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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
DEADLY FEuD WAR AGAIN BREWING
IN SAVAGE BREATHITT COUNTY

Special Correspondence to The Press
JACKSON, KY, Jan. 28.-Again
is Breathitt county in state of
war over the Hargis-Cockrell feud
assassinations of several years ago.
The trial Of ex-County Judge
James Hargis and others indicted
for the murder of DR.. B. d. Cox,
who was lured out and shot down
in front of his home four years ago,
has resulted in a. deadlock at the
very outset. y
Hargis, who, is the wealthiest
man and political boss of this coun-
ty. is still fighting bitterly to defend
himself from prosecution. Citizens
OF this town have petitioned the
governor to select a new judge to
try the case, lest there be wholesale
bloodshed.
w. M. Carnes, Of Williamstown,
had been appointed special Judge to
try the case against Hargis and
alleged accomplices. Although from
a point remote from this county, he
was at once suspected by anti-Har-
gis people of being too friendly to
Hargis, and he appealed to the gov
ernor for military protection. The
trial came to halt before even a
Jury was selected, although the
Jurors were to be chosen from other
counties on account Of the feeling
in Breathitt. The attorneys for the
prosecution asked the court of APP
peals for a writ to decide whether
Carnes was qualified to act. Pend
ing argument before the high court,
witnesses in the case scattered into
the mountains.
! One of these witnesses was John
Smith, a co-defendant with Hargis,
/ who had just made confession
, that he, with others, had been
: planted under a corn crib behind
the Hargs store to kill Cox at a
signal from Ebert Hargis, brother
of James Hargis and co-defendant.
Smith was not in custody, being
free on $4,000 bond furnished by
the Hargises. Since then he has
been arrested at his home at the
Instance of the Hargises. who wish
to surrender him to relieve them
selves of the bond.
Upon the decision of the court OF
I appeals rests whether Judge Carnes
will try the case. Owing to fear of
Hargis influence in Breathitt
county, enemies of Hargis have as
sumed an aggressive attitude
against holding the trial in Jack
son, where Judge Carnes insists 1t
should be held.
At Beattyville on change of
venue last fall Hargis, ex-Sherlff Ed
Callahan. b. f. French and others
had sensational trial on the
charge of numbering Attorney J.
B. Marcum. They were not con-
yicted Curt Jet. the actual as
sassn, who had been convicted, re-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
WEARY WANDERER
FINDS REST :,

"At last I have discovered a
place to rest" unused the tired
shovel. 1t was snow shovel lean7
ing against the curbing in frona
OF one of the most fashionable
Brownies addition homes. The
shovel had started out early in the
winter and was passed from hand
to Hand. 1t cleaned up the town.
site sidewalks and did duty among
the poorer class. There seemed to
be no rest for it, The poorer peo-
pie were anxious to keep their
sidwalks in some degree of freedom
from the slippery snow.
Finally the shavel found itself
in Brownies addition. 1t had be-
come we'll worn with constant
usage and was about ready to break
down with work hen Brone's addi-
ton as reached The winter has
been one long, sweet rest for IL
ever since the last deep snow. IL
was browsing in the sun the other
day when a party of swell dressers
came along. A lady slipped In
slipping she caused her escourt to
slip They came down in bunch
and those behind fell over them.
The shovel had hysterics-not at
what it saw but with the thought
of how convenient it was for the
men to pick it up and clean that
particular piece of walk. One OF
the men did actually take hold OF
it-but the next instant dropped 1t
as though he had been stung.
Occasionally small BOY picks it
up and moves it along block but
does not shovel with 1t. The
shovel suggests no moral!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
TWO SINNERS.

There was a man, it is said, one
time,
Who went astray in his youthful
prime;
Can the brain keep cool and the
heart keep quiet,
Boys will be boys, the old TALKS say
And man is the better for having
his day;
The sinner reformed, and the
preacher told
OF the prodigal son who came back
to the fold.
Christians to him threw open the
door
With a warmer welcome than ever
before.
Wealth and honor were his to com
mand
And a spotless woman gave him
her hand.
Their pathway was strewn with
flowers abloom
And blessings alike for bride and
groom.
There once was maiden who went
astray
In the golden dawn of her life's
young day.
She had more of heart and passion
than head.
And followed blindly where fond
love led.
But love unchecked is a dangerous
guide
To wander at will by a fair girls
side.
Yet the woman repented and turned
from sin,
But no door opened to let her in.
The preacher prayed that she
might be forgiven
And told her to look for mercy in
heaven.
For this is the law of the earth we
know
That the woman is scorned while
the man may go
A brave man welded her after all,
But the world said frowning, I'VE
shall not call"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
DRIVES MINISTER INSANE.

