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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-12-29
American Fire Effective.

AS a matter OF course, the American
guns had not been silent while the
enemy was pouring into the city such
shower of iron. The 20 cannon,
which had been mounted at different
points along the line of breastWorks,
were opened on the British batteries
on the leVee, and those in front of our
position, until the enemy began to I'm
derstand that hogsheads of sugar of
fered a poor resistance to a solid shot,
for Immediately one was knocked into
splinters it's contents ran out, thereby
making big breaches in the works.
When this battle of the guns had
continued for an hour or more, with
the American lines comparatively I'M
harmed and the enenly's batteries
showing here and there great gaps
which told that they would be speed
lily demolished unless there was a
change in the method of fighting, the
British made a determined attack on
the left OF Gen. Jackson's line, which
extended into the swamp, and my
grandfather was among those sent for
ward to meet it.
And now to tell the story from my
grandfather's own lips, as it were:
When Coffee's Tennessee regiment,
Of which I was a member, gained that
portion of our line which the British
We're threatening, they were advanc-
ing on the charge, most likely thinking
to brighten US by that long line Of glis-
tening steel bayonets; but we had
gone there for just such kind Of work,
and venture to say that never one Of
us showed the white feather.
1--WE poured into their ranks a show
er Of lead which cut many a wide gap,
but the Britishers only closed up the
line, coming forward like machine,
and showing us that Americans were
not the only ones who knew how to die
at such time.
We'll, for a few moments they actu-
ally overran US with that line Of steel
points, and, having once discharged
our weapons, we had no chance to re
load. The only thing for US, who did
not intend to be put out Of the fight
until it couldn't be helped. was to crap
pie with that red coated machine, for
we couldn't get near enough, owing to
the bayonets, to strike a decent blow
with our dubbed muskets.
TT was as ough-and-tumble fight
as ever saw. even when the com
batants were unarmed, and the fact
that we chung TO them like cats was
what knocked the Britisher's out OF
time. for they. with ali their expert
encein such business. had never come
up against anything like it.
Struggle with Big sritisher.
IT was my III luck to get hold OF a
big Britisher, who was Is or 20 hounds
the heavier, and stood a full head
taller; but while he was trying to run
me through with his bayonet. had a
chance to get the hold I wanted, and
down We went. Again had fortune de-
serted me, for while falling he 50 con
trIved to twist his body that he fell on
sop, and for few moments I had quite
as much IS I could do TO keep pumping
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-12
WALL STREET SCORED
 BY SENATOR HEPBURN
GAMBLING CLUB WITH HEAD QUARTERS ON THE HUD-
 SON RIVER.

Declaration to the Senate That When
 the "Street" Cannot Dictate the Fi-
 nanclal Course of the Government 1t
 is Ever Ready to Threaten Disaster
 Pleads for Legislation to Rob 1t of
 Such Evil POwer-BilI for National
 Board for Control of Corporations.
 Washington, Jan. 11.-Before going into executive session to-day the sen ate listened to speech by MT. Hep- burn in support of his bill creating a national board for the control of cor porations, in which he denounced Wall street because of its alleged interefer- encs with the affairs of the country. He said that when the street. could not dictate the financial course of the government, 1t was ever ready to threaten disaster, and he pleaded for legislation that would rob it of such power for evil.
 Tt is known as Wall street. he said, "but in reality it is only a gambling club with headquarters on the Hudson river, from which 1t assumes to die- tate the financial policy of this coun- try, threatening that unless this thing or that is done, it will wreck the coun- try"
 Fortunately" he added, "the time has passed when it can do that, all though it once possessed that power"
 He went on to say that there Is ''an unnatural and unholy congestion of the money of the country in Wall street" and he asserted that Hundreds Of mill lions have been accumulated there by a combination of gamblers, who use their power to bring about stress in the money market" He would have this tendency checked so far as it could be done, and he believed that his bill would aid in accomplishing that re- suit.
 The chair then laid before the senate the message of the president transmit ting the letter of Secretary Taft to him on the subject of Poultney Bige- lows magazine article on the condition of Panama affairs. The papers were ordered printed, and on the suggestion of MT. Culberson, direction was given to print MT. Bigelows article with | them.
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NOT TO HAMPER DELEGATE
ATTITUDE OF U. OF F. ON FOOT
 BALL LEGISLATION.

