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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

hack to become clerk for a banker
of Hanover. When he became a man
he returned to Frankfort and hung out
the red shield of his father
William TX, laadgrave of Hesse.
who became Elector William l., was
playing chess one day when the young
merchant was brought to him. The
landgrave was in a tight place in the
game.
'tDo you understand chess?' William
asked
Sufficiently well to induce me, were
the game mine. to castle on the kings
side" was the answer.
The elector followed the advice and
won the game. So well pleased was
the elector that he and the merchant
became friends. Now, the father Of
the elector was the man who sold the
Hessian soldiers to King George dur
Ing the American Revolution. He re-
ceiyed $2000O.O0O for their services,
and when he died 100000 was left,
and this went to the son. After the
battle of Jena Napoleon advanced on
Hesse. William was afraid he would
lose the money, so he gave it to his
adviser Of the chess game.
The bulk of the Hessian money was
transferred to Nathan Mayer Roth
Gchild, the most brilliant financier In
the family. He took it across the
mountains on mulebaek and finally
reached Manchester, England. with 1t.
Soon after that he opened business in
London At the time of the battle of
Waterloo he was the leading finan-
cier. He anticipated the ticker of to-
day by keeping track of the markets
of Europe BY the use Of carrier pr
geons
Rothschild's greatest coup was after
the battle Of Waterloo. He had mes
sengers to bring him reports of the
movements of the armies, but for once
he did not trust to messengers. He
went himself Just before the tide Of
battle had turned against Napoleon
messengers FASTENED to London with
the news that the battle was lost. It
was not so with Rothsehild. He wait
ed until the old guard went down to.
defeat before the Gre of the allies.
Then he gailoped to Ostend. from
whence he went to the coast in a car
riage.
The next morning Rothschild APP
peared at the exchange in his disney
eled clothing. He stood by one of the
columns a picture Of despair. He said
nothing to any one. The markets
went down. Every one was anxious
to sell. But the agents of Rothschild
had been ordered to buy. When the
news of Wellington's victory came
later he was without financial equal
in Europe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

claim, were arrested on American ter
ritory. the thing looks a trife more
serious Coupling with this misunder-
| standing the claim of Senior LimaR-
tour and other Mexicans that Ameri-
can men and money fomented and
have kept alive the Mexican rebellion
and taking into account the capture
of American combatants at Casas
Grandes and elsewhere, it begins to
seem that we are more deeply involved
in the affair than at first appeared.
The American people awakened to
the seriousness of the situation when
Senior F. L. de Ia Barra, the Mexican
ambassador. transmitted to his govern
ment the formal note of the state de-
partment which requested the surrens
Ger by Mexico of two Americans held
prisoners in JuareZ. These prisoners
are Edwin NJ BAIT of Pittsburg and
Lawrence F. Converse, a Californian.
who were captured by Mexicans on
Feb. % and who have since been held
in close confinement. The demand of
the United States for tie freedom of
these men is based on the assertion
that Blatt and Converse were taken
prisoners on American soil and that
their seizure constitutes violation of
the sovereignty of this government.
That this is a serious diplomatic
question. one to be handled carefully.
is recognized. The state department
does not mince words In declaring that
the capture was made on this side of
the international border
The sworn testimony in the case.
now in the hands of the state depart
ment. would appear to bear out the
contention Of the United States. 1t
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
COLLAPSE OF YAMADA's BALLOON.

will eventually win. To Yamada, the
owner of the dirigible balloon SHOWN
herewith, the emperor gave royal
medal 1t is true that Yamada was
not brilliantly successful in the flying
game. Palpably and obviously he col
lapsed. But he tried. That Is the
chief thing, and that, If nothing else.
was worth the medal.
Yamada's collapse was not due to
his balloon OF his machinery. He fell
because he lost his balance. American,
French, German and English aeronauts
have done the same. Anybody Is liable
to lose his balance, even husky man
walking across level floor.
American aeronauts have recently
been flying in Japan. but In aeroplanes,
not dirigibles. The Japs are an. in,
genious and initiative people, and we
may expect them to take up the aero
plane also. Now that they have start
ed we may be sure they will astonish
the world at high flying,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

