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THE CLARION -------------- BAY MONlD IlREAX, Ed. Si Bus. Mgr. OPELOUSAS,, : LOUISIANA. EVIENTS OF EVERYWHERE. The Federal teamsters, during the war are asking for a pensloa of $10 s month. New telegraph ratks, it is said will close 300 of Iew York's, 400 pool rooms. Dowle, who has now gone to Call fornia, says he will establish a coloif ia Texas. Indianapolis was chosen by the Pro hibition party for its National conven tiicn, whiih wii be l4ld July ?9." F. M. Janson, ra stockmasn living near Wyn'newobd, I. '., was accidental ly killed by falling from a horse. His heck was brglken. TWO larget4sset: belonging to the Riussian volunteer fleet, carrying troops, has passed through the Bos pbhorus. bound for the Far East. Sidney J. Brooks, judge of the Fifty seventh Judicial District, announces to the bar cf San Antonio that he would resigg from the bench, effective Feb. 1. The Turkish powder magazzine in the $umanb'a District, sixteen miles from. Uskuho.,ha nbeca Jlown up by Bulgarians. Thirty Turkfs werg.-kille. Thp g ty r'fi, a..aing a o.t thorough search into the Iroquois thea ter looking:.to those responsible for the firp and other causes of death fromr thd disaster. It 'as .been eci ql% th*.t poll tixeS may be legally paid on Sundays, and Dallas county officials will keep open for that purpose on,the 17th and 24th instant. The annual report of the postmaster general shows the 4dtic for athy !ai year to be much less than was esti mated, and reogpunes., 4nucl neW. legislation. Monday -t' St. Louis it h'as discover ed tbat the Federal Commission would reqgitrean thIir *e. iii ii rt coml piet editity 'cc i th giRo rn inicits mnl= liorfs in theloG0ar sulbptcasurx. At` 'icp: critting~ affray happened on Main stree, in tw~hinh J..W. Brown was ftallT cut froin eat' to ear. Mr. Brown is an old man and prominent citizen. Represtntative Robinson introduced a bill Thursday providing for the ad missionlof Oklahoma ~nd Indian Ter rltohr rinto .the Tnion as the State of Okitlromnm . The Kaly carried a'-colony of Okla homians consistlng of sixty families down toMMexied, where they *ill en gage in' stock 'arnming,. str.ictir9g was bijrned j.aturday night. The'loss rn buittding and furniture is estimated at $14,000; insurance $7500., C At Greenville 'te son .of.Mr. Seeley fell and broke his aig'SSunday. Fort *Voth 'eems 'to 'be. over run with robbers. During the last week ' over $1000 worth pf household plunder has been reported stole.. A tleegram from St. Jo, Montague 1 county, stating that' at; -lft ih of 142 feet a big fiow of. ine,lJubriGatng'oil and also ', flow 'of gad had been ruck t by a c4 -idil A hbring a, .,gl tere Ca tain Richmond Hobson has ai ri',ed at Bou der, Cofot,'from 'Birming J ham, Ala., and is at ,the iedside of his mother. =Mrs. Hobspn is ieriously ill, but she is reported'as rerig sil. y. ~" Police Officer Howell,,Qbb shoq ruj instantly killed ,Robert O. Emma. a Mexican, at EL Naso. Emma was re siSting arrest, and after kpockihg the officer down," slashed him with a'razor, inflicting ugly wounds. The Bowie Hotel, a two-story brick I At Bastrop August Bering pleaded guilty to shooting in the house of Mr. Bumbartner, near Roganky, last fall, and killing his little daughter, and was given twenty-five years in the pen itentiary. To the members of the diplomatic corps at the New Year's reception held in the winter palace, the Czar made use of these words; "I desire and in tend to.' o all iLn'my power to maintain peace in the Far East." At McGregor, while Charles Bando, saperhntondent of the round bale gin, with ;lfis little son, were crossing'the Cotton Belt tracks, the switeh -ePgine ran into them, kHling the horse and d.anagi." i;e buggy.: Neither of ,!ht occupants was seriously hurt. M , JRe$J a, who has been for ,sev eral