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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12
E. W. HAMITER.
PROVISION MARKET.

The quotations are revised carefully
ard are correct.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12
Shreveport, La, March II, 1905.
On the basis of today's market / quote

Quotations on other country produce
furnished on application.
To each of my regular shippers the
Weekly Caucasian is mailed free of
charge Give me a trial
! also carry complete line of coops,
cases, ETC.; prices on application.
| have a car load of the Celebrated
Clinton Farm Wagons that | am offer
ing below cost If Won need a wagon
now is the time to get one. These wag-
ons are sold under a positive guarantee
Prices on feed stuff given upon APP
plication
E. w. HAMITER.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12
FCCTTI FNTS

ESCULENTS.
CABBAGE-Per crate SI.oo.
ONIONS-Per bu. ooc.
POTATOES-Per bu. -5a85c
KRAUT-Half Dbl. $2.5o.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12
COTTON MARKET.

Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, March 10, 1908.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12
FEEDSTUFFS.

CORN-Per bu. 55a6oc.
OATS-Per Blu. 46a4Sc.
HAY-Per ton. Arkansas $3.50; Tex
as $3.50; alfalfa $500.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12
BREADsTUFFs

FLOIR-Best patent s4,a5: half pat
ents and straights $500 extra fancy
S375a4oo.
C0RNMEAL-In sacks s2.25.
CRACKERS. B. C. &c; creams &c
per ib.
RICE-New Louisiana 5 3-4a7c.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12

The market closed steady.
RccelDts 40 bales.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12

SUGAR AND MOLASSEs.
Sugars Standard granulated $500;
choice yellow clarified S4.5o.
M0LASSES hoiee 25c prime a8c;
common I8c pure sugar house 4oc.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12

COMPARATIVE oIAI EMEN l.
Stock on hand Sept. I. 1858
Received this day -. 129
Received previously 1855 1852
Total stock this day -. .....Io1,3o5
Shipments to date -. ....177'17o
Net stock on hand -. -. -. 14Io5
Same day last year 80. 25,oo5
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-12

COMPARATIVE STAT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
YACHTS ARE MEASURED.
Shamrock is Given Time Allowance
 Over Reliance.

New York. Aug. 1S.-Reliance and Shamrock III were measured today at the Erie Basin by c. E. Mower official measurer of the New York Yacht Club. It was announced tonight that Reliance would allow the challenger one minute and forty-five seconds over a thirty-mile course.
 It was found that the Shamrock III was slightly longer on the water line than the American boat, but the latter proved to have nearly two thousand more square feet~ of sail area than the chal- Ienger, and it was this enormous sail spread that taxed the American boat so heavily.
 The announcement of the time allow ance in favor of the challenger caused little surprise at the yacht club, as 1t was the very general belief that Reli- ance would prove considerably larger all around than her opponent The follow ing are the official figures:
 Reliance-Water line. S9.66 feet: base line, POI .75; foreside of mast, A.29; spin maker boom. S3.75; main gaff, n.9O; top mast, 72.00 sail area, 16.169.9 .92; sailing length, 1OS.A men on board, GA.
 Shamrock IIH-Water line, S9.a feet; base line. 1s7.45; foreside of mast, H.40; spinnaker boom, LAO; main gaff, 65.75 topmast. 69.15; sail area, 14,337.45 square feet; sailing length. 104.T; men on board,
 The two boats swung at their moorings inside Sandy Hook tonight ready for the international contest for the America s cup. the first race of which will be sailed on Thursday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
WAS TREATY FIXED i?
RUMoRED THAT OPPONENTS
 DoCToRED CANAL TREATY.
Opposition to Isthmian Canal Alleged to Have Influenced Builders of Treaty That it Would Be
 Unacceptable.

