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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-19
wARRANr roR ROWLING =,

:" "Hlr11zz1x1 On Do" 1.llSG-.Fouf Chinese
members of the crew of the British steamer
Chinatown last Sunday by United States Chinese
Inspector NJ. $. Blackburn and were arrested
for being illegally IN the country. They will he
deported. A warrant issued By United
States Commissioner Heacock yesterday for the
arrest of Captain A. Bowling. master of the
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-19

DIR. McCARTHYs FuEERAL-with appro-
pirate religious services. conducted by Father
W. Ryan, the funeral of Colonel William d.
Mccarthy surgeon Bf the First California Vol
unfeers took place yesterday morning from st.
Marys Cathedral. 1nterment was made in Holy
Cross Cemetery
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-19

DEPoRTED FOR INsANITY-Kyku Kubo. a
Japanese woman aged SO years. who arrived
from Japan on the Doric on February 16. 1906.
was brought from New York yesterday for de-
narration. having been ad1udged lunatic.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-19

More tea and coffee is used where
Schilling's Best is sold.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-19

is less of Offenbach in the music than
might be anticipated. The last act con-
tains neat bit of marching.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-19

VAN NESS THEATER
Mrs. 4adge Carr Cook in her clever
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
PINK CHIFFON GOWN.

bits of ribbon that they look all too
frail and dainty for just only dress
ing sacks. They are all lace and in
sertion. bits of delicate ribbon and a
little fine hand embroidery, with just
enough of the batiste to hold the rest
together. 1t is almost a wonder how
these fine things are made. so filmy
and fragile do they look. The windows
now are filed with these beautiful
creations. to the complete exclusion of
everything else.
The best liked evening gowns for
irons are of silk null, liberty and other
goods of this kind of sheer material.
Soft and sheer goods are in great de-
mand for evening, and l may say that.
apart from the rich and superb lace of
the grand toilets. the grapes and chif-
fact, some of the rich Irish lace gowns
have underdresses of pink, blue or
green chiffon, which show up the de-
sign far better than sitter goods can.
Black chantilly lace comes in dress
patterns, and. made up over white or
pale pink chiffon. the design gains q
hundredfold in grace and beauty.
Quite general style may be seen in
the illustration. which shows a pink
chiffon frock gathered closely to the
hips and trimmed with straight around
bands of white satin. Almost all trim
ming is now put straight around. The
pointed waist is of satin in folds to tie
bertha, which is of chiffon and white
lace. with satin bands over the shout
ders. 1t may readily he understood
how the skirt requires all the lace ruff
fies of which | have spoken to keep ii
in its fine, full appearance. This de
sign is one easy of even amateur
achievement OLIVE HARPER
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

Chooses to drink sauterne connected
from malic acid, tartar, alcohol. acrtic
ether, glucin and essence of naph.hol
he is welcome to his preference. bur lie
should be protected by the law frcm
having such things palmed off Oh him
as the real article
The main object of the pure fnol
law, which passed congress last June
after big fight against it had been
put up by the manufacturers of aGul-
terated foods. Is to guarantee the pub.
lie against the sale in interstate com
merce of impostures in the way Of
misbranded goods and th':s to assure
MS far as possible the consumption or
healthful products. One OF the fore
most champions of the law in tie sen
ate was the member from idaho Wei
don B. Hepburn. He is a good ex-
ample of the benefits of pure ioaa, as
be tips the scales at over 3A0 aal has
an appetite like a horse in huying time.
In his younger days the senator once
purchased two empty whisky barrels
of a saloon keeper in Idaho, sawed the
barrels In two and used them In hoist
Ing ore out of mining shaft In one
OF the barrels he found the remains of
three large plugs of tobacco and in the
other two plugs. They had been used
to give venom to the whisky, so that
water could be added A temperance
man might say the patrons of the sa-
loon were Just as well off for drinking
watered whisky favored with tobacco.
but they did not get what they paid
Tor. and that illustrates the case for
the pure food law.
The agricultural department, Of
which Secretary James Wilson is the
lhead. is responsible for the administra-
ton of the new law Although it went
into effect on Jan. /. some time must
elapse before the force of inspectors
adequate for its enforcement can be
fully organized. II was only few
weeks ago that the secretary of agri-
culture obtained from congress authori-
~ to establish such force. The sum
Of $4,000 will be spent by the govern
ment in carrying the provisions of the
law into effect. The inspectors must
be appointed only after their fitness
for the work has been shown in civil
service examinations. They will tray-
81 about the country and keep watch
for suspicious goods.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.