yeara.s~perintee4eit of the Mee han Foundry in Monterey, was killedi in a street difficulty with a party who bad recently, been discharged from, the foundry. The application of W. H. Gaston, D., E. Waggoner. M. M. Brooks, J. D. Jack son, W. Hi. Thomas and others, to or ganize the Gaston National Bank. of Dallas, with $200,000 capital, has been Approved by the Controller of the taur rency. Ia fteont of a negro restaurant in TishomiPg9,. ,ichard Dillingham, col ore ,raged 30 years, married, was stab bed; in the left breast and instantly killed. KIid Illey, a negro, was ar rested charged with the killing. Lewis Quinton, one of the old-time Fit0ze~ps ' e',3e Cherkee Nation, is dead at hl1 hbýml onSkin Bayou, not far from Fort Gibson. Deceased was 7l years old and was one of the old settler Cherokees . _.. =.... THE FIRST GUN ,-Minneapolis TribuPe. fEW PHASE IN PANAMA SITUATION. Inited Statesl Way' Inkciase Canal Strip 'o.tright Thereby Satisfying Colombia: ami Panama ., )Vgsl4igtqtn,;Jan. 2~ nate demo. " crats wdvfe advilSd t a conference 1C yssterday morning that it is expected b soon to develop an entirely new canal s deal, whereby the lUiited States govi r ernment is buy outright from Colom-}f bian and Panama the whole canal strip, 1. obtafning a quit claim deed therefor, s in consideration of a sum of money Buf&clenF to satisfy both the South s mAmdercan i-epuilics now laying claim l to the istbhnnu. While this deal has " not yet half matured, it has progress- .t edftat esfou h.o , covlipee, savsynal f ýthe Southern senator,,that its u":ilituhti. , matelyt&tea-carried thraupg and prover1I a" settlement of the great question now 'agitating this country. The preliminaries of the trade are believed to be already 'agreed upon. i It is understood General Rafael Reyes, t the Colomnbian representative who has been. in Washington for the past ttwo months to arrange a satisfactor.y set- I t!ethent -for his country, made a trop 1 osition tO the president and Secrtetary Hay, the effect of which was Colom bia's willingness to relinquish all ,claims cn the isthmus on condition of a payment of $10,000,000 by the Unit ed States. It is said our government replied] BLANCHARD WINNER. , Gets the Nomination by Twelve Thou 'sand:. N'ew Orleans, La:;--The Louistana primary, held Tue dak, resulted in' the nomination of .Newton C. Blanchard of Caddo parish for :governor by a big majority. Full returns are not in yet, but enothgh has been heard from near ly all the parishes to- insure Judge Blanchard's -nomination by at least 12,000 majority. A complete state ticket'was chosen. -For lieutenant ~govrfnor, J. Y, San ders of St. Mary was successful over Iudge 'Allen Barksdale'ef Linbornf. 1r. Sanders is 35 years of age, ,and is speaker of the hiduse of representa tives. He is a, law partner of Sena tof Foster. . ' For secpetary of state, Johfin't. mi chel of New Orleans had no, opposi tion5 and Po'f. J. 1J. Asweil of Lincoln had no opposition for superintendent 9t education. . Prof. Aswell is presi dent of the Louisiana Industrial Insti tute at Ruston. For attorney general the fight was between the present incumbent, Judge Walter Guion =of Assumption parish, and Jidge Robert Aa. Reid of Tangipa hoa.- It looks as if Judge Reid wtas successful. For auditore oux E. iSmith, pres ent state treas'ures .W. S. Frazee, present auditor, an M-artin fBhrihan were canditd;tes. BC.~ + ran got the largeCst vote, but ib 1O,(O1 as if he and .Srmith will have; to go itnt, the second primary. Lo trea'urer the same endition prevails. ,W: A. Stetdley pf- ,Lake i. ChLar s, O. B Steele of BaI.ton Rlouae and Ja me I. Smith of Union con tested:" Ti.e vote was pretty close be. twcen Steele. arid. Steidley, arid they • wif have to .have a second piimary. SAn Editor 'Whit.° Shreveport, La.