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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
D|AbOL|CAL DEED DONE
Fish Plates and Bolts Connect.
ing Rails Removed.
CARS GO OVER TRESTLE.
Parties Who Committed the Outrage
GUS Act Carefully Planned the Work
and One Fatality and Twenty Two
Casualties Resulted.

Los Angeles, May 23-Train No. 20,
! Southern Pacific Coast liner. was
wrecked at West Glendale. ten miles
south of here, at 1890 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The wreck was the deliberate work
Of train wreckers. One man was kill
I'd, and twenty-five persons injured,
three probably fatally. In accomplish.
ing the wreck. deviIish ingenuity had
been exercised. At a point on the
trestle over Arroyo Seco fish plates
and bolts of two connecting rails on
the southbound track had been re-
moved, and In the apertures where
the bolts are strands of heavy wire
fastened at the end of each rail. From
the appearance of the track, after the
wreck, 1t Is evident some person,
hidden on the hillside close to the
trestle. pulled the wire as the train
approached. and spread the rails out
ward toward the edge of the trestle.
The train was three hours late. and
travelling at the rate Of between thirty
five and forty miles per hour. The
engine wheels were the first to leave
the rails and the engine took to the
ties. travelling nearly 100 yards before
1t was brought to a standstill. Tho
tender, diner, two Pullmans. buffet.
mail and baggage cars plunged over
the edge of the trestle falling dis
lance of sixteen feet. The buffet car.
express car and one of the Pullmans
turned completely upside down and
the others landed en- the sides. All
were badly crushed and splintered
The man killed was T. ]. Mcmahon
of Santa Barbara, member of the
Electrical Workers union His COM
uanion, Frank Neylor. fifteen-year
old boy. from Santa Barbara, Is
thought to be fatally injured.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
SUPPORT PLEDGED. I
Democratic Committee Chair
man Issues Statement.

! Washington, May ga statement
was issued by Secretary Charles A.
Edwards of the Democratic congress
sional committee pledging to Oklaho-
ma Democrats the hearty support of
the committee in the political fight in
the new state. The statement fol
lows.
1.-THE Democratic situation In what
Is the new state of Oklahoma Is emf
nently satisfactory, and | firmly be.
lieve we will win signal victory there
next August. | make this statement
after a conference with Hon. j. B.
Thompson. chairman of the Oklahoma
Democratic committee. Mr. Thomp
son is here for the purpose of consult
ing with the officers of the Democrat
lie committee and the national commit
tee concerning the campaign In Okla
homa He reports the Democrats there
In fine shape and determined to win
all along the line. | have assured Mr.
Thompson that his committee and the
Democrats of Oklahoma will have the
heartfest and most enthusiastic sup
port of both the congressional commit
tee and the national committee in their
fight to elect Democrats at the polls
as well as in their fight to have their
constitution approved.
Acting under instructions from
Chairman James Griggs. | have talk
ed lately with number of the leading
Democrats of the country, and they
will be active In this fight for Okla
homa. | have sent to the state com
mittee list of leading Democrats of
the house of representatives who have
agreed to take the stump in Oklaho.
ma, and to be In the thick of the
fight from start to finish Every man
who believes In justice believes that
the constitution lately framed by the
Oklahoma convention ought and wilL
be approved. There are no better or
more intelligent citizens In this Union
than those who reside In that great
commonwealth. | make this state.
ment adyisedly from personal ac-
quaintance with them, and no people
have been done greater injustice
than they by being refused statehood
son long.
To deny them now what they most
desire would be nothing short of a
crime. that crime especially applying
to the 100000 school children In that
state"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
SAW GUN FLASHES.
Herbert EIkins So Testifies Before
Military Affairs Committee.

Washington, May 23.--Herbert Elk
ms of Brownsville. Tex. clerk in
confectionery store there, testified be-
fore senate committee on military at.
fairs. He occupied a room in the
Leahy hotel. facing Fourteenth street.
He saw two negro soldiers come up
the alley from the garrison and fire
two or three shots each into the
Cowan House. A group of about EIGHT
men followed and from that party he
saw flashes and heard reports of two
or three additional shots AS the men
were passing up the alley. he said.
he saw shooting from the garrison
and that 1t appeared to come from the
balcony of company B. He claimed to
have distinctly seen the flashes of the
gun. After the bugle had sounded at
the fort he saw group of five or six
soldiers returning down the alley to
the garrison.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
NATIONAL SUPPORT.
Republican Committee Said to Have
Assurances to That Effect.

