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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
GRABBED PURSE; CUT
WOMAN ACROSS WRIST
CONSCIOUS WITH
HOLE IN HIS BRAIN.
Case of Young Tyree, Who Tried
to End Life, Regarded as
Remarkable.

Still conscious and rational, with a
bullet wound IN his brain, as the re-
h bjs o@ ol ;fs deliberate 6sn attempt TO take
East Marshall Street. lies at the Me-
mortal Hospital in critical condition.
covered with blood. he was found in
a semi en-, conscious state In the basement
seal Works, No; 10 North Twelfth
Street, shortly after that office opened
Yesterday morning. The city ambu-
lance ia1,s was hastily summoned. and the
injured man was taken to the City
Home IN charge of Dr. Strole. The bull
let which entered over the left eye and
lodged in the brain. was removed yes
terday morning after most critical
operation.
:, Siomewnat TO the surprise of the ply
ness after the. operation. and was able
70 70 discuss MS attempted suicide. He
stead1iy refused, however, to give any
reason Tor the act. Later In the day
he was removed to the Memorial Hos
pital, where the physicians are quite
hopeful of his recovery.
Found Him in Basement.
Mr.. Harry Reinhard.. proprietor Of
$50 O'Clock Yesterday morning. find.
ing the place still unopened. although
" was MI. Tyres custom to be there
at pa, 80 a N. The office boy Waddey
4 moment later he ran upon Mr.. Tyree
himself In the basement, lyirg on a
pile OF excelsior. with a cloth over his
face. gaspng. and bleeding profusely
Mr. Tyree is said to have left home
In, the morning in his usual frame Of
mind. Mr.: Relnhard gives the young
man a high character.
Mr. Tyree's wife. living at No. us
East Marshall Street. said that their
domestic life had been harmonious Shi
couid assign no cause for the act.
Mr. Tyree Is the eldest son OF Mr..
Andrew Tyree, and is about thirty two
years OF age.
Several years ago he married the
daughter OF Mr.. c. y. Farmer OF Pine
Street. They have no children.
Remarkable Case.
AT the Memorial Hospital late last
night. the injured mans condition was
rt,orted to be still quite critical. He
Is under the care of DR.. W. Armstead
Gills and DR.. Murat Willis. DR.. ellis
said last night that for man so Sc
rionsiy wounded with bullet having
pierced his brain. II was truly remark.
able that he retained consciousness,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
GOT LADY's SCARF

Finder VIII Not Return 1t; Warrant
lIny he Issued.
Detective Headquarters has been
notified of the loss of lady's scarf
of squirrel fur. which was left In the
gallery at the Academy Of Music OH
December 18th. The police claim TO
have information as to who picked It
up. but have been reluctant so far to
make an arrest. a warrant Will prob
ably be sworn out to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
CnNc Continued.

The case Of Hobson Meade. colored.
charged with the murder OF Margaret
Drew. was called In the Police Court
yesterday and continued to December
2Sth to allow The police to work up the
case. The alleged crime was commit
ted April Sth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
DEATH

In cases where Inflammation Ia
the cause, and cold or Group
or pneumonia is inflammation,
can be nverted by using COM
ANS PNEUMONIA CURE. The
worlds great external remedy.
All druggists, Buy to-day and
be prepared. Group comes In the
might and Death often comes
with Group.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20

state Convention, n. NJ e. a,
Mems Christian Association will be held
in Lynchburg on February Goth to the
ed. 1905. State Secretary Coulter Is
arranging the details OF the meeting
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
To Leave for China.

Miss Annie Vaughan Wilson. daugh.
the city on December eth for her
field Of work In China. a farewell SER
vice will be rendered to her at the
Church of the Covenant on Sunday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
Cantain Wise better

OupsoS" sSssS ASSstS''
Captain George D. Wise, who has
,heen sick for some time at the William
BYRD Hospital. was somewhat Improved
last night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
Laws for Virginia.

In the long run. he said. the effec-
tiveness Of the law depends upon the
of the community as whole
far more than upon the parent and the
employer, acting together. The sched-
ule OF laws to be worked for in vir-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
Remarkable Cnse

Several years ago he married the
daughter OF Mr.. c.. y. Farmer. Of Pine
street. They have no children.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
WAGES TWICE AS MUCH
American Printers Get Greater
Pay Than Foreigners.
TWO IMPORTANT REPORTS
Secretary Treasurer Brentwood and the
President James NJ, Lynch, Submit
to international Typographical Union
Interesting Documents.

