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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-07-12
Bids Wanted.

Bids will be received by the under
signed for the construction and grad
ing of public roads as follows.
From Alex Martins bridge to Scott:
from Matthews school house north to
the lire of the sixth ward.
Bids will be received I August 1,
1905, and the right is reserved to re-
ject any and all propositions.
J.. A. BEGNEAUD,
Police Juror 1st. Ward,
Scott. La.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-07-12
Influence of Education.
St. Louis Republic.

St. Louis Republic.
Superior to all other rights
and privileges conferred upon
the nation by itself is the free
dom granted to education. 1t is
very significant that education
is free; free not in the sense OF
costing nothing, but free in the
sense that it has no restrictions;
free in the same sense that the
country is free, free in the sense
of liberty.
It is the freedom allotted to
education which has brought the
United States forward intellect
ually. One system of instruc-
ton might be sufficient and eff
Gent for all practical purposes.
but if there were only one
system, and that system alone
were recognized, education
would not be free nor so general.
COnfOrmant to the will of the
people there is a public system
of education, entailing no ex-
pense upon those who take ad-
vantage of it. Equally recOgniz-
ing the popular desire, no prohi.
bition exists against private
teaching.
Freedom for education has
enabled the founding of supple
mental institutions Of ali kinds.
Large universities, colleges,
seminaries and schools, having
no connection with the public
system, prosper as a result of
educational liberty. Thus. the
work of the Government, the
State and the city is aided by
philanthropy, and the nation
reaps the benefits.
A country is not strictly
popular in form, a people is not
literally free, it might be said,
unless education has absolute
freedom, such as it has in the
United States. And educational
liberty. stimulating interest in
the pursuit of knowledge, is a
guarantee of the endurance OF
democracy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-07-12
Your Summer Vacation

can be pleasantly spent in Waukesha.
Waupaca, Fifield. or at one of the
other hundred resorts reached via
W isconsin Central Railway. Write
for illustrated booklets, which tell
you how, when and where to go.
They are free on application to Jas.
c. Pond, G. P. a., Wisconsin Cen.
trail R'y, Milwaukee. Wis, or Ira
F. Schwegel, Z. A. 407 Traction
Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-07-12
N. o. Picayune, July 10.

N. o. P~icayune, July 10.
The past week has developed
no improvement in the weather
situation. There has been entire
II too much rain for the good of
the crops, and the general i'm
preston is that the crop pros
poets have eteriorated as result.
Wide as is the Cotton Belt, and
subject, as it is, to all varieties
Of weather, the almost universal
complaint recently has been too
much rain. Only one comparative
" small district, the Carolinas.
has been exempt from this gem
eral complaint, and there too
much dry weather has done quite
az much harm as an excess of
moisture has caused elsewhere.
The cotton crop has now
reached July backward in point Of
Development and handicapped by
continued rainy weather. The
outlook is, therefore, far from
promising, yet at the same time
It would be the height of absurd
ity to base any calculations as to
the ultimate yield on existing
conditions. Good weather during
the balance of the season might
do much to counterfeit existing
unfavUrable conditions, and al
though it is true that the back
wardness Of the crop makes it
peculiarly liable to the effects 81
IN average date Of frost, it is
elWays possible that frost may
be delayed beyond the usual
date.
while there are always people
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21

Thomas w. Lawson's leisure mo-
ments which he has after writing his
"Frenzied Finance articles and fight
ing the Standard Oil giants and other
Wall street operators are spent at
Dreamwald a 500-acre tract on Cape
Cod.
This estate the daring operator has
transformed into a 100000 country
seat within a few years. Here only the
purest bred horses, cattle, poultry and
dogs are raised. Be it carnations or
dogs or any Of the other objects which
at different times engross his attention
or please hfs fancy the stock broker
sportsman wants nothing less than the
best
Mr.. Lawson is a successful exhibitor
at horse, cattle. flower and dog shows
and has splendid collection of troph-
les won by animals of his breeding. He
is particularly proud of his kennel of
bulldogs which includes such famous
winners as Glen Monarch, Thackeray
Soda, Rodney Monarch, La Roche and
Fashion representing a value of thou
sands Of dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
HORNETS PLAY
ALBION ROVERS
Occidental Football Team
Engages League Leaders
at Golden Gate Sunday
PICKWICKS VS.. EAGLES
Vampires Visit Santa Cruz.
Elevens Are Well Matched
in TO-MOrrow's Contests
PICKWICKS VS.. EAGLES

