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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
DEVELOPING MONTEREY,

Laredo, Tex.-A special from
Monterey, Mex, says a company
headed by Governor Cardenas of the
state of Coahuila has concluded ar
engagements for the Inauguration of
one of the greatest irrigation
schemes ever projected in Mexico.
The company has purchased a semi
arid body of land, comprising "a, 600
acres surrounding the town of vi
esca and propose to put the entire
tract under cultivation. Water for
this purpose will be secured from
natural springs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

by localapplications as they cannot yeash thl
diseased portion of the ear. There i only on )
way to cure deafness, and that Is by const.-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused BY IN
inhamed condition OF the mucous lining o..
the Eustaehian Tube. When this tube IS ir-
famed you have 4 rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing. and when & IL entirely close |
Deafness IL the result, and unless the innrn,-
nation can DO taken out and this tube r.
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will
be DESTROYED forever. Nine cases out OF Zen
are caused by catarrh which is no. hing bu, Al
inaamed condition Of the mucous surface.
We will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused bv catarrh) thls
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Cir
culars sent free. F.J.CHENEY Z Co., To.cdO, v.
Sold by Druggists, 75,.
Halls Family Pills are the bes..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

sirab.e effect, and that remedy is Peruna.
Ihis remedy strikes at once to the roots of
'eatarrh by restoring to the capillary YES
sells their healthy elasticity. Peruna is not
temporary palliative, but radical cure.
Send for DR.. Hartman's latest book.
sent free for a short time. Address The
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Column
bus, Ohio.
1t you do not derive prompt and satisfae-
tory results from the use Of Peruna write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
rnent OF your case and he viii be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
Catarrh Polsons.

Catarrh is capable of changing all the
life-giving secretions of the body into
scalding fluids, which destroy and infame
every part they come in contact with. APP
plications to the places affected by catarrh
can % little good save to soothe or quiet
disagreeable symptoms. Hence 1t Is that
garg!es, sprays, atomiEers and inhalants
only serve as temporary relief. So long as
the irritating secretions Of catarrh con-
tinue to be formed so long viii the mem
branes continue to be inhamed, no matter
what treatment is used
There Is but one remedy that has the de-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
BIG LIFE INSURANCE.
K. G. Whayne Carried Policies
Amounting to $340, 900.

Amounting to $340, 900.
Louisville, Ky.-It las developed
that R. c Whayne, a Louisville
business man who was found dead a
few nights ago in the vicinity OF
Jacob Park with a gunshot wound
in his breat, carried insurance. on
his life of $40, 600 and had an appli-
cation pending for $50, 900 more. 1t
was upon this fact that Mr.. Whayne
carried such large life insurance
and was said to be suffering from
rheumatism that theory of suicide
is based. Near Mr.. Whayne's body
when found, but on the opposite
side of a wire fence, was shotgun
with one empty barrel and the other
loaded and cooked. His friends de-
clare that death was due to an acct
dent, and that the gun was dis
charged while he was climbing
through the fence. 1t developed
that four of Mr.. WhayneS policies
two in the Equitable Lifs Insurance.
Society for $50, 900 each and two IN
the Providence Savings,Life Assur-
ance Society for 5000 egh-are
contestable in case of suicidsl All of
the other policies. With onAexcep-
ton, contain the suicld5 claSs- but
the lint in each circumstances had
expired.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
DECISION AVERSE TO LABOR.

LoIdon.-After a lorg trial in the
kings bench division of the high
court of justice the case of the Taft
Vale Railroad company against the
Amalgamated Society of Railroad
Servants, involving many questions
of the utmost importance to trades
unionism resulted in a verdict in IA
vor Of the plaintiffs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

New York.-United States Com.
missioner Benedict has ordered the
deportation of twelve Cinnamon
who had not been registered under
the exclusion act and could not
show that they lad arrived in the
United States before the passage of
{ E act.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
NEWS IN
MINIATURE
Doings of a Busy World Told in
Terse Paragraphs.
CONDENSED NEWS
Happenings OF Interest Over
Land and Sea :. Personal
and General.

