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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY 22, 1908
VOL. II. ' NO 4
Forrest County Grand Jury Calls
Especial Attention to Main
Street Structure.
-COUNTRY ROADS ARE
ALSO IN BAD SHAPE
Several Cases Disposed of by the
Court—Newell Found Guilty of
Forgery—Sentence Has Not Been
Passed in This Case.
, The report of the Forrest County
grand jury turned into court just be
fore the noon hour today has caused
much merited discussion.
Some of the recommendations con
tained in the report occasioned no lit
tle surprise among those present In
the court room, and the document is
the talk of the town this afternoon.
The most surprising feature of the
Teport is the mention of the danger
ous condition of the public school
buildings of Hattiesburg, publication
of which was made several weeks ago
in the columns of the Daily News.
This part of the report is _timely
and should result in prompt action on
the part of the trustees of the city
schools. •*
Another matter to which tjie grand
jury calls special attention is the con
dition of the county roads, and its rec
ommendation of the contract system
will meet with general commendation
The finding of seventy-three true
bills is not surprising. It is a good
showing, however, and marks the pres
ent grand Jury ns one of the best ever
-empanelled in Hattiesburg. •
V The following cases were disposed
r of in the circuit court Wednesday and
Thursday:
State vs. J. W. Newelt, rorgery;
found guilty and sentence reserved.
This negro forged a check and signed
the name of A. M. Booker, and suc
ceeded in passii g it. The bank cash
ing the check was repaid.
State vs. Jake Weidman, selling li
quor; pleaded guilty in five cases and
five cases were passed to the files;
sentence reserved.
State vs. Oscar Barnes, pleaded
guilty to carrying concealed weapons
in one cape and In one for exhibiting
deadly weapons and a nol pross was
entered.
State vs. Mark Williams, carrying
concealed weapons; found not guilty.
State vs. Will McCallp, selling li
quor; pleaded guilty, in five cases and
eight went to the files.
The entire time of court up to the
lime of going to press, had been o *•_
) cupied today hearing the case of Ed
I Bluelft, a negro charged with burglar
I izinig a store located on Sixth and Mo
- bile streets about three months ago.
The negro is being defended by W.
8 . Pierce aud Dan Currie. It will like
ly be finished this afternoon.
The two negroes, Cherry and Yowe,
charged with the murder of another
negro near the cracker factory some
time agt>, were discharged from cus
tody today, the ^rand Jury having
failed to find sufficient evidence to
connect them *Ith -the murder.
TWO STATES
STORMSWEPT
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Salina, Kan., May 22.—Mrs. Fred
Tothe, was killed and several persons
which
Several
ivere injured in a tornado
struck Lincoln last night,
houses were destroyed.
FIVE KILLED.
Albla, Iowa, May 22.—Five persons
are reported killed in a tornado which
swept over the southern part.of Iowa
yesterday. * ,
Forrest County's First Grand
Jury Has Made Its 'Report
The grand Jury for the present term of the circuit court adjourned
about 11:3Q this morning and reported as follows:
We the fl'Bt grand jury of Forrest County, beg to submit our re
port for the May term of court, 1908. *
We have examined 277 witnesses and found 73 bills.
We have Inquired carefully into the cases especially given us In
charge. . "
We find the publtp roads, by close investigation to be in'bad condi
tion. We recommend that the board of supervisors change the system
of working the public roads to that of contract system.
We have examined the County Farm and find it in good condition,
except the stockadeB are too small and insecure.
We find the county jail insufficient in size, but understand that the
board has plans for a new jail. We recommend that the cages of the old
jail be used on county farm.
Committee was appointed to investigate the condition of public
buildings of the city, find that the doors of all the school buildings, with
the exception of the South Mississippi College, not to be according to
law. We call special attention to the Main street school building, as the
furnace and doors are in a very dangerous condition. We recommend
that doors be made to swing both ways.
We have examined the books of the various county officers and find
them correct and kept according to law.
We thank the judge for his able charge, also district attorney and
other officers of the court for the courtesy and assistance rendered us.
Now having finished our work, we ask to be discharged.
G. M. KENNEDY,
Foreman of Grand Jury.
S. B. CONN,
Clerk.
DENTAL EXAMINERS
Jackson, Miss., May 22, 1908.
The state board of dental examin
ers did not finish their work of grad
ing the papers of the fifty applicants
yesterday, as they had endeavored to
do, but concluded the work this morn
ing,' after which they left for their re
spective homes.
The work of the present board has
been harder than in the past, both for
the applicants and for the examiners,
owing to the added practical work im
posed. Yesterday Representatives'
Hall in the state house bore the ap
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REF0RK NOTE AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
pearance of a gigantic dental parlor,
and applicants occupied not only all
the committee rooms, but a large
part of the main hall with dental
chairs, improvised as they were, and
the usual machines and paraphernalia,
doing actual work on the teeth of in
nocent victims.
TO ELECT OFFICERS.
Hearst News Service.
Kansas City. May 22.—The Catholic
Knights of Labor will elect officers at
today's session.
