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Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
WOMAN KILLED IN elevator
Was Under Influence Of Anaesthetlc
at the Time.

Racine, Wis.-Miss Mary Hardy, aged
Al, was killed Friday in an elevator accl-
dent in st. Mary's Hospital. An anes'
thetic had been administered, and she
had been placed on an operating table
and taken to the elevator to be trans
ported to the operating room for an oper-
alton. A sudden drop of the elevator
caused her body to fall to the platform.
Sister Verenada, a nurse, in charge OF
the elevator, only recently came to the
hospital, and it is said she was not ia
miliar with the elevators method OF op'
Grafton. Selling the cable operating the
elevator, she caused it to shoot upwards.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Normalitcs Graduate Next Month.

On January Is the Louisiana state
Normal school will graduate the FOL
lowing teachers: Miss Mary Debrlt-
tin, of East Baton Rouge; Miss RUBY
CLANCY, of East Feliciana; Miss Aline
Collier. of Claiborne; Miss Hattie De-
zendorf, of Natchitoches; Miss Ella
Fargeson, of De Soto; Miss Nellie jar
rett, of Iberville; Miss May Grayson,
of Franklin; Leonce Gremillion, OF
Avoyelles; Miss Kate G~roesbeck, OF
Mexico; Miss Laura Martin. of ST.
Landry; Miss Carrie McMichael, OF De
Soto; Miss Yolande Mechanism, OF
Iberia; Miss Sadie Miller, of Ouacbi'
ia; Miss Ruth Mosely, of Lincoln;
Miss Lee Proser, of Rapides; Miss
Maude Swords, of Natchitoches; Miss
Eula Taylor, of iberia; Miss Norma
Tombstone, of Union; Miss Lace
Dindsor, of Arcadia. A large number
of new students will arrive January
is to begin their training to become
teachers. The various improvements
on Normal Hill have added greatly 10
the comfort and happiness OF the stu
dents. There is ample room for all.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
HE'LL BETTER THAN CHICAGO
Methodist Minister Of Illinois Me-
tropolis Makes the Comparison.

Chicago.-Choosing as his text a quo
tation from Isaiah, Hell hath enlarged
ITSELF" and intimating that Chicago IS
the new annex thereof, the Rev. W. Il.
Head, pastor of the Union Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church, proceeded to
discuss the topic, "ls He'll Worse Than
Chicago!"
'ln some respects, hell is no worse
than Chicago" said the clergyman. Hell
has no innocent or temptations to the
innocent. In Chicago, 5000 innocent
girls must be sacrificed annually. Chr
a supports the First ward ball, which
is a second edition Of Sodom and Go
morrah. Fifty saloons open their hun
CRY, cavernous LAY for the workers i'll
our stock yards"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
GIVE FEDERAL COURT POWER
Congress May Overcome Supreme
Courts Decision.

Notwithstanding after the
holiday recess OF Congress there Will be
introduced in both houses an Identical
bill designed to give the Federal authorl-
ties wv to investigate the affairs OF
interstate corporations. 1t will be de-
signed to overcome the present decision
of the Supreme Court in the Hartman
case.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
asked Mr.. Hartman a series OF ques-
tons which he and his associates found
embarrassing. They declined to answer,
and on their refusal appeal was taken TO
the Supreme Court. That tribunal de-
cided that Mr.. Hartman need not an
swer.
A member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission is authority for the state
ment that if this decision shall stand,
the comission is practically shorn OF
its powers to inquire into the very ques'
lions that are made subject to its jur1s'
diction.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Nine, Durcouf and Nile. Cache, First
Women Ever to Make Accents
Without a Pilot.

been marked up to the ca. frs.
Julian P. Thomas.
But the French woman is not on
tent now merely to go along as the
guest Of some member Of the club, or
to make an ascent with the balloon
under control of some professional
pilot.
Now the great ambition OF the gem
tier sex is to operate the balloon them
selves.
Nine. Durcouf and Mile. Cache were
the first women to succeed in actually
making such a trip.
It was with deep trepidation, and
not until after the operation or the
balloon was demonstrated to them
many times, that they were allowed TO
| rise above an awe stricken crowd in
Paris and start a journey that Lasted
| four hours.
1t was too uneyentful a trip, the two
! frail aeronauts said, to merit any spe'
cial mention. They got up all right,
the balloon acted properly, the winds
were calamity kind, and they made a
hawless descent.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
BACK TO AMERICA

