The new South-news., June 19, 1909, Image 2

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STORMS SWEEP OVER TEXAS
Train Minus From Bridge Into
Bnzot River.
ONE KILLED OTHERS ARE INJURED
» Hr
Pour M« « f l»* nlh nt I
IN-miI N'ftr ltn«k«*ll
VlMfrillu I • -tr'.) rd
li«i*on«i
%'II)*K' of
<m h**r
1
» f I /« * ■* t.
A 1er
Meal
WAM
);
City, %
rlße w in .»»
co atnl Orb ir i>.
ng
nK»i
ft
r okm the
« •
bio
Knox
K Ht afford «.'
lira/.« • I
and 1
be
< «-f-K-r.
re Injured,
•rt
loverai
none fatal!)
V. I
. I ii**r»* by
D« ' *
it »nd gelier
ion, «ri«« P» * ■ I
F« • » ' '»e Or
gtr.
down
All
o Texas
re few
nts
Th* r
pa
the
train
on
abou
miles n
-urre I
it
A t»rrti
the a* « Ment
and wind
•d by th
«»♦♦d over the
A » th*- t rain
*!jdd«*n blow
si moat dry
lh« bni
*d of t he r
the
low
•r, but the welgl
ti f * « I It from I«.»
toppled
the engl
X th»- fill
That me
prove
rerc* not in
wur* «lu«' to the fnrt that at
tl« point w||«*ri Dim t t ;i I ft l**ft 11. '
I.
A further «llH|iatrh
Officers h«*re from Deepwater,
reporta the <l**«iruction of a »
camp at 8«oith Wichita.
Three II nl el llrioihn
th« Orl«*nt
T«x.,
»ctlon
A tornudo aim*«' t
•f Hamlin.
Paso, T**x
di*,«' ro>*"i the littl«* town «
In Central Western T«xi»
F!
n the
I» and
mil**»
Thrw
, ..
llJtakclI
Three dwellings
A
nd thru» «-hlldtun, nam»
uporlod tu have »•>■•■„
Wlrua ari> down In nil dln'i
line » » f th«» Khiimuh «It M« xl«
Orient ! I h 11 * < » j* « I «t". ent > five
north
of Big Hprlng*
f nnrlnusly Injur«*«!
p« j
l ive Dead Nn
HASkell,
were diHitroyed by a »totin
his wlft
unknown, are
killed
tlon» und <<• *tall*« nr** haul t«» obtain.
4 l«»u«ll,ur»t s t '»un*
According
►. by t M«» dl»|>ntr!i
•Iflc
Fort Worth, T**x
advices receive*! h«»r
er'» nfih r « » f f Ii»* 'Teva» ami I'
to
i curre«! In »«*«■
i| cloudburMif.
Railr
tlon*' w « * h t *»f I'ort Worth, Killing at
least one im I i n and Injuring »cor**»
of Otlu'l
F. Uelurp and hb*
I'our I4II1***1 »it I.c»n1« r«.
», Tex.
* tbr. " c hlldr.^_wi'n Mlb") by u it
Brl< here i^lrs flelurp
V A An»l«*ison s*»rlous
Thirteen house»
fifty bead of cat I lei j
rr fntniltl**» are reported j
cl Ion *>f the State, anil It
! one hundred houses
down. Fifteen renldon
reported t*> have b«'*»n j
tl at Merkel. T«*x
i 1
k
I» rat Hi il
were Me
o*h are nl
M
'lay I
Smith, aged twenty-«!». atom.,
riod. |m kfld In th«!» Mublcnburg pall,
gunrdcd by u »core of officer», ns eilt
»eil» hn\e declared thin he must be
-hod In an adjoining cell, num.'ll,
d* si.
IIOI.I. TWO l oll Ml Hill'll.
l-'ttMi« r *»f All* g« «l Ib iray***! CJIrl l.i«'
Victim.
Itb th*»
('harged
f th** fatlu»r «» f th«* girl b*
Rorkport. K>
tuurdcr
1« »11« g«*d to huv*
b«*t ray «ni.
I'
'**o»Hory to tlu* nuir*i«*r. is
n» an
rtcHrilo Kimble. ag«'d flft«-«*
(» »nid to have 111
f May 1«*
ben In hl»
years.
whom Smith
treated.
