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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. TUESDAY AFfERNOON IUNE 2. 1908
VOL. II. NO 13
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Hearst News Service.
Cuba, Kan., Jiyie 2— Four masked
walked into the State Bank of
men
Cuba directly 'aifter 9 o'clock this
morning, covered the cashier with
their revolvers and took $8,000, all of
the cash in the bank except a tew
hundred dollars In silver.
From the bank the four iflen walked
across the street to their horses and
disappeared, leaving only a cloud of
dust behind them.
The sheriff immediately organized
a posse and went in pursuit of the flee
ing bandits," who had disappeared
At 1 o'slock this
across the plains,
afternoon no traces of them had been
found.
MUST WAIT
Italian Court Decrees That He
Cannot Wed Miss Elkins Un
til Next Year.
Hearst News Service.
Rome, June 2.—It is announced here
today that the Italian court will punish
Duke D'Abruzzi for his infatuation for
Miss Elkins by preventing the mar
riage for a period of at least one year.
The duke made strenuous efforts to se
cure consent for a speedy marriage,
but failed to do so. He is said to be
V willing to wait, however, provided
s ^J4Miss Elkins is will to sanction the de
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JILTS ABRUZZI.
Rome, June 2.—It is believed here
that Miss Katherine Elkins has reject
ed puke Abruzzi and tWht her rejec
tion is the real cause of the postpone
ment of the weddthg.
COLUMBUS ELECTS
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Dally News Special.
^Columbus, Miss., June 2.—Little in
terest was manifested in the city elec
tion yesterday. There was no opposi
tion except In Wards 3 and 6. L. A.
Vaughn received 262 votes and J. M.
Walker 88 in Ward 3, and In Ward 6 J.
W. Stansel received 82 to 206 for J. W.
ELECTED U. S
Portland, Ore., June 2.—Prohibition
in yesterday's state election wher
Issue and more than half of
will be dry after January 1.
won
ever an
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CLARKSDALE PLANTER
GHARGED WITH PEONAGE
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Clarksdale, Miss., June 2.—W.
Helrin, of the firm of Clark, Herrin &
Co., of Clarksdale, and a planter of
Tunica County, will be tried in the
federal court at Oxford this week on a
charge of peonage. Mr. Herrin, It Is
claimed, unlawfully detained Italian
TO DEATH
Woman Jumped From Burning
Building and Her Head Struck
the Pavement.
New York, June 2.—Mary Beltrane
was killed outright and six others se
riously burned in a West Twenty
Twenty-third street tenement Are here
today. Mrs. Bertrane Jumped from
the roof of the two-story building to
the ground and her unlaced shoe
caught on a window shutter and
turned her body so that her head
struck the pavement.
DILOXI MAN
DREAKS LEG
Daily News Special.
Biloxi, Miss., June 2.—George Par
ker, son of Captain James Parker,
of Loraine, sustained a broken leg by
a rail falling on it today at Bay St.
Louis, where he was employed as
straw boss in the bridge gang on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He
ip in a sanitarium here. He was mar
ried two months ago.
Mr. J. P. Smith, of Janice, is in the
city today on business. While here
Mr. Smith was an agreeable caller at
the Daily News office.
H. S. Donnell was reflected
Steen.
mayor and John A. Snell, D. S.' Mc
Clanahan, B. A. Weaver and E. S.
Moore succeed themselves as aider
men. W. C. Gunter, W. H. Puckett, W.
S. Newby and Brooks McGowan were
re-elected school trustees without op
position.
i Gov. Chamberlain, Djmocfatlc can
dldate for United States senator, won
I a sweeping victory. Chamberlain Is
'"a. native of Mississippi.
laborers on his Tunica County farm
last spring, and has since been under
a $5,000 bond pending the action of the
court. This was one of the cases re
sulting from the investigations of Mrs.
Quackenboss during her visit to the
South last year.
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SECRETARY TAFT ADDRESSES MEMORIAL DAY THRONG AT GRANT'S TOMB.
Wllllgin H. Taft, secretary of war. was the principal speaker at the Memorial day exercises in New York, re
viewing tile big parade of war veterans, soldiers, national guardsmen nud civic societies. He made Ills address
at the tomb of General Grant, on Riverside drive, and waa listened to by a great throng of people. Beautiful River
side drive Is always the seene of the Memorial day exercises anil reviews.
on the march toward Grant's tomb and In plain view of the Hudson river and the Palisades for many
The pnrndeB pnss the Soldiers aiul Sailors'
moiui mem
TO HAGO FIRM
This morning the Board of Super
visors closed another and new contract
with John Nuveen & Co., the Chi
cago bond brokers for the sale of the
$40,000 jail bonds.
It will be recalled that at its May
term the board repealed all orders re
lating to-the contract with this firm
because they were so slow about com
ing across with the money and notion
of the intention to make a new bond
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But John Nuveen & Co. had ,Mj\ P.
H. Saunders, of Laurel, down to confer !
with the board yesterday and it was j
decided to enter into a new contract*
Issue was given.
with the Arm.
The firm has agreed to have the
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Hearst News Service.
Washington, June 2.—The govern
ment cotton crop bulletin says: ..The
area planted jn cotton in the United
States this season (1908^ Including
that planted and expecteato be plant
ed is abopt one-tenth of one per cent,
greater than the area planted in 1907,
thus indicating an area of 32,081-,000
acres as compared with 32,060,000 in
1907. The condition of the crop on
May 25 was 79.7 per cent, as com
money here at the July term of the
board, and interest is to begin from
June 1 instead of February 1. The
bonds are sold at par and bear 5 per
cent, payable annually, instead of
semi-annually.
