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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
] oPELoUsAs, Ia. SATURDAY., FEBRUARY Il. 1905.
Special NoSsee I'm sHperln-
Head e ufa,

The Nineteenth Annual Conven.
tion of ha Louisiana Sunday School
Ass ,ciltion will be held in Shreyf.
port, March II 23
The membership of the conven-
| tion Is composed OF the following
First, Pastors Of all evangelical
churches; sacon,i, four delegates
at large from each parish associa-
tion; third, one delegate for every
twenty-five members of all Sunday
schools.
am informed by the State Office
that the railroads have been asked
to give the usual reduction I'm rates
and that the people Of Shreveport
will do the proper thing la the way
OF entertainment.
! am also informed that expert
help OF international reputation
will be secured and that the con-
vention, will in fact, be great
school of Methods in which many
OF the difficult problems OF Sunday
school work will be discussed.
Permit me to urge all superin-
tendents to bring the matter before
their schools at an early date and
take such steps as may be neces-
sary TO secure a delegation to the
convention. Yours in the work,
p. FOSTER. President.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11

Mr.. Daley offered the following ordln
| ances duly seconded, and upon being read
was adopted, to.wit:
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance levyfng special tax Of I'VE
mills annually for the period of ten
years upon the taxable property OF the
First Police Jury Ward OF the Parisia OF
st. Landry to aid In the construction OF
the opelousas. Gulf q Northeastern
Railroad.
Whereas, at special election held In the
nrst police jury ward of the parish OF ST.
Landry on the 18th day of December. 1904,
10 take the sense Of the property taxpayers
and qualified electors In said ward whether
q i've mill tax shall be- levied and collected
upon the taxable property In said ward TO
way protected by the Opelousas, Gulf g
Northeastern Railway Company, annually
for the period of ten years; and
Whereas at said election majority OF
the qualified electors and majority OF the
assessed valuation OF the taxable property
10 Said ward voting at said election, voted
In favor of the lew OF said tax; and
Whereas, under the provisions of Section
Five OF Act No. 202 of the Act OF 1853 it is
made the duty OF Police Juries In such cases
Go dmmediately pass an ordinance ievytng
such tax; therefore, be ft
Ordained by the Police Jury of the parish
or st. Landry, in regular session convened: !:
Section |. That tax of i've mills on the
dollar be and the same Is hereby levied on
the First Police Jury Ward of the parish Of
ST. Landry. on which the state levfes tax
TO be used In aid Of the construction of d
line OF railway projected by the 0peiousas
Gulf southeastern Railway Company.
Section q. Be It ordained. etc. that said
tax as herein provided for In section one be
and the same is hereby levied annually for
81 period 1adz Of , ten years as follows For the
1912, 1918 and 1914, to raise the sum of Seven
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Defective Weia Cs.nsetl A Es u N.
saHvAY.


A young lady thrown from a
buggy and seriously hurt. This is
what we will see in the papers next,
II you continue to patronize the
blacksmith who does not know his
trnde. You should be as careful In
selecting your smith as your wife
Is in selecting her Doctor. When
you need repairing of all kinds,
from an Engine down to Road
Cart. Evaporators-The Narcotic
Fuel Oil Evaporator, a wonder. in-
vented and manufactured and for
sale by me. We also have ON hand
a fine line Of fine cane syrup for
sale. Call ON as, we can please
you. ARTHUR ID. NARCOTIC,
The Mechanic, Church Point, La.
location: mil4 west of Dixon
Grove. l4-3m
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
rI.e Fre~xe.
Opelousas, La., Feb. 5. l905

The Eastern and Southern states
were in the grasp Of billiards., snow
slaet and rain, the past week.
Commerce was sorely crippled
and the deaths among man anG
beast reached a high number.
The Ice foes impeded maratime
traffic considerably, and the finan-
cial losses were extensive.
Louisiana was one OF the South
EN- States which suffered greatly,
experiencing the severest weather
known In years.
Here In St. Landry the weather
man was especially unkind to Us.
Friday evening, at about 2 o'clock,
downpour of sleet ushered in
Jack Frost.
Everything froze hard.
Icicles reigned In their magniff-
cence everywhere.
Before nightfall the wire fences
about town presented the appear.
ance of shin,.:ering crystal palaces.
That night the accumulation
of Ice on the limbs of trees began
to fell them, and all night and
next day the noise of falling limbs
mads-Sngs strikingly similar to
the bombardment of a fort.
The courthouse square, after the
seigeewas rather true prototype
of q cyclone-struck piney-woods.
TIE pretty tress all over town,
the pride OF Opelousas, had to SUR
render some of their limbs to the
Ice King.
In some instances giant trees
saccumbed.
Telephone and telegraph busi-
ness was suspended for several
days, and the town was thrown In
darkness until Wednesday, Feb
ruary |.
j.
The systems suffered severely,
especially the Bertha telephone
line, which was for several days an
almost complete wreck.
The thawing began Sunday, and
then Opelousas was sea of mud
and slush. The streets were rem
~
dered almost impossible, and busi-
ness was absolutely at q dead
ssandstill.
The rain then set in, and the
sun dill not show its radiant face
until Thursday.
The roads are now drying, and
prospects are good for more propi-
tsous weather.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
1'le aseta,.., ..f ~l.e.-lock IIels....,

