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The Iesch be PUBLISUED EVERY SATURDAY. RESERVE. :: : : LOUISIAN. NEWS OF THE WEEK AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IM PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH A Carefully Digested and Condenses Compilation of Current News Items, Domestic and Foreign. CONGRESS. The first speech in defense of Sen ator Smoot in the stnatý was dAliv ered by Sena':or Hopkins, of Illinois. The senator arguedl that United States senators aret not officers of the United States, and therefore can not be itm peached. lie cited the case of Sen ator Blount, of Tenunessee, many years ago, who was charged with treason able correspondence with a foreign I nation. The senate of that day so held, and refused to impeach him. That conclusion, said Mr. Hopkins, has never been reversed. The senate has passed the service pension bill, and it now goes to the house. The bill authorizes a pension on application of $12 a month to civil war veterans 62 years of age and over; $15 a month to those 65 and - .'-tma f E.*-.a th t --thoe _70 years and over. A similar bill increas ing the pensions of Mexican war vet erans passed the last session and is pending in the house. Mr. Slayden. of Texas, addressed the house on his bill to discontinue the en listment of negroes in the United States army. Mr. Zeron, of Illinois, delivered an address in the house in opposition to the ship subsidy bill. A compromise has been brought about beta een Senators Foraker and Lodge, and if nothing occurs to break the harmony, a sub-committee will be sent to Brownsville, Tex., to investi %ate the "shooting up" of that t)wn. tnmaor Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Senator Foraker, of Ohio, debated the right of the president to dismiss troops without a trial. Senator Lodge contended that the president as com mander-in-chief has the power and Senator Foraker contended that the president was not above the law. Senator Carter Las introduced a point resoluticn, providing for a joint collisions on railroads and the best means of obviating them. In round numbers, the military ap propriation bill carries $73,00,000, which is a reduction of about $6,000, 000 in the estimate submitted by the war department, and about $2,000,000 more than the appropriation made at the last session. MISCELLANEOUS. Suit to dissolve the alleged merger of the Wabash, Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroad companies and the Pacific Express Co., and to revoke the licenses and charters of the Pa cific Express Co., the American Re frigerator Transit Co., the Western Coal and Mining Co., the Rich Hill Coal Mining Co., and the Kansas-Mis souri Elevator Co. have been filed in the supreme court of Missouri by At torney General Hadley. The petitions allege that the stock of all the com panies named is owned by the same interests, the Goulds, in violation of the constitution and laws of Missouri. S8"~hs:~BSf sBnredth anni versary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee will be celebrated throughout the entire South. A resolution providing for a sweep ing investigation of the conduct of United States Senator J. W. Bailey, of Texas, has teen introduced in the house of representatives of the state. The resolution also provides for the investigation of R. V. Davidson, attor ney general,. on the ground that it has been charged that he conspired with Standard Oil against Bailey. By an explosion of gas in a furnace in Pittsburg, Pa., seven men were fa tally injured, one escaped, three were found dead, and six are missing, and are believed to have been covered under six fee' of molten iron. Mr. Harry New, now acting chair man of the republican national com mittee, is quoted: "If Vice-President Fairbanks allows his name to be pre sented to the next republican national convention as a candidate for the pres -.ac , sand I take it for granted that %ie wisl, hi will receive the heDrty 'lJe se~ tip Peace, from Porto Rice to New York, two weeks overdue, was found disabled at sea by a Ger man vessel and towed into St. George's Bay, the Berumadas. itxteen girls and four youths are baurned to death in factory at Geis posheiim, Germany. TIM director of the mint estimates that $96,101,400 worth of gold was mined in the United States proper and Alaska in 1906 and 56,183,500 fine onae~s of silver. Three hundred toqs of dour, shipped from Stockton via San Frhacisco,, for rta to ea9i the -aie._ In his biennial message to the legls latuzr Gov. Dencen appeals to Illinois to do all in her power to obtain a deep waterway irom the lakes to the gulf. Gov. U. B. Brooks of Wyoming, in his message to the legislature said that the railroads are not paying their just share of the taxes in that state. The South Carelin serate has adopted a resolution endorsing the ac tion of President Roosevelt in the Itrowns'ille (Tex.) matter, and re. questilng the South Carolina delega. tion in congress to support this coure. President Penna, of Brazil, has signed a decree putting into effect the renewal of the 20 per cent reduction in the duties collected on American imports. Mount Etna is showing signs of activity. Smoke, ashes and flames are emerging from the top of the vol cano, which is covered with snow. The Michigan Stove Works at De troit were destroyed by fire; loss, $7500. J. Fifteen thousand stoves were destroyed. Samuel A. Groff, 60 years of age, who was released from the Mounds ville (W. Va.) penitentiary last Sep. tember, after serving three years for complici y in the postal frauds, died of melancholia at his home in Wash. ington. The interstate commerce commis. sion telegraphed President Hill of the Great Northern that further aid to break the coal famine in the north. west must be promptly given. A colossal statue of Pope Leo XIII., weighing 12 tons, and destined for his tomb in the Church of St. John Lateran, has been transported to that church, where it will be raised. Mexican troops fired on rioting strik ers near Orizaba, state of Vera Cruz. Thirty dead were counted and eighty wounded. When the troops arrived the inhabitants were fleeing in terror. Muzaffer.--Ed. Din. Mizza, shah of Persia and "king of kings," died at his capital, Teheran. Mohammed All Mlr za, his son, is heir to the throne. He was born in 1853, was the richest mon arch in the world, and was the most learned of all the crowned heads. His ideas were broad and liberal. His col lectiun of jewels is valued at $20,000, 000, his throne at $12.000,000, and it is said that he had $200,000,000 in his personal treasure vaults. He never became a polygamist, having only one wife in his harem, his cousin. Foreman Oliver, of the grand jury that indicted Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco, gave testimony in court that he was astonished at the revela tion of corruption, and that he regard ed Schmitz as a cypher and Ruef as a figure. Gov. Magoon has issued a treaty of extradition between the republics of Cuba and Santo Domingo. It is con sidered important as possibly prevent ing the organization in Santo Domingo of insurrection expeditions destined for Cuba. December 21, at Fort Ren , Okla., it developed that there was a plot to murder every white officer at the post. All of the officers now go heavily armed and protected throughout the night. The British battleship Dreadnaught is about to make a cruise across the Atlantic, which will take her to West Indian waters at about the time of Rear Admiral Evans' squadron will be in he same vicinity, thus affording the American officers a possible opportu nit to see the latest. marvel of naval architecture. The French Canadian newspaper La Presse announces that the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, in the gulf of St. Lawrence, will be sold by France to Japan. The paper's authority for the statement is "A distinguished Ital ian, who is visiting in Canada." Available cash balances in United States treasury, cxclusive of the $150, 000,000 gold reserve, is almost $245, o000o.ooo. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, until recently the British ambassador at Washington, is to receive a colonial appointment.! The- governorship of New So: .h Wales is mentioned. It is stated that the German govern ment has authorized Gov. Soelf of Ger man Samoa, to purchase the former home of Robert Louis Stevenson, at Vailima, for a government residenc 3. In the house Mr. Gaines, of Ten nessee, and Mr. Mahon, of Pennsyl vania, almost came to blows. The lie was passed ,but ,rlends brought about a reconciliation, and the would be belligerents shook hands and be came friends again. The trouble oc curred when Mr. Gaines asserted that Mr. Mahon was absent about 95 per cent of the time. The miners' strike at Goldfleld, Nev., settled on operators' terms. The two Japanese arrested at Port land, Ore., on suspicion of DIr. John son murder, released. The Japanese