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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Case of Plagiarism.

Dresden. Countess Won Stursea, a
member Of the Hungarian nobility,
was arrested in this city on the
charge Of having carried out series
of literary. swindling. 1t was her
custom to sign her own name to the
works Of authors not known in Ger
many and Austria aud then sell the
manuscripts for large sums. For
some time past, the countess has been
leading figure in the literary world
of Austria and Germany and she has
Lived in. prineely style on money OBJ
tanned, it is alleged, by false pretenses
from members Of the nobility.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Suicides by Shooting.

Frank Lane, an employe Of the
Gullett Gin Company, near Amite
y City, shot himself through the back
OF his head, resulting in instant death
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred M. Lane, who live a few
miles west Of Roseland. He had not
. been feeling well for few days, and
game up III the morning from Amite
d went to the old home, and a
nle after took some medicine and
sid down in an adjoining bedroom,
telling his mother if he went to sleep
not TO call him until supper time. At
5:30 clock Mrs Lane tried to awak-
EN- him, and after several efforts and
failing to do so, found he was dead.
Neighbors were called in, and they
discovered that he had shot himself
through the head and the revolver
laid upon his breast. Domestic trou-
BILE is said to have caused the act.
asr,the couple hal Separated a few
weeks ago, the husband having since
llfed In Amite City. Last Sunday
he came to Roseland to effect a re-
!: -concillatlon. hut was unsuccessful,
ssa he brooded orer the affair until
he took his life. He leaves father
shd mother, wife and two children
lie was member of the Town Board
OF Roseland ana also Of the Wood
'tmen of the Wogla- said: for some years
has been an. employe of the Gullett
Gin Paetofy.s.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
James T. Hayden Dead.

James I. Hayden, died early Thurs
day morning i'll his apartment at the
Waldorf-Astoria, from heart disease,
was formerly President of the Whit
ney National Bank, He was born in
Buffalo i'll 1884 went to New Orleans
when boy and entered the banking
business there. Mr. Hayden was in
terestei in, many concerns in thai
city. When the financial panic came
he was in Paris with his wife, bu.
FASTENED to New York to look after
his interests, leaving his wife in
France. He was member of the
Union Club, of New York Boston
Club, in New Orleans.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
New Arkansas Line.

!. Kansas City, No.-The Missouri
aud North Arkansas railroad has fin-
ished its news line between Seligman.
Ark. and Neosho, Mo. The company
has an operating contract for use OF
the Kansas city Southern tracks be-
tween Neosho and Joplin. Train; ser
vice will be established between Jop-
lin and Leslie, Ark, February 10.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
$3.50, 100000 Pension Roll.

Washington Representative kei-
fer of Ohio, chairman Of the sub,com-
mittee on pensions Of the house con-
mittee on appropriations announced
informally that the committee had
agreed to recommend pension roll
of Sl5O,OOO,OOd' for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1909. This will be
about $7,000,000 in excess of the pen
sion roll Of the present fiscal year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
West and South.

Senator Stone, Of Missouri, pre-
sente1 statistics of government depos-
its in national banks to show that
the. distribution Of honey during the
recent currency stlingency was not
Equitable as contemplated by the
law. He declared thht,fthe West and
South were disseminated against,
while New York and Boston were fa-
vored. His speecl, was-on his resoin-
ton pending in the senate directing
committee to investigate this and
report the facts in these transactions.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
CORN CONTEST
AMONG STUDENTS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WILL OFFER PREMIUMS.
SUICIDES BY SHOOTING
Frank Lane Member Of Roseland
Town Board Takes His Own Life
Eight Arrests Because of Family
Troubles.