Recognition of the New Rules Conn
 mittee Favored but Representative
 Will Go Uninstructed to the Confer
 ence--EligibiIity and Athletic Rela-
 tions of Institutions Considered More
 Important--Green, of New Haven, to Captain Quaker Eleven.
 Philadelphia, Jan. 11.--At meeting held to-day by the university commit tee on athletics of the University of Pennsylvania 1t was decided not to hamper John c. Bell, the universityis representative on the football rules committee, with instructions on the question of the amalgamation of the old rules committee with the rules com mittee appointed by the national inter- collegiate football conference, although | it was the sense of the university that it's delegate shoud favor the newly organized body. The following resolu- tions on the subject were unanimously adopted:
 While in the present unsettled con dition of football legislation this com mittee believes 1t inadvisable to ham per its delegate with definite instruc- tions and while it fears that any ma- terial enlargement of the rules com mittee may result in irreconoilable dif- ferences of opinion and the defeat of the ultimate object-the preservation and improvement of the game-it is the sense of the committee that it's repre- sentative shall favor the recognition of the so-called national intercollegiate football conference and of such other associations or institutions as, by req son of their position in relation to American football, ought to be factors in the making or changing of rules.
 "The university committee on athlet- ics believes that the actual playing rules may be safely left to any repre- sentative committee of experts, but it is further strongly of the opinion that the larger questions of the general eth ics of the sport-what constitutes un- dergraduate eligibility and the athletic relations of educational institutions to one another-are the proper subjects for consideration, at this time, by faculty committees; they are fundamental, are of far more importance than the alter ation of playing rules and are questions that, in their present unsatisfactory condition, are the greatest menace to the game"
 The university committee surprised the student body by refusing to ratify the election of Vincent M. Stevenson, of Lexington, Ky, as captain of the foot ball squad for next season. Edwin L. Greene, of New Haven, will probably be elected to the position. The com mittee gave no reason for it's refusal to accept Stevenson.
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FORGED MUNICI AL BOND.
REVELATION FOLLOWING SUI- CIDE OF CLEVELAND BROKER.

DenisOn, Prior X Company Insolvent
 but to What Extent Is Not Yet
 KnOwn-FOrged Bonds Used in Con-
 nection With Extensive Deals on the
 New York Stock Exchange-Frank
 Rockefeller Denies He Is Creditor.
 Cleveland, Jan. 1.-The bankers com- mittee which is Investigating the af- fairs of the banking and brokerage firm of Denison, Prior &s Co.,, which closed it's doors following the suicide of l.. w.. Prior on Tuesday, made the following authorized statement late this after noon;
 "The examination of the books of the firm has not yet proceeded far enough to make any complete statement possi- ble. Enough has been learned, how ever, to warrant the committee in stat ing that it is forced to believe that the firm of Denison, Prior & Co. is insolv- ent, but to what extent we cannot as yet say.
 We are also convinced that a mum Der of municipal bonds have been forg- ed, but to what amount we are unable to determine"
 The bankers committee gave no ir- timation whatever as to the amount or value of the forged municipal bonds, or where they were placed or how used. It is understood, however, that they were largely used in connection with extensive deals on the New York Stock exchange.
 Frank Rockefeller, referring to re- ports consistently circulated during the past two days to the effect that he is one of the heaviest creditors of Denison, Prior & Co.,, said to-day:
 For over year have not paid to, or received a dollar from, the firm of Denison, Prior & Go. The various sen sational stories indicating that I am heavily involved with the firm are ab- solutely without foundation"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-12
ON METHODIST PLATFORM.
Cardinal Gibbons Does Not Hessitate to
 Attend Civic Meeting

