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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
MYSTERY OF NOCTUR
nal HAULING or LUMBER
Mr. Jack Wayne and Two Negroes Arrested iOr
Alleged Theft Of lumber at the Rutladge
HlII-Kayls Protests BIS Innocence.

Was it his own lumber that Jack
Wayne, the Woodman, carried away
in the nighttime from the yards Of
the Nigh-Rutledge Lumber Company,
located in 0pelousas, or vas it the
lumber of the company?
That the lumber was carried away
in the nighttime Mr.. Wayne himself
admits. That it was lumber that be-
longed to him, the future will develop.
Lumber was carried away in the
small hours of the night, BY negroes
in the employ Of Wayne; Wayne was
arrested in his room that night, and
the negroes were arrested in the act,
practically.
Saturday morning last a ripple of
excitement was o~ccasioned in the city
when it became known that Mr.. Jack
Wayne, whose business is selling fuel
wood, the by-product Of The Nigh
Ratledge saw mill, had been arrested
for hauling away lumber from the
yards Of the mill. The mill is now in
the hands Of a receiver, and has not
been in operation for some time. Mr..
Myrick is the receiver, and the Bren-
nan Lumber Co. the owner by pur-
chase Of all hardwood lumber on the
yards. Mi. Wayne rooms in a build
ing in the yards. The cypress lumber
(some of which Wayne is charged
with stealing) is yet the property Of
the mill, and the receiver is author
lied to sell it for the payment of the
Indebtedness of the mill.
So it is either the umber Of the
mill, or his own lumber, that Wayne
hauled away Saturday morning at
about 8 o'clock.
The particulars of the arrests are
about as follows:
Complaints had been made that
lumber was disappearing from the
yards, and that the noise of the load
ing Of lumber was heard ID the still
hours Of the night. The officers, and
stockholders of the mill, decided to
have The mill watched on their own
account, notwithstanding the fact
that the Brennan Lumber Co. had d
watchman on the grounds, a negro by
the name of Wm. Simpson. Satur-
day morning, at about 3 o'clock,
Sheriff Swords was notified BY tele-
phone that wagons were being loaded
in the yards. and, in company with
Deputy EweIl Swords, the Sheriff re-
paired to the spot. The wagon had
already gone when the officers reached
there, and the negro Waterman and
another negro BY the name Of Free
mar we're arrested.
While going about the yards . man
jumped over a lumber pile ard starsed
running, and Deputy Swords fred
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30


an out-of-the-way street, so that they
would not meet MI. Eastman. The
first load was hauled Tuesday night,
and to Mr.. Sandoz's Wednesday. Il
was while the other load, which
would have exhausted the lumber he
owned, was being hauled Saturday
that the officers made the arrests.
: Mr.. Wayne says that he does not
fear the outcome, as he expects to.
prove that the lumber was his prop
erty, and that the only reason that
he took advantage of the shades Of
night to get his own property away
was By the fear that it would Be at-
tached along with the lumber Of The
Nigh-Rutledge mill.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30


Rene L. Derouen, P. G.. Castinado,
Sebastien Fontenot, A. Dardeau, A.
Coreil and A. NJ. La1eur,; said COM
mittee instructed to wait upon the
Registrar of Voters for the parish of
st. Landry and ascertain his author
ity for neglecting to appoint at least
one day to hold his Office at or near
each polling place, prior to the thirty
day limit for registering, before the
Special Election appointed by law to
be held in the parish Of st. Landry on
the second Tuesday Of April a. D.
1909, as per act So Of the General
Assembly, session of 1908.
@. 3. GUILLORY, Chairman.
3. e. 0RTEGO, Secretary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
MSl0NlS7S Want
GGISTRAR'S PRESENCE
q Which The Question ofReqls.
AaAlng Rounds Of Parish Aired.
VT u ATTORNEY GENERAL
49, a'n Assnag waits Of Registrar
elsss go ~ Agresnent is Reached
w Y Decision 81 states Attorney

attended mass meeting
5 II citizens Of vile Platte and
Y. was held IL Vile fs'i Pls a4e
g take action concerning ldy,y
seI'tation placed On the reajs,
WA Nv y the Registrar Of Gal-
9sfla5 q the effect that the the
I. him from maxine s;ay the tbe
Y the parish, visi tiae'n evs spv
ssSl1et' for the purpose Of
asl voters, except in case of
s'sa or q primary cleo
psrss a''alsss believe that this
II ss9pls of The western !, sac tias
Y come to the parish s ssst y
" viii make j desper-
II selster all Of our peo-
1s''l0ay, President Of the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
Montgomery Phillips.

