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which he had been subjected AS
there was no war between France and
england at the time of his release. he
OBTAINED privateer's commission UNI
der the Carthaginian government
against Spain. | have seen this com.
mission, which is still in existence
in Spanish, and held by relatives of
MS, near Brownsville. These rela
tives claim that his only acts of piracy
were against British vesses-and he
was beyond question scourge to
these In 1907 he came to New Or.
leans, and in 1894 was at the head
of a formidable community of free.
hooters in Barrataria bay, about 40
miles west of the mouth of the Mis-.
sissippi. They had many small YES
sells and the bay afforded them a Sc
| cure retreat. In 1914 Commodore Pat.
terson attacked their town and de.
stroyed it. but LATTE and most of his
men escaped, returning later on and
resuming operations.
Refused British Bride.
About the same time the British
We're maturing their plans for the de-
scent upon the southern coast of the
| United States, and sent brig of war,
the Sophia, under command of Capt.
! Lockyer, at Barrataria, with a letter
from Commodore Percy, commanding
the British naval forces in the gulf,
and one from Col. Nichols, then in
command of the land forces in Florida,
Offering LATTE the command of fine
ship and 100000 in gold on condition
of his assisting the contemplated ex.
petition to New Orleans. The prom.
Use of the British commander of
bounty and beauty" to his men in
case of victory is matter of record
Latitte Immediately wrote to Gov
Claiborne of Louisiana, inclosing the
two letters, which / have seen, and
offering his services in defending Lou
isiana on the sole condition of pardon
for himself and his men, The Offer
was accepted, and the assistance oil
the Barratarians under command OF
LATTE, who had charge of one of the
eight small cannon which constituted
Jacksons artillery force at this bat
tie, was an important factor in scorin;
the great victory of New Orleans, Jan
uary s. 1915. From this time the his
tory of Lafitte is involved in obscur
ity. There was a piratical com
munity formed at what is now Calves
ton, by Lafitte. but whether by JeaI
or his brother Pierre, is now not clear
1t was broken up in 1921 by lieuten
ant, afterward Commodore Kearney
Lafitte's portraits, of which there are
two at Matamoros. show him to have
been "A handsome man, over six fee
tall with black hair, hazel eyes; ant
his polished, easy manners and win
ming address are still remarked upon
Pirates Were Scattered.
After the destruction of this rem
devious the pirates scattered Man!
of them are heard of afterward ant
are known in history. They wer'
skilled seamen and bold fighters
Many left the sea and located at Mat
amoros. Just across the river from
brownsville. This was then a grea
field for all sorts of semi-piratical ex
ploits. Smuggling was prevalent ant
fortunes were made on all sides. Yes
sells would unload their cargoes b,
day or night, and the goods were oftel
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NEGRO FARMHOUSE IS
INFESTED BY GHOSTS
THEY UPSET CHAIRS AND TABLES
AND THROW COMMUNITY IN.
TO A STATE OF TERROR.

Montgomery, Ala.-John Taylor, a
well-to-do negro farmer, who lives
three miles west of Florence, Ala, is
the proprietor of a real ghost or
ghosts which make any other mani
festation of local fame seem earthly
and commonplace.
The first manifestation occurred
several nights ago as Taylor was in
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house was SO closely guarded that not
a rat could find ingress or egress
without detection. The negroes In the
neighborhood are worked up to such
state of superstitious terror as never
before, and even the white people
who have investigated the strange
phenomena are mystified.
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y ~ years ago, in these very waters.
Z was Frenchman and began his
teer as lieutenant on French pri-
teer' was captured by an English
n man-of-war and thrown into pris-
at an English port, where he was
~ Tor many years and so barbar'
~ treated that his resentment had
prge bearing in shaping his subse'
Pm pursuits.
A Is asserted by old residents at
'amoras who knew him that his ac'
" In betraying the English in their
Fmpt to capture New Orleans was
retaliation for the brutalities to
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erican Who Espoused Losing Cause
in War. and Was Shot
sht tell of former ownership by
be Spanish senoritas, of the bloody
! fight which terminated in the
fking of a ship with its crimson
pr burdened with the corpses of its
lenders; Of murder done afterwards
4 disposing of the wounded by the
fatical custom of walking the plank;
$drunken outrage and orgy at Bar
5aria following the piratical vic
~, in which very likely the fair
her of this very ring was one of the
PES. There is certainly a romance
pnected with this stone. and it at
cts me the more for the reason that
now so little of 1t.
4 lafitte's Real Character.
Jean LATTE is referred to In the
FORBES as a pirate, and such he was
put from those who knew him, with
pm | have talked, l gain the impress
p that he was not fully entitled to
reputation, though he was fear
fighter, with band of freeboot.
to whom his word was law, whose
very made them a scourge of the
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FORY OF PIRATE PLUMBER
RECALLS DAYS OF LAFTTTE
bME OF FREEBooTERs WEALTH RECOVERED
,endid Gem Now Owned by Brown vile, Texas Al.
torney, Was Part of Accumulated Booty -smuspIers,
Houses at Matamoros, Mexico, Still Stand
in Magnificent Ruin

