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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

The debutante In many cities Is In
terested in the young girl who has just
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

The other portrait on this page today
IS that Of Miss Jennie Blair. who was
ane OF the most attractive and beauti-
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Scott Davis are
enjoying a visit at the Hotel Green in
Pasadena and will remain in the south
ern city for several days longer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Mrs. Charles D. Palmer. formerly
Miss Katrina Wright. will be the in
centive for several Of the later affairs
OF the month, as she will pass several
days at least in this city before going
on to New York to Join her husband.
During her stay here she will be the
guest of Mrs. Malcolm Henry at the
VoOrhies home in California street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

The latest portrait Of Mrs. John c.
Wilson with her two children appears
today The attractive young matron
IS devoted TO her little family, who are
deserving al the praise that comes to
them from many admiring friends and a
large circle OF relatives. Mrs. Wilson
IS fond Of her younger sister, Miss
Florence Cluh, and entertains fre-
ouently at informal parties for that
debutante. Miss Cluff is at the Fair
mont this winter with her mother. Mrs
William Cluff, but is a frequent guest
AT the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson in
Pacific avenue.
The other portrait on this page today
fe that of Miss Tannfa T21afr who was
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Miss Marian Miller. the latest Of the
debutantes, has been besieged with
social favors ever since her debut,
week or more since. The dinner given
last Friday evening in her honor was
planned by her uncle and aunt. Mr. and
Mrs. H NJ A Miller. and was for about
20 young people The guests later en-
Joyed the dance of the Friday Night
club.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

remembrance Of the five bloody
wounds / received for you and man
kind. You shall love one another
and cause them that are not baptized
to come to church and receive the
Holy Sacrement, that is to say, hap
tism. and the supper Of the Lord,
and he made d member thereof.
And in so doing / will give you long
life and many blessings. Your land
shall be replenished and bring forth
abunda tly and | will comfort yon in
the greatest temptation. And sure
" be that doeth the contrary shall
be cursed. / will send hardness Of
heart on them, and especially On hard
ened and impenitent u~nbelievers.
He that hath given to the poor shall
find it profitable. Remember to keep
holy the Sabbath day, for the Seventh
day ! have taken as q resting day to
myself.
The Iniunction-and he that. hath
a copy of this letter written by my
hand, and spoken by my mouth and
keepeth it without publishing it to
others shall not prosper. But he
that publisheth it to others, shall be
blessed by me-. And if their sins be
as many as the stars Of the night,
and if they truly believe they shall be
.pardoned. And hey that believe not
this writing and my commandments
will have my plaques upon you and
you become concerned with your
children, goods, cattle and all other
enjoyments that / have given you.
Do but only think what I have suffer
ed for your sake. II you do il we'll
for you in this world and the world
which is to come.
Whomsoever shall have a copy of
this letter and keep it in their house
nothing shall hurt them, neither pesti
lenee, lightning or thunder. And if any
woman be in birth and put her trust
in me shall be delivered Of her child.
You shall hear no more news Of me
except through the Holy Scriptures
until the day Of judgement. All
goodness and prosperity shall be in
the house where d copy Of this letter
shall be found. Finished
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

10 the Honorable Police jury of st.
Landry Parish. State of Louisiana.
The Standard Oil Company of Louis
ana, represented herein by Theodore.
NJ. ToWl, its duly authorized Agent,
with respect represents:
Thatit is engaged in laying d pipe
line for the purpose of carrying oil
from the oil field iii Gaddo Parish to q
point in the Parish of East Baton
Rouge, Louisiana; that in laying said
line it will be necessary to cross public
roads of your Parish at several points
as fully shown by maps herewith at
fached, and your Petitioner especially
requests that your Honorable Body
grant it permission to lay It's line or
lines across the said public highways,
upon the following conditions:
That the Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana viii lay Its pipe or pipes
across said highways at a depth of not
less then Three (31 feet below the sur
face of said highways and that all
earth removed in the laying of said pipe
or pipes across the said highways shall
be replaced and thoroughly tamped as
soon as the said pipes are laid q that
all drainage OF the side of said high
ways be left open and In the same con-
.diti0n as found.
Your Petitioner prays:
That the abaYe and foregoing petition
be granted.
sn1Nf,4pn arr. ~ w aF
8 III la4T4ST q ~ g
paTH ny n pawI
tbariaaa ~an+
ra4.a.
- -
AN 0RDINANCE
On motion OF Mr.. Theo. Doucet-
Whereas the STANDARD oil co. Of
II oITieio n a Is 4raS rn6 in tha IauTnCp 9f a.
nine line far tbes nnrt,aaa If e@arry5nas ali
aPeress The Sfafa IF LenIsiana Ia S nei1f
ii fhe Parish If West Raton Rofpe
aIono M aiIssissi,ni pfuar ann fbaf7I F,
1apino The aia nipaps line n viii he nee
essarg to tross several Of the public
roads IN Ire Parish If II T4andrv
nd vgboraas az saia standara nj
Co. Of Louisiana have made appIieation
Il fhia hodv fa ogant thaf1 4 riaht II
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

