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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
We believe Section 5 does away
with the Dago after all.
WE'LL TRY TO STOP 1T.

This thing Of Democrats wnd-
ling each other in primaries ought
to be stopped. Hardly an election
is held nowadays without charges
Of foul play being preferred.
There never ought to be any
question of the regularity and
fairness of a primary when it has
been held. We ought to have no
more esteem for the alleged
respectable men who, as an officer
of election, helps to swindle one
Democrat in the interest Of another
than we have for any other contl-
dence man.-Memphis CONNER
cial.
louisiana will try to stop that in
the future. Our new Constitution,
thanks to Captain Bell, provides
that our primary elections shell be
participated in only by duly
registered and qualified votes, such
as shall be entitled to vote in
general election.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
Base Ball League.

Shreveport is now a part Of the
Southwestern base ball league.
This league is composed of Lit
tie Rock, Shreveport, Paris, Tex
arkana, Sherman, Bonham, Hot
Springs and Denison.
The first game will be played at
Texarkana on ri inst. And the
first game at Shreveport on oath
Mr. Guy N. Colgate will manage
Shreveports team.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
Here I Am.

If your roof is leaking, re M
Der that 1 am back again. My
paint makes no failure. Oh, offs
are made new and dilapided .-,2s,
with a little patching are NJ to
serve for several years. s y all
leaks whether the roof be sh; giles,
tin, corrugated iron, slate or any-
thing else. Roofs on which ny
paint is placed lasts from to thrc
to four times as long as they wou'
otherwise.
[ guarantee my work. l hay (
done many jobs in Shreveport al q
if there is one man for whom
have worked who will not vouc
for me and my work [ would lik
to see or hear from him. | llnoN
of dozenswho will cheerfully do S
am here for business and ifmI
services are needed you must let m
know or else l will have to go else
where where parties are lokiong
and waiting for me.
w. B. WEAVER.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09

right now; during the session q
the Constitutional Convention
which faction plays fairly with the
public, the Caddo Democatic Club
or the others
That She don't wear bloCmers !;
aud She saint gwine to no vah.'
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
mHDHm RUMoR SAYsI

That she has quit talking, but
has been giving others a chance
That w. A. Nelson is Her can
didate for Chief of Police next
month.
That the hanging blind over
2O6 Milan, will be seen no more
That grading has been resumed
on the City Park.
That the Constitutional Con-
vention has done some good work
after all.
That the Caddo Democratic club
did not adopt a platform and urge
the people to support it, and then
send committee to the Ccnstitu-
tional Convention to kill some of
it's provisions.
That Messrs. Alexander and
Wise were elected on a platform
demanding a railroadtcommissio
and they are now asked, by their
supporters, to repudiate it.
Have these supporters discovered
their error, after the eletion.
That She would like to know if
it was POLITICS, to put Messrs AL
exander and Wise on a platform
demanding a Railroad Commission
and BUSINESS, to ask them to
kill it?
. That the persons composing the
Caddo Parish Democratic Club al
ways play fairly with the people.
There is never any "before, and
takiug," with them.
That, if the people want to know
the truth, they can easily learn
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
Chautauqua Lecture Course.

CuHuCdulud LCCVuIS SouAo
The Progress had the pleasure
of a few minutes half business,
half social chat with Mrs. Matte
H. Williams, in our Office Monday.
Being the mother Of Louisina
Chautauqua, and loving it with al
most maternal fondness, her con-
versation was directed chiefly on
matters pertaining to coming sea-
sons work of that institution.
When Mrs. Williams talks in
our editors presence she is always
sure to have at leas one attentive
listener. And more especially If
she talks about Chautauqua.
This was the subject mostly I'M
der discussion Monday.
Mrs. Williams is exceedingly
we'll pleased with the promises for
the season. Every department
vii be better equipped.
The Lecture Course will be I'M
usually strong. Every one is a
celebrity, a star: and is univer-
sally known.
Here is the galaxy:
General John B. Gordon.
Professor Andrews, Of Brown
University.
"Bob" Taylor,
M. L. Copeland.
This is grand, this is magnifl-
cent! The management is justi-
fed in feeling jubilant, if every
thing else will be on thh same high
scale: and we are told that this is
so.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
LITTLE NUT PEOPLE.

Old Mistress Chestnut once lived in a
bur,
Padded and lined with the softest of fur.
Jack Frost split it wide with his keen sill
YER knife,
And tumbled her out at the risk OF her
life.
Here is Don Almond, a grandee from
Spain;
Some raisfns from Malaga came in his
train.
leaner;
When both come together we shout.
':Philopden a."
Little Miss Peanut, from North Carolina
She's not 'ristocratic, but no nut is finer;
Sometimes she Is roasted and burnt to
cinder-
In Georgia they call her Miss Goober or
Pindar.
Little Miss Hazlenut, in her best bonnet,
Is lovely enough to be put in a sonnet,
And young Mr., Filbert has iourneyed
from Kent,
To ask her to marry him soon after Lent.
This is old ickory, look at him well;
A general was named for him, SO I've
heard tell,
Take care how you hit him. He some-
times hits back!
This solid old chap is hard nut to crack
Old Mr.. Butternut, just from Brazil.
Is rugged and rough as the side OF a hill;
Bet like many a countenance quite as
ill-favored,
He covers a kernel deliciously favored.
Here is Southernor, graceful and slim,
In flavor no nut is equal to him,
Aa, Monsieur Pecan, you know what IL
means
To be served with black coffee in French
New Orleans.
Dear little Chinquapiu, modest and neat,
Ism. she cunning, and isn't she sweet?
Her skin is as smooth as a little boys
chin,
And the squirrels all clatter about alss
Chinquapin.
This last is Sir Walnut; he's English, you
know,
A friend of my Lady and Lord So and so.
And now my, dear children. I'm sure
have told
All the queer rhymes thata nutshell can
hold.
Pearl Rivers, in the Presbyterian.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-04-09
SHREVEPORT MUTUAL
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.

the Shreveport Mutual Building
Association was held Tuesday af-
ter-noon, and the following were
eledted:
President, Jules Dreyfuss.
Vice-president, w. j. Payers
dorffer.
Secretary, John w. Taber.
Treasurer, Ben Holman.
Attorney, D. T. Land.
Notary Public, G. D. Hicks.
Appraisement COMMITTEE, l..
M. Carter, Ben Landman, @. D.
Hicks.
Auditing Committee, M. j.
Goldsmith, w. j. Bayersdorffer.
Finance Committee, S. Hohen-
teal, Henry Holzner, VIM Winter.
Muchly to the regret of the mem
bers who held paid-up stock in
Series A which was paying them
eight per cent dividends, semi-an
nuall; all this was ordered called
in and paid off, by the directors.
This act extinguished Series A
entirely the amount expended
hereforh being about fifteen thou
sand dollars.
The Shreveport Mutual Building
Association is one of the most
flourishing institutions in the
South. 1t stands, we dare say,
"head and shoulders" above any
other building association any
where.
Is shares are always at and
above par, according to age. Its
name ia a synonym for solidity in
financial circles. It owns no real
estate; and yet has expended sew
eral hundred thosand dollars in
building homes, repairing houses
and other loans in the city and
suburbs.
In the managementof it's loans it
has been exceedingly liberal, and
yet at the same time, ever watch
fully and earnestly cautious. This
tAS oCAOASCA 1SSo W AOS AASA AAoA.
cial standing: the satisfaction it
has given it's investing members:
it's liberality in making loans and
pleasing the borrowers: to the fact
that owns mo real estate, though
now in it's twelfth year of exist
ence.
The success of this association
is due to the business Judgment,
tact, and enterprise of the Board
of Directors, who are conscien-
cious in the discharge of their duty,
serving without pay.
Following is the board recently
elected. Some have been direct
orl from the beginning the major
ity nearly so:
Jules Dreyfuss.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
MAY SHUT OFF WATER.
Lower Fox River Mills Seriously AZ
fected BY the Drouth.

Oshkosh, Wis, Sept. 22.-If the present
drouth continues the mills along the
lower Fox river are liable to cease US
ing water and call their steam adjuncts
into operation. The lake level has
reached the level imposed by the war
department. The government standard
is fixed by war department regulations
at the crest, but the department has
allowed the Neenah and Menasha man
ufacturers to use the power in excess of
this amount
The mill men are now using only 25
per cent of water, which means a flow
of $4,000 cubic feet per minute. This
quantity is about equal to the present
flow of the river, the idea being to linn
it the use of the water so that the dead
Hne-six inches below the crest of the
Menasha dam-rnay not be crossed.
The season which is now nearing it's
close has been a satisfactory one to the
manufacturer and boatman, and there
has been none of the i'll feeling and
strife which have characterized former
seasons. The use of the water for
power has been regulated, as far as the
mill men are concerned, by the execu-
tive committee of the water power COM
pany, representing a union of the water
power interests. Captain Mann, chief
of the engineering department in the
Fox river valley, states that the com
mittee has been economical and fair
and has sought to guard all interests.
The rainfall has been about normal. In
case the water continues to fall and the
mills should be prohibited from using
water, it does not mean that they shall
stop. They have been getting ready
for such q contingency.
Navigation has been ordered closed
already upon the upper Fox above Gov
ernor's bend, as the lock eight miles be-
low Portage is to be rebuilt
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
WANTS TEACHERS PHOTOS
Supt. Maxwell Exercises 5000 Wom-
en- of Uncertain AGE.

New York, Sept. 2.-Superinten6ent Max
well of the board of education is due to
teachers. He wants them all They have
been requested to have their pictures
taken. One nice cop, not a mere pho
with the full name, the school, the grade
and various other points which will lead
to the positive identification of our school
1t is a kind of a BertfIIon system that
Superintendent Maxwell is establishing,
and he says it is necessary.
There was CONSERVATION when this re-
quest was made known.
oh the hOrrid thingP' SAID a Harlem
school teacher, and he a married man.
I wonder what he wants with our pic
lures. He cannot be going to decorate the
walls of his rOOms-but if he does the pho
tos will keep him awake nights"
Among the younger teachers the queS-
tiOn has been seriously discussed They
desire to know just where their pictures
are going and many obstinately refused to
accede to Superintendent MaxwelPs re-
quest.
has refused Superintendent MaxwelPs re-
quest and in a curt letter said she did not
desire to have her picture figure IN the
rOgue'S gallery which was beng started
by the board of education
superintendent Maxwell said yesterday:
1T is impossible for me to remember
the thousands OF teachers IN this city.
The old system of Identification was by
handwriting. but this was not satisfac-
tory. 1t is absolutely necessary that there
should be some means of Identifying the
teachers without the possibility of a mis-
take.
Only the teachers who have licenses from
the board of education have been asked
to send in their photos. The pictures will
be kept carefully and viii De used only as
a means of Identification This will pre-
vent any of the teachers from being i'm
persOnated."
whether any teachers were being imper-
sOnated by women outside of the schools.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
TWO LION CUBS ESCAPE.
Razo and Bob Gain Liberty During a
Transfer in Lincoln Park.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Razo and Bob. two
lion cubs, managed to escape from their
keepers in Lincoln park yesterday aft
ernOOn and for nearly an hour they
kept numerous visitors in the park in
a state of anxiety.
Keeper Cy De Vry decided to change
the two lions from one cage to another
and four men were assigned to the du-
ty of transporting the offspring of the
mOnarchs of the jungle. The cubs were
kept in the animal house, and shortly
after 4 o'clock the men got ready to
make the transfer. The cage was open
ed cautiously and as soon as the iron
door was showed to one side both RazO
and Bob leaped forth. It was the first
chance for liberty they had had for
long time and it took them no time to
run to the greensWard and make them
selves happy on the play ground. There
were a number of women and children
in the animal house at the time, who
sprang to one side as soon as they
sighted the lions. There were a few
screams and hasty rush for the rear
of the building.
Out in the open air there were hun
dreds of people. Most of them did not
know a lion cub from a st. Bernard, and
they paid no attention to the little lions
until they saw the excited keepers run
after them. A number of policemen
formed a Gordon around the green plot,
and then began a strategic performance
for the capture of the two deceitful en-
brio man-eaters.
While two of the keepers put on
leather gloves, two others posted them
selves in front of the cubs and began to
tease them. Just as the unsuspecting
lions made ready to leap at their tor
mentors the men with the leather
gloves sprang at them from the rear
and captured them. RazO was first
made prisoner and carried to the cage.
Bob proved the more elusive and had 70
be caught three times before he was
finally restrained. Several hundred per-
sons watched the maneuvers and a
erraaf many of them did not know the
danger they had been placed in by their
curiosity.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
RUMORS OF SUICIDE.
Countess Zaremba Thought to
Have Attempted to Kill
Herself.

New York, Sept 22-FolIowing close
upon the announcement of the marriage
of Miss Josephine Savin, daughter of a
millionaire banker, to Count Zaremba,
a Polish nobIeman, comes an unverified
rumor that the couple have separated
and that the bride in dispair attempted
suicide.
b Some color is lent to this report by the
fact that the police of the West Forty
seventh station twice Investigated the
story and that the bridegroom has been
absent from his hotel while the bride is
reported to be seriously i'll.
The rumor had its origin in the coro-
ners Office when a man rushed in there
and breathlessly asked if anything had
been heard of a suicide in the Hotel
Grenoble. A clerk named Cook, who
was in charge, asked the name Of the
person who had committed suicide.
'Zaremba,' the man replied.
The clerk told him that no such occur
renee had been reported.
That's strange" said the man; "per-
haps it was not successful" and rushed
out.
Cook communicated with the police Of
the West FOrty-seventh street police
station and they made an investigation,
but beyond finding that a DR.. de "a
remba and his wife lived there they
learned nothing.
Sunday, however, further informa-
IlOn came TO the ponce, from a source
which they will not reveal, that the
Countess Zaremba had attempted to
commit suicide Saturday. and that a
physician had been hurriedly summoned
to the hotel
Then a second investigation was in
St1tuted. The sergeant in charge of the
case said that his men were unable to
obtain any evidence that suicide had
been attempted.
In the Hotel Grenob1e the story Of at
tempted suicide was strenuously denied.
DR.. de Zaremba, as the count is best
known in New York, and his bride have
been staying here since September TO-
The count has not been seen by any of
the employees of the hotel for several
days.
Countess Zaremba is said there to be
very i'll and could not be disturbed.
None of the attaches of the hotel knew
when the count was expected to return.
Count Zaremba is an American citizen
and practtcing physician in New York
He is Al years old, much the senior of
his bride, and is a member of a noble
Polish family.
He was educated in Paris, and spent
most of his life there, but was gradual
ed from the University of Prague. He
practiced his profession in Paris and ST.
Petersburg.
DR.. zaremba is well known in diplo-
matte circles in Washington, and has
acted as secretary of the Russian lega-
tton during the illness of the regular in
cumbent.
He met Miss Savin in Saratoga about
four months ago and was Immediately
attracted to her. The attraction was
mutual, and they were married secretly
August p, by Rev. J. ]. Mcdonnell in
Saratoga They have been staying in
the Hotel Grenoble since September 10.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
THANK THE CZAR.
Chicago Methodist Ministers Approve
His Peace Plan.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Emperor Nicholas
came in for the congratulations of the
Methodist clergy of Chicago yesterday at
the regular weekly meeting of the minis
ters of that denomination for having taken
the initiative in the agitation for interna-
tiOnal disarmament. The cars proposal
for a conference to consider the subject
was discussed along with the future Of
the Philippine islands and the attitude of
the Roman Catholic church on the Ques-
American countries, the latter topic being
treated extensively in a report submitted
by Rev. John Lee
A letter was prepared for tranSmis isSion
to the czar. commencing him for the ad-
Vanced stand he has taken in the interes is
of humanity and peace, copy of which
will be forwarded to President Mckinley.
The letter, which was prepared by RevS.
Amos w. Patton, M. M Parkhurst and
Truman r. Green, was received with ap-
plause when presented to the meeting,
and was adopted as rejecting the senti-
ment of an enlightened and Christian citt-
zenship. 1t is as follows;
ITO His Majesty, Nicholas, Emperor of
All the RussiaS:
1.-The clergy of the Methodist Episcopal
church of the city of Chicago, representa-
tive of a Christian ecclesiastical body in
: 600 600 of members and 10000 900 of ad-
herents, send congra atulations to your ma
jesty on your recently expressed desire
for national disarmament throughout the
world and the proposal for a conference
to consider the same W nile serious oD-
the Immediate realization of this desire,
we believe that this is the ideal which
Christian nations should elevate. We hail
your proposal as evidence or a grow
ing conviction among the rulers and pub
ucists Of the earth that in this age OF en-
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
BACK TO HIS OLD CHURCH.
DR.. Withrow Again Pastor of Boston
Congregationalists.

Boston, Mass, Sept. Prev. DR.. J. L.
WIthroW began his second pastorate at
day and was twice greeted by large con-
After each service pastor and people had
a sort of reunion with handShaNing ana
good wishes in abundance. The pulpit
platform was adorned with growing plants
and wide-spreading ferns, and on the desk
was a bouquet of cut flowers.
DR.. Withrow seemed in excellent health.
His voice is in fine condition and his read
by great clearness of enunciatiOn. He
comes back to the Park Street church in
an answer. to an almost unanimous CALL
after an absence OF twelve years
TOday'S discOurSeS were in the nature
of a personal talk with the people of the
churNl. The pastor said all had been
in the Chicago pastorate, and he had the
fullest assurances that neither the young
a change. He had not come back to
Park street because of any disappointed
a!nDltlon. me FreSDyl yleIlan chQrch nad
given him honOrs and he was a loyal ad-
mirer of that church. He had not re-
turned to the historical high tower Of the
COngrega tfonal church to seek fresh hon
mind. Neither had he come back. under
the mercenary expectation of an increased
in Chicago was guaranteed him, and
the salary to be paid by Park Street
church was but a moiety Of that sum.
Ministers, he declared, did not always
move at the jingle of gold, and money was
not always the controlling characteristic
in ministerial changes. Nor did he come
and was seeking an easy task. He was
gray-headed, but he was not weakening,
and strength. He believed it was the
mind of the Master that he should come
pack, ana ne returned IN the power or the
of God. He believed his return was the
suggestion of the Holy Ghost, and he had
simply obeyed the clear indications of his
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
HOLDS SALARIES BACK.
Assessors Threaten to Man
damus Mayor Ideson.

Oshkosh, Wis, Sept. 22.-The asses
sors of this city have concluded TO
bring mandamus proceedings to compel
Mavor Tdeson to sign their orders for
CONDENSATION for services performed
during the present year. The council
passed a resolution at recent meetlng
annronriating $500 to the assessors, but
the r,7avOr vetoed it. The resolution was
passed over the veto and now the
mayor refuses to sign.
This state of affairs is but a part OF
the intricate tangle into which the
.citv has been plunged by the mayors
fight against the waterworks company
The assessors claim the mayor Is vent,
ing spite upon them for their reIusal
70 raise the assessment of the water
cOpoDanv when asked to do so by MN
as a member of the board of review.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-22
mo EAT BOY"
Chicago Chinaman Denies
Charge of Cannibalism.
Small Boys Mysterious Disap-
pearance Is Responsible.
''WANG KEE ATE HIM."
Says a Companion Who Watch
ed Child Disappear.
In the CapaciOus Mouth of the
Oriental Laundryman.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-LittIe Mike Rusa
has disappeared and his mother Is
heat broken because a small boy of the
neighborhood told her he saw Wang
Kee eat little Mike.
Mike is years old, and lives or did
live, at 81 Chicago avenue. IF anyone
were to ask him his name he would say,
''Red-Headed Mike Rusa," for that is
what his sister has taught him to an
sWer, because the color of his hair is
SO respondent. Mike played in the gut
terS OF Chicago avenue, as happy as the
KING or Italy, with never a thought that
some day Wang Kee, the Chinaman
VINO lived next door, might kidnap him
and eat him I'D
But yesterday noon little Mike disap-
peared. Mrs. Rusa and Miss Rusa
searched the alleys and sheds of the vi
cinity, and then at night they wr1ne
their hands and uttered loud lamenta-
ulOns, for small boy came forward
and solemnly testified to having seen
wang Kee seize Mike, drag him to the
Chlnaman's den and devour him.
With streaming hair and frenzied
cries Mrs. RUsa and Miss Rusa sped
to the Chicago avenue police station
They told the tale to Desk Sergeant
Shearin, beseeching him to send the DO
lice force to the Chinaman's house to
get Wang Kee, and perchance recover
any fragments that might be remaining
of little Mike
China eata my boy" moaned Mrs.
Rusa plteOuSly. "Draga him in celia
and eata him. Send cart and getta
China quick Getta China and Iocka
up-hanga China-killa him
Here Mrs. Rusa poured forth a flood
OF explosive Italian, while the sergeant
hastened to send a policeman to see
Wang Kee
Wang was found with rnouthfuI Of
water, which he was contentedly spurt-
ing over a shirt, while he piled the iron
vigorously Wang couldn't understand
at first what he was accused of having
done, but when he got it through his
head he almost fell over in a faint
To tell the truth, Wang Kee doesn't
look as if he were in the habit of eat
ing 4-year-old boys
Lfe! said Wang Kee, white as
ghost. Big iel No eat boy. No see
boy. Velly bad. See
Here Wang Kee put his hand upon
his belt to call attention to the fact
that there was no room for little Mike
beneath it.
Wash all day." he coninued. pointing
to the tubs of soapy water. mo go OUT
street; no see boy; no like boy; boy no
good to eat: Veuy bad eat boy-velly
no nfce-wah yum whang chang tun wa
wa wOkung kan chez quong wa-a-ah
The policeman was convinced and de-
parted.
But if Wang Kee didn't eat little
Mike, who did? He's gone and can't be
found. And, Furthermore, didn't the
other small boy see Wang Kee in the
very act OF devOuring Mike? The evil
dence is conclusive enough, and Mrs.
Rusa NmOans to herself that Red-Head-
ed Mike RuSa never will come back.