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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-03-02

clusion. Tho dedication exercises
were held in MAeonio hall, which was
handsomely decorated and with the
finely oostumsd guests presented rich
appearance.
1t was nearly 8 o'clock before the
grand lodge representatives marched
into the ball, dressed in simple regslia,
and the brief exercises wore gone
through with impressivcly under the
direction OF Grand Master W. 81.
Roddlo, Right Worthy deputy grand
master j. A. Cleaver, OF Huron and
Grand Chaplain Rev. N. A. Swickard,
of Aberdeen. The grand master in
closing highly commended the Ashton
fraternity for the energy displayed in
acquiring home of their own.
On account of the large number OF
guests present il was necessary to
serve the banquet in the Odd Fellows
hall, which was kindly loaned for the
occasion. Seven large tables were
loaded with viands of the most tempt
ing variety prepared by the good ladies
of Ashton, while the cut flowers, which
adorned the tables, and the wall deco
rations lent charm OF beauty to the
scene. Fully 200 people psrtook of the
elegant sprsad Al the close of the
banquet it.e gussts adjourned to the
opere. IT, use where the remainder of
the progr am, the sentiments and re-
sponses, we're carried out.
The same care in decorations was
noticeable here. Over the stage WAS
hung q large hoop of smilax and in the
center Of it was suspended the emblem
of Masonry-the square and compass.
S. P. Watkins acted as toastmaster OF
the occasion and performed that funct-
ion in manner satisfactory. Owing
to the lateness of the hour, it being
nearly 3 o'clock this morning when the
last toast was responded to. The ad.
dresses were necessarily eut short, bu,
they reflected a strong sentiment Of
devotion to the principles of Masonry
Following are the toasts and the gent
lemen who responded:
fThe Grand Lodge" Grand Master
W. H. Roodlo, Brookings.
'Three Great Lights,' Rev. N. A
Swickard, Aberdeen.
The Eastern Star" o. B. Axtell
Mellette.
''The Gable Tow," John E. Cleaver
of Huron.
"The Goat c. B. Pickrell, of Ash
ton.
"Our Fraternity" Thos. Sterling, o
Redfield.
ga Mssons Inheritance" Prof. E. T
Fitch, of Aberdeen.
During the toast responses number
of excellent musical selections wer'
given by Mrs. DR.. D. Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Fl. Bullen and James Nc
Intyre.
Tne dedication exercises of the even
ing were brought to close by a grant
ball which lasted until after o'clocl
this morning.
Ashton has strong lodge il
Masonry and it's mem bership can fee
justly proud of its achievement. D.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-03-02
NEW HOTEL POSSIBILITY,
Opportunity for Mitchell to Secure
Another Hotel-With Encourage

ment Parties Ready to Build.
If the people Of this oity ale desiroua
of securing another hotel the oppor>,
tunity is ready for them. Since W. W.
Mannix has been in the city he has
figured quite good deal on the propo-
sitiou of erecting new hotel with the
idea in view of securing some assistance
from the business men of the town.
Some time ago Mr.. Mannix pur-
chased the building and lot djscent to
the opera house and it is on that loca-
tion he contemplates erecting the new
structure He has the plans drawn for
three story structure, which will ex-
tend to the alley, making it l42 feet
long. 1t is the idea to heat the build
ing with steam and also the opera
house. The building will be put in
first class shape and will be credit to
that end of the city. He estimates
that the new building will cost in the
neig borhood Of $4,000. MIR. Mannix
says he stands ready TO build when it ia
demonstrated that the business men or
the people of Mitchell are willing to
offer him some encouragement. The
REPUBLICAN would suggest that q
meeting of the Business Mems League
be called and give Mr.. Mannix an op--
portunity TO explain his plan that q
more thorough understanding of the
proposition could be had.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-03-02
Not Allowed to Incorporate.

A Pierre special to the Minneapolis
Journal states that "the insurance com
missioner has rejected the articles of
incorporation filed by the State Mutual
Insurance company of Canton and has
refused TO allow it to transact business
in this state, on account of irregular
practice OF the secretary with COM
pany he was formerly connected with"
This is the company which was organ
lied at Canton with O. A. Rudolph as
president and J. B. Wolgemuth as sec-
rotary.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-03-02
PLANKINT0N BANK CASE.
Attorneys Argue Before Judge Smith,
to Dissolve the Attachments
Against the Bank.

