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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-31
PRESIDENT TAFT

Reported that He Is Tired of Strife and
Criticism and VIII Decline to Accept
the Nomination for a Second Term
Comedies that the Next House Will
Be Democratic.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-31

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed quiet.
Receipts 32 bales.
Sales to factors none.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-31
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian.
Shreveport, La, March 81, 1910.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
VICTIMS CAUGHT LIKE RATS ON
UPPER FLOORS.
Lighter with Benzine; Explosion
Young Clerk Causes Fire Filling Cigar
Is the Result.

Chicago Search of the wreckage for
the remaining bodies of those who lost
their lives in the Fish Furniture Com
pany fire horror here Friday was dis
continued in the afternoon, owing to
danger from tottering walls, but not
until after twelve of the dead had been
recovered and eleven of those identified.
Leo Stocked, a clerk of the Fish Com
pany, who by accident is said to have
started the fire, told his story to Fire
Attorney Frank Hogan. He appeared
heartbroken and told his story with diff
Guilty.
About s:45 o'clock this morning.
Stoeckel said, "Mr. Mitchell, who is a
member of the firm, gave me three peck
ct cigar lighters and told me to 60 to
the finishing room on the fourth foor and
fill them with benzine. / had filled two
of the lighters out of the tive-gallon can
and was working on the third when there
was an explosion. A sheet of flame al
most blinded me and | remember only
dimly what happened after that. l did
not fully regain my senses until l had
reached the street."
The spread of the flames throughout
the upper floors was almost lnstanta-
neous. The girls, which they rushed to
the stairways, found escape there cut
off. Turning quickly to the front OF the
building, the young women smashed the
glass in the panes. Horrifed spectators
in the street looking through the haze
of flames, smoke and spray could sec
dimly the faces of the girls framed in
the windows above.
Then suddenly one OF the girls stepped
to the window ledge, her face a picture
of terror, and screamed for help. Hei
shrieks anne piercingly clear above the
turmoil below, which suddenly turned to
silence as the young form poised ano
then sprang to the street below.
Soon after Miss Lichstenstein's desper
ate leap, a crash as if of floors falling
was heard, and the faces at the window
disappeared.
DR.. Kinsley, in describing his expe
%rience, said:
Il was nearby when the fire started
and when | reached the scene the sight
made my hair stand on end. The floors
| of the building were a mass OF flames
and smoke was rolling in clouds out Of
the windows. | cried, Something must
be done, something must be DONE but
like many others, l was so stricken by
the sight of the faces half revealed in the
sixth story windows that l Gould scarcely
| move.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
HAD CONTRACT" HUSBAND
After SO Years Woman Seeks to Have
Contract" Dissolved.

st. Louis.-Although she has not
heard from her contract husband" IN
twenty-seven years, Mrs. Charlotte
Thomas, known to her friends as Char
lotte Judd, petitioned the circuit court
to dissolve her marriage to Ambrose
Thomas and declare the contract old
The woman, who is 70 years old, sign
ed the marriage contract in 1877. In it
she expressed the belief that a marriage
is founded by laws of nature and that
mo law should or can make such part
nership i~ndissoluble or keep it in force
Her petition alleges she learned in 1888
that Thomas had one or more wives Nv
ing when she signed the contract. From
the day of her discovery until now she
said she has not heard from him.
Mrs. Thomas attorney said that thir-
ty-two years have changed his clients
ideas of marriage and law. The five wit
nesses to the contract are believed to be
dead.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
DEATH ON TRAIN
CONDUCTOR INTERCEDES - GETS A
BULLET THROUGH HEART.
Driven from Coach, Still Shooting After
Being Shot in Face with Riot Gun.

