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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
CARRIER IS STOPPED
Negro Postal Employe Is Halted by
Armed and Masked Men.
rs WARNED TO QUIT
He and the Substitute We're Told
That if They Did Not Discon.
tinue Their Duties Their
Lives Would Be Taken.

Washington, May S.-The post Of
that one Jno. c. Allgood, a colored
rural free delivery letter carrier. while
making his regular trip near Gallatin
Tenn, was stopped by men armed and
masked and that he and his colored
substitute carrier were warned not to
continue in the service under penalty
of death.
Postmaster General Payne has sus-
pended service en- the route pending in
vestigation and if the reports of the
affair are confirmed summary action
will follow. The incident may become
a second Indianola case. Inc news
of the affair reached the postmaster
general in the following telegram from
Postmaster Swaney of Gallatin:
Carrier rural route, one, while
making trip held up by masked men.
Ordered not to make another trip. Adj
wise"
The next dispatch came from F. F.
Conger, the special agent in charge
of the rural free delivery service with
headquarters at Nashville, Tenn, as
follows:
Rural carrier. No. l, colored, Gala
tin, Tenn, in an interview with me,
advises that he was stopped on route
by armed masked men and his life
threatened If he continued in service
Threat also applies to colored substi
tute. carrier. Warned not to divulge
cause of his removal to assign the rea-
sons. No time allowed to await upon
appointment of successor. Believing it
hazardous, he will not serve route I'M
less assurances are given him that NO
violence will be committed. Please
advise me what instructions will be
answer Will be greatly appreciated.
This rural carrier was put in office
March first last. There were five ap-
plicants. The three men passing the
highest on the list were all colored
Under the civil service rules the post
master general says there is no option
with the department except to appoint
the person who stands highest on the
list; therefore Allen E. billiard, eolored.
was appointed. He resigned about
three weeks ago and on the 26th of last
month the civil service board certified
the second man on the list, John C..
Allgood, coIored. ~<@
Postmaster General Payne tele-
graphed Mr.. Conger as follows: I'm
vestigate fully case of John c. Allgood.
In the meantime service on the route
will be suspended until your report on
the facts in the case is received"
Postmaster General Payne later said
IL the facts were as reported only two
courses would be open. namely to
abolish the route and leave the people
thereon without service, or to send
soldiers to the scene to protect the
carrier in the performance of his duty.
Mr.. Payne said the former course was
the more probable
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
WELL AND FAIRLY.

Percival Landon Stands Up for American
Soldiers in the Philippines.
New York. May Percival Landon
In the second of his series of letters
from Manila on "The American Fail.
HFe IN the Philippines" printed in the
Daily Mail, argues according to Lno-
don dispatch to the World that the diff.
hcnlties of the situation were cons;d.
erahly increased blythe Gestures
Aguinaido. $3.50 - =
hittie impprtancs need be1 atfasba
e, ne asserts. to the recent expos-
ure BY General Miles that 4 certain
nunher az Americans adisgraced them.
solves by acts of abominable cruelty
Ills no more of a slur upon the Amer
lean army than the records of Newgate
calendar are upon the inhabitants Of
London. Throughout the war the indi-
vIdual American soldiers have played
the game well and fairly, and it is no
discredit to them that it is not vet
carried to successful cIese.,s In
enumeration of the cause of the un.
satisfactory condition. Mr.. I1andon
mentions introducing the gold stand
ard, which disorganized business and
prohibiting Chinese labor.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
DEAL A FACT.

Rock Island Acquires Frisco System and
Yoaknm q Director of Former.
New York. May Sit is stated here
that President Yoakum of the st. Louis
and San Francisco railway system has
been elected a director of the Rock Is
land road and will turn over the first
named corporation to the latter. No
cash is to be paid. but the Frisco pool
members will receive $50 in 5 per cent
ten-year Rock Island collateral trust
bonds at LOG, and $50 in common stock
of the Rock Island company This
would make the pools Frisco stock
worth $87 a share. The Frisco COM
mon stock will be deposited as collat-
eral. Negotiations were conducted
through ]. p Morgan & Co.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
EEsa
MOROs DEFEATED.

