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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
HURLED no DEATH.

French Military Balloon Falls to
Earth 5000 Feet.
Moulins, France.-The French dis
rigible military balloon Republique
exploded in the air and was COM
pletely wrecked AT the time she was
sailing at an altitude of more than
5000 feet. The wrecked enveloped
and car fell to the ground Immediate
" and the four men on board were
crushed to death. An examination Of
the airship disclosed the cause OF the
accident. The axle of the right pro-
peller had broken and the propeller
had passed through the envelope,
falling IT 9 field about $50 yards
away.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
TARIFF BOARD CoNvENEs.
New Commission to Begin Regular
Work Next Month.

Washington. The first meeting of
the new tariff board was held Mon
day. The meeting was at the treas
ury department..
It was decided to begin regular
work early in October. 1t was felt
that in view of the large amount of
work between now and March 81,
when the maximum tariff will go into
effect, unless suspended, no time was
to be lost.
The members Of the board SHE'D
violentaly when asked what woud be
done about studying the cost of pro-
duction.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Use MORE BACCIKC and Ties
Farmers Rob Themselves
When They Fail to 10 So.
STORM DAMAGE is CONSIDERABLE
Legislature Asked to Establish Hoo
Cholera Serum Station. Car
buncle Proves Fatal Vici.
GUS Hog Attacks Boy.

We would urge our cotton grow
ers to put on bagging and ties te
the full per cent limit this season
II you put on less than per cent, /,
is simply a matter of giving buye,
good cotton worth II 1-2 cents q
pound, when he is paying you only
for bagging and the ties averaging
about 8 IL cents pound. This Is
% matter our farmers have been en-
atirely too slow to understand.
FOR years there has. been com
piainf Of insufficient covering on cot-
ton. To remedy this defect, ex-
porters have adopted the plan of ad-
ding second hand bagging to the
amount of or 10 pounds and pock-
citing the extra profit.
The farmer has put in that -1uch
weight in line cotton worth n 1-2
cents a pound. The exporter adds
extra bagging and ties worth IL
cents a pound, and makes 81 a
bale.
When grocer sells 25-cents cof-
fee, he does not mix in some of his
40 cents grade; nor when he is buy
ing a barrel of flour from the manu-
facturer does he expect to get the
weight of the barrel in a finer grade
Of flour. Yet that is what numbers
of southern farmers are doing every
season.
Let the gross weight Of cotton
bales include the maximum of bag
ging and ties and not the minimum
amount that will hold it together.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Miss Sanders Accepts Honor.

Miss Sallie Sanders, the sister of
Gov. Sanders, has been selected by
the committee in charge of the local
end of the programme for the cere-
monies attending the unveiling Of
the Massachusetts, monument in the
National Cemetery on Nov. 15 as the
south's representative and with
Miss Remington of Massachus-
etts, will oficiate at the unveiling of
the shaft. The Governor of Massa-
chusetts and the people of that State
in charge Of the unveiling requested
that the young lady to oficiate with
Miss Remington should be the daugh-
ter of a Confederate veteran,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Storm Water in Bayou.

For the first time since 1866 the
Mississippi River flowed freely into
Bayou Plaquemine. This is due to
the recent storm, which caused the
water In the bayou to rise about three
feet, and being on a level with the
Tor the experiment tsation. This was
river the lock gates were thrown wide
open. This did not last long, for the
water in the bayou fell shortly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Profit in Poultry.

Amity.-A. M. Palmer, of Amity,
commenced raising chickens at the
beginning of the year with 4S hens.
He has paid out during the year $2O
for feed and has sold $50 worth OF
eggs, $13.45 worth of fryers and
has As we'll grown chickens besides
all the hens he started with at the
beginning of the year. In addition
to this his family has been supplied
with all the eggs and chickens need
ed for their own use
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Great Preparations For Fair.

The Monroe Fair Association is
making great preparations for the
fair to be held in this city Oct 5, 6,
"a, 8, and 8, and 1t bids fair to be
one of the most successful held in this
state. Reports from the surround
ing country are to the effect that the
farmers are taking a deep interest in
the enterprise and are preparing their
exhibits The premiums and prizes
offered have aroused keen interest
and competition.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
JUDGES DESK ROBBED.
Bonds Missing in ChicagD's jury
Tampering Scandal.