ASHTABULA, o., Jan. 28.-Try.
ing to solve the problem of support
ing large family on $40 a month
is what drove the Rev. j, J. Homi of
the Finnish Congregational church
of Ashtabula Harbor to the Cleve-
land State Hospital, a raving ma
MAC. and left in destitute circum-
stances his wife and 5 children.
Since he left college the Rev. Mr.
Homi has been forced to pay 500
month on debt his education
had incurred, and, adding to this
other expenditures. the problem oil
existence caused him to worry him
kSelf into insanity,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
SADpUTER, Z4AD EexUUMAG

tary, who was once printer and
manipulates typewriter to the
writer's dictation, is his cellmate,
held under charge of arson.
s. A. d. Puter, known as "The
Land Fraud King" who is serving
a two-year term under federal SUI
pervision in the county Jail here, is
the writer, and his secretarys
name is j. D. Gibson. In his book,
reports of which have been causing
qualms of fear in the uneasy minds
of some as yet undetected timber
thieves, Puter says he will not only
confess in full all his own infrac-
tons of the law, but will merciless-
ly lay bare, in every detail, the
crimes of many men of wealth and
social prominence who were in
volved with him. He claims he will
safe.
In the meantime fire had broken
out and shortly after the place
where the rescued women had been
throw calcium light upon the
great mesh of fraud, perjury and
deceit by which the greedy land
grabbers have swindled the United
States government out of great
tracts OF valuable land worth mil
lions of dollars.
stephen Arnold Douglas Puter Is
the full name of the convict-author,
but his initials have given him the
cognomen of Sad" Puter. Daily,
from an early hour in the morning
until late at night, he works on his
story, and the click of the type
writer. driven by his cellmate, often
keeps the prisoners in the neigh
boring cells turning over restlessly
in their blankets, far into the night.
Puter PAGES back and forth while
debating and smokes many cigars.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28

Maud Muller. on summers day,
Hid her jug in pile Of hay.
/
The Judge came by on his Arab steed,
Aud he was very dry man indeed.
AHA said he, with winsome wink
NOW where can a dry man find a drink"
She put her finger in her mouth
And slyly said. "A half mile south"
So the judge he galoped, lckety-splt,
Which showed that Maud had pretty wit
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
SMALLPOX IN IDAHO.

MOSCOW. Idaho, Jan. 2S.-Re-
ports from Onaway, Freese and
Princeton state that new cases of
smallpox are being discovered al
most hourly and that the plague
is rapidly spreading.
Quarantine regulations are not
very strictly enforced and as soon
as the officersturn their backs the
rules are disregarded. At Prince
ton several new cases have been
discovered and it is believed that
the disease has by this time reach
ed the lumber camps.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
THE AUDITORIUM.

z Southern feuds furnish the foun
dation for Hearts of the Blue
Ridge" presented last evening for
this weeks bill The play carries
the audience through series of
thrills until the war is finally heal
ed by the marriage of the heroine
on one side to the hero on the
other. Miss Shirley plays the
Miss Shirley plays the heroine and
George McQuarrie, the hero, whose
cOurtShip is carried on under ex-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
IGNORANCE WAS BLISS.

Fans stood up and laughed till they
cried. Cooley arose and brushed
his clothes before starting to the
bench. The crowd kept on cheering
and he dotted his hat and smiled
broadly. 1t wasn't until he had
reached the bench that he learned
that the ball had ben caught.
Sore? Say, he would hardly speak
to me during the rest of the series. y
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
GRABBED HIS CLOTHES.

w. c. Davis, a cook, told the po-
lice this morning that when he
went to his roo min the Sherwood
block at an early hour his two suit
cases were missing They contain
ed all his wearing apparel Detec'
tive Thompson was assigned to the
case
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
BUSY ON
LAND FRAUD
EXPOSE

PORTLAND, Jan. 28.-A re-
markable book, written by a re-
markable man under remarkable
will soon be in the
hands of the publishers. -
The author is a criminal serving
time for defrauding the United
States government, and his secre-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
THE COLUM BlA.

