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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-11-18

Plenty of rubber goods of all kinds
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-11-18

Pay your poll tax before Jan. LIST.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-11-18

See list Of grand jurors.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-11-18
ANORDIN,NCE

New crop syrup On tap t McNeely's,
The leader., 1905-03-04
TIE DOGGER BANK DECISION.
The international cunmisafOn ne
eades the OpsninK 0a Fire ~
Ro5estvensky Was Not sustiaed.

Paris. Feb. 27.-The international
commission on the North sea incident
finds that THE OPENING OF THE
FIRE BY ADMIRAL RoJESTvENSKY
WAS NOT JUSTIFIED"
The decision was publicly announced
at the closing session Of the commits
sion Saturday,
The decision lengthiiy sets forth the
circumstances and incidents, and gives
the opinion OF the admiFals on the vars
ious important points involved.
The decision says the delay Of the
Russian transport Kamschatka, follow
ing the breakdown Of her machinery,
was perhaps the cause bf the incident
The commander Of the Kamschatka
signaled to Admiral Rojestvensky dur
ing the evening that he had been at-
tackled by torpedo boats. The admiral,
therefore, had reason to believe he
would be attacked ana gave orders for
strict vigilance against the possible ap-
proach of torpedo boats.
The leader., 1905-03-04
Why KRAFT WAS ACQUITTED.


Butler, Mo-, Feb. PHI. o. Maxcy,
foreman of the Kratz jury, said in an
interview:
We found Kratz not guilty because
there was not sufficient evidence pre-
sented by the state to justify convic-
ton; the evidence presented was not
of the right class. There was very lit
tie substantiation Of the charge that
Kratz had any connection with the
Doodle fund, although it was clear
there was money put up for that pur-
pose. We did noting for the defend
ant out Of sympathy. don't think
the speeches affected the jury at all, al
though they were we'll presented. The
reputation of most all the states wit
nesses was bad and we couldn't con-
vict on such.
Other jtirymeIi gave about the same
talk, and especially remarked about the
disrepute of the states witnesses.
The leader., 1905-03-04
MILLIONS A PREY
TO CONF AGRATION
Over Nine Blocks Of New Orleans
Wharf Property Burned.
TWO GREAT ELEVATORS ALSO
The Property Destroyed IncIudea
the Illinois CentraI River Terma.
mails, Hundreds OF Cars and
Much Cotton.


New Orleans. Feb. 27.-StAyyesant
docks. the extension terminal Of the IL
linois Central on the river front. were
swept by fire Sunday. The two large
grain elevators, holding about mill-
ion bushels, were destroyed.
Nearly a dozen squares Of modern
wRarves and freight sheds, two mag
niicent grain elevators, hundreds Of
loaded cars and vast quantities of
freight including 10000 bales Of cot
ton. were destroyed, together with
large number of small residences. The
loss may reach $5,OOO,0OO.
AS soon as 1t became known that the
zone of the fre was the stuyvesant
docks, harbor tugs hastened to the
wharyes, and vessels that were moored
there were pulled out into the river.
At the same time switch engines were
rushed to the wharves and hundreds Of
box cars loaded with freight were
drawn to points above the upper end
Of the terminals, before the fire
reached them. Hundreds more, how
ever, were consumed.
The wind was blowing down the riv-
er as the blaze began, and the fire
spread with greater speed in that de
rection.
The river boats. the employees Of the
road and the fire department concen-
trated all their energies in an effort
to save the upper elevator between
Austerlitz and Constantinople streets
and to check the fire at that point.
The fire, however, gradually worked
past the point occupied by the eleva-
tor. Heroically the forces kept at
work, but ultimately they were beaten,
and the big steel structure, covered
with corrugated iron, suddenly burst
into flames and In half an hour was g
complete wreck.
At midnight more than nine squares
Of the terminals had been completely
destroyed, and 1t seemed unlikely that
the fire would be checked until it
reached Napoleon avenue, which also
is very broad street. During the fire
heavy wind blew, and the blaze was
of indescribable fury. carrying brands
to great distances, driving back the
crowds Of sightseers.
Immense pieces of corrugated iron,
torn from the sides Of the upper ele-
vator, were carried through the air
as If they were feathers and dropping
in every direction, constantly endan-
gered the lives Of firemen and specta-
tors.
The local fire department practically
threw up its hands early, and the fire
spread without interference until all
the terminals were destroyed. The
fire was gotten under control about
1890 a. nj.
The origin Of the FIRE Is a mystery.
1t started in one of the co1veyors to
elevator e, which was the first to burn.
According to reports, there were q
number Of empty oil barrels near the
elevator. A spark fell into one Of
these, and instantly the entire river
front was in a blaze.
Aside from the tremendous loss In
volved in the destruction Of property,
the fire is calamity to New Orleans
in the temporary abatement Of the inn
mense export business Of the Illinois
Central, particularly In the matter OF
grain shipments.
The leader., 1905-03-04

