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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Twenty Sixth Judicial District Court of
Louisiana, in and for the Parish of
st. Tammany.

BY virtue of an order of sale from the
honorable the aforesaid Court, and to
me directed, bearing date Feb. /, 1907,
/ Will offer for sale and sell to the high
est bidder, for cash at the front door of
the Courthouse, in Covington. between
legal sale hours, on SATURDAY, the
27th day of April, 1907, the following
described property to-wit:
All that certain piece or parcel of
land lying and being situated in. the
Parish of st. TammanY, State of Louisi-
ana. and more particularly described
as being the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter and the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of sec
tion l5, township z, sou4h of range IA
east, containing eighty and 23-1r
acres of land, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon
situated; less ten acres of land situated
in the southwest corner of the north
west quarter of the southwest quarter
of the above described land formerly
sold to Fletcher Crawford, as per deed
OF sale recorded in Conveyance Book
t'Y ;" folio 1876.
Terms Uf sale cash-for the purpose
of effecting partition of said property
by licitation among the heirs Of Austin
J. Crawford, deceased.
mh23 ct. 7. E. Brewster, Sheriff
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
The Favrot Case.

Judge Brunot, IN his charge to
the new grand jury that will lake
up the Favrot matter, said:
81 warn you that an exceedingly
disagreeable dntY demands your
immediate attention, and In refer
ing to this duty, | want 10 cmpha
SIZE the fact, that because of 1t
there has never been time in our
history when the eyes of the peo-
pie of this Stale were centered on a
grand jury of this parish with such
marked unanlmity as they are to-
day. | want TO impress you WIN
the serious consequences which
must inevitably be visited upon any
people who tolerate weak or IT
effectual administration OF the
criminal laws, or who subordinate
the welfare of the State To the lndt
vidual.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Gen. Barillas Assassinated.

City of Mexico, April Gen
Manuel Lizandro Barillas, Elk
President of Guatemala, was ASSN
ated this evening, at I o'clocF, on
Gale Semlnario, as he sat in a
Guadeluses street car. He was on
his way to supper, when, as the
car stopped, young man a little
over II years of age, climbed
aboard, rushed to the General and
stabbed him twice, the first blow
severing his iugular vein. the sec
oud cutting his face, lie died in
stantly. The assassin was cap
tured. He gave his name as Jose
Estrada, aud his home as Ocos,
Guatemala.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

The opinion of Attorney General
Gulon, given to the Insurance De
partment and made public by that
Department, is going to have the
effect of putting number of the
colored burial associations and
charitable societies out of business.
The opinion Of the Attorney Gene
raj IS to the effect that the recent
act of the Legislature requires those
burial associations and those organi
Zations that tnrnish funerals and
give cash benefits to be properly
organized as insurance companies,
and must comply with the lnsur-
ance laws of the State. This means
that these burial organizations must
deposit with the State Treasurer
b,tween one and five thousand dol.
lars, and must re, organize. There
are large number of negro burial
organizations in the State. They
collect 10 cents a week from their
members, and give them big
funeral when they die. There are
several OF them III Baton Rouge
and other large towns, and they
have all been doing hourlshing
business 1t is peculiar charac-
teristic of the negro that he loves
to look forward, when be dies, to
big funeral, and these negroes
put all of their spare cash IN these
burial associations. and some of
them belong to three or four as
sociatlons, although 1t would be
cificuIt for them 10 be buried
more than one time fhe rulling
of the Attorney General will make
1t difficult for these burial assocla-
lions, small industrial organize
tons etc to do The business that
they have enjoyed IN the State uEr
less they have some cash assets
which they can deposit with the
State Treasury, aud reorganization
upon a solid basis. 1t is highly
probable that test Of this question
and the ruling of the Attorney
General will be made ill the courts.
Some of the associations will likely
want decision of the courts on
the question, and the entire act oi
the past Legislature will be
brought into question.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
United Z etates land orice,
New orleans, IL, March 8, 1907.

NeW NFleanSs 1t-s MaASn o, AVO1'
Notice is hereby given that Julius
Holiday, of Vaudeville, La, has filed
notice OF his intention to make flnal
five-year proof in support of his claim,
viz: Homestead Entry No. 21.539, made
June L, 1900, for the northeast quarter
of section 10, township s, south range
70 east, st. Helena Meridian, and that
said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver, at New Orleans La, on
Wednesday, April "a, 1901. 49,.
/. He namesthe following witnesses. to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
Marshall Burrell, Jules Perry. Nicol
Bramond, John Carrlere, all of Mande-
vile, La. #
WALTER L. COHEN, Register.
mh16 5t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
ThaW Trial.

