The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-03-01

cursion VA worth oil Il Cost to all
concerned. The day was ideal. The
view ACROSS vsrmilion Bay MS alone
worth Ne price Of sdmission. And,
Notwithstanding queer reports to the
contrary in some Of the papers, the
railroad inside perfect connections,
and no teacher vas delayed a minute
on his return home by reason. Of the
excursion to the salt mine. In fact,
tho kind and courteous assistant
superintendent of the road. Mr.. G. C..
Mallsrd, accompanied the excursion
in person for the express purpose of
seeing the schedule carried out--and
he did It.
A surprising number on the music
program was the easy and perfect
rendering of Mendelssohn's ''Rondo
Capriccioso" by . little girl only ten
years old-Miss Eva Mouton. a
daughter of Judge Julian Mouton of
Lafayette. The work of this talented
young lady is very promising and we
predict for her a brilliant career in
music.
Governor Aycock had never seen a
sugar mill. So Chairman DeClouet
of the Reception Committee and
Sheriff Lacoste Immediately formed a
party consisting of Col. Perilliat,
Major Oge and the Governor, and
showed them through the large local
which the governor
much interested.
GENERAL NEWS.
The decision Of the International
Court of Inquiry into the North Sea
incident vas rendered Saturday. It
supports England's contention that no
torpedo boats were among the
vessels and justifies Admiral
ROjestvensky's firing upon them.
The verdict is considered q compro-
mise and England accepts it as .
Japan is said to have made over
lures for peace, through the United
States, on condition that Msnchuris
be evacuated by Russian troops and
restored to China, Russia to recognize
supremacy in Corea, the
of the Chinese Eastern rail.
wsy to the management Of an inter-
NATIONAL commissioners, and Japan
o retain Port Arthur. No indemnity is
The inauguration ceremonies on
March fourth will surpass anything
II the kind ever Witnessed in WASH
Large numbers Of people are
for the capital daily from al
'arts Of the United States to BE-
present, and the city is said to be
rOwded already.
Active military operations are
eing carried on in the Orient. Feb.
4 the Jspenese captured Beresnih
I'LL after sevsre fighting, and routed
10 Russian cavalry Ut Linchi-
wopu- At Mukden Feb. . IN
rtillery duel vac fought, but
have not been received.
he third Russisn Pacific squadron
by Rear Admiral
passed Dover Saturday :
eaded west. y
Fire swept the southern portion Of
iOt Springs, Ark, Saturday, burnfng
y rec Of ons square mile Three
ersOns are known to have lost their
and others Are missing The
roperty destroyed is estimated from \
ZOO, 600 70 = 1000 900 /.
Internal Disorders in Russia eOo-
nue., and are WORSE n Poland and
" Caucasus where the authorities are
loched- and rioting and mnrders asst
ally o-ecurJenees- Al Warsaw the
ailrOad employees have struck aod
,e only trains m0vea are mHnnsa
y soldiers
In his farewell addgess It the ana5-El
ersary exercises Of Johns Hopkins
Dr. William Osler, who.is
bout to become head OF the medical
shoot u the Oxford Un6versityr de-
Jared that nothing IN the world ISL,
ccomplished by . man mon than
-