through popular subscriptions fron
friends and admirers of the only Dem
ocratic president since the war.
Cleveland belonged to two states
While he was elected president botk
times from New York, his birth and
death occurred in New Jersey. He was
born in Caldwell, that state A 18SI,
and died at Princeton in 1905
The movement to erect a memoriai
to Mr. Cleveland in Princeton rode
wen on the waters of public interest
The projectors of the monumeat
among whom were included some ef
Mr. Cleveland's closest friends, expe8
enced little difficulty in raising monH,
and their plans win be embodied IN 4
beautiful memorial tower 1t is to b
erected among the Princeton building
and will be a conspicuous object o.
the university grounds. The tower :
to be about forty feet square and VII
rise over 100 feet The type Of archl
lecture is pure perpendicular Gothc
and the material will be graystone
Upon Mr.. Cleveland's retirement iron
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
Rathinu With a Hippopotamus.

A hippopotamus is not the most de-
lightful bathing companion in the
world, especially on dark night in a
small tank. The hippopotamus keeper
at the London zoo knows all about it.
One night recently after the zoo was
closed the keeper saw his charge lock
ed up in his sleeping quarters, com
partment adjoining the swimming
pool.
Some time later in the evening a
ZOO Waterman heard the hippo making
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

lnaugurated a century ago, the men,
bers of the Paris, London and Vienna
houses must meet to choose their lead
er. The head of the London house,
Lord Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, who
was an intimate friend of the late
King Edward, probably will be chosen
on account of his recognized ability.
When the founder of the house died
I'm 1912 he called his sons around him
and told them always to accept the
counsel of the wfseSt. Their adherence
TO that command has built up the most
powerful family in the financial world.
The name Rothschild dates back a
little more than 100 years, when an
ancestor kept red shield over the
door of his curiosity and pawnbroker's
shop. From that he was called Red
Shield or Rothschild He was Jew
who was forced to hide in his ghetto
by night and who was treated like a
dog by day. His name was not even of
sufficient importance to be recorded.
He desired his son. Mayer Anselm, to
become rabbi.
Mayer Anselm went to school, but
the desire to handle money, which he
had learned in his fathers shop, was
strong upon him, and he soon turned
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

velvet stepped
from a drug store
in Broa dway,
New York city,
carrying biae k
canes with crook
ed handles in a
most N a n n i S b
manner. 1t was
really thrilling to
see them thump
the sidewalk with
the tips e V ry
few feet. NJ en-
laug he'd W b e n
they beheld the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

@ 1911, by American Press Association.
TROOPS LEAVING TRAIN AT SAN ANTONIO,
was the dispatching of a telegram
from General Carriers headquarters to
the war department at Washington
asking for the immediate forwarding
of maps of every state in northern
Mexico.
AS for Mexican criticism of Ameri-
can participation in the instruction,
Senior Jose Yves Limantour, the Next
can minister of finance. at the time in
New York, recently said:
II am firmly convinced that except
for the sympathy, financial support
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

and actual participation in conflicts of
Americans the Instruction in Chihua-
hua and Sonora could not long con-
tinue. Almost daily one reads of the
part taken by Americans in that in
surrection. and they are the only
known leaders except Madero.
81 wonder if those individuals and
other Americans who have had any
sympathy for or taken any part in
that instruction realize the full sig
nificance and Importance of their at
titude and acts"
The general belief is that President
Taft sent the American army and
navy to the Mexican border for the ex-
press purpose of putting a stop to this
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
BATTLEsHIP TO ST. LOUIS.
Idaho Will Navigate the Mississippi if
There Is Enough Water.

