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Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
SENATOR GORDON AT CHICAGO
Strains Of Southern Melodies. Piano.
ramic Scenes of Plantations.

Chicago, Ill.-The strains of South
ern melodies, panoramic Genes Of the
cotton plantation and the passing at
intervals Of the Mississippi steamboat,
accompanied by its weird whistle, the
presence of negro mammies in their
%ginghams and b~andanas-all these
helped to create an atmosphere OF
the South for 500 members and guests
of The American Meat Packers AssO,
citation who gathered here for their
fifth annual "SOuthern dinner
More impressive than all this, how,
ever, was the presence Of a former
Mississippi senator, who, when called
upon by the POSTMASTER, acknoWl-
edged himself as the mississippi Gen
tleman.'
In the simple words Of the farmer
Of the South, James Gordon. recently
retired from the senate. declared that
he had been unable to find any differ
ence between Southern and Chicago
hospitality.
You have the money and you have
the opportunity to make Chicago the
greatest city in the world" declared
Mr.. Gordon. Build your waterway to
the Gulf of Mexico and you will have
accomplished this"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
!. c. DIRECTORS FACE SUIT
Charge Gross Mismanagement Of the
Railroads Affairs.

Chicago, III. Unexpected excite
ment was furnished at the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Illinois Central railroad. Attorney
Maxwell Edgar, who held proxies from
an independent committee, including
Secretary Franklin MaCVeagh Of tho
United States treasury, made charges
of gross mismanagement of the affairs
of the railroad company. Almost SIM
%ultanecusly deputy sheriffs served sub
poenas on the officers Of the road
In addition to the plea for $l0,0OG,-
600 damages, the suit, which is
brought "for the use Of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company" against
the directors of the corporation, also
demands an accounting Of all the
roads finances, both Of the main line
and the subsidiary lines. The princi-
pal allegation on which the suit is
based is that the annual reports are
moi correct and that the directors are
responsible for losses which the road
is alleged to have sustained.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29

College Professor Puts Colonel Roose.
welt There for Keeps.

Ithaca, n. Y.-Twice in his speech
Prof. E. H. Woodruff, of Cornell Uni
versity called Theodore Roosevelt a
liar, once an "unmitigated liar" His
attack, made at a political rally over
which he presided, threw the house
into an uprOar. There were cat calls,
Kisses, cheers and clapping, with a
steady shout behind them all of Par
ker, Parker" for the next speaker, for
mer Judge Alton B. Parker.
Judge Parker sprang to- his feet
and begged the audience to allow Pro-.
Woodruff to be heard. The nliS2r
part of the house complied, apd Tie
remainder Of the evening went more
quietly.
AS soon as Prof. Woodruff found his
feet, he began 10 open up the Bel!a.ay
Storer episode, which Colonel Rose
welt only recently declared was closed.
He charged that when the colonel de-
MED sending Bellamy Storer 20 the
Vatican he was IAN u~nmitigated lar"
and there We're letters in his posses
sion, said the professor, to bear HIM
out.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
FRIENDS RELEASE MURDERER
Jail at ~Lovingston. Va. s ormed by
Mountaineers.

LOvington, Va.-Friends Of John
More, under sentence to be electro
cuted for the murder Of Frank Howl,
descended upon the Nelson county jail
here, stOrmed the building and res
cued the prisoner. 1t is supposed h.
will be taken to the mountains and
liberated.
When the people Of the county seat
We're asleep, a crowd OF s~eventy-five
fully armed men from the mountat1
section where the crime was commit
ted proceeded quietly to the cOuE,y
Jail. Admission was gained TO the
building and the guards awed into
comparative nOn-resistance. The cell
where Moore was locked up soon
was found and he was taken out.
It is feared that bloOdshed will re-
suit from any attempt of the authori-
ties to %recapture the murderer.
Moore was condemned 10 pay the
death penalty by el%ectrocution at
Richmond on November 25th.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
MRS. ROSA FRICk BADLY MANGlfD
Crushed to Death by a Street Car at
New Orleans.

New Orleans.-Mrs. Rosa Prick,
the wife of DR.. Burt G. Prick. a den
fist, whose weird experience some
years ago. when she was almost
buried alive, is still recalled. was IA
tally injured by a street car in this
CITY a few DAYS ago. Mrs. Prick Was
attempting to cross the street and
failed to notice the approach Of A
car until il was too late 10 escape.
Mrs. Prick, in 1897, during the
yellow fever visitation, was a victim
OF the disease. 1t was thought tina;
she had ~succumbed, and she was pro
nounced dead. Everything was ar
ranged for the interment and she
was placed in the coffin. Just be-
fore the close of the last ceremony
someone discovered that there was
life in the corpse. Physicians were
summoned and she was 500 revived,
and by careful nursing recovered, and
was able TO laugh yer her weird eX-
perience. She remained in a trance
like state for four days.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
LOUISIANA NEWS IN BRIEF.

