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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, haye known F.
j. Cheney for the last 10 years. and be-
lisve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledO, o. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous serfaces of the system.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggist. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
Weather and Crops.

The season is now at hand when
the weather from day to day means
much for the success or failure of
the years crop. For the next
ninety days the combined efforts
of soil and weather will have to
produce the country's crops, and
it will depend on the favorable or
unfavorable combinations of these
elements whether the harvest will
be success or not.
The cotton crop can now safely
be presumed to have been all plan
ted, and although there may yet
be some replanting to do, the time
is now at hand when early esti-
mate as to the acreage are in or
der. On the 3rd of June, a date
barely week off, the Agricultural
Department will issue its first re-
port of the season, covering both
the extent of the area planted, as
well as the condition of the grow
ing crop. This report is always
looked forward to in the trade
with interest, because it is the
first official pronouncement of the
season upon the subject of the
probable size of the crop. OF
course, it is not always a large
acreage which produces bumper
crop, but it is nevertheless a fact
that the acreage is the first prere-
quisite, and large area lie devo-
ted to cotton makes a large crop
possible. Of course, much will
depend upon the weather hereafter
as to whether early promises will
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30

Alexandria has just closed a con-
tract for three miles of concrete
sidewalk and curbing to be made
at a cost of $4,000. Let rs hope
the new city council at Lake Char
les will waste no time III getting
busy.-Press.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30

and Pharmaceutical Arts; Manu-
facture OF Paper; Civil and Mill
tary Engineering; Models, Plans
and Designs for Public Works;
Architectural Engineering.
All persons desiring to exhibit
under these heads should first
communicate with the Commits
sioner and see whether or not a
collective exhibit could be made
in any of the above groups, and If
not, whether it would be necessa-
nv to have cases made and prepare
the exhibits. for installation before
shipping.
In the Art Department, the fol-
lowing instructions have been
issued: THAT each State appoint
special Committee of Artists to
act as a jury to select from the ex-
hibits offered those deemed mosl
worthy, which selections will be
sent to st. Louis subject to the Fl
nal judgment of the National Art
Jury as to eligibility for exhibi
ton. On account of the limited
space in this department only
works of the highest artistic char
acter can be provided for. Thu
special committee will be appoin
ted by the Commissioner if deem
ed desirable. All persons desir
ing to exhibit in this department
will please correspond with thu
State Commissioner.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
MADE YOUNG AGAIN.

"One of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills each night for two weeks has
put me in my teens again" writes
d. II. Turner of Dempseytown,
Pa. They're the best in the world
for Liver, Stomach and Bowels.
Purely vegetable. Never grippe.
Only 25c at T. j. Liable drugstore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
be fulfilled.

be fulfilled.
There is a general impression
that there has been some increase
in acreage, in fact, it could hardly
we'll be otherwise. Nevertheless,
the increase is neither 80 large nor
SO evenly distributed as would
have been the case had tho plan
ting season been normal, instead
of uncommonly late and unpropl-
tious. The lateness in preparing
the ground and the amount of re-
planting necessary has, without
doubt, cut down some of the pro-
posed acreage, but even allowing
for that cause, it is profitable that
there will be some increase.
As to the progress of the crop,
the reports are more favorable as
weather conditions have impro-
we'd, but the season is at least q
month late, and it may be doubted
if anything that can happen from
now on will be able to entirely
overcome the i'll effects of q late
start.
All accounts as to the progress
of the rice crop are favorable.
While more rain would now be
welcome, irrigation is abundant,
and the high stage Of water in the
river has made the problem an
easy one for a good portion of the
crop. As the river is now declin-
ing steadily, it will not be long
before the planters will have TO
wrestle with the pumping problem
and increased cost.
With respect to sugar cane, the
conditions during the past week
have been very satisfactory. More
rain would be welcome, but as yet
the crop has not suffered through
lack of it. The warmer weather
has been of decided advantage,
and even the belated spring-plan-
ted cane is beginning to come up
nicely.
Speaking of the condition of the
cane crop, the Louisiana Planter
of Saturday says:
Warm weather, albeit some
what late in coming, in now here,
and progress is being recorded
every day in the development OF
the young cane crop. Rain would
be welcomed in some sections OF
the sugar district, but the lack OF
it is not yet seriously felt, and
careful field work is being done
everywhere.
Where rains have fallen the
! crop is reported as fine in color
and growing rapidly, and even the
late planted spring plant that in
! some places seemed dead is now
marking the cane rows.
with an excellent stubble cane
crop, good fall plant and some
good spring plant, and with the
late spring plant yet to be heard
from, the situation ell around may
: be said to be fairly good, and il
some places very good, and nov
rapidly improving"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
Residence for Sale,

