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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
LOUISIANA NEWS
LATEST CLIPPINGS FROM
OVER THE STATE.
Announcement of the Reunion.

AdJutant General VIM. Mickle BY
order of Stephen d. Lee, general com
handing, has issued the following tC
The Louisiana Division, United Con
federate Veterans:
Headquarters United Confederate
. Veterans, New Orleans, La. Feb. s.
1908: General Orders, No. 75.-I The
general commanding announces that,
according to the custom heretofore
in force, which leaves to the general
commanding and the department COM
manders the naming the date of the
reunion; the eighteenth annual reun-
ion of the United Confederate Veter-
ans will be held in the city of Bir-
mingham. Ala. on June 9th, 10th and
1lth, 1908; Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday, respectively, those days hav
ing been named by our host as sat
isfactory.
No city in the South has shown
since We laid down our arms at Apo
mattox such stupendous growth as the
city of Birmingham; and she stands
out alone among her sister cities,
whether she is viewed as to the ex-
tent of territory covered by her cor
porate limits, the grandeur and mag
uificence of her buildings or the num-
Der and wealth of her manufacturing
Industries.
While there is nothing in and around
the city to arouse the enthusiasm of
the survivors of the Confederate arm
les, her patriotic men and beautiful
women, with a fidelity to the prin-
eiples of the Southland and a devo-
tion to her traditions second to none,
plead with their old-time friends and
comrades to come to the hospitabie
homes of the Magic City, assuring
them that a welcome will be given
equal to any that has been shown in
the past.
The central location Of the city. its 7
numerous railroad connections. placc1
1t within easy reach of all sections Of
the country; and the general com
handing feels satisfied that the boys
IN gray" will be present in large mum ;
ber.
III. General commanding with much
pleasure announces at. the request Of o
Is most energetic president Mrs. w
]. Behan, that the Confederate South 5
ern Memorial Association will hold its {
meeting at the same time. P
By command of I
STEPHEN ID. LEE, q
General Commanding. o
Official: VIM. E. MICKLE, 9
idjutant General and Chief of Staff :,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Fire at Clinton, La.

A fire at Clinton, in East Feliciana
parish, La, destroyed property val
ued at $4,000. The fire originated in
a grocery store, and besides that build
ing, an office building, meat shop,
drug store, three residences and the
Belmont hotel were destroyed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Work on the electric lins of the st.
Tammany and New Orleans Railway
and Ferry Company, which Is to con-
meet Covington with New Orleans, is
progressing rapidly. under the direc-
ton of Preston Herndon, local en-
gineer. About five miles of right of
way has been cut out, and about three
miles OF roadbed has been completed
All the material for the bridges has
been gotten out. and large part of
1t has been delivered on the right of
way.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Fatally Wounded.

Zach johnson, a negro "bad man.
and bully, was shot by Constable
John Ramirez at Donaldsonville while
attempting to evade arrest, and died
from the effects of the wound. John
son and two other negroes, Sonny
Harris and Kid Swift, have been OPP
Grating in this locality for some time
past, and number of crimes and mis-
demeanors are laid at their door by
the local police authorities.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Departs Secretly.

Though the Cunard officials were
quite confident taht Morse had not
sailed in the Campania, as his attor.
ney believe, it was pointed out by
friends that the effect upon thu
health of Morse of seeing his once
great fortune melt away was such as
10 make it probable that he had Sc
cured passage through other in order
to avoid the interruptions to his need
ed rest, certain to follow should his
presence on shipboard be generally
known.
That Morse absolutely required the
seclusion and possibilities for recu-
peration physically afforded by an
ocean voyage, was generally admitted
among those who have known of the
tremendous undertaking he has car
ried through and the mental stress in
cident to his financial losses.
Disclosures of the trouble of Morse
followed each other in rapid success
sion. One of these was to the effect
that the creditors banks might unite
in making him an Involuntary bank
rupt, thereby absorbing the remnants
of his fortune.
Deputy sheriffs were kept busy
serving copies of the attachment in
the suit brought by Charles A. Hanna,
receiver for the National Bank of
North America, in New York, against
Morse to recover $243,321. Copies
of the attachment have been served
on officers of the fourteen banks in
which Morse was supposed to have ac-
counts. A deputy sheriff has seized
6403 shares of stock of the Furnace
Valley Copper Company, said to be
owned by Morse. Another levied on
stock in the Kingsland Copper Com
pany, said to have been owned by
Morse. A deputy sheriff also has
served copy Of the attachment on
K. A. Wilson, in charge of the Morse
residence in Fifth avenue.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Celebrate Diamond Wedding.

