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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-07

Judge Reagan came to Texas in 1S3
and located at Fort Sam Houston, hi
historic homo. Since that time his ca
reer has formed a large part Of tn
Lone Star states history. Following /
a resume Of Judge Reagan's busy life:
i Volunteered in the army Of the re
public and fought the Cherokee Indian
in the battles Of July Is and 16, 1899. d
the border Of Van Zandt and Hender
son counties. Texans commanded b.
General Nat Smith and Chief Bowie
commanded the Indians and was slail
In the fight. Was commended for ga!
liant services and rendered 6 lieuten
ancy In the regular army OF the repuh
lie Of Texas by Governor Burnett.
Appointed deputy surveyor in 1874
and served four years. Became tuto
In a private family and was elected cap
tain of military company and justic,
OF the peace. ~ #y..s..-
Pursued band Of hostile Indians il
1871 to Village Creek, ten miles from
Fort Worth. Indians escaped. ~
| Began the study Of law in 1874 and
received license to practice in same
year.
In 1916 elected Judge of the probate
court Of Henderson county and lieuten-
ant-colonel OF the state militia.
+ In 1919 elected to the legislature
| and licensed to practice law in supreme
court.
In 1852 elected Judge Of district court !;
resigned to look after private business
In 1856 again elected district Judge Tor
term OF six years; resigned the office
In 1858 to accept nomination and cleo
ton to the congress- OF the United
States. Admitted 10 practice law In the
supreme court Of the United States ir
same year.
In 1859 reelected to congress. In 1881.
an advocate OF states rights, he return
ed to Texas. Elected delegate to the
state constitutional or secession con-
vcntion. Elected delegate to the pro-
yisional congress Of the Confederate
states Of America at Richmond. va.
In March, 1861, appointed postmaster
general OF the confederacy by Jefferson
Davis and was last survivor OF the caD-
met. On resignation OF Mr.. Trenholm
he was made secretary OF the treasury
and discharged the duties OF both offlces
until the surrender al ApDonattox. Also
fought at Seven Pines, Cold Harbor ana
before Richmond
In 1866, on the 10th OF May, was made
d prisoner OF war with Jefferson Davis
and stafr and his private secretary.
Declined the military royernorshfp az
Texas In 1867 and was q leader Of the
opponents OF reconstruction.
In 1874 was elected to congress and
In the same year elected q member of
the constitutional convention which
framed the present constitution, sery-9
ing as chairman Of the COMMITTEES on
judiciary. He served sixteen years II,
the lower house OF congress.
In 1887 elected to the United States
senate and was the author Of the inter-
state commerce law.
In 1891 appointed chairman Of the
state board OF railroad commissioners
by Governor Hogg and resigned his seat
In the senate to accept the position,
In 1888 was re-appointed commission
81 by Governor Horr.
In 1894 became candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination,
s.the ambition Of his life. After 4 n,em-
orable campaign was defeated BY Hon.
Charles Al. Culberson.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-07
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land BUILDER
g. TELEPHONE 961.
TELEPHONE 951.
COTTON MARKET.

Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, March ?, 1905.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed steady.
Receipts 1866 bales.
Sales to factors rs bales.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
RESUME OF THE NEWS
-ReLQbLe--Br
WASHINGTON.

President Roosevelt signed an order
creating the Dixie forest reserve in
Utah. The new reserve Embraces 465,
900 acres, "a per cent of which is pub
lie lands.
Charges have been preferred against
several western roads for giving dis
eliminating rates to the Standard Oil
company in Iowa. The Marshall Oil
company of that state has preferred a
complaint with the interstate com
merce commission. The Burlington
line, the st. Paul and subsidiary roads
are interested in the case.
Consul General Rogers at Shanghai,
cabled the state department. as fol
lows "There is no longer any evil
dnce of boycott conditions in or about
Shanghai, and American trade is ac-
tive, particularly with the northern
part of China, and there has been no
stamping of goods (boycott marks)
as was reported. On the whole the
condition of affairs seems to be salts
factory"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
PEOPLE READY
FOR REBELLION
HUNGARiANS ARE PREPARED TO
FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR
HUNGARY.
TROOPS ARE WITH MASSES
PREMIER HESITATES TO GUARAN.
TEE PEACEFUL OUTCOME
OF CRISIS.
TROOPS ARE WITH MASSES
PEOPLE AT BOILING PITCH
ONLY THE CRIMINALS AND THE
RIFF-RAFF STAND ALOoF
FROM MOVEMENT.

