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Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-08

An o1d accident happened on" tim"
wh,r ,iIr Cincinnati team was piaylns;
nn tNhiI,iii ~ game At Wilmington, -,
H." town which tharli" Murphy recent
" lnut'" famous. The game was plny"l
on tn" fair grounds, and 'hc back
stretch of the half-mil" track WAS cut
through Il clay bill. During the gam"
Bug InIlidaV raped y long drive to
right. ana il went over the bank Hnh
disappeared duWn til" cut. Bug n;tit
4 homo run. The next batter stepped
M. tn. pitcher pitched and then thrrc
WAS y c"nIinrti ,n--thc rghtfcl'lcr had
Disappeared. II" was found on tn.
track. with AL the wind knocked ont If
him V hcp he ran over the cd"" OF the
hiSn i,,tnl. in pursuit of Holidays hit.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-08

tn" BIGGEST c.rn" vest Of I'niv.rSitv
of Minnesota this year will lie h,tv,.,.u
\"ihH*ka and st. Louis University. st
Louis took tn" championship from Ne
hl">kH last wear. tn" latter having held
II hV" CorSV, utiVr Years
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-08

An injury to one Of his legs will keep
Arthur Cote out of the ring for Soine
r,cnths He is using crutches.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-08

Watch for the transparencies of Arso
Red Salmon in your Erocer's window.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-08

A.; compared 10 fontbail la ;chall il,
a harmless game. Few of tn" PLAYERS
suffer serious injuries and tins Is Il
wonder, because on Il conservative
estimate there arc 100 games played III
this country cy.ly day during the sea-
son, Ind in nearly every game one "i'
two pla ayers; have narrow escapes or
receive slight injuries.
1t would seem that baseball players
urt lucky. for there are many cases Of
broken fingers. spike wounds. bruises
frcm hattcd balls; ana pitched balls.
and hard rHl's on the head, lut the
W"hH,'r is that There are not more Scri-
Gus injuries. Flood poisoning from
L.. wounds where the colorcd stock
in:S are driven iltr the legs Of the
players is the most dreaded form of
accidrIIt.
There have been many odd accidents.
EoW.vt Jimmy Connor who was play
ing III ,nc Of the minor Eastern leagues
the last time I heard Of him. was
ruined for major league company by
~. accident that came near killing liin.
He was at bat when big Jack Taylor,
cf Plladclphii, sent up Il terrific in
>ilput. tunnor thought he had caught
tho SiGnll for Il fast curve, stepped in
and WaS dropped like Il log. the ban
striking him S1,Iarcly in the temple.
Tn" INJURY made him tnnd ut bat for
yc'.rS.
Ir. ii LAX" and Il big first haSeman
ran together on the Kansas City
grounds; i'll 1S9. while after Il foul fly.
Both n"n W"lt going 1T top speed and
smashed their faces and bodies to-
Gcth"r. both dropping unconscious to
he ground. Neither man ever fully
r"coVrr. Il from the collision. although
l"th played aftcrwafA The strange
trittIr, of the accident was that when
Lake was carried off the field unc"n-
scinu| and seemingly fatally hurt. the
bail still WAS clutchcd in his hand.
IluGEcy Jennings. the old Baltimore
star. had an odd accident in Washing
ton once. He WAS playing short and
went tearing across back of third af-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-08

ter i i'ul h:. II" & 'd '"rt5 W'r"
low HiH il"t'',"d il! f,..ul :" - triple
row "I Wrr;'. J, n!i';l:;-; IN :'''' = lid
running .iumll "it'r t.:r h'ii ia; - 1t
W;I:s fr'il.; rn'n it- hl"lci'.". "lth ne
%; il III one h;'n,.. ~ h,.I I"tr," in
Stin' lively a. ..t.'Ii /; ,".ii.-,iii Miti
the low fence. and he went between til"
wires and rtuIHin"d ,Usl'ndo d there.
kicking aud struggling, but Still mold
ing tho ball I,tHnn u few cuts and
scratches he escaped injury.
Perhaps the oGdrst accident that ever
L"pp"rtd ON the BAH field was ON the
l:nltl;Ii"r" @rulrt:S. The Uutticld fence
tlIrr" was built slant iI"-t hat j.. there
Was IN ul,i@ht tcnrr ANA inside that
was i platform SltntinG from I'll"
ground 10 III" top uf tn" f..ncc, n; an
angie # about % degrees Prnbably it
was in:"Hi"d t" l3ut seats there, but il
WAS used for signs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
BREviTiES PUNCHED.

