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Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
ADMINISTRATION BILL FINALLY
GOES THROUGH HOUSE.
There Was a Battle Royal on the
Floor of the House Before It
Was Passed.

Baton ROuGC.-ihc administration
game and oyster merger hliI finally
passed the house b. Il vot" OF 81 10
T., after being revised and amended
in many details and Il battle Through
the Iiurdtner conservation committees
that has been Wag"d step by step.
That the administration floor leaders
and The conservation lobby that has
been maintained at the capital almost
since the opening day heaVed a great
sigh of relief when the bill was finally
put over the plate Vas apparent from
the greatly relieved expressions and
the words of intense satisfaction.
That it has been a bitter fight and
that the merger has been a heavy load
to carry was admitted by many OF
those who were engaged in engineer
ing Its passage.
The final vote in the house does
not represent by any means the real
opposition to the measure in the low
Or chamber. That fact was better de-
termined during the preliminary
stages when all persons who were Op-
posed still had hopes of pruning here
and there until they had secured con-
~cessions that would more nearly meet
their views. For instance, when Rep
reSentative Thomas Of Shreveport
moved that the house go into a com
mittee of the whole to consider amend
mcntS, after the BIZ had been TRIM
med and patched until it was hardly
recognizable to the original author,
the Thomas motion was only lost by
a test vote of IS to 81. That lndl-
cared how close the strength really
was, and even before that. Wncn
Representative NentECss moved 10
table the Thomas motion for a COM
mi,tce of the whole, the Nrn;reSS mo-
tion was lost, At 10 IL. That showed
how slight the margin the merger
leaders had on which to work.
But after it was impossible 10 Sc
cure any more amendments, and any
~prol0ngaliOn Of the fight was iutIle,
the enemies OF the measure had 10
fall back on what they termed one 0!
two ~eyils-cither Put up with the
present game law and the existing
game commission as administered,
which they denounced in scathine
terms, or else accept the new merger.
which even its enemies admitted was
slightly more palatable than the Old
commission. Hence the final vote OF
s. to II.
AS originally introduced by Repre-
sentative Vcntress of Iberville, the
| game and oyster commission merger
bill was known as House Bill No. Al
A fight started from the very jump
as to the reference of the bill, wheth
err to fish and fisheries or to the new
committee on conservation, of which
Henry f. Hardtner Of La Sale parish
is chairman. 1t was finally sent tt
the conservation committee. The
fight continued in committee, and ole
No. ii passed away and it finally
emerged from the committee in sub
stitute form and took on a new mum
Der, known as House Substitute BIZ
No. 35G. In that form it came up FOL
final passage.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
PECKHkM AND HAAS FINED
Haas Gets a $4,000 and Peckham a
S 5000 Penalty.

Washington, D. Con- the recon-
mendation OF the department of JUS
tice, Justice Gould imposed 4 fine of
$4,000 on Moses Haas and $4,000 on
Frederick Peckham, which they paid
and were released from custody. They
pleaded guilty to indictments charging
them with trying to influence a gov
eminent official.
While the cotton leak was unearthed
in 1905, it was not until 1908 that con-
gress passed a statute making it a
crime for a government official to fur
nish information In possession Of his
office to outsiders when it vas to be
used for such purposes as in these
cases.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02

august assembly. Thousands OF anr
ious citizens had gathered in the
streets. From the hour when con,
gress convened in the morning the
old bellman had been in the steeple.
He placed a boy at the door below to
give him notice when the announce.
ment should be made. AS hour sue.
ceeded hour, the graybeard shook his
head, and said, They will never do it.
They will never do it," Suddenly a
loud shout came up from below, and
there stood the blue-eyed boy, clapping
his hands and shouting Ring. ring
Grasping the iron tongue of the old
bell, backward and forward he hurled
it a hundred times, its loud voice pro-
| claiming Liberty throughout all the
land, unto all the inhabitants thereof
The excited multitude in the streets
responded with loud acclamations, and
with cannon peals, bonfires and illu-
limitations the patriots held glorious
| carnival that night in the quiet city Of
Penn"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
KENT ckians Fiqht Duel.

Lexington, Ky.-Bryson Combs and
William Walters are reported as dyi-g
in remote sections Of Knott county as
the result Of a pistol duel. Combs ap-
reared in the neighborhood, declaring
he would die before 2 o'clocf either
BY suicide or by being killed. He in
suited Mrs. Walters, and Walters
armed himself and searched for Combs.
When they met, each grabbed the 9th
er's left arm and began shooting. each
receiving mortal wounds. Sheriff
Hayes and a posse went to the scene
of the shooting.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
PROTECT $500, OOO,O 600 BABY
Corps of Police Guard Child Of Ed
ward B. Mclean.