Baltimore, Jan. 11.-Cardinal Gibbons occupied a seat on the platform of the Eutaw Street Methodist Episcopal church, in which public mass meeting was held tonight under the auspices of the city committee of the prohibition party.
 On account 0f the number of meet i:1gs being held at this time the com mittee in charge of the mass meeting found itself unable to secure a hall large enough for the purpose, and was compelled to select the Eutaw street church, which was offered by the off, cial board of the church. A member of the committee wrote to Cardinal Gib- bons, who had consented to act as a vice-president at the meeting, stating the case and asked if he wished to have his name withdrawn as one of the presidents.
 In reply the cardinal wrote that "the holding of civic meeting in Protes- tant church does not excite any relig- ious scruple in me-" and announced his intention of attending the meeting. The cardinal did not make an address.
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GUILTY OF HAZING.
Indicated Verdict in Mazzoni and FOs-
 ter Cases.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 11.-There is good reason for the belief that Mid shipman Worth W. Foster of New AL bany, Ind, and Patterson B.Mazzoni of Pensacols, Fla, have been found guilty of hazing. The record in each of these cases was forwarded by the court more than twenty-four hours ago, and it is officially stated that they are awaiting the action of the secretary of the navy. This is equivalent to saying that ver- dict of guilty was rendered. If this h61 not been the case the men would have been released from arrest within an hour or two of the receipt of the records by Admiral Sands.
 Both of the midshipmen belong to the first class, and would have graduated on February 12. They are regarded as good students in general, and each had a speciality. Foster devised an im- provement in the form of the war nose used by torpedoes, and Mazzonisis con- sidered the best linguist in the class.
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PROMOTION OF BETTER
 ANCLO-CERMAN FEELING
REMARKABLE COMMUNICATION SIGNED BY LEADING GER-
 MANS PUBLISHED.

Protest Against Statements in Certain
 Papers Tending to Create Senti-
 ment Which Might "Render Difficult
 and Perhaps Impossible the Task of
 Those Responsible for Peace Between
 the Two COuntries"-GrOwth of Ger
 man Navy Not Menace to England.
 London, Jan. 11.-Lord Avebury, for merly Sir John Lubbock, president of the Central Association of Bankers, who is chairman of the committee formed December 1 after the meeting at Caxton hall, London, to promote Anglo German accord, sent out under the covering of a letter tonight re- markable communication, addressed to the, signed by forty-one of the most prominent persons engaged in science, literature, art and the learned profes- sions of Germany protesting against the statements circulated in certain pa- pers tending to create sentiment which would render difficult and perhaps i'm possible the task of those responsible for peace between the two countries
 The letter continues: We regret the form in which certain papers in Ger many as well as in other countries on the continent and in America vented their feelings during the late war in South Africa, but we assert that these attacks were not the outcome of any deep seated hatred and that no i'll feel l ing now exists in Germany against England against that created from time to time by what we feel to be mis- l representation of German aims in the utterances of English journals of high standing.
 We can state that none of us, though living in widely distant parts of Ger many and moving in different spheres of German society and of party life ever heard an attack on English seri- ously discussed or approved by any man or section of the German public worth noticing. Neither have we met anybody in Germany who credited the government with any intention of plar to war with England,
 "The naval policy of the government whether approved or resisted Is every where in Germany understood to be di- rected solely to provide what the gov ernment deems to be adequate protec' tion for the growing mass of German shipping. Certainly 1t is not based or any purpose. to enter a wanton eontes at sea.
 We wish to be on truly friendly terms with England and with English men and this wish Is general in Ger many. Every cultivated German knows and venerates the ties that bind botf nations. To no other modern country does German civilization owe so mucf as it does to England through Shakes peare and England. from the time o | Luther and Holbein to that of Hande and Goethe has found in Germany source of pure spiritual and artistic in spiration.
 we believe that on the continuanct of this intimacy between both countrie! | (Continued on Eighth Page)
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MORALES MAY BhalcApruRED.
Insurgent President Ia San Domingo
 Wounded in Ba tie.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, lJan. u.-Ad- vices received here to-day from Monte Cristi, on the northern coast of the re- public of Santo Domingoe say that the Dominican gunboat Independencia, which declared in favor of the fugitive president, General Morales, cannot take any further part in the hostile opera tions owing to the fadt that, being without coal, she cannot leave Monte Cristi.
 General Morales, the advices add, was wounded recently in an encounter with the troops of the temporary president, General Caceres. The government forces captured doctor belonging to General Morales army.
 A detachment of General Caceres troops is on the track of General Mo- rales, and it is said that he probably will be captured.
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RETURNS THE MONET.
Insurance Which Man Got After Set
 ting Fire to His House.

