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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1908-03-07
Lewis Gets
Damages
RAILROAD RESPONSIBLE
FOR DEPRECIATION
Suit Brought BY Lewis ct al vs..
the Frisco is Decided in
Favor of Plaintiffs

A case of more than ordinary
Importance was decided by Judge
ad hoe W. C. Perrault, in the dis
trict court last Wednesday morn
ing. The suit was one by W. B.
Lewis, ct ais, against the Colorado
Southern, New Orleans and Pacific
Railroad, for damages growing
out of the alleged illegal exercise
Of the company's franchise to
construct it's railroad along Cheney
streee.~-~she plaintiff alleged,
among othessthings, that the COM
pany had iIfsgally appropriated
to it's use theAWhole of Cheney
street, when it had not been ac-
corded, and could not have legally
been accorded, the exclusive use
thereof. That the use of said
street by the company served to
utterly destroy its usefulness as a
public throughfare, and absolutely
deprived plaintiff of the means
of egress from or ingress to his
property. That by reason of
these and other elements of,
damage the saleable and rentalA
value Of his property was greatly
diminished, if not wholly Destroy
ed, and the monetary considera-
ton demanded for the injuries i'm
posed was fixed at $3,000.~
In an exhaustive written opln-
ion Judge Perrault held that the
railroad company was legally en-
titled to the use of the street,
same having been authoritatively
granted to it by the Board of
Aldermen of the city of Opelousas,
but that in the exercise Il this
privilege by the company dueIe-
I'd must be had to the rffgfsss o.,
,~raous property owners and
The public in general, and what
ever damages that may be in
f1icted upon them in the exercise
thereof must be compensated.
The court reviewed the evidence
tending to establish the amount
of damages sustained by the
plaintiff and held that the proper
measure was the difference be-
tween the actual market value of
the property before the construc-
ton of the railroad along ChS1ey
street, and the present value
thereof which. in this instance.
in the opinion of the court, could
be equitably estimated at $1,000.
Judgment was accordingly rem
dered in favor of plaintiff for that
amount.
The above case is the first of a
series Of suits filed against the
railroad company by the property
owners along Cheney. street, all
predicated on the same right and
cause Of action.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1908-03-07
SUPREME coURThas ,sersvtsoNs servo

Among the opinionss ust' by
the State Supreme Cq{rt last
Monday, are fouA the following
of local interest: ~
Opelousas National Bank VS..
Jules Perrodin. In re Jules Per-
Irodin praying, etc. It is ordered
adjudged and decreed that the
judgment of the Court Of Appeal
here made the subject of review
be annulIed, avoided and reversed
aid that the judgment OF the Dis
trict Court be amended, in, that it
is now adjudged and decreed that
the boundary line between the
property of the plaintiff and that
of the defendants be, and the
same is, hereby fixed upon the
line of the present fence now di-
viding said properties, say 1913
feet, 4 incheAfrom the Southwest
corner of the square No. II, in
which said property is located.
It Is $Tther adjudgeaand decreed
that the costs of the appeal and
of this application be paid by
plaintiff and that those of the Dis
trict Court be divided in the pro-
porIfaq Of one-half to plaintiff and
one-half to defendants.
Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern
Railway Co., VS.. st. Landry Cot
ton Oil Company. It is ordered
that the verdict and judgment
appealed from be amended by
increasing the amount awarded
to the defendant to the total sum
of twenty-one hundred and nine
ty-six dollars ($2, 1885, and that
as thus amended said verdict alSsiI
judgment be affirmed at the cost
Of the plaintiff and appellee. 1t
is further ordered that the parish
of St. Landry pay all costs occa-
stoned by its appeal as a third
party.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1908-03-07

Joseph and William Jefferson
in 1.-The Rivals at Sandoz Opera
House on Friday, March 18th.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1908-03-07

