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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-10
Suooe ssiOn of A. p. Lacroix

Twenty sixth Judicial District Court
Of Louisiana, in and for the Parish OF
st Tammany.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-10

La, as second class matter
w G. KENTZEL.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Cumberland telephone 26-2.
q. A. Q. D
bosue Falaya Grave, No. 81
Meets on the flrst and third Saturday,
n the month, at 1880 P. NJ, at Castle
Hall. K. Of r., Covington, La.
LOUIS MEDAL, Noble Arch,
F. B. HEMPEL, Secretary,
WEATHER REPORT
For week ending May Z, 1902:
Max. MIN. Rainfall
May.
.........8S 81
SO &C
3......... 50 63
80 81
8 SO 63
80 81
90 66
G.. CHAMPAGNE, Observer.
The State Legislature will az.
,emble in Baton Rouge next Mon.
day.
MIR. Mack /. Hardie has been
appointed postmaster at Alton, in
this parish.
A social club has been organized,
composed of many of the leading
citizens of the town.
We have just received fresh
stock of, Blue Ribbon Shoes.
DARLINGTON & co.
Jones d Pickett will cell fertiliz.
ers all the year round. Farmers
should bear this in mind.
Airs. +. G. Hocutt will conduct
Mrs. ]. V. Brooks school during
her illness.
The CuvinKton Dramatic CLUB
held \ meeting last Tuesday, wound
w its sffairs, and dlsbanded.
We regret to learn that Mr.. G.
w. Mason has been seriously i'll
this week.
A welcome rain arrived last
Wednesday afternoon. which cooled
the air, laid the dust, aud was q
great benefit to the growing crops.
The Sunday and Wednesday ex-
cursions Of the railroad and steamer
New Ca,nelia are being we'll pat
ronlzed.
COylngton can boast of a fine
brass band, aud also a string band
that cannot be excelled anywhere
in the state.
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Coy,up,ou. on Thursdav. Nav l.
= r;tl. harra, Ra,nrn 10 Alsx.n.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Here is the Lenten season upoI
Ius: season given to Us for qule
thought and a withdrawal from tn
things of the world. Could thrr
be more appropriate season fo
just little reflection? We ought
in reality, to take an honest nc
counting of ourselves once a year
at least, and twice year would =
none too often for most OF Us
There is a tremendous amount 0
good to be had by getting off int.
the quiet byways Of life every ono
in a while and leaving the bus,
thoroughfares entirely behind
There is nothing So good as an DC
casional readjustment Of ourselves
Edward Box, in March Ladies
Home Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is given that hereafter the Trus
lee of Madison township will De in Ire
land on the first Saturday OF each
month, and the remaining Saturdays at
my residence, FIVE miles southwest OF
Ireland, for the pur oose OF attending &c
township business, and all persons hav-
ing business with the township are ex
rected to confne it to those days.
~. ton nship library is KEEP, at j. C..
Evr rd- N Ireland where all NAV
fs rh. hooks
. Iu.iiana School books will b,
VIM r Young's store at al
GEO NJ GREENE.
No, y 800 Trustee Madison tn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Bargain day-Just after her hus-
band had arrived at the hospital bis
wife regained consciousness. "Did
she get it," the wife asked feebly.
sect what, dear?" he answered,
bending over her. "Why, that last
yard of ribbon marked down from
10 cents. | saw it first and made
up my mind the other woman
should not have it without strug-
gle. Ohio State Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Selecting Flowers for the Summer
Garden.

The lover of flowers will find it a
difficult matter to select from the
seedsmen's catalogues for next sum.
mer's garden. Every flower men.
toned is described so attractively
that it will seem as if the garden
must be sadly incomplete without
lit. But do not let enthusiasm &c,
the better Of your good judgment.
Make up your mind to have only as
many flowers as you can grow well,
and having done this select such
kinds as will adapt themselves most
readily and most fully to the care
you can give them. Do not exper-
iment with novelties. "-Eben +.
Rexford, in the March Ladies Home
Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

