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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
JENNIE bURCH ON TRIAL
Quarter-Breed Mohawk Girl Is
Charged With
MURDER OF ALITTLE ONE
Said She Loved the Baby, but In a
Confession Admitted That a Peach
Containing. Poison Caused the Death
of Wilbur Winship.

New York, March 26.-Jennie Burch,
, quarter-breed Mohawk, who, in Sep
TENDER last. poisoned the infant son OF
Herbert Winship, a wealthy farmer of
trial for her life at Carmel, n. Y. She
is fifteen years old.
On the day of the baby's burial she
flung herself upon the child's casket
and sobbed out confession of how she
had fed the infant poisoned peach.
She said she had loved her little
charge, and because of her great love
had killed it.
Medical men and other men of sci.
ence who have examined and studied
the girl differ as to her sanity.
Jennie Burch was a waif and was
given a home by the Winship family
four years ago. The farmer and his
family treated the girl as one of their
own. When the baby, Wilbur, was
born Jennie Burch became its guard
ian night and day. Her love rivaled
that of the childs mother. No one has
been able to give satisfactory expla'
nation of the crime. The murder it,
self was preceded by several incen-
diary fires, which the girl admitted
she was responsible for First the
barn was burned and then followed
nine different attempts to burn the
Winship home.
Jennie's explanation of the incen-
diarism is that she wanted to see the
flames shoot" After the barn had
been burned she said she imagined
she was suspected and this thought
preyed on her mind. When she had
decided to kill herself she thought of
the baby and concluded that the child
should die with her. She poisoned a
peach, and, giving the child portion,
ate the remainder herself.
Within half an hour the girl and the
infant were taken violently i'll. Mrs,
Winship did all she could for both of
them Before night set in the baby
died, but Jennie Burch recovered. The
girl insist that she poisoned the peach
with iodine Chemists employed by
the state say that the poison that
killed the child was strychnine.
The girl is to be tried before Justice
Mills of the supreme court, who has
appointed two lawyers to defend her,
1t is believed they will attempt to
prove insanity at the time Of the MUIR
der
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26

appraisement, at the principal front door
of the court house of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, during the legal hours for
salesQon
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1907,
Lots No. 50 of the Shepherd & Stewart
subdivision of the City Of Shreveport,
La, as per map recorded iii conveyance
book a, page sol, records Of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana. Said property seized
as belonging to defendant and to be sold
to satisfy the debts specified in said writ
in the sum of one hundred dollars, with
8 per cent per annum interest thereon
until paid, and all costs of Suit, incluling
10 per cent on said sum and interest as
attorneys fees.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
March 10, 1907. Sheriff.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
SINGER SEEKS SEPARATION.
Emr1a Eames Desires That Her Mari
tai Ties Be Severed.

New York, March 26.-Mme Emma
Games, the opera singer. who. accord.
ing to story published Sunday morn
ing, has applied for decree of abso-
lutte divorce from her husband Julian
Story, in the supreme court of this de
partment, denies herself9o callers and
will make no statement regarding the
proceedings Her friends, however
declared they were not surprised at
her reported action. Nine Games has
not been living with her husband for
some time. and it is known they have
not considered themselves tempera.
mentally compatible
A Philadelphia dispatch says Mr..
Story left for New York Sunday In
speaking of the proceeding he is quot.
ed as saying: Madame has artistic
temperamently hugely, but l cannot
understand it. There must be some
mistake. | am entirely innocent of the
things Nine. Eames brings against me.
Cf course, | have known of this action
for some days. My lawyer made an
swer for me-"
Emma Eanes was married to Julian
Story at London in 1891, two years
after her debut at the Grand Opera in
Paris in Romeo and Juliet" She was
born at Shanghai. China, in 1869, of
American parents
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
SUCCESSION SALE.

No. a8o4-In First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Loti.ian
Succession of Mary c. Jones'
BY virtue of commission TO sell, &c
me issued in the above entitId aud mum
bered succession, by thu Honorable First
Judicial District Court of CadGo Parish
Louisiana. will offer for s1le a: public
auction, for cash, according to law at
the principal front door CT the court
house of Caddo Parish. La, iaring me
legal hours for sale, on
SATURDAY, APRIL -, 1907.
The north half Of the southwest quar-
ter OF section 8, township IS, range IS,
containing eighty acres, also cne -ff.il
interest in west half and the nor.1 lias.ss
Of the southeast quartz. of section 5,
township IS. range r, t.addo Parish.
Ia. said sale to be made To- -asl and
according to law.
2. FLoURNOY, SR.,
Sheriff and ex-offcio Aucf;oseer of
Csddo Parish. Louisiana
March 10
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
BLOODY ST2EET FIGHT.
One Man, Who Was Killed, Was Pierc
ed by Nine Bullets.