The Police Jury on Tuesday
voted down a resolution offered
by Capt. Samuel Haas of Chicot,
providing that the rate of parish
taxation for the year 1909 be
fixed at ten mills on the dollar,
two and one-haf mills of the levy
to be set aside in. aid of the pro-
posed new State Normal School
in the event same is established in
st. Landry. The resolution con-
tanned the alternative provision
that should the Nogsnssnn II 81 ssffhool sfah be
not located in this ESacts isat the'
rate of taxation shC~!-
ceed eight mills. The purpos, e15I,,
Captain Haas in introducing "a esla1 q
resolution was to pledge matef,sIf
aid in support of the school
should ours parish be fortunate
enough to secure the institution,
and, on the other hand, to guaran-
tee a reduction of the parochial
taxes should the excess stipulated
be not required in aid of the Nor
NAL School, which would be the
case if St. Landry failed to secure
it. It appealsaothat the Jury re-
jected the proposition on the
ground that it was too far IN ad.
vance to attempt to fix the rate OF
taxation for next year, and pre-
ferred to leave the matter to the
members of the new Jury who
will assume the duties OF office.
next May.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1908-03-07
allShe ground he had gained in the

alIshe ground he had gained in the
Senate on the day previous.
The President has sent to the
Senate thirteen treaties framed at
the Hague convention. Eleven of
them,Iit is said, will be ratified
with5N objection, but two will
meetakith strong Democratic op-
posiebn, and possibly with oppo-
sitioh from the majority. The two
which are found Objectionable are
that dealing with prize courts and
that practically enunciatlng the
Drag0 doctrine. m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
DINE AND SWAP STORIES.
Members of Boone and Crockett
Club Hold Annual Meeting.

The Boone and Crockett Club. its men,
bers all mighty hunters of big game,
held it's annual meeting and dinner in this
city at the Metropolitan Club last even
ing. President Roosevelt was at the head
of the list of members present. Cream
of chicken secret" was the second course
on the menu card, and everything which
occurred at the meeting was along the
same lines. Behind the portals tales of
kadiak hunting, elephant stalking moose
chasing. tiger. lion and rabbit shooting
were supposed to be flying thick and fast
There was no mention of nature taking.
The members and guests who dined and
snapped stories were:
Members-The President. the Secretary
of State. Maj. W. a. Wadsworth. w. 3.
Devereux. Madison Grant. c. Grant La
Fargo, DR.. G. Hart Merriam. Col John
Pitcher. DIR. w. Lord Smith. DIR. c. d.
Walcott. l.. NJ. Bass. L. S. Thompson W.
B. Bristow. De Forest Grant Col Henry
May. H. c. Pierce. Arnold Hague, w E.
Humphrey.
Guests-G. Y. l.. Meyer W. Hoggett,
Mai w. p. Richardson. Arthur Robinson.
Charles H. Townsend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
NEW HOME Of THE ELKS
Something Doing in Town
Next Wednesday Night.
THE OPENING EXERCISES
Installation of Officers in the List of
Features.
HANDSOME BUILDING READY
Four Stories in Height, With All
the Modern Requisites-Old-
Time Hcusewarming.

"There'n be something doing next
Wednesday night"
The foregoing shibboleth was sounded
last night by members of Washington
Lodge. No. II, Beneficial and Protective
Order of Elks. 1t referred to the arrange
ments that are being made by the local
E'ks to hold dual event Wednesday
evening-the installation of the newly
elected officers and the formal opening of
the new and ma gnificent home of the or
Ganizaticn on III street between 9th and
10th streets
Ernest w. Emery. recently elected ex-
allied ruler of Washington Lodge. and his
associate officers. will be indicted into Of
fee with considerable ceremony. accord
Ing 10 the rites of the Elks and then the
membership will participate in house
warming festivities. These functions will
mark the realization of the ambition of
more than quarter of a century
The new home. is regarded as in every
sense model and stands to date as
monumental achievement in a fraternal
home 1t is the leading Elk home in the
United States. and in both design and ar
ransement and furnishing evidences both
taste and foresight. The new Elk home is
PROBABLY one OF the most ornate str1lc-
lures In the city. particularly among the
c-ubhouses of 1.-THE Capital city.
me building is four stories in height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29

