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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20
ROCK IN NORTH SEA
TWELVE MEN REACH
SHORE ALIVE.
Torpedo Boat Destroyer the Cobra
with 70 Men Aboard
Lost.

London, Sept. 19.-Torpedo boat de-
stroyer The Cobra founder in the
North sea as the result of an explo-
sion. The Cobra had on board AZ naval
men and 81 men in the employ of the
contractors, when she was lost. So
far as known only - men have been
saved. Five boats were launched af-
ter the Cobra struck, but some of
them were swamped in the heavy sea.
The first Information of the disas-
ter was the arrival of a fishing boat
at Yarmouth with six bodies, which
she had picked up in the vicinity of
the spot where the Cobra was last
seen. According to the fishermen the
Cobra was sighted by the lightship
off Dowsing Sands yesterday morn
ing developed in steam and she short
ly afterwards disappeared. A dis
patch from marlborough says IL sur
vivors from the crew of the Cobra
were landed there this morning and
confirms the report that all the others
were drowned.
The British admiralty has received
information hat the explosion occur
ed after the Cobra struck a rock and
that she sank Immediately.
For 81 of the crew no hope. is held
out, but torpedo boats and cruisers
have gone at full speed to the scene of
the disaster, which lis the most SER
ious the British navy has suffered
since the sinking of the Victoria.
Lieutenant Bosworth Smith, the
Cobra's commander, stood upon the
bridge with his arms folded. as i'm
passive as if on parade and went
down with the vessel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20

to a a righteous, but wrathfu'
judge on the threshold of eternity
How unlike the martyrs of old, who
went to their awful deaths singing
their souls in an ecstacy of delight
and their minds in a transport of iov
with the light of heaven shining from
their eyes and seeing already the face
OF Him whom they were serving by
yielding their lives.
Czolgosz still crazed with the sight
of blood and with the m%urderer's fren-
zy filling his mind, boastingly pro-
claiming his deed, and Czolgosz ar
raigned before the court of justice
are two entirely different persons.
The solitude of the prison dungeon.
its dark, %unfeeling walls, hard as was
his w heart and pitiless as was the
mind that prompted him, the time for
thought and reflection and contempla-
ton of the future have wrought their
change. Instead Of glorying in his
deed and daring his enemies to their
worst, ever as did the martyrs of old.
he u the pose and demeanor
of the embecile and feigns insanity,
hoping thereby to escape the ven
geance which he has invoked and the
death he has courted. But his feign-
ing will prove Of no avail. He has
forfeited his life to the law and a
mighty people will insist upon the pay
ment of that forfeit. He may carry
out his shamming to the end, but al
ready the death chair is preparing for
him and the current that shall crush
the life out Of his miserable heart is
pulsating through the wires and the
hand that will turn that current so
that it may course through his veins
and end his career on earth is wait
ing to preform it's duty. So may all
anarchists end and the last vestige of
their foul creed be wiped from the
nation which is attainted by it's exist.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20
~BILLlNGSGATE TACTICS.

Piqued because he had been un-
able to foist into the good graces of
the community the Billings News, a
newspaper with which one Gilluly was
until recently connected, that gentle
nan acting in the capacity of cor
respondent and manager of an alleg-
ed bureau" of a Helena newspaper,
continues in his course of misrepre-
sentation of current events, appearing
in the Helena publication under a
Billings date.
The latest effort of the Helena pub
lication's man Friday in this city to
dlstort the facts is contained in the
report sent TO Helena concerning a
disturbance occurring in this city
Tuesday morning in which The Ca
zette was more or less concerned.
The correspondent of the bureau"
took especial pains to send to his pa
per a prejudiced report, and as was
to be expected he attempted to give
The Gazette and it's management the
worst of the deal. The bureau may
imagine that it's correspondent is
smart and that he can close the v
Of an intelligent and discerning pub.
lie, but behind it all the people see
plainly the yelled hand and under
stand fully the meaning and object of
the 'bureau's' correspondent.
The bureaus" correspondent has
no conception of the ethics of journal
ism. He no doubt received his news
paper training in a b~ack-woods town
and imagines that his billingsgate is
really appreciated by people who have
been reared in a different atmosphere
than that which surrounds the vicious
and misunderstanding class. The "bu-
1eau' correspondent should attend a
school where gentlemanly conduct
and professional courtesy are incul-
Gated into the minds of pupils.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20
PRESIDENTIAL POLICY.