Instrumental in Discovering Hiding Part Of Treasure
Much of Remains Securely Concealed in the Old
sous Who to Win the Great vo.
over the British New orans-MHan Way
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We can always find some excuse for
delaying good resolutions. Addison
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09
AVISO
En- esta IMPRENTA Sc COM
pra tipo de imprenta usado.
Los ULTIMOS TERREMOTOS
tAfAsfRoFE ANUyCIApls pBnE III SIGle XVIII

Maravillara saber que los recientes
terremotos de Chile, San Francisco y
Kingston, estaban anunciados desde ell
siglo XVIII por ell P. Antonio Rafael
Mercuriali de la Orden de los HERNIA
nos memories observantes. Habendo
hecho un viaje por Chile La Plata,
escribio un follsto, EN- ell que predecis
estos sucesos.
Asf puede verse en- las .Revolucio-
mes pr6ximss del globo terrestre," lbro
impreso en- itsliano en- Bolonia por vi
cente Ferrari Tenca, en- Mario de 1905,
y escrito por Ell citade padre.
Ha blando ell P. Mercuria,i de Ame-
rica, dice:
''La cadena de montafIas que atra-
viesa ell Mediodfa de la America Sep
tentriona, la America Central, V del
Oeste Este la America Me1idional,
puede ser justamente llamada la espi-
ma dorsal del Nuevo Mundo. Esta
sltuada en- el Centro del universe, Y
recibe todas las impresiones del fuego
subterraneo, que es empujado sin cesar
de las extremidades al coraz0n de la
superhcie de nuestro planets.
"Al fin del siglo que vendra despuGs
del nuestro, y durante el primer tercio
a 10 menos del que lie sucedera esta
eSDina dCrSal este i0f0o del yOundC
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Han side curados en- la Sala de So
corro de esta ciudad, Higinio Serra-
no de dos heridas en- los dedos me-
dios { indice de la mano derecha,
leve; Candido Mojica, de herida con-
tusa sobrc Ia pulpa del dedo fndice
de Ia mano derecha, leve; Emilio
Monserrat, de herida centusa de dos
centimetros, EN- la union de aubas
parietales, leve; Nicolas Ocasio, de
confusion sobre el lado izquierdo de
Ia cara, lcve.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09
NOTIClAS

En- Yauco hubo durante Ell mes de
Enero, II casos de flebre pal1dica,
FL de tuberculosis, 4 de pneumonia,
de sarampi6n y II de grippe. Fue-
ron dados de alta, 4 de grippe. Fa-
llecieron, de tuberculosis, 4 de
pneumonia, de sarampi6n y 6 de
grippe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

En- la carcel del Distrito de Ponce
han ingresado cumplir noventa y
cincuenta dias de arresto respectiva-
mente, por el delito de aeon etimien.
to y aggression, los indivlduos Jose
Maria Ginzs y Francisco Santana Ro-
drigue2.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Hoy q las dos de la tarde en- los
terrenos de la 'Liga', EN- Puerta de
TERRA tendra lugar ell segurdo de
safio para el triunfo del championato
entire el club de la Alta Escuela Ell
club de la EscueIa Normal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

