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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-12-22
LOCAL NEWS.

-Bresux Bridge will soon vote
for the adoption of a new Charter.
Mr.. j. B. Ferran made bust
ness trip to New Orleans this week.
Mrs. e. E. VOORHEES, and Miss
Estelle Fournet are visiting rela-
tives in the Crescent City.
Mr.. Leopould Simon of Opel
ousas was visiting his sister, Mrs.
Gilbert Durand this week.
Senator T. j. Liable made q
trip to Baton Rouge this week. on
q political mission, We presume.
Visit and examine Mr.. Sauls
fine and stylish holiday goods in
Watches, Jewelry and Silverware.
The Valley -of-the-Teche says
the prospects for the organization
of a bank in Bresux Bridge are
very good.
Buy your school books at L. G.
Duchamp.
DR.. and Mrs. D. G. Liable after
two months on the Vida refinery,
Iberia parish, returned to st. Mar
tinville this week.
The Ruth and Keystone ref
neries finished grinding last week,
both places completed their sea-
son very satisfactorily.
Our Uncle Sammy seems to
have lots of spare time, and can
write q whole column of foolish
ness simply for pastime.
For the convinience Of our Gus
toners we have now free deli
very wagon, and all goods ordered
from Us will hereafter be deliver
ed free, A. L. Durand & Co.
Mr.. j. B. Ferran has received
,Ah;a veak some of the best Whis-
HES known, be has splendid as
sortmeut of Wines for the Holi-
day dinners.
Lafayette has hardware store,
that of Mr.. L. Lacoste, which is
considered one of the largest
stores in the country, being 40
wide by $50 feet long.
Mr.. c. NJ. Olivier has built a
wooden sidewalk in front of his
Main street property. Celeste
Neveu, adjoining has also built a
wooden sidewalk.
Something neat, pretty and USE
full makes an appreciated present
which you can find at Mr.. Sauls
Jewelry Store, Main street
Mr.. e. /. Addison, one of the
oldest journalists in the state, and
forty-four years connected with
the Abbeville Meridional. as itt
publisher. died in Abbeville OF
the 9th inst. at the age of 81
years.
A fire family horse 7 years ole
and a new buggy and harness To-
sale by E. @. Sauls.
Remember that the excursion
from Arnaudville to New Orlean'
will take place on the 9TH day o
January, returning on the 10th.
giving the excursionists three
nights and two days in New Or
leans.
Furniture and mattings at
L. G. Duchamr
The freight and cane trail
vh;ch wae doino service on thl
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-12-22

church square last Sunday made
the town look lively and summer
like, the weather was warm, dry |
and agreeable, our people enjoy
ed themselves promenading and
driving, it was in fact real sum-
mer day. Seldom have our peo-
pie enjoyed such delightful wea-
Their in December.
in job printing Of all and any
kind, we simply say that we are
ready to compete with the best
shops of New Orleans or else
where, in workmanship and prices,
and we are willing to compare
work and prices. We do first class
printing, which is an assertion
that few country printing Offices
can boast of; we have the material
and we do the work as we say.
Wall paper at L. G. Duchamp.
The entertainment organized by
and under the management of Mr..
P. d. Olivier. for the benefit OF
the Greig Cornet band and the re-
pair of the church organ, will
take place on the 18th of January,
and we are promised a fine pro-
gramme. We are also requested
to state that the persons who are
disposed to contribute cakes for
this occasion, to inform Mrs. L. V.
Simon of what they intend to con-
tribute, at last three or four days
before the day of the entertain
ment.
MIR. F. Rousseau last week leas-
sed his fine plantation which is ST.
tuated about eight miles north OF
ST. Martiuville, enst side of the
bayou, to Messrs Conrad & Brous-
sard, who will cultivate the plan
tation in rice. The plantation
contains some eight hundred acres
of cultivable land, and is consi-
dered one of the finest land in the
country for cultivation of rice.
The lease is made for q term OF
three years, and the rent for the
three years is slo,500,0o.
There was quite boom in SIDE
walk building this week, Messrs'
Ernest Bienvenu. Martial Bien.
venu, Felix Bienvenu and Eliza
IGraves have built wooden side.
walks, all on Main street, and Mrs
| w. B. Eastin has built in wood
on Bridge, Mrs. George Lognand
has also built on Bridge street il
brick. Mrs. P. Pavia and Mr.. A
L. Domengeaux, Bridge street vii
build next week, in brick. Oul
people are already approaching
the convenience of sidewalks, anC
all those who have built are salts
fed that they have done so.
! The citizens of st. Martinvill'
have addressed petition to th'
Railroad Commission which wa
numerously signed. praying tina
the train on this branch make clio
, ser connection with both train
passing the station at Cade goinl
8 east and west, without conpellin.
the travellers to spend severa
hours waiting at Cade. Our pee
, pie have been complaining sbou
the time they had to wait at Cad
+ for a long time, but always hope
: that a change would be made i
the schedule Of the branch trair
1 It has now been submitted to tb
D Railroad Commission.
1 The Town of Lafayette has ra
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-12-22

