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VOL XII
THIBODAUX, LA.0SATÜRDAY. JULY 3, 1909.
NO. 37
YCtirfl ST ABBED TO DEATH
In Fight Over the Favor of a
Voung Lady.
NEGRO WOMANJ^TEARS OLD DIES
Grand Jury Unable to Fix Criminal
Liability for Mandeville Disas
ter. Mysterious Murder of
Italian at Berwick.
Anizeme Credeur, aged 20, son of
Clobule Credeur, was stabbed
through the heart and instantly kill
ed while fighting with Jack Melancbn,
aged 17, a son of Charles Melancon,
at a wedding ball given Friday night
at the home of Dupre Hebert, in
Marais Boulem, about eight miles
north of Rayne. Melancon was ar
rested. He denies that he used a
knife, and his friends allege a third
man did the stabbing. During the
progress of the ball a misunderstand
ing arose between Credeur and Mel
ancon over the favor of a lady, and
the latter called the former outside
to settle the difficulty. A deputy
sheriff who was present stopped the
fight at the house, and the combat
ants then, repaired to a nearby pas
ture to renew hostilities. They had
no sooner exchanged blows at the
designated spot than Credeur was
slabbed through the heart.
Wants Courts to Act.
At a meeting of the old School
Board of Iberia parish, resolutions
were adopted calling upon the new
appointees to make the issue in the
courts at once so that an early deci
sion and settlement may be had and
the best interests of the schools safe
guarded, and calling upon the judge
of the District Court to try the case
at once. The old board protests
against the action of the State Board
of Education in removing the old
board, tiince the State board is an
appointive body, while the School
Board of Iberia parish is elective and
since both the attorney of the old
board and the attorney general of
the State, the legal adviser of the
State board have held that the old
board could not be removed in the
manner attempted.
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Merchant Injured by Falling.
E. D. Reichert, a merchant of
Roseland, met with rather a singular
though serious accident at his resi
dence. He arose from his bed on
the second floor of the building, and
went to the front gallery, and was
probobly suffering from a dizzy spell.
His wife called to him and he ans
wered her, but suddenly she heard
him fall and rushing downstairs, she
discovered that he was lying on the,
ground badly hurt, having fallen
about sixteen feet. He is suffering
from bruises on the head and shoul
ders, but no limbs were broken, al
though it is yet undecided as to
internal injuries.
Crop Conditions Improving.
The crop conditions around Collin
ston are improving rapidly, the fre
quent showers and hot sunshine
stimulating the young plants to rapid
growth. Some planters are using
poisons on their cotton to kill the;
boll weevils, which are there and be
coming quite numerous. The cotton
crop is still fully three weeks late,
and will not begin to bloom rapidly
before the Fourth of July. Corn is
improving rapidly, and with one
more week of good weather will be in
a fine state of cultivation. Most of
the corn is late, as it has to be plant
ed over as much as three times.
Negro Woman 115 Years Old Dies.
At Benton last Sunday the negroes
held the funeral services of 61d
"Aunt" Polly Darby at their church.
It was attended by a large number of
that race.
ble character, having reached an age
between 115 and 120 years. She left
four children, thirty-three grand
children, 103 great-grandchildren,
twentyfour great-great-grandchildren
and two great-great-great-grandchil
dren. ' As a slave before the war be
tween the states she belonged to the
late Isaac Edwards, one of Bossier's
first settlers.
"Aunt" Polly was a nota- j
Member of Jury. Arrested.
C. C. Moore, of Lecompte, La. who
was a member of the jury that gave
a verdict that released George Her
ring at Alexandria, was arrested on
a charge of perjury in connection
with his oath as a juryman. The
charge was preferred by District At
torney John R. Hunter. Moore was
released on a $500 bond. Herring
was charged with the murder of John
R. Black, of Winnfield, which occur
red here Dec. 22, last.
! Unable to Fix Responsibility.
r After a stormy session of several
days the St. Tammany parish grand
jury reported to the court that it had
not been able to fix any criminal re
sponsibility for the Mandevile disas
ter of June 6. when eleven lives were
lost by the collapse of a wharf.
Increased in Value.
The police jury will meet again
July 5 at Winnfield, at which time it
has notified the timbermen to show
cause why their assessments should
not be changed, in that the lands
should be differenetly classified. The
changes they have made by taking j
land from one class and raising it to j
à higher class will raise the assess
ment of the pat-ish by over $1,000,
000. Timber lands will be increased
in value about 30 per cent. i
Mysterious Murder.