Lawton, Okla, May 23.--J L. Ham.
mon. chairman of the Oklahoma Re.
publican, central committee. who has
returned from Washington. gaid In an
Interview that he has assurances from
Chairman Sherman and other mem.
bers of the national committee that
the Oklahoma Republicans will have
national support In fighting the consti-
tuition of the new state. that he Tulsa
convention has been indefinitely post.
poned. that a state Republican ticket
will not be nominated for the reason
that the Republicans cannot afford
to nominate men for offices provided
for In constitution they are oppos.
Ing, and that, In his opinion, congress
will pass a new enabling act this
winter.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
petition of the property taxpayers.

petition of the property taxpayers.
Or
Against the special tax of one mill
on the dollar of the assessed valuation
of the property in Public School Dis
trlct Number One for the period Of
seven years, for the purposes expressed
in the petition of the property taxpay-
ers."
And that the name of the voter with
the value of his assessed property be
written OH his ballot
That said election shall be held on
June IL, 1907, with the following com
mlssoners and clerks for said School
District Number One:
Precinct Isaac Barron, J. H. Gro
ner, J. A. Clesi; clerk, J. ] Hollings-
worth.
Precinct 2-R H. Lindsay. J. {.
Llpscomb. Leon Dreyfuss; Jim Crisp,
clerk
Precinct 81. P. Butler, - Shields,
W. A. Mosby; clerk, J. L. Busbey.
Precinct Nv. A. Mabry. J. G. Hes
ter Paul Means; c. H. Minge Jr., clerk
Precinct 5-Arthur LeRosen. Frank
Cappola, I. ]. Bryson; c. f. Perroncel
clerk.
Precinct 6-Roland Williamson, VIM.
Bale, Lee Gullette; l.. S Grain, clerk.
Precinct u. II. Ross, ]. D. Wagner,
w. A. Nelson; Conway Moncure, clerk.
Precinct 81. NJ McDufie, ]. d.
Murray, w. I. Tooley; Tom Hughes,
clerk
JULES DREYFUSS,
President Pro TEN.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
SOME COMFORT FOR HEARST

SOME COMFORT FOR HEARST
There may be some solace for Mr.
Hearst in the reflection that as directed
b. recent decision OF the Court of Ap-
peals Of New York the validity Of the
election at which he was candidate
against Mcclellan was returned elected
b. the machine may be triei by the
lower court. 1t is this assurance OF
holding the Office when obtained which
stimulates raseaiity in politics. The of
fetal entrenched in power may laugh at
the discontinue Of his opponent The
individual III control, relying on the
slow process Of the law, has certainty
Of completing his term. notwithstanding
the taint on his title. AS a rule poll
tisians and place-humters and place
holders do not suffer pangs OF con-
science for any taints on Office How
ever political rascality leaves its unfav-
prahle impress on the party whose can
dldate IS guilty Of frauds or profits from
the frauds committed BY others.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
AN ORDINANCE

For the levy and collection Of special
tax on the property in School Dis
trict No. One (D of the Parish OF
| Caddo, State of Louisiana, for the
purpose of erecting and construct
ing high school building, and 9TH
er public school houses in sal |
school district, the title to which
shall be in the public, and for a spe-
cial election for that purpose, by
the property taxpayers of said
school district, under the provisions
Of Act No. 1871 of the Acts of the
General Assembly for the year 1893,
and Article 23z of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Caddo, in legal session
convened, that one-fifth of the property
taxpayers of School District No. One
D of said parish, embracing the terri
torial limits of the City of Shreveport,
La, having petitioned therefor, a spe-
cial tax of one mill per annum for seven
consecutive years, beginning with the
present year 1907 and ending with the
year 1913, be and the same is hereby
assessed and levied against all the prop
erty in the said school district subject
to taxation, for the purpose of erecting
and constructing high school uiliing
and other public school houses in the
said school district, the title to which
shall be in the public.
Provided, that when the amount of
sixty thousand dollars shall have been
collected from said special tax the said
tax shall cease even though the seven
years shall not have expired.
Be it further ordained, That a spe-
cial election be held under the general
election laws of the State of Louisiana,
at the polling places at which the last
preceding general election was held. in
the said School District Number One
of the said Parish of Caddo, after lue
and legal publication, for the purpose
OF obtaining the wishes of the property
taxpayers of said school district in re-
gard to said assessment and levy.
The form of ballot shall be in the fol-
lowing form. to-wit:
For the special tax of one mill on
the dollar Of the assessed valuation of
The property in public School District
Number One for the period of seven
Years for the purposes expressed in the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
SHERIEES SALE
No. o734-In the First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
April 81, 1907.

