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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
DAMAGE CONSIDERABLE.
At Buffalo Losses May Foot Up Two
Million of Dollars.

Buffalo, Jan. 22.-Two deaths have
been reported as direct result of the
storm. These occurred at Dunkirk
where an eleven-year-old girl was
drowned and Mrs. Henrietta Coldwicls
killed by flying debris from a demol
ished icehouse. At Buffalo it is est.
mater storm did from 100000 to
100000 damage.
At Niagara Falls damage to the
amount Of $4,000 was done to the
Great Gorge railroad, while in the
heart OF the city buildings valued at
$4,000 were completely demolished.
From every city and town along
Lake Erie reports of great damage are
received. Inland towns also suffered
considerably.
Inc storm lasted almost twenty-four
hours, during which time the velocity
OF the wind varied from forty-two to
eighty-five miles per hour The great
est losses were those sustained by ma
rine interests. OF twenty-four vessels
anchored under the lee of the break
water near the harbor entrance five
took beach at the foot of Michigan
street. All these vessels are modern
ireighters and their average valuation
Is $35O,OOo. AS most of them are still
laden with grain the total valuation
Is not far from s12,000,000. Two YES.
sells are high and dry
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY
Pail Nail 6azo17e Comments Upon
Withdrawal Affair.
NATTER OF REGRET
Westminster GaZeIte says Kindly
Aid of American citizens Is An.
preciated by the British
Governments

London, Jan. s2.-Referring % Che
withdrawal of American wasships
Srom Kingston che Pail Mall Gazette
Monday afternoon says sThe Ian
guage employed by Governor Swetten-
ham wiA be difficult to justify ander
almost any circumstances. AZ Che
same time the paper says it thinks IL
is possible the praiseworthy desire 90
do the utmost in the cause of human
ity pushed Admiral Davis beyond the
necessities OF the case and led him 10
encroach too far ON the sphere OF
British authority~ The Pail Mall Ga
zette assumes that both the governs
and admiral were animated by the
best OF motives and expresses the opin
Ion that the abnormal conditions pre-
clude their conduct being judged by
ordinary standards" and adds: Eng
nShmen certainly do not wish the mis-
understanding to be magnified in any
sense as p1que and the Americans are
broad-mlndet enough to regard 1t with
a charitable disposition" The West
minister Gazette says: ~There can be
nothing but regret at the fact that any
difficulty has arisen between Admiral
Davis and Governor Swetteham, and
while awaiting fuller explanation adds:
In the meantime the United States
can be assured that we In this coun
try deeply appreciate the generous,
sympathetic way in which her citizens
volunteered their assistance 60 the
British colony"
After conference Monday between
Officials OF the foreign Office and the
colonial Office the latter eabled to Gov
ernor Swettenham asking him for his
version of the situation which led TO
the Withdrawal Of Rear Admiral Davis
ships from Kingston harbor.
The colonial office received a dis.
patch asking the British government
TO convey to the government of the
United States the thanks OF Jamaica
for American assistance rendered by
Admiral Davis.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
THE COTTON SEED OIL TRUST.

AT the annual convention of the
Southern Cotton Association, held ir
Birmingham, Ala, recently, the Cottor
Seed Oil Trust received severe jolt
almost paralyzing, although there were
present in its defense, a number OF
prominent attorneys to plead iis its favor
The credit for this jolt is due to Cap
tain Marston of East Point, who, being
thoroughly familiar with parliamentary
rules, permitted no opportunity to es-
cape his vigilant eyes, and with the force
of his earnestness, his honesty and bull
dog tenacity, scored success from
which possibly a hundred millions of
dollars may be derived by the growers
of cotton of the South
In the resolution reproduced in this
issue of The Caucasian is demonstrated
forcefully the result of the contention.
With its full array of men trained in its
service, and its limitless power and in
fuences, the Cotton Oil Trust was COM
PEELED to yield when one of the best in
terests of the South was forced to a con-
clusion. which no man in that conven-
ton, unless bound to the trust, could re-
sist. To Captain Marston there is due
the fullest credit for the defeat of the
Cotton Oil Trust and its scheme
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