M. J. Kimble
bad.
■wa« »een to throw
Ou ttie night
»hot
j
Bonnie.]
!
l.iit**r hi» «lmight«*r
»veral package;*
Officer* recovered the
contain let
gullt.l
Into a pond
Vnckuge« and »ay they
v, demonstrating
V\c letters had been
Vvh. it t« »aid. and told of the In*
k \ u *r v bet we
A
Smith .
by
w rit tel
flintth and the girl.l
K condition and of hi* demand)
\s kill her father.
^bd kill hint when h«* Iciirn«**! j
Ttie girl lacked the nerve
t n y. and Smith wrote. It
Ylml he would kill the !
fy Is the
■
the lut
t -
chats A
dher hlral
Iri s sls'erl
Smith's
Wllll I
-\*I.VYS I*\UT.
'
Saving lti'A
i of the «'in
Xv anil l*a--' ttgt-rs
\r Slavonia.
Del C*N,
F telegraphy i ItX
in \ h,- aavlt ■ t
of the Ct
total »tt$.
of Flor A
Junta
Wire
\tores
k * prominent
• \.r cr.-vv and
g Vi Slavonia
miles
na
Which is a
•out h west
The
tso
k v'\lj 1< "
1-UVd
\.
Ire
Fr lnt.es
w hen the . :.t^
The oper
back his answer and leal
rat on of the stricken
row.-S iret-t- Ö en hastened
speed to tit 1 ' t
hoard the Slav
•Learner
mlb-s away
was pick ''I 'IP
The
»I iud
I .nil oq
k
oshetl
Out
.1 tin. lo
and every
es cue
- saved.
it
n i> i.os
TWO HI N FLt I*
- , ,i \i companl'
Earth.;« vl.i- In *•
t>y or .1 1.1 NN a»»'
u of
The to
Fadi.-.c ■
,chl. !" <
t!;.- »«.ilheast
by un
(u
Korl
of I ' r il )'
destroyed
nt tht of June 3-4
e killed and
« art' q t: k,
Two line ' 1
vor
o • ■ I The shi>ck
!•' ,i ti i..l wave w
b-.:.- like eockle
w I
hi,h
n.any
a.-ce.
•hells.
$
WAItMMIFS .UIK SIMKK?I,
In IK** lf*rl>or of'J <»«il<*a I 7 *r* Ivirth*
< I tick**.
ir• : . .U.»'. * vl.f-K-ks
nilhw^ii,
v|**ra b*
4»*'irdAV
Miir^lllnw Tv.n
njnnir»jr from c
/••r- f«-lt I hr* tût
«fit to
9
ul
Wllll , ,.
wh» not xr«*»V r **;»'
»ho
««und ah.
v*' * 1 ob# h**r®
fri/'ii kt*J « • r
my
of t >J
«ff« * *
that
A t I c m *
*|U*»
I >a.
1 !>«*
H
Ai.
north we
f»|l H |«M*d
»or ted
«rai hn
eight
p*r
a)
U
*
In
rid a fac
The dta
el. • trie
olUf.fittf at Al» ai
ul» hed.
bulldlti;-»
vu partly d<
lights In th* »
y and wind
*
Rep«
re
at«d
that the
tirally tl
the
nailed in
h * 4 The
rid that they
of Fran
in
Toulon
In
th
her
1«
ci»N\ I VI ion *»i *■* I VI i:v
l ift ti, < ill \notlicr < <»n
IV« -Hi, lit
, ..
the
with
11
of Improving Inatrumei
Waahingt
Taf1 policy
talltie» for giving • Ih«
ver tino ntul adriilnUtratloii, th«* I' » « »I -
at
'
to
II another
f the Ktnto», looking to
on a wide
gathering I
dent bs» determined t*
convention
uniformity of legislation
The
«f »iibj«
range
will be bold In Washington, Jan
5
a
r •nuit of Initiation by the National
tultteo j
«aident. I
It ha» b«*en «a!l**<l
nd «• n«*xt
Civic Federation, whose
inl«1 the matter before th** Pi
The rang«* * » f subject« whi< h the cob
t
f»T«*in*e may «II»« u»» in ultnost infinttn
If includes all the aspects of Inter
»täte commerce regulations; unlform
! Ity of marriage and divorce laws
I among th** States; uniformity of law«
, , a
j t elating to commercial paper, in i
| which alr«*»dy much progress ha»!
b..-n made;
p | u<y ,. rH - liability net, r,f thn
national aovcrnmrnt ; unify- I
rJ]pnru food Ipqlalatlon. c hild j
i labor law», etc.
