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The Ward County independent., 1909-02-25
Burning Straw a Crime.

"The crime of burning straw still
goes on in North Dakota. 1t goes
on throughout the length and
breadth of the land. During every
evening in the autumn the heavens
are lit UP with the light OF burning
stntaiw stacks. In certain neigh
bcrhood last autumn straw stacks
were fired the same evening. This
was the outcome of prearrangeme1t
The object was to make spec
tacular display. Some people have
a peculiar idea of what constitutes
a spectacular display. One en:hu
siastic editor thought 1t would be
delightfully."- spectacular in North
Dakota farmers would by agreement
fire all their straw stacks on the
same night. The man who mace
this suggestion has not yet BEEN
nut in prison. Thus and thus this
crime against God and nature goes
on and on. It is one of the strangest
things iunaginable that peopis
whose lives in many other respects
are blameless should without mis-
giving or communication commit
this crime. g..
The music Of cream separaoors IS
being more and more heard on Da
kota Aarms. It is the most charm
ing music yet 'leard in North Da'
kota, save that of Sabbath bells
More than $4,000 separators were
sold in the state last year, many
more than 10000 wilt he sold this
year. No animal is now needed IN
Dakota more than the dairy COW =
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
GUILD CONDEMNS RAILROAD
i Singing Reference Made by Former
Governor of Massachusetts.

Boston, Feb. S.-Stinging reference
to his experience as governor in con.
nection with alleged violation of Mas
sachusetts law by the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad is made
by former Governor Guild in an art
icle published here. The article says:
THE New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad brazenly and delib-
erately violated the laws of Massa
chusetts in regard to trolley lines
The individual who was governor al
the time was violently abused because
he sharply called attention to that
violation. 1t was pleaded by inter
ested parties that innocent investors
were injured; that there was no viola
tion in reality and that the sorely
tried executive had not merely acted
without calm deliberation' but as a
mere demagogue.
'"rhe railroad commission, the attor
ney general and the supreme court ol
Massachusetts have since declared
that the governor was right"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
SENTTOFINANCE COMMITTEE
Bill Increasing Canal Bond Issue to
$500, 900.

Washington, Feb. S.-The senate
committee on interoceanic canals
voted to send to the committee on
finance the Hopkins bill increasing
the authorization for the issue of ca
nal bonds from s135,OO0,000 to $780,
100000. This action was taken on the
theory that an appropriation in excess
of the amount named in the original
act in itself acted to increase the
limit of cost of the Panama canal and
therefore it was question with
which the finance committee was best
qualified to deal.
The bill introduced by Representa-
tive Mann Ull.) to provide for the
government of the canal zone and
which entirely reorganizes the canal
commission was discussed informally
by the senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals. 1t was decided that it
involved too great a change for con-
sideration In the time that remains of
the present session and no action will
be taken on the bill.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
WIND STORMS SWEEP
SOUTHERN STATES
Score Of Lives Lost and Much
Property Destroyed.

Louisville, KY, Feb. 8.-Death for
nearly a score of people, losses of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in prop
erty and the crippling of many tele-
graph wires resulted from a series OF
small cyclones and tornadoes, which
swept Dixie from the Tennessee line
to the Texas Panhandle. The storms
were accompanied in most cases by
hail, darkness and terrific lightning
flashes and sheets of rain.
Most of the towns where loss of life
occurred are off the beaten track, sc
that news from them has been coming
In but slowly.
At Stuttgart, Ark, Mrs. Garfield
and a child of Will Story were killed
while Mrs. Story is reported fatally
injured.
At Sulphur Springs, Tex, Mrs. G.
Caldwell was killed.
From Rolling Fork, Miss, WORD
came that four are dead, while Booth
Miss, reported to Birmingham thai
six had met death there. At Ennis
and Waxahachie, Tex, and Boscoe
La, many dwellings are said to have
been demolished by the force of the
wind. Arkansas and Upper Louisiana
rice fields were injured to the extent
of many thousands of dollars.
The heavy wind struck the Wire
read at a point nine miles from Mont
gomery, Ala, smashing houses and
causing the death of three negro ten
ants on the plantation of Ben Stone
and the injury of more than a dozer
others
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
GOVERNOR BURKE UPHELD
Court Rules He Has Right to Remove
Adiutant General.

