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Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
BY Associated Press.
AY AT1r0N 0NN
April sO.-The Off
GENERAL FRUIT MARKET
BY Associated Press.

BY AssOcia ted Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April SO.-Fancy ap-
S2.0Od1S.O0i cranberries, $3.5OQ5 O0S navel
oranges, $1.00@3,50; Mexican lines, S60OfD
500; common California lemons, $150;
fancy. $500; bananas, $1.25@5.0O; pineap-
ples, $4.000I6.00.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
Los ANGELES STOCK EXCHANGE

Official sales--1 $4,000 Home Telephone
first bond at 80; 5000 Columbia Oil at 100
751Rc (B. 800; 20 Home Telephone pfd. at
$f2; 10 Associated Oil at $42 so (B. 30); 4000
Olinda Land Co. at 15A@15%c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
Oil Stocks
DAILY MINING CALL

Official sales-1OO0 Johnnie Con. G. M.
Co at. lie; 1000 at 11%c (B. 9Ol; 2O1O
Searchlight Parallel at 4A@49sc; 1000 Cal.
Hills M. Co. at 2Ac; 1000 Johnnie Con- at
1o&c; 1000 at 11%c (B. 3O); 1900 Eldorado
Canyon at 1B@2c; 5000 at 2hc (B. COY;
1900 Searchlight Western at 4@4Ac.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
Totals s224 2O6 272 slga aa5, ,O2s s144. .59O s14

The imports into the Unified States dur
ing tue month of February, 1907, were
valued at $l23,1S 300, of which $54,99O.559
was. free of duty and $6S194,650 duitable,
against a total of $14,2S2,S7 for Febru-
cry, 1906. The exports during the same
month"; amounted to $159 ,54S, GAG, of which
$l57, 143 was domestic and $2,022,5I for
elgn, against total of $141, ,766,55S for
FebruarY, 1906.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
New York Stocks

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 30.-The following
ing were the official quotations on tho
stock exchange today:
Sales. High Low Clos
est, est. ing bio
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
BANK CLEAR|NGS
FOR FOUR MONTHS
TOTAL FOR APRIL, 1907, $780,
,3se,217.REcoRD MONTH
Best Index of Business Expansion in
Los Angees-Export Trade News.
Railway and Industrial
Prosperity

Next to January, 1907 the month of
April is the record period of the year In
the total of bank clearings as shown by
the Los Angeles clearing house, twelve of
the leading banking institutions of the
city.
The >total was s56,SS6.217, against $780,
02S,94S for the same month last year, and
431 for April, 1905. The increase
over 1906 was s6,357,26s
Total clearings for the first four
months of 1907 are $224,2O6,272, an in
crease of $30,871,2 ,249 as compared with the
corresponding Period last year. The rec
ord is as follows,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
New York Bonds
BY Associated Press.

! NEW YORK, April ,SO-The following
" ere the closing prices for bonds today:
U ref 2s, reg. .104 do 41ss CT I'd ST '9lss
do coup ........104 do AIS, cert.... 9Sz
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
Credit Balances
Ey Associated +

BY Associated Press.
OIL CITY, Pa. April SO-credit bal
ances, Sis.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Everything you want you will find In
the classified page-a modern encyclo-
pedia. Une cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Everything you want you will nnd In
the classified page. One cent q word.
pedla. One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

GRAIN AND FEED C50 lbs.)-Wheat,
No. 1, $1.55; do, 100-lb. sack, No. l, $1.60;
$l.35; oil cake meal, $3.50; seed rye, $155;
shorts. $1.4O; Egyptian corn, s1.45; white
FRUITS AND Bananas. 5c.
CITRUS FRUITS-Lemons. fancy, $2,UO
nuts AND DRIED FRUITS (all per
lb1-Almond- IXL, 19@20c; Ne l'ius , =
ira, lie; peanuts, California fancy, SIC;
eastern fancy. &c; walnuts. California,
bleached, No !, l4@l5c; pecans. Jumbo,
berts, 14c; Mexican pine nuts, zoe; evap-
Grated apples, per lb., tAc;. apricots. 17c;
nectarines. lie; peaches, 121Rc pears. 13c;
plums, lie; raisins. 7Qo7i3c; seedless mus
cal is, &c; loose muscats, SQS1sc.
lb.; beets, 65c sack; fancy celery, CSC a
dozen by the cSate; evaporated chilli. 121sc
H.; garlic, SC H.; lettuce, 25c doz. peas
395c lb.; spinach, 17hc doz;; turnips,. 6oc
tomatoes, S1.75q2.OO crate. cucumbers, $3.50
doz,; green onions. 25@S0c doz.; rhubarb
POULTRY-Dealers quote the following
paying prices for live poultry per pound:
lBroilers. ] to 1Nibs:; 25e; do, 15h to "a
ters, 8 lbs up, 18c: hens, 14c; stays and
old roosters, SC; turkeys. heavy, lie; light.
not wanted; ducks, 15c; geese, 12c; squads,
81. 1.50@1.75 dozen.
Retail Prices
Following prices for leading articles Of
consumption prevail at the Los Angeles
stores:
Butter, 2-lb. roll. fancy ..................s.6o
Butter, 2-lb. roll. Poppy. 30
Eggs, fresh ranch, per dozen N........ .25
Potatoes, fancy, 100 lbS...................Z.o 20
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01
Boston Stocks and Bonds
BY Associated Press.

