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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
NUMBER Is
INCREASING
Americans Stranded in Europe
are Legion.
MANY DRIVEN TO SUICIDE
Our Consul Is Appealed to in
Vain.

Paris. April 25.-During the past year
the number of Americans stranded in
Paris has increased to alarming proper
tions. Almost without exception they
call at the United States Consulate to
ask for immediate cid and to try to get
their passage paid. In view Of this per-
picking problem the american" cor
respondent interviewed Consul-General
Gowdy, who said:
Millions of missions was the shibbo-
Ieth of Bishop McCabe, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in America. Other
churches have followed suit and also
raised their millions; excellent. But let
me explain. Five hundred thousand
Americans pass through Paris annually.
A certain number of these find them
selves without means and cannot get
home. A large percentage of these are
hard up, through no fault Of their own.
1t is easy for a man of experience to
recognize those who make a living by
pretended poverty.
ION an average three stranded Ameri-
cans call here daily. There is a popular,
but erroneous, belief that the Consulate
gets money from the State Departmnt to
send them home. The Swiss Consuis are
the only ones who are authorized to help
citizens of the Republic of Switzerland
back 10 their native land.
1.-The American Aid Society Of Paris
does a good work, but is not capable of
coping with increasing necessity. Resi-
dent Americans who contribute are call
ed upon all the time to do so.
"A mission ought to be established here
for helping distressed Americans. Money
could not be better spent. The million
aire who would give $4,000 for the estab-
Iishment of such a work would save
many of countrymen and countrywomen
from the Morgue. More Americans go
10 the Paris Morgue than our friends in
the United States imagine. Uncles, aunts,
fathers, mothers. relatives send inquiries
here. stating that So and So went to
Paris and has not been heard of since
Poverty in the most luxurious city in
the world drives the stranded American
20 despair, thence to the Seine. The
officials send the body to the Morgue.
Nobody claims it. The morbid gaze upon
the swollen face for a few days. Then
the body is dissolved in a vat"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
WATERClAD WARSHiP.
lnvincible Naval Structure Gotten Up
in Russia.

St Petersburg, April 25.-The new type
Of battleship. the "vodo brauka" or wa
ter-clad," with which Russian naval en-
gineers have been experimenting. points
TO Il revolution in maritime warfare
Instead of an upper deck the new YES
sci has two ceilings, including layer
OF cork, and instead Of the lower deck.
an armored floor. The space between
ceilings and floor can be automatically
filled with water Chence the term wa
ter-clad) when the ship sinks a foot
under water. Under the armored floor is
the space for men, machinery and tor
pedo gear.
This ingenious craft, the inventor
claims. viii soon render the ordinary
iron-clad obsolete Invsibility. speed.
large sailing radius, sea-going qualities
and invulnerability are some of the
characteristics which make the new type
superior TO the above-water vessel. 1t
does not roll. and therefore offers a good
basis for the accurate firing of torpe-
-nae
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
MISS GRISWOLD GRAY.
american Girl Discovers Convent
Chock Full of Romance.

Paris. April 26.-AIiss Griswold- Gray has
proved herself To be the most interesting
IF not the very best guide for Americans
on the shores OF the Mediterranean this
year. In the neighborhood Of Hyeres she
has discovered the ruins OF a once famous
convent which is euveloped in romance.
Thither Mrs Griswold-Gray conducts
her choice friends. There she recounts to
them the story Of a beautiful abbess who
rejoiced in the poetic name Of Sibine de
Fox
The ringing Of the convent bell was the
sienal for the brave men Of the neighbor-
hood 70 come and save the sisters from
the invading Saracers
But Sibille rang It when there was no
Invaders. When the flower Of the local
chiValry arrived they found the ahbess
wreathed with smiles standing in the
gateway When the Saracens really came
Sioiiie de Fox rang the bell in vain They
carried of the pretty abbess and all her
nuns and naught has ever been heard OF
them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

ernor general
NJ. Loubet extricated himself from this
delicate situation perfectly by informing
some people that he shared their regrets
and their sympathies and by saying to
others that Algeria would not suffer from
the departure of the governor general
Besides. NJ. Loubet as scored a very
great personal success by this trip to AL
giers, where he was saiuted by the fleets
of Italy, Spain and England and ac-
claimed both colonists and natives.
A splendid page has been written in
the history of the presidency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
PRESIDENTS PRETTY COUSIN.
Miss Roosevelt ScoveI to Become
Countess Fabricotti.