Seventy-fve years of married life
is the record of Mr.. and Mrs. Azure
lien Jeansonne, of Cottonport, who
were welded Feb. 5, 1888, near here,
and the couple celebrated their dia-
mond wedding yesterday. Mr.. jean
some is 50 years old and native of
Avoyelles parish. His wife, who was
Miss Edvals Chenoret, is go years of
age.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Ten Million

The Jennings oil field, during its six
years of existence, has produced 49,
100000 barrels, valued at $1O,OOO,-
900. Indications reveal a-ather vast
deposit two miles south of the proven
territory, which promises to furnish
large and productive wells.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Responding Nicely.

The Insurance Department of the
Secretary of States office is rapid
ly receiving the reports of the various
insurance concerns doing business in
the state. in compliance with the in
surance laws.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Herr N. Kausman, attache Of the
Imperial German Department of Ag-
riculture, is investigating the Louisi-
ana rice belt for the purpose of max
ing report to the Bureau of Immi-
grafton of the German Department of
Agriculture on the desirability of the
rice belt as point of settlement for
German immigrants.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Returns Complete.

The returns from the recent Demo-
cratic primary election in Louisiana
were promulgated by Secretary CT
State Michel. Sanders majority over
Wilkinson is 13,447
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
For Cattle Tick

Several Southern Congresmsen ap-
peared before the House Committee
on Agriculture and asked for an ap-
preparation to exterminate the cattle
iiek.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Fixs4 Tor Nay 10 By State Democratic
Executive Committee.
At the meeting of the Alabama dem.
ecratic state committee In Montgom.
cry Friday, primary election was
called to be held May IS, for the Sc.
lection Of all officers which the peo
pie VIII have to choose this year.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Broke Rope.

The breaking of the nangmnu I.
rope in double execution of negro
murderers at Lake Charles delayed
proceedings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Ended IN Row.

The Florida Republican State Con-
sention at st. Augustine, Fla, broke
up In a row and contesting delega-
lions we're sent to Chicago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Run Down and Killed.

7. c. Warner, So years of age, was
run down at the Union Depot at Alex
andria by an Iron Mountain switch
engine and fatally injured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Agreed on Policy

Supreme Court justices are report
ed to have agreed on a general policy
to stand between the Constitution and
those who would contravene to ignore
II.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Act Unconstiutional.

A. B. Romero refused to transfer
the school fund treasurership in Ibe-
ria parish, claiming the recent act is
unconstitutional.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

A 100000 company will be organ
lied at Baton Rouge to manufacture
the eotton-picking machine invented
by Prot. S. S. Thomas.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Nikola Kaumanus Agricultural At
tache to the German Embassy in
Washington, is in Louisiana to inves-
hgate agricultural conditions.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Refined Laborers.

War Department will defend labor
ers arrested in Georgia for refusing
to work public roads.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
MORSE ON JAUNT
ACROSS Big POND
FALLEN WIZARD OF FINANCE
TRAVELLING.
WILL RETURN In TEN DAYS
United States District Attorney Slim.
SON of New York Pleased to Hear
That Eminent Financial Juggler
Will Voluntarily Come Back.

Queens town.-Cahrles W. Morse
was interviewed by an Associated
Press representative here. Without a
moments hesitation Mr.. Morse
granted an interview to teh cores
pendent. He was shown extracts from
London papers referring to him as
having fled from his creditors, etc.,
Mr.. Morse said there was absolutely
nothing in the reports, saying they
were New York sensationals. He
added that he had sent cable dispatch
es to New York concerning his posi-
ton, and that he would reetify mat
tiers when he returned there. He was
travelling partly on business and part
ly for pleasure for a week or ten days.
Asked where he purposed going af-
ter he landed at Liverpool, Mr.. Moros
begged to be excused from replying.
"You cam" he said, "say with GER
tainty that my stay will not exceed
ten days on this side and that 1 will
then return to New York. -
Mr.. Morse proceeded from Queens
town to Liverpool on board the Cam
pania. He is travelling under an as
sumed name, probably C. H. Moore.
Many People Want Him.
Asked why U. S. District Attorney
Stimson had requested him to ask
Morse to return, Attorney Board
man said:
81 do not know, but l suppose it
is because a good many people here
want him."
Concerning the summoning before
the Federal grand jury of Boardman
and former Justice Morgan j. O.,
Brien, the latter also a member of
the law firm of O'Brien, Boardman
and Platt, the Federal officers said:
81 haze nothing whatever to say,
and the public is at liberty to draw
any conclusion it may see fit concern
ing the appearance of Lawyers Board |
man and O'Brien before the Federal I
grand jury. l can not discuss the mat /
ter, neither will 1 admit or deny any
Of the rumors current"
The rumors referred to by Stimson /
we're to the effect that the present
Federal grand jury was likely to re-
turn indictments in the banking case
soon.
Several weeks ago Stimson ad-
nitted taht the Federal grand jury
'ince early in December had been in !
the banking situation, but
Is to the likelihood of indictments he
declined to talk. !
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The Louisiana State Board of Agri-
culture will meet Feb. IL at Baton
Rouge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The House Naval Committee will
report bill for Two new battleships.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

