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, 1907-10-15
FAILED TO AGREE
ABOUT REBUILDING.

At the meeting Of the city council to-
night, the special committee to confer
with John H. Symons concerning the
petition of Mrs. Atkinson to be al
lowed to rebuild the old structure on
Second street, damaged during the fire
of May 16, will report that it could not
agree with Mr.. Symons, that gentle
man declining to accept the commit
tees offer or to make one Of his own.
The committee offered to buy both the
building and the lot. It is almost Ger.
tain the council will not agree to per.
init the structure to be repaired.
, 1907-10-15
WILL ATTACK RUDE
Mulai Hafig's Army Marching on Casa
Blanca.

Paris, Oct. 15.-A dispatch from
Tangier says that Mulai Haig's army,
5000 strong. is marching on Casa
Blanca with the intention of attacking
General Drude, commander Of the
French forces. The tribesmen who re-
Gently attacked the French column
near Oudja also are preparing for an
attack.
, 1907-10-15
HOPING TO LOCATE
HERE NEXT SPRING.

The business department Of The Re-
publican this afternoon received the
following letter from H. A. L%ittlefield,
typewriter on a letterhead of the
Shields Carriage company, manufact-
urers of the best grade carriages and
automobile bodies, and dated at Ames-
bury, Mass, October IL: Gentlemen:
Enclosed find 81, which is the price
for a Two months subscription to your
daily paper Please do not let your
mailing clerk miss us for a single day,
as we hope to locate in Laramie in the
spring, and desire to get in touch with
the life of the people before we get
there. Thanking you for the imme-
diate acknowledgement of the receipt
of this, l remain, very truly yours"
etc.
, 1907-10-15
LAFLiN AND RAND MILLS At FoN,
rANET DESTROYED MIDDLE
FORENOON WITH GREAT
LOSS OF LIFE.
Hundred seriously Wounded and Min
Ins Town Practically Wiped on
the Face Of the Earth-ExpIosion
Felt in indianapolis and clnein.
nati-MiI superintendent Missing
and Believed to Have Been Killed

Brazil, Ind, Oct. 15.-From twenty.
five to thirty persons are dead and dy-
ing, one hundred are injured, and every
house in Fontanet was destroyed, rem
dering several hundred people home
less, as the result Of the explosion OF
powder in the mills of the Dupont Pow
der company near Fontanet today.
First Explosion in Glazing Mill.
The first explosion occurred in The
glazing mill at 9:15, and quickly fol
lowing other mills blew up, there be
ing three distinct conclusions at iu
tervals OF q few minutes.
Four score Men at Work.
In the mills at the time seventy-ive
or eighty men were al work. When
the glazing mill went up the men ran
for their lives from the other mills
and many escaped death, but some re
ceived serious injuries.
saved Lives BY Running.
At the first explosion the inhabitants
of the town a from the buildings ana
thus saved themselves. No n was
killed in the town. although there ia
not a building left standing.
Great Magazine Blows Up.
At 10:45, ninety minutes after tbs
first explosion, part of the burning mill
exploded the great powder magazine,
situated in . hallow several hundred
Yards from the mills. 1t contained ma
ny thousand kegs of powder. and the
, 1907-10-15
Shipping Hay to Eaton

The sons of q. H. Jones brought two
loads Of baled hay to the city this
morning. and are loading a a to be
sent to Eaton, Colo, where it has been
marketed to the feeders in that vicin-
ity. The boys left the ranch at $3.50
and reached here at 10 o'clock.
, 1907-10-15

some mischief he has done; neverthe-
less, she is the most valuable article
in the world. Happy indeed are the
boys and girls who can ask that ques-
ton, who know she is some place near
at hand.
, 1907-10-15
Paying the Force Today.

Auditor l. w. Emmons Of the Lara,
mic Plains line went out over the limo
today with the pay checks for the
month Of September, amounting to a
pretty snug sum to be distributed
among the employees Of the company.
, 1907-10-15

climb trees to get an idea OF the con
tour Of the country and fight their way
through the dense vegetation with
hatchets. They are proceeding as
nicely as could be expected under the
circumstances.
, 1907-10-15
Went To Engineers Camp.