Paris. April 2S.-Miss Cornelia Roose-
Welt Scovel. only daughter of the Cheva-
lier and Mrs. Scovel, will become the
Countess Fabricotti next month. Count
Ricardo Fabricotti is not rich. but he
belongs to an old Florentine family, dat
ing back beyond the revival of Estruscau
art.
Miss ScoveI met Count Fabricotti for
the first time at one of her musicales
given in the Scovel villa near Florence.
Congratulations have been pouring in
thick and fast upon Fabricotti for having
won the heart of President Roosevelt
pretty cousin. Miss Scovel is getting her
trousseau ready in Paris. Miss Alice
Roosevelt is expected to attend the we'd
ding, which will take place in Florence.
The very first to send his congratula-
tons to Miss Scovel was the young vio-
linist. Fanfulla Lari. He has played fire.
quently at Miss Scovers musicales.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

stupid than these birds. See how they
follow me, come and go when 1 bid them.
If l sit down and take out my paper TO
read there is a general scamper In all
directions. They know l want to read
for a while and they leave me in peace.
That is more than some of my human
neighbors will do.
They remember and answer to the
names 1 give them. Often when 1 am In
a crowd or walking along the Rue de
Riveli one of these little birds will ap-
pear suddenly, circle around my head or
sit on my shoulder Sometimes sparrow
follows me a great distance out of the
gardens. once little bird worked its
way into a pocket of my overcoat and
remained with me all night My plumed
friends of these ancient royal gardens
show that man should not be the dread
ed foe OF the songsterS of the air..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

bill. substituting a one or two-dollar bun.
The game was tried in a small postosf.e.
near here the other day and failed. When
he laid down a so bill the girl who was
in the pcstofiice AT the time got suspicious
and said she didn't have that much
money and asked IL he didn't have some
thing smaller. he then produced SO
bin. but the postmistress was stu sfrald
and said she didn't have that much
money. The fellow then lost his temper
and went out OF the Office growiinE. She
said he was fairly dressed. smooth shaver
and had dark eyes and wore a derby.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
PALACE is THREATENED.
Chateau of Versailles Is Likely to Be
DismantIed.

Paris, April 25.--Now it is the Chateau
or Palace of Versailles, so well known to
Americans and so dear to the heart OF
Count Robert de Montesqulou which is
threatened with destruction.
The Commission of Historical Monu-
ments say so. Messrs. de Nolhac and
Marcel Lambert, the conservator and
architect respectively of the chateau,
say that a penurious policy is RESPONSE
bic for the approaching ruin of this most
conspicuous monument of France.
In days gone by three hundred thou
sand francs were spent annually in pre-
serving or improving the chateau. Later
this sum was cut down to two hundred
thousand.
The chateau is not protected against
fire. The present outlook is that should
II escape a possible confagration it will
shortly fan to pieces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
AUSTRIA TRYING GUNS.
New Style of Field Gun to Be Adapted
by That Country.

Vienna, April 25.-It is expected that
after the fall maneuvers the new type of
field gun with which the army has been
experimenting for some time will be
adopted. In that case wholesale manu-
featuring Will begin at once.
The barrel of the new gun will consist
of bronze, the other parts of steel. Pro-
tective shields against infantry fire will
not be employed as the weight is too
great. The ammunition to be adopted is
grenades and shrapnell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
WORKING PosToFFIcEs.

