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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03
Letter To Il. M. smith,


Dear Sir: Here's tale with three or
four tails to it.
Professor Irvine had an Academy.
Mercersburg. Penn. He paints the floors
in SIMMER vacation. 1t used to take 81
gallons to paint. There were two paint
stores there, and he used to buy Zone
year of one. next year Of the other) ~
gallons year after year.
Now he paints Devoe; 60 gallons; and
the difference is u saving OF $50 year.
H. T.. Fxllon WAS one OF those dealers,
good man, but he wouldn't take-up De-
zoe; 30 we turned to the other, j. A.
Boyd. But Fallon has found 1t neces-
sary 10 get a good paint to compete with
Devoe. He got one of the eight honest
paints. He has big hardware store
and is doing an excellent hardware bust.
ness; but Boyd. OF course, has the run
on paint-he's little hardware man.
We don't care how little or big man
Il, if he wants good paint aud is active
and sound.
Yours truly, F. w. DEvoE 4 Co.
p. S.-Valley drug store sell our paint
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03
Rochelle Squiblets.

hOCutiic, LII, OCt. oU, IsWO
Editor COIfax Chronicle:
Seeing nothing in your valuable
paper from ward ) and Rochelle
will drop you few lines.
Inotice that the Rochelle mill peo-
pie are putting on the bands prepar-
atory to getting ready To start mp
about the first of November. | am
informed they have changed their
mill foreman and Mr.. Ed. Long will
have the position when they start.
There has been several changes made.
have also been informed that the
fall and winter fights have broken
out near here. guess they will be
i'm Rochelle next.
There has been a good deal of sick.
ness in this vicinity. and there was
one dea tn In Rochelle Yesterday. Our
old friend, Frank Usher He was "A
years. months and 26 days old, was
n member of the Masonic fraternity
and will be laid to rest i'm the Rochelle
grave yard to-day. Rev. w. W.
Dunn will hold the funeral services.
DIR. j. 4. Chivers has sold his place
near here and has bought 80 acres
from Mrs. U. II. Cooper. near Selma
The Doctor sold to Mr.. W. Ii. Max.
well, of Winn parish. The price paid
was eight hundred dollars.
As there Is nothing else of interest
| will close. wishing success to the
Chronicle and its editor
ISAIAH NUGENT.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03

Perce made his usual trip to Wheel
ing Sunday, after II lay-Off for three
Sundays. What has beel the mat
ter, "Old pal?'
Say, Cousin Ike; yOu shouldn't
have loaded "SkidOO" NO heavy, as
some one had already shown the ''23''
sign To him.
Wesley Horn crawled out OF his
hole Monday morning looking like a
nest of angry bees had mistOOk his
head for u hive. And when asked.
what's the matter. Wes? he said.
i've got the shingles.
Messrs. Alva Self and Ed Feazel left
for Atlanta Sunday night to work at
the saw mill.
l.. &. UNeal attended to business
In Winfield on Tuesday.
Taylor Ethridge. of Atlanta. was
among the visitors Thursday.
Mayo Sellers Ia back with us again.
after ten days absence.
We are sorry to learn of the death
of Hey Brian. one OF st. Maurice 4
most promising young men.
Major Mccain was absent from the
postotfice Monday ON account Of he,
Ing sick.
X. NJ. Horn and family, spent Mon
day In Verda. as the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. Huckaby AddingtOn.
VIII ring off until Pansy makes up
| with his girl.
DREAMY EYES.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03

For years starved, then / bought a
80 cent bottle of Kodol d, spepsia Cure
and what that bottle benefited me all
the gold in Georgia could not buy.
kept On taking it and in two months
went back to my work as machinist. In
three months 1 was as well and hearty
as / ever was. l still use little occa
sionally as find it a fine blood purifier
and good tonic. May you live long and
prosper."-C. N. Carroll, Reading. Ga.
Aug. 81. 1906. Kodol is said here by III
b. Faraldo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03
This IL Confidential to Yon.

Say, friend; II 1t is a fact that you
owe the Chronicle, please remember
that we need the money at this par
ticular time. We are making every
effort to give you good paper, have
just got In a new press and a lot Of
new material, and need every dollar
we can get to pay bills.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03
Card of Thanks.