Bellefontaine. O., March ga
street fight between three wealthy
Italians and three members of the
Black Hand resulted in the death of
j. Demar. His body was pierced by
nine bullets. His companions fired
upon his assailants, and from the fact
that they left a trail of blood the pc.
lice believe that at least one of the
murderers was seriously wounded
Salvador Cira, a commission mer-
chant, who was with Demar, believes
that the shots were intended for him,
and the police are working on the the
DRY that his wealth melted the Slack
Hand to demand money which Cira
refused. Although Demar had $500 in
his posses sion. his body was not touch,
ed, showing the motive to be other
than robbery.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
NOT CHEERING NEWS.
Central American Colony at New York
Is Despo ndent.

New York, March %. - The news
that the forces Of resident Zelaya OF
Nicaragua defeated the hoGdurean
army at Chouteca and that President
Bonilla is in fight was not cheering
news to the Central American colony
in this city The Central Americans
suspect Zelaya of cheerishing the hope
that he may be able to establish a pow
erful Central American union, over
which he will be the head with other
states subsidiary.
The opinion is expressed that Presi,
dent BOnil a, who was in command OF
the Hondurean forces, fed to San Lo-
renZo, which is on the mainland, and
thence by boat TO Amalpa island, on
the Pacific. The captured town, only
fifteen miles from Amalpa, is the prin,
cipal Hondurean seaport On the Ia
cific, which is said to be unfortified.
1t is probable the Nicaraguans will
now attack Amalpa, where, it is be
lieved. no resistance will be made. In
case President Bonlila Is pursued he
can reach La Union, Salvador, i'll four
hours.
point OF the Nicarasuan forces under
General Aurelia Estrada and General
Ortiz since the beginning of hostili-
ties. PoGtillos de Namasique, where
it is alleged the Hondurean and Sa va.
dorean forces were defeated few
days ago, is on the frontier. thirty
miles from Choluteca. The latter town
IS seventy-fve miles from Tegue1galpa.
the Hondurean capital. The distance
between the two towns makes it seem
unlikely the Nicaraguan expectation OF
capture Of Tegucigalpa at once will be
realized
When informed Of the news from
Managua Pho Bologanos, consul gen
eral of Nicaragua in this city, said:
Il am sure it means the end of the
war, with another victory for our
country"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
BH=vITlEs PUNCHED.

France and Siam have signed a new
treaty
Three factories burned at Pittsbure
enta'ling s250,00o loss.
A pack of dogs is depredating on
cattle neal | awton, Okla.
Santa Fe stockpens at San Angelo
Tex, are being improved.
Food exports last year from the
United States total $3.50, 100000.
Serious forest fires have been rae.
ing in Patrick county. Virginia.
Chinese reyolutionists are busilv en-.
gagged sowing the seeds of sedition
Miss Mary Lyles expired at Bean.
mont from the effects of carbo.ic acid
Lawton, Okla. has this year $50
voters, an increase Of over 500 since
1906
Sam Persons had leg mashed off
at Plttsburg, Tex while switching,
and died.
City National bank of Nocona. Tex.
capital stock $4,000 will soon open
for business
Capitalists are prospecting at San
Angelo, Tex, with the view of erect
ing a compress.
Ed Shanks was iclted from the ton
OF a box car near Park SPRINGS. Tex.
and seriously hunt.
Number of Usage Indians participat
ing in the recent qua. terly payment at
Tulsa, |. T., was 185.
Near Monahans, Tex, two hunters
Killed fortyeight wild geese in fifteen
minutes. They secured twenty pounds
of feathers.
Geoge Elmer Vance, on trial at Ell
Reno, Okla, charged with killing Wal
ter Shehan and Henry Madoux at
Sayre, was given life imprisonment
Large barn of ]. E. Spillman at
Plano. Tex, valued at $1,000, occupied
BY ]. w Shepard. was IRE destroyed
It is thought to be work of firebugs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
NATURE OF DELiRIUM.
Cleveland Says That Offhand Attasso
on Railroads Are Wrong.


