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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28


Some people seem to think .na'
haca.se a small money jam, as
an old negro called it, has struck
this country. aud bad season and
the boil weevil have cut our imam
cos short, this country is everlas.-
ingly and eternally gone, but WIN
our fertile soil, beautiful and
heslthful climate. this country is
bound to forge the front Frs,
thing you know SOME thrifty , s me
energetic class OF people VIII TO- 80
find cut what a country We nays
here, and then nearly all Of Us nv VII =,
j be leaving for other parts Inc.
will buy the land from 1nael ! ]
and .ppt us out, -Nstcnltocns
Timess
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28
DIR. M. A. DUNN,
A. B. PERKINS,
A. j. HUNTER,
Committee.


Nav Farms for Homestead Ap-
piucations and Fsuai i'roo'"
The Department OF the Interior
General Land Office, at Washington
DC. issues the following notice as
IN new forms for homestead app''ea-
tions and final proof, viz:
New forms of applicntionstor home,
stead Entry. Soldiers Additional
Homestead Entry, Desert Land En-
try, aud for Timber or Stone f'na'
proofs. and Yearly Proof in Desert
Land cases, have been adopted, ano
On and after March 1, 1908, no en-.
tries will be allowed in the class o.
cases above mentioned unless exc
cuted upon the new official ior'ns' o. =.
upou forms which are exact uup''
cates thereof. both as to wordine
rr,,uyement and size. Each of san
; forms is a combination OF the severa
forms and affidsvits formerly requi'
9 edto he filed in such cases,- ana 10
use thereof will result in . saving
o time labor, and expense to the loc'
n land officers, proottaS'ng o'nce
"a and clainunts.
mi $40 ConIgpissioper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28

1
Whereas the Supreme Ruler IN
his wisdom has seen fit to remove
from our midst our worthy and be-
loved Brother James r. Smith, 70
a home in the great beyond, where
the end is not. and JOY reigns SUI
preme, therefore be it :,
Resolved by Summerfield Local.
Union No. l60, that its members
with one accord, tender to the w'd-
ow and orphans their s'nceres'
sympathy and coincidence. we
! fulIy realize that Summerfield Lo-
cal Union No. 100 has lost one OF
her much beloved and loyal mem-
hers and his family devoted hus-
hand and kind father. and the
community a citizen who always
I took the lead in church, in Union
D and in all things which tended &c
1 upbuild and better the conditions
f Of his community and his neigh
y hors. The Union realizes that hl
uotimely departure from our mids
r has left a vacancy which can DO
It he filled. but we are proud to hav
is the living thought that our loss Q
re Brother James r. Smith is hea'
at ems gain. Therefore we woui
I'd poipt the bereft widow and orphan
to to look forward to the blessing
at and comforting power of an Al
Mt wise God, who knoweth and doe
ch all things best. and who is able
in give comfort and everlasting Il
to all who seek it.
ere Be it further resolved, That t
in local send a copy of these reso'
sh- lions to the family of Brotf
yer James R. Smith, copy to
ri Union Banner for publication, 9
ak copy to be reserved and pia'
sm- mon our minutes to be kept al
est permanent record, to show to
the brotherhood the true worth
nth, value of our deceased brother
ther our noble order.
Mr. DIR. M. A. DUN
my A. b. PERKINS,
lat l A. ). HUNTER,
Ian. Committe
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28

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TSfe Pills should always % yoaI IeIv
Az Guaranteed absolutely sat,ssacsory
=, :, everv css6 on mony back. 1t Crescen'
| drug store. 25c-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28

O.S Woo!ever, one Of the best known
:, srcaants of LIE RaysviI:e, n. l.. says
..T 1t' Won are ever troubled with piles. sp,
oily Buckiin's Arnica Saive. ~ 49,.
me of them for good twenty years W..
Cures every sore. wound, ourn or ao' ~
sion. 25c at Crescent drug store
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28
Wilkinson Tells WHY he De-
sired PuIOl's support.
,,as No Apology TO ttcr--Dceldrcs INC
Oucstloa Of Patronage Was mol
Discussed at Meeting.