on which Christ was crucified and
on the stone was written. Blessed is
he who shall turn me over" No one
knew what this inscription meant
until a child turned the stone over
and discovered a letter written by
Christ himself. The letter came into
the hands of a man who had been con-
Yerted and who kept it as a sacred
instrument Of the Savior. He, how
ever, refused to have it published, ae-
cording to the orders Of Christ, and
as a consequence he never prospered.
He kept the fact that he possessed
the letter a secret, and on his death
gave it to his Oldest son. Thus the
letter was kept in the family for over
a thousand years and was brought to
this country by early settlers.
MORE Ill LUCK
lie was kept a secret BY the family
while they lived in Virginia. but they
never prospered, and ill-luck contin-
ually followed them, as It did their
ancestors. On the death of the only
daughter the letter was turned over
to a lady by the name of Mrs. Town.
son, who not wishing to disobey the
orders Of Christ, at once had it pub
lished IN the Tribune of Rome, Ga,
October 31st, 1891. The Citizen of
Dalton Ca, copied the article and
Mrs Workman, of Marion, Ind, clip
ped the article and has had it in her
possession for a number of years.
She has never had it published and
states that she has had bad luck
since she has been keeping the article
and believes that her misfortunes
have all come from the fact that she
never gave it out for publication.
In the letter was written the COM
mandments of Christ and signed by
the Angel Gabriel 81 years after
the Savior's birth.
THE LETTER
Whosoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. I command you
to 60 to church and keep holy the
Lords Day without any manner Of
work. You shall not idle or misspend
your time in bedecking yourselves in
superdueties of costly apparel and
vain dressing. For have ordered il
a day Of rest. I will have that day
kept holy, That your sins may be
forgiven, you will not break my COM
mands. But observe and keep them
they being written by my hands and
spoken from my mouth. You shall
not only go to chul ch yourselves, but
also your man servant and maid SER
want. Observe my words and learn
my commandments. You shall finish
your work every Saturday at 6o'clock
in the afternoon at which hour the
preparation for the Sabbath begins
| advise you to fast five days in the
year, beginning on Good Friday and
continuing the four days following in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11
A Weird And MISTER
lOUS LETTER
PHrF ring TO Have Been Found At the Foot
TIE Gross, Written BY Christ Himself.
BIZ sSED TO HAVE IT IN HOUSE
But those who DlsbeliaVe In the ienulty 81
ia Letter. and Scott. Shall Be BANNED
and BAD Luck Follow Them

E for Waco Tribune:
4 AFFORD. Tex, June Sol enclose
you clipping from a newspaper in
which you will find a letter from
Christ and written at the foot Of the
cross. | will kindly ask that you
print same in your valuable paper.
Yours truly,
wv. e. HILLEY.
W. r.. Hilton handed us the follow
ing letter last week with the request
To publish same, with the drought
that 1t may be interesting to our
readers. Il is a letter purported to
have been written by Christ at his
cr~aeifxion. The letter is headed "a
letter from Christ" and reads as
follows:
Greenfield, Tenn, March l8.-The
Greenfield Times published this week
what IL purported to be d letter from
Christ written just after his crucifx-
ion OH the cross. The letter was
published ali the request of Miss
Rubia Crutchield, Route /, Trezevant.
Tenn. who said that she had had the
letter three years, and that bad luck
had continually followed her until she
decided To obey It's injunction and
have IT published. The letter says:
And lie that hath a copy of this
letter without publishing it to others
shall not prosper. But he that pub
Iisheth ii to others shall be blessed
BIZ me, and il their sins shall be as
many as the stars of the night, and
if they truly believe they shall be
pardoned.
HISTORY or THE LETTER
Mrs. Fannie Workman Of Marion
Ind, knows something of the history
of the letter. It was when Mrs.
Workman had had the letter publish
ed that Mrs. Grutehfeld is supposed
to have gotten possession Of it. The
following is taken from a Marion
paper: Mrs Workman says she lived
Id Dallas, Ga, until last August
when she came to this city. She said
the letter given below was first found
under a stone at the foot of the cross
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11
Trespass Notice,

