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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

SlUOu Wien lie TSduSI
is reminded that for a period of
years the nihilists of that unhappy
country had been making determined
efforts to take the life of the emperor.
Only three months before it was an
nounced that the car, while out hunt
: ing. met with an accident in which
he was seriously injured. 1t is signifi-
cant that several persons who were
near the scene of the accident" were
Immediately arrested One was hanged
and the other transported to Siberia,
Again there had been an accidental
explosion in the Winter palace while
the cZar was attending a state din.
ner. Nothing ever came of this Incl
dent although it was proven later that
nihilists had entered the palace dis
guised as plumbers.
Now, however, it was believed in
high 'official circles that the country
was to enter upon an era of internal
peace. The emperor issued a mani
festo of conciliation Arrears of taxes
were RENTED; certain criminals were
released from prison; exiles to ST.
IBERIA had their life sentence COM
muted to 20 years of prison servitude.
The nihilists, on hearing this, were
passive but unsatisfied. They had
clamored for certain constitutional
rights which were denied them.
II Nevertheless, it was determined by
offiCialdom that the car should cele-
brate the return of the era of good
feeling by public appearance in the
capitol of the nation. The time agreed
upon was Sunday, March 10, 1887.
Five days before that date a cadet
in one of the military schools-a
young man with royal blood in his
veins, and prince of reigning house
of Europe-killed himself. The tragic
act was attributed to melancholia due
to a hopeless love affair. 1t would be
supposed that small romance OF
this sort would be left to the district
police.
Not so. At this stage of the nara
tive there enters upon the scene M
Trepoff, general in the army, the
chief of the secret police of st. Peters
burg, and one of the favorites of the
car. He was burly man, brusque in
manner and not over nice in his
methods. Hated by the people, he
treated their attitude with supreme in
difference. Whatever his disposition
he possessed the unerring instincts O
the real detective. His investigation O
the little cadets suicide was charac
terstically prompt 1t developed ;
startling fact. 1t can be stated in
single sentence.
The nihilists of st. Petersburg hat
determined to assassinate the car OF
Sunday, March Is, 1887.
One of the functionaries attached +,
the palace heard rumors of the plo
and rushed to Gen. Trepoff.
1T is unsafe for his majesty to yer
ture out. Shall we countermand tn
order for the procession
The chief of the secret service al
swered with an expression of annoy
ance:
The program is to be carried out a
arranged-down to the smallest d.
TAIL
But
Trepoff interrupted the speaker b
banging his heavy fist on the des
before him.
Il take all of the responsibility.
it is necessary to make any chang
shall inform the car in person
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

tGen. Trepoff, one time chief of the St
Petersburg police. ranks with the most
famous detectives in the Russian empire.
He was in control of the secret service
department of the police of st. Peters
burg during the awless period extending
from 1875 to 1880. He seems to have been
successful in this difficult position be-
cause he won the warm commentator OF
the czar, and at the same time, the
hearty detestaton of the people. His
immediate predecessor was assassinated
and his own life was in danger on more
than one occasion Vera Zassolic, young
nihilist shot at him while he was seated
in his office in the early part of 1880.
Trepoff was seriously injured but re-
covered and soon after that was honored
lay the czar who made him a councillor
Of State)
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

N the early part of March,
1887, the car of all the
Russians determined, as a
mark of confidence in the
loyalty of his subjects, that
he would drive In state, in
full view of the populace,
from the Cathedral of st.
Sophia to the Winter pal
ace at st. Petersburg.
The Importance of this
statement may be under.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

