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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
AGENT AND BROKER
An Interesting Decision by the State
Supreme Court

Among the opinions read at the ses
sion of the State Supreme Court Mon
day. the case of City of Lake Charles VS.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of tn
United States, is of general interest. Thu
Court holds:
1.-The contract of insurance is com
pleted at the place where the policy l:
delivered and the first premium collect
ed.
"A person who is obligated to so
licit insurance for particular company
and to abstain from soliciting insurance
for any other company, is an agent ane
not a broker
3-Where the functions of such per
son consist of soliciting insurance, re-
ceiving the application for insurance
forwarding same, receiving in return the
policy and delivering same and collect
ing the first premium, he must be held
to be an agent, and not mere drummer
in the ordinary sense of that term.
1.-The operations of such an agent
constitute a doing and conducting OIL
an insurance business" within the term,
of an ordinance levying license fol
the doing and conducting of an insur-
ance business through or agenc,
or whatsoever kind
5-A separate license may be exacted
of foreign insurance company by ev-
cry municipality within whose limits ii
does and conducts an insurance business
6-Any such company will not be re-
lieved from the liability for such license
by proof that it had already paid to the
city of New Orleans license predicated
upon the business done by it throughout
the State Payment to person other
than the creditor does not extinguish the
debt
Judgment set aside. Judgment for $25
and costs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
KILLED ACCIDENTALLY.

The body of the young man, Tom
Smith, killed accidentally Sunday by
being crushed by the retaining wall OF
the cemetery on Sprague street, is held
at Wellman's awaiting burial. Smith
has no relatives here. 1t is believed he
has sister residing in Pennsylvania
The debris has been removed and the
sidewalk is again free. The heavy rain
fall is given as cause for f11e falling
Of this wall.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

publication 6r more chan thirty days in
4 daily newspaper published in the city
OF shreveport as VII appear from tlte
minutes o." IN ellc ,u ,t,Iv It atllant.
! D. NU.kII1ON.
Sworn to and .ub>vr>lv,I r,i +, me On
this the sAth dns & .\rrt 90
II LEVY.
Deputy Clerk and cx rttlrr, .,vl,u,, he,
corder
Endorsed: Oiled ana eeco,,}ra .>p1I
II, 1905.
J.I' LEVY,
Deputy Clerk snd OK Nt?icio Deputy Kr
corder
State OF louisiana. Parrish If 1'tlI":
/ hereby certify sh;a have examined
the amendments b, Charter II knn,ns
City, Shreveport and Gulf Railway COM
pany, and finding 0rthiny therein cen
tanned CONTRARY 90 law, hereby u.pruve
the same.
1his s1th H;v II \pri1 Hlo7
J. 81. FOSTER,
District Attorney.
State of I-ons siana, Parish = (ad''o:
hereby certify THAI she above and for.
going is true and corrca co.'s If the
original act as Che same now appears ,''1
file and of record in anv office
Given under my hand ana seal If If
fee this 9th day % April, 1905.
w. e,ENN,
Deputy Clerk and ex!Gflicio Urput, Re-
corder.
April Is, 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. o6s4-In the First District Coust OF
Louisiana, in and for the Parish OF
Caido: Succession Of John Corbett
Notice is hereby given that F. A.
Leonard. clerk Of the First Judicial Dis
.rics Court Of: Louiaana. has this. day
applied 70 be appointed administrator of
MD successioa and has filed an itemized
descriptions and valuation of the property
ii said estate. @.S
All parties interested are hereby cited
70 show cause in seven days why said
application should not be granted and
said description and valuation approved
according to Law.
Witness the Honorable T. +. Bell.
judge q said court. this nth day Of
April 1905
5. q WILLIAMS,
April Il Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
Met by Detachments.

Tangier, May 9.-The German mis-
sion headed by Count Won Tattenbach-
AS Old, arrived at Alcazar-Kebe, eighty
miles northwest of Fee, where it was
met by detachments of cavalry, which
is to escort the mission to Fee.
A number of troops arrived here to
escort British Minister Gerard A. Low
Their to Fec. e~@-....-~- -.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
IMPROVING.

Larry Lacum, aged 10 years, who was
fearfully shocked Monday morning by
a wire of the Shreveport Electric Light
Company, is improving. He was shocked
while delivering milk He has mar
row escape The wire had parted from
the strain of the storm.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
RAINFALL.

