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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27

SKIPS WITH THE DOUGH" OF
THE GULLIBLE.
SHREVEPORT IS EASY
And Dish Out Their Coin To Get
What 'Aint. oil Indications
At Monroe.-Otber Items
of General Interest.
Of General Interest.
Clairvoyant Skips With Dough. y

VlalrVoyant SklpS WITH Dough.
A man calling himself Vivian Ae-
herman, who has been operating at
Shreveport for several days as a
elairvoyant, is missing and with va
rious sums of money and about $500
worth of diamonds belonging to ne
gress. Alderman had his dupes Gin
vest" in various "sure things" prom
Using to put in some money himself.
He was to undertake to tell what GER
tain securities would do on a given
day and place the money accordingly.
All of his clients were women, and
he told them that the spirits would
tell them what to do with the money.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Large Gathering of K. of G.

On Sunday, April 5, will be held in
Alexandria the largest gathering of
the Order of the Knights of Columbus
that has ever been held in the State.
The services Of the Chicago team have
Been secured for the occasion. They
will arrive on April A. Councils
throughout Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Texas will be repre-
rented.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Official Hangman Dead.

Charlie Dewing, aged 81, known as
the official hangman Of Caddo Par
ish, who took nearly fifty lives dur
ing his career, died at his home on
Sprague street in Shreveport, where
he was cared for by an old negro SER
want for many years. His death was
largely due to injuries received dur
ing bloody experiences in his early
years, especially just after the war.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Fire Committees Report.

The members of the fire commit
Tee of the city council of Monroe,
have finished their investigation Of
places where public gatherings are
held, and are ready to report on their
inspection. 1t has been found that
there are a number of places where
the safety of the public is threaten
ed in case of fire.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Liquor for Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Okla.-Both houses of the
legislature have passed the state dis
pensary system measure with the
emergency clause. The governor will
probably sign the bill. There will be
a dispensary in every town, of 1000
or more inhabitants and in every coun-
ty seat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Stoessel Begins Sentence.

st. Petersburg.-Lieut. Gen. Stoes-
sci, whom a ceurt-martial recently
sentenced to death on charges OF
cOwardice and treason in surrender
ing Port Arthur 10 the Japanese, but
whose sentence was committed by EN-
peror Nicholas to ten years i'm
prisonment has begun serving his
term in the st. Peter and st. Paul
fortress.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Five Mill Tax Adopted.

The election held at Napoleonville
for the purpose of levying a 5-mill
tax on immovable property for the
maintenance of the local electric light
plant for six years resulted in the
vote of A for the tax and 4 against.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Russian Risters Punished.

Riga. : Fifty-nine persons have
been sentenced to terms of imprison-
ment up to five years, and thirty-four
have been acquitted in connection
with the attacks upon the estates of
the barons in the Provinces of 1.-Two.
MIA and CORTLAND. ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Win Raise Rice.

Horace G.. Eddy and d. W. Gum
Of Lake Charles have purchased 1,OO(
acres Of land between Edgerly and
De Quincy, and are going into the
rice and cattle business. They in
tend furnishing their own water. S,
o. Scoggins, well digger, has al
ready brought in one well for them,
FLOWING GOO gallons to the minute.
Three hundred acres are to be put
into rice and the rest is to be used
for grazing
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Barn and Contest Burned.

The barn on the place of W. F.
Hagaman Norwood, was burned, to-
gether with a large quantity of hay.
cotton seed, corn buggy, harness
and saddles, etc. Two horses and two
calves also persisted.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Bow Loses Leg Under Loader.

Frank Sasser. Is years OF age,
son of w. j. Sasser, of Tioga, had
his left leg mashed while at work
loading logs at the Tioga mill log
camp. He was making coupling
between the loader and a car, and
the wheel of the loader ran on his
left foot.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Price of Ice Cut.

At special meeting of the board
Of directors of the Donaldsonville Ice
Company, Limited it was decided to
reduee the price of ice from 80 to
20 cents per hundred pounds in the
case of saloon keepers and other large
consumers, and from 40 to 30 cents to
householders and small buyers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Accused of Robbing Drummer.