Minneapolis Journal: President
Roosevelt has sufficiently outlined his
policy to show that he and the late
President Mckinley, as to all policies
looking to that which makes for the
peace, prosperity and honor of the
country, are in absolute accord and
thai the last speech made by the
martyred president before he vas
stricken down by the bullet of the as
sassin, is the articulation of the prac-
tlcal patriotism and national spirit of
him who has been called by that awful
tragedy to the headship of the ma
ton. .
1t cannot be otherwise. It means
that the nation, having placed itself
upon the solid ground of financial in
tegrity and the public credit having
been deeply strengthened and but
tressed, and the lines of commercial
progress extending wherever the COM
mercial energy of the nation directs,
there shall yet be maintained such
emity with u competitors that op-
p%ortunity shall be enlarged by the
rehabilitation of the principle of recip-
Tocity with other nations and that the
American people shall enjoy that
equally of economic and social oppor-
tunity which is the great vital force
OF progressive nations, q%uickening,
strengthening, establishing them.
No recafting of the republican pro-
gram will be necessary, for this pro-
gram has been the program of ex-
pansioa all along, and the term expan-
sion is used here in it's broadcast and
most comprehensive ense, as the pro-
gressiye movement which is carrying
forward, not a part of the nation,
but the whole nation to larger
achievement and world-leadership,
broadening and strengthening it's own
prestige.
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter published
Sept. Is last year, accepting the vice
presidential nomination., voiced the
spirit of his and his party's policy to-
day: I'VE have a. right" said he,
Ito appeal to all good men, north
and south, east and west, whatever
their politics may have been in the
past to stand with us, because we
stand for the prosperity of the country
and for enown of the American flag"
The republican party has promptly
risen to the requirements of the time.
The nation asked what next? The
late martyred president gave it a de-
cided answer at the parting of the
ways. AS usual there was no hest
fancy. The great statesman presented
a clear-cut program. His almost dy-
ing voice uttered it as his deepest
of duty. His dead fingers
point to it today. His successor sounds
its key note IS the key note of party
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20

cut were as remarkable as they were
unusual in a place of that kind. He
resorted to every possible device tC
strengthen his plea Of mental ire
sponsibility in order that he might
play upon the sympathies of the jury,
But he was unsuccessful and the jury
convicted him.
In the trial and conviction of Cult
can the plea of insanity of the mon
entary' sort as q defense in a murder
trial was badly punctured. Up to that
time and for a number of years pre-
ceding "momentary insanity" had been
a favorite and successful plea of muir
derers and the list of those who Sc
cured acquittal on that ground was
a long one. But a court and a Jury
were found from whom the plea re-
ceived but scant consideration. While
no doubt seemed to exist that Guitean
was not well, balanced mentally. vet
1t was shown that the defendant had
been sane enough to engage in bust
ness and to be treated as a sane per-
son by those with whom he came in
contact in the ordinary course of bust
ness and the usual affairs of every
day life. 1t was also proved that he
hadesense enough to plot a crime and
after it's commission show enough wit
to realize and fear the
of his act and take precautions against
them. In view of all these showings
he was held to be responsible for his
own acts and was made to pay the
penalty. The jury was of the opinion
that eccentricity and the ability to
play the fool did not prove the posses
sion Of a mind incapable of discerning
between right and wrong. In this
opinion it received the endorsement
and commentator of all. except pos
sibly the lawyers who had been Sc
curing the acquittal of murderers on
the frivolous plea which by it's verdict
it badly shattered.
The trial and conviction of Guitean
are interesting at the present time in
far as they are related to the an
preaching trial of Czolgosz. Like the
assassin of Garfield, the assassin of
Mckinley is feigning insanity when he
feels the clutches of the law and
hopes to thereby deceive the court
and jury before whom he must appear.
he will be no more successful
han was the murderer whose shade
IS waiting for him on the banks of
he Styx is certain. The American
people are in no humor to permit men
ike him to escape on the plea that in
may be of a duration long
enough to serve a particular purpose.
especially when tina ,urpose is the
of human life, and then leave
one ~momentarily afflicted perfect
y sane and rational for the rest of
lis existence.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20
Will Appeal to Roosevelt.

