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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25
"That Little Swede.

The attraction at the Nendome
Opera House will be ''That Little
Swede," a story Of the Wisconsin
woods, John Crittenden Webb,
and will be produced on very g
laborate and imposing scale. The
scenery and mechanical effects
used in the production of this
beautiful play are said to be the
acme of stage realism and the
management call attention t" the
fact that the pictures OF the
scenes as we'll as all the advcrtis
ing matter displayed by this com
pany are not in the least exagger
ated but are made from photo
graphs taken by flashlights from
the actual representations given
upon the stage. The cast IS said
to he exceptionally strong The
piece is a triumph for both com
pany and management and will nc
doubt meet with due recognition
for our theatregOers.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25
The Grand Duke of Russia Killed

| Friday Of last week while the
Grand Duke Sergius, a brother OF
the Gar Of Russia, was driving
through the Senate quarter of
Moscow bomb was thrown be.
meath his carriage The force of
the explosion broke all the win
d0wS of the law courts and the re.
port was heard outside the city.
The carriage was blown to pieces,
nothing but the four wheels re
naming. The horse, were not
hurt and bolted. The grand duke
was insanity killed. Ills head
was blown off, actually being sep
arated from his body, which was
most frightfully mangled.
The coachman was also killed
He was SO frightfulIy burned by
the explosive with which the
bomb was charged that he died
while being taken to the hospital
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25
You Run No Risk.

The Tyler Commercial College
will teach anyone with an ordina
ry common school education who
will do good average work to write
legibly $50 words of shorthand
unfamiliar matter) to the minute
in three months or make no
charge for the course. They will
make anyone a present OF a
scholarship who will find any 9th
er school using any other system of
shorthand that will do this. Any
one not satisfied at the completion
of the course that the Kyrne
Shorthand is what they claim for
it can get every cent of his tuition
back by representing them with a
written statement to that effect.
Their systems of bookkeeping,
shorthand, typewriting and teleg-
raphy are thorough and practical,
all being taught on the actual
business plan of LEARN to do by
doing" These excellent systems
have made Tyler Commercial Col
Iege the my st famous commercial
school of/'he s<fire South, and
one of W largest in the U. S
More kan 36o new tnronments
havTeen Made dp<fnThyfast
twS months. acknowledgement
enrollments are studsMs from
Texas, Indian Ter/EsS Ark,
Miss, Mo-, Kansay1ll, KY and
New York. THf school israpid-
ly gaming a fationaksfeputation;
it's graduates are nowaRpa in the
leading positions of almost every
city in the U. s. They have one
of the most extensive employment
a gency Bureaus connected with
their schools ever connected with
a Commercial College.
This school is doing a great
work for our young men and WO-
men; 1t not only gives them a
thorough practical training that
places them iD demand in the
business world, but assist them in
securing a position and starting on
the road to success.
Should you feel interested in at
tending commercial school, we
suggest that you write the Tyler
Commercial College of Tyler,
Texas, for their free catalogue
which gives full and interesting
particulars regarding their work
and the many young people they
have started on the road to sue
cess.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25
The Delivery Wagon.