Sheriff Peterman and Deputy
Charles Pecot are investigating the
mysterious killing of Tony Mascinea,
an Italian, who conducted a grocery
store in Berwick. His body was
found in a room adjoining the store
with a gash in the back of his head
and bis throat cut in two plhces. His
trunk had been broken open, the
drawers of a locker rifled, and his
pockets in his. trousers turned inside
out. The body was discovered by Ed
Babin, who gave the alarm, and
shortly afterwards Babin and his
wife were arrested and held pendiâg a
further investigation. Joe Sahders, a
negro, was also taken in custody on
suspicion. There weje no eyewit
ling pin was found*in'the room with
the body. The supposition is that
ihe Italian was struck with this piece
of iron and rendered unconscious,
after which .his throat was cut. Babin
and his wife claim they know noth
ing whatever of the murder, and had
entered the store about 9 o'clock,
making the grewsome find, and im
mediately reported it to the neigh
bors.
n»,e, to.,he .horribly. 4.^ I
line nin was ™
Two Hurt in Runaway.
Steve Scanlon, employed in the
office of the National Lumber Com
pany, was seriously hurt, and Capt
G. W. Reed, superintendent of the
plant, was slightly injured in a runa
way accident at Hammond. The
horse attached to the buggy became
frightened at an automobile, and ran
away, dashing into a telephone pole
and throwing the occupants out vio
lently. Mr. Scanlon was thrown in
to a ditch, his head striking a hard
substance and inflicting serious in
juries. Captain Reed escaped with a
few slight bruises.
Selling Liquor to Minors.
C. O. Weick, president of the Sum
I ter House; Alex Bryan proprietor of
the Railway Exchange, and Louis
Mayer, proprietor of the Mayer Ho
tel cafe, three of the largest saloons
in Baton Rouge were found guilty of
selling liquor^ to minors by Judge
Brunot. Sentence was suspended in
reviewing the three cases Judge Bru
not said the evidence did not disclose
a wanton violation of the law, but
attributed the violation to negligence
on the art of the er.iployes of each
place.
Great Northern Pushing Road.
The New Orleans Great Northern
Railroad Company has a large force
of men working on its new shore line
track between Abita Springs and Sli
dell, and expects to be running trains
through to Jackson, Miss., by July 1.
It will also reduce its present sched
ule time between Covington and New
Orleans about fifteen minutes.
Physician Fight it Gut.
An echo of the Iberia School Board
trouble was had at Jeanerette, when
jjr. Paul M. Cyr president of the
old School Board, was ousted, and
Dr. J. G. Bouvier, one of the chief
complainants before the School board
last week, met on the street. The
two physicians engaged in a fistcuff
and as a result both bear marks, but
neither was seriously hurt.
Negro Assalter Indicted.
Negro Assaulter Indicted,
an assault on Mrs. O'Neal at Coving
ton, has been indicted by the grand
jury on the charge of breaking and
entering in the night time armed
with a dangerous weapon with in
tent to commit a felony. Perry has
been brought here from New Or
leans and is lodged in the jail at this
place.
Woman Struck by Lightning.
Mrs. W. A. Moore, of West Lake,
was struck by lightning and rendered
unconscious for quite a while. The
lady was preparing supper when she
was struck, she fell prostrate to the
floor, where she was ffeund seven
minutes later by her husband. She
recovered consciousness sometime
later, a4£ told of her experience.
Charbon Under Control.
The charbon epidemic in Calcasieu
parish is believed to have been
checked through vigorous measures
instituted by a government expert.
Oil Producers Organize.
Thirty oil producers in the Caddo
field met at Shreveport and effected
temporary organization for protec
tion of their interests. ,
Steamboat Traffic Inaugurated.
Steamboat traffic between Baton
Rouge and points on Bayou Teche,
through the Plaquemine »Locks, has
been inaugurated.
Million Dollar Loan Association.
The Calcasieu Homestead, Build
ing and Loan Association, with $1,
000,000 capital, was organized at
Lake Charles.
Ten Bitten By Dog.
Ten persons, eight of them chil
dren, were bitten by a mad dog at
Scott, La.
Attempted Suicide.
