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Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
ROOSEVELT OFF
FOR GREAT HUNT
EX.PRESIDENT SAILS AWAY TO
DARK CONTINENT.
TO BE IN AFRICA A YEAR
Then He Will Travel and Speak IN
Europe-Three Skilled Naturalists
and His Son Kermit Accom-
pany Him.

New York.-TheOdore Roosevelt, ex-
president of the United States, sailed
out of New York harbor Tuesday on
the steamer Hamburg Of the Hamburg
American line on the way to his much
heralded hunting trip in British East
Africa.
On the dock was a large assemblage
of Mr.. Roosevelt's friends, who had
gathered to bid him God-speed, end
who cheered him as he stood at the
rail of the steamer waving his hand
and smiling with delight. Beside him
stood the three men selected from
hundreds of applicants to accompany
him and assist him in collecting the
specimens of African fauna which he
hopes to send back for the enrichment
of the Smithsonian institution. These
fortunate individuals were Maj. Ed
gar A. Mearns, ]. Loring Alden and
Edmund Heller. They comprise the
~Smithsonian's expedition. The fifth
member Of the little party, and not tc
be considered Of least Importance. was
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
s3,75o.ooo Case Decided.

Cincinnati.-Being SO instructed by
United States Judge sayler, the jury
in the district court returned a verdict
for the defendant in the case of the Nc
Kell estate against the Chesapeake 4
Ohio Railroad, an action to obtain 3d.
100000 on an alleged coal contract. The
courts conclusion was that the action
was based on a contemplated, rather
than an actual existing contract. The
case has been in the courts for over
three wears. It is said it will be ap'
pealed.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
DERELICT RUNS ASHORE.
cantain and Crew of the Cleopatra Were
Drowned.

Pensacola, Fla.-After drifting about
the gulf since Jan. 20, when her captain
and every member Of the crew were
drowned, the derelict schooner Cleopatra
has landed at St. George Island, accord
ING to information brought here today
by sea captains who sighted the disman'
tied vessel. The bodies of the captain
and crew were washed ashore on Hon
duras Island several weeks ago.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

the ex.president's second son, Kermit,
who will be the Official photographer
of the expedition and, next to his
father, the chief hunter.
To Mombasa Via Naples.
Mr.. Roosevelt will go via Gibraltar
to Naples, where he will board a
steamer Of the German East African
line for Kilindini harbor, the port OF
Mombasa. At the latter place the
party will be Joined by R. J. Cum
ninghame, an Englishman OF long ex'
perience in Africa, who has been en-
gagged as general manager and guide.
The party will spend a short time IN
Mombasa and then proceed by train
on the Uganda railway to Nairobi,
headquarters of the administration OF
British East Africa Protectorate, a city
Of 1854 inhabitants, Of whom 579 are
Europeans.
On MacMnian's Ranch.
William Northrup Macmillan, for.
formerly of st. Louis, owns a large
estate near Nairobi and his big, lux.
urious farmhouse will be headquarters
for about six months while the hunt
ers and scientists make trips Of vary
ing length in all directions. 1t is In
this section that Mr.. Roosevelt hopes
to obtain most OF his specimens, fol
It abounds with animals of all kinds
The smaller mammals will be trapped
The supplies Of the party are packed
in tin.lined boxes. These boxes whel
they have been emptied will be uset
as packing cases for the various specl
mems. Many valuable natural histor,
specimens have been spoiled by ant
and other insects, it has been four
from experience on other expeditions
and it Is to guard against this tina
the tin-lined boxes are being take
along.
Caring for Specimens.
When the specimens have been pr
pared they will be carefully packed !
the boxes and shipped to Nairob
where they will be forwarded to til
United States. One OF the taxide
mists will always be with Mr.. Roos
Welt, and as soon as any big game
shot by him 1t will be skinned al
prepared on the spot.
Mr.. Roosevelt will be greatly d
appointed IL he fails to kill sever
specimens Of the white rhinocerl
This animal is the same as the squal
mouthed-rhinoceros and Is the neare
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
A. B. & A. RECEIVER NAMED.
Y M, Atkinson and S. F. Parrott Get
Permanent Berths.