Two weeks ago Frank Troester, rep
resenting the Thomas-Davidson-Ogil-
vie Hardware Company, of Shreve-
port, was robbed of his hardware sam
pies while driving from Grand Cane
to Gloster. The matter was immedi-
ately reported to Deputy Sheriff W.
R. Gamble, who succeeded, after a
nights search, in landing in Jail Jim
Salter, the negro robber.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Civil Service Examination.

Four negroes and one young white
woman stood examination at Baton
Rouge for the position of railway and
department clerks in the postal SER
vice. An examination for clerk and
carrier will be held there shortly.
There are no applications for postal
positions from the city among young
white men.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Gone After Burglar.

Birmingham, Ala.-Deteetive Dish
Groom of the Birmingham police force
has gone to Louisville, KY, to bring
back John Reeves, a negro, wanted
here on charges of burglarly,. it being
alleged that he broke into two resi-
dences in this city.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Woodmen Initiate Candidates.

Dupont Camp No. 3OS of Houma,
held a meeting for the purpose of
initiating ninety-five candidates into
Wooderaft. State Manager 7. NJ.
We'll, assisted by A. o. Patureaux, Of
Alexandria, district manager, and
General A. B. Booth, conducted the
initiation
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Preparing for the Elks.

F. G. Snyder, of Shreveport, Dep
uty District Exalted Ruler of the B.
P. o. Elks, will. pay the Monroe Lodge
an official visit. The work of remodel
ing the Elks' Hall is nearing COM
pletion and it will be one of the hand
soonest in the state. The state con-
vention meets here in April and a
large number of visitors are ex-
pected.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Wild Gas Well Capped.

After running wild for eight months
wasting about 100000 cubic feet
of natural gas daily, the Dixie gas
well at Shreveport was capped by J.
I. Leach, representing the Louisiana
Gas Company. The closing was due
to President j. S. Connolly, of the
Louisiana Company who believed
the wasting well would endanger the
new field.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Quarantine Titles.

Chas. f. Bauer of the State Land
Office of Baton Rouge, was at the
courthouse at inte-a-la-Hache, look
ing over titles of land at the New
Quarantine Station. The lands in
question are situated in sections 10
and 10 township q, south range 10
east.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Lindsey Denied Bail.

George W. Lindsey, charged with
the murder of Kindley Coles, March
9, at the Jennings oil field was denied
bail and remained to Jail at Crowley
after a preliminary trial before Judge
p. S. Pugh in the district court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
johnson Released.

Gilbert johnson, who has been in
Jail in Alexandria for the past ten
days on the charge of being impli-
Gated in the assassination of Deputy
Sheriff c. C. johnson at Gum recent
ly, was given preliminary examina-
ton before Judge Blackman and dis
charged, there being no evidence ad-
duced to connect him with the crime.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Old Murder Case Revived.

Andrew Roger, of Marais Boulard,
is in the parish Jail at Crowley charg-
ed with the murder of Celestine
Gouthreaux about three years ago.
Celestine Gouthreaux is the woman
who was found dead in her bed, hav-
ing been shot through a window.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Shot at Hungry Burglar.

W. o. Lyon, who lives in State
Street, was awakened by someone
moving about the house, and on inves-
tigation discovered a negro in his
kitchen helping himself to a meal. He
fred on the intruder, but missed, and
the burglar escaped.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Body of Negress Found.

The body of a negress named Annie
Henry was found floating near the
railroad bridge at Leonville. Her hus-
band, John Davis, alias John Henry,
was arrested and taken to Opelousas.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Daughter Convicts Father.

A. Royal was convicted in the Dis
trict Court at Winnsboro for killing
his wife. His daughter, aged 16 years
was the principal witness against him.
His sentence will be imprisonment for
life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Plantation Sold for SIS. 600.

The Australia Plantation Of V. M.
Lefebvre was sold at Port Allen as
sheriff's sale, the plantation being
bid in by J. E. Dunlap, president of
the Peoples Bank, of Plaquemine, for
$4,000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Big Real Estate Deal.

