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LONDON.-Money, 11kQ1x per cent; dis
counts. 2A@2ss and 2ssQ2 7-l6 per cent. Con-
soils, 9l3sqsl 7-l6.
PARIs-Three per cent. rentes. s7f sc for
the account. Exchange on London. 25f 133tc
for checks.
BERLIN. -Exchange on London, 10m 39pf
for checks. Discount rates: Short bills az
per cent; three months, 8 per cent
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. statement OF
the treasury balances Ia the general fund.
exclusive OF the $150.000,Vo gold reserve In
the division OF redemption. shows:
Available cash balance. .<zzs lse .lol
tt.t01s83V
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NEW YORK.-Bar silver. b4skc; Mexican
dollars, 42ifc.
LoNDON.-silverb bars, 2sAd an ounce.
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specie and Merchandise Movement.

NEW YORK.-Exports Of specie from this
port for the week aggregated Nzzl% In
gold.
Imports of specie were s7,55s in gold and
sl2 $50 In silver.
Imports of dry goods and merchandise
were valued at Slo,676.1ll
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MONETARY.
Rates ON Loans and neutrality-suspicious.
| ings and Balances.

INDIANAPOLIS.-Comm paper, 44S
per cent; time loans, sac per cent. Clear
ings. s.. l0s.06S "a; balances. s22o.zl2Ol-
NEW YORK.-Call money nominal Time
money strong; sixty days, ~ per cent,
ninety days, per cent; six months, per
cent Sterling exchange steady at 1850
4S6125 for demand. Sass. 75Q4S3.s75 for sixty
days; posted rates, $4-S41 and $-s1: COM
mercial bills, S4.S3Q4S31z 4
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WEEKLY BANK sTATEMEST.

Increase I'm Loans Surprises the
street-Reserve In Augmented-
NEW YORK, July S.-The statement Of
averages of the clearing house banks or
tbis citv for the week shows:
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PRIVATE WIRE ADvICEs.
Market In Fairly Good Tone, Consid-
ering Recent Occurrences.

IPorterfeId a Co IeltEfduiI
NEW YORK. July 25.-Considering the
strain that Wall street has been subjected
to for the past month. which eliminated In
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Chicago stocks.

fA,bert r. Thompson q Co.'S wire.l
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1t was j. Pierpont Morgan who unwit-
ngiy gave vogue to the term "undigested
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Railroads Make answer.

Washington, May 1.-THE Internal
tional and Great Northern and the st
Louis Southeastern railways have filed
with the interstate commerce commits.
sion answers to the order of the COM
mission calling for information re.
garding class and commodity rates
from St. Louis to exas common
points Both lines admit making GER.
tain advances in their special or com
modify rates, but deny that the ad.
vances were material or that they were
made to earn an unreasonable revenue
The International and Great Northern
alleges that Its cost OF construction
operation, etc., has increased from 5
to IS per cent; that to reconstruct the
bridge equipment VIII cost upwards OF
100000, and AYERS that Its net earn
ings for the three months ending
March 81, 1903, were largely decreased
The other road makes similar allega-
tions.
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LIQUIDATION SALE.

No. 7733-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La: South
ern Glass and Queensware Com
pany-In liquidation.
By virtue of commission to sell, to
me issued by the Honorable First Judi
cial District Court of Caddo Parish.
Louisiana, in the above entitled and
numbered cause, will offer for sale at
public auction, for cash, according to
law, at the premises occupied by the said
company no and II2 Travis street, in
the city of Shreveport, La, during the
legal hours for sales, ON
SATURDAY, MAY aa 1908,
the following described property be-
longing to said company, to-wit:: All of
the accounts due to said company as per
list on file in the clerks office OF Caddo
Parish, La, the furniture and fixtures
of said company, and the unexpired
lease of the three-story brick building
on Crockett street in Shreveport, La,
belonging to the Smith heirs, which said
lease expires on December i, 1903
All of the above property shown by
inventory on file in the office of the
clerk of Caddo Parish, La
S. ]. WARD, .
Sheriff and Ex-Oficio sAuetieneer OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Caucasian, May 10. 1909.
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DISSOLVED ORDER.