On Wednesday evening, January
10th, at the home of the bride, we're
united in the holy bonds Of matr-
mony Mr.. Russell Montgomery and
Miss Ruby e. Phillips, both of
Bellevue.
The ceremony wa5 a quiet home
affair, only members OF the contract
ing parties and intimate friends be-
ing present.
The young couple will reside il
their handsome new home in Belle
vue, which tha groom has jusi
erected.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30
FIRST BLINDTIGER IN
NORTHWESTERN ST.
LANDRY

Vile Platte, Jan. N.-Constable
Fontenot, Of this ward, made the
arrest of the first blind-tiger III
Northwest ST. Landry.
On Saturday, the 23d, at about 2
o'clock r. m, as Constable a. E.
Fonten9t was passing iii front BE- Paul
G. Castenados soft-drink saloon he
saw q negro BY the name Of Pierre
Williams coming toward the street
from the rear of Castenado's build
ing. AS the negro's coat Jumped on
the side, the constable asked him to
stop, as he wanted to talk to him.
The negro reluctantly stopped, and
the constable, ii a friendly manner,
thrusted his hand in the Negroes coat
pocket, %whereupon the constable asked
the negro where he had procured The
Whiskey, to which the negro replied
that he would only talk when put
under oath.
The negro was. invited to follow
Constable Fontenot to Justice-of-the-
Peace R. L. Dossmann's Office, where,
upon being sworn, he said be had
procured the whiskey from Mr.. Paul
gastenado's saloon, and paid IS cents
for it "a half bottle).
An affidavit was then sworn against
Castenado, and be was arrested.
He was released by the Justice-of-the
Peace under q bond Of 800, to ap-
pear at the next term of the District
His bondsman had to be
assessed and have paid taxes on one
hundred and sixty acres Of land, j
vnla nf fha Instiea'a To,4yt
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30

three shots at him. The fellow got
away by running around the lumber
piles.
The wagon was traced to q spot
about a mile from the mills, near
Capt. Garland's residence, where it
had been unhitched. It was racog-
nized as Jack Wayne's wagon. The
officers then placed Wayne, who was
in bis room at the mill, under arrest,
and brought him to Jail. He was re-
leased under $3.50 bond the next day,
Mr.. Raoul LeBourgeois and Dr.. j. Al.
Haas signing his bond.
The negroes mentioned above were
also Jailed.
An officer was placed to stand
guard over the wagon containing the
lumber, left in the road. After day
light Wayne's driver, Chenier, came
for the wagon, with the horses, but
the officers would not let him take it.
1t was found next day that Wayne
had sold a load of lumber to MIR. j.
B. Sandoz the Tuesday before.
WAYNES VERSION.
Mr.. Wayne was teIephoned for BY
the Clarion Wednesday, and asked to
make q statement, # he had any to
make. He at once came to the
Clarion Office, and gave his version of
the affair as follows:
The lumber, he said, was his prop
erty, bought and paid for By him
sometime last July. He bought it
for the purpose of making stables,
and loaded it up in his wagons. The
lumber remaining several days in the
wagon, which was coupled too short
for the length of the boards, became
warped, and he took it out Of the
wagon and placed it fat in the yards,
so that it would resume its normal
shape. There it remained, he delay
ing the building of his sheds, or
stables. When the mill went into
the hands of a receiver sometime ago,
Mr.. Perkins, representing the Bren-
nan Lumber Co., caused to be marked
with the Brennan mark all lumber on.
the yards, including the cypress lum-
Der, among which was Wayne's ium-
Der. It appears, according to Mr..
Wayne,s statement, that only the
hardwood lumber, and not the cypress
should have been marked with
the Brennan mark, and that the mis-
take was made through the boy
marker misunderstanding orders.
Mr.. Wayne says that the Nigh
Rutiedge concern owes a sum Of
money to the Indiana Lumber CO.,
for stunpage, and that when Mr.
Myrick, tie receiver, left for New
Orleans last week, he (Wayne) was
fearful that MIR. Eastman, who rep
resents the Indiana Lumber Co.,
would seize the opportunity Of the
absence of the receiver to attach the
cypress lumber, and bis lumber would
tie included in the attachment. It
was for tfis reason that he told his
negro hands to load the lumber at
night, haul ii ont H sight. and the
next day haul it to Ar. j. B. sandoz,
wish whom he had made arrangements
for the sails eff tbs lumber. He sold
his aegroes to be certain to pass on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-30

