davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
Americas Great
Livestock Show
eosOsOeosoeOsosOeosOeososO

brightly painted wagons of red. make
striking appearance as they dash
around the ring.
They were all chosen by Thomas
Donnellan, the Superintendent of the
Armour stables in Chicago. and it
would be difficult for an expert to say
which of the animals is the best. The
wagon which they draw weighs 5000
pounds, having a capacity of 10000
pounds.
In speaking of the wonderful i'm
provement of draft horses within the
past few years William j. Wales.
driver of the teams. recently said:
Since we began showing draft
horses at various shows throughout
the country it is wonderful how great
~ they have improved. l remember
when an 1900 pound wheeler was con
sidered large animal Today such a
horse is not considered anything re
markable.
aside from the weight of the horses
sin this class now shown. they are
greatly improved in other ways. This
includes action and other points known
to horsemen | believe that we have
as fine a team of horses as was ever
shown at any international show"
The massive teams of Morris & Co
entered for the international were a
big feature of the London interna-
tional. Mr., Morris entered not only
these champions. but also ten of the
best ClydesdaIes ever brought from
Great Britain. among them the cham
pion of the annual highland show in
Scotland of draft horses.
This year the list of entries for the
international live stock show has far
exceeded the 5000 mark reached last
year, and the affair is also remarka-
BILE on this occasion for the number of
foreign nominations. many famous
breeds from abroad having been ship
ped to this country for the Chicago
exhibit The prize list also Is much-
larger than heretofore Exhibitors
share in the award of $4,000 in cash
premiums and numerous trophies and
medals of honor Agricultural colleges
have. more entries than ever before.
and great efforts are always made to
land the coveted grand championship
prize of the exposition. Choice herds
CT beefy animals have been undergo
ing a process of preparation for the
show for the last year. These scien
tifieally fed cattle. sheep and swine
have always been features of the ex
position
Leading Canadian agricultural insti-
tutions have taken part this year in
the international and also the state
colleges of Illinois. Wisconsin. Indi-
ana. Michigan. Iowa. Kansas. Mis-
souri,. Minnesota Ohio. Wyoming ana
Kentucky This is the first year that
the. Wyoming and Kentucky institu
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

MAIN ENTRANCE TO INTERNATIONAL LIVE
STOCK EXPOSITION BUILDING, CHICAGO.
all the best in sheep; Berkshires. Du-
roe Jerseys, and so on down the line,
including every breed of live stock
known and raised. Here the farmer
and small breeder have some living
examples of the value of sticking to.
type in breeding. Take the drafters,
for instance While inferior horses
are declining in value high grade draft.
ers are constantly going from one new
record to another and are today SELL.
ing at par with well bred trotters
and racers Apropos Of this subject
a we'll known horseman says:
Everywhere the progeny of the
grade stallion is in evidence-the work
of the man who chases the specter of
low fee through the graveyard of in
feriority The returns of the various
state officials charged with licensing
stations in several states show that
grade stations are in the overwhelm-
ing majority. We know that there are
no more stations imported than the
demand calls for. To the majority of
the farmers, then, must be charged
this suicidal preference for the grade.
There is no cohesion among the
farmers in the effort to get the best.
In the old countries spring stallion
shows are ubiquitous Stations Of
fered for service in stated regions are
brought together and paraded for the
inspection of the breeders. Compare
son may be made and selections intel
Iigently governed This horse may be
chosen as mate for one or more mares:
that for others. according to suitable
ity of conformation. Here. as a gen
eral rule. the farmer makes his choice
on account of price or color or weight
sometimes because the stallion is
Iowned by his brother or his brother-in-
law, his uncle or his cousin. Few seem
to care TO give the mating of their
mares the consideration which it mer.
It's
| Among the famous drafters to be
entered for the Chicago show this
year are the magnificent animals OF
Armour & Co. and Morris s Co. oil
| Chicago and those OF. j. Crouch & Sor
OF Indiana. These famous equines at
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
CHERRY MINE HORROR.
Rare Heroisn Shown at the Great iii.
nois Disaster.