London, Sept. 19.-Mr. Kruger, &C
cording to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Brussels, is preparing a
memorial to President Roosevelt ask
ing ~intercession of the United States
in behalf of the Beers.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27
A. ROBIN, Proprietor.

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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27
The Southwestern Institute.

For the benefit IL our readers
We publish the following which il
publish by Prof. E. L. Stephen. II
the Southwestern Louisisns In
dustrial Institute. and is Official:
Established BY the State for in
strucfion Of Both sexes in the arts
and sciences and manuel training.
Offers thorough course in Engliih,
French, Mathematics, History,
ience, bookkeeping. Stsnogri-
ky, Drawing. Gyntastics, Music
and Manual training; IN Wood ssd
Iron for boys; 10 Sewing, Cooking
and Domestic Economy for girh
Requisites for admission: Age,
fourteen years, or older; sssisfiS-
tory examination in reading. WI
ting, spelling, arithmetic TO demo
inmate numbers, elementary geo
graphy and history. Certificate
showing completion Of Six Grade
work III Lafayette High School, d
Second Glass work ii, Convent d
Modnt Carmel will be accepted
| for entrance without examination.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27

The town authorities will soon
have to give their attention to the
tail grasses that are growing upon
our streets and in the bitches. as
they are growing fast since the
recent rAins.
The Cumberland Telephone
Company commenced Monday the
erection of their poles, and are
progressing fast. The superinten-
dent hopes to get everything putin
shape for operation about the first
Of September.
Quite u number of our young
people were entertained Tuesday
night by Miss Therese Durand on
her fathers plantation home. The
evening was spent in dancing and
other amusements who were On
joyed by the merry crowd.
The Greig Cornet band has
chsnged the day of open dir CON
[csrt from Sunday to Thursday.
What are the reasons for this
change we cannot say, but It ID
certainly q mistake. because on
Sunday al our people are ut lei
sure and promenading in the eve
ming and 1t the same time take in
the concert, while on q week day
the country people will be depri-
we'd Of these agreeable concerts,
and many Of the town people too
will have to miss Il. We kick
against this change!
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27

Two socks of rice from this,
seasons crop were shipped from
Rayne, last week, one Of the sacks
was sold to a Lake Charles mill
for S25. $50
Our young friend, Mr.. George
Broussard, who occupies ! posi-
ton with the Waters Pierce Oh
Co., at New Iberia, is homo on .
short vacation.
Mr.. Albert F. Ropssesu Who
was seriously sick some few days
ago, is much better, and in q short
time will be able to attend 10 hil
business affairs.
The Ladies of the town are
arranging a programme for an en-
tertainment to take place on Aug,
18TH, for the benefit of the st
Martinville Convent
Mr.. Martin Dncrest and family
have moved into their new home
this week, it is q comfortable
home. splendidly located on thu
bank of the beautiful Teche.
/ car Buggies coming at =
| G. Duchamp.
The Greig Minstrel Co, VIII
gave an entertainment in Loresu
vile hast Sunday, reports beint
we'll satisfy for their FIRST attempt
The people of Loreauvills sppre
ciated their entertainment YER!
much.
The Young People Euchre clul
was entertained by Miss Estsll
Fournet on Thursday night Th'
game was to have taken place i
Iopen-air, but on account 81 th
heavy rain that cell in the evening
liz took place on the gallafy. Tn
Iprires which we're ell beaHtifu
was won as follows: ladies hfs
j Miss Lucie Bienvenu, second, Mis-
Tzahelle Fournet. Gentlemen
first. Mr.. VIM. Bourdier; second
Mr.. Sidney Beslin.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27
Energetic Lovenaking in
Japan.