Monroe now uses natural gas as
fuel.
Genesee Lumber Co. at Hammond is
making arrangements u rebuild the
plant recently destroyed by fire.
Joseph Hite of Terrebonne parish
will not be hanged, the pardon board
having committed his sentence.
John A. Sharples. charged with in
cest, was sentenced to 20 years in
the ~penitentiary by a judge at New
Orleans.
The New Orleans city council has
adopted an ordinance prohibiting
minors from entering saloons under
any circumstances.
DR.. Oscar bowling of Baton Rouge
has sent out letters to parish authori-
ties urging cooperation in making
Louisiana a healthy state.
The total resources of state bank
ing institutions in Louisiana ara
500, 0S0. 95S.19, an increase Of $685.
2l1.S7 over the previous quarter.
A shocking case Of poverty came TO
light in New Orleans a few days ago,
when it was discovered that a woman
who had been evicted from her home
for non-payment of rent had given
birth to a child in a nearby stable.
Frank Reidel. a thrifty German
matchmaker cf New Orleans, was
murdered, his body sewn in a sack
and thrown in Old Basin.
Charlie J%ennarro. an Italian shoe
maker, was struck en- the chin by
William Broussard at New iberia, and
in falling fractured his skull.
According to District Attorney Adj
ans there are 10000 cocaine Users in
New Orleans.
Minos T. Gordy, former sheriff Of
st. Mary parish, died at Abbeville.
Attorney Cal D. Hicks was acquit-
ted at Shreveport of charges brought
against him by a negro girl,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29

her precautions. The steep Vosges
mountains guard a portion of this
frontier, but the rest is fiat country,
and the boundary line u n through
forests and fields.
Where the line runs through woods
a broad belt has been cleared, and
Is kept free of all underground. Along
the center, at distances Of about a
quarter Of a mile, are erected stone
posts very like ordinary milestones.
Whenever a road runs along the from
tier 1t is marked by tall wooden posts
painted on one side with the French
and upon the other with the German
colOrs. Customs houses stand not only
on the railways, but upon all main
lines of traffic. and are we'll guarded
by police and troops. Rows are of
constant occurrence.
The Russo-German frontier is
marked in similar fashion, and here
troubles are Of frequent occurrence.
for the hungry, ill-paid cossacks are
constantly raiding over the border in
search Of poultry and pigs.
While the boundary between the
United States and Canada follows for
many hundreds Of miles the River St.
Lawrence and the Great Lakes, there
Is a vast distance Of prairie land be-
yond with no natural d~emarcation.
This is artificially delimited by pillars
Of iron and wood placed a mile apart.
These are supplied alternately by the
Canadian and United States govern
ments, and run from Lake OF the
Woods to the Red River Valley. Be-
vond, mounds Of earth and cairns OF
stone are used as marks.
The pillars are hollow castings,
eight feet high, eight inches square
at the base, four at the top. Inside
are we'll seasoned cedar posts. Each
pillar IS inscribed In raised letters on
the north, convention Of London"
on the south, "Oct. Goth, 1878" The
stone cairns are seven feet high, eight
feet at the base, and shaped like a
pyramid. Earth is used where stone
IS not available.
The most famous of all boundary
marks In song and story IS the "Pillar
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
WELLMAN FLIGHT FAILS
STORM BLEW BALLOON $50 MILES
OFF HER COURSE.
Rescue Party Most Fortunate Occur
rence-DirigiDie Was Complete
Prey to the Wind.

