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The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
At Jeanerette.

By last Tuesday morning the
lines between the Foster and 81.
mon factions was closely and de,
finitely drawn in our sister town
of Jeanerette, with perhaps as
much, if not more, feeling. than
any other ward or precinct of the
district. 1t was a question of
supremacy in the local leadership.
The "Poirsons" came out in such
"schOols' that the Minvielles
failed to land.
A peculiar incident in connec-
ton with that poll was the fact
that when the votes were being
taken from the box to be counted
three tickets were found IN very
close embrace; giving rise to the
suspicion that some voter had
'sstuffed" the box. After all the
other ballots were counted two
more were needed to make the
total agree with the poll register.
This would seem to make the
supposition tenable that folding
together of the ticket was an &C.
cident Of the shifting of the tickets
in the box. The further delimma
then presented itself Of there
beng one more ballot than voter
registered. This last was recon-
ciled by the supposition that the
clerk had failed to record some
one vot r. When these question
ed ballots were finally opened it
was found that they were cast for
Foster.
The Foster Commissioners at
Jeanerette refused to sign the re-
turns and the talley sheets were
brought IN with but two instead
four signatures.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
STATISTICS OF STREET
RAILWAY.

The yearly report of American
street railways read like the budg
ct of an empire. Last year, for
instance, they carried three times
as many people as there are in the
whole world. They ran their cars
eleven times the distance from the
earth to the sun.
Their capital is more than twice
as great as the bonded national
debt of the United States. Their
gross earnings were $3.50, 100000.
They paid over 100000 in tax
es. Their army of employees is
larger than the whole United
States army, including the sol
diers now in the philippines.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

The report comes to us that
many of the fields along the line
of the F. and A. railroad are
flooded in consequence of the
heavy rains of this week. 1t is
thought that the railroad com
pany will have to increase the
number of its culverts and posi-
bly, the size of some existing ones
in order to allow freer drainage
of that section.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
Hon. AL. Monnot.

In the death of Col. A. l.. Mon
not the State of Louisiana has lost
a valuable citizen. The news OF
his untimely end came as a shock
to very wide circle of friends
and acquaintances
Col. MOnnOt was an energetic
man, ever seeking the betterment
of surrounding conditions. He
vas a wise, temperate and judi
ciOus counsellor, a warm and con-
stant friend a liberal and indul-
gent father. His friendship was
priced by all who knew hlm. He
enjoyed the utmost confidence of
the people of his section-his in
tegrity and honesty of purpose
being ever unquestloned.
AS a sugar-planter he built up a
comfortable fortune. His acts
were conservative and well ad-
vised. resulting IN an even meas,
ure of success, year by year,
through all the vicissitudes of the
sugar industry.
All questions of public improve
ment found in him a champion
and advocate. He was by nature
gifted as a leader in public
thought and he extended a power
full influence upon his people in all
matter tending to the common
wealth.
The end came at Biloxi, Miss,
where he had gone with his family
for the summer, as was his Gus
tom His remains were brought
back to Jeanerette for interment.
The funeral services took place at
st. Josephs Catholic Church on
last Monday evening, Rev. Father
Girault officiating. The atten.
dance of sorrowing friends and
relatives was large.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
KING-CH AMBERLIN.

Invitations are out announcing
the wedding of Miss Sue Devall,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benja-
min Chamberlin, of Baton Rouge
to Or. Henry Allen King OF tins
city. The ceremony Will take
place at ST. James Episcopal
Church on "Wednesday Afternoon,
the 18th inst, at 1870 O'Clock.
DR.. King is a prince among men
His life has been one long sacri.
tice to duty. The number OF his
friends is limited only by the
sphere of his acquaintance. De
liberate in thought, quiet III man
ner and action, constant and loyal
in the bestowal of his friendship,
liberal and indulgent by nature,
he Will make his chosen mate an
ideal life companion.
While we have not the honor of
an acquaintance with the bride
elect. we are confident that the
Doctors good judgement has, as
ever, guided him in the bestowing
of his hand and heart upon an
ideal woman.
The Iberian wishes them long
life of usefulness, full of living
ioys-One in which sorrow S
thornS shall not Uound dppplV.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
LOOK US OVER

Our proposition is to build
homes for those who appre-
ciate the advantages of own
ing the roYf under which they
sleep, buqwho ho not wish, or
cannot afford, to buy a home
outright. We make the pay
ments so that they come as
easy as rent.
Iberia Building Association
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
An Appreciated Order
st. Louis, Mo-,
Aug StA, 1904.