MacMonnies' patriotic enthusiasm one
must know his commanding ambition;
the hone that lies closest to his heart
and torments his waking and sleeping
hours with the fear that 1t may never
be realized. But those who are close
to him say that it will be realized. and,
it may be, soon. Mr.. MacMonnies i've
in the hope that some day in America
in New York, perhaps, or IN Wash.
ington-the great fountain that was
the browning glory Of the Chicago
Worlds Fair will be seen again IN en-
during marble and bronze. The Amer
lean sculptor wishes his great work 70
be in America, his gift to the land OF
his birth.
OF this fountain St. Gaudens said:
at is the finest fountain ! have eve
seen" There can be no higher praise
than that. No one who was at the
most memorable of worlds fairs VIII
ever forget 1t. There had been worlds
fairs before and there nave peen
worlds fairs since; other fairs aha
other fountains, many of them; but
the memory of that one fountain en-
dures. The Barge Of State, with tne
Genius of Discovery, perched aloft, dl'
recting the rowers-Agriculture, Com
merce. Industry, Science, A~rchl'ec'a,e.
Music. Painting and sculpture--to tho
shores Of Destiny, while the great sea-
horses, mounted by riders, pun 'he..
barge along, made the one picture "
tho Dream city that will never iede
snom the memories of those thai be-
held It. When the Dream City ur
stroyed ~ .-.t an
with it. By Curing al 1aHee
Mr., Macnnur,tcs has cherished
aroam and ra.t tae models. The
now in the atelier at Giverny. Aeon
siderable cost he has preserveda hen
| and friends say, now that ne 40 cUmlns
back to this country, the hope tna1 -
has cherished will be fulfilled; his lms
| bition realized.
az do not know what form It ~
take. this idea that they say is groSNe
ing into movement" said the sculpto'E
"nerhaps an appropriation by som
citv-New York, perhaps-or by "a
national government for Washington
nerhaps a public subscription. ! tninl
J sbould like that form.
Surely, too, here is an opportunit'
for some great patron OF the arts I
LINK his name with Fame, for Mr.. MAJ
Monnies' fountain is not an exper1
mont or a thing 70 be done that ma,
or NAV not please, but a work OF ar
that has gained not only the highes
nraise of the greatest critics, but
ARE combination-has won the undls
sentipg approval of the people
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
.W0me
FAIR PIONEERS IN THE NAVtGA.
TON or AlRSHIPS.
New Sport Is EnIisting increasing In.
terest and Efforts of "Weaker
Sex" Even in
America.

If there has been any doubt as to
woman's love of daring it is fast being
dispelled by the enthusiasm with
which she is entering the field Of
aerial navigation.
Swimming, boating, a%utomobiling,
all these have become tame in the es.
TEEN Of the modern daughter Of Eve,
who is never SO happy as when she is
defying the laws of safety.
The transit Of the al, a new science,
a new sensation, gives her just the
JOY she needs, and the thrill OF dang
ling from the swaying wicker basket
at the end of a huge gas bag is the
last word in enjoyment.
In fact, the fair aeronaut has not
stopped at ballooning.
She has even advanced a step fur
Their in her enjoyment of mans new
est means of transit.
She has ever essayed the aeroplane,
on which experts are now working in
hope Of producing a practical means
by which mankind and womankind
may emulate the flight of the birds,
and give the final laugh to gravity.
Only a few days ago Nine. Therese
Pelltier, a young sculptress of merit,
gained herself the distinction of be-
ing the first WOman to master the
aeroplane.
Mrs. Henry Farman, wife of the dis
tinguished French navigator, who re-
Gently, accompanied by his spouse,
| spent some time in this country, is q
woman who has figured in a number
| of noted flights.
In a number Of cities clubs Of WON
en- aeronauts are being formed, anc
the ambition of all their members is
to 20 one step further in daring thar
| the sister members.
Among the first American womer
who were permitted to go up as guest:
Of the aero club were Mrs. Newbolt
| Edgar and Mrs. CORTLAND Bishop.
Without showing the least sign O
concern they went up in the air, ia
above Paris, and reveled in the joy
of that which is said to outclass ever.
form of riding for luxurious comfort
Both became so enthusiastic that o.
their return to the United States the
Immediately took the place Of wome1
pioneers of the sport in Uncle Sam
realm.
CORTLAND Bishop resides nea
pittsfeld. Mass. Mrs. Bishop pei
shaded him to take an interest in tn
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
OIL COMPANIES ARE ouSTED
Fired and Fined by the Supreme
Court Of Missouri.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Declaring that
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
the Republic Oil Company OF Ohio and
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company OF Mis-
souri, had conspired and combined to
monopolize the oil business in the State
the Supreme Court of Missouri Wednes-
day issued a decree ousting all three
from the commonwealth and fined them
$4,000 each.
The decree against the Waters-Pierce
Company is tempered by the proviso that
it may continue business if, by March
|, 1909, it can show to the court that IL
has taken steps to operate as an indie
pendent concern and has satisfied the
Judgment against it. The. other COM
panies are given until March |, 1909, to
wind up their affairs in the State.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
SET NEW STANDARD.
New York Made Record by Assisting
100000 Persons.

