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Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14
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Peculiar Building and Oan Decision

Peculiar Building and Oan Decision
A decision OF interest to everybody
concerned in building and loan affairs
has been handed down by Judge Harm
son, of the Frederick County Circuit
Court, of Winchester, Va, in the case Of
the Eastern Building and Loan Associa-
tion OF Syracuse, N Y, against Walter
Campbll.
Campbell borrowed S.. 800, and agreed
to pay interest, premium and dues Tor
six and one half years, the association
guaranteeing that at the end OF that
time his stock would mature and be
worth $500
Judge Harrison held that the associa-
tion's guarantee as to the limited time
in which the associations stock would
mature is not binding upon it, and that
if the earnings of the association and the
amount paid in did not amount to the
face value of the stock, the association
could still require Campbell to pay his
dues until the stock was maturedi that
he was only to share In the earnings,
ami the association could not bind itself
beyond this.
The association sought to compel
Campbell 10 pay about $1,000, although
he had apparently fulfilled the terms Of
his contract in regard to the number Of
payments required to liquidate his
debt, The case will be taken to the
Court OF Appeals
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14
Important to FraternaI scc'etiss.

Important to FrateTnal See etIfs.
The opinion OF the Circuit Court Of
Appeals for the fifth circuit in the case
of the Knights of Pythias against Jose
phine r. Wishers was affirmed by the
Supreme Court opinion by Justice
Brown, last Monday The action was
originally begun in the Circuit Court OF
Hale County, Alabama, by Mrs. Withers
to recover of the Knights OF Pythias the
amount of a policy OF insurance upon
the life OF her husband. The payment
OF the policy was resisted on the ground
that the secretary Of the section in which
Withers had resided had failed to make
his returns of premiums paid within the
time required by the regulations OF the
Board OF Control, located in Chicago,
These regulations required that the full
amount OF dues of each section should
be paid by the end OF the month IN
which they are due, failure to comply
with which should work the forfeiture
of the policy. Withers promptly paid
his dues up to October 10, 1895, but the
secretary of the order for his section had
failed to make his remittance until the
4th OF November following The Board
of Control thereuDon suspended the
entire section, afterwards restoring all
the members who were still living at
the date OF the receipt OF the remittance.
Withers had died on the Ist of Nov snd
the order refused to pay his policy, The
PythianS took the position that the
secretary was the agent Of the insured
only, and not the agent of the order, and
that, therefore, the body was not re-
sponsible for his neglect. The Supreme
Court, however, refused to accept this
view, Justice Browns opinion hold ng
the secretary to be the agent of the
Supreme Lodge of the knights OF
Pythias, and the order responsible for
the full sum OF the policy, regardless Of
the negligence OF the secretary of
Withers' section.
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14
TA E&AH

sAoesAiNrEp WITH TIE GEOGRAPHY 90 TIE COUNTRY
erAlN nucl4 INFORMATION FHoa sTUoS Or rlAia NAP OF
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Prohibition In the Colonies.
THE ADMINISTRATIONS NEw Policy
INAUGURATKD,

THE a DMINISTRATlON NhW 1 O-A~A
INAUGURATED.
Representative Gillett, OF Massachu-
sets, in the debate in the House last
week on the Hawaiian Government Dill,
offered an amendment TO prohibit the
sale Of intoxicating liquor in saloons in
Hawai-. The amendment would not
permit the sale OF liquor in hotels, he
said, but it would prevent the sale IN
saloons, where men gathered. He
thought some such provision should go
into the BILL and that the subject should
not be left to the legislature of Hawaii
MIR. Knox opposed the amendment, He
thought the subject should be left to The
legislature of the islands.
Representative Fitzgerald, of Mass
achuse It's, took the same position. Such
A law, he said, would be farce. Public
opinion did not sustain prohibition. He
cited the case OF Maine, The prohibition
law was a dead letter IN that State he
said.
Representative Littlefeld, OF Maine,
CQdllG0RGu MI ElALBGl dlN ~ paw '4'S
finger on a spot or place where liquor
was SOLD openly in saloons in Maine.
Representative Fitzgerald said 1t was
sold everywhere, and insisted that 1t
could be procured" at almost any
place. Proceeding, Mr. Littlefield said
it was the policy Of the civilized world
to prohibit the sale OF intoxicating
liquors among uncivtlized peoples. II
the Anglo Saxon race was in control he
would not favor the amendment, but as
it was not, he thought the amendment
should be adopted,
Representative Finley, Of South
Carolina, said there were physiological
reasons why it would be we'll to prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquor in The
islands, and Representative Berry, OF
Kentucky, opposed the amendment on
the ground that it was the universal
experience that the more stringent the
liquor VS. the worse the liquor and the
more il was drank. The amendment
was adopted 66 TO 90.
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14
NATIONAL WATCHMAN,
WASHING TON, d. c.
what william J. Bryan Says.
4

