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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
0ENTLEMKN's 5 LIST.

Arlington West; Adger Samie; Alb
bott James; Austin Bud.
Block Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.; Barron
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe; Bond H. c.; Butler
Erwin F.; Brandon Douglos; Barter
Cortes; Beemus ]. c.; Barrie George:
Bagley E. N; Boring w. c.; Brown
w. H. Brundly w. N. j; Baker R. L.
Carter Walter; Coleman Charles;
Coleman Bailey Charlton J. NJ; Cair-
nes John NJ.
Dausey Phalan; Davis Morris; DOLL
ing r. D.; Dicaps Calogero; Duncan
Henry; Daniel ]. j.; Dickson ]. Da-
Wis Henry
Edwards Nose; Bastard Jessie.
Fitzgerald w T.; Ferguson John;
Flower E. A; Fisher Frank; Flem-
ing c. I.
Gibson Rev. ]. A; Gatlin Sam;
J Goode John L. ; Griffin James K. Gibbs
lG. C.
Hernandez Dolores; Holts George !;
Hickson Mathew; Henford Robert F.
Jones M. F.; Jackson Fred; Jackson
Rev c. M; Jones S P; Jones Nor
ton; Jefferson Rev. Edd; Jameson
John; Jackson Bob; Johnson Lee.
Krels A. E; King c. G.
Lorraine Orville.
Mitcell E. "; Moss A.; Morris C.
McMan Dennie; Morton Isiah; May
field Huhatus; Merrett Geo. w; Moss
Willie; Miller Will R.; Mills NJ. J.
Neiderer Jos, Naylor Elmo.
Oberlee Lee.
Player Eliggie; Powell Land; Pleas
ant Geo; Pratt J.; Player E. p; Pey-
ton A. T. & Bros.
Rigford John E. /; Roth James; Reed
James; Rease B. w.
Shuler Sam; Sexton Emmett ]. :;
Sepelvods Frank 2; Scott E.; Shurst
Fred L.; Siphes Bine; Sanchez Michel.
Tally John; Taylor June; Thomas A..
H. Tremaine w. ].
Vorlians w.
Winchester w. H.: West Thomas !;
Ware John; Williams Emit; Watson F.
B.. f; Wood H. E. ; Warren J. P; VIII
iams John Wesley; Williams rom;
Wright Willie; w. D. Chew Co
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
NUMBER o2

derson Miss Lier; Huffman Mrs. T.
H.; Huckins Mrs. -; Hunley Miss E.
Harp Luella.
Ives Mrs. Eva.
Johnson Mrs. Laura; Jones Miss
Garry.
Kent Miss Mary; Kimbles Kate.
LANCER Miss May; Levasseuer Mrs.
v; Lindsey Miss Johnetta Leon Miss
Father; Lane Miss Elem; Lacy Mrs.
Emma Land Miss Carrie.
Morris Miss Lola; Miller Miss LII
cenda; Malvey Miss Mabel; Miller
Miss Sarah; McTirer Miss Willie;
Miles Phillies; Mcdaniel Mrs. Pauline;
Markham Miss Ida; Martin Miss Dina:
Mccoy Miss Evia; Mosely Mrs. c. ":
McGill Miss Cora.
Motley Miss Joyce
Prescott Miss Mamie; Paper Char
lotte; Pressler Miss Clara; PEBBLES
Miss Fannie; Presley Miss Alma;
Price Mrs Ada.
Robertson Mrs. Lena; Reed Miss
Willie; Russell Mrs. Jessie; Ross jim
ney; Ritchard Mrs c. T.; Robinson
Miss Beckie.
Sprague Miss Vina; Simon Mrs. Su-
sic; Sanders Mrs. w. D.; Stames Miss
Georgia; Stephen Mrs. Mary Pearl;
Sanders Miss Mary; Shelton Miss Ma
bel s: Scott Lille A. Sims Miss Car
rie; SUSAN Miss -.
Tanar Miss Sallie; Turner Miss Vim
ME; Toad Mrs. Tenny; Thomas Mrs.
Theodor; Tulley Mrs W. P; Thomas
Miss Olevia; Thomas Mrs. A.
Underwood Alise.
Williams Mrs. L. H. Williams Miss
Lular; West Sadie; Washington Mary;
Wilson Miss Luceal Wood Mrs Ju-
lie; Williams Mrs. Kate.
Young Mrs Jessie
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
A BOYS PLIGHT
Caught in Balloon Ropes and Taken to
Sea-Rescued Alive and Uninjured,