Aug STU, 1904.
I am here but a short while,
having arrived at 80 +. M. today.
| don't know what to do without
the Iberian-please send me
copies of last Saturday and also
of next issue.
By so doing you will greatly
oblige your friend, r. F. Derouen.
More of our people might be
kept closely in touch with home
happenings while away on vaca'
tions if they would give such or
ders. To them the Iberian would
be a letter" each week and
be a source of enjoyment. Leave
your orders.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

EENER GALLONS WEARS
LONGER. Fewer gallons; takes
leAs Of Devoe Lpadfand Zine than
pixed paints WARS longer: twice
astung as lead 4 ahd OIL.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

The Golden Heart Pineapple.
grown by Mr.. Jno, M. Weeks, at
Punta Gorda, Fla is now on sale
at Jake lmmergluck & Co.'S store,
corner Main and Swain streets.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

Iberia stood by her own in the
last election. The parish gave
Judge Foster 21S majority over
Simon.-But st. Martins did it
coming to the front, az she did,
with $50 majority for Simon.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
HOW's This /?

We offer one Hundred Dollars
Reward for a6y case of CatarrE
that cannot fbe cured by Halls
Catarrh Cuff.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

DON'T HIDE YOUR
SAVINGS h an Old stocking
Take PAb UP STOCK in
the Iberia Bc;Hing Associa-
ton and let ybuA money earn
interest. Y$ dn get your
back at any time.
Iberia Building Association
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

you own a home.
Iberia Building Association
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13

Are you consulting
your owninterests by
continuing to accumu-
late rentreceipts when
we are Willing to help
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
Railroad Schedules.
Going West:

EFF you get complimentary
COPY of the Iberian it is for your
inspection. We trust that you
will find it Newsletter" worth
two (2) cents a week. Send us
your subscription - only S1.OO for
a year of 90 copies.
The weekly Iberian., 1904-08-13
The Boil Weevil.

On Thursday morning, through
the kindness of Officer G. + Col
gin, we were permitted to closely
inspect a genuine cotton boil wee
vii, which he brought up to our
Office for that purpose. We would
advise all who are interested in
cotton to call at Sheriff Hender,
sons Office at the Court House
and see the little cotton destroy
er.
The following letter will fully
explain itself:
CROP PEST COMMISSION
OF LOUISIANA.
Shreveport, La,
Aug Sth, 1904.
Mr.. Geo. Henderson,
Sheriff Iberia Parish,
Dear Sir: | am sending you un,
der separate cover specimens OF
the Mexican Cotton Boil Weevll
and ask that you keep them in
your office for inspection by the
farmers of your parish. | shall
be glad if you would ask the news
papers of your parish to mention
the presence of these dead weevils
at your office in order that the
farmers may accept the Opportu-
mty of inspecting them when they
visit your parish seat.
Trusting that you will encour-
age the farmers of your parish to
report all suspicious weevil like
insects that they may be forward
ed to us, | am,
Very truly yours
ii. A. Morgan, Sect'y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16
Unsafe Fruits.

