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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-21
THE WEATHER

Tuesday; slightly cooler tonight
: Warmer wednesday.
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
A LOVELY PHILANTHROPIST
PASSES AWAY

New Orleans Picayune May 10: In
the death of Mrs Vim. H. Dickson, born
Louice CIack, which occurred yesterday
New Orleans philanthropy has
lost one of its shining lights.
Mrs. Dickson, an elegant, refined and
prominent member of New Orleans so
ciety, conceived profound pity for the
unfortunate inmates of the State Leper
Home at Indian Camp, in Iberville par
ish, and made it her special mission to
furnish at her own cost, as well as to
collect from others articles of use and
interest for those wretched outcasts.
Food delicacies of all kinds, books,
musical instruments, games, clothing
and everything that could minister to
their comfort and diversion, and they
were always specially remembered on
all holidays. So devoted was she in
that noble work that she was called the
.Leper's Angel" and she was always in
their prayers, as they were in hers.
New Orleans is and has been rich in
female benefactors. Those that have
passed away make up a galaxy of noble
characters, and not the least of them il
Mrs. Dickson.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Vital statistics of Shreveport for the
week ending May IA, 1910.
Marriages: w G. Mofin and Lula
Milton; Richard Nelson and Agnus
Noble.
Births: w. H. Pearce and wife, girl ;
H. M Gatti and wife, girl; D. E. Brum-
rnitt and wife, girl; 1. R. Stevens and
wife, boy. Black: Chas. Sims and wife,
boy; Henry Gordon and wife, girl !;
Cesor Pearson and wife, boy.
Deaths: Henry Youree, 81 years
Juna Adair. I year; Justice Baird,
years; Walter l. Cheesman, I3 years.
Black: Harriet McLemo, As years.
Nonresident. J. c. Gibbs, So years
Eugene Bell, 10 years; Robert I. Hamp
ton, SO years; James D. McDade. Z yrs
Black Frank Brooks, 10 years; Lula
Nelson, 60 years; Thos. Jones, so years;
Jim Simmons, 80 years; Annie Sinp-
son, 70 years, Jessie Norman. 80 years
OF above Z died at Charity Hospital.
A. S. REISOR,
D.B. sEAY, Sec Health Officer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
ORLEANIAN CHOSEN
As Supreme President of the Catholic
Knights of America

The triennial convention of the Cath
ole Knights of America concluded its
sessions in Nashville, Tenn, Saturday
night, having been in executive session
nearly all day and night. Washington,
ID. C., was chosen as the meeting place
of the convention three years from now.
The following officers were elected: Su-
prene president, Felix Gaudin, New Or
leans vice president, Frank Landwehr,
Cumberland, Md: secretary, Anthony
Matre, ST. Louis: treasurer, Chas. Han
nauer, st. Louis; supreme trustee, Mi
chael Quinn, Brooklyn. All are re-
elections except the vice president, R.
H. Croghan of Providence, R l., retir-
ing from that position after receiving a
vote Of thanks for his services.
Joseph Bernin of Cincinnati and Peter
Wallrath of Evansville, Ind, were
chosen delegates to the convention Of
the Catholic Federation at New Or
leans on November 10
An assessment of SC per month on
each member was levied for the purpose
Of extension Of the order
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

AS furnished by the Caddo Abstrac,
Company, office 5I7 Marshall street, the
following real estate transfers were re
corded during the day:
B. F. Hassell to Miss M. E. Gilliland,
lots 7, 8, IS, 16 and part of lot block
20 J. N. Howell subdivision; $1,000.
Queensborough Land Co. to E. H.
Gleason, lot block 20 Greensboro sub
division; $3.50.
James A. Blanchard to T. C. Barret,
I-2 interest in lots 2, 3, and 7 Grape
claim; $500.
Catherine Tucker to Irene Love, lot 22
Lincoln Heights; $500.
S. H. Florsheim, rustee, to T. K. Nc
Lemore, acre lot 225 in west half of sec
tion II, 20. IS; $I5o.
Same to w. NJ Campbell, acre lot 25S
same section; $I5o
Same to Belle Mason, acre lot 2I6 in
same section; $I5o.
Same to B. R. McLemore, acre lot 2I7
in same section; $I5o.
Louisiana Real Estate and Develop
ment Co. to L, NJ. Belser, acre lot 3 in
southeast quarter sec. 3, 20, IS; $I5o.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
WEATHER AND CROPS
The Crops Have Been Retarded but not
Seriously Injured.