Face to Face with
Death the Most Fa-
nous of Russian Detec-
tives illustrates Plot to
Take Nicholas Life
Blood-Monarch Sees
Only Quietude of
Crowd as Evidence of
Vicious Plans Being
Nipped - How Chief
Did 1t. 8 8 8 8
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Nest pas conf6renoier qui veut
ct pour briller en- ce genre. il fault
surtout avoir une grande contiance
on sol. CO qui est le plus Sur moyen
d'6viter le ''trsc'', Get 6cueil redou.
table de tout ceux qui paralssent
on public. On salt qu'on d6signe
par "trao" cette sorte de paralysie
soudaine, qui Went priver l'oraieur
GU le conf6renc1er de tous ses
moyens, solvent meme alors quill
a 4 pelne ouvert la bouche pour
dire quelques mots.
Les anecdotes abondent 4 ce
suJet. One DIES plus amusantes est
celle du romsncier, Alfred Asso-
liant. qui, n'ayant jamais fat de
conferences, ne go doutait pas quill
put etre atteint du trac. Prize de
prendre Ia parole dams une conf6-
renee 3 Paris, ii sly rendit tout
plein dune belle con6ance en- lui-
meme. Comfortablement install6
sur l'estrade, il commence:
..."Mesdames. ...M essieurs.
Pour aller en- Amerique, il fault
prendre lie bateau....on prend le
bateau ...-..
Iout lie monde SO regardait, in
terloqu6, lorsqn'on Wit Assolant SO
lever, ramasser ses papiers ct SO
dlrlger vers la sortie:
"Moi, dit.il q SOS amis en- pas
SAINT, je prends la pcrte."
Ce fut son unique conference.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

ProGtez dune course d'afaire
sur rAvenue Centrale pour aller
visiter la boucberie de la Central
Hrovision Co., 1875 Avenue Contra
le, ellie a presque en- tout temps
dams SEES glaciefes I'M choix de pre-
mI6re qualit6, de viande de b1uf,
veau. mouton, pore, fraiche, salee
on fum6e. Ellie .tient aussi an
choix de poissons frais on fumes
ct des copserses alimentsires de
toutes sortes. Vous pouvez aussi
t6l6phoner, T. s. 1851 on N. W.
East 80.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08
ECHO DE L'OUEST

La Socl6te st. jean Baptiste an.
nonce pour lundi soir le IL couraDt
dams Ia Sale A. @. q. W., BIC
Avenue Oentrale. un bal. une raj,
fe ct une pavtie de cartes.
L'objet rattle sera une msqnif
que chaise en- CUR, don do la Rain
vile Furniture Go.
Six magni6ques prix seront dis.
trihn6s aux .gagnants du jeu de
cartes.
Oes prix ont @t6 donn6s par
NUNS & Pomerleau, Cbas. Olson,
O. B6langer. Cleary's Depart
ment Store, Antoine Ohouinard ct
Octave Dulac.
Eft tout. ceci pour la modique
somme de 25c.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Dlmanche dernier. jour de COM
munion en- corps des Enfants de
Marie, de la paroisse Ste Anne, la
soci6t6 6tait bien repr6sent6e.
LIE soir, apres les vepres a Gu
lieu la reception des nouvelles as
pirantes par le Rev. Pore Richard
cure de la paroisse, suivie de Ia
B6u6dlction du Saint Sacrement.
Les noLve|les recues 6taient
Miles Emile Mingo. Louise Min
60, Louise Narbonne, Rose Robil-
lard, Malvlna Rsblllard, Maria Ri.
Leah LeSard, Laurenda
Plante, Marie Gervais. Nellie Ger
vais. Rose Sohner, Inez Colvin,
Esther Pilon ct Jeanette Ohoui-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08
Condolences

A la derniAre s6ance r6guliAre
de la Cour Notre Dame de Lour.
des No 23l de l'ordre des Femmes
Forest.Ares Catalogues, les r6so-
lutions de condol6ances sulvantes
ont 6t6 sdopt6es.
Attendu: Que Dieu don't les de-
crets sont lmp6n6trables a appel6
q Lui l'enfant bien-aim6 de ST..
Alexina Eugel membre tres.est1-
me de notre cour, il a 6t6
R6solu: Que nous. les membres
de la cour Notre Dame de Lour.
des offrons q cette. soeur aflig6e
nos plus sinc6res sympathies dams
le malheur qui Went de les frap-
per 81 cruellement, ct de plus:
Resolu: Qa'une copie de ces re-
solutions soft envoy6e = Sour En-
gel ct uce 4 I'EoHo DE l'OUEsT
pour publication.
Anastasle Page.
Oomit6 Arth6mise Lapierre.
Julia Dargis.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Go nest pas d'aujourd'hui qu'un
6~crivain sc volt "statif6" de son
vivanr; ct Mislral a en- des pr6d6.
cesseurs m6contents, CONNIE lui,
quoique pour d'autres %raisons. En-
voici un exemple:
L'historiographe Fauchet, plus
richie de science que de rentes,
await fast hommages d Henri "
de son Outrage sur les "Antiquit6s
Gauloises'', en- esp6rant r6compen.
SO tangible. LIE Roi, dams une re-
ception plutot froide. le remeroia
en- lui distant gull await fat placer
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

