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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-05

the House by Representative Lang
ley, of Kentucky. This bill prohibits
the shipment of liquor outside a
State or Territory where shipment to
such point would be unlawful from
other points within the state or ter
ritory.
Senator Cummins started new in
quiry into the oil situation when he
obtained the passage of resolution
calling upon the Department of the
Interior for a copy of the report of
DR.. o. W. Hayes, chief geologist of
the Geological Survey, on the oil
fields in Mexico. This investigation
was made by DR.. Hayes in April of
last year, but has never been made
public.
Having remarks to make on the
tariff in general, Senator Stone, CALL
ed kalt upon the consideration Of
the sugar schedule to submit them.
Conceding the probable passage of
the bill, he said: The halo of vic
tory is already shining on the brow
of the big chief (Mr. Aldrich) and
on mis- comrades of the Finance Com
mittee." But, he added, the accom-
plishments of the majority were a
.'pitiable ending of somewhat pusul-
luminous beginning" Nor was he
disappointed in the result, as he had
never expected any substantial re-
duction in the duties through the
agency of this congress. Referring
to former President Roosevelt as
performing murderous feats, with
out parallel" he continued, HE is
~1ly memory hardly worth quota
tion, but Taft Is still a living po-
tentia1ity. =
Information from an authoritative
source has reached President Taft
and Secretary Knox showing serious
condition of affairs in Cuba. 1t seems
that the new Cuban government is
just beginning to feel and enjoy the
freedom from American restraint that
held the Cubans In check during the
second Intervention and is in a fair
way to make ducks and brakes of
the finances OF the island and precip-
itate national bankruptcy. The Gomez
government seems to enjoy spending
money without much consideration of
the means of raising it. The total
revenues of the island will hardly be
more than s26,000,000, but the bud
get now in the hands of the admins
tration calls for expenditures of more
than 3,000,000.-
Director of the Census North has
rendered his resignation to President
Taft as the result of his recent con-
troversy with Secretary Nagel, and.
therefore, the thirteenth census will
be taken under the direction of E.
Dana Eurand, deputy commissioner
of corpora tions, who was named fol-
lowing the acceptance of Mr.. North's
resignation.
Senator Bailey of Texas, and W.
S. Manning, Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Times, engag-
ed in a fist fight.
L.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-05
MOB'S ACTION IS A MYSTERY
Negro Taken From Jail Can
Not Be Found.
SECURED IN VERY ORDERLY MANNER
Outsiders to Take Charge Of Baton
Rouge Cannery. Peddler browns
in Swollen Stream Near
FarmerviIle.

Hobo" Brown Roberts, a negro
placed in the West Baton Rouge par
ish jail, charged with being impli-
Gated in the murder of j. Rivet on
: Christmas day at Adds, formerly
known as Baton Rouge Junction, was
taken from the Jail by party of un-
known men. His whereabouts have
not been ascertained. In an inter-
view Sheriff Parker said: Saturday
night party of men went to Jailer
Legendre's house and said they had
prisoner. When Mr.. Legendre
came out and was about half way
to the jail, they surrounded him, and
at the point of revolvers forced him
to deliver Roberts to them. At the
term session of the court in March
the negro was not convicted. there
being not enough evidence against
him, but the district attorney put
the case in the docket for the Sep
tember term Of court. 1t is believed
that the negro was merely whipped
with the intention Of obtaining the
secret Of the whereabouts of the
murderer of Rivet, negro Nose Glib
son, and then turned him loose. AS |
yet neither the negro nor his where
abouts have been ascertained by me
nor my deputies"
Ex-Convict, Killed Across Texas Line
The dead body of Reuben Beitner
an ex-convict was found on the pub
lie highway, just across the Texas
line from Vivian, with bullet hole
through the middle of the forehead
which told the manner of his death.
1t is said that Beitner was one of
party who went across the Texas
line with keg of beer and enjoyed {
q general good time. He was last ,
seen with the men who were drink 3
Ing. The Texas authorities are at =
work on the case and an arrest is r
In a day or two. Beitner's +
mother resides at Sulphur in Calca- t
lieu parish. Four years ago he was v
ried for killing Dave Hinkle at vi q
ian and given seven years, impris- $
nment. He was pardoned last July D
nd returned to Vivian, where he a
as 9 number OF relatives.
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NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
happenings of the Week Briefly
Told--The Latest News
From the Capital