-S. B. Johnson, for merly. ,proprietor of the Shreveport Times and a prominent.tritizen, was shit and dtangerously wounled Tues day .t. The shooting occurred in the ,ixth precinct just as the ballot ing was over and the count going on. Puoice Of.ices L. H. Clayton drove i back to the plice station after thb ' shooting and surrendered. More Fugitives. a Austin, Texas.~-The adjutant genev al's department Tuesday regeivdd gn other batch.of reports from sheriffs of Sdifferent counties containing revised Slists of fugitives from justice. , Hays County Bonds Bought. i )Austin, Ttxas.-The state board o ti education has purchased $25,000 o SHays county road and bridge bonds d an investment for the permant !school fund. with a counter proposition offering i. Colombia $5,000,000 in settlement of t her claims. This exchange of propo- I sittons is as. far as the deal has prog. y ressed, except. that Reyes has trans- 1 mitted "tb-e bffer ro $5,000,00k ,to his , government and.is now awaiting a re- a sponse' frof' Bog.ot fi iOf .course, this deal dpes not con- a sider Panama'~ claims on the i.thmis;u f ~iut it it s. assumed that, her ,right will -be remembered and her interests [guaranteed by the administration. Panama Willing. Panama's representatives have 'al iready diplomatically expressed the new republic's 'willingness to bha an FLrexed to the United States, so that the I deal now: under consideration would1 iii no wise be opposed from that quar-, ter. A significant move in connectiorid with this reported deal is the fact that the committee on foreign relations re ported the Panama treaty to the sen-` ate with atnendmenits that are 'uitm porttdnt, save for the fact that they will delay the final, ratification for weeks because the treaty- must be sent to Panama for concurrence in - the amendments, even if it is ratified by the senate here. Wilson's Plan. Washingtoi.= S ecretary Wilson is ariaitging the details of the campaign authoriWed by congress to be waged against tbhe cottos , boll weevil. A number. of government entomologists and scientists are en rouite to the rawy aged Texas; fi.ds and to Sabine'rivei valley in Louisiana, the pest havihn been reported from thre- dlaces in thit'5sctfitx ihi9ret wilt Be. thlirty or forty scientists, at .work . against the pest before long. :They *will drga'nize the fatnters to -fight the- weevil and will edicaite them' in the best mneth. bds- of 'attaok. Secretary- Wilson. ex pects to. makk an6ther trip to, the dis tricts involved while thJaefiglji is on. Homeseekers' Excursion. Chicago. I1,7-Traffic officials of the Santa Fe roai , estimate that fully 12,000 homebseklers will, start today for points in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexicd. The movement 'is one bf the largest of' the kind in the his. SCory of efforts which the railroads are mailing to colonize the Southwest. From Chicago and Illinois points fully 800 homeseekers will go out on special trains, and it is estimated that at least 12,000i persons, taking advantage of the special rates, will pass through Kansas City. Fatal Burpinu. Edggwood, ' x-The fie6 efir Will 13anils, 1 anl' alo't i`" m'lIs from here,: west, was baJly burned .Monday aitd as a result of the burns she died Tuesday morning. She, was burning trash from around th.e place: then her clothes caughtfire from thb .a-"t 'Se ito ,es a small chfid l4er husband is"a respected farmer in the t Ne, Hope community. Roucdale, Texas.-A 15-year-old 4 niece ot August Sielke, living four miles north, was fatally burned, her clothing catcerug fire while she was worlk rg near a! tinl.-hte field. Drownwo--d- T t Shof H aby ister. a Blrownwod, Tgas., --- aying i- witt a tj#get rifle Ionday n, n Msis i f n=. of - an c aent t- ally s t , baby srstr eall . I. terec the ,ifle o e'r d.i.d and e r ier( downwar not SbEep found, *t it i the little ona will tieov Found ~cad Lonisville1 K -t . Daniel G. Parr one.eof ti e ~te. and wealthiest Scitizenspf ~obu Ie .was found dead iR bsd 2Iukdafse Vicrdt a, Texas. -rs/: R. Cox sustained a fracture of the collar bone by being thrown from a buggy Sunday afternoon. f Port Lavaca, Texas.