New York. This city celebrated
Christmas of 1908 in a way that not
only lived up to the best OF it's tradl'
lions, but set q new standard. Favored
with the abundance which the year had
brought forth, the rich, well-to-do and
the moderately circumstanced placed at
the disposal of the active workers in
philanthropy ample funds with which to
60 about the work Of making the day
one long to be remembered. The unfor'
~tunates in the jails, the i'll in the hospl-
tails, the poor in their homes and the
destitute and helpless in institutions all
were remembered. That not far from
1000 persons were assisted by means
of donations of dinners and the like, is
co~nservatively estimated.
There was no institution in the city
that did not have it's Christmas celebra-
ton.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
BEGIN EVACUATION OF CUBA
Uncle Sam to Get Out the First OF
the New Year.

Hayana.-New Years Day will wit
ness the beginning of the evacuation OF
Cuba by the army of pacifcation, which
has been in possession.of the island since
the beginning of the provisional govern
ment in October, 1906. The first pro
y~isional regiment of marines, numbering
about 900, which will be among the first
troops to leave, are now concentrating
from various posts at Camp Columbia.
About half this regiment will sail from
Havana on January | on the cruiser
Prairie, which arrived here Christmas
eve, bound for Newport News.
The Prairie will return about the
middle of the month and embark the
remainder. Only two companies OF en-
pineers and two battalions Of the Sew
eateenth infantry, under Col. Pitcher,
will, remain at Camp Columbia. These
troops will not embark until April l.
which viii complete the evacuation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
UNIFORM STANDARD SOUGHT
pronosed Standardization of Various
Grades of Cotton.

Washington.-Defnite steps toward
the establishment of a standard Tor the
different grades of cotton shortly will
be undertaken in this city by a COM
mittee of the leading cotton men OF this
country and Europe, in cooperation with
the experts of the bureau OF plant III
dustry of the department of agriculture.
The meeting probably will be in Janu-
airy. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson IS
now engaged in selecting the committee
of cotton experts.
The proposed Standardization OF the
various grades of cotton has been under
taken in connection with a provision OF
the last agricultural appropriation act
At the present time there IS a great
diversity in the method and practice OF
grading cotton, as no definite standard
exists. Each particular market modliIes
the standard to meet it's W ideas.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
NO RIVER AND HARB0R BILL
Constantly Growing Deficit in Treas
ury Forbids Measure.

Washington.-The question whether
there will be a rivers and harbors Dill
during the present session OF congress IS
becoming a matter of much concern 10
many members of both houses
The committees having charge of the
question find themselves confronted py
a constantly growing deficit in the treas
ury, with the accompanying complaint
that it is going to be impossible to inc
money enough to go around, without
trenching too deeply upon the reserves
with the result that they find 1t quite
impossible to give any satisfactory as
surances to colleagues who, like them'
selves, want legislation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
TWO Hundred Lots Are Sold.

) IFfL-- 4fa"- r. ~ r.""
Though there was a drizzling rain
falling most of the day the lot sale
and opening of the~toYa4of Mamou
was held according to the advertised
schedule. There was a large crowd
on the grounds and the bidding was
lively on. most of the lots. Nearly two
hundred lots we're sold, ranging in
price from $55 to $165, according to
the location. A number Of the pur-
hasers will begin the erection OF
ildings. on their lots at once, and
will be. only a matter of a month
two until a good-sized town has
ing up in the prairie.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
=aa=17 = 1n41UE "A, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 1909 NNbERI
ID In Air

new sport, and as a result Pittsield
has become a sort Of a center for
American %ballooning, and Mrs. Bishop
and Mrs. Edgar have now made so
many ascents that they are veterans
and no longer can take fright, no mat
ter how much a balloon may tilt.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, the IA
nous actress; Mrs. James Brown Lord,
Miss Ada de Acosta and Mrs. P. Loril-
lard ROnalds are other American wom-
en- who learned the joys OF %ballooning
as guests of FrenChmen.
Mrs. NeWbold Edgar claims the rec
ord. In a b%allooning she says
she has been up in the air more times
than any American woman, but it IS
said that she will have some trouble
in showing more ascents than have
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
DUEL IN DARK WITH KNIVES
Girl Over Whom Fight Is Waged
Was Present in the Room.

