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H» trtf»JVS*4kirtN a.-- 1 * at xwoimLBa w o AMI ISSUES STAUS! _fafcefe INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK SHOWN •-. The Statement in the Opinion ,of - - Showing Condition of lh£> State's Banksv. - | : State Auditor E. J- Smith has Is sued a compilation of the stafiements \ of the State banks doing business in Mississippi, showing their condition on Nov. 27,-as compared With the * compilation showing condition of banks on June 2, last on which date' these institutions submitted' their statements^ Dnring the period troffl to 2 to l Nov. 27 the number of banks in creased from SI «.to 321. Aggro. gate resotfrees inerrased- from 866,803.75 to $63,41 J,502.30, or $6,- t the Auditor is Satisfactory in Èvery Respect. Other items of Interest. 543,137.02. Capital stock invested in the business increased from $12, 4&6.911.50 to $12,552,475.50, about $56,000, this practically rep resenting the capital stock of the five new banks formed during the or period. * Loans and * • discounts from $38,560,385.50 to $39,610. 291.20, or a little more than $1, increased 000,000, thus giving evidence that the banks did little to increase theii loans during the summer, and au tunin period, hut booked nearly ^ advances during the early part of V the year. Overdrafts, from $2,661,381.57 to: $*6,42.8,336.— 08, dr about $4,000,000. - Amounts due from other banks increased from $ 7 ,-* 16 , 868 .25 to $9, 360,82*7.30, or almost $2,000,000. Individual deposits subject to .however, inerqased check increased from $31,7 64,190.7 0 to $35,425,595.21, or nearly $4, 000,000; and time certificates of de posits-increased from *3*567,269.9o to $3,715,603.2 0. Undivided .profits on Nov. 27 were $2,209 t 021.4Ü, $nd this sum dividends for the year on will be declared. The statement, in the opinion of the Auditor, is in all respects very satisfactory, and shows that the state banks are in a healthÿ condition. t>* With head bo"^ m grief ar 1 re morse that will linger for years, for a brief moment's mad deed, stinging j him to tears, Ör.Tom Birdsong, charged with the murder of Dr. A. B. V: r_t, cried out in court' just a' moment be ore a sentence of life imprisonment -was. imposed upon him, ''Oh,' if I could, if I couldl—-I would give my life if I could'bring back ..the- life of-the, * * ' Birdsong Gets Life Sentence. I T derer cr} out, and as t^e eai.*. streamed down hisMa'ee hnndretls ol - * othçri eyes- dimmed and overflowed. m Sympathy for mm whom -they condemned, and in sorrow over his great remorse, 'the-scene, for-its-. brevity and stirrin S features, las seldom .had an equal to anj ceu t m the land. | . . „ . ... . .. . DKuiuge CommiBsioB .RoEort. ; Gov. Noel has received the report of R. W. Crenshaw, president of. the . Tallahatchie Drainage Commission: Mr. Crenshaw reports that the com-| mission borrowed J90.000» of the. $100;000 authorized by the act, and sSÏ'govtrnmcut T 000 «ut u» by the state to maintain a geological survey foree, to^addi tiorr to $6 500 for eauinning the' en tion.fo $6,,,00 tor equipping the en ginëering forces with proper instru ments. ; ; Fo^special,, ' Tétons, not ; named bv Mr Crenshaw the 'gov eminent could not auow'the-cüétoi marv 5 0 ner ceiit of exhenses offered fnr ' geological siirvevs where the statë pays'the other half. . -i -- , ■ x • . Broke the Record. :* m. Jake King, living two miles west of Hattiesburg,., had a singular, ex - 1 perience Sunday. • At 11-= o'clock a^ m. he: was married, at -.3 Lp> ;m. Jhe : was .„afitixed-ana 3 Scf «r. his brother. Rev. T. C. King, of vis, brother of the groom, officiât tog. The bride was Miss Annie Lou Quick, daughter of .J A.^mck, who ; was recently injured'in tJe New Or leans and N-ortheastei^i Railroad;; wreck near New Or leaps. • . The residence of George Van Bus kirk, a farmer, residing three miles southeast of Magnolia, was destroy ed by fire, entailing a loss of $1,500; insurance $700. A portion of the | furniture was saved. dead?