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The Washington times., 1906-11-11

r. HARVEY, the Times com
M mater. noticed over his news
IV paper that the train was MI
ing rapidly Presently a kind
ly faced old minister asked If the seat
beside him was vacant.
The regular traveller noticed that his
venerable companion. though six feet in
height. was straight as an arrow. that
his eyes were bright and clear, and that
his complexion was like the pink and
white Of a little child. He gently declin-
ed Nr Harvey's offer of reading mat
ter. and as gently refused his proffer Of
the window seat. But he talked pleas
autly. and by and by became reml-
niscont. as Mr.. Harvey had noticed
many folk do at sixty miles or more an
hour
our feet" he said after little talk
about ships. was once ordered 10 rem
devious at Paducah. under special in
srructions from the War Department t.
make as favorable an impression as pos
sible on the townsfolk, that region be
ing then hot with secession feeling. We
invited them aboard 70 witness the
drills among other things. and / was
the gun pointer Of one OF the old smooth
bores"
Mr.. Harvey took sharper look and
noticed an unobtruslve bronze button
showing through the fun white beard
below the white tie.
YES. l was a gunner" said the min
ister. in answer 70 the look or lnqnirt'
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and went onward till they came to
Cape Herschel y Hrt'o beyond it
they saw the coast of North America.
the charts Of which were in their
hands. The Franklin expedition had been
sent from England for no other pur-
pose than TO ind the Northwest Pas
sage
The little party realized that the
Iong-sought-for passage had been dis
covered, and could actually he accom-
plished il they might only force their
SHIPS through the short ice barrier that
intervened between them and the open
water. They deposited "a record of
their discovery, and then hurried back
10 their ships 20 Impart the joyful It'd
inEs % their comrades. They found
the expedition plunged I'm the deepest
grief for. during their absence Sir
John FRANKLIN had passed away, on
June il. He was spared TIE misery OF
sharing with his men the starvation
that befell them all when they finally
abandoned their ships and sought the
mainland.
1t is this summer channel along the
coast. that Amundsen has followed
westward; and the Franklin party not
only pointed out the short cut to the
channel, but the fate Of its ships gave
a warning to Amundsen which he fully
Improved. He Kept the Gjoa's winter
quarters away from the shores. where
she would likely be crushed or imprIs-
oned by heaped-up ice. When his
magnetic work WAS done and the water
channels opened along the coast, the
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-ngly the Gjoa. a single-masted slOop
Of about sixty tons, was designed and
constructed to weather the toughest of
arctic weather and to withstand the
pressure of the reat ice fields in the
far North Amundsen selected as his
second in command Of the Gjoa =
young captain in the Danish navy
named Hansen. and then signed a
picked crew OF eight Norwegian sail
ors. every one OF them a typical Nor
wegian seaman Of the highest type.
and Norwegian seaman OF that type
is the peer OF any man before the
mast" on the seas today.
1t was estimated that the expedition
would last four years. and cost 81. so.
Captain Amundsen contributed the
greater portion of the funds from his
own bank account. and in less than
three years-fOr they sailed from Chris
tiana at midnight. june I. l9J3-the TWO
objects Of his expedition were accom-
plished. He reached Alaska about a
year ago and word came that having
accomplished the Northwest Passage
he was going to try for the Northeast
Passage feat never accomplish
ed That would have involved cross
ing Bering straits. skirtlng the ST.
berisn coast. and eventually circum-
navigating the globe in the neighbor-
hood of the Arctic Circle He appar-
emily gave that project up for this Trip
at least. lie and five of his men
reached San Francisco about three
weeks ago. Their trip across the con-
knent has been in the nature OF a
triumph. Every where he has been en-
tcrtalned by his eountrymen. and ~
scientists of all nationaIities. Last
Wednesday he passed through Wash
ington. stopping only long enough 70
hear President RoosevelJs enthusiastic
