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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13

before the entire field is consumed.
With the smoke that envelopes the
field, it impossible to tell whether
any OF the wells have broken the
gate valves and are flowing. 1t
they do, the Jennings fire will be
repeated manifold. Already the
property loss is beyond calculation.
At 2:3O this morning the flames
are still raging. There are up to
date Az wells in the field.
The ground constituting Spindle
Top and large contiguous area is
saturated with oil, and 1t is hard to
guess when and where the fire will
end.
The news of Spindle Tops sad
plight is fast spreading IN the city.
Runners were sent in all directions
to awake the citizens, especially
those most interested. In short
time, trains were sent out to the
field in a great hurry.
The excitement is nearly as great
as during the first boom day, when
the field first startled the world.
Advices from Gladys City, near
Spindle Top, are that two men
have been seriously hurt, though
of course this report can not be
vouched for.
The Beaumont fire department
was loaded on cars and sent
to the field, which is four miles
distant The agent at Gladys City
in a conversation with your cor
respondent over the telephone five
minutes ago said he feared the
fierce heat would drive him from
his quarters before morning.
If so, all means Of communlca-
ton with the city OF Beaumont
will be cut off.
The people on the hill are stand
ing about, and are not making any
organized effort tocheck the flames.
1t is conceded, the agent at Gladys
City, says, that any effort to check
the fire will likely prove futile.
The Gladys City agent tele-
phoned at ga. m. that the flames
had not gaind as much Roadway in
the last thirty minutes as he antlcl-
pated they would. They reached
Higgins tank No. 2 and blew the
TOP off. The oil is running out
and spreading over the ground and
is on fire. If this does not cause
other explosions it may be possible
to hold the flames in the Keith
Ward tract.
A we'll which is gushing and
burning in the Keith Ward tract, is
supposed to be the property of l.
J. Wood, contractor who has
been operating on Spindle Top the
past year. The we'll was brought
in few days ago, and to the sur
prise of all, developed a strong
natural flow of oil. 1t was con
sidered remarkable because Of the
fact that the day of gushers had
supposed to have passed away.
2:O5 a. m.-Latest advices from
the agent at Gladys say that the
| fire is now confined to the L. j..
Wood we'll and Higgins tank No.
2, the top of which was blown off.
The oil in this tank is not now run
ming out on the ground, but is
burning inside the tank.
No estimate can yet be formed OF
the loss; it may reach millions
it may be only hundreds of thou
sands. But it is certain that it
will be immense. 1t is already
that, to judge by the great clouds
of smothering smoke which are
pouring heavenward and settling
down all over the adjacent coun-
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
SH ERiFF SALE.
SHERIFF SALE.
FELIX PATOUT.
vs..
MRS. LILY WEEKS HALL EFT AIS.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of Iberia, 10Th
Judicial District Court.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of
writ of feri faciss issued out Of the
above entitled and numbered matter,
George Henderson, Sheriff, through r. J..
Mestayer, Deputy Sheriff, have seized and
will offer for sale and will sell FOR CASH
to the last and highest bidder, at the front
door Of the Court House, in the town Of
New Iberia, Parish of Iberia, between
legal sale hours, on
ON SATURDAY OCTOBER l1th., 1902,
The following described property, to-
wit:
The portion of the rent due by Foots
and Frere, composed Of j. W. F00te and
Thomas f. Frere on Grand Cote Planta-
ton for the current year, being the one
third interest Of each debtor, towit: Mrs.
Lilly Weeks Hall and Miss Harriet
Weeks.
To pay and satisfy the sum Of fourteen
hundred and seventy nine dollars debt
with interest at 81 per annum from
March 3rd, 1900, and ten per cent attor.
neys fees upon the said amount and inter
est, and all costs Of suit to be taxed.
Given officially this 9Th day Of Sept
ember A. ID. 1902.
GEO. HENDERSON, Sheriff,
per Frank Mestayer, by Sheriff
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
SPINDLE TOP ON FIRE.