son buste dams une niche du cha.
teau de s. German. L'hlstorien,
de retour q Paris, 6crivit de suite
au Roi:
"J'ai trouv6 dedans Saint Ger
main.
"De nos longs trsvaux le salaire
"Le Roi de pelne ma fait faire,
Giant IL est courtois ct humaiu;
'S'il pouva!t sussi blen de faim
me garantir que mon image,
"Oh! que j'surais fat bon ouvra-
ge.
LIE Roi rit ct ajouta 4 ]'honneur
du buste une pension de 600 Ii
vres. svec lie titre d'historiographe
du Rol.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

On de nos jeunes compatriotes,
M. Eugene PsIletier, int6ress6 au
Violet Dramatic Club, nous prize
dam ,ncer une solr6e draEatique
qui eera donn6e sous ga direction,
mardi solr, le IL courant, dams la
minneapolis School of Music
Hall", AZ, g. rue s. LIE drame
milltaile "By the Enemy's Hands"
y sera repr6sent6. B4llets Csc. Nos
compatriotes y sont cordlalement
invites.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

L. derniAi 10 seance du Club des
B aux Arts, qul a gu lieu chez
Nine Carrignan, CONNIE les pr6c6-
denies ellie a 6te tres agreeable. La
prochaine s6ance aura lieu le IA
courant chez Nine PhilomAne VI.
olet.. 627 Pierce st.
Une p.rtie de cartes qui promst
d'etre i@t6ressante aura lieu entire
les membres du Club des Beaux
Arts, 'e 20 octobre, chez Nine Tn.
Beaudette. 8l9 University N. E..
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Chicago.-Le consell d'hygiene
de Chicago Went de faire apposer
dams toutes les rues de la Vile, I'm
placard illustr6 montrant comment
les mouches propagent les germes
de diverses maladies.
LIE but %poursuivi par le conseil
d'hygI6ne est d'attirer l'attention
DIES m6res de families sur les dam
gers divers auxquels sont EXPOSES
les b6b6s. En- particulier, le pla-
card en- question leur copseille de
combattre les mouches, lie plus
dangereux des insectes".
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

-S'appitoyer sur lie malheur de
ses amis est bien. mails venir q leur
secours est mieuy.
Mot de la fin: -Grosblnit ct un
do ses amis, qui viennent de SO
marier, sont dams la joie. Chacun
vaute 3 l'autre les charmes de sa
femme.
Figure. tot, dit l'ami. que
quand ma femms d6fait son CHI
gnon les bouts de ses cheveux lui
tombe jusqu'au tslous.
-Rien que les bouts? rlposte
Grosbinet. Quand la MEME d6fait
lie sieD, il tombe 4 terre tout en-
tier.
A. L..
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

F, Nine Edmond Ptante, 8O8 Ave.
nue. plymouth. a 6t6 agreablement
surprise, jeudi apr6s midi. le %
eco lie. guam l un bon nombre de
SEES amies ont pris possession de ga
residence qui d'ailIeurs leur a Ste
c6d6e de bonnie grace. L'apres-
midi a etc Joyeusement pase6 ct
un excellent gc1ter a 6t6.servi par
Mile Stella PIante 9: 4lme B. j..
.Pelletier.
L. chant ct la musique 6talent q
l'ordre du jour.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