New Orleans Picayune. May 10: The
past week has developed rather variable
weather from an agricultural standpoint.
Some rain has fallen in parts of the cot
ton belt, including sections of Texas and
Oklahoma and most of the Atlantic
coast states. In the central portions of
the belt the week has been dry and the
temperature generally has been much
below the normal These conditions
have not been favorable to the progress
of the crop. Where the cotton is up in
sufficient moisture and the cool weather
have retarded growth and even caused
the plants to lose vitality Wehre cotton
has been planted, but is not yet above
ground, termination has been retarded,
with the risk that the plants when they
do come up will not show good stand.
Where replanting was made necessary
by the cold spell of the end of April the
work has been finished and planting
generally is about over everywhere. The
fields are in good condition, and only
the absence of rain and the low temper
ature keep the crop backward. Good
rains from now on and seasonable tenn
perature will probably soon change ex-
isting conditions, as probably no ire
parable injury has been done, but owing
to the delays that have already occurred,
it is highly important that the advent of
more favorable conditions should not
much longer be delayed.
The conditions with respect to the
corn crop are much the same as in the
case of cotton. The crop has been re-
tarded. but not seriously injured. Good
weather would soon repair the existing
backwardness and make the realization
of liberal corn crop certain. The rice
crop has been more or less retarded by
the absence of sufficient rainfall as well
as by cool weather.
Conditions in the sugar cane section
have been greatly improved during the
past week by the good rain which fell on
Sunday a week ago.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
PRISONERS SENTENCED
Blackman Assigned to Four Years in
the Pen-The Handy Case.

At the session of the District Court
this morning, Judge Murf sentenced
prisoners to the pen as follows:
Henry Wilbur, cutting with intent to
murder, one year.
E. R. Blacknan, uttering, two cases,
two years in each case, four years.
Ras Wilson, manslaughter, FIVE years,
7. ]. Redfeld, shooting to murder,
one year.
Dick Battle, assault with intent to
rape, six months.
Will Hogg, embezzlement, eighteen
months.
In the five cases of w. A. Handy for
violation of the prohibition law, FIVE
convictions, the penalty aggregates nine
months in jail and 5000 in money and
eight months additional in default of
paying the fines.
Handy is from Oil City and was con-
nected with the Oil City Social Club.
He is aged 63 years, which limits him
to Jail He was tried and convicted in
two cases several months since.
Slim Dodson, violation of the prohi-
bition law, pleaded guilty He was in
dicted in January last but had gone to
Oklahoma He returned recently and
surrendered. He pleaded guilty in two
cases and was sentenced to thirty days
on the road and $Ioo, and in default of
payment thirty days additional on the
good roads, and $Ioo fine in the second
case and in default thirty days addi
tional on the roads.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
the heavens, but all this is twaddle.

the heavens, but all this is twaddle.
From Sir Robert Ball, our foremost
astronomer, comes the last and final die
tum concerning Halley's comet. 1t should
set at rest the fears of grand catas-
trophe in the minds of those folks who
have been led to believe the comet con-
tains mischief making potentialities. Sir
Robert Ball is the royal astronomer of
England and the author of several books
including "The Story of the Heavens" )"
in which he deals with Halley's comet:
81 have received multitudes of letters
relating to the comet and so many have
expressed alarm as to the possibility of
collision that | venture to send reply:
My dearS, a rhinoceros in full charge
would not fear collision with cobWeb,
and the earth need not fear collision
with a comet In 1861 we passed through
the tail of a comet No one knew any
thing about it at the time. For hum
dred million years life has been continu-
Gus on this earth, though we have been
visited by at least FIVE comets every
year. If comets could ever have done
the earth any harm they would have
done it long ago, and you and | would
not be discussing comets or anything
else. AS far as l can learn, we were in
the tail of Halley's comet May II. l
sincerely hope we were, and I think Sir
John Herschel says somewhere that a
whole comet could be squeezed into a
suit case.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
JUDICIAL SALE.