Washington. Aug. 1s.-(Speciai )--The Isthmian Canal fight is again on in the United states Senate. Senator Morgan of Alabama is leading the friends of canal years past by the trans-coptinental rail- ways who. using through their cieverest agencies the most adroit and consummate opposition and indirect means to defeat any canal legislation.
 That in brief Is the present look of the canal situation notwithstanding the reit- eration of hopes In the State Department and by other friends of the Panama route, nobody expects that the opposition. to an igthmian canal will permit the adoption of the Nicaraguan alternative without a fight. While the subject is not properly before Congress in view of the alterna- tive vested in the President by law, still there is no doubt that means will be found to bring the case up in Congress.
 The first step will be to question the validity of the alternatives Some inkling was given of this at the last session.
 The question was raised whether the ratification of the Panama treaty by the Senate did not wipe out prior legislation of Congress. that question was not set tied and evidence was afforded that it would be mooted agaIn.
 Senator Morgan even when his friends were feeling sorriest for him on account of what seemed the inevitable doom of the Nicaraguan proposition never lost hope. He was informed fully of the weaknesses of the Panama idea.
 He felt all along that the worst enemies to any canal project were the railroads. They have succeeded for years in frus- trating the expressed wishes of the peo- pie for an inter-oceanic canal, The pre- diction was freely made at the last ses- sion of Congress that the Panama treaty would prove ineffective and that another long period Of delay in the negotiations for a canal would ensue.
 It was said then that there was fly in the ointment and that the treaty would not prove acceptable to he Colombian government. Around the corridors of the Capitol 1t was common gossip that the opposition to an inter-oceanic canal had fixed up the treaty in the manner which would cause 1t to fail.
 It is not doubted that the same machla> vellian tactics will be used to defeat the Nicaragua canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
APPREHENSION IS FEAg
Contributions Were Forced by
 Venezuelan Gun Boat.
Mercvhants at Cuidad, Bolivar, had Paid during Reign of Revolu- tionary Government-Cas-
 tro Demanded e Sec
 ond Payment.

Port of Spain, Trinidad. Aug. 1s.-Au- thentic information was received this morning announcing the Imprisonment of French, German and Italian nerchats at Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela (which port was recently recaptured from the rebels by President Castro's trOops) for refusing President Castro's demand for the pay ment of taxes already paid to the de facto government. President Castro de- mands the payment of arrears for the period of occupation of Cuidad Bolivar by the revolutionary government. The amount demanded $65 600. The merchants refused to recognize President Castro's decree abofishing Cuidad Bolivar as a port of entry and decline to ship goods via Carupano.
 The Venezuelan gunboat Miranda went to the district of Nutrtas, exacting from the merchants forced contributions and fines amounting to another s50,0O0. The goods imported during the revolutionary regime were conflscated and double duties were imposed. It Is reported that Presi- dent Castro has threatened to annihilate the commerce and expel the foreign com- munity of Guayana, on the orinoco.
 The reign of terror prevails throughout the district owing to the extortion. threats and barbarities of the party in power. The entire region of the Orinoco teens with produce accumulated during the past two years for which there are no adequate shipping facilities. The native and German firms at Caracas ap- pear to be seeking to control the entire Orinoco import trade. There is no money in the Orinoco country and the distress is very great. All the. American river boats and interests up the Orinoco are at a standstill. being unable to move in consequence of President Castro's deter imitation to destroy the trans-shfpment trade in American and European goods between Trinidad and the orinoco River country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
THEY WILL BE EXCLUDED
Arbitrators Will Rule Out hf Boys Under l4.
Operators and Miners Agree to the Ruling---Testimony shows that Miners Earn $1oo
 . Month.

