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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
A Wonderful Old Lady.

On no one have heartier wishes been
showered for her health and happi-
ness in the new year than the Baroness
Burdett- Coutts, that most wonderful!
Of women, now soon to be ninety year.
Of age. Lady Burdett-Coutts had nei
great wealth left her when she was
but twenty three by her father, Sir
Francis Burdett. Few women. as ma,
well be imagined, refused more offers
of marriage in her girlhood than Miss
Angela Burdett- Coutts. Lord Hougli-
ton once exclaimed, Miss Coutts likes
me, and that Is because l never asked
her to marry me-" Mrs. Browne, the
secretary and faithful friend of the
baroness, always kept a watch over
the suitors, and there are those who
say that had 1t not been for her coun-
selings Miss Angela might have given
her hand away earlier in life than she
did. The baroness has always known
how to use her money wisely. Her
charities have been munificent, but she
has known just when to open her purse
strings and when to refrain from doing
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
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Ex-senator Chandler
Makes a Prediction.
Senate and House
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pacity. or rather incapacity. for self
government: also rs to the rapid
growth of the Monroe doctrine in scope
and III power The presidents action in
transmitting the protocol to the senate
dissipates the fear that he was trying
to act independently of the senate in
the case and places the whole situation
before the country in most luminous
manner. That it is a step of far reach
ing consequences must be apparent
even to the duIlest mind We are doing
this thing. if we do it at all, at the ear
nest and repeated solicitation of the gov
eminent of Santo Domingo. If, howev-
er. we take charge of her financial af-
fairs. why should we not also take
charge in the same way of all the bank
rupt nations of Central and South
America and Of the West Indies? Few
of them can pay their debts If left to
manage them themselves. Their over
sea creditors are camorous for settle
ment and threaten al sorts of things
There can he no question that if we
take over the financial difficulties of
Santo Domingo we have entered upon q
course which will lead us to assume q
suzerainty or overlordship of all the
bankrupt governments on this CONT
nent, just as by the Plat amendment
we assume and are exercising it over
Cuba. That we would give them bet
ter administration of their financial af-
fairs than they now have goes without
saying, but the momentousness of the
action should give us pause-at least
till such a step is most thoroughly ccn-
sidered and discussed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
The Vacuum Cleaning Process.

A description Of the vacuum cleaning
process which has been installed in Il
new bank building sounds like dream
Of Utopia and suggests all sorts of
blessed possibilities to the martyrs Of
the dustpan and the broom, whose war
against dirt is as weary as it is inef-
fectual. The center of the system is a
tank in which vacuum Is maintained
by means Of an electric pump and from
which pipes are conducted throughout
the building. In the various rooms
there are taps to which flexible hose
may be attached, and at the other enc
Of the hose is a nozzle, through which
the dust and dirt in room are sucked
in without communicating the atmos-
phere. With this system the entire
building can be cleaned in three hours
at a cost Of less than 500, the results
being fncomparably better than those
which could be accomplished by hand
It will probably be long time before
such methods reach the homes Of the
people, but the housekeeper who is Civ
en- to dreaming dreams will doubtless
picture to herself time when the city
will bring vacuum pipes into the
houses, just as it now puts in water
pipes. and when tile terrors of cleaning
will be relegated to the remote past.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
GAVE OF THE WINDS.
Curfe.ftiex of South Dakota's Great
Natural Wonder.