All is quiet in the mill district of
Mexico
San Angelo, Tex, will soon have arc
electric street lights.
mastodon's tooth weighing 100
pounds was found at Kerrville, Tex.
United States Senator Simmons of
North Carolina will succeed himself.
Bank at Cans, |. T., was partially
blown open by burglars Citizens drove
them away.
Northern boundary line dispute he
tween Nicaragua and Honduras has
been settled
Hon. David r. Francis and party are
the recipients of numerous courtesies
at the City of Mexico.
j. w. Burton fell off a stalk eutter
near Glory. Lamar county. Texas. and
had a cash three inches long above a
heel.
Producers Oil company has brought
In another well on Pine island. enar
Caddo City. 1t flows thirty barrels per
hour.
A burning tree fell on Edmond Ste
phens five miles from Gainesville, Tex.
while he was asleep, infiicting proba-
bly, fatal injuries
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17

No. Io,28I-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. g. 1907,
Lots seven and eight as per map of lot
No. one of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section thirty-fve,
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-
6cio Auctioneer Caddo Parish, La.
Caucasian, Jan. 8, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
HEROIC ACT.
Mail Route, Agent Mcclellan Prevents
Disastrous Wreck.

Houston, Jan. ia delayed train
from the east on the Southern Pacific
railway arrived here Tuesday morning
after having had a narrow escape from
most disastrous wreck through the
GOODNESS of Mail Route Agent Walter
Mcclellan. 1t happened at Chacha-
houla, station near Schriever juno
ton. 1t was in swamp country,
where the track was elevated several
feet above the excavations on each
side. The train was making fast time
when the front part of the engine
jumped the rails. and when the train
had stopped it had reversed ends.
When the shock came Mcclellan
jumped instantly and jerked the safety
cord and applied the air, which stop
ped the train in few feet, and an.
other car left the track. The shock
to the passengers was terrific, but no
one was hurt. aSd, upon realizing what
they had escoped and how it was done.
go together and among themselves
raised a handsome purse and present
ed it to the route agent, with express
sions of their gratitude to him for his
quick action in preventing a disastrous
wreck.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
inaugural Ball One Of the Greatest
Ever Given at Austin.

Ever Given at Austin.
Austin, Jan. 1.-THE inaugural ball
Tuesday night was one of the greatest
ever given here. The attendance was
great and the costumes elegant. Gov.
Campbell wore a full dress suit Mrs.
Campbell was arrayed in a white satin
gown, Miss Campbell wore an import
ed lace robe of deep cream over white
taffeta and Miss Sammie Bell Camp
bell a blue radium silk trimmed in lace
and velvet, while Miss Maydelle Camp
bells dress was pale pink radium
embellished with lace and chiffon.
The scene presented was brilliant
one. more than 1900 incandescent
lights being used in the scheme of IL
Elimination, bringing out in bold relief
the floral and other decorations. A
striking design was an arch which ex-
tended across the hail over the speak
er's chair. In the center of this was
blazing star, and on either side the
inscription, worked out in electric
globes. Campbell, '07-09.' The great
chandeliers which hang from the cell
ing bore sheafs of lights, and the whole
effect was dazzling.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
PART ONLY RUINED.
Disaster of Kingston Not So Great as
at First Repo rted.

disaster OF Kingston Not So Great as
at First Repo rted.
New York, Jan. IA brief message
from Holland Bay. the cable station on
the Island of Jamaica, located forty
miles from Kingston. says the earth
quake disaster was not so great as at
first reported. Only portion of the
city was destroyed. About 800 per.
sons were injured
The fire, which started after the tre-
NOR, is said to have been brought un.
der control late Monday night.
The panic at Kingston was appa-
rently short lived. as 1t Is stated the
work of rescuing and caring for the
injured was soon under way. Many
persons, however. fled from the city
and took refuge in the surrounding
country, fearing recurrence OF
shocks.
An official dispatch received in the
colonial Office at London confirms the
reports that the destruction wrought
by the earthquake and fire was not so
widespread as first reports indicated.
This dispatch stated that while the
total number killed and wounded had
not been definitely ascertained, it was
apparently not very large The great
est number of casualties occurred in
the camp hospital, where forty negro
soldiers were killed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
Subscription Price $z.oo a year.
THE SHREVEPORT POLICEMAN.