Judge Maker Will Deny Proposed Appi'
cation for Writ of Restraint.
Sherman, Tex, May 13.-Judge Pear
son of the Fifty-ninth district court
has dissolved the local option restrain
ing order issued on Saturday by Judge
Moore of the Twentysecond district
This injunction sought to restrain put
ting into effect of the local option law
in Grayson county.
Hon. Rice Maxey of the Fifteenth
district court put the counsel for the
Grienner-Kelly Wholesale Drug com,
pany of this city on notice that he
would. deny their application for writ
of restraint preventing the county at
torney from prosecuting said plaintiffs
should they sell within the county al
cohol or articles containing alcohol.
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sale at public auction for cash, accord
ING to law, with the benefit of appralse-
ment, at the premises recently occupied
by the. defendants, in the town of Mira
La during the. legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1908,
the following described personal prop
erty, to-wit: A lot of dry goods, shoes
etc, and other property, as per inven-
tory, contained in the store house in the
town of Mira, La, recently occupied by
the defendants.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendants and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in the said writ, in the
sum of one hundred and ffty-one dol
lars and fifty cents, with per cent in
terest thereon from December I, 1902
and all costs of the suit.
ST. S. ]. WARD,
~ Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La
Caucasian, May ~, 1903.
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sHERIFFs SALE.

No. 7352-In First District Court of
Caddo Parish, La: w. K. Hender-
son VS.. Southern Construction and
Engineering Company.
BY virtue of writ of heri facias to
me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
District Court of Caddo Parish, La, l
have seized and will offer for sale at
public auction, for cash, according to
law, with the benefit of appraisement,
At point in Caddo parish on the north
side Of Cross bayou, known as the
Shreveport Water Works Companys
canal, during the legal hours for sales
On
sE SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1908.
the following described property, to-
wit: One pile-driving hammer and slide.
Said property seized as belonging TO
the defendant company and to be sold
to satisfy the debt specified in the said
writ in the sum of sixty-fve dollars and
ninety cents, with legal interest from
July IS, 1909, and all costs of the suit.
S. J. WARD,
81 Sheriff of Caddo Parish. La
Caucasian, May 8, 1903.
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RACE RIOT.

Negroes and Whites Have Fight and
Four Negroes Killed.
New Orleans, May 13.-There was
a little race riot in st. Tammany par
ish, about fifty miles from this city
the other night. An insolent Negro
was beaten with an aye handle by q
white grocery clerk. The negroes
armed and sought TO cause trouble
but the whites rallied and pitched
battle followed, in which four negroes
all members of the Florant family
one of whom was the aggressor, vert
killed Peace was then restored and
the trouble is over. The affair took
place in the logging camps out of the
line of communication.
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RECEIVERSHIP SALE.

No. 6874- Receiyership of Shreveport
Abstract and Guarantee Investment
Company.
q BY virtue of an order of Judge A. D.
Land, First District Court, Caddo Par
ish, La, / will sell at public auction at
the court house, Shreveport, La, on
81 SATURDAY, MAY. 16, 1908,
at IL m, the personal property of above
corporation, as set forth in inventory on
file in above court. -,--.-s
Terms of sale cash, for not less than
tWo-thiTds appraised value
c. w. HARDY, Receiver
aafay {. 1909.
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FOUR WOUNDED.
Result of an Attempt to Arrest Negro
at jacksonville Fla.

Result of an Attempt to Arrest Negro
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville, Fla, May 13.-Four
men were wounded in an attempt to
arrest negro for shooting negro
woman.
The negro, Eddie Coleman, went &c
his boarding house, and raising 9
quarrel with colored woman board
er, shot her through the left arm. Pc
liceman W. B. Cahoon hearing the
shot went to the place. Coleman saw
him and began to fire Cahoon return.
ed the fire from the street and contfn.
ued until he exhausted his ammuni,
ton. He then ran to his home, leav,
ing two citizens watching the house.
telephoned to police headquarters for
assistance, armed himself and return,
ed. The patrol wagon arrived with
deputy sheriff Visont and five police,
men, armed with pistols and Marlin
lilies. They at once rushed into the
house. Coleman barricaded himsei
in his room and continued the fight
but later surrendered.
AS the police left with their prison
ers they found that a large crowd OF
negroes had assembled, many of them
armed. Beyond talking In a threaten
ing manner, they made no demonstra
ton and Coleman was taken to the
county jail
The wounded are: Policeman Kirby
Foster, Policeman @. L. Wadswerth,
Deputy Sheriff j. A. Winsont, Harry
Wilson, coolred, and Eddie Coleman,
the prisoner - :. -
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AN ORDINANCE