A good residence in desirable portion
of town, building having five rooms and
five closets, with kitchen ETC.. for sale
for cash or on time. note to bear eight
per cent interest. for prices and particu.
lars apply at this Office.
April-4-1-m.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
LIBERAL ARTS.

Under this head will be inclu-
dsd the following groups-Typo-
graphy-various printing process
ses; Photography; Books and Pub
lications-Book Binding; Maps
and apparatus for Geography, Co.'S
biography, Topography; Instru-
ments of precision, Philosophical
Apparatus, etc, Coins and Me-
dals Medicine and Surgery; Musi-
cal Instruments; Theatrical Appli-
ances aud Equipment; Chemical
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-05-30
OFFICE OF
STATE COMMISSIONER
AUDUBON PARK,
New Orleans, La, May 18th, 1903.
NEWS BULLETIN.
MANUFACTURES.

In the Department of Manufac-
lures at the Worlds Fair, the State
will not be permitted to make a
collective exhibit. Every exhibit
made from this State will have to
90 in its appropriate collection in
the Manufactures Building. Ex-
hibits iu this building will be dis
tributed under the following
gloups: Stationery, Cutlery, Sill
versmith's and Goldsmith's Ware,
Jewelry. Clock and Watch Max
ing, Productions in Marble,
Bronze, Cast Iron and Wrought
Iron; Brushes, fine leather articles,
Fancy Articles and Basket Work;
Articles for travelling and for
camping, India Rubber and Gutta
Percha Industries; Toys; Decora-
ton and fixed furniture of bull
dings and dwellings; Office and
Household Furniture; Stained
Glass; Mortuary Monuments and
Uudertakers' Furnishings; Hard
ware; Paper Hanging; Carpets,
tapestries and fabrics for uphols-
terry; Upholsters' Decorations;
Ceramics; Plumbing and Sanitary
Materials; Glass and Crystal; APP
paratus and processes for heating
and ventilation; Apparatus and
methods mot electrically for light
ing; Textiles; Equipment and pro-
cesses used in the manufacture of
textile fabrics; Equipment and
processes used in bleaching, dye
ing. printing and finishing textiles
J in their various stages; Equipment
and processes used in sewing and
making wearing apparel; Threads
and fabrics of cotton; Threads and
: fabrics of fax. hemp. etc.,-cor-
. dage; Yarns and fabrics of wool;
Silk and fabrics of silk; Laces,
,, embroidery and trimmings; H.
,, dustries producing apparel for
; men, women and children; Leath-
! er, boots and shoes, furs and skins,
fur clothing; Various industries
! connected with clothing.
6 1t is extremely desirable that
! Louisiana should make as com.
D plete an exhibit as possible of her
industries under these heads. In
order, however, for the individual
! manufacturers to make these exhi.
, bits, they must prepare their spe-
cimens aud put them in nice glass
cases ready to be exhibited. These
cases should have locks and keys.
The Commissioner, on receiving
these cases, will transport and in.
stall them in their proper places
in the Manufactures Building, and
! will see that they are kept in or.
} der during the Exposition. The
attention of all manufacturers is
} called to this notice, since the
Commission will not be able to
furnish cases or do more than
transport and install exhibits in
their proper places. The same
may be said of the Liberal Arts
Department.
LIBERAL ARTS.
Under this head will be inclu.
ded the following groups-Typo-
graphy-various printing process
ses; Photography; Books and Pub
lications-Book Binding; Maps
and apparatus for Geography, Co.'S
biography, Topography; Instru-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-06-10
HOP GROWERS WILL WIN,
SAYS TRADE REGISTER
The Yakima Growers Who are HOldin0
for % Cents Will get Their Price.
Yards in Bad Shape.