Ktundardizlng th«* **m- j
Hint««
I
J
shoots sriiri \ ri I lie
to
lliobnixl
>l«»llier'»
T««v»n
Allege«
Innillted III« \\ If«*.
at
John Nelson came ln |
and surrendered to Sheriff C.
Rusk. Tex
K
1 and told .him he had shot
* his stepfather. W A. Petus, w|th a |
shotgun, alleging that Petus bad In- I
hb* nulted N»*l»on » wife and tt*at when
lei j OJ
j l#1
It
j
»he told him about it. h«* g«-t lila |
«Moltier's t
uoout fif
his «t
gun and* w«*nt t
hoiiM*. *« lk«*.l to
teen
it hin
fr« t of him and »hot $ini The
effect In t.be sld«v of his
1 took
d. causing only a flesh wound. )
Tb** nu n clinched and In the scufflo
fT.
the other barrel of the gun went
but «II«! not Nfrik«- any on«». Petus
g«it hi» own gun und »hot «t Nelson
a*: he ran off from the house. Petus ;
1» not seriously Injured. .
!
IS SON III MILLION WDI
Kimberly Itadly 11 1 .1 lit Missis
l.i«'
(•UN
Nectiah, \VI* Tin* flu* Kimberly I
I w ho was badly Injured In a mill at
... . .. 1 .
.v.lan, Miss and take., to \ iek=
burg hosplUl for an operation to
, u ve hin life. In a non of the Neenah
millionaire paper manufacturer, Jus.
Kimberly, head of the great (let.
tht> Wentern
dissolved a few j
Kimberly Itadly 11 1 .1 lit Missis
sippi Sawmill.
(•UN
,riH Pap«»r Company.
trust, which was
• by the national Atn»rn«*y
Young Kimberly was being
year* a?;«
General
«irk in th«* south Ilk«* all of
j put at
tho nu mber* of the Kimberly fiwni
to learn the practical side of H
! business, before he could take hold j
of his farntlv.
| V
>f the great Inter**«!»
IIUl.H WINS bolt Nil IlllPIt.
S'liith «'ttntlinn Woman Kllle«l and _
j th** l f> P 4> f her h«*nd and
throat out from ear to ear. the body
of Victoria Grlttin. a married woman
! of thin city, wa- found this morning
tn the
kitchen of the woman s home were
found a bloody ax and razor.
llody Thrown In Well.
With a gash In
Columbia, S C
with her
itU
i
of the murdered
Wash
the
ell of her premises In the
which the murder was evidently com
' milled Three sons
Walter, dim and
Bussell
Is. a friend of the
woman.
Griftlli. Luke Lc
,î,-a,i woman's daughter, and ■
1
a former boarder at
home, are under arrest lu
Medlln.
woman's
onnertlon with the murder
" One
WRECK ON T. nml N. t>.
Fatally and Five Other*
ou*ly Injured.
Jacksonville Tex. One trainman
was perhaps fatally and five other»
seriously injured in th,
oq double-header freight near here e:i
ythe Texas and New Orleans railroad.
sert
reck of a
\
Ferrinn
of
DY NAMI n.s • ATTORNEY'.
Juan
N.ontcrey. Mexim
d
bomb in tho office
Flores wrecking
«xpVudpd a
Yu
y Leon U.
• and injuring Flore«. Ferrlno
Xh had a mm understanding
cr « and Ferlno went home
k pr»'l>areNi tb. bomb and
H ImK the offio from lb«
L «N»»«^^ral>ed it up. the fuse
$'V aoAttempted to throw it
ed Just after'caving
i
of
like
\
un , c
.t>4
thr
it
I- streif
-xiokT
out . lu^,
his hun^Jf
1
V'
/' :
NEWS NOTES FTttHN WASHINGTON
mgs of Ihr Week Briefly
'I old--The l.alesl News
From I he Capital
Happ
It. f .• tax Hdvrxmt#*» f«*<*l f*ncour*
my J at lat** <J«*v«»loprii"nU.