BY A. Conan Doyle, will be print.
ed in the Sunday Picayune. There
are thirteen stories IN the series
The first one will appear Sunday,
Feb. u, 1905. These are the finest
short stories that Conan Doyle
has written. Not 60 read them
is to miss the literary sensation
of the age. Purchase of your
newsdealer. Daily Picayune, 81
per month; Sunday Picayune, So
per annum.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Mr.. Daley offered the following oreii-
nance, seconded by Mr.. Fruge, viz:
AN ORDINANCE

nance, seconded by Mr.. Fruge, viz:
AN ORDINANCE
Relative to- the operation of traction
engines on the public roads of the
parish;
Section /. BE it ordained. by the Po-
lice Jury OF the parish of st. Landry,
that traction engines shall hereafter be
permitted to operate on the public roads
OF this parish, subject to the following
conditions:
| l. Previous to being operated on the
| public roads road tax or license of ten
dollars shall be paid by the owner or
operator of such engine for the privilege
| of taking such engine on the public
road, payment to be made to the sheriff
and ex-officio tax-colIector, who shall
issue the proper tax orr license receipts.
which shall entitle the holder to run
one traction engine on the public roads
of this parish for the nnexpired portion
of the calendar year during which such
payment shall be made. Said tax or
license receipt shall always be kept in
the possession of the operator of the
traction engine when said engine shall
be taken on the public roads and shall
be produced and exhibited by him when
ever required SO to do by any officer or
taxpayer of the parish.
z. For any injury that may be caused
to the public roads or bridges by any
such traction engine when operated
thereon, the parish and road contractor
or contractors or either OF them may
proceed in any court of competent juris-
dietion either by suit in personaln
against the owner or operator OF such
engine or in rem against the engine it
self at the option OF the parish or such
road contractor.
s. Any individual, corporation or
firm that shall sustain any injury or
damage, either In person or pronerty.
through the operation of such traction,
engine shall have the same double right
of action az is conferred upon the parish
or road contractor III paragraph No. of
this section.
4. Should any traction engine
be taken upon the public roads OF this
parish without the proper prepayment
OF the tax or license s,E ten dollars here
in above provided for, the sheriff or any
of his deputies shall be authorized to
seize and sell such engine for the pay
ment Of said tax or license after ten
days advertisement i'll the official Jour-
nal Of the parish, and shall be allowed
the same fees for such services as are
allowed him by law for the execution of
Writs Ut II fa.
Section 2. Be further ordained, etc.
that The taxes or license to be collected
under this ordinance shail be disfribn-
ted TO the road funds of the several
wards frptn which tie payments ara.
made.
section s. Rc further ord. med. ETC.,
tliat Ibis ordinance shall take effect
from a,I,i after lfs I.assaA and fi.at all
resolutions or ordinances in conflict
/ herewith be and they are hereby re-
pealed.
| w. F. CLOPTOS, President.
Attest; j i. HEALEY Clerk,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
OIsersa EHosa.e AgnEm.
The Clarion is in receipt Of the
following communication, TO which
it cieerfully gives space:

IhG AihElOH aS 1H IcSEIPh VI GllS
following communication, to which
1t ciieerfully gives space:
0pelousas, La, Feb. s, 1905.
Editor Clarion:-I see in your last
weeks Issue that [ am prominently
quoted as all endorser and stock holder in
project TO build another opera house
In Opelousas. Permit me to say that
the use of my name in connection with
this is calculated to tnislead the public,
and place me In a false position. know
enough about the opera house business
to satisfy me that it is not paving in-
vestment with only one opera house in
town and would still be less with two.
wish to state that for this and several
other reaspnsI repudiate the statement
that endorse the project and to say al
SO that am not u stockholder In the
new opera house scheme. My under
standing was that / was taking stock in
the Jacobs News Co., which was over
two years ago. Please give this com
munication the same publicity YOU
gave the misleading article referred to.
Respectfully,
f.. L. SAND0Z.
The Clarion wishes to state that
1T was not its intention to misre-
present Mr.. Fred. L. Sandoz, nor
inisleadi the public.
The names published I'm last
weeks Clarion, including that of
Mr.. Sandoz, rs stockholders in the
Jacobs News Depot Co, were OBJ
tanned from the Jacobs News De-
pot register.
We We're made to understand
that the projected opera house and
the Jacobs News Depot were one
and the same thing, and that
stockholders in one were stock.
holders In tie other.
'rIie lower story will be occupied
by the Jacobs News Depot Go. as a
store building.
The upper story will be used as
an opera house.
This is all we know about it.
The public is invited to consult
the list Of stockholders at jacobs
News Depot, where Mr.. Sandoz's
name will DO found registered.
a Il
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Sale of Public Roads,
EIGHTH WARD

EIUHTH WARU.
Notice Is hereby given that public roads
In the west end OF the Eighth Police
Jury Ward viii be sold at public auction to
the last and lowest responsible bidder. at
Eunice at Ferdi land Tate's, on
Tuesday. February 9Hsa, I9O5,
And OF the east end. at Numa Bertrand's
on
Wednesday. February -, 1905.
at 10 clock a. m.
The undersigned reserving the right to
reject any and all bids.
OLIBE MANUEL,
j. ID. BERTRAND,
Police Jurors sth Ward.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Sale of Public Roads.
THIRD WARD

THIRD WARD.
Notice Is hereby given that public roads
OF the Third Police Jury Ward VIII be sold
at public auction TO the last and lowest res
ponstble bidder, at LeoHville, at Joseph
Mfstric's store, on
Saturday. February 2.S. 1905.
at 10 o. clock a. M. for the years 1905, 1906
and la97.
Je Il any and all bids.
LOUIS D. Sicily,
Police Juror Al Ward
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
ST. Landry Cenyicas Hsardoaed.

The Governor has issued pardons
to Ermogene Frank, Mark Frank
and Edwin John, convicted June
18th, 1902, Of assault by shooting
at, and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for term uf seven years.
They engaged in a general fusi-
liade in the Big Cane section Of the
parish.
All are negroes.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Wa aa ted

10 men in each state TO travel,
tack signs and distribute samples
and circulars of our goods. Salary
$500 per month. $500 per day for
expenses. KUHLMAN Co, Dept. S,
Atlas Building, Chicago jan21
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
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N-Y YsssEHsHs. The public ID hereby .no-
IN titled not 10 negotiate for two proni-s
issory notes of one hundred dollar each,
executed in my favor by Prosper :
drina, and Identified by an act Of sale
before Is. Il. Yidrine. Notary Pablic,
dated May 9Th. 1868. Said notes haying
been paid iii full, but originals lost Of
misiaid By me.
jan2s-5t EELEzIE yIDRIsE,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Sale of Public Roads
SECOND WARD.

| -1---1 SAOU1ND W 2AIlDs .
Notice is hereby given that public roads
In the lower portion OF the Second Police
jury Ward win be sold at public auction to
the last and lowest responsible bidder, al
Judge Jeffers' office, In Coulee Croche, on
Wednesday,. March 1S, 1905,
at 10 o'clock a.. m.
The undersigned reserving the right to
reject any and all bids.
ADELMA GUIDRY,
fki.5t Police Juror I'd Ward
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
: 1lzn11--
FssR K E.SI'.

A well-finished residence In The GAR
land addition of the town of Opelousas.
Horse lot. stable and all modern inn
proyements. The house ID new. Apply
to L. L. DANIEL,
fli-Im 0pelousas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11

NOTICE is hereby given that an
In estray came on my premises on
sunday, Jan. 8, and on Monday took
him up aud he Is now in my possession.
Description: " American, flea bitten
gray horse, had fouteVil ON right front
foot, kne. iocked on hoek hind leg and
short tail TO hook. Owner will please
come forward, prove property, pay
costs and take same away.
RICHARD HAWKINS,
ian28-5t Rabt. wilkins Plantation
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
vnientInesa yaleasimea!

