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Rock. He visited newspaper office here and asked that if anything was written about his previous cscapadeS that he be given credit for trying to live and honest life.
 Of Raschbaum' disappearance the Little Rock Gazette says:
 Dr. l.. E. Raschbaum, a specialist who has maintained offices on the first floor of the Southern Trust building and who is well known in Little Rock, having advertised exten Sively, has left Little Rock and is not expected to return, at least to resume his practice here, according to a statement made last night by Charles Jacobson, formerly attorney for Raschbaum and now attorney. both for the doctors son, who left the city after his father, and for creditors of Dr. Raschbaum. Attorney Jacob son stated last night that Dr. Rasch- baums local liabilities amounted to 5000 and his assests about $500 or S400. He stated that he is now inves- tigating pr. Raschbaum s foreign ac- counts. He stated that he is attor ney for one man. who has claim for sl,5o0 against Dr. Raschbaum.
 '.Dr. Raschbaum left here Wednes- T I>yi,, Lr Jnnn1cn.1 stated last night. He told several persons that he was going to New York to attend to financial matters. first lerned of his departure Christ mas day, when his son told me that his father had gone and left here and he came to me for advice ascer- tained from him that his father was considerably in debt and would not return. The son delivered the keys Dr. Raschbaums office to me and let here Christmas afternoon I told the officials of the Southern Trust Company, from whom Dr. Rasch- bauI leased his office. and ascertain ed tht the latter owed the company somemoney".
 Aniher person called on me and advisd me that he had a mortgage for Ri,500 on what property Dr. Rasclbaum had. I have charge Of what assets there are and these I think will amount to $500 or $4Oo. I inten to ascertain whether there are any ,othes membranes on Dr. Rascl lbaum's property and take care of wkt property Is for the benefit of those entitled to participate in it.
 Mf Jacobson declared that he did not know the whereabouts of Dr Rasobaum His son also had an adyeiising enterprise. He turned that pver to iIie to discharge all obligtions that had been incurred The sssets will cover the liabilities.
 " far as I know Dr. Raschbaun had lucrative practice and l am at comIete loss to understand how he becale so heavily involved financial ly," sontinued Mfr. Jacobson.
 Dr Raschbaum opened an office in Littl Rock about two years ago He came from New York.
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Farm loans on bottom plantation property. Long time, liberal terms moderate interests. Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.
 1-2-6t
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Chester Taylor, son of colone, and Mrs. ,: M. Taylor. came here from Lttie Rock last night to be at the bedside of his uncle, Hon. D. c. Bell. who Is critically ill at the Florenc e Sanitarium..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-04

Rabbi E. Frisch. Mrs NJ. E,isen- Han!cr, Charles Veil, George B. Moore, Sol Klarberg, Misses Hennio Joseph and Ethel Schloss have re- turned from Little Rock, where they attended the annual meeting of the Arkansas Sabbath School Teachers Association. -,
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NEWS NOTES FROM
 SHERRILL, ARK.

shern, Ark, Jan: 3.-(speciaD-- The fiE quarterly meeting for the SherrilFircuit was held here yester- day an the attendance was good. Rev. J. Hammond, the new presid- ing elds is proving very efficient. A conn ntee was appointed to take steps tQhrd the building of new church I'd the pastors salary was raised @. over that of last year.
 w. F'fNeal is very sick with pneumo1l
 The &on is about all gathered and glnn, and the good price paid for both ytton and seed has made the crop wor about as much to the far naersag preceding 'one.e~
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\ desirable lot on South Olive S. for Sle Price and terms reasonable. Coion Belt Savings & TruS1 Co.
 13~::l-.i
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NOTICE.

Mrs Ni9htman will be at our store Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to demonstrate our White Crest flour. The highest grade flour made The ladies are especially invited to call. Mccain Grocery Co 4th. and Main.
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-07-20