OVER THE FENCE.
Norah-An' phwhere do your misin-
ress be goin' tonight?
Bridget-Shure. she didn't inform
me, but I'm the looks iv her OF take
it she be goin' to wun iv thin comm
out parties.-Harvard Laniroon.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
STEPHEN d. LEE,

Official: VIM. z. MICKLE,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

soULH COLLAGE 10 the Leading and
k1giish fraining School In the South.
- D recognised everywhere as q wide
zwA.e. Practical. Reliable, Progressive,
no oeeuelve promises to secure students
SCULB COLLEoE owns and occupies
ne Fipest Business School Building in
america. u Experienced Teachers Book-
eend tos New luustrstsd Circular.
GRO. SouLB & SONS
, 1908-10-21
ELEPHANT RUSH IN BRONX.

Twelve persons were slightly injured and
scores of men, women and children were
thrown into q panic in the Bronx Zoolog-
ical Park yesterday afternoon when Luna.
the elephant recently taken there from Coneys
Island, became unmanagable through the
sight of two young pumas and went on an
hours rampage. Many persons narrowly
escaped with their lives.
Luna saw the pumas just as she was
being taken out of the antelope house by
her keeper, Walter Thurman. Trumpet
ing with fright, she started on a run for
the reptile house, q hundred yards away.
One hundred aud fifty persons were
viewing the snakes when Luna's formida-
BILE bulk doomed up at the doorway, crashed
through into the building and scattered the
terrified crowd right and left. Thurman
was able to keep pace with his charge by
hanging from the elephants goad. which be
had hooked into the lobe of her ear. Sus-
pended by this, he reached down and swung
to one side from under Luna's feet Mrs.
Fl. A. Stollenwerck, of No. 1892 Sterling
place, Brooklyn who had tainted and fallen
directly in the animals path.
Screaming with terror, the crowds tried
to run out OF the place. Five women and
two children, to escape from the path Of the
ele plant, jumped over into the den Of
moIe, Ill uiISatOK. MO2e, frightened, naQ
fled to the sun parlor on the far side
of his pool, but the mouent he saw the
women and children he ioundered to
turn on them. Several keepers sprang TO
the rescue of the persons in the enclt sure
and lifted them to safety none too soon.
King cobras, ~rattlers, water moccasins.
the fer-de-lance ard other deadly snakes
ranged alound0 the room behind the easily
broken glass partitions doubled the danger
of the situation, ard it is considered
almost o miracle that none of them was
released among tie crowd.
Luna soon left the reptile house, and
went to The all gator pool, the turtle crawl
and the b ars' den, returning finally 10 the
reptile house, where she was chained for the
night and guarded by keepers till morning.
Her rampage lasted an hour, and be>ides
creating q panic that proved q continuous
performance, fl ghlened sll the animals
in the vicinity and demolished an ice
cream stand. Thurman hung by means
o. his goad to her left ear the whole tire
aud fainIed when the ordeal was over.-I6ld.
, 1908-10-21
NEW AMERICAN AEROPLANE.

In q statement recently pub sled BY the
Neso York Herald, Mr.. Herring has given
the first mixing yet obtained as to the ma
ture OF the mysterious %aeroplane which will
shortly undergo official tests at Washington.
White details are still withheld, it appears
that the chief feature is o device whereby
eq ilibrium is automatically maintained, the
machine being 90 made that a wind gust
corrects its own effect quicker than q man
could CO." The machine is considerably
smaller than either tie Wright or the Far
man aeropiane. TIL two propellers, it is
prophesied, VIII greatly surprise aeronauts,
Indeed. MIR. Herring appears sanguine that
he will astonish the word.
Dur Washington Correspondent says -
MIR. Herring has requested an extension Of
time. The War department has ssked him
ii 20 days more would lie sufficient. This
would bring Mr.. Herring here just SIS MIR.
Wright gets through his instruction OF the
officers, AID the iwo aeronauts would not
then nte fsre with each o Ler. 1t would
also permit tie two machines to be COM
pared. Mr.. Herring says that the machine
weighs 25o;b. and flies 80 miles an hour.
T~he~dimensions of the planes are 20ft. by
BIT lines. 18Th Sepa
, 1908-10-21

