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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
fORNADOES RAGE -
IN FOUR STATES
Great Damage In Localities That
Are w nd Visited.
FATALITY LIST IS LARGE
In Big Heart, Okla, and Vicinity, a
Great Number of Houses Are
Demolished and Hundreds Rem
dered Homeless.

Tornadoes which swept over parts
of Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Arkansas did much property damage
and injured over 100 pei sons. Over
fifteen fatalities are reported.
Some of the places domaged are
Eskridge, Powhattan, Netawaka, Hia
Watha, Manvllle, Lawrence and Rob-
inson, Kan, Big Heart, Meeker and
Checotah Okla, and Joplin, Mo.
At Lawrence, Kan, two persons
were killed, twelve injured and prop
erty damaged to the amount Of about
S175, 600.
Big Heart, Okla, sustained much
damage. Suddenly were dwellings as
we'll as stores town down. Into the
streets rushed people, numbers being
knocked down by flying debris and
seven killed. A relief train was sent
from Pawhuska. Four hundred peo-
pie were rendered homeless.
All over the territory mentioned
the crops we're badly damaged.
At Manville, Kan, there were three
fatalities.
An Indian village near Big Heart
was devastated. Wiud then moved to
Joplin, Mo-, and caused havoc in that
mining district.
Telephone and telegraph poles we're
blown down and it was several oours
before details could be obtained,
Thirty houses were demolished at
Eskridge, Kan, and thirty-two per-
sons hurt, nearly all children, owing
to the schoolhouse being demolished.
At Hiawatha, Kan, Jane Potion, sew
en- years old, was killed, and three
grown persons badly injured.
By the collapse, at Reserve, Kan,
of her residence, Mrs. Fred Stone was
killed and her two sons hurt serious
ly. So severe was the wind that the
clothing was stripped from the lady
and her sons. Residence of Mrs. Roy
V. Vernon was wrecked and that lady
badly hurt. Five houses were de-
stroyed at Reserve.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
SIGNED CONTRACT NEVER
TO KISS HIS WIFE,
Unique Document Offered In Evidence
In Divorce Suit.

When DR.. r. L.. harrington, member
of the Ethical society and special pen
sion examiner for the government,
would sit down to a meal in his home
at st. Louis he used to ask his wife,
is this food poisonedT'
Mrs. Mary w. Darlington, who is
suing the physician for divorce, testi-
fed to this habit.
On cross examination Mrs. Barring
ton identified a contract signed by her
husband
The note read: 81 agree not to annoy
my wife by kissing or caressfng her,
to confine my conversation to imper-
sonal or business topics. so that our
lives may be as tolerable as possible.
and to have my guests, if I happen
to have any, to myself"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
WHO DID? IS IT JOSEPH H. LEVY
WHO DID?

AT the session of the Police Jury or
Thursday, April 10, there was ordered
special election to be held on June I, at
which the qualified voters of the parish
Of Caddo, including the city of Shreve-
port, are to decide by a majority vote
whether or not Intoxicating liquors shall
be licensed or sold within the parish of
Caddo after July I, 1911, or whether the
sale thereof shall be prohibited
Following the reading of the ordl-
nance providing this special election
there were offered vigorous protests
against the partisan and undemocratie
selection of the commissioners and the
clerks for this election.
So frank was this partisanship that
Juror Winter, who had fathered the or
dinan@e Z, including the commissioners
and the clerks, suggested a revision, and
as revised the pros, although in mi
nority, have some representation at the
polls.
Why was the rule, and the precedent
of the past ignored?
In the past, when a resolution or al
ordinance providing an election was pre-
scented, the spaces for the commissioners
and the clerks were left blank, and these
were flied by mutual agreement, which
secured equitable representation and was
satisfactory 10 all the parties concerned
In whose interest was this departure
designed?
What was the purpose of so rank a
partisanship?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
sHFRIFFs SALE