The Weather Bureau cotton region
bulletin reports scattered showers, most
ly light. in nearly all districts, though
precipitation generally unirnportant over
western half of the cotton belt; season.
able temperatures prevalent.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
HOSPITAL Ship at Saloon.

Saigon, May 9.-The Russian hos
pital ship Kostroma arrived here Mon
day, Which indicates the approach OF
the fourth division of the Russian
Second Pacific squadron, commanded
by Vice Admiral Nebogatoff Sixteen
freight laden steamers are off Cape st
James, near here.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
ACCIDENTAL COLLISION.

Monday afternoon Miss Laura Smith
sustained injuries in an accidental col
lision of the buggy in which she was
driving and an electric car The young
lady had two ribs broken. The acci dent
occurred on Texas avenue
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
IO=Cent Loaf
of Bread
for sc
EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK
AND SUNDAY TOO-..AT
J, NJ, CLARKE'S BAKERY
Milan St., near Common.
INSURANCE,

When you want money, FIRE insuransa.
bonds. life insurance, real estate, aesi-
dent insurance or building and loaa
stock, ses w. c. Agurs. in the Cooper
building.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
WELLMAN HEADQUARTERS
For paints, wall paper and siass; tos
painting. psper-hanging and signs. Al
orders given prompt attention.
A YEAR IN COLLEGE.

$500 cash or year in college can be
quickly earned by one young man or
lady in each county during the summer.
Plan does not interfere with other en-
ployfnent, and student can select the
school. State name of institution you
wish to attend. No money required. For
particulars address Morton H. Pember-
ton, Centralia, Mo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
IN THIRD PLACE.

1t is pleasing to note that Shreveport
is now in third place in the standing OF
the Southern League. 1t is to be hoped
they will gradually get to first and stay
there to the end of the season.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
PASSES SAIGON.
British Steamer Was Stopped, but a,
lowed to Proceed.

lowed to Proceed.
Hongkong, May "a special dis
pate from Cochin China, reports Real
Admiral Nebogatoffs division passed
Saigon. A Russian cruiser was off Hon.
koke Bay, a short distance north al
Kamranh Bay, May 5, when the Brit
ish steamer Charterhouse, which ar
rived here Monday. passed that point
The latter also noticed a collier leaving
the bay and steaming east, but the
main Russian squadron was not seen
The British steamer Angola, from
Muroran, Japan, was stopped by Jap
anese cruiser in the Straits of Korea
After being questioned about her cargo
and destination she was allowed tc
proceed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

2. ArkIson, track foreman at
Sherman Of the Cotton Belt, received
81 in payment OF hammer stolen from
road twelve years ago.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09
THE CITY COUNCIL.

The city council will meet tonight in
regular session The question of electric
lights may be the bone of contention.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

Caucasian. April Il, 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09

Sheriff Of caddo Parish, La
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30
A Tribute to the Police.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Permit
me to thank You for your editorial OF yester-
day In response to the too prevalent criticism
Of the Police Department.
Having spent over twenty-five years In
this community engaged In bu siness. and at
various times mplainant in police courts.
also a juror. grand and petit, have had some
opportunity to observe the conduct OF police
officers OF various rank.
In my opinion. no class OF ofictals are more
generally considerate. discreet and fearlesaly
faithful to their obligations.
Any citizen fair In his jud gments must
deplore the lack Of moral mo- supper: siven 70
lance Of persons who appeal for protection
BY testimony In court; -.
Criminals who seek liberty to pursue Illegal
occupations cultivate In every way acouaint-
ance with police officers. but lawabiding
citizens fail to recognize that a. occasion
Offers they should prove to the policeman on
their beat that he may rely upon their ooopera-
ton In maintaining public order.
Citizens of foreign birth may be inclined
to resent any off1cial restraint because OF ex-
perIences IN the land Of their birth where
sI.op liberty n y TO greatly Sps
there must be respect for authority as EN-.
bodied In the police officer. and he should
be sustained In all efforts TO make our public
streets and our homes safe against lawless
action by individuals.
Each citizen should act as peace officer
to the limit OF his ability and inform the
Police Department whenever he discovers any
cause for action on their part.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. FRED P. GORDON.
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Justidable Homicide.