"A movement has been inuagurated
to secure corn contest among the
students Of the public schools of
Louisiana. The first step in this di-
rsction was taken by Y. L. Roy,
Parish Superintendent of Avoyelles
parish, to whom the Department Of
Agriculture has written as follows :
s SIN regard to the corn contest for
boys, students in public schools, who
are interested in agriculture I wish
ITO say that the Department will pay
for sufficient seed corn of the varie-
ty selected to plant one-half or one
acre and present to any boy for whom
application is made by the principal
Of the school, on condition that the
boy receiving same will plant the
half or one acre and agree to cult
vate and harvest and exhibit not less
than thirty ears or more Of the va
riety' grown by him, at his home par
ish fair or state Fair, provided there
is no fair held in his parish.
1.-The thirty ears or more for exhib-
ition must be selected and taken from
the half-acre or acre he has individual
ly cultivated.
"It must be further agreed to by
the boy receiving the corn that he
will comply with the rules govern
ing the exhibit Of corn at the fair,
and that he will attend at least one
session of any institute meeting that
may be held during the time of the
fair. and that he will follow as far as
possible the suggestions given in re-
gard to keeping record Of growing
corn.
You are at liberty to make use
of this letter making the proposition
by the Department in the public
schools Of the parish, and will please
report number of entries, with The
names of the boys who will enter the
contest. Premiums will be ofiere
for the first, second and third best
reports. as well as for the best corn
exhibit, first, second and third price,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Capps Defends Navy,

Rear Admiral Capps, chief Of the
bureau of construction y. S. N. spent
an hour with the house committee on
naval affairs in defending, denying
and controverting some of the va
rious charges brought by newspapers
and magazine writer's: against navy
methods of battleship construction.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Eight Arrests,

Tight men were arrested at Jones'
boro, for alleged completely in run
ming the forty-five negro families EN-
ployed by the Hule-Hodge Lumber
Company away from Hodge several
weeks ago which caused their plant at
this place to close down.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Alabama Banker Dead.

Birmingham, Ala.-Eli S. Shroter,
of Eufaula, Ala, vice-presidens Of
the Commercial Bank Of that place,
son of Alabama 5 governor during
the war, and one of the we'll known
men of the state is. dead at Stafford
Springs, Mics. where he had gone
for his health. He is survived by a
large and prominent family.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Inhuman Brute.

"A farmer named Mcleod, who is
alleged to have punished his 5-year-
old slster-in-law by forcing her to sit
on hot stove, was given 100 lashes
on the bare back by angry citizens
near Angie, La.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Charged With Killing Wife.

A. Royal, white man was lodged
in Jail at Winnsboro, charged with
killing his wife. Royal lives about
eight miles west Of this place. A
coroner's jury recommended that he
be held in Jail to await the action Of
the grand Jury. ..
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01

Nashville, Tenn.-MeMbPTs UI 'He
Inter-scholastie Athletic Association,
at called meeting here decided unan-
imously against the abolition of foot
ball in the preparatory schools OF the
association. A resolution was, how
ever. .Aoffere.l and carried. limiting the
number Of scheduled games to four.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Three Killed. Four Hurt.

Shreveport, La.-As result Of al
explosion at the sawmill Of DR.. +. r
Waters Of Gilman, about twenty
miles north Of Shreveport, three men
are dead and four others more OF
less seriously injured. The dead are
William Mcclellan, foreman; John
Burnham, edger man; George jack
son. negro fireman. The injured are
Victor Thoman, William Jackson, Jo-
seph White and Thomas Collier.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
False Testimony.

Lezema Mire, the child-wife of
ZepheEin Simon, confessed at Crow
ley that she gave false testimony
against her husband and his brother
by which they were sent to long
terms i'll the Penitentiary for ravish-
ing her.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Harvester Trust.

The senate spent over an hour in
discussing a resolution offered by
Senator Hansbrough, of North Dako-
ia, directing the department of COM
merce and labor to suspend its in
vestigation into the affairs of The
International Harvester Co., which
was introduced by resolution over
year ago. During this discussion,
Senator Hansbrough declared that
the Harvester Trust is attempting
to control the selection of delegates
to the next Republican national con-
vention and is especially plotting to
defeat him for reelection to the SEN
ate.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Resulted In Chaos.