Helen Keller. the remarkable
leaf, dumb anu blild girl, Hto ha>
not only learned 10 talk, tut
every privilege IL a. -
and see, has just flashed wrlius
with her own hands the story Of her
remarkable life, for the Ladies
Home Journal. In this she de
scrlbes her first awakening TO the
realization OF life and the world,
and all that both contain; her first
Impressions and feelings and emo
tons, and the first rays Of under
standing that came to her. From
that point she tells OF the unfolding
of her mental and physical powers
how she learned to think and act,
how she received instruction, and
finally became capable OF acquiring
an education which plac, n,r
among the best educated womea OF
her age in the world to. day. II IL
a wonderful story, wonderfully told
1t will begin in the April number Of
the Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Some Of Mrs. Sapgster's Sensible Say.
ings,

Some OF Mrs. SaDgster's Sensible Say
ings,
Obtrusive silence or whispering
in sick room is disturbing TO the
nerves.
No unforgiving woman can hope
for much happiness in this world o.
imperfect human beings.
There is wonderful wisdom il
dealing with conditions as they are
when we cannot have them as We
with.
To put on an appearance Of love,
when in reality you are Indifferent,
is to cultivate deceit, and fatally tc
mar your character.
1t is sign of weakness rather
than Of strength to bear a grudge
and the noblest souls on earth are
they who are quickest to forgive 9
wrong.-March Ladies Home Jour.
nal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

No matter how much money you
may have, if you are poor in char.
acter, that means poverty forever,
March Ladies' Home Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

1t is said that no musical work
has aided SO materially the cause Of
charity Is Handel's Oratorio OF
1.-The Messiah. March Ladies
Home Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

"Does 1t wcsrs N,a dcar." said the
dying man. 10 think how soon am
going 10 leave ycu."
Not how SOON" she replied absent
mindedly. hut how muchT - rhlladel.
phla Record
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
Skin! Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure of
letter. salt rheum and eczema. Cham
berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal 1t relieves the itch
ing and smarting almost instantly and
its continued use effects permanent
cure. Ii also cures itch, BARRIERS itch,
scald head. sore nipples. itching piles,
chapped hands. chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders for
horses are the best tonic. blood purifier
sndvermifuge. Price. % cents. Sold bv
Martin Friedman, Druggist.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
DOCTORS GUILTY OF GRAVE ROBBERIES.
Twenty-Five Indictments Found, Five OF Them
Against Prominent Medical Men.

indianapolis, Ind. (SpeciaD. - The
Grand jury returned partial report, in
GLIDING rs indictments, in the grave
robbery cases which have been under
consideration for the last three weeks.
Of the indictments returned 10 only
were made known. 1t developed later
that FIVE indictments had been returned
against physicians, who are charged with
completely in the "body-snatching bust.
ness" for failure to keep records OF
bodies received, among whom is Joseph
c. Alexander, demonstration at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons
The indictments against the negro
ghouls in each instance simply mention
one of the many bodies the indicted men
are charged with assisting in removing:
as a basis for prosecution. In each OF
the indictments against the ghouls 1t
was charged that the stolen bodies were
taken to the Central College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons.
The five physicians indicted will be ar
rested. From evidence given by Rufus
Cantrill, the chief OF the gang OF gho"!s
100 bodies have been stolen from ceme-
tcries near here during the last year.
There have been 10 arrests, and IL
graves opened have been found empty.
The ghouls say two OF the physicians
accompanied them on several of their
night trips. 1t has been shown in the
disclosures that the bodv of the wife OF
one of the ghouls was sould by the I'M
dertaker to the college.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
BIG TRUST PLANNED BY MORGAN.
Scheme to Control Electric Lighting Plants IN
Every City In thu Country.

New York (SpeciaD.-J. Pierpont
Morgan contemplates a giant lighting
trust which shall control ultimately the
electric lighting systems of every great
city in the United States. 1t is openly
known that Mr.. Morgan has been quietly
picking up stock of the North American
Company for months and has had his
partner. Robert Bacon, made member
of the directorate, but what his plan for
the company was just developed.
1t is asserted by Wall street gossip
that Mr.. Morgan has his plans practi-
caly matured now, and the electric light
ing trust for municipalities within the
United States is really in working order
now. The purchase of control by the
North American Company OF the De-
troit Electric Light Company for $4,000
900, thereby securing practically a mo-
noply of the electric lighting field in that
eity, is said to mark the first epoch of
Mr.. Morgan's new plan, The North
American Company already owns cleo
trio lighting and traction companies i'll
a number of cities in the West
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
ENDED IN A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Policeman Sued for Divorce Shoots His Vile
aud Himself,