BOSTON, April 30.-Following were Off
cial quotations for stocks and bonds:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-01

Following prices for leading articles of
consumption prevail at the Los Angeles
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
DISTRICT COURT
A White Boy Held for Robbing Gas
Meters-Charges Held i'll Suspense

In the District Court yesterday, Judge
I. f. Bell, the case Of Walter Carver
was mol pressed, He was held for as
sault to kill. The witnesses against him
failed TO appear.
John Evans, violation Of labor con
tract, convicted, fine 500 or GO days on
the public road.
Mar,dcn Boyd. robbiug gas meters.
| he offender is a white boy. He was
reprimanded by Judge Bell and surren-
dered to the keeping of his mother. The
charge against him is suspended during
good behavior. OF late there have been
many complaints of the breaking and
robbing Of gas meters by white boys
While dislnClined to prosecute the Gas
Company must be protected from such
acts. If prosecution will not suffice,
then the offenders will be held account
able for larceny.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Vital statistics Of Shreveport for the
week ending December !. 1907.
Marriages-Whte: w. NJ. Pate and
Matte Grosjean: T. L. kimbrough and
Anna Clarity; Jim Omas and Anytime
Iosas. Colored: S. c. Smith and Alice
Williams.
Births-White: J. p Weyer and wife
boy: Nelson Nesom and wife, boy.
Deaths-White: DR.. J. ]. Scott, 70
years; August J. Wagner. 50 years; B.
w. Williams. Is years. Colored Bessie
Anderson, 1 month; Henry Snow, 8
years; Dora Orr, 80 years: Bill Lewis,
50 years; Monroe Dark, 10 years; Jack
son Mcfarland. 90 years Nonresident,
white: Ebert Weaver, 10 years; Bar
bara Wingate, 4 years. Colored: Nettie
Bnrrs, 80 years; Ben Robinson, 20
years; A. Williams, p years.
OF the above three died at the Char
ity Hospital, two at Shreveport SAM
tarium; one at North Louisiana SAM
3arium
ASHTON BLANCHARD,
Health Officer
L. H. PIRKLE. NJ D., Sec
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
THE STATE FAIR
Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year
Committees Appointed

A meeting Of the directors of the
State Fair OF Louisiana was held Fri
day night at the headquarters of the
Association, PA Milan street Dr. J.
Ashton Blanchard president, presided
Officers were elected as follows: L. c.
Allen, president: DIR. J. Ashton Blan-
chard, first vice presidents DR.. c. c.
McCloud. second vice president; A.
Queries, treasurer: l.. n. Bruegger-
hof, secretary.
A committee comprising A. Queries,
?. Youree and l.. n Brueggerhof were
appointed to raise funds to pay notes OF
the association due January 1 next.
A number of the directors spoke en-
couragingly Of the future
President Allen and the other officials
in appropriate words expressed their
appreciation of the hOnors conferred on
them.
1t is proposed to make the next Fair
equal to the best ever held in any State
of the South
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
w. ]. RAINSBERGER
Is Held Under the Charge of Opening
a Letter-Arrested by United States
Deputy Marshal Lea.

