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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Presidents KNOWLEDGE
Of French.

Here is another gossip story
about President Roosevelt. 1t
appears that when the delegates
to the interparllamentary peace
union came back to Washington
from thier meeting at st. Louis it
was agreed that DR.. Gobat, the
secretary of the conference, who
is an excellent French scholar and
q native of Paris, should make a
brief speech in French to the
President Then it was further
agree that Representative Robert
f. BrOussard of Louisiana: who
was q member of the party,
should translate the speech into
English 80 that the President
could respond intelligently and
without enbarI assment,
Broussard and Gobat practiceG
on their speeches all the time thu
epecial train was coming acros
the country from st. Louis. Eacl
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Letter to III. Scharii Sons:
New Iberia, La,

Dear Sirs: Clothing is just like
paint; 1t fits or it don't; it wears
or it don't turns weather and wa
ter or not; and goes out of fashion.
What do we wear clothes for?
Did you ever think of it? Differ
ent persons have different reasons,
no doubt, but one paints DevOe
for beauty, to be in the fashion,
and keep-out water.
Fashion says paint: we all
paint. There is beauty in paint;
we paint good deal for that.
And buildings are costly and
fashionable; -puton a waterproof
two or three coats Of paint, and
your buildings last as long as you
keep them dry. 1t costs nothing
to paint; it costs your buildings
not to.
Devoe is the paint that lasts;
disappointing paints are the paints
that cost. Yours truly,
T. w. DEvOE & Co.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
THE PARISH ASSESSORS
In convention.

On Monday of this week the
Assessors of the several parishes
of the State were called in conven
tion at seven central points by
Governor Blanchard, with a view
of bringing about an equitable
and uniform method Of the assess
ment of property for taxation
Sonic of these meetings seem to
have been open and above board
while the one at Baton Rouge has
q large element of secrecy in its
makeup. Why it Is that the
public cannot be frankly advised
of what their intention is has not
been made clear. We give q few
extracts from the press reports OF
the meetings.;
Baton Rouge: Nothing of
definite nature could be learned Of
the procedure of the meeting, az
those who participated we're OK.
tremely reticent in discussing
what had actually been done to
ward putting the assessments up.
on "a fair and equitable basis"
= = , .
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Perfect Confidence.

Where there used to be q feel
ing Of uneasiness and worry iI
the household when a child
showed symptoms Of Group, there
is now perfect confidence. This
is owing to the uniform success Of
ChamberlalD's Cough Remedy in
the treatment Of that disease.
Mrs. M. l. BasfFd, of Poolesville
Md in speaking of her experience
in the use of that remedy says
81 have q world Of confidence in
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy fol
l have used 1t with perfect sue
cess. My child Garland is sub
ject to severe attacks of Group
and it always gives him prompt
relief" For sale by Estorge
Drug Go. Feb.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
The Darby Road.

The 'Darby Road is open to
traffic. The distance for vehicle
travel from New Iberia to Segura
and beyond has been materially
shortened. The travelling public
was quick to see and take advan-
tage of its benefits The first day
it was opened wayfarers ventured
over it, and since then it has
borne the bulk of the traffic.
This road was started several
years ago by the City Council and
people of this place, appreciating
its advantages to the country
people. The city spent consid-
erable sum IN draining the Brun-
ner marsha vast improvement
in itself. Work and money were
contributed enough to open the
road up to the Darby line. At
this point the work was suspended
on account of the opposition Of
Mr.. Octave Darby to the road
crossing his lands. Through the
Police Jury, acting as an interme,
diary, appropriation proceedings
were res0rted to in order to get
the necessary right-of. way across
the Darby's injunction, which was
tried in the District Court and
carried to the State Supreme
Court on appeal. Every legal
technicality was taken advantage
of to delay the work in the hopes
of disgusting the promoters of the
proposed highway, but to no avail,
BY this time the new proposed
road had taken the Darby name.
Then followed an Injunction by
the Landry estate. This again
necessitated q resort to the courts,
ending with the second decision
of the Supreme Court favoring the
will Of the people for the opening
of the road
With the above last mentioned
decision further opposition was
called off and the road builders
were permitted to complete the
thoroughfare = which was done
this last week.
Mr.. Octaye Darby, it's first op.
pOnent, was its first user, driving
over the new road to this place
the first day after the fences were
taken down; and Mr.. Landry sent
the first laden team over it the
same day-so it IS reported to us.
This new road will become very
popular with the country people
and will tend to make this city
more accessible to them Mr.. Rat
cliff completed the work under a
contract with the Progressive
League of this city.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04