if tin* Inrorn«* t«x
• -rihld**r a' ion
ci , i»a I,« « h printpon**d by th«*
*|U*»
:jf 1 J ur. «* I •*
I ' • A no* r I« an National R**d ( r >
■ f h* fi « $:,,0«w for r»*llef work
stflla Minor.
nt» In Senate are planning
vote on tariff bill indefi
In
In
delà
non is working on his
on mitte«* IInIh hikI wish»*» he hud
om mit tees
nits and Insurgints.
its an* worried over Bry*
ipecially
out for prohibi
[>«*ak«T Cl
for
tant
unlmi
more
the Demo
Demo*
a ndldac
in
since he h
tlon.
Opp*»nenth of Dutch standard in
Mar ronducti j t**st Pr«'sld**ut
Interested, bi
illd
it hi
with Pr-ddent,
nvasned Senate
for tax on cor
•onferencs
After
Aid
found majority
I tlon dlvld«*nds.
tw f*»r four torpedo boat»
have been awarded, on«
».he four Kantern shipbuilding com
panies.
an«l
Contr
• ach of
t<
-
havg been de
Rea r Ad
ifJicr
Three
ta« bed from active duty
mirai» II
Hemphill and Commander C l*
I kin«
Manncy and J
N
I
For
5 Secretary Ballinger has eliminated
a the common carrier and the »o-call
»»«i confiscatory Hau»**» of tb»'
j oil and ga»« pipe lino regulation In |
I operation in Oklahoma
CongrcKsman Brouaaard hai
ranged with th« War Department I
th** troublesome quation of th«* in-1
dernnlty bond,
ment« can proceed
I«!
I
,vr !
in i
ha»!
I
o(Turn'd to I
Improve- j
T«rh*
Algernon Hurtoria has again
ign«»«l from the diplomatic service.
r«*
iHthmluu Canal Is fully protected
j
against accident» »ueb
Canadian lock».
!
a fourteen-foot waterway from 8$
repeat i
(K
The Department of Agrlruituv
has decided to Investigate *e
charges nisde by .1. F lYiJ« 1
agaliiHt the meat inspection nyÄin j
at the National Htockyarda, Easw3t. I
Louis.
That It Is not d«*-lrabl*» to build
Louis to the gulf was the
made to Congn*»s by a special boaikf
of engineers appointed to make «
«*ereful investigation and (»»tiiuati* . f (
y it wfnilij I
ol the question Tii»*v
' ^
ooo.ooo annually
I
* '7*
l
1 1 * recognition of their wonderful
■.hiev eluents In the world of aerJ
ft
to maintain
nanties,
yVHI
there were presented
and Orville Wright, of l>a
ton. by President Taft, in the hi
lnI j, , , s t r oom of th** White Horn?*
two gold medals, one for « ach offltie
; brothers, from the Aero CiubËV«
. America. Prominent representunu
! of tills and foreign governuH iU
Whisky, in th«* legal meaning
ord. Is w lil.tky, even w-.en c J ;
I ored or flavorlnjf matter I» added. *r
cording to .... opinion rend, red .0
. , , 0 ,
ITesI, b*.bv Lloyd W . 1 owe,_a.8o
ibltor G«*nerul of the limed States.
He hold» thnt m hui'Ii coloring and 1
flavoring have been used In all the
history of whisky, xuc.h addition can- ;
not be Illegal or Incompatible with i
j the name whisky. The decision, how- |
of
'
»■re pr«*Rent
th**
.*\or, Is not the final word in tin*
• ideiatlon of th«- wool-'
In th«» con
en «c.hedule of the tariff by the sen-I
H t**. the Finance Committee won aev
j oral victories, three of its amend- a
monts to Increase the rstes bv the
antes. !
wool top und other
shoddy and on tops being adopted
Dolllver declared that he j
which
House
on
_ n .11 ir
had discovered a rag trust,
was denied by Senator Warren. Sen
ators Warren and l.a Follette were
the principal speakers, the former j
speaking In favor of Increased and
tile Intt.
n favor of lower duties.
