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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
IS TRAVELLING
Speedy Cunarder Rapidly Conf
ing e Destination
MAY ARRIVE SOON FRIDAY
Barring Accidents, the Owners of the
Swiftly Moving Vessel of the Opinion
She Will Have the Honor of Being
Queen of the Seas.

New York, Sept ia bulletin from
Cape Race, N. T., stated that the
! Cunard line steamer Lusitania. whose
maiden voyage across the Atlantic is
expected to eclipse all ocean records
came in touch through the wireless
telegraph with the American continent
early Wednesday. At $50 o'clock in
the morning message received from
the steamer, says that the vessel was
225 miles south of Cape Race at that
hour.
The indicated position of the Lusi-
tania was about 1925 miles from
Sandy Hook, so the big steamer, if
she maintains the rate of twenty-five
knots, with which she is running, will
reach the entrance to the port of New
New York about l o'clock Friday
morning, This would make the time OF
her voyage about four days and thir-
teen hours better than the record trip
between Queenstown and New York
of five days, seven hours and twenty
five minute held by the Cunard liner
Lucania
1t is known that fog materially in
terfered with the speed Of the Lusi-
tania many hours after she left
Queenstown, and she was compelled
to reduce her speed at times to
twenty knots. 1t is confidentially ex-
pected that barring accidents, the
Lusitania will be hailed as queen of
the seas en- she reaches this port
early Frida.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Intrepid Lady Explorers.

By her intrepid journey OF explora-
ton across the almost untrodden wilds
of Labrador Mrs Leonidas Hubbard, a
Canadian lady, who has recently come
to London. has once more demonstrate
ed the courage with which a fragile,
gently nurtured woman can brave
hardshipS and dangers which might
well daunt any man. For twelve years
Miss Constance Gordon-Cumming wan
dered over the earth from the granite
crags of California; to the fire foun-
tains Of Hawaii climbing in the Him
alayas and penetrating INTO the heart
Of China and Tibet Miss Il NJ Kings
ley explored the kamerun regions and
made herself quite at home among
fierce g0rillas and fercer cannibals.
Lady Baker, who was the first Euro
pean to sight Albert NyanZa, thought
nothing of walking into the tent of an
Arab shaver and fetching out the cap
tives, while Miss Jane Moir, Mrs. 3isE-
op, Mrs. Marshall and others also occu-
py honored places as explorers.-West
minister Gazette.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
daho Poisons Coyotes.

State Game Warden Stevens recent
" received a large amount of strych-
nine from Philadelphia which will be
used by the department for the poison
ing OF coyotes and other predatory
animals.
The expenditure for this poison is
the first to take place under the new
law which placed the sum of $1,000
in the hands of the game warden for
use in the destruction of wild animals.
SO far as known. this is the first
time ill the history of the United
States when a state started in along
this line to protect the game and stock
interests. While there have been COM
pany hunters here i'll Idaho, hired by
local stock associations, there has been
no official recognition of the hunting
of wild animals as Il state function.
The outcome of the experiment is to
be watched with good deal of inter
est, for the bounty system is admitted
ly failure, i'll that it stops short of
eXterminatiO both because of de-
stroying Il profitable industry-that of
growing wolf scalps-and then the
hunters cannot make enough out of
tile business to keep at it when the
number Of the noXious animals begins
to decrease.-Idaho Statesman.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
HIS THREE WISHES.
4 Chicago Cierayman'5 Meeting Witts
Marie CoreIii.


4 We'll known Chicago divine, whose
enthusiasm sometimes runs away
with him, tells the following story OF
his meeting with the English novelist
Marie Coreli. ut q dinner in Rome:
AS soon as she entered the draw
ing room and | saw those @reat soul
full blue eyes | registered three
wiShes-tWo little wishes and one big
wish. The first WAS, o Fate, or
Chance, or Luck, or whoever it is, OF
whatever it is that fixes things, let me
sit at table where | can see those
eyes, The second little wish began
the same but ended. Let me sit at
table where | can hear her voice.
And the third one, the big wish, ended,
Let me sit where | can both see those
eyes and hear her voice"
"Well, those wishes were scarcely
formed before my host crossed the
room and informed me in i casual
way that | was to take Miss Corelli
i'll to dinner Oh. didn't | swaziland
swell. That l, Of all the men pres
ent. and it was a distinguished com
pany, too, should have been singled
out for this honor,
perhaps l didn't enjoy that dinner,
We talked about-but that comes later.
The next day | hurried to pay Il morn
ing call to my host of the evening
before. who was also my very good
friend. and as soon as he appeared
began:
Tell ne how it happened
"'How what happened:'
"'Iou knoW-hoW | happened to
take Miss Corclli III to dinner
"'Oh, that: She asked me to let
you take her in
'O-o-h? If | had sweled with i'm
portance the night before. | was Il
pouter pigeon now. She had asked
to have me take her il. What an i'm
preston | must have made at first
sight.
Tell me every word she said to
you about me- | demanded. Don't
leave out syllable
'''Oh, no; l can't do that b. an.
swered rather hastily,
But you must
HE Gemuried again and again, but
hung on and on until he saw there was
no getting rid Of me. and then at last
he gave me the very words. They
We're:
"'Oh, dear Sir Charles, do send me
out to dinner with that great lanky,
awkward, homely American, "-Chica
go Record Herald.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
AFFAIRS At AUSTIN.
Some Events Taking Place al
Texas State CAPITAL.