Among the capitalists here for the
Krotz auction 1t Krotz Springs next
Wednesday is Mr.. Virgis Squires,
cashier Of the First National Bank Of
Defiance, Ohio.
Bit. Squires was d pleasant caller
at the Clarion Office on Thursday
evening, and expressed himself IN the
highest terms Of the country aud its
prospects. He says Che fans ef the
Krotz Springs has reached far-aRsy
Ohio, and he will doubtless invest ID
che proposition at the sale next We'd
nesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
sioux FaIIs Wnnts sunrnretten.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 2s.-(special.)
AT a meeting OF the commercial club Of
this city 1t was voted to extend an invita-
ton to the national convention OF the
Equal Suffrage association OF ths2TJnitsd
States TO hold its next minus convention
In Sioux Falls. 4 formHS invitation has
been drawn up n presented to Mrs.
Julius johnson, president OF the South Da-
kota Equal Suffrage association, who will
present the same TO the national suffrage
convention, which will be held at Seattle,
Wash, commenctns on July ! next. As
the equal suffragists OF South Dakota are
preparing to make a hara fight at the
general election next year TO secure their
rights, 1t is believed the national associa-
ton will aid the suffrage movement In
this state by selecting Sioux Falls as the
place for holding the 1910 convention.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
NEW YORK STOCESA And BONDS
Greater stagnation Shown Than for
Many Months Past.
IS USUAL YEARLY DULL SPELL
Entrance Of Tariff Bill Int It's Final
Stages of Discussion IL Hailed
Rs = B~enehcent Thing by
wall street.

NEW YORK. June 2S.-The period around
July 1 Is one, t~raditonally, OF quiet stock
sized today by several additional circum-
stances which combined TO throw the mar
ket Into a state OF stegnation not ap,,
heat Of the last week drove many usually
participants in market operations away
Marker was nrsst,csuv idIa l"s' noui '"e
The entering Of the tariff bill upon the
final stages OF its discussion gives promise
OF a desired contamination, although the
speculation and the march OF business have
gone forward so effectively without walt
ing for the termination Of the tariff strug-
gle that the question arises as to the course
Of the speculation with actual enactment
Of the law.
Confidence ls unlmpaired that the July
disturbance and money markets remained
in the soft and yielding state that has
Engagement of 81, 900 600 gold today for
shipment to Europe was made In spite of a
show of growing abundance OF money IN
foreign markets, which lowered the dis
count rate today both in London and
The state Of merchandise exchanges still
calls for shipments Of gold In payment.
This continued control of the exchange
market by foreign money %centers, while
ducement to exercise il, offers a condition
which promises well for foreign partictpa-
ton In American securities. Further large
issues are known to be In prospect, al.
though their flotation would be arranged
not to come with the half yearly money
settlements the LIST OF July.
The shipments of gold going on from New
York are a measure Of relief from q
plethoric money market, due to the excess
Of the inflow of money from the interior
over the outgo by gold exports, the amount
Of the latter since the LIST OF January hav'
ing risen slightly over $50, 000, 600, while the
excess of receipts from the interior over
shipments in that time is estimated at nc
ness than 500, 900. 900. Deposits of Canadian
funds in New York banks, and the placinG
of Canadian loans on call in New York
have expanded enormously In the year past
so that a revival of business activity would
bring a call on New York from that source
as we'll as from our own interior banks
Not the slightest sign OF such a call ha'
manifested Itself yet.
This promise OF the continued money
abundance is a strong factor In keepint
alive expectation Of future speculative
activity. The Wabash deal and the anthra
cite holding companies were made to az
new duty In the days meager speculation
but only languld interest was aroused.
Bonds were steady. Total sales, pa
value, S4,G47 900. United States bonds wer'
unchanged on call.
Number Of sales and leading quotation:
| IN lafoCkG uyara IA follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
,ats. 1903. 1a0s. 1907 1905. 1906. 1904. rlsO1.
SUNDAY.