According to the ideas Of Professor
Horhil Of the Smithsonian institution.
the wonderful Cave of the Winds in
South Dakota Is of an unknown forma-
ton. Other biologists incline to the
opinion that it is an extinct geyser.
perhaps former outlet for the warm
mineral waters which now come to the
surface at Hot Springs and its vicinity
Some of the formations show evidences
of having been formed by the action of
water. warm mineral water. ami
some, notably the frost work, are SO
delicate that they could not owe tt"i1
existence 70 the action of water Sat
must have been formed by gas or vapor
which congealed as it struck the lime
stone. The cave is an immense bed of
limestone, a labyrinth of lockwood. sta
lacttes, staaamites. popcorn, goodies
and frost work of such delicacy and
glistening wilderness that it crumbleS
at the slightest touch.
The assures or crevices which form
the cave parallel each other at dis
tances of from so to 300 feet apart.
These range from fifty to hun
dred feet in height. and they are con-
nected by side passages hardly wide
enough for an ordinary man to pass
through. There are eight tiers or lay
ers Of these assures, the lowest being
500 feet from the entrance. The cham
bers have all been found in the assures
and range in size from twelve feet
square t. over three acres. A recent
survey of the cave disclosed the fact
that it covers an area of two miles
square,
The name wind cave is we'll deserv
ed. In every moment of the year the
wind is rushing in or out of the en-
trance, it's direction being regulated
by the rise and fall Of the barometer.
About 200 yards from the entrance,
whether going in or coming out, the
current of the wind is always in, and
this inward rush prevails throughout
the entire explored portion Of the cave,
except in a small passage not far from
the entrance, out of the mouth of
which the wind comes to meet the main
current and go back into the cave in
an unvarying circle.
The perfect purity of the air in the
cave may be caused by the steady cur
rent of air. On a warm day the ex-
plorer feels the chill upon entering
but in a few moments Is comfortable
and need not worry about drafts or
cold. In all the miles-of cave there Is
not bat, rat or insect to be found.
There is no moisture at any place and
no water except that which seeps
through from the surface into the up-
per tiers of chambers. About 100 miles
have been explored since 1891, and
3,OOO rooms have been found. But
there is no evidence of any ending.
The guides have laid out the cave in
fourteen different routes, but only
three are open to the public.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
through Missouri. heard him speak
at Hannibal and introduced him to

through Missouri. 1 heard him speak
at Hannibal and introduced him to
audiences at Louisiana and GAINESVILLE,
in my district at Hannibal and Lou
isiana lie spoke on stands improvised
near the Depot At GAINESVILLE he spoke
from the rear platform of his Pullman.
There were large and enthusiastic
crowds of people at each place. He
was surrounded by his guards. Not a
person in all those shouting thousands
of Missourians would have harmed a
hair of his head even if they had had
free access to his person. but | confess
that | Ereathed more freely when the
train landed him safe and sound in st.
Louis. While he was speaking at the
places above named AID while the pO-
lice and secret service men were Wig
ilantiy watching the crowds | took an
inventory of tie surroundings and OBJ
served that at each place there were at
least 100 windows within easy rife
range, from any one of which anything
like d good shot could have picked him
off easily. And it is so elsewhere.
When l was a boy in the backwoods OF
Kentucky we thought hunter dis
graced who would shoot squirrel with
a rife in any portion of his anatomy
except his head. l assume that no sane
man desires to kill Or wound Colonel
Roosevelt. but cranks abound, and.
much as he delights to see the people
and to mingle with them-a feeling
greatly to his credit-and as much as
they like to see and hear him, he owes
it to his country to take the best posi-
BILE care of his life. Even on the visit
to Little Hungary" which turned out
SO well, Il thing happened which illus
trates the futility of secret service men.
At one point the president escaped the
surveillance of his guards, much to
their horror, and spent a few free and
blissful moments shaking hands with
his old friends of the mounted police
and making new ones. 1t may we'll be
doubted whether Colonel Roosevelt en-
joys being girded about with official
guardians and whether they really add
anything to his safety.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05

General Lord Kitchener Of Khartum
commander in chief in India, has just
entered upon his thirty-fifth year OF
army service, he having joined the
royal engineers as lieutenant Jan
A, 1871 He remained exactly twelve
years lieutenant, being promoted to
captain Jan. 4. 1883. From that point
his promotion was somewhat rapid, he
passing through the ranks of major and
lieutenant colonel to that of colonel In
little more than five years, his colo
neiey being dated April, 1855. He be-
came major general In 1885, lieutenant
general in December, 1899, and general
in June. 1862. Lord Kitchener Is now
n his fifty-fifth year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
The New south More "Amerfcnn. ,