ln the senate, where the woolen
schedule of the tariff bill was under i
discussion Senator l.a Follette de
i lured that Senator Aldrlc.h had for
felted the confidence of other Repub-:
llcau Senators and had stated half
truths which have discredited hi*
leadership before this body and be
fore this country ' when tho chair
of his personal allusion. The
lui Folette to order tie
called Mr
cause
latter said he had not noticed that
the rule forbidding personal allu
sums bad been applied equally to
all Senators
e:i
Twenty-four amend
w.tol schedule offered
incuts to the
ity Mr lm Follette and voted on en
bloc were lost, as also were several
am. miment* by Senator Bacon and
bv Senator Gore
a
Congress is again interested in a
report that the President will veto
the tarlfT bill A White House state
of ment i* to the effect that no state
President's Intention«
ment
ill
of t*
have been made
Senators have ceased,
terslato Comm,
lb«- |,ers the same right of appeal to ibt
courts now enjoyed by the Railroads
it was presented to lTesiduit datt by 1
a delegation of citixens from Fpo- !
i Wane Washington.
Conferences
A propo-ed amendment to the ln
• laiw to give si ip
V'
WIRE FLASHES
dan-e- and
Cyclone* did much
look »»'Voral Uvt— in Texax lows*.
Earthquake in Sumatra killed 200
and injure 1 many
One fireman wir Killed and seven
Injured In fire at Halifax
Bold attempt to retire A lid ill Ham
Id by reactionaries wn frustrated
Judge Mfxtr** baa amazed London
er» by bt* victories at London Hors«
■Show
j
Soldiers who caused Franco-Ger
man row at Casa Blanca wera sen
fence to long prison terms
Involved In the
I
1 i*
Mrs Anna Hull,
Vandorbilt divorce suit, committed
Milcide in IstruUtu
fastro's brother will be permitted
to return Venezuela if h«.* gives
up quantity of arms.
Wm. K Cor«* y an«l wife were slight
ly hurt in auto ac* ident In France,
and gue. war seriously injured.
j
I
Turks have asked Powers to re
consider determination to
Crete.
j
**
vacuate
r v.\ «• «-arth bo« ks w-*-*re felt
on the Riviera, smaller towns suf*
f* ilng considerably.
!
;
Holland Bennett, while on boney
d 1.-appeared from ship bound (
moon,
for Naplei
Tlx* trial of Railroad Commission- !
<>r Shelby Taylor 1» set for June li 1
at Crowley.
The tax rut** of Caddo Parish has
been lorn-asi'd from 10 to 11 mills j
on un assojMinient of $1$,650,016*
The Louisiana Association of I,ocal !
Fire Insuranr«* Agents w ill rn< • ' June
25 In New Orleans.
'
.
i
;
Shreveport capitalist» paid $7 0,000 j
I for land near Baton Rouge. La., for |
|
I
ddltlon.
a residence
Pennsylvania .
Sugar Trust and
Sugar Company suit was compromis
I <*d for $10.500.000. I
! ,, , ,, ,«
" 1 "•'""y accepte<1 , nomt, V: Uon
for District Attorney of San Fran
cisco.
|
Prosecution concluded case against .
I I'atrlck Calhoun. Dofenso will not
av whether It will offer testimony. |
wer,
j
nr«» killed and fourteen In
Slx
Jurod by explosion of blast furnacs
nt Wheeling.
occurred In Erie over non- |
union M«men. and several
1 hurl.
,
Bind; Hand attempted to assassl- B ,
wom * n <loc,or ln Chicago for m
refusal to be blackmailed.
It Is reported that the New York t
Central train was hold up near Sy- ffr
racuse.
ljulllle Suiutnons and Frank Sam- j
(K Is were lvnehed at Smoaks. S. C. - of
i
i
1
hurl.
f ( , r the murder of Ben Smoaks.
Faxtou Carver, alleged to hav,
eTfipeit iffe wtflt-bnC M. Sur
phy. was shot and killed by the git
ter on a train at Branford. Fla.
. !
is
Lake
Black Hand investigations In Ohio
an» being pushed. Inspectors are
chagrined at the release of two
principal leaders on small bond.
The Lake and Gulf Transportation
Company has been organized to give
steamboats service between
Charles and the coa~t.
Five certificate» to practice veterl- ;
nary Buriccrv and medicine ln Lou!*
wer « granted bv the State Board
; ™ ^
' .
