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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-05-29
Sheriff Sale.

j. l. Case Thrashing Machine Co. VS..
Albert Eaker-No. 4755 18th Jul
dicial District Court of Louis
lana, Parish of Lafayette.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-05-29
STATE TAX SALES
OF immOvable Property. - The
State of | OuiSiana vs.. DeIin-
quent Tax Debtors, Parish
of lafayette, 18th judicial
District, Louisiana.

BY virtue of the authority vested in
me by the constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, l will sell at the
front door of the Court House in
which the civil district court of said
parish is held, within the legal hours
for judicial sale, beginning at IL O'Clock
a.. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
FAIR EXCHANGE

Nashville. April 11.-(Special9-- Ousted from Tennessee under decree of the supreme court of the state IS now the status of the Standard OH company In this commonwealth. The court of last resort decided that the trust had violated the state law by erdeavoring to stifle conpetition, and handed down an opinion today sus- taining the lower court in it's decision that the trust should no longer have the right to do domestic business m Tennessee.
 The case grew out of an occurrence at Gallatin, Tenn. An independent concern of Illinois secured orders from Gallatin merchants for oil, but before the oil could be delivered agents of the Standard induced the merchants, by giving them certain quantities of of free of charge to cancel the orders given the independents
 In its plea in the courts the local agents of the trust contended they had done what they did without au- tohrity from superior officers and that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
Aimed At the Yellow Peril the A'abamian Argues for a
 Greater Navy
GENTLE DOVE OF PEACE
 LOSES TAIL FEATHERS
Powerless To Stem the Tide of Bellia- erent Oratory, House Members Listen To Able Arguments
 For More Battleships.

Washington. April u.-(Speeal)-W and peace fought to draw in the House of Representatives today. Under the ex- isting rules no decision was possible but the gentle dove is generally conceded to have got the worst of it. When it was all oyer it was noticed that she had lost most of her tail feathers and was d most disheveled and bilious looking bird.
 But to switch gracefully from saw
 dust similes to the rarefied atmosphere
 of esoteric art, this was word-painters
 day in the House-Representative Rich
 mond Pearson Hobson of Merrimac fame;
 Representative Theodore Burton, the peaceful student of Cleveland, and Rep-
 resentative George Lilley of Connecticut
 the well known submarine. expert
 wielded the brushes the subject being | appropriations for the navy. Mir. Hob-
 son pleaded for four battleships instead
 of two.
 When an aggressive nation he declared investigated the question of whether a war was to be undertaken or not. that
 nation did not ask about administration,
 maintenance or auxiliaries, but it asked,
 How many battleships has the other na- 'iNAA' i-NNh sA iiieii 6iil Ol SupeIlOIllA ll
 fighting ships, he said, would tend to
 conserve the peace. With only three
 more battleships in 1898, Mir Hobson said.
 the margin of superiority between the
 American and Spanish fleets would have
 been such as to have made possible the settlement of the case by diplomacy. So important was this matter of superb i ority, he said, that when Congress
 haggled over two batt1eshiu he safety
 of the nation was beint with. MT. Hobson gain 1 a to the at- ! ance between Japan and England, ami [ Hffted at possible union of the forces
 Of those two nations In Canadian waters MT. Hobson made a cracl1eriack speech 1 In spots it was of the rip-snorting vari- l ety, calculated to make the average listener swell up with patroitism breathe l heavily and rush out of the capitol into the white sunshine of a beauteous April day. bent upon assassinating d Jap, or some other member of the "Yel low Peril' race. At other times MT. Hob son became impressive and unviolent. His voice, moment before, loud with the crash of cannon and stirred with the
 martial music of international conflict, became thrlly and nervous and jumpy. He pictured, all too well for comfort, the rendng wounds of shot and shell, the
 gurglings of an involuntary drowning fes-
 tival and the wailing of widows and orphans
 MT. Hobson is eloquent and acted the various scenes which he described. When he got through, the House-and. most of the members were in their seats-gave him quite an ovation. In the course of
 MT. Hobson's hour speech several mem- ! bers climbed to their feet prepared to extinguish the former naval constructor
 with a single question. Sad to relate, they themselves were eXtinguished.
 MT. Hobson had his subject at his l fingers ends. w. $.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12