The Plankinton bank failure is again
brought before the public by the at
torneys arguing to have the ATTACKS
monts against the bank dissolved.
Tuesday Attorneys Preston and
Spangler for the attaching creditors
and Attorneys Hitchcock and Bake
we'll for the other side appeared be-
fore Judge Smith, the lat er to present
their argument as to why the attach.
ments should be dissolved.
The case will hardly be settled this
week as there will not be time enough
for the matter to be fully presented to
the court as Judge Smith left Wed
nesday for Britton.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-03-02

mission. While Mr.. Smith presents
matters that are worthy of consideration
he accompanies the narration with
some bit OF humor that seems to fit the
thought to a nicety and makes more
patent the idea he intends to convey.
We have been informed that there waa
very keen appreciation of Mr.. Smiths
efforts and that the audience was brim-
full of enthusiasm as the words of wit,
wisdom and satire were enunciated
by the speaker.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
The Irl R. Hicks 1901 Almanac

Whatever may be said of the
scientific causes upon which the
Rev. Irl r. Hicks bases his yearly
forecasts Of storm and weather, it
is a remarkable fact that specific
warnings of every great storm,
flood, cold wave and drout, have
been plainly printed in his now
famous Almanac for many years.
The latest startling proof of this
fact was the destruction of Gal
weston, Texas, on the very day
named by Prof. Hicks in his 1900
Almanac, as one of disaster by
storm along the Gulf coast. The
1901 Almanac, by far the finest,
most complete and beautiful yet
published, is now ready. This re
markab.e book of near two hun
dred pages, splendidly illustrated
with charts and half tone engrav
ings, goes as a premium to eve. y
subscriber who pays one dollar 2
year for Professor Hicks journal
Word and Works. The Almanae
alone is sent prepaid for % cents
Order from Word and Works Pub
fishing Company, 22O1 Locust st.
st. Louis, Mo.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24

This week. a considerable
force of laborers were put at work
digging a circular intake pit OF
basin. This will be large open
we'll when completed. The first or
upper section of it will be twelve
feet in diameter by about fourteen
feet deep. The required depth
was reached by Wednesday after
noon and the brick curbing was at
once started. The second section
will be sunk on the inside of the
first and it's diameter will be eight
feet in diameter and it's bottom
will be eleven or twelve feet below
the bottom of the upper section.
The suction of all the pumps will
lead into this pit or basin. The
intake from the bayou will also
empty into it.
The laying of the water mains
on the streets has gone along
smoothly this week. Weeks street
is all laid between st. Peter and
Dale streets. The work of laying
was then carried down st. Peter
street to Bank Avenue; out Bank
Avenue to Main street; and is now
being carried down Main street to
Ann street.
The weather, the past week,
could not have been ordered with |
more favorable conditions than
have prevailed for this especial
work. Every advantage has been
taken of favorable conditions by |
the contractors.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
Neurological.

On last Sunday evening at s
O'Clock, Mr.. Charles Conrad
Weeks quietly passed away, sur
rounded by his devoted family.
He had been ill for some weeks,
first taken with a malarial fever.
In the early part of last week his
symptoms were considered alarm
ing, and Miss H. S. Weeks, who
was in Chicago, was telegraphed
for. She arrived on Wednesday to
find her father much better and all
greatly encouraged at his i'm
proved condition. On last
Saturday morning his symptoms
again assumed an alarming charac-
ter and he gradually sank till the
end.
Mr.. Weeks was a native of this
place, a respected citizen, a kind
and loving husband and an indul-
gent father. He was sixty-elgat
years of age at his death. He was
a slave owner before the War, and
as an transformations tribute of
the respect and esteem in which
he was held by his old slaves, they
came to gaze upon his peaceful
countenance reposed in his last
sweet sleep.
The funeral services took place
from the Epiphany Episcopal
Church, on last Monday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock, Rev. G. G. Kramer
officiating. The pall-bearers
we're: Judge Don Foster, Messrs.
L. O. Hacker, George M. Robert
son, Maurice Galliand, A. B.
Murray and E. F. Millard. The
remains were placed at rest in the
family plot in the Protestant
Cemetary.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
Poll Tax Requirement sfter 1900

