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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
9RYAN's DELUslvE CROWDS.

Detroit Free Press: Democratic
managers in the east are making the
common mistake of attributing great
political significance to the immense
crowds that turn out to hear Mr..
Bryan's speeches. Experience has
shown that Mr.. Bryan always draws
large crowds, but the crowds do not
necessarily mean a heavy democratic
vote. Mr.. Bryan will be greeted by
large audiences as long as he remains
in politics, because he is easily the
most graceful and fascinating political
speaker in the United States.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08

materially reduced. The county be-
ing the city's fiscal agent, at least to
the degree of collecting its evenue
from taxes, the commissioners must
make arrangements accordingly and
heavy levies continue. AS all taxes
are paid to the county, the commits
sioners get the blame and are held
responsible for conditions they are
helpless to remedy.
In 1901 the commissioners reduced
the county levy two mills, or from IA
to IL mills. This years they will make
a still further reduction of two mills,
making the levy 10 mills. ar four mills
less than it was in 1900. From this it
will be seen that the commissioners
are doing all in their power to reduce
taxes. But until they receive cooper
aticn from the other taxing powers
their efforts to make the taxes still
lighter will not result in the reduc-
ton for which all hope and which
to many it seems should be made. AS
as the city and the schools car
reduce their expenses, just so soon
the taxes decrease, but no sooner.
But the county commissioners should
not be blamed. 1t is through no fault
of theirs that taxes continues high
despite increased property valuations.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
A DIG BY

Brooklyn Eagle (deb.): Ben Gable
is right when he says that lit is mere
Important for the democrats to have
a few very able men in the next house
OF representatives than to have al ma
Jorlty there of men without leaders,
OF men whose antics would retire the
party from confidence, for a long pc
Rod to come. Ben Gable was a Cleve-
land democrat, which is to say, that
he belonged to the political salt of
the earth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08

Victor Emanuel is playing a shrewd
game with the other monarchs of
Europe, but it is doubtful whether it
viii win. His preachment of a dis
armament by the powers for the pur-
pose OF reducing their expenses in
order that they may have more money
with which to fight American COM
mercial invasion is all right and for
a time may find ready listeners in the
crowned gentlemen to whom it is
made, but the interest he may arouse
will be only short lived. He and the
others may temporarily delude them
selves into the belief that there is mo-
more land in Europe that any of them
want, but as long as they continue to
be as suspicious of one another as thew
have been in the past and are now the
factories that make guns and can
mems will probably not be turned into
establishments for the production Of
articles nov sold by the enterprising
Yankees in those countries. A few
more small countries remain in Eu-
rope to be gobbled up and in tho rpin.
ion of several gentlemen wearing
crowns the map of that part of the
eastern hemisphere requires readiust-
ing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08

If, as report has it, Ambassador
White has really forwarded his resig-
nation the United States will lose one,
OF it's most able and scholarly dip
lomatists. Mr.. White is we'll along in
years and his retirement from pubic
life is probably prompted by the wisi
to give his remaining years to study
n literature. The record he has
made is one to the credit of himself
and the country whose representative
he has been, although he will prob
ably be better known in history
through his connection with at leas,
one of the country's famous educa.
tional institutions than because of the
services he has rendered the nation
as it's representative at a foreign
court.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
RAILROAD
Four c~Ioudbursts Reported on the
Section About Walsenburu.

Four c~Ioudbursts Reported on the
Section About WaIsenburs.
Denver, Colo, Aug. 6.-Enormous
damage was caused in Huerfano coun-
ty, Colo, yesterday by the rain storm.
So far four %cloudbursts have been re-
ported. The first occurred five miles
west of Walsenburg On the Denver
4 Rio Grande, and swept away the
100-foot railroad bridge at that point.
The second came aown a short dis
lance west of Laveta and swept
away the railroad bridge and consid-
cradle track. The third occurred at
Huerfano station, 20 miles north of
Walsenburg. The big iron railroad
bridge at that point was wrecked and
a long stretch Of railway was wash
ed out, allowing nine freight cars to
go into the dlCch.
The fourth cloudburst came down
near Santa Clara. seven miles south
west of Walsenburg. Several houses
were washed from their foundations
and much other damage was done.
The water from the Santa Clara
c%loudburst flowed into Deer Creek and
turned that stream into a raging tor
rent, carrying away all bridges across
it. No trains are expected to reach
Walsenburg until tomorrow. The Rio
Grande company has already started
repair worn.
The full amount of damage cannot
be estimated at this time, but it will
probably run into six figures. On the
other hand, the storm which broke
a long-continued drouth will prove of
great benefit to farmers and stock
growers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
Aug. HeinZe has shown his si,

