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STATE OF LOUIsTANA-Parsl q W
mi1ion-17th Judicial Districs sOu
No. 497.
Succession of Olivia Broussards WIG y
Klebert Thibodeau1.

Whereas, z B Broussard . III
Thibodanx, co-administrators ~. Y .' II
succession have presented . saolsa ss; H
succession, with their petition pfa''pS
for its homologation o;ran M
Therefore, notice is heTeoy III All
all whom it may concern, ibcln .iIals "a IA
heirs, to make opposition I pl ", m
fit, within ten days from tle a Wy
which this notice is published sue III, IN
reason. why the application any
homologation should r1ot Do gla asai this
Given under my hand ana s0''s
0' 49, simonet LeBlarcI
groussara. Kitchen Il Bailey, ~
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Headquarters for the best Cotton
Seed.-Gus Godchaux & Son.
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Cure IN Cold ina One Gay

lake Laxative Bromo Quinine TaSlets
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. L, W Groves signature is on
earh*box. Is centa
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$50 arpents of Rice Land
for Sale, with deep well and
improvements, price Sis per
arpent, cash. Amply to
.. j: Fl. Lutgring & Co.
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over Two Million Dollars Withdrawn
by stockholders and DepOsitOrs
Within Two Weeks.
LIABILITIES ARE $7,693,7s2
LOANS AND DISCOUNTS AT LAST RE-
PORT WE'RE S5,O36,O.2,
Suspension Due to Raid stock of
Bank and Lack Of Confidence
DepOsitors to BE Paid.

PlTTSBURG. oct. 2l.-The doors of the
for business this morning. The following
noice was posted in explanation: CLOSED
by the authority of the controller of the
currency This was signed: John IL.
Cunningham. receiver.
Some such action as this has been within
the possibilities for the past two days, fore
cdsted by the determined raid made upon
the institutions stock on the Pittsburg
Stock Exchange The positive statements.
however. OF the president, j. A. Langfitt, 10
the effect that the bank was not in need
OF money. and that its losses would not
affect its capital or surplus. did much to-
ward allaying distrust the part Of its
depositors, thus preventing run.
The closing of the bank was decided on
al a meeting of the directors last night.
which did not break up until o'clock this
morning. At that hour none of the officials
would make a statement, and locally the
outcome of the meeting was not generally
known until the receivers notice was posted
at . o'clock
The hank is a United States depository
and reported on hand Sept. g. $4,000 OF
United States deposits. 1t was chartered
Nov. 16. 1901. with a capital stock of ST.
100000. The following is the statement of
the banks resources and liza bilities shown
by the last report of condition to the con-
troller OF the currency, Sept 9:
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INDIAN SYSTEM EVILS
AS VIEWED BY DELEGATES TO THE
= LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE.
Method Of Appointing Inspectors Crit
icised-POliticaI influence Bar
to Good Service.