No Io,849-In First Judicial District
Court of CadIo Parish Louisiana:
Louisiana Bank and Trust Company,
in Liquidation, vs.. w. S. Ingram.
By virtue of writ Of heri facias, to
me issued in the above entitled and num-
bered suit by the Honorable First Judi
cial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, | have seized and will offer
for sale at public auction. for cash, &c
cording to law. without the benefit of
appraisement, al. the principal front door
of the court house Of Caddo Parish, in
the City of Shreveport, La, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY., FEB. ?, 1907,
Lots u, - and that half of "A lying next
to and adjoining lot 70 of the :. T. Car
ter subdivision of the city of Shreveport,
La, as per map recorded in conveyance
book No. ?, page 7o9. of Caddo Parish,
Louisima.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified III the said writ III the
sum of $4,000 with per cent per an
mum interest on one-third of said amount
from January 81. 1000, on one-third from
February 28 1906. and on one-tllird from
March 81, 1000, until paid, and 10 per
cent of the principal and interest as at
torney's fees and the further sum of
SI,80oco with 8 per cent per annum
thereon from August 70, 1905, and all
cost of this suit, including 10 per cent on
said sums and interest as attorneys fees
S. Y. ALEXANDER,
Coroner and Acting Sheriff
Caucasian Jan. I, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
Woman Doctor In New York's
Chinatown.

DIR. Esther Box, a handsome, intel
lectual young white woman, practices
medicine in the Chinese section of New
York city. DIR. Box has had strange
~ mixed interna tional history. Her
father was a German, her mother a
pretty Irish girl. The couple were
married in London, and their daughter
Esther was born in Constantinople To
finish the strange international mix
ture Esther married in New York an
Americanized Chinaman, C. Soule Box.
superintendent of the Methodist mis-
sion in the Chinese quarter During the
time she was studying medicine the
young woman was a teacher in Mr.
Bok's Sunday school. Her energy. ami
nation and force of character as well
as her beauty attracted Mr.. Box to her.
and they We're married after time.
They have little daughter. Lily DR..
Esther Bok's practice is among the
Chinese. The men and children come
TO her office, and she calls on the wo-
men in their homes.
MARCIA WILLIS CAMPBELL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
Margaret Haleys

A pretty fight has been on for some
time in regard to control of the Chica
go public schools. Some years ago. aft
er being instrumental i'll having $25O.-
600 q year added to the Chicago city
revenues through forcing a fairly hon
est taxation of corporations that habit
ually evaded it, Margaret Haley found
ed the Chicago Teachers union. an
organization of women teachers of
which she is the accredited representa-
tive. The union is now a member of
the Federation of Labor and is practi-
cally trades union Miss Haley and
her union declare that teachers should
have more to say in school manage
ment. She works steadfastly for the
interests of both the schools and the
teachers and has with her a considera-
bic portion of the board of education.
1t has been charged against her that
she bosses the Chicago school board,
which is not true. Even if it We're
however, Margaret Haley would be
preferable to political boss.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
MlDWlNTER FASHIONS.
Lingerie Claims Attention at TEL,
Time of the Year.