/ income tax advocates hav
gwen up nope at this session.
Consul Drew Linnard is inyesti
gating trouble at Bluefields.
The insurents in the senate con
tinue their attack on the sugar sohed
uie OF the tariff bill.
The specifications for the new nos
Office building at New 0r1oan. ~,
peen completed.
Senator Bailey. of Texas. offere5
his income tax amendment to tba tar,
. 1ff bill The senate postponea
vote anti Iulie
A warm controversy has ieyeIoTssd
over the appointment Of q surveyor
of customs at New Orleans.
Champ Clark bas told nana...
to hustle for tbemsa,vo. 81. -.
tee jobs.
Senators Foster and NroEnaru h.h
delivered strong sneeobos
schedule in senate tari,f dohata
Tho snnro
terstate shinments of ro,or ;nta -.
territory cannot be nrevan+aa
son+bern rouo.o:o,,
form a vtooL oon,aas 80 es' "1il
struct;on os hau =. u sne eon-
Elmer novor hoa hoou
as bank oxo,,i,on So - 1o' ~ uo"n
trict
n
co' nouefe o. .. wynnes resignation as
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-06-05
WIRE FLASHES

The shipping strike in France i
spreading.
The naval scandal In France i
| growing.
An attempt was made to burn ;
BLOCK OF business buildings at Crow
ley, La, with oil-soaked excelsior.
The cotton crop raised by conyicts
on penltentiary farms in Mississipp
mad net value of 100000.
Raymond Thompson surrendered
at Shreveport La, for unintentional-
~ killing Thomas Furniss at VIVA.
Tom Barnett, convicted of murder
was shot to death by mob In Tay-
| lor County. Tex.
Floods caused great damage in
Missiesip ppl a Alabapa Arkansas, Ten
nesse6 una m.
The prohibitionists were defeated
IN the election at Petersburg, va,
after an exciting contest.
North German Lloyd passenger
steamer Princess Alice ran aground
off Staten Island.
Two workmen were perhaps fatal
ly scalded in an accident at the Roll
Ter pumping plant, near Crowley.
Adjutant General Stafford has is
sued an order regarding the Louis
lana rifle team that will compete in
the national shoot at Camp Perry.
DIR. F. G. Sheppard, of Mangham,
La, shot and perhaps fatally wound
ed John Dewey. a negro restaurant
keeper, in self-defense.
''The Reunited Sections will be
the subject of Colonel Henry Wat
terson address at the Lee memorial
dedication at Vicksburg, Miss.
William e. Darragh, a chauffeur.
who ran down and killed boy in
New York, was convicted of man.
D. C.. McInnis, ex-Sheriff and Tax
Collector of Simpson County, after
being On trial several days, at Men
denhall, withdrew his plea of not
guilty and entered one of guilty.
Brown Roberts, negro, held for
completely in the murder of L. Re-
vert, was taken from the Jail at Port
Allen by mob. The mans fate is
1ot known.
The Federal Grand Jury at Tulsa,
Okla, indicted Governor Charles N.
Haskell, of Oklahoma, and several
sthAr nrnninQnf man o1looaJ
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

