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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-27

-ers or damned against the seaUs
md sides of the coach, but ASIDE
from Mrs. Freeman none Oh
them we're seriously hurt. Mrs
Freeman had her collar bone
broken, while her husband VINO
was sitting with her, received
only slight bruises. All the pas
sonoers we're either cut or bruls-
cd and some of them received
both cuts and bruises.
The Dead-G. W. Jones, repre-
sentative from Livingston PARISH
The injured $50 far as known F.
Louis L. Morgan, representa-
tive from St. Tammany; cut OF
forehead and other wounds. JOS
, eph Rogers, conductor; leg 0rok
on below knee; amputatlon nee
! essary. R, D. Collins, Walker
k Livingston parish, cut on hea
. and bruised. DR.. W. IT, Ridges
l. Walker, cut on head and FACE
q w. Holden, Livingston parlSI
n emf about head and face; ais
bruised. S. F. Hughes, Living
II ton parish, cut about head al
20 face. Augustus Kuhner, Bat(
re Rouge, cut about head and lac
B. Mrs. Z. 7. Freeman, Bat'
" Rouge, collarbone broken al
badly bruised. S, 7. Freema
G Baton Rouge, badly bruised.
m NJ. Lobdell, Livingston paris
e. about 65 years old, seriously c
of and~bruised about the head a
he face. John Lobdell, LlVingst
oh narish, cut about head and ia
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-27
Estray Notice.

Magistrates Court, 9th Ward
Estrayed before me, Bennett
I. Barrow, magistrate Of the 0th
ward, June p, by D. F. Merwin'
one COW and two calves, all pale
red. The cows ears are split
no marks or brands. Oldest cali
is about a year old, the other, one
month old, appraised by two
sworn appraisers, John Steel
and Allen Pate, as worth $1,000
B. |. BARROW,
Magistrate
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-27
Store For Rent.

| offer my Lillian Store for rent
in the parish of Pointe Coupee,
situated about six miles above
Bayou Sara, on Highland Plan
tation, kept by me, until Jan. 1,
1908, and doing a cash business
exclusively. For further particu-
lars address
J. A. DAYRIEs,
Pie Coupee P. O., La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-27
AN ORDINANCE
To Fix a License Tax on Foreign Cor

TO Fix a License Tax on Foreign Cor
pOratiOns
Section |. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF the
Town of St. Francisville, Louisiana,
That there is hereby levied an annual
license tax for the year 1908, under |
Article PAP of the Constitution, and
Act l27 of 1908 and all other acts
amendatory thereof and all empower
inc acts, upon corporations doing
business in this town, but whose doml-
cile IS in other States of the Union or
in foreign countries, as follows:
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
That all telegraph companies shall
nav license of three dollars upon
l each ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
| gross receipts from business done by
it's office in this town.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That all telephone companies
y shall pay license of five dollars
It upon each ONE THOUSAND DOL
d LARS of gross receipts from business
n done in this town.
Section 4. Be it further ordained
etc., That all express companies shall
pay o license of ten dollars upon eacl
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS of gros
Il receipts from business done in thu
OF town.
a; Section 5. Be it further ordained
ETC., That all companies engaged i
the sale of coal oil shall pay licens
III of five dollars upon each ON
Sc THOUSAND DOLLARS of gross r.
or ceipts from business done in this tow
Fl. Section 6. Be it further ordaine'
r. ETC., That all companies selling meat
y. whether fresh, cured, smoked, or ca
vi ned, either directly or through
be agent, shall pay license tax OF tV
Ct dollars upon each ONE THOUSAN
20. DOLLARS of proceeds from all bus
ness done in this town.
ed Section I. Be it further ordaine
of That the meaning and intent OF sectl
two, three and four is for busine
)ut done by parties in this town a
100 through the medium of said compan
'0 with parties or offices within the ST.
We of Louisiana.
e ssctqRRa f tnBe Be il tHEthS gfs sr34
shall be payable in the same mann
at the same place, to the same otfic
has and collected by law in the same W
'''''' as that now provided by ordinance
on the payment and collection of otl
on licenses.
VII A. F. BARROW,
G. L. PLETTINGER, Act. May
,4 Clerk.
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For Congress-.
luxury.