| Lingerie Claims Attention at TIT,
| Time of the Year.
| Scarcely do the bells cease their juhi-
! liant ringing when there is an air OF
mystery about the great shops, and
| then suddenly every counter and every
window blossoms out in a white frost
| of linen. lace and embroidery. Where
this custom came from or why it is
considered the right thing to do in the
| early days of the new year none can
| tell. but it seems that it is a custom
| that has come to stay. And now we
have white windows, counters and
showcases until it seems the world has
put on bridal attire 10 welcome the
new year.
lit does not become a woman who
cannot add two and two together twice
and have che sum come out the same
both times TO try to tell the number
of cards of lace applied to some of
these undergarmentS, but there must
be more than O hundred on some of
them. d skirt. for instance, of batiste
has one deep flounce, and TO this are
affixed several more in varying widths,
SO that the bottom of the skirt sets out
like chose of Buster Browns mother.
Ghey are all frill and flounce, with
several ruffies added for good measure.
Ihe lace an these skirts is nearly al
ways valenciennes, sfsy that gives a
lighter appearance than any other
l. Ind nx-f hn ~ TjS
with cluny after.
Drawers have but the smallest apOl-
ogy for a foundation, with deep super
imposed rutfies, each wider than the
last. 1n some instances these drawers
are made with what are called umbrella
ruff1es which means that the rutfie is
smooth at the top and like the center
of the covering of an umbrella, with
the circle to be laviShly trimmed with
lace. The umbrella shaped ruffle has its
advantages in that it has no bulky up
per portion Even skirts which must be
full around the bottom have portion
made to fit the body closely. and to
this yoke shape are often buttoned other
garments to maintain the slenderness
Of figure which is considered so desir
able
Slumber robes, as nightgowns are
now more delicately called, are prettier
and more ornate, to say nothing of the
materials employed to make them
than dresses for festive occasions used
to be. The very finest and sheerest of
linen lawns, batistes and wash silks
are used and these are decorated to
Che utmost limit. nearly all having
tiny knots of baby ribbon or narrow
ribbon run through the places in the
trimming, for nearly all such lace or
edging has holes at regular intervals
for the purpose.
Dressing jackets are so very pretty
and so frazZIy with lace and narrow
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
Nj. ARISTiDE BRAND.

French Minister of Worship, 8ha IA
Now In Public Eye.
A French statesman who has come
INTO international prominence as a re-
suit of the agitation over the separa-
ton of church and state in France is
NJ. Aristide BRAND, minister of public
instruction and public worship. Three
years ago he was scarcely known ex-
cept among the revolutionary Social
lists. He is forty years of age and for
some years played important parts be-
hind the scenes in parliamentary COM
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
SUCCESSION SALE.

No Io,281-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Succession Of William and Patsy
Hill.
By virtue of commission to sell, to
me issued in the above entitled and num-
bered succession, | will offer for sale at
public auction, for cash, according to
law, at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, in the City
of Shreveport, Louisiana, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1907,
Lots seven and eight as per map of lot
No. one of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section thirty-hve,
township eight range fourteen, Cutliff
subdivision of the City of Shreveport,
Louisiana. The said sale to be made
for cash, according to law, for the pur-
pose of paying debts of the said sue
cession.
S. Y. ALEXANDER.
Coroner and Acting Sheriff and ex-Of-
fcio Auctioneer Caddo Parish, Ia.
Caucasian, Jan. s, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
F. A. LEONARD,
CLERK and ex-Oficio Recorder.
SHFRIFrS SALE.
Dec. Is. 1000

No. Go,o34-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
The Victoria Lumber Company Lin
tied VS.. John Arthur
By virtue Of a writ OF seizure and sale,
to me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit. by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, have seized and will offer
for sale, at public auction, for cash. &C
cording to law, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo Par
ish,.n the City of Shreveport, La, dur
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY.. FEB. Q, 1907.
Lots No. tWenty-one (2D and twenty
two (22) of block A Of ten-acrc lot No.
thirtyhve $50 of the City of Shreve-
port, La, with all buildings and i'm
provements thereon.
Said property seized as. belonging to
the said defendant and to be sold to sat
ifsy the debt specified in the said writ
iii the sum OF eight thousand FIVE hun
bred dollars with per cent per annum
interest on three thousand (S3,ooo.oo)
dollars from June 1, 1904, and like inter
est on fifty-hve hundred ($5.5oo.oo) dol
lars from August 20, 1901, and all cost
of suit, including five per cent on asid
sum and interets as attorneys fees.
S. y. ALEXANDER,
Coroner and Acting Sheriff OF Caddo
Parish. Louisiana.
Caucasian. Jan. 8, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