A stranger from some town In
Kentucky, who has been in New
Iberia for a day or two, was arrested
for petit larceny, having it is alleged
stolen some books from the Lee
Drug Store. After being placed in
jail he became violent and attempted
suicide by cutting a vein in his arm.
He was taken to the office of Dr.
Carstens, when it was found he was
suffering from other diseases which
affected his inind. .
NEW PHASE IHSE1CEL CASE
Tried to Get Rid of Trunk Like
One Body was Found in.
MYSTERY SOMEWHAT CLEARED OP
Murderer Claims to ^>e a Descendant
of Four Fabled Chinese Demi
Gods Who Lived Before
, Chinese History Began.
New York.—The New York police
have confirmed the new phase of the
Sigél murder case brought to light
in Newark, N* J., Monday—that Leon
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'with âlieifty»oviSl; trifft fcûKé thé
one in which the body was found,
and pressing anxiety to be rid of it.
It has been ascertained that he at
tempted to leave the trunk in the
Newark restaurant of Li Sing, but
prudent Li Sing would not hear to
having the trunk dumped on him.
James Halstead the Newark cabby
who is understood to have driven
Leon and his burden back to New
York the same day, was found to
night and identified the trunk as the
one he hauled.
The mystery of just how Elsie Si
gel was killed, was cleared up to
some extent today with the announce^
ment of the results of the coroner's
autopsy, supporting in a way that
the murder was not premeditated,
but committed on the spur of the
moment by the jealousy crazed China
man.
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Dr. O'Hanlon, of thf coroner's
office, said there had been found no
ruptured blood vessels such as al
ways accompany death by violent
strangulation, but that on the con
trary, there was evidence of conges
tion of the lungs, such as always
goes with death by asphyxiation. The
analysis of the contents of the stom
ach is not yet complete and on ac
count of the advanced state of decom
position in which the body was found,
it has presented many difficulties.
There is absolutely no confirma
tion of the statement made to the
police by a clerical friend of the
Sigel family that Elsie married Chu
Gain, Leon Ling's rival, who is held
under bond as a material witness.
Chu Gain has protested that he has
sorrows enough without being made
out a widower.
Police Capt. Galvin was detached
last night on a leave of absence, re
turned to town this morning as sud
denly as he left and was back on
his post again tonight without a word
to say. Whatever his clue may have
been, it seems not to have materializ
ed. The district attorney's office to
day had Ong Fung, a English speak
ing Chinaman, up for a little quiz on
the Chinese tongs, and their possible
affilations with the case. Ong Fung
told the authorities that nothing was
known in Chinatown to connect Leon
with either of the tongs and that ap
art from his membership in the Chin
ese Mason (which the Masons deny)
the only other society to which he
belônged was the descendants of four
fabled demi-gods, who lived in the
cloudy days before even Chinese his
tory began and who gather now for
nothing more violent than to vaunt
their descent.
Even if Leon is caught and his
case- comes to trial, it seems little
likely from a statement made tonight
that the carefully guarded Elsie let
ters will ever be made public in their
entirety.
Think They Have Ling.
Jackson, Tenn.—That they have
in custody Leon Ling, the slayer of
Elsie Sigel is the belief of the local
authorities. The suspect, a China
man, whose facial expression and
general appearance tallies with the
published description of Leon, came
to Jackson June 16.
MRS. GOULD VINDICATED.
Her Victory Was Complete Excepting
as to the Alimony Allowed
New York.—After a trial of nearly
three weeks' duration, Katherine
Clemmons Gould obtained a legal
separation from her husband. Ho
ward Gould, third son of the late
Jay Gould, by a decision of Justice
Dowling in the supreme court here.
With tne exception of alimony, her
victory was complete, but in this
phase of the case the court decided
that $36,000 a ear was sufficient, al
though in her suit Mrs. Gould asked
for $250,000. She has been receiv
ing $25,000 a year from Mr. Gould.
SALOON WRECKED.
Twentieth of a Series of Mysterous
Chicago Crimes.
Chicago.—Another bomb, the 20th
of mysterious series during the last
year, wrecked the saloon of Manning
and Bows at 321 State street here,
causing a loss of $2,000. Windows
in a nearby department store jmd a
restaurant were shattered by the
force of the explosion.
NEGROES SAW BOY DROWN.
.But They Were Afraid to Tell Any
body About It.
