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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-19

cHAS. w. DWYER, PROP.
Hotel DWyer has been reftted and
refurnished and is in first class order
throughout Rooms with heat, cleo.
trio light and bath, by the day, week
or month. Hotel always open for bust
ness. Terms reasonable.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-19

You are cordially invited to call
and see my new place No. 6911@ West
Third street where you may be. served
all the delicacies OF the season on
short notice. Open day and night
IS Hot waf1es in minute
Oysters in every style.
Respectfully,
w. NJ. Gibbs,
Proprietor.
Tel. N w. Main 371O.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-19

TIE patrons eff he Artl..gzn LEFT
nanc;.g School are l,c~abv tiled
that tire sessions vsiIl h he'd q, che
1st and 3 led erd-~ e o,cs77
month Ct He1ccsnh IIIaI., and Htt.s..ass a..
are invited MADAM, Hsle, principal.
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ST. James Church.

Is larger or more inspiring audience
has net attended st. James than the
one that faced the pastor last SIN
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-19

Coal, $3.50 Per Ton.
Good for stoves, ranges .
and furnaces. Goes farther
than coke. Reduce the fuel
bill one-ha1f. .......
Holmes & Hallowe1l Co.,
Seven Corners.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-19

Mr.. J. W. Roger has been con.
fined to his bed for the past week
suffering from an attack Of appen
dicitis.
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Tel. N. w. Main 3710.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-10-19

Northwest Lodge U. B. F. was set
10 in great shape last Wednesday
evening. A full accounted the SPLEEN
did affair will appear in next issue
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
Human Nature crops ou4

Tell it not in Gath, proclaim It not
In the streets of Askelon,' but. never
tneiess and Notwithstanding. it is prop
er to state that lynching bee has
just been pulled off in Iowa. not only
with neatness and dispatch but with
great eclat. Had this thing happened
IN Mississippi or South Carolina-in
fact, anywhere down in Dixie-we
would soon be surfeited with solemn
lectures by the northern press on
southern brutality Had it happened
IN Idaho or New Mexico. our lives
would soon be made miserable by lee
lures In the eastern press as to west
ern barbarities: but. now that it has
happened i'll Iowa. an old settled north
ern Republican state, with every state
ONCE. both United States senatorshps.
eleven seats in the federal house Of
representatives. two cabinet portfolios
and nine-tenths of the district. county
ana township offices held by Repub
hcans. what will the northern and
eastern writers-the boiler than thor,
Writers--do now. poor things? VIII
they come out and honestly say. in the
language of the most famous Amer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

The fathers of the republic debated
in extenso the burning question as to
how the chief magistrate Of the re-
public should be addressed. Many
titles of varying length and degrees Of
magnificence We're suggested There
was much of heart burning and bitter
ness manifested in the debates letters.
conversations and essays on the sub
Ject, for it must never lie forgotten in
writing, thinking or speaking of the
fathers that in opinions they ranged
from high flying federalists." as JEFF
ferson termed them such as Alexan-
der Hamilton and Gouverneur Morris,
who at heart were monarchists, to un-
washed democrats whose ideas of lib
ertv were much the same as those Of
the sans culOttes of revolutionary
France. 1t is recorded by more or
less veracious chronicler that old John
Adams was in high dudgeon because
no title was given to the president and
vice president. Truth to tell. old
John was much enamored of forms
and ceremonies and dearly loved the
pomp of European courts. The uncod-
" democrats panied him sorely, and
Jefferson's red velvet breeches scan
dalized him greatly. In passing ii may
be apropos to state that when General
William Henry Harrison departed this
life, being the first president to die in
office. and John Tyler succeeded the
members of the Harrison cabinet.
with the godlike Daniel at their head.
were seriously puzzled to devise a title
for John. They suggested several such
as John Tyler. vice president. acting
as president" etc. but that while j. T.
was in transit from the James river to
Washington. When he arrived they
presented to him their assortment Of
titles and invited him to take his
choice. j. T. promptly cut the Gordian
knot by rejecting them all and by i'll
forming them that he was no longer
v. T.. acting or otherwise. but was Il
full f1edged president and would sign his
name as John Tyler, president" In
his life of Colonel Thomas Hart Ben
ton, President Roosevelt says that to
,all John Tyler mediocre man is rank
battery. but nevertheless and notwith-
standing had 1t not been for John Ty-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
Ollie M. James.