When the trial of the Thaw case
was resumed Monday, Justice
Fitzgerald overruled District At
torney ,jerome's formal protest
against the confirmation of the re
port OF the commission in lunacy
which declared rhaw sane. The
Justice signed the report and Or
dered that the TRIAL proceed. DIR.
Allan McLaue Hamilton was called
as the last witness, but the Dis
trict attorney objected TO his test
fving at this stage Of the case. The
objection was sustained, and then
both the defense and the people
announced that they rested.
Mr.. DeImas began his summing
up address at 3 o'clock, the jury
having been excused until that
hour. Beginning Monday after
noon the jury will be confined Till
the end of the trial.
Continued on page 4.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
w. G. KENTZEL, Editor
HARD TIMES IN KANSAS,

The old days of grasshoppers and
drouth are almost forgotten in the pros,
porous Kansas OF today; although a
citizen of Codell, Earl Shambourg has
not yet forgotten hard time he en-
countered. He says: 81 was worn
out and discouraged by coughing night
and day, and could fluid no relief, till /
tried DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t
took less than one bottle to completely
cure me.' Tho safest and most reliable
cough ana cold remedy and lung and
throat healer ever discovered Guaran-
teed by J. L. Watkins ity Drug Store
a I'd c. G. Champagne & Co., Drug
gists; SOC and St0O. Trial bottle free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
covNGToN ST TAMMANY PARISH. SATURDAY APRIL la 1907

wele supporters of Judge Parker in
1904, but the President was hardly
prepared for the fiery vigor Of ridl
Guile, lnsinuatlon aud denunclalionl
to which he is beng subjected
The result of the Presidents in
qulries, so far as could be ascer-
tained to day, is that be IS just az
strong as ever throughout the
country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
United States Land Office.
~

New UTIFans, Id, WHTCH 20, l50I'
Notice is hereby given that Christine
Fitzsimmons, of Covington, La, has
filed notice Of his intention to make
anal five year proof in support of his
claim, viz: Homestead entry No. "a, l72.
made March l, 1902, for the east half
Of the northeast quarter, section 81,
township 6, south range 10 east, st.
Helena Meridian, and that said proof
viii be made before the Clerk of Court,
at Coyington, La, on April 30, 1907.
He names the following Witnesses to
proye his continuous residence npon
and cultivation OF said land, viz:
George T. Edwards, Adam Stanga,
Charles d Frazier and w. d. Frazier,
all of Madisonviile, La.
mh30. st WALTER L. COHEN. Register
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
The ThaW Trial Again
Going ahead.
Proceedings of Meeting Of
Vaudeville Council.
The Tornado

~ SlOtlI S"GpL tAAouEA ehS NS
last Friday, killing four and injnr-
ing % persons at Alexandra, and
destroying property to the value of
over $25O,00O; wrecking several
buildings of the State Insane AsY
Ium at jackson, killing four per
sons and injuring a number, with
damages reaching 100000. 10
tai deaths will amout TO about Hf,
teen. The steamer Retsy Am was
wrecked at Morganza. Heavy
storm damage was also inflicted at
several Alabama points. The towns
of Carson and Oakvale, MISS, were
also visited by the tornado, and
several persons were injured in the
latter place.
Following is a list of the dead
and injured:
Mathew Dunn, white Alexandria,
Owen Beck, white, Alexandra.
Hugh Farricr and son, white,
Bradleyton, Ala.
Mallsa Geya, white, Jackson, La.
/ Annie Saunders, white, Jackson,
La.
Miss Mary Lea, white, near
jackson, La.
| Miss f. II. Collins, white, f. o.
lHamilfon's plantation, West Fe-
lliciana.
| Roustabout on steamer Betsy
! Ann, near Morganza, La.
i Negro man, wife and mother. IN
| law, at Joseph P. sBowman's Rose
down plantation, near Bayou Sa-
ra.
Lydia Harding, negro, Alexan-
dria.
Ora Dudley, negro, Alexandria.
INJURED.
L. p. Covlllion, wife and four
children, white, Alexandra.
Mrs. Owen Beck and two chill
: dren, white, Alexandra.
Francis Demico, white, Alexan,
dria.
, Edward Stewart, white, Alexan
J dria.
r. j. Jordan and wife, white
!. Alexandria.
Paeno Prenot, white. Alexan
: drla.
t Thomas Archmiard, negro, AL
!, exandria.
Robert Houston, negro, Alexan
\ dria.
jessie Harding, negro, Alexan
y dria.
r Mrs. Hugh Farrler, white. Brad
,r leyton., Ala.
: Mack. Ruffin, white, Clinton
Ala.
John NJ. Gorham and three c
|, family, white, OakvaIe, Miss.
Mrs. Lea, white, near jackson
to La.
y. H. H. Furguson, white, nes
Jackson, La.
9. Joseph p. Bowman, negr'
near Rosedown plantation, Bayo
= Sara, La,
Frank Posey, white, Ninth ware
seven miles from Bayou Sara.
Occupants of FIVE cabins on
.. Hamllton's plantation, We
Feliclana.
Charlie Collins, white, F. (
Hamllton's plantation, West Eel
ciana.
A. B. Crolhers, first clerk
steamer Mary Ann.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13