IN which he admits Lieutenant
Governor San Ter charges that ne
Mr. Wilkinson. had sought the
snpport of Mr.. Pujol in the pres
emf pubernatorial campaign.
.However," said Mr.. Wilkinson
~ did not offer to turn over to Mr..
Puiol or any one else, the CIT.
patronage remaining in control OF
the governor"
Mr.. Wilkinson,s statement io
lows:
al have no apology to make Tor
having sought to break up po-
l;t;cal combine in this city by So
curing the support OF one OF ''s
prominent individuals.
aThis individual, Mr.. Pujol, had
,,eeu commended both by the
;odiciary and the press for his at
tentiou to the duties OF bis once
and had repeatedly expressed MS
determination to many people not
to support Lieutenant Governor
Sanders. He had been one OF my
former supporters fer Congress
when a young man, and seemed
to have the respect and esteem o.
a great many of the community.
II felt that his support wou'e
ha q benefit to my canvass. and a
Tho same time would assist II
breaking up the combine that hat
GO often dominated the politics Q
this city. Therefore | natarail
desired his support.
In talking to Mr.. Arthur fa'
ker 1 expressed a desire to mes
him. and that gentleman on D
own initiative offered to arrant
nm interview. I don't know wh
passed between Mr.. Parker al
Mr.. Pujol over the telephone as
the place of meeting, except tn
Mr.. Parker made an appolntme
for a meeting at his store, at VIM
the general political situation
this city was gone owe.
There is some truth, but tb'
;sa number of misstatements'
Mr.. Sanders speech at the Wa
iurton Artillery Hall. l ne
stated to Mr.. Pujol that it was
diculons in the extreme to
about supporting General Jastr'
ski Inever stated that | exp
"a 20 receive the support OF
leaders of the First. Sever
Eighth. Eleventh or any o.
wards. 1 never requested
Pujol to see Mr.. Mauberret IN
interest, but / did remark tn
held no grudge against Nj. =
berret on account Of a prev
personal difficulty, and Mr.. <
consequently, never stated thu
declined to see him for me.
II have no recollection '
ever of Offering Mr. PuJoi
management of my city camp
and in his statement to-da
states that this offer was ma
another party.
"The question OF the rec
ton of Mr.. Pujol in the
was not brought mp by eithe
Pu;ol or myself. 1t was br
up by Mr.. Parker. While
ed as a matter Of course l
recognize my friends aud SD
ers when / could legally ant
" do SO, / never offered
over to Mr.. Pujol, or to
else, the city patronage rem
in the control of the 60
Nor have offered or prom
Mr.. Pujol or to any prospet
present supporter through
State any Office whatever
= my gift, # elected.
..Mr. Puiol at that intery
not promise to support m
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-12-28

We the teachers, who attended
the banquet given at the LeSage
Hotel. December 19, 1907, by the
Masons. wish to tender to that or
der orr hearty appreciation and
a;ucere thanks for the courtesles
extended to us, and long after
mauv other pleasant things will
have been forgotten there will still
Finger in the minds of us all pleas
ont contingencies of the hospital
Iity enjoyed at the hands of the an
Gent order of brotherhood.
LEILA ASHTON,
MABEL NELSON,
GENEVA Roe,
EFFIE FINGER,
BEATRICE PuLLEN,
= ADA SHAW,
VERDA CRABTREE,
y JEAN ROBERTS.
!. EAGER BRIAN,
A. ADA TRENT,
linda HARRISON,
e- SARAH MARTIN,
al MABEL EDENToN,
H. AMANDA GATES,
'aI J. w. BRYANT,
.rf G. L. MCILwAIN,
Du j. A. SMITH.
:" j. 2. WEIGH,
j. N. WARNER,
Parish Supt
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
WHITE GIRL GETS NEGRO
IN LOTTERY AND BALKS