just after the birth of the New
Year our merchants were cnnsld
erably disturbed by ano,ice from
the Shcrlff's office to the effect
that delivery wagon employed in
taking and filling orders in con
tradlstlncliOn to those engaged i'm
delivering goods ordered at the
store would b" liable to the Ii
cense imposed upon hawkers and
peddlers, under the new act of
1901 Several of our grocerymen
stabbed their delivery outfit and
suspended that feature of their
business.
Act No 80 of 1904 classed sail
transient merchants and itinerant
vendors, selling to customers by
SAMPLES or by taking orders,
whether for immediate or further
delivery in the same category, so
far as licenses were concerned,
with bawkers and peddlers This
Act was SO sweeping that it would
reach any and all canvassers.
Now, it seems, that Joseph Mar
reau, who represented the Leon
Godcbaux Co, of New Orleans,
was arrested at ThibOdaux for the
violation of this law. The firm he
represented had paid its state and
other licenses at its dOmicile, but
it did not propose to pay an ad-
ditional license for each and every
drummer in each and every parish
in which it did business. This
case, after trial in LafolTche par
ish was appealed to the State Su-
preme Court The following is
the syllabus of the Courts decis
ion:
l Act 40 of 1904, amending sec
ton IL of Act 1O3 of 1900, Is
broader than its title, and, there
fore, unconstitutional in so far as
it purports to levy a license tax
on "all transient merchants and
itinerant vendors selling to con
sumers, by sample or taking or
ders, whether for immediate or
future delivery"
.. Such a license tax operates
on commerce between different
sections Of the State and discrimi-
mates against home merchants in
favor of dealers residing IN other
States; and the title of the act did
not give notice Of the legislative
IutelllOu W HIdhc StIH lHuiS"i
change in the matter of license
taxation.
: 3. The license taxation Of com.
mercial statesmen or by taking Or
ders, for future delivery, is not
germane to the license taxation of
:peddlers or hawkers,' selling and,
delivering goods carried by them
on foot or on horseback, or in We
hicles or on watercraft.
1t is therefore ordered, adjud
ged and decrced, that the judg-
ment appealed from be annuIled,
avoided and reversed, and it. is
now ordered and dccreed that this
proceedings be dismissed at plain
tlff's cost.
This will settle the status of the
groceryman's delivery wagon and
will not curtall its usefulness to
either the merchant or customer.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

We reproduce the following
good advice from an exchange
Read and heed the advice:
The idea is not to- go INTO truck
farming for market, but TO ra'se
enough garden sass for your own
tabie Not to raise hogs for sale
but to grow your own bacon, and
lard. Not to go into the creamery
business. but to make yOnr own
butter and enable yOu.tO cut oul
the condensed milk. Not to make
u specially of raising hens, but tt
be able to supply your own family
with eggs and chickens. If yol
have an over supply of any OF
these you can always get gooe
prices in the nearest town
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

The best physic. ''Once tried
and you will always use Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's" says William A. Girard
Pease, vt. t.Lfhese Tablets are the
most promFt, most pleasant and
most reliable cathartlc in usr
For sale by Estorge Drug co.
Feb
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

According to the New Orleans
Picayune the total number OF poll
taxes paid IN the State OF Lou'sl
ana during the year 1904, was
13s 375, divided as follows: 20,
1919 whites and 13, 16G colOred. O1
this number 14Gi. including bOtf
whites and colored, were paid II
the parish of Ascension. o
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25
G M and st P.

In our issue of Jan'y 18th, we
gave TO our readers the first init,
nation that the Chicago, Milwau
kee and st. Paul X. X. Co. was
looking for a southern route to
the ScabOaTd and an outlet for the
grain of tho immense section If
serves. a majority Of the lead.
ing papers Of Southwestern Lou
lsIana reproduced our article the
following week.
Since then the great dailies of
the Crescent City have awakened
and are giving columns Of space
to the &. Nj. and st. +. move.
ments. The States of the 22nd,
says:
Negotiations have apparently
been effected whereby the G.. NJ.
and st. y. with its great grian
belt mileage will bring It's solid
trains of corn and wheat to the
wharves of New Orleans. Traffic
agreements with two lines enter
ing the State of Louisiana have
been made, giving the G. NJ and
st. L. trackage rights into New
Orleans direct from Kansas CITY
south. No official notice of this
has been given yet, but an announ-
cement from Chicago last night
that negotiations had been closed
indicates that deal which has
been on for some little time has
been finally consumated.
The closing of the deal, it is
thought, means that the G.. NJ. and
st. +. has acquired traffic rights
that give it the right of bringing
its trains into New O1leans over
the tracks of the Kansas City
Southern and the Southern Paci-
fic via Kansas City and Lake
Charles. The G. NJ. and st. z.
strikes the Kansas City Southern
tracks at Kansas City, its tracks
coming straight from Marion, a
point which lies centrally located
between Omaha and Chicago.
The Kansas City Southern affords
the C.. NJ. and St =. then a direct
line south to Lake Charles.
This looks to be the natural en-
try of the G.. NJ. and st. u. Geo.
b. French, the general agent of
the g. M. and st. =. freight de
partlrent, has been in New Or
leans looking over the situation
for some time and his investiga-
ton Of the situation has been emi.
nently satisfactory. Mr.. French
is: however, non cOmmltal Oh the
matter Of how his road is going to
get int, New Orleans or whether
it will tap here with its own trains
or not. Mr.. Smith, one of the di-
rectors of the road was IN New
Orleans last week with the GOnId
party and stayed over long after
Mr.. GOuld's departure, it was sad
owing to the illness Of his wife.
Mr.. Smith likewise would not dis,
cuss the proposition.
Another evidence of a more
than friendly interest in New Or
leans was the presence Of A. W
Peavey of the Peavey Elevator
Company Of Chicago, which is a
close ally of the G. NJ. & st. L
Mr.. Peavey left last night Tor
Ch;caUn
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