The hop situation in the Yakima val
ley is practically unchanged from its
status of two weeks ago. Since the pool
formed by those growers commanding the
hop market here and their evident de-
termination to get the price demanded,
the situation has been devoid of interest
Says the Seattle Trade Register:
The local situation on hops remains
quiet and inactive, with both brokers
and grow ers playing waiting game with
every indication that the growers will
win out and get the 30c price they are
holding out for.
The White River journal gives the
following review of the hop situation
around Kent and the southern end OF the
county:
Dick jeff, living near Kent, still has
about 240 bales of the 1902 crop on hand
at his ranch. At one time he was offered
26c, but held out for SOC. Now the best
offer he can get is zoe. The growing
plants in this valley are very backward,
but with warm weather they will make
a rapid growth.
A dispatch from North Yakima says
that reports from all over that county
are to the effect that the hop yards of the
Yakima valley are in bad shape. The
season is nearly month later than u.s.
ual and on that account the vines have
not yet made much growth. Many of
the hills present a decidedly sickly APP
pearance. Charles Carpenter, one of
the leading growers in the valley, sized
up the situation as follows: 1.-THE hop
farmers all have complaint to make
about the condition of their yards. |
have examined number of yards and
md them IN worse shape than they have
ever been in at this season in this valley.
don't think even the most favorable
weather now will pull the crop out.
There will be a shortage this season in
this district and in all others on the
coast that have heard from"
Faber & Nels, of Albany, OREGON, have
contracted with Stearns Bros, of Oak
land, to take II 600 pounds Of 1908 hops
at l6c, says the Oregonian. This is one
Of the largest contracts made this season
and lie at top prices for future delivery.
Conditions around Gervais, Ore, are
thus reported: The hop crop will be
full average crop per acre compared with
former years. Reports as to the probable
shortage by missing hills will amount to
nothing. The season is backward and
the so-called missing hills will make
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-06-10

Boys linen suit and straw hats: % per
cent saved. Nice line. Coffin Bros. %
Burt 4 Packard hand-sewed shoes for
men. "korrect shape" Easiest shoe
made. Coffin Bros. %
Alaska refrigerators save ice and al
ways please. Sold only by the Yakima
Hardware Co.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-06-10
PITHl PARAGRAPHS SIZED Up

I ! AN AuNAI llD NlLLD
-.
we "'' 'o'''' '0''"s '0' nay U''''i"
ON hrs;ross
Conrad seminal OF Sunhyslde mad
1-.,. ,,....,
~, 40 - ," ~" '.''N' 50 49, ,.o.',
'''"''0 Guy N''s POP ''',''
Jasner u Stone one of the Ieading
citizens of ZilIob was a visitor here
Monday
No,b.rs wbo wont . Good bors, hose
should Inv tho "Gladi,tor 0r,v 15c
= mir az coin Prs %
harm. ,;+,, uo+ar. otoon 1os sautl,
Nat,baz avapra
ben stone Iel' sunday night TO spend
IN wall VIII
c. f. Chamberlain and +. +. Allen
we've registered at the Bartholet from
Sunnyside last sunday
Alb. Pearson, the grocer. has been
obliged to add another delivery WAGON
to care for his growing business
Mr.. Allen OF Portland, father OF Ed
Allen OF the Moore Clothing Company,
Oscar Dam and David Jungst, students
at the state university, have returned
home for the summer vacation.
Nrs L Sbarl.o. ,,ho .,a+oio, f,,,
,as. ,ool. Ill, as,;s.i. 49, -.
,;oro az tho boua 90 H. W -,
i very mrcb imnrovad
for Charleston This stota 70 nool, -, ri.
household goods They will ratrrn 10
North Yakima in abopt two waaLs
~ anu ME NY u'oiieoh' Vi laconla'
were Nisi'o's III ',Ie MCKEE af'esiah dis-
nv i"'' i"ey 'e'iai,eu IN 'He
Wv! ,o' e'eiA' u"9 az 'he i@hiii'a
ho'ei'
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer have sold the
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13
MRS. PAINE NOT FOUND
SHE WAS WANTED As A WITNESS
IN THE BURDICK CASE.
Supposed to Have Left Bunalo-Others
Who Have Been Summoned to Tes-
tify at the Inquest.