Abilene. Kan. April 2-The Reflector
says: There seems to be a gang IN this
part OF the state working small postoftices
as we'll as blowing UP bank safes. Their
game Is an old one. They lay down
so bill and ask 10 have il changed
When the person at the window reaches
for the change the swind!er changes the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
TO SELL CROWN JEWELS.
School Of Mines Needs Money for Ed
ucational PURPOSES

Paris, April 2s.-The School Of Mines
viii sell shortly the crown Jewels which
were given 10 its museum in 1Sss. The
permission Of the Chamber OF Deputies
is necessary, but this VIII readily be
granted
The state divided the crown Jewels
among the museums Of the Louvre the
Sorbonne and the School OF Mines Some
Of the pearls are very fine. The School Of
Mines VIII sell them and apply the pro-
ceeds 10 increase its meteorological col
lection
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

Dry. and anoint freely
with Cuticura ONT
ment, the grest skin
cure and pp-at OF
emollients. Bsndage
lightly in old, soft
cotton or linen. For
itching, burning and
scaliag eczema,
nshes, Inflammation
and chatting of the
feet, for redness,
roughness, crac k $
and assures, will
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
MODERN ST. FRANCIS.
Frenchman Has Birds for His Com.
panions

Paris, April 25.-M Pol. the greatest
bird oharmer in the world. the gentle
philosopher who had led the snar-ows
Of the Tulieries during the past thirty
years is now called the modern 81. Fran
els Of Assist The reason Is because. ike
the saint, he calls the birds his brothers
and his sisters Speaking with a CORES
pendent this gentle philosopher said.
Birds are endowed with intelligence
These philosophers who say they are
guided by mere animal instinct are wrong
They have few needs and are easily
satisfied. Many human being is more
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

If you do not possess your pro rata 1t
Is not the fault OF Uncle Sam Thirty
years ago the amount was only 1858.
Four years ago IL was little over $40.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

SOAP. Dry, and aneins
fir eely with CUuCuRA
OINTMENT, the great skin
cure and purest Of emol-
lients- Wear during the
night, old loose gloves, or
light bandsges of son old
linen or cotton. For red,
rough, chapped and sore
hands, dry, assured, itch
ing. feverish palms, with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26
SORE FEET
SORE HANDS
Inflammation, Itching, Soreness,
Tenderness, With Shapeless
Nails, Quickly Cured
by CutiCura

Soak the feet on retiring in a strong,
hot, creamy lather OF Cuticurs Soap.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-26

Soak tie hands on retiring In q
strong, hot, creamy lsther OF CUrrCuRA
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
A May-Day Outing.

In response to the invitation of
Prof. H. B. Hines, Of the Coushatta
high school. a large number of the
pupils of the Colfax high school, ac-
companled by Prof. Welch and Miss
Estelle McCook und Miss Virgie
Moore, went to Coushatta ON the 1st.
to attend the school picnic at that
place. The boys of the two schools
were pitted to play match game OF
base ball. Also the regular Colfax
nine challenged the young men of
Coushatta to tr0t out their team for
match game the same day, which
was accepted. So, with the two base
ball teams and their friends, and the
teachers and pupils Of the school, at
least forty persons boarded the Val
ley train yesterday friday morn
ing for Coushatt,s, to take in the pic.
mic and enjoy the days outing.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed condi-
tion of the mucous lining OF the Eusta-
chian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have q rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
" closed deafness is the result. and un-
less the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
ditiou. hearing will be destroyed foreveri
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca.
tarrh. which ID nothing but an infiamed
condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars tor
any case Of deafness Caused by catarrh,
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
II Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
In mentioning the capacity OF the

In mentioning the capacity OF the
mammoth brick machine OF the Colfax
Press Brick Co. last week, we stated
it to be 20, 900 brick day. This is
an error, as it has the capacity for
making great deal more, having
the ability to turn out fully 1000
brick every hour in the day or night.
The company expect to make "a, 1000
daily without any great effort. II
necessary with rush orders they can
put on a night force, and run the ma
chine night and day, and increase
their output until it reaches 4O. .OOO
or more for every working day in the
week,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes. but that is not altogeth-
er true. DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption is sure cure for all lung
and throat troubles. Thousands can
testify to that. Mrs. q. B. VenMetre. of
Shepherdtown. w. Va, says Il had Sc
we're case of bronchitis and for year
tried everything heard Of. but got no
relief. One bottle Of DIR. Kings New
Discovery then cured me absolutely"
It's infallible for Group. whooping cough
grip, pneumonia and consumption. Try
It. It's guaranteed bv Crescent Drug
Store, Colfax; Bush & Randolph. Fair
mount. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes
Soc and 81.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
The Colfax & Northern Sells Out
to MIR. EtIenbOrn.