II the story told by AUGUSTUS A.
HAUKE Of the circumstances under
which he shot two men, wounding one
of them MORALLY, Monday evening is
correct, the complete justification Of his
act is contained In Section 2oS Of the
Penal Code. HAUKE declares that he
had reason to believe, from the actions
of the young men whom he enooun-
tered, that they intended to commit an
assault on member Of his family. The
liberty Of action granted to a man under
such circumstances Is wide. The Penal
Code provides:
Homicide is justihable when committed either:
- In the lawful defense Of tho slayer. or Of
his or her husband wife, parent. child, brother.
sister. master or servant or of any other person
In his presence or company. when there is reason
able ground to apprehend design on the part Of
the person slain to commit felony. or to do some
great personal injury to tho slayer to any such
person. and there Is imminent danger Of such design
being accomplished"
The fact that HAUKE is a policeman
is immaterial and Of no consequence.
IL tuo Cu CutItoIdASto uuu0I wLASu Ho
fired at the men whom he wounded
were such as to convince a reasonable
man that his assailants intended to
commit felony, or to do some great
personal injury to person in his
company, and might succeed in their
design, HAUKE was justified in going
to the utmost limit Of his power to pro-
tect his wife, as any other man would
have been.
The park in which this affair occurred
is said to have been the scene Of number
Of assaults on women. The defense Of
the young men involved in the affair Of
Monday evening is that they were play
ing an innocent game, and by accident
ran into Mrs. HAuKE. A lonely park
which has a bad name is dangerous
place in which to play, particularly after
niQhtfall,
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rs 1T WORTH DIGGINGf
The Value OF the Panama Canal to Oul
Commerce Seriously Questioned.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir. 1 was
deeply interested In your editorial entitled
"A Pessimst on Panama" In last Tuesday 3
SUN, but grieved that such an excellent paper
should have read Mr.. Harold Bolces article
In Appletons BookLorers Maoasine 90 care
lessly. Permit me to call to your attention
the fact that your editorial entirely over
looked the fact that Mr. Bolce contended that
even II South America were turned around
as on a pivot 80 that the west coast would
become the east and the eaet coast the west
the present volume and rate OF increase Of
our trade with the east coast would not JUS
tify cutting the canal for many Years. In
other words, II Argentina and Brazil and
their adjacent coast countries were on the
west coast instead Of the east the amount
not Justify the digging Of the canal. Pour
Mr. BoIce Is speaking Of the Vest coast when
he refers In reality to the east. ! was glad
to see That xtS soaS % NJ
lack Of trade facilities.
the ends to be served by the, cutting Of the
what ends other than those that Mr.. Bolce
wouii be keeniy Interested to know what
additional ends THs Sun thinks will BE- served.
was very much dlspleased by the petit
when YOU said that the canal will be built
and u, usefulness will greatly oYtlast that Of
unworthy Of 80 great and influential paper.
Can you tell me how long it H. SINCE the
huantepec railroad. how much It cost. and
whether It is operating effciently?. Pow
about the Vera Cruz al Pacitco, which rns
Pacific coast. and for the bVilding Of which
the MARYLAND Trust Company. supplied the
funds according to your statement ayear
and half ago? is not that factor In the
situation?
The two Qualities for which 1 have always
read THE Sun are ito sense OF humor and ito
love Of fair play Read that article Of MIR.
Bolce's aeain and look at the map.
NEW YORK Aug. u.s. RALPH CONWAY,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30

Prsnunsta tisn % ARsetsd BY Oeosraphy
and Mime.

