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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
The Army Mole.

BY an order from headquarters the
automobile passes from some of the
army posts and the mule comes back
to fts own. 1t was only a question
of time, for the attachments of the
the ages are not easily broken. The
mules enlistment never was intended
70 expire, and as for the summary dis
missal. 1t was ill-considered, but now
ais well once more with the mule
and the army. The army mule is a
factician and strategist. Study OF
dts habits has won many battle. By
the mere curl Of a lip 1t develops a
defensive front, and under no cfrcum-
stances of seeming peace or of active
war are its tanks left unguarded. The
mule heard the army swear In Flan-
'ders and 1t hears it swear in the Phil
ippines. 1t always has been the tar
get for profanity, and 1t has done loyal
service as the soldiers safety valve.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
ENDS ARMY CAREER
Lieut.. Gen. Macarthur Goes on
the Retired List.
Enlisted During Civil War and Saw
Much Fighting Before He Reached
His Majority-His Service
During Late War.

Washfngton.-The retirement of
Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Macarthur, which
took place recently, takes from the
active list of the United States army
not only the last of that rank, but one
OF the most notable characters in this
country's military history.
He saw more fighting before attain
Ing his majority than some of the SUI
perior officers in the army today have
seen during the whole of their careers.
He entered the service of the union
In 1862, before he was of enlistable
age, and at II was regimental ad.
jutant. At 10 he was a major com.
handing his regiment and a little
more than IL months later was mus
tered out of the volunteer service with
the rank of colonel
Like Gen. Miles, Macarthur is not
graduate of West Point. In fact, he
had no opportunity to receive the in
struction of the government military
academy. for he began his military
lessons on the battlefield at the age
when most boys ordinarily enter the
institution. He has been fighter all
his life and has had military train
Ing such as few men in the army
have been able to obtain.
Gen. Macarthur was born In Sprin-
field, Mass, June 2. 1S45, His father
was the late Judge Macarthur of the
Supreme court of the District of
Columbia. AS child he was taken
to Wisconsin by his parents and was
educated In the public schools of Mil
waukee.
When the war broke out his heart
was fred with military ambition, and
by close application to Hardee's tao
tics, then the manual of the United
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
BIG RESERVOIR FOR LONDON.
English City Has just Completed
Wonderful Piece of Engineer.
Ing Work.

To show the extent of the wonder.
full engineering work which has given
to the city Of London, England, what
is probably the greatest covered reser-
voir in the world, It is only neces-
sary to quote few of the chief facts
and figures. Operations were begun
in 1898, and It is estimated that the
undertaking has cost a220,000, inclu-
sive of the price of the land. Includ.
ing the engine and boiler house and
the various approaches, the reservoir
covers nearly 30 acres. 1t has a stor-
age capacity of 56,500,0 gallons, and
is divided into four compartments,
two of which hold ABOUT 16, 000, 900 gal.
Ions. About 10000 brick have been
used in its construction.
The reservoir will derive its supply
principally by means of a 42-inch
main from the Hampton works of the
metropolitan water board, but water
will also be obtained from a deep well
In the Chalk. The depth of the COM
partments ranges from 20 to 331s feet.
At the center CT the four compart-
ments, where tie division walls inter
sect. is the cettral well from which
the charging ami emptying will be d.
rected. Every modern appliance for
regulating and automatically record
ing the ingress and egress of the wa
ter will be employed, and by means
Of speciaS connections it will be pos
sible to work each or every compart.
ment at the same time without inter
fering with the others.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Crosses Ocean by Mail.

st. Louis.-Ontko Ezrsbet, an IL
year-old girl, has come from Hungary
to Granite City. ILL.,. Officially by
mail"
The girls father Is dead. Her
mother came to America, where she
married John Kiak, a native of her
own province. She left her daughter
in the care of the child's grand
mother.
The mothers dearest wish was to
have the girl rejoin her in the new
home. Her husband was willing. so
the passage money was forwarded to
Hungary. The village clerk arranged
the preliminaries. He bought the
ticket. tagged the little girl and gave
her letter to the steamship COM
pany. She reached Granite City Mon
day night, and Postmaster J. w.
Thompson made the case a special
delivery one. The tag on the girl
read: John Kiak. Granite City, p. o.
Box 101."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Rochester's "socIaI centers."

