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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
IMPROVEMENT IN
 STOCKS IS MARKED
ONLY APPROACH TO EXCITEMENT IN LONDON WAS IN THE AMEPI. GAN MARKET, WHERE REAc- TON WAS BROUGHT ABOUT.

London, March 27.-While business on the stock exchange during the past week was firm, the general tone continued to steady improvement. Many favor a buy Ing for reinvestment but still this buy ing was on small scale. Japanese and Russian securities remain firm.
 The only approach to excitement was ir the American market where the disposl- tion of Wall street to advance prices was followed until profit-taking brought about q reaction. Fluctuations were irregular and towards the end of the week mat ters quieted down. The greatest activity was displayed in Union and Southern Pacifics. Canadians also 1uctuated con. siderable in sympathy with Americans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
MISSIONARIES ARE
 VERY INDIGNANT BeIgians in Congo Free State
 MiStreat Natives KING MAKES STATEMENT It is Claimed That Natives Are Bull dozed in Such Way That Mis-
 sion Work is Greatly
 Handicapped.

London, March 27.-The following tele- grams have been exchange between the Associated Press and King Leopold of Belgium:
 ITO His Majesty, Leopold IT,, King of the Belgians. Brussels.
 The Associated Press, representing the newspaper press of the United States would be happy to cable to the United States any statement your majesty might see fit to make in relation to the charge against the government of the Congo Free State regarding atrocities commit ted upon the natives, made to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay by a delegation from the missionary con gross.
 The American press is anxious to hear both sides of the case and will welcome any reply from him to the allegations of the missionaries that their rights are not respected, and that the natives are now in d worse condition than under the Arab slave regime.
 MANAGER ASSOCIATED PRESS" King Leopold replied through his secre- tary as follows:
 Manager the Associated Press: The king attaches great important to the i'm partial sentiments of the American press. 1 have mailed you official documents from the Congo Free State in which you will find all the facts essential to full anu truthful statement of the case.
 "CARLON DE WIART,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
Completes Plans for Canal.

St. Petersburg. March H.-Consul Gen eral Watts at St. Petersburg has advised the state department that w. Won Ruck- teshell. the well known Russian engineer, has worked out and presented to the czar plans and specifications for the proposed Riga-Cherson canal, which is to connect the Baltic with the Black Sea. The dis tanee is 146S miles, and the canal will cost about s1S0, ,25O.000, and is designed for ships of heavy draft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
Reserve Troops Are Notified.

St. Petersburg, March T.-General Kosisch, commanding at Kazan, Russia, has issued a general order directing the troops under his command to be prepared for fighting as they form the next re- serve to be called to the far east. Gen eral Kosisch impressed upon his officers the necessity for perfecting themselves in their duties and directed special att tention to he outfits of the soldiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
SOME INCREASE
 SHOWN IN CLOTHS
MANUFACTURERS WERE OBLIGED TO SELL AT THE BEST PRICES oBTAlNABLE TO PREVENT Ac- HUMILIATION OF STOCK.

Manchester March H.-By mutual con- cession there was some increase in the business executed on the cloth market during the past week, following an easier tone in the Liverpool market, and coupled with the exigencies of makers, manufac- turers were obliged to sell at the best prices obtainable in order to prevent the accumulation of stock and to keep their machinery working. Some orders were placed for China, but offers from Shang- hal were mostly impracticable.
 There were fair transactions in India fabrics in some directions, but the bet ter class of shirtings were neglected. miscellaneous trade was done for certain parts of South America. Prices were rather easier, being governed largely by the position of producers, most of whom will make a prolonged stoppage of their mills during the easier holidays
 Yarns were dull. There was an occasion- al pressure to sell. but most of the users of American twists and warps were op- erated in cautiously.
 Pm D, geology. professor of mineralogy ana geology, University of Alabama, and state seolosst
 Ida M. Strawn. drawing, Chicago. III,
 E. k. Turner, NJ. A. Ph. D. Latin and Greek, professor or Greek Emory COL lege, Oxford, Ga
 Many Others Engaged.
 Besides the above, arrangements have been made with the following distinguish ed Alabamians for lectures to be given in the course of the summer session; Governor William D. Jelks, the Hon. J. Thomas Hefin, secretary of state. Edgar Gardner Murphy of the general educa- tional board. Rufus N. Rhodes, editor of the Birmingham News; the Hon. Thomas M. Owen, director of the department of archives and history; pr. F NJ. Peterson, president of the Alabama Girls Industrial school; President c. W. Daugette. of the State Normal school, Jacksonville. Ala. 1, President c. c. Thach, of the Alabama Polytechneic institute, Auburn, Ala. Miss Julia s. Tutwiler, president of the Alabama State Normal school, Livings- ton. Ala; Superintendent J. II. Johnson. of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Dumb, Taladega MT F. P. Glass, ed- tor of the Montgomery Advertiser; Prof. H. O. Mnrfree, of the Marion Military institute, Marion, Ala: the Rev. A. P. Montague. president of Howard college, East Lake, Ala, and several others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
Examination for schoIarshios.