Pensacola, Fla, April 1i.-Since last nights disturbance there has been no se- rious outbreak in the street railway men strike. The situation, however, contin- ues tense, and there is great fear Of an outbreak at any moment.
 All business of the city Is demoraiizeu and it seems certain that troops may De needed to take charge of the situation.
 The electric company is standing hrn in it's refusal to arbltrate the matter and the strikers are just as equally deter mined to prevent further operations or the cars.
 The Mayor and City Council heid meeting at o'clock this morning, put did not come to any definite conclusion as to the disposition of the strike-oreak- CTS who sought the protection or the ci'y iail last night and are stiil quar'efeo there. .,-, e4ou,,oo,
 A rumor was circulated this afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
FLEET LEAVES THE BAY.
California Waits To Welcome Fighters
 With Open Arms.

San Diego, Cal, April 1.-The Atlantic fleet of 16 first class battleships began to- day the last log of it's original cruise from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate. The four divisions of the fleet weighed anchor at 4 o'clock this afternoon and three. quarters of an hour later were threading their way out of Magdalena bay in the wake of the flagship Connecticut. The commanding figure on the after-brige of the flagship was that of Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, who began the jour ney to the Pacific as head of the sec- ond squadron, but who was promoted to command during the enforced absence of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, the com mander-in-chief. Sailing in single column formation, according to dispatches re- ceived here, the ships passed Sail Rock and rounding Entranga Point one of the headlands marking the gateway to the harbor, turned in a long circle to the north, the six destroyers of the torpedo fotilla gave a parting salute to the big white vessels and the historic stay of the America battleships in the Mexico bay was at an end.
 An easy journey of 620 miles lies before the fleet, which Is scheduled to arrive here and anchor off Coronado beach at l D. m. Tuesday. When the ships reach San Diego they will have logged 13. 569 knots since their departure from Hamp- ton Roads, on December 16 last.
 The Connecticut has 1240 knots addition to her credit on account of the trip to this port last week to bring Admiral Evans ashore, and her subsequent return to Magdalena bay.
 ', Every coast city from San Diego to San Francisco is to see the fleet during the n@xt four weeks, it having been arranged thAt a all points. where no stops are scheduled, the ships will pass as close to 4shore as possible Preparations for the y four days stay of the ships at San DieEgo are practically completed and the citA is gaily decorated with flags and ,aEtriotic bunting.
 HSan Diego has set an example which Twill be followed at all of the other Cal ifornia cities, where Admiral Evans will be unable to participate in the cerehsnies, by arranging to pay distinctly private tribute to Rear Admiral Thomas. A handsome silver mounted cut glass buffet service has been subscribed for and suit ably engraved and will be presented to Admiray Thomas next Wednesday aft ernoon when he will accept on behalf of Admiral Evans a golden key to the city. mo. nted in native Sandiego county gems,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
FISHING
 FOR NEGRO VOTES Senator Speaks to Negroes In Washington Church LOSES ALL HIS RELIGION MT. Foraker Declares That Atlanta Riot and Brownsville Affair Cause
 Him Great Distress and
 Worry.
LOSES ALL HIS RELIGION