The gamut of melodrama run
ming from pathos to the ridiculous
is run in THE Old Clothes Man, y
opening last night. The variety is
wide enough to suit all sorts of
taste. Solomon Levi, the leading
part, is we'll played by MacCurdy,
author of the piece. The engage
ment closes Wednesday evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
ITS NO WONDER COOLEY GOT SORE

light engine rendered him by the
company for his purpose, James
Greer, an engineer. killed two men
within Is miles of each other on the
r. F. & p. railroad.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28

have recently had an experience of
sitting up nights with the fish. On
account of the continuous cold it
was necessary to keep fires going
constantly to keep ice from freezing
in the propagation troughs, which
extend the whole length of the
structure
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28

Federal union No. 1854 has ap-
pointed a committee to meet with
committee from Federal union
No. 1922 with a view to amalga-
mating the two unions. There is a
likelihood that the unions will get
together in the near future.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28

canting a confession that he had
been engaged to do the killing by
Hargis and Callahan. Previously,
however, at Winchester. Marcum's
widow had won a civil suit and an
$4,000 verdict against Hargis and
Callahan, charging that they were
responsible for her husbands MUIR
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
KILLS TWO IN RUN TO SICK
WIFE,

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Jan %.
In dash to reach the bedside of
his dying wife in Richmond on a
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Af the Theatres

| IRENE difficulties. They are well
supported by the balance of the
cast The stage is set with special
scenery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
THE SPOKANE.

The spectacular promises made
fer The Fast Mail" drew a good
cnpwd last night, and in scenic eff
feets the audience was not disap-
pointed. The acting was up to a
good standard for purely melo-
dramatic productions.
The next attraction at the Spo-
kane is that of VIM. H. Crane and
ELLIS Jeffreys in Goldsmith's famous
comedy, "She Stops to Conquer.
They are here Wednesday and
Thursday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28
KEPT THE FISH WARM.

EVERETT. Jan. 2S.-Superinten-
dent w. ID. Clarke and men, of the
state salmon hatchery at Sultan,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-28

der. Hargis has also been accused
in one of the numerous confessions
of engineering the murder of
Town Marshal Jim Cockrill in
Jackson. The friends of Cox, Cock
rill and Marcum are united to bring
the wealthy and influential Hargis
clan to book
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
LAX EXPRESSIONS.

Our friends, the enemy Of the Syndl-
Gators. are unhappy i'll their expressions
Often, and quite so, they unWlttlngly
We imagine, cry out against Corporation
attorneys" who may individually and
personally support Mr. Wilkinsons can
didacy, and cite that support as evidence
of the "damning sin Of the Wilkinson
corporation proclivltleS.
OF course the effect Of these express
SONS is to set the people to thinking
about corporations and their relations II
the pending gubcrnatorial contest and Il
excite inquiry concerning the corporate
connection, if any, of the several candl
dates for State office,
And thereupon and a, a result Of that
inquiry ISLANDERS is slandcrcd' again
for, 10 aud behold he has been an attor-
ncy for quite all Of them Of importance
Suppose we particuIarizc.
Notwithstanding that Mr. Sanders Is
a public official that as such he aided iii
cnactine laws charging a license upon
sugar manufacturing, he served as an at
torney for the sugar factories in sccrr
ing a court decree declaring the law he
aided in framing unconstitutional.
Now as a mere matter Of record this
i interesting.
Is fact it condemns, Mr. Sanders tc
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
s. \. kEkLEN. Secretary.


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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
PARTY GOVERNMENT.