Bar Harbor, Me.-A corps Of police.
men and detectives are guarding the
500, 100000 baby of .Ar. and Mrs. Ed
ward Beale Mclean against any
chances of kidnapping, and it would be
almost impossible for any emUlator of
Pat Grove to run off with the grand
son of the late multi-millionaire, Thos.
Z. Walsh, as it would he to steal an
infant crown prince.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02

Of the declaration was put before the
committee of five just as Jefferson
had prepared it.
The desk upon which the declara-
ton was drafted is in the library Of
the state department at Washington.
1t was exhibited at Buffalo in the Pan
American exposition in 1901.
The final debate in congress, in the
committee Of the whole, upon the
adoption of the Declaration Of indie
pendence began at nine o'clock on
Monday, July /. On that day Pennsyl-
vania, wen of whose delegates were
present. voted against adoption. The
vote Of Delaware, having two dele
gates present, was divided.
Thereupon Mexican Of Delaware,
who had voted aflrmatively, wrote a
frantic letter to the absent Delaware
delegate, Caesar Rodney, imploring
him to come and cast his vote, and
thus turn the scale for Delaware, for
1t was highly probe'le that If Della
ware supported the declaration Penn
~sylvania would follow suit.
Rodney at the time was 80 miles
away, at Dover, at one or the other of
his farms. Byfeld and Poplar Grove.
He suffered tortures from the cancer,
which. starting on his nose. had spread
all over one side of his face, so that
he had to wear a green silk shield to
hide the Disagreement; it was of this
chronic affection that he died. A con
temporary chronicle describes him as
IAN animated skeleton-indeed, all
spirit, without corporal integument.'
McKean's messenger left Philadel
phia late in the afternoon of July l. II
was necessary to get Rodney back tt
independence hall by July 4, the day
appointed for taking the vote upon the
adoption of the declaration. All night
ali day he rode at top speed; and Rod
ney is supposed to have started on the
return journey In the evening of thu
second.
That ride of Rodney's deserves Il
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
Central Indicted,

ChicagO.-The Illinois Central Rail.
road Company, the Pennsylvania Rail.
way Company and the P%ittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company
were indicted by the federal grand jury
Tuesday.
The Illinois Central is charged with
violating the Elkins law in failing 10
observe its tariff on shipments Of cab.
bage from Crystal Springs, Miss, and
ROsel2nd, La. to Chicago. 1t IS alleged
that the company's rate should have
been based on an average weight pei
crate
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
Struck Toe Much Water.

Covington.-The we'll Of the Oak
Ridge Oh Company, II miles west OF
here, was sunk 80 feet into oil sand
at a depth Of 200 feet, and a good
showing of oil and gas had under
pump pressure. but an accident TO
the packer made it impossible to
case off a heavy flow Of artcsian wa
ter. 1t was decided to abandon this
hole and sink another well.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02

laratiOn was TO consist, for there had
been prolonged discussions In COM
mittCe, of which careful notes were
taken. The little subcommittee OF
two men met and conferred together.
and jefferson asked Adams to take
the written memoranda to his lodg-
ings and there prepare the draft.
But Adams, s~elf-effacingly, insisted
that the laborious honor should fall to
his colleague.
You are a Virginian." said Adams,
land am a Massachusetts man. You
are a southerner and | am from the
north; | have been SO obnoxious for
my early and constant zeal in promo.
ting the measure that any draft Of
mine would undergo a more severe
scrutiny and criticism In congress than
n of your composition. And finally
and that would be reason enough If
there were ne other-I have a great
opinion of the elegance of your pen
and nOne at all of my own"
Whereupon, bowling deeply and with
protestations Of mutual regard, the
patriots went their several ways, JEFF
ferson with the manuscript under his
arm. And in a day or two they met
again and "cOnn'd the paper over"
Il was delighted with its high tone"
Adams wrote in 1922 to Timothy Pick
ering. But to the part containing the
d~enunciation of King George he took
exception. 81 thought the expression
too passionate and too much like scold-
ing for SO grave and solemn a docu-
ment.' Nevertheless, he had no
amendment to suggest, and the draft
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
EstopinaI Retains His Seat.

