THE DONALDSONVILLE CHIEFA Wide-Awake Home Newspaper---Published Every Saturday---Subscription Price, $2 a Year.

VOL. XXXIV. DONALDSONVILLE, LA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1904. NO.19.

LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY.DRY GOODS, GIROCERIES Etc.

SDEHON, corner Lafourche and Cheti-* macnes streets, dealer in Dry Goods, No-

tiaos, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions,Corn, Oats Bran, Wines, Liquors, etc.

KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Hou-* mas street, dealear in Dry Goods, Notions,

Boots and SLoes, Groceries, Provisions. Corn.Oats and Bran.

BERNARD LEMANN & BROTHER, dealersin Western Produce, Fancy and Staple Gro-

ceries, Liquors, Hardware. Iron, Paints. Oils,Carts, Plows, Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware.Furniture, Crockery, Wall Paper and HouseFurnishing Goods, Mississippi street, Railroadavenae and Crescent Place.

FAMOUS BLUE STORE, Mississippi street,opposite Nicholls Hotel. Groceries, Pro-

visions, Wines and Liquors, Tobacoo, Hard-ware, Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Paints,Oils, Varnishes, Etc. Sole agency in Ascensionfor the Perfection Gasoline Stove.

VETERINARY SURGEON

PIERRE CASTAGNOS, Veterinary Surgeonand Physician. Scientific treatment of all

diseases of horses and mules. Best referencesfurnished. Successful treatment and reason-able charges guaranteed. Residence. Port Bar-row. P. O. uox 146, Donaldsonville, La.

PHYSICIANS.

D J. A. TUCKER,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Office and residence in Opelousas street, nearCourthouse. Telephone 157-3.

DR. J. L. RICHARD,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Office and residence corner of Iberville andLes-sard streets Telephone 127.

E K. SIMS,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

Office in Houmas street. adjoining the AscensionClub. Telephone 90.

fR. T. H. HANSON.OFFICE:

Avenue Pharmacy, corner Railroad andNichollsavenues. Telephone 95-2.

DR. J. D. HANSON.OFFICE AND RESIDENCE:

Lessard street, between Micholls avenue andIberville street. Te ephone 54.

R. W. H. McGALLIARDOFFICE AND RESIDENCE:

'Jorner Houmas and Iberville streets, office en-trance on lberville. Te'ephone 28.

DR. PAUL T. THIBODAUX,

OFFICE AND RESIDENCE:

Corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets.Othice Hours: 11 a. m. to Z p. m.

Telephone 138.

President Parish Board of Health.

DENTISTRY.

SR. S. A. WEBRE,

DENTIST,Grown and Bridge Work Executed in a Satis-

factory Manner.Office in Iberville street, between Lessard and

St. Patrick streets.

SR. JOS. L. WEBRE,

DENTIST,Office Hours: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.

Opelousas Street, opposite .scension AcademyCrown and bridge work a specialty.

STENOGRAPHER.

H.RICHARD MELANCON,

STENOGRAPHER ANDTYPEWRITER

Office with E N. Pugh, in Houmas Street, Donaldsonville. Telephone 100.

A'T~i~ft~t ~ _ .T1.

B. J. VEGA,

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARYPUBLIC.

Office with R. Mc(Culloh, corner Railroad and

Nicholls Avenues.

DONA J.DSON VILLE, LA.

ALTER LEMANN,

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARYPUBLIC.

DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

L. U. OLSE. ABN.E FOLSE.

L. U, FOLSE & SON,

ATTORNEYS.Oprton: With AscENSION CoAL Co., LTD.

R McC ULLO ,

ArTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARYPUBLIC.

Huice and residence, corner Railroad and Nich-olls Avenues.

DONA LDSONVILLE, LA.Practices in all the courts o Louisiana, both

State and Federal. Address, P. O. Lock Box S

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARYPUBLIC.

DONALDSON VILLE, LA.District Attorney Twenty-seventh Judicial

District. Office in Nicholls avenue, opposit:Courthouse. Prompt attention paid to cohlections and civil business.

ALEB C. WEBER,

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARYPUBLIC.

Ofice in Nicholls Avenue, near the Courthouse,DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

R N. ,ItS.NOTARY PUBLIC.,

Office in Chetimaches street, opposite Court-house Square.

DONALDSONV1LLE, LA.

E DMUND MAURIN,

ATTORNEY AT LAW--JUSTICE .s PEACE-NOTARY PUsL1C.

Office in Opelousas street, opposite AscensionAcademy.

The appointment as justice of the peace w.:lin no way interfere with my practice in districtcourts or justice courts otner than the one overwhich I preside. Telephone 3.

NEWSDEA LER.

TONAIf SONVILLE NEWS CO.. Mrs. L. M.STtaer, Manager, Railroad Avenu

joining the postoffeie. News and lit.- atelnaper.,Books, Stationery, Pens. Ink, , teball

uppies, Toys, and Fancy Articles i, rnacvariety.

CIGAR MANA FAC Ft:RER.

L O. COURSEAULT,

CIGAR MAKER,CONVENT, ST. JAMES PARISH, LA.

Best quality cigars at prices that defy compet -tion. Write for samples and trices.

DUNDIFRTAKERS, tc.

g E. LEE Livery, Sale and Feed Stables.n. Undertaking Establishment and Black-

smith Shon, Mississippi street, between Lee--ard and St Patrick street. Evern department

complete: 'acilities nnsurpassed; prices satis-S . naurin Coapaar. Ltd., proprietors.

HOTELS AND SALOONS.

Nicholls Hotel,F. ROGGE, - - Proprietor.

S. D. GIANELLONI, Day Clerk.

WM. J. MaaPHY. Night Clerk.

Headquarters for CommercialTravelets.

'Bus and Porter to and From all Trains.

Mississippi Street, Near Wharf,

DONALDSONVILLE. LOUTSIANA.P. O. Box 76. Telephone 30.

THE WELCOME CAFEFisher & Landry, CProps.

Railroad Avenue and Iberville Street,

DONALDSONVILLE. LA.

LARGE Billiard and Pool Room. Music Hall,Picture Gallery and other facilities for

amusenant and convenience of patrons. Achoice supply of Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, etc.

DRUGGISTS.

JeJ. LECHE,

Avenue Pharmacy,OR. RAILROAD and NICHOLLS A VENUES,

DOXA LDSON IILLE, LA.

Purest and freshest of Drugs, Chemicals andPatent Medicines always in stock. Trusses,Bandages. Soaps, Perfumery, Brushes, Combs,smokers' materials, etc. Physicians' prescrip-tions careful ly compoundei- at all hours, day ornight. Telephone 95-2.

CARPENTER AND BUILDER.

C. HAZLIP

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER

11l work neatly executed. Plans and Estimates

Furnished.

DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

Drive....That's what it is

when you drive one ofour teams.

You'll think so, too,after you'vetried one.

Our horses go.They look well, too.Our traps, buggies

and surreys are newand look swell. Just

as nice as any privateturnout.

Get a team from usnaOt time you go out.You won't be ashamedof it-or sorry either.

The Dexter StableRODRIGUEZ & TRUXILLO

ProprietorsL 11NN6Olj

AT•• E SWULELS ALE:

Axle Grease, Lye. Soaps.Baskets, t I rooms,Dse Balls, Brushes,lank Books, utter Dishes,

C locks Cheese Safes,:ges, Enameled Steelware.

urry Combs,Freezers, Fruit Jars,Goblets

ishing Tackle, urnares, alvanizedware.

Hammocks, Ice Chests,Lamps, anterns,

amp (Chimneys, Lantern Globes.amp Burners, adders,Matches, Oars. paper,

easures, -i Cans, enciis,

Padlocks, Rope, Refrigerators,Saws, ieves, C hot,coops, J.ates. •toneware,cales, ponges. tove Polish

Tacks, Tinware,raps, umblers,

Twines,W ringers. .Ihips,ashing Machines, W icking,ater Coolers, oodenware,

J. C. Morris Co., Ltd.,324-330 Tchoupitoulas street,

\F. W OfREAINS. LA.

SDo YouKnow

That we are stillselling the BESTand FRESHESTGroceries at pricesthat are as LO W,if not LOWER,than the samegoods are being

Competitors?If not, why not?

Babin & GentilTelephone ill

Moss! * Moss! ,Top Prices!Full Weights!Prompt Returns!

Southern MossFactory

GI retna, Louisiana _

moss. Write for prices or ship direct.Satisfaction guaranteed.

FOR SALE .". .1 One-horse Cart, nearly new. 1 John Deere Disc Cultivator.1 Moline Plow, No. 9. 1 John Deere Plow, No. 10.1 Side Harrow. 4 Sets of Harness.1 Moline Corn and Cotton Planter, single and double trees, etc.

6 Plantation Hoes.Everything bought new this year and only used one season.Will sell cheap as I am retiring from cotton planting.

SHEARD MOORE, V. S.

The Peoples BankDonaldsonville, La.

OFFICERSJ. A. DALFERES, President R. N. SIMS, Vice PresidentFRANK K. SIMS, Cashier WM. J. LEBLANC, Assistant

J. C. BOUCHEREAU, Collector

DIRECTORSC. D. Gondran, Leon Kessler, Ed. C. WathenJames P. Armitage, Dr. E. K. Sims, Dr. S. V.Vega, Adolphe Netter, D. D. Dalferes, HenryC. Braud, F. L. Trepagnier, H. C. WhitemanJ. R. Duke, H. L. Weil, R. N. Sims, J. A. Dalferes

We PAY 3 PER CENT Interest on Time Deposits

Il.I

IHorses and Mules

S." Blue Grass Stables .".Ed. C. Wathen, Proprietor

JOS. ('ONSTANTIN, President A. D. STEWART. ManagerJ. G. MORA, Vice President: C. J. ABRIBAT, Secretary

A. J. ROSSI, Treasurer

DOALDSONVILLE IRON WORKS, LTD.Opposite Texas and Pacific Freight Depot.

Telephone No. 4.Repairs to Machinery, Pumps, Brass and Iron Castings.Boiler Makers and Sheet Iron Workers.Flue, Tubular and Water-Tube Boiler Repairing.Makers of Cane and Logging Cars and Trucks.None but Frst-class Machanics Employed.Pipes, Valves, Fittings, Packing Gum, Electrical Supplies, Etc.Special Facilities for Prompt Shipment by River or Rail.

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DONALDSONVILLE ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA.

ICE, BEER, COLD STORAGE,.g.._. CAPACITY, 30 TONS DAILY.

MississIPP~ STREET, OPPosrTE MARKET. TELEPHONE NO. 78.

Purest And Best Qual;ty ICE At Lowest Market Rates,SUPPLIRD IN ANY QUANTITY AT FACTORY OR SHIPPED WHEREVER ORDERED.

Local agency for the mammoth ANHEDSER-BUtC(H BREWING ASSOCIATION'S celebratedKEG and BOTTLE BEERS, (FAUST, ANHEUSER, BOCK AND PALE IN KEGS, EiQUvITSE, BUD-WEISER, ANHEUSER AND BAVARIAN IN BOTTLES). which can be furnished in quantities to suit.Orders left at the factory or addressed through the l)onsldsinville postoffice, will receive

iromut ard careful attention. Satisfarction always fully guaranteed.

VICTOR VIosCA, Pres. ROGER STEIB, Vice Pres. P. PERCY VIOsCA, Sec.-Trease.

DONALDSONVILLE COOPERAlE CO.,RLMANUFACTURERS, AND DEALERS IN

Staves, Heading, Hoops and CooperageMATCHED CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY.

MAS OFFI(E AD FACTORYe DONALDSONVILLE, LA.SRailroad Ave. near (laiborne St., LA.wad C • .

Edward C. Webre & Co.SUGAR FACTORS AND

COMMISSION MERCHANTS

237 Decatur Street, NEW ORLEANS.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.Wo 'HITNEY N WORKS COMPANY

861 Tehoupitoulas St., New Orleans.

Sole Manufacturers of the MARSHALL CANE CRUSHERand CRYSTALLIZERS :: : :: ::

Manufacturing of SUGAR MIACHIT ERY a Specialty......Most approved FILTER PRESSES of All Sizes for Can Juice and Skimmings. Will Fur.k Stimts and Contract for tie Constructioan of All Knde of Mackinary and Iroa Work

AROUiND THE STATE.

Items of Interest Culled From theLouisiana Press.

Double Murderer Craighead on Trial at

HIomer-Laurel Ridge Plantation Sold.

Tulane University Sells Property in

Boston-New Depot at Gibsland.

A new depot is being erected at Gibs-land.

Monroe is planning the erection of agas plant.

The Hotel Plaza, in Boston, ownedby Tulane University, was sold for$350,000.

The annual conference of the Louisi-ana Methodists- was held at LakeCharles.

Peter Bartelme, an aged German,committed suicide by hanging himselfat Winnfield.

Seventy-five immigrants from Ala-bama have settled on farms in Clai-borne parish.

A negro named Charles Johnsonwas killed by deputy sheriffs in St.Mary parish while resisting arrest.

The Louisiana exhibit at the world'sfair will be sent to New Orleans for atime. The permanent location is indoubt.

The remaining victims of the SwissLaundry fire at New Orleans are do-ing well and it is believed that all willrecover.

The construction of the lock anddam on the Ouachita river just belowthe town of Monroe was begun lastSaturday.

A verdict of guilty without capitalpunishment was rendered in the caseof Charley Jones, a negro, chargedwith killing his wife at Natchitoches.

The trial of Dick Craighead for themurder of Mrs. Ike McKee and hersix-year-old son began in the districtcourt at Homer. The crime was com-mitted at Athens a month ago.

A special election will be held inHammond Jan. 10, 1905, to consider a$30,000 bond issue for the purpose ofestablishing a waterworks and drain-age system.

The board of directors of the Elks'theater at Baton Rouge awarded thecontract for operating the playhousefor the next three years to EhrlichBros., of Shreveport.

Two pills, supposed to contain poi-son, were found in the cell of LewisW. Lyons, who was condemned for themurder of District Attorney WardGurley at New Orleans.

Senator Foster and CongressmanBroussard, of Louisiana, conferredwith Gen. McKenzie, of the war depart-ment, with respect to the delay in im-proving Bayou Plaquemine.

The Laurel Ridge plantation in thelower portion of Iberville parish wassold by Mrs. Emma Tuttle to TheoduleSchexnaydre, of St. James, for $65,-000 cash, the purchaser to have pos-session Jan. 1, 1905.

A bill appropriating $1,500,000 for agovernment building in New Orleanswas introduced in congress by Rep-resentative Meyer. Mr. Meyer willalso urge an appropriation of $350,000for the New Orleans harbor before theRivers and Harbors Committee.

Col. J. E. Adger, a representative

of the United States department ofagriculture, visited Acadia for thepurpose of looking over the groundwith a view of establishing a series ofsmall model farms, designed to assistfarmers in the proper culture of cot-ton. About twenty-five of these farmswill be established in the parishes ofAcadia, Calcasieu, Vermilion and La-fayette.

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Do you remember the little things thatgave us so much pleasure when we wereyoung ? With what zest did we sit down tothe table after our play was over and eat themush and milk our mother put before usBut as we get older it takes more to giveus pleasure. Mush and milk no longertastes good to us, and our digestion may beimpaired. The best advice we can give tosuch a person is to tone up the stomach withDr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Itis nature's most valuable and health-givingagent-made without the use of alcohol Itcontains roots, herbs and barks, and is theconcentration of nature's vitality as foundin the fields and woods. This remedy hasa history which speaks well for it becauseit was given to the public by Dr R V.Pierce, founder of the Invalids' Hotel andSurgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. V. nearlyforty years ago, and has since been sold bydruggists in ever increasing quantities.Some medicines, tonics or compounds, en-joy a large sale for aTew years, then disap-pear from the public attention, but Dr.Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery hasproved such a reliable blood remedy andtonic that it often enjoys the confidence ofseveral generations in a family, and its in-creased sales year by year coming from therecommendations of those who have triedit, prove its lasting merit, so that everybottle bears the stamp of public approval.Every other blood-maker and tonic for thestomach that we know of contains alcohol,but Dr. Pierce guarantees that no alcohol

tis ontained in his "Medical Discovery."

A MATTER OF HEALTH

POWDERAbsolutely Pure

HAS N0 SUBSTITUTE

THE OFFICE BOY WANTS TO KNOW-Whatyou'rehangingbackfor?If you're ashamed to do the right

thing?If you don't know very well that the

right thing is to pay that poll tax rightnow?

Whether you're going to put off do-ing right until you get left?

If it mightn't have been a good thingafter all to have Vulgarian Vardamanat the head of the boll weevil conven-tion?

-on the principle that, if it's effect-ive to set a thief to catch a thief, itmight be as much so to set one pestafter another?

Why the boll weevil should not beregarded as a scholar and a gentle-man alongside of Vardaman?

If the people of Mississippi wouldn'tdo well to get rid of the gubernatorialinsect first and take chances with thecotton bug?

If Father Harding's temporal pros-pects haven't improved since hisfriends helped him lay something byfor a rainy day?

If the good father didn't think he'dhave to raise the umbrella to protecthimself?

If he wasn't in danger of being del-uged with the praise the major andhis delegation showered upon him?

If Ferdinand didn't think he was inthe last ditch when the buggy upset?

If his friends are only glad he es-caped with slight injuries because heis a member of a big firm?

Whether it's to be supposed theywouldn't have cared how badly he washurt if he hadn't belonged to the firm?

How much of real friendship therewould be in solicitude gauged by thesize of a man's investments?

If Ferdinand's sure-enough friends,like The Office Boy, for instance,weren't sorry he got hurt just becausehe is their friend?

-and if they ain't glad for the samereason that he doesn't have to wearany more court-plaster on his phys-iognomy?

If he wasn't a good deal more stuckup after the accident than usual-though not less genial and approach-able?

How you stand on the street fairquestion?

If you're one of the fellows that can-not understand how the town is to bebenefited by the blow-out?

Why the Red Men and the businessmen don't submit their differences to aboard of arbitration?

If it doesn't stand to reason that thefair will result in much good to theRed Men, the business men, the showmen and any other old bunch of men?

Where the young men "are at" onthe proposition?

If, 'way down in your heart, youaren't glad that the old town isthreatened with an acute attack ofgayety for holiday week?

If a street fair aad two dances all inone week isn't excitement enough foranybody?

If Donaldsonville can possibly beaccused of being "one of them d- dunanimous" towns?

If the fact that the Red Men and thebusiness men are scrapping over thestreet fair and the young men are atloggerheads over the sassiety profbmdoesn't seem to indicate that bothsides of every question receive atten-tion hereabouts?

If it*otfdn't be a fine thing for thewhole shooting match to conclude atreaty of peace?

What's the matter with cutting outthe knocking and trying the effect ofa good boost?

If you've come across with a littlecontribution to the doll and toy fund?

If not, why not?If it can possibly be that you intend

to slip-up on this opportunity to adda line to your record in the goodbook?

If there is any more beautiful char-ity in the world than bringing sun-shine into the hearts of the poor chil-dren of a great city on the anniver-sary of the glorious day when theSaviour of mankind came into theworld?

If it isn't a sure thing that you willenjoy your Christmas a great dealmore if you have the satisfaction ofknowing that you have done some-thing to give happiness to a littlechild who would otherwise spend theday in the desolatioatldrear despair?

Why not make up your mind rightnow to contribute whatever you canspare to the worthy fund?

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Flashes of the Telegraph Wires FromNear and Far.

Prominent Mississippians Indicte rWhitecapping-Big Fire at Minneap-

olis-Munificent Gift to Chicago Uni-

versity-Eleven Miners Killed.

A new Servian cabinet has been or-ganized.

Robert Burns' family Bible sold for$8250 in London.

There is a scramble for freight spaceon ocean vessels.

A crack has %n discovered on thesurface of the moon.

Eleven miners were killed by an ex-plosion at Burnett, Wn.

An Anglican monk in Wales claimsto have raised the dead.

Three men were killed in an explo-sion at Catlettsburg, N. Y.

The temperature in the Manchurianwar zone is 6 degrees below zero.

Count Paul d'Abzac, former Frenchconsul in New Orleans, died in Paris.

A fire at MiIgeapolis destroyedproperty valued at more than $6,000,-000.

A law will be proposed in Texas toforce railroads to run on 'scheduletime.

Monroe Wells, a lunatic, mortallywounded his aunt at Birmingham andthen killed himself.

The Commercial Company's Atlanticcable is in trouble between Penzanceand the Scilly Isles.

The validity of the peonage act isbeing argued before the supreme courtof the United States.

The Lord Mayor of London has is-sued an appeal for funds to relieve theunemployed of London.

Satisfactory tests of the 6-inchBrown segmental wire tube gun havebeen made at Sandy Hook.

Striking operatives at Fall River,Mass., are showing a willingness toreturn to work in the cotton mills.

Congressman Warner, of Illinois,is a candidate for pension commis-sioner to succeed Eugene F. Ware.

Four men were entombed and fourothers badly hurt by an expl sion in acoal ahd coke mine at Eldora p, Ill.

Snow, varying in depth from, two tosix inches, fell in the entire centralwestern portion of the United States.

The Cigar Manufacturers' Associa-tion will oppose the 75 per cent redution proposed on Philippine tobace

Sasoneff, who killed Minister VoPlehve with a bomb at St. Petersburhas been sentenced to hard labor forlife.

Texas bankers discussed the plan trdfinance the cotton crop so planterscould hold .the product for higherprices.

Railroad men conferred with Com-missioner Sargent at Washington withrespect to the distribution of immi-grants.

Four seats on the New York CottonExchange, three of them held in thename of Daniel J. Sully, sold for$40,100.

M. Syveton, the Nationalist deputywho assaulted War. Minister Andr'of France, was found dyad in his bedat Paris.

sight hundred Russians, who leftManchuria to avoid military service,are coming to America by way ofLiverpool.

A treaty of peace has been signedbetween the revolutionists and the gov-ernment of Paraguay, the insergentsbeing victorious.

Rear Admiral Davis, Americanmember of the commission to inquireinto the North Sea tragedy, hassailed for Europe.

Capt. Mills of the American steamerPhiladelphia has filed a protest inLondon against reckless target prac-tice at Plymouth.

Thbe pressure of the gas in one of thewells at Humble, Tex., became so greatthat heavy rocks were blown com-pletely out of sight.

Julius Kruttschnitt, on behalf of theHarriman lines, has placed an orderfor 100 locomotives, the largest orderof the kind on record.

John D. Rockefeller has given Chi-cago University between two and threemillion dollars with which to found aschool of engineering.

Members of the congressional com-mittee who visited Panama favor asea level canal. The estimated In*crease in cost is $100,000,000.

President Roosevelt announced hewould as soon as practicable appointL. Q. C. Lamar, son of the late dis-tinguished Mississippian, to some im-portant post.

Senator Stewart introduced a bill incongress fixing the president's salaryat $100,000 per annum, vice presidentand speaker of the house $20,000 each,and senators, representatives and dele-gates $10,000.

It was stated in New York that NewOrleans capital is interested in theCentral American Commercial Com-pany, a $1,000,000 concern, organizedto make extensive investments in Nic-araugua.

T. H. Montgomery, member of theMississippi legislature, and J. C.Bryant and J. B. Willis, members ofthe board of supervisors, were in-dicted for connection with the white-capping organization at Brookhaven,Miss.