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. s.-The SUI
preme court has handed down de-
cision in the Poole case. The court
denies both the writ of quo warranto
and prohibition. The two decisions
confirm General Peake in his office of
adjutant general. The military court
martial, SO far as the supreme court
is concerned, stands and General
Poole must submit to it's jurisdiction.
No formal opinion has yet been pre-
pared by the court, but will be within
very few days.
The decision is triumph for Gov
ernor Burke at every point. His right
to remove his adjutant general is up
held. Poole's contention is overruled
at every turn. Peake will remain ad-
jutant general and Poole will have to
stand courtmartial for disobedience of
orders and conduct unbecoming a
gentleman
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
SKATING "CHAMPS" MEET
Pick Of Country's Fastest Amateurs In
Races in New York.

New York. Feb. SIN the st. Mich
olas skating rink in this city tonight
the pick Of the country's amateur
skaters will meet. The events will
be the half mile and one mile inter-
national championship races and a
special one-mile race, Glass A, handi-
cap limit 100 yards. There will also
be half-mile race for novices.
Among the entrants In the races
are Edmund Lamy, the amateur
champion; Lot Roe and Fred Robson,
considered Canada's fastest men on
the runners; o. Bush of Montreal, one
of the speediest skaters In North
America, despite the fact that he is
minus an arm; Clarence Granger and
Phil Kearney, the local cracks; An
derson and Kaad of Chicago, Fisher
of Milwaukee, Ahlroth of Duluth and
lot of others.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
ECHO OF LUMBER
TARIFF HEARING
Editor Files Statement With
House Committee.
own CANADIAN TIMBER

Document Declares That Certain Min
nesota Men Who Appeared in Ad-
vocacy of Removing the Duty Are
Interested in a British Columbia
Lumber Company and Would Be Di-
rectIy Benefited by Action Asked.
Washington, Feb. Sin a state
ment filed with the house ways and
means committee by James Elliott
Defebaugh of Chicago, editor of the
American Lumberman, regarding the
efforts that are being made to induce
congress to remove the present duty
on lumber it is asserted that the
principal witnesses who appeared be-
fore the committee in advocacy of
free lumber are officers of a British
Columbia lumber company.
The statement contains the an
nouncement of the organization of the
American Timber Holding company,
with capitalization of $6,000,000,
holding title to about 1,500,000,00C
feet of timber, located principally in
Western British Columbia, accessible
to tidewater. The purpose of the
company is to float, 1t is stated, a
considerable part of the stock on the
American market, particularly in the
event of the removal of material re-
duction of the duty on lumber.
zone of the chief witnesses on Nov.
20 was M. j. Scanlon of Minneapolis,
who is president of the new com
pany,' says Mr.. Defebaugh. "The
leading witness of Nov. 20 was Theo
dore M. Knappen of Minneapolis, who
is now announced as secretary of the
Pritish Columbia Timber company.
Another important witness was f. B
Lynch of st. Paul, who is one of the
directors. Further, an exhaustive
written brief, printed Dec. 10, was by
w. S. Dwinnell, who is treasurer OF
this timber company.
"Since the hearing of Nov. 20 the
country has been flooded with litera
ture sent out by the Forest Conserva.
ton league of which Mr.. Knappen
admitted himself to be the chief con
stituent. 1t seems evident that II
| these gentlemen can break the tariff
lumber cocoanut they hope to be able
to claim the milk as Canadian"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
MAY IGNORE HIS REQUEST
President Asked That Certain lnfor
nation Be Kept Secret.