One Hundred and Fifteen Killed, Thin
teen Wounded and Sixty Captured.
Manila. May 8.-Captain PershlnS
column defeated the sultan OF Ampafu
ganos' strong force of Moros in Tara
cacc, on the east shore of Lake Lana
island of Mindanao. The Americans
captured ten forts. One hundred ant
fifteen Moros were killed, Thirteen
wounded and sixty mae prisoners
The Moros captured included the sui
tain. Two Americans were killed ant
seven wounded.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
LORENZ MAIN FIGURE
He Treats Several Patients at the
Charity Hospital.
MANY DOCTORS NOTE.
Physicians and Surgeons From ALI
Over the Land Watch the Blood.
less Treatment of the Gel.
LIBERATED Austrian.

New Orleans, May S.-Five hundred
doctors gathered at the Charity hospi'
tai to witness another demonstration
by DR.. Adolf Lorenz of his method OF
bloodless surgery. There was an I'M
usual attendance of crippled children
and parents, the latter anxious to have
their little ones selected as subjects
for the demonstration. Some of the
scenes we're affecting.
The house of delegates took up the
matter of the proposed revision of the
code of ethics
The American Medical Temperance
association met and listened to a pa
per by President w. S. Hall of Chica-
go on Natures Illumination of Race
Against Liquors"
DR.. T. B. Rodman of Philadelphia,
for the portrait committee of the
ed for the hall of fame a portrait of
DR.. Hunter MCGUIRE of Virginia, dis
tinguished Confederate surgeon and
ex-president of the association.
DR.. w. H. Saunders of Alabama, DR..
r. D. Murray of the marine hospital
service and DR.. J. M. Lindsay of Cuba
participated in an interesting discus
sion before the section on hygiene on
the question of public health powers
and their exercise by national. state,
county and municipal authorities.
The section also listened to an in
teresting paper on leprosy by DR.. Isl
dore Dyer of Louisiana, and Dr. Dyer
invited a party of doctors to visit the
Louisiana lepers' home.
This section nominated for officers
DR.. G. T. Swarts, Rhode Island, presi-
dent, and DR.. John Fulton of Maryland
for secretary. -r-
DR.. Joseph Mcfarland of Philadel-
phia, was elected president of the Sec
ton of pathology and physiology. and
DR.. Henry A. Christian of Boston
secretary. ~
Dr.. Edwin Walker. presided at the
meeting of the executive committee OF
the Mississippi Valley Medical asso,
citation
1t was decided to meet in Memphis
Oct. Z, s and 8.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
ADDRESSES MADE.
The National Conference of Charities ana
Correction Down to Business

The National Conference of Charities and
Correction Down to Business.
Atlanta, Ca, May 8.-The second
days session of the National Confer.
ence of Charities and Corrections
opened with an invocation by Bishop
Benjamin J. e. Eiley of Savannah.
The general subject of the day was
County and Municipal Institutions,
Outdoor Relief and Vagrancy," and
the committee on this branch of work
through its chairman, c. Z. Stonaker of
Denver, Col, presented its report.
William IT. Allen general agent OF
the New York Association for Improv-
ing the Condition Of the Poor" deIiv.
cred an address treating on vagrancy.
taking as his subject: Social Parasite
or Social Product !
Other addresses upon the general
subject of vagrancy were given by Miss
Alice G. Willard of Chicago. James F.
jackson Of Minneapolis, James Forbes
OF New York, and former Mayor Iiy-
ingston Minis of Atlanta.
During the afternoon a sectional
meeting was held devoted to a discus
sion OF various phases of general and
correctional problems.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
FATAL MISTAKE.

BY Failing to Sound the Fire Alarm ?
Lady Loses Her Life.
Chicago, May S.-A dispatch to the
Record-Herald from New York says:
Rather than make an alarm which
she knew might awaken a dozen sleep,
ing families to a panic, Mrs. James h.
Polk silently and desperately fought a
fire in her apartments. She paid for
this with her life last night, for Sc
badly burned was she that she died
despite every effort of the surgeons
Wealthy. and herself a daughter O
one of Sweden's famous artists, Mrs.
Polk was married twenty-one year
ago to Mr. Polk, whose great uncle
was president of the United States.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14

Vienna May S.-The officials of the
foreign Office say there is absolutely
no foundation for the report published
by news agency in the United States
that 5000 Christian inhabitants of No.
vi-Bazar Bosnia, have been massacred
by Mussulmen. Austria maintains
three garrisons in the district of Noyi-
Bazaar and everything is quiet there.
Rome, May 8.-Manager Vecco, Sec
rotary of the propaganda received by
the pope this morning submitted the
report of the propaganda on the vacan-
cy in the bishopric at Buffalo, N. Y.
The pontiff decided On the appoint
ment of Rev. Charles H. Colon, rector
OF st. Stephens church, New York.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Given a Gold Medal.