All persons under sixty years.
who wish to vote at any election
after the explrat,on Of the present
pear, viii not b able to do 50
under the Constitution Of 1898.
anles. they pay the,r poll tax
before the slst day Of December
Tor the two previous years. Those
Who fail 70 pay this tar before the
closs of December this year and
mkt ysar viii not - permitted 70
vote in the election Of 1909.
Pay yosr poll az before he 'ass
dsy q Dece ~. and preserve
1T night q yote. kxehAnges
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
The Census
| OF 1900,
Does not give New Iberia all
She Claimed.
She still holds her Position of
Fourth Town in the
State,
Going Lake Charles a Little
Better. !

The Bureau of Statistics at
Washington, d. c., has just given
out the figures for Louisiana. The
population of the State is shown
as follows:
1900. 1890. Gain. %.
l ,3S1, ,625, 1,11s,5S7, 2G3,O3s, 23a
In 1880, 939,946, 1854, 19
The towns in Louisiana having a
population of more than 1000,
as shown by the census of 1900,
exclusive of New Orleans, are as
follows:
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24

New Iberia, the fourth town
in the State in point of pOpula
ton in 1890, still holds that posi-
ton in the 1900 census. Lake
Charles was only 5 behind us
in 1890, but in 1900 we have in
creased the difference to 135.
The gain in population for this
town in ten years was 1868 or
97a per cent, while Baton Rouge,
the first town ahead Of us, shows
only y per cent gain for the
past ten years. If New Iberia
completes her cotton factory,
builds her ship canal and acquires
the trolley railroad as a starter
for the advance of the next
decade, there is no reason why she
should not do as we'll in the next
ten years as she has done in
the last. If Baton Rouge does no
better in the next than she has
done in the last decade, New
Iberia will probably take
the third position in the
column.
We were disappointed at not
seeing our sister town, Jeaneretts,
in the column Of towns of zoe
population and above.
In the census of 1890 no town Of
less than 1000 population was
given separate from the ward
of the parish in which that towI
| was located. Crowley does moi
appear in the census of 189O-this
means that she must have had
Less than 1000 population at tina
time. She comes forward to-day
with a population Of 4214
showing gain Of 400, possibly 5O'
per cent.
Morgan City, on-the-Bay, show
the least gain Of any prominen
town in the State. She has hardl.
been able to keep at home he
natural increase. Four person
a year is all that she has done TO
the past decade. with population
Of 23OO, or possibly 46
families.
Since the above was put in typ
our attention has been called t
the table published by the Times
Democrat on last Sunday. Th
differences between the two table
lis principally Times-D -Democra
errors.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24

declaration of Marcenas Duga
before Justice of the Peace
Brown, taken on the 10th da,
OF June, 1900:
II am conscious of my approach
ing death. Morinas Dugas came III
tc the fence which is the dividing
line between the two places OF
the 9TH day of June, 1900, al
about 6 or Z o'clock in the even
ing. He asked me to change q
right of way. l answered didn't
want. He answered l could 90 tc
hell. He told me to come to the
road. | told him I would meet
HIM. He then started to run
toward his house. came up to
my place and I tried to meet him,
but when | saw him 1 was shot. /
hOllOed "you killed me.' He
then shot me another time and
then ran over to his house. He
did not have his shot gun when he
first came to the fence. When
saw him first / was shot. He was
behind a tree. l was shot the
second time from behind the tree.
He was often bothering me for
that right Of way"
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr..
Lazaire Dugas, a brother of the
deceased was put on the stand.
He was, besides the principals, the
only witness of the tragedy. He
testified that Marcenas Dugas
was killed by a gunshot wound,
that M0rinas Dugas fired the shot
and that MOrlnas was behind a
gum tree when he fired. Two
shots were fired. That his
brothers gun was loaded, but was
not fired, and was in his brothers
left hand, he not having had time
to change it to his right after
opening a gate with his right.
Deceased said to his uucle, "you
have killed me-" After the shots
were fired, witness called out to
his uncle, 'sYOu have assassinated
my BROTHER" to which he received
the response as Morinas was run
ming through the woods, sT killed
him like a man." Witness did not
see his uncle when he spoke. Wit
ness and his brother Adolphe who
arrived later helped their brother
to his home. He eoad see his
brother when he was shot. Wit
ness could see his uncle behind
the tree when he fired the
sEOts.
The defense have photographs
of the several positions by which
they will endeavOr to prove that
witness could not possibly have
seen his uncle had he been behind
the tree and that he was not be.
hind the tree.
The principal part Of the day
yesterday was devoted to the
arguments by the attorneys. They
all made able efforts. The case
was given to the jury at about $50
o'clock, when the court took a
recess till Z o'clock. At that
hour, the jury not being ready
with their verdict, the court
ordered another recess till 8
o'clock. At this latter hour the
Jury still had not agreed upon a
verdict, and court was adjourned
till $50 o'clock this morning.
Saturday morning up to the
hour of our going to press, the
Jury had not been able to agree
upon q verdict.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24