Rare Heroisn Shown at the Great iii.
nois Disaster.
The recent mine disaster at Cherry
Hill, H., when 400 miners lost their
lives. is a horror beyond words i'll its
pathos, and the heroic deeds perform
ed during the terrible affair will never
be forgotten Fully realizing that the
chances were ninety-nine out of a
hundred against them. the rescue par
ties lost not moment in entering the
burning pit and died trying TO save
their fellow men. Outside the mine
the scenes were the most pitiable ever
attending a disaster Of this kind.
The fire. it is claimed, was caused by
a careless miner throwing a lighted
torch on a load of hay. There 1t
smoldered till 1t burst into fame, when
an effort to carry it out resulted in an
explosion of gases. and the disaster
followed. Radical changes are now be-
ing advocated to prevent such great
loss of life in further horrors of this
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

sixty executive sessions and forty
eight public hearings and on Aug. 16
reported to the governor urging crimi-
nal and civil prosecutions of the guilty
parties.
Warrants We're served on Sept. on
thirteen persons. and on Sept. % the
Dauphin county grand. jury returned
true bills for conspiracy against Con-
tractor SanderSon. ex-Auditor General
Snyder. ex-State Treasurer Mathues.
superintendent Shumaker, Archi-
tect Huston. Assistant Architect Lew
is, Travelling Auditor Irvine. Con-
gresham Casse and Sanderson's
bronze company partners kinsRlan.
Boileau, Neiderer and Storm. Charles
g. Wetter uf the tirnt of George f.
Payne & Co. contractors for the main
building. was indicted for false pre-
tense. Payne also was indicted. Some
of those indicted. however. were never
tried death removing them. and short
ly after the trial began Irvine was sent
to an asylum,
1t was Oh jan 81, 1908. that the first
case was called. the defendants being
| Sanderson. Huston. Snyder, Mathues
and Shumaker Conspiracy was alleg-
ed in a bill of $53,31S60 for tables and
| chairs, the alleged fraud amounting to
| $4,000. The commonwealth agreed to
| a severance for Huston. believing be
would take the Stand as state wit
ness and tell what he knew. de re-
| fused TO do 50, however. he other
four were found guilty March 10. A
motion for Il new trial was refused
Dec. 10. and the defense appealed to
the superior court Meantime she four
defendants were sentenced to two
years in prison and $500 fine.
The superior court in July last af-
/ firmed the decision of the Dauphfn
county court On the 22d of that
month the supreme court granted a
stay of sentence pending an appeal TO
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

they ought to take some notice Of a
recent speech of the president in
which he said some favorable things
for labor unionism. Members high up
in the union were intrusted with the
important task of baking a pie for the
chief executive of Il nation. only the
most experienced in such work being
chosen to make the gift, and the honor
and responsibility of delivering it at
the White House fell TO two pie sales
men who have grown gray in the husi
ness. The best of everything was put
into the mammoth dish. and it was
made large enough to feed the Taft
family and half the diplomatic corps
should there be company for dinner.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

company. is self made man and for
ty years ago was a sun tanned farm
er's boy working upon his fathers
farm in Iowa. Today he receives a
salary of 100000 a year as head OF
the big company. Successfully he
taught school, was telegraph opera
tor and when twenty-three years OF
age entered the railway mail service.
In 1874 he was general manager of the
service, but a year later resigned and
attached himself with the telephone
interests of which be is today the
president.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

RICHARD PARR. CUSTOMS AGENT WHO
Barred SUGAR FRAUDS.
pounds gross. According to the indiet-
ment, the government IN this one case
was cheated out Of Si.694.07 in duties.
It was in 1857 that the sugar trust
was organized. sixteen concerns. head
ed by Haveneyer & Elder. making ur
the combination In exchange. how
ever, for the S6.500000 worth Of Sc
curities that the concerns represented
stock for S50O00.00O was issued On
this capitalization a return OF 10 per
cent was steadily paid
Owing 10 the popular agitation
against the trust in New York in 1891
it was dissolved. but Immediately re-
organized under the name Of the
American Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey. with capital stock of
100000.
As is well known, this isn't the first
time the sugar trust has been in diff
culties It is one of the oldest of all
trusts and for years was more bitterly
assailed both in and out of the courts
than Standard Oil. During the nine
ties Havemeyer was a veritable ''bogy
man" He was sued In courts. DE-
nounced on the stump and investigated
by Lexow committees aud legislatures.
The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining com.
pany brought suit against the trust
last June under the Sherman antitrust
act and forced settlement or
the basis of payment of S2soO0.o0t
in cash. the return Of S7.000,000 pal
value of securities as collateral and the
cancellation OF a loan of $1.250000. IT
Rooseyelt's term a Judgment for $135.
600 smart money was obtained agaius
the sugar trust. and in Taft's term 81.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