The New York papers are warning
people against unsafe fruits, and the
Herald" has printed a list of the
same. watermelon, peach, and plum
being among the dangerous edibles
1t is only fair to the Capital City TO
say that what is dangerous in New
York is not necessarily dangerous
here.
Indeed, if It were, there might not
be very great difference in the con-
sumption of peaches and watermelon.
About one-third of our population is
colored. The African section of the
city was brought up on watermelon.
Watermelon may. at some time or
other. have killed a negro, but the
instance is not recorded. Could any
mere health regulation prevent the
average pickaninny from getting out
side of those luscious pink and green
slices when he had the price? Why.
the jails would be overcTowded.
Moreover, prohibition of watermelon
might we'll be classed among cruel
and unusual punishments.
And peaches. There may be peril
in the little peach that in the or
chard grew" but that peach must
have been green. People who know
no better than to eat green peaches
will have to take their chances.
Providence is not reversing the laws
Of nature for their benefit. But the
ripe peach. red and golden. mellow as
the sunlight and rich as-peaches-
let nobody try to deprive us Of that
Farther north, where peaches come
while yet only half ripe. where they
have TO be ripened under artificial
conditions, it may be different, but
the genuine Georgia peach, thorough
ly ripe, is about as innocent and de-
lightsome a morsel as ever grew out
side of Eden.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16
Willy RaiSuli.

Ion Perdicaris' kindly old native
gentleman. Raisuli, appears to be a
shrewd customer, according to his
Moroccan lights, and he probably
considers his brigandish quick shift of
putting new demands upon the Sui
tan, as soon as he learned that the
impotent monarch was willing to
grant the old ones, quite the acme
of accomplished diplomacy.
In conscious superiority, folks over
here will term his action characters
tically Oriental, though even in this
highly enlightened community it is
not the custom to do business before
the contract is signed nor to sell land
until the deed has been verified by a
small army of lawyers. The chief
difference is that Raisuli is proud of
his lack of honor. while we have got
far enough along to be ashamed of
ours, though not to Danish 1t utterly.
This new complication in an al
ready delicate situation makes one
ACA fSANAg 6ldQ lAldS lis 10 nOl the VII
ficult task of settling il; and this
feeling should also make one doubIy
careful how he criticises those whose
duty it is to pull the strings that will
accomplish the release of an imper-
lied fellow citizen.
II is all very well to stand aloof and
rail at the foolishness Of giving in to
the demands Of such an untrust-
worthy fellow as Raisuli, but the
really important point is that RaIsuli
still holds the trump cards. Mr.. Per-
dicaris and his son-in-law are quite
likely to find railing a poor substitute
for action looking to their liberty.
Edifying as are editorial opinions
regarding the folly of paying ran
SONS and the value of stern and un-
compromising measures in dealing
with rascals like Raisuli, one cannot
help wondering what these same edi-
torial opinions would be were those
who advance them, like Mr.. Perdi-
carts, the chief figures in a highly
dramatic but thoroughly unpleasant
situation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16

government on its feet, and cleaning
up Havana, it will make an interest
ing collection of human beings, and
no rake will be needed to get them
together.
Skip to the other end of the coun-
try, and in San Francisco you find
men who have literally made the
civilization of the West; men who
have built railroads, established
steamship lines, mined gold in every
part of the world, controlled the
politics of region which could swal-
low Europe whole and never know it.
In Chicago a dozen different nation
alities are swept into one great cal
drOn and simmering into citizenship
as best they may. Right here in
Washington, diplomats, lawmakers,
business men, and department Off
Gals may be met at any time, besides
men of every other calling on earth
who are here as travellers or resi-
dents. We need not go to London to
find men who have done things.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16
The Valentino ReprieVe.

Sturdily asserted public sentiment
has gained the day in New Jersey,
and a reprieve for three weeks has
been granted Anna Valentino, con-
demned to be hanged today for muir
GER 1t is to be hoped that Governor
Murphy will finally commute the SEN
tence to life Imprisonment
However much modern opinion may
be divided on the question of capital
punishment for men, there is no
doubt as to the universal revolt In
this country at the idea of hanging
a woman for any crime whatsoever.
Growing steadily since the shocking
tragedy in New England criminal his
tory, when stern justice by hanging
a woman took innocent life with the
guilty. it has now reached such pro-
portions as to nullify law tagging
on the statute books of most of the
States.
1t is we'll that Acting Governor
Wakelee has needed this pressure, for
unquestionably had he permitted the
sentence of the court to be carried
out. a wave of indignation would
have followed. blasting his reputa-
ton, with that of the State which he
at present represents.
The time will come, and that right
early, when the barbarity of capital
punishment in every form and under
every circumstance will be recogniz-
ed. The exemption of women is but
a step toward the exemption Of men.
Killing ones fellows is an Inherently
brutalizing practice and breeds far
more crime than it checks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16
Find a New Route.