Blessed are the peacemakerS" are
Ecriptural words which are peculiarl,
applicable to Ollie NJ. James. repre-
sentative in congress from the Gibral-
tar of Democracy in Kentucky. TO III.
certain knowledge he has prevented III
least two fights on the floor of the
house. Isn't that strange thing for a
kentuckian TO be doing that. is. the
kentuckian as he is generally pie
fnred: The popular belief is that the
typical kentuckian goes constantly
armed to the teeth and is ready to fight
at the drop of a hat and if needs hc
drop the hat himself. Yet here is this
kentuckian. who comes as near being
typical as any other Kentuckian tina.
l wot of, the greatest peaccmakcr i'll
Washington. bar none. There is no
doubt whatever that be would fight
himself with the proyerbial courage Of
his race II there was any necessity fo
so doi..g, but he seems to be most hap
pity constituted for preserving the con
gressDnal peace. He is a giant in stat
ure a:,d strength. His modus operan..
IL simplicity personifed. When mem
Der gets hot in the collar and starts to,
ward fellow member for the PURPOSE.
Of disfiguring his physiognomy Ollie.
picks the aggressive one up and car
ries him out of the hall to cool off. or.
III he thinks that unnecessary. he con
tents himself by holding him OH the.
Hoor. When he clutches the would be
lighter that's the end of that row, for
he could easily take two average men,
bers and knock their heads together.
How he happens to be always in the
right place at the right time do not
know. but such is the fact. This bril-
liant young kentuckian has large.
shapely head, with bushel of brains
In it. He is one of the crack orators
OF Kentucky, close personal and DO.
liticai friend of William J. Bryan. rep
fesentatiye from the strongest Demo
cratic district in Kentucky. prime
favorite with all who know him. with
a splendid future. Withal he is modest
amiabie and true as steel in every rc
iation of life. Plain as an old shoe
honest as the day. he speaks out In
meeting and is not afraid to let people
know what he believes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

There is still another subject which
the name of John Tyler suggests. and
| that is impeachment Everybody knows
that Andrew Johnson was impcachcd
and only one vote was lacking to con
vict hins.zlt required wo-thirGS of the
senators voting to convict The vote
stood 81 to - 1t is not so generally
known that articles Of Impeachment
against John Tyler were prepared.
though never introduced, and it will
surprise most people To learn that 10
siah Quincy the first did actually intro
duCe articles OF Impeachment against
Thomas Jefferson. which received one
vote III the hou>e-JoSiah Qujncy'~.
Consequently the articles never reach
ed the senate ami perhaps had no
other result than to make T. !. hate
!. Q. more intensely than before I'll"
papers say that President Roosevelt
has declared that he will risk imDcAci
ment before he will yield an inch in
the Brownsville matter-not much OF
a risk. after all. for Impeachment has
proved a rank failure in practice. how
ever beautiful ii may appear in theory.
When Judge Chase was acquitted III
his impeachment trial. though the I'M
peaching forces We're led by the vitri-
Ole and brilliant John Randolph Of
Roanoke. backed heartily by ,Jetfer
sons whole administration. it was
clear to all men that there was little
danger to officeholderS in the impeach
ment process. Really only one federal
official has ever been ousted by i'm
parchment proceedings. Judge Picker
ing of New Hampshire, and he was
crazy. When the war between the |
states began Judge Humphrey of Ten |
nessee went with his state into t.
without resigning an"
was impeached and convicted by the |
federal senate, but his case doesn't |
count
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