One of the largest real estate trans
actions in this parish for some time
was consummated at New Iberia by
the transfer of the Weeks Island by
the Weeks heirs to the Gajan Plant
ing Company, a new corporation in
this city, organized under the laws Of
Louisiana. The consideration was
SAG. 600.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Temperance Rally.

A temperance rally was held at the
McGee Opera House at Eunice. The
campaign is now opened in the par
ish and will be pushed vigorously un-
til the lection.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
To Test 2 Cent Law.

Chicago. = Illinois railroads ma.
soon begin proceedings to test the
legality of the state 2-cent fare law.
A meeting of executive officials has
been called, when the ACCESSIBILITY of
such a move will be considered.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Sixty Horses Burn to Death.

Chicago.-The livery barn of E.
Siekles was destroyed by fire Of un-
known origin. The loss is $4,000.
Sixty horses persisted in the flames.
The fire is supposed to have started
in the hay loft.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Smokes Meat. Burns Home.

F. Moore, living five miles west of
Eunice, lost his house and contents
by fire. The fire originated in the
smokehouse where Mr.. Moore was
smoking meat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Negro Church Burns.

The negro church at Gilbert. 1t
was situated near the corner of a
pasture, in which dead trees were
burning, and caught fire from these.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Lost $4,000 Tow.

Paducah, Ky.-The Reaper, be-
longing to the West Kentucky Coal
Company, lost seven barges of coal at
Island No. 10 in the Mississippi riv-
er. The, loss amounts to $4,000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
For Relief of Fire Sufferers.

The subscription list which is be-
ing circulated at Napoleonville to
raise funds for the sufferers of the
fire that occurred at Paincourtville
has over 81 200 contributed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
State Fair President.

S. H. Bolinger of Shreveport, was
elected president of the state fair
association of Louisiana to succeed
the late L. c. Allen.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Hyde Out on Bond.

+. c. Hyde, who shot and instant
ly killed Hon. Duncan S. Kemp March
10, and who was indicted for man
slaughter by the grand jury Of Amite
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Ground Broken For School.

Contractor Delott broke ground for
the foundation of the new brick
school house, at Estherwood, bringing
the bricklayers from Lake Charles.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27

The general store of London Block,
two miles west of Deerford, burned.
Loss $500. The fire is thought to
be Of incendiary origin.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27

Tifis.-A soldier was killed during
an engagement between a picket and
a band of thirty Persian brigands
conveying contraband.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27

City, came up from New Orleans in
company with his young wife and his
mother. Judge Elliott fixed his bond
at $4,000 and this was Immediately
signed by his mother.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27

High above the storm rides the
dove of peace and its message lives
despite the wind and waves.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27
Artesian Well for Slidell.

The new artesian we'll for Slidell
has just been completed, and gives a
flow of forty gallons per minute.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-03-27

The bread Of life is not obtained
by thrasaine old straw.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
IRISH PLAY MAKES
Tit AT VALENCIA
Arthur Cunningham Scores Suc-
cess in Character of ROIlick=
ing Song of Erin

Arthur Cunningham good voice and
his bubbling native wit would make
one almost forget that he is looking at
a play when attending the Valencia this
week. There is shaun Rhue' and
Larry Donovan" but it is Cunning
ham himself that one sees there The
play might have been written for him,
so smoothly and easily does he carry
the part of the rollicking Irish bhoy.
shaun Rhue" is the kind of a play
that eXtolls the primitive virtues and
shows how villainy was punished in
the days of our fathers, before trusts
and other varmints were known In
those days, in ould ireland at least the
rich rogues with their foine silk
breeches and ruff1es, were aIwavs
downed in the end by the simple, hon
est lad with the stout heart.
Such a lad is Larry Donovan-a light
hearted, singing, laughing and loving
country lad, whose father. driven to
desperation by the water which making
bog of his land would marry his
daughter to a rich blackguard. and
when Larry would interfere drives him
from the door.
But Larry's redy wit finds way to
foil fine plot by the rich mans son,
and n the disguise of Shaun Rhue,
from the NORTH finds the way back
to his fathers heart and sweeps the viii
famous rich mans son out of the door
shaun Rhue" will make you laugh
and cry by turns, and if you're fond of
good weep you'll enjoy Cunningham
full of Earth" The company is good
and Grace Travers. a new actress who
plays Kate Donovan, Larry's sister, Is
also clever
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
CUT PRISON BARS
WITH A MEAT SAW
How Murderer Taylor Succeeded
in Escaping From the
County Jail
Posses Vainly Search for the
Fugitive, Who Is Clad in
Civilian Clothes