/nan." Thfose who had stood f.o/jan early trial »and in bitter words denounc ed the murderer -'of *a popuigjr. iy/d haf'fe.iess man^ stood about, the court rooip' and heard the convicted, mm: U! Farmer's Residence Burns. Jackson After Rescue Honje. Jackson hopes to secure the rescue home- which the Mississippi Metho dist Conference, at its recent session at Yfty/Lx Citv decided to establish for women and girls. - I To Dedicate Monuments. The handsome Indiana monuments have been completed, and Governor Frank Hanley, with a party of 100 from that state, will arrive at Vicks burg on a special train to dedicate /v them on Dec. 29. ■ Canal Completed. The. çanal for the drainage of the Homoehitto river, excavated from Gaiilaid Lake to the Mississippi riv er Tri thé lower part of Adams coun-j ty, has beeri finished: It is ôûe'iriîlè in length, six feet wide and four feet deep. The right of way for the canal * is 100 feet wid£ As there is a fall of thirty feet from the lake to the river, it is expected that the cana. will be widened and deepened by tne scour ing of the water as it rushes through to the river. j - e *i t, : 1*À UMKRK €*«>#» AIK) U f TRAI N . Boll* Weevil Spec.ru" Attracts Hun- dicds fq? R4 hV"■ ^Äpjprtg. -That the farmers of Mississippi, age thoroughly &livq to, ,ihe. iipj. of improved agriculture! no in otffi and crop diversiiicri t ion has -be^r. proven, crowds that have greeted the agvi- [ cultural experts aboard the "Boll Weevil. Special, nt-l >0 .* v the lu ! e 'Mich finished its tour through tlm southern part of the stat.e'Satntdkÿ^' It is not the mirnose of the "Boll WeeyU gpecial" to "alarm the farm Qr ö ■ unnecessary ap h , j their minds concernin' , - . , , H . Wt mere' ' ■ ' ä ■. . ' u , ! ° ont J^ ac ® he aii- cot ton-croD nol „nuncial success but must , m iih Pr si screak to di ?" ,„ e a »hteh they .»ill f) - and th . rpnil fnl1v n<J ^ a . tatta- tt»n ' obtained'^rom the coiton cîon ! tllat obtamea trom 0011011 crop ' ; Mercliant Shoots Physician. George Pace, a well-known mer chant, of the firm of [Ware & Pacej and „ ounded Dr . Vv . K Moody, a physi cian at Lake. The difficulty occurr- i ed in the store of Pace. The trouble ! grew out of a dispute or dissension ' over an account due Ware & Pace by ! at Dr. Moody's wife. Payment of the accoun j was urg ed by the merchants, and p r Moody and Mr. Ware, had some W ords on the street befere the shooting occurred. Dr. Moody af terwards went into the store and is reported to^have applied some strong language, towards Pace, who resent ed it. Village -of* Ganasi in Limelight. The village of Gandsi is coming into the limelight again ^at the com ing -teraa-eF--4rhe-~cirGUit court. This nttle town appealed to the "supreme C purt the. question C- its being ab gorbècl intof $he town of Seminary, >j,n d has continued ta use the powers gj-adjted municipalities, - and an ap *pea'i case .has been filed in the eir ç U j(- cour t, the question being as to wheiher the board's appeal »to the supreme court acts as. a supersedeas èô as to vest the municipality with, power 'to enforce municipal ordi i nances. Wounded l>y Husband. MH. E. E. ; Graham, residing near EatonVille, in this county is suffer * n ,£ from, a gunshot wound in her left tong, accidentally inflicted by .her husband, and it is not believ ed that she can survive. The young couple, who had been married only a few weeks went out into the field, the husband to sboot rabbits and the , wife to watch the sport. The gun | was in some way accidentally dis charged and t.he entire load of squir rel shot lodged in Mrs. Graham's tors appointed by Prof. J. N. Pow- ; g 4a4e Superintendept of Educa tion , is to * at wörk ö n the prépara tion of a course of study for the coun ty agricpUural high schools through çut the gtate The committee work g h '- ng do ^ e at tbe starkville Agri- j cu j tura ] and Mechanical College, and educational systems of a number other states are being ransacked for-the purpose of getting the best Vom , eicll , . .. . . j - « - ^ • New Levee Board Formed. The Vicksburg-Brunswmk Levee ; Board, a $50,000 company was oi- j mally organized. A board of di- », rectors of, five prominent citizens was Ä 7 — " | stock subscriptions. A chaiter has been obtâinéd and a fourteen mile i Wee will'be built to protect abolit le\ee will be D t p one-half million acres of land near Vicksburg. ' rj » -* ' ,| 7 . Accused. -■ - R is alleged that Aaron Butler, a; neg^o, mÿstertods^ shot in the back * Mérid-i^r'WceivM the wound at the kariös* bf Kis %ife. The fact that the n'd^o'bohSngeffi to the Odd Fel ■- loW ' s and i carried insurance on .has Lfe Hed the arrest of the woman-several when the ,proofs were made of the man ^»s /loath. . j Tll ^ 0 k jï onths to Hear Evdence. !t iS -pected that three mouths ÏÎJÂTSiÏ2T r .Wdrirmen "moanies aga!Lt