Cleveland.-After Julia Pierce, aged
IA, had refused both, Powell Formich
and Michael Milanovitch repaired to the
kitchen of the girls home, where they
boarded, and after drawing all the blinds
and making the room dark, fought q duel
to the death with knives. Before begin
ming the fight the men spread q blanket
on the floor, then each grasping a hand
of Che other, the battle was fought for
twenty minutes, until Formish, covered
with blood, dropped. The girl attempted
to separate the men and was badly
beaten. Milanovitch was arrested and
taken to a hospital.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Cases Are Set for Trial.

[e following prisoners, confined
he parish jail at Alexandria, were
igned Monday in the District
I, pleaded not guilty and their
S set at follows. w. H. Nix, lar
I; A. M. Mcdonald, breaking car;
rye Washington, larceny; Mayo
Inbert. larceny. set for January a;
R. Richardson, ENLIGHTENMENT; Jim
tines, robbery; Nathan Finley, muir
Ter; Henry Robinson, murder, set for
January 5; Morris Williams. burglary;
Frank Doran, murder; louis Frederic,
shooting into dwelling; 6. W. Barres'
criminal assault, set for January 7.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
IExpres. Agent Hurt in Runaway.

Express Agent Hurt In Runaway.
A serious accident happened at
'Natchitoches Monday morning by the
running away of the team of the Pa
cidc Express delivery wagon. Geno
Lherisson. the local J4gent, was driv-
ing when the team became frightened
and running against a telephone pole,
threw Mr.. Lherisson out against the
pole, knocking him ~senseless and
sbt6aking the thigh bone of the left
l6ysis,SglFere called and soQn.
ne bfoksnamslfpe and cased u
serious results are apprehended
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Law and Ordsr Leage.

A law and order league has been
at Vile Platte with special
reference to the anti-sambllng n
prohibition laws. It is the desire OF
that community to see that no bhnd
tigers are permitted and that no
gambling houses of any kind are al
lowed TO carry on their business.
With this end in view resolutions
were passed calling on the officials,
Moth local and %parochial. to see to it
hat the laws be strictly enforced re-
rdless of the parties infringing on
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Nine Prisoners Break Jail.

g prisoners, all negroes, made
escape from the parish Jail at
uemine. One fugitive, after loi-
ny around. town for several hours,
rned to the Jail. The prisoners
got away were from Pointe Cou-
parish and were sent there for
(~te-keeping while the Pointe Coupee
all is being repaired. Three of them
were dangerous characters and were
held for murder and other serious
3ctfmes.g
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
TORTURE, THEN ROB FARMER.
Burglars Burn Feet Of Toledo Man,
" Then Gag Him.

Toledo, O.-By burning his feet with
lighted matches, twe masked robbers
early Friday compelled H. A. ScLabow
of Curtis, O., near here, to- open che
safe in his farm house and turn cver
$50. After tying their victim to his
bed. with strips of a sheet and placing
a gag in his mouth, the bandits went
to the barn, stole a horse and buggy
and escaped. A posse Of farmers arc
n pursuit.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Bar Liquor in Christening Warship.

Newport News, Va.-If the plans Of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union of Delaware are successful, the
giant 2 ,000-ton battleship Delaware,
which will be launched here on February
5. will be christened with water.
The battleship Kentucky, the only YES
sell of her class ever christened with
water. had hundreds of bottles Of wins.
key broken against her hull by Ken
tuckians when she went down the ways.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
The Rivals.

Richfello-What a perfect complex
ion Miss Beauty has!
Rival BELIEVES. By the way she
10 with her brother tonight. Do you
know him? He's a very prominent a I'm,
norter Of drugs, chemicals ind toilet
art,cles,-New York Wesfix
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
RR00MS ARE GOING UP.
Prediction That Broom Corn Will 10 to
S16O a Ton.

Chicago.-HeTe is bad news Tor house
keepers. A boost in the price of brooms
"a scheduled for the new year. The
price of broouas is to be raised fifty
cents a dozen once, and other ad'
yances will follow. A year ago broom
corn sold atls1oo a ton. Now it is
worth s11o(with indications of an ad'
vance. s,1ae brokers predict the price
will 90 t, $3.50. The broom factories III
the country are reported to be low 10
stock.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Troops Guard Kentucky Town.