London, May 8.-The annual meeting
of the Iron and Steel institute met here
with a large attendance. Before being
formally installed in the chair the new
president, Andrew Carnegie, who re-
marked that he was the first president
OF the institute who was not a British
subject, presented Sir James Kitzer.
former president of the institute, with
the Besseemr gold medal for 1903. Mr.
Carnegie subsequently delivered his
inaugural address, which was listened.
to with much interest. RI
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
a RUSSIAN GIANT.
Feodor Nachow Is the Most olga nsa;,
Man In tie World.

Man In tEe "OFlO.
OF all the giants that have appeared
before the public within cne last tLjr..,,''
or forty years none can be comrareG
with the imposing Russian who has -
Gently been on exhibition in Rer::l
Germany. This giant. whose name is
Feodor Machow. has been exhibited Ny
the Anthropological society Of Berlin
where he has undergone a rigid OK
animation and careful measurements
which have resulted in establishing the
truth Of his claim of being the largest
human being on the face of the -lO.Dr.
Professor Felix Won Luschan. the IA
nous ethnograpIical student, who con
Quoted the examination, submitted the
following written statement o. ehe head
of the institution:
Il have carefully examined and
measured from an anthropolO@ical
standpoint Feodor slachow of kust-
jaky, Russia. who is now about TWEEN
ty-two years of age. He is I feet 9
inches in height and can therefore be
classed with the largest giants that
have ever lived He exceeds in height
all the known living giants by at least
a head and is in many respects of great
scientific interest"
AS a matter of fact, all the giants
who have been exhibited in Europe up
to the present time We're from A. to
SO inches shorter than Machow. Their
height was between feet 10 inches
and feet inches, according to dOcu-
ments placed with the Anthropological
society by the late Professor Nirchow.
The showmen, however, always eXag-
gerated the height in advertisements.
Feodor Machow comes from an old
Russian family, whose ancestors are
said to have emigrated to Russia from
the south, probably from Syria. His
parents. as we'll as his two brothers
and one sister, are all of normal size.
His grandfather was large, but in no
sense a giant. 1t is said however, that
in earlier generations of the family
large specimens occurred. Viewing this
case from the standpoint of the theory
that mental and physical traits are in
uef1Lpu, II "Ouiu SeeHl llidl Tue theory
is strengthened to a certain extent, es-
pecially in regard to bodily stature.
The boots worn by Machow. which
scarcely reach to his knees, reach an
ordinary person almost up to the waist,
and a twelve-year.old boy could easily
find room inside one of them. The ring
which adorns the index finger of Ma
elbows right hand is so large that
half, dollar can easily be passed
through it. A steel spring mattress of
extra size and strength had to be made
for him and placed On a strong iron
frame. This promising youth eats at
each meal at least three pounds of
meat and a proportionate quantity Of
potatoes, vegetables and bread with
relishing appetite. 1t is 1T the cost
Of much trouble and still greater eX-
pense that the society entertains him.
Chicago Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Peace Movement

Lexington, KY, May s.-A dispatch
from Jackson, KY, says the people not
involved in the feud contemplate call
ing on Governor Beckham to bring
peace to Breathitt county. 1t is ex-
pected that the contingent with which
Marcum was allied, which includes the
influential postmaster, Hurst, ar
'um's father-in-law, are uniting against
the Cockrell family with view
precipitating fight. Conservative
citizens who are acquainted with either
family do not express surprise at the
report.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
NINE KILLED.
Slide of Solid Stone Gave Way in Tuu-
mel With Fearful Results.