Chicago. Indictments charging
conspiracy were returned BY the
grand jury against John y. Holland.
secretary Of the jury commissioners;
Willis ]. Rayburn, a real estate deal
er, and Nicholas Martin, secretary to
Alderman "Hinky Dink" Kenna.
The indictments contain fourteen
counts, ten charging conspiracy to de-
feat public Justice and corrupt jury
lists and four charging the falsif-
cation of public records.
Bonds aggregating $4,000 under
which the accused men have been at
liberty, have disappeared.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Chloroform Fails But Pistol Does the
Deadly Work.

Hot Springs, Ar.-Rev. E. q
Woolard, Of Tuckerman, Ark, after
having failed to kill himself with
chloroform, shot himself in the tenn
ple with a 3S-calibre pistol here, kill
ing himself instantly. Papers on his
person gave him authority to do busi-
ness for the Negro Farmer and Labor
er's Educational and Cooperative
Union of America, with headquarters
at Linden, Tex. Nothing is known
here of his family.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
WILL SELL WATERs-P1ERCE &C
All Property in the State to Go I'm
der the Hammer.

Austin, Tex.-An order was issued
by Judge G. A. Wilcox, directing Rob-
ert ]. Eckhardt, receiver Of the Wa
ter-Pierce Oil Co., to proceed with
out delay to advertise for sale at pub
lie auction and to the highest btd-
der all the property Of every kind
and character Of the Waters-Pierce
Oil CO., with view Of speedily wind
ing up the affairs Of the company IN
Texas.
The order provides and directs the
sale Of the property on the first Tues
day in December, 1909, at the court
house door of Travis county. The
property Is valued at $4,750,000 and
Is to be sold in bulk.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
Man Roasts to Death and Woman's
Neck is Broken.

Americus, Ga.-Two persons were
killed and third was seriously burn
ed when an automobile driven by
John McLendon ran off an eight-foot
embankment. McLendon and Miss
Viola Herman, one of his companions,
were pinioned beneath the wrecked
car. Miss Hermans neck was bro
ken by the fall and death was instan-
taneous, but McLendon was literally
roasted alive, being unable to release
himself from the car.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Bank Resources Increase.

Examiner Young's quarterly compil-
alton at Shreveport will show that
there was an increase in resources
on Sept. OF more than $1,000,000
over the preceding quarter, the in
crease being principally in the indi-
vidual saving deposits, mostly in New
Orleans. The total, just prepared il
S10O,593,758. ."
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Goes Into Details About Observations
That Puzzled Scientists.

Portland, Me.-Conmander Peary
explained that when he referred to-
taking observations at noon at the
pole he did not mean the Artic noon
OF June 21, but the noon he had
timed at Cape Columbia. He had
carried the Cape Columbia noon up
to the Arctic and with that noon took
his observations. Failure to go into
these details led to the error SO great
ly puzzled the Italian astronomers.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Picnic At Denham Springs.

A basket picnic was held at Dem
ham Springs, Sept. 80, when Mr.. Lew
is spoke against the Game Commits
sion and Congressman Wtckliffe talk
ed the Amite river improvement plan,
A large crowd came from Baton
Rouge and the surrounding country.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Want Hog Cholera Serum Station

A resolution was adopted at Far
lnerville unanimously memorializing
the legislature of Louisiana to pro-
vide q cholera serum station for in
oculating hogs, 1t being made clear
that this is better place for hogs
than any OF the northern states, and
that their only serious enemy, chol-
era. can be prevented by serum inoc-
ulation as practiced in all tlG hog
growing states.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
WHITNEY IS COMING IN.
Bearer of Cooks Records Headed
South Of Schooner.


