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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28

Walker hissingIy. you also to the
baggage car ahead" And he brought
both of them.
Claude Moore was fined five in police
court Saturday night for making a dis
turbance at the Salvation Army dinner
Christmas day. Moore partook of the
good dinner furnished by the Saliva
promised to be good If he was let off
this time, so the fine was light.
A wagon load of policemen attended
the meeting at the B street Baptist
church last night, but their services
were not required. The congrega ton
seemed to have more of the Chris
tianity micrCbe in it's system than
heretofore.
Johnnie Young is a young negro who
drifted into this burg with the Sells &
bicycle so Friday night he S't took Lone one he
found by the curb on Kansas avenue.
The owner. E. ". Lyman, came out of
look for his riding machine. but he didn't
see 1t anywhere. So he walked up the
PACK again, meditating on the evil ways
OF the bike thief he beheld, coming his
way, a small negro on a bicycle. In fact
II was Johnnie and Mr.. Lymans bike
Johnnie was caught with the goods una
der him. So Mr.. Lyman took Johnnie in
one hand and the wheel in the other and
NAMED and the bike went away with Mr.
Lyman. Among the accomplishments of
Little Johnnie is prevarication and pipe
dreaming In court Little Johnnie lit his
dope-stick and began to dream of pur-
chasing the bike at hour in the evening
somewhat in advance of the time when
Mr.. Lyman last rode it. The court de-
cided that Johnnie was a real bad one
and a stop-over of twenty-five days
would do him good.
Nick Nyson, or Ole Oleson. either name
suits him, was arrested yesterday on the
charge of drunk But that is not what
the police think he is guiltiest of. They
think that Ole is mad man from Mon
tana- How, they ask, did Ole get out Of
Montana Jail? Was he let out did he
use the method of which he raved while
drunk? He explained to the officers last
night when he was incarcerated that he
would not stay in Jail. Certainly not. ''Uf
yous lock me (hic) up-ph,'' he remarked,
Il veil blow oop der chail oop NIT den
nymight Ay veil pplow yous all to-Ton-
ganoxie." The officers think that Nyson
is wanted in Montana, and they will try
to find out before letting him go. Several
other poSt-Xmas DRINKS We're plucked
and fined from three to five each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
Receives Threatening Letter.

st. Joseph, No, Dec. 2s-Superinten-
dent Perkins of the Burlington road,
received a letter Saturday mailed at
Weston, Mo-. station on that road
so miles north of here, saying that IN
less he deposited So 900 in a spot desig-
mated Sunday night, the writer, "Odell
Carter" would kill him on sight Mr..
Perkins placed the letter in the hands
of the postoffice authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
A schoolma,am Book.

THE Schoolma' ans of District 81
will be on the shelves of the local book
stores tomorrow making its first ap-
pearance before the reading public. It
is only a short story, prettily printed on
heavy paper with wide margins. It's
outside is OF heavy black paper with
lettering of silver. The story is seven
chapters in length. about sixty-five
pages in all, telling of incidents of the
by one who has experienced them.
While the story was written by a To-
pelza woman her name has not been
made public in connection with it. 1t
is announced that she is an ex-teacher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
Scranton Mines Resume.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 2S-Work was re-
sumed at all the Delaware & Hudson
company's collieries today. The Ontario
& Western company started up its
washeries today, and all of the individ-
ual operators resumed mining.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
WAR IN LITTLE russia.

injured in several other places. When
he was taken to the hospital in an am
bulance it was thought that he could
not recover. About o'clock this
morning a squad of officers went into
the war territory and arrested three
Russians, Jacob Bollack, John Eyer
mann and George Spetter. who are
charged with assault and intent TO
kill.
The police have been notified that
the man falsely giving the name of A.
7. Williams, who used the bum check
bunco game on Eli Ulamperl,
the Fourth street department
store man, has spread a lit
tie in his field of operations, and is
now combining himself to the friskency
Of the agriculturist. A man giving the
same name and answering his descrip-
ton, worked a very coarse hocus-pOcus
on Fred Tenhart and John Simms,
farmers living about eight miles south
west of Topeka last week. He called
upon Tenhart with a note signed with
the name of John Simms, in which
Tenhart was asked for the loan of Is
plunks in cash, stating that he wished
to pay off a hired man. Williams
Simms. He got the money, and then
called on Ed Buchanan, another neigh
Dor. with the same request Buchanan
refused TO bite. The next day Tenhart
learned that Simms didn't write the
note.
Primrose Roberts, very colored, and
his lady love, Sallie Watson, were
pinched at a late hour Saturday night
by officer Walker on the charge of dis
orderly conduct Walker was strOlilng
along the main steam wishing it was
breakfast time when he spotted the
pair of Senegambians in the offing
About the time he spotted them he OBJ
served Mr. Roberts in the act of spot
ting Miss Watson one on the jaw.
"Ha, haw said brave officer walker.
"Assaulting a woman. Me to the
rescue. Ha, ha, some more" So he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28
Baron Covers Transferable Rome.