No. 13,5oo-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: P. c. Worley ct al, vs.. John
Ryan et al.
Bv virtue of commission to sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above entitled and
numbered suit, | will offer for sale, for
cash and according to law, at public auc-
ton, at the principal front door Of the
court house 6f Caddo Parish, louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY Fl, 1910,
The southeast quarter of section twenty
three (23), township twenty-five (22),
range fifteen (15l, in lots of forty (4o)
acres. with buildings and Improvements
thereon, situated in Caddo Parish, La.
The above belonging to the above liti-
gants, and to be sold for cash, according
TO law, for the purpose of effecting a
partition. ]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, April II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
THE COMET
New England Astronomers Divided as
to Its Luminosity.
suit case.

Boston, Mass, May I5-Agreeing that
no harmful effect is to be expected on
Wednesday with the passage of the
earth through the tail of Halley's comet,
New England astronomers appear not
to concur as to the possibility of lum-
inous display similar to northern lights.
Prof. David P. Todd of Amherst Col
lege thinks the aurora effect probable.
Prof Robert w. Wilson of the Harvard
College Observatory declared today
there may be darkening of the atmos-
phere, while Prof. Edward c. Picker
ing, head of the Harvard Observatory,
said: Il doubt if there will be any effect
at all. I"
Prof. Wilson said further that there
may be shower of charged particles,
very small but numerous, which may af-
feet wireless te1egrapfy There is no
cause for alarm or fear. Cyanogen ex-
lists only near the head of the comet.
and the tail is a good vacuum
Prof. Todd declares that there will be
no more sensation than that caused by
the rays of light from distint candle
on a persons hand. There is an equal
amount of cyanogen gas radiated from
each, proportionately, he says.
Leon Campbell, another of the Har-
ward astronomers, thinks luminous
display is absurd.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17

THE RAINFALL
Long Expected but Welqemed-Value
to Crops Immeasurable.

At last the long expected rainfall has
come, and it is being welcomed both by
human beings, beasts, and we may say,
fguratively, by vegetation in all its
forms and kinds
1t is not possible to estimate the value
of the rainfall. 1t is timely for corn, It
will stimulate the growth of cotton and
will benefit gardeners and especially the
fruit crop.
The rainfall may be too late for the
Irish potato crop, which is about ma
tured, but it will be helpful to the po-
tatoes that were planted late
It may be observed that where garden
and field crops were cultivated intelli-
gently the rainfall will have direct
benefit, whereas the fields and the gar
dens which may have been neglected will
not fare So well.
The rainfall is all that could be de-
sired. 1t did not come as a gully
washer nor trash mover" but is a
regular root searcher' and ground
soaker"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17

The ignorant and the superstitious are
expecting with iismay the approach of
the comet. 1t is regarded by them as
an omen Of evil when the world may be
shattered in an instant, but should it es-
cape then will follow wars, epidemics
and disasters which can not now be
foretold. All such foreboding should be
dispelled, but should the world be de-
stroyed tomorrow, there is solaee in the
reflection that we are all going together
and should one mortal survive, in his
loneliness he will wish that he were
dead.
Should the world ever be destroyed,
the disaster will come unheralded. There
is no time fixed, and there never viii
be. Let the tirnid then be comforted
and keep cool.
There have been published stories oi
disasters, presented in the lurid style
in which it has been related that when
the earth goes through the comets tail
the sky will be ablaze for three hours,
that there viii be experienced earth
quakes and the stars will fall, and thers
will Be visible many strange sights il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
REV. c. L. JONES
Of Shreveport in Baton Rouge-What
1t Is Reported He Said.

Special from Baton Rouge to the New
Orleans States, May I6.-Rev. Claude
L. Jones of Shreveport, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Antis
Saloon League, reached Baton Rouge
today. He was accompanied by Rev. A..
w. Turner of Mansfield, who was for
merly located at Opelousas, and who
was offered but declined the State su
perintendency of the league. They will
have a conference with prohibition mem
bers to get a line on conditions and the
chances of additional whiskey legisla
ton. They will make no attempt to
push Statewide prohibition bill nor to
disturb the New Orleans situation.
Z expect to be here for day or two, ;"
said Dr. Jones. There are some bills
we should like to have passed.
From what can understand there is
no disposition in the Legislature to at
tempt State wide prohibition, which
would include New Orleans. | am dis
posed myself to believe it would be inn
practicable now to try to force prohibi-
ton on the city.
One of the bills which will be urged
is intended to reach the locker system
in Shreveport and other prohibition
towns. Since the closing of the bar
rooms in Shreveport clubs have been
formed and no one is compelled to go
thirsty there.
Representative Roberts of Webster
will give notice of the bill today. It
makes the statutes regarding grogshops
include any shop or place operated by
any person, association or corporation
who charge for liquors or the service
thereof, or charge for providing lockers
or the icing of intoxicarts.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
The sEGREGATInNIsTs.