BUFFALO. N. F., March 12-Mrs. Seth
the Burdick inquest on Saturday, left Buff
falo tonight. Whittier she went is not
known by the police but at late hour to-
night it was said positively by a police Off
Ger that she was gone. detective was
looking for her with a summons to appear
before Judge Murphy, who will conduct the
Burdick inquest on Saturday. When he
called at the Paine house tonight he was
informed that Mrs. Paine was not at home
He was not satisfied with this reply and
entered the house. After leaving the Paine
home he went at once to the New York
Central Railroad Station. He was told by
the ticket agent there that woman closely
answering Mrs. Paine's description had
bought ticket. He did not remember for
what place, but he thought it was for Ba-
tavia- Mrs. Paine's husband is a dentist
and practices in Batavia.
A list of persons to be subpoenaed to the
Burdick inquest was made up to-day, and
some of the subDoenaes We're served to-
night. Among those who will be called are
Mrs. Burdick, Mrs Hull. the servants. Mag
gle Murray and Katie Koenig and Dr.
Marcy.
Edwin L. Burdick's will, which is to be
offered for probate tomorrow, cuts off Mrs.
Burdick and bequeaths the estate share and
share alike to the three children. d. NJ
Dunston. A. b. Kellogg and George c. Mil
Ter are named as executors. A clause in
the will naming the three executors and
guardians for the children will likely be
contested on the ground that the appoint
ment is void because Mrs. Burdick is alive.
Burdick's estate is worth $4,000 consist
ing of $55.000 in property. real and personal.
and $4,000 in life insurance. Since she is
cut of in the will Mrs Burdick will get
only one-third of the real estate and none of
the personal property.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13
SLEW SEVEN AND SELF
TERRIBLE CRIME OF A FARMER
LIVING NEAR BELLEFONTAINE, MO.
Killed His Wife and Six Children with
a Sledge Hammer and MOrtally
Wounded Himself in the Head.

ST. LOUIS, March 12.-Adolph Krauss, a
killed his wife and six children with a
sledge hammer He then knocked himself
unconscious with the hammer and at mid
night was dying. 1t is believed that Krauss
suddenly became insane. He had the repu-
tation among his neighbors of being a
quiet, inoffensive, industrious farmer, and
no other cause but insanity has been as
signed.
Early last night John Krauss, a brother,
went to Adolph's house. The lights were
out but the door was unlocked and this
aroused his suspicious. He entered the
house and upon striking light found that
there had been tragedy. From all that
can be learned Adolph Krauss entered the
house some time yesterday afternoon armed
with a sledge hammer. Without warning
he Struck his wife the head, killing her
instantly. Then seizing his first child,
twelve years old, dealt another murderous
blow The other five children were killed
similarly, the youngest a six months old
babe. Kraus then placed the seven bod
les side by side on the floor in one room,
seized the hammer and dealt himself a
blow on the head. He fell unconscious al
most In line with his victims. When John
Krauss had discovered the tradegy to-
night he Immediately summoned the police
The bodies were taken in charge by an
undertaken, but the coroner decided not to
move Krauss, who apparently would be
dead by morning.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13

BUFFALO. n. Y. March 12-The bodies
of Arthur r. Pennell and his wife. who
were killed on Tuesday night when a run
away automobile plunged into the Gehrees
quarry with them, were taken from the
undertaking rooms to the Cleveland avenue
home tonight After funeral services to-
morrow the bodies will be taken to Mr..
Pennelrs former home near Brunswick,
Me-, for burial.
Numerous kilograms of sympathy were
received at the Pennell home to-day from
classmates OF Pennell in Yale Simon
Fleischman chairman OF the Erie County
Bar Association. to-day appointed a COM
mittee to represent the association at the
funeral. The committee includes County
Judge Edward III. Emery, Surrogate Louis
w. Marcus and former District Attorney
Penney.
The necessary permits for the removal
of the bodies outside the State were issued
to-day by Medical Examiner Dancer. One
permit shows that Arthur r. Pennell was
thirty-eight years old. born on the Pacific
ocean. son OF John ID. Pennell and Abbie
Pennell tnee Reed. of Brunswick. Me-;
death caused by crushed skull. The sec
ond permit shows that Carrie l.. Penneil
was thirty-nine years old. born at Norwich
Conn.,. lived In Buffalo twelve years and
Was daughter Of Wtnslow n. Lamb, Of
Lima, N. Y
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13
JUSTICE ". R. DAY IS I'LL
NEW MEMBER OF THE SUPREME
COURT HAS PNEUMONIA.
His Friends Apprehensive that He
VIII Not BE Able to stand a severe
Attack of the Disease.

