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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
A Timely Police Shake.Up Ia
New Orleans.

| Tardily recognizing the fxca, al
| ready apparent to everybody else,
that his outrageous invasion OF bus
mess Office and deliberate attempt to
assassiuate a citizen engaged in the
! peaceful pursuit. of his lawful occupa-
ton made his retention in the posi-
ton OF chief of the New Orleans police
| force sheer impossibility, Edgar S.
| Whitaker rendered his resignation and
| VIM. j. O'COnnor was unanimously
chosen by the board of police commits
| sioners to fill the vacancy. Mr..
| OCounor is in his sixtieth year, but
| has the physique aud energy Of a
much younger man, and is admirably
qualified by experience and tempera-
ment for the efficient performance of
The duties Of his new position. He has
resided in New Orleans nearly all his
life and has been connected with the
public and private police services OF
the city for more than forty years.
After the death of Col. Thos. N. Boy
Ian, MIR. O'Connor became superin-
tendent Of the well-known Boylan pro-
t-ctive police and detective agency, re-
signing that place on account OF tenn
porary impairment of health, from
which he has now feily recuperated.
Iosps ctor O'Connor is one Of the
best kEowa men in New Osleans, ard
there appears TO be unanimous cor.
curreLce in the opinion that he will
make a model police inspector. We
trust this prGgnostication may be YER
lied, for New Orleans has long been
ia need OF such al official.
After several postponements to suit |
the convenience of the accused, the |
preliminary trial of ex-Inspector
Whitaker for his murderous attack
upon Eiitor J. n. Leveque OF the
Morniag World has been set for to,
day, before Judge E. K. Skinner of
tho first city criminal court. There
eau be no reasonable doubt that Whit
afer Will he committed under sub
staHtial bond to answer the charge OF
assault with inteus to murder.
iasRactor 05Connor was to conduct
&nsatfieiel INQUIRY yesterday into the
eonaact of the five suspended mem hars
Of the detective ferce-Meszra. Coyle,
Glynn, Dale, atetbe aud Ho1g1and-who
Inspector Whitaker e E
hodFguard on tho occasion eft his raid
lRon the World o2ine. Unless nsa
rating circumstances ear Bs shown
which have rot yet been made public.
T viii DC surprising ii ali the accused
detectives are not separated from thaie
Official kilIsta.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
Annreeiated Solfeitude.


For fear that the wide-awake Chief and vigilan
| Times may not think that the item printed ae
low is OF any Importance to the business IN
terests OF our town, we reproduce, from the rive
column OF the Times-Democrat, OF Thursday
Jan. 80, as follows:
Among the freight OF the Garig leaving. yester
day number OF SloI machines destiASu ~
! Donaldsonv1lie.
Thus it seems that the election OF sheriff
| strictly by the vote of Donaldsongille, win re
! yiye the towns chief NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Progress.
| Without stopping 20 Inquire into The
motive that prompted its solicitude II
this matter, we thank the esteemed re
Gently and.Tudely- awakened Progress
| for calling our attention to com
mercial item that in all likelihood
would otherwise have escaped US, in
asmueh as there is scarcely more oc'
casion in our business to peruse the
river columns OF the New Orleans pa,
pers than for the steamers plying be
tween that port and Donaldsonville tc
make use of the columns OF the local
press in furthering their business.
Personally, the importation of slot
10 achines is OF little moment to US,
for we quit the game long ago, and in
this respect We believe the esteemed
Times is in the same boat. Further
more. We don't chew gum, aud our
friends of the Famous Blue and Le-
mann stores always permit US to make
free use OF their hog scales, hence there
is no reason why we should put PEN
MES in the slot to obtain material for
mastication or ascertain the weights
Of ourselves and frieuus. Even pic
ture- postal cards won't tempt US to
waste time aud coin in toying with the
seductive oriice OF the whirligig any
more.
OF course, our home people know
better, but for fear credulous out
sders may be misled, it is perhaps
we'll TO remark that the Progress
speaks facetiously in referring to the
slot machine business as Donaldson
ville's chief industry. La point OF
facs, there are several chiefer indus
tries besides The Chief that have the
slot machine business backed as far
off the board as were the ante primary
predictions OF the esteemed Progress
by the actual results of last weeks
little Democratic tussle for the state
and parochial heshpots.
Our esteemed contemporary was jok-
ing also in Incidentally accusing Don
aldsonville OF sole sponsibility for
Candidate Hanson's nomination for
sheriff. because the election returns.
show that four of the parish's eight
wards and eight of its fifteen polls
gave him Dajorities and must there
fore bear share of whatever blame,
credit, misfortune or benefit, as the
case may be, is to grow out of his sue
cess. The latter contingency may
properly be left to future observation
and discussion, in the event that the
nominee Of the primary becomes
sheriff Of the parish after the general
election yet to be held. For manifest
reasons The Chief took no Tart in the
primary contest and was precIuded
from expressing its preferences as be
tween the Individuals c0utShding for
she nomin asi"ns af their party, but
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
TIE I,karr Can,nafen.