No. I4,4ao In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La.
w. W. Jones VS.. Charlie Miles ct al.
BY virtue OF writ of seizure and sale
to me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, ii the above numbered and
entitled suit, | have seized and will offer
for sale at public auction, for cash and
according to law, at the principal front
door of the court house OF Caddo Par
ish. Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, On
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1911,
Lots fourteen and fifteen Ga and Isl
Of the Oakland Subdivision Of the City
Of Shreveport, Louisiana, as per map Of
same in conveyance book z8, page 4o7,
Of the REGARDS Of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon. Said property
seized Is belonging 10 the above defend
ants. and to be sold for cash and accord
ing to law, to pay and satisfy the debt
as specified n said writ, say in the sum
OF Szer!oo, less credit Of $500, with
eight per cent per annum interest there
On from January IS. 1911, and ten per
cent on said principal and interest as at
torneys fees, and All costs Of this suit.
P. FLOURN0Y,
Sheriff. ex-g 3fieio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, April z. 1o11.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
ELECTION FRAUDS.

Two more commissioners of election
pleaded guilty. on Tuesday, in the Grim
inal district court in New Orleans, to
the crime of falsifying the returns of an
election at which the candidate for
judge had no opposition.
There have been twelve offenders and
these two make fourteen who have per-
petrate these unnecessary frauds will
fully
When men become SO base they for
felt all sympathy and should be assigned
the full penalty provided by law.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. I4,423-- In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs. Jane c. Ingersoll VS.. An
thony Peterson.
By virtue of writ of seizure and sale
to me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, I have seized and will
offer for sale, for cash and according to
law, at public auction, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, louisiana, during the legal
hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY f, 1911,
Lots venty-one and seventy-two (7I
and 72) of the Mount Zion Subdivision
of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, as
per map recorded in conveyance book
a, page no, of the recorders office of
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, together with
all buildings and improvements thereon.
Said prop rty seized as belonging to the
above defendant, and to be sold for cash
and accor ding to law, to pay and satisfy
the debt Us specified in said writ, say in
the sum of two hundred and fifty dol
lars. with s per cent per annum interest
from September II, 1907, and 10 per
cent attorneys fees on said amount and
i1faraSf lees craffif Of SavaT1tzy-4brae
dollars paid in 1909, and all costs of this
suit. J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Cauca$ Sian, March 28, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
A kantnoku Trader.

Bud Ison traded his COW to Parish
Gillum for blind horse, a buggy and
harness and twelve hens. He then
traded the buggy to Howard Lewis for
five hens, pair of shoes and watch
chain. He traded his son-in-law. Al
bert Gibson, sixteen hens for a gold
watch and has since bought four hens
from ]. NJ Gillums folks and is still In
the "tradin' bizness. =
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

AoO4pu hOHI udu. d
MORE pioneer art dealer of
MISHAPS AND Chicago, ended his
CRIMES. career because ow-
ing to the fact tn t
he was forced to vacate the little store
room he had occupied fora quarter OF
a century. He swallowed strychnine.
Excitement of the opening game OF
the baseball season at New York was
too much for George NJ. Tremer, an
enthusiastic fan, who had planned to
attend every National leage at that
city this season. He was stricken at
his place in the crowded bleachers
with apoplexy and taken to nearby
hospital, death soon resulting.
Eight miles north of Dallas, at the
home of her brother, Dave Letot, Mrs.
Lizzie Tinker committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid. She left a
written statement, which members OF
the family refuse to divulge.
A man boarded Santa Fee railway
train as it was leaving Syracuse, Kan.
Pointing revolver at Conductor E..
Reilly and Brakeman O'Leary he OBJ
tanned small sum from each. When
the bandit attempted to rob the pas
sengers Reilly made show of resist
ance and was shot in a shoulder twice.
Pulling the bell cord he caused train
to stop and jumped off.
A. G. Hutchinson, president of the
Alta Vista Cotton mills at Alta Wis
ia, Va, shot himself in his Office.
While Charles Kraft, travelling
man, and two friends were hunting
twenty miles below Ell Paso Mr.. Kraft
attempted to crawl through a wire
fence. His gun was accidentally dis
charged, contents tearing his right
in such manner as to render amputa-
ton at the wrist necessary. Y
Glen Ulery, ayoung ranchman, was
fired on from ambush four times ffty
miles north of Roswell, N. NJ, one
bullet taking effect in his groin. He
will recover. He was taken to the res
idence of his father, near Roswell.
Former Mayor Clute of Syracuse.
n. Y, shut himself to death
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

ballots in number and amount, examine
and canvass the returns, and declare
the result of said special election.
This 18th day of March 1911.
ISAAC BARRON,
March 28, 1911. President
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
GENERAL
NEWS
NOTES..


