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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
LEGAL BATTLE.
This Is the Course the Wabash Matter
Seems to Be Assuming

Seems to BE Assuming.
st. Louis, March 6.-The Wabass:
strike situation is resolving itself into
a legal battle for dissolution of in
junction granted by Judge Adams: At
torneys for the fremen and trainmen
are still at work on afldavits 70 be
filed in the court showing why the
Injunction should not be made perma-
nent. The possibility of the firemen
and trainmen of the Wabash striking
as individuals without waiting for the
word from their leaders is now being
discussed. 1t is stated that men are
ready to go out at moments notice,
Unless President Ramsey yields it
Is further declared that engineers,
conductors, telegraphers, brakemen
and erackmen to the number of $4,000
may become involved in the struggle.
Rumors of secret compact between Che
men and leaders to go out even if the
dissolution Of Judge Adams Injunction
is not granted, are abundant.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Would Not Sell a Napo1eon1c Relic


Mime. Napoleon Ney, widow Of the
late Napoleon Ney, who was one of the
committee Of Frenchmen sent to the
United States to present the statue of
liberty to the sister republic, has been
offered a fabulous sum for unique
Ney-Napoleonic relic.
1t is the official document issued by
the second republic rehabilitating the
memory Of the great Marshal Ney. He
was the grandfather of Nine. Ney's
husband. o. .,
Marshal Ney was shot after the bat
tie of Waterloo, when the English and
Prussians held Paris and brought back
Louis XVIII.
He was shot because Louis sent him
out to capture Napoleon when return
Ing from Elba, and instead of trying to
capture he embraced his old leader.
Nine. Ney refuses all offers for the
precious document, for it was the wish
OF her husband that it should be left to
the museum OF the army after be
death.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
AN OUTBREAK.

One Exceeding the Boxer Uprising g.
Regal ded as minent.a
Victorit, B. c., March 6.-According
to dispatch received from Pekin. an
outbreak and carnival of murder, ex-
ceeding the boxer outbreak, is regard
ed by many as imminent. Correspond.
ents of Chinese papers at Pekin are
sending columns telling of the duplicity
OF the empress dowager and of the
threatened outbreak. A Shanghai pa
per says that while the empress dow
ager is issuing edicts commanding re-
forms on kestern lines and pretending
to initiate reform, she is secretly send
ing instructions to fviceroys and gov
ernors prohibiting the introduction of
foreign methods in their jurisdiction
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
SPECIAL SESSION IS ON
Called to Order at Noon Thursday
by Mr.. Frye.
SENATOR'S SWORN IN
Twenty-six of<Them Enter on Thei,
Term of Six Years. Among Them
Being the Much Discussed
SmOOt of Utah.

Washington, March 1.-The United
States senate at noon Thursday me,
in special session called by the pres
iGent 1t was an interesting event, as
such sessions do not usually occur ex-
cept when a president of the United
States is indicted into Office, at the be-
ginning of each new congress, and this
was the first session of the senate OF
the Fifty-eighth congress. The oath
was administered to twenty-six sena-
tors, who take office for six years.
The senate being a continuous body
its officers hold until their successors
are chosen, SO promptly at noon the
body was called to order by President
pro tenn Frye. The scene was a bril-
liant one and not unlike the opening
of every session of congress. The gal
leries were filed at an early hour and
in the family and reserved galleries
were friends and relatives of the new
senators. The desks of the new SEN
ators could be distinguished by the
wealth of flowers which had been pro.
vided. The lavishness of the admirers
was shown by the fact that desks and
even chairs in some instances were
completely buried under huge floral
pieces and beautiful boquets.
After the Invocation Mr.. Bennett,
the secretary of the senate, read the
proclamation of the president conven-
ing the senate in extra session
The names of the newly elected sem
ators were called alphabetically, and
each was escorted to the desk by his
colleague. AS soon as the names were
called there was applause in the gal
leries. That given to Mr.. German was
especially noticeable.
1t is the custom, to rebuke appause in
the galleries, but Mr.. Frye, the presi-
dent pro TEN, overlooked the demon
stration.
The chair said he, 'is especially
ienlent to the galleries this morning."
and then he received round of an.
plause.
Messrs. Spooner and Allison receiy-
ed generous applause as they were es-
corted to the desk.
Mr.. Smoot of Utah subscribed to the
oath with an emphatic II do" No OBJ
lection was made to his taking the
oath.
MIR. Cannon's speech in the house of |
representatives Wednesday morning in
presenting the conference report on
the general deficiency bill in which he
charged that the senate conferees had
resorted to Legislative bIackmail and at
tackled the rules of the senate, formed
the subject of some fervid remarks byi
Mr.. I1llman and by the senate confer
ees, Messrs. Hale, Allison and Teller,
The senate at 3:15 adjourned until
Monday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
PLACES FILLED.