tte Illb no , s eehtral Railrbad, in which the plaTntl ffs ash for |750,000 as the re gult of a compress fiw>, a spark, it is alleged) being the cause. ' : ; . Charged With Larceny of Buggy. ■ ■ Andrew Webb, a white man, was placed in jail at Waynesboro, eharg- ! ed with shooting Henry Walker. ; Xvebb is also under bond for his ap pea rance before ; the next grand Ju-^ ry> charged with'the larceny of a buggy. Webb's, trial has riot yet ["been set. ' * „ side. , j Preparing* Course of -Study. '1 A committee^ ô'f prominent educa Negro Tramp Hurt. p . TT .... . _ _ _ _.. , oe arai a ' 1 victim of a serious accident <H Hat tiesburg. In attempting to board tbe south-bound local freight Ham ilton lost his footing arid was dragg ed soine distance arid dropped off at a long trestle. Thê box cars struck him with great force and hig foot and both legs were horribly lacer ated. He was carried to the South Mississippi Infirmary and a portion •of his foot amputated. tr Odd Fellows' Convention. .men to raise funds for the enter tainment of the Tri-state Odd Fel lows' Convention, composed of the membership of Mississippi, Tennes see and Alabama, which has been in- j vited to hold its annual meeting in Hattiesburg in April of next <year. : A U of-the hotels have agreed to give reduced rates for the visitors, and it is probable that 500 delegates will b e present. j A committee from the Odd Fel lows' Lodge is canvassing business » ag « y : : ; ; __ iTHE PRESIDENT-ELECT LIKES Hi [ Praises Him as Great Lawyer, Great Pteïih&ÿivania *SeWitor Chosen Secretory of State. iv-? v, American and as a World Fiji " rh nks He is to lie * ' - Congratulated. *-*-" ! stote - "ha" i ldeat - eleC . t ° f .. e IIS ' of ' announced the - appointment of Unitd 3 States Senator Philander C. ! ! Knox of Pennsylvania as secretary of state in hls cabinet - The announcement followed the Mr * Taft of a telegram, w!llch came Saturday - c ™ v ' eyln * the information from Mr. Knox that he would accept the premiership of the ' Wt cabiDet Mr ' Ta[t *»«■«" d " ! ia * made the ■»""»»»cement that ; the matter was settled. In giving tue details of the negotiations, ho said that the offer was made to Mr. Knox last week in New York. That sinre the offer he had not heard from Mr. IHBWlBBjl Kno;t the teles '- 1 ' r ' 110 re ' ;elved i ^' itulda -' _ - ! Atter a consultation with Secre ' tary *«* '» Washington Mr. Tait ! sa * d h » made a » et£ort t0 t see the Pennsylvania senator there, but was ! formed that he was in New York . .. .. „ „ t 0 attend the dinner of the Penn . . , TT . » ». -r sylvania Society. He wired Mr. ivnox i to'see him at Mr.. Henry W. Taft's, onnnintmnnt rons ! residence. The- appointment was j ! kept. "I feel that I am to be congratu lated in securing the services of Sen ator Knöx in my cabinet," said Judge ! Taft in making the announcement and making the statement with the ! understanding that he was to be quoted. ! National Association Estimates Num ber at 11,872,000. Memphis, Tenn.—In a statement issued the National Ginners Asso ciation estimates the amo' nt of eot ton ginned to Dec. 13 at 1^,8/2,000 bales. The estimate, by states fol BALES GINNED T~ DEC. 13. lows: - Alabama . . Arkansas .. . Florida _. . . . Georgia. Louisiana . . . Mississippi . . , Missouri. . North' Carolina i Oklahoma . . South Carolina Tennessee. , . 1.270.000 . 843,000 64,000 1.847.000 . 436,000 . , v ^ iftia and entucky . ... . | 1.446.000 50.000 624.000 504.000 1.130.000 300.000 3.347.000 11.000 -size 11 , 812,000 Gooldsboro, N. C.— News reached ; here from Dudley in this count}',: that Ira Hatch, a prominent resi-■ dent of that place had been shot and killed by Badger J. Bowden, mayor of Dudley. About 1 o'clock in the morning some one passed j Hatbh's house and shot his dog. Hatch and. his son took shot guns and went out to reconnoiter. They met Bowden, whom the elder Hatch accused of his shooting his dog. Hot words ensued an 1 Dowdea shot Hatch through the heart with a pis toIf and thereupon the younger ; Hat(jh sh ^ ot Bowden , but inflicted on j ly flesb WOU nds. », ? -—- _ COTTON STATES LEAGUE. | P- S. WaHcw ' Weaver Vice President. i Jackson, Miss.