Washington, Feb. s. - President
Roosevelt's request that the reply Of
the secretary of the treasury to the
Foraker resolution calling for an item.
lied statement of expenditures made
from the war deficiency fund of 1899
be considered confidential may be ig.
nored by the senate.
Since the document has been re-
posing in the files of the committee
on military affairs it has been exam
ined by number of senators who say
they Ere not impressed with the inn
portance OF concealing from the pub
lie the information 1t contains.
The reason given by President
Roosevelt for the request that the in
formation should be kept as execu-
tive matter was that the war fund
had been used to send military agents
into foreign countries to gather mate
rial for the secret use of this govern
ment While it is said that this is
true in regard to some expenditures
certain senators have declared that
the report SO hides the details con-
nected with such expenditures that
the publication of the report could
not result in any diplomatic estrange-
merts with other governments. 1t is
declared by several senators who have
examined the treasury statement that
the information sent in shows that
the fund had been used as "a finan.
cial junk heap" 1t is asserted that
the statement shows that several
"junkets" were paid for from this
fund and that in certain instances the
fund was used to pay for the enter.
tainment of military visitors from
other countries
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09

messed the proceedings critically from
land and sea.
For a distance of about twelve
miles the fleet stood to the south.
Then being clear of the most south
erly point of land and with nothing
but the broad Atlantic between them
ard home the flagship headed abrupt
ly to the westward and in Indian file
the splendid fleet left the ancient pill
lars of Hercules behind and steamed
through the straits and out to sea.
Trip Eeean on Dec. 1s, 1907.
The feet, composed of sixteen war
ships, is now on the last run of its
famous cruise around the world. 1t
left Hampton Roads Dec. 16, 1907,
and when it again anchors in that
port Feb. % it will have been gone
one year and siXty-eight days. No
accident has marked the progress of
the greatest armed fleet that ever
made such long voyage. The cruise
has been in every respect an unquali-
fed success.
The trip has been watched with the
greatest interest by all foreign pow
ers and wherever the vessels called
South America, Australia, Japan,
China, Ceylon, Egypt and the ports of
the Mediterranean-the officers and
men have been given hearty official
and private welcome.
The fleet left Hampton Roads un-
der Admiral Robley ID. Evans, who
conducted 1T as far as San Francisco.
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas
then took command, but he was sue
ceeded May Is by Rear Admiral
Sperry, who brought the vessels home.
Rear Admiral Arnolds Third squad
ron of the Atlantic fleet, consisting of
the battleships Maine, Mississippi,
New Hampshire and Idaho and the
scout cruisers Chester, Birmingham
and Salem, will meet Admiral Sperry's
fleet in the Atlantic about thousand
miles from the coast and then, with
Admiral Arnold's ships as an escort,
the world touring vessels will proceed
towards Hampton Roads, where they
will be received by President Roose.
welt on Washington's birthday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
ON LAST LAP OF
/. WORLD CRUISE
American Battleship Fleet
Leaves Gibraltar.
REACH HOME ON FEB. Y

Arrival at Hampton Roads viii End
Trip of $4,000 Miles, During Which
No Mishap Has Occurred to Any OF
the Sixteen Monster Vessels Com.
prisne the Fieet-Glorious Weather
Marks Departure From Last Port.
Gibraltar, Feb. S.-With the bands
on board playing "Homa, Sweet
Home" the fleet of sixteen battleships
under Rear Admiral Sperry left Glib.
raltar for Hampton Roads on the last
lap of it's famous around the world
cruise of $4,000 miles.
The vessels will follow the south.
ern route to Hampton Roads, dis
tance of $500 miles, and about thou.
sand miles off the American coast
they will be met and escorted home
by the Third squadron of the Atlantic
feet under Rear Admiral Arnold.
The weather conditions at the time
of departure were glorious. The sky
was without a cloud and there was
Just enough breeze to curl the crests
could have surpassed the beauty OF
the marine picture as the American
armada weighed anchor from the
shadows of the towering rock of Glib
raltar and moved out into the straits.
The difficult operation of getting the
sixteen huge battleships out of the
narrow war basin of the port and un-
der way was accomplished with skill
and perfection of maneuvering and
detail which won the admiration of all
the foreien naval otncers who wit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
Hepburn Declares It's a Lie.