Advertise in the Messenger.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-12-22

lOf IOuB ttiHOs Ous oA"oyc ooPoN
that q change would be made in
the schedule Of the branch train.
It has now been submitted to the
Railroad Commission.
The Town of Lafayette has raj
ssd its liquor license from $500 to
81, 600. There are now fourteen
liquor shops in that town, and the
Gazette remarks that under the
high license the number will be
reduced to only four, but if only
four survive the high license. that
town will still have some profit by
the increased license. We do moi
believe however, that high license
will keep people from drinking
whiskey. we have seen some dry
towns and have seen more drunl
people in those towns in one de-,
than we see in st. Martinville in 1
whole year, and yet we have twelve
establishments selling liquor, ane
will have fourteen after the frs
day of January.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
DISTRICT oF CoruMRIA BoNpA

f'sIs02 "3o-Year funding" gold. .
'sla0l Water stock currency I.
rs 1893 Water stock" currency. Z.
Funding currency ai5's.. ....... lis E.
lk I Reg. 2-lO's 1895 1891. ......... .... 9.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
MORE INSURGENT LOSSES.
The Success of American Troops
Four Small Battles.

Several minor actions in the Island of
Luzon were reported to the War Depart
ment today by Major General Otis. The
campaign in southern Luzon has resulted
in opening the coast Of Laguna de Bay and
neighboring sections to unrestricted trade,
and the west coast of Panay has been
opened to trade also. General Otis des-
patch follows:
Macarthur, 20 to %, reports -four mi
nor engagements in which five insurgeni'
killed. several wounded and captured; alS'
captured few rifles and other property.
No casualties; that Major Bishop, Thirty
sixth Infantry in North Zambales with de-
tachment six men, attacked two insurgent
companies, killed nine, wounding and cap
turing fourteen, secured twenty-five rifles;
several thousand rounds of ammunition;
two horses with equipments; casualties,
three men wounded, one seriously.
General Young reports action Of SteC
yer, Third Cavalry, against General I'M
los force in the north; inflicted very
heavy loss on insurgents, in which twenty
eight were killed; that Dodd's troop at
tackled insurgents near Santa Lucia, killed
six. no casualties; reported from the
south enemy evacuated Santa Cruz, sup
posed to be on eastern coast; that city ii
our possession last two days; Schwan be-
lieved to be in pursuit; no late repor
from him; coast Laguna de Bay and
neighboring sections of country opened to
unrestricted traffic, 9th instant; western
coast island Panay opened for trade"
The evening times., 1900-01-24

The Illinois Central has finished its line
from Omaha to Fort Dodge. on the Mime
spOlis and ST Louis Railway. thus allow
ing of direct line to st. Paul and Mime
aGOlis
The evening times., 1900-01-24

NEW YORK. Jan. 24-Nhile this morn
ing's intelligence in respect to the situation
in South Africa could hardly be regarded
as encouraging the London stock market
was reported strong with substantial ad-
vances in the American quarter The local
market opened fairly active and materially
higher in response TO this circumstance
The advances in the London listed stocks
were pronounced notably in Louisville and
Nashville and ST. Paul. AS the New York
market continued to rule below the Lon
don parity foreign houses bought stocks
quite freely in the early dealings.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit was the only
active feature of the local traction issues
which were otherwise rather quiet. Sugar
Refining. United States Leather. common.
and Glucose Sugar Refining, were the feat
ures of the industrial quarter. As was the
case yesterday little attention was paid TO
anv features os the situation other than
the conditions in South Africa.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
WINTER IN SWITZERLAND.
10 stormy Days in the Higher AIti-
tudes.