Tops, marbles and masks, in
Iafg varieties, at Jacobs News
Depot 60,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
NOTICE 70 TAXPAYERS

Please take notice that the State Au-
ditor instructs me to charge per cent
per month on all real estate after Jann-
ary lst, 1905. Come forward and pay
and save costs.
M L. SWORDS,
Sheriff and Ex-officio Tax Collector.
Baton Rouge, Jan. i, 1905.
To Tax Collectors:
Dear Sir.-Your attention is respect.
fully called to section 40, Act I70 of 1888,
which requires that all taxes unpaid on
the 3lst day of December of each and
every year, shall bear interest at the
rate of 2 per cent. per month from said
date. Please act accordingly and obIige,
Yours respectfully,
PAUL CAPDEVIELl4E,
Jan2l-3t Auditor Public Accounts.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11
Notice Of Dissolution.

ed by mutual consent on January 18th. MFR.
T. Coreii retiring. The business of rhe firm
VIII be liquidated by Mr.. o. DaFdeau, TO
whom all accounts due the flrm must be
paid, and who Will settle all Indebtedness of
the firan.
O. DARDEAU,
4. C0REIL.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11

Mr.. Daley offered the following ordin-
ance, duly seconded. and upon being read, !,
was adopted, to-wit: :
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-02-11

"A ~ OIN U1 y a ISS9E4
Relative to- the operation of traction
engines on the public roads of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-26
TOO PARISIANS.
OIabelle GiIman's Commentary on
PittsbUrg Millionaire.

Paris, Dec. 26.-MabeIle Gilman has
arrived from Italy and is with her moth
er in the Rue SpOntini. She and her
mother are about to start on an auto
mobile tour of the Riviera.
we haven't been in America for
three years." said Miss Gilman, ''and
Mr.. Corey has not been here. There is
no more likelihood of my marrying him
than any of the other married men of
my acquaintance. I once met Mr.. Corey
and his wife at dinner, together with a
mutual friend. They seemed negligent
of each other When married people
get rich they are often negligent of
each other. The cause Of domestic trou-
bles is more frequently found in the
family circle than outside.
Il protest against the custom of max
ing theater girls ScapegOats for the do
nestle troubles of milliOnaires. If wives
have difficulties with their husbands,
lyric artists are rarely the cause Our
calling is too exacting to allow us time
to be home Wreckers, even if we were
so disposed. Necessarily we are always
before the public and often are good
looking, and jealous women like Mrs.
Schwab lightly point the finger of scorn
at US. If these people knew how hard
We work and how little time successful
artists have for frivolity, they would
realize that our minds are occupied with
thoughts other than their husbands.
Respectable artists should form a league
for protection against the absurd at
tacks Of unattractive married women.
Millionaire Pittsburgers are too Pari-
sian. They are nice people. but without
sufficient culture to spend money ex-
cept on pleasures of the senses. Mr..
Carnegie is to be congratulated as a do
nestle peacemaker.
If wives would take proper care of
their husbands neither they nor their
friends would need seek excuses in the
bright eyes of artists for their husbands
neglect.
Married men in San Francisco and
elsewhere frequently invited me to din
ner. On my refusal they would say:
Come and bring your mother along
In such cases I invariably replied: If
my mother wasn't good enough to be
invited in the first place, I can't accept
now
Z don't need any ones money Mr..
DAILY started me with a big salary, and
my mother is careful manager. am
now studying with De Reszke. We are
going to Nice with party of Il in two
automobiles. France, America, Eng
land and Germany are represented in
the party. I am studying Christian
Science also. It is most consoling; it
teaches people to mind their own BUSH
ness.
In Italy have heard Carnegie's steel
millionaires compared with the ancient
Romans when their empire was in de-
cav"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-26
MOmentOus Merger of Railways
Is Being Considered.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Backbone of Combination.
YOAKUM AT THE HEAD.
Proposed System Will Comprise
Over $4,000 Miles.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