APRIL 8, 1899
RprroR NATIONAL wArcHMAN:
I congratulate you upon the splendid work the
National watchman Is doing. II Is an honest,
aaruest, able, aud fearless exponent OF eher-
sonian democracy aud deserves cordial sup
port. hope that your circulation will increase
until you have readers in every precinct in the
United states The people should supper, the
pa pers that eight the battle OF the people
Yours truly, W. J. BRYAN.
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14

Mosr SUPERB DAY TRAIN IN THE
WoRLD.-The Royal Limited leaves
Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Station, New
Jersey Avenue and c Streets, daily, 3
o m, arrives New York 8 p m. Splendid
dining and cafe car service.
Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14

TRAVEL, A LuxURY.-The Royal
Limited finest daY train in the world,
leaving Washington B. & o. Station,
New Jersey Avenue and c Streets, daily,
3pm, arrives New York p m. Splendid
dining and cafe car service.
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WATCHMAN.


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Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14

The Pure Beer bill was effectually
killed in the Senate of the New York
Legislature last week by a refusal to
adopt a rule reported by the Rules Com
mittes to permit Of its immediate
passa ye out OF its order. 1t was asserted
that the bill was an unjust discrimina-
ton gainst New York State brewers.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

To these opposed to govern
ment. ownership of railroads we
submit one sample of its effect in
a little Europeon country touch
ing the arctic zone "According
to an official report Of the U. S.
Consul-GeneraI at Stockholm,
the government of Sweden owns
and operates 2l84 miles of rail-
way, the rolling stock of which
consists of SOP locomotive, 1923
baggage cars, 892 passenger
coaches, 3 dining cars, As postal
wagons, 6 combined coaches and
baggage, 2l prison vans, ZIG fiat
cars, 12,161 freight cars. The
annual profits during the forty
three years of government own
ership Of the railways have aver
aged more than one and on-third
million of dollars in American
money, besides the accumulation
Of fund sf $2,262,164 for pen
sioning employees retired ON ac-
count of age or injury, and fund
of $2,79,219 for the relief of
widows and children Of deceased
employees"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

Judge L. P. Caillouet, the tai
ented editor of the Thibodaux
Sentinel, has sold his. interest in
that excellent paper to Mr.. III. r.
Dupre, an experienced printer,
who will be assisted in the edi-
torial department by that veteran
and experienced journalist, Capt.
Jno. M. Taylor, who has had more
than thirty years experience as an
editorial writer-in fact, shortly
after The war Capt. Taylor took a
position as editorial writer with
the COURIER, which he held for
several years and until his re-
moVal from our parish.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04
OPELOUsAs, AUGUST 4, l9OO

The startling statement is made
that within the past year the
Southern States have doubled
their cotton mills. These en-
largements are remarkable, and
they bespeak the wonderful re-
sources Of our country once the
development is commenced. The
locations of the mills is princi-
pally in the Carolinas where the
movement began a few years ago
and the mills in those two States
are capable of consuming the en-
tire cotton crop made within their
boundaries. The boom in that
line has struck every State where
cotton is made and it will con-
tinue to grow until every center
has a mill capable Of converting
the crude article into cloth.
Louisiana is somewhat back
ward in this movement, and there
is ne good reason why it should
be so. Our people are slow to
see the many advantages to be de-
rived by such enterprises, but as
our people are being educated on
thatfline we may soon see move
ment inaugurated that will bring
us abreast with our mere pro-
gressive brethren of other South
ern States.-Avoyefles Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04
Some Actual Figures.