Hot Springs, Aug 15--According to
the annual report of Secretary Bran
wood submitted to the fifty-third an
nual session of the International Typo
graphical union, in session here, the
total membership of the union is AZ
48S. OF the affiliated unions. the Ger
man-Americans have 924 members. the
mailers> 1.056 members and the news
paper writer's 46 members. The re-
ceipts from per capita tax for the year
were $177.S96.95 and from assessments
81 .571 .494.S9. Benefits drawn from the
strike fund during the year amounted
to 81 ,407,719. The total receipts for
the year were 1904. 950.56. as against
$1,038.733. last year, and the total ex-
penditures $1.642,44194. as against
1884, 744.54 in 1906.
A wide range of activities are GOV.
cred in the annual report of President
James III. Lynch. Chief of these is the
fight for the eight-hour day. which has
been successfully waged by the print
ers Of the country during the last few
years. THE strike roll has been re-
duced to comparatively inconsequential
proportions In all but few Cities"
says President Lynch In these CEN
tiers of agitation and trouble, such as
Philadelphia. Buffalo, Detroit, st. Paul
and Louisville, we are still stubbornly
opposed by employers conducting what
are to us unfair offices, and we are Just
as stubbornly contesting for the recog-
milton OF the eight-hour days'
AS an evidence of the prosperity now
obtaining among the prifefs Of the
United States and Canada, statistics
have been presented to the convention
showing that the average wage per
hour is over twice as much as Is re-
ceived by European printers. Accord
Ing to these figures. the average wage
In this country Is As cents. in Great
Britain Is cents. in Germany IA cents
and In France 10 cents per hour
On the second day it was stated that
the total number of delegates and visit
ing typos and their ladies was 1900.
1t Is announced that the fight on
the Los Angeles Times, admittedly the
foremost opponent of union labor in
the west, will be continued with great
Or earnestness than ever before. Dur.
Ing the last year Los Angeles union
has received $500 for use in this
struggle.
Efforts to stamp out tuberculosis
among printers will be continued as
In the past by means of the Home for
Onion Printers at Colorado Springs,
where hundreds of sufferers of the
white plague" have been cared for
and many restored to health.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
TATTCOsC0VT'S EARS.
This to Be Done BY Board Q
Kansas CITY.

Kansas City. Aug. IL 'i'wp COWS o!
the West Side will have trttoued eara
If the plan of Dr.. r. J. yta, secretary
Of the beard Of health. i followed DR.
Lntz says his iGea j; not to n,a%e the
cows mere beau, iiul hut TO maj then
so that the board may know the ones
that have been inspected.
The West Side dairy and milk ord
nance provides for an inspection of al
cows. The plan of DR. Lutz is tc have
the beard OF health purchase a number
of small stamping machines. and with
these make tattoo marks inside the eai
of each cow that has been inSpet ted
The machines are to stamp the name
Of the veterinarian and the date OF in
spection. If the animal is condemned
different stamp Is to be used
Il have ordered the stamps" said
DR.. Lutz. THE board will issue them
and there is to be no chance for fraud
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
sANDERsITEs WINCING.

The Sandersites are bowling over the
welcome greeting accorded Mr.. Wilkin-
son in Franklin, in St Mary parish, the
home Of Candidate for Governor San
ders. The popularity of Mr.. Wilkinson
as indicated by the outpouring of the peo-
pie IS naturally CALLING and makes the
Sandersites vince. In their dismay some
Of the Sanders organs would have it ap-
pear that this gathering of the sovereigns
Of St Mary was a Republican affair,
and to support this SANDER cite as being
present Oneal, Caffery, Pharr, Saint and
other Lily Whites oil the Republican fac
ton. Fortunately tae intelligent people
viii not Be misled. The cry of wolf is
an old familiar sound, but is not terri
tying; nor is there danger of the State
hein Africanized; nor is white suprem-
acy endangered. but it would be inter-
esting to know how many good, thor
oushbred Nationa, Republicans, So
called. and other Republicans, not quail
hed. who are listed silently in the can
vass Of Candidate Sanders.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
IMMENSE MORTGAGE.
it Covers a Bond Issue Of Nearly One
Million Dollars.