| ing with one sewing machine in the Municipio and a few lady's maids talk selves don't know how"
 In short time Dr. Davis had three different sewing rooms opened and sixty women refugees at work making sheets, pillow cases, pillows and mat treSSeS for thirty cents a day. She ' was appointed American Red Cross representative, was given an office in the Municipio and finally persuaded
 the Mayor to start relief work for men, road building and shoe making,-"a
 la American" as she writes. The Mayor furnished the tools and the oversight and the Red Cross paid the | wages. "In short,'' Dr. Davis says,
 ''I am organizing all I can in the good charity organization society plan of
 making the people work for what they get. The authorities are very amen
 able and I thinks it would not be diff ficult proposition to become tyrant of Syracuse again.. The people are not
 so different now from what they were
 in the old days"
 The relief work was started lon too generous scale and now they afraid to stop; for example, when the refu-
 gees first came naturally all the town
 hotels filled up with the better class of refugees That was all right of
 course; but then the hotel keepers went
 to the authorities and asked them to be responsible for their board. They
 agreed. and up to now have been pay ing $1.60 (eight 1ira) per day per per
 son. In the Grand Hotel there was one family of seventeen persons all told. Friday and yesterday there had been a big howl. The Mayor decided he would pay only three 1ira per per
 son. The hotel keepers came down to five lira- The Mayor stands firm. How it will turn out do not know.'' In addition to establishing work rooms for women and cooperating
 with the Mayor in starting work for men, pr. Davis turned the pension near the old hotel, in which she was living, into a convalescent hospital. Among the wounded were many who were not seriously hurt who were able
 to leave the hospitals shortly after the disaster. They were persons accus-
 toned to good living, who had lost
 their families and their homes. It is
 for these people that the convalescent
 home was established.
 It is connected with the hotel and will accommodate thirty people. AL though at this time of year the pen sion is usually as full as the hotel few are going to Sicily at present.; Dr. Da- wis says, ''among the first guests are two girls of eighteen sand twenty and their fourteen year old brother. The boy was in the fourth story and fell to the bottom without a scratch. He dug out his two sisters and they stay ed under some boards for three days Russian naval squad. Then there is
 an old lady, left entirely alone in the world and not badly hurt. and a moth CT and two daughters, and the leading art merchant of MesSina This will be the American Red Cross Home for Conva1escents or others needing a place to stay a few days or weeks" ,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT

THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT
 vs. Order of Notice. CHARLES BUTCHER AND MARGARET BUTCHER STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ,--i FAIRFIELD COUNTY sS.. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, !. Bridgeport, March 31st, A-D., 1908.
 Upon the complaint of the said City of Bridgeport praying for reasons therein set forth for foreclosure of Tax Liens as described, returnable to the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Fairfield County. on the first Tuesday of May. 1909. It appearing to and be- ing found by the subscribing authority that the said defendants are absent from this State and gone to parts un- known.
 THEREFORE ORDERED. That mo- tice of the pendency of said comp, aint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, a newspaper printed in Bridgeport, Conn.,. two weeks successively, commencing on or before the 22nd day of April. A. D.. 1909.
 SIDNEY N. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
 for Fairfield County. s 31 ts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

An Ancient Traveler's Outfit.
 A small ''Travelers Guide" dated R780, contains a good deal of advice as 10 the luggage which should be carried. Take" says the book, two suits of clothes, one coffee colored and one blue; chest flannel. pair of leather brooches, sleeping suit, three pairs of stockings, two pairs of gloves, two wigs. one hair bag CD, two caps, two hats. two pairs of shoes, one pair of slippers, six .undershirts,' four 'overshirts,' six neck ties, six collars, six handkerchiefs, four pairs of cuffs, three cravats, two pairs of cotton hose, two pairs of socks" But this Is not all, as is shown by the following items: "Take a Bible, a book of sermons, a Travellers Guide two albums, diary, Qufre of white paper, quills and ink. an almanac. a mirror, silver watch. q silver snuff box, . silver spoon, a pair of siiver shoe buckles. . silver tie pin, three sil- yer studs, . gold seal ring. a knife and fork with silver handles, a sewing case, an opera glass, a compass. a wax light and finder box, toothbrush, a si1ver .toothpick, a sword, a silver mounted cane, a paddock with which to fasten your door at night Inside. a clothes brush, a box of medicine."- Pan Mall Gazette.
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The African o.trich.

The African ostrich. from which the best white feathers are obtained, stands six or seven feet high and weighs from 90 to 100 pounds. Its egg is equal to about two dozen hens eggs. Its feathers sell in Africa for about $2O0 a pound at wholesale. While walking quietly its step is about twen- ty-six inches, but when frightened the stride increases to about twelve feet, and at this gait it can run something like twenty-five miles an hour. When pursued it sometimes turns and deals the pursuer blow with the foot that makes him think of the kick of a mule. The African ostrich is the largest bird now existing on earth. The American ostrich Is only about half the size of the African and has three toes, while the African bird has only two. The plumage of the American ostrich is gray.
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r,.h.. rn.t c.nnot svsm.