— P. S. Merrill of this city was unanimously elected «resident of the Cotton States base president oi tne ootton ctaies ,^ase ball league atx the meeting of the league directors Saturday, and Col. Walter Weaver of Columbus, vice president. Älr. Merrill was presi de nt of the Capital City Association last season He is thirty-five years old, a ûative .of Pennsylvania, and a , member of the big lumber firm of *j. B. Merrill & Brother, as w'ell as ; woman-several smaller lumber concerns. He is a graduate of Harvard and play j ed on the baseball .team of that in- j ^ ALLEGED PEONAGE SYSTEM. in lÜUV, Employers Kept Prisoners There It is Said. Chicago.—T.he story of an aileg- ; »4 P<*°» a 3» erstem and stocka.de at Summit, a town thirty miles from Chicago,- is under investigation by the district attorney. Those who ■ brought the charges declare that the stockade > rronnding the plant ! i s thirty feet .high; that workmen ; are practically «£ept prisoners there; , that they were kept in debt to their employers an.d that some of them escaped to tell their story only by ; digging a tunnel under the stock- i 'ade. ■ | Total KILLED OVER A DOG. Major of a North Carolina Town Gwi a Vjsomihent Mau. , — RBI Passed for Relief of Citizens Bank of Louisiana, Washington.— Among a large num ber Q f war claims bills passed by the house wag nje for relief of the Çitipens Bank of Louisiana for $215,820. That sum was found da e by the court of claims and the bill haB pass ed the senate many times. T he claim arose over the seizure of lbe funds of the bank by Gen. Benj. F. Butler in 1862. - LOUISIANA WAR CLAIM. WANTED TO GO TO HELL. ingham, N. C., for murder refused I the attention of ministers, telling them that he desired to go to hell for a special purpose. In the march to j the gallows a chicke© flew over the heads of the party and the con : demned man exclaimed laughingly: ''Somebody cr.tch that ehicken." Har vey r s crime was the slaying of Hugh Price, a negro at Roqkiugham, last I j summer. ' j Charlotte, N. C.—Henry Harvey, » a. negro, who was hanged at Rock-: J v ; k iiuRiiEiiRR *s JA-NCftiteii j BrEggbfl Freir? Jr.il and MoVUWtnig • ' 1 Ifitn Up» ' 1 ■ • Ü I Lorngton. Ks.M'Av.ur TTiii, : ùhàrgèd with tlrh mùrder of îüarhie : ; Wcmaefc in Adaît dôuntly wasdrrigg-j t .1 from the jail at Mont.icello. 1 Waÿne county: carried four hrilôs j to Gfeasy Creek and there hanged t0 a tree ' HÎS b ° dy Was discove / ed j the * by * J* 0 ^ nothing of the mo s action. ie, mob worked quietly, coming from ! the direction of Adair and Russell i C0Untie8 * Th f *" n \ l th# ** 1 ' d °° r ' dragged ? ^I and , hira t0 Qrqa^y. G^k where he ! giveI1 a few m i U utes to., p^ fefifpre, being . bung . No- shots-, were,,» fired I and no mutilation of the body offer ed The mob then quietly dispers ed After an assault Hill killed his cousin, thirteen year old Mary Wo mack ln Adalr «,u„ t y last week Twice mobs formed to lynch him but ! took was were prevented. SENATE PROBE. Will Investigate Charges of Roose velt After Christmas. ! Washington.-^-No action was tak en by the senate committee on ap propriations to carry out the inten tions of the senate that the message of President Rootevelt relative to the secret service be investigated. The whole matter will go over until after the holidays and then a meet- j ing will be called by Senator Haie a -for the purpose of naming a sub i 1 comnii ee. i„g» 5 „ riQ m ni ! Senator Hemenuay, of Indiana, will . , . ^^ . j be appointed chairman of the m ! vestigating committee. It is understood that | ! Two Years in Penitentiary and $500 ! FOUR GRAFTERS SENTENCED. Fine. % Harrisburg, Pa.—John H. Sander son, contractor for the furnishing of the new state capitol; ex-Auditor ! Gen. W. P. Snyder; ex-State Treas urer W. L. Math ties, and ex-Superin tendent of Public Grounds and Build ings Jas. M. Shumaker, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the state in the first of the cases growing out of the capital scandal, were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and to pay $500 fine and costs. Season of Prosperity is Forecasted CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK. for Wall Street Employees. New York.—It will be a far differ ent Christmas this year than that which prevailed last year in the fi nancial district. In the brokers' of fices the strings of money bags will be loosened, and the hearts of the employees maee glad. Old employees will not turn .homeward wi~. empty pockets. They will go romping, the of the gifts more than making up for what was held from them last And 'Wenn# His Brother, Enraged Posses in Pursuit of Them. Hampton, Ark.