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TiEE CAUCASIAN. TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1907. as second class matter February i- , igo4, at the postoffice at Shreve port, La., under the Act of Con ggess of March 31, 1879: Subscription Price $2.oo a year. SaPubdisbhe three times a week, on Sun day morning, Tuesday and Thurs day afternoons, at 517 Edwards St., by The Caucasian & Carney Print S ing Co. d., Proprietors. _., ,,.L,_ . .. : . - _. . .: ' $W BDATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. Today is the anniversary, of the battle .Orleans, fought on the Plains of between General Packenham and General Andrew Jackson, on Jan unary 8, SIS. This battle was fought after the treaty of peace between Eng j a.. nd stdthe United States had been gigud at Ghent. ".-In this battle General Packenham was i- c. ~ai d of a trained army of vet :V. s, well armed and supported by a i~ eet of many guns, while Jack 's faorcen consisted mostly of recruits, dits from Tennessee, North Carolina, Sand other States of the Union, overland from their dis too meet and fight the enemies ty. If Jackson's men were ud Mm ary in appearance, they i lv and true who put their G, d and in their rifles, and i~ssios was to fight and Victory or Death. d there was the Pirate La S` in_ deeds and narrow d thirllingly in some records of this remark i ihe the Americans were ,e d but who were not be hrdiic as were Jackson's ".fiht valiantly and van Swho sought pro goEs of their fleet. For Lafitte received, the co~gratalations of irtecards restored to . e had forfeited by the war between of January, was s, in New .S one of militia, am \was re der-in of New of Sdeter t n g- v.k': ZINAT ISESTR E Raisuli's Stronghold Cap;ured by Troops of Sultan. CHIEF LEAVES PLIACE Government Troops kealed the Walls and Fi:lagcd the Place, Secur Ing ('onsider..$Se Blooty of Great Value. Tangier, Jan. 7.-Zinat, Rasulf's stronghold, was virtualy destroyed by fire and fell into the hands of the troops of the sultan at noon Sunday after a short and almost bloodless fight. Rasull and his 700 followers suc ceeded in eluding capture, and fled to the mountains despite the plans of War Minister Gabbas to prevent their escape. At 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing their artillery opened on the town. The Moorish gunners showed utter in capacity in handling their guns and the infantry fired haphazard. Two shells dropped inside the fastness without relp, and thereupon a body of the sultan's troops charged shout ipg and scaled the wals. The gates of the town were found to be open, but no occupants of the place, except prisoners, included among whom were four Portugese. A detachment of the government troops continued firing in the direc tion of the mountains where Rasuli and his followers were observed flee ing. Meanwhile the other government troops pillaged the stronghold, se.ur lag considerable booty in the shape of costly carpets, arms, tattle and sheep. No fatalities in the fighting are. re ported, though a few persons on both sides were wounded. It is thought probably that Rasulites carried Off t-eir dead. Does Not Know Second Wife. Chicago, Jan. 8.-Mrs. Irene Steele, who claims to be the wife of the alleg ed Philadelphia bank wrecker, dis claims all knowledge of the Lynchburg woman who reported herself as hav ing married Steele after a divorce se cured from the first wife. Resided at L nchkurg. Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 8.-J. R. Steele resided here sereval months. He leaves a wido and little boy. Mrs. Steele hulband had a di -.a.lte at Chicago. Damage Wal Great. Lowell, Ariz., Jan. 8.-Damage of splosion of dynamite in Arizona com pmay's magazine amounts to $40,000. A hole sixty feet deep aas made where the maxazine stood. THREE SUFFOCATED. Hotel -Burns and That Number of Guests Lose Their Lives. Delhi,' N. Y., Jan. 8.