Budapest, Oct. 3. - Premier Fejer-
vary's hesitation, as manifested in a
signed statement. to guarantee a
peaceful outcome of the Austro- Hun
gary crisis, is more than justified by
the resolute determination of the coali-
ton leaders to push the matter to fur
Their extremes. Every ward in Buda-
pest is organized for defense OF the
Hungarian constitution.
The ward leaders assure me that
and at the polling pitch. Your cores
pondent has 1een shown by the lead
ers stores of revolvers and knives.
All the leaders expect bloodshed Tues
day night, when vast armed process
sion, including hundreds from the sur
rounding country, will certainly be at
tackled by the police and hired city
hooligans masquerading as socialists,
unless the the projects prohibitive
order is observed and the program
dropped. The leaders of the revolu-
Enthusiastically the constitutional
party-believe that the troops to a
man are heart and soul with them.
Unprepared for Conflict.
A former army officer, with whom
the correspondent talked, expressed
this belief, and added that the whole
population in city and country-profes-
sional men, merchants and peasants
are prepared to fight to the death for
hn limo 1c ,iff
raft stand aloof.
Premier Fejervary will certainly be
impeached by the parliament meeting
on Oct 10. Under the law it cannot be
prorogued for two months, or until the
budget is discussed, but propagation
before the budget discussion is now
very probable, the correspondent gath
ers in official circles. Such an event
will mean an instant uprising of the
whole nation.
Statement by Premier.
Following is the premiers state
ment:
"The basis of the existing govern.
ment being represented as unconstitu-
tional in principle, it became incum-
bent upon the opposition to form gov
eminent based on program accepta-
bic to the crown. Since the opposi.
ton refuses, no resource exists but to
carry on the administration by means
of interim, such as l may exercise in
case l am forced to it by continuation
of the present opposition tactics.
While 1 remain in Office l have not the
slightest idea of quitting the path in
Dictated by the Hungarian laws to the
Hungarian premier. Absolute govern
ment under my premiership is out of
the question"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
Foreign.

Russia has ordered 10000 tons of the
best steam coal at Cardiff to be deliv-
cred at Kronstadt within a month.
Another tornado caused enormous
damage in Calabria, Italy. A clear
ance of the debris caused by the re-
cent earthquake shows the number of
persons who persisted was greater than
thought.
Reports from the famine districts in
Spain show that the worllmen threat
en- to burn and sack if they are not
furnished with food Appeals have
been sent to the government to dis
tribute rations.
1t is reported that President Amador
and the canal commission are endcav-
oring to attract Spanish immigrants
from the famine-stricken districts of
Galacia. They are considered to be
the best worlmen for Panama.
During the naval maneuverS at Cher
bourg two torpedo boats collided and
remained interlocked until they were
towed to port, where they were sepa-
rated by tugs. Investigation showed
that the boats had suffered serious
damage.
Mr.. G. Miller, the Minneapolis man
who has promoted the Guadalajara-
Chamela. in Mexico has been granted
another federal concession for line
extending east from Guadaajara to
San Miguel Allende, station on the
National road.
Twelve thousand spectators of a
bull fight at Mines, France, broke up
the chairs and set fire to the barris-
tiers surrounding the arena because
the matadors refused to kill another
bull as another encore after they had
dispatched five.
The London Daily Telegraph's Toxic
correspondent says that the British
Far Eastern squadron will assemble in
Toxic early in October, after the rati-
fication of the Russo-Japanese treaty,
and that the Japanese fleet will also
assemble at the same place.
Large forces Of troops have already
been drafted into Finland. Over 1900
men arrived at Helsingfors to rein.
force the garrison of Sveaborg, which
is adjacent to Helsingfors, and garri-
sons at other points have also been re-
inforced by 700 to 1000 men.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
Criminal.