-Mr. ISol Marsh * and Miss Annie Blardone were thrown t from a buggy by a runaway horse, but neither was seriously hurt. W:BOLE FAIILY_ ANNIHILATED. Crippled Brakeman Killed His Wife and Mother-in Law, Father-in-Law and Himself. San Antonio, Texas,. Jan. 19.-Ed- he ward Everett Bourne, a crippled fire man of the International and Great ni Northern railroad, was called from. a as game of cards in a saloon at 8:30 ly o'clock last night by his wife and ask- st ed-.o come tome. Mrs. Bourne then jumped jn Bourne's buggy and drove q1 to .her home at 721 Avenue B. Bourne te hobbled after her on his crutches, vow. al ing he would clean up the family. He I di rushed into his room with a pistol and ni shot his wife, through the heart and of his wife's mother, Mrs. Henrietta tc Beatty, also through the heart. The bi two women were found afterwards Clasped in each other's arms, and sI Bourne's 4-year-old child, crying. be- B tween them. After killing the two c] women Bourne shot W. S. Beatty, the b stdp-father of Mrs. Bourne, through fc the breast, narrowly missing his heart, a, and. inflicting a probably fatal wound. tl Bourne then leaned his crutch against h a wall standing in front of a mirror, and shot himself through the heart, 0 dying instantly. g Mrs. Beatty was the widow and Mrs. In Bourne the daughter of a wealthy Ger- E man brewer, William Esser, who died E some ten or twelve years ago. W. 1S. h Beatty is a former Southern Pacific p engineer. Twelve years ago Bourne tl came to San Antonio as a private in. s the Eighteenth Infantry,' his home be- v ing Coatesville,' Ind. Since marrying v into the Esser family nine yeais' ago, there has, been considerable: trouble. t Bourne shot one of the Esser boys a E year ago, and previous to that time 8 had stabbed a man in El Paso. He a was a fireman on the International a and Great Northern up to a year' ago, I when he was injured in an accident C and has pending 'it the courts a ~ait 1 'fcr damages. I t id trigedy:occurred in the old Es 'scr homes.tead, and the only living I witnesses were W. S. Beatty, hoW lin- t gerag Aetween life and death at the t THE GALL. ISSUED. For the National Democratic Cnyonvn tion. 'Washington, Jan. 19.-The follow inriofg? al gill 11wasg isuett esterday for the a.sembling of the democratic convention at St. Louis, July 6 next: "Washington,' Jan. 18.-The demo cratic national committee having met -in the city of Washington, has op pointed Wednesday, the 6th day of July, 1904, as the time chosen, -and St. Louis, tMo., as the place for hold ing the democratic national conven tio.. . ."uý, ..1. .-+.tfýýn 'enltln i+n irdarrac ntA-`. "Each state is.entitled to irepresenta tion therein equal to double the num ber of its seunators and.. repregenta t.ives of the cdngress oI the ,United States,'an1 each territory, Alaski, In dian Terrftory and the District of Co lunmbia, shall -hav six delegates.; 'All democratic citizens in the United States who C.eaupnite "with, .u; for a pure, edobnoicat `and constitutional government, are, cordially invited to join us in send.!gideegates to the con. vention. "JAMES K. J"OINES, Chairman. "C. A.. WALSH, Secretary." Personn f rrangements Cbmmittee vWra hingt6n, Jan. 1 .-Hon. Jamies K. Jones, -chairman. of he -democratic national committee, hiaSannouneed the pegaaaek-of 4the committee- on- r rangements for the democratic na tional e*mini tee, i -. has called a, mretiff g ofthat body or 1Fed "2, eth at 10 a. m., at the Southern Hotel, St. Louis. The mepnit.e ip p~t~e coan mittee is as follows:' James'K. Jones, chairman, ex-officio; William J. Stone, vice chairman, ex-officio; J. M. Guffey of Pennsylvania, D. J. Campau of Michigan, N. E. Mack of New York, J. G. Johnston of Kansas, 3. H. Mc Lean of Ohio, J. R. Head qf Tennes e, J. E. Osborne of .woming. Withdrawina from Manchuria. Pmtt rti U. ian. 19.