Notice is hereby given that hunting and
-trespassing on my plantations inst Landry
IS strictly prohibited, under penalty OF the
law. JOHN B0AGNI. nov27-3t
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

Every person who has our city at
heart should read the Sunday Pieay-
une each week to see what it says
about Opelousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11
Trespass Notice.

Notice is hereby given that hunting and
~trespassing on my properties in st. Landry
parish, is strictly prohibited. under pen
atty Of h law.
dec6-4t WM. GHILDs. III. d.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

No. 1851, Sixteenth Judicial District Court
Parish of st. Landry La.
BY virtue of d writ of 7erf faeias
issued out Of the Honorable Sixteenth judi
ctal District Court. IN and for the parish OF
st. Landry, In the above entitled and num-
befed suit, and TO me directed IhaVes seized
and VIII offer for sale, for cash al public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, at
the front door OF the Court House Of St.
Landry Parish, at 0~pelousas, La, on
Saturday, Dec. Is, 1905,
at 1Io,cloek q. M. the following described
property, to-Wtt
Tbs south half Of three hundred 1900
acres of1and. more or less, bounded on the
east by Bayou Petit Prairie. on b north
By sandpit Of Texas Pacific Railway Com
panY and land of eli Fontenot. On the
south by G~armouehe property. on the west
py lands Of Garland containing one hun
dred and nifty ESQ acres, more or less.
Terms-Gash.
n0V13.6t NE. T.. SWORDS. SnerIf.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

FOR SALE-A fine saddle and car
rage horse. Apply to w. ]. sandoz,
Opelousas, La. 12-4-f
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11

No. 1851, Sixteenth Judicial District Court
Parish of st. Landry La.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19

deputies through the corridors and the
defendants entered. The court room
was nearly empty. Mrs. Burch ana
Mrs. Wilson, pale and wan We're with
the Coopers, and Mrs. Sharp as always,
was at her husbands side
The jury was polled and Judge Hart
said:
Have you reached verdict. gentle
we are hopelessly tied up as to the
Coopers," said Foreman Burke. but
we find John Sharp not guilty"
You will retire gentlemen and recon
slider further as to the other defend
ants Is there any reason General Nc
earn. why John Sharp should not be
discharged?' -
None. your honor"
Mr.. Sharp, you are discharged from
custody. acquitted" said the court with
q smile.
sharp sat stolid and Indifferent. Not
60 his wife. The foreman spoke in a
low tone and for a minute she did not
grasp the significance of 1t. When She
did her eyes filed and she grasped her
husbands arm, and seemed about to
break down Her sister soothed her
and others seated near them shook
hands with Sharp.
Judge Hart adjourned court until .
70. m Sharp accompanied by his wife
and sister-in-law, father and mother,
the latter two reaching the Jail after
4he verdict went to the room he had
occupied for several months in the Jail
and then held a little reunion with the
Coopers.
With tears of disappointment in their
eyes. the two daughters of Colonel
Cooper still congratulated the Sharps
heartily ard listened in return to the
good wishes in their own behalf. AS
they left the court room Reid Sharp,
younger brother of John. received the
concentrations of friends and to all he
remarked:
"This is not the end of this case
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
Robbers Work for an Hour Try
ing to Rob Bank.
Explode Charge After Charge of
Dynamite Without Success.
TOWN is TERRORIZED
By COnfederates Who Shot at
Every One in Sight.
They Finally Give Up and Flee
to the Country.