New York journal on sale at
Millards News Depot next door
Alma House.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04

thought he had the speech down
to snch perfection that there would
be no hitch. When the party was
ushered before The chief execu.
ave III the east room of the W hite
ll0uS" there was a dignilied hush
after all had been presented
hen DIR. Gobat stepped forward
and, in his beautiful native
tongue, gave the President brief
relation of the deliberations Of the
peace conference IN St Louis,
DR. Gobat, when he had finish
ed, joined the group Of diStin
gulshed foreigners, and Br,uSsard
was about to give his translation.
when the President, without fur
ther formal;ty, answered tie
speech almost thought for thought
in English. BrOussard almost
gasped with surprise. and when it
was all over begged the distin-
gulshed Frenchman not to let their
plan of translation be known, say
ing. 'for if it is, every French
man or man of French extraction
III Louisiana will vote for ROose-
welt at the coming election, and
upthIpD can hold tbn,, :,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04

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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Gone to New Orleans.

Some fourteen months ago Mr.
A. +. VOORHEES,, who was then
travelling for the hardware firm of
"A. Baldwin u Co, of New Or.
leans, resigned that position and
came to this place to become a
partner in and manager of the
firm of Erath Hardware Co.. which
position he held till the 1st inst.
During his stay here I've bought a
beautiful b 0me in East End, which
he occupied with his family. He
also became an investor IN the
Breaux Bridge Brick and Milling
Go.
Recently his old employers open.
ed negotiations with him for his
return to them, making him fiat
ter;ngs offers and Offering posi-
ton IN the New Orleans house,
which would involve no road work.
The offer was such that he felt
he owed it to his family and him
self to accept. Besides the none
uary inducements he would really
be more at home in New Orleans
where his mother lives.
Mr.. Voorhles and his family
left this week for the Crescent
City. He retains his home prop.
erty in this place, offering it for
rent, also his investment in the
Erath Hardware Co., and the bus
mess at Breaux Bridge. Mr.. w.
b. Kramer took charge as mana,
ger of the Erath Hardware Co.,
on the 1st of February. Mr..
Voorhier had made many friends,
during his stay here who regret
his departure, but wish HIM well
in his new home and field of labor.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04

mans talk it may be Inferred thai
the assessments for the present
year will be considerably increased
over previous years.
Shreveport, Jan. 3O.-The as.
SCISSORS from the parishes met
here to day, pursuant to the call
OF Gov. Blanchard. The eouali
zatlon OF assessments was discuss
ed In all It's phases, it being the
sense of the meeting that corpor
atlcns, and especially railroads,
are assessed too low. The case of
the Kansas City Southern Rail,
road was one cited, it being sta
ted that this road is assessed at
the rate of $4,000 per mile, where.
as it is bonded for SO, 900 per
mile. The meeting decided to re
quest GOV. Blanchard to call a
general meeting of the assessors
OF the State to consider plans for
raising the assessment of corpora.
tlons In order to make them share
their just burden of taxation.
Monroe. Jan. 3O.-Pursuant to
call the assessors of eight parish
es embraced in the Monroe dis
trict, met here to-day and went
into permanent organization. The
forenoon session was devoted to a
general discussion of purposes
and plans, and adjournment was
taken until $50 this afternoon,
when conference got down to
practical work. The session Will
conclude tomorrow.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Another Case Of Rheumatism
Cured by Chamberlain's
Pain Balm.

