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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

just as Wachtel was spotted while sing
ing on the box of one of his cabs in
Hamburg, and Campanini at his anvil
in Italy.
Raphael Caruske was discovered by
throat specialist to whom he came
for treatment Of his voice. injured by
much shouting of his wares. Scalchi
at one time sold fish, which is as un-
conventional an occupation as huck-
STEERING. The adoption OF stage name
seems to be almost the rule for opera
singers, not for artists of the concert
stage. Plain John Clark was famous
in a Brooklyn choir. They turned
Brooklyn" into "Broccolini" for him
when he became "Signor." Madame
"Albani" came from Albany. of course.
as Nine. "Melba" came from Mel
bourne; Lillian "Nordica" was from
Maine and made up a stage name from
pun upon the shivery word North. /"
People whose names are Italian do not
need to change them. Patti never did;
Campanini. Ravelli, 1amagno, sang as
they were christened.
ROutman seems to have had, from
the beginning. unlike Wachtel and the
others. an idea of the value of his
voice. To save it he twice gave up
the only jobs he could get; once in a
tailor shop, where the air was close;
once in chemical factory where the
fumes we're sitting.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

Chicago.-Recent astounding dis
closures have brought to light the fact
that traffic in human lives has been
going on for some time in this coun-
try and that this city has been the
recruiting point. Young America,
girls have been lured from home and
friends under various pretexts and
sold into living deaths in Chinese
harems.
They are employed as secretaries
and travelling companions" with
promises of big wages and the pay
ment of all travelling expenses. Once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them, only to be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach of civilization
to pass their lives in hopeless despair
the absolute slaves of merciless mas
tiers free from the restraint of all law
and accountable to no one for THEFT
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret serv-
ice officials who uncovered the opera
lions of those engaged in deportins
the girls were surprised at the
extent and ramifications of the
system they uuearthed. Instead
of involving few women cad
the deporting of a few girls, it is now
admitted the Investigators are on the
track of half a score of tratickers
&nd the number of girls lured from
home may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone, to say nothing of the extent
OF the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada.
Two of the intended victims Of the
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai They told an
officer of the American navy their ex-
periences and about the fate OF thei.
former companions. 1t is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women by the American consul may
make the affair international.
Astounding Facts Disclosed.
Forty-nine American girls have been
cold into life slavery in Chinese
harems. Most of the white slaves de-
llse1ed into the hands of Chinese mas
tiers are lost to civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond
age save by suicide. They are help
less prisoners in Chinese interior
towns subject to the whims of man
darlns and wealthy Cinnamon who
were enabled to purchase them
through connivance with a woman
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

by the hunting set as for fortnight 1t
was by the auto racers. But there's a
difference.
The auto people are intensely unpop-
ular with everybody except the hotel
keepers whom they enrich and the pol
iticians in Office whom they bride to
let them misuse the roads. The hunt
ers are popular. They destroy crops
but they pay for them; tear down fences
but settle; and their bright red coats
and handsome hounds and nervous
horses are pretty to look at in set
ting of autumnal browns. They also
show pluck Of a sort made respectable
by tradition.
There are two hunts" on Long Is
land, not to speak Of one in Jersey
and one up in Genesee county. The
latter. founded years ago by the great
grandfather Of Congressman Jimmy"
WaJsworth. who is close friend of
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