The beautiful old civilization has
vanished, and in its stead is rising up
the new civilization, with its promise of
a greater, nobler beauty. If the for
mer charm is lost, truer loneliness is
being found, for the people of the south,
women as well as men, are slowly gain
ing In public spirit and extending their
lave and their loyalty beyond one ma
tive state to the whole United States.
They are becoming not less southern.
but more American. Surely rose
leafy charm were little to relinauish
for SO great a good as this.-Miss Nc
Crackers women of America"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
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Especial Washington letter.
TR old men shall see Vi
sions." EX-United States
Senator William Z. Chan
dler. from New Hampshire,
has been indulging in the exercise Of
his powers of vaticination. not greatly
to the delectation Of his Republican
friends. In fact. lie is likely to be con-
sidered by them as a sort of male Cas-.
sand,a. He gives il as his opinion that
the people are In earnest about regulat-
ing freight rates, advocates the passage
of the Townsend Esch bill and winds
up by predicting that unless congress
does something substantial on that sub
ject William Jennings Bryan will be
elected president. 1t will not do to say
that Mr.. Chandler is a mere hasbeen
for he is now holding the lucrative and
honorable position Of chairman Of the
commission to settle Spanish war
claims. Mr.. Chandler has had some ex-
perience with railroads himself. In
fact, when he was defeated for re-elec-
ton to the senate he telegraphed
friend here as follows: II have been re-
moved by railroad train" Whether
his natural desire to get even has any
thing to do with his prophesying this
depOnent saith not because he knOweth
not
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
The Standard Oil,

The Campbell resolution with refer
passed by the house of representatives
and the presidents order to Mr.. Garfield
to collect evidence in that connection
will perhaps settle the question once
for all whether the government can
really destroy or regulate the trusts,
for to all other trusts the Standard
Oil stands in the same relation that
Aaron's rod stood to all other rods. If
the Standard Oil trust can be throttled,
SO can all the others, but the signs of
the times indicate that those interested
in the trusts do not believe that they
can be throttled, for the making of
new trusts goes merrily ON. On the
very same day on which the house
passed the Campbell resolution a new
steel trust was formed with a huge
capital. But the passage OF the Camp
bell resolution, together with other re.
cent happenings, shows that at last the
people are waking up all along the line
to the enormity of the trust evil and
propose to discover some means to
abate it. Even some Republicans ap-
pear to be in earnest in the matter.
Mr.. Campbell is from southeastern
Kansas, a region of marvellous natural
wealth. Southeastern Kansas and
southwestern Missouri furnish the
world with the bulk of the zinc con-
sumed. Natural gas and oil have been
discovered in amazing quantities. The
Standard Oil company proposed to it
self to reap all the profits Of the Kan
sas Oil fields, to which Mr.. Campbell's
constituents naturally and vigorously
object; hence the resolutions. The Kan
sans are an infiammable folk. THEY are
Republicans by large majority, but
few years ago they kicked out Of Re
publican traces, and they are likely to
do SO again unless they receive some
measure of relief from the extortions
of the Standard Oil trust; therefore
this rumpus.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
Preronatiye.

i *
Both senate and house appear sud
denly jealous as to their prerogatives--
the senate jealous of the president, the
house Jealous Of the senate. The house
took its stand against the senate en-
croachment in the matter of the draw
back on wheat by almost unanimous
vote, only five members dissenting,
while on the arbitration treaties the
senate took its stand against what 1t
claims Is executive encrOachment by
the decisive vote of 80 to 8, thereby
amending the treaties by the substitu-
ton OF the word treaty for the word
agreement, which to the uninitiated
appears small difference. but which
Is really deep as d well and wide as
q barn door. The president has refus-
ed to offer the amended treaties to
foreign powers. and hereafter they will
remain as mere reminders of the point
at which the road forked, the Kepub-
iican president travelling one path and
the Republican senate another. The
contention Of the house is that In the
wheat drawback amendment to the
agricultural bill the senate attempted
TO originate revenue measure, per-
formance forbidden by the constitu-
ton, as that document confers upo1.
the house the sole power TO originate
revenue measures. The house cannot
back down with any self respect. It is
pretty quarrel as it stands, or, more.
properly speaking, there are two pretty
quarrels.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05