The Syndicate, and its subsidized
prosecutors, are particularly and tear
fully concerned III sustaining party
government, or, as they express 1t, the
democratic policy of government by
parties.
1t has been observed that those who
have some Interior purpose in appealing
for popular favor invariably plead the
|inviolablity of governing by parties.
No one seeks to dispute the PROPOSE
ton that i'll unity Of action those who
have an unity of purpose i'll political at
fairs will sooner achieve the ends they
desire Such is a self-evident fact, but
1.-THE contention that parties as such are
endowed with either immortality or in
volatility is folly which any reason
ably we'll versed reader OF history can
explain.
Parties in democracies are merely the
means for achieving the ends of popular
government; the rule of the people. for
and by them.
There are party bigots, as there are
bigots in all causes.
To them party is an end.
For it, according to these, government
was instituted, just as the obstinate and
infatuated votary Of the American Con
stitution would and does insist-as Mr.,
Taft did in his Oklahoma addreSs-that
from that instrument comes human
liberty and it is not that which it really
is, the mere expression of a free people,
delegating certain of their inherent per-
sonal rights to the will and for the bene
fit OF the whole people.
Party, in other words, is a mere in
strument to be used for the success of
policies which individuals who think
alike believe are for the common good.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22

The moment party bcco les d fetish; the
moment it falls 10 the use Of designing
men or factions, then it j. danger il
the people, to democracy, and IL de
~tructiou is necessary and Imperative.
Blind party fcalty has been one # the
chief means through which bad men
corrupt men, unworthy men have sic
cccded to power. influence and graft
The 'yellow dog citizen is 4 dangerous
proposition and hi, faith III a party
name. no matter its objects or It's pl1r-
pose; no matter the character Of Its
candidates. its large the cause for the
grave condition i'll which the nation and
many of the States find themSelve today
Happily, sober second thought comes
always to the American public, and the
evils wrought by the attempt TO trans
form party from its laudable purpose
INTO faith and to demand from its adj
herents ldolatrous service. will be Sc
vercly and Justly rebuked
Sanders must 60,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Sept. 10, 1907.

No. II,33o-ln the First Judicial Dis
trlct Court Of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: G. c. Smell, Dative Tutor, vs..
William NJ Smell
By virtue Of writ OF her facias, to
me issued in the above numbered and
entitled suit from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of the Parish of
Caddo, Louisiana, ! have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction, for cash,
according. to law, during the legal hours
for sales, at the principal front door Of
the court house Of Caddo Parish, on
SATURDAY., OCTOBER 5, 1907,
Lots So and "a eagle subdivision, Of the
City of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La.
together with all buildings and improve
ments thereon. Said property seized as
belonging to defendant and to be sold
to satisfy the amount named III the said
writ for the sum Of $4,000, with inter
est thereon at the rate Of per cent per
annum from January I, 1000, and all
costs of the suit, including 5 per Cent
OH said sum and interest as attorney S
fees. J. P. FLOURNOY, Sheriff.
Caucasian, Sept. 3, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
CADD0 LEYEE BOARD


Vt regular meeting of the Cad 10
Ievec Board held thi, the 18th day Of
September 1907, there were present: W.
v Robson. presidents W b Means, w
p Hall, ] ] Lay, John l. Gayle Ab-
sent: John Scntel and Loui, Lehman.
Minutes of August 18th read and ap-
proved.
-. T. Land, attorney. reported on bid
|of J / Means and the secretary was
instructed To write him
Bid Of c. w Lane OF 100000 for
northeast quarter Of northwest quarter
section Is, township 20. range Is. read.
On motion same was accepted. payable
one-third cash, balance III one and two
years with per cent interest per annun,
and the president was authorized to
make title. Carried
Bid Of ] W. Keel for certain lands
III section 20, township 3. range 10, at
$500 per acre, read and referred to
| !. Lay Tor investigation and report.
Bill OF NJ. ). kerley. Sis, for type
writing read and ordered paid.
The president appointed the following
members ii the Caddo Levcc Board del
egate, to the Deep Waterways Conven-
ton 10 he held at Memphis on October
and ) 1907 ] J. Lay, " F. Hall and
John Scntell
Mr. Lay reported having employed al
| inspector for Rafting Slough lcvce at
salary oi 5000 per 1fonth until COM
pleuou Of the work On motion action
VA approved.
The board then adjourned.
W Y. ROBSON. President
S. \. KEKLEN. Secretary
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
SHERIFF IS SAIL