AT Santa Cruz, Cal, in the presence
of 10000 people gathered on the beach
to celebrate the Fourth of July, Jesse
Wyman, a Io-year-old boy, was caught
in the ropes of balloon during an as
cension and carried head downward 500
feet in the air. Scores of women, in
cluding the boys mother, tainted as
they saw the little fellow carried away.
The Mortified crowd expected to see
'lim dashed to the ground, but the rope
seemed securely fastened about the lit
tie fellows legs and he so managed to
get an upright position.
AS the balloon. driaed out over the
ocean, Virgil Moore, the aeronaut, drew
they boy UP to him and held him close
to his side on the trapeze bar. After
drifting over the water for third of
mile a gust of wind blew the balloon
ON its side, and it slowly descended to
the water as the gas escaped. A launch
from the naval training ship Alert had
followed the balloon and dashed up as
the aeronaut and the boy touched the
water. Aside from bad fright the boy
was none the worse for his thrilling ex-
perienCe
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
A JUDGMENT.
No. I3,o38-In First District Coura of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana: Mrs.
Maoo;a Z I1s~, -. t., AJo~

No. I3,o38-In First District Coura of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana: Mrs.
Maggie E. Allen VS.. Fay Allen.
In this case by reason of the law and
the evidence being in favor thereof,
default having been taken against de-
fendant and the case duly proved, after
all legal delays, it is ordered, adjudged
and decreed that there be judgment as
prayed for in plaintiff petition, inter
dieting the defendant, Fay Allen. 1t is
further ordered, adjudged and decreed
that an inventory of the property Of the
said Fay Allen be taken and that a
commission to take such inventory be
issued to J. H. Stephens Jr., or any
other notary public, that an abstract of
said inventory be recorded in the mort
gage book against Mrs. Maggie E. Al
len, the appointment of curatrix and
under curator to be made hereafter
when such abstract of such inventory
shall have been duly recorded
Thus done, read and signed in open
court on this 3rd day of July 1909.
T. F. BELL,
Judge First District Court of La
Endorsed Filed July 8, 1909.
J. H. LEVY. Deputy Clerk.
A true Copy.
w. NJ LEVY.
July s. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
JEFF DAVIS EXPLAINS
Why He Did Not Attend the Taft Din
ner at the White House.

Washington, July 6.-As one father
to another, Senator Jeff Davis of Ar
kansas explains to President Taft in a
letter made public today that his failure
to attend the White House dinner the
other night, at the Presidents invitation
was due, not to intentional discourtesy
but to his pursuit of his I2-year-old
son, who went to Fort Myer to see the
aeroplane fly and did not return. Ex-
planning to the President the presence
of the youthful Davis in the city, the
senator says to the President:
On the evening of the dinner | al
lowed him to go to Fort Myer to see
the airship. He did not return until
such late hour that became very
much alarmed about him and went tc
look for him. | did not return until i
was too late to be present in obedience
to your kind invitation.
The senator states further that hi:
letter owes its origin to newspaper crit
icisms, and he says he writes in the fear
that some of these may fall within the
Presidents observations. He says he
does not want to be considered rude.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
DRAISS CONVICTED
Sentenced to the Parish Jail for Thirty
Days and $2oo Fine.

After a series of delays and pleas
Phil Draiss was sentenced yesterday
afternoon to pay a fine aggregating $500
and to be incarcerated in the parish Jail
thirty days He denied that he was
guilty. He had made strong efforts to
secure a new trial, but this Judge Murff
declined to grant. As in such cases
the conviction rested on the testimony
Of men who could obtain the intoxicants
which would not be Sold to known
prohibitonist at any price. The sem
tence imposed was similar to the pen
atty inflicted on those who were con-
victed at the beginning of the prosecu-
tions for violation of the prohibition
law. While Draiss had been convicted
in years past for violation of the Sun
day law, this was his first offense un-
der the prohibition law, and therefore
Judge Murff believed it would have
been unfair if he had imposed on Draiss
a greater penalty than he had on others
for a similar offense Judge Murff was
particular in noting when these offenses
had occurred If they had dated since
the conviction of the several violators
sentenced to the public roads, the pen
atty imposed on Draiss would have been
greater if he had escaped the limit of
the law.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
A MILLIONAIRE
Sentenced to Be Hanged in Mexico for
Murder.