Cunarder Slavonia wa, wrecked on
Azure« reef, having 400 people, most
An ,e r |conn. on board. All were
-
1 SB ' e _ |
' vl >* Haggen, a negro, confessed
; at I,a > - st - l-ou> a * SHas., to stabbing
i Captain l'. l<ray and Implicated j
| two others.
Raymond Carroll, son-in-law of
Adjutant General William E. Mlcklo,
seriously
I
accidentally
shot and
wounded himself at Mobile.
People at Loreauville, La., are ln
a panic over fear of hydrophobia and j
a dozen children are on the way to
! New Orleans, for treatment.
General Evans was re-elected Com- |
j mander-ln-Chlef of Veterans over]
hts protest. Mibile won next lie- i
union easily
i
I
Canadian looks at Saulte St. Marie
j were wrecked, one steamer sunk and
two damage 1 by carelessness of en
I
:
'
General W D. Cameron, of Merl
Memphis j
glneer of one of the steamers
i dtan, Miss., stricken ln
while attending the Confederate re- .
union, died at Tupelo,
Suit was filed at Crowley against
the Beatty Brokerage Company, of
Ijtke Charles. $1,500 penalties being ,
claimed for alleged violation of tho
State feed inspection laws.
I
°*
Klks. at the sixth annual meeting at
°* I
j
I
Will Mack, a negro, charged with 1
The Mississippi Association
Vicksburg, elected F. A. Scott. .
Vicksburg. President, and selected
Natohex for the next Convention,
assault
mi»» win be tried June
special term of rcurt at Brandon,
The prisoners is being kept in hiding
Pheahatchle.
criminal
at
21 at a
that if tile Porto Rican Legislature
fails to pass an .appropriation bill
by the authorities.
The Porto Rican bill, unamended.
a
has pased the House. It provide«
the same appropriation shall hold
as provided in the last bill passed.
by 1 n.eut will
! health. I
ln [
whoso case a mistrial was recently j
had at Plaquemtne. I-a . for the mur
der of Prof. F. S. Van Ingen, asked *
for ball, contending that confine
I impair the prisoner*»
Five physicians were ap
Attorney for F. F. Bouvy.
j pointed to examine the accused.
goard Does Not Favor
teen-Foot Channel.
I
SEVERAL REASONS ARE GIVEN
and
< F*'«*ftn-<ioing
Adapt***! to
Would < *>*t •rÄCHHi.OOO
000,000 Yiarljr.
YfftorU .N'H
lOwr Navigation.
waterway
waterway |
co "' «
j structlon and $ 8 . 000.000 annually
• . :
based on a survey J
special
ced » 4 -feet
from
Washington Th«* prop«
St.
deep waterway project
Iyjui» to the Gulf received a blow.
when the Board of Engineer» report
I Bd to Congre«» that such a waterway
1 i* not desirable
desirable.
cost $ 12 ». 000.OOP for
The
* not
would
The report was
j of the Mississippi river by a
I Board of Engineer», created by act |
conclusion reach- I
Th«
j of Congrus
** i by both the »pedal t
regulf
.1 and the
Board < f Engin**« r.-v ar*- prac
tl* ally th«
nine
f the regular board
The report
! that it is not desirable to construct a
; navigable channel fourteen feet deep .
from Chicago to
( from St.
Loti il or
mouth of the Mi.-Hlsslppi. was
based on th«* conclusion of : -
!
j
or
' ial hoard that only
. iginaflng from sour«« s that do not
i at present ship by river would justi
; fy the gr»*at cost of a fourteen-foot
commerce
waterway.
It I» claimed that the present
.and« of commerce between St. Louis
Gulf will be adequately met
n
and the
by an eight-foot channel from St. |
Louis to the South of the Ohio and a
channel of not lesa than nine-feet in
depth below the mouth of the Ohio, j **
. boards belief I» that an eight- I
foot channel fron, Chicago to St.