John A. Norton, once a candidate for
governor of Connecticut on the So
cialist ticket, committed suicide by
inhaling gas through tube.
James p. Hennessy, clerk who re-
Gently confessed to stealing $4,000
from the estate of d. Percy Morgan,
was sentenced to seven years.
Capt. G. M. Godfrey, assistant sur
geon in the United States army, sta
toned at Fort Mcpherson, shot him
self through the brain The cause of
the suicide is not known.
A double murder occurred at Lock-
port, La, near Lake Charles, R. B.
Holloway of that place and Tom Bow
man of Orange, Tex, being the vic.
Tins. No clue to the assassin.
John M. Koch. a well-known educa-
tor. was found dead in his house at
Mount Peterborough. Pa. where he
was formerly principal of the high
school. He had shot himself through
the heart.
Private Lee of Company E, Eleventh
infantry, shot and killed Private King
of Company l. of the same regiment.
in saloon at Cheyenne. Wyo. Squads
are securing the streets and lynchiug
is possible If Lee is captured.
A battle between Mexican despera-
does and Texas rangers resulted in the
killing of one of the bad men and the
wounding of two. The fight was on La
Portia creek, near Minerva, q small
border town in Wilson county.
After an all-day drinking bout, Dam
min Guise killed his friend. Rocco
Fenar, at Bloomington, Ind. Guise
caught Fenar by the neck and held
him while he blew out his brains with
q revolver. Guise was arrested.
Henry Edwards was shot and killed
| by Clarence Turner at a dance at
Maysville, KY, because he insisted
upon dancing with girl with whom
Turner had been dancing. Edwards
drew a gun upon Turner, the fight be-
ing in the nature of q duel.
| Edna Mullison, thirteen-year-old
girl, was arrested at Shenandoah.
Iowa, on a. charge of placing poison in
her fathers lunch. The warrant was
sworn out by Mullison, who can give
no reason for. the attempt on his life
The girl refuses to talk Of the crime
She wss unable to give bond.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
General,

Mayor Augustus S. Miller Of Provi-
dence, R. L., dropped dead at the Hope
club from heart disease. He was born
in 1S47.
Henry Howard, formerly governor of
Rhode Island and leading manufac-
turer, died at his home in Harris. r, l..
aged Is.
Eli Jordan, 1o7 years old, is dead in
the eastern part of Pike county, Ala,
his demise being due to the infirmaties
of old age.
President Roosevelt will be asked to
visit Fort Worth during his October
trip to the South. He will also be in
vited to visit the state fair at Dallas.
At the Democratic city and county
convention Mayor Tom L. Johnson of
Cleveland was renominated for third
term. The Johnson adherents con-
trolled the convention with practically
no opposition.
The Western Negro Press associa.
ton has adopted resolutions opposing
statehood for the two territories Un-
dian territory and Oklahoma), unless
an absolute guarantee can be given
that no "Jim Crow" laws discriminate
ing between the races in public places
shall be passed.
The enormous sum that the Standard
Oil company pays in dividends yearly
is not widely realized. This year the
company will pay about $37, 1000, 900.
The question as to what amount John
d. Rockefeller receives Of this amount
has often been asked, and though
there is no official figures for his hold
ings of Standard Oil stock, it is
thought that he owns at least one-third
of the capital.
Capt. David B. Cadotte. a we'll
known master of lake vessels, died at
his home in Detroit from a paralytic
stroke sustained aboard his ship on
Sept. IA. He was born in Algonac,
Mich, in 1851.
Wife desertion on the East side in
New York has become so common that
a movement has been started among
leading Hebrews of that quarter to
check the evil. Organizations with
this end in view are to be formed and
system Of following up and causing
the arrest Of the men who desert their
wives and families will be established.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
DEADLOCK IN RlKspAe.
Returns Show Majority Against Pro
portional Representation.