President Roosevelt is after the
Goa! oil combinations with a sharp
stick, so to speak. and has in
structed COMMISSIONS Garfield to
proceed with the Investigations OF
these combines, in compliance with
the resolutions adopted by the
Congress recently. May The
President be successful in down
ing these rnholy and robbel
trusts
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

The nineteenth annual conven-
tion of the Louisiana Sunday
School Association will be held
in Shreveport the first week IN
March. The railroads will give
the usual reduced rates to all gdel'
'egates on the certificate ppn.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

Gen. Lew Wallace the distln-
puished Veteran of the Mexican
and Civil Wars also Minister to
Turkey and author of "Ben Hur,"
died at Charlottesville. Ind, on
the 10Th inst. Truly great man
has passed awsSesaHe was rs
years old.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25

barbara Ladd Genus iorn
Millard next to House.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-25
YOU CAN SEE

YOU CAN SEE
the ad~anlage of putting
your money Where it draws
interest. We pay interest on
our PAID Ud STOCK which can
be cashed hstanter.
IBERIA BudL DING ASSOCIATION
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07

organ.
He drew hyperdermic syringe from
his pocket and filled it with a fluid.
Then he injected it into Seadog's arm.
Several minutes of silence followed.
Ringwold kept his seat OH the side Of
the bed. He finally broke the silence.
"Bring the lamp" he said.
While young Seadog held the lamp
and the wife looked on with anxiety,
Rinwgold shook the sick man. He
pushed back the eyelds and exposed
the pupils which were greatly enlarged.
"Ie died in Siberia and his brother
went down at seal" muttered Seadoe.
Another smile lit up the countenance
of Ringwold. He placed mis- hand over
the heart of Seadog again. He played
with the man as would cat play with
a mouse. But the feeble little fellow
looked more like the mouse and the
PROSTATE form of the wealthy fisher
man resembled that of giant, in COM
palson.
cold Ringwold has his eyes, but he
IS not the man. No, he is not the
mani" spoke out Seadog in plain
words.
Again the grizzled old man smiled
almost to a stage villains chuckle.
Mrs. seadog turned pale. Young Sea-
dog was mystifed.
Ringwold slowly bent his body until
he could place his mouth near Seadog' g
ear. He spoke In an ordinary tone of
voice:
Charlie, YOU neglected to sweep out
this morning!"
seadog opened his eyes as if by mag
ic. He gazed into the face OF Ring
void for moment and then exclaimed i;
"Nelse Saarela, druggist to the
czar!"
eyes, and back from Siberia and on
to America that he might compel
Charles Seadog to render an account
lng!' fairly Missed the old man.
The meeting was too much for the
strength of either. Seadog fell into a
silent relapse and old Ringwold drop
ped across his body in hysterical fit.
1t was then that young Seadog called
to neighbor and sent him to the ball
room for aid.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
ITO tie cOntinuedl
Samples of His Voice.

