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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12

proprlated to and shall I.
credit Of the street cleap;s, plasst
ling fund. aad
Passed through its srst
readings by the following ~ s1d
Ayes Allen, Busbev, we:
son, Foster. Jenkins, Ioa eoass'
les, les: Rand, Snyder, T boalsa
Nay Meme.
I'cb. IL. IQu2
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12

AN ORDINANCE

Ordering an election to be #fleia
at shall be submitted to ifR
| erty taxpayers Of the ells1
Shreveport the question 90
ing to the Kansas City, shis'
and Gulf Railway Conpany
right to use, occupy and olhs||
obstruct Spring street
blocks D and J Of block
land Jones addition, il tle
Shreveport, and also The a
said block D.
Section I. Be it ordained I
council of the city of Shreftps
legal and regular session se!''
that, whereas, the Kansas liIs
port and Gulf Railway Conlpa
applied for and asked for tllt gs
the right to use, occupy and a
Spring street between Blocks =
Of block o.. or Roland Jones s 4
in the city of Shreveport, ana 81
a1lcv in said block D, for the
nf rrcctine- operating and alsla
a freight depot, with q
Sheds, tracks. switches ard elss n
D,1rtcnance> necessary to be usea
said railway company; and Wael3
said railway company proposes
.;(1nrr1;,n az said grant To seeF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12
AN ORDINANCE

Prescribing and levyiinp rata !.
DC collected by the a..
charge Of ferry over
known as Docks Fern II
>crIhIns penalties for giolsss
ordinance. sa
BE 1t ordained by the civ
the city of Shreveport, i, ~ 81
sembIaSc convened. that from y
PRONUNCIATION, that tolls hi
led and collected by the ferry ls''
parties crossing what is nj
Docks Ferry. near The
Shreveport and Natchez rsilsss |!
over Cross bayou, and that H. Il
ing scale of prices be and =. IS
ado"tcd as the amounts 10 Il III
Pedestrians 10 cents eachos.s]
on horseback IS cents each. dr;ss s
d"ubIe team 20 cents; driver w6j
mules or horses Is cents eat.ls i
sheep. etc. driven in either b.s1
single ) cents each.
BE It further ordained that IS /
man mentioned in the foreeoiur
graph he elected by the civ c, 81
the city Of Shreveport and staIj !
a daily statement Of all colleeFm
the funds to the city comptroIln
Be it further ordained shat n
dlnance shall take effect frem At
PRONUNCIATION.
Be it further ordained, that ii Il
violating the provisions Of tIa
nance shall be fined not less I'm
nor more than SIS and not end
ten DAYS imprisonment, or BOTH i
discretion of the court in deisS|
fine imposed the offender Shah
out the same on the public sigsa
allies Of the city or other nabne
at the rate of ST ~er day for sad|
Of labor performed.
Be it further ordained, that ID
be required to give a bond Of 81
the faithful performance Of dull
position.
; Passed through its first and ]
readings by the following vote:
Ayes: Allen, Busbey, Congo.
son, Foster, Jenkins, LowenIhal, 1
les, Rand, Snyder, Thomaa
Wise.
Nays: None
Feb. 10, 1903:
T.G. 1
Auditor and Ex-0ficia SCI
Read the third time and il
through its third and final fs
the following vote:
Ayes: Allen, Busbey. Cougsr
Foster, Jenkins. Ledbetter L0as3
Quigles, Rand, Snyder, 1hunah
ten, Wise.
NAYS: None.
March IS, 1903.
ANDREW QUERIES Asl
c. G. RIVES, Comptroller
T. G.. HAYES,
Auditor and -Oficio Scored
March IS, 1908.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12
WIN. WINE Err.
T. H. RANDOLPH.

l.. Ny
W. H. WISE,
Notary Public, Caddo Parish. La.
TGCIVENN SS.8cffxffi., J, JUDxzfihff
hereby certify that | have examined
the foregoing charter, and finding moth
ing therein contrary to law, | hereby ap-
prove the same this nth day Of April,
\. D., 1903.
J. R. LAND,
District Attorney First Judicial District
Of Louisiana.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
We the undersigned persons subscribe
to the capital stock Of THE Corner,
Limited" in the amounts opposite our
names.
NOSE FRANK, 1870 shares.
SIMON ENRICH, 81 shares.
. HARRY ENRICH, % shares.
Sworn to and subscribe before ne on
this the nth day of April, \. D. 1908.
w. H. WISE,
Notary Public Caddo Parish, La.
Witness:
F. H. RANDOLPH.
WIN. WINTER.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded April
II, 1903.
J. II. Lev I,
Deputy Clerk and Ex-OAicio Deputy Re-
cOrder
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and fore
gol~- is true and correct COW of the
original act as the same now appears on
file and of record in my office.
Given under my band and seal c@offce
this nth day of April, 1903.
J. H. LEN@,
Deputy Clerk and Ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder
April y, 1908.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL cH1RcE