CATTLE-There was a very decent. run
of cattle this morning and the bulk OF the
arrivals consisted OF cornfed steers: IN
fact there was a very good showing OF. well
finished heavy cattle. All other kinds Oh
cattle were I'm extremely light supply,
the same condition as noted at the close
OF last week. This means that buyers were
out in fair season in the morning looking
for lightweight or handy weight cattle OF
to pay fully steady prices. and In some
cases the more desirable grades sold even
stronger than they did during the latter
part OF last week. On the other hand,
heavy cattle were very slow sellers, buy
ers not being at all anxious for that KIN
there were any light cattle remaining un-
sold. The morning was we'll advanced be-
fore anythinR Of consequence was done
toward making a clearance of the heavy
tie could not be quoted otherwise than slow
and weak.
There we're only a few cows and heifers
in sight and anything desirable along that
line commanded strong prices. A few light
well finished heifers sold above so.
feeders and a few scattering odds and ends,
The market on that kind of cattle was
without noteworthy change.
Quotations on cattle: Good to choice
corn-fed steers, $6.O0q6. 20; common to, fair
corn-fed steers. IS. 00a6. 90; good to choice
corn-fed cows and heifers, IS .0095 IS; fair
to good COWS and heifers, .754b.OOi com
mon to fair cows and heifers, s.. O043 10
stock heifers, 50 .25@4 .Oo;,yeal calves, 5000
choice stocker and feeders, A.2S40.50i fair
TO good stockers and feeders. SO, 1904. %,
common to fair stockers and feeders, $50.
o. as
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
Ksns.s CITY Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY, June 2.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, Is, 1000 head, including 1900 head
southerns; market for fed cattle strong to
lOc higher; top, 500; market for grassers,
10dl5c lower; calves, 25c lower; choice ex-
port and dressed beef steers, S6.S0D7. 90;
fair to good, A.S5q5.60; southern steers,
$3.9O15.5 80: southern cows, S2.704465; native
cows, $2.25a5.45; native heifers, 325q7.W;
bulls, S3.O0a5.O 90; calves, 8.75Q7.W.
HOGS-Receipts, $500 head; market 54l5c
higher; top, s7.95; bulk of sales, sI4bq1.9 so;
heavy, S.S067. IS; packers and butchers, T.6S
an. 80; light, 81. 4OG7 TN; pigs, S5.5007.25.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, A,0OC
head; market strong; lambs. s6.50q6.50;
yearlings, S5.25G6.25; wethers, S42596. TO-
ewes. S4.OOd4.75; stockers and feeders, $32S
a5.10; Texas muttons, S4O0q4.f5.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Wheat slumps at the Opening on
Proft-Taking Sales.
ONLY SUPPORT Is LEADING BULLS
values Grow Weaker TowRrd the
Close Of Trading and the Loss e.
quite s-evere--Corn steady,
but Inactive.


