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The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

Denver, Oct THE Republican this
morning says:
Governor Peabody, after hearing
charges for two days from officers Of
the Colorado National Guard. yester-
day ordered a court martial to try GER
tain officers of the Guard VINO have
been charged with grave ohenses. The
court martial will convene in Denver at
the earliest possible time, according to
the statement of the governor. and
will investigate the conduct of a large
number of officers of the Guard. This
court will consider charges which have
been filed against Brgadier General
Chase, Adjutant General Sherman Bell,
Major Arthur II. Williams, Colonel
Frederick Gross and Colonel Frank
the recall of General Chase from the
active command Of the troops in Grip
pie Creek for a conference with the
governor All of these officers are
said to lie concerned in the trouble
which caused that act. Other officers
ere said to be involved.
The declaration that Governor Pea
body had summoned the court martial
kept ItUtTdl SHtlSf III Denver anu h'
did aoI return to Cripple Creek rs had
been agreed on Monday. In fact, all
the previous plans of the officers in the
Guard We're changed and the entire in
terest is centcred in the coming court
martial
Charges" said Governor Peabody
yesterday. have been preferred. against
certain men anG officers of the Nation
al Guard and have been filed with me.
| propose to inquire into them immedi-
ately. The charges are of most SER
ious nature, and | shall order court
martial to convene Immediately to con-
slider them The charges will be
probed to the very bottom and anyone
found guilty. no matter who he is,
whether he be an officer of high rank
or a private without rank, will be prop
erly dealt with.
General Chase has not been re-
moved. but will remain In Denver for
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

State liquor licenses are being rap
idly collected by the Office Of State
Treasurer Newton. At present there Is
from $500 to $500 day coming in from
this source. On the 5th instant there
were eight licenses brought in, and this
is about the general average for the
day This Is the first time that the IL
censes have been collected by the state,
and the results are gratifying to the
state officials. The license for the
state is $25. and saloon keepers all
over the state will be required to pay
it. The clerical force Of the treasur-
er's office has been busy for some time
sending out notices to the saloon keep
erS-Denver Republican
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Kings and Princes Galore.

Darmstadt, Oct The civil mar
riage OF Prince Andrew of Greece and
Princess Alice of Battenberk was cee-
brated here at noon to-day. The King
of Greece and Prince Louis Of Batteu-
berg, father of the bride, acted as wit
nesses at the wedding
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Postal Case Indictments.

Washington, Oct. Fifteen new In
dictmants were brought into the Su-
premc Court for the District OF Colum-
bia yrsterday as the final result Of the
inves' sation of the Postofiice Depart
ment Several of these findings were
against persons who have already been
indicted.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Arkansas State News
Gambling Houses Raided.

Several weeks ago the gambling
houses of Little Rock were raided
by the sheriff on a warrant sworn
out by a member of the anti-gam-
bling association. When the cases
were called for trial the accused
were fined in a nominal sum with
the understanding that their places
should remain closed in the future.
Besides, the devices seized were Or
dered burned. One of the leading
gamblers took an appeal on the
burning order, and the case is still
pending in the supreme court. The
gamblers, however, at least some
of them, did not remain closed but
short time, and as a consequence
another writ was sworn out last
week and the sheriff raided the
places, securing a number of tables
and other gambling devices. The
night following the raid by the
sheriff, the police took hand and
found one place running in full
blast. twenty-five players and
dealers were captured, and given a
free ride to the calaboose, where
some of them spent the night in
default of $25 required for their
release. The anti-gambling asso-
citation is composed of leading citi-
zens and ministers, and the mem
bers declare that open gambling
houses will never again be permit
ted at the state capital SO long as
the law against this evil remains on
the statutes.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Prohibition Election Void.

Judge Bryant of the federal
court at Sherman has granted to
the saloon men of the Texas side
of Texarkana writ of permanent
injunction restraining the authori-
ties on that side of the state line
from publishing and declaring the
result of the prohibition election
held on August p last, wherein the
county voted dry. The injunction
was granted on the ground that only
fourteen days notice of the cleo
ton was given, whereas the law re-
quires fifteen days The prohibi-
tionists announce that they will at
once cali a county mass meeting and
take the necessary steps for holding
another election.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Activity in the Zinc Fields.

