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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-27

NrLu sNTgs POLITICAL F's
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22
Notice of Special Election

We, the undersigned, members of the
Board OF Supervisors tor and in the parish of
Lafa> cite. have this day appointed the fol
lowing commissioners and clerks to- wit.
Felix Bernard, Jean y. Begnaud, John
Price as commissioners and Chas. d. Bon
dreaux as Clerk of Election, to serve as
such for and on the Ist day OF December
1902, said election being called accordipp
to article 2S2 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana and of act I,I of the
acts of the Legislature Of this State and ac-
cording t" ordinance of the Police Jury of
Lafayette parish passed the I'll day of
October. 1909, to ge, the sense of the prop
erty tax payers for and in the first ward of
this parish TO levy special tax of one and
ono half mills on the dollar per annum for
a term of three years from January 49, 100.
on the assessed valuation Of property in said
ward.
Sail election to he conducted according
to the general election laws of this State
said one and me half mills voted for 10 be
used exclusively for the supper, of the pub
lie scno Is of said Ist ward
Notice given AMI signed at LAFAYETTE.
La this 2oth day of October. 1909.
ALT. A. DEIHOMME
President OF the Board of Supervisors.
a. NJ. MARTIN,
Assessor and Registrar.
ARTHUR COMEAUN.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22

The many friends of Prof
Alec, FOrtier in this section OF
the State will be pleased to learn
that that distinguished Louis.
ianian is gathering new laurels
in his favorite field of work. A
special from Boston to the Times
Democrat announces Prof. For
tiers proposed visit to Harvard
in the following terms: Prof.
A. FOrtier Of Tulane University,
New Orleans, will deliver a lee
ture ut Harvard under the aus
pices of the Cercle Francois on
Thursday afternoon of this week.
The subject will be Louisiana,
and the lecture will be delivered
at Sanders Theatre. Prof. For
tier is Il chevalier of the Legion
of Honor, president of the Louis
lana Historical Society, vice pres
ident of the Federation de l'Al-
lance Francois, and is considered
the greatest living authority
upon the history of Louisiana.
His lecture will be rather i'm
pOrtant event in the Cercle
Francois programme, and all
literary Cambridge and most of
Boston will attend.'
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22
Il GOOD .NOTE

Major Lee, missioner OF
agriculture, has favored The Ga
zette with a pamphlet containing
list of Louisiana lands for sale
Some time ago Major Lee an.
nOunced in the press that he would
advertise, free of cost to the own
ers, all lands that are for sale.
This pamphlet. a copy of which
has been sent to US, is the result
OF Major Lees efforts. The pam
phlet shows that there are for
sale in this State one million and
a half acres of land. The devel-
opment of the rice industry has
created an unprecedented de-
mand for land in Louisiana, and
Major Lees book will doubtless
furnish much valuable Informal
tIon to prospective buyers, par
ticular]y to those in other States
who are unacquainted with con-
dltiOns in Louisiana. This move
ment is most timely and is cal
culated to bring to this State a
desirable class of home-seekino
immigrants. Lafayette parish,
being already well filled with
prosperous farms, can share on
ly in limited degree in the in
creased prosperity resultant from
an influx of progressive farmers
from the Northern States, but it
is nevertheless greatly interested
in this work. A parish, like this.
whose soil is adapted to the. cul-
ture of so many crops offers such
splendid advantages for diversi-
fed farming, that it Is capable of
wonderful developement, despite
it's comparatively small area. It
is peculiarly the home of the
farmer. Conditions which date
back in ante-bellum times have
made it an ideal place for the
home-owner. Favored by nature,
inhabited by an honest, God fear.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22
PA Y YOUR POLL TAX