From the Chicago News)
There is no doubt that the plan of taking
a winter holiday in Switzerland is being
more largely adopted of late years, for all
who try il discover the country is more
lovely in winter than in summer. During
December, January, and February in the
high Swiss attitudes there are never any
stormy days, and winter sports, such as
tobogganing, skating. hockey on ice and
sleighing, all offer ample opportunity for
fun.
All this gayety has developed within a
few years. Fifteen years ago a shrewd
man opened a big hotel at Grindelwald in
winter and the inhabitants around about
were filled with amazement at the wild
idea. for nobody imagined 1t would ever
be anything but big failure. Yet last
winter guests had to be turned away.
New roads are being built, new hotels
springing up for the express accommoda-
tion of the winter travellers. Skating and
tobogganing on the Engadine have become
famous and the growth of the popularity Of
ST. Moritz is marvellous. Anything more
beautiful than the lake there after the first
frost before the snow has fallen cannot be
imagined, while the ice-tobogganing Is the
fastest in the world.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
THE HAZING OF SHERMAN.
| Time when the Great General
CrOwed Like n Rooster.

From the Chicago Times Herald)
When General Sherman had been at
West Point less than week he and three
other plebs whose names have not been
handed down by cadet tradition, were in
the room assigned to them in the old cadet
barracks. when they heard outside their
door a conversation among half dozen
yearlings which ran something like this:
81 think the plebs in this room will some
day In the future excel as artillerymen' =
Another voice piped up, saying: That
fellow Sherman particularly is bound to
be general of big guns some day
Then the door of the plebs' quarters was
pushed open and the yearlings entered.
The spokesman Informed the perturbed
greenhorns that he and his little party of
followers considered 1t their duty as the
plebs' superior officers to give them advice
as TO the arm of the service which they
should enter after graduation. I'VE also, =
said the leader wish to give you some
practical instruction in the service branch
TO which we refer in order that you may
be the surer to be recommended for COM
missions in your chosen department"
The plebs with Sherman on the right
were then ranged in a, row facing their
tormentors. They were all ordered to raise
their arms and crook their elbows, so as to
give them the appearance Of wings. Then.
as the order came. Prepare TO fire by
piece; No. 1, fire., Sherman tapped his
arms and crowded like a rooster. No. 2
followed with his crow, and so on down
the line Then they "fired by battery"
The order went back to ''ire by piece"
again. and the man who afterward march
ed from Atlanta to the sea had just let
out a vociferous crow when the yearlings
dug for the dark hallway and disappeared
like a flash. In another instant an army
officer was in the room and Sherman was
severely reprimanded for creating a dis
turbance in barracks"
The evening times., 1900-01-24
When n BOer Signs His Name.
From the London MailO


The Bosr may be fairly good az handling rife
but he is sadly deficient in his ability to handle
a pen. When the average Boer has to attach his
name to a document an air of Importance per-
vades his dwelling for several hours. The children
are constantly chided, the patient ''vrouw'' has a
preoccupied look, and the husband himself puffs
even more vigorously than usual at his pipe
Eventually corner of the table is cleared and
carefully wiped. The family Bible is placed in
signature placed upon it. An expectant silence
falls upon the company. ''Stiltel' cries the wife
"stilte. kindotjes, papa gaat sein maan teken."
("Hush, children, father is about to sign his
pame.) The family stands round open,mouthed,
and all eyes gaze expectantly upon the paper.
With arms barred for the fray, and with pen care
fully poised the Boer bends to his task. The
pen is gripped firmly between his horny fingers.
In thick, ungainly scratches, and with slow
and painful motion, the pen begins to work, and
at the end of it. it may be four minutes, the
deed is ACCOMPLISHED - ---s-~-
The evening times., 1900-01-24
AMERICANS AT MONTE CARLO.
\ Very Large Number Expected at
the Riviera.

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
The first Americans have arrived, !"
writes resident of Monte Carlo. 1T is
expected that an unusually large number
of them will visit the Riviera this winter
The hotels have made every preparation
Tor the hoped-for guests. In the mean
while the Russians, Austrians, and espe-
ally the Germans, are arriving in Lum-
bers every day now and they will ensure
/ fairly successful season. During the
last week of December a party of young
American ladies arrived. They were chape-
roned by a somewhat elderly lady. and
having disembarked at Genoa, came here
to pass their Christmas. They attracted
much attention. Some persons thought
them overbold to go about thus without
male attendants, but admired them for
having the courage to do so-all the more
as the young women paid no attention to
the people about them. The party has
left for Milan, Florence. Rome, and Ma
pies, and will be in Paris in March.
The impression is general that one can
not live cheaply in Monte Carlo. This is
a mistake. There are hotels, we'll fur
nished and well kept, where a person may
live en- pension for $3.50 a day. The cui-
sine is good, the wines also, and the hotels
are comfortable. ] may add that several
OF these cheaper hotels have an outlook
over the Monaco Bay and the Mediterra-
mean. Curiously enough. there are no no.
tells In Monaco proper-I mean the rock
upon which stands the palace of the
prince. The position is admirable. and a
large hotel in Monaco would be great
success undoubtedly, but the trouble is
the prince would not consent TO having
a hotel upon the rock. In all the princi-
pality the will Of the prince is paramount,
and even the making Of alterations IN
any building, or the erection of a new
building, depends upon the consent of his
serene highness
The evening times., 1900-01-24
New York Cotton Market.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Reports aud Addresses Before the
National OrEanization.