As the branch of the Batesyille
extension of the Iron Mountain
nears completion into the zine belt
of the northwest, activity in min
ing in that section increases. Ma
chinery has been ordered for the
erection of a number of new mills,
and within the last few months out
side capital has been seeking invest
ment in mineral lands with greater
persistency than heretofore.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
School District May Borrow Money.

The state department Of public
instruction is receiving inquiries
concerning the fate of the bill in
the last legislature authorizing from
school districts to borrow money and
mortgage their property for the pur-
pose of erecting school houses. It
is shown by the records that this
bill became a law without the gov
ernor's signature and was printed
in the acts of 1908, hence the free
school districts have authority to
borrow money and mortgage their
property for the purpose outlined.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Negro Convicted of Murder.

Robert Eaton, one-legged negro
about 25 years Of age, was found
guilty of numbering T. F. O'Brien,
a peddler, by a jury in Pulaski
circuit court The evidence against
Eaton was circumstantial, but of
strong character. The crime was
committed near Pinnacle Noun
tains, west of Little Rock, January
6 last. O'Brien left Little Rock
with yalise filled with spectacles
which he was selling. The next day
his body was discovered on the rail
road track by an engineer, who stop
ped his train within a few feet of
the murdered man. An investiga-
tion showed that he had been shot
IN the head with a load of buckshot,
and the body was placed on the track
to cover up the crime Eaton was
seen with O'Brien, and then it was
known that he borrowed a shotgun
which was returned with one bar
rel empty. 1t was also proven that
the accused was seen wearing cloth
ing taken from the murdered man,
and when arrested he had in his
possession several pairs of spectacles
and 0'Brien's gold watch. Eaton
claims he purchased these articles,
but could not produce any one 10
substantiate this statement.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Blind Tiger Decreasing.

In his charge to the grand jury
at Bentonville, Circuit Judge J. N.
Tillman said that the effort in that
circuit to put stop to the illegal
whisky traffic had been attended
with gratifying results. Six months
ago eighteen government licenses to
retail liquor were in force in Ben
ton county; now there are only
three. There were then fourteen
in Madison; now only two. Two
in the eastern district of Carroll !;
now, none. Seven in Washington;
only one now. In the whole dis
trict there were forty-one licenses
in force six months ago; now there
are only six.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Youth Kills His Brother.

AT Green Forrest Walter Lynch,
aged II years, shot and probably
fatally wounded his 9-year-old
brother. The lads got hold of a
bottle of whisky and became drunk.
They quarreled over the whisky,
when the elder boy secured shot
gun and fired load of No. 6 shot,
at close range, into the neck and
face Of his brother.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
E....-,ss.. Amh 3 &c

William Ribclin, a farmer resid-
ing near Hot Springs, was ambush
ed while en- route home from Hot
Springs and left for dead on the
roadside. He was wounded in the
thigh, and bullet also struck his
skull and his throat was cut. Ribe-
Inns team was proceeding home
when they passed a neighbours
house, who stopped them and began
a search. Upon the discovery of
Ribelin he was removed to farm
house and medical aid summoned.
He was revived sufficiently to tell
who his probable assailants were,
and within a few hours Jesse and
Algy Burks and shorty Martell
were lodged in jail. Ribelin can
not recover.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
BRIEF MENTION.

Sam Taylor is under arrest
charged with shooting and killing
Dave Ellis near Hammonsyille,
White county.
Some unknown person set fire to
the Batesville bank building, and
the structure was saved after hard
work by the fremen.
The silver jubilee of the Roman
Catholic church at Atkins was eel
ebrated with imposing ceremonies,
beginning on the 4th.
Otis ]. Gray, assistant chief of
the Hot Springs fire department,
died from injuries sustained in a
fall from the roof Of the st. Cloud
hotel when the building was on fire.
J. W. Kendall, an old citizen of
Lawrence county, suicided by tax
ing morphine. He was 60 years of
age and had lived in Lawrence coun-
ty thirty years.
Several residences at Hot Springs
situated on Crest Hill were destroy
ed by fire, which started in the I'M
occupied residence of Mrs. r. j.
Lea. The fire is thought to have
been the work of an incendiary.
Sam Taylor is under arrest at
Searcy, charged with the murder of
Dave Ellis at Hammondsville. The
evidence against him is ciroumstan-
tial. Ellis was murdered about
two weeks ago, his body being terri
bly, slashed.
1t is estimated at the office of
state auditor that there is an in
crease of about $6,00O,000 in the
assessed valuation of the state for
this year, or an aggregate of about
$230,000,000.
I. W. Jones, aged so years, died
as the result of an accident at
saw mill near Little Rock. While at
work Jones right arm became en-
tangled in a circular saw and was
cut off, and he died from the sock.
Walter Horton, convicted on Sep
TENDER II, at the present term of
the Jackson circuit court, of the
murder of Ed Clark September
~, 1902, at Weldon, must pay the
penalty for his crime in death on
the gsallows
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Want Peace Among Baptists.