no report from the islands still further east.
but as they were even more in the path OF
the storm. it is anticipated that the inhabi-
tauts there are homeless. In Long Island
out of $50 houses in Clarence Town not
more than S are standing, while the sisal
plantations and other field crops are destroy
Cd, SO that tie people are homeless and with
GU, food.
OF course, I do not know any thing as to
conditions in the Bahamas, except from the
letter, nor WHO are the persons there to apply
TO, but / do trust hat some Investigation
will be made and that in some method, per
haps through our Consul, or in some other
WY, the relief, which I ain sure 10 sorely
needed, can be sent to the Bahamas.
NORWAY WILLIAMS.
New York, Dot. 3. 1908.
, 1908-10-21
Tylor Hill, Oct. 7th,
Dear Mr. Editor,

~ AAA NAAb
I eroloso q couple of Clip
pings from N. Z. Times of interest to your
readers. One is an account Of the damage
wrought in the Bahamas by the terrible her
ricnnc that swept by northward Of the W. (.
Islands on Sept. 10,h to 18th. The other
is of o much more cheerful character, namely,
for the benefit Of the cotton grower. In
Santa Cruz, where we have been combating
various cotton pests, it hns alwavs
been considered, the Boil weevil WAS about
The limit; but it is again made apparent, that
human ingenuity can overcome any obstacle,
when backed up by intelligence fortunately
our Santa Cruz planters Srs second to none
in intelligence and quick adaptabiiity to NV
methods and condItions,nnd I venture to pre-
C.ct success to all growing cotton on these
terms.
Sincerely,
E. GRIGG.
, 1908-10-21

ing adopted a resolution by 563 votes
against one hat the explosion on the jena
was attributable to deplorable negligence.
The Premier asked if the censure Included
the Government, upon which confidence was
voted by 345 against 1872.
The German balloon H ,rzes IL has been
picked up in the North Seu; but there are
no traces OF the occupants. The car nas
been cut away from the Letting and the
envelope is intact.
France has accepted Germ ny's cfer t.
arbritra'e at the Hague both the facts and
law of the Casablanca incident, arising from
the French arrest of members OF the Foe ign
Legion under German protection.
The German Foreign Office has received q
draft Of the Franco-Spanish noe to be pre-
sented to Mulai Haid specifying conditions
for his recognition as Sultan Of Morocco.
London, Oct. 20th-Su9ar in stock on the
18th inst. was $4,000 tons. Last year
81. 900 tons.
10 am. Barbados bar. 1910 E. fair.
Dominica bar. 29.91 s. w. cloudy.
Antigua bar. 1894 L. bright.
4 p. m. Barbados bar. 3O.O2 Sc. fair.
Dominica bar. 1888 L. partly cloudy.
Antigua bar. 1881 Z. fine.
New York. October Goth
Flo IT, Blended Clears per barrel 5.3o-5 40
Meal, Kindred, pei barre Ais
New Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess Pork, $164-16R
s,oor Crystals pc, H.. 315-16-4
""6"' Muscovudo 69oteol 3 T-l6-4
Mo'a<se' Ing. Islds. er gal. no quotation
Liverpool Cotton middlins UpIard 5
EAchalge, New lorh&L London 60 days sight
484#
Exchange New Yorh and o%n1on, sight 4,6G3
C,1I,, Oot1hor On+b
, 1908-10-21
QUACK DOCTOR SENT TO JAIL.

London, Saturday.-American quacks
will Lave to acknowledge a master in the
person CT one Tom" Rogers, who has plead.
ed guilty to FIJI indictm Mt charging him
with stealing GA los. (about $74( from
q servant girl, and was sentenced to nire
months i'll jail. According to the test:
mony, the prisoner, who called himself q
phre nologist and magnetic healer, and is
said to BE- an American, guaranteed to grow
q new eye in place Of q glass one the girl
had. Rogers also claimed to be able to
grow new hearts and kidneys and head
bones, besides other simple ftate, such rs
raising the dead.-N. Y. Herald, Sept. go.
, 1908-10-21
THE BAHAMAS.
Would Investigate and Relieve Havoc
Wrought by the Storm.
E. GRIGG.