government, says a dispatch from Tokio, has decided that, on account of anti-Japanese agitation on the Paciflc oast, the Japanese taing equadron wl Ijt viat the 14e, 0-buat r l 0, a Mfara affected b the lynching -at Charles City, in that state. "r~ot in twenty years have we had a siilar disre in Iowa," said the governor. Judge Kelly, at Charles City, instructed the grand jury to make a thofough in vestigation, and denounced the men) hers of the mob as murderers. Earthquake shocks were felt in Pennsylvania, Norway. and Russia at about the same hour. The volcano Manna Loa, in the Hawalan islands, also broke its eruption to such an extent that its flames were seen hun treda of miles at sa, LOUISIANA NEV. Teachers' Institutes. The State 'ceacehrs' institutes will be conducted during the next two Imontlhs as follows:: Jan. 21--Minden, Webster parish: Marksville, Avoyelles parish. Jan. 28- Alexandria, Rapides parish; Lake Charles, t'a't.asicu parish; NapoleoI: ville, \ssumrption parish. Feb. 4 Amite, Tan.:ipahoa parish: St. FIr:anci; ville, \West leliciana parish. 1Feb. 11 - Vidalia, C'oncordia parish: lienton, os sier parish. Fe)b.IF -Columbia, ('al well parish; Garyville, St..l ohn Charles paILshes. Feb. 2 - parish. March 4-Crowley, Acada parish. Pecan Land Sold. Shelby Sanders of Iberia patdh sold to the Jones l'ecan t omnpaniy of Iaunsey county, 1Minn., 482 acres of llld on the lTeccle, bet w,.en New Iberia inld Jeaner ctte. The price paid was $toi per anere. The lease of the property to Mr. San ders for two years reouires that he cul tivate tIe land between the piean tree rows and plant cane therein a~l pay a rental of $6 per acre. State National guard. The plan to have the State National (;uard meet in annual encamlpment at the Jamestown Exposition g.rounds in stead of at the State encamIment grounds at Alexandria, which was pro posed some time ago, has met with great favor among the various colm mands throughout the State. Caillouette and Porter Resign. D)istrict Judges Caillouette and Por ter have resig.ed, to take effect Mhf .fr 1. Both these gentlemen have recent.i been nominated for the Circuit Court of Appeals in their respective circuits. Thcy will be elcated judges of tatt court during the month and will assume their new office on the first day of March, 1907. Special Road Tax. The police jury of the parish of P]laquemines passed an ordinance levy ing a special tax of $1 on each and every male inhabitant in the parish be tween the ages of 18 and 55 years, this tax, together with a one mill tax levied on properties, to be used for construct ing, maintaining and repairing the public roads and bridges in the parish. Twenty Years' Supply. The Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber Company will increase the capacity of its plant at Lake Charles to 350,000,000 feet per day. The company has 1,200, 000,000 feet of standing timber, and this means twenty years' sawing in Twenty-three young ladies and one young man graduated from the State Normal School at Natchitoches last week. The school has 132 applications from parish superintendents of educa tion of this and other States asking for teachers. These graduates will be as signed to places immediately. Plowing for Next Season's Crop. l'lowing and preparing for the plant in.g of next season's cr)ps is being rap idly pushed in the New Iberia section, and if nothing intervenes the prospects for a record-breaker are very good. Plantation Sold. The Riverside plantation near Mor gan City has been sold to P. and B. O'Brien. The place is in a high state of cultivation and fully stocked with seed cane, mules, etc. It comprises about 1400 acres, and the price paid was $175,000. Inspecting Proposed Route. An inspection is being made ou proposed route from New Ibell Melville on the Texas and Pacific. The distance to be covered is sixty miles and engineers have estimated that the road could be built for $3,000,000. New Orleans Health Report. The annual report of the New Or leans board of health shows the death rate to be the lowest for any single year on record-19.96. Strawberries at BatEn Rouge. Owing to the remarkably mild weath er strawberries raised in the parish are on sale in Baton Houge. Sale of Oil. The Central Oil Company of Jackson, Mich., has sold all its oil in storage at Welsh to the Rio Bravo Oil Company. This Michigan company has justerected a derrick to drill its third oil well on proven land in the Welsh field. State's