--Teri aan ese lankf e rpid 4 idly closing up their acco lt lin ig~fWy uria and sif stop ping business. Japan is seeking for agents in lManchuria and Korea to supply the government with informa tion pf the Russian movemients, in view of the hurried departure of the The Russian occupatioq of. Sin Min Tun,'thirt~y imiles wet d6 =Mukden, is no werported to be an accomplished BlTrld Staggers at Calvert. Calvert, Texas, Jan. 19.-A great many miLes and horses in .and around Calvert afe dying of blind staggers. A number of fine mules have died on the Brazos bottom plantations of this dread disease. Boy Fell- Down Elevator Shaft. Dallas, Texas, Jan. 19.-John Crow, t 1-2-year-old boy, died yesterday in a ho5ital from injuries sustained by falling d.own the elevator shaft of the Henry P-tlak Trunk Company on Jan. 3th. - New ~ifgidus Sect. t Boston, Mass., Jan ..19.-A new reli. I gious sect,'known as:"Christian Israel Ites," has appeared in Boston, with members -" 4cattergd £throughout Charlestown, Someryille, Medford and r- aoslyndale. PatiOf the dreed-for the ~neu is allowing whiskers to grow as tong as possible, and the hair to such' ength that it has to be coiled up like t woman's. They predict the millen. tium in 1916. A single modern rail, sixty feet, 100 ounds toje d4, Wa ghs one ton. ospital; Annie Cloud, a negro ser ant, who could not be found last I ight, and the 4-year old child of Mr. t nd Mrs. Bourne. W. S. Beatty, short- f< y after the shooting, made this dying g tatement to Coroner Thad T. Adams: t: Ed Bourne and his wife have been ' u .rreling for two days. He has of- t en made threats that he would end it 11 some day. I was out with him to- n lay, driving, and he drank some, but b Lot much. I heard the shooting in an- t ethr room and ran in. Just as I got I o the door I got a shot in the left a reast. Bourne did all the shooting." t T~he first witnesses on the scene tate that Mrs. Beatty and Mrs. r iourne were lying dead on the floor I :lasped in each other's armss, and the f )aby crying between the two dead r orms. Beatty lay fatally wounded' t Lcross the bed and Bourne dead before € he mirror. The three rooms of the , louse were flooded with blood. Felix and Charley Esser, brothers )f Sirs. Bourne, say that it was their tame of cards in the saloon at the cor- t ter of Avenue C and Sixth street that / Bourne was watching, when Mrs. Bourne asked her husband to come tome. They heard Bourne say: "I'll put an end to that - tonight," and then saw him hobble off after their sister. Fifteen minutes later there were three dead and one fatally wounded in their home. Mrs. W. S. Beatty was a member of the old Busenbach family of this city. She was the widow of William Esser, 1 Sr. Four sons, William, Charles, Fritz and Felix survive her. Her brothers and sisters are Ed and August Busan bach, Mrs. Herman Barlieck, Mrs, R. C. Brandt, Mgrs. Emilie Hart, all well ki iwn nr this clty, and Mrs. Clara Frischmeyer of Austin. Little hope is held out for W.5. . Beatty, who is an invalid, and his tes timony at the inquest last night was in the legtl form of a dying statement. Bitten by Mad Horse. `Crowley, La., Jan. 19.-A horse owned by Mike Coleman died of hy dropliolia yesterday after having bit. ten Dr. Vulliamy, a v.terinary surge on, in the abdomen. Dr. Vulliamy's clothes protected him some from the vicious attack made upon him by the crazy animal. This is the fourth horse to die of the rabies within the city limits during the past month. Wants More Protection. Washington, Jan. 19.