The Hague, Dec. 2S.-Baron Gevers.
the minister of the Netherlands at
Washington, has been selected TO sue
coed DR.. Westenberg, deceased, the for
mer Netherlands minister at Rome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-28

Tomorrow and ends in fine alI-wool -
Underwear-sold up to $15O-mostly all AC
szes-tomorroW for only ................ ~
The independent., 1903-03-26
LINCOLN, NEB., MARCH 2s. 1903.

ture. If such an alliance should be
made in one Of the fundamental indus
tries-coal mining, for example--it
would be menace to every other in
dustry. 1t is because of this third
party interest that there is no such
thing as strictly private business.
Taking UP the question OF state So
cialism (Which is nothing else than
populism) he declares that control
without ownership of the large indus
tries, especially those which require
a franchise, is almost impossible. AS
fast as one form of combination an !.
consolidation is tabooed by legislation.
a new form is invented. The only
solution finally will be municipal or
state ownership, but the political
democracy must be improved and per-
feeted to go hand in hand with the
economic democracy. He recalled tina,
there is much larger survival of the
small businesses than many suppose
declaring that the, giant businesses
have simply thrown them in the sha.
dow. He recognized that in many
small businesses there seems to be no
tendency to grow larger to any con
siderable extent. and that in many
large businesses there is no tendency
toward combination and consolidation.
In these individual initiative would
continue to prevail He denied the
correctness of the scientific" socialist
demand for collective ownership of all
the means of production and distribu-
tion--and then the MarXists present
lost all interest and felt that here
was brainy man acting as agent for
the capitalists.
Summed UP, Mr.. Hobson's lecture
was pleasant surprise to the popul-
lists present. 1t was an academic
presentation of populism with all ref
erences to the money power" trust
magnates," railway kings" and
''coal barons" left out. In every i'm
portant particular it is in harmonJ
with the position taken by DR.. Ely,
of the Wisconsin university, in his
works. 1t is, as John Graham Brooks
says in "The Social Unrest" 'the new
consciousness of difference between q
really private business. like gro
Gerry store, and one that has ceased to
be private in that sense. DE France
The independent., 1903-03-26
THAT NEGRO PROBLEM
Mr.. Vance's Wrath is Aroused by Mr.. De-
Hart's Article Last Week

Editor Independent: For malig-
nant Misrepresentation of fact, distor-
ton of truth, and unadulterated dema-
goguery, Mr.. De Harts article in last
weeks Independent is the meanest
specimen, since the crazy old days of
abolitionism. | state but a simple
truth when I say that SO out of every
100 men in the south will cheerfully
admit that Booker t. Washington Is
every way the peer of Theodore Roose-
welt. The reason why Mr.. Roosevelt's
hospitality was criticized was that it
was considered cheap piece of pol.
tics, intended to catch the southern
negro vote in the nsyt national re-
publican convention.
Mr.. De Hart's article would convey
the impression that the only amuse-
ment, pastime or recreation of the
southern people consisted in "burn-
ing negroes" Will Mr.. De Hart be
kind enough to point out what pun
ishment, he as man, would infiict
on the brute, be he black or white,
who had assaulted his wife, sister, or
daughter? Colorado has burned ne
groes for this crime Nebraska has
lynched both black and white men for
criminal assault, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, wherever the crime has been
committed, the same fearful retribu-
ton has followed. Does the gentle
man consider the punishment too Sc,
we're? or does he consider the crime
venal one to be punished by fine and
Imprisonment? The truth is, the same
crime would meet the same punish.
ment in Massachusetts, that it does i.
South Carolina
Bishop Turner, as grand colored
man as the African race can boast of.
tells the negroes of the south plainly
that the morals of the colored race
are responsible for all the lynchings
and burnings that occur at the south"
Whatever sentimental fools may saw
to the contrary, the enfranchisement
of the negro at the time it took place
was a calamity to the colored race,
it was not done as measure of JUS
tice to the cOlored man; the freed man
needed hundred other things worse
than he did the ballot; he needed food
and raiment, education, moral train
ing, civilization. His blind PARTISAN
The independent., 1903-03-26
PIedg'ng Candidates the Best System