F. Aug. Heinze has shown his sin
cerity since openly announcing his
afiliation with the democrats Of the
state by sending one of his 1ambouy-
ant, pyrotechnic adjective hurlers to
take charge of the editorial columns
of the Rosebud County News. AS a
calamity bowler and manipulation of
bogiemen the new editor is q peach.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
SAVE US THE BLUE.

It may be presumptious on the part
of an ordinary civilian, who is suppos-
ed to know nothing about such mat
tiers, to criticise the action of the men
at the head of the military establish
ment, but for all that it is hard to
refrain from expressing an opinion
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
Y

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Senator
Teller is a very magnanimous man.
He has just issued an open letter in
which he states that he will permit
the democrats of Colorado to- return
him to the senate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-08
WILL DRIVE IT IN.

Washington Post: The Iowa repub-
licans seem to have supplied the en-
tering wedge for something practical
in the trust-busting line.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
1.-THE Knobs O. Tennessee

Saturday, Jan. 10, Hal Reid's best effort
in melodrama, ''The Knobs O. Tennessee
will be presented at our local play house by
a fine company, with all the scenery and
mechanical effects that were used in the
original production.
Hal Reid's plays have been enjoying great
favor and attracting large audiences. cat
the Old Cross Roads. - ssHuman Hearts, -
and ''Roanoke,'' by Reid, are all master
pieces, but not to be compared in heart in
terest, mechanical and melodramatic con-
struction with the best of all-ssThe Knobs
O. TENNESSEE The management has gwen
this play remarkable cast-among them
some of the original people. Seats are now
ready for Saturday night, Jan. IL.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

The Gazette wishes 10 compli-
ment DR.. Mudd upon the splendid
streets he has opened in Mudd's adj
dition. The streets are all sixty
feet wide and we'll graded. The
grading was done by J. {. Nicker-
son, the real estate man, who is
agent for DR.. Mu id in the sale of
lots. We understand that several
new homes will soon be built in
Mudd's addition, which is already
one of the most attractive portions
of the town. At its las: meeting
the Council recognized the growth
of that neighborhood and decided
to run water main to the end of
Sterling avenue.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

The book sales of the past two or
three months have brought the toll
lowing books into special promi-
nence and are well worth your read
ing: Circumstance, S. Wier
Mitchell; Stringtown on the Pike.
Lloyd; Alice of Old VIncennes,
Maurice Thompson; Cardigan, Rob
w. Chambers; The Right of Way,
Gilbert Parker; Marietta, a Maid
of Venice. Crawford; Eben Holden
and Dri & l, Irving Bachelor; The
Reign of Law, James Lane Allen;
A House Party; Monsieur Beau
caire, Harrington. Book Depart
ment, Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

Mr.. &. &. Brown, Of Carencro,
was in Lafayette Wednesday. Mr..
Brown informed US that the Caren
GRO refinery was still running and
that i, will very likely run until the
1st of February. Mr.. Brown be
lleves it will be possible to save
small percentage of the crop has
been lost.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
Robbery at Welsh.

The following special is from
Welsh to the Crowley Signal OF
Jan. I6: an. l.. Clark's circus
and wagon show, which gave a per
Torrance at this place YESTERDAY,
was robbed Of $1,000 about 8
O'Clock last night.
''The money was KEEP, in a satche
in the ticket wagon OF the show and
was always closely guarded. How
ever. it disappeared shortly after
the doors were opened for the even
performance. A search was at once
instituted for the thieves, but to no
avail. The satchel, which Clark
claims contained $4,000 in gold
and greenbacks, was found in a
yard a short distance from the sh O "
grounds, where it had been cut
open and the contents removed.
"Mr. Clark stated to the Sign al
correspondent that he did not have
the slightest idea of who the thief is.
Officials in all of the surrounding
towns have been notified Of the
robbery and cautioned to look GU,
for suspicious individuals.
The sheriff here received a tele-
gram from Mr.. Clark telling him to
look tor the thieves.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
The Teachers Institute