University, March 27.-(SpeciaI )-Presi- dent Abercrombie is just in receipt of a letter from Dr. George R. Parkin of the Rhodes scholarship trust London. Eng land. in which he names April 13 as the date on which examinations for Oxford will be held. The committe on selection for Alabama are to choose some place in the state for the examination. It is very likely that Montgomery will be their selection
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
FIRST TRAIN COMES
 THROUGH THE SNOW
Heavy Drifts, However, Still Have the Northern Pacific Trains
 Badly Tied Up.

St. Paul, Minn., March N.-The first trans-continental train to get through the snow blockade in North Dakota reach ed St Paul over the Great Northern road at 10 o'clock today. The officials re- port that the line is again open and traf- fic has been resumed. although there is still some delay.
 The Northern Pacific is still tied up north of Dickinson. N. D. It is expected, however, that the blockade will be broken tonight. Officials of the Northern lines state that this has been one of the fiercest winter with snow drifts, they have ex- perienced in twenty years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
Asonysisteo in sstn Boom,

Chicago. Marcn 27.-AIrs. Roosevelt Field, wife of one of Chicaso's best known newspaper men and authors, was found dead in the bathroom of her home yesterday. She had been accidentally as- phyxiated by gas MT. Field had been in New Orleans. and is now on his way to Chicago. He Is a brother to the late Flu gene Field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
Missionaries Make Protest.

Representatives of the American Bap- tist, the Southern Presbyterian and the Disciples of Christ African missions call ed upon President Roosevelt and Secre- tary Hay Friday last and described the affairs in the Congo Free State as view cd from the missionary standpoint The principal features of the conference be- tween the President and the secretary and the missionaries, consisted of stories by the latter of atrocities practiced on the natives by their Belgian rulers.
 The missionaries said that their work was rendered nearly valueless by the attitude of the Belgian officials who mo- nopolize all food supplies, making it diff ficult for the missionaries to procure veg etables or fowls, or anything to eat from the natives, who were obliged to turn their produce into the hands of the of- ficers. Then by the cruelties practiced upon the natives, the latter were driven away from the missions, and the schools were emptied. In addition, it was point ed out that no respect was shown for the property rights of the missionaries, and 1t was on this last ground that the dele gation thought the United States gov ernment might interfere.
 Reduce Views to Writinq.
 | Secretary Hay asked the missionaries to reduce their views to a written mem- orandum, which he said he would con- sider, though he could not hold out any definite promise of relieving the situa- ton, so far as the natives were concern ed. because the United States was not one of the signatories to the treaty under which the Congo Free State came into existence. statement of the events leading up to the present condition of af- , fat .. delegation for transmission 10 the state department, in which 1t was declared that as result of the absolute power of the king of the Belgians, the freedom of trade guaranteed by the conference of Berlin was now thing of the past The President promised to give the matter careful consideration and requested that he be supplied with an accurate and de- | tailed statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
Has Wireless Teleersohy.

New cnwang Maren 21.-ll is under stood that negotiations are aoout to be- gin through Pekin for the purpose oi arranging wireless telegraph communi- cation with Port Arthur from a small rocky island off Che-foo, which was &C., euired by France after the war of 1884
 S5 in which France, Great Britain and China were involved. The problem Is re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
WINTER TOURIST RATES
To Principal Points In Florida, Nassa,
 and Cuba.