New Orleans, La.-H. N. Atkinson and
8. F. PARROT, the latter president OF
the Atlantic Compress Company, OF At
lanta, were Friday appointed permanent
receivers Of the Atlanta, Birmingham 4
Atlantic Railroad, by Judge Pardee, OF
the United States circuit court. Mr.. AT
kinson is already one Of the receivers.
Mr.. Parrot will succeed Preston S. Ark
wright. vice president Of the road.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

to him. He has accepted an invitation
to deliver the Romanes lecture at OK
ford university and in all probability
the honorary degree Of D. c. L., which
Oxford has bestowed on Emperor Will
lam, will be conferred on Mr.. Roose-
welt.
The versatility of Mr.. Roosevelt will
be shown by the fact that he Will
speak German in his address before
the students of the University OF Der
lin, French in his lecture at the Sor
bonnie, and English in delivering the
Romanes lecture at Oxford.
Pays His Own Expenses.
Mr.. Roosevelt will defray the ex'
penses of himself and his son on ths
African trip, but those Of the scien
lists and the cost of preparing the
specimens and shipping them to Amer
| lea will be paid out Of a fund secured
for the purpose by the Smithsonian
institution.
One Of the objects of Mr.. Roosevelt
in taking this trip is for the purpose
Of collecting material for writing sew
eral books regarding his experiences
During last summer he contracted witt
Charles S%cribner's Sons, Of New York
giving that firm all the rights for the
serial and book.form publication O
whatever he might write on his visi
to Africa. It is said that the contrac
price agreed upon is 81 per word
but this never has been verified.
No Slaughter Of Animals.
Even il the British colonial govern
ment should offer to throw open to MI
Roosevelt and his companions the Al
rican game preserves under its COZ
troll, the ex-president will refuse t
take advantage of this op%portunit!
! Like other true sportsmen, he believe
that the utmost protection should b
given to wild animals on reservation
and that permission to kill thel
: should not be given or accepted undt
! any circumstances unless, possibl
|, when predatory animals are becomin
9 too numerous.
Moreover, the killing OF animals Il
sport is not the main object OF his tri
8 MI. Roosevelt hopes to send back
d the Smithsonian institution two adj
specimens, one of each sex. and
) specimen OF their young, OF anims
Il he meets with on the Dark Continel
$. Beyond this the killing will be III
e. tied to the demands of the comm
1t sary.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
Mrs. Cheatam Webs.

Louisville, Ky.-southern society re-
ceiyed with surprise the announcement
of the marriage of Mrs. Nellie Garrard
Cheatam, wife of DR.. William Cheatam,
a noted specialist, to Bruce Hatch. Mrs.
Cheatam is around the half century
mark. while Hatch is in the thirties.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
LOUISIANA HAPPENINGS

Covington.-A travelling salesman
for a prominent New Orleans whole
sale grocery house, who reached here
from a trip through Washington par
ish. gives a most graphic account OF
the recent storm in that section. HE
saws he was near ZOna, in a buggy
when the storm struck him and that
before he could travel about one
block the water was about three men
es deep in the fiat woods. he PIC
tnrps the rain as a veritable cloud
burst, and says that over a II area
the crops that had been planted were
actually washed out OF the ground 'he
cotton and corn ridges being washed
fiat. He says that the farmers OF ina
| section will have to replow their fields
before they can replant, the ridges
Being washed away and the ground
being packed by the heavy ralnlall
of nearly six inches. The rain was
accompanied by a very hard VIM
which tore limbs from the trees aho
did other similar damage.
The police jury has received a COM
munication from w. N. Patrick III re
gard to the common disregard OF the
law relative to the disposition OF TN
~ca,rcasscs of cattle dying from dls
ease ard praying for relief. the pc
tition was referred to the grand )ur'
for action.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27
I;fe Sentence for KIDNAPPING.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Preparations are un'
der way to have a law passed by the
legislature making kidnapping an offense
for which a sentence Of life Imprisonment
a 70 oiyen.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

Baton Rouge.-Cadets from the
I louisiana State University will enter
the intercollegiate rifle practice which
will be conducted by the United
States government. Captain Sorley or
the United States army, commandant
at the l., 5. u, made the students a
talk on rifle practice and the inter-
collegiate contest. A number of stu
dents will be in training for seyera!
weeks. At the end Of the week the
best ten shots from the list will be
| placed in the rife squad, and they will
| train until spring.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

Baton Rouge.-Governor Sanders Is
expected to call the meeting OF the
Louisiana State Board of Liquidation
for the purpose of taking final action
on the state fiscal agency matter.
The present 13 fiscal banks only
agreed to act as repositories OF the
state for a months time on trial.
claiming that at the rate OF interest
fixed by the state board, 3 IL per cent
on daily balances, the banks would
lose money because OF the amount
of bond which the banks had to give
| for the full amount and because Only
rs per cent of the sum could be pat
out at interest. When the board Is
called to meet by Governor Sanders
it will either reduce the rate OF IN
terest to 3 per cent or attempt u
secure other fiscal agents. The tat
ter course will likely be adopted.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