Atkinson says, after FIVE years exper-
ience with Peruna:
~ will to speak a good
word for Peruna. am still cured of
caEarrh. John o. Atkinson, Indes
pendence, Mo-, Box ZzZ.
Mrs. ALA Schwandt, Sanborn, Mimi,
writes:
"IhaYe been troubled with rl1eun1as
fisn1 and catarrh for fw enty.fTve years.
Could not sleep day or night. After
having used Peruna can sleep and
nothing bothers me now. IffeHeraRi
affected with any kind OF sickness,
Peruna. viii be fife medicine / shall
use. Ny son, was cured of cafarriI OF
fhe laryilx By Pernna. Mrs. Ana
SchWandE
When old age comes, catarrhal dis.
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is
almost universal in old people,.
Address DR.. S. B. Hartman, President
Of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio, who will be pleased to give You
the benefit OF his medical advice gratis
The leader., 1905-03-04
QUALITY IS OUR MOTTOV
WITTY. AND, WISE.

All women are born refofmers when
there is man in the case.
Men who go to law are sure to get
satisfaction if they are lawyers.
A good many men who believe they
have great presence of mind have very
successful way of concealing it.
When widower begins to tell his
troubles to a widow she may be pretty
sure he is going to ask her to share
them.
When an old man proposes to girl
It is well to accompany the proposal
with a certified check not necessarily
for publication, but as an evidence Of
good faith.
The leader., 1905-03-04
THE HOT SPRINGS, ARK, FIRE.
More Than Forty Bioeln Eaten
Away At Loss OF e2,OOO,OOO-
Three Lives Lost.

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. 27.--Sunday
was day Of gloom in Hot Springs.
The first estimates of the damage done
by the great confagration of Saturday
were not exaggerated. More than for
ty blocks were eaten away by the
flames, and the most conservative esti-
mate places the loss at a million and
a half dollars, and several insurance
men state the figures will reach ST.
100000.
The three unknown bodies recovered
are the only known fatalities.
The citizens relief committee has
the situation well in hand.
The amount subscribed for relief to-
tails $4,000 thus far, but it is being
steadily increased. The committee feel
that they can feed the homeless. Vol
untary subscriptions from the outside
are being accepted.
Several excursion trains arrived Sum
day, bringing visitors from adjacent
cities and towns to view the ruins.
Mayor Belding ordered all saloons
closed, and it was tight" Sunday ii
Hot Springs. The following statement
has been issued.
Mayor BeIdine's statement.
ITO the Public: The fire-swept area
lies principally in the residence portion
Of the city. While the loss is enormous,
the principal business portion OF Hot
Springs, including the hotels and bath
houses, are not affected. We think,
therefore, it proper to request the
press to state that our city has ample
accommodate for all who may de-
sire to visit it for health, and no adj
vance in rates will be tolerated
[Signed1
GEORGE P. BELDING, Mayor.
sEISLE, Superintendent Of the goy-
ernment reservation
That the devastated district Will be
speedily rebuilt Is evidenced BY ex-
pressions heard on all sides. Property
owners are already planning with ar
chitects. and ID three instances caTpen-
ters began work Sunday on temporary
structures.
The telegraph offices have been
Hooded with telegrams from all parts
Of the country asking IL friends and
relatives of the senders are safe. "A
number Of these messages were prob
ably occasioned BIZ sensational reports
sent out from here that the loss of hi
Of life was great
The leader., 1905-03-04