Washington, Feb. Sits a lie and
therefore / don't care to say anything
about it," replied Representative Hep
burn of Iowa when the report that he
bad abandoned his contest with w.
d. Jameson, Democrat, for the seat
in congress from the Eighth Iowa dis
trict was brought TO his attention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
Receiver for Illinois Bank.

Joliet, ILL.,, Feb. 8.--The Crete Qll)
State bank is in the hands of re-
eeiver, William H. Rohex. State Ex-
Aminer w. G. Howes has Gound that
President Ernest w. Balgeman and
Cashier w. F.. Koelling are indebted
for large amounts. A bill filed here
against Balgeman and the stockhold-
ers declares that the bank is insol-
vent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
sMift,s Caanhter Asks Divorce.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Ruth May Eversz,
daughter of Gustavus Swift, the mill.
ionaire packer, filed suit for divorce
against Ernest H. EversZ in the cir.
cult court here. Desertion is the
charge specified in the bill, which is
very brief and formal Mr.. Eyersz Is
ihe son OF a Lutheran minister.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09
stephenson Lacks Five Votes.

Madison, Wis. Feb. 6.-Senator Ste.
phenson failed OF election again when
the seventh joint ballot was taken.
He received go out OF 1873 votes cast.
lacking five votes Of Z majority nee.
essary to elect There were five abb
sentees.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-09

Memphis, Tenn, Feb GA dispatch
to the News-Scimitar from Stuttgart,
Ark, says a storm struck that place.
killing two persons and injuring q
number of others. Two residences
and a barn were blown down.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
ABBEVILLE WANTS ROAD.
The Tax FOted for the EunIce Read Stimulates
VsrmlElIOa People 10 Action.

The original route Of the Eunice,
Lafayette 6 AbbevilIe Railroad con
templated extending to Abbeville-
as also vas the original route mapped
out by the 0pelousas Gulf & North
eastern.
Why old Abbeyille-one Of the best
towns in tile State-should have drop
ped out Of the running, is not clear
to the outsider.
However, judging from the follow
ing editorial note in last weeks
Abbevllle Meridional, Abbeville IS TO
be entered in the iron horse race.
Following is the item:
The success attained 10 the special
election held last week in Lafayette
to vote . tax in aid Of the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
LOCKER SYSTEM UPHELD.
Vleksburg Social Club VIII Continue TO Dis.
psnss Beer TO Msmbsrs..A ALSO In Memphis.

According to recent dispatches,
the locker system" Of retailing beer
is legal in Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi.
Recent arrests there of proprietors
Of Social Clubs" where liquor was
dispensed Of by means of the locker
system" terminated in their acquit-
tai, the only requirement made by the
law being that the lockers he separ-
ated from the soft drink establish
ments. In other words, that a club
could exist, bnt a business could not
be conducted in the same room.
The locker system is simply this:
There are lockers, much like the man
ner Of postoffice boxes. Members Of
the Club provide their respective
lockers with the necessary wet stuff.
Each owner Of a locker has a key to
his own locker. Jones owns a locker,
invites Smith to take a drink with
him. Done. Smith repeats the cour-
tesy, and gets his bottle out of his
own locker. Done. Dick comes in,
unloeks his locker, and invites Smith
and Jones to join him. And again
Smith and Jones, successfully, invade
the sacred precincts of their lockers,
and all three have a drink, Then
they-er-eall again pher der bothel,
and-hic-take mother one. Smith,
Dick and Jones lock arms when all
Of the bottles in their lockers are dry,
go home and face the music.
why, you are drunk! exclalms
the patient wife, who has been wait
ing with radiant face for hubby to
get through with his Office work and
return home.
Dunk" lisps out hubby, as his
shoe just taken of after breaking
the shoestring, YOU dunk, yes-dish
is a pro-hic-bition town, can't get
dunk here"
She goes in the adjoining room and
sleeps with her children, and he shores
all night and perfumes the room with
his besotted breath.
That's the locker"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
Only Catholic Priest in Congress