Two Important Appointments for the De.
partmeht of Justice.
Washington, March 6.-Two impor-
tant appointments in the department
OF justice were agreed upon by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Attorney General
Knox. William A. Day of the District
OF Columbia is made to be assistant
attorney to the attorney general at a
salary of $1,000 a year and Milton D.
Purdy of Minnesota is to be assistant
attorney general Mr.. Day has been
for long time attorney for the inter-
state commerce commission and Mr..
Purdy is a prominent lawyer of St.
Paul. Heswas formerly assistant Unit
ed States district attorney of Mime
sofa. These places were created by
a recent act of congress.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
SHOT STEPDAUGHTER.
Melton Rhen Wounds Mrs. Culver and
Takes His Own Life

Melton Yhen Wounds Mrs. Culver and
Takes His Own Life.
Henderson, KY, March 6.-Allen
Melton, well-to-do farmer, who Wed
nesday night fatally wounded his step
daughter and shot Mrs. John eulver,
committed suicide Thursday in q
barn when he found the building sur.
rounded by bloodhounds which had
been sent in pursuit of him. Melton
Wednesday night went to the home of
John Culver, where his step-daughte7,
Mary Melton, sixteen years old, was
spending the night. Culver was away
from the house. Melton entered and.
seeing his step-daughter, drew re.
volver and fired two shots at her. Mrs
Culver ran into the room and Melton
fired, the ball passing through her
lungs. He went to home of DR.. Lat.
ia, two miles away, where he remained
all night. Early Thursday morning he
went home and Morganfeld's blood
hounds traied him to a barn. When
he heard them coming he swallowed
large amount of paris green and then
shot himself through the head, falling
dead. Two weeks ago, it is said, he
tried to hang his divorced wife, and
it is believed he returned to Union to
kill his wife, and this is thought to be
the reason he did not commit suicide
when he shot the girl,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
NOVEL MEASURE.
Provides Gold Medals for the Mothers OF


Provides Gold Medals for the Mothers OF
&arge Families.
Harrisburg. Pa, March 6.-Mr.
Blumle of Canton county, the father
of eleven children, introduced in the
house a bill to "subsidize large fami-
lies and to provide for gold medals
for mothers of large families"
The bill provides prizes ranging
from $40 and medal to cost $40 to
$50. and a fifty-dollar gold medal to
mothers of families ranging from nine
to Is children. The seventh son or
daughter born within the state shall
be educated at an expense to the state
not to exceed $500. The act shall not
apply to any woman who has been
totally divorced Or separated from her
husband.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
ON GUARD,
Strikers Are Reported 90 Have Attacked
Non-Cnion Men,

Strikers Are Reported 90 Have Attacked
Non-Union Men.
Colorado Springs, Colo, March G.
The military are still on guard at the
mills and there has been a clash with
strikers. The city appointed a COM
mittee of four to meet with General
Manager MacNeil of the United States
reduction COMPANY, but MacNeill re.
fused to recognize the Smeltersmen's
union, stating the strike would find it's
own solution. MacNeil also refused
to meet with representatives of the
Western Federation of Miners. Under
protection of troops the Standard mill
is working, Brigadier General Chase
sent Calling gun section and infan.
try men to tell Uride, upon receipt of
an affidavit, that attack had been
made by strikers orders to GUST en-
ployees and gain possession of the
property.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Corbett and Jeffries Sign.

Baltimore, March 6.-James j. Cor
bettt and Billy Delaney for James J.
Jeffries, met and signed articles for a
fight for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world 1t was agreed that
the contest take place in California in
July or August, 1903, under the aus
pieces Of the athletic club offering the
largest purse. The men are to spar
twenty rounds to a decision; the win
ner to receive Is per cent of the purse,
the loser to take Is per cent.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Killed Him and cremated Body.