we preliminary mass meetings OF
the Republican campaign IN Louisi-
ana nave oeen held at New Orleans,
NE" 1oerla' Lake charles and ShreYe-
port ana We have the testimony Of the
democratic press that all were largely
attended enthusiastic gatherings, aid
that the RsPabliean candidate fer
governor fienry n. Phafr, and his
lSlio", Speakers were not only sc-
cofoed attentive aad Fespect'u haar-
'oSs' but their presentation aud az
S"eac' % the grounds upon which
the Republican pHs'iy lays claim to
the support 81 the 'la.e'S voters at the
approaching election elected marked
damonSt"ail"nS ri approval from their
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

Learning that primary election day
was also Lieut.. Gov. Sanders BIRTH
Dag anniversary, u clever New Or
leans woman who ardentiy favored
mis- nomination sent him a telegram
wishing him "Many happy returns. -
The wish was speedily realized, as
The returns" showed that ne had been
successful by nearly $1,000 majority.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

ExUnited States Senators VIM.
f'itE kellogg OF Louisiana and VIM.
+. Chandler % New Hampshire have
united ia an address of admonition
and counsel 10 southern Republicans
concerning the COURSE that should be
pursued IN the matter of sending dele
Gates to the mex. national convention.
Hark from the tomb doleful sound!
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

Coy. Blanchard has caused the ax.
peeted 10 happen by appointing his
private secretary, 7. O. Harris, to. the
nes position Of travelling state auditor
created by act Of the last general. as
semb!y. We agree With Republican
Gubesnatorfal Candidate Henry II.
Pharr that tho position ought not TO
have been created and that It's duties
could sell have been regulated to tho
state osnk examiner and his assistant,
but the place havi been established,
we ars free to recognize the capacity
and worth Of the gentleman selected
t. FIJI IL.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

Maybe New River hasn't clinched
her reputation as the "little joker" OF
Ascension politics! Now you see j,
and now you don't.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

The more you study the returns Of
the Ascension primary the more you
wonder how il was done and why.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

g. =. Porter, son Of Judge Porter
Of Natchitocbes, has been appointed
private secretary to Gov. Blanchard,
vice T. 9. Harris, appointed travelling
anlitGr. Young Mr.. Porter was a
Atenogra2her ia tho governors office,
and haa resigned 60 snter the law
school Of Yalo University. but con-
dluded 20 defer the prosecution Of his
legal studies in order to accept tile
post al 9cigate secretary fog 'he few
ren ainirG Dontha Of Gov. Blanch-
&ld = terna
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
Tl.fs ID ygazs,s sess ss;7y-

y. says cslrei Is psost Er110yirlg o7l9 ssra
eyer hs1, With BuckIen7s .lrxica Salpe. i an
p I,s tnis salys o5ce day for two days lgfsn
ssEas. SIS ssRds sIaraataa 81 IN tf.sas ~
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
SATURDAY. FEB. 8, 1909

You can always bank on what New
River is going TO do in an election
after the returns are all in.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
Wonder if He Does?

On tbs eve OF the late lamented
Democratic primary the Baton Rouge
Truth uttered this luminous predic.
sion6
When Wilkinson rs beaten ami little Donnie
$lafefy goes back home and hears the cannon
booming and the bands playing. he is going to
ieei ike yard Of blood pudding stuffed with
sauaT kia1t.
viii Mr.. Gallery kindly condescend
10 satisfy sour burning curiosity 10
know whether he really feels that way,
and how it feels to feel SO?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
Lost.

