490 



LOUISIANA. 



LUTHERANS, 



Fe?*r. The first case of yellow fever in 

 Orleans occurred about t Hat on 



Rouge Adrocato " said. Oct. 6 : "For 11 month or 

 more previou- to tin- di*-..\.-ry f tnc lirM oa 

 New Orleans a mild type of f. \. r. which the i 



|irniin- ie. hiul |" 



Ocean Springs and other |ni- on tin- < Julf coast, 



and t '; leans had 



: (hnn by in. an- of I he cheap 



which went out regularly every week 



from that i-ity. In addi:i.-n to this, hundred! of 



New 'amilies had s|*-nt tin- summer at 



these coast towns, and as soon asthe Ocean Sprim;* 



cases were announced to be yellow fever a wild 



>tam|.ede of these families took i.laee. and the 



perms of infection were distributed over N- <M- 



:aps did a disease break 



;ider < ircimistiuiees more favorable for its un- 



atld to tin- danger of the 



n had tied up l.y legal process the 



funds set aside for the disposition of the garbage 



<f the city, and owing to thi- fa cans 



was pmbfti.lv filthier than has IK- fore been the case 

 nty yean.** 



BapLfia mob gathered around a school build- 

 ing in whirh fever patients were to be tr< 

 while it was being put in readiness. The police 

 were unable to control the mob. and while they 

 were engaged in front of the buildm- two incen- 

 diaries. with a can f nil. proceeded to the rear ami 

 quickly had the building in flam.-. An alarm was 

 turned in. out the first engine had scarcely arri\ed 

 when its hose was cut. When other engine* ar- 

 rived, their hose also was destroyod by the mol: 

 but the arrival of a large squad of officers enabled 

 the tin-men to work, and the main portion of the 

 building was saved. 



lawlessness In May the President nt to 



Congress a message concerning the Ivnehing of 

 three Italians at Hahnville. Aug. 8. 1806, r< 

 mending an appropriation of $6.000 for their fami- 



Aithout admitting the liability of the I'nited 

 States in the premises. In reference to the law 

 that allows foreigners in Ijonisiana all the riirhts 

 and privileges of citi/.cnship while they are slill 

 under the protection of a foreign government, the 

 N'ot hin i: is more common than 

 for Italians here to announce an intention of IH-COIU- 



izens, alt hough they never consummate ritixen- 

 diip. Tin- mere declaration gi ves them the rights 

 of citizenship in Louisiana and permits them to 

 hold licenses A* ma-tersof vessels navigat in- Am. -r- 

 ican waters, which they could not do other 

 Hut. although they may vote and hold office in 

 Louisiana, thejr are*f ill under the Tinted 



States statutes, and are still under the care of their 



governments. Probably nine tenths of the 

 Italian* who hold political right! in Loui-iana, vot- 

 ing and holding office, are not actual citizens, but 

 on IT prospect ively so.** 



Three negro murderers were hanged by a mob 

 at Amite City. Jan. 20, and three others. All 

 cosed of murder, were hanged by a mob a 



Political. Th- new registration law requires 

 that the applicant, with his own hand, and without 

 the dictation or suggestion of any w, in the pres- 

 ence of the supervisor of ri-irMration or his clerks 

 or assistants, shall write and fill up the blanks in a 

 printed form which shall set forth tin- State and 

 date of his birth, his age, the dates during which 

 he has lived in the State and parish in which he 

 desires to .ml whether he has ever 



convicted of treason, embezzlement of public f 

 malfeasance in office, larceny. briU-ry. illc^n'. 

 ing. or other crime punishable by hard lalior or 

 imprisonment in the penitentiary, or whether he is 



an ii < ini: denied the 



The applicant i- required to make 

 oath to his statement, and. if it be found sal 



iie i- then admitted to regi-tralion. If. from 

 any cause, the applicant be unable to write, the 

 ration shall read to him the 

 printed <| . "i InT per- 



>on to \vnle out th.. the applicant for the 



lillinu' "(it <>f the blank. 

 The eon^t it ut ional-e. in vent iooproposition ha. 



OOepled by the|M-op|eby amajoril\ "I 'about IKI 

 N"ininal inu p conventi"ii- were held, and cand. 

 for members of the convention cho-en. the el. 

 taking place At the same time that ihequeo! 

 holding the convention \va> vot-il upon. .Ian. 11, 



MTIir.ll \Ns. Three of the four pen. 



and a number of independent -\i. ikini; 



toward unity in iloctrine and in practieal ' 

 tion<. The meru'in^ of -mall synod* and the I 

 ti.ui of n \\ /ions brings the number 



trict synods to 61. The >tati-ti.-s for the 1 

 -'and Canada, ba-ed on the report of 

 its the following total- : Fur general i 

 and 14 independent synod-, numbering <t.'J(K} mm- 

 -. lo.HJli con^rr-at ion>, and l.i :imu- 



nicant member-: :;.;i paro.-hial sch.H.U. 

 tradi.-rs. ami 'JOj.Mls pupils: 5.4'J5 Sun.: 

 r.t.l.V) oilirrr- and teadn-rs, and ;pik 



The benevolent o|Terin.i;s for the .ri-d 



throuirh the regular synodical boards, anioiin 1 

 $1.26i.!'^."l. but this doe* not include lar-- 

 tribut ion- made by individuals and c'i)^rei:at ions. 



The late-t revised -tati-lies of Lutheran- 111 the 



world, as they appear in the forthcoming seventh 

 edition of -Lutherans in all Land-." by ih. 

 John X. Leiiker. I>. I)., are as follow: 83,365 min- 

 . 4 1 .'. t; i congn _'a' i 'M-. ti/ed 



memlN-rs. KM.l'Jl parochial schools, and 9,446 

 Bee. The educational institutions ol 

 Church in this country number Tj:!. of wh: 

 are theological seminaries. 44 colleges. 40 acade- 

 mies, and 14 ladies' seininari. ,'in^ r prop- 

 erty valued at $ I. :!")">. ".")! and endowinent amount- 

 ing to x 1. ."):;:.: !!M. employing ?<M profcssir- 

 instrucior-. an ,i having ll ) .*js4 student-, of wh..m 

 2.668 (many institutions not report ini: thi- iienn 

 are in course of preparation for the office 

 ministry. The purely benevolent in-tituti. -us num- 

 ber !7. which report property valued al *'J. '""..", n. 

 endowment amounting to $109,562, and 41. 'J7<> in- 

 mates. There are i:{? periMlicals published in ' 

 li>h. (ierinan. Norwegian. Swedi-h. Danish, 

 landic. Finnish. Krench. and Slavonian, and in the 

 service- of the Church in thi- country 14<ii;l 

 languages are employed. 



The following tabular statement show- the nu- 

 merical -trench of the four general bodies and the 

 independent synod- : 



AM 



General Council 



ii Oonfarvooa 

 Independent Synods.. 



T..t:,U 



81 





SJU 



l,fi(M 



481 



Moa 



10,168 



<f the four general bodie-. the (Jetieral S; 

 anl (Ji-neral Council held their biennial conven- 

 tiops during the year, of which brief n-por: 



d. 



(.. ner.il s\ nod. i - _'hth convention 

 of this body was held in Mansfield. Ohio. June 

 1 *!?. There were '2^1 delefrate- present, including' 

 ll'i clerical and lufj lay.; oificiul visitors 