came almost as familiar with the far
east as with Europe. Nineteen years
ago Mrs. Stetson became disciple eff
Mrs. Eddy. being one of the earliest ~
adopt the tenets of the founder of
Christian Science. and was sent 10 New
York.
Surely no missionary could have suf-
fered from greater handicap. To
begin with. she knew net a soul in all
New York. There were three or four
followers of Mrs. Eddy in the city. hui
Mrs. Stetson had never met them.
Mrs. Stetsen worked with enthusi-
asm. During her first year in New
York she had solae twenty or thirty
patients. She lived IN different piaees.
hotels like the Brunswick and the
Buckingham chiefly. and extended hes
acquaintance. She gave parltfr tsliks
and went about socially. At the end
of her first scar II Sew York she or.
ganized thp first Christian SeieAse
church here and since then betaalsf
second IN. faysr IL Mrs EDDY.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

ID state capitol building at Har-
risburg. beginning Nov. 29,.
has renewed public interest in this IA
nous graft case, which has become
national scandal. The affair has
been dragging along now for three
years. as it was in the gubernatoriai
campaign of 1876 that State Treasurer
Berry sprung the charge that graft
had figured in the equipment of the
big building and that instead of it's
having cost s4.0OO,00O. the sum appro-
priated by the Legislature to com
plete" the capitol. more than twice
that amount had been expended on 1t.
Berry's information was fragmentary,
as even he did not suspect 1T the time
that actually $9.OOO000 had been paid
ont for finishing and furnishing the
building in addition to the 100000
spent for the structure itself.
For over six months committee prob
ed the affair. during which time audi
tors and experts went over every foot
of the building and its contents and
the volumiuous records involved. and
the commission examined 1873 witness
es on the stand. The commission held
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
MRS. AUGUSTA E. sTETsoN.

Early Career of the Deposed Christian
Science Leader.
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, whose con
troyersy with the mother church of
Christian Science resulted in her ex.
communication. was born in Maine
and when very. young married the son
of a Boston shipbuilder. who acted as
his fathers broker For nearly ten
years Mrs. Stetson and her husband
wandered over. the earth until she be
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

MODEL OF BRENNAN GfhOoCOfh-
clare that the Invention will revolu-
tionize land transportation all over the
earth. The car weighs tyenty-two
tons, is forty feet long. thirteen high
and ten wide and is mounted not on
regular trucks. but on one single line
of four wheels. In this manner it car
ries forty passengers during the dem
constructions with perfect safety, run
ming freely about curves of all sorts OF
angles.
1t was in May. 1901. that Mr. Bren-
nan made his invention public. sue
cessfully demonstrating Il model a few
feet in length Later he built full
sized car capable of carrying passen-
gers and freight which is now being
shown. A subsidy from the Indian
government made the work possible.
Upon its completion the experimental
car was given the most rigorous tests
for over six months. and now the re-
suits of these trials are given to the
world
The principle of the gyFoscope is that
of spinning top. and the car runs
smoothly ard without vibration. Soms
thirty years a.o Mr.. Brennan. whe
was than. ia Australia. became besel
with Tbs IDEA THAI this principle could
/ be apIIied 10 railroad construction
and operation in 4 way which would
reve1utiaRtze Iand transportation al
| over the cath. and re has been WORK
f ing on II eye. since. Brennan was tbs
inventor OF tie fireman torpedo. con
troIled b5 the Es4ag.la Nar department
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

ISIdHu COuIu EdISt,
but the largest and
finest mince pie
ever baked in this
or any other coun-
try. The gift came
from the striking
pie bakers of New
York. who felt that
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
THEODORE N. VAIL.
President of the Big Company That
Has Secured Western Union.