imake
Etc
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
gysgas

CAPTAIN FRITZ DUQUESNE AND WHAT HE
u -sssra WANTS TO FEED Us.
the pest the water lily has become. its
hindrance TO navigation and its injury
to health be says:
'.The water lily grows in Africa as
abundantly as it does here. but in
Africa 1t never gets complete control
of river. and when the hippopot-
anus is suffered to range unmoested
the streams are kept clear, for the
lily and. ID fact. all aquatic plants are
the natural food of the hippopotamus
Then why not put the big beast in the
rivers, whore it would act as a dredge
and remove the cause Of all the trou-
bic BY devouring the worst pest with
which the state has to contend?
THE hippopotamus would find no
difficulty IN living in Louisiana. for
the temperature there is exactly like
that Of its habftat The animal is ex-
tremely hardy and very dociIe when
reared in domesfication. as tests made
all over the world have proved. Mr.
AAAAA2tuttS IfOEH Uue lEildlP III TIE
Bronx geological park reared seven
out of eight appropriateness born in.
eight years under, 70 say the least OF
il. unfayorable circumstances.
Il can see no reason why the hippo
potamus should NOT become d part Of
the animal life of this continent to the
great advantage of the human inhab-
itants. Think of an animal that will
grow from birth TO four tons in four
years. Some additions 10 the hippo
potamus as an inhahitaut would be the
water buck, wart hog. reed buck. Cir
dix. Cape buffalo. all excellent foad
animals. carrying fine leather mal5ins
hides
This viii give you an idea of whas
we intend to do. Some have said Iii
animals will not 1--we here. Well. wtel
one takes into consideration that ever
domestic animai. including white aiie
negro, on this continent was iniporfss
and has Increased and multiplied fhef
need be np fear tlissf d few others I'll
not be found Is di, the same Tie
Gus Ii good evidence thar Ii e;5t
done
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

up behind him. Wanter git in an
rider he said to the young lawyer, and
Bailey accepted gladly
Going to the conventong asked
Bailey after awhile. Yep said the
farmer. Ever hear of a young lawyer
named Bailey round hereg asked Bal
ley. Nope said the farmer Good
speaker and bright fellow, | under
stand. suggested Bailey. .S'pose So
said the farmer. Yes continued
Bailey, and he win be over there to-
day. and tell you what wen do.
Wen call on him TO make a. speech.
You see all your friends. tell them
about Bailey, and we'll call on him.
The farmer said all right. No more
was said about the matter until there
was a lapse in the convention during
the preliminary movements of the
body Suddenly the old farmer got Nj
and suggested that the convention hear
from Mr. Bailey. a risin' young law
yer of these diggin's. he said. an
feller who talks like putin out fire.
Bailey, Bailey. Bailey.' more than
a dozen yells went up, and Bailey
came forth. Joe Bailey made one of
the hottest speeches of his life, and
the upshot of .sse whole thing was that
the .risin' young lawyer of these dig
gins got the nomination for congress
and is now Senator Bailey"
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
BAlLEYs START.
How the Texas Statesman Secured
His First Nomination.

How the Texas Statesman Secured
His First Nomination.
Whose name is going to be at the
head of the next Democratic presi
Dental ticket? While. of course. it's a
little early to answer that question.
United States Senator Joseph W. Bal
ley is having quite boom in that di-
cection, and in some quarters it is con-
fidently predicted that be will be the
lucky candidate. Consequently the
Texas statesman is much in the lime
light, and some good stories are being
told Of his career. 1t is said that this
is how he got his start in politics:
'Mr. Bailey was struggling young
lawyer in the new section into which
he had moved. Time had rolled
around to nominate Democratic can
didate for congress. The day of the
convention had been set. 1t was con
ceded that a certain old man in con-
gress would be given the nomination.
Having much leisure and but little
money. he thought he would walk to
the convention. After he had been on
the road for some time farmer drove
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
THE WlNTEMUTE CASE.

Some Facts About an Affair IN Wn'o'
Countess Figures.
81 am looking you straight ID Tue
eye"
This was the clever way IN Wnlch
one William T. WiDtemute adVerlleeu
his stock in the Gold Run Mining anu
Tunnel company of Boulder Colo.' anu
several hundred people returned us
stare, thought him nahusoLne'
straightforward looking chap ana III
vested in his wares. And then tne
crash came, the postofice inspectors
recently arresting Wintemute, VINO
they allege. got S1,3OO,O0o from value
less stock. The case is attracllhs
much attention. especially abroad TOT
one of England's best known peer
esses. the Countess of TankerVllle'
figures as one of the principal victims
She was formerly Miss Lenora van
Marter, a New York state girl. and Is
one. of the few American girls VINO
have made happy foreign marriages.
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

