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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
A Hit by a Catcher

Big Chief Myers, catcher for the
New York Giants, is an Indian. He is
also a highly educated man. good
deal of an art critic and posted on pic
lures
Myers" said an acquaintance, You
know about pictures. What American
picture strikes you as best?"
Well" Myers replied, the best
American picture know of is Alb
bey's Holy Grail in the Boston libra
ry, and next to that that picture of
Clusters Last Stand which the har-
vester people used to give away as an
advertisement"
you don't mean that gaudy chrome
they used on a calendar?"
THAT'S the one"
But why do you pick thatY'
Because" said Myers, that's the
only picture l ever saw where the In
dams seemed to be getting an even
overwhelmingly Evening Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

christmas odds and ends with which his
catch email distends. The costly pres
ents and the rare and while we all graf
there and there for each his share OF 1t
the mirth of Santa Claus will fill the
earth.
Those merry peals which rouse the
dead will wake the echoes overhead, and
laughter favored with reproof reverber-
ate around the roof He never meant
we should pervert the day with hanging
up a shirt, nor ever thought, by any
chance, of filling Rockefeller's pasts.
A sockful each is all there is, and woe
to him who takes for his a greater por-
ton, hook or crook, than each originally
took For every person that descends
to tying pants around the ends, and clos
ing shirts around the base there as a
reckoning to face.
The laws of Santa Claus are good,
and in the end are what we would desire
they werc-that is to say that this is ev-
crybody's day. A single sock above 'the
fire is all body should require, and
there before the glowing log nobody
keen to be the hog
In such a spirit was it said that all
days are to get ahead except this one,
which was designed for everyone to get
behind. The merry holidays will come,
and Santa sliding on his tun, will belly
buster to the CRATE, and do his best, at
any rate.
What remains of Congress viz aR-
change experiences at Washington dur
ing the month, and the man who sends
Mr.. Taft the biggest Christmas turkey
will get a good outside job around che
White House.
Then January will be here
To cheer us now and then,
And in the glad and newborn year
Well all swear off again.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
SENATORSHIP.

i On Tuesday next at II o'clock the
House and the Senate respectively being
| in session in the capitol of the State at
Baton Rouge, will take a vote on the
senatorship. If at that time neither OF
the candidates presented shall have re-
ceived majority of votes, there will
follow an adjournment of the question
to probably Wednesday or Thursday,
session and a ajority thereof will de-
eide the election If neither candidate
should have majority on joint ballot,
there will follow another adjournment
of the election for senator. This adj
journment may be continued no later
than three days intermission, and
there may be precipitated a final adj
journment by one of the two bodies,
Senate or House, when the. squabble
over the senatorship would terminate.
From the present outlook the situation
is being aggravated by the opposition
against Thornton, who had anticipated
an election almost unanimously. The
opposition to Judge Thornton, it would
seem, has grown from the uncertainty of
his attitude on sugar and rice and 1um-
Der, which he would protect as being
products of Louisiana, which is a change
of view from his first enunciation when
he was, SO to speak, in full accord with
the Democratic doctrine of tariff for
revenue. As charged by the States of
New Orleans, he has revised his views
in the anticipation of receiving the sup
port of the representatives from the ST.
gar and rice district, but he has
alienated the representatives of Democ-
racy who do not stand for protection as
is embraced by Republicans of the
Payne and Aldrich ca1ibre
In the United States Senate the Louis
lana sugar and rice interests have al
ready representative in Senator Eos
Ter, and it is fair that North Louisiana
should be represented, but not by Judge
Thornton, who as a seeked for this of
ice has practically set adrift the plat
form Of principles of the Democracy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
THE SENATORSHIP AND THE
PFOPI F