Wilmington, Del.-An exciting battle
in which three men were killed, occurred
on a Baltimore & Ohio railroad train this
afternoon. The fight began at Newark,
Del, and ended in this city. Several
persons were wounded in the ARRAY.
The triple tragedy was the result Of
an alteration between Bethea, who was
a passenger, and Williams, the porter in
the Pullman parlor car.
Bethea Shoots Porter.
Bethea, who had been drinking heav.
lily, shot the porter through the heart,
killing him instantly. When Conductor
Wellman saw the porter fall he al to
the scene to demonstrate with the pas.
senger, who still held the revolver in
his hand. Bethea fred a second shot
into the negro's body. Then without a
word Bethea shot Wellman through the
heart.
The conductor fell dead in his tracks.
Before the passengers could interfere the
double murderer barricaded himself in
the toilet room of the Pullman car and
threatened to kill the first person who
approached. Meanwhile the train reach
ed Wilmington. When it came into the
station a hurry call was sent to the po'
lice station. A squad of patfolmen, re-
inforced by park guards and a posse OF
citizens and trainmen, ran to the scene
Opens Fire on Police.
Bethea is believed to have had at least
100 rounds of ammunition, for he sue
ceeded in holding the posse at bay and
also held up the train from SLY until
6:35. During this time many shots were
fred on both sides, until finally all the
windows of the car were riddled.
When the battle had lasted about al
hour, the police realized they would be
unable to drive the man from cover. A
call was sent to a local fire company
The firemen responded with their engine
Attaching a high pressure hose to a fire
plug, and with the firemen carricaded
behind trucks and boards, q stream Of
water was played upon the windows Of
the toilet room.
Driven from Car.
Police Captain Evans fired a load o
| shot into Bethea's face. Notwithstand
ing this injury, he kept on blazing away
Patrolman Boughman opened fire will
a pistol and struck Bethea in the right
arm. The desperate man tn. I'd to fr'
again, but Sergeant Kelcher sent in
shot and he fell dead.
While it was believed by some of tn
passengers who fled when the trair
reached Wilmington that the desperate
was insane, other passengers said he ap
peared to be sane, with the exception
that he had been drinking.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
$4,000 in Corn Clubs.

Little Rock, Ark.-Over $4,000 Arkan'
sas boys have made application for. en-
rcllment in the great contest to be car
ried OH this year through the medium
of the boys corn clubs of the state. This
is more than five times as many as took
part in the contest last year. The
5000 and more boys who have enrolled
have done so voluntarily, they have not
been enrolled by somebody else, or their
names merely sent in to pad" the rolls
they are in earnest and to make the
contest this year a lively one.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
TRUSTEES SALE.

Notice is hereby given that l,
S. O.. Boone, trustee named IN a
trust deed executed by Willis
Small and Julia Small, his wife,
on the 9th day Of December, 1905,
and appearing Of record in deed
record 81. g." page 219, of the
records Of Crittenden county, Ar
kansas, to secure the payment of
four hundred and thirty-fve
($435.OO dollars, being divided
in three promissory notes for
$145. 90 each, due and payable No
vember 18th, 1906, 1907 and 1908,
respectively, and bearing interest
at the rate Of ten (10) per cent.
from maturity of each note until
paid, will on the 18th day of
April, 1910, within judicial hours,
at the south door of the court
house in the town of Marion,
Crittenden county, Arkansas, offer
for sale, publicly, to the highest
bidder for cash, the northeast
quarter Of the southeast quarter
of section twenty-five (25), town
ship seven (7) north, range six
(6) east, containing forty acres of
land, more or less.
The title to said land believed
to be good, but | sell as trustee
only.
March 10Th, 1910.
S. O.. BOONE, Trustee.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
A MOTHER AT 20.
Fifteen-Year-Old Daughter q Mother
Welded at Is.

Richmond, Ind.-To be grandmother at
the age of % years is the unique and
perhaps unparalleled distinction, in this
state at least, of Mrs. Everett Parker OF
Richmond. A boy has been born to
Mrs. Parker's 15-year-old daughter, Mrs.
Charles Lane, a resident of indianapolis,
making the fifth generation in the fam
lily. Mrs. Parker's mother and grand
mother are both living. The former,
whose name is Mrs. Tidelia King, and
who is but AZ years of age, resides near
her daughter, while the great-great-grand.
mother, Angelin Davis, is 80 years old,
and lives near Eaton, O. Mrs. Parker
was married when but 10 years of age.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
Two Weeks Man Hunt.

GAINESVILLE, O.-The second week of the
man hunt over a h~alf-doZen Ohio counties
for Robert Green, ~ex-banker, jail-breakeI
and horsethief, opened with the sheriff's
posse as much at sea as ever in regard
to their quarry's whereabouts. Through
out the whole chase, although aided by
automobiles, horses, b%loodhounds and the
whole of the states legal ma
chinory, the officers have been completely
baffed by Green, who has stolen and
ridden to exhaustion three horses in his
FIGHT.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
Gave Cotton Seed Luncheon.

Washington.-Representative Beall of
Texas was host at an informal luncheon
today in honor of the members of the
house committee on agriculture and the
menu consisted exclusively of biscuit,
fruit cake and cookies made from cot
tonseed meal which had been sent to Mr..
Beall by j. w. Allison, president of the
oil mill at Ennis, Tex. 1t is the con-
census of opinion among the members
of the committee that wheat flour now
has a worthy rival in %cottonseed meal
in it's refined state as a p%alatable article
of food.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
Blue Laws Are Enforced.