Beaumont, Sept. IL, "a. M
A man with lighted lantern
started the predicted fire on Spin.
die top last night at II 30. The
entire Keith Ward tract is on fire,
aud the flames have rapidly spread
in the Higgins tank and into the
yellow pine tract.
The best information is that a
tenant on the oil fields was passing
one of the powerful gassers on the
Keith Ward tract, when he saw q
blaze Of fire encircling him, and
one of the wells on fire.
In the twinkling Of an eye the
entire tract was ablaze, and no
power on earth could stop the fury
of the flames.
More than fifty men were work
ing on the spot at the time, and a
panic ensued.
Like the Hogg- Swayne tract, the
Keith Ward is dotted with der
ricks. With lightning-like rapid
ity the flames jumped from derrick
to derrick, which was crowded
with drilling machinery, steam
heads and pumps.
Almost before the men had time
to escape the entire tract was a
mass of flames.
No power on earth could arrest
the flames. In a few minutes they
had caught the Higgins pump
station, and spead to their 81 500
barrel settling tank, which is stu
ated on the hill. It had SUFFICIENT
oil to feed the flames to the yellow
pine tract, and at this time it is
in flames.
Every possible effort is being
made to arrest the flames, but
the only thing that can
be safely done is to stand half
mile away aud watch the flames do
their destructive work. They have
Tapped up hundreds OF
OF dollars worth OF
stuff, and are still undated. 1t
is not believed that they will reach
the Hogg- Swayne tract, where the
greatest number OF wells are To-
Gated.
There arc very few tanks located
Immediately on the Hill, and it IL
hoped that the flames will die ont
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
WHEN THE CHANGE WILL COME.

Colonel Henry Watterson, in his
Louisville Courier-Journal for last
Saturday, in describing the swift
and iuordinate growth Of the money
power in this country, said:
The people are losing their hold
upon their government. They are
surrendering it into the hands OF
the professional politicians. The
Republicans, being better organ
lied and equipped than the Demo
Gratis, quicker to see and sllcker to
do, are mostly getting the benefit
of the transfer Presently, If
things go on as they have been
going, the government will be
nothing more, nor lees, than a
mammoth trust, syndication OF
the consolidated wealth of the
country, giving and receiving cor
rupt sustenauce, until nothing
short Of revoIution-it may be OF
blood and terror-can loosen the
grip Of the privlledged classes from
the Threats Of those who hew the
wood and draw the water.
Already Republican newspapers
are talking about "middle classes
"bourgeoise." Already Republi-
can leaders are paying semi official
court to the infamous Four-Hun-
dred. Already navy admiral is
making a monkey of himself, and
compromising his fleet and his cap
tains, in honor of titled foreigner,
having no better claim than nm
equivocal notoriety, and, brought
to book, has the unconscious eff
rontery to compare this pampered
child of inordinate riches with the
noble and toiling women of the
Red Cross Society. Finally, one
single man, one single self-iudul-
gent and self-absorbed, though
very able man, has become the
fiscal arbiter Of the time; the die
tator to the secretary of the treas
ury; the terror of Wall street and
Lombard street, of Iudenstrasse in
Frankfort and the Bourse in Paris
whose death would precipitate a
panic, whose failure a change of
parties; and yet who has millions
who fall down and worship at his
shrine, to grovel behind his foot
steps, to be proud Of him as an
American
1t is strange as it is true that the
American people are surrendering
their rights and liberties to the
money power, but the reason for it
is plain enough when it is remem-
bered that the American people in
their absorption by the cares of
business which is only another
term for the mad rush for riches,
long ago surrendered their public
affairs to the politicians. The
politicians everywhere and of all
parties are the creatures of the
money power, and they, through
the criminal neglect of the people
who ought to be the best citizens,
are put in a position where they
can sell out to Mammon.
With the politicians in control in
the Nationaland State Legislatures,
it is not strange that it is impossi-
BILE to secure the enactment of a
law controlling trusts. So long as
the businessmen are prospecting and
the workers are earning fair wages,
there is no disposition to complain,
and the Republican party will be
kept in power. There will be no
change in the national administra-
ton until great industrial and
financial crash shall come while the
Republicans are in power. Then,
and only then, will it be possible
to secure a change. -Picayune
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
Raised From the Dead.

C. w. Lands, "Porter" for the Oriental
Hotel, Chanute, Kan, says. II know
what it was to suffer with neuralgia deed
/ did, and got bottle of Ballard Snow
Lniment and / was raised from the
dead tried to get some more, but be-
fore l had 'deposed' of my bottle, l was
cured entirely. / am telln' de truth too
25c, SOC and 81 90 at Estorge Drug Co.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
4 Liberal offer.