GE9S Osasc SasC ltai.
Austin, Sept. 12.-Representative
Lea Beatty OF Caldwell county was
here Tuesday from his home at Lock
| hart. He had business with the exec,
utive department. Mr. Beatty, who is
a Confederate veteran, speaking Of
the action Of some of the Confederate
camps in the state in criticising Gov
srnor Campbell, declared that he was
not in sympathy with any such move
me1t. He characterized the attacks
which are being made on the governor
by the veterans as being ridiculous.
He asserted that the old soldiers, as
a general proposition, Mad received
much consideration at the hands Of
the governor
Mr., Beatty gives it as his opinion
that Senator J. w. Bailey will be an
issue in political campaigns two years
hence and the issue will he for and
against Bailey. He said that Il S con
ditiOn of affairs had already manifest
ed itself in his county. He predicted
that the Bailey issue will even reach
county politics. He believes that the
matter might as we'll be settled then
as any other time. Mr.. Beatty was
against Senator Bailey in the last leg
islature
When asked II he would again be
candidate for representative i'll the
Thirty-first legislature from his cOun-
ty, Mr.. Beatty declared that the mat
ter was entirely in the hands of the
people of his county. If they wanted
him to come back and serve them it
was up to them, but that he was not
going to get out and make a race for
the position. He has resigned his
position with the Federal government,
he having for years been connected
with the agricultural department at
Washington.
The Merchants Loan and Invest
ment company Of Yoakum has deposit
ed in the state treasury the sum of
$4,000, which is required by the state
of such concerns precedent to doing
business in Texas. The law provides
that either cash or approved securities
may be deposited with the state treas
urer.
The governor signed thirty-two land
patents, embracing land situated in
the following counties: Comancha,
1856 acres; Hays. 288 acres; Hale, 1850
acres: Irion, S79 acres: Lamb, G4G
acres: La Sale, 1880 acres; Medina
$40 acres; Mccullough, $50 acres:
Nueces, 707 acres: PalO Pinto, 2l3
acres; Randall, $40 acres; Shelby 81
acres: Tyler, 800 acres: Titus. Is"
acres; Webb, 2,192 acres.
The state penitentiary board held its
regular monthly meeting here Wednes.
day The board approved reports OF
financial agent and superintendent Of
penitentiarias. Financial agents re
port showed balance on hand Aug. !
$4S,314; receipts, $9S,750; disburse
ments, $95,5S4; balance Sept. /, $51,
1873. Report of superintendent showed
convicts on hand Aug. I, 1898; new
convicts received, "a; recaptured, 4;
discharged, So; pardoned, 4; escaped,
II: died, 6; on hand Sept. !, 3,715,
decrease of 70.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
Eighty Jews Slain and Houses
and Stores Looted.

Braila, Russia, Sept. 12-News has
reached here of another serious and
wanton anti-Jewish outbreak at Kish-
inev, it is estimated that no less than
eighty Jews lost their lives in encoun'
tiers with the infiamed populace.
The outbreak occurred Monday. The
Jewish quarter of Kishinev was at
lacked by organized bands of roughs,
who looted houses and shops and ruth
lessly killed or wounded all those who
attempted to defend their property.
The Jews are fleeing from Kishinev
in state of panicc. Many of them
who made their way to the banks of
the Pruth, in the hope g.. ,..t':og pro.
lection in Roumania, We :...,2i back
by frontier guards
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
SNAKE ON ORGAN.
Young lady Knocked copperhead Off
Keys and Killed 1t.