ing allowed to view the Easter hats
in the shop windows she ate a hearty
meal.
1t is reported the Standard Oil com
pany has closed a deal with George
o. Baird for over 1000 acres near
Natchitoches, La, and will begin Dor
Ing for oil in ninety days.
In talk before circle of mothers
at Chicago Mrs. Nan Deneen of the
Milwaukee Children's hospital urged
mothers not to shake their babies.
Let them cry. 1t does them good. :"
On the sixty seventh ballot Judge
William s. Kenyon. Republican, was
chosen by the Iowa legis lature as the
successor of the late United States
Senator Deliver.
By a decisive vote resolution o, O.
posing recall amendments to the state
constitution was defeated in the house
Of the Arkansas legislature.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
TBE HISTORIC EXTRA
There Have Been Sixteen
{ led by Twelve
Presidents
.HE present extraordinary SEES.

~HB present extraordinary ses-
sion of congress marks the six
teenth time since the adoption
of the constitution that the
president has exercised his constitu-
tional prerogative of "cOnvening both
houses, or either of them"
The first extra session Of congress
came in the administration Of John
Adams, who found the country's af-
fairs, both internal and foreign, in a
condition which called for prompt ac-
ton. During Washingt0n's second
administration there were bitter diff
ferences over the attitude which the
new republic should maintain toward
England, whose yoke it had thrown
off, and toward France, which had
been it's ally during the Revolution.
When France declared war against
England, Spain and Holland the Re-
publicans gave rein to their sympathy
for their French namesakes and
claimed that the treaty of 177S, which
bound France and the United States
to an alliance, offensive and defensive
was still in force and ought to be re-
spected. 1t looked as if war with
Great Britain were certain, with the
United States as an ally of France
Notwithstanding the unpopularity of
the act, Washington declared the
treaty imperative and issued procla-
nation of neutrality. Complications
multiplied, and feeling was bitter both
in this country and in France. Such
was the state of affairs when John
Adams became president, and he felt
that it was sufficiently extraordinary
to warrant the calling of the Fifth
congress to meet in special session,
which 1t did May Is, 1897. in the city
of Philadelphia.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20
Official Journal of CaGdO Parish

Published three times a week, on Sun
day morning, and Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons, at 5I7 Edwards ST,
by The Caucasian & Carney Printing
Company Limited, proprietors.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

When quality and price are the con
siderations. We beiieve i Is 10 your IN
esrest % let is asufs - yonf printing:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

West Virginia. A majority Of the Re-
publicans stood with the president. 1t
was during this extra session that ".
J. Bryan first attracted national at
tention. Although the time allotted to
each speaker was one hour, Mr.. Bryan
SO engaged the attention of the house
that at the end of his hour he was by
unanimous consent given an indefinite
extension of time and spoke two hours
longer. But the power of both the
president and the speaker was exerted
in favor of the passage of the bill, and
it passed the house on Aug. % by
vote of 239 to 1913. In the senate the
passage of the bill was stubbOrnly re-
sisted. PrOdigious feats of oratory
were performed by recalcitrant sena-
tors in an effort to talk the bill to
death. The senate considered the bill
for two months, and the end seemed no
nearer than it had been in August. On
Oct. % one of the presidents support
ers in the senate went to the president
and expressed his Encouragement. In
cidentally he mentioned the fact that
Senator -- had said that the bill
would not pass till hell froze over
The president sent word to Senator -
that ''hell will freeze over in exactly
twenty-four hours" Next day the fill
clustering mysteriOusly ceased, and the
Sherman act was repealed by a vote Of
48 to 81.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