on Railroads Are Wrong.
Princeton, N. j., March 26.-"There
is much the nature of delirium,' said
former President Grovere Cleveland In
all interview, lin the popular outcry
against railroad corporations, for in
stance. We shall all be ashamed Of it
by and by There is much that is not
only groundless, but wrong in the off,
hand attacks made, on the railroads
by thoughtless people What is we'll
founded in them will be cured, but the
craze of denunciation will soon pass.
We should reflect that the railroads
are vitally related to our prosperity,
and that to attack them needlessly is
to attack ourselves. 1t is not the stock
Of souiless millionaires, but the prop
erty OF citizens, widows and orphans
whose savings are invested in the rail
roads that is being damaged. We shall
recall what railroads have been, and
are still to be, in the development OF
our country, and this mraZe will pass.
OF course, there must be some form OF
COVER HulenIal supervision, put IL SHouiu
be planned in quiet hour, not in one
Of angry excitement. Popular emo
tons follow peculiar laws.
1t behoOve Democrats to lose no
time in bringing to the front the issue
Of tariff reform and in focusing the at
tention of the country upon it. Tariff
reform is the issue that will cIariig
the atmosphere, solidify the friends
OF Democracy and bring eictory to
the party"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
BROKE AGAIN WILDLY.
Prices In Stocks Were In a Rather
Tumutuous State.

EGTnulIGOuS OldtCs
New York, March 26. = Prices in
stocks broke wildly again Monday soon
after the resumption of operations on
the Stock Exchange. Opening dealings
showed momentary stand against the
forces of depression, which were help
ed by the more cheerful tone of for
eign advices. Quotations received
here from London at the time of the
opening on the local Stock Exchange
showed some wide rebounds from the
New York closing level of Saturday,
and this tone had "a sympathetic eff
feet On first prices here.
Great Northern ore certificates
slumped 8 IL; Union Pacific. 3-S;
Amalgamated Copper, IA: Reading,
3-4; United States Steel preferred
So; Great Northern preferred and
Missouri Pacific, 8; ST. Paul, IL, and
other active stocks to over 2 points
From this level Great Northern ore
certificates rebounded 5; Union Pa
cific, 8 -; Amalgamated Copper and
Canadian Pacific. L.; Southern Pa
cific and Great Northern preferred, 2,
and other active stocks a point or
more.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
RED SHIRTS GO.
In Future Katy Section Men Must Not
Be Thus Adorned.

Denison March 26-No more will
the redshirted section man be a pic
turesque figure along the line of the
Missori, Kansas and Texas. Red shirts
are tabooed-for section men-by a
general order which has been issued
by General Superintendent E. NJ Al
word of the Katy lines north of Deni-
son. Mr.. Alvord says they are not to
be worn, and in future it will be worth
a section foreman's job to allow one
of his men to come to work wearing a
passionate colored shirt. This order,
it is believed will cause riots and
strikes where Mexicans are employed.
The order was issued because an en-
gineer mistook a red flag for section
mans shirt and almost got into trou-
Bile. The engineer cleared himself,
but it was the death knell of the red
shirt
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
sIxlIvEs kosB
Sever 6een Other Persons hjuree, ses
eral of Them Fatally.

SCVCn6ECn othCI fCTSOHS 0SV
eral Of Them Fatally.
Los Angeles, March "a special
train on the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fee railroad, carrying scores OF
students home from an intercollegiate
field meet at Claremont, collided head
on with the outbound limited train
Nc. on the same road while both
trains We're moving at a rapid rate
within the city limits here
Six persons were killed and seven
teen injured, several of them fatally
Both engines and one baggage car
on the Overland Limited were demol
ished. The crash was terrific, and
was heard many blocks away from
The scene.
The known dead are: g. G. Frank
inn, student at the University OF
Southern California
A. c. Edwards.
Major c. Gall.
Fred Hogson
The three latter were students at
Occidental college.
Workers at the wreck stated thew
were convinced there were at least
two additional bodies under the wreck
age of the smoker.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
SUMMAR|LY EXECUTED.
Mob Melted Death to a Negro
on the Sabbath.
HUSBAND PULLS TRIGGER.
Cleveland Harding, Who Was Fooled
In an Attempt to Crsrnnally Assault
Mrs. Ben F. Rice by Her Dog. Cap
tured and Bullet Riddled.