Washington, April 11.-(Special. )-Sen- ator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio today re- newed his attack on President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft before large congre- gation of negro churchmen in the Metro poltan Methodist Episcopal church
 Senator Foraker declared that if the President would discontinue his wordy denunciation of trusts and corporations and would concern himself more with methods for the improvement of the con- ditions of life in the United States he would be serving his country to a much better purpose. Senator Foraker received a great ovation when, in conclusion, he said:
 q am a Christian and I expect to die one, unless there are too many of these exasperating incidents like that of Brownsville"
 Senator Foraker reviewed the investi- gation in the Brownsville affair by the Senate committee on military affairs.
 q am an old fashioned republican" he said. "I think more of human rights than of trusts and corporations. You see l try to stick to my text, but before l know it lose my religion in talking to you. 1 l Atlanta a short while ago. lost 1t again when heard of the Brownsville affair would not have referred to that unhappy blot If you had not insisted on it. And 1 lost it few days ago when heard of the action of the Virginia republican con vention In Lynchburg that ignored the delegates of your race. l think 1t was a shame and 1 do not care who knows it. l do not care to criticise my party, but T rlA f1n 1icra ar,r-pe earlt The question that was raised In that Vir- gnia convention will be carried for set clement to the next national convention in Chicago.
 we will find out there whether the party of Lincoln, of Grant, and of Me Knley is a lilly white party. If 1t is I assure you that there will soon be new rarties in the field which will stand for the rights of humanity Religion and that kind of politics go hand in hand.
 "I do not wish to even seem to criticse the action of my colleagues on the com mttee who framed the Brownsville re- port. I weighed and tested carefully and conscientiously all the testimony in that case It is my absolute belief that not man In that entire battalion fired a gun. I do not stand for these men because they are negroes, but be- cause they are men.
 q have been quarreing with my friends of the south for 40 years because of their grandfather clause, their prohi- btion and other heresies. If l have ouarreled with them for 40 years, l cer- tainly have a right to now quarrel with those who represent the republican party. According to the law, the negroes are en- titled to vote in Virginia and they are protected in that right.
 "Why. then, have they not the right to vote when the republicans vote? I don't belong to a party and will dlscla1m any nartv that stands for such a thing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
TENNESSEE KNOCKS OUT
 STANDARD OIL COMPANY

the cost of the oil they had given away had been deducted from their salaries
 One of them was getting only $65 per month, but 1t cost him $40 of his monthly salary to help the trust along in getting a little more business.
 The opinion in the supreme court was delivered by Associats Justice NJ. M. Neill and was very exhaustive, oe- cupying more than two hours In It's delivery fl seovered at length all CT
 the various errors assigned and owe. ruled them all.
 Particular attention was paid to the interstate commerce feature of the case. The state cannot, of course, in" terfere with interstate commerce. but 1t can prevent the company from hay ing officers or distributing centers in Tennessee.
 Immediately after the decree was handed down a motion was made for a rehearing. It was done merely to perfect an appeal to the United States supreme court, no new points being offered by the trust.
 Bond was made and the case will go to the highest court of the country for final decision. Pending that decision the company will be permitted to con tinue to do business as usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
MILITARY COMPANIES
 ARE SENT TO PENSACOLA

that the strikers would attempt to take the imported men from the jail and a hurried call summoned police officers from all portions of the city A cordon was thrown around the jail and no one was allowed beyond this line. The City Council and Chamber of Commerce held meetings this afternoon but no action was taken further than to call On the members of the former to act as special police in case their services are needed.
 Two companies of state troops arrived at II o'clock tonight, having been ordered here by Governor Broward upon request of Mayor Goodwin, who said that the city was unable to queil the disturbance and rioting. Other companies are expected to- morrow.
 Tallahassee, Fla, April 11.-Upon the request of Mayor Goodwin the DeFuniak and Marianna companies were ordered to Pensacola by Governor Broward today. They will arrive about midnight. ihe Tallahassee company is being Inspected here tonight and Is held in readiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12

Fort Worth, Tex. April E.-tSpeclai.l- Fd Harmon. an electrician, Is deao' fo- lice Chief Montgomery of North Fort worth and ex-City Marshal DICK are fataIlv wounded as the result of shoot ,ns, affrav in North Fort Worth late this
 e.aoon Ike Knight, surrendered to the officers after chase ana IS heio ioi the shooting.
 The battle started at 2o5 Lake avenue and continued down the street to the cold storage company's plant. Thirty shots were fired. The battle is said to be the result of quarrel between Lar mon ant. Knight his father-in-law. Mrs. Harmon, who was standing near when Knight started shooting, narrowly es- caped the bullets. Knight was armed with a double -barreled shotgun ana the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
ANGRY MAN RUNS AMUCK
 AND MURDER IS RESULT

officers carried revolvers. Larmon was slain in his home, where Knight went late in the afternoon. Knight immediate ly afterwards came out of the house and with his shotgun defied large crowd attracted by the shooting. Knight fired his shotgun in the direction of an ad- joining house in leaving his home.
 After the fight in the street with the officers Knight fled into the cold storage building, preparing to defend himseii against attack He was finally captured there In the county jail Knight ad- mitted having killed his son-in-iaw, but claimed he was justified.
 The dead man was p years old. He married Knights stepdaughter few weeks ago and came here from Big Strings to make his home. Knight is 45 years old and until a few months ago was employed by the Fort Worth Belt Railway company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
HONOR PAID TO DIR. KOCH.
Great German Doctor Is Given Banquet
 In New York.