ler's GOOD dc and courage. denying
three and one-half years of his soiouin
in the White House. he would have
signed documents "Theodore Roosevelt.
Vice President. Acting President" or
something equally ludicrous So that
In common justice when Colonel
Tneodore Roosevelt publishes revis-
ed edition of his works for the benefit
Of posterity he should revise his est
mate of John Tyler. So at least it
seems to me-
But if the fathers failed to bpstow Il
high sounding title on the president
the sultan OF Morocco has made
amends by thus addressing the present
occupant Of the executive mansion:
The beloved. the most cherished. the
exalted. the most gracious friend most
honored and excellent president of the re-
public of the United States of America.
who is the pillar of its great influence and
the director Of its most important affairs
the most celebrated prcserver of the ties
of true friendship. the faithful friend.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Most assuredly that leaves nothing
to be desired in the way of high and
titles and Is enough to make
Thomas jefferson turn over in his cof-
fin. Speaking of names for men and
things, il may he interesting" to state
that what was the "eXccutive man
sion" for century is now officially
1.-THE White House" made so by the
fiat of Theodore Roosevelt SO ways
the world
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
SliERIFF"S SALE.

No. Io,S49-In First Judicial District
Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana :
Louisiana Bank and Trust Company.
in Liquidation. W. w s. Ingram
BY virtue Of writ of heri facias, to
me issued in the above entitled and mum
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, at the principal front door
the City of Shreveport, La, during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, FEB. ?, 1907,
Lots y, - and that half OF "A lying next
to and adjoining lot - Of the f Car
ter subdivision Of the city of Shreveport,
La, as per map recorded in conveyance
book No. ?, page 7Q8, Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified i'll the said writ in he
sum Of $4,000 with 8 per cent per an
mum interest OH onc-third OF said amount
from January 81, 1906, on one-thrd from
February %, 1905, and on one-third from
March 81, 1000, until paid, and 10 per
cent OF the principal and interest as at
torney fees, and the further sum OF
$4,000 with 3 per cent per annum
thereon from August 70, 1905, and all
,oA OF this suit, including 10 per cent on
said sum and interest as attorneys fees
s. Y. ALEXANDER,
Coroner and Acting Sheriff.
Caucasian Jan. I, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
I. F,iBELL, Judge.
SHERIFFS SAIL.

No. lo,o34-ln First judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish Louisiana
HE Victoria Lumber Company Linn
tied vs.. John Arthur.
BY virtue Of Il writ of seizure and sale,
10 me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit. by she Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana. have seized and will offer
for sale, at public auction. for cash. with
ont the benefit Of appraisement, at the
principal front door o fthc court house
of Cadlo Parish. in the City of Shrcvc-
port, La, during the legal hours for
sales. on
SATURDAY. MARCH ,, 1907,
Lots No, twenty-one t2D and twenty
two t22) of block A of tcn-acre lot No.
thlrty-tive (35) 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
1fsy the debt specified in the said writ
III the sum of eight thousand five hun
dred dollars with 8 per cent per annum
interest on three thousand t$3ooooo)
dollars from June 4, 1904, and like inter
est oil fifty five hundred ($5, 5oooo) dol
lars from August 10, 1904, and all cost
OF suit, including five per cent on asid
sum and lntcrcts as attorneys fees.
s. Y. ALEXANDER,
Coroner and Acting Sheriff OF Caddo
Parish. Louisiana.
Caucasian. Jan 8. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
SfJERIEFS SAFE
Caucasian, Jan, 3, 1907,

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me i,snad IN ,hn "' ,l 81 "s,' Iae,as, to
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

city OF Shreveport, Louisiana, in the
presence of the attesting witnesses. OF
this the 18th day of December 1906
H, ]. LENOIR.
a. K. THOMPSON.
w A. THOMPSON,
JESSE H. DOLPH.
Witnesses:
d. T. HOLLIS.
CHARLES l.. GAINES.
f A. LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Oficia 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 Is. 1906
J. NJ. FOSTER.
District Attorney
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Deem
Der p. 1906,
+, A. LEONARD,
Clerk and cx-Ofticio Recorder.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
hereby certify that the above and fore
gong is true and correct copy Of the
original act, as the same now appear on
HE and Of record in my office
Given under my hand and seal of of
ace, this 22nd day OF December 1906.
f y LEONARD,
Clerk and ex-Ofhcio Recorder.
Dec Is. 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
SHERIFF'S SALE
No. Io,ooI-ln First Judicial Dis,r;r,
Court OF Caddo Parish Louisiana