Key JOS. Spearing, rector Services
today as follows Holy communion at
$50 am morning prayer. sermon and
holy communion at II am; Sunday
school at go am Sunday school fes-
flyal at pm Everybody cordially m
slted to atten dali services. All seats
7 free.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12

Telephone 1000 and We will send q
man to hgurc on your printing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-12
COTTON MARKET.
Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport. La, April II, 1903.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.

The market closed quiet and steady:
Receipts 3I3 bales.
Low middling ..... -. -. -. SII-I6
Middling -. -. -. -. ..... 9. 1-2
Good middling -. -. -. 10
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. I: 1858
Received this day -. 3I3
Received previously .2o2,4o4 2o2,777
Total stock to date -. 49,. .2o4, o3o
Shipments to date ,..... 48S2
Net stock on hand . . e74S
Same date. last year =. -. 49,. 1852
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Il Sure Game.

ct was taking a kodak snap Of the
election count in a booth in the western
portion of the city on the day Of elec-
tiOn," said Professor Marcus Blum,
usher to the Mayor. the other evening.
when a big colOred fellow whom I had
met some place but could not place
bid me good evening. 1 gave him cor
dial greeting as if l had known MIN
very well. Mr.. Blum, he said, who IS
going to be our next Mayor 1 replied
that 1 thought Schmitz would be re-
elected.
Do you think so? he said.
Why, / certainly do
We'll, there is a big coon down at
the corner who wants to bet me S. that
Crocker viii be elected said the negro.
told him to go and bet the s. on
Schmitz; that it was sure bet. Go
and bet him the S. and If you lose 1
will make you present of So said 1.
THE colored fellow left the booth
and 1 did not think any more about the
incident In about a half-hour after
ward l was suddenly interrupted by
some one prodding me in the ribs. 1
looked up and there 1 saw my colored
friend in an excitable state. Mr..
Blum he yelled, I bet that coon the
So; will you give me the number Of
your Officer"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Remarkable Justice.

In the musty archives of Sacramento
can be found the records of a case un-
paraIleled in any but a real frontier
American State.
1t was in the sixties when the city
had a genuine rOwdy, Tip Mclaughlin,
who never left his gambling quarters
without having his pistol cooked. This
rough had killed several men in his
day, but at last he was jailed and
forced to stand trial for the shooting
of reputable citizen. His popularity
was such that he was admitted to bail,
it being considered only a mere matter
of form to place him on trial. His
trial came off, however, and, much to
his astonishment, the jury found him
guilty Of murder in the first degree,
which meant hanging. The rough was
seated in the courtroom when the jury
rendered it's verdict.
While the verdict was being recorded
he coolly walked out of the room and
went to his quarters, where he packed
his trunk and, after treating all Of the
friends whom he met about the hotel,
took the first river boat to San Fran
cisco and there took passage on a Pan
anna steamer for Central America. He
died there few years ago.
In the meantime the Judge set
day for judgment and when that time
arrived he ascended the bench and was
about to pass the sentence of the court
on the supposed prisoner, but there
was no prisoner. The Sheriff was called
upon, but that official stated that the
man was on bail and had not been
placed in his custody. The District At
torney was next interrogated and he,
too, showed that no order had been
given by the court remanding the pris-
oner into custody A convicted muir
derer had simply walked away from
justice through the laxity Of its officers.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Chamberlain at Home.

Apart from his occasional attention
to gardening, Mr.. Chamberlain is prob
ably as busy when at Highbury as dur
ing his heaviest official work. His cor
respOndence and public duties have
rather increased than otherwise with
his REIMBURSEMENT of official life. Two
hundred letters on an average are re-
ceived by him each day; all are read
and answered personally, with the aid
of a private secretary and competent
shorthand writer's. This correspond
ence has to be dealt with most care
fully; for artfUl opponents are forever
laying cunning traps for the BirminS-
ham statesman, and too faithful friends
are but little less troublesome with
their suggestions and cOnundrums.
The House is beset with newspaper
correspondents, with whom Mr.. Cham
berlain is always popular. He talks
freely with them and fully appreciates
the power and influence Of the press:
yet no correspondent has ever extract
ed a secret from him. He works far
into the night, Parliamentary life hav-
ing accustomed him to late hours.
Three in the morning often finds him
still at his desk. His speeches are care
fully prepared, and are privately de-
claimed to his secretary the day before
delivery, the statesman meanwhile
smoking a brier pipe or a fat black
cigar.-BOOklOvers Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Chance.