Tuscumbia, Ala. Aug. 15.-One OF
the biggest mortgages, perhaps the
largest, ever decorded in Colbert coun.
ty was filed for record in the probate
office In this city. It Is executed by
the Cypress Lumber company OF Gin
cinnati to the Covington Savings Bank
and Trust company, as trustee. of Gov
ington. KY, to secure a $975,000 bond
Issue, and covers several thousand
acres of land In Morehouse parish, La.
lumber and timber lands. stocks. etc,
In other states. of which amount it is
appropriated that 100000 is situated
In several COUPLES In Alabama In
Guiding the plant of the Tuthill & Pat
tison company of Sheffield. which has
been absorbed by the Cypress Lumber
and Veneer company. Before the mort
gage was filed privilege tax of
$1,462.5O, or Is cents per 800. on the
face of the mortgage. as provided by
the Alabama statutes, had to be depos-
tied with the probate Judge of Colbert
county. Within thirty days, however,
the parties filing the instrument can
petition the state beard Of compromise
for refund of that portion of the tax
which does not cover the property de-
scribed, except in Alabama.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK
OF The Shreveport Mutual Building
Association.
August I, 1907.

Shreveport, La, June I, Ioo7.--Pnl
suant to notice, dated April If, 1907, a
copy of which is hereto annexed, and
which has been published in the Shrevc
port Times for more than thirty days,
and printed copy of which note: has
been mailed, postpaid, addressed to
each stakeholder, at his usual place Of
| residence, more than forty days pricr to
this date, a meeting of the stockholicrs
of the Shreveport Mutual Building AS
ISOLATION was this day held, at its office,
No. 222 Milan street, Shreveport, Louis
lana, at 8 o'clock pm, at which meet :
ing FIVE hundred and seventy-three
(573) stockholders were present in per-
son or by proxy, said stockholders own
ling and holding nnety-three hundred
and ninety-five (o3o5) shares of the
stock of said association, Of the par
value of one million eight hundred and
fifty eight thousand ($I,858ooooo) dol
lars, said amount of stock being more
than two-thirds of the total amount OF
the capital stock of said association, said
total capital stock being thirteen thous-
and nine hundred thirty-hve G3o35)
shares, of the par value of two million
seven hundred and fifty -eight thousand
dollars (S2,758,ooooo), and owned and
held by I,oIo stockholders.
Whereupon, said meeting was organ
lied by the election by said stockholders
of M. ]. Goldsmith, a stakeholder, as
chairman, and George W. Stone, stock
holder, as secretary of said rAeeting.
The following resolution was then
read to the meeting, when it was moved
and seconded that it be adopted and.
the question being put to vote, it was
adopted by unanimous vote, viz:
Resolved, That the capital stock of
this association is hereby increased from
two million FIVE hundred thousand dol
lars ($2,5ooooooo) to FIVE million dol
lars ($s,oooooo divided into twenty-five
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
WHY SHE CHANGED.
Woman Was Tired of Working For Her
former Husband

Bel'eville. LII, Aug 15.-News has
been received here that George X.
Thomas. formerly county clerk and
Angelina Reichert. divorced wife Of
August Barthol. a prominent attorney
here had secured a license to wed in
Dayton. o.
Mr. Thomas left Belleville several
days ago. Before leaving Miss Reichert
told her former husband. for whom
she had been keeping house ever since
she obtained divorce from him five
years ago, that she was tired of work
Ing. and proposed to marry again.
After she had obtained a decree of
divorce from Barthol in 1902 she made
proposition to Barthol which he
readily accepted. He needed some one
to look after his home she said. and
she didn't see why he should not en-
ploy her instead Of strange house
keeper. who would have to learn his
ways. So for five years she was an
employe in the household where she
was previously mistress
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
SERIOUS CUTTING,
Matter Was the Outcome Of BAD Feel
ing Of Long Standing.

