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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-28
We Ask Your Attention.

"SA BV0a
We invite the special attention
of the ladies of the community
to our large and varied stock of
latest style hats and bonnets,
dress fabrics and other fashion
novelties. A visit to our Mil
linery Department will convince
the ladies' that in point Of style,
quality and variety we are well
prepared to meet all their re-
quirements. High class millin
cry at moderate prices is the
distinguishing feature Of our
store. Moss 4 Company.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-28
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. %, 1904.


4

~ e \
Miss Emire Cochrane. after a
pleasant visit tn Crowley, has
returned home.
Blunt has just received canned
oxtail. green turtle and other as
sorted soups. Something nice.
Try it.
Mrs. John Ramsay returned
Monday from a visit to the
Worlds Fair and relatives in
the North.
Just received at the Planters
Mill, a car load of good, rich
wheat bran, and a car load of
new Alfalfa hay. Phone No. 1872.
Ramsey & Upton.
A. L. Marshall returned Mon
day from q visit to Port Gibson.
For low rates to the Worlds
Fair via the Texas and Pacific
Railway, ask any ticket Agent,
or write E. P. Turner. General
Passenger Agent, Dallas Texas.
Mrs. G.. G. Comst0ck left
Monday for Keachie to attend
the wedding of her sister, Miss
Dmmie Horn. She will spend a
month in Keachie, a month IL
Dallas and then leave for Pusblo,
Mexico, to live.
Creole onion sets, fresh select
stock, just received at the Moss
Pharmacy.
Miss Bertha Berry, of New
iberia, is visiting in Lafayette.
The best ever-Ralston PAN
cake, Flour at Prudhomme 4
McFaddin's. Try it, it's fine.
Numa Broussard, who lives
near Carencro. brought to this
ofice Wednesday q curiosity in
the shape of an ear Of corn show
ing ten well developed ears on
one stalk. It has been ON exhibi.
ton in the Office window and has
attracted considerable attention.
Spare ribs, corned beef and
sauer kraut, at Prudhomme 4
McFaddin's.
Mrs. 81. Cohn, of Hot Springs
will arrive Thursday ON q visit
70 her daughter, Mrs. Vic Levy.
Cooking utensils and every
thing for the kitchen, at Moss 4
Company's.
Miss Mayre Littell, after
spending . few days in Lafayette
y the home Of Mrs. T. n. Blake,
III Sunday for Opelousas.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-28

We are selling our "Cut I'm.
der; wagons exceedingly cheap.
Come and price them. -Vorden.
baumen Lumber Co., Ltd.
Mrs. Remy Bagary, of New
Iberia, visited Lafayette Monday.
When the north wind begins
to blow you will become anxious
to replace those broken and
missing window panes. You can
get new ones of any size al
Moss & Company's.
Misses Leila and Florence
Phillips returned Tuesday last
from a visit to the Worlds Fair.
Creole onion sets, fresh select
stock, just received at the Moss
Pharmacy.
Emile VuilmOt, of New Iberia.
was in town Saturday.
Creole onion sets, fresh select
stock, just received at the Moss
Pharmacy.
Mrs. E. L. Kennedy, after
several months spent in New
York visiting her daughter Mrs.
DR. Oliphant, returned home
Friday.
An elegant line of ladies'
skirts. stylish and well-made, al
Levy Bros.
The Broussard school, Prof.
u. W. Faulk, principal, opened
Monday last week with an en-
rollment of nearly a hundred.
New line of up-to-date Halves
and Stetson hats at Levy Bros.
Mr.. Frank Moss and Miss
Louise Montague, who went tc
New Orleans to get the latest
styles in millinery, returned
Thursday.
Clapp shoes still going at 81 90
and $500: Haywood shoes al
81. 9O.-Levy Bros.
Judge G. Debail'on returned
Saturday from Crowley, where
he has been holding a two weeks
term of civil court.
They taste better, do fresh
groceries, the kind Morgan &
Debaillon sell.
Misses Mary Fisher and
Ethel Blakesley left Wednesday
to spend some time in Franklin.
We sell everything in the
grocery line, and we please you.
Morgan & Debaillon.
Miss Alice Dantin, Edna
Boudreaux and Estelle ClOuchet,
of Morgan City, spent last week
in Lafayette.
Moss 4 Company are head
quarters for pocket knives,
scissors and table cutlery.
A. B. Chopin and Ernest
Suarez were in Morgan City
during the week.
Fresh groceries of the al
right quality are the kind sold
by Moss 4 Company.
Misses Maud Hudgens and
Zuleme Besson, of New iberia,
are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lisbony.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-28
You Can Save Money