Requiring railroad comnanies to pave
with vitri6ed bricks full intersection
of all paved street across which
/ their tracks may run at said inter-
sected points.
Section I. Be it ordained by the city
council Of the city of Shreveport, in
legal assembly convened, that any and
all railroad companies, whose track or
tracks shall intersect paved street in
said city shall pave with vitrihed bricks,
gineer, the full intersection of the street
on which the said track or tracks may
be. laid with the said paved street.
Sec. z. Be it further ordained, that
the above requirements apply when said
track or tracks cross streets whose pave
ments terminate approximately at the
edge of the intersection of said street
with the street on which said track or
tracks are laid.
= Sec. g. Be it further ordained, that
if any railroad company shall fail to
comply with this ordinance within thirty
1907 days after the passage of same, the
city shall cause said pavement to be laid
at the expense Of said companies.
Sec. D. Be it further ordained, that
all ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Passed through first reading by fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes: Alien, Busbey, Conger, Currie,
Foster, jenkins, Ledbetter, LowenthaE,
Quigles, Rand, Snyder, Thoman, Tus-
ten, Wise 3 s-
Nays: None &.
March .6, 1903
s~ Mr.. Wise called up ordinance intro
dueed and passed through its first read
ing March I6, 1909, entitled "An Ordi-
nance requiring railroad companies to
pave with yitrihed bricks full intersec-
tions of all paved streets across which
their tracks may run at said interseeted
points. {"
The ordinance was read the second
time and passed through its second
reading by the following vote:
Ayes: Alien, Busbey, Conger,' Currie,
Dickson, Jenkins, Ledbetter, Lowenthal,
Quigies, Rand, Snyder, Thoman, Tusten
and Wise. = 60
Nays: None ~ .
The ordinance was read the third time
and amended as follows: .5
By Mr.. Currie- zss.E
By adding after the words Getty en-
gineero section I, the following: "And
according to nlans and specifications to
be furnished BY him."
By Mr. Alien .-..-
BY adding after the word street"
section /, last line, the following: "And
said railroad companies shall properly
drain said intersections under plans and
specifications to be furnished by city
engineer" - r
As amended the ordinance passed
through its third and final reading by
the following vote: ~. -
Ayes: Allen, Busbey, Cenger, Currie,
Dickson, Jenkins, Ledbetter, Lowenthal,
Ouigles. Rand, Snyder, Thoman, Tusten
and Wise. -
s. Nays: None. F...-...s.-
April I8, 1903.
C. G. RIVES, Comptroller.
T. g. HAYES, e.
Z. Auditor and ex-oficio Secretary.
May 8, 1903.
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HiTCHCOck'S TOUR.

Secretary Visits Several of the Towns IN
Oklahoma and Make Brief So sps
Guthrie, Okla, May I3.-Secretary
Hitchcock and party Monday visited
Oklahoma City. where arrangements
had been made to entertain them roy.
ally, but the bad weather and the
briefness of the secretary's visit III
terfered somewhat with the plans.
From Oklahoma City the run was
made to Caickasna, Lawton and Ana
darko, where the secretary spent the
time with Colonel Randlett,, discuss
the interests of the Comanehe, kiewa
and Wichita affiliated tribes of In
dams. @
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sBAPTSSTS ADJOURN.
It Was the largest Gathering in History
OF Denomination.