FL Paso, Texas, July News was
received here yesterday that the SUI
preme Court of San Louis Potosi, Mex
ico, has confirmed the death sentence oi
Dario Gonzales, millionaire, who wa.
convicted of the murder of his brother
in-law, MaMnuel Iturre, the wealthy
son of an American. In addition to con-
frrning the death penalty the court has
issued decree requiring Gonzales tc
pay to the widow of the man he mur.
dered the sum of 100000. The promi.
.nence. popularity and wealth Of Con
zales was relied upon to secure for hin
e lighter sentence.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
THE LETTER LIST.

The following is list of letters re-
naming unctlled for in the Shreveport
postofice for the week ending Thursday
July 8, 1909. A charge of one cent
will be made for each piece of mail
advertised. When calling for these let
tiers please say advertised" giving the
date of advertisement. Free delivery of
mail may be secured by having your
mail addressed to street and number.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
UNKNOWN TRAMP
Saved More. Than Two Hundred Pas
sengers - Disappeared in the Excite
ment.

Canon City, Col, July 1.-The lives
of more than two hundred persons on
west bound Rio Grande train leaving
here yesterday were saved by an I'M
known tramp who was left unrewarded.
The train had just passed Swallows, a
little station two miles east of Canon
City, and was going at a forty-mlie
speed, when it was tagged. The tramp
called the engineers attention to a Sc
rious undermining of the tracks Just
below the roadbed which upon inves-
legation was found in a dangerous con-
d:tion for two miles. The passengers
walked along for that distance while
the train felt its way along and got
past the danger spot. In the excitement
the hero was forgotten.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
HEAVY RAINFALLS.

Reported by the Weather Bureau
July 8: Heavy rainfalls occurred yes,
terday at Yemasse, s. C., 2.34 inches
Savannah, Ga, 3,38; Jacksonville, Fla
1.o2; Waycross, Ga, 2.34; Athens, Ga.
2.44; Batesburg, S C, 3.I6; Greens
boro, Ga. 200; Greenwood S. c., zoo
Waynesboro, Ga, 2Io; Bolivar, Tenn
2 32; Brownsville, Tenn, 100; Corinth
Miss, 3.88; Dyersburg, Tenn, d o4
Nashville, Tenn, 3.38; Newman Ga
3 90 inches. @
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
NOTICE.

A meeting of the stockholders OF the
Shreveport Northeastern Railway Com
pany is hereby called for THURSDAY,
August 5, 1900, in room 26. City Hall,
il the City Of Shreveport, La, at 2
o'clock pm, for the purpose of increas-
Ing the capital stock of said company
from $2,ooo,ooo to $r2.ooo,ooo, and to
amend the charter in accordance there
with. and in such other ways as may be
considered necessary and proper, and to
transact such other business as may
nroperlv come before said meeting.
gS;gnedl S. C. FULLILOVE,
Secretary.
Shreveport, La, June 26, 1909.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
COLONEL B. F. FSHLEMAN


In its issue of July 7 the New Or
leans Picayune says Benjamin Frank
lin Eshleman, who passed out of this
life yesterday at the age of eighty
years, was one of the great men of New
Orleans. He was one of the grand pill
lars in the vast historic hall where the
deeds of its citizens, whether great or
small, proud or humble, are inscribed
He was one of the great merchants
of New Orleans, identified through the
greatest part of a. long life with the
city's commerce But that was not the
whole of his record. Although a native
of Pennsylvania, Northern State,
when the South struck for her inde-
pendence Benjamin Eshleman drew his
sword and marched to the defense of
the South and fought his first battle on
the plains of Virginia at Bull Run. He
was then a subordinate officer in the
famous battalion Washington Artillery,
and before the four years of the war
had come to an end had risen to be
lieutenant colonel and its commander
When there was no longer fighting to
be done, Colonel Eshleman returned tc
New Orleans and to the arts of peace
in which he made as good record as
in war. He lived to ripe old age and
died full of years and full of such hon
ors as brave and good and useful life
and the esteem and regard of all who
knew him could heap upon him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
THREE FIRES
wo Houses and a Box Car Destroyed
Last Night and This Morning

The fire at o:3o o'clock last night de
stroyed the unoccupied residence corner
Wichita street and Gilbert avenue. Ori-
gin not known.
AT 3 o'clock this morning a box car
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
road, with its contents, was burned at
the corner of Commerce and Cotton.
AT 6 o'clock this morning the house
owned by F. NM Johnson, 85I First
street, and occupied by Will Monk
house was destroyed by fire. Origin
not known.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
COTTON REGION BULLETIN.