More than one species of fish is met with which cannot swim, the most sin guIar of which perhaps is the maltha. a Brazilian fish, whose organs of loco motion only enable it to crawl or walk pr hop after the manner of a toad, to which animal this fish to some extent bears a resemblance, and it is provided with long upturned snout The ante rior (pectoraD fins of the maltha, which are quite small, are not capable of act Ing on the water, but can only move backward and forward having truly the form of thin paws. Both these and the ventral and anal fins are very diff ferent from the similar fins in other fishes and could not serve for swim ming at all. Other: examples of non- swimming fishes include the sea horse. another most peculiarly shaped inhab- itant of the sea. which resembles the knight in a set of chessmen, and the starfish, of which there are many spec imens. which mostly walk and crawl on the shore or rocks, both being un- able to swim.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
EARTHQUAKE REFUGEES WORK TOR WHAT THEY GEI.
How An American Woman Established Charity Organiza- ton Methods in Syracuse, After the
 Messina Disaster.
Gxclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau.l

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau.l
 American organized charity methods tranSplsnted to the earthquake district of Italy: That is what happened down in Syracuse, Sicily, where an Amerl- can woman has thought out and per footed a practical scheme for making refugees work for what they get. It was new idea to the municipal au- >Aorities of Syracuse but their co-ope- ration was secured and as result occupations were found for hundreds of destitute sufferers. Dr. Katharine B. Davis, superintendent of the State Reformatory for Women at Bedford, N. Y.. was the only American woman near Syracuse at the time of the dis aster and to her is the credit due for the unique work established. This story of what happened in Syracuse after the earthquake is taken from letters written by Dr. Davis to fr1ends in this country
 A few days after the disaster when the Russian and English warSh1pS commenced to- unload their hundreds of wounded in Sicily, pr. Davis re- where many of the victims were land ed. There were no adequate hospital accommodations, one trained nurse (an Englishwoman who has escaped from for the sufferers who were barracked at Syracuse. Coupled with these han Gicaps were ''the Sicilian ignorance, inefficiency, incapacity for concerted action, and dirt"
 Dr. Davis writes that Ca thousand mat1gled people at a time is quite enough For two days she assisted in the hospital and then the German and Italian Red Cross physicians came, leaving the local doctors opportunity to concentrate their efforts outside the hospitals. Enough cannot be said of the way the Germans took ho1d." pr. Davis writes. 'eThey brought several car loads of materials. The chief of the expedition told me that two hours he had his list of necessities complet- ed. In: twenty-four hours everything had been bought, packed and loaded in the train and the expedition had started It took them five days to get here. They brought folding iron cots mattress covers, baled excelsior to stuff them, bedding, food, all sur gicaI supplies, eight trained nurses everything. They came with the same went to the Russian-Japanese war, for this is the same man, or one of them, who went there. They built brick ovens for cooking and hot water, and in less than two. days everything was running smoothly; but it was two weeks after the first wounded got here and much unnecessary suffering and loss of life had resulted.'
 With the coming of the Red Cross. ized worlrooms for women where sim pie sclothing could be made and at least aSfew of the refugees could be given work at a nominal wage. The municipal authorities were trying to meet the problem of necessary cloth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT E vs. Order of Notice. sJULIETTE S. NOBLE AND
 JOHN T. PIRIE. STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss.
 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
 Bridgeport, March 31st, A.D., 1908.
 Upon the complaint of the said City of Bridgeport. praying for reasons therein set forth, for a foreclosure of Tax Liens as described returnable to !, the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Fairfield County. on the first Tues day; of May, 1909. It appearing to and being found by the subscribing author ity that Juliette S. Noble one of the said defendants is absent from this State and gone to parts unknown.
 THEREFORE ORDERED, That mo- tice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer. a newspaper printed in Bridgeport two weeks successively. commencing on or before the 22nd day of April, A. D., 1909.
 SIDNEY N. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
 for Fairfield County. S 31 ts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
The ryr.nt Doctor.