Elkhart, ind.-"Just to show the pub
lie what the Sunday blue law is if strict
ly enforced" Mayor Chester Sunday
closed drug stores and all manner OF
business. He intended retaliation against
the ministerial association, which had
accused him of insincerity i'll the prose
cution of managers of cheap theaters
that have operated on Sunday. Milk and
ice were delivered today only in cases ei
absolute necessity. Livery stables and
automobile garages were locked tight.
and electric cars to nearby cities Were
crowded with people seeking amusement.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
GIRL SLAIN AND BURNED "A DIE IN CHICAGO FIRE
MAN HELD TO WHOM VICTIM AP.
Piled FOR POSITION.
Torso of 15-Year-Old Ruth Wheeler 1den-
titled by Turquoise Beads on Neck.

New York.-One of the most revolt
ing crimes ever perpetrated i'll New York
was uncovered when the charred body
of Ruth Amos Wheeler, the 1~5-year-old
stenographer, was found on the fire es-
cape in the rear of 222 East Seventy
first street, next door to the house IN
which lived Albert w. Wolters, now held
on a charge of homicide. Wolters had
been arrested on a charge of abduction
when it was found that the girl had gone
to his room seeking a position as stenog-
rapher, but the charge was changed when
the body was found.
The body was wrapped in an oil soak
ed gunny sack and was burned almost
beyond recognition. The legs had been
burned off almost to the thighs and the
arms almost to the shoulders. The
charred fragments of a rope sticking to
the neck showed that the girl was stran-
gled.
A Gruesome Sight.
The police made a careful examina'
ton of the apartments Wolters had oc-
cupied and discovered that a fire board
protecting the wall from the stove had
been removed, newly painted and re-
placed. The condition of the crate was
such that the police believe that the body
was wrapped in cloth or paper, saturated
with oil, pushed into the chimney and
set on fire. No blood was found, which
strengthens the belief that the girl was
strangled.
The body was taken to the station,
where it was later positively identified
as that of Miss Wheeler by Robert Me-
Leod. Mcleod made, the identification
by means of a string of turquoise beads
around the neck of the body.
Further examination showed the man
ner OF death, a fragment of three-eighths
Inch manila o p being found adherine
to the left side of the neck. The head
and body were badly charred, but the
teeth remained intact.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
Texas University Burns.

Waco, Textile main building Of
Texas Christian University was totally
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
S125,O00. The building was one Of the
landsomest college buildings in Texas.
The trustees of the university will ar
range for the $50 students to continue
their classes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Precocity is the mark or the bane of
the age, but its limit is reached in the
action of a band of Connecticut boys
of IL and IA to wreck a train on
which were travelling a number of
millionaires, the object Of the youth
full criminals being to loot the train
when wrecked. The nation car well
snare this brilliant youthful develop
ment when it flares to this fire OF
genius.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Mars, according to an astronomical
expert, has just finished a new canal.
It is a pity we cannot establish that
communication with the Martians so
as to engage a few gangs and a choice
lot of engineers to hurry up the Pan
ANA job.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

A woman in New Jersey, and not
in a fairy tale, had a long lost brother
who, the other day, came home rich.
But Notwithstanding these occasional
bursts of verify, such occurrences still
remain chiefly in the fairy tales.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
Hottest March Day.

New York.-Friday was the hottest
March day that New York has had for
at least forty years; the weather bureau
records go back no farther. The mercury
rose to II degrees at 2 o'clock this aft
and that is the highest official
temperature recorded for March.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

In the case of the hog it is slightly
different. People don't complain so
much of the price OF the choice cuts,
because the whole hog comes SO high
as to be out of reach, if not out of
sight.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

A news item from New Orleans tells
how blood dripping from the ceiling
disclosed the fact that a millionaire
had committed suicide in a room yer
a store. 1t is not explained how they
knew it was a millionaire. Probably
the blood was blue.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

A New York woman is advertising
for her lost diamond-studded cigarette
case. There may be some plain folk
of old-fashioned notions who will not
at all sympathize with the lady in her
loss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

At the Chinese New Year, just past.
every Chinaman paid all his debts.
How can American civilization stand
being brought into contact with such
Monaghan superstitions?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

An official in California says he is
going to arrest bridge players, as So
ciety gamblers are no better than the
professional kind. According to all
accounts, some society bridge playing
is much more of a business than of a
pleasure and deserves to take rank
in the profession.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

st. Paul thugs have solved the high
price problem. Two of them held up
a cafe owner while his cafe was full
of diners who were receiving like
treatment from mine host.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Cement manufacturers are slow II
they do not offer a germ proof substi-
tute for the gum on the back of post
age stamps.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Divorce court proceedings show that
wives who spank their husbands take
risks of losing those useful articles Of
household furniture.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01
Memorial to wcbsfer.