Lexington, Tenn.-State troops and
United States marshals are guarding the
little mining town Of Stearns, Whitley
county, KY, to prevent miners destroy
ing lives and properly, burning up the
town, as they have threatened.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
m'MoNNiEs, THE SCULPTOR, SAYS
He is GOING TO RETURN.
Wants to Again Find a Home on HIS
Native soil-Hopes to See Worries
Fair Fountain Perpetuated
in Bronze.

MacMonnies is coming back to
America. After receiving honors from
France rarely before bestowed upon
an American artist; after having been
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
THROAT. CUT AT CHURCH.
Women in Missouri Sacred Ediice Faint
at the Sight Of Blood.

at the Sight Of Blood.
Louisville, Mo.-A horrible murder
was committed here Friday night. Ed
gar Parish and George Bidder, while at
j Chris mas tree at church, became en-
Gagged ID a fight and Parrish slashed
Ridder with a knife across the throat,
almost seyering the mans head. Ridder
ran Il side the church, followed by Par
rish, blood gushing from the wound,
must & men and Yumenst to faint. Rid
aer an through the church and fell tsl
dead
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
na,.v in BE Established.

Dairy IL Be Established.
It blanche, Of Covington. will
establish a modern dairy near
The product Is to be ship
New Orleans. AS the transpor-
facilities offered by the New
MS Northern are of the best, 1t is
cted others will locate there for
same purpose.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02

hit you do
in the leg?
s is what Wal
sent up from
to Norbert Ner'
parish, as he came
Ter after he had shot
DAuse for the third time
had been captured in AS
Parish and was being taken
state penitentiary by Deputy
Nereaux. The officer had just
ZEN off the Texas & Pacific tram
the west side and was taking the
prisoner to the ~ferryboat to take nm
. TO the state prison when Huse at
tempted to escape. The officer called
to the convict to stop, but his only re-
sponse was an increase of speed. the
officer fired, shooting the prisoner III
the leg. Then when the deputy h
if came up to him the prisoner up
braided him for not killing him and
said that he ran so he would be KILLED..
Huse was taken to the penltentiafy
and will recover without the loss OF
his leg. He was sentenced to twenty
years for mansfaughter from Acadia
parish. He escaped in 1901, but was
recaptured, and escaped again IN l9V'.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Big Appropriation For Census.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-On the eve
of expiration of the current fiscal
year. the house today authorized an
emergency appropriation of 100000
600 for defraying the expenses of TAX
ing toe thirteenth decentennial census.
In presenting the bill, Mr.. Tawney,
chairman of the committee, announced
that unless the money was forthcom.
ing the census bureau would be com.
PEELED to suspend all business next
Wednesday. Notwithstanding this
warning, the bill met much opposition
and it was only finally passed after
Mr.. Macon OF Arkansas, had forced q
rollcall on point of no quorum.
To get the members for this vote the
sergeant at arms and his deputies
secured the capital under orders from
Speaker Cannon. About 80 members
were found comfortably seated in the
senate, listening to the tariff debate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Need Women In Harvest.

TOPEKA, KAs., June pa. G.
Moffet, a big banker of Larned, has
issued a frantic appeal for 1900 men.
250 teams and 100 women to help the
farmers of Pawnee county save the
wheat crop. The harvest will begin
about June 25. Here lie the Moffet
appeal:
1T will be necessa sary for the farmers
OF Pawnee comfy to import at least
1000 men and 500 horses to take care
OF their wheat. Pawnee county will
have one of the largest wheat crops it
has ever raised. Conditions have
improved wonderfully in the past ten
days, and the farmers are really sur
prised. We want about 100 women to
cook and assist in the general house
work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Will Entertain Homeseekers.

SPOKANE, June 24.-Preparations
are being made in Spokane, Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, and Kalispell and
Missoula, Mont, to provide tempo.
rary quarters for at least 100000 per.
sons, expected to participate in the
drawings for Indian lands on the three
vations to be opened ia Wash
ington, Idaho and Montana, on Au-
gust 8 and the following days. From
800 to $50 homeseekers are coming
daily to the four cities to look over
the lands. The rush Is expected to
begin July Is and August 5, when
registra rations will be made. The
Spokane chamber of commerce and
the commercial organizations of the
other cities have arranged for rooms,
and when these are filled it is planned
to establish tent cities, The local Or
ganization has arranged for 250 tents,
which will be put up at Natatorium
park. 1t is also promised there will
be no advances in the cost of food and
rooms in Spokane.