—Charles Abbott, a merchant of this place was shot and killed, and his brother, Bunk Abbott, county treasurer, was wounded by two negroes at the store of the former, as a result of a dis agreement as to a business transac tion. Intense excitement prevails and several posses are in pursuit ot the negroes. 7,, nil ,' T -1 c novi-n CHIN BLO W KILL S BOXER. Boy Meets Death in Amateur Boxing ' Match. Philadelphia.—James Curren, 18 years old, was killed in a boxing bout with Benjamin Barnet, 17 years old, Broadway Athletic Club. The deaib of Curren eu,» as the climax to a series of amateur try-outs which were witnessed by a large crowd. Curren, who was killed was the sole support of his widowed mother. rr _ _iron. BOY BADLi WOUNDED. ___ Son of city , Judge Hurt Playing W T ith Pistol. 8 Alexandria, La.—While playing with a bla nk cartridge pistol Joe Hooe> tbe eleven years old son of City Judge L .L. Hooe, was danger ; ously wounded by Jack McDonald. The pistol was thought to have con tained a blank cartridge, but instead j was loaded with a BB cartridge. Yorfi.-On a charge o, crim lnal llbel , made by John D. Roche-1 ^ S ' "bli ^' 'vü !» » tar l£ ; ^"arfesteä ^ atriiinged'fi police Mr . 'RockMelle'r, accompained counsel Lawyer Murpney, ap * _ Dis trict Attorney Jerome's p -, •. - , . . .. . .-t « an ^ niaae cm amenai e artlcle P»hl»shed m the New York American of Dec. 17, under a Chic , ag0 d ^. ae °_ T r nrie-innt lrae ^ ed J eonas ® m ° . ' r _ ; tend ® d to m j ur ® !® g . ' i P utatl °n an c e , | him ap pear ri [ Ca ° U ' . , _ , Believed to Have Set Fire to Sev eral Churches. * Chicago.—A woman is being sought as a firebug in the crusade to solve the mystery of the burping! of five churches in Englevood and year. N EG ROES, .KILL ME RC H ANT. WOMAN IS SUSPECTED. ... . . .. . adj ° mmg dl3 ^[ C S : ® ^ e . 16 ^ e to e a b church bunted by police and church Ioad? "' 1 . r " has^ in formation that ' / 1Q ^ t will lead to the woman s arrest. RAILROAD MAN DEAD. I * Columbus,. Ga.—Wm. L. well known in railroad circles in Georgia, Alabama and Mexico, died at his home here, aged 81 years. He directed the construction of the Mex ican Central Railroad, was supenn tendent of the Mobile and Girard line for several years up to 1887 and held responsible positions with the I Central railroad, the old Muscogee j railroad and the Southwestern road. Directed Construction of Mexican Central Railroad. Clark, >. ^ ^ ^ ' j Wire flashes • , .. , I 4pAlna, it Is said, is facing a flnan.- | cijl and..Industrial omis.. : %ho Argentine Government is ne- , seating for two italiatt ' , wkrs^fps. ' | 1 '.y < oifor. 'ire tit Moètï, Miss:, caus j ed $15,0-00'h»B; Conditions at Puerto Cortez, Hon j duras,' arc unsettled. 1 President Simon, of Hayti, has of I fered föTmer revolutionary leadens positions' in his cabinet, The Postal Savings bank bill has encountered strong opposition in t the The United'States and Holland, it ! is said, have a private understand ing in regard to Venezuela. The senate is threatening to pass President censuring a resolution Roosevelt. Senate. Teachers' institutes were announc ed for eight points in Louisiana for Dec. 28. $50,000 to build a sugar refinery Cane planters formed c company at Bruley Labadia. La. George Pace, a merchant at Lake, Miss., shot and dangerously wound ed Dr. W. E. Moody. The heads of the various state educational institutions in Louisiana will meet Dec. 23 at Bator Rouge. j dria, La., advised labor agents to cease operating. ,,, , , . Miss., was completed, The business interests at Alexan The canal for the drainage of Die | Homochitto river, in Adams county, - v. ». a I K.. «, toreman was .bot and killed by,a negro at Woodstock, Fla. a lumber mill V. A. Herlong, , Vicksburg-Brunswick Levee Board was organized at Vicksburg to build fourteen miles of levee. The . . , , thirty injured in a railroad wreck I near Limoges, France. gentine over naval armaments has j assumed a serious phase, Fifteen persons were killed and John Roddy was convicted of big amy at Baton Rouge and sentenced to a year in the penitentiary. The suit of Count Boni de Castel lane for the custody of his children was given another* hearing in Paris. The quarrel between Brazil and Ar ! The Federal Court in New York entered a decree declaring the Amer ican Tobacco Company an unlawful combination in restraint of trade. consulted Dr. Israel, a specialist, at - Berlin, with the view ot having