-Minister Al len, at Seoul, Korea, has made a re quest of the state departmenitthat the r ilegation guard be increased- The min ister's request has been sent to the navy department, which is considering means of sending more marines from Cavite to Chemulpo. It will require about a week to reinforce the present guard. To See the Czar. . Cologne, Jan. 18.-The Japanese minister .to. Russia will be received in sp.ýeia- audience wyithý the Czar at 'sarkee Selo, according to a dispatch i to the Cologne Gazette from St. Pe tersburg. Great significance, it is added; is atttched to the incident as pointing to a possibly early settlement of the Far Eastern dispute. : o'utfh Getting Serious. SBerialr;,"Te$ias`;Jan: 19.---The con. tinued dry weat] er is beconming a se 'rioust.matter with farmers. On many farms the ground is too bard to plow, with the planting season almost here. .C B, I4ucas, the big, stock man, is burning the gras on his ranch, and the thousands of acres to which .ha applied the tdIrch presented nightly the past week a picture of dazzling beauty. German Warships. Berlin, Jan.4 i.--Orders have been sent to the commodore in command of` the. Geiian West Indian squadron to send the ships now at Havana to Un-lted States ports. During the next ten days the Vineta, the commodore 'on bbard, will go tb New Orleans, the Falc kto Mobile and the Gazelle to Galveston. Dallas Negro Shot and Killed. Iallas, Texas, Jan. 19.-Luther Col lihs, colored, was shot in the breast and killed on a downtown street yes terday. Jack Fisher surrendered at the county jail. Robbed o a Year's Savings. Hearne, Texas, Jan.:19.-Bill Davis; a-colored man, was robbed of $56 Satl urday night. The money represented a year's savings, and he had just drawn it from his employer a few hours before. The officers are at work on the case. Socialist Convention Called. Omeha, Neb., Jan. 19.-The execu tive committee of the national social ist party, in ,ession in Omaha, yester day issued a call for a national con. vention to meet in Chicago May 1. Feeding Cattle at Hearne. Hearne, Texas, Jan. 19.-Messrs. B. F. Capps an dJim Dunn have 100 head of cattle they, are feeding and putting in condition to be shipped to Fort Worth. Messrs. C. G. Wood and P. S. Grogan are also feeding some cattle, which they are going to ship to mar ket. Leaving the Jews out of the calcu lation, 26.2 per cent of New York's population goes to church. I Louisiana ....N. News. SOUTHERN LUMBERMEN. Meet in New Orleans.-Texas Dele gates on Hand. New Orleans, La.: The Southern Lumbermen's Manufacturing Associai tion assembled.in this city.on Tuesday for an important convention. This or ganization controls the output of all the big yellow pine operators from Texas iV Florida and from Missouri to the Gui?. There were about' 150 big lumber men here, ninety of whom were mem bers. Delegates were here from Hous ton, Galveston, Beaumont, Orange, Lufkin, Carson,. Lake Charles and many other milling towns in that sec tion. Two sessions were held. At the morning session President N. W. Mc Lead of St. Louis read his report, the feature of which was, an urgent recom mendation for the appointment of a tarnsportatin committee to investi gate the troubles of lumber people with the railroads, the rates, car short ages, etc. In the afternoon the assocl. ation held a meeting behind closed doors, to take up and discuss the threatening labor troubles that have already confronted many of the larger mills. Case on Trial at New Orleans. Ne w Orleans, La., Jan. 19.