OMAHA. June q. 1909.
Wheat slumped at the opening on profit
taking sales. The market was nervous and
was supported only by the leading bulls,
who suggested damage by the late heavy
rainB In the winter wheat localities. Val
ues grew weaker toward the close ana the
loss was severe.
Corn was only steady and was not &c
tive. strength was more pronounced In the
July option, due to severe rains which
have caused heavy washouts.
Wheat was decidedly weak In face OF
higher cables and rainy weather In the
winter wheat belt. Selling was general
the market showing little or no snap
Thu temporary demand thai started late
last week has dropped off again and tho
bears are hammering prices lower.
Corn was steady at the opening, but
weakened with wheat later and values
were sold lower on the weak cash market
Heavy rains have caused some bullishness
but the lack OF demand holds the prices
from working UP.
Primary wheat receipts were $4,000 bu
and shipments were PSI. 900 blu. against re-
ceipts last year OF SS4, 900 Blu. and shipments
Of i25, 900 bu.
Corn receipts were 6S7, 900 bu. and ship
ments were 500, 600 bu. against receipts las
year of 796, 900 bu. and shipments OF 622,OO
blu
Clearances were none OF corn, none 0
oats and white and flour equal TO i03,OCO bu
Liverpool closed h615d higher on whea
and MONO higher on corn.
Local range OF options:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations of the Day on Various
Commodities

NEW YORK, June 2S.-FLoUR-Recelpts,
10000 bills; exports, 1880 bills; the mar
Ret was dull 3, and Si0s about BE- steady; S Min
$s.65Q6.S5; Minnesota bakers, &.35Q0.65;
winter extras, &.S5Q5.76i winter patents,
S6.75Q7,O; winter low grades &.5Ca6.65, Rye
to fancy, $4.sOa5,eO.
CORNMEAL-Barely steady; fine white
and yellow. $1.65ql7O; coarse, SLoS9l.6O;
RYENDnli; No. 2 western. SIC, nominal,
I. o. b.. New York.
BARLEY-Quiet; mating, s5qS7c; C. l.
WHEAT~Receipts, los, 900 bu. Spot mar
ket easy; No. 2 red, old, S1.47, nominal,
elevator; No. 3 red. old, S1.47; new, N.2iA,
end August, (. o. b. afloat; No. l northern,
Duluth, old, $L3S, nominal, (. o. b. afloat;
No. 2 hard winter, old, S.3S, nominal, Z. o.
b. afloat Brilliant crop prospects caused
a lot OF long wheat to be dumped on the
market today, filling up the crowd and
breaking prices over 1c per bushel, Lead
ing western bulls were conspicuous sell
crs. Near the close slight rallies occurred
July closed s1.24x; September closed si.i7ni
December closed N.15&; May closed H.l7&
CORN-Receipts, LOO bu. Spot market
easy; No: old So3tc in elevator and 79C
Z. o. b. afloat; No. 2 new. CSC, winter ship
ment. Option market was without transac
lions, closing NC to &c net lower. july
closed at 7sc, September closed at 75EC
and December closed at CSC.
OATs-Receipts, $50 bu. Spot market
quiet; mixed. 2s to SO lbs, SOC. nominal
natural white, 20 to 80 lbs. 59a62c; clipped
white. "a to AZ lbs, 60h465Lc.
FEED-Steady; spring bran, $96.S5; mid
dlings, $21,s5; city. $3.50,
HAYDEN; No, 8, 759Soci good
HOFS-Steady, 1907, nominal; PacifI
coast, 1908, 10Ql4c; 1907, 6410c.
H1DES-Firm; Bogota, 20kQ20Rc; Cen
trail America, 2l6c.
LEATHER-Steady; acid, 23929c,
PROFESSIONALISM. steady: family, HA 4
| dl4.50; mess, 81. 001ll. 80; beef hams, $40
62600; packet. S12. 50t13 90: city, extra Gu
india mess, S20.5O02l. 90. Cut meats, firm
picked bellies. S12.50012. rs: hams. Sl2.5 q
Lard, easy; western, sll.S5Il1.95: refine
barely steady; continent 81. 40; South Amer
Tea, Sl3.35; compound, $.O09S371a. Porl
unquiet; family. s2l.0Odi22 90; short cleaI
S2l.0Oq23.O0 90; mess, t2l00G2l5O.
TALLoW-Dull; city. 54so; country, 5Sc
SIC.
HICE-Firm; domestic. fair to extra,
d6bc; japan, nominal.
BUTTER-Steady; receipts, S.7S2 firkIns
creamery specials, &zd26c; official price
251kc; extras, 25ci+ western factory. first
2lc; western initiation creamery. firsts, %
CHEESE-Steady; oereipts, S,S01 pkgs
new state full cream specials, ish@14Ac.
EGGS-Hlgh grades, firm; others, easy
state, Pennsylvania and nearby brown an
mixed fancy, e4AG25c; state. Pennsylvani
and nearby fair to choice, 22d24c; wester
extra first, 22R22hc; firsts, 2O&a2ic; sec
onds, 19h020c; southerns. 10000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
81. LouIn live stoclx Marked.