New Yorkshire crew of Walter
Wellman'S diriglole. the American,
vas picked up in latitude 80 degrees
IS minutes north, longitude IS degrees
II minutes west, early Tuesday morn.
IN.
Out Of the night like a star rising
from the G attached to a dark, lnys-
terious body. the airship, carrying Mr..
Weilman and five companions. ap-
peared to the northeast of the Royal
Mail steamer Tren; at seven minutes
after ) Tuesday morning. Chief Of.
ticer Lainson first sighted her several
minutes before it became plain that II
really was a dirigiblc and in distress.
A light began to move and then came
the message. in Morse code:
Stand by. | am in need Of you"
Capt. G. Downs, commanding, order.
ed the ships COURSE changed, being
signaled from steamers to stand by. A
moment or Two later the wireless in
the airship sent requests for a boat.
By this time dawn was breaking and
the Trent's two hundred passengers
from Cuba and Bermuda Were on deck
in SCant attire.
Just ahead Of the America was
floating 300 feet above the sea, her
anchor dragging about with the motor,
silent and rudders still. SO near was
she that the passengers could easily
see the a%irship's crew among the ma
cninery under which hung a lifeboat.
AS the Trent'S crew came nearer one
Of the airshlp's crew tore a hole in
the canvas compartment near the
stern and dropped a line TO the wa
ter.
The America was near enough for
her engines to be- plainly heard and
Wellman asked Capt. Downs to stand
by to pick them up. They would take
to boats, he said. The America came
lower and lower, and when within Two
feet of the water the ropes were Gu.
and the a%erOnauts dropped into the
sea Life belts were thrown from the
steamer and boats were ready OF be
lowered, but the Americas lifebOat
was quickly righted and towed to the
Trent. AS she came alongside the
passengers cheered loudly.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
STORM SWEEPS COAST
MANY LIVES LOST, MILLIONS IN
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
Wireless Communica ion with Yes.
seIs Along Florida Coast Has
Been Cut Of.

tampa, lII.-NIl1 'om'Nnn"'atl"A
NltH al p"lAlS HoNtA OF h'F" rHt OIL,
wireless Stations out OF commission
ana lhr increasing d3IlIr' o. me inter-
IlpllON u coN!lHliIlcdtIOh WIA me en-
IRE W0TIu, tampa ana all 'ia' ler!l'
tory between Tampa ana inc FLORIDA
Keys is being storm swept. II Is III
possible ii this hour TO estimate tn"
damage, no reports having """H r"-
c"lH"d from nearby towns.
With = steady cal, blowing >nlword
at rho ra.o Of it,y miles an hu1r. and
incTr95in;, in Intensity every uO,uout,
the ,jIn in tho bay is lower rgau p\-
listing records show. MANY small craft
anchored in Tive vicinity Of thn TAmna
Day Hotel are stranded and = few
pleasure crarr are living IN their sides
with more ar los. damago The storm
has blown tho water orr Of the bay,
causing a tide AZ least seven feet be.
low low water.
ch;ot ,,orn :. CO.., ~ .ho ;,
sr,;+ o,,d ,r,,o,. :, ,ho ,oo,;o, ho.,.,o,
horo o,1 n,,,o corao , f,r.bor :,
la. .1 .
,bot ,hn no,,or - ,ho ,,ar, min ,or,
80, r
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Discuss Coastal Canal.

New Orleans, Lain connection
with the proposed construction Of an
intercostal canal from st. Georges
Bay, Fla, to the Rio Grande river,
members of various commercial Or
CARNATIONS Of Louisiana and Texas
and Of the Inland Waterways Associa-
ton conferred here Wednesday with
United States army engineers in
charge of the project. That such a
canal would develop a large territory
and carry a heavy tonnage was de-
clared. A preliminary survey has al
ready been made.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
SWEEPS OVER SEA WALL.
St. Augustine Experiencing Touch Of
tropical Storm.

St. Augustine, Fla.-At % o'clock
Monday waves were dashing over the
sea wall here. flooding the streets on
the water front and inundating the
marshes and l0wllndS. At that hour
a heavy sea was running in the lower
bay. swapping small craft.
Las reports received mere indicated
that the situation along the Florida
ing worse, but the wOrkmen were Civ
en- warning early Of the approach Of
the hurricane. Several barges of the
roads extension have been sunk, and
three miles OF roadway were washed
out south of Jupiter.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
STOCK BROKERS QUIT
Call for Margins Is Given as Cause
of SUSPENSION,

Cincinnati.-W. G.. Fagin G. Co.,
stock and bond brokers, announced
that they had suspended business.
Dull business and the failure Of US
toners to respond 10 the call for mar
gins is given as the cause. No state
ment was given OF, but it is said sat
isfactory settlements with all custom
ers will be made. The concern has
been in business three years.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Princeton Head Resiuns.