The efficacy of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm in the relief of rheu-
matism is being de,honstrated
daily. Parker TripIft, of Grigs
by, Va, says |thatChamber'ain's $
Pain Balm gtyr him permanent
relief from rheumatism in the back
when everything else failed, and
he would not he without it. For
sale by Estorge Drug Go. Feb
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Alan Dale. the noted theatrlca

Alan Dale, the noted theatrical
critic, said of Rose Coghlan's per
formance in Saldou's diplomacy:
"The greatest Zicka New York
has ever seen was at the Empire
Theatre last night" This view of
Miss CoghIan's extraordinary mer.
it is not peculiar to Alan Dale.
Vendome, Thursday, Feby 9th.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04

A nice new line of Tablets and
Composition books on sale at
Millards next to Alma House
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1905-02-04
Rhodes SpOifs Ii All.

The story ought to end there.
1t has only been told IN the last
week or ten days, as BrOussard
has not felt until now that sutli
cientetime had passed since it oc.
CURED. But some one carried the
tale into the Office Of Mr. Wallace
Hills, the chief clerk of the treas,
ury department, where it was told
in the presence of Mr.. Fred b.
Rhodes, the bright young man
who represented the treasury de-
partment on the tour of the cOun-
try made by the peace parliment
folk, and who had charge Of all
the arrangements of the financier-
ing of the trip. Rhodes looked
amused and increduIous when he
heard the tale. TO his most init
mate friends he impaired this
suggestion:
'It's all right for them to tell
the story that way, but | tell yol
the night before Gobat made his
speech | translated it myself into
English and sent it over to the
White House so the President
could know what DR.. Gobat was
saying to him" J. II. A..
Globe Democrat Jan. 29th.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
SCOTCH FOLK
FILL THE KIRK
st. Andrews Society Meets
in Large Body to Worship
on the New Years Night

There was great gathering of
Scotch born folk at the service at the
First Presbyterian Church last night
1t was under the auspices OF st. An
drew's Society The Rev. William Kirk
Guthrie preached the sermon. and the
beautiful singing was under the direc-
tion Of Otto Fleissner, the organist and
choir director.
The Rev. Mr.. Guthrie said in part:
Among all the gatherings of the Scotch peo-
DIE in San Francisco 1t has seemed fitting to
events, where once a year they should meet
together, and that is in the kirk, which has
occupied such a conspicuous place in Scottish
life and history. We know that the influence
the world to-day they mainly to that
early training which brought them up to that
position which, to quote the words of John
Knox, They fear God so much that they fear
nought else"
Every country has it's patron saint-the
saint of England, St George; ST. David OF
Wales: st. Patrick Of Ireland,
st. Andrew of the first apostles of
gospel of st. John.
When Jesus had returned from the tempta-
ton he pointed out to his followers by
John the Baptist as the Lamb of God. At
once Andrew, drawn by majesty in his
presence left John and followed him.
Scotland has done much for the world in the
way of bringing men to Jesus. The work be-
gun so long ago has been carried forward to
with pride as he recalls the life and work OF
Morrison and Burns in China, of Alexander
Duff in India, of Moffatt, Livingston and Pat
ton Mackenzie and MacKay in Africa? And
be following st. Andrew as faithfully he
followed Christ
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
GU Ard PLANT
WITH POLICE
Alameda City Electrician
Summons Help to Protect
the Municipal Light Works
QUARREL OVER FIREMAN
Superintendent Stands by
Discharge of an Employe
Who Disputes Authority

ALAMEDA, Jan. 1.-The assistance
of the police was called in to discharge
an employe of the Municipal Electric
Light Department this morning. this
marking the first conflict that has
arisen in the department since the ap-
pointment Of the City Electrician, J..
B. Kahn.
E. Duffy, fireman at the plant, was
notified by Chief Engineer J. o. Messer
last night, after a consultation with
Mr.. Kahn, that his services were no
longer required. Duffy replied that he
would take discharge only from Presi-
dent j. F. Forderer of the City Trus-
tees. Kahn was appealed to and he
upheld Messer's action. when Duffy an
nounced his intention of continuing his
work, any way. The police were then
called and Duffy subsided.
Concerning the trouble, Mr.. Kahn
said to-day:
I propose to uphold the Chief Engineer of
the plant regardless of the political pull some
of the employees of the department have. Duffy
seemed to think that his friendship for some or
the members of the Municipal Board would
permit him to override my authority but they
back to work. as he discharged for just
cause. And L have no doubt but that all the
City Trustees will uphold me in this action,
the improvement of the working force OF
the plant is Just essential to it's proper
working as Improvement in the machinery.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
STRIKES ROCKS
AND is INJURED
Steamship Lakme, Lumber
Laden, Meets With Disaster
at Mouth of Humboldt Bay
Special Dispatch to The Call.