The Colfax & Northern Railway
Company has sold ont to the Shreve-
port & Red River Valley Railway
Company for the sum and considera-
ton of $39.712 Ain cash. The deed
was passed before Allen Kendall, no
tary public, in Shreveport, March Is,
1903. 1t was fled for record with
Mr.. j. ]. O'Qninn, Clerk of the Court,
in Colfax, April 29th.
The Colfax & Northern railroad is
exactly 27H miles long. Beginning
at the town of Winfield and running
southwesterly it intersects the Valley
railroad at q point 5 and 9-1O miles
north of Colfax, at station 923, plus
.O4K, of the survey of the s. & R. R.
| w., and also leaving the Valley rail-
way at station 500. plus .96, OF the
said survey, the two lines forming a
Y, said Y being in sections Is aud Is,
township Z north, range 4 west.
The sale includes the 100 foot right
of way of the Colfax & Northern, and
also where same has been purchased
wider to secure dirt for heavy cuts
and fills, and all movable property oI
equipments Whatsoever, and all ma
chinery, tools, implements or supplies
now held, owned or acquired, or thai
may be acquired, for constructing
maintaining, operating and repair
ing, and all rights, privileges, powers
immunities, franchises and exemp
tions, together with all appendage
and appurtenances belonging to sai'
railway, the rights Of way, switches
sidings, turnouts, roadbed ant
grounds, and allimprovements, struc
lures or buildings or property stu
ated thereon.
This purchase, together with tn
rapid extension OF the Valley road t
Baton Rouge, and the assurance
an early entry into New Orleans
gives this section of the country in
mediate and great advantages. Th
Valley is beginning to develop itssnt
! stantial qualities, already it is pt
tent factor in the State, and the pei
pie of Louisiana are watching ever
movement of Mr.. EdenbOrn, its pres
dent, with the most lively interest.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
A special to the Shreveport Times

A special to the Shreveport Times,
under date ofApril 9th, says: Local
Manager T. P. Hamilton, ofthe Louis
lana and Northwestern railway today
informed The Times correspondent
that before the end of the week mixed
trains will be run from Natchitoches
connecting with the Shreveport& Red
River Valley railway. This will be q
great convenience to the traveline
public. especially those desiring to &c
to places on the line of the Valley
railway. fN
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
coIFAx, GRANT PARISH. La, SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1908. 4
win Colfax Bore for Oil?

2
outfit at work boring for oil, which
at last accounts had their we'll sunk |
to depth of 200 feet. At Marks
vile, down in Avoyelles parish, the
great center of attraction is reported
to be the oil well being bored ut that
town. They are down in the earth
1000 feet, and are looking for some
thing to happen every day, the firm
conviction in the hundreds of people
who visit it being that they will de-
velop spouter within the next two
or three hundred feet. The Marks
vile Enterprise says the Indications
for oil are very strong, and many
land deals are being made daily on
the prospect of striking oil.
The revival of interest in the oil
field should awake a responsive inter-
est at Colfax, as we undoubtedly have
the plainest and most decided oil in
dications of any locality in this por-
tion of Louisiana. Ithas been mat
ter of astonishment that our people
have done nothing toward investi-
eating the field at this place. Four
wears ago. before there was any ex-
citement over the oil question, our
citizens contracted for an artesian
well with the Hart Well Co., of Plaq-
uemine, for the purpose of securing
water for drinking purposes. At n
depth of 100 feet, failing to getgood
drinking water, the enterprise was
abandoned. Since that time our well
has run constant flow of salt water
and gas, and, while the town has
been lit up hundreds of times with its
Illuminating qualities, still our peo.
pie have not been sufficiently illumi.
mated to move them to make further
Investigations into the mysteries that
: lie deeper down in the bottom OF that
wonderful we'll. The Colfax well lacks
3 500 or 600 feet of being as deep al
5 the oil wells in the Beaumont and
South Louisiana country. Every
man who has looked mt our well say
we have all the indications that pre-
vail in proven oil localities.
In view Of the millions OF dollar
that have been expended at Beau
mont, jennings, and other places
and the Independent fortunes tina
. have been made in oil, it is remark
liable that Goifax, the first place wher
oil signs were so unexpectedly and 81
fully developed, shonld have gone t
this late day without furtherexploita
ton. We hope to see this matte
: take on new life during the presen
+ season. There is every reason VIII
D the citizens of Colfax should not res
until the conditions OF this field hay
4 been investigated, and nobody is NOR
2 Interested in the investigation tina
themselves. Let company beforu
|. ed right here at home to do the worl
:. 1t is plain business proposition, an
u the possibility and the probability
: that it's Inauguration will be wort
many thousands of dollars to the CT
izens of this country.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