The undersigned will give free sample
Tablets to any one wanting reliable rem
edy for disorders of the stomach, bilious
ness or constipation. This is new rem
edy and good one. For sale by Jas. A.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13

FOTfWWC FWtOFS n TFIHTs.
"Having distressing pains in head, back
and stomach, and being without appetite,
began to use DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
writes w. P. Whitehead Of kennedale,
Tex, "and soon felt like a new man.
Infallible in stomach and liver troubles.
Only 25c at Estorge drug store.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
GOlfCafching

on to popular favori II seems to be. A
noticeable increase in sales of Painkiller
comes from golf districts. The reason for
this is clear, as Perry Davis Painkiller is
the oldest and best remedy extant for
sprains, strains, bruises and soreness, all
OF which are Of common occurrence, eth
er in vigorous play or through accident.
Everywhere the standard liniment and
balm.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13

The Boston Herald thinks beef
may become so "revereDtially
high" that people will deem it a
compliment to be called bullheaded.
Mutton is also scarce and high.
How about being called mutton
hoodi
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative-B romo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL it fails
to cure f. w Groves signature il on
aech bor 25r
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13

In the last year lard has in.
creased from 50 cents to $1.6O q
bucket retail. Rah for the Re-
pubublican party!
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
1t no Time is Man Secure from
AffnrEs

III ITO IFVVF 70 DTtt" sJtV WI IT "VE
1ftncLs
of such disorders Of the stomach as cholera
morbus, cramps and diarrh9a; but these
complaints are common during the heated
term, when it is dangerous to neglect them.
PainkiIIer is remedy that has never fail
ed and the severest attacks haye been
cured by it. Avoid substitutes, there is
but one PainkiIler Perry Davis. Csc.
and Soc
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
ELK PLACE JEWELRY STORE,
j. W. ECKART, Proprietor.
The World Will Ride

with you if you ride in one of our bike
wagons. They're the style, and If you
buy one you'll be in good company when
Won are on the road. There's q splendid
combination of style and comfort in the
bike wagons we are selling. Body and
finish are perfect, and the pneumatic tires
make them the easiest riding of vehicles.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
The Best Prescription for Malaria,

Chills and Fever is bottle of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. II is simply iron
and quinine in tasteless form. No cure
no pay. Price 60c.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
NOTICE..

The kegistratar Of voters will open his
Offices, for registering voters OF Iberia Par
ish at the following places and dates:
LIST Ward. PatoutviIla houday pt.,,ba, stt
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1902-09-13
LOSING HIS ROAD

may not be matter of serious mo
ment TO man, as it can be found
again, but losing your eyesight or hay
ing it become impaired is fatality
that everyone breads, You cant lose
the road to ECKARTS even if your
eyesight is impaired, and we would
advise everyone whose vision is defec-
tive to visit us rs soon as possible, as
neglect of the eye and its needs will
make the defect more pronounced.
We will examine your eyes free and
fit them with perfectly adjusted
, 1902-04-05

up there on the mountain top when
| used to cook his dinner in the littld
cabin came true. 1t is like a story,
except that | cannot feel like the he
roine of anything.
"Mr. NewhouSe tells some very
amusing stories about my ideas of
finance. When | first went to Paris,
of course | wanted pretty frocks, and
my husband left me there to attend TO
my dresses and he went over t o Lon
don.
Il had Il lovely time ordering gowns
right and left, and as | didn't trouble
about prices | had to approximate the
moun of money | should need. |
wrote Mr.. Newhouse that I feared |
had been rather extravaganza. and |
thought | had spent 81 500 on dresses:
then | enumerated the things | had
ordered. And my husband replied by
sending me a draft for $4,000, which
is of course. $4,000. He told me he
was sure. after paying for my gowns,
| should need the remainder for incl
dentals. He wasn't surprised. but l
was. when | found | required it all for
the frocks and frills | thought would
cost about 81 500. Mr.. Newhouse tells
that story or m to this day
Mrs. Newhouse is the owner of one
of the most costly strings of pearls in
the world.
, 1902-04-05