Quarterly Report. The report of the State auditor for the quarter ending Dec. 31 shows total receipts 8764,021.34, expendit' 8$$.82, }4 the report o taie S , suerhootiS ~ei-tapInto the tre.. mry for the same quarter $764,021.34 Horse-Breeding Association. A horse-breeding association has been organized at New Iberia for the improvement of stock. Blooded stal. lions have been imported from France and important horse-breeding centers of this country. Increase in Revenue. Twenty-two retail liquor licenses will be taken out this year in WVest Bat. Rouge parish at the rate of $500 each, netting to the parish some $11,000, in tead of $5,800 collected last year,. GROWS RICH IN ASYLUM. Miss Margaret Folsom Wealthiese Insane Woman. New York.--Mrs. Margaret Winthrop Folsom, probably the ical',thiest insane woman in the world, is reported to be d'ins ill a sanitarium in \Vaverlev, Ma- . Tlhere she has spent most of the thirty-eight years since .she was de cla'ed illellnpetent to conduct an ,,state which she inherited in i'.T2. It con sists allost entirely of realty in this city, and is lprobably close to $4,Ji000,IM0 in actual value. tIer only relative and heir is her brotlherl, G;eorge \inthrolp Folsom. He collects an income of $130,0t00 a year frun the ,roprties which she owns and f:o'lhc bonds, stocks and Imort iggcs, amounting to a quarter of a mil lio% dollars, included in her estate. T-o nurses are in constant attend ance and everything that mioney can buy iS given to her to add to her coin fortu or ratify her slightest wish. Hut hier \aVnts are few. Last year the cost of her maintenance was only $1.532. BANNER YEAR INDUSTRIALLY Total Value of Exported Manufac tures $700,000,000. Wiashiagt)n. - That the ySar just broughllt t a Ihs'lot as a banr\\ one in the history of the' l nitied Stat's inius trial a' tivby, far outdtistalueing any previous record, is the dteduction of statistical experts. Expertsofh ur of the bureau of statistics of the dparmllllent of coinInm'cr and labor say the value of manufactutrers' rail road materials imported in the eleten months o:f the past year was ..402.,00, 000, against :)1i:0,001).)il0 in the corre Sptonding mouths of 1,90t, and the value ,f manufactures imported for further use in manufacturing ivs $223,000,000, against $1S10.000,000 in the same months of the precedinlg year. The total value of nanufactures ex ported in the eleven months of the year just closed 'was, of manufactures for further use in manufacturing, 6220, OStIOtR), againt $1.)4,.00).ltl)0 in a like period in the lpreceding year, and of lmanufactures ready for conumnption, $43:,W0X,O0H), against $391,(l).) 0ll in the corresponding" period of 19(.I5. indicat ing that the total value of manufactures of all kinds exp)orted during the year will exceed $700,m)ts,l0)0. LYNCHING PROBABLE. Negro Murderers Being Hunted Down in the Terri. Chickasha, a. T o... egro men murde ( ite man and is wife in the t in their grading ca p, fifteen es north of here, this , ternoon. Thq. were discovered by neighbors at Saolec of this citar uo i on the Rock Island road to take a posse to the scene of the crime, which is near the scene of the lynching last July. There is no doubt that the negro murder ers will be lynched if captured. A num ber of people hereabouts witnessed the burning of a negro at Paris, Tex., about ten years ago. The business sec tion of this city at 10 o'clock tonight was full of excitement awaiting the special train. PRIEST UNDER ARREST Charged With Attempted Abduction of Organist of His Church. Lafayette, La. -- ev. Father M. Detchemendy, the Catholic priest in charge of the church at Scott, a small town a few miles from here, narrowly escaped the vengeance of an indignant crowd of citizens, and was spirited ~away to New Iberia on an early train this morning. SHe was accused of attempted abduc of the young lady who had been erving as organist of the church. It is charged that they became very friendly, and that they had planned to eave for New Orleans on last evening's train. The father of the girl learned of the plan, and with several friends inter cepted them at the depot. The sheriff was in the party, and with a deputy took the priest into custody and kept himn in hiding until this morning, when he was taken to New Iberia. CONFER WITH PRESIDENT. Commissio4ers Clements and Gar fleld at White House. Washin 'on.