Rochester. N. Y. has maintained
what are called social centers" for
over a year. A number of the school
buildings are utilized as places of
meeting for the people. without dis
tnction, to gather and discuss sub
'ects Of interest to all. These gath
erings are really clubs for the advan-
tage Of every person who wishes to
enter them. The lighting, heating, leo
lures, games and janitor service have
not exceeded a cost Of II cents per
capita.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Credentials Of a Converted Gambia

A real Fiji man came into Wash
fngton to attend the international con-
vention of the Seventh Day Advent
lists. He was armed with club with
which his former chief in the South
Sea islands used to beat the life out
of American missionaries, and also
with big dish, upon which the chief
used to serve up meat from thes
missionaries bones. Club and dish
were brought along as mute evidences
of the conversion of the Fiji chief,
who now heads the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists' society in the South Sea
isles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Lieut.-Gen. Macarthur.

States army, he had so far succeeded
In mastering the intricacies of infan
try drill that on the organization OF
the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin regiment
he was able to act as drillmaster
though holding no official rank.
At the close of the war Macarthur
entered the regular army (the follow.
Ing year, and it is said that his ap-
plication for commission was in.
dorsed by Gems. Grant and Sherman,
both of whom were familiar with his
record in the civil war. He entered
the service as a first lieutenant and
was promoted almost Immediately to
be the youngest captain in the army.
For nearly 20 years thereafter he
served with various regiments in the
west and southwest, participating in
several Indian campaigns.
In 1889 he became a major and as.
sistant acknowledgement. He remained
in the adjutant-general's Office until
the outbreak of the Spanish war. in
the meantime having been promoted
to the rank of Northumberland. He
was then appointed brigadier-genral
of volunteers, and was sent to Manila
with the first detachment of troops
dispatched to the Philippines. There
he distinguished himself Immediately
by capturing the town and bridges OF
Malate, which was the most i'm
portant STRIP leading to the surrender
of Manila.
The day of the battle he was ad.
vanced to the rank of major-general
OF volunteers. From that time until
he was assigned to the command of
all the forces in the Philippines he
commanded a division and had a
prominent part in suppressing the in
surrection. He succeeded Gen. Otis
as chief in command and civil gov
ernor in March. 1900, and was re-
lieved in July, 1901, when he returned
to the United States.
Jan. 2. 1900, his rank in the regular
army was changed from lieutenant.
colonel to brigadier-general, and in
February of the following year, on the
reorganization of the army, he was
advanced to major-general. Upon his
return from the Philippines he was
place In command of the depart.
ment of the lakes, with Headquarters
at Chicago. Subsequently he com.
manded the departments of the east. with
headquarters at Governors Island. N
Y. and later was assigned to the de-
partment of California, where he com.
manded until the division of the Pa.
cific was created and he was placed
In command of that.
He was with the Japanese army
during a portion of the war between
Japan and Russia, and at its close
was sen. to India and South Africa
and other points for observation. re.
turning to San Francisco later to re.
sumo command of the division of the
Pacific. He attained the rank Of lie~
tsnant-generai by seniority.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Running for Cars.

One Of the dangers which civilisa-
ton has brought In its wake is that
OF running to catch trains and cars.
Running is dangerous to every one
not accustomed to 1t, physicians say.
and to any one whose heart is not
sound It may prove fatal. Cases in
which men have run for trains and
then sank exhausted into their seats.
never to rise again. are by no means
infrequent. Women are not likely
to rum for cars a. men do, but they
are often tempted to hurry to an ex-
cent that is By NJ means beneficial
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Biggest State Undertaking That
Was Ever Attempted.
General Public Now Responsible for
Vast Stores Of Goods, Including Sc
Miles Of Wine Casks and $45,-
100000 Worth Of Tobacco.