Hon. Robert G. Wickliffe has
announced his candidacy for Con-
gress from this the Sixth Con-
gressional District.
Mr.. Wickliffe is a brilliant
young attorney of our sister
parish and as a member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1898
and as District Attorney of this
Judicial District made a record
that is an earnest of his fitness
for the position to which he now
aspires.
We have every reason to be-
lieve that his chances for win
ming the nomination are most
excellent and we feel assured
| that should he win he will do
credit in the halls of Congress
to the people whom he will there
| represent. Clinton Waterman.
| Among the distinguished Wis
itors to town this week was the
Hon. Robt. G. Wickliffe, of West
Feliciana, candidate for congress
) from the sixth congressional dis
:, trict. He was a pleasant caller a
, the Progress Office, and ex
J, pressed himself as much graft
fed with the encouragement tina
he is receiving from every sec
ton of the district. We care no
2 at this early date to express an,
2 Ichoice among those who have S
: far announced themselves a
candidates, but we will at leas
\ say that the other contestant
!. will find in the person Of Hor
IMr. Wickliffe a formidable oppor
4 ent. Donaldsonville Progress.
e Notwithstanding the hesitanc
S shown by the Progress in pleds
d ing it's support to any one thu
d early, it is significant that it n
produced the TRUE DEMOCRAT
O editorial on Mr.. Wickliffe'S cand
|, dacy, in which the point We
e made that East Baton Rouge Ia
r had the honor of furnishing tt
e congressman quite long enoug
|. and it was but right to pass
g along to another parish, an
5, West Feliciana's claim for reco
G milton was then argued.
,r Go to J. G. Storm for fru
a. jars, and jelly glasses, all size
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Board of Review.

ST. Francisville. La, June g. 1903
The Police Jury will sit as Board of Re-
view, at the court house, Monday, July g. 1908
at 10 o, m.
R. NJ. LEAKE, G. F. HOWELL.
Clerk. President.
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Rad Wreck Near Baton Rouge.

DlatfOrm Of the passenger Oo"'ii q
on the Baton Rouge, Hammond e
and Eastern about 1890 O'Clock L
Monday morning at the crossing a
inst north of Baton Rouge, kill '
mo one man outright, and more j
or less seriously injuring eleven
others. -,
The coach was we'll filled with
passengers, many Of them beng
women and children. Only the
presence of mind Of Engineer Il.
H Stpgis saved the lives OF many
others.
The one man killed was Dr. w.
W, Jones, representative from
Livingston parish, while Repre-
sentative Louis L. Morgan, OF
St. Tammany was among the
more seriously injured, though
his condition is not regarded as
dangerous.
Conductor Joseph Rogers OF
the Baton Rouge, Hammond and
Eastern will lose his left foot as
result of broken leg.
The other injuries consist OF a
broken collar bone, sprained an
klp, cuts and bruises, and the IN
iured will recover, with the pos
sible exception of Conductor
Rogers, who may be internally
injured.
The wreck occurred at the
crossing just north of Baton
Rouge, and could have been
avoided, according to Engineer
--..-sz,Ucy5f;5 rJT UTrE Dotuorr rU0u55U,
mOnd and Eastern, if the engi
neer on the Red River freight
had slowed up when he saw the
Hammond train crossing the l.
r. and N. tracks.
According to Mr.. Stegis, h'
stopped his train as required b!
law. He could not see down tn
L. r. andN. tracks owing tOtreeS
He did not hear any signal, no
did he know there was Red Rive
train near the crossing till afte
coming to a stop and sounding
his whistle, he started acrOs
the Red River tracks.
When he had got over the Re
River tracks Engineer Stegi
and Fred Summers, his fireman
saw the Valley freight approach
ing at a high rate of speed, Sc
inc the danger his train was il
Engineer Stegis pulled the thro
tie open and made a run for h
life and that of his passengers.
The Hammond train cleart
the Valley tracks, all except tt
rear platform of the paSsengt
coach. The engine Of the III
River plowed into the paSseng'
car near the rear platform, tea
inc hole in it and turning Il
passenger coach over, wrenchil
it from the track. The engi1
of the freight was smashed
and turned over in the wreck.
DR.. Jones, who saw the a
preaching train, ran to the pl;
form to jump, but before
could do 50 the Valley engi
crashed into the platform, tul
ing the coach over and killing [
Jones. His body was caught
the debris and badly manglt
Death was instantaneous.
Dr.. Jones was badly crush
his body was removed with
greatest care. His head "
crushed, his limbs broken a
twisted and his chest mash
by the terrible compact.
Except Conductor Rogers,
one was dangerously injur
though some Of the wounds ;
serious. Representative NJ
gan, according to reports, is
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
Big Man With a Big JOB
Rear Admiral Sper Commander Of United States Battle
ship Fleet Cruising Round the World, Is Business All
Througt-Quiet and Courteous, but
Alert and a Fighter
Alert and a FIGHTER.