New York.-The resignation Of DR..
Woodrow Wilson, president of Prince.
ton University, is now in the hands
of the secretary Of the board of trus.
tees.
DR.. Wilson is now running on the
Democratic ticket for governor Of
New Jersey, and it has been under
stood for some time that he would re-
sign. DR.. Wilson's resignation is ac-
cepted to take effect Immediately, and
an acting president will be appointed
pending the selection Of a president
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Stone Cairn, Seven Feet Hiuh.

of FAREWELL" which marks the line
between Russia and Siberia. It stands
between Ekaterinburg in Russia and
Tiumen in Siberia, and is on the main
road along which tens of thousands
of eXilcs have passed. 1t IS an ODE
lisk Of brick about sixteen feet IN
height. On the west side it bears in
Russian characters the word Europe"
on the other Asia"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Hold for 16 Cents.

Galveston, TeXas.-A canvass Of the
members of the Farmers Union OF
Texas, the growers of about 95 pei
cent. of the cotton crop Of the state
resulted in a new agreement to hold
cotton for 1G cents. which they declare
will be the price before many weeks
The reports filed with the union Off
cials show that something over one
million bales are included in the
pledge. The unions warehouses are
filled with cotton,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
To Establish a Creamery.

ROseland.-By request. H. D. Will
0 of this place visited Mount Her
man and gave the citizens and farm
ers an interesting talk on the truck
and dairy business. Farmers in that
n~eighhOrhOOd are greatly interested
one. In the meantime the farmers
have agreed to chip their milk and
cream to the ROseland creamery,
which will be a great help, as it IS
now impossible to supply the demand
for creamery butter.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Dr.. McKowen Gets a Life Sentence,

New Or1eans.-Df. E. {. NckOWtN,
formerly one of the leading ply
sicians of Felicinia parish. who was
several months ago convicted of the
murder of F. X. Judson. an inmate
of the state insane asylum at Jack
son, must serve a life term in the
penitentiary, unless he obtains eXecu-
tive clemency. The supreme court
Of Louisiana has denied him a new
trial. It was charged that Dr.. Nc
Kowen killed JudsOn after using the
latter as a tool in an alleged violation
OF the United States postal laws.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Bank Declares a Handsome Dividend.

GreensbNrg.-At a meeting OF the
directors Of he Bank Of Greensburg
there was a dividend of 20 per cent
declared out Of the earnings of the
bank. Though this parish has suf-
fered from the ravageS of the boil
weevil, this showing seems to indi-
cate that the parish is not so very
low down financially after all.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
LONG HAUL RATE FIXED
FORMAL ORDER NAMES FEB. II
THE DATE EFFECTIVE.
Rates Subject to Change-Commission
Does Not Necessarily Approve
Schedules Already Filed.

Washington, d. C.-ln a formal or
der the interstate commerce commits
sion announced It's intention to admin
lister strictly section t CHE long and
short haul VrovisiOnl Of the recently
amended interstate commerce act.
The order was the OutgrOWth Of d
hearing held by the commission on
the matter of the application of inter
state carriers generaI.; for relief I'M
der the long and short haul provision.
BY the terms of the order there will
be no change in the existing status or
in the present rights of carriers until
February l., 1911. They may file with
the commission such changes in rates
and tariffseas ordinarily would be fled
in the course of their present rate
basis or adjustments. This aCcOrdS to
tho transportation companies the
right even to filed higher rates Of
fares to intermediate points and
through rates or fares higher than the
combinations of The intermediate rates
or fares, provided thu in SO doing the
discrimination against intermediate
points is not made greater than that
in existence OF August Il, 1910.
The commission announces that
through this permission it does not
neCeSSarilv approve any rates or fares
that may be filed, all Of them being
held subject to complaint. investiga-
ton and, if necessary, to correction, if
they be found to conflict with the law.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
nine GRADES OF COTTON
Department Of Agriculture Willing (
SuppIv information.

WashingtOn.-The department of az
riculture has announced that 1t is
prepared to supply the nine official
grades Of white American cotton re-
Gently PROMULGATED by the secretary
of agriculture. The grades vii be fur
nished for $35 a set, the cost of their
preparation, as required by law. The
sale is begun in accordance with the
recommendation of the committee Of
experts upon whose advice the grades
were established, that they be issued
for general use during the crop sea-
son Of 1901.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Great Corn Yields in ouisiana.

Shreveport.-The members of the
Boys Corn Club in Louisiana are get
ting great results by using scientific
methods in corn raising. Late re-
ports from three parishes give these
results: A Liberty Hill lad in Bien-
vile parish got first prize for III 81
bushels from n acre; a member of
the Lincoln Parish Boys Corn Club
raised 129 bushels to the acre, and
L.. A. Shaw Jr. of Union parish beat
them all and got first prize by Sc
curing 142 IA bushels per acre. Much
interest is being taken over the state.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Strike Situation at New Orleans.