an ! President Castro, of Venezuela, 1 operation performed. The relations between Brazil and .argentine are strained. Both coun- j tries are increasing their naval . I forces. ' ! Russia and Austria have reached j an agreement in regard to calling, a conference to settle the Balkans ; dispute. * i T , o . d t » House res 1 I ' V i'V of Congre s S J for Christmas Ï : m Dec tQ Jan 4 , ' E E L Graham, near [ S ^LI^w ^unded denta1 ^ sh ° t " d ' ^ 1 " * 1 his bride o, a few weeks. _ Thirteen members were released from the Shreveport Police Dejiai t ment in an effort to reduce cit} e.v penses. Longboat finished alone in the Marathon at New York, Dorando col lapsing in sight of the goal, as on the occasion of his first Olympiad. Nikolai A. Khomyakoff, president of the Russian Douma, resigned his office following an exciting session in which he was severely criticised. , charles M . Schwab , the steci mas . nate> appeared ^ before the House Ways aad Means Committee and ar gued for a bigh tari ff on steel and , iron k i Dr. T. B. Birdsong, who killed Dr. | : A. B. Pitts, was sentenced to life im ' prfsonment in the peuitontiary iu ; the circuit court at Haazlehurst, | Miss. i Mob v i olence is threatened at Al j beiaarle N c where Henry Young a ne ' is : in 'jail on the charge of attempt i ng criminal assault on Mrs. i j R Moss . : The genate adopt ^ tbe Foraker resolution providing fer an investiga- ! j «.»» of the use ol detectives by the War Department .« the Brownsville , ^ a ^onelia Hargis mortgaged j ] her home for »89,000 to defend her ; son, «each, charged with the »»» r - : 4~,«f hls father. Tbe case will be called at Jacks °n, Ky. Mobs at Caracas, Venezuela sacked T he senate adopted a resolution j providing for an investigation of the j offensive language used by President ! Roosevelt in his message about the rae Q f t be Secret Service men in iri vestigating members of congress. W. M. Kavanaugh was re-elect ed president,- secretary arid treasur- : er G f the Southern League'at the an- ; nija i meeting a£ Nashville. Manager ; c bas . Frank withdrew his protest ol tbe New orleans-Montgomery game of gept The spring meeting will j b g b eid .n Mobile on the ea 1,1 of tne. and pillaged the residences of Presi dent Castro's henchmen. President Gomez proclaimed martial Acting law. , | P resid ert. ' Persian t ro °P s - PiHaged and burn-, , ed a number of Armenian villages. ThC 23 D , e M,ay °' a t Ve ° ezaelan guard vessel, was captured by a Dutch warship. President Roosevelt sent a special message, to Congress, in which he bitterly denounced persons vho have intimated or charged a scandal in connection with the Panama Canal home. purchase. Five hundred planters and busi ness men, in session at Shreveport pledged 90,000 hogs and 15,000 cat-1 tie annually for the proposed pack An oil mill guaranteed to pay j •j Religion has no home in the man who does not show his religion at j ery. $25 a ton for peanuts. MX. ' ,! r vj wave ANGRY BECAUSE THEY PASSED HIM As he , | , | President is Alleged to H I Insulted Fdtir \Vomen. t nt *k M, Treasury Holding up ; Vouchers Came Near Causing a Horse to Throw One Women. Struck the Horse With His Whip. Washington.-^-According to a re port which leaded out and was con J3. I. Sisson, a teacher firmed by Miss in Forest Gleen vMd.) Seminary, a fashionable school for girls near Washington, three young ladies and Miss Sisson, while riding in Rock Creek Park, were rebuked by, Presi dent Roosevelt for presuming to pass him on the road Thanksgiving Day. For some timd t.he Seminary party rode slowly behind the Chief Executive and his party, but the spir ited animals wanted to go faster, de clares Miss Sisson, and finally the girls galloped past the presidential party. When they slowed their horses down again a few minutes later they heard rapid hoofbeats behind them. The rfBer was pressing his horse hard and he so overtook them. "As we were riding four abreast at the time, the president's horse crowded us no littie as he dashed past," said Miss Sisson, brushed past his Jiorse struck the foot of one of the young ladies, knocking it from the stirrup, and a blow from the* President's crop fell on the horse's flank. The young wo rea rea, and cut tor her , coolness and admirable horsemanship gbe m }g b f have been thrown beneath ^ be ^ j be bo rse. I do not know whether the b\pw was intentional." "You know that you should not go ahead