mel With Fearful Results.
Roanoke, Va, May S.-Details ar
rived here of a fearful accident which
occurred last Wednesday evening in
the east end of West End tunnel,
known as tunnel No. at Egglestone
Springs, Giles county, on the Norfolk
and Western railway, in which nine
men were killed and five injured, three
of them fatally, while two others were
miraculOusly saved. Railroad cOntrac-
tors were engaged in double tracking
the two tunnels at the point named.
and it was due to their operations that
the accident happened. 1t seems that
when the tunneling force had removed
the earth and stone from the tracks
at the point where the calamity Oc-
Cured, that a huge slide Of solid stone
gave way on the mountain side and
came down at an angle of about As de-
men.
This strata of solid rock was found,
on examination. to be connected only
by clay seams, ami when the founda-
ton was removed the strata some fifty
feet long. came with tremendous
force. without warning, catching the
ren in the Death trap. One man was
in niche of the tunnelway, and wa
only grazed on the face and head and
escaped with slight injuries. He was
removed with great difficulty. A sec
oDd man who stood on the outer edge
of the slide. was only slightly hurt
but three others were more unfOrtu
nate and were so badly injured that
it is feared they will die. The bodies
of the other men are still under the
mountain slide. A wrecking car and
derrick was taken out from Padford
but so far have been of no avail. There
is no likelihood that the bodies can be
recovered soon, as the rock will have
to be dynamited and removed bit by
bit 1t is considered a most dangerous
proposition, as the length of the strata
cannot be ascertained.
So far it has been impossible to Sc
cure the names of the victims. They
are only known to the contractors and
they can only judge by the missing
members of the force. 1t was mixed
gang, composed of both white and
colored labOrers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14

Paris, May S.-A dispatch from
Bastia, Corsica, says the Capuchins
who had been barricaded in their mo
nastary there for many days, were ex-
PEELED by the police. The friars, who
had been without food for two lays
owing to the siege, refused to take
down their barricades, and the doors
were broken in. About 1000 persons
made a demonstration against the au-
thorities, but they were dispersed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
wheat ia Good shane

Oklohama City, Okla, May 81. j..
Darg, of the department OF agricul-
ture, arrived here Thursday after
"a tour of inspection of the wheat. crop
of Oklahoma. He stated that the cold
wave Of May 4 did much good for the
wheat and predicts that the yield IN
Oklahoma this year will be greater
than ever. . II
It is estimated that the yield In
Oklahoma this season will exceed 40.s
000, 900 bushels
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
REBELS WON.

They Defeated the Imperial Forces After
Fighting Seven Hours.
Molillia. Morocco, May S.-Rebels
defeated the imperial forces after sew
en- hours fighting near Fee and cap-
tured positions held by the sultan's
troops, all tents and much loot. Both
sides lost heavily. Rebels sent mes
sengers to the pretendor asking for
reinforcements, as they were unable
to withstand further attack. Rein
forcements, however, were not sent.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Caught the f,h;,a.

New York, May ga three-year-old
child fell from its mothers arms
through window of an elevated train
II lofty structure on Second avenue.
The mothers scrams were heard by
Two men who were crossing the
street below and who glanced up in
time to see the child falling and catch.
It IN their arms. The child was re-
stored to its frantic mother with no
more serious results of its thrilling ex.
perience than slight bruise caused
by grazing the edge Of the elevated
structure.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Slater Superintendent.

Louisville, KY, May S.-W. T. Slater.
manager of the Louisville Office of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable company
has been appointed superintendent OF
the Fifth district of the Postal's south
ern division. The appointment is tc
take effect June /, when the new dis
trict will be created, with Louisville
as headquarters. The district covers all
save one line in Kentucky and part of
Tennessee.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
INSURANCE SWINDLE.
One of Gigantic Character Is Alleged to
Have Been Discovered.

One of Gigantic Character Is Alleged to
Have Been Discovered.
New York, May S.-Mrs. Kate Con-
don, a dressmaker, has been arrested
and locked up here on a charge of re-
fusing to obey a subpoena on bench
warrant. Much secrecy was observed
by the police and the woman was
questioned in private. 1t has leaked
out, however, that the arrest is in con-
nection with an alleged gigantic insur-
ance sygindle.
At the house where Mrs. Condor
was employed ignorance was professed
as to the cause of the woman's arrest.
An official who is in a position to
know said the woman was only one of
two score of persons for whom the po-
lice and the district attorneys have
been looking for since last December,
when a grand jury handed down that
many indictments in connection with
an insurance case or series of insur-
ance cases of great magnitude. Sew
eral million dollars. he understood,
was the amount of money involved.
ALI persons concerned. he sa. lived
in New York and in some manner had
received a tip of the laws action and
fed from the city. Several of them, it
was afterwards learned, went to New
England; others went west, and some
were known to have been in Atlanta.
Ga The speaker said that information
had been received of another arrest in
Boston, but who this was he could not
say.
District Attorney Jerome, when ques-
toned, simply said: Il do not know
anything about the case"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
gyrnan.