LAKE MOHONK. n. V. Oct. H.-The
Mohonk Indian conference opened its twen-
ty-frst annual session here to-day. John
ID. Long, ex-secretary OF the navy. the
president of the conference, being absent at
the opening meeting, James ID. Wood pre-
sided in his stead.
A resolution was adopted that, pending
the investigation of the charges preferred
against certain officials of the Indian serv-
ice. ii would not be expedient to discuss
these charges, nor render any report upon
them at this conference
DIR. Lucien Warner. of New York, who
has spent several months of the present
year Investigating conditions in Hawaii,
said the adoption of universal suffrage had
been great mistake, resulting in turning
the local government largely TO the
half barbarous people removed but a few
generations from cannibalism. He attended
several sessions of the Hawaiian Legisla-
ture and said the character of the pro-
ceedings of the lower house where the ma
tives were in the majority, may be judged
somewhat by the fact that at the close
of their last session they had voted to de-
stroy all the vouchers showing their ex-
penditures that the public might not know
how much had been used.
j. w. Davis, of the Indian Association of
Boston, reao a paper dwelling on the evils
of the present system OF appointing Indian
inspectors. Very few honest inspectors are
obtained under this system he said. most
of them being venal and given to making
embarrassing reports. Ii has been prac-
ticaly impossible. the speaker declared, to
secure the removal of corrupt and incOm-
petent Indian agents through the investi-
cations conducted by inspectors who gen.
orally sided with the agents. no matter
what the charges against them might be-
Mr.. Davis spoke in high terms of the CO.
operation of President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Hitchcock in efforts TO purify the
Indian service
Frank Wood, who has had an extended
experience in Indian affairs dwelt upon the
deplorable effect of political Influence in
Indian agency appointments by which unfit
men are chosen and kept in positions to
pay political debts.
DR.. Charles +. Meserve. formerly super
intendent of Haskell Institute. Kansas, told
how his work among the Indians has been
hampered and often nu,!ified by the con-
slant efforts of senators and congressman
from his section to secure places for their
constituents. He advocated the extension
of the civil service TO Indian agents ana
inspectors. He thought that the Indian
schools should be placed under the United
States Bureau of Education as a remedy
for existing evils.
DR.. Lyman Abbott argued i'm favor of the
transfer of the Indians and all other de-
pendent peoples subject to the government
of the United States but not participating
in the government, TO the supervision and
control or the War Department
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were in the slightest danger of losing a
penny. More specific and detailed state
nents will be furnished from time to time
shall be deemed due to the public.
When the announcement was made to-
day that the Federal National Bank had
suspended. steps were taken by local banks
TO form pool to be used i'm case OF
emergency, and within "A short time be-
tween $1,000 and $3.G000OO was subscribed
rhe Pittsburg clearing house committee de-
cided that a subscription list should be cir
cuated among members of the Clearing
House Association. This was done and the
esponses were prompt and generous 1t
was made evident that no difnculty would
be experienced in obtaining whatever funds
are needed. The funds subscribed are de-
signed to give aid To financial institutions
should need develop. This will enable the
brokers TO secure money readily on good
collateral. IL is the opinion OF bankers that
the situation in Pittsburg is far from bad
and that there is not the slightest reason
tor further trouble.
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ORTHODOXY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Ministerial Brethren of Presbytery
Must Quit "Bobtail Coats-''
Washington Post.

washington fOsl.
Something moves TO wrestle for a spell
with the Greenbrier Presbytery of West
Virginia on the following proposition just
enunciated by that eminent and worthy
body:
Resolved. That IL is the solemn and
painful conviction of this Greenbrier Pres
bytery that some OF the ministerial oretn-
rem are departing from the time honoreo
custom of the father i'm wearing bobtailed
coats, and the Presbytery would hereby
warn the brethren against conformity 10
this custom of the dudes. Let the Offend
ing brethren be warned of what the uncir-
cumsized may do to them, as recorded IN
First Chronicles. xiv, Is. We respectfully
point them to the vestures OF the fathers
NJ H. Bittinger, w. 7. Price and NJ. l..
Lacy. as having coats becoming In length.
i'm opposition TO conformity to the fashions
of the present day
we do not deny that there is a certain
levity of suggestion, IL not of actual
thought and purpose, in the bobtailed coat.
in combination with a SILK hat, patent
leather skates and gaudy neckties-as fire.
quently occurs-it is, we unhesitatingfy al
nit, an agency OF grief and apprehension.
1t is not at all difficult TO believe that the
velopment, may lead TO violence, especially
in such serious and right minded region
as West virginiac Even IN large si5 ,,s,s
canvas shoes and the mutilated Panama
hats OF the aristocracy have taught us
restraint, and Injured us TO abstinence
from homicide, We still retain the fierce
vearning for a gun at moments Of especial
provocation- Up to this point. In fact. we
are with the Greenbrier Presbytery, tooth
and nail.
But is IL well and fruitful that we should
put behind us the turpitude OF the bob
tailed dude, only to surrender ourselves TO
the wild dissipations OF the opposite
trerne? There may be as great extrava-
gance albeit of a different kind. In the
vestures and habiliments OF Brother Bit
finger or Brother Price as IN the high
water sacks and unveiled legs OF the un-
regenerate There Is the vanity of ugii-
ness as well az the vanity of grace.
Clothes cut out with knife and fork:
trousers that bag villainously at the knee:
waistcoats with balloon effects between the
shoulders-these are not better evidences
OF a pure mind and a contrite heart than
the very briefest rounda bount the most
prismatic front. Let US be temperate in
all things II will pay.
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Illinois Hank Closed.