Searchers secured the fields and for
est in the vicinity of the county Jail
yesterday and last night hunting for
Samuel H. Taylor, the convicted MUIR
derer. who escaped Saturday afternoon.
but up to a late hour last night he
had not been captured. Taylor's es-
cape was discovered five minutes after
he had crawled through a window in
the kitchen at the jail, after saving
through the steel bars.
When the prisoners were placed in
line at o'clock Saturday afternoon to
be counted Taylor's absence was noted.
1t was at first believed that he might
have been detained in the kitchen,
where he had been working on account
of extra meals furnished on that day
to officials and visitors. Guard Nc
Greeyy went back to the kitchen to
look for him and saw the twisted bars
in the window He gave the alarm
and after the prisoners had been locked
in their cells the prison guards seized
their rifles and started on the man
hunt.
The investigation conducted yester-
day by Deputy Sheriff Heggerty who
is in charge of the county jail during
Sheriff Dolan's absence from the city,
developed the fact that Taylor had
sawed through the bars with an or
binary meat saw. The window through
which he escaped faces the north and
it is believed that he jumped to the
ground and scaled the fence while the
prisoners were marching into the main
corridor to be locked up for the night.
Laborers who were working in a field
saw Taylor when he scaled the prison
wall and ran toward Sutro forest, and
they fled in fright from the field near
the county Jail. The jail officials be-
lieve that Taylor had assistance from
other prisoners.
Taylor was not garbed in prison
stripes when he made his escape. Chief
Biggy was informed of the escape and
asked to notify his men to watch out
for Taylor.
Taylor was awaiting the outcome of
his appeal from the sentence of 20
years imposed by Judge Cook for the
murder of Jacob Grossman in Bootz's
camp in the Mission road last February.
stay in the sentence had been
granted by Judge Cook. Taylor is 27
years old, native of Red Top, Tex.
is feet IL inches tall, weighs about
145 pounds, and is smooth shaven and
light compleXioned.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
RESCUERS IN MINE
DIE IN HEROIC WORK
Further Details From Utah HOr-
rOr Bare Deeds of Bravery
by Miners
Three Fall Before Intangible
Foe; Comrades, Undaunted,
Plunge After Them

SALT LAKE. Utah, Nov. 226Details
of the death of four men in the work
ings of the Utah copper company's mine
at Bingham yesterday emphasizes the
reckless heroism with which the last
three victims fought their losing fight
with an invisible, intangible foe-dead-
ly powder gas.
When the day shift withdrew it was
known that one Italian miner, DOmi-
nick Shatto, lay unconscious and prob
ably lifeless, in one of the mine levels.
where he had gone in the performance
of his duty. Another miner was
thought to be missing. Knowing the
peril, for he had led more than one
rescue party into gas filled levels Fore
man F. Kent Smith started down an
incline tunnel, followed by Hugh Burns
and George Wilson, two shovelmen.
They did not return Other mine en-
ployes waited a reasonable time and
then ventured into the tunnel after tax
ing the precaution to tie ropes to their
waists. The ropes saved their lives.
for the first inhaIations of the foul air
robbed them of their strength and
when dragged back to the surface
they were unconscious.
Not until a hose carrying a powerful
current of air had been provided were
the rescuers able to make their fight
effective. Foot by foot the hose was
advanced, new men momentarily TAX
ing the places of their fainting COM
rades and the fatal gas was slowly
driven out of the incline
Smith and his companions were found
where they had fallen in their desper-
ate struggle TO regain the outer air.
Shatto was found later. He had been
dead for hours. The second missing
Italian was not in the mine.
! Smith and Burns leave families Will
son was single man.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
AnRANGE WHIST TOURNEY