Augusta, Ga. Especially .-Despondent
over divorce proceedings instituted
against him, Charles H. Walker, po-
liceman, shot and killed his wife at the
home of her mother-in-law and then sent
a bullet into his own BRAN, dying in
stantly. After filing the application,
Mrs. Walker returned to her husbands
mothers home. Walkers beat led by
the home, and and while on duty he
passed by the house and called for his
wife. She met him at the door, and
they talked for a few moments, when
suddenly Walker drew his revolver and
fired four shots at his wife, all taking
effect. Walker then placed the gun to
his head. the bullet entering his brain.
When witnesses reached them both were
dead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
BAD TIMES IN PHILIPPINES
War and Pestilence Cause Of Much Mis-.
cry and Suffering.
BIG DROP IN THE PRICE OF SILVER.
Agriculture, Already Impaired by the Kinder
pest and Cholera, Further Damaged by
Locusts-An Order from President Roose.
welt that May Result In Ay.rlins Suffering
Among the Poorer Classes.

Manila (By Cable).-It is believed
here that President Roosevelt's order
permitting foreign vessels to engage in
coastwise trade through the Philippine
Islands will relieve Immediately the III
terinsuar freight situation as well as
improve the supply and lessen the cost
of rice, in which article famine is
threatened The Civil Commission in
tends to act at once on the President
order, hoping thereby to avert suffering
among the poorer Filipinos.
1t is expected that a number Of
British, German. Japanese and chinese
vessels will engage in the interisland
trade. Existing freight rates from
Manila to some ports in the archipelago
exceed the rates from San Francisco
to Manila.
Agriculture in the islands, already
impaired on account of the war, rlnder-
pest and the cholera, has been further
injured by locusts. These insects have
appeared in many places and are
working serious injury to the crops
he ADVENT OF IOCuSlS, lOSclHoi WIN
the fall in the price OF silver, renders
the business and industrial prospect in
the Philippines gloomy.
Twenty-seven thousand dollars has
been realized from the sale OF food
supplies in the provinces of Batangas3
and Laguna, Luzon, and in the island
of Mindoro. These sales were con-
Quoted with the idea OF aiding the peo-
pie, and the work was carried on by
General J. Franklin Bell. This sum
derived has been turned over by Gen
eral Bell to the insular government
and it will be expended by the civil
commission among the people OF Ba-
tangas, Laguna and Mindoro.
General Sumner has completed his
inspection OF the proposed roadway
from Iligan to Lake Lanao, Mindanao.
He will return to Zamboanga within a
week and will then go to Camp Wears
to organize and start the expedition
against the Sultan of Bacolod. There
is slight possibility that the Sultan
will not resist the American forces, but
he continues to strengthen his forts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Army Strength at Minimum.

A general order was issued announc-
ing that the organization of the enlisted
strength of the army under the Reor-
ganization Act of February 2, 1901,
shall be reduced to 5000, the minimum
authorized by law. Under this order the
various arms of the army will be reor-
gained as follows:
Infantry companies, 65; coast artillery
companies, 100; field artillery batteries,
100; two siege batteries, 100 each; caval-
ry troops, IS; engineer companies, Io4,
except that at the service schools at
Forts Leavenworth and Riley the cavalry
troops are allowed IS enlisted men and
the infaiitry companies 100 men, An.
other exception is made in the case OF
the legation guard of infantry at Pekin,
which is fixed at s. men.
These reductions are to be effected by
casualties as they occur, through expira..
ton of service, etc, or by transfers II
hereafter directed, so that recruiting, es-
pecially for artillery and engineers, will
be confined to the re-enlistment of de-
serving soldiers who apply whiting three
months of date of discharge, or such
other enlistments as may be specially
authorized.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
On Threshold of New Era.