of our party," said the pres ident as he rode past us and turned in the saddle to look us squarely in the .face. He then joined his com panions. ' v ' M "Naturally, we felt very much mor tified. None of us intended an af front to the president, and I cannot understand his action. "The president appeared to be in & ragg but> Qf course j do not know I only know how we I ! about that. felt abou t it. "j prefer not to give the names of ^ be young ladies in the party. They - parents would object to the notorie ty attending such an affair. ! are daughters of wealthy parents, 1 highly connected, and I am sure their DEATHS ARE SUSPICIOUS. j Examination Regarding Deaths in ; . Kelleher Family To Be Made. ! Somerville, Mass.—Pending the j resuii, of an examination as to the j sanity of Mrs. Mary Kelleher of this ; city, now in jail at Cambridge, Dis i trjet Attorney Haggins has ordered 1 an investigation into the cause of the ^deaths of six members of Mrs. Kelle Ï ^baily during* the last three years. The specific charge against Mrs. Kelleher is that of arson, but [ the police called the attention of the dlstriCt attorney to the reports which 1 were in circulation as to. the deaths in her family. It is said insurance on the i ive s of the deceased were paid to Mrs. Kelleher. new POINT OJb L1W * * a ' ' R . ht f j) e f en dant7~Once bonvict, * Testify Challenged. j Danville, Va. —After the Common wea lth had rested its case in the trial Q f W. Belt Samuels, for the murder of Sheriff Willirm V. Flannagan, the defense called the prisoner as their first witness. At this juncture a un,,., point in ,aw was raised, Com nonwealth Attorney Thomas Ham lin contend that, owing to the fact , that Samuels had previously been [convicted in the United States court k . . HicnnalifiAd | ^re he ™ as a witness and could not testily ; even m his own behalf. • Court ad burned before' deciding this ques i tlon ' , TEN .SOLDIERS DIE. _._ Poisoned By Drinking "Vino," Which , « Contained Acid. / : New York.—A spmi^l cable from Manila says: Ten soldiers of the ! Eighteenth Infantry, U. 8. a., aa "^ at ^ e "" ay ' , "^.'Vnative borage, on «he j verge o, tbe camp on Dec. 15, and ; died from-the effects, some on the : aa " a da> ' "J etaUs'ofThe 1 ' matted a°re blame the obtainable. Army officia j pleaded guilty in the city court to having played poker three months prior to -his election and was fined ^25 or twenty-five days by Judge Fullilove. The fine was paid y . W EDS ON *SICK-BED. : ; Macon, Miss.—While lying on a s i ok be d in a local hotel, Mrs Lucrece Godwin Rogers of Bear Station, Del., was married to her attorney, Charles d. Stockley of Wilmington, who ac companied her here to look after her large landed interests. Mrs. ' Rog is the widov of the late Theod anti-canteen law. SHREVEPORT MAYOR FINED. I Pleaded Guilty of Charge of Playing j Poker, Judge Punished Him. Shreveport, La.—Mayor Dickson, ers 0 re Rogers, nephew of the head of Rogers' Locomotive Works. Sve \ s sgveral years the senior of Stoc ley. KENTUCKY JOE" Rt TOILS. Bluefields, W. Va.— Henry Collie, alias "Kentucky Joe," was arrested here*by local officers, acting under of becret Service agents. Qollie, it is said, has several | aliases, some of which arfe Joe Miller, He is ! the direction H. C. Miller and Joe Foster, sixty years old and is alleged to be j the leader of a gang of postoffice •j robbers and safeblowers who have been operating in Virginia, j tucky and Tennessee for more than three years. k Ken PHARLQ OF THOUGHJ, s.v.1 i .1 r •-..a . jn \z& vj a dig cjcet .person never knows a,ny_ :.in C . Persistence makes 1 '' ■ "fdripcfesibllities c-csHypsoslble.- —- —- : ————*—• Jealousy is Cppid'a. little grpep.-eyed messenger boy. 1 The tongue of a gossip is Mned' WitkL tiny needles that sow strife. The future is a fascinating witch be cause of the mystery in which she. is veiled. Distance lends enchantment, and its' usually so much cheaper than the actual view. : The love letters of the prudent man are never penned, and then he forgets to mail them. ' .