"Dee-nghted.' and with his crew.
sailed for Norway on Thursday
Here endeth the fate of the quest
for the Northwest Passage, which led
TO the discovery Of the American con
tinent-which has cost thousands Of
dollars. hundreds of lives and untold
suherins-f0r which mighty vessels
have been built to Withstand the fierce
tides and the treacherous foes. and
which was finally achieved by a little
cockleshen Of a boat with a crew Of
only eight men.
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once ard for all the long mooted ques-
tion.
The pathetic outcome of that expe-
dition is one Of the famed romances
OF history. Every sehoolboy IS famiI-
iar with the details. and the surmise
and conjecture that exist to this day
as TO whatever became Of the leader
and his men.
'rhe expedition left England May l9,
1856. II was last seen at Badin's Bay.
Franklin was believed to have s-iled
through Lancaster Sound, and ascend
ed Wellington channel in latitude =.
Thence he IS thought 10 have returned
south, crossing Barrow's strait, and
sailing down the channel, now called
Franklin channel His ships were be-
set with ice. and FrankIin's health
failed. While he lay dying on his
ship a small party of his men dis
covered the route by which Amundsen
has finally made the passage. ana
linked it with the land explorations Of
Simpson and other famous discoveries
who made the maps Of the northern
edge of our continent in the early
part of the last century.
These land explorers had followed
the coast hundreds of miles to the
west as far as Cape Barrow. the most
northern point Of the continent. Mr..
Elson had traced tse northwestern
coast Of Alaska from Berhing strait 10
Cane Barrow, so that the whole north
ern coast OF America was outlined.
The explorers, looking northward. had
seen Islands here ana there out in the
Afs,!c ocean. and they found thar
the foe ice moved off the land in
sumne~. lea ing channels of open
water aiong the mainland.
What the Franklin party discovered
was way 10 'reach these channels
along the mainland How they found
the Northwest Passage that Amuni-
son has now triunphantly followed
may be briefly told
on May p. 1916, Graham Gore. first
Lieutenant Of the Erebus. with another
officer and six men. left their ships
ard started southwark They reached
Point Victory. on King William Land.
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however. to have been very successful.
Tie surveys he had in view are OF
worldwide investigation now unfold
ing 1t is safe to say that the achieve
ments of this Norwegian explorer and
his seven comrades viii give the small
expedition a unique and very promi-
nent place among successful polar en-
terprises.
Capt Roald Amundsen Is a young
man now. and was little more than a
boy when he began his maritime career.
lie IS a Norwegian OF the Norwegians
born In Chrisdana. educated IN her
public schools. graduated from one OF
her high schools. He first came prorni-
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nently before the public when scarcely
twenty-five years Of age. as a member
OF the antarctic expedition Of the Bel
gica. which cruised the south polar
seas in 1878. under II. Gerlach. II
vas after this expedition that Amund-
sen made up his mind 10 locate the
Magnetic Pole. and If possible make
tie Northwest Passage.
He laid his plans SO carefully that
Nansen. the explorer. and Profs-
Schmidt and Neumayer. Of Germany,
became convinced Of their PRACTICABLE
ity, and indorsed his schemes Accord
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since the Days of Chris
tOpher Columbus the
Dream of NapigatOrS
Has Reen to Discover
the Northwest Passage
From the atlantic to the
Pacific, and Eight Years
Ago the British Govern
ment Offered a Big Re
Ward to the Expedition
Accomplishing the Feat.
NO1v, in the Fifth Cen
tury of EHdeapOr, Capt.
aIdAmundSen and His
Gallant Crew Haze Sue
ceeded Where All Ear
Her Sailors Hare Failed,
OnlytO Discover on Their
Return to Civilization
That the Big Money
Prize Had Been With
draWn While They We're
Battling With Icebergs
in the Frozen North.
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The mex; great expedition was shat
-ommaaded by Sir John Franklin.
which was lavishly hIted ont by Eng
lanG, ia the hope that i would settle
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