City of Mexico, March 6.-The char.
coal burners on the Sosa Hacienda,
having a disagreement with their fore.
man. Juan Guillermo. killed him and
eremated the body. Their method was
rather original as they proposed max.
ing a barbecue. The body was placed
in pit and hot fire built over it
and kept going for ten days. The
men have not been arrested. having
fed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Passed Over Veto.

Guthrie, Okla, March 6.-The Okla
homa senate passed over the COVER
nor's veto the bill repeating the Oil in.
spection laws of the territory The
vote was 10 to 2, Senator'S Alexander
and Webster voting with the governor
and Senator Mathews being absent.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Gone to Exict Cattle

Ardmore. I. T.. March s.-Tbe In.
dian police passed through Ardmore
en- route to Hewitt, where they 20 to
evic1 q number of cattle because this
owner has refused to pay the tribal
tax The police have instructions not
70 accept the tax from the stockmen
owning the cattle, but to remove them
from the nation. - -
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
THE FOLKS WHO WRITTEN
Gossip and Anecdotes esoncernina
Authors You Know.

Authors You Know.
Especial Correspondence
New Work. March 2-William Atlen
White. the Kansas writer. delights in
a good joke: also he is Backing in asev-
erence for those individuals who are
known as personages IN what he Aerms
''the effete east" Mr. ~hite was in
Washington short time ago watching
the antics of congress, wheN Ne saw d
chance to have some fun with ESauk
n Doubleday. the New Work publishes,
and Edward Box. Che editor OF Gle Ea-
dies Home Journal.
White received a teIegrdn from DoB
bleday and Box chat obey were coming
through Kansas on q eertalR day au9
on certain train. Ehereupon white
notified all the newspapers On &.e STATE
that Mp. Box Intended a. make aeae,
platform speeches at az che Rrincipag
stations and would be glad % sleea bis
subscribers. Gle further said shat Sn>.
Box at the stations where ne die nea
find it convenient . MAKE aeecAes,
would be found in the train sHeVarsa o.
give advice on AatrimonS, &ow b save
money, Che care Of the &eeth, enfbroi6
cry and how to build houses On q salary
of S6.66 week. % was announces
that Mr.. Box was pining o. &lk Ger
sonally with Ais subscribers ana tha9
Doubleday was there to mee8 uN -
thors who had manuscripts % SELL
White thinks that Doubledas sGa
Box had nice neighborly time in Kan-
sas, but he same east eithou@ ~anina
to find out.
So matter where theis Romes EaSsdA
to be or where they pass othes seasons
OF the year, most popular authors
spend a large part of the winter o.
New York. Thomas Nelson Page is an
exception. He is rarely seen here. doe
his winter home is in Washington
Mr.. Page has made fortune from
his books. He married Mrs. Field. Che
widow of Mr. Letters partner. who is
also possessed of very great wealth.
Their home is one Of the hrgest ana
finest at the capital, and both Mr..
Page and his wife, being fond of gay
ETY., entertain frequently. Their din
ners are noted not only for the menus
which are prepared with taste and
judgment, but for the bright people
one is sure to meet at their mahogany.
The Page Ginning room is extremely j
and the living rooms are So
homelike and attractive that a noted
clubman said he disliked ever % go
there, for it panied him to come away.
Mr.. Page is the president of the Chevy
Chase club, which is devoted to hunt
ing and outdoor sport, and a 3eading
spirit in the Metropolitan club !
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Referred to Com mittee.

Washington. aMrch 6.-The bust
ness of the executive session of the
senate Thursday consisted in referr-
ing all the treaties before the senate
TO the committee on foreign relations
and In referring the nominations sent
IN to the committee which will pass
upon them
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
waterworks Contract Let.

South McAlester. I. T., March g.
The contract for the entire water
works system of this city, including
mile and quarter of sewer, was let
for s122,100 The plant is to be COM
pleted by October l. 81
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Child Burned to Death,

Hico. Tex, March 6.-The little
child OF Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd living near
Duffau, was burned to death. The
child caught fire playing in some
ashes that had been thrown out
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Open to Visitors,

Fort Worth. March 6.-The new
packing plants were open to visitors
for the first time Thursday and many
inspected them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Slain by His SteDSon.