between the excellent and popular Mr..
Mcclellan, with the untalned Tammany
crew behind him blocking all his ef-
forts to be decent mayor: and Mr..
Twins, a man Of ability. who has been
out of politics and in business so long
that he is almost forgotten, and who
has moreover no chance of election;
and Mr.. Heart. Do not be surprised if
tho latter gets considerable vote.
Thousands of men in both political
parties who detested his attempt to buy
up nomination for president and who
have no use for him personally will
vote for him as a protest against the
practical partnership of the democratic
and republican bosses.
Jerome is the most popular man In
the city. Both bosses turned him uown
It sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan
burlesque, but is the actual fact; he
was defeated for q nomination in both
parties by a combination of criminals,
beginning with the gigantic insurance
robbers. at whose depredatlons the
state stands appalled,. and going down
to the meanest Of small-fry thieves.
When Armitage Matthews, q bright
young lawyer and secretary Of the re-
publican committee. committed suicide
rather than stand trial upon a criminal
charge, the very men. older and more
cynical than he, whom the community
suspects Of having profted by his
crime, were able that very night to
Join in the movement to defeat
Jeromes endorsement. Yet Jerome's
name was cheered to the echo In both
conventions.
II Jerome should win against that
huge power, II he even gets a consid-
cradle vote. it will be q victory for
respectable and Independent public
opinion. Circumstances have combined
to give Hearst's candidacy the same
aspect Of opposition to bossism. II
Hearst and Jerome could have COM
bined-that Is to say, II oil and water
could have mixed-it almost looks now
as II they could have swept the city
against both bosses.
OWEN I.ANGDON.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

The woman In questioL i. Il saSl.
takes periodical trips - China ana
receives and entertains women Wis
itors from the orient in the United
States. osteEsibly to enjoy vacations
during the heated term N the Chi
nese city. The visitors. il is declared.
are the women who do the actual work
of transporting the girls from Amer
lea 10 China al SO much apiece. They
visit San Francisco, New York, Phila-
delphia, Montreal. and every large city
where it is possible for them to pur.
sue their nefarious vocations without
too much police Interference The
woman does not deny her oriental ac.
quain;ances, but she does deny that
girls are obtained by her and sent to
China
Hard to Reach ofeEders.
Washington officials first notified the
local authorities of the nefarious prac.
tice which was going on, as there is
no federal law under which punish.
ment could be meted out to the Of
tenders. They can be reached, how.
ever, under an Illinois law, and IL
sufficient evidence can be obtained the
guilty one can be sent to the peni.
tertiary on the charge of abduction.
The difficulty which has prevented
the officials from taking action is
that the victims shipped out Of the
country never return to tell the tale.
At Hongkong or some other Chinese
port they are met by agents Of the
band and sold into slavery in the in.
terror far beyond the pale of Euro.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

meeting the situation and the fact that
most OF the offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and
prosecution.
1T is true this sort Of thing has
been going on for some time" said
Chief Collins. II have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long. The in.
formation came to me from Washing
ton drst, and l then took the case up
with the government officers here. but
they could do nothing. I don't care
to state what our next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected.
One woman against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as a cen
trail figure in this system of kidnap.
ing, abduction and sale into slavery
is the wife of recently deceased
bookmaker. Several others are wom-
en- who formerly conducted resorts in
Chicago and now make their homes
in Chinese treaty ports.
While 40 cases are charged against
the former, the latter arc said to have
recruited hundreds who have entered
upon living death from which there
is no possibility Of escape save by
suicide.
The wife Of the bookmaker. when
questioned, Indignantly denied the
charges. She lives in splendid apart
ment and is supposed to be wealthy.
"The charges against me are prepos'
terous," she said II cannot imagine
how they originated. l have been to
China once. Then visited married
lady friend in Hongkong. There is a
delightful colony of Americans in
Hongkong. found life there charm
ing. Most American women who go
there do There is much wealth and
money is spent freely. But white
women no more associate with Chinese
there than they do here. l never
heard of any American women being
married to Chinese there.
"As for my being connected with a
band of slave traders, the charge is
absurd On my only voyage l was
unaccompanied. have never sent
anyone there.
II have told stories of the fine eli
mate and of the splendid times wom-
en- have there. but do not know of
anyone who has been Influenced to go
by my yarns.
1.-TWO of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal One is the
wife of German banker and the other
the wife of 4 merchant Both were
Chicago women. They went to China
as single women and married there
Every summer they come back to Chi.
cago and stay with me at my fiat.
They make this trip to escape the
heated term in the orient They are
wealthy women, and left only few
days ago after months visit with
me. have never heard of any women
returning to China with them.
II know Of a large number Of Chi.
cago women of legal age who have
gone to China during the last few
years and secured wealthy husbands"
she said. ut is their own business
and I don't see why the authorities
should raise any objections to their
going. They are surely better of than
they would be here"
do they marry Chinese?" she Was
asked.
ooh, no; they marry white men.
There are thousands of single Write
men in the Chinese cities who want
wives from their own lands.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Ducks Are Seized

Mankato.--Game Warden II. G.
Towne has seized 2l7 mallard ducks.
packed in two trunks at Easton. while
being put aboard train for La Crosse.
Wis He states that this was the
fourth shipment and that warrants will
be issued shortly for the arrest of three
prominent business men OF Easton on
the charge of unla wfully shipping
ducks out Of the state.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Not a Show.

