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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22

Louisiana to let out the building
of a highway under the law pro-
viding for joint payment by the
State and parish. This parish
also has the unique distinction OF
having qualified to share in the
provisions of this law six months
before the law was approved at
the polls. 1t is therefore with
peculiar satisfaction that the
Chronicle congratulates the
friends who so faithfully labored
with us to carry the special tax
for good roads, and to find that
we are able to make good our
ante-election promises that the
State would help us build our
roads. An advertisement run
ming elsewhere in our columns
confirms this statement, as does
also the following sent out by the
Good Roads Department, viz:
Official announcement was
made on Saturday, April 9th, by
the Highway Department of State
Engineers, room 104, New Court
building, New Orleans, that bids
will be opened on Wednesday,
April 26, for the first stretch of
road under the law passed by
the Legislature of 1910. The adj
vertisement for proposals began
on Monday, April 10th. The To-
cation of the road is in Grant
parish.
Of equal Importance is the an
nouncement that, instead of ap-
pointing the $4,000 State Highway
Engineer, authorized by the law,
an assistant State Engineer will
be assigned to the work.
The department was organized
on February 1, 1911, under Act
40 of 1910, and is the result of
the ratification by the people in
November of a constitutional
amendment levying a quarter of
a mill tax to be used in connec-
ton. with local taxation in the
creation of a comprehensive good
roads system.
GERvIAS LOMBARD ASSIGNED.
There have been a number of
aspirants for the position of State
Highway Engineer, but the Gov
ernor and the department desir-
ing to inaugurate the work on
grounds of rigid economy, decid-
ed indefinitely to postpone for the
time being the filling of the posi-
ton and to assign Assistant Ger
Was Lombard to the Office with
out extra compensation.
Mr.. Lombard's friends in Grant
parish are highly gratified over
his advancement.
The salary and travelling ex-
penses of the members of the
Board of Engineers being already
provided for by direct appropria-
ton, this action will result in a
saving to the State Highway
Fund of not less than $4,000 per
annum.
THE OFFICE FORCE.
AS required by law the Board
of State Engineers has provided
and equipped Offices for the High
way Department and employed
the necessary force to carry on
its operation. This force con-
sists:
First Of a superintendent OF
construction, George L. Cooley,
from the Office of the Public
RoadsDepartment of Agriculture,
Washington, d. c., with which
he had served in that capacity
through the country for a mum
Der of years, and, by assignment
of the government at the reques
of Governor Sanders, in this Stats
for the past two years.
Second-A secretary. e. C.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
PROPOSITION.


Proposition to levy a FIVE mills
special tax on all property subject TO Voc
State taxation in school districts foo
Nos 10 and IL, constituting ward
five of Grant parish, Louisiana, tor
period of hve years, beginning
with the year 1911 and ending with -
the year 1915, both years inclusive,
for the purpose of constructing, re- M
pairing and equipping public school iV
buildings, purchasing sites, title to
which shall be vested in the public,
for paving teachers, in fact for gen
eral educational purposes. Ll
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
To vote in favor of the proposition sub
square after the "YES", and to vote agains
word P1s mo"
And the Secretary of this board be and h
is hereby instructed to have prepared for us
at said special election all the necessary ballo
boxes, tally sheets, lists of voters, assessed
valuation Of property, and compiled Statement
of voters in number and amount
Section Three
That the polling place for the said specia
election shall be at Georgetown, 1.-THE regularl,
established voting precinct for the whole o
ward FIVE, the two districts constituting TN
whole of ward FIVE, being hereby CONSOLIDATED
for the purpose of this election, and Messrs
II. M. KEGS, W. A. Nugent and c. Amberg arr
appointed commissioners, and +. N. Jane
clerk of election, to serve thereat. Il ne sais
election shall be conducted under the laws o
the Stat applicable thereto.
Section Four
The president of this board is hereby in
structed to give notice of the special electior
herein ordered, by his proclamation to be pub
|lshed according to law; and in the said proc
amation he shall announce that at clever
o'clock a. IA. on May Is, 1911, this board VII
meet at the court house at Colfax, Grant par
ish, Louisiana, and in open session proceed e
open the ballot boxes, examine and count thu
ballots in number and amount examine ans
canvas the retnrns and declare the result o.
the election
The, above resolution was adopted unant
mously, all the members of the board herein
before named voting in favor thereof.
T. H. McNEEI.Y,
". N. WARNER, President
m Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant
Personally came and appeared before me
the undersigned authority, Prof. j. N. war
ner. who. being first by me duly sworn, dc
elared and acknowledged, that he was on thu
first day of April, 1911, and is now Secretar,
| Of the Parish Board of School Directors o
1.-THE parish of Grant. Louisiana, and that tn
above and foregoing is a true and correct COP.
Of the minutes of the regular meeting OF tn
Parish Board of School Directors Of the. sai
lparish and State, held at Colfax, La, at elevc'
o'clock a. m, April I, 1911, as provides
by law.
| Thus sworn to and subscribed before m
on this the fourth day of April. 1911.
Notary Public
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
CONFESSES CRIME,
HURRIED TO JAIL