Southern railway will have on sale daI,v unttl April 90. round trip winter excursion tickets to principal resorts in Florida Nassau and Cuba, at greatly reduced rates Final limit May a. 1904. Through Pullman sleeping car Birmingham to Jacksonville. Write for booklet entitled "Winter Homes in Summer Lands." For reservation, detailed information. stc anply passenger office Morris hotel building. Telephone 07.
 ]. c. LUSK, l1-2e-tf District Passenger Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28

Do you remember the little things that gave us so much pleasure when we were youngl With what zcst did we sit down to tho table after our play was over aud eat the u1nsh and milk our mother put before ua. ,Eut ss VI. get older it takes more to give 'us pleasure Mush md mill DO longer tastes good to us, and our digestion may be, impaired. The best advice VIC can give to such c person is to tone up the stomach with Dr. rierce's Golden Medical Discovery. IL is natures most valuable and health giving sgent--made without the use of alcohol It. contains roots, herbs and bafks, and is the lconce ntration of natures vituiity as found In the felds and woods. This remedy has . history which speaks well for it because it was given 10 the public by Dr. R. V. Pierce, founder of 's. Invaiids' Hotel and Surgical Instirntc. uifalo, \. F., nearly fb-ty years ago, an. ts since been sold by dSuggists iu ever increasing quantities. Some me dicines. tonics or compounds, eus joy large sale for few years, then dissp- pear ffom the public attention, but Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has proved such reliable blood remedy and tonic thst It otrn eujoys the conhdepce of seyerl geusntions in . family, and it's in-' cresssd sales year by yesr coming from the rscon,ne adations of those who lave tried 1t, prove its lasting merit. SO that every bottle hears the stamp of public spprsvsi. Every other blood maker and tosic fer the stcDAch that we know of contains alcohol,
 ,ut Dr. Pierce guer sutees that no alcehcl
 cop*ained in his Medical Discovery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28
REDUCED RATES
To California and Northwest Via Queen
 and Crescent Route.

Tickets on sale March to April 90 in elusive. and September 15 to October l5 inclusive. at greatly reduced rates. For information address A. B. Freeman. T.
 P. A., Queen and Crescent Route, Bir- mingham, Ala s-5-5at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-28

garded as entirely new and as promising success, If France eountenances the pro- ject
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
oPELoUsAs La. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1904.
ANNUAL TAX ORDINANCE.

The following ordinance was offered
by Mr. Muller, seconded by Mr.. Durio.
and upon being duly read, was adopted
unanimously, to-srit:
Whereas. nv resolution adopted on
Nov. 2, 1903, this body framed a budget
of sixty five thousand dollars 1865 ,O00)
aa an estimate exhibiting the various
items of expenditures that the parish
of st. Landry would require for the year
1904. and,
Whereas. said budget has been pub
lished in the st. Landry Clarion, the
official newspaper of this parish, for the
full term OF thirty days, as the law di-
reefs, and,
Whereas, an all yalorem tax of ten (1O1
mills on the dollar of the taxable prop
erty Of this parish will be required in
addition to the revenues to be derived
under the license ordinance this day
adopted TO meet said budget.
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of ST. Landry,
that a tax of ten (10) mills on the dollar
be levied on all taxable property situ-
ated within this parish on which The
State levies a tax, to meet said budget
of expenditures for the year 1904.
Attest: w. W.F.CLOPTON,
) J.J. HEALEY, Clerk. President.
Motion by DIR. Foster
The minutes were read and adopted.
Motion by Mr.. Muller
Seconded and carried, the Police Jury
adjourned until the first Monday in
February, 1904, it being the LIST day OF
said month.
w. CLOPToN,
J.J. HEALEY. Clerk. President.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
LICENSE ORDINANCE.

Mr.. Muller offered the following IL
cense ordinance, seconded by MIR. Sa-
want, to-wit:
Section Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury of the parish of st. Landry, IN
regular session convened, that the Ii
eense law of the State of Louisiana now
in force be made the license law of the
parish of st. Landry for the year 1904.
Provided, that the minimum license
or the business of retail dealer in dis
illed, alcoholic and malt liquors or In
oxicating bitters shall be $1,000.
Provided, that no half license or frae,
| tion of q license shall be issued for said
| business. .
Provided, fnrther, that the license is
sued for said business shall be graded In
| the same proportion and In the same
manner as In the State law, and
| Provided, further, that no one sha1l
be allowed to engage in said business
| without license, as herein provided, un'
der the pains and penalties of the Statt
relative to selling distilled, alcoholic OF
malt liquors without license.
Section 2. Be 1t further ordained, ,e tc-
That this ordinance shall take effect OF
and from the first day of January, A.
1904. w. +. CL0PI0N,
Attest: President.
/ ]. HEALEY, CLERK.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
FOR SALE.