The worker in charge of the major
ity rule campaign in Texas writes:
'The only way to succeed is to have
every candidate pledged in writing
before his nomination. This will be
done with the candidates for the next
legislature. Meanwhile some progress
has been made in cities, especially liz
Waco, where every candidate elected
expressed himself favorably before his
nomination"
From Rhode Island leading secre-
tary OF organized labor writes:
"The senate and house in this state
are refusing to enact any measure
whatever. They are pursuing the pol
icy of dog in the manger.' The house
consists of Sc republicans and 33 dem
ocrats, the senate Is republicans and
IL democrats, and no measure is al
lowed to pass in either place unless
the boss Says so. -
The independent., 1903-03-26

Il
party, made the cnlnred man politi-
cal issue-brought him in conflict with
the keenest intelligence of the domi-
nant race. That he failed to carry the
southern states for the republican par
ty was foregone conclusion.
| AT the north it was different. The
solid negro vote at the north has kept
the republican party in power for thir-
| ty years. Mr.. Roosevelt himself owes
his election to the colored vote Of
New York. Without this vote the re-
publican party could not carry a state
outside Of New England. If Mr..
Roosevelt we're honest, if his party
We're honest, they would discharge
their political debts by appointing col
ored men to Office at the north.
Let Mr.. Roosevelt "open the door
| of hope" by appointing negro col
| lector of customs at New York CITY, or
United States attorney for Delaware.
Surely he could find man to take
| Byrne's place who has twice been re-
jected by republican senate. Could
he not find "a $10," boiled chestnut"
| "tin-tagged," Addicks negro who
would be acceptable to republican
senate, every member of which owes
his seat to the negro vote? If not,
why abuse southern men for refusing
to swallow a pill that the northern
man rejects with still greater loath
ing? As good a republican organ as
| The Outlook has declared within tEs
| last month that sthe corrupt use made
| of the ignorant colored vote by Ad
dicks in the state of Delaware, more
than justified the restrictions placed
upon the ignorant colored vote in some
of the southern states"
Mr.. De Hart can doubtless look back
to those halcyon days of negro su-
| prenaey when the bonds Of South
Carolina were being sold on the streets
Of New York for cents on the dol
lar. II Mr.. De Hart is to be believed,
this costly experiment must be tried
again, not in the republican states
where the party is in power by the
grace of the negro vote, but in the
democratic states where he has failed
to qualify and vOte-or we must pre-
pare for "a race war;
Massachusetts, has placed greater
restriction upon the right Of suffrage
than either Virginia or South Caro-
lima. Why not race war in Massa-
chusetts? When Mr.. De Hart says "a
large section of the south wanted ne
gro slavery and tariff for revenue
only he stated plain falsehood, and
in the following sentence, "The whites
make the laws in the southern states,
and they ought to make them in such
way that men like Booker T. Wash
ingtOn at least can vote" Booker i
Washington and men very unlike
Booker T. Washington can vote Any
man can vote in the southern states
who has paid taxes and can read and
write, regardless of race color or prev
ious condition. The restrictions ap-
ply to white men as well as colored,
and need only be temporary.
In conclusion, let me say the right
of suffrage is right conferred on the
citizen by the state and not by the
federal government. The race war
Mr.. De Hart predicts can easily be
avoided by liberal application of the
spelling book and reader and follow
ing the beaten paths of honest, patient
industry. The disfranchisement of
the negro is only temporary. The
door of hope" is only closed to ignor-
ance, vice and crime.
ALEX H. VANCE.
Milford, Neb.
The independent., 1903-03-26

Try one Of Branch & Miller's COM
bination orders for groceries. 1t will
save you money.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
A NEW INDUSTRY.
The Lafayette Syrup Factory
About to Close Il Successful
ESun-ShOrt Cane Crop q
Draw back.