Washington. D. C.-COntested cleo
ton cases had the right of way at
the opening Of the house one day
last week. Among the contests de-
cided in the committee report, which
was adopted, was that Of the FIRST
district of Louisiana, in which Albert
Estopinal retains his scat. H. G. War,
month was the contestant.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
Buy illinois Oil Field.

La Porte, Ind.-Charles E. Russell,
Of this city, sailed from New York for
London, where he will enter into nego-
tiations with a London syndicate tor
the purchase Of an immense tract OF
oil producing land in the Robinson,
Ill.,, fields. Mr.. Russell recently made
a report on their productiveness, and
the foreign trip is for the purpose of
closing the deal. Mr.. Russell also
holds leases on Indiana oil lands which
may be included in the deal.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
PREPARING for Good Parish Fair.

Grand Cane.-The DeSOtO Parish
Fair Association is busy with the
preparatory work for the fair that
will be held at Mansfield in October.
Those who are engaged in the work
report encouraging prospects for the
best fair that has eve been held in
the parish.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
houston's First Bale.

Houston, TeX.-Houston's first bale
of the 1910 crop was displayed upon
the floor of the cotton exchange on
Thursday, and, as has been the case
for several seasons past, this early ar
rival comes from Southwest Texas.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
Planter Accused Of incendiarism.

NapoleOnville.-ks a sequel to the
many incendiary fires that have &C.
Cured in upper Assumption, the
grand jury has found a true bill
against Senat Rivet, a wealthy and
influential planter, who now fingers
behind the bars. The community is
much excited over the arrest of Rivet.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
Would Promote Peace.

Washington, D. C.-COnfinlng the
expenditure to $4,000. the senate
adopted the joint resolution authoriz-
ing the appointment Of a commission
for the promotion Of universal peace.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
Turtle Soup for Half a Million.

New Orleans.-Ingredients for hall
a million plates Of turtle soup are be-
ing placed in a tank car OF the Louis.
vile & Nashville railroad for ship
ment to New York. B. NJ. Winchers
of Jefferson parish is shipping $4,000
live diamond backs to the metropolis.
Each turtle, he says, will make III
plates of sOup.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-02
700 Head of Live Stock Dying.

Estherwo0d.-Near the oil field the
people report 700 head CT cattle,
mules, horses and hogs dying from
charb0n Some will not have enough
stock left 10 harvest their rice crops.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE
Michael keenIy surmised Possibilities
Of Action Under the cireum-
stances.

Late one afternoon Michael Flanni-
gan and Dennis O'Rourke met upon the
avenue. Mike was considerably under
the weather.
"Moike." asked O'Rourke. why don't
yez brace up. and lave. the drink
alone?"
"Oi've thried. Dinnie. but the Jobs
too big for me-"
"Thry this once more. Moike. Here's
q church forninst US. Go in there. old
man, and confiss and take irish staED
I'll walt outside"
He waited until he was tired. then,
peering into the darkened building.
said in horse whisper:
"Moike!"
"Phwat?"
Have yez confissed?"
"Oi have that!"
where's the prast?'
"'E gorrah. DinnIe. and OF think he's
gone out to call a cop."-Success Mag
azine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
.AsHINGToN.

The Senate and House have adopted
the conference report upon the bureau
OF mines bill, which goes to the Presi-
dent for his signature.
Resolutions expressing the regret
Of the Senate at the death of King
Edward VII were reported by the
Senate committee on foreign relations
Monday.
By a sudden welding late Friday OF
supposedly irreconcilable factions, the
Senate by a vote of Sc to 10 adopted a
compromise amendment to the rail-
road bill.
Without a single dissenting Repub-
lican vote the House Tuesday passed
the railroad bill. one of the chief
measures that President Taft wishes
enacted at the present session of Con-
gress. by 200 to 1876. Fourteen Demo-
Gratis Joined with the majority.
The House Thursday passed one Of
the administration conservatism bills
introduced by Chairman Mondell Of
the public lands committee. 1t pro-
vides for opening to agricultural set.
tlement and development the surface
of lands which have been classified
as coal land by the Interior depart
ment. or are known to be chiefly val
liable for coal. though not classified.
Secretary Ballinger has recon-
mended to the President the restora-
ton to public entry OF lands within
forest reserves aggregating 100000
acres. among the restorations being
the following: White river, Colorado.
G.7O0 acres: Battlement. 16.5O0: CHA.
N. NJ. 22S.150: Caribou, Idaho, and
Wyoming. 33.sO0. The secretary has
also added $4,000 acres to the area in
Wyoming open to entry under the en-
larged homestead law.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
FOREIGN.

