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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
FRENCH PRESS COMMENT.
Views on the Outgoing and Incoming
President.

President.
Paris-The papers of Paris show
the consensus of opinion is that
Roosevelt has had remarkably
successful and picturesque career;
that he has aroused the moral forces
of the United States, and interna-
tionally has filled an important role
on the worlds stage. Although he
Is q great preacher, he has been dis
tinctly man Of action. AN athletic
In politics as we'll as Id sport, war
and theology Mr.. Taft, although
less impulsive than his predecessor,
lis regarded as man of great capac-
ity and moral strength; consequent
", he is characterized as safer"
President, both for America and Eu-
rope. Neither the United States nor
Europe" one paper says, need now
fear the theatrical coups which up
set them in the Roosevelt regime"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Farmers Make Good Headway.

The farmers of the Plaucheville
section have made very good head
way in their fields, owing to the fine
weather that has prevailed here for
the past few days. Most farmers
have about finished planting their
corn, and the preparation Of the soil
for the next cotton crop will soon
be under way.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
REFUSES TO Prosecute.
Federal District Attorney in In
diana Creates Sensation.
GOVERNMENTS ACTION DENOUNCED
The Attorney Declines to Aid in De.
lavan Smiths Extradition Be-
heves Governments Work
Is Unlawful.

Washington.-United States Dis
trlct Attorney Healing, of Indiana-
polls. has resigned rather than par
ticfpate in the efforts of the Depart
ment Of Justice to bring Delavan
Smith and Joseph Pulitzer to Wash
tnston TO stand trial for criminal
|lAal y cpnncetfon with pnblicattore
CONCERNING tn6 - 8, :. q
railroad.
District Attorney Healing, in a let
ter to the Attorney General, dated
March 2, says:
Il beg to inform you that I have
to-day sent my formal resignation as
United States Attorney for the Dis
trict of Indiana to the President of
the United States, with the request
that the same be accepted no later
than March Is, 1909.
II am informed that indictments
have been returned by the Grand
Jury of the District of Columbia,
against Delavan Smith and Charles
B. Williams, proprietors of the In
dianopolis News. for criminal libel
and that steps will be taken to re-
move them to that district for trial.
As both are in this district, under the
law it will become my official duty
to assist in such removal proceed
ings.
For almost eight years / have had
the honor of representing the Gov
ernment of the United States as at
torney. During that time have pro-
secuted all alike, without fear of ia
vor, where I had an honest belief
in their guilt.
II have been compelled on several
occasions to prosecute personal
friends, but in each case / only did
SO after thorough investigation had
convinced me of their guilt.
I'm this case I have made care
full investigation of the law applica-
BILE thereto. As to the guilt or inno-
cence of the defendants on the ques-
tion of libel do not attempt to say.
II guilty they should be prosecuted.
but properly indicted and prosecuted
in the right place, viz: at their home.
It is only with the question of re-
moval that / have to, do.
II am not in accord with the Gov
ernment in its attempt p put
strained construction on the law, to
drag the defendants from their homes
to the seat of Government to be
tried and punished, while there is q
10 Is
'isdiction in the State Court.
II believe the principle involved is
a dangerous one. striking at the very
foundation of our form of govern
ment. l cannot, therefore, honestly
and conscientiously insist to the
Court that such is the law, or that
such construction should be put on
it. Not being able to do this, do
not feel that I can, in justice to my
Office, continue to hold it and de-
cline to assist.
in order, therefore, to relieve US
both of any embarrassment, have
rendered my resignation and have
asked that 1t be accepted not later
than March Is, 1909. / have made
it of this date in order that President
Taft, for whom have the highest
respect and admiration may have
time to name my successor"
Mr.. Healing has held the Office OF
United States District Attorney for
nearly eight years, and his standing
with the Department Of Justice Is
said to be high.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Negro Arrested for Murder.