-Three lives were lost in a fire that destroyed the &aerlean hotel here early Sunday. The Deea: William Winter, fifty years old, *drnggat Mrs. Anna Winter his wife. John O'Connor, tair. All were suffocated. They were per manent guests at thf hotel. The fire was discosfred in the apart at of Mr. Winter and his wife on the third floor, and by the time the firemen arrived the. structure was a hmsms of tiames. Oaonnor also occu apartaents on -the third floor. other guests esdLped by leaping opa the windows in their night cloth tL TERMS OF SETTLEMENT. They Were Preatally Agreed Upon at Chicage Sunday Night. blerago, Jan. &--At a meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En g.i~trs. Firemen and Railway Train S0alled by-late tate Commerce Oii s r E. U. Varke here Sun .the terms of settýent of the fire . . strike on the Ioeern Pacific ins in Tezxas practltally were adopt ML - ..Clarke, beDre his appoint m t .da the commnaslon, was head of tie Ordear of Raillray Conductors, Itt is believed t lt his efforts to a thi controversy ire the result of cis persnal desire b see the sfike +s ed off. NOT FORGERIES. *aAssrts, In Speaking of Vouchers, At~sme y OGneral Davideon. -. Ausin Jan. 8.-Inaser to a state -gives out lbat documents Sadeasmlin a connection with Oil company casel asAeds, General Dpvid they are not ly genuine, but ,ihmal s sparB. lsae declares u r a elated with any S-onneocted Standard Oil tere-. -sts. ` ~{ . i L Y *-LEO. ps Are Dai Prom the Ef - yetatmassnoti* eas. :t Jan. .-_vThe entire a#t Grigo. D o, at'lVaoqski,. 4*1 sil srae were kiled 4 *whe& entese th I" -- - · tLY A..,.~ NO RECONCILIATION. In Authoritative Quarters a Definite Denial Has Been Made. London, Jan. 8.-Inquiry in authori tative quarters elicited a definite de-! nial of the reports published in the TE DUCHESS OF MA3BBOBOVGE. United States that a reconciliation be tween the Duke and Duchess of Marl borough had,been effected. HEROIC HALL. Coat Cut Into Shreds, but Desperadoes Frightened Away. Dallas, Jan. 8.- At the Commerce street bridge over the Trinity river early Sunday morning R. E. Hall of Merkel. Tex., was attacked by two negroes, and only his unusual 'agility and strength saved him. Noise of the conflict brought two fishermen out from a shanty below the bridge and the negroes took to their heels in the Trinity bottoms. Mr. Hall's coat was in shreds from the cuts of the knives and but for an insurance rate book in one pocket and a package of papers in another he would have sustained seri ous wounds. The leather-bound book. moreathan a quarter of an inch in thickness, was sliced in several places. Meeting tow negroes on Main street he asked them if they knew where he could find a place to stay all night. They told him they did, and pretended to pilot him to a house across the river. In the middle of the bridge one of the negroes asked for a match. When the hand was in his pocket he was grasped about both arms by one of the men and the other held a knife to his throat and demanded his money. "Just as well give it up without any ''ofr there ain't no help for you here trouble, boss," for there any no help for' you here." Both men held open knives on him -afi released his arms so that they might go through him. Making as if to submit, he got them off guard. Then with the force of a piledriver he shot an elbow backward into the neck of the man at his left and at the same time placed the right knee violently in the stomach of the other man. They came to and slash ed, but he managed to keep clear of their grasp and get in an occasional blow with his fist. Two white men heard the noise and rushed to the scene and the negroes fled. LIBERAL INTERPRETATION. Clergymen and ArmyOfficers Will Re ceive Substantial Benefits. San Francisco, Jan. 7.-The South ern Pacifc railway has decided to in terpret the interstate commerce act rather liberally as concerns army of ficers and clergymen, former users of half-fare tickets. Notwithstanding the new Federal regulations governing all transportation and communication from one state to another, the Harrl man lines will continue to sell this class of tickets at half price, but only for trips in the confines of the state in which the tickets are sold. These half-fare tickets will not be good for use as any part of an interstate trip. NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE. Organized at Lake Charles, and All but One City Selected. Lake Charles, La., Jan. 8.-A new Class D baseball league, known as the Gulf Coast Baseball league, was form ed here. Monroe, Alexandria, Opelou sass, Orange and Lake Charles, all Louisiana towns, Joined the league, A sixth member will be added, the choice being between Orange, Tex., and Crow ley, La. Meets Death in Gia. Antlers, L T., Jan. .