St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-08

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old range, which, however, was re
Gently found to be out-of-date, no
I having been designed for moderr
arms.
1 Rice men of Louisiana have decided
to send committee to Washington
to seek construction of the pure fooe
laws to permit the use of various sub.
stances for polishing, and prevent its
being labelled "artifcially polished
The Lafayette Gazette complains
that the waters of Bayou Tortue are
being poisoned by chemicals from
refneries, and that the finest fishing
grounds in the United States are be-
ing threatened with contamination.
Daniel Lowden, aged IA years, com
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
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from ear to ear with razor in Alex
andria last Saturday. I'll health is as
signed as the cause. The deed was
committed at the residence of his SON
in-laW, Isadore Vandewen.
N. G. Collins, who was under bond
in the sum of $1,000 for participa-
tion in a get-rich-quick concern,
failed to appear in the Federal Court
in New Orleans when his trial was
called, and his. surety, Dominick G.
E0'Malley, had to pay the bond.
Harry Thomas, a negro, was ar
rested in Shreveport, charged with
peonage. This is supposed to be the
first case wherein negro was charged
with this ofense in Louisiana. It is
alleged that he held a negro woman
and her child in involuntary servitude.
The Livingston Times informs us
that over four hundred families of
Hungarians will arrive in Livingston
and Tangipahoa parishes before Janu-
ary 1st, and purchase homes and
locate permanently in that section.
They will establish a Hungarian news
paper.
Simeon Belden, one Of the Confed-
crate soldiers who joined the Repub-
lican party after the war and held
the Office of Attorney General and
later that of Speaker of the House
of Representatives Of Louisiana dur
ing the Republican regime, died in
New Orleans last Monday at the age
of rs. He was a native of Natchit-
oches parish, but had been practic-
ing lawyer in New Orleans since his
retirement from Office.
Joseph Kibbe, familiarity known as
Little Jack" popular young man
Of Abbeville, accidently shot and
killed himself while hunting last Sun
day. He went alone to hunt ducks
on the ranch of his brother-in-law,
and when he did not return to the
ranch house for dinner, some of the
hands went out to look for him, and
found his dead body lying in path
way, his gun with one barrel dis
charged by his side, and a terrible
wound in his left chest over the
heart. He was tWenty-four years
old.
Gen. Rivera has postponed his
plans to organize new party in Cuba.
While he does not give this as a rea-
son, it is supposed that the Island is
yet in such an uncertain condition
that really nothing solid can be at
tempted, no matter Of what nature.
The negro question is now looming
up like dark cloud, threatening to
precipitate the Queen of the Antilles
into another revolution, were not the
United States there to prevent it.
The negroes are demanding office and
recognition Of Gov. Magoon, and COM
planning that they are not being
treated with the consideration that
their numbers and standing in that
country should insure them. Indeed,
the little Island is in pickle, and it
is now considered almost inevitable
that there viii have to be general
housecleaning and new start made by
the United States, with the growing
possibility of it being added to mod
ern Americas possessions. We can
more deeply sympathize with Spain
now, and feel kinder sorry we gave
her drubbing for spanking the Spot
ted Kid.