The Rev. William Carter Of the First
Presbyterian church. who opened the
Implement dealers convention, said he
heard some one complain of the long
names given to implement associations.
"Our movement" said he, has long
name. It La the INSTRUMENTATION
evangeiistic campaign for the religious
and spiritual advancement and uplift-
naent Of greater Kansas City"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
"At Too Great Risk"

Under the above caption the Post
Standard of Syracuse, N. Y, thus edi
torially moralizes on the president s
recent visit to Little Hungary"
Now that it is all ended, and safely end
ed, may 1t not be worth while to remark
that Incidents like the presidents visit te
the lower east SIDE in New York involve q
degree of personal peril which wise
prudence can hardly approve?
Vital national and material interests as
well as the presidents life are endanger-
ed. and in thus deliberately tempting the
madness of madmen the game seems hard
" worth the candle.
Who will say that the Post-Standard
is wrong In the opinions set forth in
that brief paragraph? Does it moi
speak the words Of truth and sober
ness? The president is braye-of course
he is-but courage cannot ward of the
blow of the assassin. Lincoln and Gar
field and Mckinley were also brave.
Popular? That goes without saying.
bur Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley
were popular as he. Surrounded by Sc
cret service men and police? Yes, and
so was Mckinley when he was shot,
and Alexander II. Of Russia when he
was blown up with dynamite, and
President Carnot OF France and King
Humbert when they We're murdered
Cranks and semilunatics we have with
us always, like the poor, and the very
presence of secret service men, police
and military guards is like as not to
inspire some crack Drained person to
try to picked Off the president at long
range just to see If he can do 1t. Sur
rounded by his friends? That's admit
ted. So were Lincoln, Garfield. Alex
ander. Garnet and Humbert 1t is alb,
solIte truth to say that If a man has
made up his mina for any reason to as
sassinate the president he can find a
way despite all the guards that can
be placed around hira.
When President Roosevelt made his
trip to the Pacific coast he came down
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
Wise In AHliction.

It is said that the only request made
Of the prison authorities by Augustus
w. Machen once the powerful chief
Of the great division of the postoffice
department which controls rural deliv-
cry business, now convict in the peni
tertiary at Moundsville. w. Va, was
permission to take his books, particu-
larly his Greek and Latin books, into
captivity with him. hope this request,
unusual among those doing time, was
granted. The qualification of Mr..
Maehen in that regard can do no harm
may do much good. He has splendid
mind. What pitiful conclusion to his
ambitions is Moundsville prison-if it
be the conclusion But will it be? Not
necessarily. One OF the most success
full business men in the last quarter of
century served two years in the Mis-
souri, penitentiary when a youth for
forgery. He had great capacity and
great courage. So, when his term ex-
pired, he resolutely returned to st.
Louis, whence he had been sent to the
state prison, went to work, led a
HlOuei HIt. HlldSSeu lOFtuH6, was
prominent In every good work and diel
respected by all who knew him. MIR.
Machen may be able to follow his ex-
ample, for his ability none will deny.
His love OF books is rather pathetic I'M
der the circumstances, but he may con.
sole himself with the fact that two of the
most popular books in the vide wide
World-"Don QuiNote'' and Pilgrims
Progress '-Were written within prison
walls. Perhaps Mr.. Machen will thus
immortalize himself. Even well writ
ten description of prison life ought to
be made both interesting and profitable.
As one who knew him well officially
when in the heyday of his prosperity
! am glad that he has the taste and the
wisdom to solace himself with books
/ will be gladder still If, when he doffs
his prison garb, he leads noble and a
useful life, for
hold it truth with him who sings
To one clear harp In divers tones /
That men may rise on stepping stones
OF their dead selves to higher things.
OF course It would be much easier to
follow the fashion and abuse Machen,
but ! heartily congratulate him ON his
love of learning.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05
santo porninco.