COI ION REIlON BULLETIN.
Reported by the Weather Bureau
July 8: Many heavy showers were re-
ported in the eastern half OF the cotton
belt between western tennessee and the
Atlantic coast. Dry weather was gen
orally prevalent to the west Of the Mis-
sissippi and over the greater part oi
Mississippi and Alabama.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08

When you are looking for the good
lind Of stationery, remember that we
are still at s17 Edwards street and will
print thar kind for you.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, July 8, 1909
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed quiet.
Receipts none.
Sales to factors none.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-08

Shreveport, La, June 2o, 1909
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25
Pay Of Judges

Until recent years the pay of judges, federal as well as state. was made quate, and in some states, notably Tennessee and Virginia, the salaries are still out of proportion to the talent required and the large incomes that high-class lawyers earn in pracuce
 Tennessee pays its supreme judges only 5000 and it's chaneellors and cir cult judges only s25OO In most of the states the supreme judges receive 5000. New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are among the few states that pay fat salaries as salaries go. In New York city and Brooklyn the judges are paid s17,500 and have lib- eral allowances for expenses.
 The salaries of the United States judiciary stood for many years at s50OO for district judges, s6O00 for circuit judges, s1O,OO0 for associate justices of the supreme court, and S10,500 for the chief justice. But q recent Congress advanced the pay to the present schedule-$6000 for dis trict judges, S7O00 for circuit judges, S12,5O0 for associate justices, ana s18,OO0 for the chief justice. The bill now pending provides for very lib- eral increase-s80O0 for district judges, 5000 for circuit, s14,5OO for the associate justices and S15,000 for the chief justice Such salaries for this great country to pay it's judges are not a bit too large. Fifty years ago they would have been regarded as princely; but then few members of the legal profession earned large incomes. The man who has the abil- ity to make f1rst-rate judge is usu- ally a lawyer who has an earning capacity of $10,00O or more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25
Taxing Bachelors

Tn all the states-in fact, in several countries-a tax upon bachelors has become popular. The desire to pre- vent race suicide is at the bottom of the movement, and no doubt bachelors will soon have to contribute something toward the support of spinsters.
 The Washington Post, however, ob- jects. to the levying of tax upon a bachelor who is willing to get married. The rejected suitor deserves considera- ton, and the Post thinks the girls who refuse to meet the bachelors half way should also be taxed.
 In New Mexico the territorial legisla- ture is considering bill to tax bache. lors between the ages of 25 and 45 years $1o, while widowers are to be taxed $25. Public sentiment out there seems to favor a law forcing the men Io mdrTy WorlHy WUlneH, anu IL tne tax should cause the unmarried man to flee the territory the New Mexicans do not think any harm would be done to the territory.
 Bulgaria taxes bachelors S2 a year but her tax is not considered heavy enough to be effective. Men cannot constitutionally be compelled to marry but they can perhaps be taxed into marriage, and it is plain that if that is to become a state policy tax muct heavier than the Bulgarians have levied Is needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25
TRUST FOR PLAYWRIGHTs.
Leaders Plan to Make It National and
 Fix Royalty Scale.

From the New York American.
 A combination of playwrights, offensive and defensive, the chief purpose of which is to fix a scale of prices for dramatic works which theatrical man agers will be required to respect and adhere to, is about to be formed It is in charge of a committee consisting of Augustus Thomas president, who is best known as the author of "The Witching Hour" Charles Presbrey. chairman; Charles Klein, who wrote "The Lion and the Mouse" "The Music Master and "The Third Degree;' George Broadhurst, author of "The Man of the Hour;' l.. Milton Royle, author of "The Squaw man." and Joseph R. Grismer of the theatrical firm of Grisuer & Brady, and a playwright of prominence
 MT. Thomas Is said to be the prime mover in the proposed combination. He was a master workman at the age of nineteen, and has ever since been inn bued with the union spirit. The inten- tion is to make the organization a na- tional affair after the fashion of the So- ciety of Dramatic Authors, of France.
 The first business of the new organiza- tion will be to select a board of trustees by the appointment of five members by the president. The trustees will hold all the funds and property of the society. They are to incorporate under the limited liability acts.
 The first duties of the trustees will be;
 ''To form an affiliation or mutual un- derstanding with the theatrical man. agers of America that shall be mutually satisfactory and advantageous, realizing that organized managers and organized authors must depend upon each other To establish a standard acceptable to au- thors and managers, and to do this through conference.
 ''To suggest a minimum royalty per- centage below which no member of the society shall furnish a play.
 "To establish system of arbitration, within the board of trustees, to consider and protect the individual welfare of members in their relations to each other and to others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25
THE TAX ON PAPER.