President Roosevelt's decision to
appoint board Of scientists to pass
upon disputed questions under the
Pure Food Law has resulted in chaos
in the Pure Food Bureau of the Agri-
cultural Department
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
PRESIDENT WENT
BEYOND HIS POWER
IN NEGOTIATING AND PRO
CLAIMING GERMAN TREATY.
is SEVERELY CRITICIZED
Senators Declare Him to Be More
Autocratic Than the Emperor Of
Germany. Cotton Crop Shows Big
sShortage.

President Roosevelt Transmitted
to the Senate and the House !copie.
OF the tariff regulations negotiated
some time ago between the United
States and German NJ, togesher with !
proposed amendment to the custom.
administration act, putting the same
in force as a statute.
In the Senate the message aroused
lively discussion in executive ses
sion when it was taken up. The Pres.
ident's course, not only in negotiating
the agreement, but i'll proclaiming il
to the world, as he did last July. was
sharply criticised. Tt was declared
that the agreement makes change
which are equivalent to legislation
and it was pointed out that all legis-
lation affecting the tariff must, un-
der the Constitution, originate in the
House of Representatives.
Attention was called to the third
section of the Mckinley law as posi-
bly, permitting the Presidents s course,
but his critics contended that his
action In this case had gone far be-
yond the limits permitted by that sec
tion. Stress was laid on the fact
that the President had not only ne
gotiated the treaty, but that he had
given 1t out as complete perform
ance without referring it to the Sen
ate for its action. This the Senators
seemed to consider as especially re-
prehensible, and far beyond the au-
thorlty Of the chief executive. 1t
was pointed out that the German am
bassador had not only referred the
agreement to the Reichstag for its
action, but that he had even consult
ed both the local and national Boards
of Trade. Hence the President was
charged with being even more auto
cratic than the head Of the German
empire.
lit was also declared that under the
system Of valuation provided for by
the treaty great injustice would be
done the United States.
1t is Believed by some Senators that
a resolution by Senator Gallinger,
which was introduced early in the
session, may have had something to
do with the appearance of the message
and request for legislation in the
German-Ameriean matter at this time.
The figures which the. .Gallinger res
olution produced about week ago
showed quite a reduction in the value
Of German exports to this country
since the regulations were passed, and
since the system of inspection Of CON.
signments was discontinued by our
officers and agents.
: After referring to the proposed
Amendments to the treaty the Presi-
dent, in his message, dated Jan. %,
1908, says:
81 earnestly recommend to the con
yress the enactment into law of thia
at an early date. Besides
promoting Harmonious relations be-
tweent the contracting parties to the
agreement in question. regard the
legislation as a meritorious
Measure for the improvement Of our
customs administrative acts, the pro-
'isions of which are applicable to
o importations from all countries
like
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Big Deficit.

Congressman Tawney, in speech
in the House, warned Congress that
unless all appropriations were re-
duced the Federal Government would
be confronted by a big deficit.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Mistrial.

A mistrial resulted at Amite City
in the case of John Mink, negro,
charged With the murder Of Mrs.
Nelson, the jury standing eight to
four for conviction.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
: Connections Destroyed.

. Telephone connection between Nat
chez and Vidalia was again destroyed
because of the giving away Of recent
ly installed submarine wires.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Severely Criticized.

Senator Tillman severely criticized
Attorney General Bcnaparte for his
failure to enforce the law prohibiting
railroads. from operating and owning
coal mines.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Advise PI.nters.

The Louisiana Crop Pest. Commits
sion issued a circular giving plant
ers advice on winter measures against
cotton enemies.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Formally. Accented.

The .battleship Mississippi was for
maHy accepted by the government.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01

Congressman Wallace; Of Arkansas,
wants mounds built in the Mississippi
River Valley for the use Of the people
during the overflows.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Lost $500.

j. H. Thomas, a cigar drummer,
awoke in a hotel at Alexandria in
time to see thief disappearing with
his $500 roll.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01

WithdravaI of Deposits.