Birmingham. Ala, Aug lS.-In the course of the testimony introduced on be- half of the miners today 1t developed un- der cross examination of the witnesses that many of the miners were in the habit of taking their boys into the mines to work with them, each boy being allowed half turn on the cars although his coal output went under the fathers check.
 Controversy over the responsibility for this class of labor led to an asfeemene between the miners and the principal operators involved that the commission in its finding should make a rule that no boys under 14 years of age should be allowed to enter the mines in this dis trict. Under the State law of Alabama 1t has been possible to utilize the work of the boys Of F years or over in the mines in any capacity in which they could perform the work required. The miners in all their contracts have i'm sisted on this rule being incorporated. although some of the companies, notably the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company. have entered vigorous protests.
 This question of boy labor was raised and practically settled before the specta- tors and many of the principals to the controversy hardly realized what was be- ing done. A miner named Russell. iving at sefferson and working for the Central Coal and Coke Company had testified that with the assistance of his 12 year. old boy he was making an average of $13O a month and that from his savings in tho last few years he had purchased his home and several other pieces of property. Mir. Percy, attorney for the Tennessee Com pany commented upon the testimony and stated that the miners were in the habit of working their boys in the mines. Mfr. Farley for the miners replied that the miners did not wish to work the young boys in the mines. but that the companies rather encouraged 1t. Mir. Percy said that the Tennessee Company had en- deavored Co prevent boys under 14 years, old working in the mines. but that the union fell back to the State law and in- sisted on the 12 year old clause being made part of each new agreement Mr. Flynn. president of the miners union for this district then stated to the commission that the miners union would gladly agree that the commission in Its findings should make a rule that no boys under I be allowed in the mines. The representa-
 dves of all the large companies who were present immediately arose and told Judge Gray that they were much in favor of the IA year old clause and the judge said the commission on these assurances would make such finding.
 The testimony today showed that any miner working twenty days month could earn Sl00 a month. s s, -e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
INNING FOR DEFENSE
POWERS CONTINUES TESTING
 NY-NoAKES IS RECALLED.
On the Stand the Ex-secretary of State Falls into Error of Ar
 guing His Own Case.

Georgetown, Ky, Aug. 1S.-Caleb Pow CTS resumed the witness stand in his own defense this morning on the converting of court at o'clock. He drifted into an argument in his answers, as on yesterday forenoon. and was reprimanded by the court for doing so. He continued in his denial of all discriminating conversations told by the commonwealth witnesses, and adhered closely to the story he first told three years ago. He denied that he ever suggested to Frank Cecil that he tCeciD secure some one to kill Goebel or that he ever introduced Cecil to Taylor for any such purpose. He denied that at the time he left Frankfort on the morning of the shooting, he knew that Goe5eI was to be assassinated. He said he never conspired with anyone to kill Goebel.
 The direct and cross-examination of Caleb Powers, on the stand in his own defense, was concluded in the afternoon and the defense had an inning with Rob- ert Noakes, the commonwealth witness of yesterday.
 They called him for the purpose of lay ing the foundat ton for contradiction. He was confronted by a statement made by him at Danville. H., on December 19. 190O to Max Lewis of Louisville, and Attorney W. R. Jewell of that place. In that statement Noakes charged Attorney Campbell with trying to secure him to swear falsely to secure the conviction of Jim Howard and Finley and Powers and told him of buying witnesses. He made the statement, but said that after making 1t he told Lewis and Jewell that he refused to swear to it, or ever to sign 1t. He explained his peculiar conduct by saying that at the time he made the statement he was willing to help Caleb Powers out of his trouble, for he, Noakes. was preparing to go to Brazil to stay for good. The defense produced and had Noakes identify letters which he had written Powers, soliciting him to send some one to Danville, Ill, to get the statement referred to above.
 The cross-examination of Powers today developed little that was new. He ad- hered to his story told on direct examin- atioG pretty well. He admitted briginng several companies of soldiers in citizens clothes to Frankfort with the mountain army of January 25, 1900, but said he had beforehand had an understanding with Governor Taylor that if the Legislature did not heed the petitioners that he would then call the militia into service and he Powers) wanted to have the mill | tia on hand.
 Mckenzie Todd of Frankfort, private secretary to Governor Taylor, testified | today. He told of seeing Youtsey about the executive department and the private | offices of Caleb Powers a few days be- fore the shooting, armed with a gun and looking at the windows. Youtsey admit ted this while on the stand.
 Former United States Senator w. J.. Deboe of Marion is to testify for the de- fense
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
WHITE GIRL
 KIDNAPPED
 -S- Negroes Sd Her On BrF z. Island. HER P s1UER IS KILLED GirlEscaped--NegroeS Fought
 Off Whites. Strong Party if Forming Near Dai- las, Texas, to Dislodge the Armed Negroes on the
 Island.