Four matches of association foot
ball will be played in this part of the
State tomorrow, three being regularly
scheduled contests for the 1904-05
championship of the California League
and the fourth a friendly contest be-
tween the Vampire team and an eleven
representing the Santa Cruz Athletic
Club.
AT Freemans Park. Golden Gate.
the Independents will meet the Occi-
dentals, Arthur Robinson being the
referee designated by the officers of
the league. Another of the official
referees of the league will be chosen,
for, though Arthur Robinson is all but
universally regarded as the most cap
able referee in California and as en-
tirely impartial in his decisions. the
Occidentals, against whom he has
found it necessary to award penalties
of several occasions, have complained
loudly. both on the field and at meet
ings of the delegates to the league. In
consequence of these attacks Arthur
Robinson has announced that he will
referee no match in which the Occi-
dental team is engaged. 1t is probable
c. w. Irish will referee the Inde-
pendent Occidental match. The ball
will be kicked off at $3.50 p. m. The
game will be keen one, as the teams
are strong and each is determined to
beat the other.
On the grounds at Idora Park, Oak
land, the Oakland Hornets will play
against the Albion Rovers. The
Rcvers will lack the valuable services
of their captain, P. r. John, who
leaves this city for Portland, Or,
where he will probably remain for a
year or more. Vice Captain Bayne
will take charge of the team. Before
his departure his football associates
presented a souvenir to John, who has
been most useful player in the
Rovers' fullback line
On the cricket grounds at Alameda
the tail-enders in the championship
table will meet in a vigorous strug-
gle, as they are we'll matched. The
Pickwicks have two points. If the
Eagles can win to-morrows game they
will tie the Pickwicks' score. The
Eagles have kept steadily on, despite
their continuous defeats, and are i'm
proving constantly. Henry Roberts
will probably act as referee. the ball
being kicked Off at $3.50 p. m.
The Independents now stand at the
head of the table of results for the
season of the California League, last
Sundays victory having made their
tctal score IA points. The Albion
Rovers also have Ia points, but have
played ten games, whereas the Inde-
pendentss have played only eight. In
the table of results given last Satur-
day the Eagles received one point for
tie game with the Occidentals but
as the referees returns showed the
score to in favor of the Occidentals
the point has been taken away from
the Eagles. The standing of the clubs
is shown in the table. which includes
the matches played last Sunday:
California Association Football League.
Championship standing January 81 1905:
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
Matches. Goals. |

The Vampire team will leave by the
morning train tomorrow for Santa
Cruz and will return at night. The
eleven will be made up Of Rolfe, goal
keeper; Glarner and Petersen, full
backs; Jacques. Turner and Harwood.
halfbacks; v. Holland, Lees. Wilding.
w. Robertson and j. Campsie. for
wards. The Santa Cruz eleven will
consist of w. H. Davenhill, goalkeeper;
Mcnamara and Owens, fullbacks; d.
Grant, Mum and Jenkins, halfbacks;
Richardson, Sharpe, Davies. H. Grant
and A. Davenhill. forwards. An Of
fetal referee of the California League
will accompany the team.
The entries for the contest for the
California Association Football Union
cup closed last Sunday and include all
the clubs in the league except the Oc-
cidentals. The Oakland Hornets filed
list of members eligible to play in
the cup ties with Henry Roberts, Sec
retary of the C. A. F. Union. but 1t Is
said they will not put team into the
field. This is much to be regretted. as
it's membership list is the largest and
includes many strong players. In
Splte, however, Oh the untirlnS cHoTS
of Edgar Pomeroy, a strong, harmoni-
Gus team has never been presented
during the season.
The Eagle Club, the members of
which are young Americans. who have
taken up association football this sea-
son, will give a social entertainment
for the benefit Of the club finances in
the Guild Hall of Alameda on Monday
svening, January 80.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
FORMER LAND RECEIVER
CHARGED WITH CRIME
James f. Thompson OF Eureka Ar
rested on Accusation That He
ExtOFted Illegal Fees.