Weht 10 En0Inoert Camp.
chief Engineer r. D. Stewart Of the
Laramie Plains line returned yesterday
afternoon from a visit to the engineer.
ing camp south of Centennial, where
~ mao been to look over the situation,
me camp Is now located south Of Lake
mountain. but the engineers are work
Me N Jack pine and making slow pro
siess. The men sometimes have "a
, 1907-10-15
pettibone q Get.

Boise. Idaho, Oct. 15.-The trial Of
George A. Pettibone was postponed to
day until October 28th. Judge Wood
said he was certain the defendants
physical condition would permit of the
trial, on October %. but the defense
requested a few days longer delay and
the 2Sth vas agreed upon.
, 1907-10-15
NEGRO is GIVEN
FIVE YEARS SENTENCE

NEGRO is GIVEN
FIVE YEARS SENTENCE
In the district court this morning
Everett Bruce pleaded guilty to the
charge Of entering the Lovejoy Nov
city works with intent to steal a pistol
valued at SIT and two watches valued
at So, and the store of John Burns
with intent to steal a revolver worth
$40. and was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. The young fellow
had served a term in the reform school
at Golden and had not been helped
morally thereby, which may have act,
uated the court in giving the stiff
sentence imposed. Deputy Sheriff
Thirkeldsen took Bruce to the peniten'
tiary this afternoon.
, 1907-10-15
Will ship Cattle Tomorrow

Will Ship Cattle Tomorrow.
The Laramie Plains line will receive
ten cars of cattle ut Centennial tomoi.
row. The cattle were fatted by MAIDS
Wolbol and sold on the ranch to c. A.
Judy, who will ship them over the
Plains line and Union Pacific to South
Omaha.
, 1907-10-15
FELL FROM HORSE
AND SOMEWHAT BRUISED

John McCue, the ~20-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCue Of West
Laramie, was thrown from a horse this
morning, when the animal stumbled
and fell, sustaining some bruises and a
general shaking up. He was treated
by DR.. Miller of this city.
, 1907-10-15
SOLD HIS STOCK IN
CREAMERY COMPANY

c. L. Wagner, president Of the Wyo-
ming Creamery company, has disposed
of his stock in the company and at the
next meeting Of the board Of trustees
he will retire from the ONCE OF the
president. The board will meet In a
day or two.
, 1907-10-15
Five Drowned in Floods.

Barcelona, Oct. 15.-Floods in this
vicinity continue to be most serious.
Up to the present time five persons
have been drowned and 10000 thrown
out of work. The village of Manresa
has been terribly ravaged.
, 1907-10-15
On. Train on Tire,

AS II TO mock fate and surprise the
people. train No. 3 arrived promptly
on time today. but the conductor prom.
Used not to do 1t again soon.
, 1907-10-15
Had Committed Suicide

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 15.-The body Of
Mrs. w. F. Turner, niece OF the late
Samuel ]. Tilden, was taken from the
river here yesterday. She had com.
mitted suicide.
, 1907-10-15
Tho First Report.

Terre Haute. Ind, Oct. 15.-The La.
fin and Rand powder mills at Fon-
tanet, eighteen miles northeast Of this
city, exploded at 9:15 this morning.
, 1907-10-15
FURNACES FIRED UP
AT STRONG SHAFT.

Fires were started yesterday in the
furnaces at the shaft house of the
Strong mine at Leslie, rebuilt recently
to replace those destroyed by fire
some time ago. The new outfit works
beautifully. E. P. Baker and G. w.
Penn came from Leslie last afternoon.
, 1907-10-15

nent. The writ, together with certified
copy Of the petition, was sent by Clerk
of Court Kelly to Sheriff Horton for
service upon Judge Craig.
, 1907-10-15

Old papers. rs cents . hundred. &
The Republicsn Once.
, 1907-10-15
THE ANGELS
CALLED HER
LIZZIE REALS PASSES FROM
GREAT SUFFERING ON EARTH
TO THE PEACEFUL FUTURE.
Death Came at Noon, Surrounded by
Her Family and Relatives-Was
Her Eighteenth Birthday-Leaves
Husband and Two Mourning Sons.