William ]. Rainsberger is i'll Jail TN
der serious charge The offense is tri-
able in the United States court. He is
held for having opened a letter adj
dressed to Lula Holloway. 1t was
marked personal. Lula Holloway has
knowledge of the High case. Her state
ment has been submitted to the grand
jury. Rainsberger being apprehensive
of something irregular, opened this let
ter. On discovering its. contents he
FASTENED with it to the chief Of police
This is the Black Hand letter i'll which
Lula Holloway was threatened with
direful results if she appeared against
High.
Rainsberger has been in charge of the
Ohio House for months. The opening
of this letter Infatuated the woman,
who filed the charge before Deputy
Marshal Lea.
Yesterday morning Rainsberger ap-
peared before United States Commits
Slofer Jackson and admitted having
opened the letter. His admission being
plea of guilty he was remanded to the
parish Jail i'll default of a bond of $500.
His only recourse is to give bond and
then await a trial before Judge Boar
man when the United States Court con-
venes
Rainsberger has several friends who
were ready to go his bond, but these
could not conform to the stipulations
and conditions REQUIRED by the govern
ment.
10 have opened this letter. was a Sc
rious offense. His plea of defense is
that he believed it contained valuable
information desired in the Hanson case
and therefore he felt justified in his
course.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No. II,0zS-In First District Court OF
Louisiana: Succession of Emma
McCleland
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
Jones has this day applied to be appoint
ed administrators of said succession, fill
ing together description and valuation
of property belonging to said succession
as follows, to-wit: Real estate, two (2)
acres of land, more or less, in each half
of southeast quarter of section ii, town.
ship y, range II. west, in Caddo Par
ish La; one hundred fifty dollars
($15ooo) And unless opposition be
made within time specified by law, she
will be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. ]. Murff, i
Judge of said court, on this the 21st day
of November A. d. 1907.
A F. HAYNES,
Nov. "a. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
THE HENRY HIGH MURDER
CAS-

With the action of the grand jury in
returning true bills against Henry High
and his associates in the murder of
George Hanson, there has been the free
est expression of satisfaction by the
people.
There have been complicated cases in
Caddo parish, but this is one of the
most intricate. Its complications and at
time, the apparent impossibility of its
development, was trying.
Fortunately in Chief of Police Allen
and his assistants of the detective force
there was a tenacity of purpose, pursued
on bold and intelligent lines, which give
assurance Of successful results.
In this case it is dealing with GRIM
mails as audacious as they are cunning
and cold-blooded.
What is murder to them?
Possessing no scruples or conscience,
with hearts of adamant, they experience
little concern in deeds of blood.
<Aiiu ohiSuio do IL may oNNih, al al
powerful, if silent, influence has been
operating in the interest of High.
To what extent this influence may be
exerted and to what stages of pernicious
activity it may be directed, Is simply
conjectural
1t is with towns as with individuals.
When the body becomes contested
from accumulated disorders, a purging
is essential to health.
So it is with a community.
There are limits to all things After
all, law and order and justice must pre-
vail and be maintained against crime
and the sympathizer of criminals.
There has been much matter pub
lished in this murder case more or less
sensational which should have been
eliminated. What is needed in Shreve-
port today is not the indulging in SEN
sational reports of crime, but the crea-
ton of an all-powerful sentiment, the
rousing of the people to the necessity OF
action in resisting and suppressing
whatever sentiment may be exerted in
behalf Of criminals.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08

Created by the Extra Session Of the
General Assembly.

The New Orleans Picayune: Two
new positions have been created by the
extra session which have already started
field of candidates. New Orleans is
naturally most deeply interested i'll the
one tax collector for that city The inn
preston prevails here that Captain John
Fitzpatrick Of the Third Ward has
been tentatively agreed upon by the
ward leaders as their choice for the
place if he will consent to run Candi-
dates for this place must qualify on or
before December 10, 1907, in order to
enter the primary OF January %, 1908.
Tie other new position created is
that of travelling Auditor, and will be
appointive by Governor Blanchard This
will probably his last important ap-
pointment, unless some unforeseen event
should occur While several possible
candidates have been mentioned the
friends at the capital of Private Score
tary /. O. Harris are urging him for
the place. His four years service in the
executive office has familiarizel him
with every department of State, and his
candidacy is being presented and pushed
by large number Of supporters here.
Several other names have been men
toned, among them being Colonel J.
w. Alexander Of Alexandria: Mr. Geo.
Speaker of the Auditors Office w. n
Curley, secretary of the State Board of
Equalization, and one or two public &C
countants of New Orleans. The place
will carry salary of $4,000 a year and
$1,000 travelling expenses. 1t will be TIP
to the next Legislature to finance the
office, as no provision was made by the
extra session.
While not creating as much general
interest as these two mentioned Jobs.
yet the secretaryship and clerkships and
sergeant alarms for the commission to
Investigate the port of New Orleans are
mot being overlooked by any means. A
contest of more or less activity has been
stirred UP over the secretaryshp of the
port commission, and there are two or
three prominent candidates. The same
is true of the other places on the COM
mission. This body will meet at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel, in New Orleans,
Monday, December 10, and organize.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08