She and Lord Tankeryille, have always
been in accord and are jointly inter-
ested in many philanthropies.
When Mr.. Wintemute gets out of
his present difficulty he should no
loAger handle stocks His field is ad-
vertising. Here is one of his circu-
Glars:
Il am looking you straight in the
eye when say to you. exchange your
worthless stock for Gold Run. Don't
cringe nor squirm nor dodge my
glance, but look at me-straight in the
eye-and tell me why you don't ex-
change your worthless stock for Gold
Run. paying 10 cents per share.
This is a straight in the eye PROPOSE
tfon There is nothing partaking of
the sneak or cringer about me. nor is
there any occasion for one of you to
dodge. Let us meet the issue fairly
and squarely. You can be honest with
me. with yourselves and your fam
lilies and meet the issue which is be-
fore us now fearlessly, like man.
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04


government with having been the man
responsible for the break between the.
holy see and Spain. The third is that
King Alfonso's progressiveness, fear
lessness and democratic attitude have.
rather appealed to Americans, and they
are taking notice on his account. Then.
too we have felt a sort of magnafi-
nous and friendly concern in all things
done by Spain ever since the Spanish
American war
One of the reasons for the new at
titude in the land of the dons is the.
growth of the labor movement This
cause has worked change in every
european country, and, while it has.
not so profoundly affected Spain as ir
has France. Germany and some of the
smaller nations, its influence there has.
been distinctly felt Moreover, the.
spirit of modernism. the same spirit
that has been felt in Russia and even
IN Turkey. is present in Spain. The
movement for separation of church
and state, which won out in Germanic
and Anglo-Saxon nations centuries
ago, Is now sweeping through the
Latin countries. Italy led the way,
france recently followed. and now
Spain IS falling in line. This is the
real meaning of the present Spanish
upheayaI
On the crest of this progressive wave
Don Jaime flashes as a piece of wreck
age. He is a recrudescence. an an
aehronism, relic of the past. IA
royal pretender He has about as
much chance to regain the throne of
his ancestors as the various French
pretenders have to re-estabish mon
archy IN France. Many things have
been at work in Europe during the
past few decades. things that have
transformed the thought of the ma
ions. Democracy, liberalism. mod
ern1sm, socialism. the labor cause and
q general wave of enlightenment have
eouchea every land and have made at
least the beginnings of new order.
nevertheless If a revolution were to
break out in Spain Don Jaime might
become an incident in the struggle
provided he has enough real stamina
" project himself into the situation q
al. There are many sCarltsts IN spain-
ana It Is altogether possible that the
eeact1onaries Of all shades might be
raiiied under his banner. In the
Basque provinces he is strong. but the
basque provinces are poverty strickeR
and thinly peopled.
]. a EDGERTON
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

influence in 1912
The campaign man
ager on the Repub-
lican side has the
name of the martyr
president and a mid
die name thrown in
William Brown Nc.
Kinley is a minis
ter's son. started life
as a drug clerk and
is now the head of
large street railway
interests that make
him a millionaire
He was formerly
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
JAMES G. CANNON.

Tho New President of One of the
country's Great Banks.
When the Fourth National bank of
New York elected James g. Cannon as
its president recently it came in for
many congratulations. for its new head
Is known in banking circles the world
over and has done much for the banks
of this country. Few, if any. men at
tain the presidency of a great bank
with better qualifications than Mr.. Can
non. He was educated in New York
schools and entered the banking bust
ness in 1876 He started as a messen-
ger with the Fifth Avenue bank. the
institution which has supplied so many
Of the most competent bank officials of
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

cause he thought
the nominee would
be beaten at the
polls. They over
looked the factor
Of gratitude how
ever, for Harding
once made a most
eloquent and eu-
logistic speech in
nominating Cox
70 delegate at
large TO a national
convention. T b e
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