This is marvellous age we live in,"
said a theatrical manager, land it's
maryelousness was brought home to
me forcibly last week
Il had written to a French tenor
and asked him what he would take
to come over here and sing next sea-
son. His reply consisted of letter
and two cylinders
l will come for five hundred dol
lars a week the letter said, and l
forward III another package samples
OF my voice and of my acting
The larger cylinder was a phono-
graphic record Of one of the mans
solos. The smaller one was a moving
picture film of him singing the solo.
Il took the two cylinders to deal
err and one we put in a photograph,
Tie other in a moving picture ma
chine. Then we darkened the room,
and we started the machine and the
monograph simultaneously. BY Jove,
sir, the actor might have been present
personally. There he was on the
screen, walking up and down the
stage and gesticulating, and there was
his voice issuing in sonorous notes
from the big photograph horn. l cot
from II as satisfactory an idea of the
mans talent as could have got if
he had visited me-"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07

st. Petersburg. - Possibly some of
the hesitation of the authorities here
to make announcement of the fall of
Port Arthur was due to threats and
rumors of radical demonstrations.
coupled with the absence of the en-
peorr; but it is certain that no demon
stratoin is likely which could assume
serious proportions, and the radical
leaders would be sure to lienate the
sympathy of many, even of the most
liberal Russians, if they chose such a
momeont for the revolutionary demon
stration.
1t has been learned that the last mes
sage sent by Emperor Nicholas to Cen
eral Stoessel vested the commander of
the Port Arthur garrison with discre-
tlonary powers and urged him to exer
else them rather than allow the defense
to go to the last ditch. This NAV ac-
count for the apparently brief time re-
qulred to conclude the negotiations be-
tween the Russian and japanese COM
manders, no time having been occu-
pied IN communicating with the EN-
peror Nicholas. 1t is equally certain
that General Stoessel did not surrender
without previous authorization.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
CHAPTER XNIV.
A Fina. Accounting.

With the dawning of morning there
were many rumors atioat in the village.
The story of Seadog's relapse, the send
ing for old RingwoId, and the dying
condition of the two men had reached
the public eal. Stories of mysterious
disclosures we've also being told and
the people were wrought up to unusual
excitement.
1t was known that Captain Budlong
had remained at the place all night
that Sankala was there and that the
militia surgeon had been kept busy and
that about daylight old Bumbo, the
lawyer, had been sent for
Sankala and Dan Lapham had also
been seen to visit the Ringwold cabin,
and they had taken a large bundle of
papers to the Seadog home.
The interior of the Seadog house pre-
scented an interesting picture. On a
bed lay old Seadog calm and weak
He was breathing easily and his physi-
| cal suffering had been lulled by heroic
scientific treatment But the agony
which racked his brain is indescribable.
1t is only those who have suffered with
a guilty conscience while looking death
in the face that could properly sympa-
thize with Charles Seadog.
On another bed in the same room lay
the aged Rinwgold. He had under
gone complete change. The feeble
old form which had for SO many wears
responded to the appeals of life and
raised itself up as though coming from
the grave, had reclined to rise no L ore.
His work was over. His mission was
about performed. Yet his brain was
as clear as a bell; His eyes as bright
as youth.
Seadog'a family lowered about him.
The surgeon stood at his bedside.
Bumbo, the lawyer, sat at table near
by.
sankala held her aged protectors
hand. Dan Iapham stood at the foot
OF Ringwold's bed. Captain Budlonp
was at the door to answer the questions
of the curious.
Tell the whole truth, Charles, tell
1t ALL have proved to you that San
kala Is his child. She is entitled to
his interest in the property. Do fair
by hel upon your soull'
So spoke old Ringwold, fsebly but
encouragingly to Seadog.
After my return from Siberia I
looked up the boy. I had located Won
long before. When l got the papers
arranged | persuaded him to come with
me to America, but he had marrying
on the brain and would not come until
the ceremony was performed and his
young bride was ready to come" contin.
ued Ringwold. "We were all poor in
finances and had TO take the old sail.
boat. The voyage was long one and
the child, Sankala, was born ON board
the vessel. The surgeon Of the craft
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
Conquered Army
Leaves their Forts