Dallas. Tex, AtAg. 1S.-A special to The News from Fort Smith, Ark. says: The Kidnapping of a young white girl and the killing of one of posse that trleu to rescue her are the crimes that are charged against party of eight negroes fortified on Bruces Island, sixteen miles west of this city. and which is likely to lead to a bloody encounter. The negroes are said to be well armed. few days ago two farmers. living near Wilson's rock, landed on Bruces Island in search of plums and accidentally ran into 8 camp in which there were two negro men and a white girl about F years old. They made some inquiries about the girl and the negroes said she was the daugn- ter of a white man who was travelling with them and who had gone to Fort Smith for provisions. The negroes would not let the girl take parti in the conver- sation, and this aroused suspicion. A watch was kept on the negroes for two days, but no white man appeared. Mon day afternoon a party of farmers decided to investigate the case of the little girl and as they neared the island were fred on by the negroes, ana one of the party, Roland by name, was shot through the breast with a Winchester and killed. A sharp fight was kept up for some time during which the girl escaped from the negroes and ran to the Wnlte men. DIG was so excited that she could not give very intelligent account of herself. She said, however, that her father was not travelling with the negroes, but that she had been stolen from her home near Fort Gibson. I. T. She has been taken to Null drow. Roland, the dead man. is com paratiye stranger at Wilson's Rock, hav- ing been there but short time.
 Brucss Island is an excellent spot for the negroes to defy the officers It ts in the center of the Arkansas river, con tains about twenty-five acres, and is densely covered with timber. Posses of citizens left to-day for the scene of the trouble from Fort Smith, Muldrow and Fort Gibson. There is great excitement In all the country around the island. and 1t is not improbable that the occasion may lead to a race war. One or two of the negroes are known to be desperate characters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
IS NEARING AN END.
Close of Famous Humbert Trial Is
 Near.

Close of Famous Humbert Trial Is
 Near.
 Paris. Aug. f2-The Humbert trial Is approaching it's close. The last witt nesses were heard to-day and the ad- dresses of counsel were begun. Advocate eneral Blondel opening for the prosecu- ton. Maitre Labori follows tomorrow. It is expected that the case will reach the jury on Thursday unless the prom ised revelations of Mme. Humbert cause delay.
 Maitre Blondel's address was se- were arraignment of the Humberts and an analysis of their transactions, his con- clusion being that the entire Crawford story was a tissue of falsehoods and in- vention. Roman d'Anrignac (brother of me. Humbert) getting the name from an English school master named Henry Robert Crawford. who Romain met in Argentina.
 Later the Humberts elaborated the fab ric of fraud. Romain and Emile d'Aurig- mac personating the two "Crawfords."
 Mime. Humbert to-day continued her interruptions and renewed her declara- tion that she would speaK after counsel have closed their addresses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
priftinp into Anarchy.

London, Aug. 19.-The Times corre- spondent at Belgrade teIegraphs that the result of the recent ministerial crisis has shown how completely King Peter is in the hands of the military camarilla which enthroned him. The coming cleo tions will undoubtedly result in an over whelming Radical victory. The conflict between the Radicals and the army will then become acute.
 The outlook, concludes the correspond ent is dark and the country seems to be drifting into anarchy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
FOR sHAw's USE.
Revinue Cutter onondaga Reserved
 for August Secretary.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-(Special, ,)-The Imperialistic Roosevelt Administration show how the satraps initiate the superb bumptiousness of the chief. Secretary Shaw has just promulgated an order to the revenue cutter service declaring that the cutter Onondaga is for the use of him self and his personal friends only at the yacht race. The cutters are to patrol the race and see that Sir Thomas Lipton and his American competitor have no inter- ference The Onondaga will not do any patroiling but will bear the precious person of the Secretary of the Treasury and his chums where they can see the sport from the finest points of vantage The Inequalities of the occasion will be paid for by the country tax payers
 R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19

onstrated to the satisfaction of the Gov ernment officials that the torpedo boat destroyer Hull is success from every standpoint, and the trial board has de- cided to recommend that she be accepted by the Government. The trial was held outside of Newport in a sea described by naval men as from smooth to rough.
 She was sent at full speed for one hour under a full load displacement, and then for six hours on an endurance test. She not only maintained her contract speed of 2S knots an hour, but at times made 9 knots and over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
KING PETERS COURSE.
Takes no Active stand in Govern
 mental Affairs.