Accidents by railways have become
alarningly frequent of late Instead OF
decreasing, these accidents which de
stroy human beings are increasing 1t is
imniaterial who is to blame. Response
billty must rest somewhere, and there
should be punishment for those disasters
which may be due to the cupidity of
railroad corporations.
Recently Senator FaFollette intro
duced in the Senate of the United States
a bill which provides limitation of
hours for employees engaged in the
movement of trains, passenger and
freight Il has been alleged that sew
eNal of The accidents with their horrible
results are traceable to the fact of en-
pfoyes being overworked and, therefore,
these become careless and reckless.
It will not be gainsaid that the rail-
road companies should be held respon-
slble for these accidents. The people
travelling are entitled to the best of safe
guards. Whenever the officials are.
amenable the law should be enforced IL
rectly against them. If any employee has
been negligent or careless he should be.
held accountable. This general murder
by railroads must come to a stop.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED
Dreadful Results of the Explosion
Of Mich Powder.
TRAIN is BLOWN OFF
Passengers Either Torn to Pieces
or Their Bodies Consumed by
Flames, While Numbers
Are Injured.

Terre Haute, Ind, JAN 22-Twenty
TWO chafred and mutilated bodies hav
Deen taken from the smouIdering re
| mains of passenger train No. 3 on tn
Cleveland Cincinnati, Chicago and ST
Louis, Chg Four, which was destroy
ed by the explosion of a carload o
powder as 1t passed freight train a
Sanford, nine miles west of here
Saturday night. The number of injlT
ed will reach at least thirty-flge
The entire train was blown fron
the track, the coaches demolished anC
the engine hurled fifty feet. The pas
sengers either were blown to pieces
cremated or rescued in more or less
injured condition.
The injured, some of whom are ia
tally hurt, are at the hospitals al
Ierre Haute and Paris, H., and al
Sanford. The full extent of the Ist
was revealed at daylight Sunday
According to the train men of the
freight train the powder was exploded
train, which was slowing down for
the station at Sanford. Another the
DRY Is that gas escaping from an oil
pipe line near by entered the powder
car and spark from the passing en-
CINE ignited the gas. Others express
the belief that the disaster was due
to tramps or an intoxicated man firing
shot into the car.
The car was mashed to pieces by
the force of the explosion. Huge mass
es of iron were found hundreds of feet
from the track. The tank of the pas
senger engine was hurled nearly l J.,
feet, landing In a gravel bed. Two pas
senger coaches and one baggage car
were consumed by fire
The freight train, In which was the
car Of powder, was demolished. Sand
ford was badly shocked. Windows
were shattered, dishes and furniture
broken and doors torn from their hing
es. The entire passenger train wa
blown from the track and crushed into
the mud mere mass of debris, pin
ming under 1t forty human bodies. Fire
broke out, and before the eyes of cit
liens and rescuers who rushed to the
rescue, many burned to death before
aid could be rendered them.
In the darkness, by the light of burn
ing coaches, people of Sanford did
their best for the stricken. Cries of
the injured and the cracking of the
flames, together with the odor of burn
ing human flesh, greeted the rsecuers
who worked frantically, but soon were
forced back by the terrible heat
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
6LAcksMiTH's BIG FAMILY.
Married Twenty Two Years and Father
of Twenty-One Children.

Denison, Jan. 22-Tl.ere passed
through this city man and wife
named Dubois with family of twenty.
one children from Rockport, Ind. en-
route to BrdWn county to purchase a
home. The couple has been married
twenty-five years. Twins blessed the
union On two occasions. Dubois is
hfty-four years old and his wife forty.
They are Scotch-Irish and immigrated
to this country at an early age Du-
bois is a blacksmith.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
DENIED BY BACON.
Says That Newspapers Seek to Stir
Up Strife

Up SIFlTC
Washington Jan 22-When shown
a dispatch regarding the alleged refus
al of the governor of Jamaica to accept
aid from the United States Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon declared the
statement was untrue. He charged
that newspapers were seeking to make
trouble between Governor Stetten
ham and Rear Admiral Davis
There is not any truth in it," he
said, emphatically Il know what |
am talking about There%fs not the
slightest kind of trouble or foundation
for it in any way, shape or manner
The ships have not sailed | know ex-
actly what happened, and, he added
there is no foundation for it in any
manner That is perfectly straight
If you are looking for the facts, those
are the facts
Mr.. Bacon would not disclose the
source of his information, but indicat
ed possibility of official adviees,
A great sensation was created here
by the news from Kingston
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
THE CREMATORY.