AS our readers know, a com.
mittee has been appointed by the
police jury to ascertain what
amount has been illegally col
lected by the parish printer and
to settle with him, i. e., to require
that he refund that amount. The
public is impatient to know, in
advance of the meeting of that
committee, what that amount will
probably be and we have been
asked to ascertain what is the to-
tai amount paid to him in the last
five years, so that a real, tangible
basis may be had upon which to
determine with greater degree
of accuracy the total amount of
his overcharges, the percentage
thereof having been established
at from 40 to so per cent.
An examination of the min
utes of the police jury shows
that from Oct. %, 1895, to June
IL, 1900, bills for advertising to
the amount of about $31O5.OO
were approved. This does not
include any amounts paid for job
printing, stationery, etc., which
are left out of this calculation !;
only the newspaper advertising
and publishing are taken into ac-
count. We stated in our last is
sue that (with the lights then be-
fore us) we were confident that
the total amount of the over
charges would not fall below
$1,000. 90, and that it might run to
$1500.00. We find now that, as
suming that none of the approved
bills have escaped us, the total.
amount of overcharges, figured
at 40 per cent, is $1242.0O and
at so per cent, which is more
nearly correct, $1552.50 would be
the total amount that the parish
has lost, in the printing line, on
advertising alone, under the
administration of the present
parish printer
We are not in the habit of maxi
ing iIl-considered or reckless
statements and we assert, with
absolute confidence in the cor
rectness Of what we say, that cal
culated upon the basis and under
the regulations that prevailed
when honest men were doing the
parish printing, the amount of
oyercharge will be found consid-
.erably over fifteen hundred dol
lars. ~
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The same gang of liars that
dished out Spanish war news from
Cuba and later from South Afri-
ca, is at present sending out sem
sational news from China. One
day they tell us every consul has
been murdered and the various
legations destroyed, the next
day they report everything in
doubt and legations believed te
be alive. One day we are told
the "Boxers" have won signal
victories, the next day we learn
just the reverse. and so it goes
from day to day. Truth seems to
be an unknown quantity with the
average war cerrespondent-Mer-
Rouge Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The condition of affairs in the
far East daily becomes more
threatening. Russia has virtually
declared war against China, and
Germany is preparing to follow
suit. A Chinese army of 1000
900 men is said to be in the field.
Just now it is the Christian world
VS.. China, but a general and ter
rible war will probably follow the
dismemberment of the Yellow
Empire.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

Massachusetts, DISTINGUISHES all
citizens who cannot read and
write and who do not pay taxes
on specified amount of proper
ty. Why should such a law be
considered proper and right in
Massachusetts and improper and
wrong in any southern State ?
Has the fact that the politics of
the two sections are different.
anything to do with it?
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The Cubans are 20 be given a
chance to make constitution
this fall. The only restrictions
placed upon them are that they
are to make no treaties except
with the consent of the United
States and levy no tariff and
spend no money without our per-
mission. The freedom the Cuban
republic is destined to enjoy will
be like unto the free entertain
ment New Orleans visitors get at
carnival time.-Lake Charles
American.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

Advices received by the Dem
ocratic National and Congress
sional Campaign Committee show
that the Germans are largely
breaking away to Bryan, follow
ing the lead of the prominent
men amongst them who have al
ready declared for him. If one
third of the German vote of the
middle west shifts sides-and it
now seems that two thirds will do
so--McKinley will be beaten out
of sight.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

= One bill that passed the Lou
isiana legislature which escaped
general attention was an act pro-
hibiting the sale, barter or ex-
change of tobacco cigarettes or
cigarette papers to minors. Such
|sale is made misdemeanor and
subjects the merchant to fine of
from $25 to 800 or so days inn
prisonment or both.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

A good many people cannot un-
derstand why the negroes, most
of whom live in solidly Democratic
States, are treated with so much
tenderness by the Republican con-
ventiens, which really dispise
them. The explanation, how
ever, is simple. There are
enough negroes in the more
southerly tier of Northern States
to hold the balance of power. An
analysis of the vote shows that
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New
York would all beh safely Demo
cratic if it were notasor thsSnegro
vote, 81 f
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The legislature which auJourned
last Thursday night passed num-
.ber of good measures, and num-
Der that time may prove are not
as good. But the antitrust bills
either went down in defeat
or were smothered in the COM
mittee room, and that with a sol
id Democratic legislature. 1t
would strike the casual observer
that there is a good deal of bun
come about the loud antitrust
legislative talk that has been going
on in Louisiana the past year or
so.-Crowly Signal, July q.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04


1t is a curious commentary on
the esteem in which civilization is
held that the Chinese killed their
wives at Tiensin to keep them
from falling into the hands of
the Russians. AS soon as people
get the notion out of their heads
that there is anything eIevating
or enobling about war-as soon as
they realize that it means muir
der, violence, destruction, name
less outrages and unspeakable
brutality, obscure individuals will
not climb San Juan hills into
lifelong officeholding very of
ten.-Lake Charles American.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04
July 81, 1900.
JUDGMENT.
MARCELITE LEBLANC, WIFE, VS.. GUsTAVE
BTEGAS, HUSBAND.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ". LANDRY
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 1865.