The voters of the State have
decided by large majority that
the poll tax clause of the cOnsti-
tuition shall remain in force. 1t
is not true that the advocates of
the amendment repeating the
poll tax requirement were in
spired by selfish motives. They
were honest in their support of
the amendment. They were cor
tainly as honest as the ODpO-
nents of the measure, the Times
Democrat not excepted. But
whatever we may think of this
law, it is law and we are not
now called upon to discuss it's
wisdom or unwisdom. The
period of discussion has passed.
We must accept the law as IL con-
dition and make the best of it.
But one alternative confronts
the man who is too misery or in
different to pay his poll tax He
DISTINGUISHES himself. By his
own apathy or stinginess he
ShornS himself of the greatest
privilege of citizenship. IT we
may use the expression, he makes
himself an alien in his own coun-
try, incapable to exercise the one
Observation-Disclosures distinguishes
the citizen of a republic from the
subject of an absolute deSpotism
the freeman from the serf.
The Gazette did it's humble
best to repeal the poll tax clause
of the constitution, but it did not
do so through sympathy for the
man who does not think his vote
is worth to him the paltry sum of
one dollar a year, particularly
when the payment of that amount
benefits so great a cause as pub
lie education.
The man who places the proper
estimate upon his right of suf-
frage need not be urged to pay
his poll tax. All that should be
necessary is to call his attention
to it. The Gazette is loath to be-
lieve that there is one white vo-
ter in Lafayette who cares 80 lit
tie for the franchise that he will |
not pay annually into the school
treasury the insignificant sum of
one dollar.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22

All Of the foreign artists who
come over here to reap Ameri-
can dollars do not achieve wealth
by it as is evidenced by the ex-
perience of PietrO Mascagni. the
Italian composer. Mascagni is
now touring the United States
as leader of an orchestra; and a
career OF financial failure has
just eliminated in his arrest on
a civil suit for violation of con-
tract. AS soon as he gets free
of the law, Mascagni will prob
ably return to Italy convinced
that, because they refuse to give
up 50 a head to look at his il
lustrious back, the Americans
are a race of money grabbers
with no appreciation of Art
Lake Charles American.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS.

CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA,
BRANCH NO. To2 meets Ist and Sd Sun
days .tlrI high mass, at Home Fire Co. hall.
Address Rob,. II. Broussard, Secretary,
Lafayette, La.
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
meets Est Saturday of each month, at court
house. a. IN.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22

ms and Industrious people it has
moved along the byway of prog
ress at a steady gate. Anit needs
to make it the garden spot of the
South is an infusion of new blood.
1t is conceded that the natives Of
this country possess much that
is commendable, but who doubts
that wholesome contact with
the more progressive settlers of
the west and northwest would be
productive of good results?
Would not that traditional aver
sion to progressive methods yield
to the unconquerable energy Of
the Westerner? just west of us,
in the parishes of Acadia and
and CalcaSieu, the conservatism
of the Acadian and the push of
the Westerner have com bined to
make thousands of barren acres
the home Of an Industrious, con-
tented people. Thriving towns
have taken the place of crawfish
ponds and SchOol-hOuseS and
churches have supplanted cow
pens. The changed conditions in
those parishes will convince any
one that the right kind of i'm
migration pays abundantly.
The work undertaken by the
Board of Agriculture and Immi-
grafton is fraught with much good
to the whole State. 1t should be
encouraged by every citizen of the
commonwealth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22
THE Ell Lam