The teachers institute will con-
vene in Lafayette on Jan. 10 and
I4th. It is to be attended BY all
the public school teachers of the
parish. In order to enable the
teachers to be in attendance the
schools will be closed during the
time occupied by the institute. All
interested will be pleased to learn
that the institute will be conducted
by Mr.. Caldwell of the State Nor
NAL. Lectures will be delivered at
night by Mr.. Caldwell and other
eminent educators. The institute
will probably be held in the court
house.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
10 the People of Lafayette Read?

10 the People OF Lafayette Read?
In the course of conversation
with Mr.. Davis, the news and book
dealer, we were made acquainted
with few facts which show how
groundless is the charge that La
fayette is ''not a reading town. I"
We have often heard it said that the
people Of Lafayette did not care for
books, magazines and newspapers.
Persons VINO seem fond of making
this statement do not know VIII at
they are talking about. We are
sure that the figures will bear out
our claim that no town Of Lafa
yeti 5 size IN the State buys a larger
all kinds than are sold here. Since
Mr.. Davis engaged in the news and
book business in this town the local
demand tor reading matter has
grown larger and larger every day,
and judging from the increased
sales after the opening of the Indus
trial Institute that institution has
brought many recruits to the army
of readers. To show how the bust
ness has grown it is only necessary
to state that the sale of two Nc.
Cures a week has reached the 40
mark And a commendable feature
of the trade is that Mr.. Davis has
never encouraged the sale of trashy
stuff of the Jessy James sort. He
has created a demand for the cur
rent works of the best authors
which are handled by him as soon
as they are published. 1t is doing
but simple justice to Mr.. Davis to
say that he keeps one of best book
stores in the State outside of New
Orleans: No up-to-date town can
afford to be with out a first-class |
bookstore aud The Gazette is |
pleased to note Mr.. Davis success
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
Can SHORTAGE
On the Morgan Road Explained
by President AutS hinsOn.

OO VIC VDSbbxttub 8N0b&aS8 u
So by President Hut hinsOs.
The people Of this section have
been handicapped during the bust
ness season by inadequate trans
portation facilities. The cane
growers, a~well as People engaged
in other industries have been Sc
riouslv hampered in their business
by the inability of the railroad com.
pany to meet tho demands imposed
by the unprecedented increase in
the freight traffic. Speaking on
this subject to a reporter of the
New Orleans States, President Hut
Crimson, Of the Morgan road, said :
'.The blockade is not confined to the
Morgan road or the lines of the Southern
Pacific. Every railroad in the country is
complaining of lack of cars to handle the
business. All the car factories are away
behind with their orders. We are Just now
receiving cars which should have reached us
last fall. In addition to this have over
$4,000 cars in service. We are building
cars in the shops at Algiers every day. We
have all the rolling stock in use we can find.
1t is as much to our interest to dispatch the
business rapidly as it is to the interest of the
shipper to have it done. We are using every
effort to move the freight. The situation is
very unusual and could not have been fore
seen by the longest-headed railroad man in
the country. The demand far exceeds any
other season in the history of the country.
Generally there is some way of arriving at a
fair estimate of what the tonnage in the ter
ritory is liable to be, but this time every
body's calculations went wrong, and the
whole country is in the same condition we
are.
''The blockade and car famine will con-
tinue Just long the present wave of
prosperity continues. How long that will
be it is impossible to say. We are going to
try and have the cars, but dependent
upon the car factories elsewhere and the ca
pacity of our shops for the supply, and we
cannot furnish cars faster than they can he
constructed. We have done all we could to
keep the enormous business moving, but we
have been unable to do There is great
blockade in Algiers. The congestion is new.
Never before has the tonnage from the ter
minal equaled the volume of business we
are doing now. Export and domestic trade
is tremendous. The public ought to know
these things. They can find out by writing
to any car factory and asking when can
be built and delivered in any part of the
United States. If the factory will agree to
deliver them in less than from ten to twelve
months the factory is showing more favor to
others than is accorded to us. can only
say we are doing everything we can to re-
iieve the present situation. We move the
freight as rapidly can. If the public
will wait for a while it will see plenty of
cars standing the side tracks. AS soon
as the crops moved there will be big
surplus of cars, because there are more in
use now than ever before since the first rail
road was constructed
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
OOOM@ TO DEFEAT,
Sentiment I'm CONGRESS Over
whelmingly Against It Sena-
tor Burrows Of Michigan
Fi0ht the Reduction of the
Sugar Dut % to tho DEATH"
Says He-Beet Sugar Growing
States Combine to Defeat 1t.