(Sfgped) f. e. VIX, Treasurer.
Treasurer's report, on motion of Mr..
Bosse, seconded by Mr.. Smith. the
report was received and ordered spread
on the minutes.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
The Record Oil Co., $l6.80.
w. G. Davis. assessment roll, 1906,
S24.
Vaudeville Wave, Sc %.
Ernest Prieto, nails, etc, S1l SO
N. o. G. N. r. R., freight on bbls
of oil, S1.75.
N. o. G. N. II. R., freight on rolls
of fence wire, 06
Drayage on rolls or fence wire, 40e.
Drayage on Q bbls Of oil, 40c.
On motion of Mr.. Phillips, seconded
hy Mr.. Dnbourg and carried. passenger
or freight boats landing at public
wharf will be charged Sl.25 per day.
from April |, 1907, to December 81,
1907, and the Secretary was instructed
to notify agents of Boats Pineland and
New Camelia,
On motion of Mr.. Bosse, seconded bI
| MIR. Smith and adopted, $500 was
placed to the credit of Improvements
Committee for general improvements
On motion, duly seconded, Council
adjourned.
] WIN. pURNELL, Sec'y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Judge Brun0t Instructs
Them as to Duty.
Opinion Of Attorney GEN.
eral GuiOn
Will Close up the COlored
Burial Associations.
The Roosevelt Boom.

Judging from the press repor's'
Roosgrelt Is looming up as a prob
ablesIominee for the presidency IN
1908. The following IS from the
Picasnne dispatches of last Mon
day:
The Herald has this from " ash
lngton: rhedore Roosevelt appears
10 have renomlnated himself for
President without appearing TO try,
IN spite of his own lncllnatlons, 1t
least year and quarter before
the time for putting national tick
els IN the field. High and higher
the Roosevelt wave is rising IN va
rlous parts of the country. 1t is
overwhelming favorite sons every,
where. Nebraska is oVerwhelm-
lngly in favor of his nomination,
and SO declared through It's legls-
lature. North Dakota is practl
cally solid from enc end OF the
State to the other III favor of the
denomination of Roosevelt and OF
no one else. The Iowa House of
Representatives Is considering
resolution declaring that business
conditions demand the re election
| Of Roosevelt, and it will be adopt
| ed Monday. This remarkable con-
dion is apparently being brought
to frultion by the attack on the
President and his policies contain
ed In the stolen letter of Hartman.
President Roosevelt today told
friends of Vice President Fair
banks that he was not urging the
nomination of any particular can,
| didate for the presidency, and tnat
his chief concern was TO procure
the nomination of some man who
| will carry out his policies after
| 1908. This will undoubtedly be
seized upon by the opponents of
Secretary Taft in Ohio as an Indl-
cation that the President is grow
| ing lukewarm IN his support OF
the Secretary of War. The Taft
managers have given the impres'
sion that the Secretary of War was
the Presidents particular candl.
date. and that IN the strife IN Ohio
the lines will be drawn between
Roosevelt aud rait on the one
hand and Foraker on the other
The impression, however, is pre-
valling more strongly than eve
that the. candidate Of the next ma
tlonal Republican convention viii
either be Mr.. Roosevelt himself o
j some conservative candidate, In
deed. the President himself, a
times, is said to have shown sign
: of weakening, but thus far he ha
kept the record straight, and ha
continued TO insist that he woul,
not depart from the declaratlo
s made on election night in 1904
Not once, but hundreds of time
in the past week has the Presider
J heard from friends throughout th
r country that the demand for hir
ic was irresistible. Being goo
!, politician, he has naturally mad
i ! some inquiries as to the effect 0
d the public mind of the publlcatlo
of the Hartman charges and ii
y Presidents reply. He has bee
= : somewhat impressed by the fert
5. onslaught which has oeen mac
ii upon him by nearly every newsp
per in New York City. Many
the papers that are attacking bi
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
GEORGE OALMANN,
Of st Tammany Parish, La