The only Roman Catholic priest
who ever was in Congress was father
Gabriel Richard, who sat from a
Michigan district and who impressed
his colleagues with his character and
ability. He has been recalled rec emily
by the centinary of the setting Of the
printing press, in 1909. from . press
set up in Detroit, the Essai du Mich
igan.-Franklin Waterman.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

Eunice, Lafayette & Abbeville Rail
road has stimulated the friends Of
the road to renew their exertion at
this end of the line. There is q
strong demand for q connecting line
which will give an outlet to the north
ern and western markets, particularly
SO in view of the fact that the boil
Weevil invasion will compel the far
mers to raise potatoes and vegetables
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
NEEDS RAIN
in SEVERAL
STATES.
r


Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 22.-The
Commercial-Appeal weekly cotton
summary tomorrow will say:
The crop is suffering for the want
Of rain in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas
and the hill lands Of Mississippi. The
excessive heat intensified the need
of moisture and in the three Western
States named above the plant is she'd
ding seriously and bolls are opening
rapidly. In Texas the improvement
began the previous week was checked.
A general soaking rain is needed to
relieve the situation. Crops in the
two Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama
improved and reports from the Mis-
sissippi delta are no better. In these
States picking win not begin until
well after September /, as the plant
is still growing and setting fruit.
The date Of frost will have an import
ant bearing on the yield, as the crop
is still late.
In Louisiana the bot weather was
beneficial because many weevils were
destroyed, but SO much damage has
already been done that estimates for
the yield are light. The plant is well
fruited and except where the drought
has been prolonged, no serious de-
terioration has occurred.
PICAYUNES REPORT.
New Orleans, Aug. 22.-Deteriora-
tion of the cotton crop in Mississippi
and the same condition in the crop
in Texas which prevailed last week IS
the gist of the weekly cotton crop of
the Picayune issued today. While
some sections of Louisiana report
that the excessive hot weather of last
week has caused serious deterioration
Of the crop the general estimate ap-
pears to be that the plant has held
its own. In the lowlands there was
sufficient moisture ii the soil to coun,
teract the effects of the dry and hot
periods.
Cotton opened very rapidly beneath
the intense heat. but deterioration
resulted in Mississippi and Alabama
because the im~maturity in some sec
tions. Labor refused to take the field
because of hot weather and some cot
ton was lost in this manner.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
BUSINESS GOOD

The question of
weather Business is
good or not, now heard
on every side it is an
swered with an en-
phatic yes at Shute's
Drug Store. 1t is al
ways coed and we
expect to make it bet
ter. Because people
have come to depend
more and more on
Shntes Drug Store
for goods that are re-
liable, at prices that
are right and where
service is prompt and
deficient. o
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
Sheriffs Are Prompt.

For the first time. it is said, in the
history Of the State of Louisiana
every tax-collector in the State made
his final settlement with Auditor Cap
devielIe before the time limit fixed
By law.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28
CHERIFF's SALE.
r. LEE
VS..
FRANK r. G0sPEREZ.
1870, Sixteenth judicial District Court
Parish of St. andrY La.

No. 1870, Sixteenth Judicial District Court
Parish of st. Landry La.
BY virtue Of a writ or seizure and sale
issued out of the Honorable Sixteenth Judi
cial District Court, In and for the parish OF
st. Landry, in thea above entitled and num-
beTed suit, and TO me directed, Ihave seized
and viii offer for sale, for cash, at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at
the front door OF the Court House Of st.
Landry Parish. at o~pelousas, La, on
Saturday, Sept 20, 1909,
at II O'Clock a. m. the following described
property, to-wit
One certain tract OF land situated in the
Parish OF st. Landry. near chicot, and be-
township three, south Of Rang one, east.
containing n hundred and twenty seven.
t12Tl acres. all Of which will more fully an
pear by reference to map attached to said
act of sale.
TeFms-Gas1.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-08-28

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