When i'll 1893 The Heavenly Twins
was published in England and sooll
afterward i'll America. it was evident
that a new literary star had appeared
almost terrible TO certain phases OF
social life usually CLOSED over by Oh"
British public. The Story was enthusi-
astically praised Oh the ole hand ana
as enthusiastically assailed, if not more
so, on the other. Everybody was eager
to find out who Sarah Grand was.
Cor the name was plainly aom de
plume. tut not sor a year or two aid
it franspire that she was the wife of
Brigade Surgeon McFall of fle British
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

known Chat he takes Il great interest IL
the navy. having written much on the
subject himself and having been assist
ant secretary of the navy department.
1t is said the president has an idea that
it would much increase the pride of the
American people in the sea fighting
branch of the government service if
Mr. Connolly were to write about Che
nations ships Of war as entertainingly
as he has written about the peaceful
fishing fleets that sail out of dilouces-
ter to the famed Grand Banks With
President Roosevelt to conceive an idea
is to put it in execution at once: hence
Mr.. Connoliy's enlistment and his as
signment to the Alabama. with Il pri-
vate cabin and special typewriter
There is precedent for such an eisjSt-
9ent, for Rudyard Kipling went to sea
on a British cruiser during the mlneu-
yers of the English navy to get mate
rial for his Fleet In Being" \ yeo-
man is supposed TO keep books but it
is not believed Connolly will spend all
HIS time adding UP accounts.
Like Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Connolly is q
Harvard man. and he first came to no
tice as an athlete. having been Il mem
Der of the famous all American team
which took part in the Olympic games
of 1893. His love of the sea comes by
Inheritance. us he is the son Of New
England skipper and was brought UP
in the neighborhooI of Gloucester,
whence come the quaint characters
that figure in his tales.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
LAUREATE FOR THE NAVY.
James ID. Connolly and His Enlist
Iuent as YeOman.


ment as n YeOman.
At last the American navy is to have
Kipling. and the people of the United
States will be able to read about Their
sea fighters and the life they lead with
out delving into dry reports about con
struction, repairs. equipment and gun
practice. James +. Connolly, whose sea
tales have won him high rang among
American writer's, has enlisted in the
navy as yeoman. has been assigned
to duty on the battleship Alabama ana
will see service in the West Indies and
the Philippines. A very unusual tact
about this enlistment is the circum-
stance that the new yeonlan on the
Alabama entered the navy at the per-
sonal solicitation of the president OF
the United States. Mr.. Roosevelt has
read Mr. Connoly's stories. 1t is we'll
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

IdIt may AhlH lis
digestive organs, and children who
overindulge in sweets at the holiday
season will, as usual, get the stomach
ache. Uncle Sans pure food inspect
ors cannot help that. but they can
prevent the sale through the means of
interstate commerce of adulterated
misbranded, poisonous or deleterious
foods, drinks, drugs and medicines
When Professor Thomas B. Stfllman
OF Stevens institute gave his now ia
nous synthetic dinner" at a New
York hotel, he showed how easy it is
for manufacturers of food and food
products beverages and medicines to
impose on the public if the law does.
not prevent At this dinner the pro
fessor served dishes alphabetically
constructed''-that is, built UP before
the very eyes of the diners out of
chemicals with very hard and unpal-
atable names. Everything but the
meats and cigars was made in an ex-
temporiZed laboratory in plain sight
from the table The feast began with
Martini cocktails and ended with co
gnac. In between were oyster cock
tails, green turtle soup. roast ptarmi-
gan with current jelly, vanilla ice
cream composed of cottonseed oil and
essential oil and coffee and creme de
menthe. The guests smacked their
lips over the salad made of protein
artificial egg and chlOropy. The din
ner was intended to point moral
namely. that skinned milk should not
masquerade as cream. If man
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
ARTICLE Y.
ARTICLE VI.