NO. Io,ooI-ln First Judicial Dis,r;r.
Court Of Caddo Parish. Louisiana, :.
Mrs, Mabel A. Norwood ct ais :.
+. VI. Curric.
By virtue OF a writ OF seizure ana
% me issued III the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable E;.,.
Judicial District Court Of Caddo PIX
Louisiana, | have seized and will Offer
tor sale, at public auction, for cash -.
cordmg to law, without the benefit ~
appraisemcnt, at the principal front door
OF the court house of Caddo Parish, in
the City of Shreveport, Louisiana d,t
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, FEB. o, roh
Lots 81, 80, "a in tcn-acrc LOT O os n.
Allendale subdivision of the C;,v =
Shreveport Louisiana, together with i,
buildings and improvements thereon f
SAID property seized as belonging tx
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in the said writ in the
sum of three thousand dollars with e;ab.
per cent per annum interest from NJ.
fember IL, 1895. until paid. and all cost
If suit, including FIVE per cent on said
sum and interest as attorneys fees.
5. Y. ALEXANDER
coroner and Acting Shriff, Caddo Par.
ish, Louisiana.
CaIcaslan Iat, 2 1oo-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
SUCCESSION SALE

No. Io,28I-In First Judicial District
Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
Succession Of William and Patsy
Hill.
BY virtue of a commission to sell, to
me issued in the above entitled and nurn-
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 i
SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1907,
Lots seven and eight as per map Of lot
No. one Of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter IT section thirty five,
township eight, range fourteen, Cutliff
subdivision II the City Of Shreveport,
Louisiana The said sale to be made
for cash, according to iaw. for the pur-
pose ii paying debts Of the said sue
ccs,ion.
s. Y. ALEXANDER,
Coroner and Acting Sheriff and ex-Of-
fcio Auctioncer Caddo Parish, La.
Caucasian, Jan, 8, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

resentafive in congress and
Wv mayor Of Cleveland. was de
feated for governor of Ohio
soHAe years ago by an overwhelming
majority his enemies declared with
Ehoulish glee that at last he was done
fer They counted him as dead one"
Tor sure. But there were some men
who did not believe any such stuff.
for the all sufficient reason that they
are acquainted with Tom Johnson
know his splendid capacity. comprc-
bend his patriotic purposes and admire
bis nnquailing courage. So they be
lieved that he would rise again. ana
they were correct. Since his defeat for
governor he has been reelected mayor
has won great victory in the courts
In favor of his plan for three cent
fare on street ears. and the last news
from Buckeyedom is that he will again
run for governor simply to accomplish
certain reforms which he deems int
pertant. Having accomplished these.
so the dispatches say. he purposes to
resign the govern0rShip and return t"
the mayoralty. for which he has Il
most decided penchant and ability of It
high order. Men who cannot under.
stand how anybody can he completely
welded to an idea are dumfounded
by such a programme. Tom and the
great city of Cleveland appear to un
derstand each other thoroughly and as
its candidate for MAYOR he is inyinci
bic. Even when Senator Marcus 4
Hanna was i'll his palmy days and was
carrying Republican Ohio around it
his vest pocket he could not Dust Ton
from the mayors chair. From that
coign of vantage he defied senator
Hanna to do his worst. \ year OF two
ago he published a letter OF interview
in which he stated that it seemed t.
him that the proper subject for lis |
political endeaVor was municipal II" |
form and to that he appears to have |
dedicated ms talents and his energies. |
His success has caused Cleveland to |
be regarded as the best governed city |
In the world. So his old congressional |
confreres wish him happiness. pros
perity and length of days.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
So g 50 50 50 50 80 50