ST. Pau!.-The law prohibiting news
paper men and general spectators
from witnessing executions must be
rigidly enforced when G. d. Crawford
is executed at Elk River. Dec. S. Gov.
johnson yesterday wrote to Sheriff E.
L. Ward directing him to see that the
law is enforced literally and that he
will hold the sheriff responsible. The
governor, in his letter. quotes the law
which limits the number of persons to
witness the hanging to the officiating
clergyman, three persons designated by
the condemned man, the sheriff and
his assistants, the physician and such
other persons as the sheriff may elect,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

hit in Boston and was coldly received
in New York. Of the two towns. Bos-
ton has the better taste. Tom has
been on the stage. baby. boy and man.
for SO years, but never until now under
his own name. He Is the fifth genera
ton Of actors bearing the Jefferson
name, and his elder brother Charlie
Is his business manager. Why should
he not do as we'll as Sothern. Mayo.
Miss Barrymore. John Drew and other
theatrical children and grandchildren?
He has the roly-poly look of his father.
less than his fathers inches. and
less than his talent? That is hard to
say, and the time too early. The pub
lie grows more exacting. but never
toward an old favorite.
1t is pretty story of modern neigh
borliness that accounts for Grover
Cleveland's public letter Of good wishes
to young Jefferson at the outset of his
stage career under his fathers name.
Mr.. Cleveland early in his presidency
became close friend of Clarke Davis,
the able editor of the Philadelphia
Ledger, who by fate's strange freak Is
better known as the husband Of Rebec-
ca Harding Davis and the father Of
Richard Harding Davis than as his
own learned self. Cleveland was also
friend of Richard Watson Glider. ed
itor Of the Century. The elders and
Davises had modest little summer cot
tages at Marion. Mass, In the town
ship of Bourne. where Mr.. Jefferson
was neighbor. Mr. Cleveland fell in
love with the place and bought the
modest house there, which he called
'Gray Cables" Jefferson was as fond
Of fishing as Mr.. Cleveland himself. and
to the last Of the fishing days Of the
elder man, the former president and
the veteran actor, who is identified in
the public mind with rip" were the
closest cronies. Mr.. Cleveland did not
share Jefferson's winter trips In Flori-
da: the actor was the feebler in health
and these winters In milder climate
were necessary to him. There Jeffer-
son painted good pictures, told good
stories and gave good example Of
courage in disease and pain. On his
return there was always the reunion
and the swapping of fish stories.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Froze to Death

Owatonna.--An aged man named
Charles wandered away from his home
in this city. and although friends and
officials made every effort to find him,
no trace could be found. The next day
his lifeless body was found near Pratt.
five miles south OF here. He was eigh-
ty-six years OF age and is thought to
have fallen n victim to the freezing
weather of last night. He has been
feeble minded for some years past and
two years ago wandered eight miles
into the. country. where he was found
a few days later by farmers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Land Sales Ended

Fergus Falls.-A state land sale oc-
Cured here and was attended by $50
farmers. The land generally sold for
good prices, and Auditor Iverson an
nounced tina: the list was nearly
cleared up and that it was probable
that no more sales would occur here
for several years.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Worry Hastens Death

Mankato-Thomas o. Jones, we'll
known loca! capitalist. died Of kidney
trouble. He was eighty years of age
and leaves a wife but no children. He
lost heavily by the defalcat;on Of Judge
John g. Ogle last summer, and Worry
over this is believed TO have fastened
his death.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Amber in New York City,

Large masses of amber have recent.
w been discovered in cretaceous strata
on Staten Island, now the borough OF
Richmond of the city of New York. The
deposits are being commercially worked.
1t is thought that some Of this amber
may be the product of seQuoia-trees
that grew Oh the Atlantic coast in Gre.
taceous time.-Youth's Companion.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
The Amazing CAMPAIGN,

AM tempted to say
that there is no
campaign. 8 u c b
campaign as there
is disgraces New
York.
For the Office Of
mayor of the city
which at the end
Of the four years.
term will be very
nearly the world
metropolis the vot-
era have tn choose
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
A Tale of a Tenor.