The Legislature of the State of Louis
lana convened in special session is
squabbling over the election of sue
.cessor of Senator McEnery, deceased
This vacancy was to all intents filled
by Governor Sanders by the appoint
n1ent of Judge Thornton of Rapides, but
this gentleman has never been commits
stoned. He was simply named for this
position
Since then there having arisen doubt
as to the legality of this appointment by
the Governor, the election of Judge
Thornton is TO be made by legislative
authority, if possible
However, from the complications
which are now manifest, it would seen
that Judge Thornton's election is not a
surety, and the opposition developed is
a surprise to him. as well as to the Gov
ernor, who is his champion It has been
generally believed that few, if any, Of
he General Assembly would dare &c
stand in antagonisn1 to the wishes or the
demands of the Governor. This I'M
{ Ssion has been the result Of Ire ready
aoquiescence Of, the majority of the sg
stature in whatever the Governor has
favored OF suggested.
There has followed a remarkable
change in the temper Of the legislators
who until this special session were
lined up with ease as dictated by the
Governor, but many of these representa-
tives Of the people who would bend the
pregnant hinges Of the knee that thrift
would follow fawning. are now, app1:.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
HAS 1T BEEN MORGANIZED?

The Toledo Blade, insurgent Repub-
lican says: The gravest danger in the
blind revolt of the voters was the posi-
bility of the crushing of the progresss y,
Republican movement. The complete
Reorganization of the Democratic party
which has marked the last two years has
made the progressive movement a vital
necessity to the cause of decency and
honor in governmental affairs. Of that
fact there is no shadow of a doubt and
it is happy thing for the Republic that
political students may find in this latest
party upheaval the absolute assurance
that progressive Repblicanism lives and
grows in stature and grace. The politi-
cal tidal wave which has swept the old
party leaders and bosses into oblivion
has not left Republican devastation in
its wake 1t has, rather swept clean a
new land of glorious opportunity"
Democrats will do well to study this
editorial carefully. Has the Democratic
partly been completely "Morganized? ?"
What do you think OF it?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

The cost of living in New York has
increased 100 per cent within eight
years." said R. w. White of the
banking firm of White & Co, at 25
Pine street, recently. "A few years
ago my brother Archie and 1 lived at
the Lorraine, on Fifth avenue, and
we dined almost every evening at
Sherry's. We could get an excellent
dinner then for two or three dollars.
and the waiter never expected more
than twenty-five cent tip. Could Won
dlne IN any first class place in New
YORK as reasonably as that nowadays?
should say not. Just offer waiter
20 cents for q tip when you pay your
dinner check and see what a stony
stare you'll getl'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Bids Invited for Grading and for Ex-
cavation.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Police Jury of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, at their regular meeting December
.8, 1910, for constructing road from
Keithville south to the parish line, as
follows: Grading, $500 cubic yards en-
bankment, more or less; I44oo cubic
yards excavation, more or less, as per
specifications on file in the office of the
clerk of said jury Bids to be submitted
per cubic yard each way. Grabbing in
Guided in bid, or bid on separately, but
to be stated plain in bid.
Bridges: $50 feet of bridging, more
or less, concrete posts with wooden deck
as per specifications on file in the office
Of clerk of said jury. Bids to be per
running foot.
w. T. CRAWFORD, ~
President Police Jury Caddo Parish, La.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk Police Jury
Caddo Parish, La.
December I, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

Southern gentlemen to receive the hom-
age of the world. The world shall know
the Southern gentleman no more.
To arms, ladies, protect your home.
for only a mother can make a home
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
SUCCESSION NOTICE
No I4'o88-First District Court T
ish Of Caddo. State of Iorisia,

I7'00o-TITst Dlsfrlct Court, Par
lsh Of Caddo, State of Louisiana
Succession of c. S. Britt.
Notice is hereby given that W. F.
Britt has this day filed final account in
said succession, and unless opposition
pc made thereto within the time speci-
ned BY law the same will be duly homoI-
ogated as prayed for.
witness the Honorable A. J. Murf,
Judge of said court, this the 10Th dav of
november 1910. Ae. S. HARDIN,
WV IL Deputy Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
w. T. CRAWFORD,

Il it's bill heads you are looking for,
OF may be supply of letter heads OF
an outfit of envelopes, you can do nc
better than let US fix EN-. Phone 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

published three tiH1es week, on Sun'
day morning, and Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at 5I7 Edwards St.
by The Caucasian & Carney Printing
Company, Limited, proprietors
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

Entered as second class matter February
II, 1904. at the postofhce at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act Of Congress
of March 81. 1879.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

You can not find better, more salts
factory coffee than LUZIANNE. even
at twice its price. Order some from
your grocer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

Our Mr.. Morgan will revert
To hanging up his spacious shirt
And tying up the tail to pot
Whatever Santa Claus has got.
O woe is us! How tough it is
To hang our stockings under his!
But faith is hope, and hope is trust,
And some fine day the tail will bust.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04
Official Journal of CaGdo Parish

Subscription Price S2.oo year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-04

AS many things have bust before, and
bingo on the parlor floor will go the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
AN IDEAL CITY.
Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee Tells
About His Administration.