New York. April 11.-Hundreds Of surgeons and physicians were among the guests who greeted Dr. Robert Koch the German bacteriologist, at banquet rendered him in the Waldorf Astoria tonight by the German Medi- cal society. Andrew Carnegie, who takes a keen interest in medical re- search. was one of the speakers after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
HOUSE GONE NAVY MAD"
Lengthy Arguments Are Made For And
 Against Great Navy

Washington. April 11.--Declaring that many members had gone navy mad when consideration of the naval appropri- aton bill was resumed in the House to- day. MT. Gregg of Texas opposed great naval programme. He charged that Pres ident Roosevelt had an unsettled naval policy and that he was trying to force it upon Congress. If, MT. Gregg said. the plea for four battloshlps was based on fear of a conflict with Japan. the Presi- dents course had been peculiar because he said the relations with Japan on De- cember g. 1906. were more strained when he asked for one ship than on December g. 19O7 when he asked for four. The best proof that this government did not antici- pate war with Japan was the fact that the Atlantic fleet had been ordered to re- turn from the Pacific waters.
 In a vigorous speech MT. Hobson of Alabama again pleaded for four battle- ships instead of two. When an agSres7 sive nation, he declared. investigated the question of whether any war was to be undertaken or not that nation did not ask about maintenance, aggression or auxiliaries. but it asked. How many bat tleships has the other nationY' Even a margin of superiority in fighting ships. he said. would tend to conserve the peace.
 With only three more battleships in 1898, MT Hobson said, the margin or superior ity between the American and spanish fleets would have been such as to nave made possible the settlement of the case by diplomacy So important was this mat ter of superiority. he said, that when Con gress haggled over two battleships the safety of the nation was being trihed with Mir Hobson again reverted to the alliance between Japan and England, and hinted at possible union of forces or these two nations in Canadian waters.
 What Might Have Been.
 MT. Hobson went so far as to say that s5o.OO0. GOO in batteships would have en- abled the United States to force Russia to evacuate Manchuria at the time she agreed to do so, and in that case the war between Russia and Japan would have been averted.
 .vrhe war clouds are gathering, MT. IIobson said in conclusion, but America could by carrying out legitimate na- tional policy, prevent it. It is not Visloh, if Is not a dream. You and I can do Il. Let's begin by authorizing four ships this year at the least"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
von RueIoW Visits the Pope.

Rome, April 11.-(Special Cable.) J. Prince von Buelow, the German Chan cellor, who is here with the princess, was granted an audience with the Pope today. Pope Plus and the Chan cellor had long conversation, in the course of which the Pope expressed great admiration for the Christian vir- tues of Kaiser Wilhelm and hope for the future welfare of Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12

dinner. He placed Dr. Koch in the list of the heroes of civilization.
 Dr. Koch responded to the several welcoming speeches. He spoke in Ger man, and touched upon tuberculosis, subject apparently always in his mind. He said there was great need of hos pitals to treat patients suffering from this disease, and he predicted a great future for the Koch foundation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
American Consul III.

Callao, April 11.-Samuel M. Taylor, the American consul general at this place. is suffering from typhoid fever. The attending physicians pronounce his condition favorable. MT. Taylor was appointed from Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
New Port at Pernambuco.

Rio de Janeiro, April 11.-Bids were opened in this city today for the con struction of new port works at Per nambuco. Several foreign firms are among those submitting tenders. The bids vary from $12,500, ,OO0 to $17,5OO,- 0O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
MCCREARy OUT OF DANGER.

Washington. April 11.-(Spe-
 cial.)-The condition of Thomas McCreary. the New York horse man. who has been suffering with lock jaw presumably as the re-
 suit of his having been acciden- tally shot by Representative lief lin two weeks ago. is reported as
 considerably improved today. Me Creary Is still at the George
 Washington University hospital. Although it was said by the at tendants there today that the
 wounded mans jaws had not
 completely relaxed. he is now re-
 garded as out of danger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
Insurance Man Dead.