The secretary Of the treasury an
nounced that owing TO the great in,-
provement in financial conditions
throughout the country he had begun
the gradual witlrdra val Of deposits Of
7 public moneys in omatdreh 9p6late
Of public moneys in moderate amounts
from the national banks The frs.
call has been made upon New York
banks and amounts to- approximately
ten million dollars in addition
to about ten miIliorl ars. retueaed
by the New York banE since, Deeeal-
ber Is. -.
The secretary biihssa that
a general call for q am ,,,nt
would be- nsaae 4 Il other
cities at an eafly sssss
-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Meet at Minden

The annual Convention Of the Lou
islana Horticultural Society viii be
held Feb. 20, and - at Minden,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Select Librarian.

Miss Susan Simonton, of Rome, Ga,
was elected Librarian Of Alexandria s
new public institution.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
New Parish.

The election in Cas:;oula parish,
La, resulted in a majority in favor Of
a new parish.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Mayor Dead.

lie. yidrine, Mayor of Euniee, La.
died after brief illness.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Fair Association.

The First Circuit Parish Fair AS
sociation will meet Feb. 20 and q al
Minden.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Want Batteship.

Natchez, Miss, has asked the Navy
Department for warship during the
Carnival.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Is Arraisned.

j. Arthur Kemp, charged with en-
bezzlement, who was arrested at New
Orleans, was arraigned at Washing
ton. s
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Cotton !, Y

q The census bllfeau issued 4 report
showing that the total amount Of cot
ton in the United States ginned from
the growth of 1907 to January 16, was
10,337 ,6O7 bales as compared with 12,-
175,199, bales for the same period last
year and 9,9S9,634 bales for the same
period in 1906. The total number Of
active ginneries was 1880. In this
bulletin round bales are counted as
half bales. The number of round
bales included is 1852 for 1908,
258,717 for 1907 and 27O,669 for
1905.
Sea Island included 80, ,187 for 1908,
56,326 for 1907 and 104,710 for 1906
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01

Senator Stone. Of Missouri, attack
ed the financial policy Of the Admins
tration in speech in the Senate.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01
Great Mistake.

Henry Watterson says ". J. Bryan
made a serious mistake in meddling
in the :Kentueky senatorial as aght.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-02-01

The announcement Of Governor
Hughes that he is a candidate for
President created no excitement at
the White House.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18
Poultry Raising Profitable.

At the Poultry Institute held in
Rocky Ford by the Colorado Agricul.
tural College, o. G. Frantz gave
statement of his experience with poul-
try which shows the profits under
skilled management. ttufig-Ir
MIR. Frantz started January 1..190S,
with 80 white Leghorn pullets. In the
months ending July 31st, they laid
lO.730 eggs, an average of 119 eggs per
hen. kF i1E ~ 9aT}itlgifrf} !
He spent for feed, grit, advertising
and incidentals for his hens and for
5oO chicks which he Matched, $17096.
During the seven months he sold
eggs for $326.37, chickens for S1O715.
and used in the family eggs worth at
market price. $33.15, a total gross re-
ceipt OF $466.67, and net return above
cost of keep Of $295.71. This is a net
return In seven months of 1928 per
hen.
Mr.. ,Frantz sold many Of his eggs for
Matching at breeders prices. Figur-
ing the eggs at market prices they
would have brought $214.60, and the
cost of keeping the hens alone was
$7s75, net profit in seven months
from ninety hens of $135S5-$1.5O per
hen. liifl,Hu .fa.5ts.7t'
Mr.. Frantz exhibited a pen Of five
months old pullets at the Poultry Insti-
tute, August %, and all Of them laid
eggs during the meeting. He intends
gradally to enlarge his plant np to the
full capacity of his land.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

= When the jackies of the battleship
feet come sailing home again they
will get a welcome worthy OF the oc
casion. The announcement of the
plan to have grand naval review as
fitting display in honor Of the ships,
the officers and the men who have
reflected such credit upon the Ameri
can name will be most satisfactory
to every body except the man with the
chronic Crouch"
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18
HAS seEH ,.sr'rurgp nv THE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
OF COLORADO.
READY FOR STUDENTS
eL AIMED WITH SPECIAL METER
ENcE TO IRRIGATED RE-
eIoNs OF THE WEST.