portlonal Representation.
Stockholm. Oct 8. = Elections for
members of the second chamber of the
riksdag, which were held during Sep
TENDER, have just been concluded.
The question of the dissolution of the
union of Norway and Sweden exercised
little influence during the campaign,
the predominant factors being the ex-
tension of the franchise and the adop-
ton of proportional representation.
The result shows decided majority
against the latter issue, indicating that
there will be another deadlock in the
riksdag, as the first chamber stands
committed to the proportional system.
The members of the Left have small
majority in the new chamber. The So
cialists hold fourteen seats, having
gained several.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
BIG STICK FOR TURK.
Powers May Take Action Beneficial 70
Blood Drenched Macedonia.


Blood Drenched Macedonia.
London. Oct. 3.-Noel Buxton, M. p.
chairman of the Balkan committee.
wrote to Foreign Minister Lansdowne
with respect to the massacre by Turk
ish troops in the Macedonian village of
Konopnitza. suggesting the enforce
ment Of European control of Mace
donia. by the aid of naval demonstra-
ton, If necessary. Lord Lansdowne
replied to the effect that the govern.
ment was already investigating the
incident with view to diplomatic
representations to the porte. He said
he had ascertained that the Turkish
authorities had sent commission to
the scene. the report of which was
awaited.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
Brief
Casualty.

Walter C. Calkins, an automobile
demonstration, ran his machine into a
wagon at Chicago and was killed.
More than dozen were injured in
an explosion in a fireworks factory in
the Green Point section of Brooklyn.
Some of them are fatally hurt.
Fire destroyed the Fitwell clothing
store, damaged the Novelty depart
ment store and the carpet store of w.
Elmendorf at Evansville, Ind. Loss
estimated at $4,000.
One motorman was instantly killed
and the other escaped death by jump
ing when two trolley cars met in a
head-on collision near Albany, N. Y.
No passengers were injured.
peach train was derailed while 60
ing at the rate of twenty miles an
hour, near Lawrence, Mich, and the
engine and three cars went over a
bank. The engineer was killed.
Dredge No. 4, owned by the Lake
Erie Dredging company of Buffalo,
foundered in a gale off Dunkirk, N. Y.
Capt. Miller and crew were rescued.
The dredge was valued at $4,000
An extra work train on the Cairo di-
vision of the Big Four railroad ran
into the rear end of an extra freight
train at Swango Hill, five miles south
of Paris, III. Four trainmen were in
jured, one fatally.
Frank Carpenter, the f1ve-year-old
son of Orville Carpenter, farmer liv-
ing in Ellis township, near Iowa Falls,
Iowa, fell into corn harvester and
was instantly killed, the body being
literally cut to pieces.
The Meteor, the fast Frisco line
passenger train, bound for st. Louis.
was wrecked near Catoosa, 1. T. The
engine, tender and four coaches jump
ed the track and were demolished.
Several persons were injured.
Thomas Johnson, aged 80, was saw
ed in two while at work at Bucyrus,
Ohio. He was running the saw and
stopped down to remove piece of
bark. The saw caught him on the
shoulder and drew him against the
teeth and literally sawed him in two
Wltu d CRASH lHdL COulQ De uGaFu LOT
blocks, a three-story building under
course of construction on West Ferry
street, Buffalo, N. Y, collapsed, carry
ing down with it thirty bricklayers and
carpenters who were at work in and
on top of the structure. A score of
men We're injured, eight of them seri-
ously.
Asa Bullock, prominent attorney
of Northern Indiana, is dead at his
home in Hobart, and his daughter,
Jessie, is seriously injured as the re-
suit of an automobile accident. While
driving on a country road near Ham
mond the horse became frightened at
an automobile and plunged down an
embankment. Bullock was extricated
from beneath the horse and lived only
a short time. The girls body was bad
ly crushed.
While returning from the ball game
between Newark and the Columbus
American association team at Newark,
Ohio, three street cars loaded with
players and spectators were in col
lision. Eleven people were injured,
several seriously. A half-dozen cars
were running close together. One car
stopped and the car behind crashed
into it and the third car hit the second,
creating 8 panic among the passen-
gers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
Hospital Force Is Sick.