ARUSkE" sounds q
little too much
like Caruso. 1t is
the name chosen
by Isaac Routman.
a Polish huckster
who has just been
discovered and is
to become a tenor
on the stage. He
W al discovered
while singing the
merits of his fruits
and garden sass;
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
The Hunting Season.

HE horse show and
the visit Of Prince
Battenberg and his
fleet full of British
tars will start the
social winter with
eclat. Meanwhile
the long hunting
season is begin.
ming. Nassau coun-
ty, the home of the
president, will be
COmDletely Oyerun
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Rockefeller's Iron Fence.

papers, by the way.
are making q great
to do about John
d. Rockefeller's
putting up q six.
foot iron fence.
topped with spikes.
all around his 5000
acre estate at Pc.
cantico. Six thous.
and acres are
pretty nearly ten
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
IN THE METROPOLIS
CONCERNING THE JEFFERSoNs
AND THEIR NEIGHBoRs.
NAMES OF OPERA SINGERS
Hunters Bright Clothes Accord Well
with Autumn setting-Long Is
land Observation-Disclosures
ed Man Made Wilderness.

CIV YORK. Joe"
jefferson cou ! d
never be known as
] o S e p h. Tom"
Jefferson. his son.
will hardly sue
coed in beingcalled
Thomas if he turns
out as good a Rip
Van Wrinkle as he
promises.
Young Jefferson
in the older Jener-
sons part made q
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

pean and American civilization that
fringes the seacoast.
A number of persons have been sent
to the penitentiary under the federal
statutes for importing women into
the United States, but the authorities
have never been able to reach persons
operating in the other direction.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Lineage.

Mrs. Oldblood-Do you go back to
William the Conqueror?
Mrs. Newblood-No. but our boy u
quarterback.-N. Y. Sun.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-09-09
DISPENSATlON HAS BEEN
GRANTED.

A letter recently received by Rev.
Father p NJ. Jouan, pastor Of the st.
Peters Catholic church Of this city,
is to the effect that owing to the
present yellow fever situation that
meat may be eaten on Friday through
out the State, and that there will be
no fast days Or days of abstinence
during the existence Of the present
conditions. The letter was issued by
Rev. Rouxel, Administrator of the
Diocese of New Orleans.
This is q rule Of the church that
is only suspended on extraordinary
occasions, such as this.
Prayers are said after every mass
every day of the week and on Sunday
calling down the help of Heaven for
unfortunate Of affairs.
The letter itself reads thus:
Archbishopric Of New Orleans.
Rev. and Dear Father: Owing to
the present difficulty to observe the
law of abstinence. dispensation from
that law is hereby granted to all until
the present epidemic be over.
G. A. ROUXEL. Administrator
PIETRO SCOTTI, Chancellor
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-09-09
LAWSUIT 400 YEARS OLD.

A lawsuit which makes Jarndyce
VS.. Jarndyce seem like a summary
proceeding, is still pending in
Spain and is probably the longest
suit in point of time in the history
of the world. The case, which is
between the Marquis de Viana and
the Count Torres de CABRERA began
in 1917, and arose out of a dispute
over pension. The sum in con
troversy would have reached fab
ulous millions had not four centu-
ries of attorneys, barristers and
court officials taken considerate.
and effectual measures to prevent
it's attaining unwieldy proportions.
Law Notes.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-09-09