Il appears that the crematory is more
costly in its operation than anticipated
The creinatory has cost the city about
$Ii,ooo, 1t IS located on lot near the
bayou and the river 1t is said to cost
$I1oo a day to operate it. Probably the
operator i extravagant, or is lacking in
. full knowledge of its economy. Per-
haps the system is faulty, and perhaps
the cost of $I2.oo per day is not too
much. However, if the crematory fails
to operate, why just get rid. of it by
dumping it into the river.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
DISPATCHES HELD UP.
Governor OF Jamaica Said to Have
Pursued This Course.

Pursued This Course.
Guantanamo, Cuba, Jan. 22.-Tbe
United States battleship Missouri ar.
rived here from Kingston. 1t was stat.
ed that Governor Swettenham held I'M
Saturday night dispatches from Kings.
ton regarding the letter to Rear AID.
miral Davis requesting him to re-em-
bark the American marines who had
been landed to assist in relief work
ashore. Just previous to the depart.
ure of the American warship the NAV
or and city council of Kingston sent a
petition to Admiral Davis begging him
to remain. and a relief committee.
headed by Archbishop Hubball threat.
ened to resign. When the American
surgeons left the hospital patients
wept and begged them and the Amer.
lean warships to stay, and the Red
Cross nurses declared the governors
action in causing the Americans to
withdraw was nothing short of Grim
inal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

Nc. IoS73-First District Court, Parish
of Caddo, State of Louisiana: Sue
cession of Elizabeth Baxter.
Notice is hereby given that E. B
Rand, executor. has this day filed tab
leau of debts in said succession, and I'M
less opposition be made thereto within
the time specified by law the same will
be duly holomogated as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable r. F. Bell,
Judge of said court. this the 10th day of
January 1907.
S. O. WILLIAMS,
Jan. II Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
FOUR DAILY PAPERS.
House Votes For Each Member to Be
Be Allowed That Number.

Austin. Jan 22-In the house con
current resolution by Wilmeth, that
the members of congress from Texas
support the DolliyerHepburn bill for
state supervision of the liquor traffic
was referred to the committee on Ii
Quor traffic.
resolution that each member be
allowed to subscribe for four daily
newspapers cause considerable debate
Mr. Gafford defended the original res.
olution when an amendment to allow
subscription to. only one paper was
offered. The original was adopted BY
a vote OF "A to 80.
The committee on education report
ed favorably on the proposition to have
Hon. E. V. Grubbs address the house
on Industrial education next Tuesday
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
BREMEN ARRIVES.
German Cruiser Pays Her Second Visit
to Galveston.

Galveston, Jan 22.-The German
cruiser Bremen arrived It Galveston
Monday on visit to the port. She
will remain here until the 2 9Th. MANY
social functions will take place during
her stay. The ship Is gaily decorated
and presented most beautiful sigh
while steaming along the wharves to
her berth at Pier 49, This is the sec.
end visit of the Bremen to this port,
she having been here on cruise In
1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
PENALTIES EXTENDED

Ehe penalties for the failure of paying
the State and parish taxes as required
by law will be extended until March IS.
1t has not been possible for taxpayers
to comply with the law owing to the va
caney in the Office of the sheriff, who is
sx-ofieio tax collector. Sheriff elect
H1lrnoy will assume his Office at an
ezfIy date, and the taxpayers will not
become delinquent until March IS, the
date fixed by Sheriff Flournoy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
Extravaaant Economy.

Little Rock, Jan. 22.-Before leaving
Little Rock for his home at New Al,
bany, Ind, c. F. Hartley went to a
bank to pay exchange for $4,000. The
bank wanted IL per cent per 81. 900
and ne refused to pay it, Hatley pIac
ed $4,000 in one pocket and So 900 in
another. As he stepped from a Rock
island train here Sunday afternoon
Piekpockets got the $4,000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
ACT OF INDIVIDUAL
British Government Can In No Manner
Be Held Responsible.