JOLIET. H., Oct. 2l.-The Exchange
Bank. the only institution of its kind at
Iockport. closed its doors to-day, throwing
the town into state of considerable excite
ment. as numerous small depositors are af-
fected. The bank was capitalized at $4,000
and the deposits are thought 10 be in the
neighborhood of $4,000. G. IL. Bacon. former
mayor and state senator, is president OF the
bank.
Examination of the affairs of the EX-
change Bank show that the institution was
in bad shape. The deposits Aggregate SI5,-
600. while loans and discounts are but $1,000
and cash in the bank S.l3S. The overdrafts
are $6.73l. The assets contain an uneX-
planned item, expense account sS.SSi.If.
The total shortage i'm sight, with some as
sets apparently worthless. is $55i19. n. f.
Mather, of Joliet. has been appointed re-
ceiYer.
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why Buck Was BiackmaiIed.

MANKATO. Mimi, Oct. 2l.-Judge Buck
father of Alfred III. Buck. missing cashier
of the Mapleton State Bank, is quoted here
as having said at a recent meeting of the
banks .irectors when asked regarding the
matchmaking of young Buck by Chicago
family that some years ago when his son
was lying in mis- bed in a boarding house in
Chicago he attacked by man with
a knife He said his son. who is a power
ful young fellow. sprang upon him and
injured him severely in Scuffie His as
sailant disappeared. Judge Buck would
give no I,:rther details. The losses of young
Bucks creditors, II II said. VIII now reach
$4,000 County Attorney Wilson has drawn
up warrant for his arrest, charging him
with larceny.
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May Never he Paid. because the
Widow Of the Testator Has Given
Notice of Contest.
STATEMENT BY MR.. BRYAN
NOTICE OF THE REQUEST WAS
PLACED IN A SEALED LETTER.
Bennett Was n Friend of the 3ebras-
Kan and Sent Him $4,000 for CAM
paign Expenses.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct 2l-As a
climax OF to-days hearing on the applica-
ton for the probating of the will of the
late PhIlo s. Bennett. accompanying which
sealed letter which William j.
Bryan to-day testified was a request that
he accept $4,000. Judge Stoddard, who
represents Mrs. Bennett. declared that if
Mr. Bryan insisted upon receiving the fund
she would contest the will. Mr. Bryan,
i'm reply. said that not one cent of the
money would he allow either his wife or his
children tn receive unless Mrs. Bennett
were willing. lie. however, did intend to
ask the court To decide the validity of the
bequest SO that i'm case IL was declared
legal he could distribute the money among
educational and charitable institutions
During the hearing Mr. Bryan introduced
a mass OF correspondence between himself
and Mr.. Bennett from the year 1896 to
1900 He read number of the letters aloud
in order TO show that Mr. Bennett re-
peatedly made offers of financial assistance
TO him. On four occasions according to the
witness. Mr.. Bennett sent him money to aid
him. the amount aggregating $500 He
related that in May. 1900. Mr.. Bennett came
to Lincoln. Neb. TO discuss the provisions
OF his will and told Mr.. Bryan that he
wished him TO accept d bequest OF $4,000
believing that he would need it later a
suggestion made By Mr.. Bryan at that time
was To the effect that If Mr. Bennett so
desired he could embody il in a request to
Mrs. Bennett In letter to be left with the
will. lie further suggested that the money
be- left in trust to him to distribute among
educational and philanthropic Institutions
After Mr.. Bennett returned East he exc
cuted his Will and sent a COPY TO Mr.
Bryan.
When Mr.. Bryans statement had been
concluded Judge Stoddard said the will
would be contested by Mrs. Bennett il Mr.
Bryan sought 10 secure the money be-
lieving that Mr.. Bryan had no equita BILE
tf0h ~
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Special 60 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. H.-Allen Virgin
was to-day appointed postmaster at Fowler
ton, Grant county. Indiana, vice jacob
Dame, resigned
Victor 4. Brown, of Waverly, Ind, has
been appointed farmer at the Rosebud 6.
ID Indian School at $500 year
Adam T.. Wainscott has been commits
stoned postmaster at Manson. Ind
report received by the Bureau OF Sta
tistics of the Department OF Commerce and
Labor from Consul Brainard n warner.
jr., at Leipsic, Germany. says that tele-
gram has been received from Brussels, Bel
GUM stating that the Belgian railroads
are about TO ask for bids upon $500 freight
cars and 100 locomotives. In addition 10
large quantity of other railroad supplies.
General Chaffee, who is TO become as
sistant chief of the general stall OF the
army arrived in Washington to-day. He
will take up his permanent residence In
Washington and become officially connected
with the War Department next Monday.
The President has appointed Horace w.
Bailey United, States marshal for vermont
to succeed Fred Field, dismissed. Bailey
was recommended by the Vermont deiega-
ton in Congress.
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DISCRIMINATION IN RATES.