James F. Thompson, formerly Re-
ceiver Of the Eureka Land Office, was
arrested yesterday in this city upon a
complaint charging him with using
his office to extort illegal fees of $40
each from Susan A. Rudlen, Levi r.
Lehman, Clarissa Lehman and Will
liam r. Finch on their applications to
file entries on land. The complaint re-
cites that no such fees are provided for
by law or by the regulations of the
Land Department. The fees were COL
lected in 1902.
Thompson said yesterday that the
fees mentioned In the complaint had
been paid to his daughter, Mrs. Min
efva e. Powell. He explained that 1t
had been his custom and that of his
predecessors to collect In advance from
each applicant 81 so for advertising
and $40 as a deposit to cover the fee
fo- proving up" the claim. This $40,
he said, was placed to the credit of the
applicant. Two years ago Inspector
Mcmillan informed Thompson that the
collection of this deposit was illegal
and Thompson thereupon ceased to
collect it.
The defendant was released on fur
nishing bonds for $500. with Mrs.
Minerva E. Powell and w. E. Powell.
her husband, as sureties for his ap-
pearance before United States Com
missioner Heacock on February 2.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
LEASHMEN FIND
But FEW HARES
Is an Object Lesson to the
Men Who Think Game
Birds Need No Protection

Coursing throughout the State has
been brought almost to a standstill
through lack of hares and the situa-
ton should be an object lesson to the
men who think game birds and ami
that the hares which overran the San
Joaquin Valley some years ago and
were. menace to the farmers hsN e
been exterminated.
Twenty years ago the fields were SO
thickly covered with hares that when
the latter were disturbed the whole
face of the earth seemed on the move.
The hares did not mind passing We
hicles and drivers used to flip them
with their whips as they drove past.
This is all changed now. The spectators
at the recent field trials covered a
large area of ground each day and
saw comparatively few hares.
There has been a systematic cam
paign against the little pests for years
in addition to the building up of the
country. They also command a good
price in the markets for food and
have thus drawn the professional
hunters upon them.
The men who have the appliances
for catching hares for the coursing
parks have gone to Oregon in quest
of hares and a report as to the sue
cess or failure of the venture Is ex-
pected shortly. The expressage on
each hare shipped from the north will
be 4S cents, which, with the expenses
of the men sent after them, will make
them an expensive luxury.
Two stakes and the holdover events
from last Sunday will make up to-
morrow's card at Ingleside Coursing
Park. The park has secured the last
consignment of hares which will come
for some time from the San Joaquin.
The likely winners look to be:
Reserve stake-Little Plunger. Shotgun. Miss
Florence. Conroy, Mark Twain. Belvedere,
Siroc, Foxhunter, Sunnybrook. Crawford belle,
Wild Turkey, Peerless Beauty Gold Chain,
Ragged Actor. Frecborn. Secretive Hidden
Hatred Royal Friend. Miss Domestic and
Glass stake-Renegade Apache, Richard An
ton, May Tl1nison, Friendless Boy, J e H. The
Referee. Lancashire Lad and Freeport.
E. Reddy's great greyhound Full
Moon will never be coursed again. He
was playing about a yard recently
where some one had left a scythe He
cut the tendon of one of his hind
feet so severely that he will be Grip
pie for life.
The first of the Interstate Coursing
Clubs meet of the year will be held
at Union Park on February Is and
19. The Belle Brandon cup for pup
pies of 1904 and the California plate
will make up the card. Owing to the
unsettled condition of coursing none
of the eligible puppies has started
yet.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
OFFICES SEEK
AMATEUR TARS
Corinthian Annual Meeting
Takes Place Next Week.
CalifOrnia's New Board

Next week will be busy one among
the yachtsmen Of San Francisco Bay.
The annual meeting and election of
officers of the Corinthian Yacht Club
will be held in this city on Wednesday
evening, the 25th inst. The nominat-
ing committee has selected the present
board, with two exceptions, to serve
the club during the season Of 1905.
The nominees are as follows: For
commodore, T. jennings; vice commo-
dore, j. C. Brickell; port captain, John
H. Keefe; directors, the foregoing,
with E. J. Bowes,' w. A. Stringer, John
E. McFarlane and Jack" O'Brien.
The nominating committee of the
San Francisco Yacht Club, consisting
of G. T. s. White, Roy C. Ward and
III. G. Toll, has prepared the following
list of nominees for officers during the
coming season: w. G. Morrow, owner
of the sloop Challenger for commo-
dore; j. NJ. Punnett, owner of the
sloop Curlew, vice commodore: +. ].
Kennedy, part owner of the yawl
Witch, port captain; w. NJ. Roberts,
treasurer; A. G. A. Mueller, financial
secretary; w. w. Wilde, secretary.
and w. w. Farrar, measurer. OF the
foregoing w. G. Morrow is the present
commodore; w. w. Wilde, A. G. A.
Mueller and~W. w. Farrar are the in
cumbents of the offices for which they
have been nominated. Fred Raisch is
the retiring port captain and F. A.
Robbins is the retiring treasurer. The
names given make up the regular
ticket" which, after being posted for
the required time, will be balloted
upon at the annual meeting and cleo
tion of officers. II is possible that
opposition candidates may be nomi-
mated for some of the Offices. If this
is done their names will form a
members ticket"
The California Yacht Club held it's
annual meeting recently and elected
the following officers to serve during
the coming year: Robert Vincent,
commodore; George S. williams, vice
commodore; F. v. Du Bratz, secre-
tary; r. B. Bartels, treasurer; ]. T.
Carrier, port captain; George NJ.
Shaw, A. G. Bixbee, L. T. Ward and
Julian Altendorf, directors at large; j.
]. Sherry, measurer; A. M. Clay, G.
L. Wakeman and w. b. Beaizley,
members of the regatta committee.
The election was spirited and the con-
tests were close in some cases. 1t is
said the California Yacht Club has
been formally notified that 1t must
give UP its quarters near the Webster
street bridge. the location being re-
quired by the railroad company. AS
the club already has platform and
foundation for house adjacent to the
pier of the Key Route it will probably
erect quarters there.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
CALL A HALT ON STREET
SWEEPING EXPENDITURES
Supervisors Apply One-Twelfth Act
So Money May Be Available In
April, Nav and ,June.