In response to a telegram from
Sheriff Marrero, of Jefferson parish
chief of Police David Yohaffey of
Jennings arrested Jesse Clark, a ne
gro. viii is wanted for the murder of
% section boss near New Orleans
nearly three years ago. Clark has
oeen a resident of Jennings most of
tne time since the crime was COM
Mitted, but had not been located.
ne was placed in the city Jail, wait
Ms the arrival of Sheriff Marrero.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Potato Acreage Increased.

The week has been an ideal one
for farmers around Bayou Chicot
and much farm work has been done
during the last few days. A great
deal of corn has been planted, be-
sides garden seeds Of all descrip-
tions. The Irish potatoes are COM
ing up nicely and the crop in this sec
tion will be three or four hundred
per cent larger than last year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Canning Factory Attracting Attention
SMALLPOX in Winn Parish.

The Parish Board of Health of
Winn held a protracted meeting and
adopted strenuous resolutions to com
bat the smallpox in Winn parish.
Among the measures are perfect iso-
lation. Teachers and public school
pupils are required to be vaccinated
and no child allowed to attend
school who does not present certifi-
cate of vaccination. A pesthouse for
whites is now being erected here.
The most perfect confidence is felt
In the plans for successfully controli-
ing and eradicating the disease in
this parish
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Push Work on Mill.

Progress on the tap road of the
Avoyelles Cypress Company, Ltd. at
cottonport is rapid, and the laying
OF crossties and rails will soon be
under way. Material to work on the
big mill proper has arrived and It is
understood that work on the big
plant will not be deferred much
longer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Father and Son Escape.

Joe Frank Dubois and Walter Du-
bois, father and son, who were pris-
oners in the parish Jail at Crowley,
under charge of carrying concealed
weapons, have escaped. The elder
was a member of the road gang en-
ployed building roads for the parish,
and the younger had been paroled.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
baltimore hit BY STORM |
Damage to Public Service Cor
porations 500, 900.
100 MILES OF WIRE ARE DOWN
Traffic Greatly Impeded in the East
Trains In and Out of WASH
ington Delayed Many
Hours.

| Baltimore, Md.-Latest and care
ful estimates based on Information
obtained. place the damage by the
storm Saturday to public service cor
pora lions at from 81 00. 900 to, ST.
asass !! !.
of George Il. Gather, who at the
last election was the Republican can
didate for governor, was found dead.
a victim of the storm, beside the
tracks of the United Railways, by
ltnemen Of the road. His body was
frozen stiff. 1t is thought that
Granger attempted to walk from the
home of friends in Mount Washing
ton, suburb of the city, to his
home In Forest Park, a distance of
several miles and that he was over
come by the cold.
1t Is estimated that at least one
hundred miles of electric wires lie
PROSTATE within the limits of the city
as result of the storm and more
than five hundred poles are down.
The long distance telephone peo-
pie report six hundred poles down
between here and Washington while
between here and Havre De Gras
about five hundred sections of wire
are down. Between this city and
Harrisburg scattered wires are brok-
en- and many poles are down. All
the trouble in this direction is south
of the Susquehanna river.
The town of Annapolis is mass
of tangled electric, telegraph and
telephone wires. Communication by
rail from this point to Annapolis is
almost normal.
Hardships Endured.
Washington.-n ashington was
badly tied up. Trains were few and
far between, running generally from
five to six hours behind their sched-
ule. Little parties of those who
went from this city to attend the in
auguration ceremonies struggled
with all sorts of stories of hardships
Traffic out of Washington, they re-
port, was seriously muddled and
there was little hope of relief for
twenty-four hours or more. Passen-
gers on particularly belated trains
told of making forty miles In ten
hours. There was no dining car on
the train and sandwiches commanded
fabulous prices.
Traffic Frustrated.
Philadelphia.-Th most severe
rain and sleet storm of the winter
prevailed in eastern Pennsylvania,
Delaware and New Jersey Saturday,
and as result all wire communica-
tion with the south was broken off |
The telegraph, telephone and rail-
road companies announced that they
had lost all their wires between
Wilmington, Delaware and Balti-
more. The telephone companies
say they encountered the worst trou-
BILE about forty miles from Balti- |
more. Between Wilmington and Bal
timore 1t is reported that poles and |
wires were carried to the ground by |
either the wind or the heavy coat
ing of ice and snow with which they |
were encumbered. Train service be-
tween this city and Washington has |
been greatly hampered on account
of the slow movement of trains made |
necessary by the lack of wires.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Peculiar Sinking of Ground.