We, the undersigned desire to thank
the many friends and relatives who
helped us In restoring back our house
and household effects, which were de-
stroyed by fire. We feel and think we
can never thank the good people
enough for helping us.
Mr.. AND MRS. j. R. HATHAWAY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03

Here is our condensed opinion OF the
Original Laxative Cough Syrup: "Near-
ly all other cough syrups are constipat-
ing especially those containing opintes,
Kenne.iys Laxative. containing Honey
and Tar moves the bowels. Contai. &
no opiates. Conforms to the National
Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by H.
b. PARADE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03
Commissioners and Clerks of
Election.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF GRANT. 4

STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH or GRANT. I
BY virtue Of Of the authority vested in us. and
in accordance with the laws of the State of Lou
Governor Of the State of Louisiana. we. the I'M
dersigned members Of the Board of Supervisors
of Election for the parish of Grant aud state OF
Louisiana do hereby appoint hefoiiowiDg named
commissioners and clerks of election, to hold an
election in the parish Of Grant at the various pre-
cincts thereof ON the 9Th day Of November. 1906,
for the purpose Of eecting a member of Congress
for the 18th Congressional District Of the State Of
Louisiana "A member Of the Railroad Commission
for the 81 District, and n Member of the Board OF
EQUALIZATION for the 9TH Congressional District
of Louisiana: and for the purpose of voting on
the various proposed Constitutional Amendments
as submitted by the General Assembly Of the
state Of Louisiana at its regular session OF 1906.
The hereinafter named com missioners and clerks
are hereby authorized tn hold said election In ac-
cordance with tho geperal election laws Of the
State of Louisiana, and to make due returns
thereof as the law directs.
WARD ONE.
Colfax-Commissioners. +. n. Evans, A. J I.
GOODWIN. w l.. Richardson; Clerk C. Mex nigh .
Observation-Disclosures f. T.. Laysard. ..
l.. Brett French b. Dean; Clerk. lief Blackshear.
WARD TWO.
Bagdad--Comm issioners, j. NJ. Anthony. Ellis
Hadnot, j. f. Tyson. Clerk, A. j. Buekner.
Bruee's Mill--Commissioners, ]. T. Flanagan,
7. j. Chandler. H. G. Tullos Clerk. w. W. Ballio.
Observation-Disclosures. George Andre, Charles
Delaney. II. :. Darlington. Clerk. e. H. Clark.
Honeycutt. J. L. Greed. Clerk. John Clinton.
WARD THREE
Acknowledgements T.. 4: Miles A. g.
Chandler, j. w. Wooley. Clerk Willie Mills.
observation-disclosures, W. n. Greed, l.. NJ Fu-
trell. Richard Newton. Clerk. Oliver Neal.
FOUR
Lincecum-Comm issioners. Sim Haley. b. W.
Nugent, Tom West. Clerk, j. w Young.
Buckelew-t'om mssioners. A. H. Nugent. George
Ober W. II. Smith. Clerk. Oliver Watson.
WARD FIVE.
IN m ssouers n Wpstbprry
j. M. kees Il. NJ. bradford. Clerk, G.. l.. Tully.
WARD SIX.
Observation-Disclosures j. X. Smith. Fee
Xix Bulitt Oscar johnson. Clerk, L. A. Ethridge
WARD SEVEN.
observation-disclosures, Hardy l.. Brian Elisha
NJ. Murreil J. NJ. Hanchy. Clerk. G. l.. Purvis
MOntgomery--Commis G. II. Mccain
G. W. Taylor. X. NJ. Horn. Clerk, J. NJ Wardlow
Witness official signatures on this I'D day
of October. 1906.
j. A. WILLIAMS,
ia. HARVEY,
X. W. RICHARDSON.
Members OF the Board of Supervisors of Grant
Parish, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03
Notice. M. f. Church Trustees.

DIR. Sawyer will he here Nov 9Th
and will hold the Quarterly Confer
ence ut 3 p. IN. and preach at p. M.
both services at the Methodist church.
Let every official member be present
at 8 o'clock, and everybody attend
at Z O'Clock. j. A. PARKER, PC.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03

BORN-TO Mr.. and Mrs. W. w.
Wagner, of Pollock. at 40 p. m. ON
Saturday Oct. q. 1906. a fine girl
weighing 1Oh pounds. Mother and
baby doing well.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-11-03

Mr.. ]. b. Roberts has moved his
law office up stairs In the court
house. In the district a ttorney' g office.
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II you owe the Chronicle anything,
please send It In at once.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
MINER LOSING HIS MIND.
Surruonded BY Corpses, He Believes
They Are Laughing At Him.