Shreveport, La.—Willie Davidson,
an eight-year-old negro boy, was
drowned in Red River near the foot
of Texas street Monday afternoon.
He was in swimming with several
other negro boys, who saw him
drown, but were afraid to tell be
cause the police had been instructed
to arrest boys found swimming at
that point.
GAVE HUBBY A DRINK.
Man Who
DHnk.
1rs. William
>t believe in
lite prohibi
^"floes she he
ld should obey
Meridian Wcmtn V
Gave Husbam
Meridian, Miss.
Green, of this city, d
any violations of t
tion law. Especial;
lieve that her .husb:
the law to the very 4<âter. Not only
that, but she has no ^Äerance for any
one who might tem|^.Mr. Green to
violate - the law byj even taking
drink of whisky. Mrs. Green Tues
day morning started' out from home
with her baby in herhrms to find her
husband. She soon jgpated him, with
James Cunningham ,^n f reift of ym
cery store. Mrs. Ürjjfen charged uiifp
ningham wltfe givjjjj^h®r husband a
. . . , iky. Following lier
charge she dashed across to a buggy
and procured a whip from it3 holder.
With her baby still in her arms she
quickly covered the distance back to
her husband and his friend, and in a
flash had administered a severe whip
ping to Cunningham. Mrs. Green
then gave her baby to her husband,
and while he held it in his arms ad
ministered a ßimilar treatment to
him. Green could do nothing but
hold the baby. Mrs. Green then
grabbed the child from the arms of
the father. The two men could not
wait for further developments, but
jumped into a buggy and made their
escape. Both are prominent in the
city.
1 TIPPLING op women.
No Others
Do
Drink so Much as
Americans.
New York.—"No where in the
world do wealthy women drink so
freely and so audaciously as in New
York," declared Lee Theimer. Thei
.mer has been manager of the main
restaurant of the St. Regis hotel
since its opening, and has had un
excelled opportunities to observe the
convivial traits of rich women. "The
way New York women are allowed to
drink promiscously is almost a
crime," said Theimer. "It would not
be tolerated in any other country in
the world. In Arabia women are not
even allowed to go out shopping;
here they are allowed to go out tip
pling. New York women drink very,
very freely. Their husbands seem to
allow them carte blanche. I suppose
the reason these women drink
much is because they have no work
to do and find time hanging on their
hands. In some places women are
permitted to imbibe to their heart's
content—some times even to the ex
tent of becoming beastly—what do
you call it- 'Soused."
KNOCKED FROM ENGINE.
Into
Creek With Skull Fractured;
Recovering.
Mobile, Ala.—Lee Bardwell, a fire
man in the employ of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, was knocked from a
trestle over C.hickasabogue Creek last
night by an engine of a freight train.
Members of the crew and others who
witnessed the accident saw Bardwell
sink under the waters of the creek.
A search was made and the body
recovered. Although Bardwell was
said to have been seriously hurt and
otherwise affected by his double es
cape from death, the belief is ex
pressed that the will fully recover.
DEFAULTER ENDS HIS LIFE.
David H. Barker, who Left Wells
Forgo $14,000 Short Dies.
San Angelo, Texas.—David H.
Barker, a defaulter to the amount of
$14,000 from the Wells-Fargo com
pany at Hot Springs, Ark., over a
year ago, committed suicide here
Monday. While the suicide was
known at th&t time it was not
known that it was Berker until L. Q.
Heard, traveling auditor for the
company, identified him by a pic
ture. Barker ended his life in a
house of ill fame.
FARM LANDS IDLE.
Explanation of Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson.
Washington.—Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson, who has just return
ed from a trip through the western
states, says lack of farm hânds is the
chief cause of ihe high prices of food
stuffs. "All through the west and
northwest the same situation exists,"
said Mr. Wilson. "The country is as
healthy and prosperous as ever it
was, but thousands of acres of val
uableland are lying idle because the
owners cannot hire labor."
POSSE HUNT NEGRO.
Cpthbert, Ga.—Scores of armed
men, with the county dogs, are
searching this section for a negro
named Albert Reeves, who made a
desperate attempt to criminally as
sault Miss Mary Taunton, a young
girl, living about four miles south
of Cutlibert, on the Monroe planta
tion. The negro attacked Miss Taun
ton with an ax and almost cut one
arm off, besides inflicting other dan
gerous cuts on the body.
NEW HARRIMAN COMPANY.