The Princess Of Wales has given
birth TO a son.
The United States cruiser Albany
has arrived at Laguayra.
There is still acute distress in bus
mess circles in Havana.
Three severe earthquakes shocks
,elt at San Jose, Costa Rica.
The New York subtreasury has
transferred 100000 to New Or.
leans.
Great Britain is sick of the Vene.
Iuelan business~and- anxious to
bury it.
The declaration IF a blockade Of
Venezuelan ports caused a panic in
| Caracas.
A pool has been formed in New
York to force Southern cotton to
that port for export.
Experts believe the prospects Of
The enlargement of the Welsh oil
ield is very bright.
Politically, scveralIy and econon-
ically," Germany is said to be at the
high tide of unrest.
The Venezuela blockade will not
be relaxed until a method of arbi-
tration is agreed upon.
The British sIoop- war, Fan
tome, intended to blockade the ORR
noco, is around near Barancas.
1.-The French Government is conf
dent that the Venezuelan contro-
versy will be amicably settled.
The British Admiralty is settling
its obsolete warships and replacing
them with modern fighting vessels.
Official proclamations of the block
ade Of Venezuelan ports have been
gazetted by the British and German
Governments.
The new rules of the German
Reichstag, limiting debate, will Sc
riously interfere with the Socialist
propaganda.
A schooner seIad in Venezuelan
waters by a British warship proved |
TO contain German goods and her
owners have protested to the Amer
can consul.
Shipping interests are wrought
up over the resolution to permit
foreign bottoms to carry coal be-
tween American ports.
The Pope signed the appointment
If Bishop James E. Quigley, of
Buffalo, N. Y, as Archbishop of Chi
,ago.
The bubonic plague has appeared
at Maatlan Mexico, and is causing
alarm in that country.
The British cruiser Indefatigable
the Venezuelan schooner
Saturday, which was
oaded with a German cargo. The
German owners lodged a protest
with the United States Consul at
Miranda.
Enemies of trades unionism in
England are in glee over a decision
awarding damages of Sl35, 900 for o
to produce a strike.
Count Landlords visit to Sofia
nd Belgrade is considered antag-
,nistic to the Austro- Russian under
Chancellor Won Buelow, in an in
erview at Berlin, explained Ger
lany's attitude toward Venezuela.
The German Government, he says,
) merely protecting its subjects,
nd it has no intention of seizing
'enezuelan territory.
There is bitter opposition in Eng 7
and to the Auglo-German alliance q
l the Venezuelan war. Recent pub c
cations in the German papers at !
licking Great Britain has caused an a
ltburst OF popular feeling, md the a
british Ministry is heing roundly p
enounced 4
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
J. O. MOORE,
denounced

OF J. G. Moore's jug House Co.,
wholesale dealers in Fine Wines, Lilo
uors, Alcohol, etc. We have reduced
tho price of onr WHISTLES 20 per cent,
as follows: The whistey heretofore
solliUg for s.. so We low offer for 50 per
gallon and the prices Of our higher
grades are reduced accordingly. Long
Distance Phone, Vicksburg, Miss.
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tonal lawyer - $50 "
In letter from 1905 N. W, johnson says
o should
knOuedge
that f
ting 9th tats dtres disorder
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

New York.--Justice Scott dis
missed writ OF habeas coTpye oh
tanned BY Banker Lewisholm, who
was arrested because he refused 10
answer questions at the hearing on
Cunfeld's gambling 5ousc. Tie
banker vas held.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
OHIO RIVER RISING.
Stage of 80 Feet at Evansville is
Anticipated.

Anticipated.
Evansville, Ind.-The Ohio river
at this place is still rising, and a
stage of 30 feet will be reached. A
heavy rain has alarmed people who,
all along have not been expecting
over 40 feet of water on this rise.
While no serious damage has re-
suited, farmers are alarmed, and are
making arrangements to move TO
higher ground. The water is over
the lower lands above and below
this city. Reports received show
that considerable corn is in danger
in some localities. All the rivers In
this section are bankful and still
rising.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Tn. differences between the Val;-
car ard Germany respecting the
training O. candidates foc :he priest
hood AlSace and Lorraine have
been satisfactorily adjusted in Rome.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
PRESENTED TO WILLIAM

Observation-Disclosures Tower pre-
scented his credentials to Emperor
William. All the members of the
staff of the embassy were present.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
JEFFRIES IN A TIGHT PLACE.
Barely Escaped a Knockout by q
Montana Amateur.