st. Louis, Oct. 8. = Nearly 100 per.
sons, doctors, nurses, attendants and
clerks at the city hospital, were taken
violently Ill Saturday night from pto-
maine poison resulting from having
eaten oysters. None was seriously at.
fected.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

The hunger for righteousness" be-
gins in English children at the age Of
Is, according to London professor.
And it is generally SO well satisfied
that most of them are never troubled
with 1t afterward.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
SETS LOOMS RIGHT.
President Says Secretary Hay Stood
by His Assistant.

ny tbs ASS'StdHts
Washington, Oct. 3.-In correspond
ence between President Roosevelt and
Assistant Secretary of State LOOMS,
made public here last night, the pres
ident says that Secretary Hay disa-
greed with him on "even mild censure"
of Mr.. LOOMS in the Taft report of the
investigation of the charges brought
by Mr.. Bowen, the former minister to
Venezuela, and adds that Secretary
Hay very strongly condemned Mr..
Bowen's course. The president quotes
Mr.. Hay as declaring that most of the
charges were really against himself
(Mr. Hay) and mot against Mr..
Loomis at ALL" and that Mr.. Bowen
knew that.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

The surprise party" is the latest
thing at Newport. Thus do the most
complex products Of ornate civiliza-
ton suddenly revert to first princi-
pies. The donation party may come
next.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

"The stock market is wonderful
Institution" says James j. Hill, the
railroad president. Il know nothing
about It," Most men are in the same
condition. but few are willing to ad-
init 1t.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

That pity is akin 10 love is proved
by the fact that shoemaker in New
York state, with two wooden legs.
advertised for a wife in the want col.
umns and received 1Os applications.
Also. 1t pays to advertise.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

What wonderful thing is the law!
The New York judge who says he was
within the law in banishing a woman
from Gotham adds that the law can
not compel her to go away.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

President Palma says that the day
of his defeat would be the happiest
of his life. Now we know why men
become candidates when there is not
the slightest chance of success.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
FATHER SHOOTS BRIDE.
Kills Himself and Daughter Who Had
Eloped.

Brantford. Ont, Oct. 3. A young
Armenian woman was shot on the
street by her father, who then shot
himself. Both will die. The woman
came here from Hamilton Friday night
and was married. The father, who op-
posed the marriage, followed his
daughter here, and meeting her and
her husband on the street, began
shooting with the above result. He
fired at the husband but missed him.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

It's a pity that the successful men
who tell young men how to do it
cannot be put in the running a second
time. We wonder how many of them
would hit it twice.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

The worlds supply of sheep Is rapid
ly diminishing. an official statement
says. The supply of lambs for the
speculative centers does not seem to
have been affected.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

". "A steamboat man estimates the
/, amount Of cash spent by American
visitors to Europe this summer at $751;
Il sos .027o We know who spent the $27
40 % as far toward Europe as he
could, but the other pant Of the ngure
r ridiculously small.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
ENVOY is NOW COUNT WHITE.
Gear Recognizes Services by Giving
Title.

st. Petersburg, Oct 8. - M. Witte
has been created count Though M.
Witte had expected to return to St.
Petersburg yesterday morning, at the
invitation of Emperor Nicholas he re-
NAMED to lunch on board the imperial
yacht Polar Star, returning to st. Pc
tersburg last evening. Owing to the
absence of Emperor Nicholas, it is an
nounced that the peace treaty will not
be signed until the end of the week.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06

The smart young men of Newport
have taken to growing mustaches.
thereby setting fashion that the
poorest of young men can generally
follow.