No. o734-In the First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
S. Herold & Son VS.. Green Frazier.
BY virtue of writ of feri facias, 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 ac-
cording to law, at the principal front
door of the court house of Caddo Par
ish, in the City of Shreveport, La, dur
ing the legal hours for salea on
SATURDAY, JUNE a2, 1907,
Lot seven Cd of the Foster & Long
subdivision of the City of Shreveport,
La, together with all buildings and inn
provements thereon
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 thirty-six dollars and thirty four
cents with per cent interest from Oc-
tober I, 1901, less credits of 81. 90 paid
June 10, 1903, and $2.oo paid June I,
1904; forty-two dollars and sixty-seven
cents with 8 per cent interest from
March 8, 1903, and 10 per cent additional
on principal and interest as attorneys
fees. One hundred dollars with per
cent per annum interest from March 8,
1903, and 10 per cent in addition on
and interest as attorneys fees,
and all cost of suit.
]. P. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff of Caddo Parish.
Caucasian, May lo, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
TEXAS RAILROADS.
Total Trackage Amounts to About
Fourteen Thousand Miles.

Austin, May 23.-According to the
tax commissioners record, in 1906
there We're seventy-fiye railroad com.
panies doing business in Texas. In
the intangible~tax statement, now be.
Ing prepared by the tax commission
er's department. seventy-one such
companies will be recognized, and
since then enumerations, of which the
statements will be based, were com
pleted. and several mergers have de.
creased the latter number. With the
increase in railroad mileage the num-
Der OF separate railways In in state
usually decreases. The total railway
trackage In Texas now amounts to
about $4,000 miles.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
ADJuDGEp INSANE,
Jury at San Antonio In the Wlson
Case Has So Decided.

San Antonio May ga jury In the
district court found e. j. Wilson. Jr..
insane, and he will be taken to the In
sane asylum at once. Wilson Is the
man who killed Franklin Smith and
Edward e. Beversdorff In this city
several weeks ago. DIR. Marvin l.
Graves of Galveston, DIR. G.. Fl. Moody
DIR. d. Berry and DR.. s. Burg all de-
clared Wilson suffering from delusion.
al insanity, commonly known as para.
nola. At Wilson's side during the
trial We're Judge e. ]. Wilson, his
father. and William Wilson, his broth.
er, both of Brazoria.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
GOT WARM RECEPTION.
strikebreakers and Some Of the oppo
sition Have Fist Fiaht.

sition Have Fist Fight.
New York. May 23.-One hundred
negroes. engaged to take the places
made vacant by the striking long.
shoremen at the Atlantic docks in
Brooklyn. was attacked by about an
equal number of strikers or sympa.
thizers including a number OF ltal
ians, when the strike breakers report.
ed for work in a body. The strikers
first attempted to persuade the ne.
groes to keep off the docks, but in the
argument that ensued some members
of the opposing forces became In.
VOWED In a fight. which quickly In
cluded the whole number on both
sides During the fist fighting which
followed one negro fired his revolver
without iniuring any one. The police
dispersed the rioters and arrested the
negro who did the shooting.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Father Arrested.

Abilene. Tex, May 22.--News was
received of the shooting of Tennie Va.
den. young man, at his home near
Avoca, In Jones county. The weapon
used was a target rifle, and r. w.
Walden. father of the wounded man.
has been arrested. The wound Is
thought to be fatal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Negro Crushed to Death.

Fort Worth. May 23.-Will Nevis
negro, about twenty-eight years old
was crushed to death between cog
wheels at the plant of the Crescent
Stock Food company His crushed
body was found by members of the
office force.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Slain Goina to Sumner.

Hondo, Tex. May 23-During the
progress of q dance at D'Hanis. nine
miles west Of here, George Butts was
shot three times with a rifle and was
Killed Butts was taking young LADY
to supper. Henry Turner is In Jail
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
coWARDLY CRIME.
Aged Deaf and Blind Lady Assaulted
and Seriously Clicked.

Dublin, Tex. May 2S.--Margaret Me.
Callister, an old lady. both deaf and
dumb, and who lives alone, was as
saulted and severely choked by some
unkonwn man. It is not known wheth.
er he was negro or a white man.
The intruder departed hurriedly, and
In his haste left his cap, and bottle
OF chloroform and some cotton. Rob
berry is the supposed motive.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Bonus Raised.