Strange suits are fled at times
in the Japanese law courts, but
hone more curious than one which
IL now before the local court Of
Usuki- Machi, in the Oita prefec-
ture. In this case q cultivator
brings an action in which he seeks
10 have the court compel b Japa-
hess girl TO reciprocate the affec-
ZION which he alleged he has de.
'mohstrated toward her, with her
|eonSent. for severak years. He
M .wooed the lady, he declares,
/ I61b 1897, and she has recently
|1ooksd Nth favor dpon him and
|'icc5 ptsd "baked sweetmests" at
|his hands. She invited hin to
| her house . few days ago, and af
Ter partaking Of various deiicaciee
|'Gt his expense, slipped swsy and
left him TO be unceremohionsly
kicked out by her friends on
|Shsse grounds he prays for the ia;
ltsrtsntion Of the court TO compel
Iher 10 return his love. The5ddgs
lie taking time to consider the n1Ar
ter.-Philadefphia Telegraph.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27

The Pioneer Oil and Mineral
Company, of Jeanerette. who are
boring . we'll about half i mile
south Of Anse-la-B Butte Company,
have struck a small vein of oil,
about the same as was struck by
the Anse-la- Butte Company, which
10 another indication that there is
oil in that locality. The work at
both we'll is progressing slowly Oh
account II the gravel, but the dril-
fers are confident Of success. The
people are anxioasly waiting TO
|see which Of the two companies
win bring in q gusher first.
Father T'hebault intended d
make q park with the church
square whom he had the fehct
built, but he has succeeded in ma;
king . fine pasture out Of it and
he and Uncle Sam. will have Z
hard Job 70 keep the grass down
The Cemetery is in the same CON
ditiou, the tall grasses have tskel
hold Of It Unless an enclosufe i
properly kept, which can only b
done at great expense, It is best q
tur;n the cattle in, as we can SAY
That when the cattle Of. the tow
tosmed ia the cemetery, it wss Il
much better and cleaner conditioi
than it is to-day.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27
L 6azzles The World.

"
No Discovery in medicine hes
ieSvet created one quarter Of the ex-I
citeMeit that has been caused BY
Dir, Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, It's Sevsrsst tests
have been, on hopeless victims Of
Consumption. PneuAonis, Hem
ofrhags, PIsGrisy and Bfonchitia.
thoasssnds of whom il HAD RESTORED
to t,srfsct health. For Coughs,
Colds, Asthma; Group, Hay Fever,
Hoatssness and Whooping Cohgh
|it il the quickest; surest. cdre III
The world: It IL sold By. T J. lab
be, who guarantee satisfaction Or
refund money. Large bottles 6oc
and 800. Trial bottles frssl
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27

The Supreme Court of Illinois
has recently decided that = visitor
supply contract made with : "a
ter company by the city council 70
run thirty years is null and void,
bssinQ Che decision mainly on Tie
ground that 4 city council hes no
authority to make such 2 Contract
by ordinance. They bold that It
is not good public policy to allow
one city council to fasten . thirty
wear contract by ordinance on sue
ceeding councils. The decision
has created considerable sensation
IN Illinois and is of interest oil
| over the country.-Item.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27
Local News.

Mr.. Carlos Olivier has had his
4esiderce painted, the residence
looks very nice.
Nh. David Rees Of Breaux1
Bridge was shaking hands with
his friends here Wednesday.
Mr.. o. BONN, of New Iberia was.
In st. MarfinSile Tuesday, visiting
her daughter. Mrs. Jules Francois
Mr.. r. j. Bienvenu's addition
TO his home is now completed, and
& makes him q large, comfortable
home.
Mrs. +. "A. Pellerin, Of New
Iberia, was st. Martinville, visi-
ling hef daughter, Mrs. Leonce
PeHerin, last week.
Lawyers and notaries needing
legal blanks will do we'll to inquire
Vt this Office before ordering else
where.
Just received 3 cars Of Fur
hiture at L. G. Duchamp.
-P. L. Begnaud, editor of the
Vslley-of-the.Tec was attending
70 some business in st. Martin
vile Monday.
Miss Corinne Power, OF New
Orleans, is passing few days here
she is the guest of her brother
Ar. F. q. Power.
Over 100 persons from TIM
place took in the excursion to tn
City last Sunday, all reports ma
wing had a grand time.
Editor Henry VanderCrysse'
bf the Lafayette Advertiser wa
In st. MartinviAe Monday and wa
spleasant visitor to our Office.
Mrs. Henry Steckler, OF Ne'
Orleans, is visiting her relative
In st. Martinville, she is the CUES
bf her sister, Mrs. P. L. Guilbear
Miss Izabelle Dittmann, Of Ne'
Orleans, is sojourning among ne
many friends in st. Martinvillt
bhe is the guest of the Mise
Bienvenu's.
MIR. Fernand Mouton, OF LIZ
fayette, was in ST. Martinville las
Sunday. it looks as if the old tow
has some attraction for the CO.
eEAsfs
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27
A Poor Millionaire