now and then, at bedtime will cure con-
stipation, biliousuess and liver troubles.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the ia
nous little pills that cure by arousing
the eecretions, moving the bowels gently.
vet effectually, aud giving such tone and
strength to the glands Of the stomach
and liver that the cause of the trouble is
removed entirely, and il their nee Is con-
tinued for few days, there will be no
return of the complaint. Sold by j. A.
Hyde.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

Recent experiments, by practical tests
and examination with the aid OF the x
Rays, establish it as a fact that Catarrh
of the Stomach is not disease OF itself,
but that it results from repeated attacks
of indigestion. How Can / Cure My In
digestion 2" Kodol Dyspepsia Cure ia
curing thousands. 1t will cure You OF
indigestion and dyspepsia, and prevent
or cure catarrh Of the stomach. Kodol
digests what you eat makes the stom-
ach sweet, Sold by j. A. Hyde.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

The La. Press Association h to
meet in New Orleans May 26th and
9th, at which time an excursion has
been arranged in Pullman coaches to
San Antonio, Texas, with stops at
the Iberia salt mines and Beaumont
oil fields. The members Of the associ-
alton expect to have q grand time
generally.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

The Shreveport Times got out a
handsomes special edition last Sunday,
printed in royal blue, in honor OF the
Travellers Protective Association,
which met in that city on Saturday
last. 1t was in three sections, "a
pages in all, handsomely illustrated,
and quite a credit to the Times man
agement and energy. In this same
splendid Sunday edition the Times
makes the announcement that it's
Monday issue, the work for which has
to be done on Sunday, will be discon-
tinued from now On. The Times SEN
titled to an extra need of gratula-
ton on it's decision that it's wOrkmen
are entitled to q day OF rest.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

Zone of DIR. 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 gripe. Only
Is cents at Crescent Drug Store, Colfax;
Bush & Randolph. Paramount.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02
The Memphis Morning News.

The Memphis Morning News.
Every man who keeps abreast OF
the times in these days of news and
exchange of ideas should subscribe
for some great city paper in sympa-
thy with his sentiments and section
of the country. For Southern men
the Memphis Morning News exactly
fills the bill. 1t is q metropolitan pa
per at metropolitan prices, and is
one of the greatest dailies in the South
in upholding Southern principles.
The price is only IS a year-10 cents
a week, or As cents a month-for the
Daily and Sunday edition, Z papers q
week, averaging 10 to 12pages daily.
1t publishes a magazine supplement
and a juvenile section, in addition to
it's regular colored comic supplement,
all Of which are furnished to subscrib'
ers without any extra cost. We rec
ommend the Memphis Morning News
to our friends as q paper that will
give them eminent satisfaction, ont
in which father, mother, sons and
daughters, will all be interested.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

MIR. Ralph Bingham, "the worlds
leading monoIogue entertainer" }" will
bein Colfax next Wednesday evening,
May 9Th, to appear before an audi
ence under the auspices of the Colfax
Lyceum organization.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-02

Mr.. Joseph Pominville. of Saltwater.
Minn, after having spent over $1,000
with the best doctors for stomach trou-
BILE, without relief, was advised BY his
druggist, Mr.. Alex. Richard. to try box
Of Chamberlaip's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. He did so, and is we'll man
to-day. If troubled with indigestion
bad taste in the mouth, lack Of appetite
or constipation. give these Tablets a trisl
and you are certain to be more than
pleased with the result. For sale at q
cents per box by j. 81. McNeely, Colfax
Bush & Randolph, Fairmount