Col. Roosevelt visited Emperor VII.
liam Of Germany Tuesday at the
Potsdam palace.
Kaiser wilhelm informed Co. Roose.
welt Wednesday after that the mill.
tary maneuvers near Berlin that he
was "the only private citizen who
ever had an opportunity to witness
the maneuvers OF our German troops
Thursday Mr.. Roosevelt delivered a
lecture on the topic. THE World
Movement" at the University Of Ber
lin and received from the university
the honorary degree of doctor OF
philosophy. Emperor William honored
the occasion with his presence.
George v was proclaimed king
throughout the British empire Mon
day with all the traditional ceremony
Of centuries.
One hundred and thirty.seven min.
ers lost their lives Thursday in a ex.
plosnio in the Wellington coal mino
at White Haven. England.
King Edwards death Is sure to have
a deep effect upon the political situa.
ton. Premier Asquith and other abb
sent ministers OF the parliament are
hurrying to London. Many are sb.
sent owing to the spring recess Of
parliament.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoINos, ACHIEVE
MENTs. sUFFERlNGs, HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN.

County Treasurer Gormley seized
1875 cars of the Seattle Electric Com
pany and thereby collected $167, 900
delinquent taxes.
Papers were signed Friday night
whereby the Butte copper properties
owned by William A. Clark. formerly
senator from Montana. were turned
over to the Amalgamated Copper Com
pany.
After being completely tied up since
the first of the year the Salt Lake,
Los Angeles & San Pedro railroad,
generally known as the CLARK road"
will reopen for passenger and freight
traffic on June Is.
The Oklahoma state banking board,
1t was learned Tuesday. has made an
assessment of one per cent on the in.
creased deposits of the 66S state
banks as appeared on March II. in or.
der to replenish the state guaranty
fund. which was greatly depleted.
Director Campbell Of the Lick OBJ
servatory Tuesday issued the follow.
ing statement: Halley's comet is the
most conspicuous comet since that Of
September and October. 1882. and the
chances are good that in a few days
1t will surpass In apparent size the
great comet of 1882.
The case of DIR. B. c. Myde. accused
Of numbering Col. Thomas H. Swope
Of Kansas City, went to the jury at
9:55 o'clock Friday night. After the
Jury had balloted for one hour and for
ty minutes without reaching a verdict.
the jurymen were sent to their hotel
for the night. The final vote Of the jury,
1t Is understood. was IL to for &C.
QuittaL
Governor Mills OF New Mexico. Fri
day afternoon. was advised that the In.
dians of Taos Pueblo had raided the
valley. driving off horses and cattle
and setting fire to buildings. Mrs. l.
s. Myers. wife OF a settler. and her ba.
bies. were threatened and driven from
home. The Taos Indians have always
been easily aroused. and since they
were forced to permit census takers to
enumerate the Inhabitants Of their
pueblo. they have been angry and in.
clined to resent the presence OF all
whites in the valley. At the request
OF Sheriff Quintana, Governor Mills
dispatched two companies Of troops by
special train to Servilleta. the nearest
railroad point. whence the pueblo Is
reached by q thirty.mile march.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
GEN RAJ.

Forest fires are still threatening
several settlements in Minnesota.
The battleship Florida. largest in
the navy. was launched at the Brook.
lyn navy yard Thursday.
By order OF Mayor Gaynor. the
play The Girl With the whooping
Cough" in which valeska Suratt was
starring. has been taken off the
boards at the New York theater.
That four great express companies
get net returns OF from forty-three to
lie per cent or more on capital en-
ployed in actual express operations.
was stated in q report issued Thurs
day by the Merchants association OF
New York.
Frank W. Rollins. former governor
Of New Hampshire and now a banker
with Boston offices. his wife. Cathar-
inc. and his son. Douglas. were
charged Friday at New York in the
sworn complaint Of a customs inspec-
tor with conspiracy to smuggle. ar
raigned before a federal commissioner
and released in $4,000 bail. Mrs. Rol.
Inns was SO prostrated that she took to
her bed.
John d. Rockefeller, always popular
among the people Of Tarrytown, N. Y.
where he lives, is adding to that pop
ularity this spring by his fondness
for taking his friends and neIghbors
out driving. Not a pleasant day goes
by without the oil king inviting some
OF them. men, women and children. to
ride with him in automobile or car
riage, and It Is safe to say that the in.
vitations are seldom declined, for his
vehicles are the best to be had, and
the drives around Tarrytown are beau.
tiful. Mr.. Rockefeller. before starting
for ride, always dons a paper vest,
declaring 1t a great protection against
colds, and he insists that his guests
do the same. After the ride he re-
fuses to take back the garments. and
consequently in nearly every home in
Tarrytown may be found paper vest
preserved as a souvenir Of a delight.
full ride with the multi-millionaire.
The B'nai Birth convention, in ses-
sion in st. Louis. urged Jews to boy
colt theaters where their race is bur
lesqued
'"'i puihos lO-yeuT-Olu TallTOau
telegraph operator at westfield, Mass.
for forty-five minutes Friday night
held at bay man with a tiny nickel.
plated monkey-wrench. The man was
captured.
Federal investigation OF the sinking
OF the packet City OF Saltillo in the
Mississippi river at Glen Park, Mo-.
Wednesday. with a loss Of twelve
lives. will soon be made.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
o. v. Commencement Week.