This is a suit brought by the lwife duly au-
thorized thereto by the Courtl Yor dissoiuti"n
OF the community Ofoacquetp and gains and
separation of property from !br husband Up
on trial OF the cause the plaintiff established
to the satisfaction of the COfirt that her hus-
band was heavily involved ,oarhebt and was
thoroughly insolyent and hifhly embarr;Issed
cause of the law and evidence, considered. or
dered, adjudged and decreed that the comnu-
nifty of acquets and gains I8w existing between
plaintiff aud defendant be dissolved; that they
he seperate in property that plaintiff have
full control and administration OF any property
che may now own or hereafter acquire FREQ
from tile control of her said husband or his
creditors. 1t is further, ordered that defend
ant pay all costs of this suit to be taxed
Thus done. read and signed in open Court as
Opelousas, La, this 2sth day of June, A. ID.
1900
T. H. LEWIS,
Judge 10th Jud. Dist. OF La.
Flied Juno 2S. 1900.
- A. LEON DUPRE, Dy. Clerk.
A true copy !:
s. l.. HEBRARD, D'y Clerk.
Aug. 4. 190O-3t
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

"More soldiers wanted,' is the
cry from Manila, where $4,000
Americans have been trying for
nearly two years to discharge the
Tx for which Spain never en-
ployBa more than 10000. Are
Americans worse fighters than
Spaniards, or has the administra-
tion of things over there been
shamefully mismanaged !?
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

President Kruger guessed right
when he said the cost of the con-
quest of the South African re-
publics would stagger humanity
British casualties have reached
nearly so, 900 men put out of ac-
ton, of which 81 ,657 were killed
outright. Forcible expansion is
expensive to the people who fur
niSh the coruses.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

By virtue of Judgment of the Hon. District
Court in and for the Parish of st. Landry,
there will bo sold asapublic auction, tn the last
tioneer, on the pre- ehises in the town of ope-
lOusas, La, on n
Thursda RJg. 23, 1900.
at Ii O'Clock a. r., the following described
property, t-wit:
A lot of ground h the town of Opelousas
with all the buildin Is and improvements there
on, having front IA Bellevue street of forty
feet by a depth of atyenty-four feet, bounded
north by Bellevue stfset, south by property OF
Mock. east by properfs sIls Remi Monhinvag.
Terms-Two-thirds of the purchase price
cash, remaining third payable in one year
from day OF sale; special mortgage and ven
doris privilege retained on the property soid.
JNO. w. LEWIS.
July 81, 1900. AuctIoneer
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has issued a circular
prohibiting the use by manufac-
|turers of cigars, cigarettes OF to-
bacco, when put up in packages,
of labels containing ''any promise
or offer Of, or any other order or
certificate of any gift, prize, pre-
MUM, payment or reward.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04
JUDICIAL. ADVERTEsEMENT
PARTITION SALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST Lam
DRY, STATE OF LOUISIANA. \
DIR. j. p. SATAN VS.. LOUISA VILLA y
EFT AIS. No. 1868.