Bald Knob, Ark, March 19.-WhiIe
some of their number rode about the
streets discharging their weapons and
holding the populace i'm terror. others
of band of robbers worked for more
than an hour today in an unsuccessful
EFFORT to dynamite their way into the
vault of'thet Bank of Bald Knob aban-
doning their task after firing nearly
score of blasts, which demolished the
outer door of the safe but failed TO
force the inner doors. one citizen was
wounded in the parting fusillade of the
band as they rode away.
The first explosion aroused the citi-
zens. who emerged from their houses
and were greeted by the bullets of the
outlaws They quickly ran to shelter
while the robbers held undisputed
sway, keeping up an almost contin-
uous fire and taking chance shots a
anyone who came within range. In
the meanwhile those at work i'm
the bank building continued to ex-
plode dynamite but with little success
other than to partially wreck the
building as well as an adjoining struc-
ture.
Before beginning operations tho
robbers destroyed telephone commuu-
looked a railroad telegraph wire. A
message to Augusta over this wire
brought a posse of citizens from that
place who Joined several other posses
hastily formed here and immediateIv
started in pursuit of the band
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
This Is Said to Be Harriman'S
Latest Ambition.
During Vacation" His Lieu
tenants Are Working.
is NOW INTO MEXICO.
Line 700 Miles Long Complete
Line 500 Miles to Be Built.
Will Be Completed by Time
Canal Is Finished.

New York March 19.-The New York
World says: E. H. Hartman, restlessly
fitting through the southwest, ostensi-
bly, in search of rest and health, is new
er out of reach of certain trusted sub
ordinates who are realizing for him a
dreamed of project, which bids fair to
rank with the most ambitious railroad
plans ever conceived. Mr.. Hartman
was never buster in his life than he is
today. His prompt denial of a story
from Los Angeles to the effect that he
contemplates retiring from active busi-
ness contains the statement that he ex-
pects to continue in the harness several
years.
Shrewd men. who have noted the rap
id extension of the Southern Pacific
down along the western coast of Mex1-
co, have been making inquiries. They
are convinced that E. H. Hartman has
started a railroad line that will, within
q few years-by the time the Panama
canal is finished-extend in an unbroken
line from Nogales. on the Mexican-Ar1-
zona border, down the Pacific coast
the city of Panama and there connect
with the Panama railroad. which paral-
lels the Panama canal over to Colon.
The Hartman extension into Mexico
already has completed more than 700
miles. A line 800 miles long is now un-
der construction and the work is being
pushed. Within a short time the line
Will be finished to Guadalajara-
From Guadalajara to Salina. Cruz is
virgin country. From Salina Cruz there
is already under construction a railway
line to the Guatemalan border. which
Mr.. Hartman has acquired, OF can
easily absorb. And from the Guatema-
Ian border down to Panama there re-
mains only about 800 miles of actual
railway construction work to be done
to evolve a complete system.
w. A
built or are constructing, railroad lines
of their own. To combine these into a
system by which the Hartman inter-
ests could have a trunk line from
Panama up into Mexico would be a
simple matter and it is believed that
the combination already is under way.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
.HARSHA CALLED DOWN.
Mayor of Hutchinson Must Recognize
Government by Commission.

The supreme court today issued the
writ of mandamus prayed for by GER
tain. citizens of Hutchinson in which
the present mayor, J. P. Harsha, and
William Snyder. city clerk, are or
dered to accept nomination papers
and have proper ballots printed for an
election April 6, under the commits
sion plan Of government.
F. L. Martin, G. w. Winans, G. w.
Oswald, A. w. McCandlass and w. K.
Mcmillan, citizens of Hutchinson, and
candidates for office under the com
mission plan of government, were the
plaintiffs In this case and asked for the
writ. In their petition they alleged
that Hutchinson had in March. 1903,
voted to adopt the commission
plan of government under the 1903
law authorizing Giles of the second
class to take this step. These
plaintiffs got up their petitions in due
form, as candidates for Office under
the commission plan, but the city
clerk refused to file their nomination
papers and the mayor declined to have
ballots printed or call an election.
pleading as a cause for this refusal
that the election at which the COM
mission plan was adopted was held
too late for an election of city officers
to be held under that plan in April of
this year. Under this ruling the
present mayor and city clerk would
hold over until April, 1910. The petit
ton further alleged that the mayor.
city clerk ana city dIIOTHSy WSI0 an
Joined together in this matter.
The petitions narrate that their
only recourse in this case is a per-
emptory writ of mandamus to com
pei the city clerk to accept and hle
their nomination papers and the
mayor to have the ballots printed. And
for this they pray.
The court held that as the law was
valid as relating to cities adopting
the commission plan of government
and that the election was legal al
which the plan was adopted In
Hutchinson, and that it was impos-
sible for the 1909 law to apply as re-
CARDS to nominations and preparations
for this election, hence the general
laws would govern. That the election
could and should be held in April Of
this year as intended by the law and
the people of Hutchinson. The writ
was allowed.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
CODDING AHERO.
Washburn Football Player Saves Negro
Porter From Death.