The next extra session came when
Thomas Jefferson called upon the
Eighth congress to convene for the
purpose of disposing of the treaty with
France for the purchase of Louisiana.
Congress met Oct. II, 1903, and was
overwhelmingly Republican in both
branches. The senate ratified the
treaty on the 10th, and three days lat
er congress was asked to make the
necessary appropriations to carry out
its provisions. The house, by vote
of 80 to %, passed a bin providing the
means necessary to carry the treaty
into effect. The constitutional power
of the president and the senate not
only to acquire territory, but to in
corporate it into the Union by treaty,
was thus affirmed by legislative con-
struction, and that construction has re-
NAMED mistaken to this day.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

President Taft inaugurated his ad-
ministration by summoning the Sixty
first congress to an extra session. The
reason was the urgent demand for a
revision of the tariff. 1t was at this
session that the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law was enacted, and it is this tariff
that the present extra session of the
Sixty-second congress is to revise
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

Jefferson found it necessary during
his second administration also to call
the Tenth congress together in extra
session 1t met Oct. II. 1907. The
Democratic Republicans, or Demo
Gratis, as they began to call them
selves, were in an overwhelming ma
Jority in both branches of congress.
France and England were at war.
NapoIeon's DEGREES and England's
"orders in council" were equally dis
astrous to American commerce, and
both countries claimed the right to
search United States vessels. In June,
1907, the British frigate Leopard took
four seamen. ostensibly English. from
the United States frigate Chesapeake.
This led to proclamation by the
president against British armed yes
sells entering American ports To sup
port him in this was the purpose Of
this extra session. This congress
passed the presidents embargo" bill
against the opposition of the Federal
lists, supported by the Randolph Re
publicans, or nquids,'' as they were
faeetiously called.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

March Is, 1897, President Mckinley
convened the Fifty-tifth congress in
extra session for the avowed purpose
Of providing additional revenue and
revising the tariff. The old protected
interests were clamoring for the full
favOrs which they formerly had en-
joyed. The leaders of the majority got
together soon after the election and de-
cided on Mr.. Reed as speaker, and he
in turn named the Republican mem
bers of the house who would be ap-
pointed on the ways and means COM
mittee. These got together in advance
of their actual appointment, and be-
fore any new congress was convened
already had framed a bill. The pro-
gram was carried out to the letter
Mr.. Reeds vigorous rulings made
short work of a disheartened opposi-
ton. the bill was put up to the senate
in less than two weeks, and on July
"a the famous Dingley bill passed both
houses and became a law.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

President Roosevelt called the Fifty
eighth congress to meet in extra SEES
sion on Nov. 8. 1908, for the purpose
of enacting the necessary legislation
for putting in operation the Cuban rec
iprocity treaty. There was little trou-
BILE in getting the house to act prompt
~ and pass the administration meas
ure, but the senate ''considered' the
bill for a time, and then to further
embarrass the president, put it over
to the regular session and wanted to
adjourn. But the house would not
agree to this and kept the senators in
session until the first Monday in De
cember. when the regular, session be-
gan.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

When placed in Jail
at Chicago as a ma
terial witness Bessie
Stein refused food for
three DAVIS. After he.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

The next extra session was of the
Eleventh congress, which met on the
call Of President Madison on May %,
1909. Both houses were Republican.
The 'embargo" had been repealed at
the second session of the Tenth CON
gress and simple nonintercourse act
substituted. On the representations
OF the British minister, Erskfne, Mad
ison had by proclamation suspended
the nonintercourse act, as by its terms
he was authorized to do so far as
England was concerned But England
Immediately repudiated the conduct Of
her minister, and Madison restored
the operation Of the act Congress
was called together to get ready to
fight. Summoned for war, congress
met in glad peace, for in the mean
time terms of accommodation between
the two countries had been agreed
upon, which were approved by CON
gress without dissenting vote.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