miral has on his hands requires full
sized man to handle it. The bigness
Of the job, combined with an attack
Of rheumatism, was sufficient to put
as seasoned a sea dog as Bob Evans
out Of commission after a sail from
Hampton Roads to San Francisco. Yet
Sperry thus far seems to get along
with it very nicely, thank you, and to
be enjoying good health. He has been
in training for this very thing for
about forty-six years, or ever since he
was fourteen years old, and he is the
sort Of man that makes use of the
time He belongs to the new school in
the navy, and If all signs do not fail
the new school will maintain the glory
Of the old and probably add little
fresh glory Of it's own thereto. Sperry
has shown that he can teach men tc
shoot and to maneuver and to sail and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
She Likes Good Things.

Mrs. Chas. E. Smith of West Frank
lin, Maine, says: 81 like good
things and have adopted DR.. Kings
New Life Pills as our family laxative
medicine, because they are good and
do their work without making fuss
about it. . These painless purifiers
sold at G. A. Jacks drug store. Csc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27

to be American gentlemen even if they
are common sailors. It stands to rea-
son that a man who can do all that,
besides several hundred other things
that have just now slipped my mind,
can also fight if occasion should arise.
Of course we all hope that Sperry will
not have to fight. This is a peaceful
age, and we are peaceful people.
Would Be Right on the Job.
Richmond Pearson Hobson and other
fire eaters may thirst for war, but the
rest of us do not. We love all men and
will continue doing so if they will let
US. But in the event that some little
misunderstanding should arise in the
Pacific, for example, this man Sperry
is just the kind that would be found
right Oh the job-no fuss and feathers
or anything in the spectacular line, but
good, straight shooting and the deliy-
cry of the goods! That is the Amer
lean way, and that is Sperry's way,
if we do not misjudge the man. Vel
low perils will please take notice and
not grow too perilous. The Japs are
our best friends, and we want them to
stay that way, for Americans are
not Russians, and Sperry's other name
Is not Rojestvensky. We are simply
sending this fleet around the world for
practice and to see how big the old
planet is when measured by a battle
ship cruise. 1t is not such big world,
after all, and yet is plenty big enough
for ali Of US, so long as we do not
crowd other peoples rights. The Pa
cifc ocean, for example, is a right
smart body of water, and there is
plenty Of room in it for all sails so
long as there is no attempt to bump
into other peoples privileges. There
Is space on earth for all nations unless
one Of them has the big head.
The Mediterranean was once the
worlds chief waterway, all the
worlds civilization worth mentioning
being collected about it's shores. With
the discovery Of America the scene Of
action shifted to the Atlantic. Some
poet has predicted that the next step
will be to the Pacific, a prophecy that
seems under way Of fulfllment. Civ
Hlzation's expansive forces have out
grown the Mediterranean and the At
lantic and are now about to take pos
session Of the largest theater possible
on the planet.
To bear out this view all the chief
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
BY JAMES a. EUIENIUN.

1T takes big man to succeed
"Fighting Bob" Evans. 1t also
takes a big man to command a
fleet of sixteen battleships in a
cruise around the world, feat never
attempted by any nation until now. By
both tokens Rear Admiral Charles S.
Sperry should be big man. If he is
not, the naval authorities who have
watched him for forty years do not
know what they are about. But recent
history shows that the naval authori-
ties do know what they are about. Let
any one who doubts it ask Spain.
Therefore Rear Admiral Charles S.
Sperry is a big man-big enough,
many believe, to be the coming man in
the navy. The manner in which he has
handled the fleet thus far bears out the
opinion From Honolulu to Auckland
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
State News.