New York, Jan. I4.-The Press Wash
Fington special says:
Advocates of tariff concessions to Cuba
for the benefit of the Sugar Trust are be-
ginning to realize that they have an impos.
sible task before them to pass any measure
for that purpose in this Congress, despite an
assertion in the Senate to-day by Senate,
'sBilly" Mason of Illinois that it is our duty
to throw the markets of the United States
open to the Cubans, regardless of the inter-
ests of the American farmers
That strong sentiment prevails in the
Senate, as well as in the House, against any
plan for reciprocity with Cuba is becoming
more and more apparent. Senator Burrows
of Michigan, who is willing to have his SEN
timents known in advance, to-day said:
eff we owe Cuba any further obligation,
let us pay it out of the treasury of the United
States, and not at the expense of single
American industry. Speaking for myself, I
will fight the reduction of the sugar duties
to the DEATH do not believe anything can
be done by this Congress for Cuba that
proposes break in our tariff rates. The
Senators from all the teet-sugar States, es-
pecially California and Nebraska, feel as
do on this subject. Even the Democratic
Senators from Louisiana will join in the
struggle against granting special tariff con-
cessons to their trade rivals in Cuba, who
would he given advantage over the Louis
lana sugar growers in the sale of the cane
product
Senator Burrows asked whether the
calculation of the tariff reductionists was
correct that Republican Senators and men,
bers would weaken should the Chief Execu-
tive declare his personal desire for the
Burrows answered.;
sSThere is one that will not. 1 will not
vote for a bill to reduce the tariff sugar,
good friend of the administration, but in
this matter the interests of my constituents
and my State are at stake, and 1 will not
desert them for any reason"
One of the leading members of the House
ways and means committee identified with
the administration in the efforts to obtain
Cuban reciprocity the :grounds of
Humanity admitted to-day that his Re-
publican associates were stiffening visibly
from the effect of numerous letters and tele-
grams coming in protesting against their
yielding to the Sugar Trust. This member
also intimated that the Republican members
of the ways and means committee who have
proclaimed their devotion to the principles
of protection resent the attempted interfer-
ence with them in the discharge of their
Congress duties. Several already have &C.
clared in advance of the hearing set for JAM
IS that they will not agree to report a bill Tor
cuba's relief whereby money is to be taken
out. of the pockets of American farmers.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

There are 1l9 pupils at the High
School and 1870 at the Primary
School, making the highest enroll
ment in the history of the town
schools.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

Shipment of Mules to the British.
The Public.
1, was a great Brer meeting.
,hat a. Cleveland last Sunday, at
which eN Congressman Lrntz was
the speaker and in which Mr.. Bryan
and Mayor Johnson personally par
ticipated; and it took definite and
wise action. Among other Things it
formally called upon Pres dent
Roosevelt to prevent the continuous
from New Orleans to the seat Of ar
in South Africa. Commenting upon
that feature of the resolutions, the
New York Tribune insists that these
shipments conflict with no estab-
lished rules Of neutrality. The Fri
bune's error lies in it's assumption
that the shipments are commercial.
In fact they are not commercially;
they are military. That is, the
mules are not shipped commodi-
tiles in regular course Of trade BY
dealers in this country to dealers in
Great Britain or South Africa or
elsewhere. If they were, the Fri
bune would be right. And it would
make no difference whether they
were mules or guns. But the truth
is, we are reliably informed, that
these mules are bought in New Or
leans by agents of the British army,
and are shipped at New Orleans by
those agents of the British army,
upon Transports, directly to other
agents of the British army at the
seat of war in South Africa, where
they are used to subjugate the Boer
alive duties of neutral nation is to
forbid the use of its territory as a
base of operations by bell'gerent
nation. But is it not clear, IN these
that we are allowing
our territory to be used by the Brit:
sh government as base for oper-
atoms against the Beers? Mules |
so purchased and SO shipped for
such purposes are as truly munt- |
ions of war as guns and cartridges
would be; and guns and cartridges
% bought and SO shlpp"d, with our
would be evidence of
preach of neutrality. 1t is the i'm
'erative duty Of Mr. Roosevelt,
therefore,, as the president Of a neu-
raj nation, upon finding the facts
IS above stated, to stop these ship
nents. The courts have refused TO
10 so because the question is no,
but executive. This in
iding upon the president. The
is his and his alone.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
Lafayette Building Association