President of the Big Company That
Has Secured Western Union.
The deal recently made in which the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company gained contro! of the Western
Union means the biggest merger since
the formation of the steel trust, with
a capital stock amounting to more
than $1,000.0OO.00O The deal is re-
garded as marking a long stride to-
ward complete control by one corpora
ton of all wire communication in the
United States and the possible extern
sion of the telephone service to the far
corners of the land without duplica-
ton or extra construction.
Theodore n. Vail. president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

- =
is the latest: At a
stop on his recent
tour he had taken
a short walk in the
country to view the
scenery. but got
turned around and
lost his way. FL
nally ne sighted a
farmer toiIing in
the sun on the side
of a hill. and. wish
ing to escape the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

exhausting climb from the ROAD. the
president hailed him. Twice the pleas
ing, ringing voice of the nations chief
magistrate was heard before the at
tentfon of the farmer was gained. The
president pointed to nearby gate and
made an extra effort.
Can / come in?' he shouted.
Il guess ye kin" bawled the farmer.
"a load of hay jist come through it.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

FACADE OF PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL.
that body by Snyder and Shumaker,
Sanderson and Mathues having since
died. Recently the supreme court de-
cided TO permit this appeal, which win
be argued in May next unless the
court can be persuaded to advance the
case.
The third trial will be similar to the
first in many of its details. involving
bill of SCI. 948.50 for 272 Sanderson
desks. the alleged overcharge being
S25,577.30. Snyder. Shumaker and
Hnston were to be tried on this charge,
but the court granted severances to
Snrder and Shumaker.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
ONE RAIL CAR.

Louis Brennan's Novel Gyroscope In
vention Being Shown ln England.
Woridwide interest is being taken in
the public demonstration III England
of Louis Brennan's gyroscope ear
which runs on single rail. and some
of the foremost railway engineers de-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
Taft's Thanksgiving Pie.

It is no wonder that President Taft
is wearing a broad smile these days
Not only was he sent for his Thanks
giving dinner the juciest turkey Rhode
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
One on the President.

President Taft is not the least bit
sensitive about his size and laughs as
heartily as any one over stories on
this cIIhiaot Hero
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

racted great attention at the recent
New York horse show and won many
prizes. All of the horses exhibited by
the Armours are Percherons and were
picked from the best stock to be bad
in Illinois. Iowa aud Ohio. They are
from four to six years old and weigh
from 1000 TO 2.240 pounds each. They
are all over fifteen hands high and are
eligible to the open draft class
In choosing the eight horses which
were shipped TO New York and en-.
tered in the international ID Chicago
TO compete great care was taken IN
having the teams a perfect match
They are all grays aud. with tie
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

p. ......,,. .7.,,.,t- JAMES REYNOLDS.
ment. has kept his eyes open every
minute. ana he has made some STAR
tIing revelations. Among others WHO
he accuses of being under the influence
of the trust Is James Reynolds. fol-
nsef.Assi stant secretary Of the treasury,
in charge of customs. and now mems
Der 81 the tariff board.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

0o0.O00 hack duties
were paid UP.
In the investiga
fion of the sugar
trust as it has de-
veIoped In the last
i've years no one
man appears te have
done more than
Richard i'arr, who,
in his former eanae-
ity Of special treas
ury agent and later
as chief Of the
weighers' division OF
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

All EepbIIos DCL0tt
he gets through with the American
Sugar Refining company, otherwise
Known as the sugar trust. and the Gus
toms service you won't know the
places. The present cleanup began
recently with the arrest of James r
Bendernagle. superintendent OF the
sugar company's refinery in Williams
burg, on an indictment charging him
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment by means of false weighing of
sugar importations.
This arrest. however. was only step
In the governments plan to prosecute
the frauds by which it has lost mil
lions in duties, and the work is going
ahead until the men higher up" are
called to account 1t is estimated that
through the couniEance of customs Of
ficials the trust has stolen more than
$30000.000 from the government in
duty on false weights of sugar. mostly
taken In at the Williamsburg refneries.
"a the last twenty years. Bendernagle
had been superintendent there for the
past thirty-five years, and the indict-
ment charges the entry of 1880 bags
OF raw sugar from Cuba on the steam
ship Eva on Aug. "a. 1907, the true
weight of which was 9.159.494 pounds
gross tt is alleged that the Importation
was falsely weighed at only $685.. 62S
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05