At the end Of the first year after es.
tabIishment of the French National
Savings Bank there were registered
211, $50 depositors, number which on
December 81, 1903, had swelled to A..
143,3SS, without any one year showing
a decrease. This means that at pres.
ent one out of every ten of Frances
39,0O0,00O inhabitants has something
in the savings bank. The amount de.
posted at the end Of the first year,
December 81, 1882, was $9,187,116,
which at the end Of 1908 had grown to
$215,766.294, an increase of $2O4,57a,.
17S in q years.
The leader., 1905-03-04

After ten years of labor and the ex-
penditure of s9.OO0,O0O, the new Cor.
nell dam, near Hudson, in
West Chester county. New York, from
which New York will draw largely for
water supply, has been practically
completed. It is the largest piece OF
masonry in the world, except the Ply.
ramids of Egypt. The floodgates have
been shut down for the first time, and
the dam has begun filing with water
1t is estimated by the tenders that it
will require about two years for the
dam TO fill.
The leader., 1905-03-04
BROKE UP THE CELEBRATION.
An Unbidden Guest at a wedding
Celebration starts a Desperate
and Bloody Riot.

Greensburg, Pa. Feb. 27.- Because
Anna Onnafray refused to dance with
George Lukesz, an unbidden guest at
a wedding celebration among the coke
workers in Mount Pleasant township,
the latter went out and gathered d
crowd of his friends and. returning,
started a riot, breaking up the dance.
In the bloody battle with coke forks,
knives and pistols which ensued, John
Kopkas and Michael Leshow, both
married men. were killed. Tom Pol
lax was fatally wounded and six 9TH
ers were stabbed or shot Twenty
seven arrests were made.
The leader., 1905-03-04
TERRIFIC MINE EXPLOSION.
over Score OF italian ana Huhga-
rinn Miners killed ny an ExDlo-
sion at Wiicoe, Va.

Bluefeld, Va. Feb. 27.-As 4 result
of an explosion in Shaft No. Of the
United States Coal e. Coke Co. at viii
coe. Sunday, % miners are supposed
to have lost their lives, and it is posi-
bic that the number will exceed this.
Fifteen bodies have been taken from
the shaft. A large fescuing party are
in the mines. 1t is barely possible,
but not likely. that some Of the re.
naming entombed miners will be res
cued alive. The explosion was of ter
rife force and shattered glass win
dows a mile distant. The victims are
all Italian or Hungarians.
The leader., 1905-03-04
II IS IN The BLOOD
Neither Liniments nor 0intments
Will Reach Rheumatism How
Mr.. Stephenson Was Cured.

People with inflamed and aching
joints, or painful muscles; people who
shuttle about with the aid Of a cane or q
crutch and cry, Oh at every slight jar,
are constantly asking, What is the best
thing for rheumatism ?''
To attempt to cure rheumatism by ex-
ternal applications is foolish waste Of
time. The seat Of the disease is in the
blood, and while the sufferer is rubbing
lotions and grease OH the skin the poison
in the circulation is increasing.
Delaysin adopting sensible treatment
are dangerous because rheumatism may
at any moment reach the heart and prove
fatal. The only safe course for rheumatic
sufferers is to get the best possible blood
remedy at once.
Mr.. Stephenson's experience with this
obstinate and distressing af1iction Is
that Of hundreds. He says:
ssAbout q year ago was attacked BY
severe rheumatic pains in my left
shoulder. The pains were worse in wet
weather, and at these periods caused me
the greatest suffering. ! tried a number
Of treatments and ointments, but they
failed to alleviate the pains.
Then be realized that the cause must
be deeper and the pain only . surface IN
dication. He adds:
I had heard Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People recommended as cure
for rheumatism. aud when found that
was getting no relief from applications.
made m my mind that vvnrld try
The leader., 1905-03-04
Senator Money to Retire.