-- Whl.arvin Hurd, the little sonof Blah Hurd, was .llaying around the gin here his arm was caught in the saws and fright fully lacerated, necessitating an oper ation. The little boy died during the operation from lkfid of blodd and the siock of the accident. Wounded and Robbed. Lamptom, Miss-, Jan. 8B. L. Fortt tberry was shot and probably fatally weeded by two wllte men, who then robbed him The robbers ere frightean ad -way by a .i.gr before their ork e comletesl . *w ssso at ca P* `uwýý I IkC;I ý"-nta PillSI1EK i 1Ii)D Throuh C',immission He f, quests Settlement of Strike. UP TO REFERENDUM At Conference in Chicago Deciaion Arrived at to Let the Men Af fected Vote Upon Ques. lion of ilalkout. Chicago, Jan. 8.- President Roose relt took a hand in the labor situation threatening the railroads of the coun try through the strike of firemen on the Southern Pacific and caused a con ference to be held at the Palmer House Sunday night, with the result of the controversy in the way of be ing settled. The meeting was held in the rooms of Interstate Commerce Commissioners M. A. Knapp and E. L. Clark, who arrived from New York in the morning and immediately set to work to bring the warring chiefs of the railway brotherhoods together. The announcement was made by Mr. Knapp early Monday that the pros pects were bright for peace. He said Chiefs Hanrahan of the firemen and Stone of the engineers were practical ly agreed on the basis of settlement under which the strikers on the South. ern Pacific were to go back to work. Details of the settlement, he said, were to be worked out at once. Mr. Clark, it is said, coLsulted President Roosevelt by long-distance telephone before he left New York. He carried with him the president's wishes that everything should be done to patch up a truce between the engineers and fire men and avert what it was threatened would become a general disturbance. Mr. Clark also said he was in com munication with Dr. Charles P. Neil of the labor bureau, who has been in Texas some days endeavoring to ar range a settlement in accord with the president's plan. A committee of firemen arrived in the city Monday to prepare for pre sentation of the wage demands af fecting about 67,000 men. With the ar rival of the firemen and trainmen and engineers already engaged in wage negotiations one of the gravest wage conferences ever held at Chicago was opened, The total number of men whose incomes for next year were to be affected by the outcome were in the neighborhood of 225.000. Chairman Knapp later announced that it had been decided that the question of a strike should be left to a referendum vote of the men on the Southern Pacific. Chairman Knapp' declared that in his ouinion there will be no strike. DECLARED OFF. Clerks of Southern Pacific Railway Lose Out on Strike. El Paso, Jan. 8.-The strike of rail way clerks over the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific from New Or leans to El Paso was called off on Mon dav morning, following a telegraphic decision by the clerks to accept the terms offered by General Manager T. Fay several days ago. The clerks failed in the objects of the strike, which were the recognition of the union and higher wages. However, they will be given preference when vacancies exist under wages and con ditions previous to the strike. Local clerks claim the order has increased 35 per cent during the strike. No old clerks were taken back here, as the road is full-handed. Firemen on the Atlantic system will go back to work, having lost their contention regarding switch engines. CASSATT'S WILL. Wndow, Three Children and Two Sons in-Law Beneficiarles, Philadelphia, Jan. 8.-The will of the late A. J. Caesatt, president of the Pennsylvania railway, containing two codicils, was filed with the register of wills of Montgomery county at Nor ristown. It disposes of his estate. which has not yet been officially ap praised, but which is estimated to be worth more than $5,000,000. The tes tamtnt is very long. Briefly sumn.ar ized, it leaves the entire estate to the widow and three surviving children, with bequests to his two sons-in-law. FOR FOUR HARBORS. New Orleans, Mobile, Gulfport and ,acola the Lucky Ones. Washington, Jan/ 8.-Despite the great secrecy maintained as to the contents of the rivers and harbors bill which is to be reported next week, the Wcasi gtoa Postclaims to have naside infooration that the bill will divide up between New Orleans, Mobile, Pensa cola and OGulfport $8,000,000 in appro priations for these four harbors alone. Double Grees or White. Washington, ian. 8.