April, May and June.
The Supervisors Street Committee
yesterday decided to call halt on the
expenditures now being made for the
sweeping Of streets and recommended
the adoption of resolution directing
the Board of Public Works to comply
with the provisions of the one twelfth
clause of the charter. The sum of
$215.000 was appropriated for the
work during the fiscal year 19O4-19O5
and there is now a deficit of $4,000 in
the fund. 1t has never been the Gus
tom to apply the one-twelfth act to
the sweeping of streets, but the COM
mittee is desirous of making up the
deficit and so expending the money
that there will remain the sum of
$56,250 for the work during April,
May and June, or three-twelfths of
the entire appropriation. The Board
muddy streets during this period of
the money should be safeguarded so
work when the streets are dusty In
Cowden renewed his recommendation
that six sweeping machines to cost
$4,000 be purchased for use south OF
Market street, and the committee In
dorsed his recommendation. The COM
mittee decided to audit bills only to an
amount which will leave the $56,250
intact for the last three months Of
this fiscal year.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
SURETY WANTS BOARD OF
WORKS To RETURN BOND
I'll. C. Tilden Desires Document Cover
ing H-Street Paving Contract,
Which Was Rescinded.

H. c. Tilden, one of the sureties on
the bond of the F. NJ. Yorke Com
pany which was awarded the contract
to pave H street, yesterday rec- csted
Chester Keough, assistant secretary of
the Board of Public Works, to return
the bond to him, as the contract had
been rescinded because formal author
ity for the work had not been given
by the Board of Supervisors. Keough
informed Tilden that the bond was an
official record and he had no power to
give it back. Tilden then said he
would file a petition for it's return at
next Wednesdays meeting of the
Works Board. j. O'Shea, the other
surety on the bond. did not join in
Tilden's request and said he has no
intention of doing so. The report that
the sureties on the Yorke Company's
contract for repairing bituminous
pavements had asked that their bond
be returned had absolutely no founda-
ton In fact.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
MOTORISTS PLAN
REUNION DINNER
Event to Be Held in This
City Next Month and to
Be Made Annual Feature

S. G. Buckbee, treasurer Of the Auto
mobile Club OF California, has returned
States. L. P. Lowe, chairman Of the
executive committee of the club, has
been spending the past week at the au-
tomobile exhibition in Madison Square,
New York, which opened last Saturday
and will close tonight. 1t is expected
he will return to this city with many
new and valuable ideas.
Next month the Automobile Club will
hold dinner, which 1t is intended to
make an annually recurring event. 1t
Is believed to be good thing to bring
the members together once a year SO
they may get to know each other and
may feel that they are parts of the
same organization.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
HACHDDW WzpIcHT