Chicago, June 27-Building the
ground work of an ideal socialist city,
was described by Mayor Emil Seidel
yesterday as the object of the present
Socialist administration of Milwaukee,
He addressed an audience of five thou
sand German-American singers at 81
'Volksfest' in local park, speaking
first in German and closing his address
in English.
The occasion was the open air DEM
onstration in connection with the fifth
annual convention and Saengerfest of
the German-American Saengerbund of
the northwestern states.
When we came into the city hall at
Milwaukee we found the administrative
machinery all rusty and absolutely
useless for our purpose said the So
cialist mayor. THE board of public
works was a three headed monster
with tentacles reaching into corpora
tons and contractors offices in all
parts of the city.
when we set about to kill the mon
ster the Republicans and Democrats
told us we couldn't do it. We said
nothing but went ahead and killed it.
Many are wondering if we have in
troduced Socialism in Milwaukee. I
am frank to confess that we have not,
and it probably will be long time be-
fore we shall be able to do so. We are
building the ground work for an ideal
city for men and women to live in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
TRIUMVIRATE TO MEET.
Taft, Roosevelt and Hughes to Come
Together at Beverly.

Oyster Bay, June 27.-The embargo
that Theodore Roosevelt has placed on
political rews direct from Sycamore
Hill has not been lifted and in the alb
sence of any visitor who might be con-
nected remotely with politics Sunday
there were no new developments in the
situation that the coming conference
with Governor Hughes has created.
There is a persistent buzz of gossip
that the most important political gath
ering of recent months is to be held
this week at Beverly. Mass. or near
by. No positive confirmatory evidence
has been produced but much weight is
placed on three words spoken by Col.
Roosevelt. When asked if he expected
to see President Taft at Beverly after
his visit to Hartford university, he said:
81 don't know"
His manner showed clearly his I'M
willingness to discuss the subject. but
he did not deny the possibility. Cover
nor Hughes secretary is quoted as hav-
Ing said that the governor will see Col.
Roosevelt at Cambridge this week. 1t
is thought possible that President Taft,
Col. Roosevelt and Governor Hughes
may gather together.
The colonel spent the day with his
family attending, with his two younger
sons, Archie and Qpentin, Christ church
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, June N.-Another day of
drouth and indications of more to fol-
low in the spring crop country showed
wheat prices up today. Notwithstanding
an advance of III cents a bushel last
week Expected further deterioration in
the paTched grain fields was the impor-
tant factor. The market here was direct
ly affected also by a rise of 211 cents
this morning at Winnipeg. presumably
due in turn, to heat over the Canadian
northwest. Firmness of European mar
kets cut figure also, as cable dispatches
mentioned that the outlook for the Amer
lean spring wheat crop was causing ner-
vousness among foreign short sellers. The
opening here was a shade to sQ1c up,
with September covering the extreme
range at 9S%4c to 1850. After while the
marketsteadied around 99Bc
Heavy selling to take profits wiped out
all the advance. but bullish advices from
North Dakota and steady buying caused
a rally and the close was strong with
September at SL002s, net advance of
1AQ1asc.
The country flooded the market with
corn today. One broker alone turned
away 100000 bushels. General realizing
seemed to be in order because of rains
benefiting the crop. There was good COM
mission buying. however, because of the
bulge in wheat. September started 1ac
to i1kc off at 591kc to 6011c and came to
a temporary stand at 6Ohc.
Between wheat strength on the one
hand and favorable crop news on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
RIVER BOAT BURNS.
Three Dead and More Than Half a
Hundred Injured.