friends spent the evening at her home
Wednesday. and she entertained them
in royal style. Dainty refreshments
We're served and one fortunate t?b young
man reached the scene in season to es
cort them home. one at a time. Those
present were Mesdames j. w. Harris.
Langheldt, Parks, IngersOll and Elem
ing: Misses Eta Dekay, Beulah Rel
ger. Francis Williams and May Bryan.
900
The third ball of the week will be
given by the l.. o. T. NJ at North Star
hall tonight.
The c. c. card club expects to play
next Thursday evening. and will be en-
tertained by Mrs. Roffee.
900
Next week promises to be unusually
gay even for Laramie, and it has been
decided to postpone the Independence
Card club n week, INT the next ses-
sion will be held with Mrs. Ingersoll.
April 18th.
, 1902-04-05


ing until he found what he was look
ing for.
well, you see, l am not very strong
looking now, and | a slighter then
and sixteen years younger than I am
to-day, but l insisted on going with
located on the crest of a Colorado
mountain. 1t was a two days ride on
a burro from the last mining camp to
the isolated peak we were bound for.
We had to carry all our provisions and
clothing. as we'll as all the working
machinery, up the mountain, packed
on the burros' back. 1t was a rough
country, but I was as happy as a bird.
I was with my husband, and l knew
we'd get on some way.
I'VE lived in a tiny little hut on
the mountain peak, and we were alone
In the world. The greater part of
many weeks we two were up there
among the clouds together. Lonely?
Why, no; l never thought of being
lonely. I had all the world at my
feet literally, and Sam and l were just
as jolly and happy up there as two
young people could be.
81 did all the Homework, cooking,
washing. ironing. We didn't set an
Astoria table, but we didn't go hun
cry either. My cook stove was so near
our dining table that I used to reacn
over for the dishes: they were always
, 1902-04-05
oE INTEREST," 10 SICK PEOPLE.

We have all the sympathy In the
world for sick people, and want to treat
them in a serious way. There is no
humor in pain and suffering, but hard,
earnest fact. 1t is impossible for the
patient to impress on others the extent
of suffering they endure, and their
anxiety for relief. To get we'll or be
relieved is their one thought; any re-
medy hat will bring this about has
their everlasting gratitude. We have
thousands OF letters from people who
have had dyspepsia, sick-headache. and
frequent bilious attacks, who tell us
how thankful they were for having
used DR.. Gums Improved Liver Pills.
These pills remove the cause of these
diseases, and make a permanent cure.
They Danish pimples and make the
skin clear and healthy looking. They
are sold at all drug stores for 25 cts.
per box or sent by mail on receipt of
price. Only n for a dose, a small
box to try sent free. Address. DR..
Gum, Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by
Frank H.. Eggleston and A. H. Cordi-
ner, druggists. Laramie, Wyo.
, 1902-04-05
Better Than Pills.

The question has been asked, in
what way are Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets superior to pills?'
Our answer is: They are easier and
more pleasant to take, more mild and
gentle in effect and more reliable as
they can always be depended upon.
Then they cleanse and invigorate the
stomach and leave the bowels in a ma
tural condition, while pills are more
harsh in effect and their use is often
followed by constipation. For sale by
+. II. Eggleston.
, 1902-04-05

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cum
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ll9l plnOM puBQsuV im pup LaUls5ol
lsoM 5ul III uMop oS uns .ul uslrA
sam. but OF course | could1't quite
see myself in the picture my husbands
fancy painted.
Il m like every other woman. | sup
pose; | love pretty clothes and com
forts. but | was a happy and contented
wife on the top of that mountain, with
my husband for my one friend and
companion.
But we had one terrible expert
enCe-we were caught up in the
mountain in a fearful snowstorm.
Our hut was entirely buried in the
snow and we should have perisned to
z certainty II a rescu.ng party had not
come to our relief
they hs1 to cut a tunnel through
the snow and | was carried through
the tunnel to the open and taken down
the mountain. That one experience
makes me shudder even to recall.
Mr.. Newhouse had found what he
was looking for, and very soon after
that he began to accumulate money in
sums. and all he mad prophesiei
, 1902-04-05
OCIAL FAVORITE.
BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERNER ReIGNS BY
RIGHT IN LONDON.
Mrs. Samuel Newhousr, Wife of q
Wealthy American Mine Owner. Not
Unwilling to Re!nte Her Early Ex-
Lonely Life in Colorado.
Especial letter.