The hours creep or fly as fate orda1nS
The seal Of man is vassal to his MOOD
Perchance DER secret sOrrows she may
brood
Or reveI in the court where Pleasure
reignS.
Perchance he suffers loves sweet-bitter
pains,
And famfshed, finds his heart the only
food
To keep alive the hope in dreams he
WOOed-
Perchance a draught Of Circe's cup he
drains.
We live for life. and tits in life we find
Or sOlace or the pangs of woe and
care,
We may not choose. but must accept
the lot
That chance provides; and yet if you
were kind,
Ny love. 1 would know better how to
bear
This saddening solitude, where you
are not.
Porter Garnett in Sunset.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

subject for congratuation and should appeal to Ameri-
pride because this the only nation earth at this
that reach into its surplus for the money
pay for such purpose Besides this it is clearly
possible that the treasury will be equal task of
supplying the money for the canal as the
work progresses What forcble object lesson for
the world could be given expostory of our resources
and our power than this?
Another fact equally gratifying is that this money re-
leased from the treasury pay Panama and the French
company will remain with because of the large bal
of trade in favor and against Europe The
money will simply be turned the agents of the
recipients and become large transaction in nterna-
tonal exchange, and money is used pay the
balance Europe us in trade. This is another fea-
ture which could exist now in no other country. 1t
comes near possible to eating cake and keep
ing it.
American patriotism is inspired by the appearance of
such possibilities, at time favorable for the in
crease of our prestige Other nations girding and
betting for destructive war, and making overtures
for loans in the bourses to be spent in destruction,
while reach into pockets for the many mill
ions which will begin construction of work for the
benefit of nation and the of the peace promot
ing commerce of all the world 1t is one of the con-
spicuous triumphs of republcan-democratc institu-
tons, and will long stand in history the honor of
American President and his administration
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
INSTRUCTIVE JTUDHC
BY LNO1EDAf4fEElN AND
(lSOMEN

glacial floods in the Sesquehanna VAL
ley are clearly seen at Harrisburg and
other places farther down.
Before the ice had melted from Cen
tral New York the drainage of the
Great Lakes was held up to the level
of the passes from Lake Erie and Lake
Michigan, leading into the valley Of
the Mississippi. At first, before the
ice had melted from Northern
Michigan, where the lakes are united
there were several Independent out
lets. These can be easily traced from
Lake Chautauqua down Conewango
Creek into the valley Of the Allegheny.
and down French Creek to a similar
destination, and from Grand River in
Ohio into the Mahoning at Warren,
reaching the Ohio, through Beaver
Greek, twenty-five miles below Pitts
burg. The Ohio River all the way
down is lined with gravel terraces, fire.
quently rising more than 100 feet
above the river. which furnish build
ing sites for the most of the cities
along it's course. Fourth street, in Gin
cinnati, is on one Of these terraces, 120
feet above the river.
As the ice was slowly retreating
over the area occupied by Lake Erie
back TO the Niagara escarpment the
main outlet for the ever-increasing
glacial lake was through an opening at
Fort Wayne, Ind. leading into the Wa
bash River and thence into the Ohio.
This outlet is 200 feet above the pres
ent level of the lake. Consequently
the wateB submerged all the land on
the south and west sides Of the lake
below that level The shore line Of
this great body Of water. to which the
name Lake Warren has been given,
can be easily traced for hundreds Of
miles. and, like that south Of Lake on
tariO, was early chosen for a highway
and for building sites. Approaching
each other from Ohio and Michigan,
two gravel ridges come nearly together
at Fort Wayne. leaving there an open
ing from the Maumee into the Wabash
River about a mile wide. revealing an
abandoned river channel, which is still
almost as distinct as when the mighty
current of Niagara, increased by the
annua3 melting of the mountains of
ice. MADE this its course of exit to the
sea.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
THE CANAL FUND.