AV corporate powers of said corpora
ton shall be vested in board of direc-
tors, to be composed OF the stockholders,
which board shall be elected annually on
the first Tuesday in January of each
year, the first election to be held on the
first Tuesday in January 1908, major
ity of whom shall constitute a quorum.
The first board is declared to be Hen
Try J. Lenoir, Alexander R. Thompson,
William A. Thompson and Jesse H.
Dolph, with Henry J. Lenoir as pres-
dent; w. A. Thompson as vice presi-
dent; A. r. Thompson treasurer, and
J. H. Dolph as secretary and general
manager; said board to serve until the
first election in January 1908, or until
their successors are duly elected: pro-
vided said board may be increased BY
vote of the stockholders after due no
tice.
The directors shall be elected by the
stockholders, and no one shall be eligible
as a director unless he be the owner of
stock-each share of stock shall be en-
titled to one vote to be cast by its owner
in person, or by proxy, and a majority
of the votes shall elect.
This charter may be modified, changed
or altered, or said corporation dissolved,
with the consent of two-thirds in
,,,,o,,,+ 81 +1,a c,a;+,1 c+ocl- .o,racoa+oJ
at any general meeting of the stockhold-
ers convened for that purpose, after ten
days previous notice of said meeting
shall have been published in one of the
newspapers of the city of Shreveport
Louisiana.
In case of dissolution or termination
of this corporation, either by limitation
of its charter or from any other cause,
the liquidation Of its affairs shall be con-
Quoted by two commissioners, selected
by majority of the stockholders, and at
a meeting called for that purpose. as
above set forth in this charter
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be held liable or responsible
for the contracts or faults Aereof in any
further sum than the unpaid balance due
the company on shares of stock sub
scrlbed for or owned by him. nor any in
formality in organization have the eff
feet of rendering this charter null, or of
exposing stakeholder to any liability
beyond the balance due the company on
shares of stock.
Done and passed in my Office, in the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
New Head of the o. ationaI eadiaa
Asscciatiore

An Episcopal deaconess. Miss Sibyl
Garter has been elected president of
the National Indian association. The
organization was founded about thirty
years ago by Mrs. Annie S. Quinton.
who for twenty-eight years was its
president. Mrs. Quinton has devoted
the working years Of Ger life to labor
ing for the 1ndian, whom she saw often
50 ruthlcssly cheated by the white
maa. Miss Carter is an able successor
to Mrs. QuEton. She. too. is an 0nthu-
siastic worker fer the eed people, She
it was Who introduced lacemaking
among the INDIAN women, in which
they Rave become~So proficient as %
get considerable income from St
For the last year the association mas
had man president who was paid for
his services 1t has now returned 20
its original policy of a woman Rresi-
dent, who works for love.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

army. She was married to Surgeon
McFall when she was sixteen lie being
a widower with tw9sons near her own
age. These sons became fondly de-
voted to their young stepmother and
are SO o. this day. Surgeon McFall
died in 1898. and Sarah asrand is now
widow-said to he q very happy enc.
she buried herself in the country while
she wrote The iteavenly Twins.s
With no plot to speak Of. what shere
was imperfectly wrought out, the VOL
ume nevertheless aroused Che placidly
doing British public az ne book had
done in ten years.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

mlttees. The ability he showed won
MIN influence and resulted in his being
chosen to report the separation bill. He
entered into the task of securing its
passage with such energy that he was
quickly recognized as an authority on
the varied questions involved in sun
dering the close relations that existed
IN France for so many centuries be-
tween the Roman Catholic church and
the government. His action in enter
Ing into consultation with others than
Socialists on th' formation of a new
ministry and in accepting post in
the cabinet caused the Socialist party
to pass resolutions disciplining him.
but he retains his Socialist views.
though he is not so extreme as some Of
the advocates of such theories.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20

city Of Shreveport, Louisiana, i'll the
presence of the attesting witnesses, on
this the 18th day of December 1906.
II. J. LENOIR
A. r THOMPSON.
w. A. THOMPSON,
JESSE II. DOLPH.
Witnesses:
d. P. HOLLIS.
CHARLES L. GAINES.
+. A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Officio Recorder and No
tary Public
Having examined the above act of in
corporation and finding nothing therein
contrary to law, approve the same this
December o., 1905.
J. NJ. FOSTER.
District Attorney.
Endorsed: f'ifed and recorded Deem
Der p, 1000.
F. A. LEONARD,
CLERK and ex-Oficio Recorder
State of Louisiana. Parish of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above ard fore
going is true and correct copy of the
original act, as the same now appear OH
file and of record i'll my office.
Given under my hand and seal of of
fee, this 22nd day OF December 1000.
+ A IFONARD
CLERK and exAOfficio Recorder
Dec. 3, 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-20
Enforcing the
Pure Food Law
Uncle Sans Plans For tie Task-0ne
Hundred Inspectors to Be on Duty
Throughout the Country.
heyburn's Work.

III T is safer to eat
L now than it was
prior to the
stroke of midnight
on Dec. 81, 1906.
The pure food law
is now in effect. OF
course, in spite Of
the new law on the
statute books, a man
who spurns plain
fare may ruin his