Frederick, Nd, Sept. 12.-While
sweeping the parlor at her home near
Middletown Miss Lottie Remsburg no
ticed a dark object lying on the keys
of the organ
She attempted to remove it, when a
copperhead snake nearly three feet in
length fell to the floor The young
lady went after the reptile with the
broom and killed it. The snake had
crawled into the house through an
open door and found it's way into the
parlor.
Miss Mary Hoffer, daughter of Jo-
seph Hoffer, of near Catoctin Creek,
a short distance from jefferson, killed
large black snake in the garden The
girls mother fas gathering corn when
she saw the snake a short distance
away. She called her daughter who
without assistance, dispatched it with
a club. Miss Hoffer, who claims that
she will tackle any snake she sees,
has killed number of reptiles this
summer in the vicinity of her home.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
PUTS BULLET in HEART
Will o. Taylor With Revolver
Sends Soul to Eternity.

Dallas, Sept. I'm room of the
Southern hotel at II o'clock Wednes
day morning viii O. Taylor, twenty
Hunt county. shot himself In the heart
dying instantly. Mr. Taylor, who had
been a clerk in a hotel at Celeste
had been in i'll health some months
Before being connected with the Ce
leste hotel he resided on the farm OF
his mother. few miles from that
place. His health not improving. Mr.
Taylor had come here for medical
treatment at a sanitariGm, and it il
presumed that despoadency led to the
rash act being done.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
MONUMENT FOR HORSE.
II Will Memorize Ike Cook, Who Was
Famous Trotter

Chicago, Sept IA $4,000 mon
ument for his horse is a feature that
has been incorporated in the will OF
Henry Graves, the oldest settler OF
Chicago, who lies near deaths door
at his home. He came to the little
settlement about Fort Dearborn in
1881.
A pioneer racing man and ever a
lover of horses, Mr.. Graves has pro.
vided that the costliest monument
ever erected for horse will be placed
in Washington park. 1t will memoriZe
Ike Cook, a famous trotter. which he
owned fifty years ago.
Ike Cook had a record of 2:30
which in those early days was remark
able time. In fact, Ike Cook was the
first horse to make that mark on a
one-mile track in the state of Illinois
The animal was famous throughout
the country, and, with Mr. Graves
driving him, won many great victories
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
LANE LEAVES LITTLE.
Aged Man, Just Deceased, Gave All He
Possessed Away

Goshen, Ind, Sept. 12.-Clark Lane,
formerly of Hamilton, O., died here,
aged eighty-four years. Once worth
100000, Mr. Lane gave away nearly
all of his wealth, having but $4,000 in
personal effects at the time of his de,
mise. He endowed hospital, orphan
age and library at Hamilton
A few years ago his daughter, Mrs
Maud D. L. Jackson of Mount Healthy.
O., endeavored to have a guardian
named for her father to prevent him
wasting his wealth. He had a mania
for litigation, becoming an unique fig
ure in court here, where he filed one
case after another, creating enormous
costs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
DELEGATES APPOINTED!
Those 70 Represent Texas 40 Snterna
tional Cotton Conference.

Austin, Sept 12-At the request OF
the officers of the convention, Com
missioner of Agriculture R. T. Miner
has announced the appointment
Of list of delegates to the Interna-
tiOnal Cotton conference, which is tC
be held at Atlanta on Oct Z to g.
This will be one of the most import
ant cotton conventions ever held in
this country, or anywhere else in the
world for that matter. There will be
100 foreign delegates, representing all
the countries of the world where
American cotton is manufactured as
we'll as manufacturers from all over
the United States.
The principal object of this conven-
ton is to bring the manufacturers and
growers into close touch with each
other, where all questions pertaining
to this great product will be discussed.
The state of Texas, being the leading
cotton growing state of the Union. pro
ducing one-sixth to one-fourth of the
cotton of the world, will send an able
delegation.
The following is list of the dele
gates: Lee Young, Stephenville; E. B
Afford, Henderson; R. M. Johnson
Houston; W. B. Geary, Farmersville :;
W. c. Sterrett, Dallas; Welton VIM,
Santa Anna; w. R. Davis, Cookville ::
Clarence Ousley, Fort Worth; O, P,
Pyle, Dallas; r. F. Bradford, Taylor:
James Davis, Waxahachie; A S Burle-
son, Austin John D. Rogers, Calves
ton; P. L. Downs, Temple; T. S. Hen.
derson, Cameron: Eugene Williams
Waco; E. A. Calvin, Houston; w J
Bryan Abilene: R. R. Clarridge, Pales,
tine and r R. Dancy, Houston
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
BURIED CITY FOUND.
Was Inhabited by Then Most
Intelligent Aborigines.