La Crosse, Wis, June 27.-Three
persons lost their lives and almost
three score were injured in the de-
struction by fire of the Acme Packet
tween Victory and Genoa, "a miles
south of La Crosse on the Mississippi
river late Saturday night.
The Dead.
MRS. EMMA RANDALL, New Al
bin, Iowa, drowned.
JOHN PLANE, Waukon, Iowa,
burned to DEATH
Unidentified woman, drowned.
Seriously Injured.
Jos. Coyle, Lansing, Iowa, both
hands burned and severe injuries
about the body.
Mrs. Meyers, Lansing, leg broken.
Mrs John Joseph, 'Desota, seriously
injured about the head and shoulders
and possibly internally.
Mrs Archie Bailey. Victoria, ankle
mashed.
Mrs. Gus Kaeppler, Victory, ankle
sprained and severely bruised about
the body.
Fifty estimated to have received
cuts and bruises of minor nature.
The escape of all but a handful of
the 1900 passengers who thronged
the decks of the big boat when the
fire broke out is regarded as the great
est miracle in the annals of the upper
Mississippi. Prompt work by the
crew and by cool headed passengers
in controlling the frantic passengers
is all that prevented hundreds of per-
sons from jumping into the river in
midstream. Mrs. Randall was the
only one who broke through the guard
on the edge of the decks and twenty
men had arms outstretched to grasp
her when she plunged into the water
Her body has not yet been recovered
John Plane was locked in the hold
for disorderly conduct and in the ex-
citement no one thought to release
him. His body is undoubtedly in the
river bottom with the steamer which
sank after burning to the waters edge
1t was late Sunday morning before
| the last of the stranded excursionists
were removed from the Bad Axe is
land on which the boat was beache6
ten minutes after the fire broke out
Norman Fox of Victory, Wis. who
could not be found Saturday and who
was thought to have burned in the
boats Jail, was located in La Crosse
Sunday. He had missed the boat here
The loss to the Acme Packet com.
pany is estimated at 100000. Practi-
cally every passenger on the steamer
lost clothing, bundles, money, jewelry
or other valuables, and it is estimated
that this combined loss will aggregate
S10 mn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27

say and everything you say, Mister
Mackey" And she kept her word.
The colored woman prisoner had
been convicted in Washington in Octo-
ber 1904, on charge of entering two
houses in the District of Columbia.
Since her first Incarceration in the
West Virginia penitentiary she had
been twice removed to the National
hospital at Washington rs being in
sane. She was just discharged from
there and had been sent to the Kan
sas state penitentiary, under a special
arrangement, due to the refusal of the
West Virginia authorities to have any
thing more to do with her.
She is a little woman and Marshal
Mackey believes she has been badly
handled The killing of the woman in
the West Virginia prison was, Ada
claimed, done in self defense. She
goes into the Kansas prison to serve
the balance of her 20-year sentence
with as good 1. record as Marshal
Mackey could give her for her be-
havior on the train was as nearly per-
feet as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
AFTER DRENNING's HIDE.
Commissioner Tandy Charges Some
Reports Are Lies.

The city commissioners are after the
hide of F. G. Dreaming, formerly city
attorney. Commissioner Tandy was SO
hot on his trail this morning that he
went far enough to charge that several
reports Mr.. Dreaming had made were
lies"
Dreaming has been circulating a pc
tition over the people living il sewer
district No. 80 which states that the
city has taken the money left over
their contract and placed it in the gen.
eral revenue fund.- said Mr.. Tandy.
Furthermore he says that for per
cent Of this amount he will obtain the
money and give it back to the correct
fund in the treasury.
IT want to say that this is lie.
This money has been assigned by the
city commissioners to fund for the
purchase Of outstanding bonds and Will
go right back to the people who paid
i out Of their taxes. The commission
ers never have thought of placing this
money in the general revenue fund and
the scheme of Dreaming is uncalled
for"
1t is known that the money reaches
the 50 600 mark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
OUT AGAINST LODGE.
Butler Ames Announces Candidacy for
U. S. Senate.