St. Johns, Nf.--Mr. Harry Whitney,
who is now at Indian Harbor, says
that DR.. Cook told him at Etah last
April that he had reached the pole,
but pledged him to secrecy. DR.. Cook
also left with him certain documents
and instruments which he Is bringing
to the United States. DR.. Cooks Eski-
mos have, made contradictory state
ments and express the opinion that
DR.. Cook 's story is absurd but it most
be remembered that the Jeanie is a
Peary ship and her crew sympathize
with him. The reason that Cook left
Etah Ste~gnssouth was that he thought
Commander Peary might return any
day and he resented 4searys putting
men in his house, He also was .hur
rying to reach civilization to get his
news home first.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
A JUDGT IN REBELLION.
Orders Sheriff to Disobey Writ of Ha-
beas Corpus.

Atlanta, Ga.-By his orders to
Sheriff Thurman to disobey the or
ders of the United States circuit
court, Judge A. w. Fite of Dade
county, is in open rebellion against
the United States. Judge Fite, at
Trenton, Ca, ordered Thurman not
to comply with the writ of .habeas cor
pus issued by United States Circuit
Judge w. T. Newman of this city.
This writ commanded the sheriff to
produce forthwith the body of Charles
E. Stegall, government gauger, who
refused to testify before the Dade
county grand jury, because as an in
ternal revenue officer, he is sworn to
reveal to no one anything he learns
by virtue of his position. Fite there
upon put him in Jail for contempt
1--WE propose to have Stegall and
to enforce the authority of the Unit
ed States courts IL we have to move
that Dade county jail up here" re-
marked one of the federal officials.
The trouble arose out of the sup
posed existence Of a distillery in
Dade county. The mere fact that
gauger is stationed there indicated
to the astute minds of the county off,
cials that the laws were being vio-.
lated. And instead Of getting q
search warrant and going into the.
place, remarked q federal official
this Judge tried to make his case By
forcing government officer to vio-
late his oath, lose his position and
become a convict. for II he testified
he would lose his Job, be fined thou
sand dollars and he imprisoned
year."
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02

Hog Makes Vicious Attack on Boy.
The little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Crawford OF Delta was playing with
a pig, when Its mother became anger
ed and rushed upon him. He was
bit On the face and leg before his re-
latives succeeded in getting the
angry beast away.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Mrs. James Boyce Commits Suicide.

Mrs. James Boyce, the wife of q
prominent rice farmer, in the vicin-
ity of Vinton committed suicide. The
weapon used was rifle, Mrs. Boyce
waited until her husband and little
son had gone into the rice fields to
work and then took her life. Her
pody was not found until they return
cd late in the evening. The loss of
child some months ago is thought to
nave caused Mrs Boyce's mind to
become unbalanced.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
RESULTS OF THE STORM
Much Distress and Want Re.
ported Generally.

New Orleans, La.-AlthouEh tn
known losses of life resulting from
the storm are comparatively, small
trip along the gulf coast reveal
dire disaster in every direction, an,
the residents are. for the most part
greatly discouraged. Forces of la
borers are to be seen on every han,
busily engaged In repairing houses
roads, telephone and telegraph lines
and the railroad people have startet
an army of workmen out whose on,
aim in life for the next few week.
will be to put the roadbed and rail.
back into shape In the shortest possi
BILE time.
At the fishing camp Dunbars
distressing con- Hon of affairs "a,
1ated; Not enI haxa the rep1 Z;
I d b b losa III 81 sIasir bost y hi
but the Wfping ont OF many miles 81
track and the cutting OFF OF supplies
BY rail had left them desolated.
The great task of the citizens oi
Houma of relieving the distress from
the lower portions of Terrebonne par
ish is progressing. A bureau OF re-
lief has been established.
Members Of relief expeditions re-
turn with grewsome tales of death
and desolation. Estimates of the dead
in Terrebonne parish hold to the first
mark, nearly 200, and the develop
ments indicate only more clearly
what at first was feared, that the par
ish has suffered one of the greatest
calamities known to Louisiana.
A great deal OF suffering is re-
ported at Bayou Lamarre, town OF
900 Inhabitants, near Biloxi. Miss.
Nearly every house was wrecked and
the population, which is for the most
part French and Spanish, reduced to
want. The water backed up into the
bayou until the town was under eight
feet, the highest known by the oldest
Inhabitants.
The tales of hairbreadth escapes
are numerous. Floating for hours on
upturned boats, logs, matches and al
most anything which would keep
head above water was a common ex-
perience.
There has been great exaggeration
as to the damage done to the crops of
the country through which the storm
passed. Some rice and sugar cane
were no doubt damaged and also
some cotton was injured, but as is
always the case in such instances the
damage has been greatly exaggerated
BY stock jobbers and those who hope
to turn an honest penny from the
misfortunes Of others. The
main damage done by tropical storms
IS along the sea coast where there is
little protection from the wind and
waves. The sea coast has suffered as
usual, but hardly more than usual.
The loss and injury resulting from
he recent storm are sufficiently great
without exaggeration.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Rice Culture Proves Success.