IF the Panama treaty is ratified, will immediately
pay to the republic $Iooooooo and to the French
company $4ooooooo, which takes over all of its rights
in the canal and also its interest the Panama railway
the of which is economical feature in the con-
strucon of the canal These are the first nav
men which assures the canal 1t has been supposed in
quarters that bond ISSUE adding to the interest
bearing debt of the United States would be necessary to
raise quickly that large amount of money. But the
treasury has cash balance available S226 8328 on
hand of which $I6S32o55 is in depository bonds and
drawing interest The administration does not pro-
pose carry this dead capital unused and borrow money
which interest must be paid So the $5ooooooo re-
CURED will be drawn from the depository funds
Once when finances and appropriations under dis
cusson in Congress- John Randolph of Roanoke spranp
his feet and cried OUT Il have found the philosopher
stone 1t is, pay you go President Roosevelt has
found the philosophers stone and by paying as we go
will do than merely start the canal He will use
fully reduce the surplus to from Congress
the temptation to lavish appropriations and will save
to the country interest this initial payment Itis
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29


Editor of The Call-Dear Sir: Inves-
tigation of the methods of the whole
sale and retail dealers, the brokers, the
jobbers, the spectators, all middIemen
between the producer and consumer of
food products, notably fruit and veg
etables, in your city has clearly proven
the wisdom of the Woodward law and
the necessity of it's execution by the
Board of Harbor Commissioners, who
will unquestionably have the encour-
agement and support of a vast major
ity of your citizens. They already have
that representative of business men,
the Board of Trade, and the far-reach-
ing and powerful influence of the news
paper press in their support.
Among the most interested consumers
are those working for low salaries. as
shown by your reports, and many of
them have more than ordinary inteIi-
gence, and having such powerful in
centive will soon become capable lead
ers of those of less ability and educa-
tion. All others of limited means will
sympathize with them. and some of
them will become active workers in
educating and enlightening the ig-
norant and poorer classes upon the sub
ject of the abuses that you have un-
earthed that deprive them of food that
ought to be easily within their reach.
All churches and benevolent institu-
tions and associations will naturally
sympathize and cooperate with
movement having for its main object
the help of the needy and will see in
this a broad field that is destined soon
to become ripe unto the harvest. and
will enter in and work. Politicians. who
are good when it is convenient. will
scent the battle from afar and begin to
trim their sails, ready to fall into line
with the majority and if made an issue
in a political campaign it win elect
every municipal officer from the Mayor
down.
That a mere handful of men-a
moiety of the population of your great
city-should have succeeded by COM
bined action and INSCRIPTIONS methods
in so manipulating markets as to buy
fresh and dried fruits at or cents
per pound from the producer and sell
it to the consumer at 10 to 15 cents per
pound would be incredible if you had
uOl hloNSu uO9u QutSllOn lnaI IL was
so; and when it is also shown that in
furtherance of their nefarious schemes
large quantities of fruit were allowed to
lie and spoil and be dumped into the
bay. while what they delivered to con-
sumers was at a price that put il ont
of the reach of many poor families
whose little children. pinched with hum
ger, cried for food that had ruthlesslv
been thrown away we have an exhibit
tion of unfeeling, selfish greed that is
intolerable.
Let us now hope that a keynote has
been struck that viii eventually sound
the requiem of all such doings. II SO II
will do more for the good OF the pro-
ducers and consumers Of deciduous fruits
all over this blessed land OF sunshine
fruits and flowers than all the fruit
growers conventions that have ever
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

The Russian Government has endowed the Governor
OF Finland with powers, arbitrary, exactng and
just the people of this sorey oppressed land Some
day the Gar will nfct cruelty beyond the limit of
the endurance of the Firms and then will see one of
those dread spectaces where downtrodden fights
for existence the world giving sympathy but no sup
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

The Paris Government hopefully of the opinion that
the French people again be excited over the
Dreyfus affair." but will tire of it quickly and drop Ian
guidy II this opinion be strengthened by the posi-
tive that everybody else earth has tired of
this long ago the French Government should circu
late it Immediately.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

English statesmen evidently exercising every pos
sble element of statecraft find way of the diff
Guilty into which their alliance with Japan has involved
them 1t is not particularly gratifying throw ones self
into for found friends. but it is reasonably
safe wager that England will find way neither to Of
fend Japan to harass Russia
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
AnS1uerS to Queries.