If you buy your Buggies and
Wagons from Octave Bertrand.
He has just received a carload
and will sell.a at close figures and
on good terms.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-28

Liver-Acs are an ideal lapactic
stimulant, no calOmel, no gripping,
but efficient every time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
HARBoR REGULATIONS.
Changes Made Which Are of Interest
to Steambcatmen.

The following changes in the Washington
harbor regulations have recently been made
by Congress and are of considerable interest
the law, which was approved February S, is
as follows:
IAN act to amend section SoJ of the code
of law of the District of Columbia.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States in
Congress assembled. that section $50 of the
code of the District is hereby amended by
adding the following to the first paragraph
thereof:
Section $50. Every vessel coming to
anchor in any portion of the navigable
waters of the District of Columbia shall be
so moored under the direction of the harbor
master, or of the pilot of the police boat
acting in the harbermaster's absence. as not
to obstruct the channel and be secured with
an anchor at bow and stern to keep the long
axes of the vessel parallel with that of the
channel and prevent it from swinging SO as
to obstruct the free passage of the channel
by other vessels.
Section 2. That the provision in the
third paragraph of said section requiring
any captain or owner. or any one in charge
of any barge, sand scow or any vessel that
may sink In said canals, shall raise and re-
move the same in five days, is hereby made
applicable to the captain or owner OF any
sunken vessel or other structure in any
District of Columbia" A fine of 500 or six
months in Jail. or both. is specified as a
penalty for failure to observe the regula'
lions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
Five-cent Error Cost $4,000.
From the Engineering Review


The greatness of little things finds fire.
quent Illustration in railroad operation. A
case has just been discovered where, nine
years ago. an error of cents was made In
the computation of a rate sheet between
two given points. 1t was found upon in
vestigation that as result of this error the
two railroads operating between The two
points have lost upward of $1,000 during
that time. This shows why railroads are 50
strenuously opposed TO what are cobsid-
cred inconseQuential reductions in rates The
business in question was g IMPLY the pas
senger traffic between Dallas, Tex. and a
small town loc1ted few niles away. 1t
IS the multiple ton of the Little things that
30 seriously affects railway revenues. The
less OF a fraction of a cent per hundred
pounds on some commodities means thou.
sands. If not millions. OF dollars to the rail-
roads, and makes the difference between
roiit and loss. 1t is only by the most zeal
GUS care that railroads are enabled TO main
tain their revenues on paying basis, and II
for this reason that the value of little
things is so well understood by railway Of
ficials generally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18