lean author now living. that illustrious
| nature is strong, and we all have Il
| heap of II In u.s. and apologize for
the wholesale abuse OF the south and
west? VIII they state to an expectant
world the bald truth that southern and
western people and Iowa people are
quite likely to act in much the same
way under equal provocation? That's
what they ought to say. but that's pre-
cisely what they will not say. They
will probably keep somewhat mum
about this Hawkeye lynching and
make amends by an unusual outburst
of Indignation when The next one Oc-
ours in the south or far west. From
the press reports touching this Iowa
lynching at Charles City it seems that
four or five preachers. several women
ana most Of the prominent citizens at
tended this strenuous function. some
AS active participators. while the rest.
after the manner of Saul of Tarsus at
the Stonng of stephen. 'stood by. con
Scnting There was something like
thousand of them in that mob 1t is
said there was no effort on the part of
the lyncherS to disguise themselves
They battered down the jail doors. ter
roriZed the sheriff and did the usual
things done by mobs bent on lynchin"
a prisoner. They gave the poor devil
a chance to pray-which is, / believe
usual in such cases-and then strung
him up on a bridge. Really. that is
the usual caper-where n bridge is
handy.
1t will he remembered that not lone
since President Roosevelt. on the al
vice Of my friend Representative Ad-
amson of Georgia gave a Georgia ShpI-
If good fat office because he had |
conrageousIy fought a mob to protect Il
poor negro prisoner. hut The president |
Will have no cause to reward Mr. Shpr- |
if Schermerhorn of Charles City. la.
for his valor and Mr.. Andrew Calnc- |
gle will hardly decorate him with |
hero's medal Speaking of Georgia. II |
is apropos to state that recently a
white preacher in Georgia was cxccut- |
ed by the sheriff after fair trial and |
an affirmation of his conviction by the
supreme court for as brutal double
muMder as ever took place in America.
The Georsians did not lynch him, but
let the law take its course The citi
zens Of Charles City. Ia. however.
'ould not wait for the slow processes
If the law upon their double murderer.
They worked him off themselves
Some good Republican brother IN
North who is in favor of reforming cv-
.rybody hut himself ought to carry to
President Roosevelt the news of this
iagrant case at Charles City. Ia Per
laps he might be induced to send in a
pecial message on the subiect-at
east to give 1t ssn entire paragraph In
his next annual message. am GER
ain that it would be interesting to oh
erve the countenances of the northern
ontingent while the clerk was reading
RoOseveltian lecture to the Hawk
yes on the ethics of lynching.
Be 1t understood that | am not dc
ending lynching. | am trying 10 Jog
be public memory to the fact that hn-
1an nature Is much the same i'm Iowa
$ in Louisiana and that lynclliny
Fiil occur occasionally even in the hest !
egulated Republican communities. 1t
as been so from the beginning of
ime. and it will be SO to the end
1.-THE laws delay" is the
aason.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27
SUCCESSION SALE.
Caucasian, Jan. y. 1000. -

No. lo,447-in First Judicial District
Court OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
Succession Of F. NJ Fortson
BY virtue Of a commission to sell, to
me issued Ill the above entitled and
numbered succession, | asig8 offer for
sale at the principal front door of the
court house OF Caddo parish, in the city
of Shreveport Lac during the legal
hours for sales. ON
SATURDAY,, FEB 10, 1907,
the following described property belong
ing to the said succession, situated in
Caddo parish, La, to-wit: The east half
of the northeast quarter of section
twenty-five (22) township sixteen (I6)
north range sixteen (16) west, contain
ing eighty acres. The southeast quarter
OF the southeast quarter Of section If
teen G5) township sixteen 90 north
range sixteen west, containing forty
acres. The northwest quarter Of section
fourteen G4) township sixteen (T6)
north range sixteen, west, less fifty (sol
acres on the west side Of said quarter,
and also less sixteen acres in southeast
corner of said section. containing about
one hundred acres.
he said property to be sold at public
auction for cash according to law. for
the purpose Of paying the debts OF the
said S11rressi,u
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

Three more members of the house
have just been translated to the senate
Kansas and William Alden Smith of
Michigan. These are all Republicans.
and only one. Dixon. succeeds Demo
crat, William A. Clark. one of the rich
est men in America. All three are
bright young men. Curtis and Dixon
being plain sensible speakers and hard
workers. while William Alden Smith is
an orator of great fervor aud power.
The good wishes of the house will fol-
low them to the senate.