A BET-From a subscriber. City. II
a man makes bet that certain pu-
gilist will not fight another named pu-
gilist. and he does not fight him, why
the bet explains itself.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

BY G. FREDERICK NaRIGHT. A. n. IL. DC
lAutbor of THE Ice Age in North America
Man and the Glacial PERIOD, Etc)
Copyright. 1908. by Joseph y. Bowles)
Ice is a rock. At sny rate. so long as
IL lasts it, performs all the functions
Of rock As one steams up the Yukon
River he viii often see ahead Of him
a forest growing upon a nigh bank
with preclpitous face which at first
sight would Seem TO be the enduring
rock Of the region. But upon near ap-
proach IL viii turnout TO be an ice
cliff covered with a few feet Of soil
which has been washed odt upon ii in
sufficient quantity 10 support Vegeta-
f{On. Large forests are growing upon
me MalasDina Glacier in Alaska, sew
eral miles back from its front, and
where the ice is 1000 feet thick under h..
I'm numerous places IN the vicinity of
existing glaciers large streams Of water
may be found running both upon the
surface Oh the ice and along a high
elevation between the ice and The ad-
joining highland or mountaiH chain
" hich hens il in Large lakes of water
are also found at high elevations where
they are held In by ice barriers. Where
these barriers suddenly burst through,
as they sometimes do, tremendous
floods OF water devastate the valley
below. The Mattmark Sea. i'm Switzer-
land and other bodies Of water held
up behind alpine glaciers have been a
constant source Of menace TO the peace
ful valleys below.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

SLEEP-R. N, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Does a brain worker or a physical
worker require most sleep?' is a ques-
tiOn that cannot be answered in a gen
eral way. as age, condition. climate
and occupation and a variety of incl
dental causes must be taken into con-
sideration. AS a rule tall and bulky
people require more sleep than short
and thin ones and men require more
sleep than women. In extreme old age
much sleep is needed.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

AN OLD TIME MURDER
Franciscan, City. The strangling Of
Caroline Prenel. in a house on Waver-
ly place, for the murder Of which
Charles Mortimer was accused, Oc-
Cured on the 25th of May, 1872.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

Mamma, 1 don't think the people
who make dolls are very pious people,"
said little girl to her mother one day,
why not. my child?"
Because you can never make them
kneel. ! have always TO lay my doll
down on her stomach to say Cher
prayers. Glasgow Evening Times.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

been held. its example and influence
viii be felt and needed in all the large
cities and towns of this State and, in
a degree, everywhere that deciduous
fruits are grown
JAMES d. LADD, Vacaville.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

A person can now go from New York
to Seattle, on Puget Sound, in four
days.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

Townsend's California glace fruits and
candies, soc a pound, in ardstic fire.
etched boxes A nice present for Eastern
friends. us Market St. above Call bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
COMMUNITY PR6PERTY-A.

COMMUNITY PROPERTY. o.
s., City. on the subject Of commun-
ity property the Civil Code of this
State says: The husband has the
management and control of the COM
munity property, with the like abso-
lutte power of disposition, other than
testamentary. as Of his own separate
estate; provided. however. that he
cannot make a gift of such cOmmun-
ity property or convey the same with
out a valuable consideration unless
the wife, in writing, consents thereto"
VARIOUS ANSWERS-S., Suisun,
Cal California at the last held Presi-
Dental election had nine electoral
votes and Nevada three. The ratio OF
representation in the United States
House of Representatives. according TO
the census of 1900, will, up TO 1913. be
194, ,1S2. CalifOrnia's Representatives TO
Congress are j. n. Gillette. Eureka;
Theodore A. Bell. Napa; V. II. Metcalf.
Oakland; E. ]. Livernash San Francis
co; w. ]. Wynn. San Francisco; J. c.
Needham, Modesto; j. McLachlan. Los
Angeles; NJ. ]. Daniels of Riverside.
The Senators from California ara
George c. Perkins Of Oakland and
Thomas r. Bard OF Hueneme. This
manner of Electors meeting and casting
ballots is provided for by article XII
of amendments to the Constitution Of
the United States. The time and place
for meeting OF such is fixed BY each
State. W. II. Beatty is the Chief Jus
tice of California. Melville W. Fuller
is the Chief Justice OF the United
States.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29

Special Information supplied daily TO
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen 81, 230 Cali
fcrnia street. Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-29
Supports Commissioners

The Call is pleased to publish communca-
tions from its readers in these columns pro-
vided that they do not contain any personal
sting which would compromise the paper in
any way. II further wishes to make the res
ervation that the publication of the sentiments
Of it's readers does not indicate that the paper
concurs in them.