Butler Mont.-Cbampion James
j. Jeffries lost tae decision in four.
round contest with Jack Munroe
Saturday night, after four rounds Of
fierce fighting. At one time the
champion went to his knees and a
knockout looked possible. Jeffries
and his manager posted forfeit of
$3.50 for anyone to stand against
Jeffries for four rounds and Munroe
accepted the challenge. At the end
of the. fourth round Munroe was
still ready to fight. Munroe is an
amateur on the Pacific coast.
Fitzsimmons has posted a forfeit Of
$500 to put Munroe out in four
rounds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
LOUISIANA
HAPPENINGS
cream of Late News Cleaned
From Specials.
LOUISIANA OIL FIND
Attracts AttentiOn..New Rail-
roads. Benson Captured..Re-
Prieve for Williams.

The agricultural Office is in re.
ceipt of notice from the United
States Department of Agriculture to
the effect that a previous order OF
that department, prohibiting the
movement of cattle or swine from or
across the States of Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or Ver-
mont, In any other State or foreign
country, be amended to compel that
all cars which have carried stock
within the limits Of said States be
washed and disinfected before leav-
ing the States. It further orders
that "hides, skins, hair, horns or
heots. Of animals shall not be al
lowed to be taken cut OF the quar-
antined States mentioned, except on
inspection of an officer of this de-
partment.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

The revolutionary movement
'zsinst President Castro n Vene-
zrelai3 low said 20 be more powerful
thar eve.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
A Bo-C.nt Calendar For Six Cents.

II you want one of the handsomest cal
endars you ever saw, send cents postage
TO the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Calendar
Dept, Q Murray ST., New York. It is lOx
20 inches, printed in IL colors, and o per-
feet beauty. There are lots of calendars
sold for so cents nowhere near "a pretty
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
Deafaes. cannot Do cureI

A Viennese stamp collector recently sold
his stamps for nearly SO, 900.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces innamma-
uon, alays pain. cures wind collie. 25s. q b ottls
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

W. T. Holland, editor of the
Greensburg Echo, while in Baton
Rouge recently, gave some railroad
news of the greatest local interest.
He says the Kentwood Narrow
Gauge Railroad, owned by the Amos
Kent Lumber and Brick Company,
has been extended eleven miles from
Kentwood to Greensburg and that
they are now grading into the lat
ter town. Mr.. Holland says they are
anxious to bring this line into Baton
Rouge. The Banner Lumber Com
pany has built a similar line thirty
miles east from Kentwood and it is
proposed to reach the Queen and
Crescent by this line before they
stop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

lam sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Rob-
AIMS, Maple ST., Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose-
welt and four of their children spent
Sunday with friends at Rapadan.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
PROTECT DUTCH INTEREsTs

The Hague.-The Dutch cruiser
De Runjter has been ordered to pro-
coed to Venezuela to protect Dutch
interests there.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

FlTSpermanently cured. No Ats or nervous
nessafter Arst days use OF DR.. Kline's Grea.
NerveRestorer. t2trial bottle and treatIselrss
DIR. II. KLINE. Ltd. oSI Arch 81. Phila Pa
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Chicago women have just discovered that
dew baths are good for the complexion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Coke, a by-product in the manufacture
OF gas, has increased twenty per cent. in
price in FIVE years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Great Britain has 1851, 900 domestic SER
wants, earning Eos, 500 900 a year.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

The Brazilian Chamber Of DepI
has ratified the extradition treaty.
with the United States.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

The spilled milk Of human kindness is
the only kind worth crying over.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

A fine ostrich is calculated to yield
$500 worth of feathers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