Franklin, N. H.-The foreclosure of a
mortgage on the birthplace of Daniel
Webster may lead to the formation of
an association to purchase the place as
a memorial to the famous statesman.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Twenty cents a day is enough to
spend on food" says an expert. 1t
may be enough to spend, but it is GER
tain that you cannot get enough for it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

A New Jersey man named Wire
says he has not slept for 20 years. If
that's true, he should be thankful that
he still is a live Wire.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Now the men who keep eggs and
meat for years at a time in New Jer.
sey may be indicted with the meat
packers. Truly, these are hot times
for cold storage.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

One of the surest aids to longevity,
according to numerous correspondents,
Is to be born a daughter of the war of
1912.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

A woman may carry a ton of false
hair on her head, but a man who
wears a wig is the joke of the neigh
bOrhOod.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

There is rather more water in this
country now than the country really
needs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

An Ohio man sas been killed by a
camel's bite. Need we look for an
epidemic?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

ocean is 10000, 900 years old. 1t
keeps its age remarkably we'll.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

The world is being flooded with
gold, says a Yale professor. Perfectly
dry out here, prof.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Pretty soon you'll hear some man
Dragging that his hens laid all winter
for him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Economy in the household is now
the slogan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

There is Joy in the African jungles.
The big hunt is over.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Cold storage is now trying to hold
up 10000, 900 of people.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Unfortunately there is never a pre-
inventory sale in the necessities or
life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

One can still eat crow and not
break the rules of the meat boycott
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

In this crisis America expects every
hen to do her duty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

A fatal duel has been fought by Aus
trian government officials. They had
better stick to the hurtless kind.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-01

Investigation of the high cost OF liv
ing makes food for thought abundant
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-19
BLOOMS ONCE IN 10 YEARS.

At the London geological gardens,
says a correspondent, near the eagles
ayiary visitors may now see the rare
sight of an aloe in bloom.
The specimen, which stands about
"a feet high, and is shooting upwards
rapidly, is plant of symmetrical
growth, with huge f1eshy leaves, fur
nished with large spines, and disposed
naturally in the shape of immense
rosettes. The leaves contain a strong
fiber, which is valuable for rope-ma.
king, and the expressed juice may be
used as a substitute for soap. 1t may
also be manufactured into a liquor
like cider.
It has been called the century
plant" from the belief that It flowers
only once in 100 years. 1t is a fact
that it takes many years to come to
maturity, in some cases extending to
seventy years It flowers but once,
and then dies. The zoo is fortunate
in having a second example of this
very rare towering plant, for it is
just four years ago since a similar oc.
currenee took place there.
A specimen of the aloe bloomed IN
Victoria Park ten years ago, when it
was found necessary to remove a
pane Of glass from the roof of the
house in which it was growing, SO
that the stem might have space to
grow upwards. The crown of bios
SONS in this instance lowered above
the roof At Kew Gardens. about
twenty-four years ago, a similar
method had to be adopted when the
aloe bloomed there.
The flowers when in full bloolh viii
be a sight worth going a long way to
see, not only on account of the mag.
nifcent golden blossoms, but also be
cause of the rarity of blooming in
this country.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-19
LEOPARD WAS ONLY A WOLF
Missouri Girls Description of Scrub
Animal Causes Neiehborhood
Army to Kill It.

Kansas City, MOTOR few days
Kansas City supposed that it was be-
ing terrorized by ferocious leopard,
but it turned out to be only scrub
gray wolf. a good deal more fright
ened than frightful.
Its Identification and extinction were
brought about by 90 men armed with
great assortment of weapons and
about a thousand humans bearing no
arms but making much noise.
It was after several chickens and
dogs had met untimely ends that a lit
tie girl ran upon the wolf in one Of
Kansas City's famous ravines. 1t
snapped at her, by way of informing
her that 1t wished her to go away.
She went home and told her mother
that a terrible animal had attacked
her. The neighbors we're called in
and from the description of the beast
given by the little girl it was conclud.
ed that it was probably an icthyosau-
rus or maybe worse. It was finally
identified as a leopard. A hunt was or
ganized and everybody in the Holly
street neighborhood took part
They made so much fuss about it
that the wolf came out of hiding to
see what the trouble was. The 1920
took after him and he ran up on the
roof of Joseph Carey's house. The 20
fred a volley and the thousand shout
ed, and the wolf died It may have
been the bullets and it may have been
the noise that was fatal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-19

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me a well woman and I have no more
backache. I hope 7 can help others DY
telling them what Lydia 3. Pinkham 9
Vegetable Compound has done Tor
me. '-MRs. EMMA IMsE, 1913 First Sta
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received BY the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and her6ss
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such SUI
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetas-
bic Compound trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkharn, of Lynn, Mass
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is freee