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
writ of Fieri Facias, issued out of the
above entitled matter, l. George Hender-
son, Sheriff, through W. L. Dupuy, Dep
nty Sheriff, have seized a,M will offer for
sale and will sell to the last and highest
bidder, for CASH, at the Court House in
the City of New Iberia, Parish of IBERIA
State of Louisiana, between legal sale
hours on
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23d, 1905,
the following described property, to-wit !:
certain lot of ground with all the
buildings and Improvements thereon and
thereunto belonging, and all appurtenan-
ces thereof, situated in the City of New
Iberia, Louisiana, measuring Sixtyt three
feet and seven inches on Main street, and
slXty-one feet on Charles street, and one
hundred and siXty-three on upper line, and
one hundred and eighty feet seven and
one-half inches on the lower line, and
bounded in front by Main street in the
rear by Charles street, above by lot No. 3
belonging to the United States of America
and below by lot No. 60, now belonging
to Mrs Cecille Renoudet, being lot No.59
TO pay and satisfy the sum of Five Hun
dred and Slxty-Five and 3l-l00 Dollars,
with interest at six per cent per annum
from the 29th day of June, 1905, until paid
and all costs.
Given officially this 10Th day of August,
A. d. 1905.
GEORGE HENDERSON, Sheriff, -
Per W. l.. Dupuy, by. Sheriff.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-09-09
Auction Sale.
SUCCESSION or MARTIN CoLLETTE.
DECEASED. No. 124S.
10th Judicial District Court. Parish of Iberia,
State of Louisiana.

u, %
State Of Louisiana.
BY virtue of commission issued cut of the Hon
l0th Judicial District Court for Iberia Parish
Louisiana, under date of August Both 1905, in
the above entitled succession No. 124S of the
probate docket, under order of the Hon. Judge
James Simon, Judge of said Court, of date OF
auctioner for Iberia Parish, will SELL the terms
and conditio MS hereinafter mentioned, at public
auction, at the last residence of said deceased in
Iberia Parish, just below Olivier station, to the
last and highest bidder, for the purpose of pay
ing the debts OF said succession,
ON SATURDAY. OCTOBER 9TH, A d. 1905,
between legal sale hours, the real and movable
property OF which the following is description,
to.wit:
LIST. A certain tract of land situated Just be-
low Olivier station, in iberia Parish La. on the
west side of the Bayou Teche, measuring t45l
forty five arpents in superficial area, more or less,
and bounded on the North by property of Eloi
Boutte. on the South by property of Mrs. s. B.
Roane, East by Bayou Teche and West by prop
erty Of Prosper Olivier.
The terms and conditions of sale of said realty
to be: Il or more cash and the balance, If any,
on credit Of one and two years at the option Of
the purchaser, the credit portion Of said sale to
be evidenced by the notes OF the purchaser made
to his own order and by him endorsed, bearing 8
per cent per annum interest from date of adjud-
cation until paid, secured by special mortgage
and vendors lien and privilege on property sold,
with the pact de non alienando and all of the
usual security clauses, together with 10 per cent
attorneys fees in the event OF suit, and the pnr-
chaser to pay over and above the amount of his
bid all the taxes on the property due and exegi-
BILE for the year 1905; being the exclusive real
property Of said succession.
And will likewise sell. at the time and place
aforesaid, for cash, all movable property inven-
toried in said estate being:
End. One dwelling on land above described.
Bird. One lot household furniture. 4th. One
old barn 5th. One old organ. 9th. Two mules.
7th. One buggy. 9Th. One sewing machine. 9th.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1905-09-09

balance due the company on the shares of stoct
subscribed for or owned by him, shall any in
for1naity in organization have the effect of rend
ering this charter null or of exposing stock
holder to any liability beyond the unpaid balance
il any, of his stock
Thus done and passed at nay notarial Office in
the CITY of New Iberia Parish of IBERIA La on
the day and date first above written in the pres
ence of Messrs. Louis Decambre and Porteus r.
Burke, competent witnesses of lawful age, resi-
ding in this Parish, who hereunto sign their
names together with said parties and me, Notary,
after due reading of the whole.
MRS. MELANIE WE'LL, "a Shares
JOSEPH WE'LL l Share.
LEON DREYFUS, : Shares.
P0Rrsds i'oRrs D'TRtAsSsE R BSskE witnesses.
L. w. BAUMAN, Notary Public