Bakersfield, California (Special).
Though only a few feet of earth
and stone separate L. B. Hicks, the
miner entombed in Granite Mountain
BY tunnel collapse, from freedom,
the slightest mistake of his rescuers
will crush out the life of the man
who. for days, has lived in night
black hole with death threatening
every moment.
For IA days Hicks has end:re@
tortures. Without light and terror
biting at his soul by fears that any
moment would be his last. Hicks has
many times hordered on insanity.
Only the voices of his friends com
ing TO him through the gas pipe with
which he is fed has been able to keep
him from madness. Sometimes the
miner is happy and again he is
plunged in despair. He can feel the
bodies of his five dead companions
about him
II can see Jim's foot in this hell
hole" he yelled to his rescuers. ITS
moving, / think. They are laughing,
too"
IF you don't shut up, Hicks said
a miner, shouting through the tube,
'Ill Jump right down the pipe and
shake your - head off. -
In this way Hicks mind was
drawn from his illusions by the min
ors
Wen get You out soon.' shouted
a grizzled miner
We'll. be careful" replied Hicks
''or this fool mountain will sit on my
chest"
Hicks drank a gallon Of milk to-
day He said that the fine cut tobac-
co which had been slipped to him
through the pipe was a lifesaver
He said he would have rather had
that chew than got out.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
POISONED ONE BY ONE.
Postmortem Reveals Wholesale Crime
In Chicago.

Chicago (SpeciaD = Arsenic was
responsible for the death of at least
two members of the Vrzal family, six
of whom died within few months of
each other, according to chemical
examination completed Monday.
Herman Billik, fortuneteller, is
now in jail on a charge of having
administered poison to the family
so that the mother OF the dead chill.
dren could collect the insurance mon.
ey. Mrs. Vrzal was found dead in
her home two weeks ago, few hours
after an investigation into the cause
of the death of the other members
of the family was begun. AT first it
was believed she committed suicide,
but the police are of the opinion that
she was killed to conceal the cause
of death of the children.
The bodies of Ella and Mary,
daughters of Mrs. Vrzal, were ex-
humed last week. Professor lIainea,
of Rush Medical College, and Dr..
Lewke, of the coroners staff, today
found arsenic in the liver and the
stomach of both girls in sufficient
quantities to case death, according
to the doctors.
The bodies of the other four mem
bers of the family will now be ex-
humed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
THE DISMISSED TROOPS.
The President Tells Senate Why He
Did Ii.

Washington Especially President
Roosevelt, in response to a Senate
resolution asking him why he dis
missed the members of the Twenty
fifth Regiment (colored infantry
without honor, sent his reply to the
Senate, together with full report of
the investigation conducted by Off
GERS on the ground.
The President wastes no words in
giving the Senate his reasons, and
ty TO do so. The President says that
the punishment meted out to the reg
iment was inadequate, as "a blacker
crime than that committed never
stainted the annals of our army u
and he regrets keenly that he is un-
able to properly punish the real cul-
prits. He resents with indignation
the charge that the men were dis
missed because they were negroes and
the intimation that one of the Off
GERS who conducted the investigation
was prejudiced against the troops
he being a Southerner.
The President concludes by chal.
longing "as right the support OF
every citizen of this country, what.
ever his color, provided only he has
in him the spirit of genuine and fa7.
sighted patriotism"
Accompanying the Presidents re-
ply is a report by Secretary Taft, in
which he enters into an exhaustive
discussion of the lew and the eyi.
dence In the case. He quotes the
authority for the Presidents action
and with regard to the new evidence
presented saws he has examined Il
with care ana that he does not FIND
anything contained In it which
should lead to a different conclusion
of fact from that already stated il
his annual report.
The question whether the Senate
should make an independent inves
tigatiNH of the Brownsville raid wa'
raised by Mr.. Foraker immediatel!
after the reading of the President
message He offered a resolution
giving the Committee on Military AT
lai~s auth ority to make such investi
cation If deemed necessary after con
sideration of the testimony transmit
ted by the President
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
At THE NATIONS CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told