New York.—E. H. Harriman,
through his new $75,000,000 South
ern Pacific Company of Mexico,
which was incorporated at Trenton
N. J., will merge the various lines
now controlled by his system in that
country, and incidentally carry out
extensive improvements mapped out
just previous to his departure for^
Europe a short time ago. The capi
tal stock is divided into 750,000
shares of the par value of $100 each.
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTOÜ
Happenings of the Week Briefly
Told—The Latest News
From the Capital
The federal government ig prepar
ing to investigate t.he sugar trust.
Senator Beveridge's speech has had
the effect of stirring the senate to ac
tion on tobacco legislation. ,
President Taft's corporation tax
scheme was introduced in the senate
by Senator Aldrich.
The opposition to Taft's corpora
tion tax scheme , is increasing in the
senate.
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Congrus passed a fecial act mak
ing the -merk ahtt harboi 1 » appropria
tion available.
The indications are that President
Taft's corporation tax law will
passed at the present session of con
gress.
Republican members of the senate
finance committee say that the cor
poration tax will be passed at this
session of congress.
Stuart McNamara has resigned as
assistant district attorney to devote
his whole time to the prosecution of
the Panama libel cases.
The United States government has
warned Nicaragua that American in
terests at Blue fields must be pro
tected.
Rear Admiral Mordecai T. Endi
cott, U. S. N., retired, who has been
performing active duty, was detached
from service.
To encourage American shipping
Senator Elkins introduced an amend
ment to the tariff bill which would
allow to American vessels a reduction
of 5 per centum in tariff duties.
The hot weather apparently has
had no effect on congress. Senators
have provided themselves with elec
trie fans and lemonade and are pre
pared to talk all summer.
The government suit against the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
the Boston and Maine and other rail
roads for violating the anti-trust law
has been dismissed.
Amendments increasing the duty
on shoes from 15 to 20 per cent ad
valorem and on sole leather from 5
to 10 per cent, the lower figures rep
resenting the house rate, were adopt
ed by the senate. The duty on collo
dion also was Increased.
In the senate the finance commit
tee's amendment to take hides from
the free list and place a duty of 15
per cent ad valorem on them was
under discussion all day. Senators
Warren, of Wyoming, and Carter, of
Montana, spoke in favor of the
amendment, while Senator Page,' of
Vermont, opposed it.
An emergency appropriation of
$10,000,000 for the taking of the
next census was authorized by the
house of representatives. The bill
met with much opposition, although
it was explained that unless the
money was forthcoming the census
bureau would be compelled to sus
pend business.
The question of the eight-hour law
was submitted to President Taft in
the form of a request by Thomas Do
lan, president of the Steam S.hovelers'
Union, that the president obtain from
the attorney general an opinion as
to whether the law prohibiting pay
ment for overtime Is not being vio
lated on the Panama canal.
Much voting and little talking
characterized the work in the senate.
The lumber .schedule was disposed of,
and the duty on pineapples was in
creased, the finance committee suf
fering a defeat in the latter case. An
attempt to reduce the finance com
mittee's rate of $1.50 per thousand
on sawed lumber to $1, the house
rate, was lo3t.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
denies the report that he will resign.
A duty of 15 per cent ad valorem
on hides was agreed to by the senate
by a vote of 46 to 30. This is the
present duty, being applicable, how
ever, only to hides weighing more
than twenty-five pounds. Senators
McCumber, Gamble, Heyburn and
Taylor spoke in favor of duty on
hides, while Senators Burton and
Foster advocated free hiàes.
The entire wood tariff schedule
making reductions of about 25 per
cent from the present rates was
agreed to by the senate. A new
amendment to the coal schedule, of
fered by Mr. Aldrich, reducing the
duty on bituminous coal from 67 to
60 cents a ton, and eliminating the
reciprocity clause from the house bill,
was adopted by the senate. The two
senators from Florida, a pineapple
producing state, in upholding the
amendment to increase the duty on
pineapples from $7 to v8 per thou
sand, were opposed by the two sen
ators from Maryland, in which state
there are a number of large pineap
ple canning factories.
Three mighty speeches by Senators
Beveridge, Bailey and Newlands were
delivereS in tae senate. Mr. Bever
idge attacked the "tobacco trust."