Ell Reno, Okla, March 6.-J. B.
Floyd of Canadian county, was shot
and killed by his step son, E. A. Put.
nam, during family quarrel.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
Bishop Elect Dead.

San Jose, Costa RIGA. March g.
very Rev. Carlos NJ Ulioa, bishop.
elect OF San Jose, is dead
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
One Death THURSDAY

Mazatlan, Mex, March 6.-There
We're one plague death Thursday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08
At the Virginia SPRINGS.

He-We must economic.
She-Then you shall give up smok-
ing and I will have my gowns cut low
er.-Judge
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08

Miss Beatrice Harraden in recent
Interview makes some rather interest
ing revelations of her methods of work.
She could not, she says, write with 9th
er people around her. so she retires in
the morning to studio standing in a
delightful old garden. Here she COM
poses her story. Two hours of steady
labor is all she requires of herself at
one sitting. She recognizes that some
may consider she escapes rather easily,
but she says she has way of thinking
out her stories beforehand, so that the
actual writing is done very swiftly,
without hesitation, and at the end of
the two hours she has produced a con-
siderable quantity of work. She points
out also that with all her facility she
has not been prolific and speaks of hay
ing spent five years on one book.
RICHARD UPPER.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-08

MP. BANGS WAS PANIED TO OBSERVE.
humanity, suffers occasionally from the
yagaries of parlor maids. Not long ago
it was decided that his library shelves
should be thoroughly busted. Accord
ingly the books were carefully removed.
Now, Mr.. Bangs had a grandfather
who wrote quite as voluminously as
himself, though upon a rather more re-
ligious range of subjects. All these pi-
GUS volumes had been carefully and re-
specially segregated: Mr.. Bangs sup
posed they always would be.
But he had failed to reckon with the
agency OF the parlor maid. When he
next entered his library, he was panied
to observe his grandfather's volume of
Letters on Sanctifcation" standing
shoulder to shoulder with his own
"Houseboat on the Styx.'
Mr.. Bangs is said to have murmured,
"And the sins of the children shall be
visited upon the fathers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-16
ing a protracted hunting trip in Bor-
MI. Ro.a4 t,, Rohffno oh

ing a protracted hunting trip in Bor-
neo. The fact is that in fighting each
other, or in attacking or defending
themselves from other enemies, they
depend entirely upon their teeth, which
are abnormally strong and sharp and
cut like a razor, making a wound as
smooth and clean as the scalpel of a
surgeon. They are clumsy on their
feet, but the enormous strength OF
their powerful arms more than makes
up for this deficiency. In fighting
they almost invariably attack the faces
or the limbs Of their adversaries, grasp
ing their opponents with their hands
and drawing them close enough to sink
their teeth in their flesh. In the case
Of human beings, or other members Of
the monkey tribe the gorrilla's favor
ite point of attack is the hand, and
especially the finger. Catching them
by the wrist, the creature, with al
most irresistible power, draws the
hand within reach Of his fangs, and In
the twinkling Of an eye off come one
or more fingers. This mode of war
fare Is a very effective one among the
orang -outangs themselves, for, with
fingers and toes gone. the animal is
not only out of the fight, but Is power
less to climb trees, to protect himself,
or to provide himself with food, and
soon succumbs to starvation, or falls
an easy victim to some other animal
Boston Budget.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-16

"will he get safely homer he asked
of the Duke.
Don't you worry, youngster," said
the Duke in his loftiest manner. "He'H
get along
The luminous, dreamy eyes grew
hard and bright as they looked the
Duke in the face.
Eyes, I shall worry, but you ought
to worry more"
"Ah," said the Duke, raising his
brows and smiling gently upon the
bright, stern young face lifted up to
his. 81 didn't notice that had asked
your opinion"
"If anything should happen to him."
replied the missionary quickly, 81
should consider you largely response
ble."
"That would be kind" said the
Duke, still smiling with his lips. But
after q moments steady look into the
missionary's eyes he nodded his head
twice or thrice and without further
word turned away.
The missionary turned eagerly to me:
"They beat me this afternoon" he
cried, "but, thank God, I know now
they are wrong and I am right!
don't understand! I can't see my way
through. But I am right! It's true!
I feel it's true! Men can't live with
out him and be men"
And long after went to my shack
that night I saw before me the eager
face with the luminous eyes and heard
the triumphant cry: 81 feel it's true!
Men can't live without him and be
men, And I knew that though his
first Sunday ended in defeat there was
victory yet awaiting him.
10 RE CONTINUED,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-16
GETTING TO SLEEP.
Some Points About the Art Of Wooing
Peaceful SIumSer.