TOPEKA. Oct. 21.-"AIafaIfa men in
western Kansas have a grievance against
the railroads., said a. II. Burtis, federal
fence Inspector. They claim the railroads
are discriminating against them. 1t costs
them 80 cents bushel to ship alfalfa seed
from the alfalfa center out there To To-
peka- The rate for shipping millet seed
Is only 10 cents bushel. Alfalfa seed and
millet weigh the same per bushel Still.
milet freight il 10 cents and alfalfa is 40
cents per busheL There isn't one railroad
man In ten that can tell which is millet
and which L. alfalfa seed by looking at II
Inasmuch the railroads were giving
them the worst OF il. some of the shippers
out there concluded they would turn a trick
themselves. So they have been shipping
alfalfa seed and labelling il milet seed get-
ting the Decent rate. This would save them
about $3.50 a car
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PRIZES AWARDED.



KANSAS CITY, Oct. 2l.-The grand
championship prizes were awarded in the
live stock show to-day. The Stantin breed
ing farm of Madison, Neb, Marshall Field,
of Chicago, owner, took sweepstakes for
best carload of fat Herefords, and the Ne
braska Land and Feeding Company, of
Ellsworth, Neb, for the best carload of
range-bred Herefords. Lucore Bros, Ar
riba, Col, and Halblied Bros. Brownell.
Kan, took first prize for range-bred Angus
feeders. The grand championship for car
load of fat cattle was awarded to G. NJ.
Casey. Clinton. Mo-, on shorthorns. In
the grand championship contest for range
bred feeding cattle. any age Ben Hicks.
Smoky Hill, Kan, won first on Galloway
cables. and c. S. Batchelder, Warrensburg.
ILL.,, second on Angus calves. The Cudahy
cup for the best load of range-bred wear
lngs in the show went to the Nebra ska
Land and Feeding Company on Herefords
In the shorthorn breeding cattle exhibit
F. w. Harding, of Waukesha, Wis. won
the grand sweepstakes bull contest d. r.
Hanna, of RavennO. o., won grand sweep-
stakes COW competition
In the Percheron ring Siegbert, champion
stallion of France. was defeated by SopheI
entered by Mclaughlin Bros. Columbus O.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l.-The monthly
report of the collections of internal reve-
nue. show that for the month OF September
1903. the total receipts were SO. 70S .24l. de-
crease as compared with September. 1902
of SlT7 l2s Receipts from the several
sources of revenue follows: Spirits. ST.
30 769. an increase OF 1898: tobacco. s.. 49,
2i5 an increase of S322. 02S fermented
liauors 81 .e99 an iDcrease OF $5l99 :
oleomargarine. si4.62S. an increase OF SIS. 625
adulterated butter and process or reno
waited butter $1l.514. decrease OF s6iS For
the three months OF the present fiscal year
the receiDts exceeded those for the cor
responding period OF 1902 by ss76. 466.
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Collision without Casualties.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l.-A collision oc-
Cured about o'clock tonight al
Marumsco. about twenty miles below Alex-
andria. Va. between the south-bound sea
board Airline express No. II and north
Fredericksburg a. Potomac Railroad The
north-bound freight had taken a siding TO
give the right of way to the north-bound
Richmond. Fredericksburg x Potomac ex-
press No. 60 The south-bound Seaboard
Airline express took the siding for the
same purpose. resulting i'm a collision There
were no casualties. Engineer r c. Davis.
OF Richmond, OF the Seaboard AIRLINE OK
press. being but slightly injured.
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Returning for "a Visit.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD. Ind. Oct H.-Miss Floy Gil
more. of this city. who a few months
ago appointed assistant attorney general Of
the Philippine islands. is her way home
for visit with relatives and friends. hav-
ing sailed from Manila on the 9Th OF this
month Miss Gilmore, who is but twenty
four years of age. Is a graduate of the Ann
Arbor (Mich.) Law School and went To Ma
Mia two years ago To- assume "A clerkship
in the government Offices. having made the
long trip there from ElwoOd alone Her
ability was soon demonstrated. and resulted
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ordered tn the Philippines.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind. Oct. 2I.-Major Abner
Pickering. Of this county. who commands a
battalion OF the Twenty-second Regiment
United States Infantry to-day received or
ders TO report at Manila for service. He
has served two years In the islands with
the regulars and expects To be absent on
this assignment two years more. He will
be accompanied by his wife. and with the
soldiers will sail from San Francisco on
the transport Sheridan or Oct. 81. Major
Pickering is now at Fort Crook Neb
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FOUR DISMISSALS.
,NcII-nEn FROM First PAGEl