Human nature is beginning to revolt at what it calls '+that modern tyrant" the doctor, for it is fact, and rather . sad one, that doctors have got the upper hand of us in these days; that when we are i'll we go through medicinal tor lures and when we are well we endure a preventive system hardly less wear1- some and painful. The truth of it is, we are all become faddfsts. and the doc tors are the very worst ones.-Lady Phyllis in London Bystander.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
The City of Bridgeport

VS.
 The American SparEletS Go. and Lawyers Incorporation Co.
 ORDER OF NOTICE. STATE OF CONNECTICUT. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
 Bridgeport, March 31st, A. D., 1909.
 Upon the complaint of the said The City of Bridgeport praying for reasons therein set forth, for a foreclosure of tax liens as described, returnable to the Court of Common Pleas, in and for Fairfield County. on the first Tues day of May, 1909. It appearing to and being found by the subscribing author ity that the said defendant is absent from this State and gone to parts un- known,
 THEREFORE ORDERED. That mo- tice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, a newspaper printed in Bridgeport, two weeks successively, commencing on or before the 22d day of April, A. D., 1909, directed to said defendant. SIDNEY N. LOCKWOOD, Clerl, of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County. U1ts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
The Discovery of Electro Gi1dins.

The Discovery of Electro Gliding.
 The experiments which led to the discovery of the method of electro gild- ing were made in a cell at the citadel of Magdeburg, in which place, on ac- count of his participation in a duel, yeung Siemens was at the time a pris- oner, the chemicals and apparatus em- ployed being procured and smuggled into the fortress by a friendly chemist of the town In the second place, 1t was the sale of the patent rights in this intention in England which sup
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
fntermission,

He yelled at the top of his voice for two hours and then stopped.
 "Well,' said his mother, "are you going to be good? Have you finished crying?"
 ''No," said Tommy, 'I have not fin ished; I'm only resting.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
WOman's Brain.

Because woman has a smaller brain mass than man 1t does not by any means follow that she has an inferior or smaller intellect I smile the quiet Socratic smile when I hear men de- clare that women have not equal intel hgence with men. It is a position that no man can seriously maintain.-Dr. Emil Reich.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

piled the brothers Werner and William with the necessary funds to carry on their experiments and so helped to lay the foundat ton of the important firms of Siemens & Halske in Germany and Siemens Bros in England
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
The Doctors Aim.

Some frivolous person has remarked that illness was like struggle between two people and that the doctor resem- bled the third man, who intervened to separate them with a club. Sometimes he hit the disease on the head and sometimes the patient.-Hospital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
One Rina and Another.

'I wonder when the ring first be- came connected with fghting?" said the follower of pugilism. "Oh." replied Henpeck, 'I suppose it dates back to the beginning of the Christian reli- gior." "What's that? What has pugi- Iism to do with religionF' "Oh, thought you were speaking of the we'd ding ring."-Philadelphia Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
Different Medicine.

MT. Courtney (datteringiy)-I had the blues when I came here tonight. Miss Fisher, but they are all gone now. You are as good as medicine. Miss Fishers Little Brother-Yes, father himself says she'll be a drug in the market if she doesn't catch on to some fellow soon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

Young America's Reply. "We have a new baby at our house." "What's his name?'' '1 don't know. He didn't bring any card"
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Eorcinq Business.

Coster Irritable through lack o1 trade)-Buy box O cough lozenges 'ang yer! Bystander-I haven't got a cough. Coster-Well, fight me an buy some stuff for black eyes.-London Tit Bits
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
STEAMSHIP TICKETS

to and from all parts of the world by all lines. drafts payable in all for. eign countries. As 1t is now time foI your spring booking, if you futenl going abroad this summer. Call ot phone at the Old Reliab1e
 JAMES FEELEY'S. 2 Arcade Phone 10a3
 Building Lots for Sale
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Making a Job of It.

Making a Job of It. The fremen continued their exer- tions until after o'clock, bE which hour all the damage that could be done was at an end.-Newcastle England Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12
Believed Him.

He Qndignantly)-I beg your pardon, miss. but I always keep my word. She (complacently) II can easily believe that, for no one would take 1t.
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B A R C. AIN s

in one, two and four-fami1y houses; building lots on Wells Place, Strat- ford md at Washington Bridge; City building lots at great reduction in prices; want to close these properties: payments to suit purchaser.
 Steamship tickets to and from all parts. Money drafts at lowest rates.
 s~~ JAMES FEELEY'S -.--A Open EveningsA Arcade
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-12

Wants, To-Rent, For aalaE &c., l cent a word in Farma1 Want Col
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UP-TO-DATE TAuoRS

DO YOU WANT, to have your clofiaiae The well known Middle street ta15ox will do the Job neat. quick and Faa-, sonable. Matthias saJhen. coaeeu
 tailor. 23 Middle street. bets14sn port. Conn. U3e