The peace committee of the Bap-
fist state convention has formulat-
ed a statement containing recon-
mendations and propositions foI
the consideration of the peace com
mittee of the General Association
of Arkansas Baptists. Recommend
ations looking to the restoration of
harmony in Baptist circles are
made with the conditions attaching
that the general association dis
solve and recommend to the church
es now representing in it to here
after send messengers to the Baptist
state convention; and that the two
papers, the Landmark Baptist and
the Baptist Advance, shall be
merked into one paper. The gen.
eral associations state meeting will
be held in Little Rock on October
80, and the Baptist state conven-
ton meets also in that city on No
vember Is.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
A Strange Case.

A. NJ. Lee, a prominent farmer of
the Indian Territory, while attend
ing a circus at Fort Smith, was
approached by a pretty little girl
about eight years of age, who was
crying and who said she was lost.
Mr. Lee notified the officers, but
search for her parents was unsuc-
ccssful. Mr.. Lee concluded to take
the child home with him. Should
her parents fail to claim her, Mr..
Lee will adopt the child.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Crop Will Be Very Short.

Hon. W. II. Eagle, one of the
most extensive cotton growers in the
state, says the crop will be the
shortest in ten years. The planters,
however, Mr.. Eagle says, will be
about as well off as he would be
with a full crop and low prices, foN-
as labor is very scarce he would have
to pay more than usual to gather
the staple.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
McLane An Imposter.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
says the party giving the name of
c. P. McLane, claiming to be
government chemist, and who start
ed the report that boil weevif was
destroying the cotton crop in the
western part of this state, is an i'm
poster and is not known in Wash
ington.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Choctaw Changes.

r. f. Cahill has been succeeded
as superintendent of the eastern di-
vision Of the Choctaw by T. B.
Stewart. The new superintendent
of the eastern division has been
with the Choctaw for nearly year,
coming with it from the Central of
New Jersey, Superintendent Wentz'
old charge. He was first chief clerk
to Mr.. Vent, succeeding n. c.
Phillips, who was promoted to be
superintendent on the west end.
Then be became Mr.. VENTS assist
ant, and when Mr.. Phillips resign
ed as superintendent on the west
end, on September Z, Mr.. Stewart
was appointed to succeed him. Now
he is transferred to the eastern di-
vision. w. NJ. Whittenton, the new
superintendent on the west end, has
been trainmaster on the east end of
the western division, with headquar-
tiers at Shawnee.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-09
Ex-Cashier Indicted.

George c. Strong, former cashier
of the Bank of DeXalls Bluff, has
been indicted by the grand jury of
Prairie county on charges of forg-
cry and ENLIGHTENMENT. Strong has
been under $4,000 bond awaiting
the grand jury's action.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14
Fun for Everybody.

B.,
Mayo LiStgll has issued his
proclaim; tiopS turning over the
keys of lie city to- King Palmetto
and his oN subjects on Mardi
Gras day, vebruary "a, 1908, and
every fta-loving subject in this
parish andl elsewhere is cordially
invited to he in Opelousas on that
day and enjoy the grandcst spec
tacular exhibition ever seen in
Southwestern Louisian Come
everybody, bring your wives and
sWeethearts, your uncles, your
cousins, your aunts, and the chill
dren-there will be accommoda-
tions ans. entertainments for all,
and you G;nnot afford to miss the
opportun1k ~ of your life for wit
Messing tl1is grand display.
Take your prescriptions to the
Opera House drugstore. A reg
istered pharmacist will fill them.
Subscribe for the COURIER.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14
Mardi Gras Ball.
Rules and Regulations Governing
Mardi Gra5 Ball:

Rules and Regulations Governing
Mardi Gra5 Ball:
Said bail shall take place at
Sandoz Opera House on Tuesday,
February oath.
Queen crowned at 8 p. III.
Any gentleman desiring to pur-
chase ticket will send one dollar
with application to ball commit
tee; said person is entitled to send
one Iady's name at no extra cost.
All tickets must be procured on
OF before Feb. oath, at 6 p. m.
No ticket good without sigma
ture Of ball committee.
Mail orders promptly attended
to. Address box 146 or send ap-
pllcation to Remi Mornhinveg &
Sons jewelry store.
Remember, no tickets are issued
after Tuesday, Feb. Oath, at p.
NJ, and positively no one admit
ted without ticket.
Ball Committee-Phil Asher,
Jonas Roos; L. II. Mornhinveg,
Chairman.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Capt. Stewart has opened an
elegant restaurant in the room
recently occupied by the Opelou-
sas Board of Trade, in the Ealer
building, where all the delicaeies
of the season will be served in
first class style at all hours of the
day and up to II o'clock at night.
Both the cuisine and the service
will be of the best. Special ac-
commodations for ladies. Hot
coffee and chocolate, and meals a
la carte. When you want an ele-
CANT meal elegantly served go to
Stewart Restaurant.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Mr.. WI. Bonnet, photograph
er, has returned to Opelousas aft
er several years absence, and has
opened photograph gallery at
the stand lately occupied by G. w !.
Poston, where he will be pleased
to have his old friends and GUS
toners, and the public in general,
call on him when they need any
thing in the picture line. Besides
being first-class photographer.
Mr.. Bonnet is one Of the finest
crayon artists in the State, and
will take orders for any kind OF
portrait. Cail and see him.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Mr.. j. E. Hebert, a prominent
architect of Crowley, was in Opel
ousas this week, looking into the
proposed hotel scheme recently
organized here. Mr.. Hebert has
Il plan Of a hotel building which
appears to us to be admirably
suited to our needs, and while it
can be built at a cost within our
means, it would be one of the
finest buildings of the kind in
Southwest Louisiana, combining
beauty and comfort, with all the
modern improvements of an up
to-date hotel.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

new GRocERY.-Mr. Allen Z.
Sandoz has opened q neat little
grocery. store on Landry street,
near the railroad, on the west ex-
tren1ity Of town, and claims q
share Of the public patronage.
His stock is fresh and select, and
includes staple and fancy grocer
ias, canned goods, etc, and his
prices will be found as liberal as
aily. Give him call
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14
Smtmrslny, Wnrel, 1A, 1909,

the following described property, tO-wit:
IA certain tract Of land containing thirty
arpents, with all tho buildings and improve
ments thereon, situated in Plaisance. st. Lam
dry parish, La, being the last residence of de-
ceased, bounded on the north by the land OF
widow c. l.. DuprG and Joseph Lee, on the east
by tract hereinafter described, south by lands
OF Stephen Leo and J. Franklin Schelt, and west
by land OF widow G. l.. Dupr6
2-AbOut twenty-five acres OF land to be taken
from the south portion of the following de-
scribed tract, viz: 4 certain tract of land con
tanning fOrty-tw0 acres, with al the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated at Plais-
ance. st. Landry parish La, bounded on the
nO' tn by land OF Paul Lambert and D. May,
cast by land OF j. Franklin SchelI. on the south
by same, and on The west by land first above
described.
3-Tho undivided one-half of thirty acres of
land, open aud wood. with improvements
thereon, situated at Piaisance, ST. Landry par
sh, La, bounded Oh the north by 1e land of
Paul C. Dupre, on the east by Lind Of widow
G. L. Dupre, on the south by lad Of Moses
Jackson and Louis Boswell and OF the west by
land of widow c. l.. Dupre
"A certain tract of open land containing
fifteen acres, with improvements thereon, sit
uated at Plaisance, St. Landry parish La,
bounded on the north by public road leading to
Poiret Bridge, also land of Felix Therry, on
the east by lands of Il. Ros 3rs and Joseph
Lele, and on the west by lal of Joseph I4ede.
s5-A certain tract OF Woo land containing
f1ve acres, situated i'll the Big Woods Plais-
anee. st. Landry parish. La, bounded on the
east by the land Of Mrs. Chrrlot Fontenot, on
the south by land of widow =. l. Dupr6, and
Oh the west by land Of jules Perrodin.
One buggy, one mattress, beds, bedding
household and kitchen furniture, crockery
ware. table ware, etc, etc, and other miscela
neoUs articles too numerous TO mention.
3erms-Cash JOHN MAY.
Feb. 7. 1903. Administrator.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