Joseph w. Lee was nominated by
the President to be minister to Qua
temala and Honduras.
President Roosevelt's Panama mes
sage is to be reprinted for the Senate
in normal" spelling.
Senator Elkins introduced a bill
to carry into effect several of the
accommodation OF the Secretary
of the Treasury to enable him to ex-
tend relief to money markets.
William A. Reid & Co. by Did
of 105.777 for all or any part OF the
$2,0OO,000 bond issue for improve
ments in Manila obtained the greater
part of the issue.
Senator Berry presented telegrams
obiecting to the recent order OF the
Secretary of the Interior in Withdraw
ing lands from allotment in Indian
Territory.
Representative Gregg, of Texas,
introduced a bill to purchase 10 SUP
marine torpedo boats at total cost
of s5,00O,00O.
Ten OF the South American repuo-
lies have accepted invitations 10 De
represented at the jamestown Ex-
position.
The Senate passed a bill providing
for a bridge across the Allegheny
River near Pittsburg.
Senator Patterson introduced III
the Senate a resolution for an IN
vestigation of the reports that a ioooy
has been endeavoring to influence
matters relative to the Congo Free
State.
In the Senate the increasing ex-
penditures for the Army and Navy
establishments were deplored.
Director Wolcott, of the Geologi-
cal Survey, was before the Senate
committee investigating the values
of the coal and oil lands in Oklahoma
and Indian Territory.
The Senate passed a bill to inves-
tigate the industrial, social, moral,
educational and physical condition
of women and child workers.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor decided that foreign laborers
assisted to migrate by a State are
not liable to deportation
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency reported the elastic
currency measure, which aims to re-
lieve the money stringency.
President Roosevelt transmitted to
Congress Secretary Metcalf's report
on the japanese situation in San
Francisco.
The Senate passed a bill making
a million-dollar governmental loan
to the jamestown Exposition mana
gers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
ODDS AND ENDS.

The population of Rangoon is $50.
900. of which 5000 are Europeane
and Americans. In the city and dis
trict are so rice mills, 32 sawmills,
2 oil works, 4 iron works, 2 ship.
building yards and 10 ice factories
An old woman who has just died
at Wisbech, Germany, at the age Of
S4, wrote her own obituary notice
ON the day before her death, and also
made a list of all the friends TO
whom she wished memorial cards
to be sent.
The ingenuity of collectors in the
discovery of new fields having been
exhausted, there is still open to them
that of collecting the finest specimens
OF forged Or spurious works of art,
and this is capable of becoming a
hobby scarcely less interesting or adj
mirable than the pursuit of the genu-
inc article.-Art Journal.
A newly imported wood for use In
high-class cabinet and piano work is
the Tasmanian myrtle, described by
the Timber Trades Journal, OF Lon
don. 1t is of rich pink coler.
moderately hard and very closo
grained. taking good finish and
working well and smoothly.
Consul John G. Covert reports from
Lyon that the discussion during the
last few years of O French wine
trust has recently eliminated In al
Organisation. into which number
Of large winegrowers have entered
Tor the purpose of keeping no fhe
price OF their product.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
SEA INTO BURNING NINE.
Nova Scotia Coal Colliery Has Been
Ablaze Five Days.

Glace Bay, N. S. Especially Other
means having failed the tides Of the
Atlantic Ocean will be utilized by the
Dominion Coal Company to drown
out the fire that has been raging since
Friday in the Hub Colliery. Day and
night shifts of men are being en-
ployed to open up a concrete dam
placed some years ago at the base
of a cliff about quarter of a mile
from the pit mouth. where formerly
old rooms were worked An old pas
sage is being cleared out, and as
soon as this work is done the dam
will be broken down and the rising
tides will flow into the old rooms and
thence into the pit where the fire
is burning 60 feet below the sea
level. In week 1t is expected the
sea will food nearly the entire mine.
In another coal mine in this province
fire has been burning for about two
years
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27