Baton Rouge.-That the cattle IN
dustry in Lincoln and Claiborne par
ishes has been greatly advanced by
the partial eradication OF the cattle
tick from these two parishes was the
information brought to the city by Dr.
G. E. Mauldin of the United States
Department Of Agriculture, VINO mas
been in charge of the cattle tick erao-
ication work which the state ana tne
United States government is doing IN
Lincoln and Claiborne. DR.. Mauldln'
with Commissioner Schiller n Sec
retary Newell, Of the Crop Pest COM
mission, held a conference with Gov
ernor Sanders and discussed the work
for the coming year. The campaign
against the tick will reopen in about
three weeks. with the State Crop
Pest Commission we have been work
ing in Claiborne and Lincoln parishes
for about two years." said DR.. Maui
din, land we have about t~nree-fourth
CT the ticks e%radicated. The people
are raising more cattle and bette
cattle than ever before in their lives
1t will probably take about two more
years to complete the work"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

Covington.-The st. Tammany and
New Orleans Railroad and Ferry Com
pany has received its first two open
trailers. The cars are from the same
company at Three Rivers, Mich. that
built the other equipment. They are
large also and will easily accommo-
date from sixty to seventy-tive pas
sengers. They will be placed in COM
mission Immediately. They will go
far to relieve the demand for accom-
modations on the road On Sundays
between here and Vaudeville.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

Schriever.-At a meeting OF the up
per Terrebonne Drainage District
Commission bids were opened for the
purchase of $4,000 bonds by a quo
rum of the board, composed OF J. r.
Landry, president; L. l.. Toups, A. J..
Ago, together with their attorney, X.
F. Butler. The bid of R. j. Braud,
cashier of the Bank of Lafourche, be-
ing for the taking of the entire issue
at par, at the stipulated rate OF in
terest, 5 per cent, being the lowest
received, a motion was made and duly
seconded to accept the same. the
creation of this drainage district Is
for the purpose of dredging Bayou
Terrebonne from Houma to the upper
portion of the parish, M mile iron
Thibodaux, when it is expected tina
the parish of Lafourche will carry OF
the work to connect with Bayou La
fourche.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

mOQatlOnS On tuc IOdu On ouiuaJS
between here and Vaudeville.
Jennings.-The uniform rank OF the
Knights of Pythias, Company NO. 4,
of Jennings, gave an athletic contest
and races al the Jennings fair grounds
recently. Twenty-Five of the leading
business firms of the city gave prizes
ranging from a fine umbrella to a
barrel of -four. Over 500 people gath
cred at the grounds and thoroughly
enjoyed the occasion.
Oak RIDGE. w. Sherman, who
worked for S. McDuffy, fell from MS
horse while going home and was
drowned. The s%upposition is that he
was drinking, and falling in the
water, was unable to get up as the
water was not over a foot or TWO
deep, He was found by some negroes
who had been sent to look for him.
Baton Rouge.-The Louisiana State
Normal School will hold its COM
mencement exercises in May, and,
according to President j. B. Aswell,
will have about 80 graduates this
year. This large number of teachers
will be the greatest turned out by
the Normal School within recent
!. wears. DR., Aswell reports a splendid
+. attendance at the Normal School, the
+, total enrolment TO date for this ses-
q sion being 73. Mr.. Aswell is also
q making arrangements for the sum
| mer normal, which will be held this
year at Natchitoches
Lower coast gazette., 1909-03-27

Natchitoches.-The second month
of the spring term has closed with
the largest enrolment the Normal
School has yet had. The grounds
present a beautiful picture of earnest
ness and industry. The first a OF
furniture has arrived and 300 opera
| chairs are being added to the seating
capacity of the auditorium, and the
much.needed equipment will be added
to the laboratories and class rooms.
The sewer and flushing plant has been
completed and is giving excellent SER
vice. The plumbing system has been
accepted by the architects, the deep
we'll is rapidly nearing completion,
the water tower and the electric light
plant are being erected, the material
for the concrete walks is expected in
a few days, the painting OF the build
ings will soon begin and the addl
tional AZ acres of land added to the
already beautiful grounds will make
Normal Hill a good place to live ant
work. The new school gardens TO-
the model school and the classes II
agriculture have aroused new interes
among the students.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