Another important change is that
the bonds are no longer optional—
I that is, payable whenever it suits the
i county to pay for them, but they must
j run for twenty yet^|?.
As stated, it
board will hav^ the money in hand
July 1, but it is not definitely known
! whether thOy will advertise the con
j tract for the const ruction to be let
at the July term or not.
This settles the bond issue, it is
expected that the
believed.
pared with 7<105 and 84.6 per cent, in
1906 and 1907 and 82.3 per cent, aver
age condition on May 25 of preceding
ten Tears.
ENGINEERS CHOOSE OFFICERS.
Hearst News Service.
Columbus, O., June" 2.—The Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers today
elected J. H. Baker, of Columbus, O.,
giaed guide, and G. R. Donty, of Bos
ton, g- and chaplain.
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Hearst News Service.
St. Thomas, Dwights Island, June 2.
—One fatal case of bubonic plague and
two suspicious cases are reported
here. Much alarm is manifest.
SEVEN NEW CASES
REPORTED AT LAGUAYRA
Washington, June 2.—Seven new
cases of the plague are reported at
Laguayra. Great alarm is felt and
drastic measures are necessary to curb
the spread of the disease.
BRYAN GETS NEBRASKA.
Omaha, June 2-.—W. J. Bryan se
cures Nebraska. Every delegate to
the national convention was instruct
ed for him today.
f"THE DAILY NEWS ||
PROGNOSTICATOR
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Washington, June 2.—For Missis
sippi: Partly cloudy with showers to
night or Wednesday.
PRECINCT MEETINGS HELD
AND DELEGATES APPOINTED
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CANCELS
HIS DATE
Bryan Thinks It Unwise to Invade
Johnson's State to Deliver^
An Address.
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Hearst News Service.
Minneapolis, Minn., June 2.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan today cancelled
his engagement to address the stud
ents of Minnesota University Wednes
day evening. In his letter cancelling
the engagement he said that he
deemed it unwise to speak in Minne
sota at this time.
NEW DANK
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Daily News Special. ' |
McComl. City. Miss., June 2.-Th« .
Mechanics National Bank has been or
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ganized in this city with a paid up
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capital of $50,000.
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Water Valley Postoffice is Burgal
ized of Snug Sum Last
Night.
Daily News Special.
Water Valley, Miss.. .Tune 2.—The
most daring robbery this cl*' has ever
known occurred here last night when
the safe in the postoffice was blown
j open and rifled. It contained about
| $500 in cash, but the silver was un-l
• molested and left scattered over thl
floor.
TURKISH FLAG FLOATS
OVER GOVERNOR'S PALACE
AUSTRIAN NAVV TO RESCUE
Hearst News Service.
Athens, Greece, June 2.—Turkish
warships this morning shelled the
Island of Sames and the sultan's flag
now floats over the Governor's palace.
Fighting was fierce for several hours,
but the land batteries were entirely
SAID TD BE BREWING
Washington, June 2.—Revolution Is, the
feared in Panama if Senor Arias is j L°
elected president of the Republic on |
July 11. Direct threats are being
made by the natives and it is said
here today that it is not improbable
that the United States may be com
pelled to interfere.
SQUIRES IS COMING.
Hearst News Service.*
Colon, June 2,-Minlster Squires of
the Panama state department, sailed
today tar the United States to consult
Mass Meeting Held at the City
Hall and Court House to
Select Delegates.
SEVENTEEN DELEGATES
SELECTED FROM EACH
To Attend the Delegated County Con
vention to Be Held at the Court
House in the City of Hattiesburg
June 9.
The first of the two mass meetings
to be held in the city this morning
under the call pf the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee was held
at the city hall.
Mr. A. E. Cherry was made tempo
rary chairman and stated the object of
the meeting.
After this Paul Johnson was made
permanent chairman and A. C. Ayles
worth was elected secretary.
*
There was nothing for the meeting
to do, but select seventeen delegates
to attend the delegated county conven
| tioa ° n ,? une 9 ' „
. A ballot was had the M 0Wing
deiegates were sel e ^: J. Er Davis,
Dr. E. Dill, A. C. AvttsWorth, Dr. T. E.
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Ross, Paul Johnson, John Williams, A.
C. Cherry, W. N.' Hurt, I."FT. "C. Cook,
S. E. Travis, H. C. Greer. B. D. Moore,
J. E. Arledge, George Derrickson, T. J.
Jackson, C. W. Rich and J. V. White.
A motion to adjourn was then made
end carried.
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
i The meeting of the voters of the
: court house precinct was held shortly
after the adjournment of the meeting
I at the city hall.
On motion of R. S. Hall, J. C. Barks
dale was called to the chair and W. S.
Pierce was made secretary.
A motion was made and carried to
make the temporary organization per
manent.
The following delegates were select- *
ed to the delegated county conven
tion. after which the meeting ad
journed:
R. S. Hall. W. S. Pierce, J. D. Mor
gan. D. M. Watkins, Geo. D. Mclnnis,
J C. Barksdale. J. E. Rawls, H. S.
Stevens, T. J. Mixon, Judge W. II.
Cook, W. A. Johnson, A. A. Montague,
A L. Bennett, E. A. Anderson, M. J.
Epley, H. Katz, Dr. J. D. Donald.
unable to repel the attack.
The victory is the greatest in the *
history of Turkish naval warfare and
its effects may be far-reaching.
It is understood that Austrian war
ships have been ordered to the scene
and further fighting Is feared.
the authorities at Washington relative
L° fi uch intervention as may be thought
necessary to preserve order in the ap
proaching elections.
FIVE STARTERS
IN LATONIA DERBY
Cincinnati, O., June 2—Only five
horses sre certain starter, in the Ln
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