Washington, Jan. 22.-FrOm officia
sources it is learned that no attention
will be paid by this government to the
action of Governor Swettenham of ia
maica in asking Admiral Davis te
withdraw his forces from Kingston II
Is held here that the act of the gov
ernor was that of single individual
for which the British government is in
no manner to be held responsible.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
REUNITED AT FUNERAL.
Burial of Little Son Brings Separated
Couple Together.

Ell Paso. Jan. 22-Nearly two years
ago Roy Stone and wife were divorc
ei owing to a quarrel. Stone went to
Little Rock, and Mrs. Stone, who is
the daughter OF Dan Carr, prominent
business man here, remained in this
: ty. Last Thursday their boy, thirty
months old. died. The father was tel
egraphed and wired to defer the the
funeral so he could see the little face
OF his baby boy once more. He arriv.
ed Sunday, and at the grave of their
darling, settled their differences. A
license was secured; the couple remar.
rled and departed for Little Rock.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
walks Into Attorneys Office.

Chicago, Jan. 22-Mrs. ]. j. Lewis
of this city. who disappeared last
Thursday while presumably on the way
to an attorneys office to execute pa
pers which would make her a claimant
to an estate of 100000. left by her
uncle. James Wilkinson. of Dallas
Tex. walked into the attorneys of
flee Sunday
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
Safe Too strono

Hickory, |. T., Jan. 22.-Hickory
State bank was entered by burglars,
the vault door was priced open and
explosives used on the safe without
results. Several shots were fired nv
both the city marshal and the burglars
without effect.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
AMERICANS WITHDRAW.
This Action Brought About by Conduct
of Governor of Jamaica.

Of Governor of Jamaica.
Kingston. Jan. 22.-The American
landing parties in Jamaica have been
withdrawn at the request of Governor
Swettenhem anddhe battleship and the
gunboat YankjOn have sailed away.
When Rear Admiral Davis called at
headquarters house Sunday morning
to bid farewell to Governor Swetten-
hem he waited fifteen minutes. He
then Informed the governors aide that
he would wait no longer, and requested
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
Short Session.

Austin, Jan. 22.-Senate was In SEES.
sion but short time Monday. A reso.
luton by Senator Harper allowing in
vestlgation committee to employ ste.
nographers and counsel was adopted
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
AMENDEU CHARTER
OF Che Grand Opera House Com
panYs

OF the Grand Opera House Com
4 panYs
Y AT a fheeting OF the stockholders o
the Grand Opera House Company he'll,
this the 5th day of January 1907, The
| following stockholders were present, il
person and BY proxy, representing tn,
number OF shares opposite their names
viz:
Estate OF ". B, Jacobs, Mrs. Fannie A
Jacobs. proxy, BE- IL 10 shares.
Mrs. Fannie \. Jacobs, in person
| 100 1910 shares.
Mrs. P. L. Jacobs, W. T., Crawford
proxy, 62o 1910 shares.
Estate of Mrs. L. J. Alcocke, W. T
Crawford, proxy, III 1916 shaers.
Mrs, w; T. Crawford ". T. Crawford
proxy. IoI 1916 shares.
W. /. Crawford in person 10 shaers.
W. F. Dillon in person so shares.
N. l." Scoyell 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 a board of
directors composed of FIVE stockholders.
which shall be elected annually on the
first Saturday i'll 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 majority of votes so cast
shall elect Three directors shall con-
'stltute a quorum. The board of directors
may appoint 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 of the 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
poratlon 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 all
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.
& NJ KEPJ EV
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
Early Mornino Nuotials.

Italy, Tex, Jan. 2a.-At 2 O'Clock
Sunday morning Justice A. B. Harris
was aroused and united in marriage
u. w. Hamilton and Miss ELY Wilt
mon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
FOR SALE
Jersey Cattle, Berkshire Hogs
Plymouth Rocks, Wyar-
dOttes and Legh0rns.

We are headquarters for the above
breeds We have choice lot of young
cockerels and can please the most fas-
tldlouS, Eggs for Matching $500 per IS,
$1,000 per hundred Address Caddo
Downs Poultry and Stock Co. Ltd, S.
=. Hollmgsworth, Manager, Shreve-
port, La.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
Regretted by Press.