Clement LANCER, a Mankato street
car conductor, has fallen heir to a
large estate in Austria by the death of
his father, Count LANCER.
Receivers for the Pillsbury-Wash-
burn company announce that they will
be prepared to issue a full statement
of the assets and liabilities of the
company within thirty days.
Veterans of the Second Minnesota
infantry will hold their annual re-
union on Wednesday of state fair week
at the old capitol building, St. Paul.
The meeting will begin at 10 a. m.
The grand lodge of the A. F. & A..
M. of Minnesota will probably lay the
cornerstone for the new St.. Louis
county courthouse at Duluth. The
date for the ceremony has not yet been
set.
Thomas L. Collins, for nearly a
quarter of century one of the most
efficient patrolmen of the Minneapolis
police department, committed suicide
at his home Sunday morning by cut
ting his throat with razor.
Ptomaine poisoning from buttermilk
is thought to have caused the death of
A. G. Hoy of Minneapolis, who died
Sunday at his home. Mr.. Hoy drank
the buttermilk Friday and Immediately
became i'll. DR.. Charles Kistler thinks
the milk caused his death. -.....
Mrs. Perry Starkweather of the
state bureau is agitating the matter of
an all-the-year-round 6 o'clock clos
ing of retail stores on Saturday as
we'll as other evenings of the week,
and is presenting a statement at meet
ings of different organizations.
AS a result of actions commenced at
Duluth on Saturday the Oliver Min
ing company is made the defendant
in damage suits on the part of it's en-
ployes aggregating S1S0,000. A
feature of the actions is that every one
OF them is the result of operations
with dynamite at some of the various
mines of the company.
Five big lake freighters which have
been idle since navigation opened
have gone into commission at Duluth.
The increased activity in ore shipping
by the United States Steel company
gives some of the independent boats a
chance for cargoes and the grain
trade will begin in few days. YES
selmen predict busy fall trade on
the lakes.
The United States government,
through the internal revenue Office of
St. Paul, has forbidden Professor
Harry Snyder of the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station to manufacture de-
natured alcohol on the state fair
grounds during the state fair next
week, and Professor Snyder is some
what in doubt whether he is the VIC
tim of red tape or an object of official
suspicion.
The State Association of Rural Let
ter Carriers will again establish head
quaretrs at the state fair. The loca-
ton on the grounds will be the same
as last year, near the Press building
on Fraternity row, just to the left as
you go in from the St. Paul entrance
at Smelling avenue. All carriers from
this state, and neighboring states as
we'll, will be cordially welcomed. A
bureau of information, place to rest
and leave packages will be arranged
for
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES S. SPERRY,

he drove his sixteen ocean giants $3.50
miles without coaling, a cruise without
a parallel in naval history. Though
pounded by heavy seas on tile long
run, the vessels came through in per-
feet trim and We're a day or two ahead
OF their schedule. More marvellous still,
by a comparative system the amount
of coal burned had been decreased. All
this spells efficiency, which is only Sec
ond to good shooting in making an in
vincible navy.
Sperry is not picturesque, but he has
common sense. He is phlegmatic, but
is business all through. He has never
had fighting part except for little
while in the Philippines, but he knows
naval science from the ground up. Sew
eral times he has been assigned to
teach higher mathematics at the Annap-
oils Naval academy. For three years
he was president of the war college at
Newport an exceedingly important
place. During the Spanish war he was
not in the limelight but was holding
the responsible and arduous position of
equipment officer at the Brooklyn navy
yard, where he had to look after the
fitting out Of vessels. From all this it
will be seen that Admiral Sperry's role
~ has been in working parts, not on dress
parade.
A naval commander is supposed to
know pretty much everything and to
know most Of it we'll. He has to be
diplomat, society man, warrior, an
executive, a sailor, business man, a
scholar, speaker, just little bit of
politician and a general all around
good fellow. incidentally he must
command the respect Of men, maintain
strict discipline, yet keep those under
him in good heart and train them to
the highest point of efficiency in all
lines. All of this does not sound easy,
and it is not one-half so easy as it
sounds.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
A Faithful Friend.

I have used Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since
it was first introduced to the public
in 1872, and have never found one in
stance where a cure was not speedily
effected by it's use. I have been COM
mercial traveller for eighteen years,
and never started out on a trip without
this, my faithful friend,'' says b. S.
Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Ter. When
a man has used remedy for thirty
five years he knows its value and is
competent to speak of it. For sale by
the Princeton Drug Co.
For local, general and official news
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27

moves of our diplomacy in the past dec
ade have had to do with the orient.
The building Of the Panama canal
opens the gate into the western ocean,
and, to cap all, the sending Of this fleet
Is but another move in this world con-
trolling game
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
Has a Big Job on Hand.