Special to The Herald.
VINCENNES, Ind, Aug. elf you
should take chance in the matrimonial
lottery and draw a-negro,
Wouldn't it jar you?
That was the experience of Miss Anna
Gilmore, a comedy white girl, living in
the country a short distance from this
city.
Miss Gilmore was bothered by a love
bug and she advertised in a matrimonial
paper-guaranteed to steer affinites to
each other-for husband. She was put
in correspondence with a sutton.
After correspondence he proposed and
was accepted, the lover arriving here Sat-
terday to claim his bride.
Miss Gilmore, when confronted with a
negro as black as the ace of spades
turned him away from the door. She
did not like the color The negro was
insistent, it is said, and went away utter
ing threats The family is alarmed at
the outcome of the affair, which at first
started as joke.
Miss Gilmore will confne her matri-
monial intentions hereafter to the en-
virons of Knox county.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
GAVE GROOM THE MONEY
FOR HIS WEDDING SUIT
Mrs. Paul Conrad in Divorce Suit Tes-
titles She Thought of "Skidoo-
in Before She Brought
Action

why, l had to give him twenty dollars
to buy suit of clothes to be married in
said Mrs Kate Conrad on the witness
stand yesterday in her suit for divorce
against Paul Conrad, to whom she had
been married eighteen years.
The Conrads formerly lived at Buffalo,
N Y, where they kept a saloon in part
nership. with Mrs Conrad's brother.
II was in fear of my husband ever
since we were married He repeatedly
threatened to kill both my little girl and
myself. Several times it was necessary
to hide the bread knife and ak from him.
When asked if she ever considered
divorce then, she said Eyes, 1 did think
once I'd skidoo.
He came west and l followed"
On cross examination, she denied that
she had come west With the intention of
getting a divorce, and insisted it was
purely a coincidence that she had applied
for it just year and two days after she
reached Los Angeles.
William l. Seitall was called by the
plaintiff. He said boarded with the
Conrads
lone morning at breakfast Conrad
reached for the dish and stuck his fingers
into the syrup. He few into great
rage, and said with profane emphasis
why don't you pass me things? You
know 1 can'tesee.
When Conrad took the stand as the
chief witness for the defense, he told a
tale of imposition, since his sight had
failed.
The court denied the decree.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
THREE MORE BURGLARIES.
ARE PUZZLE TO POLICE
Thief Enters One House in the Early
Morning Hours and Steals Jew-
els and Money Without
Awakening Family

Three more daring burglaries were re-
ported to the police yesterday morning
and add to the list which has been daily
increasing during the past week.
Miss j. D. Downing, GAL Santa Fe ave-
nue., reports her house was entered at
2:3O Monday morning and a watch, a
stickpin, two rings and a purse contain
ing $40 in cash are alleged to have been
taken.
The thief gained access to the house
through a window while the family was
sleeping. After rummaging in other parts
of the house the thief entered Miss
Downing's bedroom, removed the articles
from the dresser and escaped without any
one being awakened.
About $26 was reported stolen from the
room of Messrs. S. and M. Shuken at
943 East Fourth street Monday afternoon.
The robbery took place about 2:30 while
the two men were al work. The thief evil
IDENTIFY gained entrance to the room by
using a pass key, as the windows were
all securely locked and appear not to
have been tempered with.
A sole leather suit case and numerous
articles of clothing valued at about $50
are reported taken from L. Hill, who
lives at 24S South Spring street. The theft
occurred Monday night.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
WANT LICENSE REDUCED
ASK MAYOR TO CUT PROPOSED
TAX IN HALF
Los Angeles Attorneys Have Drawn
An Ordinance Which They Say
VIII Stand judicial
Scrutiny