The president has submitted to the
senate for its ratification the Santo Do.
mingo protocol ard sends with 1t d mes
sage. in his best vein of writing, which
g what Horace Greeley would have
called mighty rich reading and which
should be read by every person in the
world who can read. IT contains much
food for rejection as to the negro's ca
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05

49, a'A2t4N d" AN soILIsI ALL
EARTH"
INVEST YOUR SURPLUS IN
A GOOD HOME OR A PIECE
OF SHREVEPORT REAL ES-
TATE, AND HAVE A REGU-
LAR MONTHLY INCOME -
WHERE YOUR CHILDREN
CAN GET THE BENEFIT OF
PUBL CEDUCATIDN.
WE ALSO BUY, SELL AND EX-
CHANGE FARMS, NEGOTIATE
LOANS ON PROPERTY, AND
COLLECT RENTS. ~
MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05

II the senate keeps on in its rantan-
kerous opposition to President Roosevelt
he will be as glad to get congress of
his hands as was Grover Cleveland.
Indeed, occasionally some oyerzealous
but underwise friend of the president
is heard to wish that congress would
not meet again in five years, but, If not
in FIVE years, then why meet at all?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-05

The extreme youthfulness of the
United States as a nation is forcibly
illustrated by the fact that at Syracuse.
N Y, lives daughter Of one of Wash
ington's colonies. She is Mrs. Levi p
Dodge Her father was Colonel James
c. Wilson. who lived in Philadelphia to
the great age of 103.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-08
wa,ermelon pay at Roeky FOrd.

Rocky Ford, Colo, Sept. Forty
tons Of watermelons and unlimited
quantities Of all other kinds Of fruits
were at the disposal Of the hundreds
OF visitors who were here today for
the annual Watermelon Day celebra.
ton. Watermelon Day was established
for the purpose Of advertising the
great fruit lands Of Colorado, and the
celebrations have fulfilled all the
hopes Of the promoters Among those
in attendance today were farmers and
fruit growers Of Nebraska, Kansas
and California. The Rocky Ford dis
trict claims 20 be the banner water.
melon section Of the entire country.
Some Of the specimens Of the fruit ex.
hibited today were marvellous, both as
to size and quality.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-08
The cOlonel's Waterloo.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller, Of Honey
Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo
from liver and kidney trouble. In q
recent letter he says: al was pealy
dead Of these complaints, and, al.
though tried my family doctor, he
did mo no good; 50 got soc bottle
Of your great Electric Bitters which
cured me. consider them the best
medicine on earth. and thank God who
gave you the knowledge TO make
them" Sold and guaranteed 20 cure
dyspepsia, biliousness and kidney dis
ease. by J. C. Perry, druggist, At soc
bottle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-08

The largest dance hall in the state
will be opened Saturday night al the
krebs hop yard near Independence A
Portland orchestra will furnish the mu.
sic and refreshments win be served on
the grounds. The hall, as well as the
othhr buildings, viii be Illuminated
with a new hollow wire gas lighting
system, and lights are scattered All
over the grounds. A new 10000. gallon
water tank with a supply Of $50 gal.
Ions per minute has also been installed
With al the amusements Krebs Bros
furnish their place has been termed
"The Trail"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-08
Hop sales

One hop sale occurred IN this city
yesterday when Julius Pineus pur-
chased Of Breeze Gibson 40 bales Of
choice hops Of the 1904 crop at l3
cents. This is the second sale made
within this city within the last few
days The other was a lot OF ll2 bales
OF the Skif hops. which were purchased
By Louis Laehmund az ~ cents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-08
Incredible Brutality.

/. would have been incredible bru-
tality IL Chas. +. Lemberger, Of syra-
euse, y. T., lad not done the best 10
could for his sueering son. "My boy"
he says, "eut fearful cash over his
eye, 90 I applied Bueklen's Arniea
salve, which quickly healed it and
saved his eye" Good FOR burns and
ulcers, too. Only 25e at J. c, Perry .
Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-08

There are some excuses for the de.
fects still existing in the telephone ser
vice. Il has been a big job to leave
the old and put in the new. II will
take some time 70 At all to working
smoothly. The weak batteries in the
telephones make It difficult to eommu-
nieate with central. and then a man
feels like swearing when he can't even
tell the telephone company what he
wants. One can't blame the girls for
getting little impatient sometimes
when they can find out what the com
pany's customers want them to do. But
that will be remedied by a more per
feet inspection and organization Of the
force. Manager Dancey is 20 bo con
graduated on his successful house
moving and the great improvement in
the service.