Catsxill, N. Y, Jan. 11.-Arthur Jeune of this village, who confessed to mis- eionary in Brooklyn last week that in June, 1900 he had fired his own house while temporarily insane, and was not entitled to the insurance money paid him by the Farmers. Mutual Fire h. surance company to-day sent to all the stockholders of that company a printed letter enclosing d check for the amount they had been assessed to meet the loss. The amount of insurance paid to Jeune was $1,115. Jeune said he acted on the advice of the missionary.
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DECATUR A GOOD WITNESS
ON STAND HE STRENGTHENS HIS
 OWN CASE.

His Great Danger of Dismissal from the
 Naval Academy Lies in the Charge
 That He "Encouraged and Counten-
 anced" the Hazing of Cadet Church.
 Denies Sending Cadet Roberts to Up-
 per CIassmen With Certain Mes-
 sage.
 Annapolis, Md, Jan. 11-The last stages, except the argument of counsel and of the judge-advocate, were com pleted this afternoon in the case of Midshipman Stephen Decatur, jr., charged before a naval court martial with hazing. The accused occupied the stand for about three-quarters of an hour, and his testimony Is regarded as having strengthened his case.
 It is admitted that Decatur Is in greater danger of conviction upon the last of the three specifications than on the others. This is the one that charges that the accused encouraged and coun- tenanced" the hazing of Fourth Glass; man Gaylord Church. Inasmuch as the specification was substantially alleged in the first case against Decatur, his counsel wil urge the secretary of the navy to set the verdict aside, in case Decatur is convicted, on the ground that he has been twice in jeopardy for the same offense.
 Decatur was questioned as to the facts in regard to all the specifications alleged against him. AS to the first specification, alleging that on or about November 15 he sent Fourth -Classman Chester s. Roberts to a room, in which were upper classmen, with the mes sage, If she had been q dog do you think she would have done it in this way?" Decatur said, T did not send such a message
 His counsel then asked him about the circumstances connected with the bringing of breakfast to him by Charles c. w. Mailley, of the fourth class.
 Decatur said that he had met Wailley early In the academy year and liked him. One morning Decatur had missed breakfast and he asked Mailley casu- ally why he had not brought him any breakfast, and had spoken in the same way to Graves, the accused mans roommate, and to Midshipman Hall, oi the second class.
 After that Mailley brought him breakfast number of times, but did not do so always when Decatur had missed the morning meal. On the oc-
 (Continued on Eighth Page.)
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SOCIETY WOMAN'S CRUELTY.
Inflicted 200 Wounds on Girl She Had
 Adopted.

Aledo, H., Jan. 11.-Upon evidence of having inflicted 200 wounds Mrs. Mary L. Mckinney, prominent society woman and church worker of Aledo. was to- day by a jury found guilty of cruelty to fifteen year old Stella Grady, whom Mrs, Mckinney had adopted. Sentence was deferred The plea of the defense was insanity. During the trial testi- money was adduced to show that Mrs Mckinney had repeatedly stabbed the child in the back with fork or scis- sors.
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PURCHASE OF DISCHARGES.
Rules Amended and New Prices Fixed
 for the Army.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The rules gov- erning the discharge of enlisted men from the army by purchase have been amended by changing the scale of prices. Some of the figures have been lowered and others increased. The new schedule follows:
 After one years service, $12O; after two years service, $1OO; after three years service $9O; after four years ser vice. $S5; after five years service, $50; after six years service, $75; after sev- en years service, $6O; after eight years service, $55; after nine years service, $40; after ten years service, $S5; after eleven years service, $30.
 It also is declared that it is not the policy to permit a soldier to purchase his discharge, when there Is any special reason to the contrary.
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CASSIE MUST GO TO PRISON
Mandate Issued In the Case of Mrs
 Chadwick.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 11.-United States Marshal Chandler to-day received a mandate from the circuit court of ap- peals directing him to carry out the Judgment of Judge Tayler of the United States district court in the case of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick. This means that Mrs. Chadwick will be taken to the state penitentiary at Columbus without further delay, to begin her sentence of ten years imprisonment. Marshal Chandler expects to start for Columbus with Mrs. Chadwick tomorrow morn ing.
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ROBBERY OF THE POOR.

