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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
sLEUTH KILLED BY BLACK HAND
New York Detective After Stellar
Criminals, Foully Assassinated -

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Palermo-Lieut. Joseph Petrosfno
head of the Italian squad of the New
York police Headquarters was shot to
death. at 9 O'clock last evening under
]. the shadow. of the trees of Marihs
Square in this. city Whether he was
,lEred there or not is unknown, but it
is. believed that Petrosino who during
his stay in Sicily has been indefati-
gable in searching up the records of
Sicilian, criminals, had gone. to the
square in. the hope. of securing infor-
nation which he considered of inn
portance. The identity of the assass-
ins has not been disclosed, for they
made their. escape after having made
certain. Of the death OF the detective.
His assault was most coldb1ooded
one. He was attacked in tie darkness
at the corner of deserted square by
two men who fired three shots at
him Petrosino though mortally
wounded clung desperately to life
and showed to the very last extraor-
dinary. courage and coolness: Though
the blood was streaming from him
and he could feel that death. was near
he cl1ng with one hand to the graf
ing of nearby. window. He managed
to draw his revolver and fire one shot.
and then fell to the ground His bull
let missed its mark. but the noise Of
the explosion attracted several pass
ers by.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
KISSED SIGNIFICANT PASSAGE.
In The Bible When He Took the
Oath of Office.

Oath OF Office.
hington.-Through Jas. H.
McKenney, the veteran clerk of the
supreme court of the United States,
Has just come to light the fact that
Fuft vcry
significant passage In the Bible when
after taking the oath of office, he
kissed the sacred volume, Mr.. Nc
Kenney held for the chief justice the
book used in connection with the adj
ministering of. the oath. He pres
ented 1t to Mr.. Taft, and, after the
latter had sworn to bear truth, faith
and allegiance, he reverently learned
over and touch his lips to the open
face of the book. They fell upon
the third chapter of First Kings, at
the point beginning, "Give, there
fore, Tf., servant an understanding
heart to Judge Thy people, that
may. discern between good and bad;
for who is able to Judge this, Thy
so great people?'' This was the
prayer of Solomon at the beginning
of his reign, and the passage closes
with the statement that the prayer
was answered because of its unset
fish character.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
PLANTING EARLY.
Farmers Around New Iberia q Month
Ahead of Lest Year..

All the crops around New Iberia
nave been planted, with exception OF
cotton, and the corn and cane and
rice are already making a good show
Ing and work in all the de-
partments Is being pushed vigorously
all over the parish. and is we'll ad-
vanced for this season of the year,
some stating they are at least a
month ahead of ordinary years. The
condition of plant cane is first class
The seed as rule kept perfectly.
which has increased thekz
this year, stubbles are in sound condi-
ton, and are being barred of and
dug. The corn crop is well advanced
and the promise of enough and to
spare. Rice is in good shape, some
of the early sowings are up and look
ing well, the balance ef the crop is
being rapidly put ir--rz.a~ .ost
favorable conditions. On the whole
the outlook for all crops was never
better in tits parish.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
$4,000 TO AID BRINKLEY.

Arkansas Legislature Aids Storm
Sufferers-Another Victim Dies.
Little Rock, Ark.-The lower
house of the legislature has passed. a
bill appropriating $4,000 to the
Brinkley relief fund. Gov. Donaghey
will sign the bill as soon as it is pre-
sented to him. Mrs. Clara Reed, who
was injured in the tornado and was
brought here for treatment, died.
Thir increases the tctal dead as a
result OF the tornado, to thirtY.four.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
JANER Is SENTENCED.

1,wson. Md, Joseph HI. Janer sf
Brooklyn, NY, was convicted of
felonious assault upon Catherine
Lorch, twelve years old, also of
Brooklyn, and sentenced to twenty
one years in the Maryland peniten-
tiary, this being the maximum under
the particular count of the indict-
ment ON which the conviction was
had. The trial took place before
Judges Burke and Duncan and waa
tiled witneu. 4 Jury.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Posse After Brutal Negro Near
ChumIckle, Fla.