which occur to the mind are The COM
panion songs I'VE Won't &c Home Till
Morning and For He's jolly Good Eel
low" which own tune in common. With
reference to the words of the latter they
crtainly run into something that may by
courtesy be termed couplet. but of I'VE
Won't Go Home Till Morning" nothing
apparently, has survived beyond the two
lines intfmating the singers dissemination
TO seek repose. Whether matchless epic
mas been lost to the world or whittier the
poets inspiration gave out after the one
immortal statement history sayeth not.
Al any rate. the accumulated archives OF
the brlush Museum can yield no informa-
ton on the question, so, falling this the
words of these two most jovial ditties must
perforce be classed together as ''tradi-
llonai The tune. on the contrary, Is a
case IN point of English adaptability. for,
as most people know. it primarily apper-
tanned to "Malbrook sen va ten guerre,-
verses not only made in France" but
containing distinctly anti-English senti-
ments. Both words and music were COM
posed during the great Duke of Maribo-
fough's campaign, but the date is not posi-
lively known. One authority indeed as
serts that 1t can be assigned to the night
after the battle of Ma1plaquet but this
somehow does not carry conviction Hum
cry soldiers, worn out by a long days fight
ing. would not be likely to embark on a
lengthy descriptive poem. to say nothing
OF the accompanying music. The poem is
curiosity in its way. consisting of some
forty-two verses which. when shorn of n
good deal of "Mironton Mirontaine." give
full and minute particulars of the imagi-
nary but wished-for death of Malbrook.
Among other interesting details described
is the grief of Madam" lin tears and a
rose-colored SATIN on being informed by a
little footpage of the death of her lord an
affecting picture of the great Sarah which
she herself assurediy would not have rec
ognized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
ANNUAL DINNER.
Function Under the Auspices of Sigma
Chi Fraternity.

The Washington Alumni Chapter of the
Sigma Chi Fraternity has arranged for an
annual dinner to be given tomorrow even
Ing at the Shoreham Hotel. large at
tendance is expected, including many out
of-town guests. The guest of honor will
be Judge Orla B. Taylor of Detroit, Mich,
the grand consul of the fraternity. The
local chapter from Columbian University
will attend in body
Mr.. J. Holdsworth Gordon will preside and
1t is expected toasts will be responded to by
Judge Taylor, Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe,
Messrs. Theodore w. Noyes. Andrew 3.
DuvaIi, George Hines German, Representa-
tive Henry A. Cooper. Frank A. Mel ain.
fnomas Spight and others. Invitations
nave been sent to all members of the fra
ternfty whose addresses were known. but
II Is not intended that the attendance be
limited to the invitation list. 1t is ex-
pected that every Sigma Chi in the national
capita! or vicinity who can will come and
make himself known. The secretary OF the
committee having the dinner in charge is
A. J. McElhone, 1923 r street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
IN HONOR OF COL. URELL.
Reception Under the Auspices Q
Spanish War Veterans.

The headquarters of the Spanish War
veterans. on 9th street. was the scene last
evening of a large gathering of ladies and
the warriors of '9S and 81 upon the occa-
sion of reception TO Col NJ Emmett Urell.
past corps commander and past command
er-in-chief of the Spanish War Veterans.
The reception was given by his comra des
of the District of Columbia Corps and its
auxiliaries. as a testimonial of their respect
and of rejoicing upon his recovery from a
protracted Illness.
The reception committee had arranged for
speeches by General Charles Dick of Ohio,
Representative Hughes of New Jersey and
Representative A. f. Wiley of Alabama.
They were not present however owing to
the death of Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
The assembage was called to order by a
bugle call by ''one of the boys" from Fort
Myer Va Following a solo by Mr.. Peter
keleher, Senior Vice Corps Commander G.
Leyburn Shorey. the chairman of the meet
ing. called upon Capt. F. S. Hodgson, corps
commander. for the address of welcome.
Captain Hodgson painted word picture of
the scenes Immediately following the call by
the late President Mckinley for volunteers
in Spanish-American war. 1t was then.
Captain Hodgson said. the fighting spirit of
Colonel Ureil which so distinguished him in
the war of the rebellion. reasserted itself.
Colonel Urell. said the speaker was among
the first volunteers to respond to the call of
the late President. Captain Hodgson re-
ferred TO the fact that Colonel Urell is one
of the few men of the country who was
honored by Congress for his services in war
of the rebellion by the bestowal of a medal
of honor.
Miss Pauline Crew rendered a solo. after
which Chaplain Charles c. Pierce. be-
half of the members. presented Colonel
Irell with handsome gold ring. with the
insignia of the organization worked in re-
lief The presentation remarks of Chaplain
Pierce were in happy vein and provoked
applause.
Col. Urell responded in similar vein and
assured the boys that he thoroughly APP
preciated their feeling toward him ex-
pressed by the gift
Following violin solo by Mr.. Birdecamp,
patriotic selections by the Kimball Quartet
a solo by Miss Elizabeth Tyler and a solo
by Mr.. Lawrence Hurdle, luncheon was
served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
A Queen as a Shopper.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
The queen. the Princess of Wales. Princess
Charies OF Denmark and Princess Victoria
walked from the castle into Windsor ves-
terday afternoon and did some shoppinp
The princesses filed their pockets with
lovely things. the royal party staying in the
shops considerable time. They give as
little trouble as possible said Mr.. Barber.
and 1t is real pleasure to wait on them. :"
The queen and the princesses would not
even trouble the shopkeepers to have some
OF the things wrapped in paper They sim
ply put the small purchases into their pock-
cts and asked for the larger things to be
sent on to the castle.
Her majesty and the princesses did not
pay for their purchases in hard cash. but
the queen remarked to one tradesman, You
can trust me?' They seemed to make Zig nj
OF the unpropitious weather and the wet
pavements, and tramped along quite gayly,
holding an animated converse ton and fire.
quently stopping to look at the wares dis
played in the shop windows of the High
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
and Iowa. The coal mining Industry began