1t is claimed that the segregationists
intend TO push their scheme through the
Legislature and leave it finally to the
Governor to approve or reject. If the
segregationists are in earnest they will
find their opponents ready for the con-
test; besides, they will arouse the ele-
ments now inclined to be conservative,
and then complications may follow that
are not now on the legislative pro-
gramme Fortunately the segregation
lists can not dominate, as it is plainly
their purpose, which is mainly in the
interest of the saloon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
NURSES GRADUATE
Interesting Exercises Held in the Audi
torium of Travis Street School.

In the auditorium of the Travis street
school last night there were held inter
esting exercises in the presence of d
large assemblage of ladies and gentle
men. The event was the graduating OF
nurses of the T. E. Schumpert Memorial
Sanitarium.
Hon. A Queries was master of cere-
monies.
Rev. P. H. Boyle delivered the open
ing address, during which he referred to
the profession in eloquent words.
An address by DIR. J. c. Willis to the
nurses was instructive as well as com
plimentary TO the graduates.
Miss Mildred Prudhomme delivered
the valedictory. 1t was replete with soul
ful sentiment and received unbounded
approval.
The medals and diplomas were pre-
sented by Rt Rev. c. Van de Ven as
follows:
Senior Class-Misses Alice Kelsoe
Mildred Prudhomme, Leta Mayhem and
Jessie Thompson.
Junior Class-Misses Lille Heorman,
Agnes O'Brien, Fanny Morse, Beatrice
Hunt, Pearl Dunkleman, Ellen Chill
ders. Rella Kelsoe, Dalla Shaw, Emma
wilson, Ollie Green, Mabel Rice, Grace
Haywood and Sudie Mccain.
The musical numbers were discoursed
charmingly by Prof Petzsch, Sol Sin
glust, Mrs John Slattery, Miss Helen
McCaa, Mrs. P NJ. Welsh and Mrs.
Walter Crowder
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
DR.. HYDE CONVICTED
Found Guilty of the Murder of Colonel
Thomas Swope-Life Imprisonment.

DR.. B. C. Hyde has been convicted by
jury of the murder of Col. Thomas H.
Swope of Kansas City. A telegram from
Kansas City May I6 says: DR.. B. c.
Hyde was charged during his trial with
series of startling poisonings, having
for their object the gaining of control
of the fortune of Thomas H. Swope,
the millionaire philanthropist.
Colonel Swope died on October 8 last,
after a severe convulsion 1t was
charged that this convulsion followed
the taking of capsule prescribed by DIR.
Hyde and that the capsule contained
cyanide of potash, deadly poison. DR..
Hyde said the capsule contained a di-
gestive tablet
On January II Colonel Swopes body
was removed from its tomb for chemical
analysis of the internal organs, which
disclosed, according to chemists report,
$3.50 of grain of strychnine.
Two days before Colonel Swope's
death Moss Hunton, his cousin and bus
mess adviser, died at the Swope house
of apoplexy. 1t was charged at the trial
that DR.. Hyde bled Mr.. Hunton too pro-
fusely after the apoplectic stroke.
Early i'll December typhoid fever ep-
idemic broke out in the SWope house
hold, attacking ten of the members and
causing the death of Chrisman Swope, a
brother of DR.. Hyde's wife.
Shortly before Chrisman's death he
was given a capsule by DR.. Hyde and
suffered convulsion similar to that
preceding Colonel Swope's death. Mar
garet Swope, Chrisman's sister, who
also had convulsion after taking a
capsule while under DR.. Hyde's treat
ment, was given an emetic at once BY
DR.. Twy1nan and recovered. DIR. Twy
man, who was expected to be a valu
able witness, died of appendicitis just
before the trial began. The trial start
ed FIVE weeks ago today.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
MISTAKEN FOR COMET
Prisoners Cremated in the Jail at Nor
ganza.