commonwealth.
THE ELECT/ON LAW
The Farmerville Gazette pub
fishes in full and endorses the
editorial apropOs of the election
law, which appeared in this pa
per on Nov. 9, under the caption
1T Has Gu t1ived It's Usefulness. ,
The Lake Charles American an6
the Baton Rouge Advocate have
also commented favOrably or
this article.
We believe that the present
election law should be abolished.
Much has been said about the
secrecy with which it surrounds
the ballot. The secrecy is SO
very perfect that the voter him
self is often ut loss to know
how he has voted. 1t may work
well in Massachusetts, where
the illiterate voters are rare,
but in this country it is clearly
unsuited. An election law should
be framed for no other purpose
than to secure Il free, fair and
unhampered expression of the
popular will. We believe it is an
insult to the intelligence and
manhood of voter to tell him
that if he wants to exercise the
franchise he must stamp pict-
II l,o
spoil his ballot if he should at
tempt to vote independently of
the emblems.
The Farmerville Gazette aptly
says that the registration laws
should embrace the only door,
way to the ballot box The
endless red tape of the present
system cOnfuses the voter.
causes distrust and is subver-
sive of every principle Demo-
cratic government.
The F'armerville Gazette closes
a thoughtful article on this sub
jet with the following remarks:
1.-The suffrage qualifications
are ample and sufficient; and
whena voter is able to step across
the registration threshold. he
then should be admitted to the |
ballot box absolutely free and I'M
5rammeled. Do away with all
unnecessary red tape or cOnfus-
ng restrictions. Let the voter
eel that when he goes to the polls
lie can express his will with alb
'olute freedOnA Elections con- !
tucted and managed after this
ashton will regain the interest of
| free and independent lot of
'utfragans; but if they are con-
inued after the disgusting ma
'hine methods now in vogue it
will not be many years before
he list of actual voters will be |.
United to the political leaders and
heir heelerS, augmented by a few
rdent friends and supporters:
t any rate, the independent voter
7ill put himself to little trouble
D cast a ballot. And when the
ank and file take no interest in
lectiOns and the election of Off
ials, by reason of disgusting res
it is then that our re-
- NAi>eSAi Io4 LII VI |
lands in grave danger.'
The fire at Weston, Mass,
lst week destroyed the famous {
ohm Flagg Tavern, which ante
ated the Revolution many t
ears. 1t was here that Presi- :
ent Washington passed a night c
n his way to Cam bridge and
oston in 1889, and in 1898
John Adams occupied
lie chamber previously that q
Washington. On the follow a
lg day he received an address Q
ON the townspeople, and his
eply is still preserved in Wes- I,
N town Library. What renders $:
'e loss of this memorable tavern !!
le more to be regretted is the
IS by this fire of the colonial l.
lg of thirteen stars, which for
any years fioated over this
vern from the date of Wash
gtOn'S visit.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22
One Minute Cough Cure.

Isthe only harmless cough cure
that gives quick relief. Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group, Bronchitis,
Whooping Cough, Pneumonia,
Asthma, LaGrippe and allThroat,
Chest and Lung troubles. I got
soaked by rain, says Gertrude E.
Fenner, of Muncie, Ind, and con-
tracted severe cold and cough.
1 failed rapidly; lost AZ pounds.
My druggist recommended One
Minute Cough Cure. The first
bottle brought relief; severalcure
me. I am back to the old weight,
14S pounds. One Minnie Cough
Cure cuts the phlegm, relieves
the cough at once, draws out in
hammatlOn, cures Group. An
ideal remedy for children. La
fayette Drug Co.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1902-11-22

Public schools are the only in
strumentality adapted to the
masses. Free schools are the
offspring Of civilization, the out
come of the teachings of the Ne
zarene. 1t is as necessary a fuuc-
ton of the civil government to
provide schools as to furnish
pure water and good roads,.
L. NJ. Curry
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The Public is 50, 16-page
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gives an interesting and con-
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historical news: it always has
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both valuable and inter-
and it is liked by intelli
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stopped unless subscription is
Mention this paper.
Address: THE PUBLIC.
20 Dearborn ST.. Chicago, III.
, 1902-12-16
MINERS MAY STRIKE.
Drifton Men Have Grievances they
Wont Settle.

Scraton, Pa, Dec. 16.-More than A.
900 miners at Drifton. ear Hazleton,
will go out on strike tomorrow unless
their employers adjust grievenances of
which they complain before that time.
The shipment of coal to New York will
be decreased 10000 tons a day if this
strike is declared.
The dissatisfied miners are employed
by Coke Bros. & Co., the large indie.
pendent operators. They say that the
company has repeatedly refused to re
employ all it's union miners
District Presidents Duffy. Fatty and
Nichols. who are in this city. have had
a conference regarding this question.
Duffy, upholds the attitude Of the Drift
ton miners, but the other district presi.
dents together with the attorneys re
pr%esentating the miners before the
strike commission r doing their ut,
most to prevent a suspension of work.
They believe that the action before
they see whether the commissioners in.
tend to protect their rights in their de-
cision will have a bad effect.
, 1902-12-16
A. EUROPEAN PRACTICAL JOKE.
All Right in Theory, but Somewhat
Dangerous in Practice.