of Wetzel. NJ. P. Shawkey of kanawha
and NJ. c. Tough of Marion.
Clark w. May. the present attorney
general. Is to have some opposition in the
fifth congressional district from John r.
billiard. member of the house of dele
gates from Mercer county. His chief an
tagonist in the state at large is w G..
COnley of Preston. reputed to be hus-
tier. Another candidate is Robert Stall
ings of Tucker. who is to get his own
county. but who will be prevented from
trading it for other places on the ticket
by reason of the primary plan adopted
in that county.
John T. Harris. chief clerk of the sem
ate. is beginning to exert himself for the
first time for the nomination for secre-
tary of state, or. to be correct the hus-
Ting is being done for him largely by
Carl Frame of Fairmont who wants
Harris to land. so he can step into Harris
senate clerkship shoes. For exactly the
same reason. with reference to the house
clerkship. Stanley Hodges Of Pendleton is
doing all he can to promote the boom of
Mont Topping of Charleston. who wants
to graduate from that clerkShip to the
secretary of states office. Another cam
didate for secretary of state. Joseph Gray
of Writ. has his own county and Calhoun
instructed for him already. and still an
other. Stuart Reed of Harrison. starts off
with Barbour county on his string.
Chicago Delegates.
Some time ago the auguries promised
easy sailing for the four gentlemen
doomed most as the big four from West
Virginia at Chicago. These four were c.
w. Dillon. George A. Laughlin. Charles
F. Teter and Isaac T. Mann. But Mann
was Endorsed by the Cabell county con-
vention this week for district delegate,
and there is a boom of no small proper
lions on for Col. Joseph H. McDermott
OF Morgantown. president of the state
senate. The convention to pick the dele
cation will be held April %. and it will
also name three candidates for the SUI
preme court of appeals. The likely win
ners for these places are Judges W. n.
Miller. Ira E. Robinson and l.. j. Will
liams. the latter of Greenbrier county 1t
is conceded Williams will have a hard
time of 1t defeating George c. McClintic
of Charleston.
Senator Elkins vice presidential boom
got mention In a blanket Endorsement
adopted by Lincoln district in TYLER
county. which embraces the city Of Sisters
vile, and which is dominated by Post
master George f. Work. a genial and
easy boss. 1t is the first in that line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
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For Other Offices.

Z. n. Snodgrass of Braxton launched
himself in the field for the state treasurer
ship nomination this week. and got an in
dorsement i'm Calhoun. Walter Medium
ply of Marshall Is another new candi-
date. making four in the field. including
Newton Ogdin and Holly Simmons. For
the state school SUPPLEMENTARY the field
grows apace. with A r. Riggs of Brooke
the latest. Others include ]. w. Santee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29

1t is easy to use good materials and not
difficult to make comfortable shoes that lack
beauty and style, but to combine all these
that is art
And when you wear your first pair Of
dorothy Dodd' Shoes, you will find this
art has been attained
The fastidious, hard-to-please woman
will find in the dorothy Dodd' Shoe a
combination of style, good materials. good
taste and moderate price that heretofore
she has found so hard to obtain.
Only one store in a town sells "Doro-
thy Dodd' Shoes. The trade-marked name
is stamped on every shoe. 1t is there for
your protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29

" in touch with the fashion centers of the
world for inspiration and new ideas.
Every tendency of fashion in Women's
Gowns, Millinery and general apparel is
anticipated, and dorothy Dodd'' Shoes
fitting and appropriate for these styles are
forthwith produced.
Thus it is that dorothy Dodd'' Shoes
have become proverbial for style. They
present. not what was 1.-The thing last sea-
son or year, but what will be "the thing"
for the coming one.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
Postmaster Of Fca chucky.