-It is announced that Commissi er Judson C. Clements of the inte ate commerce commission and Co ration Commissioner James R. Gar d were in conference with Presid t Roosevelt for two hours to night None of the parties present won discuss the nature of the confer . Commissioner Clements returned from Chicago, where he and r members of the commission con ted the hearing relating to the serging of the Harriman lines. POLICEMEN AS ROBBERS. Serious Charges Made Against Guar dians of the Law. Butte, Mont.-A sensation has been created here by testimony showing that Capt. McGrath, sergeant of police, in vited two of the policemen under him to join in a conspiracy to rob a deliv ery wagon of the Northern Pacific Ex press Company b@tween the railroad station and the express office. Armed gairds frustrated the plans of the spirators, AN EXECUTION IN INDIA. How a Sentence of Death Was Car ried Out on Streets of -Hyderabad. The decision as to w\hehtler the murcierer sholid be execiuttd (;r im prisoned for life was. says the Civil and Military Gazette in describhing an exe cution at flyderabad of a Pathan who had shot his brother-in-law, as is usual, left to the nlurdered ta'i.s rela tives, and his wife, the sister of the murderer, voted for death. On the day for the execution there appeared in the streets a band of sweepers armed with leafy twigs, fol lowed by a squad of the city Arab police with fixed bayonets. Then came the criminal, dressed in new white garments, with a new halter around his neck and new ropes at tached to his arms. The ends of these ropes were held by policemen. The ordinary thing is for the con demned man to walk, but in this case he was so overcome that he had to be conveyed in a jutka. On arriving at the fatal spot the mlur(lerer 'a 's inade to kneel down, while the policemen handed over charge of the cords to the execution er's attendants one of whonm, seizing the end of the halter stood in front of the felon, while others held the cords pinioning his arms behind. The exectiioner, brandishing a broad. heavy sword, keen as a razor, In a suggestive fashion, and prancing up towards his victim asked three times in a loud voice: "Who authorizes the execution?" The chief of the city po lice on duty thrice replied: "The Amin." Then an attendant armed with a long needle pricked the condemtned man in the hack, causing him to start forward. At the same instant those holding the cords laid themselves back in opposite directions as in a tug-of-war contest, with the result that the wretch's necck was stretched: and, following the leply of the chief of police, the executioner's blade de scended fair and true on the neck, severing the head completely. Consumption in the Navy. When a man enters the United States navy he is selected for his phy sical fitness as well as mental ability. For the reason and because the sea man's life is healthful there are few cases of chronic disease among them. There are particularly few consumlp tives among the sailors. But the navy department has made arrangements for treating these according to the most scientific methods. "When a 'lunger,' as the sailors call him, is discovered he Is given instruc tions to proceed to Pensacola, Pla., where the sanitarium for consump tives is located," says Guy F. O'Don nell of the West Side, who .was for merly in charge of the sanitarium. "Thisi sanitariu s nothing more Seut x es. Tnesmes can be raised and lowered, as weather conditions permit. Here the patients are given the freedom of the camp. They live out of doors, taking long walks in the warm Southern sunshine, and at night they sleep in the open air. Milk and eggs form the principal articles of diet. Very little medicine is given."-Kansas City Star. Grapes Grown Under Glass. The grape of grapes for the table is grown in Belgium, and under glass. It is in no Arcadian rustic spot that this ideal culture flourishes, but in the wideawake metropolitan suburb of Hoezlaert, near Brussels. Here there is a whole region of glass-noth ing but glass over a wide vista. The spectacle is one of the shows of the country for amateurs and sightseers alike. A good many lovers of table fruit whose interest in the subject extends no further than the dessert stand will probably be surprised to learn that it is from no native hothouse, but from Hoezlaert, that the great fruiterers of London, Paris, the Riviera, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and, mirable dictu, even New York, receive the bulk of their winter supplies. Every Friday hundreds of chests of