An interesting bit Of news from
Washington is to the effect that
when Senator Moneys term of office
expires, six years from March 4, he
will not be candidate, but intends
to retire. It is said that Hon. John
Sharp Williams will, in due time.
announce for the succession, with a
possibility of other candidates be-
ing in the race. Notwithstanding
that Senator Money has six years to
serve, his successor will be elected
in the general primaries three years
hence, when State officers are chosen.
The leader., 1905-03-04

Under date of January 10, 1897, DIR.
Hartman received the following letter
my wife has been sufferer from a
complication of diseases for the past
twenty-five years. Her case has baffled
the skill of some of the most noted phy-
sicians. One of her worst troubles was
chronic constipation of several years
standing. She was also passing through
that most critical period in the life of q
woman -change of life.
!" In June, 1895, / wrote to you about
her case. You advised o course of
Peruna and Mailalin, which We at once
commenced; and have to say it com-
Pletely cured her.
''About the same time 1 wr0te Won
about my own case, of catarrh, which
had been of twenty-fi years standing.
At times / was almost past going.
/ commenced to use Pefuna according
70 y0Hr instructions and continued its
nSe for about q year, and 1t has com.
pEefeIy cured me. '.-JohH o. Atkinson.
III letter dated January |, 1900, Mr..
The leader., 1905-03-04
County site Fiqht.

There is in circulation in Coying-
ton county a petition addressed to
the Board Of Supervisors asking
that body to order the courthouse
and county site removed from Will
iamsburg to some point on the rail-
road. When the Gulf and Ship
Island railroad was built it missed
Williamsburg by three miles. There
are a number Of fourishing towns
in Covington county. and if the
board consents to issue a call for the
removal there will be quite a lively
scramble Oh the part Of these rail
road towns for the county site.
The leader., 1905-03-04
!. MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


The Government Crop Reporter,
for February, says that there are Id
the State of Mississippi 252,S56
horses, valued at $62.98 each, worth
$15,BS6,143J 210,902 mules, valued
at $95.1S each, worth $20,919 ,0S9 ];
1904 mich COWS; valued at $2S.-
SO each, worth $6,1S0,090 3S9, ,S81
other cattle; valued at $500 each;
worth $3,191,S3S; 1S3,7S9 sheep,
valued at $1.71 each, worth $685.
739, and 1857 ,78O hogs, valued at
$3.50 each, worth $5,221,344.
The leader., 1905-03-04

Biloxi is the third oldest city III
the United States, having been set
tied BY Ibreville III 1899. It is sit
uated on Mississippi Sound half
way between New Orleans and Mo-
bile, has population Of about
Z $500, is a favorite resort for fish
ing, hunting and bathing, and is
the second largest oyster shipping
point in the world. It has the fin
est theater in the State, a $4,000
water system, electric lights and
street railway and school facilities
unequaled by any town in the coun-
try.
The leader., 1905-03-04
Deer KlIIed by 3 Traln.