Mr. Bailey talked about free raw ma
terial, his object being to justify his
vote against free iron ore, lumber
and hides, and Mr. Newlands spoke
on the income tax question, agreeing
on the whole with President Taft's
corporation tax idea, but suggesting
that a tax on corporations alone
might violate the constitutional re
quirements of uniformity.
WIRE FLASHES
Another insurrection has broken
out in Morocco.
The Sigel murde^ mystery in New
York is still unsolved.
The Pope has been annoyed by the
presentation of an automobile by
Americans.
Fire at Lake George, N. Y., caused
9250,1(00 damage to the Fort Wil
liam Henry Hotel.
Sarah Orne Jewett, the authoress,
died at her summer home at South
Berwick.
Seventeen men were killed and
sixteen injured by an explosion in
a coal mine at Wherum, Pa.
A- P. Puryear Confederate veteran
and a Rankin County supervisor,
died at Jackson, Mies., aged 76 years.
The Gedman Reichstag rejected
the government's bill for the taxation
of inheritances.
The Sultan's troops were victori
ous in a battle with insurgents in
Moroceo.
Miss Bessie Day, school teacher,
and her cousin M. E. Barton were
drowned by the çapsizing of a boat
near Pittsburg, Kans.
The New York police think Leon
Ling, the Chinese murderer of Miss
Elsie Sigel, may be hiding in New
Orleans.
William Carroker, a negro, accus»
ed of the murder of William Leon
ard, was taken from jail at Talbot
ton, Ga., and lynched.
The old school Board of Iberia
Parish urged that early action be
taken by the courts on the injunction
against the new board.
Fire at Rayne La., destroyed the
mercantile building and stock of
David Levy. Loss $70,000; insur
ance, $40,000.
Oscar Lewisohn, the husband of
Edna May, the former actress, is
reported to have been killed in an
automobile accident in Europe.
Three arrests were made in con
nection with the murder of Tony
Mascinea, an Italian storekeeper at
Berwick.
Robert E. Eastman who murder
ed Mrs. Woodill near St. Michaels
Md., committed suicide in order to
avoid capture.
Albert Reese, a negro who chop
ped off an.arm of Miss Mary Taun
ton, was taken from jail at Cuthbert
Ga., and lynched.
Justice Dowling, in New York
granted Mrs. Howard Gould a sépara
tion from her husband and alimony
of $36,000 a year.
A man named Shelber, of Jesse
Ky., attempted suicide at New Iberia
La., after being arrested on a charge
of petty larceny.
The Grand Jury at Covington re
ported that it was unable to plaae
any criminal liability in connection
with the Mandeville disaster.
Five American and four English
tourists and two Irish boatmen were
drowned during a storm on Lake
Killarney, Ireland.
Myron H. Phelps, a New York,
lawyer, who, it is alleged, has been
preaching sedition in India was or
dered out of a London hotel.
Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould
took the stand in New York as a wit
ness in rebutai in the trial of her
suit for a separation from Howard
Gould.
P. J. Gentry an actor, after serv
inf fourteen years in the Pennsylvan
Penitentiary for the murder of
Madge Yorke, an actress has been
pardoned.
The branch of the Wagoner Bank
and Trust Company, at Fort Worth,
Tex., was held up by a lone high
wayman. The robber escaped with
$8,100 in currency.
Louis Mayer, Alex Bryan and C.
O. Weick were convicted at Baton
Rouge of selling liquor to minors.
Sentenced was suspended because of
extenuating circumstances.
Sanford Robinson personal coun
sel to F. Augustus Heinze, was con
victed in the United States Circuit
Court in New York of impeding in ad
vising a grand jury witness to aevade
the service of a subpoena.
The grand jury at Sumner, Miss.,
indicted the Board of Supervisors for
the Second District of Tallahatchie
County, the F. B. Hull Construction
Company and F. B. Hull individual
ly, charging conspiracy to defraud
the county in the contracts for re
building the Courthouse.
The two lawyers engaged by the
citizens of Sumner, Miss., to rose
cute Town Marshal Zack Denton, in
dicted for manslaughter in connec
tion with the death of James Craw
ley, withdrew from the case because
District Attorney Harris would not
co-operate with them.
That he had mathematically prov
ed a discovery that the moon was a
planet captured by the earth from
space and not a detached portion of
our globe, was the announcement
made by Prof. T. J. J. See, astrono
mer in charge of the naval observa
tory at Mare Island, in a resort to
the Astronomical Society of the Paci
fic.