OF Denomination.
Savannah, Ga, May 13.-The fifty
eighth annual convention of the South
ern .Baptists have adjourned after
the largest gathering in it's history. All
of the sessions have been largely at,
tended.
Much of the time of the convention
Monday was given to the consideration
of the Cuban mission question, involv-
ing the claims of Rev. A. j. Diaz and
the suit against the church recently
instituted in the courts of Havana. A
report to the convention recommended
the appointment of committee to in
vestigae the matter and report the full
facts to the convention. The report
said in part:
GAS result of our investigators we
are convinced that DR.. Diazs resigna-
ton was accepted only after he in,
sisted on offering it the second time.
We are convinced that the title to the
board property in Havana is secure
and cannot be disturbed and that the
board is taking all practicable steps to
protect said title. We are further
convinced that reports from the board
proposed to DR.. Diaz to arrange the
Differences between the board and him
self and that he declined the propo-
sition. We recommend that special
committee be appointed to investi-
gate the course pursued by the board
In dealing with the Havana situation
For the home mission board the
convention pledged 100000 for the
coming years work.
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Soaking Rain I'm Wichita Valley.

Wichita Falls. Tex. May 13.-The
entire Wichita valley has been visited
by soaking rain. The government
gauge has here registered 2.23 inches
The wheat yield is estimated from
twelve and a half to thirty bushels
per acre.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Nine Wolves Slain,

Terrell, Tex. May 13-W. E. Hen
derson, farmer living six mile:
northeast Of this city, reported tina
nine wolves were killed near his place
Saturday.
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Railroad Telegraphers.

? st. Louis, May 13-About $50 dele
gates from various parts of the United
States were present Monday when the
bienniel convention of the grand di
vision of the Order of Railroad Teleg
raphers was called to order by Presi
dent Perham. The purpose of the con
vention is to revise the bylaws, hear
the reports of officers and elect new
officers.
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Cattle for South Africa

Galveston, May 13.-The first con-
signment of cattle, consisting of five
carloads, to be put aboard the steam
ship Cranley for South Africa, arrived
Monday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Two sisters Drown.

Lawton, Okla, May 13.-Misses MINI
ME and Cordia Briggs, aged sixteen
and twenty. respectively, attempted 70
ford Big Beaver, ten miles west OF
here, while it was booming, and were
drowned. 49, ~
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Elected Officers.

Savannah, Ca, May 12-The Won
ems Missionary union of the South
ern Baptist convention elected the fol
lowing officers:
President-Mrs. John Barker, of Vir
ginia.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss A
Armstrong of Maryland.
Recording Secretary-Miss M. E
Wright, of Georgia, and Miss M. Mar
tin, of Maryland.
Treasurer-W c. Lowndes, of Mary
land
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13

Panama, Colombia, May 13.--It is re-
ported here that President Marroquin
has been compelled to resign office on
account of. political troubles and that
General Raphael Reyes, second vice
president of Colombia, will assume the
presidency. Friends ofthe canal are
anxiously awaiting confirmation of
this report.
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sHERIFFs SALE

No. 8Io4-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La. Stern
Louer ShohI & CO. VS.. W.. A. Aus
tin & CO.
BIZ virtue Of a writ Of Fieri FacIas to
me issued II the above entitled and
numbered suit, BY tie Honorable First
Judicial District Court ef Eaddo par-
ish, e. have seized and ssill Offer f0r
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13

5 San Antonio, May 13.-Aurelia San
CAD, Houston woman, was convicted
of importing girls from Mexico fol
improper purposes. Judge Maxey fixet
her punishment at a fine of 81 and con
finement in the Ohio penitentiary fol
two years.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Murdered and Cremated

Corrigan Tex, May 13.-Kate Scott,
colored, of this place. was murdered
by some one and her cabin burned
over her body.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Death Due to Natural Causes.

Texarkana, Tex. May 13.-Patrick
Riley, young man, who came here
a week ago from Little Rock, was
found dead in his room. He was in
poor health. and the coroner found
that death was due to natural causes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Commercial Club Excursion.

Tyler, Tex. May 13.-The Dallas
Commercial clubs excursion of sixty
members arrived here Monday night
They, as On the two previous trips
were accompanied by a splendid rain
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
Cotton spinners.

Charlotte, N. C.. May 13.--The sew
enth annua. convention of the South.
ern Cotton spinners' association VIII
be held here Thursday and Friday
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13

San Antonio. May 13.-Bart Meyer
eighteen years old, while blowing near
Elmendorff was killed by lightning.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13
American League.