Earthquakes are unknown in Louis
lana, but the unaccountable sinking
Of the ground on the farm of Fran
co.'s Polombo, about two miles north
of Abbeville, suggests such phenome-
non. For a distance of about one
hundred and fifty feet the earth is
cracked open with a distinct depres-
ksion on one side of the fissure. A
tbubbling spring and escaping gas on
fly a couple of hundred yards dis
Amt may furnfsh some clew to the
cause of this unusual disturbance of
the earth's surface. The occurrence
has excited considerable curiosity in
the community, and attracted large
crowds of sightseers.
Canning Factory Attracting Attention
The fact that the canning factory
at Baton Rouge is in process of erec-
ton and is promised to be in opera
ton in the next few months has at
tracted considerable attention in this
section, and has been greatly in
strumental in promoting attention to
truck growing on the part of the
planters of this section. AS soon as
the officers are elected the manage
ment will begin energetic work in
the direction of assuring for the
plant an adequate supply of truck
and native wild fruit and berries to
keep the plant in operation.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13

Alleged Embezzler Returned.
Sheriff Jack Parker of Monroe has
returned from Memphis with j. e.
Johnson, who was arrested on a war
rant issued here charging embezzle-
ment.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
sERvIAN CRISIS ENDED.
The Belgrade Government Has Re-
ceded From It's Position.

CeUeU From It's POSItIOn.
Berlin. Dispatches received at
the Foreign Office here confirm the
reports that the scrvian Premier
had declared that servia. on the ad-
vice Of Russia, France, Great Britain
and Italy does not insist upon terri
torial compensation from Austria
Hungary. Servia regards the ques-
ton of the autonomy of Bosnia and
Herzgovents as settled through the
Turkish-Austrian agreement, and she
will not bring the matter up again.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13

Miss Fannie Nelkin, of Natchito-
ches recovered lot of valuable jew
elry which she lost two years ago
while going from the Texas and Pa
cific depot to her home. The jew
elry was found in the possession Of
negro woman who had found the
bag and appropriated its contents.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
School Principal and a Patron Mix-up

School Principal and Patron Mix-up
Considerable excitement was Gre
ated in front of the Parish High
School at Monroe by personal en-
counter between Prof. T. O. Brown,
the principal and L. T. Woodward.
"a patron. The trouble arose over
Woodward's Is son. Neither.of the COM
batants was seriously injured. al
though doctor was called in to see
Mr. Woodward, who is alleged to
have been cut with penknife by
Mr. Brown.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13

Smallpox is prevalent in wards
one, three and seven of Caldwell
parish, but up to this writing there
has been no fatalities. All of the To-
calities affected are in the rural dis
tricts, and the disease is confined
mainly to negroes. Steps are being
taken by the parish health authori-
ties to isolate the patients, and it is
believed that no further spread of
the malady will occur.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Water Admitted to New Locks.

The levee between the Palquemine
locks and the bayou was cut by the
engineers and the lock will be fill
ed after which the levee to the river
will be opened, admitting the river.
This event marks the beginning of
the end of the work on this lock
that, through delays for various rea-
sons, has required nearly twenty
years to complete.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
PAYS DEATH PENALTY.
Murderer Of a Women Hanged in
Nebraska

Lincoln, Neb.-R. Meade Shum-
way, convicted of the murder of Mrs.
Jacob Martin was hanged Monday af-
ternoon at the Nebraska penitentia-
ry. The drop fell at $50. He was
pronounced dead at 1888. Shumway
kept his nerve until the end. He
walked calmly to the scaffo1d pro-
testing his innocence before the
death march began.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Workmen Must Live in Bogalusa.