Monroe Star, December g: The in
dictment Of Mrs Leila Twilley at
Shreveport yesterday i'll connection with
the murder of George Hanson. brings
to mind the terrible tragedy which oc-
Cured i'll this city on the night of
March |, 1905. in which G.. F. Twilley
Jr., her husband. lost his life Mrs.
Twilley was living at the time at the
residence Of Mrs. Marx. corner of JEFF
ferson and North Fourth streets. She
and her husband had been separated for
about a year, and it seems that the man
was seeking to bring about a reconcil-
lation at the time of the tragedy. The
neighbors were aroused by the screams
Of woman at about midnight and upon
investigation discovered what was, ap-
parently, an attempt at murder and sui
eide. The woman had small wound i'll
her throat and Twilleys throat was cut
from ear to ear, the jugular vein and
windpipe both being severed
In telling the story of the horrible af-
fair Mrs Twilley alleged that her hus-
band had tried to kill her and thinking
that he had accomplished this, he then
turned the weapon upon himself His
body was found lying on the embank-
ment Of the Nicksburg. Shreveport and
Pacific railway at a considerable dis
lance from the house where the deed
was committed.
A brother of the dead man. William
Twilley, who still resides here, in talk
ing Of the affair today, stated that he
had always thought that his brother was
murdered, and that the wife had hand
in the matter. and protectel the person
who did the killing He states that ev-
erythng points to the fact that his
brother could not possibly have inhict-
ed the ghastly wound on himself, and
then made his way to the place where
the body was found. He says that Mrs.
Twilley claimed that her husband called
to her, after the wound had been in
ficted and the windpipe severed, that
1T was all over. that she need not wor-
ry"
What connection the woman has with
the Hanson murder is not definitely
known here, but she was indicted to-
gether with Henry High and Isabel
Montgomery.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
THE POLL TAX
Without Its Payment 1t Is Impossible
to Vote

Without the poll tax it is not possible
10 vote. The citizen who is otherwise
qualified but neglects to pay his poll tax
on or before December 81, will stand
disfranchised. He will have no right
to exercise the right of the citizen for
two years. The law is specific. TO be
qualified the poll tax must be paid two
years preceding an election. The citi-
zen who will neglect to Qualify on or
before December 81 will be excluded
from participation i'll the primary cleo
ton on January 2S for the nomination
of Governor, State and parochial Offices
He will be nullity i'll the State cleo
ton in April next. He will be zero
at the election for mayor and council
men in 1908 and he will have no vote
for Congressman nor for the president
of the United States.
Why should any good citizen place
himself in such a woeful predcament?
Why should any citizen disfranchise
himself through neglect Or delay in a
duty which is imperative?
Besides maintaining these privileges
eof citizenship, the one dollar paid for
the poll tax is applied to the public
schools
The citizen who has not paid his poll
tax should hasten in the discharge of
this duty.
1t will be too late after December
81, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
SUCCESSION SALE

Nc. I1,4z6-In the First District Court,
Caddo Parish, La: Succession OF
Aollie johnson.
Bv virtue Of a commission to sell, to
me issued il the above numbered ana
entitled succession, by the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad1o
Parish. La. | will offer for sale, at pub
lie auction, for cash. according to law,
at the principal front door of the court
house Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, dur
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY.. JANUARY II, 1908,
Lot Fl of block 20, Io-acre lot 4, OF the
City Of Shreveport. La, together with
all buildings and Improvements there
on. Said sale to be made for cash, &C
cording to law, to pay debts
]. P FLOURNOG,
Sheriff and ex-Officia Auctioneer.
Caucasian. Dec. I.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
It is said that the Ward Bosses OF

1t is said that the Ward Bosses OF
New Orleans will back Captain Jonn
Fitzpatrick for the one State tax ooilee-
torship lob in that city And this after
ne has demonstrated his unfitness for
the position by failure to give his pres
ent office his personal attenton.-Moli-
roe News.
Fitness is Of second consideration.
1t IS John Fitzpatrick and that is all
sufficient. The Bosses never worry over
the unlitucs, Of the man if he be one OF
the gang.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
free with all the protection and privi-