Lately starved in London be-
cause he could not digest
Early use Of DR.. Kings New Iife
Pills would have saved him; They
strengthen the stomach, aid dig
estion, promote assimilation, i'm
prove appetite. Price 25c. Money
back if not satisfied. Sold by TT.
Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1901-07-27

when you y ant 1 modern, up-to-dats
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-14
EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
Tits In Both the Senate and Hosso over
the Question.

Tits In Both the Senate and Hosso over
the Question.
Dover, Feb. IL. In order to expedite
business, Senator Slaughter introduced
in the Senate, yesterday afternoon, d
Joint resolution providing that the
General Assembly continue in session
until A O'CLOCK each Afternoon, and that
committee meetings be held and dele.
cation hearings be given at night.
Senator Knox amended by moving
that the provision for Adjournment at 4
O'Clock he obliterated, which motion
was defeated by vote OF 12 tod.
Tbs resolution was killed by tie
vote, 8 to 8.
In the House, shortly after 3 o'clock,
Representative Moore moved that the
body adjourn until 1890 o'clock this
morning.
Representative Scotten amended BY
moving that the House continue ii
session until O'Clock, which motion
WAS adopted, E
Representatives Robertson said bust
ness demanded that the mem ers remain
until that hour.
Representative Finn said he would
stay II it were necessary, hut he would
not be willing to remain merely tc
satisfy member who made motion
for the purpose Of preventing members
from going home.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-14

is entertained. If an important crime
should be committed. no greater nun
ishment could be administered, for the
lashes are limited TO As and the pillory
to few hours.
There seems to be no public con
ception of this incongruity, although
the stranger is quickly astonished by
it. Any one convicted of one oil these
offences, in petty or great degree, and
either publicly pilloried or whipped il
forever disfIanchisod and can mo
longer exercise the privilege of A oiti.
zen. Thus youth caught in some
early and thoughtless offence il rer-
manently ruined in reputation and
practically driven from the State. n il
generally declared by those In authorize
throughout the State, that the law is
lustitiable because it reaches and con.
trolls the negro.
-. Ninety Per cent of the cases go
disposed of, said the sheriff of ope
o,unty, are those involving negroes.
lt is the only way we have Of reaching
Upon examination this statement
turned out TO be only partially true,
for negroes form less than 10 per cent
of the total number OF cases so nun
ished. There had been several in.
stances in which white men standing
ialrly well in the community have
been caught in the tolls of the law, and
hnding themselves doomed to be wbip-
ped, have offered all their possessions,
together with promise 10 leave the
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-14
POST AND PlLLORY.

A Magazine Writer Gives His Impressions
Of the Weil-khown Penal Institutions of
This State.
Theodore DRESSER in Ainslee's.
At Dover, the capital of Delaware,
as well az the county seat of Kent
county, the list of criminals convicted
and punished in that county is com.
plete and readily accessible. This dis
closeu that dozens of men have been
punished with per RODS Of imprisonment
and lashes not exceeding 40, for steal
ing or attempting to steal sums Of
money ranging anywhere from So to
600. Thus, on October 9th. 1897, one
Albert Gibbs was convicted of stealing
81 and was sentenced to six months
Imprisonment, given ID lashes and or.
dered TO restore the stolen money be-
fore entering the world again. At the
same time George Dennis received ex-
aetly the same Imprisonment for steal
ing $50. A petty burglar who stole 81
from q store at night. received two
years in prison. 20 lashes at the whip.
ping post, ana one hour in the pillory.
Also, he was compelled To return the
money and pay all costs. =
For the next ear very similar list
ia seen. Criminals stealing 81, So and
~ were all whipped with many lashes,
and some were exposed 10 the pillory.
For the current year the record is
quite. the same, and yet the whipping
post is kept busy aud certain public