The men employed at the New
Orleans Great Northern shop at
Florenville, have been notified that
the train carrying the workmen
from Vaudeville to Florenville will
be abolished, and the men will be
oblige to make Bogalusa their head
quarters. Many of these families own
homes, and it is hard blow to
them, as it is also to many others
who reside here.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
Organize Law and Order Leagu,

The citizens of Ponchatoula, da-
ploring the many atrocities commit
ed I'm the parish OF Tangipaloa re-
Gently, have issued call for mass
meeting to organize law and order
league for the purpose of assisting
the authorities in the punishment
and detection of crime and to affil-
late with the parish league, which
has been organized at Amite City.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
sALoME DANCE FORBIDDEN.

Police Stop Gertrude Hoffman's Per-
formance in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo.-Gertrude Hoff-
man, the actress, was enjoined by the
Circuit Court here from presenting
the Salome dance during the remain
der of her engagement here in the
leading part of the Mimic World"
on the ground that the dance Is
inimical to public morals.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
SAFE BLOWER CAPTURED.
Booty and 1000 Stamps Recovered
in Room.

BUOty HHU S,U0U
in Room.
Birmingham. Ala.-James o'Con-
nell. partner of George Barton, the
noted safe blower, was captured
here by local officers. O'Connell was
in room 13 of local hotel, ana
large quantity OF booty was recover
ed In the room, including about 1ooo
stamps. The two men are believed
TO have been the robbers of the post
Office at Cuthbert, Ga.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
NEGRO LYNCHED.

Slayer of Deputy Sheriff Shot to
Death by Mob.
Atlanta, Ga.-News has reached
here of the lynching at Blakely, Ca,
Of John Fowler, colored, who was in
Jail at that place charged with the
murder of Deputy Sheriff Murchison
Monday. The negro was taken from
the jail by a crowd Of about twenty
five and shot to death.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
LIBERTY OR DEATH.
Rice's Murderer Says imprisonment is
Worse Than Electric Chair.

New York.-Albert T. Patrick. who
was convicted of the murder of Will
liam Marsh Rice. made sensational
appeal to the appellate division in
Brooklyn to free him from impris-
onment for life or send him to the
electric chair. He declared that I'M
prisonment for life was greater
nunishment than the death penalty.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-03-13
THIBoDAUx. La. SATURDAY MARCH 3. 1909
WIRE FLASHES

The Pope is recosr rsng from his
illness. z
The Coiima Volcan Fin Mexico. is
in violent eruption.
The storm damage Baltimore.
Nd. is nearly s1,oooEeeo.
Ten persons perishef An a tenement
house fire in New prk
Railway traffic in ermany has
been paralyzed BY q lizard.
The Winn Parish ce Jury pro-
vided $1,000 to tlsht sllpox.
Convicts iii caIe6 Parish will
be worked "a ths roads.
= m ~ made atg
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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-30
REGINALD H. THOMSON.

know of the foremost builders of Greater
Seae Well after carefully thinking the subject it strikes
that one Reginald H. Thomson who for the
twenty years city engineer of Seattle No. Mr. Thomson
directly induced very any, monares captains
their moneys Seattle dirt industrial
that would the community large bucket bgades
his peculiar ashonng Seattle into
great city, washing down her hundred hills and filling up
ravnes thereby giving employment to thousands of labor
attracting attention of the monar and the
industry the that they have become fascinated
with Spirit unhestatngy dump their into
which made of the cities at
exhortation with the old time col
preachers the South Do not do as do but do as
you They perhaps had for exhong their
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-30
JOHN HENRY McGRAW.