Mr.. Alex Mouton, the propri-
etor of the Lafayette Syrup
Factory, informs The Gazette
that he will probably soon sus-
pend the operation of his syrup
mill until next season, after quite
aattering results were obtained
from the first practical test of
his new process of manufacture
ing Louisiana cane syrup.
The industry as carried on by
him is a new one. Mr.. Mouton
claims to manufacture syrup
which is guaranteed never to fer
ment. The boiling of the cane
juice has been comparatively an
easy matter, but the fermenta-
ton which heretofore so soon
set in, has been great draw
back to those who have at
tempted the making of cane
syrup.
Mr.. Mouton's process is to
cleanse the juice and then to boil,
AASCCou VI OO4AAAS III OIuCA w
cleanse it. He uses no adulter-
ant or chemical. BY thorough
cleansing process, he eliminates
all foreign matter preceding
the boiling, thus taking away
the cause OF fermentation.
A large building has been
erected by him for his
plant, and his. interesting new
process can be best understood
by a visit to it.
He has arranged for sending
exhibits of the product to the St.
Louis Fair, which no doubt will
prove of interest.
The establishment of similar
mills throughout the parish
would insure safe market to
the small cane raiser, who can
wind his cane, and deliver it
at any time during syrup
making. small quantity sutfi-
cling at time.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
Hynlcllcal.

DR.. J. Raoul Olivier of st Mar
tinville and Miss Rita Young
were married Tuesday evening
at the home of the brides
fail. or, DR.. n. d. Young. ut
Youngsville. Rev. DR.. G. G.
Kramer Of New Iberia per
formed the ceremony in the i'm
pressive and solemn sites of the
Episcopal church.
The bridemaid was Miss Ruby
Scranton and the bcStman Mr..
Albert Bienvenu of ST. Martin
vile.
The members of the families
of the bride and groom and a
few friends were present at the
celebration of the marriage, and
the guests received cordial re
ception, and enjoyed the hOspi-
tality of DR.. YOung's home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olivier Will re-
side in ST. Martinville.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12

Parish Teachers Institute.

The first of The series of monthly parish
teachers institutes was held Saturday
December s. Notwithstanding the inclc-
ment weather large percentage IF the
| teachers manifested the true spirit by being
present to participate in the dscu ,sions.
The following answered. roll call: Notify
Arceneaux, Alice Swette, Philip Martin,
H. II. Hays, Fannye D,nn, +. G.. Cole.
Maria Bagna', w. J. Avery, Edna Close,
leila Christian, Carrie Dickson, Maggie
Bagnat, Fadra Holmes, Emily III ,rton,
Pearl Larche, Cathlecn Read, Virginia Ro-
bertson, J. NJ. Barhom, Amy GanIy, AL
pha Caldwell, Bcrnice Ashley, Geo. p.
LESLEY, Leila Phillips, LESLEY Carter,
Agnes ID. Hays, Susie Kochel, -. II.
Gaines.
Much interest was manifested in TIE first
subject for discussions Glow Should a
teacher proceed to organize an ui'E,radcd
school?'' Nearly every teacher present
had something to say on this all absorbing
and much neglected question. The dis
cussion brought out the following conclu
sions: I. The teacher should be On hand
several days in advance to study local con-
ditinns and the status of the sch y. ,.
With the inform nation thus gathered she
should mar out a schedule to be u;-d the,
very first day. ;, The first school day is
the most important one of the year: the
impressions then made on the young child
are hard to etface, hence the importance of
good start. 4. Every child should be
kept as busy as possible from the time tie
bell rings until school is dismissed. 1t
thought wise to assemble the parents on The
opening day of school.
c.,l1 he.
Teachers Association which meets in
twelfth annual convention at Rus,on Dec.
IS 80. Superintendent ANeman said that
the teachers of this parish have neglected
a very important duty in failing be-
come affiliated with the progressive teach
ers of the State. Then, too, Our school
laws are in the chaotic condition which is
always peculiar to the formative period of
any department Of government. The whole
State needs a definite system of schools and
Mr.. Aswell State Superintendent, will
need the assistance of the State Teachers
Association in order to obtain the laws
and to establish the system for the reception
of which the State is now prepared. Tle three
Thousand white teachers of the S,ac would
BE- power for good and no teacher can af-
ford to longer ignore the association. The
, teachers were urged to become members
! and pay the annul! dues of one dollar even
though it would be impossible to attend
| After some explanation of details in con-
nection with the record books and tn 3:
monthly report the teachers adjourned.
Judge Mouton, account Of sickness i'll
his family, was unable to CIV: his al ircss
on civil government in the puhl'c s:.lp 'ls.
This subject will consequently be discuss ed
at the next meeting.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
Fast Driving.