New Orleans. Twelve hundred
members of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks employed by all roads
having terminals in New Orleans
refused to handle any transfer bust
ness to or from the Queen & Crescent
system. This action was taken in
connection with a strike Of the
Queen & Crescent clerks called sew.
eral weeks Ago..
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
DIETZES BOUN DOVER.
Will Answer Charge Of Murder Of
Oscar Harp.

Hayward, Wis.-John Deitz, his
wife, Hattie, and son, Leslie, were
bound over to the circuit court by
Judge J. F. Riordan Tuesday afternoon
on the charge of having murdered Us,
car Harp, a deputy sheriff, during the
siege of the Dietz cabin at Cameron
Dam recently.
The DietZes were taken back to the
Sawyer county Jail, and their attorney,
W. B. Rubin, Of Milwaukee, will apply
for bail before Circuit Judge James
WiCklam at Eau Claire.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Cheese With Peppers.

Melt two heaping tablespoonful o.
butter in this chatting dish, add five
tablespoonfuls of chopped onion
quarter cupful of cream of milk, sea
soning of salt, pepper and paprika
and four we'll beaten eggs. Cook til
thoroughly mixed and serve hot or
buttered slices of toasted bread.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Shipping Beans From Folsom.

Folscm.-George NJ. Fennelson has
made the first shipment of the fall
crop of wax beans to the Chicago
market. Mr.. Fennelson and others
have many acres in beans, and expect
in a short time to be shipping in
100-case lots.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Six Indictments for Murder.

Tallulah.-The grand jury for the
fall term Of the Ninth district court,
which was in session for two weeks,
reported ten true bills, and Of the
ten six were for murder in the first
degree.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29

One trouble with a coed many peo'
No is ,nat they cant keep from buy
ing things they don't want if the selL
ers are willing to throw in cheal
things which they don't need.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Snow in Colorado,

Denver. ColO.-Snow was reported
from all parts of Colorado Wednesday
in the mountain passes above Holland,
Colo, snow from eight to ten feet
deep being reported, and trains were
blocked,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Car Hits AIdrich.

New York.-United States Senator
Nelson w. Aldrich of Rhode Island
has quite recovered from the slight
bruises received when he was knocked
down by a Madison avenue car.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
Tax Voted for DRAINAGE PURPOSES,

Lafayette.-The taxpayers of the
First Drainage District of the Eighth
ward have voted a 5-mill special tax
for 20 years for drainage purposes.
Bonds will be issued and the work
begun Immediately.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
To Build A New Telephone Line.

Lake Arthur.-Posts are being dis
tributed for building a telephone and
telegraph line and also an exchange
here. The work will be completed in
about six weeks.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-10-29
To Deepen BAYOU PlaQuemine.

PlaQuemine.-The dredgeboat c. NJ.
Sicily has returned here to resume
its work of enlarging and deepening
the channel of Bayou PlaQuemine.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

Kingston. Jamaica. Dee. 3.-The American cruiser
Marietta arrived here this morning from Nicaragua
Kingston. Dec. "a proposal has been submitted
to the guyernment to tax commercial naval stores.
Pekin. Dec 3.-The Chinese government today or
deFed squadron Of var vessels TO proceed TO Macao,
where the Portuguese garrison and sailors revoltei
Yazoo. Miss. Dee 3-After a Trial lasting several
DAYS L. c. Dulanev has been acquitted Of the
charge Of bfbing State Senator Bilbo in TIE recent
election for United States Senator
Rome. Dec 5-EngineerJ Giovanni PadoYaui ct
Eorupa has invented an aeTppiane that is built like
an umbrella II IS caI2ble q rising and descend
ing vertically and q floating in the air Wben the
engine Is stopped.
salt Lake City. Utah. Dee. "a report reached
here today that bandits had held up the Union
Pacific station house At Devils Slide. Utah. mm
dored the station agent and escaped with ali the
money in the station.
New York. Drc 3-Police Commissioner CToTsey
has decreed that New York must be neiseless
town. He has issued an order for the police 10 put
hush On fat-wheeled trolley ears. new-fangied
auto horns and other disturbeIs Of the cys peace,
Chicago, Dee 3-M II Kfsgallen. fatherin-law
Il Count Alexaaier NcR Aiourik de Beaufort. for
whom A warraIN sworn ont Yesterday f0T at
Aeking the cosat in his downtown 0fice. appeared
IN Harrison Street Police Court this morning The
cOlns MAS not present. and the cas- was dismissed,