OAKLAND. Nov. 22.-The young
ladies' OF st. Francis de Sales church
lave completed arrangements for a
whist tournament to be held in st.
Francis de Sales hall, corner OF Grove
and Jones streets, on Tuesday evening.
November % Twenty-Five valuable
p~izes have been offered. The members
Of the committee in charge are: Ger
frigde Hanley. Adelaide Moffitt, D. Jen-
nings. Eleanor Gallagher, Mary Flem-
ing. Irene Gallagher, c. OConnell, M.
Henry. Y Cane Grace Madden, Jeota
Kelley. Mary Keegan, NJ Ryle, Helen
Madden. NJ Coots, NJ. White, III. Gal
Ia CHER, J. Nicks.
The scorers viii include: Sadie
f4eavev. Rose Kogler NJ. Lynch, A.
Kennedy. l. Sullivan, NJ. White, Agnes
Williams. NJ. Bailey. the Misses Guich-
ard. the Misses Lyman, the Misses
schultz. G. Ambrose. the Misses Lamp
ing May Irene Ball.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-23
HALL NJ 'ALLIST[R
IS A HIT AT HOME
Gifted Son of San Francisco
Returns as Actor of Merit
in Clever Play
Is Star Feature of Unusually
Good Bill at Orpheum
This Week

Hall McAllister returns to his own
San Francisco as an actor of real
merit. When he appeared at the Or
pheum yesterday afternoon in the
sketch THE Girl of The Times,'" he
was welcomed by his many friends in
with to show them that he could make
good. Different from most of the skits
in the vaudeville houses, his vehicle
really has plot worth while.
The playlet has to do with a pros
porous bachelor Chats McAllister) and
a clever newspaper woman Chats Miss
Catherine Cameron). He loses his keys
in the street, and she, noting his name
and address on the ring, enters the
house to commit a burglary-just to
make sensational story that will give
her prominence in the journalistic fir
mament. Of course he apprehends her,
! but she insists she is just creating a
story for her paper and intended to
return the silverware
| He has called the police. About the
time she has convinced him of her real
! purpose he decides to send her to the
police station just as a lesson. She
strikes the climax by getting the drop
on him with his pistol as the officers
break into the room. She turns him
over as the burglar and Immediately
begins to jot down the details in her
notebook.
| McAllister is natural and at home in
! his role There is no straining for
effect, and in consequence this tai
ented native of California brings back
with him one of the best playlets seen
at the Orpheum in months.
George w. Leslie and company this
week present THE Naked Truth" Les
lie is fully as good as he was when he
appeared at the Van Ness in Wood
land He appears as a Scotehman In
the present musical comedy in love with
a girl with money, Miss Lillian Law
son, who has put aside her true sailor
lad. A magic image of Truth causes
the person telling a lie to be Invested
of an article of clothing for each lie
as told, and in consequence the Scotch
man and the lass are the principles in
a disrobing act that is study in d.
rectoire lingerie and bathing suits.
Raymond and Caverly, who appeared
at the Grand theater about four years
ago in some Roger brothers shows
have not fully recovered isem the
Weberfieldian mania. They have some
wholesome fun with Redwood City
but the audience remembers that Kolt
and Dill are just next door in the Prin-
cess theater outdoing Weber and Field
themselves
The four Grams and their fox ter
rier do a good acrobatic act, and the
motion pictures showing one of the big
baseball games between Chicago and
Detroit are worth seeing.
The hoIdovers are William Morrow
and Verda Schellberg in "Happy's Mil
lion," Staley and Birbecks ''Musica
Blacksmiths," Tom Welch, Sig Mealy
and Ed Montrose in play Balr' and
Lew Hawkins, THE Chesterfield OF
minstrelsy.' They round out an ex-
cellent bill.