La derniArs s6ance du Oercle
ST. Anne, lundi teruier, a 6t6 DIES
plus in~,6ressantes. LIE prlx dom
ne chaque trimestre par Nine Pa.
rs. a 6t6 gagn6 par Nine Roche.
Les prix du leu lie cartes ont et6
gagn6s par Nine Narbonne, Ter
prix; Me Chare,te, e prix; Mile
Darand de St Paul Be prix; Mile
Psradis, 10 prix; Nine Jamison
prix encouragement.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08
L'Opinion dun Astronome

Paris Don francesca Faccia di
Sacho, lastronome bien connu,
commente dams I'll Momento", de
Turin. la d6couverte du poe Nord
Pal le'lieutenant Peary. Parlant
des observations que le lieutenant
american declare avoir faites 4
l'aide de la lune, il dit:
"Je regrette d'etre oblig6 de de.
clarer que, d:apres des caIculs as
tronomlques dune exac itule qui
ne peut 6tre mise en- doute, la ,lune
n'6tait pas visible au pole Nord lie
6 avrll pour la bonnie raison qua
cette date ellie 6tait au-dessus de
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

81 vous n'avez pas le temps DIAL.
Ter chaque jour a la boacherie
pour faire votre achat de viande,
t6i6ph"nnez q la Central Provision
Co. l25 Avenue Centrale, ct ellie
vous sera Iivree q domicile.
E 'e a aus, ii de la eauciese fratche
ct fumee. sans ouhlier le BOUDIN
ont frais t,us les vendredis.
Telephones: T. S. 1851, N. W.
East 80.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

La Cour L'Etoile du Nord don.
nera une partie de cartes 3 Tissue
de ga prochaine s6ance. le l8 cou-
rant, dams la Sale Kraft, 2O27
Washington Ave. admission
nest que de l0c, ct de jolis prix
seront donn6s aux gagnants. Tous
nos compatriotes cont. cordlale-
ment invites q cette soir6e qui pro.
met d'etre int6ressante.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

La Cour Notre-D Dame de Lour-
de- donnera une partie de cartes
lie Is courant apres la s6ances re-
guIiAre qui aura lieu 4 1880 hrs,
aulieu de 8 hrs, Sale I. O. O. f.,
coin do pAvenue Centrale ct De
rue N. 3. Toutes les personnes
qui y prendront part auront droit
q une chance sur IN ob]et qui sera
rattle CO soir.la. Ne manquez pas
d'y prendre part ct amenez vos
amls.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Dimanche proohaln, 4 la messe
de 10 hrs, s l'6gli.e Ste Anne, au-
ra lieu la premiere communion
dune classe de petits garcons ct
de petites files. Avec les c6mo-
MES imposantes qui l'accompa-
gnent, les fdeles SO rappelleront
avec joie Get heureux jour qui res
to %toujours vivace dams le occur du
chr6tien.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

LIE Club "Rose Bad" a Gu SO
premiere reunion mardi dernler.
chez Mile L6onie Hasb6. Les prix
du jeu de cartes ont etc gagn6s par
Mile L6onie Hash6, Ter prix ct
Mile Clara Thlbault, prix d'encou.
ragoment.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08
DULUTH

On annonce oficiellement les f.
apcailles entire Alcide A Giroux,
docteur en- madeleine ct Mile ia.
Uterine Tetu, tous deux de Duluth.
Nos f6tic 'tations aux futu,s con.
joints, nj Fun nj lautre ne pouvait
faire un meilleur choix.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08
frho de r'@nesf
Minneapolis MINI. 8 Oct 1909
N'oubliez pas la soir6e de la So
ciet6 st. jean Baptlste lundi soir.