The Navy Department has an.
bounced that several warships will
soon be ordered to New Orleans to
be locked and have their bottoms
scraped and cleaned.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26
Bronchitis

i "Ihave kept Ayers Cherry Pee
toral in my house for a great many
q years. 1t is the best medicine in
the world for coughs and colds"
J. c. Williams, Attica, N. Y.
4 All serious lung
/ troubles begin with a
tickling in the threat.
You can stop this at FIRST
In a single night with
Ayers Cherry Pcctoral.
Use it also for bronchitis,
consumption, hard colds,
and for coughs Of allkinds.
Three sizes: 25c., enough for an ordinary
cold; &c., Just right for bronchitis, foarse-
ness, hard colds, etc; 81, most economical
for chronic cases and 20 keep on hand
J. c. AVER Co, Lowell, Mass.
9Zg cr-2I-HZ1.zszr-r ~
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stop.
From present indications the vi
cinity Of Estherwo)d will soon re
semble the much advertised Spindle
Top OF Texas. There seems to be 6
scope CT territory lying on both
sides of Bayou Plaquemine, and ex-
tending from the city limits to the
Mermentau River west, that is just
now attracting more Beaumont oil
men than any other section close t.
the big oil fields. The indications
for oil are so pronounced that large
prices are being offered for small
tracts of land upon which to pros.
pect.
The escaped lunatic, A. M. Ben
son, was captured Friday by W. E..
Morler, at Devall Postoffice, in West
Baton Rouge. He had found a skifl
and padded across the river with 8
small piece of plank. He was in the
house of a negro in the field and
feared mob was after him. Mr..
Morler had no trouble in bringing
him to the Jail in West Baton Rouge.
1t is stated that Cameron people
are frightened at the proposition to
lock the Mermentau. They are
afraid that, being unable to ascend
the Mermentau, the salt water will
spread out over their pasture land
and ruin their cattle industry. Con.
siderable fear of such an outcome
has been expressed, and there was
some talk of an organized protest be.
ing made, but several Cameronites
have talked the matter over with
gentlemen interested in the pro-
posed work, and probably have had
their fears dispe led.
Gov. Heard has granted reprieve
Of twenty-five days to Eddie Will
liams, a negro who was to have been
hanged at st. Francisville Friday. |
Williams was formerly sentenced to |
hang on Dec. 5, but was granted a
repieve of fourteen days. Unless
'urther executive clemency is Sc
cured in behalf of the condemned
ran, he will hang Jan. 3, 1903.
Word was received in Jennings
Saturday afternoon that Crescent
veil No. 2, was gushing several feet
Ibove the derrick. The well came
n before the drillers were expect
ng it. At first it gushed mud, oil
nd water, but gradually cleared,
nd at last flowed pure oil.
Governor Heard has appointed
'harles I. Bundy, Commissioner OF
leeds for the State of Louisiana.
esidert in the District of Columbia.
Alcee Desire, a young negro, was
un over by the locomotive used to
ull cane cars on Sweet Home plan
alton Saturday and was killed.
Plans for the Manual Training
chool of the Jewish Orphans Home,
t New Orleans, have been adopted.
The Navy Department has an.
ounced that several warships will
Jon be ordered to New Orleans to
e locked and have their bottoms
raped and cleaned.
President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose-
eft and four of their children spent
unday with friends at Rapadan.
The Brazilian Chamber Of Dep tiles
as ratified the extradition treaty.
it'll the United States. II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Plans for the Manual Training
School of the Jewish Orphans Home.
at New Orleans, have been adopted.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Alcee Desire, a young negro, was
run over by the locomotive used to
pull cane cars on Sweet Home plan
tation Saturday and was killed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Governor Heard has appointed
Charles 7. Bundy, Commissioner OF
Deeds for the State of Louisiana.
resident in the District of Columbia
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-26

Word was received in Jennings
Saturday afternoon that Crescent
well No. 2, was gushing several feet
above the derrick. The well came
in before the drillers were expect
ing it. At first it gushed mud, oil
and water, but gradually cleared,
and at last flowed pure oil.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-09
Summer Tourist Tickets.

