage
as a remedy for the suicide epidemic.
said the Happy Married Man to th~
Crusty Bachelor
''The remedy is worse than the dis
ease, commented the latter.-BostoI
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nark.skinnod u

and form. Dark-skinned. with glorious
soft eyes and masses of wavy black
hair, they possess exquisite features and
lovely teeth. They are the most beauti-
full women in Mexico and their carriage
at once attracts attention. Small in
stature they are fine in limb; in fact,
the girls of Tehuantepec seem born mod
els for the artists brush.-Fortnightl
Review.
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HOBSON REFUSED.

Naval Retiring Board Refuses to
Recommend Retirement of Hero
of Merrimac-He Would Go Iuto
Politics.
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ton; the children of the emigrants (sic)
must be Catholic; in Upper Louisiana
no settler is to be admitted who is not
FARMER or merchant; cOmmandants are
TO watch that no preacher of any reli-
gion but the Catholic comes into the
province: No-land is to be granted to
trader; II the grantee owes debts to the
province. the products of the first four
crops are to be applied to their dis
charge in preference to that of debts
due abroad.
The most distinguished visitors of this
year were the Duke of Orleans and the
Duke of MontauSier, the grandsons of
the Duke of Orleans, who was regent Of
france under Louis XIV. Upon the death
Of Gov. Cayoso on July Is, 1893, Don,
Maria Vidal became acting civil gov
ernor. The Marquis de Casa-Calvo was
sent over from Cuba to act as military
governor. About this time uncommon
agitation was excited in the states Of
Kentucky, Tennessee and regions ada
cent by notice being given that New
Orleans could no longer be used as q
place of deposit by up-river Americans,
because the three-year treaty limit had
expired. protracted correspondence
was soon entered upon by Secretary Of
State Pickering with satisfying results.
The king overruled his subordinates. The
pert of New Madrid was in 1893 made IL
part of Upper Louisiana.
Don Carlos Default DelaSsus now the
commandant general of the last named
province, reported the result OF the een-
sus taken on the 31st of Dec 7mber, to
be:
ST. Louis ...... ....................... 925
ST. Geneveieye ...............,.......,,9 949
St Charles ...................... S75
CarOndelet e. Observation-Disclosures. 1S4
st. Fernando ............................ 276
Marias des Lizards ...................... 376
Maramec =. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lis
ST. Andrews NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1893
New Bourbon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
Cape Girardeau .......... .............. 5H
New Madrid ............................ 7S2
Little Meadows ...... ................ SO
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The Outlook club. which Is not feder-
ated, is an informal cub, most exclusive
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-07
M1LLEN1UM IN THREE YEARS.
Chilled in Russia
Does Some PrOphesying.

Washington, Aug. PA letter has been
received by Solomon Berlin, merchant
of this city, conveying the information
that the millennium will come in 1905. Mr.
Berlin's letter came from his father, who
lives in Russia. 1t relates that child
three months old living in Warsaw re-
Gently began to talk The child was left
for a few moments by Its mother in
charge of her seven-year-old daughter.
The daughter became frightened at some
thing and began to cry, when the baby
startled her by exclaiming: Don't cry;
mamma will be back soon" This speech
from child three months old scared the
girl extremely and she summoned her
mother When the mother arrived the
child said: Send for the rabbi" To
the rabbi the precocious infant uttered
clearly a prophesy to the effect that in
one year from that time there would be a
great war between the world powers, and
that in three years the millennium would
arrive The letter related that this pre-
diction has created great CONSERVATION
among the Jews Of Russia. Several He
brews have been interviewed in
regard to the alleged prophesy. They said
that according to the Torah, the millen-
mum is due in about three or four years,
and they consider the Warsaw child's
prophesy as reminder Of the approach
ing reign of the Jews.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-07
NAMED BY MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS.
State Ticket Is Nominated and Plat
form AslOnted.


Detroit, Mich, Aug. 2.-Judge George
II. Durand of Flint, who filled va
cancy on the supreme bench of this
state during the year 1892 and who is
generally credited with being a Gold
Democrat at heart, though rot bolter
in 1896, was nominated yesterday after
noon on the fourth ballot to run for
governor this fall on the Democratic
ticket. The balance of the ticket was
completed as follows: Lieutenant gov
ernor, John F. Bible of Ionia; secretary
CT state, John Donovan, Bay City;
treasurer, Wilbur +. Davidson, Port
Huron; auditor general. David A.
Hammond, Ann Arbor: attorney geaer-
al, w. c. Knight, Grand Rapids: super
intendent of public instruction, Prof.
Woodbright NJ. Ferris, Grand Rapids;
commissi oner of land Office. Arthur P.
Watson Cneboygan; member state
board of education. Charles Field, Has
tings; clerk of supreme court, to fill
vacancy Benjamin j. Brown, Menom1-
nee. The convention adjourned sine
die at 10 o'clock last night. The plat
form adopted is devoted almost entirely
to state issues, the only mention OF
national issues being an Endorsement
Of tn. election of United States sena-
tors directly by the people.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-07
COURTS STEP IN
ISSUE ORDER PROHIBITING CON.
TINUATION OF CORNER IN
JULY OATS.
DEALERS TREATED TO SURPRISE
FIRST TIME COURTS HAVE EVER
BEEN ASKED TO ASSIST
stSHORTS."
DEALERS TREATED TO SURPRISE
They THROW Up THEIR HANDS
COULD NOT GET NEW JULY OATS,
SO WE'RE OBLIGED TO DE-
FAULT,

Chicago, Aug. 1. The ban Of the
courts has been placed on the corner
in July oats. On application of Waite,
Thoburn & Co., one of the firms heavily
short in the July option, a temporary
restraining order was granted yester-
day by Judge Chiltrus in the upper
court prohibiting James A. Patten and
associates from continuing a corner in
new July oats and from bidding up the
price of the cereal or calling for further
margins. This is the first time in the
history of the Chicago board of trade
that dealers who are short have re-
sorted to the courts to assist them in
dilemma like the present, and the in
junction came as a decided surprise,
although drastic measures had bean
threatened to prevent heavy loss.
Cornered and unable to secure new
July oats wherewith to meet their con-
tracts the dealers who were short ap-
pear to have practically
Thrown Up Their Hands.
eve have nothing else to do but to
oefault,'' said one of the unfortunates
yesterday. "Those in control of the
corner will not sell, but tell us to go
into the pit and buy. If we should do
so the prices would go up into the
clouds. A dollar a bushel could easily
be extracted, as the receipts of stand
ard new oats will not fill our con-
tracts"
Waite, Thoburn & Co., who requested
the injunction, issued the following
statement last night on the course they
have taken:
For year or more there has been a
regular epidemic of manipulations and
board of trade which have inflicted
immense injury on the legitimate grain
interests in this city and the country
tributary to Chicago. These attempts
to squeeze the trade have become so
Extreme and INSCRIPTIONS
that it has become high time for some
one to make a fight and find out where
the trade stands and whether it is to be
for all time possible for groups of mil
lionaires to turn upside down the grain
business Of the land and inflict heavy
losses on the trade. We have decided
to make test and find out where the
trade stands.
Three million bushels is said to oe
the shortage in July oats. The greatest
part of this amount was sold, it is said,
to those in control Of the market at
between 80 and 43 cents, so there is
more than 25 cents a bushel profit in the
deal for those on the long side. Instead
of the market collapsing as the result
of the adoption of 45c marginal price,
established by the board of trade, July
oats advanced Sc yesterday and closed
at CSC. Indications were that the
parties in control of the market had be-
come indignant at the move of their
opponents and intended making the
bears settle all obligations in the pit.