The negro porter on Union Pacific
train No. 103 which passed through
Topeka this morning was certainly
born under a lucky star. for he was
rescued from apparent death this
morning and failed to receive a single
scratch
The fact that he was able to con-
tinue on his run was due to the pres
ence of a nervy Washburn football
player, Harold Codding, who pulled
him from beneath a Pullman sleeper
a moment before the wheels would
have severed his body.
The porter whose name could not
be learned took advantage of the
short stop in Topeka to replenish his
hungry system with some of the deli
cacies at the Union Pacific lunch
counter He was so hungry that he
didn't notice his train start. The
train stops on the second track, and
Just as the porter started from the
lunch counter a switch engine came
along on the first track. The porter
in his anxiety to escape the switch
engine stumbled and fell beneath a
Pullman sleeper on the rear end of
the train. Codding sawy the porter's
predicament and jumped in just in
time to rescue the colored man from
his impending fate.
wards to afford the colored porter a
chance to catch up and continue his
run.
According to Codding the porter
vas a very shady complexioned man,
but when he was pulled out from un-
der the train his color had almost
faded
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
AN IMPORTANT SALE.
Grace Cathedral Sells Property Near
Transfer Station.

The Grace Cathedral association this
Afternoon sold its five lots on Eighth
avenue, near the Transfer station, to
Frank P. MacLennan, Of the State
Journal, for $4,000.
This property faces north on Eighth
avenue, is next to the alley seventy
five feet from the southwest corner of
Eighth and Kansas avenue, has a
depth of 130 feet and a frontage of 125
feet on Eighth, extending westward to
the lots of the handsome new Capper
building used for the publication of
various periodicals.
The well known property has been a
Topeka landmark from the birth of
the city, having been the homestead of
one of the towns founders, F. W. Giles,
and given by his estate to the church.
Today's sale practically insures the
construction on West Eighth avenue of
a new Grace Cathedral, which will be
one of the finest church edifices in the
west, and will require about two years
in building.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
TEN HOUSES WRECKED.
Two Water Tanks Burst at Parkers-
burg, w. Va.

Parkersburg, W. Va, March 10
Three persons were killed. three others
probably fatally injured and many more
slightly hurt and ten or more houses
completely wrecked and 40 more badly
damaged, when two large water tanks
supplying the city with water, burst early
this morning.
The Dead.
MIR. AND MRS. WALTER WAGGLE
AND SMALL CHILD.
The bodies were found in the ruins of
their home
The Seriously Injured.
Mrs. John Maloney, both legs broken,
hurt internally; probably will die.
Mrs Kate Harness, invalid, badly
bruised and shocked; may die.
Clara Jones, colored, hurt internally;
probably die.
The two tanks contained the entire
city supply of water and a famine will
ensue The damage will amount to be-
tween $200, 900 and $250.000. st. Johns
/ Lutheran church was almost complete
" demolished, but through its sacrifice
many lives We're spared and much more
damage prevented. as it was directly
in the path of the water The break
ing of the tanks is believed to have
been caused by some miscreant.
Mrs John Maloney and Miss Edna
Tones. the latter colored, and a colored
man are missing.
Many persons are slightly injured.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-19
STILL AFTER CARTER.
Court Takes Away What Little In
come the Captain Had.

Chicago. March 19.-The compara-
lively small income from his estate
allowed Captain OberI1n NJ. Carter by
Judge Kohlsaat is taken from the
former army officer in a decision OF
the United States court of appeals
handed down here. Carter was con-
victed some years ago of participating
I'm fraud on the government BY
means of which he participated with
contractors in an illegal profit of ap-
proximately $2,OOO,OOO. The govern
eminent sued to recover and prac-
tically all of Carter's assets were or
dered turned over to the government
However, Judge Kohlsaat found that
part of the assets were untainted and
ordered that paid to Carter. BY the
appellate court decision this portion
also goes to the government.
I'VE are constrained to the belief"
said the opinion of the court of ap-
peals, "that the evidence in this case
is decisive, not only of fraud perpe-
trated by the contra ctors. but of con-
currence and participation by Captain
Carter