In Admiral Sperry's case this task is
as much more difficult than that usual
ly devolving On naval commanders as
Ihis fighting machine IS larger than
that under the control Of other officers.
jsperry has under him 1900 men. No
country has ever had so many big bat
Ttlesh1ps collected into one fleet. No
country ever sent battleship fleet Ct
my size around the world. 1t is thus
seen that the chore the American ad.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
A Monentous Event.

America is the key to the Pacific. It
was under our example and protection
that the South and Central American
republics and Mexico came into being
and into freedom. Canada in her DO
litical and Industrial evolution owes
more to us than to Great Britain.
Alaska is owned and is being opened
by us. AS already stated, the new
cities in eastern Siberia are more like
America than Russia. Japan was
awakened by the United States The
integrity Of China was maintained by
the diplomacy Of John Hay. Hawaii
and the Philippines are being deyel-.
oped by us. Australia and New Zea-
land are modelled more on the Ameri-
can government than on the English.
To crown all, the United States is
building the Panama canal and will
control it when built.
When the sixteen American battle
ships arrived at San Francisco there
occurred the most imposing event in
naval history. The scene Of it was the
broad harbor inside the Golden Gate.
There gathered forty-three fighting
vessels, the most magnificent fleet ever
collected by any county in history.
Forming in a great square, these ships,
all American, Numbered their salutes
to Secretary Of the Navy Metcalf, him.
self son Of California.
Admiral Sperry assumed command
shortly after the review at the Golden
Gate. The cruise from that day to the
present has been marred by no unto
ward event. The first port touched
was Honolulu. There the fleet was still
greeted by the American flag. All who
visit Hawaii have sung its praises in
various extravagant keys. On Mark
Twain the land has never lost its spell.
What wonder, then, that our American
jackies were captivated by it and that
our correspondents accompanying the
fleet described this garden in the Pa
cif1c as the modern islands of the
blest!'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-27
American Society Of Equity Directory

No 1926, Schmidt District WILL meet the first
Friday Of every month at the Schmidt
district school house No. g. at p. M.
ED. BENSEMAN, Pres. H. F. HOLTHUS, Sec.
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For local, general and official news
of the county read the q Mon.
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No. 400, Greenbush, will meet the second and
fourth Saturday of each month at the Aug
Rines house, in school district s. at p M
>. T.. TILLEY, Pres. E. C. STARK Sec.
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No: 1891, Baldwin District, will meet the second
and fourth Saturday of every month at the
Baldwin town hall, at p. M
CHAS. JUDKINS, Pres. H. B. FISK Sec.
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No. 1874, Woodland Brook, will meet the first
and third Saturday of each month at the
Woodland Brook school house at p. m.
ALBERT RIEBE, Pres. FRANK MAGNUSON Sec
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No. 4211, Oxbow, will meet the first and third
Tuesday OF each month at the Gates school
house in Dist. No. 80, at p. m.
GEO. CARR, Pres. E. RADEKE, Sec.
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No. 1913. Bogus Brook, will meet the second
and fourth Friday of each month at Emil
Jopp's house. A. SCHMATZ, Sec.
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No. 5O57, West Branch, will meet the first and
third Saturday of each month at the school
houst, Dist. No. 4, at p. m.
ARCHIE TAYLOR, Pres. J. L. WETsEL. Sec.
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No. 374, Berry District, will meet the first
Friday of every month at the Berry school
house. district a. at 1880 p. m.
o. D. ORNE, Pres. L. A. HATCH Sec
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No 1904, Blue Hill, will meet the first and third
Saturday Of every month at the Wheeler school
house at 8 p. m.
JAMES DUGAN Pres FRED STEHI, Sec
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No. l17, Zimmerman, will meet the first and
third Saturday of each month in Woodman
hall at 1880 p m.
II. B. PRATT, Pres. GEORGE JAMES, Sec.
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No. 4243, Green Lake, will meet the second and
fourth Monday of each month at M. B. A. hall,
Wyanett, at p. m.
AUGUST JOHNSON, Pres. E. NYSTROM. Sec.