ON FRIDAY afternoon, Feb 7, between the
~ Catholic church and Lensnn s store, a gold
barrette pin set with turquoises. Finder will
please return to MEYER METER and receive
reward.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

e'Fjr seins Inay smile while others
weep.% 1t YVES a peculias co,incldence
'aat primary election day. on which
ne was aoaieated Cor governor, was
lha birthday anniversary az Lieut.
F'3s ]. Y. Sanders and therefore t.
h;fa d0ubly pleasant occasion,
sheteas 10 his competitor, Hon. Thee.
$. Wilkiason, she day proved douhlJ
aatertunas>, since Re not only sus-
Vtine3 & defea, Of his politica! aspir-
'ssiore Gns was subjected to . still
tf"atec q :t:pn By the sudden and
u1e&peesad Isata OF his venerable
slsllnass
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

Cap, 9iussaTus Foster. native OF
Virginia. died in New Oc!eans on the
IS Il " Janaary in his seventy sixth
yeaf, leaving "a widow. one daughter
gaG on" son, the latter being Hon.
Hpius e. Foster, United States district
attorney fer the eastern district OF
Louisiana. Capt. Foster served with
alistircsion in the Confederate navy
during the civil war and for number
u years afterwards commanded vari-
Gus merchant steam vessels. During
the pest ten years he flied the position
a keeper OF the s!errlI Shell Bank
lighthouse. opposite pass Christian,
Miss, cesigning several months ago
because % the Impairment OF hea!th
til 81. resulted ia his death.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

ssen calling Ter these letters say advertised.
II rot c21iS for IN fySA Yggsks they " n be sea-
f0 tie Dsad 5es6sF o6ses aG Wasaiua4Sa. d. g
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08
LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining in the postoffiee at Donaldsonvina
La, Saturday, Feb. s. 1898.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

a,,s ELLA BENTLEY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

b. BENTLEY, Managing Editor
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-02-08

! I. BENTLEY, Editor and Proprietor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
MIR. BRYAN's FIRST TOUR.

It Could Not Be Called a sueeeas
 This is the story of William !. Bryan's first lecture tour and how it failed.
 It was told at the Hoffman House by John J. Roche, the diamond broker, who. while temporarily embarrassed in 1896. saw visions of wealth in team work with the man who was running for the Presidency on the Democratic national ticket.
 'aThe night of Mir. Bryan's final ap- pearance at Madison Square Garden in the 1898 campaign" said Mir. Roche. 'I stood at the entrance of the Hoffman House, watching the crowds which were massed about the park. l had met with financial reverses and was cudgelling my brain to invent some scheme to recoup. l was. satisfied Mir. Bryan would be beaten. and suddenly bethought myself that 1t would be a good idea to have him make a lecture tour, 1 to act as his manager.
 The more I eogitated the more con- vInced I became that through his eloquence and personality much money could be coined for both of us. I hap pened to meet Superintendent McBee. of the Seaboard Air Line, and eonfided to him my plan.
 "sGood.' said he. Get Bryan to make a contract for fifty lectures at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