WOuId AhVeSlSate ana believo Havoc
Wrought by the Storm.
To the Editor Of The N6m York Times:
l venture to ask whether you will allow
space in your paper for q statement as to the
terrible conGiHons now existing, "a l am in
formed, IN the Bahamas? I am just in re-
ceipt of q lister from the Rev. Daniel Will
ehere. q warm personal friend of mine, who
has been for mauy years past the Superinten-
tsndent of the Bahama Baptist Uuion, with
his headquarters at Nassau, N. P, and with
the charge of about thirty churches on that
Island and the ous islau Is OF tho Bahama
group. The terrible storm a few weetss ago
has wrought havoc in the out islands. A
letter fromsMr. W.lshere, just received, aud
dated Sept %, says that Long Island. one
of the largest Of the group. is in ruins, as
Jamaica was that the Baptist church at Mao
Kennons and other property of the mission
at Sims are reported ruined. AMI that the
people are homeless, in some casos heir only
shelter being in caves. The Island Of Exu-
ma also suffered, but not so badly. There is
, 1908-10-21
100 MILES AN HOUR GALE.
The Caracas Encounters the Edge Of III,

The Caracas Encounters the Edge Of the
Hurricane at Sea.
SAN JuAE, Puerto Rico, Friday.-The Red
D line steamer Caracas, Captain Furst,
from New York, September IL, for San Juan,
arrived here today and reports that on Sep
TENDER IA she encountered the southern
edge OF the hurr cGne in latitude 80. Tho
wind blew at one hundred miles an hour
for a period of twenty-tour hours. Tie
passengers on board the Caracas were L, pt
below decks.
No Que was hurt, but the yesse! sustained
trihing damage. The passengers, when tie
storm was over, passed a resolution OF
thanks to the captain and crew AMI sub
scribed n sum If money as a token Of their
appreciation of the mastery manner in
which Captain Forst and his men handled
the ship. ~ r. Herald. Seps. 18Th
, 1908-10-21
MACHINE TO KILL BOIL wEEvIL.

Houston, Texas, Oct. 3.-Charles Lee, a
negro, has perfected a machine which he
claims will destroy boil weevils. The MAJ
chine is a simple box consisting primarily of
a round box made of metal, and having four
protruding tubes. Within the outer recep-
tacle is another which contains chemicals
capable Of ignitin8 and giving off deadly
fumes.
, 1908-10-21
BY MEXICAN CABLE TO H HERALD.

PANAMA, via GALVESTON, Texas, 10 Sept
The Panama Railroad Company's steamship
Colon arrived at Cristobal this morning
with three Of her crew dead, beth tunnels
gone and all her life boats lost or rendered I'M
servicenble as the result of the hurricane
she encountered on Sunday. The three
men were killed while repairing a big water
tank in the hold of the vessel.
Ih4 Colon left New York on September
10. About forty miles north Of Waiting
Island she was struck by the hurricane,
blowing one hundred miles an hour, and
great waves were soon sweeping over her.
The staterooms were flooded and her smoke
stacks carried away, and three lifeboats
We're washed overheard and the others
wrecked. No passengers were allowed on
the decks. Registered as well as ordinary
mail was damaged by the food Ali Sun
day the ship battIed through the gale and
the passengers were in q state OF panic.
On Monday it was found that salt water
was making its way into a fresh water tank.
William Lilley, an assistant engineer, and
j. Olson. the ships carpenter, were sent into
the forward hold to make repairs. An
hour passed and thenR Barlot.a water tender,
and A.. Sands, a junior engineer, volunteered
to go into the hold and ascertain what had
happened,
B"rtol went in first and got but a short
distance when he stae gered and dropped.
Sands fell also, but managed to crawl back
TO tie entrance, and was helped out uncon-
scious. The hold was filed with nox-
ious and deadly gases, and rescue of the
three men was given up.
When the hurricane s'ackened, officers
of the Colon tried to reach the missing men.
The foul air WAS pumped out, and the bodies
Of Lilley, Olsen and Bartol were found.
They will be buried in Colon,
The Steamship Colon, Captain Clarke, is
in the regular service of the Panama Rail
road between Colon and New York. She
was formally the Mexico, of New York and
Cuba Mail Steamship Company. She WAS
built in Philadelphia in 1859. She is $50
feet long, so feet beam and 20 feet deep
and OF A.193 net tons.