From the New York World.
 In recommending the reduction of the tax on news print paper from s6 to $2 a ton and the free-listing of ground wood pulp, the House special commit tee embodies in it's report valuable infor- nation showin the need of forestry work. With only about 7O,0OO,0OO cords of spruce wood remaining east of the Rockies, we are using 3,450,OO0 cords a year for lumber and 2,6So,OO0 cords for ground wood and sulphite fibre.
 It is apparent from the report that there is no more profitable crop upon cheap land than growing young spruce and white pine; that experiments with quicker growing substitute woods such as eucalyptus woods in California are of great public importance and that the immediate pushing of a general refor- estaton policy Is as important to the vast and profitable wood industries of the country as to its climate and the preservation of its soil and navigable wa ters
 Reforestation does not mean merely government reserves or planting on such large scale as the great lumber and pa per making companies are beginning. Small farmers should in every possible way be encouraged to reforest their cheaper and less accessible land even ir small plots. In the forestry policy just decided upon in Great Britain the gov ernment looks forward for GO years to planting 150,000 acres a year or 9,000,00( acres in all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25

is to make it possible for consumers of steel to buy and for producers to sell at prices they can get" The Gin cinnati Enquirer sums up the situation ness. With d reasonable reduction in an open market in the steel and iron busiRess is an omen of good import for the country at large. The impression has become fixed throughout our boundaries that the high price for steel and iron of the past few years had be- come. under the more conservative in yestment of capital since 1906, bar to our progress in many lines of busi- ness. With a respectable reduction in prices of the metals in their various forms construction of buildings, of machinery. of industrial plants, and, above all in importance. of our rail way systems, both steam and electric, VIII SANAAC clh HI pNAuo lAdb VIII bAC duce immediate results to our mechan- ics and laboring men in the way of work Given employment, these masses of men will be able to patronize and pay the merchants and shopkeepers, these in turn by their demand will move the manufacturers to greater activity and greater outputs, and the combined betterments will swell the gross and net earnings of the trans portation lines. The reduction will stimulate the action and increase the rapidity and power of the endless chain of business life which is absolutely necessary to create and sustain gen. eral prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25
Shinpine Cattle to Indiana

The shipment of 35 head of beef cat tie, filling car, from Bessemer to Evansville, Ind, is worse than the pro- verbal sending of coal to Newcastle, for the very cattle may come back i2 the form of dressed beef to Bessemer either those cattle or their equiva- lent
 Why, then, were those cattle sent to Indiana? Why were not the home slaughter houses ready to buy those cattle at market rates?
 Those cattle going to their doom in Indiana passed on their way carload lots of dressed beef coming south, and the conclusion is irresistible that we are not prepared to handle southern cattle when we have carload lot. We are not commercially ready to pay the market price and to prepare cattle for the use of consumers. We should be but we are not, or else that carload oi cattle would not have been shipped from Bessemer to Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-25
importance of staoecraft.

1bdt(weand whomfwyp cmfwyp mfwyp
 Richard Lambert business manager for Edna Wallace Hopper in Fifty Miles From Boston," George M. Cohan's latest rural musical comedy, which comes to the Jefferson theatre next week, has been, as he says, Brought up In stageland," and has watched with natural interest the evolution of stagecraft in England and in the United States. MT. Lambert says
 "Stagecraft is today as much of an art as stage acting. The more correct in detail the scenic production the great CT the chances for the success of the play which it environs When a play has been delivered to the producer from the authors hands the work of choosing proper scenic equipment is begun and to that end the scenic artist fashions a model for the several acts in which the play may be laid. When the models have been finally passed upon they are delivered to the scene builder who makes an ex- act duplicate and when these are fin ished they are delivered again to the painter who supplies the final touches. "It is an invariable rule that the me chanics as well as the painters who have built, devised and painted pro- duction, shall be in attendance at its ! premiere. This is done so that they may be able to rehearse the company and house carpenter as to it's proper set 1 ting and hanging on the stage. After the first few performances the produc tion in it's entirety is turned over tc the companys carpenter and his assist ants, who have entire charge of it there after as long as the play holds the i boards