LADIES make big wages at
home, and want all to have the
same opportunity. The work i
very pleasant and will easily pay
us weekly. This is no deception.
I want no money, and will gladly
send full particulars to all sending
stamp. MRS. 81. A. WIGGINS,
Bentoo Harbor, Mich.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
ASTRAY.

Bay horse, one hind foot and one
front foot white. Saddle markA
Branded G @ with bar through
them on right hip. Owner can
have horse by proving ownership
and paying all costs. Apply 60
JERRY THOMAS, in,
New Iberia, In.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
Water Works DoinSs.

The Progress made this wee]
upon the various branches
Of the Works.
Friday afternoon of last week
representative of the IBERIAN wa,
summoned to the new pOwe
house to witness the result of tn,
new well, which was reported
as completed in our last issue
This well is eight inches il
diameter, and two hundred and
thirty.five feet and seven inches in
depth: The water rises to within
seven feet of the top, therefore il
is not a flowing we'll as many had
hoped it would be. Under the in
fiuence of the pump it was made
to yield at the rate of $4,000
gallons per twenty-four hours
through a fOur-inch suction.
Under this action Of the pump the
water dropped down, in the eight
inch casing, eight feet, or rested at
fifteen feet below the surface.
Captain Hart says that he has no
fear that the well will ever fail to
meet the most severe demands
made upon it, or that it will ever
prove deficient.
The water from this well comes
up clear as crystal. Drawn into
a white glass it begins at once to
effervesce. Little, minute bubbles
of gas gather from all quarters of
the glass and soar to the upper
surface of the water and pass into
the atmosphere. Then the water
becomes perfectly clear and still
again. The water is drawn from
the well at a temperature Of ~
degrees Far, which would give
the impression of cold water
in summer and warm water in
winter.
We brought a bottle of the
water to eur Office on Friday
night for the purpose of better
observing the changes that would
take place IN it. On Saturday
morning it had assumed a decided
ly smoky appearance. Sunday
morning this condition con
tinued. Monday, some of the
water was turned into a tumbler
when it quickly lost the smoky
appearance and became perfectly
clear again. A precipitate is
noticeable at the bottom of the
glass. It is hoped that after this
action and chemical changes will
have taken place in the settling
basins Of the plant, that the water
will be found to be perfectly
suitable for every domestic
purpose.
Captain Hart commenced to
make ready for the sinking of well
No. 2, early this week. Instead Of
sinking a four inch pipe first,
as was done with we'll No. 1, the
eight inch pipe was started down
from the surface and at the
beginning.
Well No. 2 was started on
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, and
has progressed slowly but smooth.
". No. l was sunk well into the
upper portion Of the water bearing
strata of sand. No. 2 will be car
ried to the bottom of that strata
possibly three hundred feet below
the surface.
Mr.. Hart, who has had great
deal of experience in boring wells
in this section, thinks that it would
be unsafe to bore to a point below
the strata presently yielding the
water to we'll No. /. At Patter
son. be sunk a we'll six hundred
feet deep for Frank B. Williams
and got salt water. A second
we'll was sunk to a depth of one
hundred and seventy live feet and
it yielded good water. At Morbi
han one hundred and els hty-fivt
feet gave good water. Under thu
influence Of an "air lift" Mr.. Hart
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
|oliinas Dugas
!, rial for his Life charged
With the
.,aer Of his Nephew, Mar
cena Dugas.