Pensacola, Fla.-One of the most
brutal assaults ever to occur in this
section of Florida was that which
occurred at Ghumuckle, about twen-
tye miles northeast of Pensacola when
an unknown negro attacked Miss
Ruby Penton, the eighteen-year-old
daughter of Joseph Penton, ehoked
her into insensibility ana made his
escape before -shs recovered ecu.
seieusnsss 20 eiye tbs. alarm.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
School Director Injured.

Hon. c. A. David, school director
for Vaudeville met with a painful ac-
cident several days ago. While go
ing to the postoffice just after dark
a young man named Cooper came out
of the postoffice and started on a
race with some companions when be-
fore proceeding very far, he ran
against Mr.. David, their faces strik-
ing together in the dark and inf1icting
painful wound on Mr. David's cheek
and receiving one on his own eye.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
STANDARD oil CO. Wins
End of Famous Rebate Case at
Chicago, Ill.
Verdict OF NOT GUILTY RETURNED
Court Holds That the Government
Failed to Prove Charges. Prose-
cution Argued in Vain
Against Courts Ruling.

Chicago.-The famous suit of the
Federal government against the Stan
ard Oil Company of Indiana, where
Fin the defendant company at one
tine faced fne of s29.240.000 at
the hands of Judge K. M. Lands, on
q charge of having accepted rebates
In freight from the Chicago and AL
ton Railroad, came to an abrupt end
Friday.
Judge A. B. Anderson, before
whom the case was brought after
reversal by the United States Court
of Appeals, instructed the Jury to
find verdict of mot guilty.
Judge Anderson's decision was not
altogether unlocked for when the
case was called, he having previous
ly announced to the prosecutors that
the proof relied up in the first trial
was incompetent, and it was with
something Of an air Of hopelessness
that District Attorney Edwin w.
Sims and his assistants attempted to
show the admissibility of the Illinois
classification to prove the existence
of legal rate OIL 18 cents. which was
a vital point In the Governments
contention.
1t was after Assistant District At
torney James H Wilkerson had ar
gued for two hours, and in the end
admitted that the prosecution could
mr. fri ich hn
sary by the court to secure verdict
Of guilty or even continuation of
the case, that Judge Anderson an
nounced his decision.
History of the Case.
7 The fine of $29,240,000, the great
est in the history of American juris-
prudence, was imposed on the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana by Judge
Kenesaw M. Landis, Aug. 8, 1907.
1t was based on the maximum of
$4,000 on each of 1,462 counts, that
being the number of carloads of oil
involved in the charges.
This decision was upset and the
case remanded for new trial by the
United States Circuit Court OF APP
peals July 22al9O8. The court was
composed of Judge Peter s. crosscup,
who wrote the opinion, and Judges
Seaman and Baker.
The higher court held that each
carload shipment did not constitute
a separate offense.
The fines should have been on set
Elements between the Railroad Com
pany and the Standard, the Court
held. OF course there were thirty
six, and the maximum on this basis
could have been but $4,000.
On August %, 1908, the govern
ment asked rehearing, intimating
that the aim was to prevent the Ell
kin and interstate Commerce Laws
from becoming futile, and showed
impatience with the three Appellate
Judges.
Sept. 10, 1908, the Standard Oil
Company filed its answer to this
speaking lightly of the knowledge
of the law and the reading of the
law and the reading of the record by
Attorney General Bonaparte and his
assistants.
Nov. 10 the Court of Appeals de-
MED the petition for rehearing.
The Supreme Court of the United
States was asked to review the case,
but on Jan. 4, 1909, declined to do
so.
In February, 1909. retrial of the
case began before Judge Anderson,
of the Federal Court at Chicago
March 10, the jury uader instructions
from the court, rendered verdict of
not guilty.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Charged With Selling Liquor

Chief of Police Mahaffey, of Jen-
nIngs, arrested j. H. Moultrie, a ne
gro, charged with violating the Unit
ed States revenue laws by selling in
toxicating liquors without a govern
ment license. The arrest was made on
a warrant issued by H. v. NELLY,
Deputy United States Revenue Col
iector. of Lafayette. Moultrie was
taken before United Commissioner j.
H. Hemen and placed under $500
bond to appear before the Federal
court.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Child Loses a Finger.