The second days session of the National
Board of Trade began this morning at 10
o'clock with former Governor Stannard
presiding. The attendance was not very
large. owing TO the fact that great many
of the committees appointed yesterday had
not finished framing their reports. The
standing committees appointed last year
Nere first heard from. c. B. Murray,
Chairman of the Crop Committee, made
the first report.
MIR Aldep Speare, of Boston, urged the
board to induce Congress TO take immedi-
ate action on the Senate bill OF January 9,
providing for a Cabinet portfolio under the
head Of the Department of Industries and
Commerce.
Waldo Smith of the New York Board of
Trade. made an address on the Internal
Revenue bill.
Finley AcSer read the report of the
standing Committee on Postal Affairs. Mr..
Acker spoke Of the Importance Of estab-
fishing the 1-cent letter rate Of postage,
and went into a detailed description of
how the Government could afford TO do so.
Representative r. Adams, jr., made a
short address on consular reform, after
which the meeting adjourned.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
THE DEAD SOLDIERS BURIED.
The Interment at Arlington of the
Yellow Fever Victims.

The obsequies over the bodies Of forty
six soldiers recently brought from Cuba,
were held in Arlington National Cemetery
today. The remains which were brought
from Santiago. Cuba were taken TO the
cemetery last night being watched over by
a special guard of honor.
These soldiers died of yellow fever during
the Spanish campaign. and were temper
arily inferred near Santiago Among them
are ten unidentified dead, who were buried
with their comrades.
Rev. Mackay Smith. of St. Johns Episco-
pal Church. and Father Dolan of st.
Patrick's Catholic Church. officiated at the
services.
The President in company with the Sec
retary of War and the Attorney General.
witnessed the ceremonies. a detachment
of cavalry from Fort Myer fired the mill
tary salute. and the bugler sounded taps
over the graves.
Owing to the condition of the weather
the exercises were very brief.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
HIS SHAPE AGAINST HIM.
A Case Where Physique Lost Greg
Ory Position.
Hrom the Chicago Inter-ocean)

Hrom the Chicago Inter-Ocean)
We hear lot of talk of pretty women
getting all the best positions as clerks. ste
! nographers and so on remarked the un-
dersiZed little man TO his chum. 1T never
seems TO occur TO people that good looking
men get all the best Jobs in mems work.
But they DO. A tall portly well-dressed
man will make his way with half the brains
OF an Insignificant looking, carelessly
dressed fellow. In ninety nine cases
out of a hundred successful politician,
professional man. or business man is hand
some. or big and finelooking, as they
say.
A few days ago a friend of mine lost a
job that pays s10,c00 a year simply be
cause he is homely and weighs only 120
pounds. A manufacturer wanted super
intendent in one of his mills He wrote to
an editor an old friend in Chicago, and
asked him to recommend somebody. The
editor wrote back: james Gregory is the
very man for you. He has had experience
he is clever. and | can recommend him
from twenty years acquaintance.
The manufacturer telegraphed immed
lately for Gregory to come and take the
place Gregory reported for duty at a
manufacturing town 200 miles away He
wore his best clothes and was thoroughly
well groomed. But Gregory is small and
pale and looks like schoolboy.
q 4 am James Gregory. he said when he
arrived at the manufacturers office.
g oh. are you? Well, ah, the fact is, an,
the fact is Mr.. Gregory. | didn't And
the manufacturer shook his head in de-
spair.
Expect what?'
Well, | thought you'd be big, fine,
looking fellow. The fact is you won't do
at all. Gregory. I'm sorry. but you won t
do at all Why the men won't be bossed
by man who doesn't weigh more than
two sacks of flour
THAT ended it. Gregory lost the job
and he was an expert too as far as knowl-
edge of the work in hand was concerned. ."
The evening times., 1900-01-24
IAcRUM OUT OF THE SERVICE.
The state Department No Longer
RecOgnizes, the Consul.