--At the inter state commerce, commissioners' yes tigatios of. the Baltimore and Chic wreek at'?rra Gtt Englaper aRde briand 'deii t a "fater" s.en nal wPas diplayed at Silver Bpfnugs, while Operta D.btw wa. just as positive thatt a wa "wahite." Thib seems to bhe thi point on whtich the direct repabflity for the wreck her t "tcircles that it #et _ ýi ; cs at Ia _i te° -craise thee, y o aaU iap. i·trii~~~-~9- -g~: -sde lfi~ VOTE OF PEELER. It Is Stated It Will Be Cast Against Bailey. Austin, Jan. 8.-In an interview Rep resentative Peeler of Travis county, one of the candidates for speaker, in effect says he will vote against Sena tor Bailey. Friends of the junior senator are ar riving from all over the state. Attorney General Davidson received word Monday morning of the death at Georgetown of his aunt, Mrs. B. A. Strange. He left at once for that city, accompanied by his wife. General attorneys of several rail roads are here and conferred with the attorney general's department regard ing the method of handling injunction suits now pending in the Federal court. It is now the contention of cer tain of railroads that since the su preme court decided that the Texas and Pacific was not subject to the gross receipts law and that their roads are not subject to the tax, either, as to exempt one road does not make the tax equal. Notwithstanding the fact that the Texas and Pacific is operat ing under a Federal charter this ques tion may be submitted to the supreme court. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Remarkable Record Shown by Report of Board of Coroners. New York, Jan. 8.-The report of the Iqoard of coronerk of New York for 1906. just published, shows a remark able year of accident and crime. In all there were 5,890 deaths reported to the coroner's office, of which 2,160 were by violence. For Manhattan alone and excluding the casualties re ported in Jersey City, Long Island City and Brooklyn, the tunnel work caused sixty-eight deaths. There were 549 felonious assaults causing death. Surface cars caused 97 deaths, elevated trains 14, and tunnel trains 17. Automobiles killed twenty four people in Manhattan during the year. The 398 suicides were brought about as follows: One hundred and ten by shooting, 21 by throat cutting. 51 by poison, 124 by gas, 27 by hanging, 27 by jumping from windows or roofs, 4 by jumping in front of trains and 34 by drowning. The total number of deaths by casu alties, including falls, explosions, col lapse of buildings, premature blasts, falling of rock, timber and stone, were 684. Alcoholism caused the death of 115 persons. SAVED BY STRATEGY. Six Terrorists Owe Their Lives to Re sourceful Comrades. Odessa, Jan. 8.-Six Terrorists have been saved from the gallows by re sourceful Revolutionists here, who conceived the bold plan of utilizing the official cipher to hoodwink the govern or general. The Terrorists had been trieds by court martial and sentenced to death and was awaiting execution when the governor general received a cipher telegram from St. Petersburg conveying the emperor's order, the to commute death sentences to hard labor for life. The order was official. ly put in force, but the authorities have now ascertained that it was a clever forgery. According to Russian law the prisoners cannot be executed, once their sentences have been official ly commuted. NOT ONE COMPLAINT. Saloons Closed and- Proprietors and Families Attended Church. Chicago, Jan. 8.-A dispatch to the Record Herald from Evansville, Ind., says: Evansville experienced the quietest Sabbath in its history as the result of the placing of the "lid" Sun day. The police did not receive a complaint of disturbance during the day. Every saloon was closed and the drug stores did the best business in years. Many saloon men and their families attended church services. AGED WOMAN GONE. Said She Was Personally AcQuainted With Thomas Jefferson. Denison, Jan. 8.-Aunty Walton, a pegress, probably the oldest person in the Chickasaw nation, died Sunday, aged 120 years. It is said by reliable white people, who have known her many years, that among her reminis. censes none pleased her more than to relate that she had known Thomas Jefferson and that she had seen him many times in her early life. LANGFORD DIES. Was First Child to Be Born at Green ville, Tex. Greenville, Tex;, Jan. 8. - Charles Langford died from injuries sustalied in a laundry. He was an ex-sheriff, afty-ave years old and the first child born at Greenville. TREMENDOUS FIRE. Estimated Loss by Bangkok Blaze Is Three Million Dollars. Bangkok, Siam, Jan. 8.