Here is a practical joke which is
o causing much amusement in
Europe. As Ion walk along a street
with some friend say to him: You
see that nan in front of us? Well.
I'll bet you s. that III knock his hat
over his cars
Your friend will naturally accept
your wager, a.d all you have to do is
to step M behind tho unsuspecting
man and hit ! hat such a blow with
your fist that + will come down owe
his eyes. Ten to one he will begin
to fume and swear like a trooper. and
while he is ~struggIiEg to get his hat
back into its former position. you
must pull your own hat down over
your eyes. just as though someone
had subjected you to similar treat
ment.
AS a result. when he turns around
to attack you, he Will conclude that
you, too. have been iusulted by some
one, and the E"N minute both of you
will be looking in every direction for
the rufliGn who has damaged your
rats and disturbed your temper.
Then you Will condole with each
other for a few minutes. after which
you will reioiu your friend and de
mand the 81 you have won.
, 1902-12-16
BRAND NEW SCHEME.
Water Works Plan At Ottumwa a De
cided Novelty.

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 16.-Every tax
payer in Ottumwa is to he made a
shareholder in a waterworks company
il the plans on foot in this city are
carried out. 1t is said to be the sec
ond time in the history of the United
States that this scheme has ever been
suggested.
Ottumwa is beyond her debt limita'
ton and the city desires to build a
plant that will give adequate fire pro,
lection. A test case was made in the
supreme court as to whether or not a
levy for water works plant could be in
Guided inthe constitutional debt limita'
ton, the plea being made that it was
an urgent public necessity. The courts
held that such a levy was not a part of
the state debt. Thus the city found
itself checkmated, but now determines
to organize the whole municipality of
10000 people into a gigantic corpora
ton. making every taxpayer a share
holder.
, 1902-12-16
DAY
Joint Resolution Changing from March
q to April 80.

Washington. Dec. ia joint res.
olution was introduced in the house
Saturday by Representative De Arm.
constitution of the United States. pro.
viding that the term of the president
shall continue until April 80. 1905, at
noon. and thereafter April 80 at noon,
shall be substituted for March 4. as
the beginning and ending of the term
OF president and vice president. and
that the Fifty-ninth congress shall end
and the Sixtieth begin January s, 1907,
at noon. and thereafter each congress
shall begin and end January s at noon.
, 1902-12-16
JULIA GRANTS DEAD
WIFE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS SOL.
DER AND GREAT PRESI-
DENT PASSES AWAY.
End Came Sunday Night at Her Home
In Washington, Due To Heart
Failure-Born In St. Louis In 1926
and Married TIC General Grant In
1S48.

Washington, Dec. 1G.-Mrs. Ulysses
S. Grant died at her residence in this
city at 11:17 O'Clock Sunday night.
Death was due to heart failure. Mrs.
Grant having suffered for years from
~valvular disease of the heart, which
was aggravated by a severe attack of
bronchitis. Her age prevented her
from rallying from the attacks. Her
daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris. was the
onlyone of her children with her at the
time of her death, her three sons. who
had been summoned here. all being IL
of the city.
The remains of Mrs. Grant will be
deposited in the tomb at Riverside
Park. N. Y. where those of her hus-
band now repcse. Whether they will
be taken there Immediately or this
ceremony will be postponed for a time
could not be as%certained.
Mrs. Grant. whose maiden name "a
Julia Dent. was born in St. Louis in
1926. and was the daughter and Fred
erick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent. She
was married to General, then Capt.
Grant. in 1S4S. During the Civil a
Mrs. Grant was with the General much
of the time and remained as near as
possible to him when he was cam
paigning. She saw her husband twice
inaugurated as President and accom-
panied him on his journey around the
world.
AS mistress of the White House.
she gave literally to all the charitable
institutions of the city. Four children
were born to General and Mrs. Grant.
three sons and one daughter, all of
whom are living. Miss Nellie, the
daughter, who became the wife Of AL
gernon Sartoris in 1874. has lived in
Washington with her mother for sew
eral years. Frederick Dent Grant. the
oldest son, is in the army, and two
other sons, Jesse and Ulysses Sher-
man. live in San Diego, Cal.
She was of domestic temperament
and devoted most of her time to her
home and children. She cared little
for society, and always avoided public
life as much al possible. Her devotion
to her husband was remarkable. and
during the latter's unsuccessful years
before the Civil war and when his for
tune was swept away shortly before
his death, Mrs. Grant always bore her.
self bravely and was an inspiration to
him. - EsE1
, 1902-12-16
ANYNUMsER OF ANTl.FATPEoPLE