London.-When the clocks struck IL
at midnight the London docks passed
out of the hands of the Companies
which had previously owned them
(London and India, Surrey CONNER
cial. and MillwalD and became public
property, to be administered in the
public interest by the new port of
London authority.
No similar transfer of such magni-
tude has ever taken place before. The
docks are the biggest enterprise that
has been "socialized" so far. No such
vast undertaking has hitherto become
state undertaking. The price paid
to the various shareholders amounts
to $112,600.000. The effect of the
transfer will be felt all over the world.
Considering the magnitude of the
interests involved, it seemed only ma
tural to suppose that as the fateful
hour struck there would be some for
NAL handing over of authority, some
ceremonial BETTING the great occa-
sion- AS matter of hard, cold fact,
nothing took place at all.
At midnight the dock house, instead
OF being brightly lighted and full of
activity, was dark and still. Leaden-
han street had its usual quiet. undis-
turbed nocturnal appearance. All the
officials. old and new, were far away.
tucked up snugly in bed.
The hour struck on a number of
neighboring church clocks. There was
nothing whatever to show that the
morning was different from any other
morning, or that new era had begun
tn the history of London, in the CON-
merce between Great Britain and the
rest Of the globe. That is the way
Of business men. They have no time
for theatricality. They make arrange
ments for matters to go on in bust
nesslike way, and have no use for
or ceremonial.
Mr.. Philipson, the new temporary
secretary, was at the dock house, and !
to take charge of the Offices and af. |
fairs. But" he said emphatically, |
nothing will happen to mark the oc-
at ALL"
There is something fine land quite |
rs impressive to the imaginative mind |
Is ceremony in this Unconditional. i
his severely businesslike way of ef- /
letting so tremendous transfer. All |
he 1862 acres of immensely valuable |
and and the 645 acres of water and |
he Ell acres Of warehouse flooring
landed over without word.
All the vast stores OF goods in the /
Sc miles of wine
casks, the $45 200, 900 worth of tobac-
%, the WOOL the wheat, the ivory, the
spices. the rubber, the feathers ($125,-
100 worth In one room alone), the tea,
he silks. the carpets. and all the in
other wares which the 700
francs are hauling in and out of
hips holds every day.
For these the dock companies are
10 longer responsible. Their SOW
Is over. The port authority
meets and begins it's reign. But still
here was no formality. The work of
he Offices and the work at the docks
yas on just the same as usual. There
vas nothing for the moment to show
he public that any change has been
made.
Before long. however, there is
round for hope that the change will
70 apparent to everybody. The au-
hority win begin to discuss the i'm
rovement Of tho dock accommodation
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
LONDON DOCKS DEAL

and the construction of new dock
capable of admitting the huge vessels
which have revolutionized the ship
ping. Under Sir Hudson Kearley's
able guidance the carefully chosen
managers will approach in a progress
sive spirit the task before them-that
OF making London, which is still the
greatest In point OF commerce, the
best equipped port in the world.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Figures of Popular Vote.

The popular vote for presidential
electors in 1888. the first year in
which these reports were required
by law. was 11,3S140S; in 1892, 49,
04S,6OS; In 1896. 13.S13.243; in 1900,
13.s64.51s; in 1904. 13,523,51S, aud in
1908. 1887 1873, or about one vote for
every six persons.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24
Naval Accidents costly 1hlnos.

Accidents at sea are costly Dam
ages to the amount Of over SIPS. 600
were claimed by the owners of the
St Paul. in collision with which the
British Gladiator was sunk last year.
The British admiralty registrar award
ed about $s5.7s0.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-24

Busy New York Wires.
Telegraph wires are busy in New
York city. They tick on $4,000 mes
sages each day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
MIR. WHITFIELD BURIED.
Aged Negro Mourners' Among Tn,
 Mourners.