At Chicago-Ph Philadelphia, !; Chi
cago, 2.
At Detroit-New York, s; Detroit,
At ST. Louis-St Louis, .; Wash
ngton, 0.
At Cleyeland-Cleeyland, s.; Boston
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13

At New York-New York. 9; Brook.
Ign, l.
At Pittsburg incinnatf, 3; Pitts
burg, L. $780,
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Went Away Up.

New York, May 13.-May cotton
reached 11:20c Monday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-13

he capital stock of said corporation
is hereby fixed at the sum of seven hun
dred thousand dollars ($7ooooo.oo}
divided into or represented By seven
thousand t7ooo1 shares Of the sum oi
one hundred dollars $Too) each. Said
stock shall consist Of what IS known as
eonatnon stock divided into Of repre-
serlted 81 seven tlsonsafd (7ooo shares
% os hundred dollar sIoo each
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Clerk and Ex-Uf1c1o Recorder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
I hereby certify that the above and fore
going is true and correct copy Of the
original act, as the same now appears
on file and of record in my Office.
Given under my hand and seal of of
fee this 9th day Of May, 1903.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and Ex-OHicio Deputy
Recorder.
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Southern League.
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INTERESTING OCCASIONS

At the New Mission H0use-The Whole
Building Fully Occupied Yesterday
Annual supper-swedish Wedding
Mems Club-Kings Daughters-Mis-
sion Rescue Band, etc.
The City Mission house on Orange
street was quite fully occupied yester-
day not only in the evening, as usual,
but morning and afternoon, as well.
During the forenoon the Womans ex-
eCutive committee was preparing for
the annual supper to be given in the
afternoon, and at $50 p. m. was held
in the upper hall the yearly foreign
missionary service for the mothers
meeting, followed by their supper in the
hall below. In the evening the audito-
rum was occupied by the Swedish con-
gregatiOn, who hold their religious SER
vices in the Mission house. The occa-
sion was the marriage of two of their
young people. Elmer J. Uaugeldt and
Miss Emma A. Johnson. Rev. Magnus
Peterson was the officiating clergyman.
During tn eevening also the Berkeley
Mems club held its usual weekly session
in the lecture room, with readings by
Professor Wetzel, while in the different
parlors and committee rooms We're held
meetings of the Mission Reserve band,
the mission circle Of the Kings Daugh-
tiers and also a committee meeting Of
the Christian Endeavor union. All were
readily provided for and all were well
pleased at there varied uses for which
the new mission building was planned
and for which it has proved itself so
well adapted.
Mrs. Katherine Miller conducted the
missionary service in the afternoon
which each year includes an offering
by the members Of the Mothers meet
ing, for the famine sufferers in India.
The offering this year was nearly thirty
dollars, and an interesting feature of
the meeting was the statement by diff
ferent members of the meeting as to
their way of earninf the money
given. Rev. DR.. Munger made the
prayer Of conservation of these gifts
with remembrance also Of the eighty
eighth birthday of Mrs. Eleanor Shop
ard, the oldest member of the woman
| executive committee, but who is never
theless still active in mission service at
the Mothers meeting, as we'll as at the
hospitals and at Springside home. The
address to the mothers and children
was by Mrs G. A. Harmount Of New
Haven on "Hindoo Festivals and Pill
grimages," and was very interesting to
all present
AT the conclusion Of these exercises
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OTHER CITY COURT CASES.

Selma Coy was before the city court
yesterday morning on charge of
drunkenness preferred by her husband.
She was remanded until next Saturday
to give her a chance to sober up.
William Fletcher, held for drunken
ness and breach of the peace, was all
lowed to settle his case by payment of
1896 COSTS
John Rafter was found guilty of the
charge of embezzlement and was sem
fenced to fifteen days in Jail and fined
$40 and COSTS
Wilson G. Arents arrested for the
theft Of milk bottles, was remanded for
one week for trial
William and James Grant and Thorn
as kelleher, the boy bandits" were
remanded until tomorrow for a final
disposition of their cases.
The cases of George McDermott, An
tonic Nuzzello and Thomas P. Garrett,
the three boys caught in the act of try
ing to break into a rear door of the
Grand Opera house, were continued
nisi until January /, 1904.
Max Kelschmidt, held for breach of
the peace, asked for further continu-
ance of his case until the 25th to effect
a settlement.