Mrs. Lizzie Rice Reals, wife of
Charles A. Reals and the mother of
Frank Reals of Cody and Harry Reals
of this city, died at the family resi-
dence, 507 Sixth street, at noon today
but the arrangements for the funeral
had not been made at that hour. The
interment will be in the city cemetery,
but until Mr.. Reals can get word from
his son, Frank, who is at Cody. the day
and hour will not be fixed.
Native Of New York.
Mrs. Reals was born at Syracuse, N
Y. March IL, 1886, and on March ~
1864, on her eighteenth birthday, she
was married to Charles Addison Reals
in that state. They had four children
three ons and one daughter. the
daughter and one son dying in 1880
The other two IONS have lived at home
until the last few months, when Frank
went to Cody, where he is engaged in
the drug business with the Cody Drug
company. Harry is in the public
schools.
Quarter Of Century Here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reals came to Lar
annie more than twenty-four years ago.
Mr.. Reals came in 1880 and Mrs. Reals
a few months later. He was engaged
here as an engineer on the Union Pa.
cifc for several years, retiring from
railroading to become county treas
urer, which position he held for four
years, afterwards serving two years as
sheriff. In that time Mrs. Reals re
sided at the court house. When Mr.
Reals retired from Office they removed
to their own home at 507 Sixth street
where they have since lived.
Member Of Three Societies.
Mrs. Reals had affiliated with the
Baptist church and the services at the
funeral will probably be by Rev. R
Addison Lansdell. pastor Of that
church. She was a member Of Alpha
chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Gus
ter corps, Women's Relief corps, and
Laramie degree, Daughters Of Re
bekah, having held responsible posi-.
tons in each and having been forward
in the work Of the different societies
Her death has removed a truly good
woman, a splendid neighbor, a loving
mother, a dutiful wife and a God-fear
ing Christian. The husband loses q
friend and the sons their greatest
earthly treasure.
Relatives Notified.
Mrs. Reals leaves two brothers and
one sister-Frank Rice Of this city,
George Rice of Luddington, Mich, and
Mrs. Mary Lewis Of Essexville, Mich.
Mr.. Reals has one brother here, Reu'
ben Reals, and his daughter, Mrs
John Marks Of Cheyenne, was with
her aunt when death came today. The
relatives have been notified by tele
graph. Frank Reals was called by tel
ephone today and the funeral arrange
ments will await his arrival If he car
| he present
, 1907-10-15

Not Hostile to Railroads.
New York, Oct. 15.-That the south
is not hostile to the railroads is one of
the declarations appearing in Presi-
, 1907-10-15
He KILLS
MOTHER
KANSAS CITY BOY SHOOTS HER
WHEN SHE WAS BEING ROB-
BED BY BURGLAR EARLY
THIS MORNING.

Claims He Was Awakened by Screams
Of Woman, who Told Him to Get
0un-He Fired, Burglar Holding
Woman In Front Of Him-Polico
Inclined to Believe story-Pettl.
bone Trial Set for October %.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04

The tax collectors Office has
been the busiest place in Winn
Parish during the past ten days
or so but the grand rush came
Monday. The work of writing
tax receipts extended far into the
night, in fact, 1t was kept up un-
til the old year passed out.
There were issued Monday 295
tax receipts, 256 of the number
containing the poll tax as well as
other taxes. There were about
400 more poll taxes paid this
year than last year, the total
number paid this year by wards
being as follows:
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04


A. B. Hundly we have received
a copy of the Montgomery
Advertiser, and copy therefrom
a letter written by General Thos.
S. Woodard from Wheeling, this
parish, in 1858, where he resided
until his death. He was a scout,
a fighter and friend of the
Indians. He was Ajutant Cen
eral of the State of Alabama and
commanded the Escort of AL
ALBANIA MALTA that met General
Lafayett and accompanied INN
through Alabama. He bought
the original site of ground known
in the early days as Cleole Bluffs
on Red river and laid out the
town aud named it Montgomery,
which name it still retains. We
republish this letter as many of
the old citizens of Winn parish
remember General Woodard.
There are several mature men
now living who were named for
him and many of his old slaves
are still living in this section,
The letter is as follows:
Wheeling, Wlnn Parish. La.
Dec. 8, 1858.
j. j. Hooper, Esq.
Dear Sir:-I some time back
wrote you a letter, in which
mentioned that | was glad my
friend Hanrick was still living
and that he had informed mt
that he was the only one living
in Montgomery, who was at tina
place when he came to it, which
think was in 1917. | also statee
that Arthur Moore was the frs
white man, who built a hous'
and lived in it at the place th'
city of Montgomery now occu
pies. l still assert it for l dis
tinctly recollect stopping witt
+! Moore and killing two deer, in
small pond that stood a littl
north of where Mrs. Reed kept
tavern when l left Montgomery
Mr.. Hanrick can point out tn
spot where the pond was.
In that letter / had no idea o
differing with Mr.. Klinck as +
how New Philadelphia was lai'
off or by whom. | wrote yol
long since that Andrew Dexte
was looked upon as the tru
founder of Montgomery. M
first visit to the spot wher
Montgomery now stands was i
1914. It was then called Gun
nanugg-chatty or High Red Bluff
From that time until left Mont
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04