John Brewster, the 10-year-old SOB
OF Sheriff T. E. Brewster. of Coving,
ton, met with very serious accident
while playing with little companion
at the corner of Jefferson and 18th
avenues. with a dynamite cap drop
pei by city workmen. He lit a match
and inserted 1t IN the cap. remarking
that he could smother it out that
way The cap in exploding, so badly
shattered the index finger of his left
hand as to make 1t necessary for the
family physician, to amputate, the fin
ger at the hand.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20

The lowlands III Scott's Bend are
threatened including the big fertilizer
plants north OF tie city.
From Elmore county vague re.
ports are being IreceiYed about per.
sons cut off by thS high water. on iso-
lated spots. only few feet above the
flood.
The United ates government
beat Twining ha 1tai7Sed On SIX.
IBal aIli ~ ssssi !!
land.
Drivers row, a negro quarter OF
Montgomery, Iis inundated and May
or league has ordered the city
teams to thtt section to move the
negroes from the danger zone.
Information reached the city that
the Tallapossa river had broken over
it's retaining banks on lower Wetum-
pka. road and that several plantations
were flooded. The state convict farm
is completely isolated and it is pre-
dictei that serious trouble will be
experienced there. Roads are, sub
merged making traffic extremely
dangerous from washouts. Since noon
the merchants of Wetumpka have
been moving their goods from stores
and business is practically suspended
The telephone line to Tallassee, is
down but it is learned that the water
was roaring over the dam there with
a crest of fourteen feet and that the
river was still rising.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
UNCLE SAM Wants DODSON
To Actas Farm Manager of the
Southern States.
WANTS RICE Experiment STATION
Police Jury of Crowley Appropriates
$1,000 for Purchase of Proposed
Site. Rain Starts Farming
Operations.
DR.. w. r. Dodson, Director of Il

DR.. w. r. Dodson, Director of the
Louisiana Experiment Station who is
- ted by the United States Depart.
of Agriculture, has still under
Liberation the question of whether
or not he will accept the offer of the
Federal Government. The position
offered Dr.. Dodson by 1.-The United
States Department of Agriculture is
farm manager for the Southern
States. In this position DR.. Dodson
would have charge of the expert
ment work for the United States Co
yernment in all of the. Southern
States. The tender of this highly i'm
portant position by the United States
Government--one of the most i'm
portant SO far as the South is con-
cerned in the Department of Agricul.
ture---shows row high Dr. Dodson is
regarded by the officials Of the United
States Government 1t has also inn
pressed upon the Louisiana officials
the Importance of holding in the
State, as head of the experiment sta
tions, man who is wanted: for such
an important work by the United
States Government. DR.. Dodson will
not decide for some days yet whether
or not he will accept the position Of
fered. During the meantime appeals
stN coming in from all over the State
for him to remain in Louisiana as
of the Experiment Stations.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20

Mexico City.-A private dispatch
received here tonight absolutely con-
firms the reported naval engagement
between tn Swarships of Nicaragua
and Salvador
Three Nicaraguan gunboats, led by
the Momotom be Tuesday attacked tn
Sa1vadorean gunboat -Prcsidente. The
latter, by lucky shot put the Nom
otombo out Of action almost at the
beginning of the engagement. The
three Nicaraguans then withdrew.
Later the Momotombo was repair
ed and went In pursuit Of the Presi-
uenSe Y --=,s5s,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
CHINA MAY SPEND 800, ,ooo, 90,
Efforts Will Be Made to Restore the
Navy.

Victoria, B. C.-Advices received
from Pekin by the steamer Saveric
tell of efforts to restore the navy
of China at cost of 100000, 900.
Admiral ga had been summoned to
Pekin to consult with the Prince Re-
gent regarding a scheme to provide
funds Naval ports and docks are to
be established, foreign experts engag-
ed as advisers and instructors and
naval college board.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
United States To Intervene

Washington-Affairs in .sicaragua
have become SO serious that the Unit
ed States withdrew John H. Gregory,
secretary of legation a. Managua,
leaving the mission in charge of the
consul. At, the same time the navy
department was requested to holi
one of the armored cruisers of Ad-
miral Swinbourne's Pacific fleet at
Corinto. or any other part of the Nj
caraguan coast deemed advisable un-
til the gunboat Yorktown can get
there. simultaneously the cruisers
Dubuque and, Tacoma were ordered
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Mveryman Found Dead in Road.

