The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-05
GEN ERAL
NEWS
NOTES..


at Paris, France He
was native of New York city and a
former lieutenant in the army. He
was courtmartialed in 1908 for using
offensive language and again in 1905
for being absent without leave. Ae
had heen in Paris for some time,
Center of population of the United
States has been announced by Direc-
tor of the Census Duraud to be in the
western part of the city of Blooming
ton, Monroe county, Ind This S
eight miles further west than the loca-
ton announced in July of Unionville,
in the same county.
B. A Long, the millionaire lumber
man of Kansas City, Mo-, noted for
his pnilanthropic gifts. received a let
ter demanding that he leave $4,000 at
designated place for the writer of the
letter. A man was arrested.
Francisco l. Madero was unani
mously nominated for president OF
Mexico by the Progressive party.
Smallpox broke out among the 400
insurrecto soldiers quartered in Gu
dad, Mex. Every effort is being made
to prevent the spread of toe disease
The initial move by the Oklahoma
Local Option association was started
when petitions we're circulated in all
parts of the state by representatives
of the association. 1t is proposed to
secure the signatures of $4,000 voters,
which will be forwarded to Attorney
General West and the secretary of
state. when later special election 8
to be called to vote upon The question
Of local option some time Tn Decem-
ber
just because buzzard landed upon
one of the towers of the waite and
power company at Highland, Nd, 800
cars of the United Railways of Bal
timore stood still and 10000 passen-
gers fretted for six minutes. Whole
vintage wh1rled through The buzzard s
body and the big bird whirled in the
air and came down outside the works
charred, thoroughly roasted victim
of misplaced confidence
House at Philadelphia of an Italian
named Peter Mancusco, who has re-
ceived several Black Hand letters d.
manding money, was wrecked partial-
ly by a bomb explosion. A few days
before a bomb explosion occurred in
the same neighborhood.
Ragland, Ala, will get the 5000, :
600 industrial school for white chill
dren, which is to be established by the
southern bureau of education with
funds to be given, it is said, ny John
d. Rockefeller. Russell Sage Founda-
tian. Mrs. e. Ell. Hartman and 9TH
ers. Ragland offered 5000 for sit, :.
200 lots in town, water power and also
other inducements. Ragland is about
forty miles east of Birmingham.
Generosity of John B. Prescott of
Boston landed him in New York
police station. A bowling. scramble
ing mob of $50 people on the Bowery
was acting like college boys in cane
rush when police reached the scene.
Prescott was found hurting silver
CONS into the street. An officer who
arrested him did so at the risk of his
life at the hands of the mob enjoying
Prescott's liberality. He was locked
I'm on charge of disorderly conduct.
Nerrly 5000 in small coins was found
in his pockets. He had planned to
distribute it all to the multitude that
had gathered about him.
While Barbara Weaver, aged if
teen years, was asleep at her parents
residence in Oklahoma City someone
entered the girls bedroom and from
her head clipped one of the two long
braids in which she had arranged her
hair for the night. Next morning she
discovered on awakening one OF her
braids upon the floor beside her he'd.
Miss Barbara had one of the prettiest
heads of hair in Oklahoma City.
Great damage was done the cotton
crop in the Macon section Of Georgia
by the heavy wind of last week, open
potion being blown from the bolls.
From the vessel conveying him to
his home Admiral Togo sent a wire-
less message to the navy department
I OF Washinnton expressing his thanks
for the honor accorded him by the
squadron escorting him from Seattle,
Wash. japanese admiral was es-
corted by two armored cruisers out Of
The territorial waters OF the United
States.