Especial letter.
NE of the reigning favorites
O.: !: !: s: !: !: !: ): !: !: s: :: !: :: q: !: !: !: !: :: s: !: :; !: :: :: :
NN in London society, and a
woman who, 1t is said, has
~ ca%ptivateG the entire royal
set, is Mrs. Samuel New
W house. the wife Of an Amer
can who won his fortune in
the western part of the
United States after a struggle with ad-
verse fate lasting many years. And
Mrs. NewhoCse is not ashamed to &C
knowledge ven now when she is a
petted favorite of the most exclusive
society in London that she once did the
cooking for the mining camp with
which her husband had cast his lot. A
correspondent recently called upon
Mrs. Newhouse at her palatial London
home and obtained from her the story
Of her life, which she gave without
hesitation.
Mrs. Newhouse does not look more
than 80. although she laughingly ac-
knowledges that she has been on this
mundane sphere several years more
than four times eight. my life has
been an unusual one she said to the
correspondent, land l have lot for
gotten the days l spent in a little hut
on the top Of a mountain when my
husband was seeking the fortune he
now has. | was the only oma and
did all the work. Never mind how it
was done. My husband thinks there
never was such a cook, and we both
think the less said about the laundry
end of the housekeeping the better.
You see, my husband was one OF
the many young fellows who have
zone west to seek a fortune. We met
In Denver, Col. l am a southerner by
birth, but we had moved to Denver
several years before Mr.. Ncwhouse
came here. l was reared as most
girls are, carefully and tenderly. We
were not rich, but comfortably off.
Il was only 16 when | married-a
love match. We had very little CAPT
tai besides our deep love for one an
other, but we were rich in youth and
hope, and we were as happy as pos
sible, living in a very modest way. Ny
husband had an interest in several
mines. and the result did not please
him.
lone day he told me that his one
chance was to go to the property him
self and stay there watching and work
, 1902-04-05

The following notice has been
placarded in the entrance hall OF
Wurzburg University: Honorable
ladies who attend public lectures are
informed thai before entering the lee
turc room they must take off their
hats. In case OF noncompliance with
this notice they must expect to nave
their hats taken away by force This
Is signed by the university lanltor'
, 1902-04-05
Jokes that Were Prophecies.

1t is noteworthy that sometimes the
Jokes of one generation become the
sober facts of the next Years ago Bret
Harte satirized an attempt to buy St.
Thomas. and Thomas Mast made pic
lures of Uncle Sam on board a war
ship shooting the Spaniards off the
island Of Cuba.
, 1902-04-05

Senior Romeo. who vas recently shot
at and badly wounded by two men as
he was leaving the chamber OF depu-
ties in Madrid, was detained in prison
for some time in defaul, of finding Sc
curity in 81 900 to appear to prosecute
his ASSISTANTS. The latter have been
liberated on bail of 5000 each. Senior
Romeo is a republican, which may ac-
count for his treatment.
, 1902-04-05
Latest Revision Of MInina Laws.

The Republican has completed the
publication Of a neat and convenient
pamphlet containing the mining laws
of Wyoming and of the United States
together with the regulations thereun-
der. This work Is the latest and only
work of the kind published and con-
tains the laws in effect January LIST,
1902. The laws are arranged in con-
venient pocket form, fully indexed and
are a ready reference for anyone inter.
ested in mining. Copies may be had at
The Republican office for the small
sum Of 40 cents.
In addition to this pocket edition Of
the mining laws. The Republican can
furnish almost any form Of mining
blank desired, including location no
tice, placer location notice. proof of
labor, mining deed, bond. lease the op-
ton.
, 1902-04-05
Neglect Means DANGER.

Don't neglect b%iliousness and consti-
patton. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
cure such cases. NJ. B. Smith, Butter
nut, Mich, says: "DeWitt's Little Ear
ly Risers are the most satisfactory pills
l ever took. Never grippe or cause a
sea-" Laramie Drug Co.
, 1902-04-05

A special commission has peer ap-
nointed in St. Petersburg to elaborate
n project for the obligatory instruction
of Young people employed in textile
and other industries. If this plan Is
carried out il will accomplish a highly
necessary reform. considering that
more than 45 per cent of h Russian
,ouulatiop can neither read nor write.