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
and the inspector answered that he had
found that leather had advanced in price.
Inspector John ID. Sullivan testified that
Stern had told him that Perry s. Heath
had ordered George :. Allen to make an in
vestigation of the advance in the price of
Heather. and, finding that an advance had
taken place. defendant had been relieved
of Furnishing straps.
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To BE Professor of Politics.

PRINCETON, N j.. Oct. N.-The board
of trustees of the university met to-day
for the first time this fall. Henry A Gar
field. of Cleveland. o., son of the late Pres
ident Garfield. elected professor of
politics to fill the chair vacated by Prof.
John p. Finley. The resignation of Prof
J. Mark Baldwin was accepted.
The honorary degree of master of arts
was conferred on James H. Hyde, of New
York, first vice president of the Eauita bic
Life Assurance Society.
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Drug store Dynamited.

WOOSTER. o., Oct 21.-Ayleswortll's
drug store at Fredericksburg. this county,
was blown to pieces last night with dyna-
mite. 1t was at first thought that the deed
was committed by burglars. but later infor-
nation is to the effect that the act is the
result of bad feeling over approaching local
option election.
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Miller. assistant foreman OF the govern
men printing office bindery. from the action
of the auditor for the State and other de-
partments in disallowing the claim put IN
by him for compensation for the sixty
three DAYS of his suspension and dismissal
from the government printing ONCE. The
controller holds that Miller is not an officer,
but an employee subject 10 dismissal at the
pleasure OF the public printer and that ne
cannot be paid for work not performed
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An $4,000 "a Year job.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 21.-President Francis
to-day appointed former Judge James A.
Seldom acting counsel of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company To succeed
Frank T. Blair. resigned The salary of
the position Is $4,000 year. Judge Seldom
- law partner OF Mr.. Blair.
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Not Fatally Hurt.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. Thames III. Wray
the horse breeder and trader of Toronto
Canada. who was hurt last night i'm one of
the events of the horse show here, and who
was at first reported fatally injured, was to-
day said 10 be out of danger.
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EN- ROUTE TO MANILA.
Twenty-sccond Infantry Starts from
Fort Crook, Neb.

FORT CROOK. Neb.. Oct. 21-The TWEEN
ty-second Infantry. Colonel Henry Wygant
commanding. left this afternoon for Manila
for a two years absence. There are 465
men I'm the two battaiOns. including the
band of twenty-six pieces. The regiment is
destined for service in southern Luzon
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FRANK brown RELEASED.


WASHINGTON, Oct 2l-Frank Brown. a
native of Mansfield. o.. who has been Ian
gushing for nearly a year in an unclean
dungeon in Guatemala has been released
Brown shot an Italian, as he claimed the
result of accident, but was imprisoned with
out trial The Department OF State learned
OF Browns condition through a letter he
wrote to an Ohio paper and instituted in
vestigation. Minister Combs has now
called that he has secured the prisoners
discharge
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CLEVELAND. o., Oct. Civilian b.
Wallace. a travelling salesman from St
Louis, jumped into the lake from a pier
at the foot OF Erie street late this afternoon
to end his life He was taken from the
water within few, moments after his
plunge, but died at the hospital in an hour.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. sl.--Controller OF
the Treasury Tracewell save AN adverse
opinion to-day in the appeal taken by w. A.
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Have you seen Mrs. Austin's New pressg