Numerous complaints have
been made that fast driving on
the streets of the town is in
dulged in to such an extent as
to endanger the life and limbs
of pedestrians. The Gazette be-
lieves the complaints to be well
founded in a great measure and
town authorities to the matter
in the hope that steps be taken
to put a stop to the practice.
Fast driving in itself is quite
harmless and fascinating on the
Surrey Park track but on the
thirty foot streets of Lafayette,
may cause serious &C cidents.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
C:lrencrO News.

| DR.. Y. Francez and Miss Ce
leste Sicily attended the U. D.
G.. Euchre in Lafayette las'
Thursday night.
Messrs. S. J. Breaux and G.
MelchiOr spent several days OF
last week in New Orleans.
Miss Bernice Ashley of Mer.
ouge, La, arrived Sunday after
noon to take charge of the Sicily
school for this session.
Mr.. G.. Young attended the
Olivier Young marriage, which
took place in Youngsville last
Tuesday.
Mrs. S. Brown and children
visited Lafayette on Monday.
Mr.. Geo. LESLEY attended the
Teachers Institute in Lafayette
on Saturday.
Misses Celeste and Camille
Sicily are visiting relatives in
jennings.
Miss O. BrOussard and Miss
May Courtney spent Monday in
Lafayette.
Mrs. U. Patin, who has been
visiting relatives here, left last
Thursday for her home in New
Iberia
Mr.. l.. Tapissier spent Tues
day in Lafayette.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
Join the Rush

for Tyler College, Tyler, Texas.
Arrangements have been made to accom-
,nodate so new students at the opening of
the m:d-winter term, January, 4, 1904.
Its managers are business men enabled to
meet any emergency. This is the only
school in the South, employing a sufficient
number of expert teachers to give each
student individual instructions. Their plan
of pract ical, individual instruction enables
each student to do all he is capacitatsd
to in the shortest possible time and at the
smallest possible expense.
Write them to-day for free cat alogue.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12

The untimely death of Mr..
! Aston Dupuis, which occurred
at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Felix Baquet, last Sunday night
cast a gloom over the entire com
munity. Mr.. Dupuis was i'll
but few days, and his death
I was a shock to his relatives and
! friends.
Mr.. Stephen Chauvin of
Houma, La, arrived Sunday to
take charge of the Southern
Pacific Agency here.
Among the business visitors
to Carencro during last week
were Messrs. Cazesdessus
VOORHEES, and Noise.
At a meeting of the stock
holders of the waterworks com
pany, held at the Office of Brown
& Melchior, the following were,
present: Rev. Father Grimaud,
T. J. Breaux, Blot & Francez,
Guidry & Miller, Brown & Mel
chior, v. H. Sibille, Esdras
Breaux, and Albert Guidry.
Twelve hundred dollars were
subscribed and Esdras Breaux's
property was chosen for a site
for the well.
The refinery was closed last
week for several days on account
of oil not being shipped in time.
M. E. B.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
Low Rates to RuStOn.

Morgan's Louisiana & Texas
Railroad and Steamship Com
pany will sell tickets, from La
fayette, La, to Ruston, La and
return Dec. - and %, 1908 with
return limit Dec. 81, 1908, at a
rate of one fare plus 25cts. on ac-
count of La. State Public School
Teachers Association. For ad-
ditional particulars, apply to To-
cal agent, or to G.. B. Ellis, Divi-
sion Passenger and Freight
Agent, New Iberia, La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
To Represent Lafayette at st
Louis Fair.

Louis Fair.
Messrs. M. Billeaud, jr., AL
eide Judice, G.. G. Brown, w. A.
LeRosen and DR.. N. p. Moss
have formed themselves a com
mittee to send an exhibit of agri
cultural and manufactured arti-
cles from this parish to the ST..
Louis Fair. The step was taken
at the suggestions of DR.. F. J..
Mayer and DR.. w. G. Stubbs,
and the gentlemen who have
volunteered to give this matter
their attention should receive
the assistance of our citizens.
An invitation is extended to all
to join the undertaking. Mr..
w. A. LeRosen, who has been
chosen secretary, will give
prompt attention to all com mu-
nications concerning the exhibit.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-12-12
Low Rates to New Orleans.

Low HtatcS 10 Nc"
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas
Railroad and Steamship Com
PAW will sell tickets, from La
fayette, La, to New Orleans and
points in South East, Ark, ILL.,,
Kans., Mimi, Neb., Mexico
City, Monterey, AID return Dec.
10, 20, 21, 26, 1908, with return
limit 80 days from date of sale
at a rate of one fare plus s.
on account of Xmas holidays.
For additional particulars. APP
DIV to local agent, or to G. b.
Ellis. Division Passenger and
FREIGHT Agent, New Iberia, La