limitations have been given to Mayor
Harper by attorneys representing the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
companies that they will pay the license
tax which the city has just imposed if
1t is reduced, and pay it willingly.
Deputy City Attorney John Schenck
says the license is legal, and has so adj
vised the mayor.
The companies are anxious to have the
mayor veto the ordinance and let the
council pass an amended act, and reduce
the monthly fee from 500 a month to $50.
Los Angeles is a pioneer in making the
telegraph companies return part of the
millions they wrest from the big cities
for apparently all municipalities go atoul
of the federal franchises for postroads
which the government granted the wire
companies AS result they are defeated
in the courts.
The city's law department here, how
ever, worded the ordinance in a manner
to get away from this loophole construc-
ton and assert that the law as passed
will be upheld in the courts.
So far these companies pay $50 and $28
respectively only on their tangible prop
erty, which consists of office furniture.
In the Los Angeles ordinance govern
ment business is specifically exempted,
so that the old arguments cannot hold
good here.
Mayor Harper still has the ordinance
in his hands
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
TRUNK HOLDS
DEAD WOMAN
MUTILATED BODY is FOUND IN
COUPLES LUGGAGE
CORPSE CUT TO PIECES SHIPPED
AS BAGGAGE
MarseiIIes Police Arrest Pair, Claiming
to Be Mr.. and Mrs. Gold of
Monte Carlo, Who Had
Shipped Remains
Nv Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
MARSEILLES, France, Aug. GA
trunk belonging to a man and woman
who arrived here today from Monte
Carlo attracted the attention of the bag
gagemaster, who caused 1t to be opened.
1t was found to contain the body of a
woman cut to pieces. The man and wo-
man owning the trunk were arrested.
They had asked that 1t be forwarded
to London.
The couple, who are middle-aged and
gave the names of Mr.. and Mrs. Gold,
residents of Monte Carlo, denied that
they committed the crime and informed
the examining magistrate that they
knew the victim only slightly.
While the latter was at their home,
the Villa Melesimy, on Sunday last, Mr..
and Mrs. Gold added, the woman's lover
arrived there and blew out her brains.
The Colds, fearing they would be COM
promised, tried to get rid of the corpse.
The head and feet were in the Colds
valise and the rest of the body was in
the trunk.
The autopsy seemed to.upset the story
told by the Colds. 1t was shown that
the murdered woman was seized from
behind and held while she was stabbed
to death. A commission has been sent
to Monte Carlo to investigate the crime.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
SECOND VICTIM DIES
OF EXPLOSION HURTS
CONDUCTOR FRANK PHILLIPS
SUccUMBS
Engineer Escapes With Only Minor
Hurts, While Fireman and
Conductor Receive Full
Force of Shock

From injuries sustained in the boiler
explosion on the Santa Fe near Capis-
trano Monday afternoon Frank Phillips,
conductor, died yesterday, the second
victim of the accident The fireman, j.
]. O'Connell, died soon after the explo-
sion.
Phillips was hurried to Los Angeles
and taken to the Santa F'e hospital. He
was standing beside O'Connell at the time
of the accident and was frightfully
burned receiving internal injuries in adj
dition to other serious hurts.
G. P. Luce, who was in charge of the
engine, escaped with minor injuries.
O'Connell and Phillips received the full
force of the explosion.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
SCHOOL BOARD TO BUILD
PUPILS LUNCH ROOM
COUNCIL MUST FIRST FIND SUM
TO PAY COST
Many Young People Heretofore Have
Subsisted on Lunches Bought
from Vendors, Which
Is Criticised

If the city council grants $4,000 to the
school board a luncheon pavilion will be
esta blished so that the pupils of the high
school may eat under board auspices.
Pupils have for years been compelled
to buy from lunch vendors, and one year
a tent was tried.
The pavilion is deemed the best ex-
pedient
The $780, 900 to be raised by special tax
is for graded school purposes only. The
board will ask the city council for $4,000
for high school improvement A special
appropriation is wanted for permanent
improvements.
Chairman Wallace of the finance COM
mittee has repeatedly stated that the
only increase the school board will get
this year is the salary increase by which
the board will pay teachers for twelve
months instead of ten as in the past.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
SEMI-TROPICAL Spirits"
HOLD STORMY MEETING
PSYCHOLOGISTS" CONTINUE IN
SESSION
Lack of Quorum Does Not Prevent the
Factions from Displaying At
titude-WiII Reconvene
August 26