TO THE EplroR or THE SUN-Sir. Your
correspondent "Southerner" OF New York.
who admits that he has never known on what
ground certain other residents OF the South
speak of "bulllses" 40 plural for BULLS"
apparently also 10 unaware OF tho fact that
pronunciation Is largely matter OF seog-
raphy. LeavinR.aslde for the moment the
essential question at issue. II ls TO wonder
II "Southerner" would rime Willamette"
with gal 1 met" or with dammit How
would he pronounce .Billerica" II he lived
In the sulfur scented suburb OF Bostonf
In the course OF days duty. II he went TO
saguache county. Colorado. would he retain
the LIQUID soitness OF Southern pronunc!a-
ton or would he gather the burrs Of the
higher attitudes and say Si-watoh'Y In
Re ::'s s..P.s Nss asE. Of ~. saooe
s:sS sg,s IT, q , Fl s ss:
srners calls attention. but they serve to illus
iastrSctors Of my earliest yg gut aS were
studlous application, came TO discover that
Tssss sPya e 70 saa s.if s
Words with window. can DO Il. / made made
With -musosdine. claim that was no
ANAL achievement on my part some sWeet
day / may want to rime muscsctne with
fine" When such q contamination is 10
be wished. 1 shall take my trusty typewriterr
In my hands and make II do what want II
Il doesn t-ahl there will be another choice
example OF the mechanic arts gone to the
Here 3 where begin to get mad
~Southerner" wonders II am in Ignorance.
HUH 1 have lured the succulent trout In
the brooks OF the Hills Of Habershan. have
lurked for the truculent sucker In the valleys
Of Hall. The. ripping poetry Of the Chat
Memory holds her seat. / have eaten the
BULLS and the bullises. have gloried and
drunk deep Of the juice Of the muscadlne
within haillng distance OF the Piedmont, where
@The Gal In the Fountain" caused the dis
putes concerning her precise pedigree.
Nay, am not In ignoranc as 70 pronunoia-
ton. What has pronunciation to 90 with
rinne? Ask any OF the minor poets. Ask
me, even; for did l not, as far back as 1885,
And Dewey with ton thousand ships few on with
nimblc feet.
He captured fair Manila nrst, and then he = ok
CANte.
Still, 1 should admire to see "SouthernOr'
asking the intelligent trainman of North.rn
railroad what time the train was due at MUS
catyne. Iowa. or Racyne. Wisconsin.
WILMINGTON. Dell Aug. %. II. r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30

immigration. This brings up : striking
fact pointed out by General WALKER, the
Superintendent Of the Census OF 1870
and 1880, that "the decline In the rate OF
increase OF the American population,
and so the decline In the birth rate,
began with the rapid influx Of immi-
grants In other words, "as the for
eigners began to come in large numbers
the native population more and more
withheld their own increase. His con-
clusion was that the great foreign i'm
migration into this country amounted
not to reinforcement OF our population,
but to replacement Of native by foreign
stock" He had mot doubt that II the
foreigners had not come the native ele-
ment would long have filled the places
the foreigners usurped."
Professor WILIcox's examination Of
the census statistics shows, pertinently,
that the number Of children under Ave
years Of age to 900 women of child bear
ing age in the North and West, where
the immigrants settled almost exclu-
sively, declined from fve-sixths that Of
the South in 1850 to less than three
fourths in 1900, though the birth rate
among the negroes had diminished.
General WALKERS remarkable conclu-
sion recalls expressions made in the
debate Of the subject Of naturalization
In the first Congress, in 1890. For e3-
ample, JAMES JACKSON Of Georgia was
CLEARLY Of the opinion that rather than
have tho common class OF Migrants,
paupers and other outcasts Of Europe,
we had better be as We are and trust to
the natural increase Of our population
for inhabitants.' THEODORE SEDGwICK
Of Massachusetts was likewise doubt
full Of the policy of settling the vacant
territory by immigration, believing that
the natural increase Of the American
population would be better and suffi-
cient.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30
Name for the Indian Territory.

Xuskooee correspondence Kansas Guy journal.
The question of what will be the name OF the
new State In case Indian Territory is given separate
statehood was discussed in the convention and
committee meetings to-day. Alexander Richmond
Of Wewoka presented resolution TO the conven.
uon that the new State be called Seminole In honor
Of the Seminole tribe Of Indians.
Robert L. Owen suggested before tho constitu-
tional committee that II DO called Sequoyah, In
honor Of the inventor Of the Cherokee alphabet.
Mr. owen pointed out that an Indian name for the
new State would enlist the sentiment Of Eastern
and Northern people who arc In sympathy with
the Indians OF the Ave tribes. An Indian name
would suggest the traditions Of this country and
would be both commemorative and appropriate.
He sugg csted that tho name Of JeHerso6 might not
be polite, as 1t might enlist the opposition Of some
Republicans who do not revere tho name OF JeIer-
son and who might consider the name too sug-
gestive Of political afYlliations-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30