The policemen of Shreveport, as other
men, have had their tribulations, Of
which they could tell some endless sto-
ries, but they have also experienced the
fullest exhilaration of all their sublime
felicities of life, but they are now in
the silent throes of lamentation
We have, in times past, seen a police
man diked in the splendor of new uni
form, walk to the bar, call for his re
freshment, wink at the always obliging
mixologist. and then walk out like a
gentleman. During our pilgrimage
through life we have seen the policemen
in all the stages and degrees of their
profession. We have seen him un-un-
formed or partly in uniform and some
times without full regulation uniform
in sort of negligee or a go-as-you-
please style. We have seen the police
men overwhelmed with the little vol
ufne of police regulations, through
which he is forbid to do almost any
thing, even to walking into saloon TO
take drink, or to stand near a saloon,
or go into a saloon, especially on Sun
day, and note who was therein but to
prohibit the policeman to smoke, gee
whiz what leap in the direction of re-
form with an r in box car lettrs. The
policemen should be regulated they
should be always the pride of the adj
ministration; they should always reflect
the greatest credit on the city; they
should be as well disciplined as the
fire department of Shreveport, and they
should do many things which is not ex-
pected of others; they should not go i'll
as dead heads" in place of amuse-
ment when not assigned to duty therein,
but should go in as any gentleman
whose garments may be of TN
even color and not up-to-date in
swallow tail style Indeed, the
policeman should, and if. he will not
conform TO the regulations in the book,
81 fo>the rV1rfets-alfhe proclamations of
the head of the City, officially, then the
policeman should quit and hunt for an
other job.
While we agree with all the mayor
has said of the police, we most respect
fully except at the prohibition of smok
ing The mayor may restrict the police
man from the saloon, to which no allu-
sion is made, however; he may insist
on working up police department to
FIJI his notions, but what sort of man
viii ever venture on the police force of
this great metropolis, the Queen City of
the Red River Valley, etc, if the police
man is prohibited from smoking on his
beat Why deny to the policemen this
source of silent enjoyment. Why, oh
why insist on cutting out the smoke?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
THE CITY HALL AND THE PUB
Lie PARK.

The property taxpayers of Shreve-
port, voting Tuesday in the special cleo
ton, have voted in number and in
amount; their endorsement of an issue
OF $7s.ooo bonds for the construction of
city hall, and 100000 for the issue of
bonds fora city park. The vote in num-
Der and in amount was lighter than an
ticipated, and this may be traced to the
complication or Misunderstanding aris-
ing over the statement that several
parks are to be established in the city
limits.
The citizens of Shreveport have been
clanering for years for a public park
and not parks, and to The Caucasian's
knowledge several of its friends hest
tated and declined to vote for the reason
that while they favored one park, they
are opposed to several parks being dis
tributed at various points, with the al
lotment of $4,000. Had there been no
misunderstanding the vote would have
been double what it is. What is wanted
by the people is park of not less than
one hundred acres. A park which is to
be park, where all classes of the peo
pie may recreate in the full enjoyment
which would be afforded by such a park
and which would be circumscribed in
parks of limited space.
To purchase desirable spot for such
a park is provided $4,000 anc there is
an additional $4,000 for the improve
ment Of such a park
A park IS not built in one day, and
as the people want park which is-to be
a park, the consideration OF more than
one park at this time would be a
wise policy which should now govern
for the greatest good to the greatest
number in the future.
In the success of this bond issue much
credit is due TO the ladies who favor a
park at which the people may IN time
congregate at pleasure, and be free from
all the strict convcntionalities winch
would be naturally imposed in parks OF
the size of the court house square or OF
larger dimensions Let all the people
unite their influence and their best ef-
forts for big park in location which
viii be accessible to all the people and
which win afford the best advantages
md facilities FOR such 4 park
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
FELT MANY MILES.
Not One House Safe Between Bull Bay
and Kingston.