The Business Mems league of st.
Louis is excited, likewise jubilant, also
trile chesty. The thing responsible
for its condition is the report that the
Idah Is going to steam all the way up
the Mississippi and anchor off st.
Louis. where the people can look at
her. This is to happen in May.
Ordinarily the Idaho draws some
thing more than twenty-four feet of
water. and the Mississippi hardly ever
has more than twenty-five feet, even
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
BRITISH EARL KNlTs SOCKS

Says II Keeps Him From Smoking Too
Much Tobacco.
The Earl of Ancaster. who is lord
high chamberlain of the English court.
has taken up the pastime of knitting
socks in order to prove. for one thing.
that he can practice his belief in the
promotion OF home Industries. This
at first excited the merriment of the
duchess, who was formerly Miss Eloise
BreeSe Of New York. but it is under
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

stripped and dived in
Then followed an exciting struggle,
which took place mostly under water.
Each was terribly frightened by the
other. One Owed; the other diyed.
The keeper yelled for help, and the
hippo beloved in fear Just as sew
eral of the watchmen arrived the
keeper managed to scramble out, more
dead than alive
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

queer noises, as
if it wanted to
get up and take
a bath. so the
Waterman let the
animal out. It
pumped it's elf
down in its bath
with a snort of
relief.
Still later the
hippo keeper re-
turned to take q
plunge in the hip
pos tank. He
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
PREPARE FOR SCOTTISH FAIR.

5aroniaI Hall Will Be Notable Build.
ing at Glasgow.
Scotland is to have a big fair this
year, called the national exhibition, the
proceeds of which will be devoted to
the endowment of chair of Scottish
history and literature in Glasgow uni
versity
1t is hoped that the exhibition, which
will be held at Glasgow, will add con-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

WIS furnished by Mexicans and gives
with some detail the story of the cap
tire.
Meanwhile the "war game" at Camp
Sam Houston. San Antonio, has gone
forward under the command Of Gen
eraI William r. Carter. The naval
squadron commanded by Rear Admi
raj Staunton has slightly changed its
plans, owing to representations of the
Mexican government. The original in
tention was for our vessels 10 visit
Mexican ports and patrol the shores.
presumably TO keep out filibustering
expeditions from the United States.
Owing to requests from the Diaz gov
eminent this plan was changed. Amer
lean ships will now visit Mexican ports
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

dered the mobilizing of 10000 Ameri-
can soldiers on the Mexican border
few Americans thought the movement
more than a few sham battles and
field maneuvers. Now that the diplo-
matte ENHANCEMENT has arisen over
the two American prisoners In Juarez,
who, the United States authorities
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
Women CARVING Canes.

Having recovered from the advent
of the harem skirt, are you ready for
another shock? Well, now that every
body's right hand is raised, go back to
your seats and listen.
Two young women dressed in black
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
,apAN ALSO HAS AERoNAuTs'
co,4,ive a Balloon Collapse 80
~ Well as Western Nations .sa

The Japs, having once started 20 ot 70 he he
Grand hike of civilization are no. no. - ~
gr4nu Ell in any field. Now they ARK are
o trrin~ to fly. Not only are they H. ~
t Try 'DI 5ut it goes without saying t4 .h,.
l lI p ,,tI, :, succeed before they quit the
~ame They always do, If 'nes uI@
not no succeed they would not be ', rap5ern
The mikado, the leader OF Il, no "ora =
,,n az progress. is behind the aero aero
zap That is an assurance that they
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

stood that she now not only sympa-
thizes with the idea, but assists the
earl in filing orders.
Tie earl insists that homemade socks
are indnitelwmore comfortable to wear
than the machine made variety. He
acquired the practice by finding that
when idly sitting around he smoked
too much. He took up knitting. there
fore, and found il was great pre-
ventiYe of the undue use of tobacco.
On hearing this confession the bishop
Of Lincoln Immediately gave the earl
an order for two pairs Of socks. which
WINS duly booked. and others in Burke's
Peerage fell in with the fashion.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

young women; then, getting Interested,
the men followed. The pursuers had
become horde before the women slip
ped away into department store.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

AR has been de-
fined by General
Sherman, Andrew
Carne gle and
some others, but
whatever called
refuses TO quit
the stage. One Of
t b e Stra u st
things about it is
that nobody ever
believes war is
coming until it
arrives. When
President Taft or
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02