< Youth is a careless spendthrift; he lets even the sands of Time slip through his fingers. Even a close friend has a way of sidling off when you put out a hand to touch him financially. O be joyful, brothers, but modulate your voices when you sing under the window's of the unsuccesful! In the valley of Sindbad, O my sis ters, diamonds had no market value because anybody could pick them up. As crackling thorns under a pot, so is this talk of "careers" to one who has dined with a literary light house keeper. When the Excuse Factory goes up, watch and see if the ad. for a mana he ger doesn't say: "Only married men need apply!" Opportunity is a gumshoe artist that creeps forth only at night, when the weary ones who have watched all day for him are asleep. I i ...Ä Jt. t *k re a and to de the the a fell wo her Even though a girl knows that love is blind, she can't' help being unhap py when her sweetheart glances in the direction of another good looking girl. not in af in Though a man build a house of rare woods and furnish it with costly hangings, if hq wed not a little maid called Cheerfulness he will have no hmoe.—From "Eve's Epigrams" in th« New York Telegram. PRIVATE SCHOOLS. Rapid Strides Made.jn Secondary Ed ucational Institutions. Never before in the history of Am we I erican education have there been so many and so well equipped private schools, from the' kindergartens to the college preparatory schools. Their growth in numbers and importance has been remarkable, paralleling the rapid strides made by the public schools. of The secondary school is a result ol the times, and it has responded to the demand so thoroughly that today the leading colleges report that from 50 to 75 percent of their freshmen are in ; the graduates of private schools. the j this Dis the try schools. Soon it occupies a place all its own, from which it has been ^ a **f lpmg hand J but 1 * the ° t [ e The crowded nubUc schwls and the feel that "their «ons and daughters "8: thsR üonal traini wh J ch tbe position ol the parents made possible resulted in tb e establishment here and there oi schools where the courses usually taught during the last two or three j years' attendance in public schools were taken up and supplemented by more advanced studies. It was a short step to the college preparatory school the of today. There » however, no antagonism a between the public and the priva te preparation G f boys and girls for the fact gerious affairs of life Today nearly every college has its DreDara t or v school—conducted senar Preparatory scnooi conducted separ ale ly b ut recognized as a feeder for the college or university career. ad- The development of the private school j idea has resulted in the establishment of secondary schools that send young in'bustoess equipped for their share in business 11 te college the private boarding school an advantage over the public the schwl nQt only iD tbe more thorough , preparation as to studies, but in self 1 re,lance the b0y or s ' rl wffl "« ,Ure - «he and the a°re the to a ac her Primarily the private school that prepares the boy or girl for college re sulted from the overcrowding of the public schools in the cities and the lack of suitable courses in the coun which becomes an important asset at the larger school. The individuality of the student is brought out in the private school more than is possible in the public school; more attention is paid to his needs, and the work he is expected to do is along more definite lines, with his future in mind.—New York Trib I une. j Ireland's Trade. Ireland is a very good buyer, thanks to the comparative prosperity of the country at the present time. The im ports in 1901 were worth $268,378,738 and the exports $226,810,195. The fig ures suggest that-Ireland is a creditor country, having income from invest ments abroad—income paid in commo dities imported.' No döubt, part of the excess of imports over exports is due to the habit of her patriotic sons of Sve abroad of sending, their earnings hapk to the old country. Last year Ireland exported $15,00(1,000 worth o£ - Eiitter, Her total ekpotts 'bf ' livestock, meat and fish were worth $114,000,000; whiskey, etc,, $ 20 , 500 * 000 ; crops, fruit, flour, etc., $8,378,000. Her exports of manufactures were worth $48,344.000, but her- imports of such goods wer« vorth $83,000,000. —Baltimore Sun. Advantage. | tages, this country is ! hours without being obliged to listen to a lecture.—Washington Star. Washington Star:—"But your coun try is so lacking in places of historic interest," said the European. "That's one of thé great advan answered Mr. Cumrox. "In a man can travel for be than The use of the metric system of ^ weights and n^aivßres will he compul sory in the. Philippines after the first , ot next yßiiV