sI.ooO a night and I will put up the money
 "Eiated. anxiousIy awaited the elec- ton returns. They recorded the defeat of Mir Bryan. Then I got busy. ' wired Mfr. Bryan at Lincoln, Neb. sub stantiaIly as follows:
 Congratulations on your brilliant effort. Will you entertain proposition
 Three days elapsed. Then came a message. reading:
 Give references, ". !. Bryan.'
 ''I got references from Chairman tional Committee; John J. scanneil ana others and wired them to Mr. Rryan. Soon received another message, read- ing: Come on immediately hunt Bryan accepts our offer. I said.
 'sMcBee at first thought I was 1ok- ing. Convinced of the truth of what I said, he exclaimed; Great Your fortune Is made. Jack congratuie-
 aAfter we had fairly huggad one an | other. said: Now. get me the eB0.000 and we will simply coin meneyr
 Fifty thousand dollars! Why, have not that much in the world.
 Well. get mo sIoOOo as starter. them begged.
 'AfcBee got 1t for me. ]. borrowed $500. moro for expenses from John J. ScannelI and made for Lincoln. Tberp I concluded. a contract with Mr. Bryan on the terms offered in my tela@rAphie message. When the question of a route came up argued that there waa more money in St. Louis. Cleveland, Chicago. Buffalo. New York and the east than anywhere else. Mr. Bryan replied that he must Insist upon start ing in the South. Against my protest. we began at Atlanta. Ga. The meet ing was a disappointment. There was only 9400 in the house. Nevertheless at the close of the lecture I handed Mfr. Bryan a 1000 bill
 ''To my aatoniBhment. Mir. Bryan re- fused 1t, saying: I cannot take that amount. with only s4O0 in the box og- flee. Give me s200 and let us hope for better luck next time
 "I almost loved Bryan from that min ute. But we struck worse luck at other points. and finally were cona- pelled to abandon the tour. return ed to New York owing about &6oe. swearing I never would risk money on Q lecturer again. have always main tained, however, that had Bryan taken my advice and come North tnStead of going South we would have made money
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Judge K0Uon0ugh to Again
 Head the Southern League

nation Is in the hands of President Kavanaugh, will be chosen. Many be- lieve this honor is in store for r. E. Kuhn of Nashville.
 The trustees are R. J. Chambers of Montgomery r. E. Kuhn of Nash sille and A. J. Haineman of New Orleans. pr. H. T. Inge. Mobiles president. IS believed to be slated to replace Mir. Kuhn in event Of the Nashville man being lifted to the directory.
 Captain W. T. Crawford. of Shreye- port. veteran of the southern govern ment having been identified in some capacity since the league was launched in 1901. Is not candidate to succeed himself as vice president. but unant- nous choice of the meeting will prob ably be directed at the Shreveport capitalist.
 No change in the salary limit is anticipated. amendments may be offer ed, but the southerners are known C be satisfied with present results under limitation of fourteen players and s. 700 monthly for each club exclusive oi non-playiDg managers.
 Clemency for Otis Stockdale, the sus- pended player, is expected. Petitions have been circulated in nearly every city in the circuit. Fans signed the document giberally and in addition. the veteran pitcher has on file with PFeBi- dent Kavanaugh. a letter which will be read showing that Stockdale. al though stoutly maintaining to this date that he was miequoted, is sorry he spoke at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

r,ittee of Union and Progress, (Xoung Turks), speaks of the impatience wisn vshlch the opening of Parliament iA awaited by the nation.
 "Ans the sovereigns and foreign na~ tions.'. 1t says, have their eyes nxed on Turkey. If, therefore, we ottomans are animated with the same spirit as ottounans in the Chamber. we open q new era of prosperity and liberty; but if. on Che other hand. we abandon our. selves to race quarrels, we commit treason against the country. Then let us uiace ourselves above such paltry wranRifng and march with one accord towards the ideal of progress and civ ilization."
 The ailusion to race quarrels is . hint to the Creeks. Everything ts working smoothly and the fraternising between the various races as exempn- fed during the last few days by the street processions escorting the ballot boxes to the different municipal cen ters, has been most marked. Especiais iy cordial and fraternal are the rela- tions between Turks and Armenians. The sanjak of smyrna will send to Par Iiainent six deputies, two Turks. two Creeks, one Armenian and one Jew.
 The attitude of the newly elected Armenian Patriarch. Monsignor Izmir' Han, has produced an excellent impress sion on the Turkish community The Patriarch was the first elector to cast his vote in the electoral district Of Kum- -Rapu. Invited to send his ballot paper, the distinguished preiate prefeV- red going in perton to the polling booth. where he was received with mil itary honors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
CoLoREp sTsTnRHOoDs.
Two Hundred Negro Nuns Now W0rl
 ing in This Country.