FTER more than four cen
turtles OF striving, after
scores OF vessels and hun
dreds OF lives have been
lost in the attempt, after
three years OF peril and pTi-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24
ORDER OF COURT.

Crowley, La, December 90. 1905.
The law requiring to fix the sessions Of the
Eighteenth Judicial District Court, for each year, l
hereby fix the the terms Of said Court for the year
1906. as follows:
ACADIA PARISH.
tuesday, January 2, 1906.
Monday. January 20. Ioo6-Criminal Term.
- March IL, 1905.
- March rs, 1906.
- April 20, 1906.
- May 2S, 1905.
" July 9. 1906.
- Sept. 10, 1906.
" October IS, 1905.
" November 90. 1906.
- December II, 1905.
LAFAYETTE PARISH.
tuesday, January 9. Ioo6.-Criminal Term.
Monday, February 10, 1906.
- April O, 1000.
d, May "A, 1906.
- June IS, 1000.
- October 1, 1000.
November ~, 1905.
The two remaining criminal terms will be fixed at
a later date and the above fixings are made subject
to change IT the public interest so requires.
Let the Clerk of Court of Acadia Parish, enter this
order on the minutes and have same published in
the Offlcial Journal as the law requires. and let him
also forward a certified copy hereof to the Clerk of
Court OF this Court in Lafayette Parish, with in
StructonS TO HIM to enter same on the min LteS Of this
Court and have same duly published as required by
law.
Thus done and ordered officially at Chambers at
Crowley. La. this goth, day of December. 1905.
(Signed) PHILIP S. PUGH
Judge 18th Judicial District of La.
Filed December 80. 1905.
tSigned) GUSE. FONTENOT, Clerk.
A true copy Of the original.
GUS I. FONTENOT
Clerk Of Court, Acadia Parish, La.
Filed January 2. 1906.
FIX HOPKINS,
Deputy Clerk Of Court.
Lafayette Parish. La.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24
Bishop keener's Death.
Times Democrat.

Times Democrat.
The death of Bishop John
Christian eener, which occurred
suddenly Friday afternoon, re-
moves one of the most distin-
guished servants of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. South.
While Bishop Keener had not
been active in church work for
some time, his name and repu-
tation were potent factors for
good up to the very day of his
death. A man of splendid at
tainments, gentle and generous,
he was for more than three.
quarters of a century a tremend.
GUS power in Southern church
history. Indeed few men en-
joyed a wider or more helpful in
fuence in behalf of the moral up
lift and in all the activities de.
signed to better the ways and
conditions of human kind than
Bishop Keener.
Born in Baltimore when the
century which he frightened
with good efforts was yet young,
Bishop Keener dedicated his life
to the cause of Methodism by
entering upon his sacred mission
at an early period. His career
from the beginning of his work
to the end was one of achieve
ment and good effort; it has
fallen to the lot of few men in
his sphere to build more endur-
ingly. He accomplished much
for Methodism, and by his labors
in this behalf accomplished in
finitely more for humanity.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24

the entire country, but in this
State in particular, the law of
taxation is the soul of unreasOn
and chaotic to the point or unin-
telligibility; our law for the con-
troll and supervision of corpora
tions is a complete failure, ex-
cept to subordinate the States to
the corporations; our laws in
restraint of trade and our laws
for the enforcement of the duties
of corporate trustees might as
well be nonresident, for they
are powerless, the whole scheme
has, from the point of view of
enforceability, completely broken
down and this has led shallow
teachers to declare that demo-
cracy is bankrupt.
Mr.. WINS, however, seems to
be cheered by the fact that we
still have a democracy which
gives hope of the future, yet all
intelligent minds will agree with
him that the real hope of the
country lies in the ending of
corruption both political and
commercial, and the Inaugural
ton of a regime of honor and
good faith. To the accomplish
ment of this great reform the
press of the country is doing
it's full duty, and using all the
power it possesses to stir the
national conscience. That this
work has made considerable
Roadway is seen in the good that
has already been done. 1t is a
remarkable fact that the great
moral wave that is now going
over the country, causing the
downfall of men high in finance
and politics, and leading to the
establishment of higher stand.
ards in social, political and com
mercial life, was started by the
newspapers. 1t is strange, out
true that the press has carried
on this work steadily and fear
lessly, while the great religious
organizations, prosecuting Off
GERS and national and State
officials whose duty it is to deal
with such matters are still in
active and have contributed
nothing to the results thus far
secured. But it is a duty that
the press owes to itself to exert
the mighty power it yields to
compel the forces representing
the law and the churches now
Sinking the fight either because
of cowardice or self-interest, to
take their places on the firing
line.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24

Bishop Keener's passing will be
regretted throughout the South,
and felt in other sections of the
country where he was k Known,
loved and hOnOred.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24

See Parkerson & Mouton for
any kind of insurance. Eight
years experience.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24
The Work of the Press
New Orleans States.