Rev. Father Buckley wa3 drowned
while surf bathing at St, Augustine,
Fla.
EUROPE FAVORS
Glad to Dump Immoral Fe
males on Ü. S.
SECRETARY K UDU TO TAKE A HAND
Will Hold Countries to Agreement
on Subject. Believe Treaty Is
Openly and Flagrantly
Broken.
New York.—A special from Wash
ington says:
Secretary Knox is repariiyj to
make diplomatic representations to
certain European governments, pro
testing against the violations of the
international treaty for the suppres
sion t>f the white slave traffic. The
3t£te Department has information
that some of the European govern
ments are not only making no effort
to break up this infamous traffic, but,
on the contrary are tacitly encourag
ing the shipment of women for im
moral purposes to the United States.
The State Department's action will
be based upon statements that have
been received from Secretary Nagel,
covering reports from the Bureau of
Immigration. Marcus Brown of New
York city is now traveling in Europe
as a special immigration agent in
vestigating the white slave traffic. Mr.
Braun reports to the department that
the treaty binding the nations of
Europe to co-operate with the Uni
ted States government in breaking
up this business is being ignored.
The department has information
stronger than this. It is to the effect
that the officials of certain European
countries are actually winking at the
operations of the miserable creatures
engaged in trafficking in white slaves.
There is no hint at graft or official
corruption in this connection. • It is
stated that the governments of Eur
ope are anxious to be rid of this im
moral element and are not disposed
to interfere with plans th'ät will
take the women to other lands.
The treaty, wlfose violation Secre
tary Knox is to complain of, was
the outcome of a congress called at
Berlin in 1902. Delegates from sev
enteen countries participated, and an
arrangement was made for the sup
pression of the white slave traffic.
A treaty on the subject binding the
United States to the terms of the
agreement was adopted by our senate
in 1905. In June of last year the
President issued a proclamation set
ting forth the terms of the agree
ment. The other signatory powers
are Germany, Belgium, Denmark,
Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy,
the Netherlands, Portugal Sweden,
Russia, Norway, Swiss Federal Coun
cil, Austria-Hungary and Brazil.
Under the terms of this treaty
each of the governments bound by it
agrees to exercise a supervision for
the purpose of finding out, "partl
ciularly, the stations and ports of
embarkation, the conductors of wo
men and girls intended for debauch
ery.'!
While the Washington authorities
decline to state what nations are dis
regarding this treaty, it is believed
that France and Belgium are the
chief offenders. The great majority
of white slaves sent to America are
recuited from those countries. Paris
harbors a horrible lot of men who
are engaged in the business of round
ing up unfortunates. -
The United States immigration au
thorities turn back a large number
of these women every month. Dur
ing May, for instance, thirty-one
females were rejected at the various
ports of entry on the charge that they
were brought here for immoral purr
poses. They have been coming, how
ever, in such large- numbers that the
immigration officials believe that the
business of bringing them over is in
some instances at least encouraging
by the European governments.
SUPERSTITIOUS WOMAN
Suicides Soon After the Fall of Her
Picture.
New York.—Clinging with morbid
tenacity to an old superstition that
her death was sure to occur on the
seventh day after her picture had
fallen from the wall, Mra, Tobina
Roloff, sixty-seven years old, Jumped
from the third-story window of her
home in the East Side and killed her
self. Ever since a week ago, when the
woman's picture, loosened in some
way from its fastenings, fell with a
crash to the parlor floor, she had
gone about the house moaning that
she had "only seven days more to
live." Her son did all he could to
calm her, but she clung to the su
perstition, and refused to believe
that the sign would fail.
NINE-YEAR-OLD SLAYER.
Girl
Lad Kills Seventeen-Year-Old
After Quarrel.
Waco, Tex.—Following a trivial
quarrel, George Cohen, nine-years
old, secured a target rifle and .kiffed
Maggie Farrell, eight ear his senior
The shooting occurred at EdgefloJ".
suburb of Waco.
SCAFFOLD FALLS.
White Normal Students Pose f
Photograph.
While preparing to take a pict»»^
of the Summer Normal School stu
dent at the Louisiana Industrial In
stitute, the scaffolding which had
been erected collapsed with about
three hundred persons on it, and the
greater part of it. was totally wreck
ed. Six girls suffered broken legs;
several received bad sprains, and two
were hurt internally.