-The right of the city of Natchez, Miss., to convert a cemetery into a public park was questioned here yesterday in the case of Thornton et al vs. the City of Natchez, argued before Judge Par. lange, McCormick and Shelby in the United States court of appeals. The ground was donated to the .city for burial purposes in 1817 by William Rutherford and John. B. McNeill, wealthy merchants. One of the condi. tions was that it be forever used as a burying ground. In 1890 the dead were unearthel and moved, together with coffins and tombstones, to another part of the city, and the cemetery was turned into a park. In order to main tain its identity as a burial place the authorities made a hole in one corner of the park, put the bones of many of the dead into it, and erected a mound over them. Elizabeth Rutherford Thornton and M. E. Thornton, the hiers, now claim the city has lost the title to the property. Napoleonville. Napoleonville, La.: The first meet- .V ing of the Assumption Parish Medical Society was held here yesterday in n< the rooms of the Planters' Association. il It was not as largely attended a's was expected, but was very enthusiastic. The president, Dr. Thomas B. Pugh, Le read his annual address, which laid particular stress on the necessity of fostering a brotherly feeling :among d the members. An able paper on qneu. monia was read by the sedretary and treasurer, Dr. Adrian Landry: After the reading every member present e% H pressed his views on the subject, and all were satisfied that out of the dis cussion much light had come. The officers appointed for the ensulng year a are: President, Dr. Thomas B. Pugh; w vice president, Dr. A. J. Himel; secre. ti tary and treasurer, Dr. Adrian Iandry. tc The chasirman appointed committees if on program and scientific 'work,. public W health and legislation, social entertain. ment, etc. n At the last meeting' of the police jury of this parish, the treasurer re- h ported a balance of $5,268.07 on hand. f The finance committee approved a number of claims. The committee on c. charities place dsome additional names on the pension list. It was decided that a town clock and bell be pur- h chased by this body for the court- v house. The annual licenses for the k par was adopted. 1 At the regular meeting of the Town Council the treasurer reported a bal- d ance of $880.47 in the general and 6 $1,117.98 in the water works fund. The d mayor recommended the buying of a certain lot by the town, which was re. b ferred to the finance committee until next meeting. The new high school building will soon be a reality, as bids for its erec tion have been asked for, and it will be only 'a matter of a few months when the town will be able to boast of a first-class school building. since the closing of Bayou Lafourche many rice farmers have made arrange. ments to cultivate cotton. C A cotton gin is now being put up not far from Napoleonville. f Abbeville. Abbeville, La.: Real estate in Ab- " beville continues to command good prices. Yesterday the sheriff sold at public auction in the partition suit of Isaac Wise vs. Frank A. Godchaux a narrow strip of land on State street just north of the railroad, having a frontage of twenty-four fet on State street and running lack to Jefferson street. After some spirited bidding the ?and was adjudicated to Isaac Wire for $1,000 cash. New Iberia. New Iberia, La.: Iberia Steam Fire Company, No. 1, has elected the follow in gofficers: Louis Pfister, president; L. J. Bazus, vice president; Charles Dupuy, secretary; Hy. F. Levy, fore man; J. B. Sinney, assistant; Walter Boutte, second assistant; Frank Laughlin, treasurer. C. J. Puckett, Franklin. Franklin, La.: C. J. Puckett, a prom ising young business man of this place, 1 died at his home, after a brief illness, aged 26 years. The funeral took place from his late residence. BEST EXERCISE FOR BEA Writer Sings Praise of Hor's ing for Women. There is nothing that so the beauty of women as horse ing. It not only develops form and complexion, but mai` Aside from the beauty of face which attracts, equestrianijin a beauty of character whihh friends and an ability to It is universally admitted that can women are the rhosst And the most beautiful Am en are the equestrians. Whoe seen or heard of th sweet belle, with her Venis.