Some Points About the Art of Wooing
Peaceful SIumSer.
All conditions must be favorable to
sleep. The bedroom should be quiet,
dark and airy. In winter 1t Is better to
have the window away up than to shut
it so that knife edged draft shall chill
an exposed shoulder. The temperature
of the bed should be agreeable. Getting
to sleep when the feet are cold Is as
slow a job as getting to sleep when
hungry. A hot bottle in one case and
a piece Of bread and butter in the 9TH
er will help things. I leave 1t to you
to decide which is for which. A warm
bed in winter is easily got, but cool
bed in summer Is not so simple a prop
osition. However, a sheet made Of
straw mating interposed between the
regular sheet and the mattress will be
found to mitigate sensibly the horrors
of a hot night. 1t preserves the soft
ness and springiness Of the bed and
yet is pleasantly cool, without being
too cool. Personally 1 find that sleep
comes soonest when l have no pillows
at all.
The next thing Is to relax utterly,
Remember that the corner Of the jaw Is
the citadel of tension. While that Is
clinched no sleep can come. But most
important of all Is the disposition Of the
mind so that sleep can come. The rea-
son why we fail in this Is the same as
the reason why we fail in other things.
We do not very genuinely want to sue
ceed. AS we lie stretched out after a
busy day, there are so many thoughts
that we want to chase after that we
drop the notion of sleep, though we
know that tomorrow is another day on
which we can think. 1t Is all very we'll
to say Dismiss these thoughts" How
to dismiss them Is the problem that
each must solve.-Harvey Sutherland
in Everybody's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-16
THE ORIGIN OF COFFEE.
A Dervish Found II Growing Wild In
Arabia 600 Years Ago.

Arabia oVO years ago.
AS to the history Of coffee, the legend
runs that it was first found growing
wild in Arabia. Hadji Omar, dervish,
discovered it in 1885, six hundred and
seventeen years ago. He was dying OF
hunger in the wilderness, when. finding
some small round berries, he tried to
eat them, but they were bitter. He
tried roasting them, and these he final
ly stepped in some water held In the
hollow Of his hand, and found the de-
coction as refreshing as If he had par
taken Of solid food. He hurried back
to Mocha, from which he had been
banished, and inviting the wise men to
partake Of his discovery, they were so
we'll pleased with it that they made
him a saint.
The story Is told that coffee was in
troduced into the West Indies in 1928,
by Chirac, a French physician, who
gave Norman man by the name Of De
Clieux, a captain Of the infantry on his
way to Martinique, a single plant.
The sea voyage was stormy one, the
vessel was driven out Of her course,
and drinking water became so scarce
that 1t was distributed in rations. De
Clieux with an affection for his coffee
plant, divided his portion Of water
with it, and succeeded in bringing 1t to
Martinique, although weak, not in
hopeless condition. There he planted
1t in his garden, protected it with
fence of thorns and watched 1t daily
until the end Of the year. De Clieux,
succeeded in raising a number of plants
which he distributed among the people
of the island to be planted by them.
From Martinique the coffee trees in
turn were sent to Santo Domingo,
Guadalupe, and other neighboring is
lands
The coffee tree Is an evergreen shrub,
growing, in it's natural state, to a
height of IA to 1S feet. 1t is usually
kept trimmed, however, for convenience
in picking the berries, which grow
along the branches close to the leaves
and resemble in shape and color or
binary cherries. The tree cannot be
grown above the frost line, neither can
it be successfully grown in the tropics.
The most successful climate for pro-
duction is that found at an altitude of
about four thousand feet. Anything
much above this is in danger Of frost,
coffee Is grown much below this, 1t
requires artificial shade, which mater
tally increases the cost Of production
and does not produce az marketable
berries. 1t Is owing to this particular
requirement that coffee has never been
produced in the United
States-Success.