'
I l ;t
corresponding with the present
eight-foot project from St. Louis to
Cairo I» .ho least that would ade
so
(juately * meet the demands of com
merce. It adds that such a waterway
would be desirable, provided its cost
Present and pros
pectlve demand« of commerce be
tween Chicago and the Gulf would
be adequately served, the board re
ports, by a throiiRh nine-foot channel so
Estimates for the chan- ! 10
nel have not been completed, but
promised to Congress by next De- '
comber. Mr. Marshall. Chief of En- is
B , nwrs lnfornlftd Congress in trans- i
m , tt , n ' , h(> report that he cou i d not !
sUt0 definitely whether either of 1
t pese channels' was desirable until af
ffr accurate estimates were made. I
The special board found that by i
means of constant dredging a depth :
of eight feel is now practically main
trained in the channel from St.
Louis to Cairo, and of nine feet from |
1
, a reasonable
to the Gulf
Cairo to the Guy Rtvr»; regulation ,
is counted on by the board to make
permanent an * eight-foot channel
from St. Louis to Cairo. By dredg
ing n fourteen foot channel may be
obtained.
The board rejected ns opposed to
all reason, all propositions requiring
the abandonment of the already good
open river navigation.
stitution of a lateral canal for any
!
; '"K an <» hank protection,
»ddltlon at certain localities of con
tract works, as an auxiliary will achi
eve permanence of channel, which
can not be obtained by dredging
re p ort declared.
, .. . .....
cons,dering the commerce
phases of th«* question, the special
| board reported that although it had
sought to obtain front commercial
organizations facts as to the pro»
j (| V e commerce, which requires a
fourteen-foot channel, it ha» recetv- j
ed very little definite Information. It:
added that no actual large future de
or the sub- '
part of the river below Cairo. Dredg
vlth the
velopments of commerce are
I sight.
yet in
j and lake
quire a 14-foot channel Instead of a
»-foot channel, would not be an econ
The position was taken that ocean
vessels, such as would re
| oml >' niPans of transporting produc
on the river.
i
Due to the necessity of buildin..
i an ocean vessel of sufficient strength
I to resist storms. Its costs In the Fnlt
ed States was estimated at $41.50
The Mls
I par ton freight carried.
: slsslppl river steamboats and barges
' capable of transporting 10,000 tons
nf freight on an 8 1-2-foot draft can
j be t.uitt for about $12 pf>r ton of
. freight carried, it
,
vas estimated.
UECiriMKITY COTTON MILLS.
$.700.000 Worth of St.ok to he Held
I In Trust for Employees.
Boston.—Within the next day or
two Eugene N. Foss all offer
subscription the stock of the new
00 t tO n mills to be established In East
I Boston and to be known as the Re
j clprocity Cotton Mills. The company
I will offer $1,000,000 preferred stock
1 with $500.OuU common stock as a
I
for
for the benefit of the employees, so
that each employee will share in the
bonus. There will also be issued $500
000 comon stock to trustees to hold
proJts
Planter Kill* Over-,-or Who Eloped
INVOKES FNWRITTEN LAW.
With Hi* Wife .
Bradford. Fla.—Paxton Carver,
who is aloged to have eloped with
[ the wife of C M Murphy, a wealthy
j contractor and planter, was shot and
kiled here by Murphy w hile .-eated
* in a passenger traiu. Mr and Mrs.
Murphy have several children. Carver
was not married. Murphy was a re? ted
and w ill be given a preliminary trial
immediate'} .
I
Car* of Matting.
To keep matting perfectly »gab
r>. bright and new looking, go over
be door first with damp doth. Let
lrv thoroughly, then glee the aanu a
I tun coat of clear varnish. Worth
ki ,-ntng for spring or fail hoaaecleaa
ing.—New York World.
Practical Ccverm.
Th** housekeeper who Is deep in
»•infi y hou.'*» refurnishing and fitting
■should remember that the moat prac
tical covers for dressing tables and
writing stauds are plain glass sheets.
«» and embroidered mats show un
"' >r th<>n , M we!1 as jf on the top and
| c i«an an Infinite
« The elass tops are a
. guests who are apt to lay
I I to th« injury of ÜBC lin
J ng _y or k Sun.
/
!,
while longer,
safeguard against
|
I
à
Pots and Pans.
here pa
In small apartments _
• ■ om is limited, n good idea is to hive
sh(*lv«s mad«*, fastened together
of board at
upright pieces
end. to fit »pace under the »ink.
s pot» and pans can bo
and kept free
1 'AH
a ^
. ^
ach
down
upside
from dust, and to
h curtain suspended on
conceal all from
brass
-
xdtfW BBB
rods, mad* of dark colored cretonne,
outside of
u
^
j
stretched across
making a neat appearance.