Mourners.
 Demopolis, March 6--(SpeciaI. )-The funeral of Gaius Whitfield was large- ly attended by friends. Masons and relatives.
 Many of his negro slaves. to whom he had been devoted and for whom he did SO much. were chief among the mourners along with close relatives
 There wer etwo slaves who had all ways lived with him. both of whom nursed him whena boy. They were Uncle" Washington Whitfield and Aunt" Mantha Whitfield. Washington was his valet before the war. and was his servant all through the war. After the conflict. he remained with MT Whitfield until his death. This negro Is nearly 90 years old and had a seat with Aunt" Mantha and the family al the funeral. Aunt" Mantha was his nurse and slave. She. too. Is about 90 years of age and has always lived with him. They never changed their names.
 The funeral took place from Trinity Episcopal Church. of which he was a member. Rev. Horace Weeks Jones, rector of Trinity Church. officiating The Masons har charge of the burial and inferred the remains with their impressive ceremonies.
 A number of visiting Masons attend ed. among them being c. B. and A. A. Cleveland, W. B. Cooper. Lamar Mat kin, c. S. Adams, J. NJ. Miller, E. S. George and Rev. Mir. Howard. of Lin- den. and W. Gray Allen, D. B. Dobson, J. L. McCurdy and W. H. Gregory. os Jefferson.
 The honorary pall-bearers were: Captain John c. Webb, Colonel L. A. George, Messrs L. Cornish. Alex Sledge of Greensboro. B. L. Garber. Morris Mayer. A. Y. Sharpe and Colonel A. H. Mounted.
 The active pall-bearers were Colonel N. c. Vim, Judge S. G. Woolf, Judge F. 8. Cornish, W. Gray Allen. J. L. McCurdy, John B. Wilson. Luke Sim mons and L. B. Brasewell.
 MT. Whitfield left to his nephew an estate valued at s100.000. and the bal ance of his estate will be divided among his two brothers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
20 YEARS FOR TRAIN ROCKER Gets Heaviest Sentence
 Imposed. DISP0SES OF THIRTY CASES Judge Brown Delivers Some Father
 ly Advice. The Sentences Range from That AA- minitsered to Jim Jones to
 Eighty and Ninety Days
 in Sfinor Cases.

Judge Brown was very fatherly, and his advice was sound as he passed the sentences of the law upon criminals who had been convicted in thirty odd cases, in the City Court yesterday. and under stress of hts advice they all promised to be e~ed when they get out.
 The sentences as passed ranged from twenty years, which Is the lot meted out to Jim Jones, negro. foundaguilty of rocking train, to eighty and ninety days, as in the case of the minor of- lenses. The sentences as imposed entail either pentientiary terms, or hard la bor for the State. All of the prison- CTS before Judge Brown yesterday with one or two exceptions were guilty of felonies. Those sentenced and their terms are: Ebert DeZackerson. grand larceny, one month and a day John Jackson. petit larceny. one | month and sixty-f1ve days. Norah Adams. grand larceny, four years hard labor. Agrippa Aiken. forgery in second de- gree, two years. Preston Armstrong, grand larceny. three years. Hattie Best, felonious adultery, two cases, three years and six months each. Sexto Rodriges. felonious adultery. appealed to the Supreme Court, Wiley Dodson. felonious adultery. | five years. Charley Brooks, petit larceny. ninety days. three cases. Lewis Lewis, assault and battery, four cases. six months and 1s5 days. George Clements. grand larceny. two | years.
 David Davis. grand larceny, one year and day.
 James Demps. grand larceny. one year and A day. Robert Cant, assault and battery. Arthur Garner. grand larceny, three cases. four years. Phillip Garner, grand larceny, three years and three days.
 Jerry Gray. grand larceny. three years.
 William Harmon. burglary. one year and one day
 days. John Hooks. assault and battery, 14S days. Fred Jeems, attempt to commit bur- glary, eighty days.
 Willie Jeems. attempt to commit bur glary. 100 days.
 Will Jackson, petit larceny, three months and 156 days.
 Jim Jones. rocking train. twenty years.
 John Morris, grand larceny. two cases. five years and six months.
 Willie Murphy, grand larceny. three years.
 Willie Murphy, grand larceny, one year and six months. John Butler. carrying concealed pis- tol, 150 days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
He HasL Laid Foundations
 for Future. CHURCH FOLK GIVEN FRESH
 STRENGTH AND FAITH Dr. Torrey Has Preached Logically, Appealing to Reason, Not
 Emotion. Qhe Good That He Has Wrought VIII Be Lasting, Because He Has in- spired the Christians With
 New Purpose.
ny DaNAID CLARKE.