MEXICAN SOLDIERS.
condition Of affairs and of preventing
the further sending Of men and mill
tary supplies from this country TO
Mexico.
As for war talk. here is what Gen
eraI Carter says about it: "You may
send your war cloud back to the Bal
kans for the use Of the English CORE
spondents. Nothing but maneuyere
here"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
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which was made
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house. Accord
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tom of the fam
lily, which was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-02
| THE WAR GAM" IN TEXAS
( DOES i MEAN REAL WAR;!

only to coal and will keep their dis
lance from shore.
The troubled condition on the 9th
err side Of the Rio Grande. eSpecaiiF
at chihuahua, does not escape the at
tention Of the American officers. One
of the recent significant occurrences
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11
It's Got ToCome.

Thish Office. receved,of letter this week from a
party in South Dakota in which questions are ask
ed regarding the oiled streets and also in regard the
matter of city taxation. The writer says that in his
town the taxes hgh.-so high that they would be
consdered eXhorbitant that the city is talk
ing of paving He goes say Il passed through your
city not long ago, and noticed your oiled streets then
went to Seward where noticed they had paved streets
although their town is not nearly large yours 1t
would appar to outsider that city the of yours
without pavements must have something with it.
We wonder if there is not logic in the theory
of our Dakota critic We believe though that if he
will come back to Columbus year hence he will find
instead of the nasty black stuff which has called vtu
peraton and groans from merchants and Others Clean
upt date pavement at least some of the principal
business streets.
Columbus has by the expenditure of a few hundred
dollars found that the oiled theory has Just one
good feature and that is than per cent
theory. Don't blame the mayor and council They
realized that something must be done. Perhaps now
you will give them the funds to do something of practi
cal and lasting value to the city in the way of street
building.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11
SUDoU0 =
PLATTE CENTER.
From the Signal:

From the Signal:
Friends have been advised of the
arrival of the stOrk at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ J. Dugan at Primrose.
A big bouncing boy is the result of
this visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cady went down
to Oman Tuesdy evening, where Mrs.
Cady expects to take course of treat
ment from an Omaha specialist.
Mrs. Henry HobbenseifkeE, who
underwent a serious operation at a
Kansas City hospital about three
weeks ago, has so far recovered from
its effects that she was permitted to
return home last Tuesday.
Hilger Greisen arrived home Sunday
evening from four weeks stay in the
west. He spent the greater portion
Of the time with his sons, John and
Harry, who are in the mercantile bust
ness at Woodland, Oregon. He found
them we'll located and prosperous. Mr..
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

Greisen also visited many former
Platte Center people who are located
in Portland, and he found them all
well. prosperous and happy. On his
way home. he stopped a few days in
Banner county in the western part
of this state, where he owns a large
tract of land. He was also pleased
with the outlook there. He stopped
with Charles Schiller, who lives in
that county and found him well To-
Gated and prosperous. He brought
some samples of corn and oats raised
by Schiller. The corn compares fav-
orably with the crop grown here, and
the oats is far better than the average
crop here. So favOrably is Greisen
impressed with Washington and Ore
gon that he says he thinks he would
like to live there
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

The voters are beginning to realize
that under the primary law 1t is their
duty to name the candidates, and the
nominees so selected by the republic.
an voters are certainly entitled to the
support Of all loyal republicans. Gov.
eminent by majorities is necessary
under republican institutions. and as
the selection Of candidates is brought
home to the people themselves, so
likewise is the duty brought home to
them to elect the men they have nom.
mated. We cannot all agree upon can
didates. but the majority may be a
wise as any individual voter.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