London. Aug. 19.-An interesting sketch of the new king of Servia is given in a Belgrade dispatch published in The Daily Mail this mornig. King Peter, says the correspondent. is very prudent. He in- terests himself in every branch of ahe administration. He presides at every cabinet council and expresses his opinion unreservediy; but he permits the minis-l ters to act freely and untrammeled. Un-, like his predecessor. he refrains entirely from expressing any wish regarding ap- pointments or dismissals-an unheard of innovation in the Balkan.
 All letters addressed to the king, even from his relatives seeking public ap- pointments, are invariably handed to the chiefs of the departments concerned without even a suggestion from his majesty. Neither does he interfere in party politics nor exercise any direct in- fiuence on the foreign policy of Servia, which today is neither pronounced Rus sophie nor decidedly pro-Austrian.
 The kings private life is as simple and democratic as 1t was before his accession to the throne. 4f4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
DIVORCED BUT REUNITED.
L. A. Ring Reconciled to Wife After
 12 Years.

Pawtucket, R. l., Aug 18.-After being divorced for twelve years, Lawrence Alenzo Ring of Chicago and Abbie Barber Ring of this city, were reunited today by Rev. Marion Law, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. MT. Ring is 53 and his wife AS.
 A reconciliation was effected during a recent illness of Mir. Ring. Mir. Law said that while he could not marry a di- vorced person his church did not hold that 1t was wrong to read the marriage service a second time for persons who had been separated by action of the courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
Parks Put on Trial.

New York, Aug. 1S.-The trial of Sam uel J. Parks, walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union. ac- cused of extortion, was began to-day be- fore Recorder GofE and a jury.
 There are four indictments against Parks. but the particular indictment un- der investigation is that alleging that he extorted S2OO from Josephus Plenty, a Hoboken skyiight contractor to call off a strike, and stop any proceedings against Plenty for employing non-union Ia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
PASSED THE DIVIDENDS.
Directors of Virgina-Carolina Com
 pany Issue Statement


 Richmond, Va, Aug. '1s.-The directors of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany decided today to pass the dividend on the common stock In explanation of their action, they issued a statement in which they say that a large increase in the volume of the company's business and consequent increased demand for working capital made their course seem wise. The conditions of the money mar ket, they say. have made impracticable the ready conversion into cash bills re- ceivable amounting to more than $6O0,0O In order to carry the business over to the time when these bills become collectable, a syndicate has been organized by J. P. Morgan & Co.,. and others who will ad- vance ali sums needed during the next twelve months for the company's busi- ness. It is expected that permanent ar engagements will be made for additional working capital. and until this shall be secured. 1t was deemed wise to pass the dividend on the common stock.
 Several changes were made in the per- sonnel of the directory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
Building Council Adiorned.

Denver, Col. Aug. 1S.-The sixth con vention of the National Building Council of America adjourned sine die today after electing the following: President, J. s. Maloney of Chicago; First Vice-P President, James Gallagher, Hudson County, N. J.; General Secretary Treasurer. H. w.
 Steinbiss, St. Louis. Sioux City. Ia., was selected as the next place of meeting. An amendment to the constitution was adopt ed removing the right of the executive board to levy on affiliated international and nationals for strike benefits. But glv- ing the board the right to levy assess ments of cents per week on all afhliated locals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-19
KANSAS AMENDS BILL.
Is in Litigation With Colorado Over
 Irripation.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-The amended bill for the State of Kansas. in the case in- stituted by the State against the State of Colorado to restrain the latter, State In the use of water of the Arkansas River for irrigation purposes, was filed today in the United States Supreme Court. The amended bill makes seven- teen of the leading irrigation companies which secure water from the Arkansas parties to the suit, whereas in the orig inal bill the State of Colorado was the only defendant. It Is alleged that the entire flow of water in the Arkansas has been appropriated by Colorado and by corporations organized under the author ity of that State.