can candidate for the New York
mayoralty last fall, delivered a
speech the other night in Brook
Ign in which he took a decidedly
pessimistic view of things gen.
orally, but asserted that the
country must look to the press
to accomplish the work of e
forming existing political and
moral conditions and saving the
nation from the disasters that
threaten it. He argued that
the chief function of the press
after setting the national thought
in the right path is to eaualize
the strain of change and prepare
mems minds for it so that it
comes with order as a natural
development, and not a violent
breach of continuity" But he
held that the press would receive
much assistance in the great
work it is doing we're it not for
the fact that cOwardice exists
among the people where there
should be courage, and in this
connection says:
It is our interests and only
our interests that makes towards
of US. We meet our friends in
the street or in the market
place, men who have been
trained as.we have been trained,
who say they hope eagerly for
the reforms that we hope for,
and we ask them to sign a petit
ton to the legislature or a pro-
test to the mayor. and they as
sure us that their heart is with
us, but their signature is not, for
it may interfere with special
relations, or the president of
their company may not like it,
or it may make their situation
insecure, or may cost them a
client, or interfere with their
political chances; and of these
men one can only feel that their
pretended desire for reform is
at bottom a deliberate lie and as
contemplate as they themselves,
these would-be simultaneous
servants of God and mammon.
He points out the terrible de-
fects and abuses in American
elections and administration,
but does not at this time see his
way clear to bring in a better
condition, because in matters
political the worst of the citizen
ship as a rule is always vigilant
and active and the best part in.
different and inactive, hence he
has reached the conclusion that
as things now stand politics has
become 1.-THE business of a small.
shifty and incompetent class
that has no thought of the NOR
row and no care of it's conse-
quences, provided the present
is made to pay" Mr.. WINS then
goes on to indulge in the follow
ing gloomy observations:
And this again raises the ques-
ton whether we are drifting
toward socialism; whether, in
fact. we are being driven toward
it by the monopolists of power.
Practically all of the wealth of
the State--all that should con-
stitute the commonwealth-has
passed into private hands, and
with it has passed the actual
power that should be the States.
Nevertheless it is true that we
have broken down in almost
every field of activity that in
wolves legislation, State supervi-
sion. or mnnicinal administra.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-24

116 arpents on Bayou Vermil-
ion, south of town. bargain at
$4,000. J. e.. Nickerson, Real
Estate and Insurance Agency
Lafayette, La.
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For Identification with an act passed
before me this 23rd day of Dec. A.. D.
1905.
(Signed) ORTHER C. MoUToN,
Notary Public.
Filed and recorded Dec. Is, 1905,
in book Miscellaneous Acts Z ), page
(Signed) F. K. HOPKINS,
Deputy Clerk of Court.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of LAFAYETTE.
/ hereby certify the above and fore
going to be q true and correct copy
Of the original on file and of record
in my Office.
Witness my hand and seal at Lafa-
yette, La, Dec. Is, 1905.
(Signed) F. X. HOPKINS,
Deputy Clerk of Court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
ROOSEVELT is 4S.
President Celebrates by Working a
Little Harder.

Washington, Oct. 27.=PresIdent
Roosevelt's birthday is today 1t is
his 4Sth anniversary, and he cele-
brated it as he has almost all his other
natal day anniversaries, by working
just a little harder.
He was at his office at the usual
time in the morning after 8
o'clOck-went over the great pile of
correspondence with Secretary Loeb,
signed several hundred official docu-
ments, and conferred with depart
mental officials and public men. Now
and then there was an interruption to
shake hands with a little crowd of So
cial visitors, until 1870 p. m. when he
went over to the "big house" for
luncheon. At 8 o'clock he returned to
his office, where he remained until
after 4, when he went out in the
suburbs for a horseback ride.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children
made him presents, and many of the
presidents friends sent to the White
House floral membranes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
SOONERS ARE THICK.
No Attention Paid to Rules in walker
Land Opening.