LIE r. p. Andre cure de la pa
rois9e Notre- Dame de Lourdes est
parti ces jours derniers pour st
AntoDlo, Texas, Oh IL passera l'hi-
YER dams l'int6r6t de ga eant6.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Mon premier soin, lorsque ]e me
l4ve est d'aller voir comment nos
arbres ont pass6 la mutt, nos ar
bres fruitiers surtout. Quelle vi
vante image de la bont6 que ces
etres muets qui tendent vers nous
leurs bras charges de presents.
C'est Ia femme qui parle.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Washington-Lee McClung, tr6.
sorier de l'universit6 Yale, a 6t6
nomm6 tr6sorier des Etats. Unis
pour succ6der q Charles III. Treat.
LIE colonel kauch dit que le
moral de ses hommes est excellent
ct qu'aucun d'eux ma depuis long.
temps 6t6 l'objet de punitions S.
v6res. ri
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

La reconnaissance mondaine
tient plus de compte dun bon pro:
c6d6 que dun service.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

On ne fat pas la part au scanda.
lie, il gagne ct s'6tale avec le
temps.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Depuis SO fondat,on, UNIVERSE
t6 de Chicago a recu de j. D
Rockefeller, la Jolie somme de
$24, 600. 600.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-10-08

Les profits de Ia soir6e donn6e
sous lea auspices de la Soci6t6 st
Jean.B .ptiste, lundi soir. front au
Gymnase canadien.francsis prole-
is
C'est une bonnie muvre qui me-
rite votr5 encouragement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
SHOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES TOs

and think of the gears, knives, roll
lers and other things in the mower.
only the other day the writer bought
over the retail counter, for his own
use, pick handle. 1t is a handsome
piece of finished work of its kind.
made OF hickory; it cost 20 cents.
Cut 1t in half and with a little whit
ting 1t would make two fine tillers.
Furniture Differs in Cost.
Turning to furniture: A mahog-
any desk for cabin cost $136.76 at
one yard, while at another one made
for sister ship cost $3.50. An oak
desk cost $122.07 at one yard and
S165.30 at another. Toilet racks for
ofhcers' rooms, of which there are
more than 400 made for each battle
ship, cost $14.60 at one yard, while
at another exactly the same article
the sum of $40.
"A chopping block, a simple and
prosaic article of ships equipage,
cost So at one yard and SIS at an
other. a meat block cost 81 at one
yard and $40 at another. An alco-
hol chest, to hold rs gallons, cost
$71.23 at one yard and $131.61 at
another, while the same kind of
chest, but to contain only so gallons,
cost at one yard 1922 and at an
other $120. And so on.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
LAZY MAN IN BED TEN YEARS.
The State of Illinois Has the Dis
tinction of His Citizenship.

The state OF Illinois Has the Dis
tinction of His Citizenship.
The LATEST man in the world lives
in JerseyvilIe, III. His name is John
Mumera, and he has been in bed
ten years because he is unwilling to
comply with the rules of the Jersey
county farm, which say that every
one living there shall rise at 5 a. m
Mumera is not sick. He eats reg
ularly and is in perfect health
Il am ready to hold up my hand
and swear that he has kept his
word, said Superintendent Mourning
of the county farm. John has been
in bed ten years, and he says he will
stay there the remainder of his life
He just lies there and looks at
the ceiling, or rolls over once in a
while and takes nap. When he
talks it is all about how foolish a
man is to get up every morning
when he knows he'll have to go back
to bed again at night"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
DESPERATE NEGRO is KILLED
Claimed to Have Heard Essic Cole
man Confess to Having a Part
in killing of Bus Brothers.


Ben Jackson, colored, met a vio-
lent death in Cuthbert the other af-
ternoon, being killed by Policeman
Sharley. The following is from the
Cuthbert Leaders account of the
tragedy:
The negroes say he had been
drinking. At any rate, he raised a
rucus at Fanny Rice's house, it is al
legged, and tried to shoot VIII Rice.
Ida Rice attempted to protect her
brother by catching hold of Jackson s
pistol, and her hand was cut between
hammer descending.
Extra Policeman Ed Sharley was
called in to preserve peace, but when
he attempted to arrest Jackson the
negro, so it is alleged by those pres
ent, fired once at the officer, who
promptly put five bullets into the
latter's body. Death resulted in a
few minutes. AS there were eye wit
nesses no inquest was held.
Jackson came to Cuthbert a
stranger a year or more ago. Last
summer he was arrested on a charge
of having robbed the G. F. & A.
depot While in Jail he claimed to
have heard Essic Coleman and per-
haps others confess to having had a
hand in the killing of the Bus broth
ers below Shellman, and was a wit
ness at the trial, He was a negro of
bad reputation.
Mr.. SharIey is generally considered
justiiable, and it is not likely that a
warrant for his arrest will be issued.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
SCHEME TO KIDNAP TAYLOR
A Daring Plot Was Made to Get
the Fugitive Governor Back
Into Kentucky.