London. Jan. 1.-THE contradictory
and scant character of news which
has reached London from Jamaica up
to noon Wednesday rendered 1t diff.
cult to estimate the extent of the ca.
lamity caused by the earthquake and
subsequent confiagration. Messages
received by various steamship and ca.
BILE companies. however, indicated that
earlier reports of the destruction OF
Kingston and great loss of life were
exaggerated. The disaster is still oil
a grave character. The ruin and desc
latton is said to stretch for miles out
side of the city OF Kingston. Shocks
were felt from fifty to sixty miles
away, and one dispatch from the TEN
porary cable station at Bull Bay says
not single house between there and
Kingston ii safe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. Io,84o-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Louisiana Bank and Trust Company,
in Liquidation, VS.. W. S. Ingram.
By virtue of writ of feri faclas, 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, at 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. 2, 1907,
Lots 72, 70 and that half of "a lying next
to and adjoining lot 70 of the T . E. Car
ter subdivision of the city of Shreveport,
La, as per map recorded in conveyance
book No. 2, page 1913, of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
The debt specified in the said writ in the
sum of $4,000 with 8 per cent per an
mum interest on one-third of said amount
from January 81, 1906, OH one-third from
February 28, 1906, and on one third from
March 81, 1900, until paid, and 10 per
cent of the principal and interest as at
fees, and the further sum of
81 $4,000 with per cent per annum
thereon from August 26, 1905, and all
cost 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?, 1907-01-17
FIGURES FAR APART.
United Fruit Company Is Advised
That Fatalities
REACH TO HUNDREDS
Another Cablegram Places Number
of Dead at Forty and Says All
We're Negro Soldiers In
Camp Hospital.

Boston, Jan. 1.-THE United Fruit
fompany of this city received cable
gram from Jamaica Wednesday stat
Ing that several hundred persons were
killed at Kingston. The message is as
follows:
The mercantile section of Kings
ton, including our office, was com
pletely destroyed by earthquake and
fire. Several hundred were killed
The steamer Dewey sailed from this
city for Jamaica Wednesday with a
miscellaneous cargo of freight The
Myrtle Bank hotel was destroyed and
also the cable office In the harbor
numbers were killed or wounded, but
the figures have not yet been ascer-
tanned. Lighter shocks continue"
A steamship and cable company
here, received belated messages dated
Monday via Holland Bay
A dispatch to the Royal Mail Steam
Packet company says: Kingston was
wrecked and most wharves and ware
houses burned, but our main wharf,
coal and cargo are safe. The Office is
wrecked. Constantine, superintendent
of the company, and Captain Young,
commander of the Areno, were killed"
The Areno is small steamer be-
longing to the Royal Mail Steam Pack
ct company, and 1t is presumed the SUI
perintendent were killed in the wreck
of the company's Office message to
the Royal Mail company simply says
Sir James Ferguson, who represented
the company at the agricultural cot
ton conference, is missing" and adds
that Governor Swettingham asked the
local representatives of the company
to sell provisions to those requiring
them.
Other cable dispatches from Kings
ton say offices of the Direct West In
dian Cable company were wrecked. but
no fatalities occurred. The Colonial
bank of Kingston was burned down.
The vaults, with the books and cash,
are safe and members of the staff es-
capped. Cable communication has been
restored within eight miles of King
ston. The latest information from
Kingston SAIL the fire was under con-
troll and the number of West Indian
soldiers killed In the camp hospital
were forty instead of thirty, as previ
ously reported
The colonial Office at London is be-
sieged with inquiries asking for news
of relatives or friends in Jamaica. but
the officials have nothing further to
for the present. except
officials of the colonial office have
every reason to believe fatalities
among the Europeans at Kingston
were light The colonial Office in
the government authorities in
Jamaica to take all necessary steps to
relieve distress among sufferers and
the admiralty ordered the cruiser
Brilliant, now at Bermuda, and the
cruiser Indefatigable, at present at
Trinidad, to proceed forthwith to ia
maica and assist in relief work They
both are vessels of $500 tons and their
combined crews number about $50
men, which will enable them to land
strong attachments for efficient duty
in the devastated city.
The United Fruit company also re-
ceived advices that the Myrtle Bank |
and Constantine Springs hotels had
been practically destroyed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
SHERIFFS SALE.
December IS. 1000.