! New Haven Register.
ran be
-ink,
;
'' m,ns ' 1,1 ^ '° c 1 . . .
country houses is co, ° n vt ' 1 ^ B,lU
rilled in colors to suit the rugs and
A room just being
Stencilled Velour.
for
St. |
a
in
j ** . ~ , .. pnir
I tnatch a rich Oriental rug
St. cushions and the pillows arecovetvd
with the same material. Crash 1» ai
Btencilled to order In the same way.
The prices for the work an* not ex
The crash is also used for
Neither the
other furnishings.
' comp1o*e*l has draperie» of this kind
pattern and colors to
The, chair
stencilled in
to
so
orbitant.
be
b«*d and table
covers
the velours will fade, it ii
crash nor
«aid.—New York Sun.
The brown skin patches which an.
so dLfiicurlnj; amt^seemliiRly so hard
10 cur come suppose (fly from the
liver Many remedies bave been
tried for them, but tin latest cure
is so simple that It should at least be
lasted by every woman who wiehes to
fight the blemishes. A skin special
1st declares that he haa had more suc
cess in treating brown patches by
coplou* water drinking than in any
°«her way. The patient is forced to
drink ten ^ twelve glasses o watet a
üa >'. tal 'fK; no other met cine. *
«hört ti* her skin shows good effects
| an< « ln "1"^ oa.es the brown ,*tches
1 will disskwar entirely.—Indianapolis
Water Drives Away Blotches.
f
,
s
Nev
^^^ractive Guest Room.
The simplest guest room that any
one could Imagine,
it a gray rag carpet,
covered wirb plain gray paper and a
black moulding joined them to the
The narrow old-fashioned
woodwork of window and door sills
! made streaks of black in keeping with
the moulding above the hanging of
gray Japanese crepe. Many tones of
The floor had on
The walls w< re
served to throw
lll ' f ^ ]' . , , . . .
•""» relief odd bit» o blue and yellow
Moorish po.terj an a row o 11
, The ,,ook , s f? 1 ^ ^
the whole gray scheme of things. They
wUh blue Holland linen
j
finely minced celeiy and
cheese, moisten with M
' f'lling.
and tk« A titles on the backs weiç oj,«
sm.aH
k
pasters.—New
yellow
World.
Recipes.
Of
Celery Sandwich.—Eq
sh cretin
inaite or
. -
marshmallows, i.llSM ^I
cuit of thttk. Mrrtt co*»
> one cup o(')p||M: aralatth «•*
a!! trtfPth. T. tW* I» m tori M*
M
whipited cream: neoaag
thin bread, eover with a,i
and spread with cHTIÉ
bmtered
m
'-Oat M
Marshmallow*
Whip
Slt on * ce -
twenty hours bel
delicious dessert.
Udll«
lato
Esealloped Aspari
inch lengths enough «HRM
gus to make 1 pint. Rilttd
<k -h and till with alternaU»
asparagus and bread crnmbt
ing well with butter, pepper
upatw
Of
Four over the v> !i
to taste,
of milk and bake 20 miuuh
at once.
a
Orange Cream Pie.—Beat thoroulK,
lv the yolks of two eggs with one-fcàit
I cup of sugar, add two heaping table
s|*totis cornstarch or flour, dissolved in
a little milk and cook three minutes.
Cool and flavor with one teaspoon of
orange extract and pour Into a baked
crust. Beat the whites, put on the
top and brown in oven.
Corn Soup—Open a can of corn,
empty Into a saucepan and cover with
water. I jot come to a boil, add plenty
of sweet milk and cream »nd let
; stand until thoroughly heated, then
pour through a colander to remove
the coarse jiart of the corn. Return
to the fire, season with salt, pep iter
and butter and serve with crackers
or wafers.
Southern Sour Milk Biscuit.—One
quart of flour sifted with one teaspoon
of baking soda and one teaspoon of
| salt and one teaspoon of sugar; then
j add two tablespoons good lard cr
t drîppings; ruh ajl together with thu
. hands, then add sour milk to make a
| staff batch. Roll out thin, hake in •
| hot oven. Serve while hot with how
ey or maple syrup.