Who made homestead e1try No. %, 088
for the east half of the southwest
quarter Of section 80, and the east half
OF northwest qusrter, section 80, town
ships south range IL east, vt. Helena
afeFidian.
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon
aud cultivation OF said land viz:
Hilia Revene, William Quave, Chas.
Dutsch and Dave Oalmann, all of Tall
sheek, p. o., La.
mh9-5t WALTER L. COHEN. Register.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Succession of Bessie Clarke Whitley
No. SO4,
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Courtof
Louisiana, In and for the Parish of
st. Tanmany,

Notice is hereby given to tho credi-
tors of this estate and to all other per-
sons herein interested to show cause,
within ten days from the present noti-
fication, If they have or can why the final
account presented by w. a. Hood,
administrator of this estate, should
not be approved and nomologated and
the funds distributed in accordance
therewitn.
BY order2of the court, April 4, A. D.,
1907.
H. R WARREN, Clerk of Court
ap6-2t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
Vaudeville Council.
TOWN COUNCIL.

TOWN COUNCIL.
Vaudeville, April /, 1907, &
Council met in regular monthly ses-
sion this evening at O'Clock. Hon. Il.
Borey, Mayor, presiding, and the fol-
lowing Aldermen present: Hons. A. Z.
Bosse, Jos. M. Smith. E. Dubourg, S. F.
Philips.
Absent-Jas. Band.
Minutes of last meeting, March 4,
1907, were read and adopted.
The following reports were then read
IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEES REPORT.
Z Repairs on streets and bridges:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13
United States Land Office.

New Orleans, La, March 2, 1907 !
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make his final proof in
support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the CLERK OF
the Court at Covington, La, on
TUESDAY April 80, 1907, viz:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

Geo. l.. Crawford ct ais vs. Thos. Craw-
ford ct ais.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-04-13

signed IS; :: 5; 5.:3i:5: 8" :3ji;5 ;:5,'.
On motion of Ir. Smith, seconded
by MIR. Phillips, the above report was
received.
Cemetery and special Jail committees
reported progress.
TREASURER'S REPORT,
Month of March, 1907.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
Friday.

Andrew Carnegie called on Presi'
dent Roosevelt and indorsed the pres
ident's attitude toward railroads.
Senator Foraker wants to engage in
joint debate with Secretary Taft in
the coming political fight in Ohio.
Precipitation of strike of 10000
Western railroad men is feared be-
cause of the breaking off of negotia'
tions between employers and men.
The grand jury indicted the New
York Central Railroad company as a
corporation and two high officials for
the Bronx wreck in which "a passen'
gers were killed.
Philip R. Brown, American secre'
tary of legation, took charge of af'
fairs at Tegucigalpa when the Hon
durans evacuated their capital and
turned the city over to the Nicar.
aguans when they entered.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
Thursday.

Four thousand peasants are march
ing on Bucharest. the capital of Rou-
mania, where state of siege has been
proclaimed.
Assemblyman Wainwright's bill pro.
viding for an investigation into Ma
tional Guard affairs was killed by the
senate finance committee
The Russian douma, by large ma
jority, pissed a resolution in favor OF
abolishing drumhead courts martial,
but the premier declared it was not
yet ,possibe to rule the country under
ordinary laws.
Senator Foraker opened the war
over the next Republican presidential
nomination in Ohio BY proposing a
primary election in that state to de-
eide on the candidacy of himself and
Secretary Taft.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
CAPTAIN MAcKLINs TESTIMONY.
Does Not Think Negroes Were Guilty
In the Brownsville Affair.

Washington, April 2. - The testi-
mony of Captain Edgar A. Macklin Of
Company c, 25th infantry, was taken
by the senate committee on military
affairs in the Brownsville investiga-
tion. 1t proved interesting, particul-
arly for the reason that Macklin is to
be tried by court martial after his re-.
turn to Texas and fol. the further rea-
son that he was shot by an unidenti-
fed masked negro at Fort Reno after
the negro soldiers were taken away
from Fort Brown.
Although there is no evidence tend.
ing to show that the Brownsville af-
fray was responsible for the attack
upon him, many persons have ex-
pressed the opinion that the two Incl
dents are connected, particularly as
he was the first of the white officers
to produce damaging evidence against
the former soldiers.
He does not now believe the ne
groes were guilty of shooting up"
Brownsville, according to his story
told on the stand.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
Death Of eaIusha A. Grow.