dreamy CLEAN Of his eyes. The daughter gazes
al her absinthe with an expression Of resigna-
tiOn. if il exerted upon her some magnetic
influence.
Henry salem HubbeI each season develops
some and rIper note in his rendering OF
delicate shades of poetic feeling and true. un-
conventional sentiment His "NOir 81 Blanc
a Venetian blonde envelOped in daintily sradu-
ated shades Of blacks and whites. gazing visit
fully at her ostrich feathered fan; his girl
reading with earnest melancholy attention, and
his young lady in green. with a garland Of
pale blue flowers on her knees-a canvas pur-
chased by the French gOvernment-all evince
skill and discretion in the treatment of atmos-
phcre and color. Charles HOnbauer strikes
brilliant color nOte-half japanese, half Span
fsh-in his small portrait Of Sada- -YacCO, and
also in his somewhat hasty sketches OF the Nile
with gay splashes Of reds, yellows ana blues
Frederick Frieseke. ever faithful 10 mis- favOrite
studies of open air nudes, exhibits six deiicously
composed figures. whose white, pearly skins
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

sEd solemn Of all religious subjects is treated I'm
ierms Of the frdnl.est realism. The fragment
b. question. showing the head and torso of one
sf the figures standing behind the Christ. is
perhaps moro vivid souvenir than any other
of the Fl, noh PAINTERS interest in Valesquez.
This type might have stepped out Of one Of the
Suauiard's carly JOd,goHcS. and il is handled
with som. thing of the masters quiet sense Of
color ard more Of his sure. straightforward
tpuch. With this famous painting is shown
another work oc TcaGWa. the portrait Of "Faure
in Hamlet" a wonderful study in blacks and
Frays. and Of hardly less significance is the fun
I,ugth OF The Meudicant." Beautiful in draw
ing. very solid and rich in color, and. above all.
admirable for their inyestiture of the sheer
manipulation Of pigment with the note Of style
aro these two paintings. Equally strong and
Tos-c,sed Of a lighter charm, is the exquisite
- fore the Psyche" the picture Of a woman in
which the painting Of the tones Of rose and
Pcarl in her bare back is by Itself source Of
'nch@utMent. Tie Reader" the portrait OF an
old man bending over lis book and Ia
Eriochc," a strsiy OF stil life. are not perhaps
50 bcguilias. bat they bear the stamp Of Manet's
masculine genius. For the student Of technique
This exhibition is 4 kind of friendly oasis, one
rien I'm inspiration.
In another of our Illustrations to-day may be
seen a remarkable old master recently on ex-
hibition at the WundyTiich Gallery. a drawing
Of The CrucifNior." by Jan Nierix, the six
toouth century Flemish engravcr. The influence
of DIrer upOr this master is obvious II is
directly traccaLlc in his treatment Of this par
ticalar subject as regards tho placing OF the
crosses against a spacious landscape and in the
character Of many Of the figures. But while
Nierix l. known To have copied DJrer he had
himself prOdgOus gifts which abundanty
disclosed i'm this drawing. They were gifts OF
n-mncss and delicacy. He understood the power
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
M1fNET.
An Exhibition of Sercn of HIS
JTOrks.