Organized System to Give Them Short
 Weight in New York,
 New York, Jan. 11.-Charges that the poor of New York receive as low as 10 1-2 ounces for pound from dishon- est dealers, and that a great, well 0r- ganized and systematic scheme of rob- bery by the use of fraudulent scales and weights is rampant everywhere that tbe very poor buy the bare neces- sities of life in small quantities were made to-day by the chief of the bureau of weights and measures, Patrick Der
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WANT SHORTER HOURS.
Yardmen of the Erie Railroad Send Re-
 quest to Company.

New York, Jan. u.-A request that the Erie railroad reduce the working hours of it's yardmen from il to 10 hours per day was drawn up to-day by the Erie branch of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen which organization is holding it's biennial convention here.
 President Ira Miller, of the Erie branch, said that all other classes of Erie employees in the brotherhood were satisfied with existing conditions and that this demand did not mean that there would be a strike.
 The request was sent to A. c. Sturgis, general manager of the Erie railroad. A reply is expected in a few days.
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TYPoTHETAE'S STATEMENT.
Four Hundred Non- Union Men Claimed
 to be at Work.

New York, Jan. 1.-The Typothetae issued a statement tonight saying that a canvass of the members of the or ganization was made to-day which showed that every firm and the two large independent printing establish ments were working adequate forces and suffering no inconvenience. The Typothetae claim that more than four hundred non-union printers are now at work, which is nearly one-half of the total number of compositors affected. Individual firms of the Typothetae to- day called meetings of their boards of directors and voted to continue the fight.
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Prominent Waterbury Man Dies of In-
 iuries.

Waterbury, Jan. 11.-Michael Joseph Daly, fifty-five years old, construction engineer and founder and owner of the large plant here of M. J. Daily & Sons, died tonight at his home on South Elm street as a result of internal injuries re- ceived in being thrown out of his wagon while driving about the city Monday. He is survived by four sons and one daughter.
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REPUBLICAN "INsURGENTs.u 2
Several Members of the House woH
 Over by Them.

Washington, Jan. 11.-Fifty repuhii- can representatives are now said by insurgents" in the house to have sign- ed the pledge to vote against any rule prohibiting amendments to the Harnil- ton joint statehood bill. Several mem bers have been won over by the insur- gents since yesterday, and they are con fident their number will be swelled to sixty-five before the week ends.
 The republicans who are supporting the Hamilton bill insist that the bot tom has dropped out of the insurgent movement completely.
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False Prophet in Porto Rico.

New York, Jan. 11.--A report of Man uel Paris, colporteur to the American Tract society, states that in Ponce, Porto Rico, false prophet has appear ed, representing himself as the spirit of St. John the Evangelist, preaching in the villages of the district and that a great many people follow him.
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National Council, Alpha Delta Phi

Brunswick. Me, Jan. 1.-The Ma tional council of the Alpha Delta Phi will be held in Portland May 8, and 5, upon invitation of Bowdoin chapter and the Maine alumni. This will be the first meeting in this state for forty years,
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Bill Passed Prohibiting BucketshOps.

Columbia, s. C., Jan. 1.-The house. of representatives to-day passed a bill prohibiting the operation of bucket shops in South Carolina. There was no debate on the measure. All such shops are declared to be gambling places.
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Increased Dividends.

Calumet, Mich., Jan. 1.-The direct- ors of the Quincy Mining company de- clared a semi-annual dividend of $5 a. share to-day, an increase of $2 over the disbursement of six months ago. To- days dividend will result in the pay ment of s5O0,O00