Thoughtful citizens will me- the
proposed change Of route f - the
Washington. Alexandria, and Mount
Vernon Railway with unusual inter-
est The situation is peculiar and the
new route it seems 10 entail carries
with II complications of a serious
aspect.
1t is important, of course, that res
idents of Alexandria who have BUSH
ness In Washington should be brought
into the city with every possible ad-
vantage. AT present they are carried
TO Pennsylvania Avenue at the end of
Thirteen-and-a-half Street AS the
cars leave the city they pass in front
OF the site for the new municipal
building and run south along Four
teenth Street. The construction of
the new District Offices involves the
closing of K Street, and consequently
the construction Of a new loop for
these cars.
The route proposed by the company
includes loop around the Emergency
Hospital. To this the authorities of
the hospital are strongly opposed, for
obvious reasons. Their substitute
plan is a loop of the square south Of
the municipal building site. To that
the railway company objects that its
tracks will be too far distant from
Pennsylvania Avenue, and the Dis
tTict authorities object that d Street
which is the southern boundary OF
the building site-is too narrow for
street cars and the District wagons.
The public is interested to keep Fiji
teenth Street open as a gateway 70
the mall.
From a glance at the map it would
seem that both routes were decidedly
Objectionable. No one can doubt the
extreme undesirability OF encircling a
hospital. particularly an emergency
hospital, with street car tracks.
Neither is It TO be desired that the To-
cation of the District building should
be made any less advantageous than
it is now.
This same glance at the map sug-
gests. however. a route free from all
these objections-a loop around the
square occupied by the Southern
Railway Offices. This would serve
passengers. railway. hospital, anC
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16
THURSDAY. JUNE ls. 1904.
Fixing the Responsibility.

However much rotten life pre-
servers" faulty judgment on the part
of the captain at a critical moment,
and lack of fire drill and adequate
discipline Of the crew had to do with
increasing the horror of the General
Slocum holocaust. none of these was
the primal cause of that frlghtful dis
aster.
The blaze started from the over
turning Of a pan of fat in the galley.
and the fact that the flames envel-
oped the vessel with such startling
rapidity shows that the General Slo-
cum was built in a manner no steam
er should be built which was permit
ted to carry 1000 excursionists.
1t is useless TO bewail what might
have been, and wisdom declares that
the only course to pursue is to learn
thoroughly the lesson that the Cen
eral Slocum has taught at such a
frightful cost and take measures to
make repetition of the horror i'm
possible. The worse possible indict-
ment Of those in any way responsible
lies in the undeniable truth that such
measures taken before. instead of
after, would have saved hundreds of
lives and prevented an inconceivable
amount of suffering.
1t is no less criminal TO build a tin
derbox steamer than it is to build a
tinderbox theater. Yet, without
doubt. hundreds of vessels which are
just as much fire traps as the Cen
eral Slocum proved TO be are plying
the waters of the country, jeopardiz-
ing the safety of their cargoes of
human freight.
The fact that there are laws which
make it possible to condemn a steam
boats boilers and limit the number
of passengers she shall carry, but
none which enable an inspector to
pass upon the steamboat itself except
on the single point of seawoTthiness
shows what travesty on real justice
human justice sometimes is. Con-
gress should not fail to provide the
proper legislation TO remedy the diff
ficulty.
II is true that much capital is in
vested in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES steam
boats, but much capital is also invest
ed in death trap theaters. Where the
salvation of the human race from
greed, avarice. carelessness, and
criminal responsibility is concerned
the cost in dollars does not count.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16
Interesting London.