Postmaster General Meyer. discuss
ing the new two cent letter rate to
Great Britain. said that it would en-
ormously increase the postal business.
'srhe mail bags will I'll quickly when
this rate goes into effect said Mr..
Meyer. He smiled. If such rush
of business had attended on the Nola
Chucky post office the old Nola chneSy
pcstmaster's ways would have escap-
Cd notice.
''Some years ago an old fellow was
appointed postmaster Of the small
Village Of Nola Chucky. A number Of
weeks passed and the Nola Chuckyians
ard their friends began to complain
about the mails. And no wonder. The
postmaster. it seemed. had sent ont
no mail since his entrance into aofiice,
IAN Inspector investigating the mat
ter pointed to hundred or more dusty
letters that the postmaster had kept
bv him and said sternly:
"Why on earth, sir, didn't you let
these gor
~ was waitin',' said the old man,
Till the bag got full Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
Dope on Taft's Cabinet.

Washington, Aug l5---Some of the
politicians that are jealous Of the Buck
eye state have doped out this cabinet
for Judge Taft:
For secretary of state, Theodore u.
Burton Of 0nio.
For secretary Of the treasury, Myron
Herrick Of Ohio.
For secretary OF war, Charles P. Taft
Oh Ohio.
For attorney general, Wade Ellis Of
Ohio.
For postmaster general, Arthur |. vo-
rvs of Ohio
For secretary Of the navy. Walter
Brown OF Ohio.
For secretary of the interior, James r.
Garfield of Ohio.
For secretary of agriculture, Walter
tiuilhert of Ohio.
For secretary Of commerce and labor,
Henry Williams of Ohio.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
NEW TORPEDO MAY
CHANGE NAVAL WAR.
Davis Gun Tested at Boston Explodes
Within an "Encmy's" Battle
shin


Boston, Aug. l5.--A new torpedo gun
which, according to government experts.
may revoutionize naval warfare, was
tested this week IN Boston harbor. The
gun. Or torpedo, which was invented bv
Commander Cleland Davis, Z. $. N. was
fired at 4 target off Sheep Island, and
&c accomplished the object Of the in
ventor by passing through the target
without decorating the real charge
The. thickness and resistance of the
target represented the center and inner
bottoms and three bulkheads of bat
tleship.
The purpose Of the Davis torpedo gun
Is q penetrate an enemy's warship, ex-
ploding within instead Of without the
hull The torpedo weighs 50 pounds and
lis effective at at least 5000 feet. The
outer tube is two-thirds the length Of
the inner tube, and behind the torpedo
proper is 40 pounds Of high explosive
When the nose of the proiectile hits
the enemy's ship, the conclusion set Off
the explosive which drives the inner tor
pedo into the interior of the hull. where
it explodes, doing its damage If properly
aimed, in the magazine room or in tne
engine room.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
PRICE OF LAMARTINE's POEM.
Pecuniary Value Which the French Poet
Put Upon His Work.

Phe Gaulois tells good story OF La
martine's estimate Of the pecuniary val
ne of his poetry.
II was in 1913, when he was at the
acme of his glory and cabinet minister.
Ne had inst contributed La Marseillaisc
de Ia paiN'' to the Revue des Deux Mon
des. and Buoz. the editor, called on aim
Al the ministry. 4 believe owe you
ESQ. Here is the money" said Lamar
tine, producing bundle Of banknotes.
Pray deduct the amount Of the Re.
rues indebtedness TO you for your pc.
EN-. said the editor.
Il meant to make you a present oil
it. reJomed the poet.
Not at all' insist upon paying
you
How muchs"
Your own price, whatever it may
be-"
~Ah. well; If you viii have it SO, |
must oblige you,r said Iamartine; and
with a magnificent gesture ne swept up
the whole bundle Of notes representing
the ESQ and restored them, with solemn
dignity. to his pocket.-Nestminstef
Gazette.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
Farewell to the Work That Blesds Me-