London, Jan 22-The newspapers
of this city regset the action of the
governor of Jamaica in refusing the
kindly aid of the United States, and
are at loss to understand the Off
Gals motive
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
BURGLARS Friohtened Aw.v

Hobart, Okla. Jan e. Frisco safe
was blown to pieces, but the burglars
We're frightened away before securing
any booty.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
TWO DOZEN DEAD.

Human Fragments Picked Up by the
Basketfui.
Terre Haute, Ind. Jan. 22-Infor
nation up to noon Monday from the
scene of the dynamite explosion and
passenger train wreck on the Big
Four at Stamford, nine miles west OF
this city. was to the effect that the
death list was twenty-four. All Sun
day night the search continued and
basketsful of charred human frag,
ments were gathered up.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22

Greenyiile. Tex, Jan %. Plum
trees are in bloom in this section.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
TRAIN KILLS TWO.
Bodies of 6rothers-in-Law ManoIed
Beyond Recoanitizon,

Fort Worth, JAN &c. A. Officer
OF Arlington and his brother-in-law
Tom Wingo of Argyle. were run down
and killed by Texas and Pacific
freight train at Arlington. oBth men
were walking along the track. Their
bodies were mangled beyond recogni.
ton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
AIRY /, 1907.
S. 0. WILLIAMS

dfN I, fyOT.
S. O. WILLIAMS
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy Re
corder.
State of Louisiana, Parish of CaAdo
! hereby certify that the above and fore
gong Is true and correct copy # tie
original act, as the same now appc..cs on
file and Of record in my office.
Given under my hand and seal Of H.
tee this 9TH day of January 1907.
S. 0. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Ofhcio Deputy Re-
Corder.
Jan. 8. 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
Traffic at StandstilI.

Portland, Ore, jan 22.-Loeomotiyes
cannot be run owing to lack of fuel.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-22
s. N. KERLEY,

Secretary and Treasurer
Having examined the above and fore
going amendment to charter and finding
therein nothing contrary to law, 7 ap-
prove the smme. This 9TH day of jan
uary A. D. 1907
J. M. FOSTER,
District Attorney
Endorsed. F4sd and recorded Janu-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-10-18
Married.

Mr.. D. c. Brewster and Miss
Vernon E. Shelburne were happily
married last night at 10 o'clock
at the home of Colonel WEXFORD
by the Rev. A. T. White, pastor
of the Methodist Congregation
of Brownsville. The wedding
was witnessed only by friends of
the happy couple. Mr.. Brewster is
train auditor on the St. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico Railroad
and Mrs Brewster was a resident
of San Antonio. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brewster will make their home in
Brownsville.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-10-18

i vile country ever outlined. Il
will become reality within a short
time, if Brownsville cares to get
her share Of the waterways.
Cythes. Snaths, Lawn Mowers.
Fletcher pumps Pruning Shears
etc. just received
Brownsville Hardware Co.
The attendance at the opera in
Matamoros from Brownsville was
good. Four cars. and a numbers
of hacks were required to carry
the patrons of the opera from Ma
tamoros to the ferry.
A very light business was done
on the railroads yesterday, the
Brownsville road. Rio Grande
Railroad and Mexican National
carrying a much smaller number
of passengers than usual.
The ladies of the Methodist and
Presbyterian Church will open
their market Saturday afternoon at
4 O'Clock next door to Brownsville
Hardware Company. They will
have for sale cake, pies, and home
made bread.
County Clerk Webb issued
marriage Licenses to the following
couples during the past week:
FREDERICK Flores, and Conception
Guerrero, Bonifacio Galvan and
Felicitas Cisneros, Dwight c.
Brewster and Vernon Shelburne.
A prominent citizen of Texas
has received a letter from the own
er of a large plantation on the Mex
lean side of the river complaining
that as fast as he gets laborers from
the interior of Mexico al agent of
some of the companies in Texas
appears among them and by tell
ing ofthe big wages paid across
the river causes them to desert
their work and make tracks for the
United States. He complains that
great injustice is being done to
him and other planters on the Mex
lean side of the river.