and Iowa. The coal mining Industry began
there about 1910.
The first coal discovered on the Pacific
coast was In the state Of Washington In
1862. The first mine was opened In What
com county in 1854.
California has never taken high rank as a
coal-producing state but 4 comes next in
order in the history Of early production, as
an output of d.620 tons waS reported in
1851 This Increased steadfE until 1874.
when the maximum OUTPUT OF 2l5, 253 short
tons was attained. 1t began then to decline
rapidly, and since 1915 the industry has been
rather irregular. the production depending
upon many outside influences.
The first reported coal production for In
diana, Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama and
Washington was given In the census of 1870,
but all these states were undoubtedly pro-
ducing coal before that time
Z The total coal production for the United
States up to December 81, 1902, is esti-
mated at 4.S600OO,00O short tons. That
means that pyramid built of this material
as high as Pixies Peak IA, leg feet) would
have for its base rectangle LA miles
square. If the coal were spread out over
the states of Rhode Island and Connecticut
1t would cover both of them a foot deep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CoLoRED MAN FOUND IN BATTER.
ED CONDITION.
Claims He Was Assaulted by a Man
Named Peters General
and Personal.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

cfeefat NofftspVhueHte VI ENtuutg
ALEXANDRIA. Va, February Is. 1904.
James Roe, colored. was found by Officer
Gill on King street last evening in a badly
bruised and battered condition with his
face bathed In blood from an ugly cut
over the temple. He was conducted to the
station house and was then sent to the
Alexandria Hospital for treatment. He
told the officers that he had been assaulted
by a negro named Peters in Emmett's
saloon, on Fayette street. and that the
injury to his head was inflicted by n beer
bottle. Later in the evening Virgie Bsrnam.
colored girl, appeared at the station house
and made complaint that she had been beat
en- by the man who assaulted Roe. The
police are looking for the assailant.
Police Court Docket.
Owing to the slight illness OF Police Jus
tice Harry b. Cation, Justice of the Peace
Joseph Beach was called upon to preside
at the session of the police court this morn
ing. There were only two cases on the
docket. Frank Cramer, young man who
said he came from Richmond, was re-
quired to answer the charge OF ragrancy.
The prisoner said he was stopping at the
Hotel Jackson and was going TO leave soon,
but that didn, satisfy the court. which
made his early departure conditional upon
the payment of the sum of $. In default
of this he will spend twenty days in jail.
Samuel Dudley, colored. was up on the
charge of stealing pair of boots from
Frank Price in Prince William county. He
was held for county authorities.
General Matters
John ii. Sipple. whose death occurred last
night in Washington. was formerly resi-
dent of this city. where he was well known.
He was a brother of Mr.. c. O. Sipple OF
this place. The remains will be brought
here for interment.
The regular monthly meeting of the board
of police commissioners was held last night.
Mayor Simpson presiding and Commission
ers Fisher and Graham in attendance. Only
routine business was disposed Of
Mrs. Lucy A. Mankin, whose death &C.
CURED at Falls Church yesterday, had many
friends here, where she formerly resided.
She was the wife of Mr.. George A. Mankin,
a druggist of Falls Church.
King street merchants have commenced
the decoration of their places of business
in readiness for the patriotic celebrat ton
here next Monday. Already some of the
stores are deliberately adorned with flags
and bunting. 1t is row estima ted that the
parade will be at least two miles long.
Mrs. Lucinda Grimes died yesterday after
noon at the Alexandria Hospital after a
long Illness She was about seventy-five
years of age. She sustained fall several
weeks ago and was conveyed to the hosp-
tai suffering from paralysis The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon at Z
o clock from the undertaking rooms of
b. Wheatley, on King street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
CONTRACTS WITH DISTRICT.
Draft of Bill Which Commissioners
Want Enacted Into Law.