the next door TO Nnefe ne is
writing in Brownsville is small
cottage where a chlldren's party
had just broken up before the
house was riddled by United
States bullets, fired by United
States troops, from United States
Springfield rifles, at close range,
with the purpose of killing or
manning the inmates, including
the parents and children who
were still in the well-lighted
house, and whose escape from
death under such circumstances
was astonishing. He states that
on another street he daily looks
upon fresh bullet scars where a
volley from similar Government
rifles was fired into the side and
window of a hotel occupied at
the time by sleeping or frightened
guests from abroad who could
not possibly have given any Of
fense to the assailants. He
writes that the chief of the
Brownsville police is again on
duty from hospital, and carries
an empty sleeve because he was
shot by Federal soldiers from the
adjacent garrison in the course OF
their murderous- fury; and not
far away is the freshIgrave of an
unoffending citizen of the place,
a boy in years, who was wontonly
shot down by these United States
soldiers while unarmed and at.
tempting to escape.
The effort to confute the testi.
mony so far has consisted in ths
assertion or implication that the
townspeople shot one another il
order to discredit the soldiers
absurdity too gross to need dis
cusslon, and unsupported by
shred of evidence. There is NJ
question as to the murder ant
the attempted murders; there l
mo question that some of the sol
diers we're guilty thereof; there j
no question that many of theil
comrades privy to the deed hav'
combined to shelter the criminal
from Justice. These comrades o
the murderers, by their owl
action, have rendered it necessar..
either to, leave all the men, in
Guiding the murders, in the army
lor to turn them all out; and un
der such circumstances there wa
no alternative, for the usefulnes
of the army would be at an en-
: were we to permit such an out
rage to be committed with i'm
punity.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04
1875 POLL TAXES WERE PAID IN
WINN PARISH BY DECEMBER 81.

taxes paid up to Dec. 81, SO we're
paid by negroes. Counting the
234 men who are over the poll
tax age and estimating the num-
Der of young men who will be-
come of age at 127, Winn Parish
will have in the next general
election a possible voting strength
of 2237.
Tax collections In this parish
have been good during the past
three months, only about twenty
per cent of the roll remaining
uncollected at this time. Decem-
Der shows heavy collections, as
follows:
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04