Near Sherard last week a deer was
killed in a very peculiar manner.
AS TIE southbound local freight was
dipping along at a fair rate Of
speed, a pack Of hounds in close pur-
suit Of i medium-sized buck came
bounding across the fields. The
deer, seeing the moving train, and
thinking that beyond the object
lay safety, attempted to pass under
the train between the trucks, when
he was struck and killed.
The leader., 1905-03-04

]. s. Graves, who owns a farm Dor
dering upon one of the inland lakes
in Michigan, is harvesting not only
a fine supply of ice for use next sum.
mer, but also food supply in the
form of fresh fish. When the ice be.
gan to form on the lake and before it
had attained great thickness Mr..
Graves scattered angle worms and
grubs over some thin ice. The fish in
the lake. attracted by the food, which
they could see but could not OBJ.
tain kept their noses pushed against
the ice and soon were imbedded in
the ice.
The leader., 1905-03-04
WILL BUILD HER own SHIPS.
Japan Doesn't Intend to Place Or
lers for Warships In England
or Elsewhere.

Toxic, Feb.27.-The statement cabied
to the United States from London that
japan has ordered four battleships il
England is incorrect. 1t is probable,
unless circumstances dictate otherwise,
that Japan will, in future, construct
all her vessels at home. She has
equipped extensive yards, shops and
gun and armor foundries. and there is
a strong and growing sentiment in the
navy and among the people generally,
in favor of home construction exclu-
sively. The yards are already engaged
in an extensive building programme,
which includes two large armored yes
sells
The leader., 1905-03-04

The government of the grand duchy
Of Baden has, within the past year,
provided further for the comfort Of
the employees Of its railways. The gov
ernment now owns 1886 apartment
houses where onicials and other en-
ployes reside. The train crews have
been furnished with sleeping accom-
modations when their runs require
them to be absent from home over.
night. and small cooking stoves, Of
which there are now in use 2S0, have
been provided where meals may be
warmed and other conveniences ar
ranged by the men.
The leader., 1905-03-04

A new type of engine, known as the
monkey motion" pattern, which, it is
claimed, will revolutionize steam loco
motion on railroads, has been success
fully operated on the Southern Pacific
tracks, when train of 1,500 tons was
run from Ogden to Wadsworth, New,
hauled by one Of the new engines.
The new type of engine was designed
by Edgar NJ. Luckett, of the Southern
Pacific. Many advantages over the
standard type are claimed for the
monkey motion"
The leader., 1905-03-04
Squeezing The PeopIs.

The telephone subscribers Of Dn-
rant are wrought up over the action
Of the Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company in withdrawing
the 23-mile free limit. Heretofore
any subscriber at Durant has been
permitted to use the long-distance
lines of the company for distance
Of 23 miles free Of charge. The
company has withdrawn this privi-
lege, claiming that it is too much
Of tax for the revenue received.
The leader., 1905-03-04