The Commissioners today forwarded to
Congress the draft of a proposed bill re-
iating to contracts with the District of
Columbia, and which they request be en-
acted into law. The proposed legislation
nrovides that in all cases where the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia con-
tract for work or material involving a sum
not exceeding 500 it shall not be necessary
10 execute a formal written contract with
bond: but no work capable of execution
under a single contract nor any purchase
Of material where the total expenditure
Involved is greater than $500 shall be sub
divided or lessened for the purpose of re-
dneing the sum of money to be paid there
for TO less than that amount.
The present law governing the subject
of District contracts requires that contracts
must be made for ali work involving the
construction, improvements. alteration or
repairs of the streets. avenues. highways.
alleys cutters. sewers and other work OF
like nature involving an expenditure OF
more than 500. The Commissioners state
shat in a recent informal interview with
the controller of the treasury they were
advised that a literarl compliance with this
provision of law was obligatory upon
them. even though 1t required additional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
Only an Outline.

from the New York Times
Irving Bachelor. the author. has coCn-
try home at Sound Beach. and ia ocea-
sionally bothered by tramps One day n
small, thin specimen of hobo bonored
the novelist with call. He told nard-
luck story which would have brought tears
to the eyes of a Japanese idol.
And do you call yourself a man?' de-
m:indcd the writer.
mo, sir, not entirely. Just now I'm only
an outline. All | need is little Min IN
And he got It, too. after that admission
of his incomp pie teness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18

clerical force to prepare and record the
almost innumcrabie contracts for compare
lively small amounts, and even though the
cost of doing such work was increased by
the cost of the bond which is required TO
be filed with each contract.
The Commissioners state that experience
has shown that the District can, with abb
solute safety, enter into agreements with
contractors to do work up to the sum of
500 without requiring formal contract
and bond. and for this reason favorable ac
ton upon the proposed change In law is
requested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
THE MINING OF COAL
HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Earliest Record in the Anthracite
Region of Pennsylvania is 1914,
When % Tons Were Produced.

In early colonial days, when every hill
top was covered with forests, fuel was
plentiful enough above ground, and there
was no need to search for it in the bowels
of the earth. Coal mining in the United
States is, therefore, of comparatively re-
cent origin. Mr.. Edward w. Parker, who
has made a brief resume of it's history in
his report on the production of Coal in
1867" which is soon to be published by
the United States geological survey as part
of its annual volume on Mineral Re
sources states that the earliest record of
coal production in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania is for the year 1914. That Is
the chronicle of twenty-five short tons Of
anthracite coal. The most complete rec
ord of coal production which we have is
that of the anthracite region OF Pennsylva-
MIA. Shipments from there began in 1870
and since that date the records have been
carefully preserved In the eighty-nin
years from 1914 to 1862. inclusive. the total
production of anthracite in Pennsylvania
has amounted to approximately 54,200,,-
oh