EUREKA, Jan. 1.-The Charles Mel
son Company's steamship Lakme, Cap
tain Carlson, bound for San Pedro
from Eureka, struck on the north jetty
lat the entrance to Humboldt Bay at
O'Clock this morning and had a mar
row escape from total destruction. The
buoy at the entrance had shifted and
to this fact is due the disaster.
The vessel, which carried a full car
go of lumber. struck upon the rocks at
the end of the north jetty. Her rudder
post and rudder were carried away, the
wheel was injured and a large
hole torn in the bottom. The vessel
being unmanageable drifted across the
entrance to the bay and would have
gone on the north jetty and become d
total loss, but the anchor was dropped
and she was kept off the rocks.
Distress signals attracted the life
saving station officials, who telephoned
to Eureka for tugboat, and then hur-
ride TO the distressed ship in the life
boats. Meanwhile big breakers carried
away the deck cargo and the vessel
became waterlogged. The captain and
crew were in great danger as seas
were constantly breaking over the
steamship. The tug Ranger and the
life savers arrived in good time and
the tug got a line to the Lakme, but
the hawser parted as soon as a strain
was put on it. With great difficulty
: a second line was made fast to the
vessel and a second pull moved the
Iakme and got her out of danger.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
Carry the News to roosevelt.

During the dying months of the old
year the census of the Mission was
notably increased and the honor of
the Police Department magnified
-Four healthy, bouncing babies were
added to the households of Policemen
William King and Tim Connell of Cap
tain Anderson's command. King
astonished the members of the force
when he announced that he was the
proud father of a boy and a girl, twin
babies. Tim Connell heard the an
nouncement, but said not one word un-
til the week ending the old year, when
he walked into the station and per-
mitted his comrades to congratulate
him on being on all fours with King.
The staff at once proceeded to make
up a purse which was invested in du-
plicate presents for the little strangers.
Who will be next? is the query that
now presents itself to the married
members of the police force.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
READY TO STOP
LAWSON'S RAID
Financiers Form Plans to
Meet His Attack on the
Market Expected Tuesday
special DisDaaoh e The call.

BOSTON, Jan. lit was learned to-
day that plans have been made by the
Standard ilAmalgamated Copper
group of financiers, which Thomas w
Lawson calls the SYSTEM" to balk his
next attack upon Amalgamated Cop
per and other stocks of the Standard
Oil group, which he has announced for
next Tuesday. Lawson stated that he
would have another big advertisement
in Tuesday mornings papers, and the
big Wall street group, taking him at
his word, has fixed up a deal to defeat
his scheme and pour millions into the
market to bolster up the stock in a
way that will discredit him forever. If
possible, by preventing any serious
break.
Proof that Lawson is feared as a dan
gerous enemy through his ability to
spoil plans for rise in prices was seen
yesterday in the way "the system
rushed to the support of Amalgamated,
which ii is believed is to be the object
of his attack.
United States Steel and Rock Island
are understood to be weak points, and
the financiers responsible for the mar
keting of these stocks were busy all
day yesterday planning to repel the ex-
pected attack on Tuesday. 1t is under
stood that J. p. Morgan has instructed
his brokers to protect United States
Steel from going to smash at the cost
of his entire fortune if necessary,
though it is not believed that he will
interfere if there are only small recess
sions in prices.
This public announcement of Law
sons intended move took away the
breath of veteran operators and has left
hot he
may break out in some other unexpect-
ed stock.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
Their Hats Betrayed Them

Through the sagacity of Policemen
Cornelius and Mitchell four crap play
ers were caught Saturday night as a
result Of their own foolishness in
claiming their head gear. The patrol
men surprised the sports shooting
craps at Linden avenue and Buchanan
street under a street lamp. On the
approach of the police the quartet
broke and ran, leaving their hats be-
hind. These trophies were seized and
taken to police headquarters with in
structions to hold the claimants should
they call to redeem their headgear.
This ruse worked to a charm. Book
ing Clerk Young invited each hat
claimant to At the title" to his head
before leaving the City Hall Police
Station. This the fellows did and
were then promptly booked on the
charge of shooting craps. Their names
were registered In the following or
deri Peter Enright, ". L. McPhun,
Thomas McDermot and John Roach.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
PERSONAL.