choice fruit, admirably packed, are de spatched to the United States alone. The price at Hoezlaert is a minimum of 15 pence a pound on the vine, with fivepence added for packing. The choicest bunches are those that weigh about two pounds. Professional Amenities. The late James T. Maher, a well known business man of Taunton, Mass., had the misfortune to break his leg. He was attended by Dr. Thomas Paige, who had Dr. Joseph Hayward to assist him' in setting the limb. John Gaffney, an undertaker and a personal friend of Mr. Maher's, made a contrivance for him to rest the leg on-and carried it to the Maher resi dence in his undertaking wagon. Dr. Hayward was there, and a few min utes later Dr. Paige came in. "Good morning, gentlemen," he said, "I hesitated about coming in this morning. I never like to enter my patients' homes when I see an under taker's team at the door. How is it with you, Dr. Hayward?" "Oh," replied Dr. Hayward, "I never see an undertaker's team at my pa tients' doors." Can He Do It. Luther Burbank had just finished his seedless orange, his thornless rose, and his eyeless potato. "What are you going to originate now?" some one asked him. "A lemonless campaign," replied the wizard. LIEUTENANT BOWMAN. '-irc-'1ý ®R;. c^"~~- - .IIIIII .... "::Z:i.. . *!I . I .. :... . ...: INI FODIY-[EiT BOURS PE-DU-NAGORED HIM3 r.. ...· . - ··-~·.. .. ... .,...... :.- ... , IN FORTY-~gHT HOUR PE-tI-I. ILIRD HIM, Cold Affected Head and Throat Attack was Severe. Chas. \V. Bowman, 1st Liut. and Adjt. 4th M. S. M. ('av. Vls. writes front Lanham, Md., as fo!lls: "Thoulgh somewhat. averse to lat ent mndicines, and still tmorie avers) to becoming a professional affidavit man, it seems only a plain duty in the present instance to add my ex perience to the columns already writ ten concerning the curative powers of Peruna. "1 have been particularly benefited by its use for colds in the head and throat. I have been able to fully cure myself of a most severe attack in forty-eight hours by its use according to directions. I use it as a preventive whenever threatened iwith an attack. "Members of my family also use it for like ailments. We are recom mending it to our friends." -Chas. W. Bowman. Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1907. Prefer Their Own Way. Thousands of men do not know what is good for them, but you might as well remember that the majority of them do not wait to be told.-John A. Howland. - Hints for the pe Lover. The Canadian ar and Tobacco Jou g e hints tot 'those W o smoke i s. u ppe says the Jou - "and anot is gen tieness. Take as . n't crowd the pipe to the top or the bowl. Never get a pipe hot. Keep cool, and keep your pipe cool. You can relight a pipe, and if you are an old smoker you will be all the better for it. When you have finished do not refill a heatea pipe." Always to De Depended Upon. When a person gets up in the morn ing with a dull headache and a tired, stretchy feeling, it's an almost certain indication that the liver, or bowels, or both. are -lecidedly out (.f order. At such times Nature, the wisest and best of doctors, takes this means to give warning that she needs the help and gentle assistance which can best be obtained from that old fam ily remedy, 3randreth's Pills, which has been in use for over a century. They are the same fine laxative tonic pill your grandparents used when doctors were few and far be tween, and when people had to have a remedy that could absolutely be de pended- upon. Brandreth's Pills can be depended upon, and are sold in every drug and medicine store, plain or sugar-coated. American Idealism. Since my first arrival in America I have held that the real spirit is ideal istic and that the average individual American is controlled by idealistic impulses. Those who may contradict me can not have sounded the depths of the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson, or studied the life and read the speeches of Abraham Lincoln, and considered their far-reaching effect on the American people. In Lincoln's great character nothing can be more striking than the way in which he combined reality and the loftiest ideal, with a thoroughly practical capacity to achieve that ideal by practical methods. This faculty seemed to give him a far-sighted, almost superhuman vision, which enabled him to pierce the clouds obscuring the sight of the keenest statesmen and thinkers of his age-Baron Speck von Sternburg, in Foram. n II I ýS i 'fUE U5