a McGraw has asked the prospective
do do but tell you to do
his faith in the of Seattle by
investing whatever he could together
enterprises Just the of Mr. Thomson he has
outside do 81 doing and going
doing every of money that
Seattle Having been for head of the chamber OF
the influential bodies of in the city, it
incentive living the city follow his lead and
Seattle enterprises Therefore he in his peculiar
making Seattle the commercial
of been Mr. Thomson Each of these
been indispensable in the growth fhe city John H. Nc
natural born leader of and with the business OF
city standing firmly his back he has been able to bring
enterprises to Seattle than other perhaps
the city foesaw Seattle greatness and took
have been indispensable in the growth of the city John H. Nc
be cassed of the wealthy of the Northwest
may have the ready his fingers end 9TH
that bound to make him immensely
wealthy however, selfish in keeping to himself the
of Seattle becoming the metropolis of the Pacific Coast
only his friends but to all the world and investors
believed his prophecy and put their into the
result lay their good fortunes at
perhaps that of any other in the Northwest
his visible eamaks the walls of the city
Thomson yet chdrens children of the of today
will of his because he induced their great great grand
parents invest in Seattle
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-30

friends are glad they are here.
"Shculd auld acquaintance be for
got and never brought to mind"
1t would be just as reasonable
for Seattle to insist on calling Ell
lott Bay, Seattle Bay, as it is for
the town of Tacoma to call Mount
Rainier Mt. Tacoma. No Seattle
tie ever thought of being so fool
ish as to try to steal a name from
mountain or bay. 1t is true the
name should be Seattle Bay, but
it will never be called so by Seat
tie if they have to steal it. A theft
is a steal no matter whether it is
money or name.
The Seattle Electric Company,
which owns practically all the car
lines in Seattle, reported that they
carried last week 28,200,000 peo-
pie, and this city is practically
only 20 years old. These figures
will be exceeded in August and
September when the greatest
travel to the exposition will be
here. At fve-cent fare the COM
pany raked in about $4,000 and
didn It half try. All in seven days
for they are immune from all Sum-
day law and carry passengers just
the same on the Sabbath as on
week day. The service of the car
lines is first class.
The United States census should
be taken in the winter or early
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-30
MEN WHO ARE BUILDING SEATTLE

congregations Thomson neither invested of
that ee but he has exhored
much real he could
be city and real estate will be
lifetime Despite the fact that the efforts
of Mr. Thomson have monares hundreds Of and
women toed salary and though
greatness he able to take advan
of what he foresaw and he therefore today
Every improvement within the gates Seattle bear the earmarks
of City Engineer Thomson and centuries hence the generations OF
that will the r. H. Thomson, who founded city
greater by proud Rome laid and planned by the his
and Remus He not captain of industry
who has represented his city and state at the Ma
Capital but he than either of these far
and his memory will be thousand times
lasting
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-30

instead Of | and mine. Instead of
saying this is my residence he
should say this is our residence. l
am going to build home should
be we are going to build home.
How much better it sounds to say
we and our. Why not? Is not
your wife your partner? Do part
ners in business say I am going
to build? No, they say we. Away
back in the dark and misty ages,
before the light of civilization
dawned, the wife was considered
an underling-a slave or no bet
ter, and although the husband and
wife were legally one, he was the
one, and the only one. Conditions
have changed and the time has
come when the fair sex is not in
ferlOr to man but his superior.
No, don't say I and mine any
more, but take your wife in as a
partner and say our and we. Do
that and you will serve her right.
Many Seattleites are receiving
visits from scores and hundreds of
friends from the East during the
exposition. 1t is an opportune
time for two reasons. First, the
low railroad fare and, second, the
Worlds Fair. This is advertised
as being the best of all. Many
homes have been made glad to see
the smiling countenances of East
ern relatives and friends and the
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-30

unless he performs certain non
essentials is not acceptable to the
intelligent mind.
If the Southern people in deal
ing with the Negro problem would
only adopt and practice the Gold
en- Rule, the problem would soon
be solved. But the spirit Of the
Golden Rule never prevailed to
any great extent below Mason's
and Dixon s line.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
North and the NJ E. Church
South should get together. The
division of the grand old church
was made in the by-gone pro-slav-
cry days upon that question, and
now that slavery has been out of
existence for half century there
is nothing to prevent the two
churches from uniting. Certainly
no professed Christian at this en-
lightened date would entertain
the idea that to enslave a human
being is right.