The rice crop of e. c. Rhodes OF
Cansuello, Is success. His average
yield will amount to a little over six
teen sacks to the acre, and next year
q number of plantations in this vi
cinity will plant rice instead Of cot
ton.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
McCLUNG ACCEPTS TENDER,

New Haven, Conn.--Lee McClung.
treasurer of Yale University. announc
ed that he would accept the tender
Of the United States treasuryship and
that his resignation at Yale would
take effect Nov. /.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Bonus to Manufacturing Plants.

At directors meeting OF the Pro-
gressive Union at Denham Springs 1t
was decided to offer substantial bo-
nus to any industrial concern that
would put in plant.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
( PREFERs JAIL no WIFE.

Missouri Man Accepts Six Months In
WOrkhouse.
st. Louis. Christ Wiese. sixty
eight years old, until % year ago q
farmer at Pendleton, Mo-, was given
the option BY Judge Taylor Of serv-
ing six months in the workhouse for
wife abandonment or going back to
live with his wife. He went to JAIL,
pending an appeal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Negro Had Legs Cut Off.

Clarence Temple, a negro employ
ed as a section gang workman on the
Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Company's road, was run over and
had his legs cut Off Temple was
working in the yards when the acci-
dent occurred.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Four Houses Destroyed by Fire.

TOUF T1UUbCS ICSVAUyVu W = ~ %
Fire appeared in the residence
part Of Hornbeck and burned three
houses of r. E. Drake and one OF
r. B. Jones. Most Of the furniture
was saved. The loss on buildings ts
about $4,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
No Paupers at Poor Farm,

Several years ago De Soto parish
decided more economic and satis-
factory way to care for her INDECENT
would be through a pension system
This was put into effect and the par
is.h poor farm was abandoned. Since
then the number Of paupers increas-
ed SO rapidly that change was me-
cessary and the farm was reopened
in April. The pension list had grown
to be a large one, but when It be-
came necessary to move to the parish
poor farm to receive public support
the number decreased at once and
has continued to decrease all the
while, until Superintendent ]. X.
Sorsby and his wife are left en-
tirely esone.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
REPORT rs DENIED.

No Explosive Found at Taft-Diaz
Meeting Place.
Washington The published report
of the finding, of explosives at Ciudad
Juarez near meeting place of Pres
ident Taft and President Diaz was de-
MED officially in dispatch to the
State Department by United States
Consul Edwards a. Ciudad Juarez.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
MAY PUT BAN ON TURKS.
Question as to Whether They Can Be-
come Naturalized.

Cincinnati.-The question wheth-
er a Turk may become a naturalized
citizen of the United States has been
raised by the immigration bureau.
The Federal authorities hold that
Turks are descendants of Asiatic
Mongols and beyond the pale of the
law, which permits the naturaliza-
tion only of white persons and de-
scendants Of African blacks.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
GREWsOME REMINDERS.
Decomposed Bodies OF Thirty.six
Sailors.

New Orleans. Section hands oD
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
found the bodies of thirty-six sailors
anG fishe-men near Dunbar Station,
La. This brings the total number OF
dead resulting from last Monday s
hurricane up to approximately two
hundred. The bodies were badly de-
composed and were buried without
indentification.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Must Burn Cotton Plants Early.