free with all the protection and privi-
leges accorded the honest and respect
able women Of the country Mrs. Brad
ley's only plea for mercy lay in the fact
that the man she killed had persistently
denied her request for marriage, when
She had willingly consented to the de
graduation he brought upon her. know
ing at the time that he was the husband
Of another woman, and she the wife of
another man.
An intellectual, ambitious woman
familiar with the miserable social his
tory Of Senator Brown, knowing that
he was moral degenerate, already
twice marricd-the last time to the Co
respondent in his wife's divorce suit
Mrs. Bradley deliberately became a
party to his further degradation with
out the slightest hope of legitimate
PREPARATION. As the wife of another man,
Mrs. Bradley audaciously became the
mother of Senator Browns Children
with the knowledge that these helpless
victims of her immortality could not
have the stigma of disgrace in anyWse
removed until death, or the divorce
court interviewed in the case both Of
herself and Senator Brown Her rela
tions with the latter became a. public
scandal throughout the West In fit of
jealous rage. realizing that the man for
whom she had eagerly sacrificed her
own self-respect and the present and
future Of her innocent, helpless chill
dren would not marry her, Mrs. Brad
ley simply killed him after the manner
of SO many women of her 1lk. Mrs.
Bradley's case was even more, fragrant
and offensive than that of Evelyn 1haw
The latter, full Of the Weaknesses and
vanities of a foolish, unframed girl, was
an easy prey to men who appealed to
her love of ease and luxury. Without
moral instinct and moral training and
example. Evelyn Thaw became the silly,
pretty plaything of interruptions men.
Not 50 with Mrs. Bradley A strong
self-rcliant, intellectual, ambitious wom-
an, 10 longer with the excuse of youth
or inexperience, a wife and mother,
squarely looking fate i'll the face, be
came Il willing. eager party in one of
the most disgusting, inexcusable scan
dals of the present time She was I'M
equal to paying the price OF her evil
doing. and after branding her helpless
children with the stigma of her rcpul-
sive conduct, she adopts the role Of a
nervous. ill-treated victim Of the man
with whom, hand i'll hand, she had glad
ly gone to her ruin.
1t seems timely and pertinent to bring
to the attention of the American public
the necessity for higher and worthier
regard for the respectable element of
American wornanhood. If the breaking
of nearly every law i'll the moral code
by women is to be rewarded with a YER
dict such as the one rendered Tuesday
at Washington, the home life of the
country will. of necessity be greatly en-
dangered The twelve men tried and
true" who restored to liberty Mrs
Bradley by their verdict of not guilty
struck a serious, unwarranted blow at
the domestic life of the country and did
their part toward lowering the stand
ards of wifehood and motherhood III
America
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
A BLOW AT AMERICAN WOMAN
HOOD.

The verdict Of not guilty rendered at
Washington, D. c., in the case of Mrs.
Annie M. Bradley, charged with the
murder of Senator Arthur NJ Brown,
was direct blow at American wifehood
and motherhood, says the Atlanta Geor-
gan: 1t was also the expression of the
extreme limit of masculine sentiment
tality. Twelve men, supposed to repre-
sent various types and classes of Amer
lean manhood, have declared that a
woman who is guilty of almost every
sin forbidden in the decalogue shall go
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
JOIN NOW
An Opportunity of Becoming Wood
man of the World.

Thirty-five new members is the result
Of few days work These new appi-
cations represent as good citizenry as
Shreveport can boast of We will COM
plete our class Of fifty i'll few days.
Will you come in with us and be a
member Of the Woodmen of the World :?
You can join the camp of your choice.
L. P. BUTLER.
District Deputy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
FOR POLICE JUROR-WAR1
FOR CITY JUDGE.

The Caucasian has been authorizcd to
announce HON. w. Z. NAPLES as a
candidate for Judge of the City Court,
subject to the action Of the majority of
the Democratic voters at the primary
election.
The Caucasian has been authorized to
announce S. c. FULLILOVE as a can
didate for the office of Judge of the
City Court, subject to the action Of the
majority votes at the Democratic voters
at the primary election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL
The Caucasian is authorized to an
nounce H. NJ. RUTHERFORD as a
candidate for City Marshal, subject to
the action of the Democratic voters in
the primary election.
The Caucasian is authorized to an
nounce G. F. GERALD as a candidate
for City Marshal, subject to the action
of the Democratic voters in the primary
election.
The Caucasian is authorized to an
nounce L. M. McDUFFIE as a candi-
date for City Marshal, subject to the
action of the Democratic voters in the
primary election.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Grand Opera House co.
will be held at the office of the secre-
tary, No. 5IS Spring street, ON Satur-
day. January 4, 1908, at 4 o'clock p M,
for the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing year, and such other bust
ness as may be presented.
Dec. T. S. n. KERLEY, Sec.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-08
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ftion from overwork and other
scauses. Humphreys Homeo-
rpathic Specific No. %, in use
sover 40 years, the only success
sful remedy. 81 per vial, or spec-
ial package for serious cases, $5.
pld BY Druggists or sent prepaid receipt Of price,
Humphreys Med. Co, William { John Sts., u