Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-30

road Commission has received a pc
tition from the Mississippi Packet
Company asking that the commission
allow the steamboats, to install rates
higher than railroads at Plaquemine
and Baton Rouge and other railroad
competitive points.
New Orleans.-Clarence l.. Smith,
a member Of the Louisiana State Uni
versity football eleven, and one OF the
Smith brothers accused by Tulane of
being a professional ringer, died OF
typhoid at the university. He had
been critically i'll for weeks. The
body was shipped to his home, Ale
gan, Mich.
Monroe.-The largest order for feed
ever placed in Monroe, and possibly
one Of the largest in Louisiana, was
taken by l.. w. Long, who represents
a Chicago concern, when he
closed a deal with a local whole
sale grocery house for two thousand
tons of Banner feed. 1t will require
over 1870 cars to move the Shipment.
Amite City.-News reacher here at
midnight that B. Bieland, a we'll
known farmer, his wife and STEP
daughter had been assassinated near
Tickfaw, 10 miles south of here, about
5 o'clock Friday evening. They
were fired Upon from ambush while
driving in a buggy. Further details
are lacking. Sheriff Saal has arrived
on the scene with dogs and a posse.
Baton Rouge.-According to the re.
plies which are being received by the
department of education from the
parish school boards, a majority of
them have signified their willingness
to pay the expenses Of the parish
superintendent to the meeting of the
superintendent department of the
National Educational Association,
which is to be held in Chicago in
February.
Mansfield.-The case against Shelby
Prude, charged with murder, was
tried before the District Court at this
place, the jury rendering a verdict of
not guilty after being out one hour.
This a S has created great interest
throughout this section because OF
the prominence of the accused. He
was charged with the murder of a
negro about twelve months ago, and
the defense claimed that the killing
was accidental.
Monroe, Lathe cotton men OF
Monroe have taken up the question
of REIMBURSEMENT of rates into Monroe
on cotton over the Iron Mountain and
the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf
railways. They claim the rates are
discriminative and work a hardship
on them and the town. If the rail-
roads do not grant the request the
matter will be taken up with the rail
road commission.
Baton Rouge.-Governor Sanders is
now licensed to hunt in the State OF
Louisiana. It develops that several
days ago Governor Sanders secured
his hunting license from Sheriff Ran
dolph, of East Baton Rouge, but the
Governor has been so busy with Off
cial duties during the past several
weeks that he has not had an op-
portunty to do any hunting. How
ever, 50 far as the State license goes
he is ready to hunt.
Shreveport, La.-William Buchan-
an and F. H. Drake, president and
vice president respectively of the
Louisiana and Arkansas railway,
| have filed a petition with the city TO
| grant them PERMISSION to lay tracks
across several streets, from the levee
to Marshall street. This is consid-
cred positive evidence that they will
soon begin building terminals here
for a branch from Minden, La.
Monroe, La.-Engineers Of the
Monroe, Farmerville and Northwest
! ern road left here for Farmersville
to make a preliminary survey Of the
| road between that place and Junction
City. Before leaving the field, they
may run the line all the way into
Hope, Ark, to which place the road
is projected. Ell Dorado is making
| an effort to secure this road and the
| Board of Trade in that city has taken
| the matter up with d. H. Nichols,
| vice president and general manager
of the new line.