Fort Worth, May S.-The officers Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, now in session here, say the
past year has been a prosperous one
for them. There has been a gain of
about 500 members and $1,000 is in the
treasury. Reports of state workers
show satisfactory results
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Took No Action.

Memphis, May s.-Bishop Thomas
T. Gailor of the Episcopal diocese of
Tennessee in his annual report be-
fore the seventy-first convention of the
diocese in session here strongly ia
vored the proposition to change the
name of the Protestant Episcopal
church to the Catholic Church of the
United States of - America" The
convention did not take action upon
the recommendation.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14

Chicago. May ga dispatch to the
Tribune from Philadelphia says:
George FL. Rigby of this city has just
paid $2100 for the original manuscript
Of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, THE
Bells !" 1t is the most important Poe
manuscript in existence.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Bold HaIflun

Chicago, May Three men, armed
with reyolvers held up the saloon OF
William Manion Wednesday night
while half dozen patrons were drink
ing at the bar. They secured SOW in
negotiable checks. a watch and chain
and 500 from the proprietor. Hidden
behind the bar was cigar case con-
tanning $1,000, which they overlooked.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Federation at Abfiene,

Abilene, Tex, May S.-The annual
convention of the First district of the
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs is
in session here. Miss Ella Cockrell of
this city, president, presiding Several
interesting papers have been read.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Sweet AppuInteSi.

Washington, May S.-Willis Sweet
of Occur D'Alene, Idaho, has been ap-
pointed attorney general of Porto Rico
to succeed James S. Harlan, who re-
signed recently. Mr.. Sweet was at
one time associate justice of the ter
ritory of Idaho and later represented
his state in congress. He is consid-
cred a lawyer of note.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14

Chicago, May 8.-Twenty persons
were injured and few seriously in a
collision between two south-bound
Halstead street electric cars at Forty
thir street. One woman was taken
from the wreck and carried into an
adjoining store. 1t is believed her in
juries are fatal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Mexican Succeed DINER.

9 Boston, May Sat the annual meet
ing of the Mexican Central Railway
company 3. G. CreeI q banker of Mex
leo, was elected a director to succeed
Richard 0ney of Boston, resigned. S
There were no further changes In the
board. 80 4
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
sch1ey,s Daughter on Board,

Chicago, May S.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Norfolk, Va, says: 1t
has just become known that among the
passengers on the steamship Haailton
at the time of the disaster Tuesday was
Miss Schley, daughter of Rear Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley. She, with other
women passengers of the Haailton,
raised S95 in cash, which was distrib-
uted among the Saginaw's survivors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Ross Has Resigned.

Austin, May 8.-Dr. Frank Ross has
resigned as second assistant physician
and superintendent of the state insane
asylum and will leave for Europe on
June 1, to take a finishing course in
medicine. DR.. Ross is a son of the
late Governor Ross.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
NEWS IN GRIEF.

Charming was elected county seat
OF Hartley county, Texas.
w ]. Bradley of ChiIdress, Tex, SUI
icided at Fort Worth by taking lauda.
mum. sss3
Junicr Order of United American
Mechanics held its annual conyention
at Dallas.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
LARGE Shipments Made.

Bonham, Tex, May 8.-Large ship
ments of goods have been made to In
diana and Massachusetts by the cotton
mills of this city
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Another Donation.

Concord, N. H., May Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy has given 100000 in ad-
dftion to the site for the Christian
Science church here.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Transva4aI Loan.

London. May S.--The Transvaal loan
of SI75, 100000 will be issued at par
with interest at per cent. 1t is re
deemable in 1853.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14

Greenville, Tex, May So. Jose
phine, near here. during a baseball
game a negro was knled with a pat
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-05-14
Ordered to sail.

g VIueF6d 20 Salt =
Paris, May S.-A division of the
French Mediterranean feet has been
ordered to sail for Salonica.