Milan, Tenn, Aug 15.-As result
OF serious cutting affair which hap.
pened three miles south of Milan be-
tween two farmers, Albert Schulz and
Louis Oliver. the former is lying at
the point of death with several knife
wounds inflicted upon him by Oliver
about the abdomen.
Bad blood has existed between the
two men for some time past, and when
they met at neighbours house-name-
ly. Sam Weaver-they again renewed
their trouble, and Immediately Schulz
picked up heavy monkey wrench and
made for Oliver. backed up by his wife
and daughter, who were armed with
chairs. At the time Oliver had his
knife in his hand, and when he saw
the predicament he was in he began to
use it with terrible effect The first
cut laid Schultz's stomach open, with
the intestines protruding. Schultz
also received wound in one lung and
In many other minor places Friends
interceded. but were too late to save
Schultz, who Is expected to die. Oliver
is still at large.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
TEXAS TAXABLE VALUES.
Phenomenal Increase 10 Shown
For Twelve Months.

Austin. Aug 15.-Following are the
figures Of the taxable values of Texas
for 1907:
Taxable values. 1907. $1,57s,65s,611.
Taxable values, 1906. s1.221, 159s6s.
Increase. for 1907, s35s,49s. TAP,
Advalorem tax due on 1907 valuation
at 16 2-3 cents on the 500, s2,653s76.
Ad valorem tax due on 1907 valuation
at IL IL cents on the 500. s1,s74574.
State school tax at 20 cents on the
500. s3159,319.
At this rate Texas will ere long be
a two billtondolar state
In explanation of the totals given it
might be stated that all but twenty
eight counties have made up their tax
able values. The increase in the other
23S counties Is a little more than 32.2
per cent over last year. and applying
the percentage increase to the out
standing twenty eight counties the ia
tails are found as above given. The %
per cent will be easily sustained in the
other counties. as four Of them are
somewhat large. and will average more
than that.
The 23S counties which have ascer
tanned their assessed value this year
show total of $l,394.395 .065. which is
an increase over the total for all of the
counties of the entire state last year
of s17S.235.196. as the grand total of
taxable values for 1906 was Sl.22l. 159-
500. In addition to the first named
figures the counties not reporting.
twenty eight In number. had an as
sessed value last year of s150.377 .O67.
To this is added an approximate in
crease of 1922 per cent. but the entire
$50, 100000 can be added. even If there
was no increase. but which there will
be. This is remarkab BILE showing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
LIST FURNISHED.
Burdens Of Clerks Have Been
Materially Added To.

Austin. Aug. 1a.-Secretary of State
Dashieli furnished the comptrollers de
partment with a list of the county. dis
trict and state officials who have talk
en- out their commissions and from
now on any of these officials who have
not taken out their commissions will
be unable to draw warrants from the
comptroller's department. and the state
treasurer is enjoined from paying any
such warrants. even were the comp
troller disposed to issue them This
is In accordance with one of the new
laws of the Thirtieth legislature
This new requirement from the
comptroller's department." said Comp
troller Stephens. in discussing the mat :
ter will add materially to the burdens
of the clerks in the department. and
cause confusion. l think this law Is
almost unreasonable. and will entail
endless work for the force"
Continuing. the comptroller declared
that suppose an obscure county official
sends in his account and requests that
q warrant be issued to him Before
this can be done. an inspection of
list Of probably 10000 names will have
to be gone over. and then it is found
that this particular officer has not only
failed to take out his commission. but
he knows nothing about any law which
requires him to do 50. This will ne
cessitate writing a letter to such Of
ficer. and advising him Of the law and
Its requirements.
The comptroller also anticipates con-
siderable trouble and extra work when
the anti-nepotism law goes into effect
This law goes into effect on Sept /:
that is. all persons working for the
state. and who will draw their salaries
under appropriations made by the gen
eral appropriation bill. while as far as
county officials are concerned the law
has been SO construed as not to apply
to the present administration The
comptroller. before he approves Il war
rant that calls for an appropriation
must be certain that the person in
whose favor the warrant is being is
sued Is not In any way related to the
head of such department or institution
In the state
1t is expected that it will take some
time before the department gets in good
working order under these new laws
passed by the Thirtieth Legislature.
The new liquor law has also caused
additional burdens for the comptrolers
department.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
EOUALIZING ASSESSMENTS.