Florence, Ala. March 2G.-The ne
gro, Cleveland Harding. who attempt
ed to assault Mrs. Ben F. Rice near
here Friday. and who was driven off
marty executed Sunday by his intend.
ed victims husband and some 2G0 OF
800 sympathizers. Tied to tree, with
his arms up, the negro was riddlah
with bullets, the first shot being fired
by Rice. following which, it is said,
every man in the crowd emptied his
revolver at the prisoner. 1t is said
that over 1000 shots were fired. The
negro was captured half mile below
who tainted at sight of him. Upon
recovering she fully identified her as
sailant, and on being asked what
should be done with him told the ne
grO'S captors to do as they thought
best Harding was taken short dis
lance from the Rice home, where a
conference of the mob leaders was
held. Some said burn him, but shoot
ing was decided Oh.
Beyond confessing his guilt the ne
gro had nothing to say, and was stol-
idly indifferent, it seemed, as to his
fate. The body was left tied to the
tree by the mob, members OF which
maze no effort to conceal their iden-
tity. The sheriff overlook the crowd
before the lynching, but his appeals
were unavailing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
HoNORED AT HOME.
If Culberson Is Presidential Candidate
Texas Must Stand ~ Him.

~ SliOCiS SUI Is rFcSlQenItai Can0tQaIe
Texas Must Stand jy Him.
Gainesville, Tex, March 26.-Sena-
tor Bailey was given a rousing wei
come on his return home. He rode in
a carriage hauled by four white horses
and six bands were in the parade. He
was greeted by fully 10000 persons.
In speech he said that should Sena-
teE Culberson be a candidate next year
fQB the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation the Democrats of Texas must
be for him to man. If he Is not, Bry-
an should be instructed for. He de-
clared the present legislature should
pass law prohibiting one corporation
doing business in Texas from holding
stock in any other corporation A ban
quet given the senator was attended
10y several hundred number of leg
islators were present.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
HASKELL PASSES AWAY.
Prominent Newspaper Man of Boston
Dies After Lone Illness.

Boston, March 26.-Edwin Bradbury
Haskell, one of the owners of the Bos-
ton Herald and formerly editor-in-chief
of the paper, died at his home in Au-
burndale of agina pectoris He had
been i'll for some time. He is survived
by widow and four children-Colonei
w. E. Haskell, publisher and editor of
the Boston Herald; Henry H. Haskell,
Margaret Haskell and Clemence G..
Haskell o
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26

The success attending the ceremony
of the opening of the Cotton Belt bridge
and the banquet, simply add to the laur
els of the company and its efficient and
popular representatives in Shreveport.
In no invidious sense it may be said that
much of the pleasure enjoyed is trace
able to the efforts of Commercial Agent
]. I. Ferguson, who is wheel-horse, a
jolly good fellow, deservedly popular
with every class of the people
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
AUTO DRIVING.

Auto driving when INDUCED in con-
seryative sense will arouse no resent
ment from the public, but when the driv-
ing exceeds the reasonable limit, it will
then lead to the Intervention of law
The limit is now eight miles an hour,
and on thoroughfares more or less
crowded with vehicles and people, even
this speed is too great. Many auto
drivers do not realize how fast is their
speed, and therefore it would be unwise
to increase the limit as now fixed by law
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26

The construction and the opening to
traffic of the Cotton Belt bridge should
stimulate Shreveport to the speedy &C
quirement of bridge to be free to all
traffic, foot and vehicular. Idle talk and
irridescent dreams should give way to
a demonstration of earnest purpose. In
other words, there should be no unne-
cessary delays in the assurance of this
enterprise, which has been boast for
years. Be up and doing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
immigration Inducement.

Monterey, Mex, March 25.-It is
reported here that the st. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico railway has
donated 10000 acres of land along it's
line in aid of the plan to bring large
numbers OF Italians to Texas, and will
assist the Italians by selling them
small plats of land on easy payment
The Italian government is assisting
in the plan to give citizens of that
country an opportunity in agricultural
pursuits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
SHERIFPS SALE

No. II,I3o-In the First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana :
L. {. Blanchard vs.. Jerry Davage.
BY virtue of writ of seizure and
sale to me issued in the above entitled
and numbered suit, by the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Caddo
Parish, Louisiana, I have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction for cash,
according to law, without the benefit OF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by P. P. Keith on his prem
ises fourteen miles south of Shreveport
one red Jersey bull about four years old,
marked swallow fork and underbit in
right, and swallow fork in left ear: no
marks; and estrayed before me, the un-
dersigned authority.
The owner will prove property, pay
costs, or the animal will be sold accord
ing to estray laws of Caddo Parish, at
keithville, La, on April 20, 1907, at IL
O'Clock am
]: B. LEWIS,
Justice of the Peace Seventh aWrd.
March FL, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Ate Tainted Hash.