PoR cUANTo, Peter Wharton Cosin,
vecino de Naguabo, ha promovido
ante esta Corte un expediente solici-
tando Sc declarara Ell dominic que
tiene sobre las siguientes fncas.
"a. Predio r,istico sin nombre
propio, situado en- Ell barrio de la
"Mariana'' del termino Municipal de
Naguabo, compuesto de diez y ocho
cuerdas de terrenos. equivalentes a
siete hectareas, siete areas cuaren-
ia siete centiareas; .colinda por Ell
Norte, con terrenos de Jorge Knott;
por ell Este, con terrenos de Ramon
Miranda Barrantes; por el Sur, con
terrenos de la Succession de Ciprian
Matos, y por Ell Oeste, con los de
Eduardo Rodriguez.
B. Finca r1stica sta sin nombre
especial en- ell barrio de "Mariana'',
del termino Municipal de Naguabo
compuesta de doce cuerdas de terre-
nos equivalentes a siete hectareas,
ochenta y seis areas y ochenta CEN
tiareas, colindante por Ell Norte, con
mas ,terrenos del peticionario; por el
Este con otros de Deogracias MelGn-
dez, y por el Sur y Oeste, con otros
de Canuto Centeno.
G.. Rustica, sin nombre propio,
sta en- el barrio de mariana" del
termino Municipal de Naguabo,
compuesta de dos cuerdas de terre-
nos llanos, equivalentes setenta y
ocho areas seis centiareas, colin
dante por ell Norte. con terrenos de
don Jorge Knott; 'por el Sur, con mas
terrenos del petici0nario; por el Es-
te, con los del referido se11or Knott,
Y bor el Oeste, con don Pedro Va
lero.
La primera fnca tiene TN valor de
doscientos ochenta dollars la hubo
por coripra a Jests Maria Suarez y
Garcia, el a1o nil ochoCientos nOven-
ia nueve; la segunda hnca tiene IN
valor de d0scientos veinte dollars, y
la adquiri0 el alo mil noveCientOs
por compra Josefa Feliciano, y la
tercera 1iuca tiene TN valOr de cua-
renta dollars y la adquirio el aflo mil
ochOcicntOs noventa Y nueTe por
compra d Jesds Maria Suarez Y Gar
c1a. Il cual poseyo ambas hncas 1ese-
lIadas por mas de ocho amos y sobre
elias no pesan cargos nj gravamenes
de nin9una especie.
POR TANTO, hablcndo 0rdenad0 cl
Honorable Charles +. Fcotc, Jucz de
esta Cortc, que Sc cite los senOres
duenos y que Sc pubIiQuen edjctos
pOr tGrmlnO de SeSenta dlaS que en-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Ayertarde estuvieron reunidas las
Com iSiones de Legislation y de Ha-
Icienda fin de confereaciar sobre
enmiendos al G. r. n1nero IS, sobre
bonos para ell emprestito de carre-
teraS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Esta mahana asisti6 4 la session de
Ia Camara de dele@ados, el assistant
del Secretario de Puerto Rico Mr..
Gill, quien tomo asiento en Ia mesa
de los periOdistas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Por haber sido absuelto del ito
que Sc lie acusaba ha sido puesto en-
llbertad de Ia carcel del Dlstrito de
Ponce, ell irdividuo Agustin Carrera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Aver tarde en- el Consejo executive
los scnores Post y Diaz Navarro, re
cogieron las Traces vertidas por el
delegado seiIor Matienzo Cintron,
acerca lie ciertas irregularidades con
las IeyeS de Puerto RICO La sccci0n
de aver del Consejo fu4 por dicho
potivO algo bora scosa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

La Ultima obra de Derecho edita
da EN- el BOLETIN, es la Jurispruden =
cia en- 10 criminal estabIecida por el
Tribunal Supreme de Puerto Rico
drrantc el aiEO 1904.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

La Corte Municipal de Ponce ha
cOndenadO 4 90 dlas de carcel por el
dclito de hurto de menOr cuantia, 4
81 indivlduo Anastasi6 Flores.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Ha fallecido Ell Santurce don Julio
Molina NaEela, empIeado de la casa
Finlay dc esta cludad, y su entierro
tuvo Iugar en- Ia tarde &c aver.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