lat Tuesday morning the
! the State versus Morinas
ras called up for trial.
..sls being ready, the accused
brought into court and the
.,oeeeded with by the selec.
4 ; jury.
n.nt.in Anthony n. Muller
.ants the State alone and
handed, while the accused
/. .Olendid array Of counsel in
nsrsonel Of Congressman
r. Broussard, Judge L. 0.
- and Messrs. L. I. Dulany
INV. r. Dunbar.
- rsgnlar venire OF thirty
. Ms examined, resulting in
~ .sIection Of but six jurors
the trial. 1t being noon, the
80 ordered Sheriff Henderson
nnnon twenty-four talesmen
.soear in court at 2:3O p. m.
q Judee further ordered that in
oelection Of talesmen the
~ should exercise care and
Int; that he should choose
IN rood, responsible business
% loafers wanted. A recess
10y then ordered till $50
Dskp. m.
it the hour appointed the court
il1nery was put in motion
& The roll Of the talesmen
d BY the Sheriff was called.
nDwored to their names with
1roeptiOn OF Mr.. Ed. Pfster.
n - came in later he heard
upleassnt news that he
teen adjudged a fine Of two
- * being late.
y he examination of the tales
Was then commenced,
Ianted until six o'clock p. m,
lling il the selection of four
- 1rors.
- Sheriff was ordered to
n another selection of tales
- Wednesday morning; the
pFs were consigned to the
= Deputy Sheriff Frank
l'ayer, after being fully
- BY the Judge, and
VAS adjourned for the
Wednesday morning the
,aa q the jury was taken
- oonpleted at 1915 a. m. !,
- I'll after the District
ney had exhausted his rights
- pre-emptory challenges.
eolance Il the talesmen were
~ Was composed of the
- gentlemen:
Iaaac Delcambre,
JoAa n. Perry,
seEiing Walker,
1nu1a Ihndrv
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24
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Truth about your business,
New idea Advertisements,
Mix thoroughly in equal part'

Of the IBERIAN.
Dose: / pill every week
through the year. During periods
of depres ion double the dose.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-11-24

y VAS composed of the
- gentlemen
lanac Delcambre,
Joaa n. Perry,
sosrling Walker,
lesis Landry,
ss Wattingly,
lesis Fagot,
!. Gaa:reaux,
Laaia Delahoussaye,
||s gar Bonin,
ener Dupre,
0.saiphor Hebert,
slix Moulis.
w gEf ordered the witnesses
The roll Of the
vas called and they
10 court room
Kiet Attorney then read
against Morinas Dugas
kial proper was com.
- 1n.an
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-06
FORMER ATTACKED A R0BBER
Was Shot in the Eyes by Some Hunts
mountaineering Career of the
Unfortunates Who Have TO
Work for Their Living.

Consider that for years the. struggles
OF progressive citizens in upbuiidtng Inc
city, providing beautiful parks. handsome
monuments, and other attractions Tor the
residents have meant nothing 10 Soa;
that the glorious sunshine and nature
itself are things unseen, and what cannot
be felt or heard are as though they were
rot; think of the abnofmity, or me
unnaturalness, OF the situation after the
faculty of sight has been eNtinguished'
and you in some measure appreciate the
sensations of the blind man f'l}hd
Tom. Blind John, and Blind Willie, though
negroes, and al three newspap er-veslaers'
are no exceptions to this rule, and nave
in turn been subjected TO these sa1ua-
tons,
Theirs is not the happy lot TO go through
life delsghting the eye with the spec
1aca!as productAcns of mankind, TO
wander through the vista OF years
pleased with the advancement OF cieiitza-
ton, the attempts Of man 10 better me
lot Of hfs fellow-rpan.Ss
OF the city the three characters know
but the streets. With these they nave
from long habiiation. become familiar
and snrough thena thsN clrcniata