Morganza, La, May 15-The town
jail burned this morning about 8 o'clock,
and Shoat Dickson, negro prisoner,
was cremated He was locked up last
night and evidently set fire to the build
ing, thinking he would be able to make
his escape.
Some of the colored population
thought that the comet had struck town
ahead of time, and would not leave their
houses.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
LOCAL. RECEIPTS.
Week.
BOARD OF REVIEW.

The Police Jury of Caddo Parish
Louisiana. will meet as a board Of re-
viewers to review the assessments oi
1910 according to law on the first Mon
day in June 1910.
W 4. CRAWFORD, Pres.
IA. I DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17

II its bill heads you are looking for.
or may be a supply of letter heads or
an outfit OF envelopes, YOU can do no
better than let Us 6x 'em. Phone 1000
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17

We have time just now to do some
work for you. May be you have not
tried our printing. Phone 1000.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market closed steady.
Receipts 90 bales.
Sales to factors none.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
COTTON MARKET

Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, May II, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17
HALLEY'S COMET

for May I8-Being Watched
by Thousands of Scientific Observers.
Earth to Pass Through Comets Tail
in the Afternoon-Sir Robert Ball on
Comets.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-17

SHREVEPORT RECEIPTS.
Stock on hand September I,758I
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-20
THE PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 20.-Flour-DuIl
and lower to sell. Spring patents, $3.50
$50; winter patents, 5.25@5.75. Receipts,
Is, 100.
Wheat-Weak. Liverpool cables, to-
gether with general liquidation and In
c%reasingly bearing sentiment. brought
about a decline of &@1 In wheat this
morning. Only support on the decline
was from local shorts. May, 112ls@
112%; July, 10S@1OS 3-16. Receipts, 7.200,
Corn-Receipts, $1,000. Beef steady.
Pork-Steady.
La~rd--Steady; middle West. 1850
1856.
Raw Sugar-Steady: m%uscovado SO
test, 3.74GS.77; centrifugal 96 test. 4.24
@4.27; molasses sugar SO test, S.4903.52.
Refined quiet; crushed. $751;: graduated,
SIS; powdered. SIS.
Fundamentally; refined barrels,
7.75.
Cofee-Spot quiet; No. I Rio, sh; No.
q Santos, 90.
Molasses-Quiet; New Orleans open
kettle, S2G42.
Butter-Steady; receipts, $500. Cream
cry. held, second to special, 24@31;
creamery. third to first. 256S1; State
dairy. common TO finest, 24@32.
Cheese-Steady, unchanged; receipts,
9,215.
Eggs-Barely steady, unchanged; re-
ceipts, $685..
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-20
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 20.-The cotton
market opened steady at a eclin of
2@5 points in response to disappoint-
ing cables, favorable weather reports
and prospects of more drastic curtail-
| ment by Southern mills. There was a
renewal of yesterdays covering move
ment at the initial decline. however,
and during the early trading prices raj
lied, the old crop selling up to a net
| advance of 4G5 points, while later posi-
tions recovered to the closing figure of
yesterday.
Business became very quiet after the
early covering movement had spent it.
self, and prices during the late forenoon
ruled within a point or two of last
nights close, near months having re-
acted slightly under scattered realizing,
while bear pressure was held in check
by complaints from the South and frost
was necessitating some replanting.
The market continued very quiet dur
ing the early afternoon, and while
somewhat irregular with May con
tracts at one time selling off to a net
loss of about s points under scattering
liquidation, ruled generally steady
around the closing figures of last night.
There were rumors of, a Southern spot
house failure around the street, but
they found no immediate reflection in
the market.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-20
FIDELITY GETS CONTROL
OF NEWTON TRUST co.

NEWTON, April 20.-Frank NJ.
Hough, president of the Newton Trust
Company, announced today that the
Fidelity Trust Company, of Newark,
had acquired a controlling interest in
the local company.
According to the statement issued by
Mr.. Hough the credit of the Newton
Trust Company was impaired by the
~receivership OF the banking firm of
Frederick II. Soaring & Co, New York.
Soaring was a director and vice-presi-
den of the local company. The COM
pany is an unsecured creditor of Scar
ing & Co. to the amount of S20,500.
Uzal McCarter. president of the FL
deity, is understood to have taken
enough stock in the Newton Stock
Company to make it's capital intact
and provide a surplus of about $1,000.
Changes in the directorate by which
the Fidelity will secure representation
on the board are predicted.