At the meeting of the Semi tropical
Spiritual association, to elect officers,
held at Burbank hall last night, all was
peace and harmony until A. j. Sphinx was
told of the presence of reporter. Then
there was trouble and plenty of it,
President Arthur Prentice called the
meeting to order at 8 o'clock, and on mo-
tion the roll call of the stockholders OF
the corporation was first In order. Out of
1862 names called only rs responded In
person or by proxy, so there was no
quorum of a majority of the stockholders
present to do business.
Eight proxies were rejected for being
irregularly drawn up.
After Sphinx demanded the newspaper
mans ejectment the president announced
that on the best legal advice obtainable
all who were not stockholders or who
did not hold proxies should retire.
The Sphinx aggregation hoped to domi-
nate the meeting, and force the election
of their leader as president for the enc
suing term, and the election of Rev.
Bartender" Moore. to whom the Los
Angeles police commission refused to
grant a fortune teller's license, to a place
on the board of directors.
The auditing committee made lengthy
report on the financial standing of the
association.
Then Mrs. Kennedy secured the passing
of a motion commencing the president
and other officers so defeating Spink's
end.
Another clash came when the auditing
committee attempted to report on the
disposition of The funds for the fiscal
year just elapsed, and before it was set
tied the meeting had been adjourned
until August 26, when the Sphinx faction
promise to be on hand in numbers suf-
ficiently large to carry out their aim.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
ANOTHER DECLARES
HAU is INNOCENT
Witness Says He Saw the Murder for
Whicl. Former Professor Has
Been Declared Guilty in
Germany
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
MANNHEIM Aug. 6.-Another witness
has come forward to declare that Karl
Hau, the former professor of Roman law
at George Washington university, Wash
ington, D. c., who was found guilty of
the murder of his mother-in"law, Frau
Mollitor, at Karlsruhe July q. and con-
demned to death, is in reality innocent of
the crime.
The name of this new witness is Karl
Lingenau, and his statement has created
a sensation.
He affirms that at the time of the
murder last November he was walking
behind Frau Mollitor and her daughter.
He saw the flash of pistol and saw one
of the women fall. He did not see the
murderer, but says he couldn't possibly
have been Hau.
During the trial Lingenau forwarded
anonymously a statement containing these
assertions to Hau on his arrest. He did
not appear at the trial because of his
desire to conceal for private reasons his
presence in Karlsruhe.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
CITY MAY INSTALL
ALARM LIGHTS
POLICE BOARD HEARS REPORT
ON SUBJECT
1t Red Globe System IL Not an In-
. frlngement Idea May Be GEN.
orally Introduced In Los
Angeles

The police board will, If it can legally
do so, probably adopt the redlight alarm
system in some sections of the city, pro-
vided 1t does not infringe on the Foster
Higgins patents.
Chairman H. B. Woodill of the special
committee which studied the question be-
lieves there is no legal obstacle in the
way, but at his suggestion the whole
question was referred to the city attorney
for an opinion yesterday
Special Officer Charles Foster devised
scheme by which whenever a patrolman
was wanted a cluster of red lights,
mounted on the top of every telegraph
pole In a certain district, would be lighted
by an operator at headquarters. When
ever any patrolman saw the light turned
on 1t was his duty to go to the nearest
telephone, call up headquarters and learn
what the trouble was
Any person living in the alarm district
need only to telephone to headquarters 20
have the red light nearest his or her house
turned on, thus summoning police imme-
diately.
An experimental system is now in vogue
in the Bonnie Brae district.
Certain interests say that the Foster
idea is not patentable in some phases, and
the city has a right to string redlights
on its own poles
Commissioner Woodll said yesterday:
Though the er-Higgins system Is
covered by letters patent a thorough in
discloses that substantially the
same results have for years been accom-
plished by means covered by no patents,
the means used being those of ordinary
practice and varying only as to details.
There is now In use in Los Angeles
apparatus and means Of accomplishing
practically the same results, and 1 have
opinions from Eoyes e. Hartman, the
Boston patent attorneys, and local attor-
neys that the city is all right in this con-
tention.
THAT being the case 1 think it mad
visable for the city to pay the Foster
Higgins people royalty of $4,000 year
merely for the use of 400 lights"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
TAKES TWELVE HOURS
TO REACH A VERDICT
Jury Says Not Guilty of Obtaining
Money Under False Pretenses
After DeIiberating the
Entire Night

After having been locked up eleven hours
and fifty minutes, the jury in the case of
Carlo Erbetti, charged with obtaining
money unuer false pretenses, returned a
verdict of not guilty
1t was half-past 10 Monday night
when the attorneys finished their argu-
ments and the court instructed the jury
For more than an hour those interest
ed waited for the verdict until at mid
night the jury replied to a question from
Judge Smith that it could not possibly
agree before morning, and the disappoint-
ed Marconi cohorts went home.
Erbetti was accused by Joseph Doglia
of selling him two shares of stock in the
American Marconi Wireless Telegraph
company at s126 a share when the mar
ket price was less than $50.
The testimony for the defense in the
trial developed a very intricate plot on
the part of the complaining witness to
sell the stock to their countrymen, and
that they had disagreed over some trivial
affair.
Failing to attain certain demands which
he made of Erbetti. Doglia brought the
charge of which the jury acquitted the
defendant.