There will be an election of the
board of directors of the Lafayette
Building Association at 8 O'Clock
p. m, on Tuesday, Jan. FL, at the
Office of the association. All share
holders are requested to be present.
A statement will be furnished show
ing what the association did during
the year 1901.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

n6Go - 4sassas6s~,
4eof oeeose tsoesesss recorded in
- sDsg)rss s0ee dnsi~e the week
snaiae Fss6ay: esssr'
Ella Roy. TO Ellie David. lot in
Reyville. SAoo.
Leroy Porter to Jos. Thibodsux,
50 acres II second ward. $Isoo.
Paul and Toussaint Joseph to Dr..
Roy YosaG. IS arpent in fourth
ward. SiSoo.
Evia Allen TO DR.. Roy Young, in
terest ia ~ acres in fourth ward,
$50.
Asoy Landry 60 Osere Breaux. 10
arpenss. S3ss.
Emet,le Richard to Darneville
Broussard, undivided interest in sc
aspenes, Sa4o.
Aside JUDGE & Son to J. Omer
Suites, 40 acres in second ward,
$3.50.
Henry Breaux to Simon Breaux.
- acres in sixth ward, $1,000
Josephine Latiolais to Frank Gil
bert, 6 arpents in third ward.
500.
Mouton Bros. to Josephine La
tiolais, 10 arpents in third ward,
SIoo.t
Edward HI. Magnon to Henry
Breaux, - arpents in sixth ward,
$4,000.
Alexandra Hebert to AIcide He
bert, lot in Scott, $50.
Melanie Beard to Paul BONN,
100 arpents in second ward, $1,000.
Dr. Webb to Charles d. Harrig-
ton, Io7 acres in second ward,
$1,000. '--
Camille Guiibeau to Ferdinand
Breaux, 20 arpents in sixth ward,
$500. 49,.
Alfred Parquien to Leo Douce.,
interest in lot in Lafayette, S2s.
Depleix & Roy to Venance
Trahan, 80 arpents in fourth ward,
SIso.
Venance Trahan to Adonis
Trahan, IS arpents in fourth ward,
$3.50.
Onezime Langlinais /, Estorge
& Billeaud, 40 arpents in seventh
ward, $500.
Andrew Cayard to J. Arthur Roy,
500 arpents in seventh ward,
$1,000.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

The horse hitched to Mr. w. E
Walkers carriage ran away las,
Wednesday. but all escaped unhurt,
excepting the negro driver, whose
les vas broken by kick from the
horse.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

p. A. Chiasson, of the frs, ward,
has moved to town with his family.
Mr.. Chiasson will live in Girard ad
tlition near the Industrial Institute
where he is having a house built
He has two children attending the
Institute.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18

DR.. G.. A. Martin. chief Of the
FIRE department, has called meet
ing of the three companies TO be
held At Falk's hall. at 1890 p. m,
next Thursday. The purpose Of the
meeting is to consider q proposition
from w. d. Skinner and other col
ored men who desire to form an
organizat alton to make themselves
useful at fires.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
Wanted for Horse stealing.

Kid Conklin, wanted in New
Iberia for horse stealing, was ar
rested in this town Thursday after
noon by Deputy Albert Trahan.
Sheriff Henderson came up yester.
day for the prisoner.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-01-18
RELIGIOUS.

Beginning tomorrow, regular SER
vices will be held at the Episcopal
church for four consecutive Sun
days, at 4 o'clock p. m. Sunday,
Feb. ,, Bishop Sessions will preach
and will administer The rite Of con-
firmation.