Two Hundred Negro Nuns Now Work
 flag in This Country.
 At the present day there are two Catholic orders. numbering almost 900 colored nuns, laborinS on behalf of their own people in the United States. One of these two orders. the oblate Sisters of Providence, has been in ex- lstence as a community since the year 1928.
 It was founded by Father Jouhert, a Frenohment who had emigrated to Hayti at the time of the reign of ter TOT in France. The early part of the nineteenth century was marked by the arrival in the United States of great many refugees from Hayti and Santo refugees. He landed at Baltimore, studied there for the priesthood and was finally ordained.
 The chapel to which he was assigned, says the Rosary Magazine. was kre- quented principally by French speak ing Cath olics. both white and coiored. There was in this church lower chapel in which worshipped many eoi- ored people, mostly from Santo De- mlngo.
 Father Joubert had two friends to whom he confined his dream of form ing a religious community of coIored women who would devote their lives to the education and service of their own people. Both friends gave him warm encouragement and spoke of four young women who were their penitents. These women. three of them from Santo Domingo and one a native of this country, kept a small private school and led a retired life with the hope of some day conseorat- ing themselves to God in religion.
 Without delay Father Joubert sought out these women, told them of his plans and after much prayer and searching of hearts they humbly of- fered themselves to him for the work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

Memphis. Tenn, Dec, 13--(6peclaD-- D--- Judge " M Kavanaugh of Little Rock. who has led affairs of the south ern Association since strained itiga- tion mid-season in 1902, will be named to succeed himself, when the Board ot Directors meet in annual session m Nashville Tuesday.
 The presidential boom started for K. !. Chambers of the Montgomery club last summer. has not developed ana Judge Kayanaugh's election Will os unanimous, according to best informed people. There wRBs talk of Judge Kavanaugh not becoming candidate, but in q letter, he says:
 ',As long as my time is my own, pass ball will continue to be hobby ] can see no reason why cannot continue to serve if the gentlemen want me.
 There is only one thing which kava. nauRh stlpulates--the directors must act Unanimously. o
 Naahviile's pennant Is safe. New Or. leans reported protest will not ne al,Su ,s, and the result will stand as olIiciamity m recorded at the windup. when Lne Lnee downfall of the Pelicans In the Llhal series at Nashville gave the Volunteers the honors by a few points.
 5I)frectors will be elected for the en- guinR year. A trustee will also pc named. R. H. Baugh. of Birmin nghaSm Fl. C. Rather of Little Rock. and r. F. Coleman of Memphis, are likely to succeed themselves as memners oI tne ae Board of Directors. but successor Lo W. R. Joyper. of Atlanta, whose resls-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
TURKISH PARLIAMENT.
It Ia Now Hoped To Assemble Body Very Soon.

It Is Now Hoped To Assemble Body
 Very Soon.
 constantInople. Dec. ls--Accerdins to present arrangements. It is hoped to assemble the Turkish Parliament by the middle of December.
 The siowness with which the elect tons have been conducted in many districts has resulted in delaying the date of convocation from November H. ag originally set. The deputies are now steadily arriving in the Capital.
 The meeting place of the new Cham bsr will be the same as that occupied by tbe first Parliament. thirty-two wars ago. The building adJoins the SInistry of Justice and faces the great saaare of st. Sophia. from one side of which there is a magnificent panoramic view of the Sec of Marmora and the entrance to the Bosphorus. The hall in which fine debates will be held Is sit- wafeS on the first floor and Is of Enodsr- ste dimensions It is proposed to open the new Parliament by the reading of a snsaeh from the throne. The Bhurari- ufnmet." the ohielri organ of the Com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Pass Along
 The Good Word

That DT. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is today and has, for over 40 years, been the standard Blood-puri- fyer, Stomach Strengthener and Liver Invigorator sold by druggists. It's not a secret nostrum but a medicine of known composition "a medicine so good that the best physicians prescribe it knowing that it's ingredients, which are printed on it's outside wrappers and attested under oath, are the best known to medical science for the diseases for which it is advised.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
KIEIaAN MISSING.

New York. Dec. 1s-The search of process-servsrs and others for Patrick J. Kieran. the missing former presi- dent of the Fidelity Funding Company, made no progress today
 Kieran's wife returned to New York late last night and is now ct the Devonshire, She refuses to discuss tha whereabouts of her husband.
 John Thomas Smith, a lawyer who represents a number of Kieran's credi- tors, Is in Pennsylvania expecting to find the missing man. The hearing to determine whether state or fedpral re- ceivers shall adjust the affairs of the Fidelity, will continue tomorrow at the office of Referee olney.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

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