Wilson P. Sigourney and H. A.
Chick" Wright. California's repre-
sentatives at the national amateur
billiard tournament soon to be held
in Chicago. are regarded as likely
candidates for the coveted first place
in the contest. From past records
each man looks like a possible victor,
even to the wise sports of the East.
Both men did practically all their
playing in the past here. Wright
commenced when but a lad in Stock
ton and from the time he made his
start he was we'll thought Of. He
jumped into prominence last year
when he defeated Sigourney for the
title of amateur class A champion of
the Pacific Coast in a spirited tourna-
ment at Morley's parlors.
Wright did some wonderful work in
that contest. William Spinks then
pronounced him the best amateur he
had ever seen. He had an average of
8 during the entire tournament and
made a high run of Ill. 1t was
thought at the time he might possibly
break the amateur record of 169 for
practice he rolled up 219.
Sigourney has long been regarded
as one of the greatest amateur billiard
players in the country. For more than
six years he has played in the various
tournaments in different cities of the
coast. He won the amateur coast
championship title for class A players
three years ago and successfully de-
Tended it against all comers until
Wright captured it last fall.
Sigourney has done nearly all his
playing in this city. His defeat at the
hands of Wright came as a big sur
prise, but it was no disgrace, as he
made a splendid showing and the title
was either mans till Wright finally
won out. Already several bets have
been registered on the chances Of
Wright and Sigourney in the tourna-
ment and the former rules a slight
favorite on account of his victory in
the tournament last year.
The twenty-five men in the amateur
championship tournament are there
by invitation, the intention being to
secure the best players in all Ameri-
ca. Wilson p. Foss. the Haverstraw
millionaire, who is pronounced the
greatest amateur balk line player in
America, will be among the competi-
tors.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
Warrant Out for Mrs. Smith.

Mrs. Ada N. Bryant of the Gables,
Clay and Larkin streets, obtained a
warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss
yesterday for the arrest of Mrs. Jo-
sephine Smith on a charge of disturb
ing the peace. Mrs. Bryant said Mrs.
Smith called upon her Thursday and
made a disturbance, calling her Of
fensive names and accusing Mrs. Bry-
ant of being too friendly with her hus-
band, Charles Smith. cashier of the
Southern Pacific Company. Mrs.
Smith had previously been refused a
warrant for the arrest Of Mrs. Bry-
ant on account of the alleged friendly
relations with Mr.. Smith. The trou-
bles of the Smiths have been for years
aired in the divorce and other courts
and at the last trial for divorce she
appeared as her own counsel.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
Threatens Him With Goose.

A. Dahlberg. contractor. obtained
warrant from Police Judge Mogan
yesterdaysfor the arrest of G.. M POST
iglione. tailor at sos California
street, on a charge of exhibiting a
deadly weapon in a threatening man
ner. Dahlberg said he had built a
house in the Western Addition for
Postiglione and $2051 was still due.
He called at the tailor's shop yester-
day for settlement and he alleges
that Postiglione chased him from his
shop and fiourished his goose in a
rude and threatening manner. Posti-
glione was arrested and released on
bail.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
oricketers Wm Hold a ..smoker., ;,

A social entertainment will be given
by the California Cricket Association
in Scottish Hall, Larkin street, on Fri
day evening. the 27th inst. The affair
is under the management of a COM
mittee, consisting of q. Harold Ward.
chairman; DIR. O. N. Taylor, w. III.
McNaughton, Henry Roberts, A. w.
Wilding and ]. d. Robertson Tickets
may be obtained from any of the fore
going. The San Francisco County
Club will be formally hailed as the
winner OF the championship of the
California Cricket Association for the
season of 1904.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
HANDY ANDY, THE MAN OF
GOOD INTENTIONS-He
Enters the Servie es- of I'm

HANDY ANDY, THE MAN OF
GOOD INTENTIONS-He
Enters the Servie es- of I'm
Gle Sam and Comes Out a
Winner.
WILLIE WISE, TOMMY TUFF
AND ALSO SIMPLE SAM
MY Put Up a Cruel Job on
Poor Little Rastus and as
Usual Get the Worst Of 1t.
JOHNNY SMART, WHO DOES
STUNTS, Tries to Propose
to Miss Jolly, but Spoils
His Chances.
THE TRIPLET BOYS, Freddie.
Eddie and Teddie, Show on
Their Trick Dog, to the
Disgust of the Paper-hang-
er and Their Own Discom-
fort.
KNOW-TT-AIL JAKE Tries to
Prove That Black Cats Are
Not Unlucky, but Fails.
PETER BARNUM BOTTS Cap-
lures a Wild Man for His
Greatest Show on Earth
and Is Sorry That He Did.
THE ONION SISTERS-Papa
Onion Meets Few of the
Girls Friends and Mr.. Car
rot Is Blamed for the End.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21

THREATENS TO DISCHARGE LAWYERS.
Chan Cheung appeared before the Supreme
Court yesterday morning in answer to an al
Tentative writ of habeas corpus issued Thurs
day. District Attorney Byington said he had
not had time to prepare an argument and
summon witnesses. so the matter was put
over until yesterday afternoon. at which time
the court set the case for hearing next Monday
morning. Chan Cheung Is said to have threat
ened TO discharge his lawyers unless they can
get his release on bail.