lther occasion. in this country at any
rate, are so many of these fine animals
shown, and an immense amount of
good has resulted from the affairs. To
breed intelligently and get the best
results one must see what can be done
in this direction and how best to do
it, and most of the progressive breed
ers seldom miss the great Chicago
event. They come from east. west,
north and south and from many other
countries.
This years international Live Stock
exposition, scheduled for Nov. 81 to
Dec. 10 in Chicago. is the tenth of
the kind to be held in the United
States, and more interest has been
taken in it than ever before The ex-
hibits are worth going many miles to
see, the best breeds of farm stock the
world over being shown. There have
been entered prize winning Percherons.
CIydesdales, Belgians. Shires. ETC.; An.
gus, Herefords. Holsteins. Jerseys and
other famous breeds of cattle; Ram,
bouillets. Cotswolds, Seuthdowns and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05


tons have been represented. From
these colleges every year come the pick
of their cattle. sheep and pigs.
The international began as follows:
In the fall of 1890 general move
ment was started at Chicago which
was destined to greatly improve the
quality and increase the value OF the
live stock of the whole United States.
especially in the range territory ana
corn belt. The inception of that move
ment was the planning of the Interim
tional Live Stock exposition at Chicago.
which held its first exhibition Dec.
to 8, 1900. proving an unparalleled sue
cess.
Here was brought together the great
est aggregation Of the finest specimens
of breeding and fat beef cattle. sheep.
swine and draft horses ever assem-
bled on the western hemisphere. pre-
senting them both singly and in car
load lots in magnificent competitive
exhibition as grand object lesson TO
the farmers and stock raisers of the
United States.
The attendance reached hundreds OF
thousands. from every state and many
countries. They came. saw and were
convinced that the scrub kinds
should be superseded by well bred an
imals: that there were superior meth
DDS of breeding and feeding that would
bring larger measure of profit from
the same amount of feed and labor
when expended on the better kinds
and that the annual competition be-
tween breeders and feeders in the hun
dreds of classes established by the in
| ternational was a splendid object les
| son and a great benefit TO the whole
| live stock industry. Each annual show
| since has been Il greater success than
its. predecessors.
The great building in which the in
fernationnl ike stock STOW is always
held is the largsssf ~
structure in the 4ssSsssx;sssSsssssAN
world devospd %
such uses and istre
of The greet sights
of Ctieage. Sonie I
ideA Ct It's size may
be gathered from lis
dimensiasls. when nEAB or PRIZE
are SO By .ala .set. GAfAowAy
The seatiteg ssl sss. Of the great an,
phithpataf IL ~ Hi he itai ding WIS
con.IsIets.a ii tesa! cost 0.
eann faal
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
; = . T = > . = = 3 = = = = 2 = p ,
: |: Continuing
The Capitol
: Graft Cases
!, ~S~~ - -

VW HE trial of Joseph NJ. Huston,
b architect of the Pennsylvania
ID state capitol building at Har-
riSllnrO haninninr Non 90.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
! The Tenth .
/ International

- W NERS and
breeders of
live stock the
world over are al
ways keenly inter-
ested in the great
international ex hib-
it of horses. cattle,
sheep and pig s
held annually in
Chicago On NO
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

feTnatIOfIHI y - ST.
held is the largest
structure in the
world devoted -
such fiSe.; ana ist-Is
of The greet sights
of Chiea:gse. >enie
ides CT It's size may
be cred from is
6imeusi1fS which
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
s. e .
). Uncle Sam
And the
Sugar Trust
Q %@@+@@*@+%*#+#* + = :

NAOST people let
w their general
housekeeping
go until spring. but
Uncle Sam is not so
particular in this re-
spect. Here it is
cold weather, ana
vet he's got one of
the biggest house
cleaning jobs on his
hands ever under-
taken by him be-
fore. In fact, from
all reports, before
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05

are SO bE M e.
The seHsi'es sci;
phitlapataf il - ~
couHfls
eonn fa.sY