A very RIGH AND VALUABLE body OF
land of EIGHT HUNDRED AEPENTs, of
which HALF is CLEARED, but never cul-
tivxted.
The other HALF is of farst-class tim ber
land and high land.
ON the timber land have just erected
a saw will, which is of capacity Of
TIN THOUSAND FEET; and the saw Iaill
is i'm good running order and ID rnnaing.
Price is EiShf 'E'ia@nsss sad DaEs
lara. of which FoURTH in cAsK or
SECURED; and balance with eight pei
cent from date, (and said interest pay
able annually ID on long terms of creti-
1t. HENRY Il. L.GARLAND,
June 27-tf 0pelousas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
cUGCEssIoE SALE.
~ ...-....u-..
ESTATE OF ALEXANDRA RroHARp.
No. s.gss. District Court. Parish of ct.
Landry.

No. ss9s5. District Court. Parish of st.
Landry.
by virtue Of m order Of the Moa. E. r.
Lewis. Judge OF the EixteenEh Jla,iiciai DIS.
trfct Court, In and for the Parish Of 81.
Landry, state of Louisiana. will sell at
public suction to the last and highest bid.
der. By the undersigned administrator. Or
duly tqAaIIiled auctioneer, ut the last rest
denee OF deceased. At Prairie Laurent, on
WEDNEsDAY. JANUARY 70. IsOa.
at ~ q. N. .:the following described prop
cFfy, fo-wtt: 1a
certain plantation, with all the build
inKs and improvements thereon, situated
"a Prafris Laurent. In this parish, Snaasnr-
ing seventy !1o1 arpsnts. bounded north by
Pierre Mtstric, south by Felix EeudFeau.
east hy Felix Boudreau and Rsst ny Pisfre
Mfstric.
ono creole horse. ona mare and colt, one
mule. Cow and calf, wggon, giK. agflcut.
tuEat implements. harness. 20 barrsls corn.
household furniture. ETC., etc.
Terms--Cash. ARMAND RICHARD.
Dec. 19--st A0ministrasor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
20

ownsr will please come forward. no
costs, prove property and take ssms
away DAWN nVyRD =
Dec ai, st. s = = -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
l.1i l1Hi 1.fAH H'N Hs
Notice

a's sIl faaas sasisy srseDy given that my wife ga.
sf raspossi5Isy 5s.t 5n,y bsa tss and, and 6oard.
20 ssIssl 81 JuMiE5RaEc MI acsl9n nsniirg N any
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
For sare.

tliss !, sesll-lnproved eIl town prop
pslousas. Apply TO F.
y opelousas. Sept 12, If
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
Take % Uw

by she underlined. rear CllstaignIer.
one rea.brindle ee.T, white tail. whita
a2,s1t IN fors heats white belly, syac Fars..fs-
=tett atGrt shVs. s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
FOR SALE

viz 1SOSSH 1s ssSsS w ~ SSGGOs
/. A body of land of Seventy Arpsnts
on south side of road to Eunics, bound.
ed on east by Bayou Mallet, on west by
Ulysse Aguillard, on north by property
of -----. P,sce Is Fourteen Hundred
Dollars.
2. Another body Of land north of the
above, at about two miles thersfrom,
fronting on Bayon lAallet, and on west
of Bayou, bounded above by DR.. Laek
Young. Price Fifteen Dollars per ar
pent.
8. A body of land, eighty.fue arpents,
on road between Prairie Roade and Op-
elousas, bounded on south by said road.
west by Diomel Durio, north by heirs of
Durio, and east by lands of Clsephas
Comsau and Tsrrebonne Dupre. Price
Thirteen Hundred Dollars.
4. 4 body of land of enc hundred ar
pents. near the Just aboOe described,
bounded south by Henry Lastrapss and
Lucien Duprs, east by lands Of Mrs.
Henry Roy, formerly of J Meyers d
Co north by -------s Price, Ore
thousand Dollars.
S. Lands deadensd in 1902, and which
can be cultivated in 1904, partly situated
near Garland, on Cocodris, and on Cour-
tabloau. HENRY L. GARLAND.
Oct. II, 1908.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
LOST

La ghborhood of Wsaia, abeut
Febrnsry, two promissoYy notes made
6y Iheoders Soilsaa, In favor of the un-
dersigned, for 80 each, due respectively
in cash, ~
The public IL haYsby Metitisd NOT To
tTsds or negotiate Sov said aotss. a.
same are null and void.
Nov. ~, 1909.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
Takes Up

by sAs undersigned ct Palmetto.
one 9 REQ aAd white speckled COW, about
i've years old, swallow fork in each aar.
Brand indiGtinct but locks like this:
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
Taken Hin