State Department officials said today that
% matter what view Charles Macrdm.
former Consul at Pretoria, took OF his
ase, he certainly ~; no longer a consul
the United States
A despatch from Paris quotes Mr..
Macrum as saying: Il am still in the
United States Consular Service | certainly
have received no intimaton to the con-
rary." At the State Department it was
aid there was no necessity of sending Mr.
'lacrum an official notice that he was no
3nger in the service, as Mr..
uacrum himself had asked TO be
tlieved. and to have successor
ippointed, and when he left his post in
'retoria he stepped out of the Consular
service of this country and would not be
einstated unless he showed good reason
ior leaving his post. Even then 1t is
doubtful if he will be returned to Pretoria,
is Mr.. Hay, the son Of the Secretary of
State, is now the Consul at Pretoria, and
there is no place vacant for Mr.. Macrum.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
WoLSELEY'S CLOSE CALL.
An Episode In the Life of the Great
English General.
(From Golfers Weekly.)

Lord Wolseley was in his twenties and
had only been in the army three years
when he passed through probably the most
exciting experience of his life. The incl
dent occurred in Burmah, Wolseley being
told of with a small detachment to cover
a certain point in a sklrmish. In the heat
of the advance the young subaltern had
the i'll luck to fall into deep hole. When
he crawled out he found himself on the
enemy's side. AS he emerged from cover
he was met by such a shower OF bullets
that he lost no time in sliding back into
his hole.
Thinking him dead the Burmese sharp
shooters ceased firing, and, after a mau-
vaise quart d'heure Wolseley made an
other attempt to extricate himself from
his position. Amid the smoke OF some
vigorous volley firing he emerged from
his perilous prison and ran for his life.
He was $50 yards from the British line,
and he declares that he ran on expecting
,yery moment to be perforated with bull
let's. He escaped. however, although Sc
yerely wounded. less fortunate eomFsde
falling dead within a few inches OF the
future commander in-chief.
The evening times., 1900-01-24

INSURANCE sTocKs

Nationa iSafe DEPOSIT & Trust. l29}g l52
Wash Loan \ TruSt..............." "l6z -.
Amer Security X Trust. l97 10
M..Sn SrIr n,alnsif - "a ...
The evening times., 1900-01-24

1t is now officially announced thai the
directors OF the Norfolk and Western viii
declare the dividend on the preferred stock
next week instead Of in the second week
of February as is the usual custom. No
prospect of d dividend on the common
stock is held out.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
The Harvard Relay Team.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 24.-As re-
suit of the time trials held here Designer
Lathrop has selected the following men to
run on the Harvard relay teams against
Columbia and Georgetown on Saturday
evening next. The team to compete with
Columbia is A. l.. Dean, 1900; W. G.
Clerk, 1901: NJ L. Bernstein, 1900; A. NJ
Butler, 1902: w, Applegate. 1901 (cap-
taiul, and NJ F. Hewett. 1901.
The team to run Georgetown is ]. H
Converse, 1902: s. H. Bush (captaiD),
1901: A. W. Blakemore. 3 Law; P. L.
Fish. 1901: H. ]. Winslow 1902. and j.
G. Willis, jr. The men to run will be
chosen from the team at the time Of the
The evening times., 1900-01-24
The Fitchburg Road Not Leased.

BOSTON. Jan. 24-It took the directors
of the Fitchburg Railroad just twelve min
utes to dispose of the question Of leasing
that road to the Boston and Maine. There
was a full attendance at the meeting, in
cluding the State directors and DR.. W.
Seward Webb The letter from President
Tuttle. of the Boston and Maine. with
drawing all negotiations with regard 10
the lease was read by President Goldman
and then placed on file. ending the matter
so far as the Boston and Maine is con-
cPrned.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
Jesse W. smiths Career.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24.-Lieut. Jesse
w Smith. collector of the port of Gebara,
Cuba. who was shot and killed by the
editor of a Cuban paper, was from New Or
leans. He came here from Rock Falls and
engaged in business. He enlisted as pri-
yate in Hoods Regiment (the Second I'm
munesD in the war with Spain and rose to
a lieutenancy. When the regiment returned
to the United States Smith remained be-
hind and was made collector at Gebara.
which position he held up to the time he
was killed.
The evening times., 1900-01-24
Cracked the Prisoners Head.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 24.-George
Smith. of South Bethlehem. is lying at the
Allentown Hospital in a critical condition
as the result of a beating he received yes
terday afternoon from Officer Daniel
Geary. The latter arrested Smith for
On the way 10 the station
house the prisoner resisted and struck at
the officer. Geary then drew his mace and
struck Smith two blows on the heads, frac-
turing his skull.