BY virtue Of Judgment OF the Hon. b j.
trict Court i'll and for the Parish of st. Land,lf
there will be sold at public auction, to the l. IL
and highest bidder, by the undersigned anc-
tiOneer, at the last residence of Julien Sicily
deceased, near Port Barre, st. Landry, La,
OH
Wednesday. Aug. 23, 1890,
at II O'clock a. H., the following described prop
erty, wit
certain tract of lard situated on RayGn
thereon, measuring six and thirty hnn-
dredths arpents front on said bayou 10y depth
OF ten and one-fourth arpents, leaking an area
OF siXtyfour and oneha!f arpents. more or
less Bounded on the north by lands formerly
belonging to T. A Nezat, now property of Mrs.
PIacide Robin. on the sonth by lands of Mrs.
Louis MG1aneOn, east by lands of the estate Uf
Owen Mahon, west by the Bayou Teche.
A certain tract of land near the tract
above described, together with the buildings
and improvements thereon. measuring seven
and One-fourth arpents front by depth Of
six arpents, bounded Oh the north by lands of
Mrs. placide Robin, south by lands OF Mrs.
Louis Melaneon, east by lands of Mrs. Pierre
Titard and Frank BOrdelSH, west by lands of
the estate OF Owen Malone.
A tract of wood land consisting of fifty and
sixtyeght one hundretths acres, acquired By
the deceased, Julien Sicily, at the specsslonai
lows: AS lot No. OF plat Of survey made Ivy
Ira W. Sylvester and filed in the process verbal
of the successional sale Of said Moore and par
dpHtA NC FlFihtuE bDu ludIEtu Ivy LII
cius &. Dnpr6, Auctioneer; bounded Oh ono
side by land formerly belonging to Chr6tiem
NOrnhinYeg, now Remi MOrnhnvcg, on an
other side by Bayou Teche fronting on said
bayou, and on the other side by lot No. s Of
said plat.
A tract of wood land two arpents wide by
depth OF thirty-three and onc-half arpents.
bounded north by land formerly belonging to
T. A. EGzat now Mrs. Placide Robin on the
south by land formerly belonging TO Mrs III.
b. Tay lor, on the east by land formerly belong
ing to Louis BOrd elon, and Mrs. Pierre
Titard and Frank BOrdelon, and west by swamp
and unknown owners, being part OF the land
purchased by deceased Julien sicily from
Am6e Castillo, widow of innis Melaneon,
Nov %, 1885.
tract of woodland consisting of two az
pents front by a depth of thirty three and ono
third arpents bounded on the.n,Ythtby -
south by land formerly belo1ging to Louis
Bordelon now Mrs. Pierre: S1ftard, on the
east by Barre grant and westtby Mrs. p. Titard.
Littell. wife s*:t1'o! ray 0ere 2sth, 1855
JNO9W. LEWIS,
July u, 1900. Auctioneer.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

Woodland IL year old whisky.
adoptedSby the U. S. Govern
ament for medicinal purposes,
four full quarts $3.S5, all express
charges paid. Write for Particu-
lars. Craigler 6 Craigler, Dis
tillers, Covington, Ky.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

Gen. Stephen D. Lee, presi-
dent of the Mississippi Historical
Society, has appointed the His
torical Commissioners provided
by the last Legislature.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The COURIER office is for a
wonder the owner Of a bran new
clean face towel, but inasmuch
as on. It's arrival it bore q ID.
B. E" mark, one would suppose
that we Didn't Bag at Either.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

of Internal Revenue, shows re-
ceipts for the fiscal year ending
June 30, to have been 1926, ,316, lO7,
an increase over the previous year
of $21, 1881 ,534. More than $780,
100000 ought to be in the pockets
of those who paid it into the
Treasury.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04
FOR SALE

very desirable residence, with 100 acres OF
land, situated in the suburbs of Opel0usas. II
now rapidly coming into hearing 1t has a
good Dwelling, with three large cabins, barn
stables, etc. About 35 acres of this tract are
lying within the corporate limits of town and
susceptible of being divided into quite Il num-
ber of building lots Price and terms accom-
modating. Apply to
JAMES H. HOUSTON,
Real Etate Agent, Opelousas, La.
Aug. 4, l900-3t
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

Charles Brown, dangerous
negro accused of fatally wound
ing Henry Dorsey i'd this parish,
was jailed here last Monday by
deputy sheriff w. G. Gordon, Jr.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

The gold Democrats are coSeing
back to the Democracy. Issey
have refused to put up third
ticket, which would mean a good
many half votes for MCKINLEY,
and will go each man, to the side
where his predictions lead him.
But few, indeed, will go to the
Republicans.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-08-04

NOTICE. Land Office at New Orleans,
IN July 10, 19Oo.--Notice isihereby given that
the following named settler has filed notice OF
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made be.
fore B. Bloomfield, U. 9. Commissioner,
at Opelousas, La, on August 9th, 1900, viz:
Omi7e Nanyeux,
who made Homestead Entry No. 2l573 for the
M of So Section 10, Townshi? 4, 8. X. E. La.
Meridian.
He names the following vitnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. aud cultivation
Of said land, viz:
Neville Gllillory. Charles Iebas, Julius C.
Vidrlne, Emiler Miller, all of St. Landry. La.
WALTER L. COHEN.
July 81, 1900 Register.