BY the undersi gned, near Kennfson, ono
brown heffer calf, white under body, four
years old.
The owner IS notified to come forward,
prove property, pay costs and take
same away.
JOHN REED.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02

Ear marks: Two underbits In one ear
and upper sloop in the other.
a reward OF $3.50 per head will be Civ
en- for the recovery of samS,
ADEMA FOETENOT
Dec 20, st Vile Plstte +. O.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
&gENpA w M&a

From my place In VILE Platte prairie.
ens brfndis heifer, and one brown bull.
branded thus: = s-1''
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02

|TONSTABLE SALE.
PHILoMENE RUBITE VS.. JOHN TURNER.
5th Justices Court, Parish of ST. Landry
By virtue OF writ of a. ia. to me direct.
ed by the Hon. Adelma Guidry, Justice
OF the Peace, in and for Parish ofsSt. Ian.
dry, viii proceed to sell at pufl&c aue.
tion, TO the last and highest bfdG1, III at tne
trout door of the courthouse, in 9e#lousas,
on
SATURDAY, JANUARY q. Is94.
at IL O'Clock a. m., the following described
property. to-wit:
Half bale OF cott on. gathered; half bale OF
cotton. In field.
Terms--CaSh.
L. DOMENGEAU,
Dec. 10, i9a3--1t Constable.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
Budget ofthe Towncf ope-
iousas for the Year 1904,

Respectfully Submitted,
B. A. LITTELL,
l.. AUSTIN FoNTEEoT,
III. ID. LARcADB.
ATrEsT: B. .A.LITTELL,
w. r, COCHRAN, Mayor.
Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02

ownsT will please cons forward. prove
property Pay coats and take sarae away.
J.G. PUCKETT,
Dec 10 os Palmetto, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02

Public notice is hersby given that the
Registration Office for the Parish OF ST.
Landry will be open at the Court House,
in the Town of Opelousas, for the gene
raj registration Of all those who are
legally entitled to register beginning
on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1904-01-02
CONSTABLE SALE.

Dec. 10, l90s--Im
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-12
ONCE UPON A TIME.

Heard I once my old nurse telling
Stories By the FIRE at night,
All about big, bearded giants
Till shivered in alright;
Then her voice came from distance
From a drowsy, far-off cline,
Echoing the sweet old cadence,
"Once upon Time"
Read once golden story
or King Arthur's wonder court
Lancelot and Guinevere,
All the knights Of brave report.
But amidst the loving. hating.
Still l heard the insistent chime,
like a cuckoo clock repeating.
"Once upon Time"
will our lives when we have lived them
Seem like stories we have read
Etories which our nurses told us
As we lay all snug In bed?
Will they seem as vague as dreams are,
All the days we thought sublime?
Shall we hear the faint, low whisper,
tOncc upon Time"
When the earth and day and sunlight
lirayly fade away,
When the years that we have lived here
Seem like one brief day;
Shall we hear again at twilight
Echo Of our nurses rhyme.
Here you lived and loved and labored,'
Once upon Time"
--Leslie's Monthly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-12

one can see, from the cloud the size Of
a mans hand to that which covers the
entire visible heavens. but the height
Of clouds can be observed more dehn-
itely and can be estimated with con-
vlncing accuracy, and 1t Is this height
that largely determines their contents
and characteristics.
A great. cumulous thunderhead, tow.
ering up on the horizon like a huge.
hamboyant iceberg, Is often higher
than the highest Alps would be II
they were piled on top Of the Hima.
layas. 1t is not unusual for these
clouds to measure five. six or even
eight miles from their Hat, dark base,
lowering mile or two above the
world. to their rounded. glistening
summit, splendid In the sunlight. And
In these eight miles the changes OF
temperature are as great rs those owe,
many thousand miles Of the earth's
surface.
These clouds contain strata of tenn
pcrature. narrow belts of freezing cold
alternating with large distances Of
rainy mist ana frozen snow and ice
particles. HailstOnes. which are formed
from snow particle that falls from
the upper strata and Is frozen hard
i'm the freezing belt and coated will
added Ice In the wet belt. are otter
found with Il series Of layers In theil
formation. showing that they have
passed through this succession o.
cloud strata more than once on thei
way from the upper air to the earth.