WASHINGTON, March 12-Associate
Justice William r. Day. of the United
States Supreme Court. is i'll with pneumo-
MIA. A member of the family stated to-day
that the jurist was suffering from the grip
but after a visit tonight DR.. B. l.. Hardin
the attending physician, made the following
statement: Judge Day has moderately
severe attack of pneumonia He is COM
Portable tonight, and his symptoms at
present do not occasion alarm. DR.. Osler
of Johns Hopkins University, will see him
in consultation tomorrow morning.
The friends of Judge Day are apprehen-
sive concerning his condition. His temper
ature to-day rose to the neighborhood of
1O5. He is man of frail appearance, and
1T is feared may be unable to withstand a
severe attack Of illness, though hopes are
entertained that his excellent habits and
the careful nursing and medical attention
he is receiving will enable him to pull
through. Never a man of strong appear
ance il was remarked when he came here
preme Court that he seemed to be very
much thinner than when in Washington as
secretary of state.
Two sons with Mrs. Day are in constant
attendance upon the patient and two other
sons. one at the University of Michigan
and the other at school in Asheville, n. c.,
are being kept advised as TO their fathers
illness.
Justice Day was suffering from a slight
cold when he left Canton for this city to
take the oath as a member of the Supreme
Court. The bad weather of the past week
aggravated this cold.
Admiral Dewey was among the many
friends who called to-day to inquire about
Justice Days condition.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONDITIONS.
Over 3S Feet Expected at Memphis
Caruthersville Surrounded.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 12.-There is
little change In the river situation tonight,
and, although the rise to-day has been
slight, the situation is considered grave,
and the stage of more than thirty-eight
feet is still expected. The gauge tonight
shows 35.S and rising. an advance of two
tenths since midnight last night. Private
dispatches from Charlottesville say
the situation there is practically un-
changed, and that the embankments
will hold a stage of three feet
greater than at present. The levee. two
miles south of Charlottesville is caving
badly and the greatest danger is looked for
at this point. The country for fifty miles
around Caruthersville is flooded and rail-
way traffic has been suspended. Another
weak spot in the levee system apparent
now is at Vancluse, Ark, near Greenville
Miss. A sand boil appeared there just
back of the levee Tuesday between the
horns of a bend in the river west of Lake
Chicot The "boil' wss promptly sup
pressed. but Its appearance Indicated an
Underground fissure that may prove dam
gerous. Captain Lucas left here to-day
for Helena, Ark, to personally investigate
conditions in the White river district. Sup
plies and men were also sent there to
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 81
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13
CONVICTED A SECOND TIME.
A. r. Batson Found Guilty of Murder
ing Seven Persons.

ing Seven Persons.
LAKE CHARLES, La, March 12.-The
second trial Of A. E. Batson, charged with
the murder of seven members of the Earl
family near Welsh, La. was concluded here
this evening, the jury finding the accused
guilty as charged. The defense has only
reserved two bills of exception, one Of
which is based on the testimony of Mrs.
Maud Earl Ingram, Batsons sister, who
declared that the handwriting in the notice
found near Ward Earl's house was not her
brothers. AS she was not an expert, the
defense objected to her testimony in this
respect. Ii was on a similar point that the
Supreme Court reversed the finding of this
court and gave Batson a new trial.
Batson took the verdict quietly, but his
mother, Mrs. Payne, who sat near her son,
seemed almost overcome She sat rigid for
some minutes, and then, with a groan, sank
back in her chair. The services of ply
sician were necessary TO restore her. The
convicted man was taken to the parish jail
to await sentence. Batson came to this
parish from Missouri, where he was en-
ployed a farm hand.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-13
CHANGES HIS MIND.


MANCHESTER, N. H., March 12.-Adel-
bert A. Ames, formerly mayor OF Mime
apolis. and a fugitive from justice, con-
trary to the advice of his physician, and, 1T
is believed. without the knowledge OF his
counsel, decided this afternoon to return
to Minneapolis to stand trial. He will
leave Saturday morning. by way of Boston
and Chicago, and will therefore be out of
New Hampshire when the time limit to get
bail Is up. He will be accompanied by Mrs
Ames and their child. His decision to re-
turn was voluntarily made, but II was not
come forward with sureties enough for his
bail of S12 800