Washington, June 27.-Representa-
tive Butler Ames of Massachusetts
has publicly announced his candidacy
for the United States senate in a for
NAL statement embodying an excep-
tionally bitter attack upon Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. Mr.. Ames, in his
statement says he becomes candi-
date after having failed to induce any
one else to take up" the fight against
Boss Lodge and his political machine.
The statement continues:
This machine, backed by all the
large corporations and with all the
state and federal patronage at it's
command, has for many years served
as a ready and efficient tool to crush
out all political ambitions, endeavors
and opinions not sanctioned by Lodge.
His orders have gone out to crush
not only for his own political ends but
to advance the selfish schemes of the
large railroads, banking and manufac-
turing interests he serves in the halls
of congress as we'll as in the Massa-
chusetts legislature. 1t Is reported
that in his present extremity, fearing
to seek reelection on his long public
record in congress and in the state,
his one hope is that Roosevelt may
create new confidence in his behalf by
speaking for him as an old friend 1t
is hard to believe that the former
president would lend himself to the
a friend, who has consistently violated
all the moral teachings of which he
is the great exponent.
with direct primaries it is univer-
sally admitted that Mr.. Lodge would
have no possible chance of reelection.
The Lodge machine and lobby work
ed in the senate (Mass.) successfully
to defeat the direct primary bill
which has passed the house.
1.-The defeat of Mr.. Lodge and the
termination of this machine will lend
more than anything else to party sue
cess not only in the state, but in the
nation. 1t will restore confidence in
the Republican management by d.
! vorcing the legislature from the poll
teal machine and by defeating a pub
lie official who has also long served
the private interests rather than the
public good"
Mr.. Ames says he expects the Lodge
men to try to prevent pledging of can
didates in the hope that they may be
controlled later. To prevent that he
says he will try to compel every can
didate in Massachusetts, to pledge him
self to the issue he has raised
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-27
MACKEY'S BUSY Time.
Takes Prisoners to Washington and
Brings Ada Cross to Kansas.

After a hard ten days of travelling
with United States government pris-
oners transferred between Topeka,
Leavenworth and Washington, D. c.,
United States Marshal w. H. Mack
ey has returned to his headquarters
at Topeka with his difficult official
commissions satisfactorily executed.
When Mr.. Macky left Topeka on
June IA he took with him Edgar War
rem, a diminutive dark boy, only IL
years of age, but already q marvellous
adept at the thing which made Baron
Munchausen famous. Edgar had stol-
en- a little money and some articles
from the Leavenworth post agency
and was brought here for trial. After
agreeing to plead guilty he changed
his mind in court and denied his Of
Tense. Later Deputy Marshal B. F.
Flaniken persuaded him to plead gull
ty so he could be sent to a govern
ment school and the little darby, after
one or two more changes of spirit, did
SO at Leavenworth.
1t was to the national training
school for boys at Washington, D. c.,
that he was taken. He wept copious-
~ when he parted from Marshal
Mackey, but when last seen was con-
soling himself with a chunk of apple
pie which the superintendent of the
school had given him. But he was the
least of Marshal Mackey's troubles
Inc transfer OF TOUR insane cOnViCtS
from the Leavenworth penitentiary to
the National Hospital for the Insane
at Washington was his principal
charge. In a Chicago eating house on
the road two of the insane prisoners
got into a fight and were separated by
the marshal after a struggle. But they
were finally delivered safely at Wash
ington and Marshal Mackey was
shouldered with new responsibility.
This was the custody of Ada Cross,
a negro woman. Ada, who weighs but
"a pounds, was credited with robbing
two houses, licking five Washing
ton policemen and killing a woman
convict in the sewing room of the
West Virginia penitentiary after a
duel with scissors from which she
yet carries many scars. She was re-
puted to be thoroughly bad and, as
such, was delivered at the railway sta
ton in Washington in a straight jack
ct which pinioned both arms to her
sides.
But Marshal Mackey sized the stu
alton up and held consultation with
his new prisoner.
Ada" he said, you and are GO
ing to Leavenworth. We will get there
comfortably if you are willing. and il
YOU behave we'll on the trip I'll agree
to treat you as nicely as any lady can
be treated. But every time you start
a fight will stop it. Remember that. ="
Ada replied: "I'll do Just like you