Former Congressman Galusha A.
Grow died at his home in Glenwood,
Susquehanna county, Pa, Sunday AFT
ernoon as a result of general break
down attributed to old age.
Mr.. Grow was elected to congress
from the Wilmot district Of Pennsyl-
vania as the youngest member of that
body in 1851, and after retirement
from public life for nearly 40 years
he re-entered the house of representa-
tives as congressman-at-large from
Pennsylvania IA years ago. When he
retired four years ago his public SER
vice in the house extended over the
longest period of any man who ever
sat in that body
Mr.. Grow was elected speaker of the
house of representatives. in 1861 and
occupied that position during the first
two Vears of the war, until his retire
ment 'om congress in 1863.
Mr.. Grows greatest public service
was as father" of the homestead act.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
DAY BLAMEs THE PRESIDENT.
Syracuse University Chancellor Finds
Cure For Financial Unrest.


New York, April 2.-"It is President
Roosevelt himself who has brought
the country to the very brink Of finan-
cial peril" says Chancellor James R.
Day Of Syracuse university in Les
lies Weekly.
chancellor Day says 1t would be
good thing If congress repealed half
the laws on the books, including the
Sherman act, and made no new laws
for 20 years.
we are overloaded he says, "un-
I'll about every form of business in
the country is outlaYed. We have so
many laws and so many shifting COM
missions, so many special and assist
ant prosecuting attorneys barking on
the scent, that the business man of to-
day cannot tell. from one day to an
other whose law he is violating.
III President Roosevelt wants my
suggestion for a remedy of evils I
would say to him: Calm down. Study
Washington's farewell address as a
caution against the misuse of the Con-
stitution; study Lincolns mighty faith
and superb patience and his charity
for all; study McKinley's philosophi-
cal, practical, sound sense, and give
the people rest. The evils that are
will be corrected by the force of public
sentiment acting sanely and calmly,
and the evils that are not will vanish
away into regions whence come all
disturbing ghosts"
For a remedy for the present agita-
tion Chancellor Day suggests that the
president talk about how canned
goods have benefited the people, how
kerosene has come down from 81 to
10 cents gallon, how the trusts are
adding to human comfort and happl-
ness by their by-products and how
much good the railroads are doing by
developing the states.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
Saturday..

That Pennsylvania paid $4,000 for
work that cost $1,000 was testified in
the Capitol scandal inquiry in Harris.
burg.
The Cape Cod Construction com.
pany organized by August Belmont, Of
fered to build the proposed Cape Cod
canal for $11,900,000.
Dispatches from Havana said the
Cuban negroes were becoming restive
and an armed band was found in the
woods ready for a revolution.
Concentration of French troops on
the Moroccan border of Algeria. pre-
paratory to occupying ondja, is pro
ceeding rapidly
District Attorney Jerome heard
that part of the $4,000 police fund,
revealed several days ago, was obtain
ed through blackmailing of saloon.
keepers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-04-03
JiLTED BECAUSE HE WAS pool
Disappointed In Youth, He Turns N
er and Dies With His Wealth In
SquaIid Surroundings.

Philadelphia, April 2. - Under I
money blight, poor old Matthes Han
ford, forgotten of men, starved hi
self to death In a bare room on 4
top floor of 223 Spruce street, whe
he had lived alone for IA years.
For weeks the man had been sic
and without attention. He dared n,
admit single person on account
his hoard. So he breathed his la
Thursday night with his stacks
coin about him, and it was not unit
Friday evening that his death we
known.
After all his stinting and self-denit
the mlser, then in his 73d year, dice
leaving all the gold and bonds an
bank bills behind him. He took wit
him the precious memory of a re
nance of his youth, when the belle o
the old yellow mansion, the Lippin
colt house at Broad and Walnu
streets, Miss Anna Maria Dundas Lip
pincott, smiled at him out of the win
dow and, 1t is said, secretly favored
him with her regard.
Hanford said he was sure he haC
lost the maid he fancied for only one
reason-because he was not rich. He
dwelt so much upon this thought that
1t became almost a mania with him.
At last he cSnmenced living life
apart-a strange existence devoted to
one subject, and only one, to hoard.
From that day to the day of his
death Hanford was miser.
When the coroner entered the
rooms of the miser he found scores
and scores Of stock certificates and
bank bills. 1t is estimated that the
stock may run up to 100000.