Boston, April 11.-Benjamin F. Stevens, for more than 30 years presi- dent of the New England Mutual Life Insurance company. died at his home here today, aged 84.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
Recruits Sent To Cuba.

4 Columbus, O.. April 11.-One hun dred and fifty recruits at the barracks here were started to Cuba today by order of the war office. No explana- tion is given as to why the recruits are sent to Cuba, but it is supposed that some of the soldiers there will be transferred to the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
Temperance Leader Dead.

Portland, Me, April 11.-Samuel l.. Carleton, at one time head of the world organization of Sons of Temperance, Gied here today, aged S6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12

Reduced rates in vogue on seaboard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12

seabo.rd rate, R'ham-AtIants, f4.15,
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-22
OFFICERS OF EASTERN
STAR ON ANNUAL VISIT
Convention at Napa Scene of
Splendid Degree Work by
Local Chapter
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NAPA, July 21.-The grand officers of
the Eastern Star from San Francisco
and neighboring cities made their an
nual official visit to Silver Spray chap
ter of Napa today. Thirty members of
st. Helena chapter also attended the
gathering. Degree work was nut on
before members and officers in an in
teresting manner. after which a spIen-
did banquet was served Speeches
were made by the grand officers on
the principles and condition of the
order. Patron J. A. Peterson of Napa
acted as toast master. The grand Off
Miss Emma Riehl of San Francisco
Past Grand Patron F. L. Jones and
Grand Secretary Kate ]. Willis of San
francisco and Grand Associate Conduc-
tress Lille c. Byce of Petaluma
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-22
AUTO DEALER HELD
ON FELONY CHARGE

OAKLAND, July 21.-Everett B. Tay-
lor, son of a wealthy Byron man and
formerly an automobile agent in Tele-
graph avenue, was held for trial on a
charge Of grand larceny in $4,000 bonds
this morning by Police Judge Samuels.
The charge grew out of a transaction
with Coroner c. l.. Tisdale, who al
legged that he gave Taylor an auto to
be exchanged.
After the preliminary examination
Taylor's attorney, J. S. Josselyn, is
sued a statement, in which he alleged
persecution. Taylor is charged with
two grand larcenies and one embezzle-
ment, making three charges. The ex-
animation this morning was the first
of these.
II was said that he obtained sew
eral automobiles from prominent citi-
zens, promising to give new autos in
exchange and TO take cash for the diff
ferences in value. He disappeared for
two months, and was arrested on re-
turning.
Besides DR.. Tisdale, he is accused of
making deals with H. Scharman, a to-
bacco merchant; with DR.. G. l. Schmidt
and with Z. Z. Niehaus of Berkeley
This case is one of persecution" de-
clared Attorney Josselyn in wrath that
his client had been held, rather than
one Of prosecution. There is not one
element of crime in it and it is only a
business failure. This prosecution is
an effort to make of the police court
collection bureau, for if the defend
ant had complied with threats made by
his prosecutors nothing would have
come Of the matter"
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-22
MUCH ELECTRICITY USED
IN NORTHERN COUNTIES
University Graduate Complies
Statistics for Bureau of
Government

BERKELEY. July 21.-The country
about Dixon in YOlO county is using
more electricity in one form or another
than any rural district in northern
California. James NJ. Burke. former
president of the student body of the
university and a graduate with the
class OF 1903, who is compiling StatiS-
tics for the census bureau of the
United States department OF commerce
and labor, has discovered this and
other interesting facts in his investi-
cations in northern California.
Burke has been connected with the
government department of commerce
and labor for two years, working dur
ing his vacation periods. At the pres
ent time he is collecting data as to
the use of electricity in the northern
part OF the state.
Santa Clara county formerly used
more electricity in various forms but
on account of the high water power
possibilities OF the Sierras the northern
valley counties are extensive users OF
electricity. and Burke said today that
in a few years all the small farms OF
the Sacramento valley will have cleo
trio lights, telephones and electric rail-
ways.
Burke expects to complete his labors
and report TO the census bureau In
few weeks.