MADISON. WIS, Sept. t3.-After
confesslng to the singularly brutal
murder OF little Annie Lemberger,
who's remains were found on Lake
Monona on Saturday John johnson,
known. all over the county as Dog
skin" Johnson, and VINO was once IN
an asylum. was sentenced late this
afternoon to life Imprisonment
Fearing that Johnson might be
lynched, Sheriff Andrew GROWN hur-
ried Johnson 70 the State prison at
Wampum in an automobile immedl-
ately after the court had passed sem
tence,
johnson did not confess to killing
Annie Lcmberger until late in the
day All through tne morning and
early afternoon he was in terror, be-
lieving that a mob was moving on
the police station. where he had been
confined since Saturday, to lynch him.
Finally johnson informed the district
attorney that If he were granted an
immediate trial he would confess
A number of years ago Johnson was
convicted of a similar offense. He
served several years in the peniten-
tiary and was then put in an asylum
Recently he was released,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
COURIER ON HIS
WAY WITH REPLY

PARIS, Sept. IA courier left
Paris late this evening for Berlin
bearing the reply OF France to Ger
many's counter proposals in the Mo-
roccan negotiations Tomorrow
morning NJ. Cambon, the French am
bassador at Berlin, will lay the re-
ply before the German foreign office
and then will begin the momentous
conference between the German o.
Metals TO decide whether Germany
snail stand by her original proposals.
the action that means war, or ak
for reopening of the negotiations.
an alternative tantamount to q com
plete and humiliating backdown.
France in her reply emphatfcally
refuses to grant what Germany most
emphatically acknowledgement priv
ileges In Morocco and a free hand po-
litiCally. France maintains that par
tlcipation in commercial Morocco must
be conducted on a basis OF interna-
tional equality and that France must
WELD the free political hand.
M. de Selves. Minister of Foreign
Affairs, laid the reply before Presi-
dent Fallieres at Rambouillet to-day
and the executive sanction was at
once given. The ceremony was brief.
the President aifixing his signature to
the document as soon as ii had been
read by the foreign minister.
NJ de Selves fastened BY motor
car back 10 Paris. and upon his ar
rival al the foreign office began the
work of transcribing the reply The
task was finished this evening and
the courier left for Berlin on late
train.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
TROOPS SURROUND
BANDIT IN SWAMP

SNoD FLAKE. MAN, Sept. Ia
Five hundred armed men. including Z
company of the Northwestern mount
ed police, surrounded marshy swamp
ten miles from here tonight and are
preparing to close in on the Desperate
who kidnapped Miss Eleanor Gladys
Bryce, niece OF Premier Roberlin. OF
Manitoba, and kept her his prisoner
for more than twentyfour hours. re-
leasing her only when he sighted q
posse raking the woods in his direc.
ton.
The desperate. who is believed 70
be Henry r. Wilson. of Hannah. ".
D., known as a bad man" Is armed
with rifle and will he captured dead
or. -aliSe, AS soon rs his pursuers de-
termine how to approach him with
the least possible loss OF life.
Miss Bryce staggered into Rwerdalo
last night almost aeYnented and fell
fainting on a doorstep. She had been
missing since Monday, when the ties-
perado entered the school in which
she taught at Rtverdale and carried
her into the forest. The alarm was
spread by Frank Patterson, the young
man to whom she Is engaged. who fol.
lowed the trail of the couple by means
OF pieces of the girls dress which had
been torn In struggles with her cap.
tor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
CHANGE
ARTIST is BUTT

BEVERLY. MASS. Sept. t3.-Ma-
5or Archibald Willingham de Grafen-
ried Butt. who is to supply all the
gold lace and military spiendor as
the Presidents aide on the coming
Western trip. did an exhibition trial
round in changing uniforms this af-
ternoon, Just to prove that he is the
man to make the grand tour.
Within space Of forty-three min
utes Major Butt in full-dress uniform,
met Baron Jchida at the Beverly Sta
ton. received him with military cour-
tesy. escorted him In an automobile
ito the paramatta, the Presidents
cottage, two miles away. bowed and
made his exit. went TO his home. an
other mile. ertricated himself from
his gaudy official clothing. put on
civilian dress and drove back 70 Bev-
erlv Station in time to catch the train
for Boston.
The major is now convinced that
he has demonstrated his fitness for
the trip. with all its quick changes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
ETNA'S QUAKES
CAUSING TERROR

CATAN1A, SICILY. Sept. 13.-The
progress OF the eruption of Mount
Etna continues on q terrible scale.
There are now seventy-nine volcanic
rents in the mountain. through which
is issuing broad river of lava Of
enormous proportions. The great
molten mass is spreading over the
countryside at a speed OF more than
one thousand yards an hour and has
the appearance of an immense smouI-
dering furnace of fantastic design.
The earthquake sfteeks have been
going on without cessation tonight
More than fifty tremors have been
felt since shutdown A large number
Of villas and one church have been
engulfed. The lava is spreading to
the railroad circitng the mountain and
the train service is badly interrupted.
II is impossible To estimate the daIn-
age
The situation is made the more
sekious by the fact that communion
tons age, everywhere interrupted The
scenes of desolaton are terrifying.
Peasants can Ire seen carrying away
their belongings and weeping at leay-
ing their homes. The lava has cut
on the water supply to the town Of
Pandazzo. causing great distress.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
TAKES HIS LIFE
BY LAKES SIDE
UNIDENTIFIED MAN COMMITS Sill
PARK.
USES NEW REVOLVER
REMOVE rs MARkS FROM CLOTH
ING, WHICH MIGHT LEAD tn
IDENTIFICATION. nEFogE
SHOOTING SEiF

Alone amid the picturesque sur
roana1nss ST Reservoir Park. Il man,
whose identity has NOT been learned.
sent d ~ eAllher bullet into his brain
last night, oausAg almost instant
death
lie Was seated On bench lust a
snort ufseaii~a south VI the lake ana
after ne had pulled the trigger his
head dropped forward between his
s>faesesa tbs llstol ,feL te .he grass s.:G
his hat rolled across the pathway.
ParSkeeper Humphrey Caulder and
Park Policeman Robert seay were
Tut lew hundred yards away. They
ran IN the direction OF the pistol shot
and found the suicide, They felt his
heart and pulse, Life was extinct.
believing a faint spark might be
aslow in his breast and that the man
might be restored to consciousness
by heroic medical aid, Cauider and
Seay summoned the city ambulance.
cursory examination of the body and
pronounced the man beyond human
aid.
Identity is Concealed.
Coroner Taylor was summoned He
viewed the body and questioned
Csulder and Seay. DIR. Taylor
examined the clothing worn by the
man. but could not ind anything
which would reveal his identity The
body was removed to an undertaking
establishment
The man was seen In the park
about IL o'clock in the morning He
wandered among the debris which
marks the site of the merry Ground
and other amusements. which have
been demolished and inquired for the
manager Little attention was given
the stranger and he disappeared.
The revolver with which he ended
his life Is apparently new. II is an
lver Johnson. seven-shot, twenty two
caliher pistol with black handle.
A safety pin, FIVE cents. three keys,
three new handkerchiefs and a PEN
knife were found In his pockets.
He wore a black fedora from
which several marks which might he
used for Identification had been cut
His coat and trousers were black and
We'll worn. He wore black lace shoes,
His shirt was made by "A Baltimore
firm.
Tho man il forty or forty-fNe years
old, about five feet seven inches tall
and weighs about $40 pounds He has
black hair tingcd with gray and
brown mustache, He had not shaved
for several days.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
"Wets, However, Are Still
Claiming to Have Car
ried State
BASlNG HOPES ON
OFFICIAL RETURNS
Former Governor Glenn, Of
North Carolina, Declares
Whiskey Element Used
Violent and Disgust
ing Methods

ia all but seven instances. Maine re-
mains prohibition as result OF last
Mondays especial election by 365
votes.
The +twets" are still claiming a VIC
tory, however, basing their hopes on
the final official returns which ara
being mailed and sealed to the sec
Rotary Of the State, direct from the
towns and cities,
These cannot he legally opened ex-
cept at a meeting of the Governor and
council.
The next meeting IS scheduled for
September rs, but Governor Plaisted
has minated that he will call Il spe-
cial meeting of the council to deter
mine the outcome OF the election at
an early date.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
LITTLE VISITOR
NEAR To DEATH
FIyE-yEAR-oLD Allied SUNALL1,
IN PLAYING, DISCOVERS
REVOLVER.
BULLET ENTERS FACE
pay sfCTAN HAPPENS To nv AT
HAND AND HURRIES HER TO
HOSPITAL FOR An
OPERATION.

4 revolver bullet OF .3scalibert
fired accidentally. nearly robbed
Moses u. Nunnally and his wife Of
their youngest child. Alice Nuunally,
aged five years, yesterday afternoon.
With a wound in the left cheek
just below the eye. the child lies
at Virginia Hospital in dangerous
condition. with physicians doing all
in thetrN power TO save the young life
Entering the cheek, the bullet went
through the child's head and lodged
against the back of the skull. The
lead was located with an N-ray and
less than three hours after the &C
cident was extracted
The accident occurred in the home
of George w. Browning, foreman for
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
many. living at Tp7 South Laurel
street, about O'clock IN the after
noon
who was Ill in bed in her room on
the second floor. Miss Grace Brown
ing. seventeen years old. Il daughter
Of George Browning, was waiting on
her mother and amusing the child
visitor.
Or j F'rasia Jones, of East Grace
street, who had. been attending Mrs
browning. was just leaving thu house
Miss Browning was busy waiting on
her mother and did not see the child
walk to a bureau and take from its
top revolver.
Tho weapon was a ffve-shot Har-
riugtcn and Richardson, kept by Mr.
Browning for protection against bur
glars He had loaded the gun only
last Sunday and placed It On the
bureau where he might reach 1T
quickly.
Revolver I'm Chiid's Hands,
Whom Miss browning turned and
saw Alice Nunnaliy holding the
weapon she uttered slight scream
and ran TO the child TO take away the
revolver. AS Miss Browning graspad
the pistol there was AN explosion
and cloud OF smoke.
What happened then neither Mrs
browning nor her daughter can re-
call. Or. Joces heard the shot and
returned TO the room. summonlng aid
and rendering first aid treatment
Word was sent 10 the parents Of the
child and they arrived at the Brown
ing home IN few minutes.
DR. Stewart Mclean, who respond
ed to n cau for assistance. removed
the little patient to the hospital IN
his automobile, Accompanied by the
ohildA father Mrs Nunnaily later
joined her husband at the hospital
and remained until after the opera
tlon was completed
The condition of Mrs. browning
grew worse after the accident as a
result OF the shock. but physicians.
do not anticipate 81 more serious
change. Miss Browning also suffered
from nervous shock and Was deeply
grteved, but relatives and Or. Jones
prevented the girl from giving away
to hysteria.
Mr., Nunnaily. who Is vice-presi
dent of tho Home Beneficial Asso
citation, has one other child besides
Alice, Claudia, aged ten years The
families have been close friends and
Alice was a frequent visitor at the
Browning home. 1t is believed the
child Will recover
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
REBELS ATTACK CITY
OF CHENG-TU

HONG'kONG, Sept 13.--Dispatches
from Tsu-Chau, seventy-five miles
southeast OF Cheng-Tu, say the lat
ter point Is now completely isolated
by the rebels. who arc attacking the
city at four points. Tho last advices
from the bcsieged city were that the
loyal troops within tho walls had re-
pulsed the mob. ana that the British
and American residents and French
missionaries had decided to remain
within the city rather than trust
themselves to the rebels outside. al
though no anu-foreign feeling has
been expressed. the agitation being d.
rected against tho government atti-
Auds on tho question OF nationalist
Atom ok thu. xnilrnA4G ---a----a--A--~-.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
PRIMROSE SHIP
COMES OFF REEFS

PORTLAND. ORE. Sept 13.-Just
al the hyfneneal bark of George Prim-
rose, the minstrel man, was humping
and scratching on the reefs of the
bay gf domestic infelicity. little Dan
CupG Ftook up his station at the
wheel Under his expert pilotage the
good ship Primrose is now lodging
snags and sand bars while head for
the sea OF marital happiness.
In other words, Mr.. and Mrs. prim-
rose practically have made up, and
the outlook is before long his divorce
suit and her cross complaint wilt he
dismissed and a formal announce
ment Of their reconciliation be made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14

Especial to The Richmond virginian.y
WINSTON SALEM, y. c.. Sept 13.
Former Governor Glenn returned to
his home to-day. He was one of the
chief prohibition speakers in the cam
paign in Maine, and tonight. in the
course of an interview, Governor
Glenn said the close result was due
TO tbs use of money and the most
violent and disgusting of methods OF
the whiskey element.
That Maine Is normally heavily pro-
hihition still and would so vote to-
morrow If neither side made q can
vass and no corrupt use OF money and
methods was allowed, he declared.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
PRESIDENT TAFT
HAS AN EASY DAY

BEVERLY. MASS, Sept, i3.--Pres-
ident Taft this afternoon tentatively
prom ised Senator Wetmore, OF Rhode
Island, and J. s. Tychnor. seeAatary
of the army and navy Y. NJ c. A.,
that he would attend the dedication
exercises for the new building being
erected by that organization at New
port, r. !.
Baron Uchida, retiring ambassador
from japan, paid his farewell visit to
the President to-day. Ills visit was
purely formal one,
Secretary of Treasury Macy eagh
lunohed with the President this af-
fernoon and discussed departmental
h1iaiSa with him. ---A-,-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
NO HONEYMOONERS
WITH MRS. GILL

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept. H.,
For the first time in years Mrs. Gill'o
Cupid Express" which yearly runs
from Richmond TO Washington with
n cargo of prospective newly-weda,
arrived without ANY honeymeonerssv ,ass
Speaking of the failure or the trfp
to-day. Mrs. Gill attributed 1t to the
general excitement over the Beattio
trial In Richmond.
II am not going to make another
trip before get same couples to-
promise ntatrimony." she said. "oP
win lose my reputation as a match-l
maker"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
ARRESTS CERTAIN
| IN LAKE MYSTERY.


CHARLOTTE. n. C.. Sept. Is.
Although no arrests have been
made, I'm the Myrtle Hawkins niuf-
der mystery, u prominent young
physician Of Hendcrsonvtlle and
young married man. who was
formerly attentive to Miss Haw-
kina. arc under survcill&nce, and
will not be allowed to k.ave tho
town. The police and detectives
are positive IN their position.
Coroner Kirk has called a ssc-
ond inquest for Tomorrow morn
ing. Arrests apr expected to fol-
low immediately. Governor
Kttchin has offered q reward Of
$3.50 for the murtlercrs in response
To a petition from citizens Of
HondersOnviIlo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
Conditions Grave.

HANkDW, Sept, ia report pub
ltshed here to-day in the Sative pres
tells of the destruction OF the vicer0y'o
yaman at Cheng tn. and that maaU
yiatars have been killed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14

Then enter The v1r-
Efnian's contest.
Thousands In pr3ses.
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