Obras de Anatole France. de venta
en- Ell BOLET1N Fl DINO del Pas 60,
FL ManiQr1 de Mim%e, FL emilio de
Amatista, II Pozo de Santa Clara.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-09

PoR cUANTo, Peter Wharton Cosin,
vecino de Naguabo, ha promovido
ante esta Corte I'm expediente solici-
tando Sc declarara Ell dominic que
tiene sobre las siguientes fncas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26
Echo of the Big Flood of 1906;
 $20,000 Suit in Circuit Court Here

ing on the case, it is said.
 It is alleged by the plaintiff that the railroad, during the big flood in 1904, constructed it's road bed so high and strengthened it to such an extent as to hold all of the backwater and that when it did come over the embankment it destroyed valuable cotton crops and did other damage on the Gib- son plantation, near Sherrill, this county.
 Mrs. Gibson is the wife of Cap tain J. w. Gibson, the well-known planter. and is in court today. At torneys White and Altheimer rep resent the plaintiff and Bridges, Woodbridge and Can't, the railroad company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26
HIT NEGRO WITH
 MONKEY WRENCH
Arthur Purnell and Negro Em- plOyc at Sawyer X Austin Had
 Words and Fight Followed.

A negro named Higgins was struck on the head with monkey wrench at the Sawyer & Austin Lumber company's plant yesterday by Arthur Purnell, young white man who is employed in the wood- working department there. The ne- gro is said to be in a serious con- dition. Purnell went to police headquarters and surrendered. He was released pending the outcome of the negro's injuries.
 According to eye-witnesses, the man had some words and Purnell, who is young man and much smaller than his assailant, hit the negro on the head with the iron weapon. just as the latter was ap- preaching him with large piece of wood. The negro was felled by the blow, and, it is said. later got up and walked away. He was later taken to his home and is re- ported to be in precarious condi- tion today. His death is expected at any moment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26
THE. REAL SITUATION

Mayor John l.. Caldwell today lsued the following open letter:
 After the adjournment of the city council le't night, 1 wa; in- formally requested by several of the members to make a brief state ment of the situation, especially as It bears upon the signatures to the petition for the creation of an inn pfoHement district for the building or purchasing of water and light plant, to be operated as a mu- nlclpal plant. It is the opinion of the city attorney that no sigma lures to said petition will be valid under the operation of the bill now before the legislature unless signed after the passage of said bill. It is, therefore the intention to have said bill published after it's passage, that our citizens may have eAact knOWledSe Of it's provisions. Il will then be their privilege to petition the council for the final es- tablishment of said improvement district. Should no such petition be presented to the council, the bill will be held in allowance, but will become operative at any time in the future such petition shall be presented. If enacted into law the Dill will be eff 2"'i .or the cTel- tion of municipal plant either now or at any time in the future our citizens, through petition by a majority value of it's property owners may determine to have a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26

The suit of Mrs. Melvina A. Gib- son against the St. Louis South western Railway company, in which she claims s20,0O0 dam- ages, alleged to have been sus- tained in 1904 during the flood be- cause of the improper construction work of the railroad company in strengthening t.: r.,a lDed. was begun in the Jefferson circuit court here this morning and is attracting no little attention. One of the
 most important witnesses to be heard during the proceeding is Henry s. Alciatore. who is in charge of the United States weather bureau at Little Rock. His testimony will have great bear
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26
IT. A. M'COY
 CRITICALLY III.

Major H. A. Mccoy, president of the Peoples Savings and Trust company, for several terms sheriff of Jefferson county and who has held many other positions of trust in official circles, is critically ill at his home, No. 1901 West Second avenue. His condition today is not much improved.
 Major Mccoy took sick Sunday night. He was seriously i'll through out yesterday and today it was stated that his illness might prove fatal. His friends have been making continuous inquiry today as to his condition. Major McCcy is one of the best known residents of the county.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26

and is hereby authorized and directed to institute suit in the name of the city of Pine Bluff and prosecute such suit or suits in the courts as may be necessary to declare forfeited the charter and contract at present en- joyed by the said Pine Bluff Light and Water Company in and with the city of Pine Bluff, and pending the deter imitation of such suit or suits, to have appointed a receiver to take charge of and operate the water plant of the said Pine Bluff Light and Water Com
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26