News was received at Crowley of
the, death at Church Point Of Jerry
Donovan, a. liverynan, who was found
dead in the road about o'clock one
. morning last week. 1t Is supposed that
ne fell from his buggy the night be-
: fore and was killed. His neck was
found to have been broken by the
iail. Coroner Webb impaneled jury
and investigated the case. The Jury
returned a verdict In accordance with
she facts a. here stated,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
CuTHBERT RALI4Y1Na.
Citizens Work on Common Base to
Help City.

Cuthbert, Ga.-With bankers and
negro laborers, merchants and busi-
ness men working side by side with
other people of all classes, including
convicts,~ Cuthbert is rallying from
the effects of last Tuesdays storm
and struggling bravely to provide
shelter for the. unfortunate people
whose houses were destroyed. It is
said that by actual count 286 frame
buildings went down and twenty-five
stores were demolished.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Poor + arm Assured.

A poor farm and worRhousc for
Caddo Parish seem assuret! Tic 70
lice has sent committee to Marshall,
Tex, where the Harrison County
Poor Farm was inspected. Caddo
Parish appropriates nearly 5000 for
paupers alone. The proposed poor
farm is for the purpose of caring for
these people, giving them shelter
and employment. IT is proposed to
attach work farm to keep juvenile
prisoners
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
sues For $4,000.

The damage. suit of Mrs. Ce1estine
Jones vs.. Ashland. Planting and Man.
ufacturfng Company Lfmitsd, was.
tried this week at Houma. being "a.
suit by plaintiff for $4,000 dama-.
ges for the killing of the husband Of
the plaintiff by the falling of a cane
hoist. The case has been taken un-.
der advisement by the court. i
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Negro Fugitive Captured

Sheriff Sewer Is in receipt. Of a
telegram from Sheriff Clark, of Nat
chez, Miss. advising him of the cap
ture Of VIII Britt, alias Green, ne.
gro, who shot and mortally- wounded
another of his race on Trinidad Plan
tation, about fifteen miles from here
ten days ago. Britt was captured at
a saw mill near Cransford, Miss.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Fatal Caye-in at Sand PIT.

Alfred Drummo nd, a negro, while
working in a sand pit on the place
Of Charles Hatfield, near Evergreen,
was caught in cave-in and crushed
to death. Another negro who was
working with: him, succeeded in get
ting out. He was covered with the
sand to his waist, from which he
syas rescned without Infu 8.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
New Oil We'll Brought In.

The ]. c. Trees Oil Company
drilled in an oil well on the Stiles
tract, section twenty-seven, on Jeems
Bayou, northeast Of Meoringsport,
not far from the Texas line, which is
a new section of the Cad 10 field. Har-
ry Grayson, of Pittsburg, Pa, who
saw the well, says 1t is producing 500
barrels daily -
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Motorman Injured in Collision

At Monroe in collision between q
Riverside car and an Iron Mountain
switch engine at Olive and Second st.
and the street car was badly dam
aged and Motorman Tom Chambers
had his thigh injured. Conductor H.
Pratt escaped injury. Fortunately no
passengers were on the car when the
accident occurred.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
After Rice Experiment Station

The Police Jury, at its regular
monthly meeting in Crowley, approp-
rated the sum Of $3,00v toward the
purchase Of a site for the proposed
rice experiment station, to be located
in southwest Louisiana by the State
of Louisiana, cooperating with the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The money is appropriated on
condition that the site is located in
Acadia Parish. The resolution on
which the appropriation was made
was offered by Police Juror w. f.
Brooks, Crowley. This appropriation
is regarded as practically setting
the, ,locatfeH Qf the staston ats Crowley,.
as the citizens OF Crowley have sub
scribed an amount of money in ,.ex-
cess of the amount required by the
Department officials, and the fact that
Crowley is the most accessible point
In. the Rice Belt for rice farmers will
probably be determining factors.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Rain Stops Rice, Operations.