The anti-lesh people are mighty
scarce. When it comes to losing good
solid flesh from any there is a
general protest. Losing flesh means
weakness, nervousness. lack of ambi.
ton, loss of confidence. and a pale. sal.
low, or yellow complexion. Then comes
sickness with the pain and misery. as
well as the worry of expense and doc
tor bills. Persons who realize that
they are losing flesh would do well to
act in time. so as to avoid the coming
weakness. The food they eat wants to
be turned into strong, rich blood, this
makes solid flesh and muscle and the
best medicine for this is DR.. Gums
Blood and Nerve Tonic, a tablet to
take after meals. People who have
used this Tonic tell us that they have
gained from one to three lbs per week.
of good, solid flesh and of course con
stant1y gained in health and strength.
This tonic is sold by all druggists for rs
cts. per box. or three boxes for 81, or
sent postpaid on receipt of price.
Write us about any weakness you may
have; perhaps the advice we give you
may be all you need. this costs you
nothing. Address. DR.. Gum, Philadel.
phia, Pa. For sale by Frank Fl. Eg,
gleston and A. Fl. Cnrdiner. druggists,
Laramie. Wyo.
, 1902-12-16
BUILDING
OF UPPER TUNNEL AT DOANE
RAMBLER MINE DESTROYED
BY FIRE.
Tunnel House, Gre House, Air Com
pressors and a Ton of Powder
Consumed-Men Ho;sted to Top
and Escape Safely-Fire Will De-
lay Starting of Work.

The buildings at the upper tunnel of
the Doane Rambler mine were laid in
ruins by fire early yesterday morning.
says The Encampment Herald. The
entire plant. including tunnel house.
ore house, etc, was completely burned
to the ground. The big boilers and en-
CINE are not seriously damaged. how
ever, although the air compressor is
thought to be entirely ruined.
The fire started at an early hour,
about 4 O'Clock, and in two hours the
work of devastation was complete. At
the time when the fire started, the fire
man was working the hoist at the
wirze in the tunnel, and the fire was
not discovered until IN of the miners
came out from the tunnel into the en-
ginc room which was then enveloped
in flames. The men in the workings
were Immediately hoisted to the top of
the Wine and got out into the air in
smoke.
The loss is particularly unfortunate
at this time. owing to the fact that new
machinery was being installed and new
buildings had just been erected SO that
active mining could be resumed. The
Battle Lake Tunnelsite Mining Co.,
the new of the mine, have been
making great preparations for the re
Stunning of work, and the Rambler
camp has been expecting a boom as
again begin business. The burning of
the buildings will delay the starting of
work on an extensive plan for some
time, although facilities are close at
hand for securing lumber to rebuild.
, 1902-12-16
OMNIBUS STATEHOOD BILL.
Taken Up In the Senate-House Passes
Deficiency Bill.

Washington, Dec. l6.-When the
senate met yesterday the house resolu.
ton providing for the usual holiday re.
cess from December 20 to January j
was agreed to without division.
Mr.. Bate of Tennes e submitted the
report of the minority OF the omnibus
statehood bill, which was read. 1t ia
vors the omnibus bill.
The senate then began consideration
of a bill to promote the efficiency of the
military.
At 3 O'Clock the bill was displaced by
the omnibus statehood bill.
By unanimous consent discussion of
the militia bill was continued for thirty
minutes.