Thorne. New, Oct. 27.-That little atten-
ton Is to be paid to the rules in regard
to opening the Walker Indian s,sserva-
ton, at least on the southern and eastern
boundaries was evident this morning
when whole pack trains started for the
interior of the coveted country. 1t was
impossible for the Indian police to keep
efficient watch on the miles and miles of
boundary lines and as a result hundreds
of daring men bent on securing favorable
location eluded the vigilance OF the au-
thorities. Many of those remaining in
camps between here and Schurz on the
eastern boundary of Walker lake have
already prospected territory inside the
reservation, having in some instances been
weeks and months at the task. They have
boats In readiness to cross the lake to the
shore on the opposite side from s to Il
miles across. When the legal time for
opening the reservation at L O'Clock next
Monday occurs they will jump into their
boats and endeavor to beat those who will
go into the territory afoot or on horses
Several men in whose every action deter
mination is written have made their
boast that they know exactly where to 10
cate their claims and that they intend to
get their favored spots. even II they have
to take forcible possession
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
REGISTRATION is LARGE
Over Ninety-twO Hundred Names on
the Books.

The registration books at the COM
missioner of elections Office were
closed last evening at 10 o'clock, show
ing 5.691 certificates issued since the
municipal election this spring. With
the certificates of those voting this
spring, numbering 8, $50, the total reg
fstHa1ion at this time Of the eligible
male vote is 9,257- A deduction should
re made due to Implications in the Is
sue Of certificates, parties voting this
spring having moved and reregistering
holding a certificate from this spring
and another from the falls registration
The registration is in excess of this
spring by 10 but on the other hand
is less by 237 than the spring election
Of 1905. The male registration for
previous county and fall elections has
for six years past been several hun
dred In excess Of that Of this fall. In
1904 the male registratOin was 1856;
in 1902, 1872; 1O,174 in 1900.
Tae number OF certificates issued
yesterday was 556, the record estab-
lisned for twenty-four hours Of regis
tration.
Captain c. H Titus commissioner of
elections believes that the registration
IS shy by 1000 of the actual number
Of male voters IN the city and lays the
burden Of the difficulty in getting out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
PSYCHOLOGISTS MEET
Organize Topeka Branch With DIR.
McClintocIz at Head.

A Topeka circle of the Archaeology
cal Institute of America was organized
Friday evening at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. J. c. McCnntock. The following
officers were elected: President, DR..
J. G. McClintock; vice president. Miss
Sarah d. Crosby; secretary, Prof. F. L.
Clark; treasurer, DR.. A. H. Thompson
There were about 40 people in at
tendance at the meeting, and an adj
dress was made by Prof. A. NJ. Wilcox
of the Kansas university. Prof. Viii
cox explained the work Of the national
archaeological society.
The purpose of the organization
made Friday night is to establish a
Kansas branch of the society with
headquarters in Topeka. Branches
are already established in Missouri
and Colorado. The Kansas branch
will take up the study of Kansas arch
aeoIogy. especially with relation to
the study Of Indian relics found in the
state. It is stated that vast quantities
of Indian relics have been dug UP in
Kansas and carried off to enrich the
museums of other states, and that
Kansas ought to take steps to preserve
these relics in its own collections.
Meetings of the society will be held
monthly. and it is expected to have
addresses by lecturers from the Uni
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
A Pathetic case.

A prominent lawyer OF Bradford. New
Hampshire. suspected his colored ser
want Of tampering with a certain brand
OF fine whisky in his wine-ceIlar The
employer decided to adopt measures to
verify his suspicious. He allowed the
demijohn holding hss private stock to
become empty, and then. instead Of re-
filing It. placed the remainder In bot
ties and labelled each one poison
One evening. on returning home un-
expectedly, he found his servant with
one of his bottles. Selling the bottle
from the darky's hand, he exclaimed,
in a tone OF terror:
Great heaven, Sam Do you know
what you have been doing? This bottle
is marked poison.
The negro took the bottle and survey
ed It closely. Then he smiled at It. A
melancholy smile passed over his dueky
countenance, and he replied:
Use been fooled again
Fooled again. repeated his master.
What do you mean?"
well sah,'' continued the derky, in
the same tone, 1T am dis way. know
ed from de first. from de way you acted
bout dat demijohn. dat you had 20
suspishuns OBJ me; and dat sho made me
feel pretty blue. I got distressed. an
didn't care Why. sab, 70 mos two
weeks now Use been trying to commit
suicide outer dat bottler'-Harper'
Weekly.