ST. LOUIS, June observation-disclosures
S,726 head, including 6,b7S head Texans;
market steady 10 l5c lower; native shipping
and export steers, s. .20a715; dressed beef
and butcher steers, $5.7596,5O; steers under
1000 lbs, 4.50Q8.OO; stockers a0d feeders
AZ. 25d4 rs; COWS and heifers, So. 7697.OO; can
ners, g. 20a3. 90; bulls, 81. 7OG5. 10; calves, $50
an. so; Texas and Indian steers, s.. 75q6.6O'
COWS and heifers, tZ2Jd5.20.
HOGS-Receipts, 5,29l head; market, 100
l5c higher; pigs and lights, $5.65Q7.9O pack
ers, 81. 6Od7.9O; butchers and best heavy
s.. O0QS. 90.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. 3,2S'
head; market, 15d25c lower; native muttons
Ss SOdI75; lambs, Sc. l0ds. IS; culls and bucks
g. 5OQ5.5O stackers, $S.5O44.9O.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
AND FEEDERS.

HOGS-ReceIpts this morning were quite
liberal for a Monday, there being n very
fair showing, as compared with previous
weeks. The market was reasonably active
when the trade was once under way and
pretty much everything In sight was
cleaned up by 10 o'clock in the morning.
The prices paid were 56l0c higher than last
weeks close, which means that a consider
able proportion OF all the hogs here sold
at S7.55a7.75 and on up as Ugh as S7.S5 for
right good heavyweights. The market as
a whole was in a good healthy condition
and entirely satisfactory to selling inter-
ests.
Today's advance carries the market 10 q
point that is a little higher than it was at
the beginning of last week. In other
words, the sharp decline the middle OF last
week has been entirely recovered,
characterization sales.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29

bf1EtF-lL Was q biOWs ufhHhy ihafheN
from the opening, In fact, not enough
supplies had changed hands by II o'clock
to give the trade any appearance Of life.
Receipts were heavier than usual. thirty
cars being reported in. Supplies consisted
almost wholly OF range stock from Oregon.
Wyoming, Utah and Montana. The Wyom-
ing contingent was the largest and was
made up entirely OF ewes.
This mornings market was In most
respects a repetition OF last weeks early
trade in rangers. There appeared TO be
practically no demand for grass stock, even
at a nominal decline. A couple OF lots OF
western spring lambs brought quotably
steady prices at ss.O0dS.15.
The trade continued sluggish throughout
the entire session this morning. with moth
ing much sold with which TO establish an
actual value level. While the general mar
ket Is largely a matter OF guess work,
talent was inclined TO call the break in
prices around l5d25c.
Toward the laser end OF the session five
cars OF Idaho wetheTs changed hands az
A5Q. = flat quarter decline under last
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
Wool Buyers Are Basy.

PIERRE, s. D., June zs.-(speclai.l-
Wool buyers are busy in the country west
OF here and the shipments are scattered
from the many local points on the two
roads through the western part OF the
state, instead Of being eepteTed AZ this
ments will probably be az. large as for
ing paid up to the present ranges in the
vicinity of 26 cents, with some choice clips
going at q higher price. ~. -.