The government has never issued q
ffteen-dollar bill, but some enterpris
ing counterfeiter made one and passed
it. The bill, now in Chief Wilkes
possession, was made by adding /
to a five-dollar note. The fifteen%lol
lar bill was generally circulated IN
South Carolina until it reached a
bank, when it was sent on to Wash
ington, with inquiries.
The leader., 1905-03-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Senators Emmons, Bunkers, Wright
and French were expelled by the Cali
fornia senate, accused of receiving
bribes, by almost unanimous votes.
William B. Hart, a respectable farm
er, who lived north of Newton, Kas.,
while mentally unbalanced, shot and
killed his ten-year-old daughter Myr-
tie, and then killed himself.
E w. w. Campbell, director of Lick OBJ
servatory, San Francisco, announces
the discovery by Assistant Astronomer
Perrine, Of another satellite of Ju-
piter.
Frank Elster, of Springville, Cal,
shot and killed Milton Hubbs, a neigh
Dor, and after killing his wife COM
mitted suicide. The tragedy is attrib-
uted to jealousy.
Admiral Dewey is said to have aban-
doned his contemplated trip to the ma
val station at Guantanamo, Cuba, on
account of the unsatisfactory state of
his health.
The 13 paroled Russian naval officers
en- route home from Port Arthur, paid
their respects to Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador in Washington.
The New Orleans fire reduced the Wis
ible supply Of cotton by $4,000 bales
and destroyed $1,000 barrels Of sugar.
Miss Mary Catherine Mulveil, Chi
cago heiress, was shot to death by
Daniel Herman, policeman, an un-
successful suitor for her hand In mar
riage, who later committed suicide
Taotai Tang Shaoli of Tien Tsin, a
graduate Of Yale. has been appointed
Chinese minister to London
Maxim Gorky was released on 81, 200
bail, at st. Petersburg. only to be inn
mediately rearrested, pending deporta-
tion to some distant portion Of the Rus
sian empire, where he will be less Of
a menace to the government.
London adyices say that Sir Henry
Irving continues to improve.
The Russian government has ordered
the oficers Of the auxiliary cruiser Le-
ma who violated their parole to return
to San Francisco, and each has been
reduced one grade as punishment
The president has called the senate
to meet in extra session at noon on
March 4.
It is officially announced that Jeffer-
son Barracks. st. Louis is to be the
general cavalry recruiting and prelimi-
nary training station
Edward O'Toole was killed by fall
ing elevator In the Rock Island (Ill.)
arsenal. Two other men were in
jured.
The cruiser West Virginia has been
formally delivered 70 the government.
The Kansas bonds for the erection
Of state OIL refinery will be issued
Ia few days. and as soon as they are
sold work on the building at Peru will
begin. The citizens of Peru win do
nate the site.
Fire IA tho business section of Hot
Springs, Ark. caused loss OF SIS. .o00
While three hundned Or more per-
sons were attending funeral services
ii the African Methodist Episcopal
church IL Fleet place Brooklyn, N b
the door collapsed and Is persons werg
killed and about 50 injured.
The leader., 1905-03-04

There have been many attempts tc
grow Egyptian cotton in India, but
they have generally failed. Sometimes
the soil was unsuitable, but more otter
the failure was due to the fact thai
little effort was made to initiate
Egyptian methods for growing the
staple, and almost invariably the cot
ton was sown too late.
The leader., 1905-03-04

Railroad men report an unprecedent
ed rush of pulp and pulp wood from
Canadian points to American mills.
An official of the Canada Atlantic rail
way says that wood pulp is being
shipped at the rate Of 1000 tons a day
from points along the Canada Atlantic
railway, a connecting line through
Quebec Province.
The leader., 1905-03-04

H. Hollenback, of Boulder Greek,
Cal, was kicked over 2OO-foot preci
pice by his mule, but fifty feet dowr
tell into a large woodrat's nest in
redwood tree, $50 feet from the
ground. There he stayed until q party
Of rescuers got him down with ropes
The leader., 1905-03-04

Louisville, KY. Feb. 27.-Gen. ste
phen B. Lee, commander-in-chief Of the
United Confederate Veterans, has an-
nounced the appointment OF Miss Car
rie Payton Wheeler. daughter Of Gen.
Joseph Wheeler, to be sponsor for the
south at the confederate reunion to be
held in Louisville, June IA. Is and 16.
The leader., 1905-03-04

One of the curiosities of Salt Lake
City, in the eyes of the many visitor!
who have passed through the town re
Gently, is the sight of the messenger
boys riding bicycles easily along the
streets with heavily laden trays or
their heads To Salt Lakers this
seems quite natural; it is a sight they
see every day, and have seen for years
but to the stranger it is quite a nov
olfv
The leader., 1905-03-04
COLOMBIAN CANNIBALS.
Twenty Colombian Soldiers ana =
Colonel Cooked and Eaten
BY Cannibals.

Mexico City, Feb. 27.-Twenty Co
lombian soldiers including Col. Sergio
Sanchez. were recently captured and
eaten by cannibals of the Putumayo
district Of Colombia. They were cut
into small piece. cooked with tobacco
and eaten.
The leader., 1905-03-04

The recent census in Bengal re
veals the fact that there are 4,O0t
baby girls in that province alone who
have been married. and of this mum
Der 600. all less than a year old, ars
Widnrrs