At Estherwood heavy rain of
three inches fell and stopped all rice
operation on farms for several days.
B. Goodale, w. Gill and q. Lejune
hal commenced to plant rice near
town. Only a few in this section but
what are through plowing for rice.
Farm operations are more than two
weeks ahead of last season. The only
rice mill in operation in this section
is the Conover Rice Milling Company
of Mermentau. The Eureka Rice Mill
Is buying considerable rough rice and
has shipped out several cars of clean
rice nthe last few days. No. / ia
pan in rough is selling up to 81 a
barrel ;z.-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Farming Operations Show Progress

" FHrMInR operations SHOW PrOgreSS
Plaucheville was visited, by "a .3-4
of an inch rain Monday evening.
which was highly appreciated The
entire corn crop will be planted this
week, with the exception Of a few
acres, which will be planted during
April. The weather Is IDEAL this week
and the sew raj farmers are already
getting tehir land in readiness for
early cotton planting. Irish potatoes
are doing well,' and the acreage is
much larger than previous years. Su-
gar cane is coming nicely, and some
planters are. working their stubble
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Farmers Getting Ready to Plant

Farmers Getting Ready to Plant.
All the farmers around Logansport
have been busy clearing up new
ground, repairing and building fences
and getting everything in readiness
for planting the next crop. Having
found by experience that diversified
tion is profitable, most of the farmers
will plant great-variety of products.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Towloats in Sabine Tied Up.

The Sabine River is lower at Lo-
gansport now then ever known to
be at this season of the year, and all
the towboats are tied up in conse-
.quence OF the extremely low stage of
water Owing to recent heavy rains
above, a rise is looked for in short
while.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Express Safe Blown Open.

Express SAFE Blown Open.
The safe of the Southern Express
Company in the Louisiana and Ar
kansas Railway depot at Winfield,
was blown open and robbed of up
wards of 5000. Bloodhounds from
Ruston were put on the trail of the
burglars, but they were not located.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-20
Prosecution Dropped in Leiune Case.

Prosecuti0n Dfop,seu nj Ee5une Csse:
At Port Allen, the case of New
land Daigie, his wife, son and his
daughter, hell for the murder of
Aristide Lejune, came to an abrupt
end Wien District Attorney. II. Nor
rison. on behalf of the state mol
pressed the charge against the said
parties. The state had expected to
prove by the chemical analysis of
Dr.. Coates. Of l.. s. o., that Lejune
had not died from the effects Of ear.
bolie acid In the stomach,
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-05-28

the other great world patiently await her
invasion and partition by foreign powers
How ridiculous The transport service of European
ton sufficient without opposition to land American
soil army of 100000 given time There IS country IN
the Orient that has base within striking distance of
ntrests risk the loss of its Navy fleet by attempting
send past Hawaiian Islands the purpose attacking
upon the Pacific Not ship of such expedition would
Men talk about the thousands of miles of American
line danger which threatens in consequence of its
extent though that line marked by old fence and
enemies time of would occupy the opposite side and invade
American soil with all the with which the of one farmer
break pasture AS geo
GRAPHICAL isolation valuable of nation
defense than all the navies would possible build
The the world demonstrated that have pursued
nexcuab bunglng naval policy the past Notwithstanding
the hundreds of millions dollars have expended during the last
decade the construction powerful fleet of warshp we know
lack of auxiliary vessels navy woefuly de-
cient practical fighting organization We to have
ceeded upon theory that all nation demands expects
the building of the biggest baeshps order crafty boyish
ambition something other nations do possess have
proceeded upon theory that the building of these
fighting machines would effect of aordng protection by
soaring the fellow dgraceul national spectacle than
navy department having twenty foreign vessels
aid baeshp their trip around the globe has never
witnessed by the American people the result OF our
pursuing policy respect the pbung of Navy of
ing exclusive the construction of bateps and
cruisers entirely ignoring the fact that time Of they
vueess they full complement of auxiliary vessels to
accompany them with the absolutely essential to their existence
and their effectiveness engines of
This oversight may to that these necessary vessels
do not involve expenditure OF much and would not
have afforded good opportunity baeshp for pyrotehnc
display upon Summer along coasts
in the past several years.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-05-28

Front street is 10 paved from Tenth to Sixteenth and SIX
ent street from Front to Main and fteenth Tor hal- Do
f Front The material used will be concrete mixture and
M total expense Of improvement will reach approximately Sfo
600