! No O2oS In the I'irst Judicial DISTRICT
Cour. of Cad 10 PARISH. Louisiana
Hicks Company, Iion,d for r~r.
v,. ]. -, Il l. aad g., II NIuph.
ter
| BY virtue Of 4 wait OF ~ti<urc urj sale
! to me ISSUED in the above numbered and
| entitled suit, by the Honorable First
! Judicial District Eourt 81 CadJo Par
isil, Louisiana, have seized and viii
offer for sale at public auction, for CASH.
according to law, at the principal FROM
door Of the court hou,e oi CaddO Par
| ISL, Louisiana, during the legal hours
| for sales, on
SATURDAY., OCT. IL, 1907.
Lots -, ii and IS Of block 10 in the
town OF Rodessa, Caddo Parish, La,
together with all buildings and improve
ments thereon. Also the undivided half
interest III and to the south half Of
| north half and south half Of section H.
township % north, range 10 west, $50
acres, with their interest AMI all build
ings and improvements thereon. Also
| the following property belonging to J.
| d. Slaughter, to wit: north half Of
southeast quarter section ., and north
half Of southwest quarter section "a;
| also west half Of southwest quarter OF
| the northeast quarter section q. all in
township g north, range 10 west, $50
acres, more or less, as per deed recorded
III conveyance book 10, page 2IS; also
the east half Of the southeast quarter
section IS township 3 north, range 10
west, SO acres, more or less. as per deed
in conveyance book Is, page 420.
SAID property seized as belonging to
the defendants, and to be sold to satisfy
the debts specified in SAID writ, III the
sum OF $IGOI.5o with per cent per an
mum Interest thereon from August ,
1904, until paid, and 5 per cent attorneys
fees on said sum and interest, less
credit of $4,000 paid August ), 1907,
and all costs Of suit
]. P. FI.OURNOI, Sheriff
Caucasian. Sept. 10, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
FASHION FANc.Es.
Srepe de Chine tiandkerchiefs 49,
French Noveities-Lss+ipo S.o,e+

.-oSN'fiS SaC1eI.
1here are always novelties in the
way OF handkerchiefs. The latest
thlng IS square Of creme de chine
win a narrow hemstitched border. The
embroidered monogram takes IN the
larger part of the handkerchief of This
description. With many other early
victorian modes. old fashioned lace
nandkerchiefs have come in again
some are rather fascinating, such as
e9tie squares of fine cambria with
narrow edgngs Of real lace. The finest
OF French lawn with dainty hem
stitched border Of the plainest possible
KIND Is fashion that never disap-
pears
A woman who always has fragra nf
bureau drawers accounts for it by her
use OF pumice stone saturated with her
favorite perfume in place Of the usual
transitory odor Of the fancy sachet.
The girl who has some buckles LEFT
from previous seasons need feel no
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by Jack Hall, one mile north
of Forblng, La, and estrayed before me,
the undersigned authority, one gray
mare, about IS hands high, shoes on
front feet, two small splits i'll left ear,
and about IS years old. The owner will
come forward, prove property and pay
costs, or same will be sold at Forbing,
La, on Saturday the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1907, at IL o'clock noon.
w. B. DANIEL,
Justice Of the Peace, Eighth Ward, CAD
do Parish, Louisiana. {
The Caucasian, Aug. ~, 1907. II
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-22
TIMELY HINTS.
Tho Autumn Coat-Gored Skirts-New
Mourning Bonnet and Ven.

Tho Autumn Coat-Gored Skirts-New
Mourning Bonnet and Ven.
In autumn and winter coats the
short and long ones vie with each
other in popularity. Many of the mod
els are loose and of thirty-SiX inch
length. In these the fronts are single
or double breasted and the back halt
2 fitting. with the side DRESSINGS which
distinguish the masculine coat of the
day. Like it, the fronts of the femi-
nine garments are cut away sharply
from the lower button. but this is
done only on the single breasted mod
els, as such treatment would not be
possible on double breasted fronts.
Much has been said about the co,a-
ing of the gored skirt: but, judging
from the preponderance Of plated
models in every form of the tailored
suit, it is pretty safe to predict that
the gored skirt will have rough sail
ing during the next six months. For
afternoon gowns the daintily checked
voiles In two toned effects are very at
tractive when fashioned with garni-
ture of silk, which gives them body.
One of the handsomest mourning
bonnets recently seen had a long veil
Of Grape. There was a narrow fold
Of white Grape introduced on the coro-
net among the neatly laid folds OF
black Grape. The veil instead of being