To ali summer reSotts reached by the
Queen & Crescent Route will be sold
commencing June lst at low rates for
The round trip anu carrying return Limit
Sept. 80, 1902.
The summer schedules are nearly all
now in operation, few additional facil
tiles to be added by connecting lines on
June 1st and Sth. when the summer
travel will be in full swing.
The Asheville service including sleeper
from Birmingham, which is attached to
train leaving New Orleans at Z so b. M !,
will run daily commencing June Sth.
The dining car service of the Queen &
Crescent Route is maintaining its repu
tation for excellence, and no effort is
spared to make the summer trip via this
spleDdidly equipped line a thoroughly
enjoyable journey.
BROOK TROUT FISHING
The Trout Fishing in the stocked
streams of the Sapphire Country of North
Carolina is now at its best.
The splendid new hotels of the Tox-
away Company afford Accommodations
which are thoroughly mp to date
The scenery is not surpassed by any
mountainous section OF the country.
Summer tourist tickets to BreVard and
Toxaway. n. G. on sale al all principal
stations on the Queen a. Crescent Sys-
tenn.
GEO. II. SMITH, G. p. Al,
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-09
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
The Contract for Its Erection Signed
This Morning.

The building committee of the city
council met this morning and closed
a deal to have work begun on the
east side school building at once.
The building committee will super
wise the work and see that it is done
according to contract.
The board has employed Robt. E.
Lee, the architect, to sec that. the
plans and specifications are followed.
The working force will bein charge
of E. E. Collins who has been en-
ployed at a rate of $3.50 per day and
is under bond OF $1,000 for the faith
full performance of duty.
The brick have already been or
dered and other material viii be put
on the ground next week. The work
will be rushed along as rapidly as
possible.
The board of trustees will probably
secure some other building on the
east side and school will open at the
regular time under temporary ar
rangements if they can DE made.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-09
TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
Of the Colored People Looming Up
IN South Mississippi.

Special to the Daily Progress.
Jackson, Aug. 8. The negro tax
payers association of south Missis-
sippi, organized some time since for
the purpose of encouraging members
of the race to pay the poll tax as
sessed against them and qualify for
citizenship has adopted constitution
and bylaws and the membership is
being steadily increased in that sec
ton of the state. Contrary to re-
ports, however, the association has
created 10 excitement or uneasiness
among the white population, or fear
that the organization will bring the
negro hack into politics, the object
being purely patriotic, and to give
assistance III improving the rural
school system.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-08-09
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. K.
OF INTEREST no
S Took FL OIL ID E S.
Free Transportation to Attend the
Special and Annual Meet
ings at Chicago.

Public notice is hereby given that a
| special meeting of the stockholders of
| the Illinois Central Railroad Company
will be held at the company's Office in
Chicago, illinois, on Friday, August 30,
| 1902, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon;
also that the regular annual meeting of
/ the stockholders of the company will be
| held at its offices in Chicago, Illinois, on
/ Wednesday, October Is, 1902, at noon.
To permit personal attendance at
these meetings there will be issued to
each holder of one or more shares of the
capital stock of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company as registered on the
books Of the Company at the close of
business on Friday, August l, 1902, and
to stockholders of record on Friday,
September 10, 1902, a ticket enabling
him, or her, to travel free over the
Company's lines from the station on the
illinois Central Railroad nearest to his
or her registered address to Chicago and
return, such ticket to be good for the
Journey to Chicago only during the four
days Immediately preceding, and the day
of the meeting, and for the return jour-
ney from Chicago only on the day Of the
meeting, and the four days Immediately
following, when properly countersigned
and stamped during business hours
that is to say, between a. N and 5
d. MIN the ofF5ce of the assistant sec
rotary, Mr.. W Ct. BRUEN, in Chicago.
Such ticket may be obtain by any holder
of stock registered a. above. on applica
ton, in writing, to the President of the
COMPANY in Chicago. Each application
must state the full name and address of
the efnclxhnIdnr axaptiv as 0iYeD in his
or her certificate OF stock, together with
the number aud date of such certificate.
free in respect to any one holding of
stock as registered in the books OF the
Company. "A. q. HACKsTAFF.
aug 5-to oct IA Secretary.