municipal plant in accordance with it's provisions.
 There was protest against the approval of the above bill, present. ed to the cGuncili last Wednesday evening and signed by number of our citizens. The council, how ever, decided that as the bill, if it was passed, would net become operative except upon petition from majority ill value of our prop erty-owners, it was the dHt. cf the council to at least give our citizens the opportunity of saving wheth- CT they desired municipal plant under the provisions of the bill.
 At it's session last night the council passed a resolution request ing our representative to unani- mously urge the passage of the bill in question. It will then be the privilege of our people to de- termine for themselves whether they wish municipal plant as pro- vided therein.
 "The council has reason to be. lieye that if the contract with the Pine Bluff Light & Water com pany is abrogated our citizens will have the opportunity of choosing g between municipally or privately owned waterworks system, ade- Quate to our needs.
 "In such contingency the right to establish municipially-owned waterworks will be of great value to our citizens should they desire to exercise it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26
ID SUE WATER COMPANY FUR CHARTER
City Council Took Decisive Action Last Night-Di- rected City Attorney Coleman to Compel Company to Forfeit Charter and Contract and Have Receiv- lr Named to Take Charge of Plant

The City Council took decisive ac- tion last night, at special meeting called by Mayor Caldwell yesterday afternoon, to remedy the inadequate water conditions that exist here. \ resolution was adopted directing City Attorney w. r. Coleman to bring suit against the Pine Bluff Light and Water Company Immediately to bring about the forfeiture of the company : charter and contract and ask that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the plant and operate same.
 The Council also adopted a resolu- tion, urging the representatives in the legislature to do all in their pow CT to secure the immediate passage of the bill authorizing Pine Bluff to build and operate it's own water works.
 The City Council met in executive session at first and later Mayor Cald- we'll called the Council to order in open session. All of the aldermen with khe exception of Alderman Will liam Nichol, who is in St. Louis on business, were present. Alderman A. c. Jordan, chairman of the Water and Light Committee, introduced the fol- lowing resolution, all of the council men voting for it's adoption:
 Whereas, The city of Pine Bluff Ark, Is so deficient in water supply as to endanger the lives and property of her citizens, and is thereby com, pelled to pay an insurance rate ill excess of any other city in the state and
 Whereas, The Pine Bluff Light anG Water Company has consistently anG continuously failed and refused t6 comply with it's contract to furnist an abundant supply of pure ant wholesome water for both domestic and fire purposes and
 Whereas, Said Light and Water Company, notwithstanding frequen official solicitations, has, with crua indifference, ignored the cry whicl has gone up to them out of the ashes of many ruined homes, and has fail ed and refused to give any binding as surances of honest intent to comply with their contract in the future, an>
 WAreas. Said Light aid Wate1 Com@ny is now and has been fol months past in default in supplying water for both domestic and fire pur poses, and managing it's plant in ; most careless and inefficient manner
 Now, therefore be it resolved b! the Council of the city of Pine Bluff in session this the 25th day of Marcl
 First, The said Pine Bluff Light ant Water Company has forfeited and t hereby deprived of all exclusive priv ileges as a water company in the city of Pine Bluff.
 Second, That the city attorney b,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26
Many Gases Dismissed by the
 Jefferson County Grand Jur,

The Jefferson county grand jury returned three more indictments this morning which were not made public because the defendants in the cases have not been arrested. The grand jury also dismisised batch of cases, including one against c. N. Gamble, who stabbed Clarence "Puck" Darby on the night of January 5. The case against Willie Hughes, who is charged with manslaughter, it be- ing altered that he shot and killed Brunson Thomas, was also dis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-26

missed. Prosecuting Attorney w.. D. Jones requested that both men be held and that their cases be referred to the next grand jury. The other cases dismissed are:
 William Terrell, grand larceny; Handy BroXton, selling mortgaged property; Guy Lacy, H. H. Mezique, Sam Dowd, grand larceny; Andrew Harris. robbery; Steve Jones, em- bezzlement; Robert Slater, assault to kill; J. w. Meyers, charged with having stolen a coat from the off, flee of Doctor B. D. Luck.