Following the exhibition nj the Durand-Ruel
GALLERY Of Monet's "Nymphtas" comes one OF a
group of paintings by his great contemporary
and colleague ia the iTpressionistic movement
Edouard Nanet Il embraces some familiar
pieces. which it is good to see again. and one
or two which are unfamiliar here. Among
the little known canvases is the Beach at
Roulogne." which we reproduce, remarkable
specimen Of his direct realism, and. into the
Bargain. an exquisite bit Of color Painted IN
lovely blond tones and flooded with light and
air this picture has delightful charm. to say
nothing of the vivid illustration il gives OF
Manet's power To- express the truth in swift
touches that seem to spell simplicity itself but
are as a matter of fact cuTOusly subtle. In
this work YOU may observe the magical proper
ties If pure paint when genius flows through
the brush II would De impossible to indicate
the life and movement Of people on the sea-
shore with greater accuracy or with more OF
O. glamour of individualized art.
This little exhibition is. indeed, the equiva-
lent Of a discourse on painting by a great tech
uican. discourse in which action is brought
90 suit the word. We reproduce also frag-
mont from Manet's amazing "Ecce Homo" that
masterpiece in which one Of the most poignant
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Richard Miller presents half dozen I'M
canvases Of young women in flower gard.nv
forest hooks and on Norman heaths. The ma
seated at a small table on a terrace. sewing y
girl in scant summer cambric attire with nr,,~
cred neck, about which hangs a necklace o.,
stones reclining on a rustic seat amid sbrt
wild flowers and irises. with teacup re.,.
on her hD--thcse are both admirable w.,.r
Lionel Walden is unwavering ia his loyaltv J,
the sea. He exhibits two pictures both nnoo-
light marines. One represents young wor..
on a beach. walking into the ocean. knee ds.
In surf about 10 take an evening swim. M
minated By the full moon. The other is of..
Atlantic storm, with heavy seas breaking a,
rocky coast Alexander Harrison sends san.
excellent marine views with moonlight ere,,.
in gray and opal tones. Harrison's seasi !e Lars
scapes near Treport. during the spring time =,
continues with skill and devotion HE gcr.nt,..,
pictures. The Disciples Of Christ Walking :.
the Water" the Flight Into Egypt and ~
VIRGIN Mary" are pure and lofty efforts Pa,
mond WOOg exhibits eight canvases Of not.E.
freshness and harmony Of coIoring H,r
boy holding in his hand toy saiIboat ash
dTags behind him his white hobby horse Il
pleasing bit Of juvenile character study. as
also the infant, Incorporating as "A dancing q.
in tiny pink gauze skirts.
The sculpture section contains some deli.,.
ivory statistics Of "SalammbO" and "MathosN
Theodore Rviere; "A series Of portraits in ma,,.
Of the family Of NJ PetrOcochino the RIsss,
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

hers The dominating work in the show is the
Jour Dc Fete," by the American painter. Robert
MacCamerOn, who last spring exhibited at the
Salon portrait Of President Taft IL is a pow
eTiul work, imbued with intensely melan-
choly note. The color scheme is in subtle
greens, and Their are RembTandtesque effects OF
light and of atmosphere The title is satiricaI.
almost sardonic 4 father a mother and a
daughter. all victims If absinthe, are seated at
a small round table in dimly lighted thinking
shop. Before them are three glasses half filled
with the popular poison of the boulevard. The
woman's face Is blCdted and bestiaL The man
has the low cunning of the ferret in the moist
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Of line and used it with marvellous fneness as
well as with marvellous fidelity to nature. This
is one of those drawings. characteristic of the
Northern engravers. which invite the test OF
the magnifying glass and emerge from 1t
triumphantly. Yet the minute touches in the
work. suggesting the miniaturist. are in no wise
destructive of the broad, dramatic effect at
which the artist aims Crowded with figures as
it is. the picture nevertheless has unity. IL is
good to know that it is TO remain in this coun-
try r G.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

glisten in bright rays of sunshine perc Olating
through thick foliage. Freseke and CarO-DeI-
vaille each in his way master Of the nude.
exceed all others in imparting OPalescenee and
limpidity to human flesh.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
ART IN PARIS.
The Exhibition Of the international
SOcietN.
Society.
Paris. December IS.

Paris, December IS
The twenty seventh annual exhibition OF the
International Society has just been inaugurated
by President Falheres at the Georges Petit Gal
lery. The catalogue contains two hundred num-
New-York tribune., 1909-12-26

Continued on eighth page.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-28
LESS MEAT
Advice of Family Physician.

Formerly people thought meat neces-
sary for strength and muscular vigor.
The man who worked hard was sup
posed TO require meat two or three
times a day. Science has found out
differently.
It is now a common thing for the
family physician to order less meat. as
IN the following letter from an N Z.
man.
'.I had suffered for years with dys-
pepsia and nervousness Ny physician
advised me to eat less meat and greasy
foods generally. l tried several things
to take the place of my usual break
fast of chops, fried potatoes, etc. but
got no relief until l tried Grape Nuts
food.
After using Grape-Nuts for the Ger
cal part of my meals for two years. I
am now a we'll man. Grape Nuts bene-
flied my health far more than the $500
worth Of medicine I had taken before.
MY wife and children are healthier
than they had been for years, and we
are a very happy family, largely due
to Grape-Nuts.
I'VE have been so much benefited nv
Grape-Nuts that it would be ungrateful
not to acknowledge 1t.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road TO We'll
vilIev in pkgs- There's a Reason,
Ever read the above letter. neu
one appears from time TO time. Thev
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.