The annual report of the Dawes COM
mission appointed to treat with the Five
Civilized Tribes says that if all pending
agreements should be ratified by the
tribes practically all necessary authority
will have been secured for the complete
administration of the five estates intrust-
ed to the commission, an end diligently
sought for nearly ten years.
The report says it is impracticable at
this time to render final decisions IN
cases involving the right to enrolment
of citizens by intermarriage Of the Choc-
tow and Chckasaw tribes. The conclu-
sion is announced that the bitter anti
allotment sentiment of the Indians has
now LARGELY yielded to reason and time
and the five tribes are fairly upon the
threshold of a new era.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
BOY HANGED BY PLAYMATES.
Found Dead in Cemetery-Hls "Time Was Up
Wednesday"

Atlantic City, N. J. (SpeciaD.-The
body OF I3-year-old Lloyd Hammell, a
son of Charles P. Hammell, an oyster
planter OF Absecon, has been found
dangling by the neck from rope
thrown over the limb OF tree in the
Methodist Cemetery.
Upon inquiry it was learned that the
lad was .nember OF boys club
which met nightly in corn patch for
the discussion of heroic deeds as porr-
trayed in the Observation-Disclosures novels
which they exchanged in their noctur-
nal gatherings. A search of his school
desk discovered several books of wild
tales. The boys teacher said that he
had told her that his time was up on
Wednesday"
1t is suspected that lots were drawn
and that the boy was hanged by his
playmates. One end OF the rope was
fastened to a fence 10 feet away.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
SUMMARY CT THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

Henry Clay Prick bought for ST.
100000 the Schenley real estate hold
ings at Pittsburg, which, it is believed,
will be turned over to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company as a site Tor big
storage houses.
Injunctions were granted by the
Chancery Court at Birmingham, Ala.
against the striking machinists and
molders enjoining them against inter
fering with the nonunion workers.
The difference between the engi-
neers OF the Georgia Railway and the
company have been settled by the COM
pany agreeing to adopt the mileage
system of pay.
John D. Rockefeller and James Still
man, president of the National City
Bank of New York, will, it is said,
finance the $500, 100000 Beef Trust.
Westerman, Filler & Co., of Sharon,
Pa, operating five bituminous mines,
granted their miners an advance in
wages OF eight cents ton.
The strike Of the ironworkers at the
Reading plant OF the American Iron
and Steel Company was declared off.
The strike began last May.
Miss Emma Miller, who sold the sill
yer bottle holder that was sent with
the package containing the poison that
caused Mrs. Adams death in New
York, was the principal witness yes
terday in the Molineux trial.
Governor Stone, OF Pennsylvania, is
sued orders for the withdrawal OF
troops from the strike region at such
time as Major General Miller may des-
ignate.
Many prominent people arrived at
Princeton to be present today at the
installation OF Woodrow Wilson as
president of the university.
Amaziah L. Ashman, who was for
90 years proprietor Of the Sinclair
House, in New York, died. He was
IL years old.
The estate OF the late Alexander
("Boss") Shepherd is estimated at
over $Io,ooo,ooo.
Harvey Lille, a grain man OF Da-
vid City, Neb., was fatally shot by bur
glars.
Exciting discussions characterized a
meeting of the Reformed Episcopal
Synod in New York. Prof ]. H. Will
son, of the Reformed Episcopal Sem
mary, Philadelphia, delivered bitter
arraignment of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church,
The convention OF the American mis-
sionaries was concluded in New Lon
don, Ct, after rc-clecting President
Washington GLADDEN.. OF Ohio, and
elccting the officers. The church needs
in the South were discussed.
R. S. Lopez, who will represent Sal
vador as minister at Washington, has
arrived in San Francisco.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
MRS. E. E. STANTON DEAD
The Last Survivor of the First Woman
Rights Convention.
SHE ONCE RAN FOR CONGRESS.
For Fifty Years She Labored for the Amel.
ioratlon Of the Legal Disabilities Of Her Sex
Called the First Woman's Rights Conven'
ion-Brought About Reform In the Mar
ried Woman's Property Law.