The Homer Guardian Journal says
1.-The secretary of the State Board OF
Equalization has compiled some rather
interesting information i'll regard to the
average assessed value of livestock in
the various parishes. The average as
sessed alue of mules, for instance. i'll ST.
Landry parish is only $500 while in
Plaauemines it is $1,000. The average
value of horses in Lafourche parish is
only $1,000, while it is $5I.25 i'll East
Baton Rouge. The average assessed
value of cattle runs from $500 in the
majority of the parishes to $25.oo in
Orleans. The average assessed value of
mules in Claiborne is $500, horses
$5ooo cattle $500"
This statement by the Guardian Jour
nal is an emphasis of the fact that the
equalization, of which much has been
said officially, is "a delusion and a
snare In the parishes where the as
SCISSORS are governed by the dictates of
duty and their oath of office con-
form as strictly Is possible ID tie
requirements of the law, their val
nations lead to just apprcxima
ton of values upon which the tax must
be paid, while in parishes where the law
is construed with laxity the valuations
are permitted to remain unchanged or
are barely advanced, which is unreason-
able and unfair, notably the difference in
the value of mules in St. Landry and
Plaquemines. 1t may now be in order
for the Sandersites to jump on Wilkin-
son, candidate for Governor, for this
condition of injustice and unfairness in
the equalization of values for taxation.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
A CRISIS FORECAsTED.

II is not long since that conservatives
and successful financies have warned the
country against a crisis which may be
developed when least anticipated With
speculative and get-rich-quick ventures
when the few control and manipulate
the finances to their own greed and ends,
clash would not be surprising. With
no intent at this time to engage in dis
cussion Of the financial question, it may
be said that system which is affected,
apparently, BY the least upheaval or dis
content arising through friction of capi-
tai and labor. is not substantial.
Il has been announced that money is
scarce and that banks are Tightening
their grip on their reserves. Capital is
always tiinid, il is true, but pertinent
query is why is money scarce and what
has become Of the money? Is it tied
up. BY whom and why?
At any rate, if there should be expe-
rienced financial crisis, the South
could stand the shock with greater COM
posure than the North and West. Dur
ing the crisis cotton would decline, un-
der adverse circumstances, but cotton.
IS gold, would command the price
which would be dictated by the demand
and the supply visible. 1t is already
manifest that this years crop is much
shorter than prognosticated, and there
fore the price must rule niger rather
than lower. The South. therefore, should
not worry, unnecessarily, over finan-
cial crisis, which, while it would last,
would lead to some embarrassments, but
from such a calamity the South would
emerge triumphant.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
WAR ON WEEVilS.
Pests Are Disappearing at Rapid Rate
In Red River County.

Clarksville. Tex. Aug. 15.-Since the
Inauguration of the boil weeevil exter-
mination contest in this county farmers
report the pest rapidly disappearing
Several farmers state that their crops
were never more promising. and that
they feel confident of one of the largest
yields in the history of the county
Heavy damage is being done to the
crops belonging to certain OF their
neighbors who have aiken no interest
In the movement Of picking and de-
stroying the skuare and blowing the
cotton constantly Fortunately. there
Is but little opposition to the movement,
practically none whatever in the long
staple belts. and genuine bmper crop
Is expected by the most conservative
planters. Since the bolls infected by
the worms have been gathered no dam
age Is resulting from tlAt source.
The weekly prizes viii be continued
for two weeks longer. and by that
time. ii Is safe to predict. that abso-
lotely no trace of either worms or
weevil can be found in the county
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
NOTICE.

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Dixon Oil and Pipe Line Company is
hereby called to meet at the office OF
Hunter Brothers in Shreveport on the
18th day of August 1907 at 10 O'Clock
am. to consider the matter of reconvey-
ing the land of the company to the ven
dor for the unpaid purchase price, and
transact such other business as may
come before the meeting
S. S. HUNTER, President
August I, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-15
TAKE HIGH RANK.
Texas Banks Occupies Good Position In
Financial World.

Washington, Aug. l5.-The bank re-
port of the controller of the currency
Tor the month of July shows that there
are at present 1884 national banks In
the state of Texas with an aggregate
capital of $17,256, 900.
Or that number $50 are banks of less
than $4,000 capital. showing an ag.
gregate capital OF $7.2G0,000, and ia
are institutions with capital of $50,
600 or more, which have an aggregate
capital of $10,000.000.
Considering the number of organized
national banks. Texas is first on the
list with 1884. Pennsylvania second
with 345. and Illinois third with 2O2.
In total aggregate capital Pennsylva.
MIA ranks first, with $25, 437 900: Texas
second, with 17,256,00O, and New
York third with $14,712,5OO.