- OW would you like hippo
potamus steak for dinner?
Is What, You would as lief
eat horse! Well. If these
high prices continue you may be
driven to horse or, even worse, TO
mule diet But, getting back to the
hippo steak, it is quite the thing in
Africa. Come to think of it. there is
nothing so awful about eating hippo
potamus except the size of the beast.
and that would be nothing against it
to a hungry man. Your full grown
hippo weighs only about four tons
The hippo belongs to the pig family
and is much cleaner than the pig in its
eating. We eat ham and bacon when
we can afford to. SO why not hippo?
There is a serious movement op in
Louisiana to introduce the hippopot-
anus as a table delicacy; also to use
him as a river dredge and large
nouthed consumer of the overproduc-
LAVh VI NdlGIs l4IzGSs 4 lit utS pEuI6
can be tanned easily. though hardly
suitable for a household pet But he
is a fine river dredge and eats water
lilies like "a cyclone Thus he is an
aid to navigation. for he cleans out
the streams. and at low water few
hippos wallowing in a river would
bring it up bank full
So serious are the Louisianians in
their desire to induce the hippopot-
anus to settle in their midst that they
have organized the New Food Sup
ply society" with Representative
BFoussard at its head and have EN-
ployed Captain Fritz Duquesne. a
noted Boer soldier. who knows all
about hippos, to look into the matter
After thorough investigation of Lou
isiana conditions Captain Duquesne
reports enthusiastically in favor of the
proposition and says the plan is also
feasible for Florida and southern Cal
ifornia. After dwelling at length on
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

New York. It was not long before his
extraordinary ability was recognized
and before he was elected to his pres
ent position ID the Fourth National he
had served as its vice president fos
twenty years.
Among bankers Mr.. Cannon is best
known BY his reforms in systematizins
the credit departments of banks. Heif
considered the best authority in the.
country on clearing houses and has g
ways taken a prominent part In th.
New York clearing house His book
on Clearing Helses Is an established
text book Oh the subject
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

many times in a Re-
publican stronghold
and is one of the
leading lawyers of
Bucks county. In
addition, he was for
twelve years super
intendent of a Sun
day school and for
more than twenty
years church organ
ist and leader of
the choir. These are
only the Beginnings
nf fhn thin os Sau-
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

is a new bride and
off the stage is
known as Mrs. Rob-
ert Winthrop Chan
Ter. Mr.. Chanler is
the Brother Bob"
f a N o u S in New
York state and else
where. He it was
who looked after
his brother Lewis
Stuyyesant Cha n
ler's candidacy for
the governorship of
NJ CIV Vnrk t3ra
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

/ H. never Cdu SOL1lI DCASA'
have been trying it for seven
tv-fiye years, but with JeHrleS nnish
al tba time. The present representa-
five Of the Carlists is Don Jaime. and
no ;s trying to take advantage OF the
3;sagraament between the king and the
vatican TO manufacture a little side
revolution in favor of himself Don
Toin,a is TOO nice and proper pre-
ton,,pr ever to overturn dynasty. He
noyar gets further than pronunciamen-
tos.
# was even so with his ancestors
one of them did manage to pull off
some kind of an inconsequenuai reVo-
futjon hut it never got anywhere.
That was the first Don Carlos. Since.
then the pretenders have been pre-
tenders and nothing more. Even when
Spain declared herself a republic for
year and day the Carlists were en-
tirelv inefficient and let the regular
reigning house return to power when
the republican dream was oger. From
all indications it will be the same in
fbe present instance. Don Jaime will
write letters to his followers-nice,
ladylike letters they will be-but Al
fonso XIII. will continue to be the
roval noise around old Madrid
The present situation in Spain has
several points of interest for Ameri-
cans aside from the fact that it is a
step in the direction of the separation
of church and state. One is that Gen
eral Weyler, of Spanish reconeentrado
fame, has figured in it to some extent
as a preseryer of order. Another is
that Cardinal Merry del Val. the man
who was charged with having handled
the Vatican end of the Roosevelt inei-
dent, is also charged by the Spanish
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
A YoURG GOVERNOR.

Acting Chief Executive of Oregon Only
Thirty four.
Oregon is peculiar in having no lieu
tenant governor, likewise in having
no nominating conventions. at least III
theory. Both of these unique faets
are connected with Jay Bowerman.
acting governor of the state. Nor is
this the only distinguishing fact about
Mr.. Bowerman. Another is that he il
only thirty -four years old. perhaps the
youngest candidate for governor in the
land. He was recently indorsed for
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

governor by the Republican state as
sembly. subject to ratification a. fbo
primaries
Jay Bowernan arrived ii Marion
county Without an education or the
means to secure it He engaged him
self as a farm hand his Tremendous
strength OF body making him an idea
Wleider OF the pitchfork in haryast
time With the earnings of that laba,.
MT Bowerman paid for tuition At uil.
lamette university. finally taking s.,
the study 1T law aud being adrnittad
. lne paf q salem when he wae.
twenty Years Of ace.
Mr.. Bowernfan recently attended tbe
meetins q western governors on con.
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