HI. A. B. Gill Of Fresno is at the st.
Francis
w. A. Long. an Gilman of Hanford.
is at the Lick.
Colonel D. H. BRYANT of San joss
is at the Grand.
Joseph d. Biddle of Hanford is regis
tered at the Grand.
DR.. L. S. Hughes, U. S. A., is regis
tered at the Occidental
w. r. Bacon Of Los Angeles regis
tered yesterday at the Palace
W. w. Butterf1eld Of Beaumont.
Texas, Is staying at the Lick
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r. Shepard of
Seattle are among the latest arrivals
at the Palace.
Thomas A. Stewart of Portland. Or.
Is at the Lick. He expects to return
north tomorrow night.
j. S. Sullivan, chief inspector of the
Southern Pacific Company, returned
yesterday from a southern trip and is
staying at the St. Francis.
E. T. Hutton, a well-known young
banker Of New York, arrived at the
st. Francis yesterday. He is here in
connection with the affairs of the local
branch Of his bank
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
UNIVERSITY ICONOCLASTS
ATTACK OLD PIPE STYLES
Short. Curved Stem BriarwoOd May
Give Place to Innovation of
Weird Design.

BERKELEY, Jan -Four of the
most prominent men in the university
have inaugurated quiet campaign
to overthrow the time-honored tradi-
tion cherished by college men in favor
of the short, curved stem pipe of COM
merce, which has been the sort of
pipe affected by university men for SO
long a time that the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary.
Each of these men is at the State
University now, although thousands
of the students of the university roS-
ter are at home.
The men referred to are Gus"
Keane, senior, editor of the Uni
versity Occident; Walter de Leon, the
junior who wrote the successful junior
day farce, Just About Now" Edwin
Rust, an amateur actor and assistant
yell leader, also a junior, and Emil
kruschke, who quit the university iii
his junior year to engage in literary
and dramatic work, but still haunts
the campus.
These four men appeared to- LAY
wearing pipes of new and strange de-
sign. They created a sensation on
the campus and where college men
most do congregate. Their new pipes
are calculated to make a loyal alum
nus wonder at the audacity of the
innovators. Instead of a curved stem
the four iconoclasts have had made TO
order horizontal stems, and the bowl
of the pipe, instead of standing biz
above the stem, is on a level with it,
SO that the daring students seem to
be smoking out of small, elongated,
brier wood gourds.
Hitherto Keane, Kruschke, De Leon
and Rust have been regarded as
among the most loyal upholders of
college traditions. 1t is believed that
they have chosen the present time to
introduce the revolution in college
pipe styles in order that the interim
between university activities may en-
able them to become accustomed to
the new pipes, and incidentally fortlfy
themselves against the wave of wrath,
indignation and grief that may be Cx-
pected when the full body of uniey-
graduates comes back to Berkeley
from the happy holidays at home.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-02
NEW CRUISER CHATTANOOGA
MAKES SPEED REQUIREMENT
: On Second Trial She Exceeds Contract
of Sixteen and Half
Knots

NEWPORT, r. l., Jan. 1.-The pro-
tected cruiser Chattanooga completed
her two days speed trial to-day, aver
aging between 16.1 and 1875 knots per
hour over the measured mile course
in Narragansett Bay yesterday and
16:605 knots per hour in four hours
speed run off shore to-day. The Chat
tanooga was built to make 16.5 knots
per hour.
The measured mile test yesterday
was over the bay course off James
town. where torpedo boats are tested,
and the Chattanooga went over the
course many times, finishing late last
night.
. Shortly before noon to-day the crui-
ser started out of the bay for a four
. hours speed trial from Brenton Reef
lightship, during which she averaged
above her designed speed, making
1896 knots per hour
Tomorrow the Chattanooga will
start on her final trip, an endurance
run of "A hours, during which she will
fire her guns singly and in broadsides,
be run in seaway and put through
her PAGES generally.