Washington. Aug l5 The only poet
that the army ever locked up because
there was too much sting in his lines,
has decided to earn his bread and butter,
and perhaps some fame on the side, BY
devoting himself exclusively to rhyming.
A. L. Price Is his name, and he has Just
landed in the states from the Philippines,
where he earned the title Of THE Sol
der Poet, by wooing the gentle muse
while serving under the god Of war.
Prince sprang into fame through q
poem that he published about two years
ago. II was based upon the alleged rem
dition of Always in the Way at the
funeral of a private in the marine corps
Himself private. Price resented this
reported insult. The poem was dedi-
Gated to the officer who was said TO have
ordered the playing Of the piece. and
the verses related how the officer was
further down below us, than a dog q
nigger owns" The next thing Price
knew. ne was in Jail
After his term in the army had eS-
pired, the Cable News American in Ma
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
Very Careless.

Martha, endeayoring To instruct
woald-b housekeepcr in the mysteries
~ pudding making, was overheard;
"Yer ies' takes some bread en-
"i3ut how much bread. Marthat'
"Oh, jcs' what yer needs. Miss Min,
On den yer puts yo' milk on it,
"And how much milk, AIartha.v
"Well, yer mus use yer Judgment
bout dat, Miss Min
But haven't any judgement, Mar
thar
"well. de Lord hep yer. Miss Min.
cause / can'tl"
But the best story Of the winter 81
many delightful ones to be had in the
South, where the old-fashioncd negro
still abounds. was the following;
"You' Aun' Liza say there amt no
Gawd- you Aun' Liza say there amt
no Gowdl What you say when yiu'
Aun' Liza say there amt no Gowds'
Il say, don't keer."-Travel Maya
zinc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
Not a Cent for Vermont.

Washington, Aug l5,The forest ser.
vice will shortly turn over to various
states within whose borders lie national
forest reserves. the sum Of S447 O63.Ta,
representing rs per cent. OF the receipts
from those forest reserves. This money
will. according to law, be expended upon
public roads aud schools by the caun-
ties within which the reserves lie. thus
eompensating for the reduction OF tax.
able area brought about BY existence Of
the forests.
The amounts to 60 to each state or
territory ares Alaska S2.6sf.7S; Arizo-
ma. S42,6lO44; Arkansas, $3l36s; Cali.
tormia, s52A37,7s; Colorado. S50,O55.67;
Idaho, S5U,3O7 81; Kansas, S64355; Mon.
tana, S75,s07.4l; Nebraska, s2.34a.T7 ];
Nevada, s4,57T95; New Mexico, s2s,-
4G4.l2; Oklahoma. s554.4s; Oregon, So.
3l3.52; South Dakota, 81, 1880; Utah,
49,, l5l.02; Washington, Sls,o32.7o, and
Wyoming, Sil ,4o2.3S
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
Right Way For Roads 10 Run.

Aikht way hVt Nuaua 70 KUN.
II has now been discovered that II
we want TO be happy and healthy We
must live IL roads which run from
north TO south. Furthermore. Il Is al.
iirmed that those who live In roads
which run from east to west are in
yariaby found TO be depressed and
dropping like flowers which are not do
ing well.
This is a fact that We can each put
10 the test by noticing whether those
OF our friends who live between these
two points ~ the compass are les
clieery than those wllo live between
north and south Mitboat doubt there
is something IN the theory. which
amounts % this HAT the roads running
north TO south get al the morning
sunshine AMI best LIGHT and In ths
morning human beings like plants, re-
qmre these or thelc tempers, health anl
spiriwts are depressed Ladies Pictor-
.al.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-15

Mia employed Price to write poems for
stated occasions like Decoration day and
the Fourth of July. When he left the
Philippines, he left this as his parting
lines:
Farewell to the work that bleeds me,
farewell to the gods that grind;
Farewell to the work that you cannot
shirk, and the spirit strings that
bind.
I'm back again 10 the white mans land,
which the white mans hand con-
trols;
So | wave my hand to the black mans
land, TO the land OF sluggard
souls