There were no more extra sessions Of
congress until 1887. when President
Van Buren, called the Twenty fifth
congress together to consider the ffnan-
eial situation in the midst Of a panic
Congress met Sept Z. 1887 Both
branches were Democratic. the house
by majority of thirteen. The presi-
dents message defended Jaeksons
specie Circular but recommended
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

The next extra session came in the
Thirty congress and was call
ed by President Lincoln to provide
ways and means for the conduct of
the civil war. Both senate and house
were Republican. Congress acted
with speed and vigor and quickly arm
ed the president with the largest mill
tary power ever confded to a presi-
dent and with almost unlimited power
Of taxation.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

Grover Cleveland was the next presi-
dent that had an extra session on his
hands. He convened the Fifty third
congress in extra session Aug. Z. 1893,
for the purpose Of repeating the pur-
chase clause Of the Sherman silver bill.
For the first time since 1856 the Demo
rrats now had the president and both
houses of congress. The silver Dem
oerats were led by Richard E Bland
of Missouri and the administration
Democrats rs Wiliiam 81 Wilson of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

Congress-the Thirteenth was again
convened in extra session by Presi-
dent Madison on May q, 1913. Roth
houses were Republican, but by great
" reduced majorities. The object Of
this extra session was to provide rev,
enue for the conduct Of the war with
England. and, regretfully enough, con-
gress now proceeded to re-enact that
internal revenue law which it had
been the chief glory Of a Jeffersonian
congress to demolish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

Subscription price $a.oo per year.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

During Johnson's administration
there were several extra sessions of
congress for the purpose. of keeping
tab" on the presidents reconstruction
policy, but they We're not called by the
president, but were provided for by
an act of congress itself. Under this
same act there were two so called ex-
ira sessions of congress during Grants
administration.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-20

President Hayes called the Forty
fifth congress together in extra SEES
sion Oct. 10. 1877 This congress, like
the Forty-fourth. was Democratic in
the house and Republican in the sen
ate. The Forty-fourth congress had
adjourned without passing the army
appropriation bill. and for this pur-
nose mainly the session was called,
but it devoted itself chiefly to de-
termined attempt to repeal the Sher-
man resumption act The repeating
bill failed in the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-10
Marriage Licenses.

Ths Key to the situauon-Bes Want AdS.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-10

Not included in totals because containing
other items than clearings
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-10
DISPOSITION.
Totals

CAr1LE-Receipts of cattle were very
hight only Twenty-Five cars being reported
IN, but light run is to be expected on
Friday. Receipts for the five days, while
larger IMAM last week and a year ago, are
smaller than on the previous weeks.
there were hardly enough beef steers in
slght to make a market but what few
there We're changed hands very readily at
goo, steady to strong prices. EVerytning
was sold in good season in the mLrniug
As compared with a week ago prices are
a little stronger and the general tone 10
the trade somewhat better.
There were very few cows and hefers on
sale and apparently very few wanted.
What there were moved off slowly, w.tn
tne FEELING weak. 1t was in fact typical
Fridays market The large supply OF
Texas cattle at southern market points
naturally reduces the demand somewhat
Tor the common grades OF grass cows and
canning stock and the market on that kind
OF cattle has been rather slow and dull
Strictly choice dry-lot heifers ale scarce
and have sold well all week
There were no stockers or feeders of any
still had sufficient on hand to take care of
all country orders. Medium and common
grades have been slow sellers all week.
although the demand has been consider ably
better. The lower prices prevailing have
been considerable inducement to buyers
beef steers, f5.S0qS.1S; fair to good beef
steers, $56OqO.eO; comOn to faIr beef
steers, $5.O01560; good to choice heifers
so.Oa5.5O; good to choice COWS, $4.6OGl5.00
FAIR TO good cows and heifers, ST. 50GDl 10;
good to choice stockers and feeders, $3.50
S4.90q525; common to fair stockers and
feeders, A.0Oq4.90; stock heifers 81 256D5 25;
veal calves, A5OGI7.75; bulls. stays, etc,
AOOd5&