-like bright, laughing eyes, a beau plexion that would put the, rose to shame; a pose, a grEca, lines that are beyond the po. scribe or the artist to reproc,: beauty of face, form and'c the inherited and acquired. equestrianism.-New York : Journal. The climate of ,the Germs Komerun, in Africa, has favorable to tea growing, and ernment has planted ,i with tea shrubs. Dr. Williamson S Yorktown, Ark., Jan. 18. a statement was publishei land Williamson, M. D., of to the effect that Dodd's Ki are the best medicine for a Diseases and that he uses uniform success in his dal No one who knows Dr., will doubt for a moment the~'i truth of his fearless declai to •completely clinch the ma minds of those who may not; pleasure of a personal with this celebrated phys. Williamson has appeared b H. E. Greene, J. P. for County, and made a sworn In this sworn statement tb has cited a number of cases have been completely cured by Kidney Pills. Here is case Nie "Henry Hall, Sr., age 48; can, attacked with Malaria' turia, of Swamp Fever; ter` ranged from 101 to 105, hI tongue, const!tpated bowels,? rhage or passage of 'blood. neys; used febrifuge and Do ney Pills to relieve the Infla and congested condition of and to render the urine bland`i irritating. Recovery compli two months' treatment of the Electricity secured from th tain streams of France is referred to as "white coaL"' In Emmons Co., d2atS In Emmons Co., Dakota We can sell you 160 ,adtes You can break 100 acres thi, sow it to Salzer's Flax , enough to pay for your land ing a fine farm free the it Have ten such pieces for t!' JOHN A. SALZER SE13 (W. N. U.) La Cron ISo strong is, the Basfk note paper that a single lift a weight of 100 pointds.' Stops .the . aw. " Works O!! tfie.oi Laxative BromoQaizinxefWi A newly published ela a 400 speeches delivered b)'th during the last fourteen"r SUCH A IJTTLE OR Wife's Forgiveness Grante Undue Priahºsure "Clara," said William he placed his . arms aroual and looked down into her a confession to make toy want you to promise,befoze ' that you will forgive mie." took possession of her, ,Sh little white hand upon her ii would have fallen if her hUl not held her up. Her iac livid, and she could only me-tell me what it is!" : "I cheated a man out of, 20, he said. "Can you,. arl*, forgive me?" The color came back' cheeks, Her lips parted 'til sweet smile. She rested 1 against his breast, and, loo)o.di up into his eyes, said, "Oh,i how you frightened n;e! ' were going to tell me't kissed some horrid woman! I Tit-Bits. As the result of the efforts, don dock and shipping co 611 rats were killed in the port don in 1902. A man saves a great deal .of by not having it to invest. WORIRY A Sure Starter for III Useless worrying (i, foramn vousness) is indirectly th" (through the nerves) of t: feeding. A furniture ma phis says: "About a year ago I was'a with nervous spells,' would over trivial things. "I went to consult one of,' physicians in Memphis and among many questions if I . fee. "His advice was: 'Go to vision store and get a box of drink it in place of coffee are confined to your desk t it extent try and get out in the, as much as possible.'. I fo instructions regarding the "At that time my weight a and I was taking all kindd i e and medicines to brace nie n failed; to-day .I weigh 16b my old troubles are gone, a.~ credit is due to having fo wise physician's advice anD coffee and using Postumr Il "I now consider my he I am willing to go before e public and testify that it to my having used PosttWS of coffee." Name gives - Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason for g _ drug-drink coffee, and son for drinking Postal"s days proves them all. - Look in each package - of the famous little boo '-,: to Wellville," -S:·I ;r-~: