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The sun., 1903-10-18

Then it was that Zoriek was living in Mazah,
a Christian town just outside OF Beirut,
where h. ran restaurant, and, as far as
Iossible n that country, was at peace with
all the world.
But NJ man knows when the sword will
sweep through Syria; and so when the
Turks suddenly began massacre in Mazah
one day. Zoriek was not unprepared,
Nother vas his employee, Eelies Halibi,
now another of Syrias national heroes.
Both men, armed with modern repeating
rifles, fought their way for hours through
the street. of the town. They finally sue
ceeded in escaping into the open country,
and they hft trail of dead and wounded
Turks behind them to show the direction
In which they had fed
When they had thus extricated them
selves from the trap of their assailants,
Zoriek and his companion made straight
Tor the Mountains Of Lebanon and went
into hiding. Then began bloody con-
test Of s1 years duration between Zoriek
and his pdrsuers.
The Turks made the first move. They
straightway threw zoriek's father into
prison. with the hope Of making him re-
veal his sons hiding place. But no amount
Of abuse and fogging could make the old
man betray his boy.
IOriek, who was surrepJitiously kept in
money and ammunition by wealthy
Christians, heard of the outrage against his
father and retaliated One day he stole
forth from his mountain retreat and sud-
denly swooped down upon some Of the
officials who had been instrumental In
Prosecuting his family. He killed several
before he returned to the mountains.
After that no Turk could tell when or
where Zoriek would strike. One day he
Was here in small village taking blood
vengeance for wrong inflicted by Mo-
hammedans upon Christian; the next he
was shooting down those OF his pursuers
who had ventured into the Lebanon Noun
tains and st nightfall he was in hiding
In friendly Christian house in Mazah,
conferring with his followers and in the
dead dead Of night slipping away, no one knew
For six years Zoriek led the life Of an
avelger. They say in Syria that In that
tlme nearly two score Mohammedans fell
dead at tho crack of his rife, and that he
was never In danger. Zoriek himself
declares that as far as he knows he has the
right to only fourteen notches in his gun
stock, and he points to the scn rs on his face
10 attest his statement that more than
one Turkish bullet found its mark there and
mat more than one Mohammedan yataghan
or scimitar struck true.
,At last this exciting life palled on Zoriek.
ne wanted to live in a home instead OF
cave.
he knew that he could not set himself up
anywhere in his native land, 80 he de-
itermtned to leave the country for America.
Looking toward this end he one day met
som" trustworthy Christians at an ap-
Rolnted place and arranged his escape;
SMtn"n all was ready and the prearranged
s'pnai given. Loriek appeared on the sea
coast Just outside Beirut, where a row
o2sf, stocked with provisions, had been
The sun., 1903-10-18

But he was not to get away without a
final battle. Somehow, the Turkish Of
ficials had got wind Of his contemplated
escape, and just as he was all ready to en-
bark party Of soldiers bore down upon
him.
The fight that followed was one of the
most bloody in Zoriek's experience. The
giant Christians rife did such damage
among the Turks that those who were not
stretched out on the beach finally scattered.
and thus gave Zoriek time to jump into the
boat and shove OIL.
Then he was comparatively safe. There
was no other boat In which tho Turks could
pursue him. and their Workmanship was
bad. the bullets whizsing harmlessly over
the refugees head and plunking into the
water.
That night Zoriek Eowed out for ten miles
on the Mediterranean, and was then picked
up by steamer stationed OF shore by his
confederates and taken to Cairo. Thence
he reached New York without further
adventure.
1t was this flight to become an American
citizen that eventually made Zoriek the
last OF his name. Whist the Turks were
The sun., 1903-10-18

The stranger who happens into one Of
the two headquarters in New York Of
Christian refugees from Turkey. and sits
down at one Of the restaurants little deal
fables, will be served with black Syrian
coffee by giant whose quiet dignity makes
Che service seem a condescension, whose
eyes are almost as dark as the contents
Of the coffee cups, and whose face is literally
covered with scars.
He is talnearly feet-and looks what
he is one of the national heroes Of Syria,
Eeies Horiek, the only one of the Zorieks
who has managed to escape death at the
hands of the Turks. OF his relatives 148
have pershed.
zoriek's story. from the time he became
a national figure in Syria until he fed to
thi, country to become an American citi-
sen is full of adventures and encounters
with the Turk. And it is known to every
Syrian the world over
The beginning goes back fourteen years
The sun., 1903-10-18
DONE BY THE TAILORS GOOSE
Trick OF .Journeymen VINO Want to Get
Even with Their Boss.

"These are easy days for the custom
tailor said one Of the trade. we have
very little, II any, trouble with our men.
twenty-five years ago the journeymen
tailors could put q man out OF business
and they sometimes did 1t, too, just BY
little cunning use Of the goose. Suppose
they were not satisfied with the wages,
or they had some other grievance and
wished to get even. There is way q
tailor can do that and we cannot prevent
.In cutting cloth for garments we al
ways leave q little margin all around to
allow for alterations and for seams. Now,
when the cloth is damp, the tailor need
only let the hot iron rest little longer than
is absolutely necessary on the cloth near
the edge and the cloth is stretched 80 that
when made up the garment is wrinkled;
and when the customer comes to try 1t
on there is trouble right away. The thing
has to be taken apart and made over again,
and sometimes an entirely new section OF
cloth has to be used.
"The customer gets it into his head that
YOU are q botch and he may withd raw
his custom. You may be morally certain
that the tailors are afteryou and are stretch
ing the cloth, but how are you going to
prove 1t?
Il have known Of two or three custom
| tailors who have practically been maze
| to give up business In this way. There
were other causes mixed with their fail.
ures, but the tailor behind the iron was al
! the bottom Of 1t all.
II even know one man who was driver
out OF business in three cities. lie hao
| offended the men who worked for him
and when he moved they kept track OF
him and made 1t their business to get th'
men working for him in his new field to ds
as they had done.
custom tailor to say to another when h.
heard things were not going right witl
him: .Ironsf' It is Of no use to try T.
explain such things to ones customers
your own olumsiness and lay the blam
on some one else.
aBut there 10 very little Of this under
hand business now. I don't know that
have had a case OF wilful stretching
cloth come under my notice In ten years
The men are airer"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
MURDER OF MEEHAN.
Body of Wealthy Colorado stockman
Found living on a Prairie

Body of 9 Wealthy Colorado Stock n
Found Lying on a Prairie
Akron, Colo. April S.-The bullet
riddled body Of Joseph l. Meehan, a
wealthy stockman, who lived alone on
his ranch northeast Of this place, has
been found lying on a prairie within a
short distance Of his home It is be-
lieved he was hot from ambush Friday
night, as he was returning home from
visiting a brother, another cattleman.
and that the killing is the result Of
feud
For some time trouble has broken
out at Intervals among rangemen over
the question of the right use of the
range. and in December last. Meehan
and rancher named John Irwin en-
gagged in a pistol duel Irwin being fat
ally shot, Meehan was so badly
wounded that he was in the hospital
for several months It is said that fol
lowing this encounter threats were
made against Meehan's life Meehan
was very popular in the neighborho0d
in which he lived and the feeling is
strong against the shooting.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
ANGC1a GCA~ RxNCh
enc on Large Scale Is to eSe Estal,
slshsd Somewhere il 8exas

Aausas City, April S.-The Times
says that mans are under way f0r
the establishment OF an Angora scat
packing house in Kansas City The
men identified with the new venture
live i'll Texas and Chicago and thc=
have secured a charter from the sf2's
Of Texas. The plant will be equipped
with tanning outfit and the SKINS
of the animals will be made into robes.
A large percentage Of the fur ge~-
ments IL use to-day are made from
the Angora fleece, which will give the
carcass an additional value
The company will establish the lac
teal branch Of its business somewhere
in Texas where Angola milk will he
condensed aad sold for medicinal pur.
poses Cheese will be manufactured
and m2carcni and cheese will be pack
ed and placed on the market
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
. DEMOCRATIC RULE.

The Governors only FUNCTION - for
years has been to manipulate patronage
as a bribery fund-IIarlequir1.s .~ II
This observation IS more foreeful
than poetical As the Caucasian has de-
cIared frequently, the Governor. Of
Louisiana IS. vested with more power
thal14tl,e Governor OF. the State of New
York His power is autocratie. In the
name of Democracy he may set aside
the wishes of a majority Of the people
for his own sweet will. If the Demo-
Gratis who vote would assert themselves
it is now in order to organize for bust
ness. If the Democrats who vote believe
they should have "a boss, then they
must stop kicking and salute the
Governor as the Great Hi Muckee
Muckee, the Infa1lib1e and the ALI
Powerful, against whose decree it were
treason to. suggest opposition or criti-
cism. A return of all power to the peo-.
pie. is the only safeguard for the peo-
pie. The rule by the people is Demo-
cratic.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

Buffalo, N. Y. April S.-The Buffa' %
Com merciai publishes story in
which it is alleged that Arthur Il.
Pennell who was killed in an autom0-
bile accident on March 10, was a de,
faulter to the extent Of from $50, 1GD
to. 100000 The story. the CONNER
cial says, leaked out as the result o.
a legal dispute over two life Insurance
policies. Incidentally. IT. has been
learned that Pencil made provision
for the payment to Mrs. Edwin l.
Burdick Of $4,000 out of his life in
surance> Penneil carried over $780,
600 life insurance, n order, the Com
mercial says. that after his death the
eastern estate to which he is alleged
to have been defauIter might be able
to. recouD the losses which they sus-
talned, through him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
Hickey Decided to Hive

New Haven, Conn, April 8.-After
shooting himself four times, once in
the head and three times in the alb
domen, Walter Hickey sat down be-
side tie railroad tracks in Milford to
die. Regretting his act he struggled
10 MS feet. and with two sticks OF
wood in his hand which he had grasp
ed as he fell, he waved frantically at
an express trains speeding toward this
city. he then fell over as though
dead The engineer saw the appar-
emily diving man and stopped the train.
The trainmen rushed to Hiek1eys side.
Hlcsley was hardly able to speak
from loss of blood. He was put aboard
the train and brought to this city.
where at the hospital it is said he
will probably recover.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY
1t may be of general interest to state
that at the reunion of the Confederate
Veterans held i'll Dallas last year It was
the sense of the majority that Conted-
crate Memorial Day be observed
throughout the South on June 3, which
is the birthday anniversary of Jetter-
son Davis, President of the Confederate
States
In Louisiana Memorial Day has been
observed on April f, the anniversary OF
the first days battle of Shiloh, where
thousands of Louisianians yielded their
lives for the Cause which led them to
sacrifice the comforts and their loved
ones at home for the sanguinary field,
but while there was much to the credit
of State pride in such memorial celebra-
tions, it was confined to within the ter
ritorial borders of Louisiana, as other
such events were limited to the States
in which glorious victories were won.
In fixing June 3 as the Confederate
Memorial Day, there will be given to
the event all historical connection, a
positive recognition of a man who as
the head of the Southern Confederacy.
represented in his personality as well as
in his official capacity all that which
was dear and must ever be sacred to the
South.
In response to the suggestions of the
Confederate Veterans in session at Dali
las, the General Assembly of Louisiana
has fixed Jyne as a legal holiday,
which will, beyond doubt, be observed
not only in this State but throughout
the South, as a day when the people
may gather in their respective sections
and lay on the graves of the braves the
floral tributes emb1ernatic Of their 10y
atty to the departed, an emphasis of
their love for those who were near and
dear to them. Therefore, under the new
order, Memorial Day in Louisiana will
not be celebrated On April f. -
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
Spoke ON the Philippines.

Fargo, II. D.. April 8.-Despite the
Dilzzara weather. reception to and adj.
nress OF President Roosevelt was car.
rled out according to plans. The
presidential party was escorted in car.
elages through the business portion.
several thousand children also vel
eomed the president. He was escort
co &c the Waldorf hotel, where he
addressed an immense and enthusi-
astlc crowd on the Philippines.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
POISONED HER INFANT
Mother Gives Her Little One Large
Dose Of Carb0lic Acid.
SAP SEQUEL.
When Officer Mcmillan of Birmingham
Went Home to Supper He Beheld
the Bodies of His Loved
Ones Cold in Death.

Birmingham, Ala, April S.-Mrs, SD.
sic Mcmillan. wife of Policeman Nc
MILAN, gave her eight months old
baby large dose of carbolic acid and
then committed suicide by shooting
herself twice in the breast. She was
found lying dead on the floor in a
room by her husband, who had come
home to get his supper. The doors
were locked and he was forced to
break it open. The baby was lying
dead on the bed with it's face terribly
burned by the acid. Mrs. Mcmillan
was badly burned by fire, which was
started by a discharge of the revolver
No motive can be assigned for the
deed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
Chinese Minister Calls on Hay.

Washington. April zS--7sirsss Chen
LANG Chengs, the. newly a ri we'd hin
csc minister, accom- panied by sthT aeSof
his secretarfes.c He'd AT the state. de-
partment Monday and paid their .ras
spects to Secretary Hay and the assis-
tant secretaries. in the Presidents;
absence. the ministe r cannot present.
his credentials and receive full recok-
milton, but Secretary Hay, following a
precedent, has signifed to the minis
ter that he will waive. the formalitins
and the state department will recog-
nlzes him to transact any necessary
business
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
Shot Five Times.

South McAlester, l. r., April T.
Murray Smith, living at Dow, shot and
Killed Lon Stewart, waterhauler.
Smith surrendered to Deputy United
States Marshal Miller and was brought
to Jail here. He says that Stewart
became enraged and made an assault
on him with knife. Stewart was shot
i've times, the last shot penetrating
his heart, Smith is son of a wealthy
Alabaman.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

New York, April 8.-Announeena
of a gift of 100000 to coIunlpla =
been made at a meeting Of tle y
versity trustees. The donation 8
beuuest from the estate OF Do1a
r. Eaton and the trustees Volsa
use the money to establish Inc ~
professorship of administrause =
and municipal science, in aceoIea,s
with the terms of Mr.. Eaton 8
Frank !. GOodnoW. now pfoIessol..
administrative law. has been appa's
cd to the chair.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
Refused to Affirm,

Washington, April 9.-The United
States supreme court refused to at
firm the Leyba Spanish land grant in
New Mexico. The court held that the
grant had originally been valid, but
said inasmuch as it had been aban-
doned in 1889 it had been forfeited
The treat, contained $4,000 acres and
is said to include valuable deposits
of turquoise
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

Madrid, April S.:-The situation has
become graver in the university towns.
where the brutal treatment of stu
dents has created intense resentment
against the government. In Madrid
the agitation is gaining ground. Work
men of the tobacco factories have join
ed in the movement. and the shouts
of Down with the Bourbons" are fire.
quently heard in the streets intermin-
gled with bitter cries against the gov
eminent and lauding the republic.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
;. POlsONER HANGED.

A Saloonkeeper Took the Lives of Three
Women and Forfefts His Own. ~
4 London, April .--k1oshowshi, alias
Chapman, the. Southwark saloon keep
er, who murdered, by poison three .Wo-
men who lived with him. as. his wives
in different parts of London, was hang
ed IN WandsWorth Jail. He, was in
state of complete collapse and had
to he supported by a warden. He
protested his innocence to the end.
declaring his real name was Chapman,
and SAID he was an American by birth.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
sHERIFFS SALE.
No. 8I45-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La: Mack
Waffrf,n+, E,r, IT<.,x,1,..i

No. SI45-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La: Mack
Wellnan VS.. Eva Rowland.
By virtue of writ of seizure and
sale to me issued in the above entitled
and numbered suit by the Honorable
First District Court of Caddo Parish,
La, have seized and will offer for
sale at public auction, according to law,
without the benefit OF appraisement, at
the principal front door Of the court
house OF Caddo parish, in the city of
Shreveport. La, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY ., 1908,
the following described property, to-
wit: Lots sixteen and seventeen 10
and III of block ID of the Texarkana
Annex subdivision, in the city of
Shreveport. La, as per map in convey
ance book ~, page II. of the recorder
Office of Caddo parish, La.
lhe said sale to be made on the fol-
lowing terms For cash to make the
sum Of $4,000 with s per cent interest
thereon from February i, 1909, and {
per cent attorney fees on said sum
and interest and all costs OF the suit !.
and on terms Of credit to nav one note
OF S5oo.oo due February /, 1901 and
one note for s5oo.oo due. February j,
.fsto55 I ard one note for $500 due Febru-.
afy Eso,s and one note for ssoo.oo
due eflrtlarY rgo7 each note hear
IIlg q PSF cent interest per aslIisirsl from
IelEalaTy Ieoe.
S C IN .axs5sss Esarssfta ..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

Some Of C1eve1and's friends are
grooming him for the presidential race
and-certain defeat-Progressive.. Age,
If nominated, to defeat as certain as
death but Grover Cleveland will never
be nominated. In a political sense he is
like he Irishman's turtle whose head
had been clipped from its body and was
moving around at a lively pace. .sOh"
exclaimed Pat, somewhat bewildered,
the haste is ded but he doesn't know
it r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
VIII Make Com mon Cal

Rott erdam, April Sat me-
OF 5000 dock laborers it was rassl7|
to make common cause with ssElaa
railroad men. but it also decided y
order must be preserved SO SIS e q
the government no excuse foF ]
adoption Of harsh measures q
hundred men were told offs I'd AZ
pickets with instructions not q
violence. Workmen employed Il
building trades threaten to JON
the strike.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

Norfolk, Va, April Scaps
Thomas of the receiving ship ETY.
lin, now under quarantine On aeeoa
of diphtheria, has notified the polesl
arrest and hold all sailors from y
vessel found in Norfolk The pa
say between fifty and and one htaa1
sailors deserted the ship on aecoah'
the quarantine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
Important Telephone Deal.

Dallas, April S.-The Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone company
has purchased the lines of the North
western, which has 600 miles of wire
and extends along the Texas and Paci-
tic road from Abilene to Weathelford
It has also completed a long distance
line to LandU, thereby bringing Texas
and Mexico n direct connection. By
May l its lines viii reach Tennessee
and Missouri
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
MORE DISAPPEOval
governor sanham Vetoed ssra,st,
&.naCtmentS of the Fa.ia,.s

- sA"1 teTOSG aSpa,s4se
snactnents of the Leei.la,s,.
Austin, April 7,-Governor I,.1
has dtsapproved the bill atths,a
Cooke county to issue bonds 81
construction Of permanent
roads; bill requiring operates /
ton gins, their agents or Iessees i
port every fifteen days to ths q
nudge Of tko county in which i
locate~t th@ number of bales ofas
ginned during the preceding d
days, because OF failure g p,s)
express every subject of the b
the caption; and bill exemptinp |,
taxation the armories, lan.Is
funds Of militia companies ri RI
expressly against the proyisisw
the constitution.
Neither branch of the laeissl
could muster a quorum Mondas
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
STATIONARY at New Orleans.

New Orleans, April s.-The river
mere continues stationary at 20.3. At
Lake Providence the river gauge
shows fall of about two feet as a
result OF the Hollybrook break. but
much or the water that goes through
now Will ultimately return to the Mis-
sissippi.
Expectation is that the food here
VIII have receded considerably before
this water gets to New Orleans. Work
continues at Hymelia crevasse.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

Temple, Tex, April IA union
meeting Of the various labor organi-
cation Of TebDle was held Every la
Dor organization Of the city, repre-
senting all branches, was represented.
Strong resolutions were adopted call
ing on Governor Lanham TO submit
to the SPECIAL session Of the legisla-
ture recommendations for the passage
OF bill that will permit iabori2g men
to organize.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
ABUSED His WIFE.
Marshal Was Stabbed il, the Bowels an,
Husband Shot TO Death

Marshal Was Stabbed in the Bowels and
. $685.. Husband Shot TO Death.
Columbus, Ga, April 8.-As the re
suit of family quarrel, one man -
dead in Girard and another at the
point of death. Ramsey Webster, a
white man, had quarrel with his wife
and abused her SO that Marshal Girard
went to. the scene AS the officer e1-
tered the house Ramsey met him with
a long knife and stabbed him TIRES
times in the lower bowels. Bisnon
realized the situation, drew pistol
and fired: several shots at Webster,
who fell dead. Bishop is now at herae
In dangerous condition and likely
will die. - Wins q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
MOST OUT
After Serving About Ten Months Emil
ment He Is Released

ment He Is Released.
New York, April 8.-After sefyIS@
years imprisonment. less aboHl /
months Communication of sentteaes
good behavior, On BlackWell's sIs|
John Most, the anarchist. has beer
leased, Most was convicted III
publication in his paper. FreheH|
DAY President Mckinley was shH|
an article with the caption. .i ,iaH5|
and AIurtler.' which was held 4
c9urtc. to endanger ne public d
in that it melted 10 murder ORD
This decision OF the court III sga!
ses,sic1f, before which Most RIas
srajaned and was affirmed b the j j
err cu#"ts. 80
Upon his release Nest went :!
to Union Hill, N, j ss
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09

Galveston, Tex. April S-Those who
compose the party representing the
Iowa Press association, and who are
now touring Texas, arrived in this city
Monday after a pleasant run, from San
Antopio. They, We're. taken over the
city: and interested in various other
ways. pa. .
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-09
j. One Soldier Killed.

! San Antonio, April .s.-While at
tempting to escape from guards at
Fort Sam Houston Private Fred Work
man of the Twelfth cavalry and Pri-
vate Charles g.. Smiley Of the Fourth
infantry were shot The first was kill
ed and Smiley will die.