From all the county the report that there
is considerable sentiment forming among the people de
handing change in the personnel of the official family
of the county, People not taking kindly the idea
of running for Office whose principal claim
to the place is that he has lived off public for twelve
years. and hence is emitted to their support Neither
do they like the claims of another candidate that the peo
pie him THEN votes because he has cOndescended
serve them in one place for eight years. Them again.
many people held the honest opinion that when a
remains too long in one place he is likely become
less if not corrupt but of them Of them certainly
appear to have grown careless in their position of APP
parent confidence in being retained Another may
wear smile mile wide and thus induce a smile the
face OF every one he meets including the school teach
ers, and yet not be the best all round for the posi-
ton he holds within the bounds of single county,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

the manager Of the Independent tele
phon> system at McClelland which
position he has held for the past fiy.
years.
Never mind if Gus. X. johnson
does strut around little these DAYS,
1t is big bouncing boy and Gus has
a right to swell up.
Mrs. g.. A. Ireland returned to hel
home at Papillion Wednesday after an
extended visit at the home of her Sis
ter. Mrs. f. J. Gorham.
No new cases of polo myolitus hav-
ing developed. the village schools were
re-opened Monday morning, minus the
superintendent, however, who is still
quarantined with his family.
Some fellow out in Denver, who
has been in the Indian service. accuses
Fred Abbott of protecting bOotleggers
on the reservations. This is a hard
thing to believe by those who know
Fred. but still you can't mos. always
tell what a politician will do.
c. L. Abbott, of Omaha, and Mr..
Linn. from Cheyenne, are the people
who have bought the Elm & Wright
lumber business. Linn arrived the
first of the week with his family and
household goods, but Abbott was un-
able to get here until next week con-
sequently the business will not change
hands until then.
The Fullerton papers report that a
lady was held up on the LOup bridge
south of that town last week by a man
who caught her horse by the head and
demanded her money. She told the
rObber her purse was i'm the bottom
OF the buggy and stopping to get it
she seized a bottle and hit him over
the head and drove on. Brother
kellogg failed to tell us the most in
teresting part of the affair. Did she
break the bottle and spill the contents.
Harry Fonda is ''On his ear''as the
boys say. He came tearing into the
Leader office one day last week with
blood in his eye and exclaimed, IL
don't mind being taken for a town
sucker, a state sucker or even a ma
tiOnal sucker, but when the reputation
becomes international it is time to
register kick and then he flashed
a letter upon us. 1t purpOrted to
come from a man claiming to be an
Ascending Russian banker, who is
lying in Spanish prison, accused of
He takes Harry into his
claiming he does so be-
cause he has heard he is an honest /
nan. He claims to have 16O, 600.
he fruits of his theft, deposited in an
American bank. and offers to give
Harry half of it if he will go over to
spain and furnish the money for his
defence. This is only one of series
If similar letters Harry has had from
spain. the previous one claiming the
writer had, not only a bunch of mo-
ley, which he freely offered, but also
/ beautiful daughter for whom he
Wished Harry to become gurdaian.
low, the Leader does no, know what
ur readers think about the matter
ut We sort of "figger" that if Harry
urns down many more such tempting
ffers he will have ia rned his inter-
atiOnal reputation.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

cold storage of immense quantities of food pro-
ducts for no other purpose than to raise and
govern the price to the consumer, thereby un-
justly and unlawfully filching from the pockets
of the people and adding greatly to their bur-
den and cost of living and he believes, that this
matter should be made the subject for speedy
and stringent regulation
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

ceived announcements this week of her
marriage to MIR. Joseph A. Peterson
on Tuesday. October 3. 1911, at the
home of the brides parents at Pawnee
city. Mrs. Peterson is we'll and fav-
Orably known to st. Edward, having
at one time been teacher in our
schools, and the young couple have the
best wishes from their friends here
for long and happy life.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-10-11

MIR. and Mrs. Fred Meyer left last
Friday for Illinois. in Response to Il
message announcing the death the pre-
viOus day of brother of Mrs. Meyer.
who had passed away at his home in
Bailville. Illinois. at the advanced
age of IS years.
Mrs. Frank Labens. who has been
confined to her home several weeks of
illness, was taken to the Columbus
hospital last Friday and will in few
days submit to an operation for an
ailment which has caused her much
annoyance for some time.