The State Superintendent of
Public Education has announced
the first apportionment Of the
current school fund for 1903, be-
ing 20 cents per capita on 404,757
eduQable children, making $685.
329. go, which is an increase of
$50, 702.55 over last year. ST.
Landry gets $10,631 so, and she
has 5,1S8 educable children.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

II have used Chamberlain $
Cough Remedy for q number Of
years and have no hesitancy in
saying that it is the best remedy
for coughs. colds and eroupI have
ever used in my family. | have
not words to express my conf
dence in this Remedy. Mrs. j.
A, Moore, North Star, Michigan.
For sale by all druggists and deal
10 patent medicines.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

The grand Mardi Gras Ball at
Sandoz Opera House on the oath
inst. promises to be one of the
greatest events of the kind which
has taken place in Opelousas for
years, and no one should miss it..
In another column will be found
the notice of the committee CIV
ing the rules and regulations gov
erning the ball,
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

The best physic. ''Once tried
aud you will always use Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's" says w. A. Girard, Pease,
Vt. The Tablets are the most
prompt, most pleasant, and most
reliable cathartic in use. For
sale by all druggists and dealers
in patent medicines.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14
No. 17,001.

BY virtue of All order of the Honorable the
Sixteenth Judicial District Court of Louisiana,
holding sessions in and for the Parish of St.
Landry, there will be sold at public auction to
auctioneer, at the principal front door of the
Court House, in 0peiousas, Parish of st. Lam
dry, La, On
Wednesday, March 4, 1903,
at II O'Clock a. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
One acre of land, more or lesa bounded on
the north by the lot of Henry Thomas, on the
south by the lot of Claiborn Hughes. on the
east by Market street, and west by Bayon Tes-
son, formerly owned and occupied By Napoleon
WilkersOn az residence property.
Terms-Cash. JOHN w. LEWIS.
Ian. 81, 1903-5t Auctioneer.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Lost, in town or on the road
leading west, yellow hand purse
with brass chain, containing some
money and several little articles,
among them card stamped w.
WI Morgan. Any one returning
same to this Office will be suitably
rewarded.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14
. ~@@-

The Supreme Court of Louis
lana handed down decision re-
Gently, declaring invalid the mer-
ger bill, which was passed by the
recent Legislature. Good.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

See our line of upholstery; 200
designs to select from. We make
q specially of renovating sofas,
lon secs, cots, settees and testers,
and guarantee the work. The
Novelty Shop, opposite Skiles'
lumber yard.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Dr.. Smith, the dental special,
ist, will be at the Lacombe Hotel
for another week, until Feb. 2lst;
All needing dental work should
call during his stay.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Pianos, organs, and all musical
instruments rebuilt, repaired and
strung at the Novelty Shop. 9th
ers claim superior work. Make
them prove it.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

The fancy work of the interior
of the Haas, Littell Drug
CO. is 4 fair sample of the first
class style the Novelty Repair
Shop does things. It is all done
bv home labor and skill and is a
credit to home enterprise.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14
Sh0(l 10 Loan

On real estate first mortgage secur
ity. Property must be worth at
least donble the amount of the
loan, and be located in Opelousas
or near by. For particulars apply
at this Office.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

e. Hardeman Lewis, o former
resident of Opelousas, and for
several years q valued employe Of
the COURIER, is now associate edi-
tor of the Vinton Herald.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Stewards Restauran -sde
building, late Board Of l.,
Room, is frst-class and up-to-
date. Meals B la carte at all hours
no to IL o'clock at night. Special
accommodations for ladies.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1903-02-14

Oh yes you can, find just the
shoe you want. Old gents wide
shoes, old ladies' soft shoes. In
fact, almost all styes of shoes, at
U. L. SandoZ.