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VISCOUNT H0TTA, JAPAN'S NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE, AND THE NATION'S MONEY CRISIS
Japan's money crisis Is attracting worldwide attention and is the cause of deep rooted disaffection In the em
pire. As the parliamentary elections approach the financial question assumes overshadowing proportions The tm
tlon finds Itself confronted jy the necessity of a loan of 70.000.IXX) yen. and the prospects of obtaining the money are
gloomy. It Is openly charged by the Japanese public that the inability to nrike the loan is due to official conceal
ment of the exact condition of the nation's finances. Since last August forty banks In Jnpan have suspended;only
five of these have since resumed payment. Minister Hotta of the department of finance Is In dally communication
with finnnc-lnl men In America and Europe with regard to the grave money situation In his country.
Three Men Painfully Hurt, and
Foreman Dorsey's Injuries
May Prove Serious.
Yesterday afternoon there was a col
lision between two lever, or hand cars,
near the Northeastern station, both
cars belonging to the Northeastern
Railroad.
As the section force of the railroad
company were returning from their
work, and while running at a high
rate of speed for hand cars, the for
ward car, which was loaded with men
and tools jumped the track, throw
ing the occupants off the car, with the
tools, to the ground.
The second lever car was closely
following at a high rate of speed and
ran into'the derailed car, and there
was a general mix-up.
Assistant Foreman Dorsey had his
left shoulder fractured, chin cut, head
and right shoulder bruised. He was
carried to the offices of Drs. Cook &
Martin, who gave him Jgamediate at
tention. After dressing his wounds,
Dorsey was sent to his home at the
section house of the Northeastern. It
will be several weeks before he will
THE DAILY NE\VsJ
PROGNOSTICATOR I
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OUBY
Washington, May 22.-—For Missis
sippi: Partly cloudy tonight; show
ers and oooler in north portion; Sat
urday fair.
be able to resume his duties on the
railroad.
Two of the colored laborers were
bruised up considerably and were car
ried to the office of Dr. Bufkin, the
railroad surgeon, where he dressed
them. They are not seriously injured.
DEFIANT
Woman Who Wanted Divorce From
Senator Platt Happy Behind
Prison Bars.
Hearst News Service.
New York, May 22.—Laughing and
defiant, Miss May Wood, is now
in the Tombs prison facing change^
bf perjury and forgery growing
of her sensational divorce suit against
Senator Platt.
Miss Wood says that her life has
been several times threatened by Sen
ator Piatt and that she is not sur
prised that he has been instrumental
in sending her to jail.
Strike Sympathizers in Cleveland
Hurl Them at Innocent
Passengers.
Hearst News Service.
Cleveland, May 22.—Despite the
near approach of peace, three dyna
mite bombs were thrown by the strik
ing street car men or their sympa
thizers, early this morning. That no
fatalities resulted was due to the
faulty construction of the bombs.
SNOW TW 9 FEET DEEP.
Hearst News Service.
Butte. Mont., May 22.—Heavy loss
of sheep and lambs is reported from
Dawson County because of a blizzard
and the snow is two feet deep on the
level arid six feet in the drifts.
Trial of Former Police Inspector *
of New Orleans Who Tried to
Kill Editor.
New Orleans, May
former Police Inspector Whitaker for
trying to kill Editor Leveque was con
tinued this morning. He is expected
to take the stand himself this after
noon.
-The trial of
MUOUIDEs
SCORES INJURED
New York, May 22.—More than a
score were injured, eleven of them sp
seriously that they had to be taken
to the hospitals, in a collision of trol
ley cars on an up-town railroad this
morning.
MEADVILLE CITIZENS
REFUSE TO ARBITRATE
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., May 22.—The mem
bers of the railroad commission have
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relumed from Meadville, where they
went to look over the new depot sit
uation and arbitrate, if possibl^sthe
differences of opinion among the citi
zens with reference to the location
of the site.
No definite action was taken, the en
tire matter having been postponed
until the next regular meeting of the
commission, when it will be settled.
While it had been a question b«X
tween the citizens ast to whether the
ne# depot should be located at one
or the other of two points in the town,
and while the railroad company had
expressed itself a#being satisfied with
either of the two provided the cRI
could get together, an entires?
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Governor of Nevada Dies at His
Home in Carson City at 9:30
This Morning.
BORN AND REARED
IN OLD MISSISSIPPI
Went West When a Young Man and
Rose to the Highest Office Within
the Gift of His People—Only Recent
ly Reelected.
Hearst News Service.
Carson City, Nev., May 22.—Govern
or John Sparks died at his home in
this city at 9:30 o'clock this morning,
after an illness of several weeks. His
death was not expected and has oast
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a pall of sorrow over the Nevada cap
ital.
Governor Sparks was BT years of
age and a native of Mississippi. He
came to this state when a young man
and entered the practice of law, en
tering politics after he had distin
guished himself at the bar. He was
recently re-elected to another term
which would have expired in 1911.
He Is survived by a wife, daughter
and two sons.
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Hearst News Service.
Paris, May 22.—Six workmen were
instantly killed and forty-two were ter
ribly Injured in an explosion grhich
demolished a sugar refinery here to
day. ,
proposition entered into the calcula
tions when it was proposed to locate
the station at a point between the two,
where it would serve as a compromise
between the citizens, but where it
would cost the railroad company a
good sum of mon«y to grade down
a hill before a depot or side tracks
could be put in.
This latter proposition broutht »
protest frorn^ the road, and did hot
appear to be" perfectly satisfactory to
either faction of the warring populace,
although no formal protest came from
that quarter.
In fact it is apparent that the
mission bit off somewhat more than
it could chew in accepting the lnvlta
i tion of the citizens and the railroad
company to go down and decide th*
matter.
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