New York Especially Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the original womans
suffrage advocate, died here at the
home of her son, Robert L. Stanton,
and her daughter, Mrs. Margaret f.
Lance, in the Stuart Apartment House.
She would have been 81 years old
had she lived until November IL next,
and preparations were already under
way for the celebration Of her BIRTH
day.
For some years Mrs. Stanton had
been feeble, and because OF her ply
steal infrmities she had used cane in
walking. Her brilliant mind remained
keen to the last, however, and, although
she had not taken her former active
part in her special field Of women's
advancement. she was busy up to the
last with her correspondence and al
ways ready to talk and write on the
subjects in which she was most inter-
ested.
Heart failure was the cause OF her
death. For the last few months she
had been under the more or less con-
slant care of a physician, and last
Saturday she was stricken with an at
tack of weakness. which sent her to
bed. She was only partially conscious
during the last "a hours OF her illness.
Her last act was to dictate several let
tiers to her private secretary Saturday
night.
Mrs. Stanton was an untiring worker
for woman suffrage, and for over 50
years labored continuously for the
amelioration of the legal disabilities OF
her sex. The first womans right con-
vention was called by her in I84S. This
convened at Seneca Falls, and there
she made the first demand for woman
suffrage. She met with opposition,
and finally, after long debate, carried
her resolution through. This was the
r beginning. From that time there was
no more Jealous advocate OF the eman-
cipation of her sex.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
ISLANDERS DISAPPOINTED.
But They Took the Rejection OF the Treaty
Very Quietly.

St. Thomas. OWL. (By Cable).-The
Island of St. Croix received the news
of the rejection of the Danish West
Indies treaty very quietly. There was
no excitment anywhere. The planters
generally we're disappointed, but there
was feeling OF relief at the fact that
the question had been settled.
The St. Thomas Tidende says:
"There is much qualification and sat
isfaction at the welcome close OF ques-
ton which has kept the community in
state OF unrest and excitement for the
past three trying years. We hail it with
gladness and we earnestly hope the
peaceful era now entered upon after
protracted turmoil and confusion will
be marked by prosperity"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-10-31
PANAMA CANALTITLE GOOD
United States Attorney General Knox
Submits His Opinion.
LIABLE FOR LIENS AND MORTGAGES.
He Discusses the Question In All Its Phases
and Considers All the Objections Thai
Be Raised Against It-Says the LiquidatoI
Had Full Power to Sell and His Sale Was
Subsequently Ratified.

Washington, D. c. Especially .-Attor-
ney-General Knox has decided that if the
United States should accept the offer Of
the new Panama Canal Company sub
mitted last spring for the sale OF the
canal for 100000 it would receive
through the parties in interest valid and
unincumbered title to the property. ~
decision was arrived at after thorough
and exhaustive investigation of the situa-
ton in Paris-frst by Special Attorney
Charles w. Russell and later by the At
torney-General himself. The Attorney
General formally submitted he opinion to
President Roosevelt. 1t makes about 900
pages.
The opinion opens with history Of the
concessions made by Colombia in 1873,
1890, etc, the formation of the De Les
seps Panama Canal Company of France,
the failure of this company in 1888, the
transfer in 1894 of all its rights to the
present Panama Canal Company of
France by the liquidator appointed by the
French court to wind up the affairs of
old company, and of the laws passed by
France concerning the liquidation of the
old company.
The opinion then takes up the principal
objections which have been made in this
country to the title proposed to be given
to the United States. These objections,
it says, resolve themselves into reasons in
support of the following propositions:
The Questions Considered.
7. That the new Panama Canal Com
pany has not the power to sell the cana
and railway property.
?. That the liquidator of the old Pan
anna Canal Company has not power to
consent to such sale.
3. That the French courts have not
power to authorize the liquidator and the
new company, or either of them, to enter
into the sale.
a. That, at all events, the United States
would take the property as trust fund
subject to the total obligations to the
stockholders, the bondholders and the
other creditors of both companies.
The history and nature of the French
companies of the kind in question are
explained at length. They are said to
be altogether different from Our corpora
tons, but to be easily understood if
looked upon as private partnerships:
which is their essential character.
The opinion says that they are in some
respects regulated by law, but that these
regulations do not change the essential
character of the concerns as partner
ships, do not establish any tie between
them and the government, or any obllga-
fionc from them tO the Government and
do not forbid the exercise of the liberty
to dispose of their property as freely as
an individual disposes of his if no special
law forbids, and if he is solvent and moi
under some particular contractual or
other like obligation to retain the prop
erty. The new Panama Company is
quite solvent, and there is no law for
bidding it to sell.