-Cbinese trading quarters at Bangkok have been devastated by fire. It is estimated the loss will amount to about $3,000,000. String of Vaudeville Hoses. Port Worth, Jan. 8.-Dr. Le Roy 8lvey of San Antonio announces that ie has secured the capital for the con sttaction of a string of vaudeville boIses at San Angelo, BaJi'ger, aCwswoeod and Coean. Be will eolnttt with the attractionsof the le state AmU aet seompay, ;ý ilk. Jý S. B. hICKS, President. YALE HICKS, Vice President. W. F. CHASE, Secretary-Treasurer. DIRECTORS: VALE HICKS, S B. HICKS. F. H. GOSMAN. W. F. CHASE. T. H. SCOVELL R. E. COMEGYS. Ehe Hicks Co. (LIMITED.) Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors jiLce and Warch.u:.~ Corner Spring and Travis Streets, and Corner Texas and Conunerce Streets. flenry RIose Mlercnle f'i Co. [I Ld. THE OLD RELIABLE SEED HOUSE OF SHREVEPORT. Have now ready for shipment Garden and Field Seed, such as POIATOES, ONION SETTS, CORN, GRASS, CLOVER, PEAS, BEANS. GARDEN SEEDS. ALL ORDERS IN THIS LINE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. Henry Rose Merc. & Mfg. Co. Ltd. 517-521 Spring Street. C. C. HARDMAN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Lumber, Shingles and Sash DOORS, BLINDS AND GENERAL HOUSE FINISHING GOODS. Offl.leand Salesrooms Corner Spring and Crockett._ Lumber Yard Corner Lake and McNeil Streets. SHREVEPORT, LA. 2. . ,. . . . •• . . MARSHAL'S SALE. No. 629--In the City Court of Shreve port, La.: J. T. Barnes vs. W. C. Glover & Co. I No. 636-Max Levine vs. Glover Tailor ing Co., W. C. Glover, Proprietor. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, is sued in the above entitled and num bered suit, by the Honorable R. D. Webb, judge of the City Court, Shreve port, La., and to me directed, I .have seized and will sell at public auction, at the Texas street front door of the court house of Caddo Parish, between the legal hours, for sales, on JANUARY 12, 1907, One lot merchandise, other articles and furniture. Terms of sale cash, with benefit of ap praisement. O. P. OGILVIE, Jan. 3. City Marshal. NOTICE. I am applying for a pardon. ALBERT TURNER. SUCCESSION SALE. No. o,398--In First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana: Succession of G. H. and M. E. Boaz man. By virtue of a commission to sell, to me issued in the above entitled and numbered succession by the' Honorable First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, I will offer for sale at public auction, for cash, according to law, at the principal front door of the court house of Caddo Parish, in the City of Shreveport, La., during the , legal hours for sales, on SATURDAY, JAN. 26, 19o7, the south halfof the northwest quarter and north half of the southwest quarter of section one, township fifteen, north, range sixteen west. All of the above property in the Par ish of Caddo, Louisiana, and to be sold for the purpose of paying the debts of the said succession. S. Y. ALEXANDER, Coroner and Acting Sheriff and ex-Of ficio Auctioneer of Caddo Par ish La. Caucasian, Dec. 20o, 906. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE I-s TRADE MARKS CoPYmowrs &c. Ayo mi a teteh anid desrliption may l.qe..ack " our opinion free whether an sinus mWos b preobbit eL enpe 0Comn unalte 5onSw ý_ J on Paentta w .aestdr. SSlnnsýI1,, Terms, $ a F. . radear. UJ- , i IIi I . FOR SALE Jersey Cattle, Berkshire Hogs Plymouth Rocks, Wyan dottes and Leghorns. We are headquarters for the above breeds. We have a choice lot of young cockerels and can please the most fas tidious. Eggs for hatching $2.oo per I5, $io.oo per hundred. Address Caddo Downs Poultry and Stock Co. Ltd., S. Q. Hollingsworth, Manager, Shreve port, La. AUTOMOBILES AND GAS ENGINES EXPERT REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS LIGHT MACHINERY. Agent for the Celebrated Yale Bicycles and Motor Cycles. B. F. MEGENITY 218" and 220 Crockett Sreet. Phone 552. P. O. Box 334. C. BOETZ, Family Groceries Jome and examine my new clean stock of goods. 327 TEXAS a-r2EET. Slringtleliov Narman Successors to PARKER & STRINGFELLOW. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Grain, FEEDSTUFF, FLOUR AND MEAL -AND Commission Merchants. 721-723 Texas Street. SHREVEPORT, LA. WM. HAMILTON & CO, Farm, Timber and Fruit Lands. City Property Marshall Street, Opposite Posto Land and Immigration Agent f 1 Kansas City Southern Rail BOTH PHONES