Eor more than two years the au-
thorities of the Colorado Agricultural
College have been considering the
matter of establishing full course
in forestry During that time two
short courses in forestry have been
held at the college in the winter sea
son. In each case these courses were
an unqualified success. both In at
tendance and interest. There has,
however. been an increasing demand
for technical forestry course SINH
lar to those offered in some Of the
eastern schools. Such course mas
now been outlined and was ready
for beginning students at the open
ing of the present fall term, septem-
Der 10th. i-ts nt. 49,
The entrance requirements are the
same as for the regular four-year
courses in other lines. The technical
work begins in the fall term of the
junior year. The profession of forestry
demands training in a wide range Of
subjects. Many of these are subjects
such as are taught in a technical ag-
ricultural course. In fact, forestry
may be properly considered as spe-
trees form the only crop. It is proper.
therefore, that forestry be made one
of the principal courses in an agri-
cultural college.
This course in forestry is planned
with especial reference to conditions
in the western irrigated sections of
our country In which the problems are
somewhat peculiar to such regions. Suf-
f{1to {t, srixy ~ "a ct1 nj
English, modern languages and his
tory, to place students on par with
those In other courses.
The mathematics include algebra,
trigonometry and surveying, with
special reference to the requirements
of practical forestry. In addition,
some work is, given in map making.
mechanical draWfng. and extensive
training in botany, physics and chem
| istry, together with fundamental work
in meteorology, geology, zoology and
entomology. International law, po-
litical economy and United States
constitution are included in the
course. Qgrslil gu7rs.B
| The technical work in forestry con-
sists in the study and practice of for
estry methods and operations, such as
reproduction, production, care and
management, harvesting and utiliza-
tion of forest products. Much of this
consists of laboratory work in the
various subjects, together with field
WORK. It is intended that the students
during the latter part of their course
shall spend some time in the forest
nearest at hand in making practical
studies Of problems to be found there.
Excursions of shorter extent are to be
made into the foothills and the sur
rounding country, where trees are to
be found growing under natural and
artificial conditions. The extensive
cooperative tree-plantings by the ex-
pertinent station, together with a To-
cal arboretum in which has been
planted over fifty species of forest
trees, will be drawn upon for such in
formation as they may furnish.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

About twice the height of the
Washington monument and "A feet
higher than the Eiffel Tower will be
the altitude Of the ball on the flag.
pole of proposed new insurance
building In New York-the building
itself to be 909 feet, or more than four
times the height Of Bunker Hill monu.
meut. ..
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

A so-year-old Connecticut man com
mitted suicide because he didn't want
to live to be hundred. Some people
have such morbid fear of their per-
sonal habits-smoking, drinking, etc
getting into the Sunday papers.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

A favorite scheme to increase the
value Of an old horse is to bishop the
teeth, the name coming from the man
who discovered the method. A horse
that is bishoped has had its teeth filed
down and cupped. By this means an
animal dozen years old can be made
to appear eight.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

According to Humane Officer Ware,
16,425 women have been beaten by
Toledo husbands in the last Is years
During the same period three times
as many Cleveland women. declares
the Leader of that city, have been
presented with diamond rings and
sealskin coats. s
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

Chicago is supposed to be rs years
old. 1t is no mere compliment to say
that she does not look her age. How
ever. she will be Just as fresh and
lively when she is twice her present
age.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

An impression is gaining ground
that a Chicago college professor is not
considered success unless he says
something that would sound down.
right nonsensical as coming from the
average intellect. t,
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

It is very sad day for all the boys
who have been inventing flying ma
chimes In the rear of the woodshed,
and as yet haven't got them SO tract.
able that they will leave the earth.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

West New York, N. j., is in hard
luck. 1t has no money to buy feed
for the horses in its fire department,
and. In fact, still owes for the horses
1t ought to go into the hands of a re-
ceiyer. 22li
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

A French expert says that the
broken wing OF the aeroplane is the
punctured tire of the automobile
The difference is that when the tire
pops, the machine is on the ground.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-09-18

Marie Corelli is writing q novel
against "the drink habit Just see
what awful things the drink habit is
responsible for.