Sydney Brooks. writing from Eng
land, tells of a man who considered
London a place In which more inter-
esting people could be met than any
where in the United States. In proof
CT this he said:
For instance. l found in my club smoking
room yesterday a man who lad just returned
from a forty minutes private talk with the
Car. another who just back from Macedo-
mia, two officers invalided home from Somai
land. an ex-governor Of the Malay states, one
or two Anglo-Indian officials, and a man who
had been in Lhasa. You might have gone over
the United States with a rake without finding
nlcn with such a variety Of interesting expe-
riences.
Loyal Americans may with reason
dispute this. The comparison which
the London-lover made was with
New York, in which, he said, there
would be no such company of men
who had done things" But let us
see.
1t would not be a particularly diff
cult thing TO find in one of the press
clubs of New York a man who had
had the privilege of talking with the
Gar and a dozen other noteworthy
personages. II would also be pos
sible TO find journalists who had been
sent round the world in assignments.
J. A. MacGahan, one of the most re-
markable journalists of his time, was
an American. so are several of the
men who are now making their mark
in writing Of the war in the East.
When these men get together. with
a few of our soldiers from the Philip
pines and two or three OF the men
who have been setting the Filipino
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-16

FORCES viii make fight, and the result
cannot now be accurately fo-etoid.
Virginia Uncertain Quantity.
The only other uncertain quantities In
the south are the votes Of Virginia,
tWenty-four In number. and those Of
kentucky, which has twenty-six. Both
OF these States declined to bind their
delegates TO Parker. although the Parker
men are claiming. that the entire nifty
viii be cast for him
Undoubtedly Parker senttn,en+ a.
strong in the Old Dominion ana hoth
Senator Martin and Senator Daniel re
outspoken for Parker. but there are in
huenees at work IN the delegation
against him. It is safe, however to
say that. bound by the unit rule ana
swayed by the influence OF the two SEN
ators. Virginia will vote for the New
York jurist
Kentucky is not so certain, for. al
though Senator McCreary, one OF the
Dig four, leans toward Parker, Senator
Blackburn, whose influence is stronR. a
for German. while Governor Peckharn.
who actually controls. is a Bryan par
tisan. and has not indicated that he An
either for or against Parker. over
whelmingly. however. the South Is for
Parker.
Hand in hand with the South for
Parker are the doubtful States OF New
York. Indiana and Connecticut-three Of
the Northern States where the Demo-
Gratis viii make their greatest fight.
instructed for other candidates than
Parker are the Republican States az
Massachusetts. Wisconsin. Iowa. South
Dakota. and the Ike. and such States
as California and Rhode Island. where
the chances OF Democratic success are
most remote. and the semi-doubfful
States Of Illinois and the uon-votin9
Territories OF Hawaii, New Mexico. and
Arizona AS matter OF fact the only
certain Democratic State Instructed FIR
candidate other than Parker Is NJ
vada with only three votes Ia the ele,,-
toral college and SIX in the national
convention.
Among the States where no instruc-
tons have been given are the certain
Republican States Of Pennsylvania.
Michigan, Ohio. Washington. and Ore
gon, while the States which NAV pos-
sibiy be classed as doubtful en- election.
day. and where no instructions have
been given. are New Jersey, Colorado.
Nebraska. Montana, Idaho, West yir-
ginia, and perhaps Kansas. where the
Democrats have very little II any hope
Of success. Only one certain Democratic
State. eXceDt Nevada. as matter OF
fact, Is against Judge Parker. and that
State IS Maryland. where the delegation
is uninstructed. but IS well known to be
for Senator German.
Has the Vote-Getters.
Judge Parker may fail short OF the
two-thirds vote necessary to a choice.
and he may fail Of the nomination:
it Is easy 20 see where a combina-
ton could De formed which would keer
more than one-third OF the deIesates
from him and prevent his success; his
nomination IS by no means CERTAIN. but
the fact. nevertheless. remains that 1he
States which are for him are the States
which viii celiver their electoral votes
to the Democratic candidate. and there
the hope of the party lies.