When the two meetings today are over the Torrey revival in Montgom- cry will be. as far as pr. Torrey ana his stan of workers are concerned, past history. But Dr. Torrey believes that the revival will continue even after he has gone, and there Is good reason TOT this belief. for pr. Torrey has created no frenzied enthusiasm. no intoxlca- tion of the senses, that. born prema- turely. will die with eqIsll speed. Rath- CT has he busted himself with sowing seeds of active Christian work among those who are already Christians.
 In person pr. Torrey resembles successful financier; he has also the logical brain that would make of large business enterprises 8 lasting success, and he has applied this principle to his revival work. He has builded slowly but surely, in the characters of the Christian folk. principally In his afternoon talks. a working knowl- edge of how to carry on revival work after he has gone.
 Many have censured pr. Torrey be- cause he has not aroused more enthu- siasm, but those who see under the surface of things, have realized that pr. Torrey has been all the while try ing to create the foundation in Mont gomery for a work that will last for ever, or at least, until that time comes when all shall have been converted. He has not attempted to build a fiimsy fire that will snuff out in the first adverse breeze, but he has kindled a flame of purpose In the hearts of those who are already Christians. that con- trary winds will only fan Into stead fer and more constant fire.
 To the superficial observer the re- suits of the revival are not very ave- inspiring Such an one says, Not very much enthusiasm. and something over 1000 conversions" But one who has seen and watched closely the devious ways and by-ways of the revival. from its inception to it's apparent close. is more than likely. when figuring the actual good done. to almost forget these 1000 odd conversions, and figure rather upon the thousands of Chris tian folk that Dr. Torrey has helped in a sane, logical way. and strength ened into an unshakable faith and zeal for personal work such as they have meyer known before
 Simply to watch the faces of those earnest ones who have attended every meeting; to watch them grow in se- renity and peace and happiness as each day brought a new influence for good, and new love for the Bible, for God and for Christ, was enough to prove beyond all manner of doubt. that. all though Dr. Torrey may forego hyste- teria can never do, and that is, purify tn quiet, sane way, the lives of those who have come to his sermons seeking fresh strength, a new purpose and help in trouble and doubt.
 Many there have been, and are, who have criticised Dr. Torrey for his con- nemnation of such folk as dance, play
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Vital and Morfuary Statistics
 Campaign by Health Board

Alabama's State Board of Health has undertaken what is deemed one of Its most stupendous tasks. and one which. If consummated, will place the State in advance of any other in the Union. The task is that of collecting vital and mortuary statistics of the entire State. as well as statistics of infectious diseases.
 The collection of vital and mortuary statistics and infectious disease statis- tics lies at the foundation of all sani- tary work. and when completely eff fected, furnishes valuable informant upon which plans for protecting the health and lives of the people can be matured.
 There are laws emb odied within the Alabama statutes providing that each physician and midwife shall furnish the information relative to births and deaths. but owing to the ignorant or careless status of many of the occu- puation. the laws have never been com piled with so far. not only in Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
ReDiUal Just Begins
 When Dr. 7orrey Goes

cards and go to the theater. lie even aenounced smoking. Accepting pr. Iorrey's premises, his logic in these questlons appeared to a great many people to be unassailable. However, all those who accept the Bible literai- " ana absolutely as the Word of God. would have task of considerable size on their hands should they attempt to argue any of these points. and some o,hers' with Dr. Torrey. He is, above a,i, logical speaker. His sermons, aitnough complete in themselves, have peen Ike the links in a chain. and it mas transpired that such criticisms as nave nave peen brought directly to Dr. Tor rey's notice have arisen from an ob- vious lack of acquaintance with sew. sral Of the most important links, which nave made his deductions unassailable, as well from the standpoint of good sense as rom a logical standpoint. Of course, If one does not accept Dr. Tor reys premises. then 1t would he pos- sIpie 10 disagree with his deductions. pa. p most or those who have criticised n,s oeductions would be unable to shake his premises, and the majority peneVe In them. Even Dr. Torrey's harshest critics admit that he is "the most logical preacher" they have ever
 So, when Dr. Torrey leaves Mont. eomery tonight, he will have left be- hind him the material for ceaseless Christian work. As he said himself,
 w hen I leave Montgomery, expect that. far from the revival being end ed, 1t will have just been commenced. .s And whether a man believes in Dr. Torrey's absolute acceptance of the Bi- ole or not. or whether he agrees with Dr. Torrey fnA a great many other par- ticulars, no sensible man but realizes that Dr. -Torrey has been a power for great and lasting good in Montgomery and his presence has proved to have been not unlike a refreshing and re. 1uvenating moral bath to all Christian. and many others-who have heard him.