Reports are current in railroad circles
that twenty-three thousand miles of
railroads with a present capitalization
of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars
are to be merged and that the biggest
deal in the history of western railroad
ing is pending.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway is said to be the backbone of the
new combination and the appointment
Of B. F. Yoakum, as chairman of the
executive board of that road is the one
important step in the big movement.
The roads involved are: Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, Chicago and Alton
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf, Chicago
and Eastern Illinois, St. Louis and San
Francisco, Cedar Rapids and Northern,
Iowa Central. Missouri Kansas and
Texas, Colorado and Southern, Colorado
Midland, Fort Worth and Denver City,
Kansas City. Southern, YOakum syndi-
cate lines in Texas. Estimated mileage,
$4,000; estimated capital, 5000 ,000, 900.
When the consolidation projected IS
finished the Rock Island will be one of
the greatest railroad systems in the
United States. if not the greatest. There
have been many runlors of late that the
Rock Island was preparing for great
expansion, but so carefully guarded nave
been the preliminaries that the facts ara
only beginning to be known.
With Yoakum and H. E. huntington
Hawley is a heavy owner Of Colorado
and Southern and the present move by
him and what is known as the "HaW-
ley crowd" on Wall street is part OF
the movement to gather in the COLORADO
and Southern. 1t has been officially adj
mitted by Mr.. Yoakum and by President
Trumbell of the Colorado and Southern
that the Yoakum syndicate was buying
lines and projecting others in Texas Tor
the latter road. That this is true has
been demonstrated by the appointment
of officers of the Fort Worth and Den
yer the Texas line of the Colorado and
Southern. to officers on YOakum syndl-
cate roads, the officers holding positions
with the Denver as well as the Yoakum
roads.
The Rock Island now controls the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf and the
Frisco. It also controls the Cedar Rapids
and Northern, the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois and the Chicago and Alton.
Hawley practically owns the Iowa Cen
trail Hawley, last spring, was ire
mendous buver of Missouri, Kansas and
Texas. and it was reported at the time
that it was for the Rock Island
The consolidation means that the ROCK
Island will extend from St. Paul on lhe
north to Memphis, Birmingham feEt
Worth. Houston, Dallas and Galveston
on the south, and from Chicago to st.
Louis, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver ana
FL Paso on the west, and later to san
Francisco on the Pacific coast.
It also means that the Frisco VIII
build from Ellsworth, Kan, over to
connection with the Rock Island s pre-
ent Colorado line for another line INTO
Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-26
GONvICTS FEAST.
Christmas Meal Brings Them an
Extra Good Dinner.
Roast Pork, Minee Pie and
Oranges Also Are Served.
WE'RE GIVEN A SHOW.
Theatrical Troup Goes From
Kansas City to LeaYenWorth.
Prisoners Given Photograph
Serenade During Dinner.

Leavenworth. Kan. Dec. 26.-The
prisoners at the Kansas penitentiary
had fresh roast pork. a large mince
pie apiece and half a dozen oranges
as extras for their Christmas dinner
The hogs We're raised on the prison
farm to provide the pork. a theatrical
troupe secured in Kansas City came up
and gave two entertainments in the
chapel the first for the men prisoners
IN the morning and the second for the
women prisoners after dinner. The
distribution of presents for prisoners
was made last night. Three wagon
loads Of presents were sent in by rela-
tives and friends of the prisoners. One
prisoner received as a present from
his mother a roast turkey a roast
chicken and ten pounds of cheese. He
was permitted to dine in his cell in his
own way
The prisoners at the United States
penitentiary had fresh roast pork.
mashed potatoes and half dozen
oranges as extras for dinner. There
were services in the chapel In the
morning. While eating dinner the
prisoners had a photograph serenade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-26
TIME SAVING THE GREAT END.
santa Fe Will Be Well Repaid for
BeIen Cutoff Expedition.


Just to save time'-that is the
story the other day. remarked a
railroad man. 1.-THE article told of
the Santa Fe's expenditure of $10,-
000,0O on the Belen cutoff for the
purpose of clipping several hours
from the running time between Chi
cage and California.
1.-The inference seemed to be that
the saving of time is a rather unusual
object or that the Santa Fe is break
ing all precedents in making so stu
pen dous an effort to secure the speed
lest route across the continent.
Saving time is no mean object for
the outlay of money. Time is money,
and the road that can save the most
of it to a man is the one that will
land the business.
t'True, the Santa Fe Belen cutoff
surpasses in magnitude almost any
single time-saving device, but every
road on the continent is constantly
doing something of the sort on a
smaller scale. A bend is eliminated
here a steep grade there or a circuit
Gus route somewhere else.
1.-THE eighteen-hour train between
New York and Chicago is another ex-
ample of what time-saving means, eX-
cept that in that instance the result
is accomplished more by the finest
greyhound equipment. the nerviest
men and the strictest attention to
economy of time by construction op-
erations.
1.-The santa Fe is doing a big piece
of work, but it has a big reward in
store for it. The mail contracts are
only one of the objects in view. The
railroad did not neglect the business
end of the roposition-that's a safe
wager"