4 Jersey Central has increased its
employees wages from 10 to 20 per
cent
St Paul dropped over 13 points
on the announcement of the new
issue of 100000, ,0nJ of stock.
Both Northern Pacific and Great
Northern. broke under 200 1t has
not been long since those figures
would have looked remarkably low.
Before the various melon cuttings
Great Northern sold at 34S and
Northern Pacific at 2S2ie.
The extraordinary rise of Balti-
more a. Ohio when all other stocks
were so weak caused the impression
to prevail that the Union Pacific was
gathering up the stock while THE
market was SO upset. A similar rea-
son was attached to the comparative
strength of Reading.
The st. Paul's plan Is voted very
unpopular and II was a godsend to
the bears, who were short Of the
stock. The rights" sold at 81 on
the curb.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufac-
turing Company declared a quarter
ly dividend OF 2ik per cent. on pre-
ferred and asserting and non-assent-
ing stocks.
The Bank of Germany raised lis
rate OF discount rom 8 to pei
.ent. The Bank of Englands rate
remains at per cent These are the
most powerful proofs how big tho
demand is Ia Europe for money.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
ROBBED Or $4,000.
Woman Who Had No Faith In Banks
Loses Money.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD Mrs. Ella
V. Kober was robbed of $4,000 by a
pickpocket in the holiday crowds in
the shopping district here. The
money was paid to Mrs. Kober by
the Pennsylvania Railroad in settle
ment of claim on the death of her
husband, who was klllej. in the cleo
trio railroad thoroughfare wreck near
Atlantic City two months ago. Mrs.
Kober had no faith in banks and had
refused to accept a check from the
railroad in payment of the claim and
demanded cash. She received 80
500 and 6 $500 notes, which she
sewed in secret poe ct in an un-
derskirt.
White shopping with a friend she
discovered that the pocket had been
cut from her skirt and the money
taken.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
THE CAPTAINS
: - COSTLY ERROR
Further Details Of Wreck Of Tourist
Steamer.
PILED UP ON A ROCKY LEDGE
The Prinzessin Victoria Luise lmpaIed
on a Rock and the Seas Pounding
Heavily on Her - The Back Part
of the Captains Head Shattered by
Rife Bullet.

Kingston (By Cable) According
to reports received from Port Royal,
the Hamburg American Line tourist
steamer Prinzessin Victoria Luisei
which went ashore off that place dur
ing the night of December l6, is
likely to become a total wreck. The
vessel is so close to shore that people
can almost walk walk on board OF
her from the beach. She is impaled
on a rock, and the seas are pounding
on her starboard side severely.
She has heeled heavily to star
board, and II can be seen that her
bottom is badly damaged, and that
her boilers and engines are sevepelT
injured. The German cruiser Bre-
men is still standing bv the stranded
steamer and the steamer Virginia
went to the scene today to assist In
the salvage work If possible, but the
latter returned here after seeing the
condition of the stranded ship.
The body of Captain Brunswig,
who killed himself in his cabin on
board the steamer after she went
ashore, was buried this afternoon.
The autopsy showed that the back
part of the Captains head had been
completely shattered by rihe bull
let.
The crew of the stranded vessel
started later in the day for Kings
ton. The Prinzessin Victoria Luise
is now practically abandoned. She
is fast impaled on rock, and the
seas are pounding her starboard side
severely.
One of the passengers of the Prin-
zessin Victoria Luise today gave the
following account of the disaster:
"At about o'clock on Sunday
night, when we were abreast oi Port
Royal Light, the ship suddenly APP
peared to shudder; then she stopped,
and terrible grinding noise was
heard from under her hull. The or
der was given to reverse the engines
and go full speed astern, but the
steamer remained fast.
The discipline displayed by the
officers and crew was excellent.
Every man kept to his post, the pas
sengers retained their presence of
mind, and there was no panic. Rock
cts were sent up from the stranded
vessel, but apparently they were not
seen, for there was no response to
the signals from the shore. Eventu-
ally the news of the wreck was taken
to Kingston by a sailboat, which
made slow progress, owing to the
fact that the breeze was light. AZ
ter breakfast Monday we went
ashore, hunted up some native boats
and made our way to Kingston.
The news of the suicide of Captain
Brunswig was kept from the passen-
gers for sometime"
Norfolk, Va. Especially The Nor
folk wrecking tug Rescue sailed from
here with the wrecking barge Sharp
for Kingston, Jamaica, to make an
effort to float the Hamburg -Ameri-
can Line tourist steamer Prinzessin
Victoria Luise, which went ashore
of Port Royal Sunday night, while
bound from Kingston to New York.