No. Io,o34-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
The Victoria Lumber Company Lin
tied VS.. John Arthur.
By virtue of 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
ioor-of the court house of Caddo Par
ish in 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-acre lot No.
thirty-five $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
in the sum of eight thousand FIVE hun
lred dollars with 8 per cent per annum
interest on three thousand ($3,ooooo)
dollars from June 4. 1904 and like inter
est on fifty-fiye hundred ($5, 5oooo) dol
lars from August 70, 1904, 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?, 1907-01-17
AMENDED CHARTER


Of the Grand Opera House Com
pany.
AT meeting of the stockholders of
the Grand Opera House Company held
this the 5th day of January 1907, the
following stockholders were present, in
person and by proxy, representing the
number of shares opposite their names,
VIZ:
Estate of w. B. Jacobs, Mrs Fannie A
Jacobs. proxy, 862 ID 10 shares.
Mrs. Fannie A, JAG ;, in person
100 1910 shares
Mrs. P. L, Jacobs. w T. Crawford
proxy, 62o I4-I6 shares
Estate of Mrs. l. J. Alcocke, w. T.
Crawford, proxy, III 1916 shaers,
Mrs. W. T. Crawford, w T. Crawford,
proxy, IoI 1916 shares.
". I. Crawford in person 10 shaers
", F. Dillon in person so shares.
W. l.. Scovell in person u shares
W. J. Bayersdortfer in person 10 shares.
Making . total of 5000 shares
Upon motion of W. T. Crawford, duly
seconded, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted, to-wit:
Resolved, That Article V of the char
ter be amended SO as to read as follows
All of the corporate powers of said
corporation shall be vested in board of
directors composed of five stockholders,
which shall be elected annually on the
first Saturday in January"
Also that Article VI be amended so
as to read as follows: THE directors
shall be elected by the stockholders, each
share of stock shall be entitled to one
vote, cast by its owner in person or by
proxy; that a majority of votes SO cast
shall elect Three directors shall con-
stitute quorum. The board of directors
may appoint a general manager with
power to appoint and employ from time
to time clerks, agents or other employees
as may be deemed necessary for the
business ofNthe corporation, and to dis
charge the same at pleasure, and with
such other power of administration as
the said board may deem proper to con-
fer. The board of directors may make
all such bylaws and regulations for the
management of the business of the cor
poration as they may deem necessary,
and amend and alter the same; shall
have the power to contract debts, Dor
row, loan or invest money, issue bills of
exchange, bonds, notes, acceptances, ex
ecute mortgages, pledges, sales, make
compromises and generally to do ali
things incident to the objects and pur-
poses of said corporation"
| hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy on minutes Of
the meeting
S. N KERLEY,
Secretary and Treasurer
Having examined the above and fore
going amendment to charter and finding
therein nothing contrary to law, ] ap-
prove the smme. This 9TH day of jan
uary A. D. 1907.
J. Nj. FOSTER.
District Attorney.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Janu-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
HAVE BEEN SENTENCED.
Forty Rurales Are Taking the Prison
ers to City of Mexico.

Ell Paso, Jan 1.-THE sentencing at
Chihuahua of Revolutionists Scaraba
and Canales to seven years and one
mouth, Vincente de la TORI to five
years and six months, Nemensio Ia
jedo to two years and six months and
thirteen others to two years is an
nounced. Forty rurales are taking the
prisoners to the City of Mexico.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-17
Will Demand More Paw,

Ell Paso, Jan. 17.-Three hundred To-
connective engineers on the Mexican
Cenral railroad and its branches Tues.
ga ydeclded to demand of the authori
ties an increase in wages sufficient to
bring their pay to the standard pay of
engineers in the United States.