New York, Sept 12.-Professor Sar-
lille of Columbia university, who has
returned from trip to Ecuador, is
said to have discovered the ruins of
city near the coast which contained
many evidences of race hitherto m
known to present day scientists 1t
is believed he city contained 1000 or
more people 500 years ago In his
opinion the race was one of the high
est in civilization living in America
previous to the coming of Columbus
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
WHALES NUMEROUS,
Captain Says He Left One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand.

New Bedford, Mass, Sept. 12.-Capt
Heggarty and his whaling brig, the
Sullivan, are back from a voyage OF
twenty-seven months with $500 bar
rels of sperm oil. The Sullivan's crew
secured 375 barrels of oil in five days
So fast did the whales come, says the
captain, that there was no time to boil
the blubber, and all the crew could do
was to cut it out and stow it.
Captain Heggarty says he saw the
biggest pod of of sperms he ever saw
in his life-fifty-five barrel whales as
far as the eye could see.
eve took 1857 he said. "Ill gamble
that left 10000 whales in that big
pod
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
LOSES ARM AND LEG.
Edgar oliver, a Boy, BADLY Hurt and
Death May Result.

Tyler, Tex, Sept. 12.-In the local
yards of the Cotton Belt railroad =
switch engine pulling two cars ran
over Edgar Oliver, a seven-year-old
boy. His right leg and arm were sew
cred completely from the body and the
attending physicians are doubtful OF
his recovery. He went to work this
morning in the boiler shops of the
Cotton Belt and caught the switch en-
CINE to ride to town from the shops
He accidentally fell from the engine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Five Carmen Wounded.

San Francisco. Sept. IA serious
riot took place early Wednesday at
Twenty fourth and Utah streets A
number of carmen while running a car
of the United Railroads into a barn a.:
this point was attacked During the
fight five carmen were wounded, one,
it is believed, fatally.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Action of lrresponsibIes,

Toxic. Sept 12.-The publication OF
extended accounts concerning the
trouble at Vancouver has not devel-
oped any further criticism by the
press. The public accepts the out
break as the action Of irresponsible
persons, who must be punished,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
NO LONGER A COLONY,

"Oominion of New Zealand" Is the
New Title Bestowed.
London. Sept. PA royal procla.
nation has been issued by which New
Zealand is advanced from the position
of colony and hereafter will be
known as the Dominion of New Tea.
land" sharing with Canada this COW
eted title
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
EARTHQUAKE REPORTED.
Said to Have Taken Place In the Aleu-
tian Islands.

tan Islands.
New York, Sept. 12-An earthquake
is reported to have occurred in the
Aleutian Islands Sept. 1, the news of
which reac' ed Seattle through an
officer of TIE revenue cutter Push. It
IS believed t. be the lost earthquake
recorded in the month on the seismo-
graph at Washington. in England and
at Ottawa. Washington experts fig.
ured at the time that it occurred about
$500 miles from Washington, and from
the date which the instrument furnish
ed it was believed to be in the region
of Alaska
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
HANGED WITH HANDKERCHIEF.
James Downs, Charged With Lunacy
Takes Life In Jail

Dallas, Sept. r2.-James Downs,
aged about forty years. confined in the
county jail on charge of lunacy. termi-
mated his earthly career in his cell by
hanging himself to a bar of a window.
Tying one end of a handkerchief to
an upper bar and the other around his
neck the unfortunate man succeeded
In strang!ing himself to death
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Sunset Docks Tied Up.

Galveston, Sept 12-All the 900
members of the Southern Pacific Dock
workers union, who voted Tuesday
night to go on strike, failing to get
wage increase from contracting firm
of stevedores, are out
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Child Burns to a Crisp.

Shawnee. Okla, Sept. 12.-The four
year-old daughter Of William Doss was
burned to death Her clothing caught
lire from a stove.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Larry CoyIe Expires.

Checotah, l. r, Sept 12.-Larry
Coyle, shot by deputy marshal, one
leg having o be amputated. died.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Cer.Son Has State Bank.

Denison, SEPT. 12.-First State bank
mas been organized here Capital stock
Is $4,000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Morphine the Cause.

Canton, Miss, Sept 12-Dr William
Yanden was found dead III. bath tub
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
Found Dead In Yard.