Leavenworth. Kan, March 2G-Ore
death resulted among tne 9G5 old sol
diers at the national soldiers home
here who were poisoned By eating
tainted hash. The victim was William
]. Cook, aged sixty-fcur years. a mem
Der of the Fourteenth Missouri caval
ry. He leaves a widow at Mexico
Mo. About severty-five ef the veter-
ans are still in a serious condition.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Denial Made.

Washington, March 26.-Peyton Cor.
don, In charge of pardons, denies Bur
ton was offered pardon. He saws
the department Of justice received sew.
eral letters asking that one be granted
AS there was nothing to indicate Bur.
ton had made the request he was writ
ten, but no reply received
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Due to jealousy.

Nashville, March 26.-Nettie Green.
negress, emptied the contents of a
revoiVer into the body of Matte
Goodch, another negro woman who
was instantly killed. The gGreen WON
an then drank an ounce of carholic
acid, dying some two hours later in
awful agony at the city hospital. The
tragedy occurred in an alley near the
union station. Jealousy was the cause
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Buried bv Avalanche

Bellingham, Wash, March 20
Eight miners were buried awe in an
avalanche of snow at the Brittania
mine on Howe sound, forty miles north
of Vancouver. -Four were taken out
dead and four were rescued. Two Jap
anese were in the group, of which one
was killed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
And now District Atfufley Zero.

And now District Attorney Jerome in
sists that Thaw as been in a paranoiac
state ever since his trial began. If they
will give him a chance it is probable that
the defendant will agree to leave New
York at once and GO into the soporihc
State of Pennsylvania-Times- Demo
GRAFT
Unquestionably, but what is the mat
ter with Jerome? His determined efforts
to prosecute Thaw would indicate that
he Is afflicted with brain storm.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Cannon and Party cuar7ntired

Colon, March 2G.-The steamer
Bluecher, with Speaker Cannon and
representatives Of the United States
congress on board, arrived here Sur
day. The congressman were not Der.
mitted to land owing to the fact that
the Bluecher had been out ssom Ven.
ezuela but five days. Six days are re.
CURED by the quarantine regulations.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Woman SIays Physician.

Spartanburg, S. c.. March 26-Dr
w. nj. Under, a prominent physician
OF Union, S. c.. was shot and killed in
stantly by Lucy Litser, who walked
into his Office, closed the door and
fired bullet into his back. The wom-
an was arrested.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Siuaasd ard Robbed.

Springfield Me-, March 26.-T. Ross,
a stockm2n at Shawnee, Okla, who
came here to we'd Miss Martha Shep-
ard. was si'teged and robbed of So
900, q fire watch and a diamond ring.
He wired 10: f,srds and the maria sc
took place. The robbery occurred
within block of his wife.s residence.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26

Alba (Texas) News: Dr. Parkhurst
says that the modern newspaper de-
votes more space to freaks than to any
thing else. Yes, the doctor has been
rather prominent in print for a long
time past
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
cHOLUTECA CAPTURED.
Most Strongly Fortified Town of Hon
duras Capitulates.

durss Capitulates.
Managua, March 26-Santos Rami-
riez, deputy general of telegraphs and
telephones, made the following state,
ment to the Associated Press: THE
Nicaraguan forces have captured Cho-
luteca, Honduras, which was held by
the Hondurean and Salvadorean
troops, and President Ronilla has fled
by boat. Steamers still pursue the fu
gitive president. | believe the war is
ended"
Choluteca is the NEST strongly forti,
fled town of Honduras. 1t is on the
Choluteca river, about three miles
from the Gulf of Fonseca. tt was here
years ago that President Vasquez was
defeated by allied reyclutionists and
Nicaraguans
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Burial of Thomson.

Fort Worth, March 26-The funeral
OF Bill Thomson was conducted by
Rev. A. E. Dubber. who took for. his
text: All we, like sheep. have gone
astray. We have turned every one to
his own way; and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquty of us all" isaiah,
lii, 81
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-26
Oldest Oklahoma Mason.

Lawton. Okla, March 26-Charles
Watkins, aged eighty-one years died
near Sterling. He had been an active
meber Of the Masonic lodge for fifty
four years, and was the Oldest Mason
in Oklahoma