Cruz, viii run vis. Queretafo, GuktlaiA-
lara, Zapotlan and Colima, reaching the
Pacific at Manzanillo. This, because OF
Its length and the nature Of the coun-
try traversed by II, will cut little or no
figure In interoceanic trade.
At some time In the not distant future
there will be other interocoanic rail-
way lines in that neighborhood, but tho
line from Coatzaooalcos TO Salina Cruz
will be the most northerly which can be
counted as factor in interoceanio trade.
Guatemala will complete her line and
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA will complete
theirs. But these will be built chiefly
in the interest OF local traffic and as
measures Of political expediency. All
four OF these routes may and probably
will play their little part in competition
with the canal route for the Transports
ton OF merchandise from our Eastern
cities and from Europe. But the des-
tination Of the greater part Of that mer-
ohandise will lie northward and west
ward, and not, as Mr.. BoLcE appar-
emily believes, southwark to the west
coast Of our companion continent. As
We said in our earlier comment. II the
acquisition of the west coast trade were
the only or even the main object or an
item Of any special importance In the
construction Of the canal, the work would
be gigantic folly
Mr.. BoLCE certainly confined his argu-
ment against the future utility and value
Of the canal to its influence as factor
in our commerce with South America.
It is destined to have q much wider
sphere of influence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30
A Very Striking Census Bulletin.

The most scientific examination OF the
race suicide" question yet made in the
United States is that by Professor WALTER
F.. WILCOX of Cornell University. 1t
ia published as a Bulletin" of the Census
Bureau.
The birth rate Of this country is in
calculable with any approximation to
scientific accuracy from official statis-
tics Of births. These are VIGOROUSLY
defective in the States generally. In
the city of New York, for example,
while the statistics of deaths are among
the most complete and accurate Of any
great community in the world, those OF
births are obviously untrustworthy. It
is estimated that as many as q quarter
Of the births are not reported to the
Health Department, chiefly from negli-
gence, ignorance and carelessnees. The
astonishing results shown in the official
statistics of births In New York last year
we have already commented on. Ac-
cording to them the births among the
Jews were half more than those Of
any other race. II those statistics
were to be trusted, the necessary infer
ence would be that the Jewish element
in the population is far larger than
has been estimated. The more reason
able inference is that the record OF
births Of the other races, moro par
ticularly the Germans and Irish, is
grossly defective. The Italian statistics
seem to correspond with the number OF
the race in New York.
Professor WILCOX, therefore, makes
no attempt to compute the birth rate of
the United States from the statistics of
births, but simply to determine the ratio
of the number of children under five
years TO- the number of women Of
child bearing age. This ratio steadily
declined in the last century, 30 far as
shown by available statistics. In 1900
there were only three-fourths as many
living children under five years Of age
to each 1000 potential mothers as in
1850, and since 1880 the decline has been
continuous in each decade. At the be-
ginning Of the century children under
ten years of age constituted one-third OF
tile tJtdA PoPuAauohI oV tho ohu, leSs tIidIi
one-fourth.
This suggested falling off in the birth
rate, however, has not been peculiar to
this country. Confidently there has
been such decrease in almost every
country Of western Europe. 1t is an
incident of the increasing completely OF
modern civilization and the social and
economical consequences; and in the
opinion of DR.. JOHN SHAW BILLINGS, a
distinguished authority in vital statis-
tics, the continued operation Of such
causes will tend to lower the birth rate
hereafter. Such retardation in the
growth Of population, however, cannot
be called an evil In itself.
In this country the loss BY births u
more than made up BY ths soosssion b.
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A WINNING DOMINATION.
Kew Arrangement Of RetAsehila..

Tho death Of Baron Alphonss de Roth.child has
entailed the reconstruction Of the French branch
OF ~ famous banking mouse. An oflcal state.
naeps has Just been made - TO the details of this
fearIaneemcut. The Old nrm, known as Rohs'
child Frefcs, which consisted Of the brothers Al
phcnse. 0ustave and Edmond de Rohsohlld, Is
dissolved. but the two surviving brothers. aarons
0ustAve and Edmond. reserve TO themselves the
night d nQuidating The business. which the, then
proceed 70 reconstruct. taking into partnership
Baron Edouard Alphonse, son OF the late Baron
ApAonse. and retaining The Arms old title OF Ro,h'
ch1d Freres. Tho capital y 100000 subscribed
IN three equal thAsss. but whereas the two senior
partneu coetueute portion Of their shares 10
SOD vW nd y Ss3sts a@Fesdy belonging 10 ,he
Al. - SsNcenas saAiriSutel DE whole Of ~