The State Crop Pest Commission
Is using every influence to bear on
the farmers to have them destroy all
cotton plants early this fall. The
experience and observation of the
commission has been that it Is prac-
tically impossible to raise a profit
able crop of cotton under the condi-
tions that exist in this State unless
some direct measure of killing the
boil weevils is adopted. The only
way to kill them in large enough
quantities to insure crop is to des-
troy the cotton plants several weeks
before frost, preferably before Oct.
Is, and before Oct. if possible. The
experience of the commission along
the line is fully corroborated by the
experience of practical planters.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Storm Damage Estimates.

The damage to the Capitol is es.
timated from $500 to $4,000, &C.
cording to what repairs are to be
made at the time the work Is un-
dertaken.
The Executive Mansion is damaged
to the extent of between $4,000 and
$4,000 The damage to the State
University is estimated at between
$4,000 and $15, 100. The damage
at the State school for the deaf Is
placed at from $4,000 to $4,000;
The State school for the blind is
only nominally affected and small
er sum expended there and at the
Penitentiary walls will set things
right there.
To make, the necessary repairs to
the State institutions in the terri
tory affected by the storm, some
thing like 100000 may be needed
before the work is completed. That
amount is due the State from the
national government for the pur-
chase by the government of the
State quarantine station at the
mouth of the river, and II this
amount, which is now due, would be
received, 1t would help out greatly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-02
Convict Tired Of DodRins.

Ashley McDuffie, a white man m.
peared before Gov. Sanders and d..
clared himself an escaped convic,
from the State Of Georgia, and sign.
ned his intention and desire to be
returned to that State. McDuf1e
stated that in 1904 he shot and kill.
Cd man at Pine View. After hay-
ing served four years and two
months he was paroled and returned
TO his home. On Aug. % of this year
ne and his brother and a COMPANION
became involved in difficulty with
negro and the two other men beat
the negro severely. The matter was
reported and he was recalled to the
penftentiary, but made his escape he
lore ne could be returned to that in
stitution. He went to various points
In the South and was working for the
Standard Oil Company at Baton
Rouse when he resolved to surrender
and cease lodging.
CITY Manfs Unused IN Rstulned
Fhe ninety-seven acres OF land do
mated the Louisiana State University
by the city of Baton Rouge many
years ago for site for an experiment
station on the condition that il not
used as such the land should revert
to the city was never used as a site
for the experiment station. This was
placed on the land acquired from the
national government when the uni
versity was allowed the garrison
above the city by act of
Congress. The necessity of grounds
for park purposes and for fair
called attention to the fact
that the grounds, altogether useless
70 the university but held by it since
he provisional donation, were avail
able for such purposes as the city
might designate, and suit has been
brought to recover to the city of Bat
IN Rouge the grounds, to be disposed
II as the City Council shall see fit
Lfter their recovery.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-28
ON SETTLEMENT WORK.

The midweek service at Central
Union tonight win be in charge OF
J. A. Rath and his associates at Pa
lama Settlement. The New Brother
illness" will be the subject of the
meeting. The remarkable growth of
the settlement movement in the large
cities OF the mainland will be present
ed, and more especially the work be-
ing done and the new things that are
being planned in our own growing
settlement at Palama
Besides Mr.. Rath, the following viii
take part in the meeting: DR.. James
T. Wayson. Alonzo Gartley, Mrs. Nina
L. p. Fraser, Miss Mary Warne, Miss
Mary E. Poppleton.
This is a work in which everyone is
interested, without regard to church
connection or social standing, and the
meeting tonight should be largely at
tended. The Palama choir will be
present and sing several special num-
beers. Everyone is invited.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-28
FATHER KUPER DEAD.

Rev. Father Xavier Kuper of the
Catholic Mission died yesterday after
noon at $50 O'Clock in the Queen,
Hospital The service will take place
at o'clock this morning in the cathe-
draI Immediately followed by the
funeral. The body will be inferred in
King street cemetery.
The reverend father was native OF
Germany. He arrived in these Islands
May 81, 1887. For the last two years
he was unable to do any active SER
vice on account Of old age and in
trinity.