Denver.-Alumni Of the University
Of Denver as well as many others will
be interested in the following memo
randa OF closing events Of the forty.
seventh academic year OF that institu.
ton:
Friday. May 20. at p. M. the
senior class play, "Everyman." will be
given in Observatory park.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
given by Bishop Warren at Trinity
church at 1880 a. m, on Sunday, May
%.
The .chancellor's reception will be
given at the chancellor's house Mon
day. Bay 23. at s p. m.
The annual meeting Of the board Of
trustees will be held at University hall
at II a. m. on Tuesday. May "a.
The commencement Of the Warren
academy viii be held on the evening Of
May "a at University hall.
Wednesday evening, May rs, at 6 p.
m. is the date for the alumni dinner.
Thursday. May &c. at s p. m. in
Trinity church Bishop Moore will give
the address at the commencement OF
the College OF Liberal Arts. the grad
uate school. the Denver and Gross
College Of Medicine. the Denver law
school, the Colorado College OF Dental
Surgery, and the College OF Music.
The examinations for the spring
quarter begin on Friday. May %, and
the college year ends with final exam
nations of the spring quarter on
Wednesday, June l.
More than ninety degrees will be
given in the college of liberal arts
alone. The whole number of gradu-
ates for the year in all departments
will be slightly above 160.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
SPORT.
WESTERN L.EAG

Inc fnllauelpnlu-SleNela Ameri-
can game at Philadelphia Tuesday
was twelve innings and / to l.
Pat Bohannan. with Denver several
years, is now pitching for the Frank
fort team in the Blue Grass league Of
Kentucky.
Sunday baseball is to be encouraged
by the authorities in New York. Not
the professional game. but baseball rs
played by boys in the city parks.
John Ennis. an athlete OF Stamford.
Conn. will leave New York May 2srd
in an effort to lower Edward Payson
Weston's record between New York
and San Francisco.
Rain prevented Barney Oldfield
breaking any worlds records at Over
land Park track. Denver. Friday, but
he established q new track record OF
Sal seconds for a mile.
Fashion Plate. a 4-year-old chestnut
colt entered by the oneck stable. won
the Metropolitan handicap at Belmont
history Of the event-1:37 4-5 for the
mile.
Jake D Rossier Monday on the Los
Angeles Motordrome track set q new
record for 100 miles. making 1t in 1
mr.. 20 min. IA 3-5 sec. He had to
dismount and push his machine q
quarter Of a mile.
The most valuable dog in the world
died Thursday in the kennels OF J.
Cooper Mott. at Great Neck. l.. I. The
dog was champion Chinehan Young
Jack Of English bull breed. for which
Mr.. Mott paid $3.50 on May IL. 1909.
Charges OF manslaughter against
Owen Moran and others. preferred on
account Of the death Of Tommy Nc
Carthy. following . knockout blow
struck by Moran in q glove contest,
were dismissed by Police Judge Con-
Ion Of San Francisco.
As far as is known. the largest rain.
bow trout ever caught in the waters Of
Colorado fell victim to Thomas J. Hol.
land. commissioner Of fish and game.
Mr.. Holland and his assistants were
taking trout from the waters Of EN-.
erald lake for the spawn. when this
big one was caught. It weighed 19
pounds and was placed on exhibition
in Denver.
Purses aggregating $4,000 will be
hung up for harness races at the
Wisconsin State fair. to be held in
Milwaukee September IL to 16. in
elusive. The total amount offered Is
$4,000 less than last year. but is in
accordance with a rule adopted at the
last meeting OF the American associa.
ton Of fairs and expositions.