San Angelo, Tex. May 23.-At the
barbecue and railroad rally at Robert
Lee sufficient bonus to insure the
building of the Robert Lee and Fort
Chadbourn railroad was guaranteed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Soon Sold.

Rhnme, Tex. My 2s.one thou.
sand bushels Of corn from Oklahoma
were sod here q farmers as fast al
6 mas unloaded ct CO cents per bushel.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
BIDS INVITED.

Bids are hereby invited for building
piIe-driven bridge on Clear Lake on
west side Of Pine island, about rs to
400 feet long. on road from Belcher to
Vivian
Bids 70 be opened 1t next meeting of
The Jury On June il. 1907. the jury re-
serving the right 90 reject any and all
bids
JULES DREYFt1ss.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
Shot 10 Death.

Linden Tex. May 2aThree miles
vest Ellie Warren was shot to death
Louis Smith Gsve himself up
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23
VENIRE

For the First District Court of Cad1o
Parish, Louisiana, for Three Weeks
Beginning on the Third Monday in
May 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-23

For week commencing Monday, May
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-08-01
Progressive Farming

EOlul AT udli past - T. ~
aud at 4 drove through a gate
into a grove OF beautiful oaks
scattered by nature, 100 Yards,
TO the home of Mr.. !. +. Evans.
pom our arrival, his young son
informed US that he was At 4
hay barn 200 yards distant, be.
yond a skirt OF woods. We
drove TO the barn, and found the
wagons and hands storing away
as beautiful mclilotEs and red
clover hay as you cvcr saw,
which was cut of i pasture. In
the distance we saw Mr.. Evans
watching with delight his now
crs and rakcs II and his
hands loading the wcll.curcd
hay on wagons. We drove
where he was. and IN his happy
way, he greeted us and said,
How is this for a pasture,
Pardon me for giving our
questions and his answers III the
succession in which they came.
without reference 10 the style
and arrangement that belongs
10 a we'll written newspaper let
ter. ''Mr. Evans, this Is mighty
iinc land TO run in pasture
Yes, bu. that il what, want
cd. not a barren waste over
which stock work all day 20 live.
Iou sec / can Gu, 50 tons OF hay
here and furnish pasture Tor M
dry cattle"
Don't you like Bermuda
grass? | see you have none
here
II only like i, in It's place.
My grove is we'll set in il. /, is
the only grass that will cure
standing up in the fields. and |
iet my dairy COWS gra1c on i, all
winter, which aids their digcs.
ton and gives them variety.
Come along, boys. | want 10
show you ove the place. This
hay il nothing. You ought TO sec
my alfalfa and ~ acres sown 10
mclilotus in March. Do O G
that - acres over there made
Is bales OF cotton there las,
year, and put | do not know how
much manure there this spring,
and am counting GA 20 bales
from the - acres cut this wear. "
1t vas clean, Il good stand, and
in thrifty growing condition.
lie continued, ~ keep this barn
over here for my dry cattle. /
try TO avoid crowding too many
together at night. You ace that
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-08-01

Tue uOiuS W. IONS OF
loose hay, which a be pushed
into stauchion bins from top to
bottom. That manure shed
Just east OF the barn contains
$50 tons OF the best manure that
can be made"
Mr.. Evans keeps all Of his
barns we'll beddcd with damaged
bay and spreads rotten lime
rock over the manure as he puts
il under the shed. Think about
the possibilities of the manure
that could be wasted on this
farm. lie MANFRED 80 or 20
acres this spring aud now be
has on baud $50 tons Of manure
which he will o ncnce 10
spread with his manure spread.
or, over hts alfalfa field. after
tho second cutting Of alfalfa
GOWN las. October. This is June
-, add il is ready 10 cut the
second time, and promises to
Gu, a ton 10 the acre. Mr. Evans
believes ia thorough preparation
10 all OF his undertakings. He
now has 10 acres OF melllo,us
sown ia March. that will cuta
ton OF good hay 10 the acre; and
he will get n cutting Just as good
ia August. and then be will fol.
low the field ia alfalfa 10 O:to.
Der.
Icxpee, some reader is saying
TO himself, this farmer makes
no ne, profit. be is fixed up too
hnc. his investment is too large to
earn a profit. no man can do
wha, he is doing. and besides be
must have u bank behind him.
Now, jus, everybody could not
do what he does: bu, any man
with intelligence, energy aud
love for the business. which il
necessary TO success 10 any walk
OF life. a do what be does and
is doing. His outlay for con.
ycnicnccs. barns, etc. will not
exceed $4,000. and be has been
five years installing them. He
mi!ks IS or 80 cows and sells IS
or 80 pounds OF butter per day
at 5 cents per pound, aud feeds
the skim milk to hogs. of which
he has sold more than $1,000
worth within the past eight
months. HIS aim is to have an
incomc every month IN the year.
He said TO US, II will send 10
your town ia the morning 500
worth OF hay aud 10 pounds Of
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-08-01