Grand, Okla, Sept 12-W T. Gair
was found { ead in the yard Of his son.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-12
CANCER CURE.
Or. HaIer of Budapest Claims 20 Have
Discovered a Remedy

London, Sept. IA dispatch from
Budapest says that DR.. Haler, an emf
nent physician of that city, has Sc
cured beneficial results in cancer cas-.
es through the use of gelatine injec-
tions. In forty cases so far treated
DR.. Hales has been unsuccessful in
but three
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-08-09
WILL LEAVE ZION CITY.
overseer voliva Says He viii Estab-
lish New coIony-Judee Lands
Turns Him Down.

Chicago, Ill.-Refused the grant
ing of his petition that he be ap-
pointed by Judge Lands, of the Uni
ted States district court, a co-receiver
with John c. Hately, now in charge of
the Zion City property, and unheeded
in his protests against the sale of the
Zion lace industries, Overseer Wilbur
Glenn Voliva, who ssurped the place
OF John Alexander Dowie as head of
the Christian Catholic church, on
Monday asserted his defiance of the
forces organized against him and de-
clared that he would abandon Zion
City and establish a colony of his own
elsewhere.
. 81 shall abandon the old hulk and
she may sink for all of me-" declared
Voliva as he was leaving the court af-
ter his petition had been denied and
the sale of the lace factory for $780,
00J had been ordered. 1T Is my pur-
pose now to gather my followers
about me as soon as possible and es-
tablish a new colony"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-08-09
WAS RESCUED FROM A MOB.
Man Who Murdered His chum at
Blair Station, Pa, Narrowly Es-
capped lynching.

Pittsburg, Pa.-After, 1t Is charged
by the police, shooting down
his chum in cold blood and then at
tempting to chop the body to pieces
with a hatchet in the street at Blair
Station, "a miles from this city, Adam
Lacach. foreigner, was rescued from
a mob that tried to lynch him last
night and was landed in jail at Clair
ton.
The shooting occurred on the main
street at Blair and was the result OF
complaint of misdemeanor made
to the police by Joseph Warech
against his friend Lacach. The latter
met Warech in the street and asked
him why he made the information.
Before Warech could reply Lacach
shot him twice with revolver. Nor
tally wounded, Warech fell. and La
each drew from his clothing hatchet.
The shots attracted a crowd from
nearby hotel and as they rushed to
the scene OF the tragedy Lacach
threw away his hatchet, with which
he was about to strike his victim, and
ran for the hills. The crowd grew
with every minute. He finally took
refuge In a pile of brush. He was sur
rounded by the mob and upon de-
mand that he give himself up he pre-
sented himself, armed with the re-
volver, and threatened to shoot. In
the meantime some OF the crowd had
worked around back of the brush pile
and before Lacach could shoot, the
gun was knocked from his hand with
a club.
The man was Immediately taken in
charge by the mob, but A. L. Critch-
field, superintendent of the Blair iron
works, summoned police from Clair
ton and while cooler heads parleyed
with the mob the police spirited La
each away to the Jail.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-08-09
FORTY PEOPLE DROWNED.
A Locomotive and a Passenger Car
Fell from Bridge Into River.

Angers, France. Forty passen-
gers in third class railroad car
and the engineer of the train were
drowned Sunday afternoon in a rail-
road accident three miles southeast
of this town.
The locomotive of a crowded local
train jumped the track when entering
the bridge over the river Loire at Les
Ponts-De-Ce. The stone railing gave
way and the engine plunged into the
river 90 feet below, dragging down
with it its tender and the baggage and
third class cars. Fortunately no other
cars went into the water, as the
coupling between the second and
third cars broke.
The conductor and fireman were
the only persons whose lives were
saved They escaped by swimming.
The third class car was well filled
with passengers, but although part OF
the roof was blown off by the confined
air as 1t sank, not a single passenger
extricated himself and all were
drowned like rats in trap. The en-
gineer perished beneath the locomo-
tive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-08-09
Real Nature Fake.

Speaking of nature fakirs, l would,
like to say that all remarkable stories
told of animals are not fakes. l know
of an old mother bear who went to a
farmhouse, stole pan of rice pud-
ding, carried it to her hungry cubs.
in the woods, then returned to the
farmhouse and got five saucers and a
like number of spoons-one each for
her four cubs and herself.
While she was gone for the saucers.
and spoons the hungry cubs devoured
the pudding; which so fnfuriated the
mother bear that she grabbed the
empty pudding dish and nearly beat
the lives out of the poor cubs.
If President Roosevelt doesn't want
to believe this, he needn't. S. H.,
In Boston Globe.