InCO henIucky.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-''The re-
cent effort of Caleb Powers to obtain
pardon from the governor of Ken
lucky for former Gov. w. S. Tay-
lor, who was chief executive of the
state when GeobeI was assassinated
in the statehouse yard at Frank
fort, Ky, reminds me of the story
that was current in Lexington, my
home" said Col. John Burchfield at
the New Raleigh.
This story has never been in
print, but it is a true tale neverthe-
less. When Governor Taylor fed
from the state after it got too hot
to hold him, owing to the killing of
Geobel, he went to Indianapolis,
where he practiced law There he
was safe from arrest, as the gov
ernOrs of Indiana, one after the 9TH
er, refused to allow him to be ex-
tradited to Kentucky, though he had
been indicted as an accessory to the
assassination, and warrants were in
the hands of officers for his arrest.
The legislature of Kentucky
offered 100000 reward for the cap
ture and conviction Of the GoebeI
assassins, and Taylor was among
those named. If any officer could
have arrested him in Indiana and
delivered him to the Kentucky au-
thorities he would have received at
least $4,000 for him, dead or alive,
for that's the way the proclamation
read.
Several adventurous spirits in
my town, who shall be nameless for
obvious reasons, determined to earn
this money, and cOncOcted a plan
to capture Governor Taylor in In
dianapOlis and deliver him to the
Kentucky authorities. This was a
risky proceeding, as Governor Taylor
was under the protection of the In
diana laws, and, besides, was guard
ed night and day by detectives, who
would have resisted by arms any at
tempt to arrest the former governor
in Indianapolis.
The scheme Of the modern gen.
tlemen of fortune was simple, and
promised success. They were going
TO Indianapolis. One of them was
to surprise Governor Taylor as he
left his office in the evening, and he
was to be overpOwered, hustled into
a waiting cab and taken to a vacant
house the cOnspirators were to rent.
! There they were going to bind him
hand and foot, gag him, and after
chlOrOfOrming him, he was to be
nailed up in a coffin the conspirators
were to have in waiting He was then
to be shipped as a corpse to Cincin-
natl, and at that point over the Ohio
river Kentucky officers were to be in
waiting, who would take him in
charge and on a special train rush
him to the Frankfort penitentiary.
Two of the plOters actually went
to Indianapolis and rented a house
obtained a coffin, and made all prep
aratiOns for the kidnapping. In
some way, however, the scheme
/ reached the ears of the police de-
| partment of the Indiana city, and the
! plan fell through. The two men
were warned to get out of the city.
They returned to Lexington greatly
! chagrinned, as when notified to get
out of Indianapolis they thought that
success was almost within their
grasp
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
CLARK WANTS PARDON.

The prison commission has been
petitiOned to relieve Emmett Clark,
a former Terrell county man, from
the Jail sentence he is now serving
at Americas for operating a blind
tiger there. The case was fought
through the courts of Sumter county
and carried to the court Of appeals.
which affirmed the decision in the
city court of Americas. Clark has
served about one month of his six
months term in Jail.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
Negroes Will Not Be Appointed t.
Office in the South.

The passing of the professional
southern negro politician as a fed
eral oficeholder by right Of color
has been made an essential feature
in the proposed policies of President
Taft" says the Chicago Tribune IN
a news article. Hereafter southern
white republicans will receive the ut
most consideration in filing the big
places in the federal service DeIo"
the Mason and Dixon line. me
Dlaces which have been allotted 70
the negro republicans as matter
of custom will go to northern ne
groes rather than to the southern
black men"