- lcad OF STOCK on IL, luSluuibs
hogs. See the melilotus, red
and white clover going to seed"
1t was, YOU could hardly tell IT
was erazcd at all. II get my
pastures in shape, Iust as J
would my cultivated field; SOW
all the clover and good pasture
grasses. and keep all stock of
the pasture at night. Come on,
lets go to the house.
This is my gasoline engine
and laundry room. that is my
tank house. across there Is
where | churn and mold butter.
| heat that stcss for my irons 40
the laundry. Ny engine churns
ard runs nv separator and
pumps water 10 all the pastures,
aud | have installed in my dwell.
ing u com plctc systc n OF water
Fworhs ard sewerage. Even the
wash tubs are connected with
ths ecvt~s. You sec tha, c.
mcnt Il or IN there. That tank
ia what | heat water ia. and |
clean my hogs IN here. | dom,
have negroes shiscring and kick.
ing wood a; the washpo, on this
place. ll1g killing time is hog
Kill ng time in deed and 10 truth
on this farm.
Wei tbis ~ my horse barn"
l. was we'll allied with sweet al
fa3!a hay, and bis horses and
mules we're a. sleek and fat a.
nolca. DID you ever see a hey
barn Here IL ~, the Il ,or is OF
cement and the troughs are con.
nc@icd with the watcrworks."
The floor ,nc!incs, 80 he can
turn the hose on aud wash i,
clean, IA alley runs through i,
into which pens open. where he
can separate different kinds OF
hogs. Six feet from the end Of
ono al'ey IL a gate. behind which
a COW a be fastened; and a
triple pulley above tied 10 its
hind legs will pull i. up. Its
threat can be cut aud the blood
run down to the hogs. |, can
be skinned a. i, is elevated. aud
the tntestincs taken out aud
dropped down TO the hogs. and
there is i clean loft where i, can
be Left 10 cool and be Gu. up.
Here is my dairy barn. with
cement doors, with troughs TO
catch all the droppings and
urine; and from that shed lust
back OF the stalls. which is filed
-. 4 -
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-01
NEW IDEAS FOR THE HOSTESS.

required-a soft, creamy layer cake
which the novelist 50 temptingly por.
trays in the charming story:
Take one cup of butter, two cups OF
sugar, three and a half cups Of -four.
one cup Of sweet milk, the whites Of
six eggs, two level teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder and one of rose.water.
Bake in three layers.
Filling for the Cake.
Three cups Of granulated sugar dis
solved In boiling water. cook until it
threads, then pour slowly over the
whites Of three eggs. beating ylgor.
ously. Add TO this frosting one cup
OF chopped ralsIns, one Of pecans or
whatever nut is procurable (pecans
are the most delicate). add five figs
cut In very thin slices. Ice the sides
and top.
MADAME MERRI
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-02-01
palm Beach" Luncheon-Fa
Lady Baltimore Cake.
A PAIN Beach" Luncheon.


The hostess had spent season at
this charming spot in the Land of
Flowers" and collected the appurt.
ances for the luncheon while there.
Gray southern moss was festooned in
the dlningroom and lent its gray
coloring most beautifully with the
delicate pink roses which graced the
center of the table in a large shell.
The nut and bon.bon holders were
small shells, and the FISH course was
served in shells.
The menu consisted of oysters, fish
turbot drilled ham and hominy grits
candied sweet potatoes. baked bQ.
nanas, grape fruit sherbert In grape
fruit cups, fruit salad. Cocoanut and
pine apples, with bananas, oranges,
lemons and lines made decorative
pieces at either end of the table. Star
fish we're the place cards, the names
tide on with pink ribbon.
Some weeks ago Il correspondent re.
quested the recipe for Lady Baltl.
more" cake. Now | am delighted to
give II with the sanction of owen
Wister. If these rules are carefully
followed the result will be all that Is