In long, slowingly moving columns.
four abreast, their tattered uniforms
showing in pitiful contrast with the
nobby appearance of their Japanese
guards, the members of the garrison of
Port Arthur walked out of the fortress
and crossed the glacis leading to the
camps. Some walked with difficulty
and these were convalescents who had
been pressed into service by dire need
for fighting men. Not a man but
seemed tired unto death. Their cheeks
were pale and sunken, military train
ing was gone from their bearing, soma
were emaciated to skeletons, their
clothes hanging loosely about them
There were some with bandges around
their heads. others with their left arms
in sings.
A very few of them walked silently
The others whispered among each
other, plain infringement upon disci-
plinary rules.
There was no reproof, however, the
buzz of their voices was as a sigh of
relief heaved by giant The DAYS of
torture and of suffering untold were
over. For them the Russo-J Japanese
is ended.
On their horses japanese officers rode
up and down the columns giving orders
to the guards on foot, but there was no
need for the vigilance. They came
down the hill, their gait acceleratinp
as they neared the goal. Further down
they saw an imposing display of the
successful power in the Japanese Off
GERS who had lined up to receive them
as prisoners, to call the roll from the
depleted lists and then to pronounce
their fate. 1t may be assumed that the
generosity Of their victors had spread
into every nook and corner of every
fort ere the order to evacuate was
given.
Mercifully the japanese officer in
charge Of the surrender shortened the
business as much as could be done nm
der the circumstances. Then the order
to move was given. Then the order to
Inside OF half an hour every prisoner
sat In front of a full ration, something
not enjoyed by any Of them for many
weeks past. Each man was allowed
quantity of spirits. 1t was not long
until a japanese passing a Russian
with full glass bent down and clink-
ed it with that of the enemy. The ex-
ample was contagious. The Japanese
have learned a good deal of the Rus
slams and vice versa. Soldiers under
stand each other, and the one topic of
conversation, Port Arthur, it's strength
and its weakness, is familiar to them
all. Before the sun had more than
made its presence felt the beseigers of
Port Arthur and its defeated defendrs
were fraternizing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
Wages the Same for 1905.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Secretary
Darling of the navy department, who
has direct supervision over the mat
ter of labor employment in the vari-
Gus navy yards and stations, has is
sued an order that the existing scale
of wages of mechanics and others
shall be practically unchanged during
the calendar year 1905. Strong efforts
have been made to induce the depart
ment to change the scale, either for
the benefit of the men or in the in
terest of economy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
Northern Securities
Company Wins

Philadelphia.-The Northern Secur-
tiles injunction has been dissolved by
the United States circuit court.
The opinion reverses a decision of
the New Jersey circuit court which
restrained the Northern Securities com
pany from distributing certain stocks
of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany.
The decision is a defeat for the inter
est represented by E. H. Hartman.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
A Street Car Napoleon.

Old Gentleman-Tell me, my friend,
why you are so ugly TO passengers.
Brutal Conductor-So they'll hate tn
street car company wot employs me.
See?
mo, not exactly"
why, when they hate the company.
they'll just laugh to themselves when
they see me cheatin' tn company By no,
ringin' up fares. EeeY'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07
Terms of the
Russian Surrender

At the conference held between the
commissioners of General Stoessel and
General Nogi the terms of surrender
were agreed upon, under which the
Russian officers, both civil and mill
tary, will be allowed to march cut, the
military with arms. The officers will
be granted full liberty, after giving
promise not to take further part in the
war.
The soldiers of the garrison and the
nooHcom batants. to the number of 90
900, will be taken prisoners of war.
The fortress was handed over to the
japanese on Tuesday.
The prisoners marched out ON Jam
uary 4.
General Stoessel cabled the emperor
of Russia asking permission for the
officers to give, their parole. The Rus
sian officers and officials will be per-
mitted TO return to Russia upon parole,
the officers retaining their side arms.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-07

The smallest inhabited island in the
world is that on which Eddystone
lighthouse stands, for at low water it
is only 80 feet in diameter. At high
water the base of the lighthouse, a
diameter of only little over % feet.
is completely covered with water.