peneQ Gnat tney were ali Inaoc os
men coming from some one
state, whether in the south or
the north, the east or the west,
as | now do. when, as it happens,
they were made by officers born
in different states.
Major Blocksom's report is
most careful, is based upon the
testimony Of scores of eyewit-
nesses-testimony which con-
fIcted only in nonessentials and
which established the essential
facts beyond chance of success
full contradiction. Not only has
no successful effort been made to
traverse his findings in any essen
tial particular, but as matter OF
fact every trustworthy report
from outsiders amply corrob-
crates them. by far the best OF
these outside reports being that
of Gen. A. B. Nettleton, made In
a letter to the secretary of war,
which I herewith append; Cen
eral Nettleton being an ex-Unlon
soldier, consistent friend of the
colored man throughout his life,
a lifelong republican, a citizen of
Illinois, and assistant secretary of
the treasurer under President
Harrison.
STORY OF THE MUIDERoUs ATTACK.
1t appears that In Brownsville,
the city Immediately beside<which
Fort Brown is situated, there had
been considerable feeling be-
tween the citizens and the colored
troops of the garrison companies
difficulties had occurred, there
being a conflict of evidence as to
whether the citizens or the col.
ored troops were to blame. My
impression is that. as matter OF
fact, in these difficulties there
was blame attached to both sides;
but this is wholly unimportanI
matter for our present purpose
as nothing that occurred offeret
l in any shape or way an excuse OF
justification for the atrocious
conduct of the troops when, il
lawless and murderous spirit, ane
under cover of the night. the,
made their attack upon the cit
liens.
The attack was made near mid.
night on August Ii. The follow
4 ing facts as to this attack ART
made clear by Major BIocksom''
investigation and have not been
and. in my judgement, can no
be successfully covered. From
8 to Is or 20 colored soldiers tool
part in the attack. They leapet
over the walls from the barracks
and hurried through the town
They shot at whomever they saw
moving and they shot into house
where they saw lights. In som'
Iof these houses there we're womeI
and children, as the would-b'
murders must have known. Il
one house in which there wer'
two women and five childrel
some ten shots went through ut
height of about 4 1-2 feet abov
the floor, one putting out th
lamp upon the table. The lieu
, tenant of police Of the tow
heard the firing and rode towar
J lit. He met the raiders, who, q
, be stated were about fifteen col
> ored soldiers They instantl
+ started firing upon him. h
turned and rode off. and the
! continued firing upon him unit
they had killed his horse. The
. lshot him in the right arm Git wa
| afterwards amputated above th
) lelbow). a number OF shot
D were also fired at two other pt
D licemen. The raiders fired SO,
eral times into . hotel, some Z
J the shots beng aimed ut : guei
.,ffs,.u nv = ursnf7nw They shr
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04
SINGING MESSAGE ON MURDER0US
WORK OF The NEGRO SOLDIERS

President Roosevelt sent the
following stinglng message to the
Senate accompanying the infor-
nation asked for in connection
with the dismissal of the negro
battalion at Brownsville which
some months ago made a muir
derous night attack upon the
white people of that city:
To,the Senate:
In response to Senate resolu-
ton of December 6 addressed to
me, and to the two senate res
olutlons addressed to him, the
secretary of war has. by my d.
rection, submitted to me areport
which l herewith send to the
senate, together with several
documents, including letter OF
General Nettleton and memor-I
anda as to precedents for the
summary discharge or mastering
out OF regiments or companies,
some or all the members of which
had been guilty of misconduct.
I ordered the discharg of
nearly all the members of Com
panles B, G, and D. of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry by name,
in the exercise of my constitu-
tionaI power and in pursuance of
what, after full consideration, |
found to be my constitutional
duty as commander-in chief of
the United States Army. l am
glad to avail myself of the op-
portunity afforded BY these
resolutions to lay before the
congress the following facts
as to the murderous conduct
of certain members of the
companies in question and as to
the conspiracy by which many OF
the other members of these COM
panies saved the criminals from
Justice, to the disgrace of the
United States uniform.
I call your attention to the ae-
companying report of the Major
Augustus p. Blocksom, of Lieu
tenant Colonel Leonard A. Lover
ing and of Brigadier General
Ernest A. Darlington, the inspec-
tor general of the United States
army, of their investigation into
the conduct of the troops IN
question. An effort has been
made to dlscredit the fairness OF
the investigation into the conduct
of these colored troops by point
ing out that General Darlington
is q southerner. Precisely the
same action would have been
taken had the troops been white
indeed, the discharge would
probably have been made in more
summary fashion. General Gar
linpton is q native of South
Carolina; Lietenant Colonel Low
ering is native of New Hamp
shire; Major Blocksom is a native
of Ohio. As it happens, the dis
closure of the guilt Of the troops
was made in the report of th'
officer who comes from OHIO, ant
the efforts of the officer WHIT
comes from South Carolina wer'
confined to the endeavor to shielt
the innocent men of the compan
les in question. it any such Their
we're, by securing information
which would enable Us adequatel,
to punish the guilty. But | wisl
it distinctly understood that tn
fact of the birthplace of eithe
officer is one which | absoiutel,
refuse to consider. The standar'
of professional honor and Q
loyalty to the flag and the servic
i the same for all officers and 81
enlisted mon of the United State
Army. and l resent with th
keenest indignation any effort =
draw any line among them base
upon birthplace. creed or N,
s# u - &$~x~ 20 t4<m Rsrsd
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-01-04

Total 94,0S9.67
Total all taxes collected for the
year 1906 up to Jan. l, 1907,
$lO2,832.72. This is good
showing for Winn parish and in-
dicates that her citizens are in q
prosperous condition.