gave as his reason that it would inter
fere with his work IN dfganizing the
Fongresstnnllt campaign Beth the Dem
oeratie AMI Reini5lie;M ctairmen have
their htsltlauarterS III Chicago. but
spend noSta the time on the warpath
and in fhP hpld Lloyd really believes
he VIII win fais aahl
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

noise on the floor
than Nc Il inley.
but when it comes
to claiming the
next congress he
can talk right out
loud so the whole
country can hear
it. Last winter
he refused to be
a member of the
Ballinger- pinchat
investiga ting com
mittee for which
the Republican
c d u c Il s nanpd
him in place of
Henry r Riliney .
Of Ill;n1,sa - a
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

The Democratic candidate for gov,
ernor of Pennsylvania is only forty
four years old, yet he has received his
party's vote for United States senator
has been floor leader of his party in
the state senate, has been permanent
chairman of state convention, has
been chief of the Knights of the Gold
en- Eagle of his state, has been elected
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

of the news. Indeed. the stroke of par
alysis from which be suffered ante
dated by some weeks the general an
nouncement of it. Then the vast ma
jortty of readers learned with surpris-
ed regret that the poet had not been
well for months. Any one knowing
him, however. could understand that
the lack of news concerning his illness
doubtless arose from his own shy reti-
cence regarding everything that con-
cerned him personally and his habit of
minimizing his own troubles.
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

of the things Sen SeRIM
ator Grim has done
Among the remainder he has been
member. of a school board and justice
of the peace. Yes, and he led his Odd
Fellows lodge when it captured prize
in Canada To do all of these things
we are assured that Senator Grim
works till II o'clock at night when not
at church or lodge. Furthermore. be is
so jovial that the motto Grim he is by
name, but not by nature is explained
Just now politicians the country over
are wondering what George B. Cox.
the Cincinnati boss. will do Cox's
candidate for governor. Judge Brown
OF Dayton. was turned down. and
there were some who said that Cox
only swung in line for Harding be-
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

LEY. treasurer of the Re
publican congressional committee and
succeeded Vice President Sherman as
chairman. He can make a speech, but
prefers to leave that to others. He is
known chiefly as harmonizer and or
ganizer 1t has been said of Mckinley
that he is the most popular man in
congress. Yet he is seldom heard on
the floor. Possibly that is the reason.
for his popularity
The Democratic congressional chair
man. James Tighlman Lloyd, has rep
resented the First Missouri district
since 1898. He is quiet. self contain
ed man who gives the impression Of
reserved power Lloyd makes no more
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
People Of Note
What a Few Celebrities
Are Doing

THE recent an
i nouncement
of the illness
of James " hitcomb
Riley suddenly re-
called to the coun-
try the fact that
this was our great
est-or. at least. our
most popular - liv.
ing poet. Mr.. Riley
had not been writ
ing much of recent
years and for that
reason had some
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

lug way. WILLIAM LOEB, JR,
Loeb, he said quietly and with d
smile after some deliberation weigh
ing " hat he should say.
He then entered the inner Office.
where he surprised two deputies aud a
secretary. When Collector Loeb was
asked why he had shaved off his mus.
tache he replied. after a little thought,
that he did it because it was hot and
he wanted to be cooler
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04
In the LineIight
Glimpses of the Great and
Near Great

ToR a wom-
H. an while at
the wash
tub to receive a
notification that
she had just been
nominated for
on gre S s and
then for her to
dry her arms and
start out to make
fifty speeches in
the district indi-
Gates that we are
either going back
to old fashioned
things or going
forward to very
n q W fashioned
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

The world of music will be delighted
to hear that Lima Cavalier has come
successfully through a recent operation
for appendicitis performed in Paris.
The disease had become chronic. and
complications were feared. but assur-
ance is now given that the famous
singer will suffer no i'll effects. A ro
mantle interest is lent to the case be-
cause of the fact that Mile. Cavalieri
The Caucasian., 1910-09-04

glasses, entered the
custom house the
next morning the
uniformed attend
ants in the outer
Office pof the col
lector jumped to
their feet and ask
ed the seeming
ira ger what
business he had
within.
They told him
the collector had
not arrived yet for
fl,a dav