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VOL. II. NO 16
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY AFTERNOON IUNE 5, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THROWN DEFEATS SMITH
BY 15,000 MAJORITY
Atlanta Journal, Smith's Newspa
per, Concedes His Defeat
By Small Majority.
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THOMAS E. WATSON
CHARGED WITH BLAME
Smith Supporters Say That Populist
Leader Threw His Strength to
Brown— Business Men Resented
Smith's War On Railroads.
Hearst News Service.
Atlanta, Ga., June 5.—Unofficial but
fairly accurate returns received up to
noon today assure the nomination of
Joseph M. Brown over Governor,Hoke
Smith by at least 15,000.
The Atlanta Journal, Hoke Smith's
paper, concedes the election of Brown
in its afternoon edition, but says that
the majority will be materially re
duced by returns from the rural dis
tricts. The managers for Mr. Brown
are claiming a majority of 25,000 on
the face of the returns and say that
the rural vote will swell this consid
erably.
The vote was the heaviest ever be
fore cast in a Georgia primary election
and the count has been tedious. In
Fulton County, in which the city of At
lanta is located, Brown received a ma
jority of approximately 2,200, and this
despite the fact that he had no news
paper support. The Constitution and
Journal were both for Smith, while
the Georgian was not championing the
cause of either candidate.
Both candidates were pledged to
fl^nrohibition, but the Smith men
^^^Mlaimed that the liquor interests were
supporting Brown. This charge was
vigorously denied by the Atlanta
Georgian, the only daily newspaper
in the state which refuses to print
whisky advertising, and by the man
agers of Mr. Brown's campaign.
Governor Smith has conducted a re
lentless warfare against railroads and
other corporations and it is believed
that this had much to do with his d«
feat. Many - bankers, business men
and conservative citizens insisted that
his fight against capital had greatly
retarded the industrial develppment
of the state.
Mr. Brown said this afternoon: "We
have made a clean fight, free from per
sonalities, and the people of Georgia
have endorsed the Issue, not the mgn.
Of course I am glad. To be Governor
of 'Georgia Is an honor that any man
might esteem."
Governor Smith refused to talk. He
intimated that he might niajte a state
ment when the official returns were l!E
The supporters of Smith charge his
defeat largely to the work of Thomas
E. WatsOn, who issued a card the day
hers of the Populist party not to vote
before the primary, asking the mem
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Hearst News Service.
Denver, Col., June 5.—Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, daughter ~bf William
Jennings Bryan, was today elected
ERMIT ROOSEVELT
TO INVADE JUNGLES
Hearst News Service. .
Washington, June 5.—Kermlt Rouse
velt will accompany bis father, Presl
for Smith. He did not ask them to
vote for Hrown. It Is said that this
order of Mr. Watson's swung at least
40,000 votes for Brown.
LEWIS IS ELECTED
TO REMAIN AT HOME
Hearst News Service.
Atlanta. June 5.—One of the great
est surprises of yesterday's election
was the defeat of Congressman E. B.
Lewis, of the Thfrd District, who will
be succeeded by D. M. Hughes.
RetHrns thus far indicate-that all
of the other congressmen have been
re-elected.
KILLED AT
TALLULAH
was today sentenced to a life term in
the state penitentiary for numerous
local stealings, Including several bur
glaries.
Mill Superintendent Struck On the
Head By Falling Timber and
Instantly Killed.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., June 5.—The body of
Mr. Ernest Allen, a former resident of
this city and father of Mr. Ernest T.
Allen, cashier of the Capital Fertil
izer Company, reached the city last
night from Tallulah, La., where he was
accidentally killed yesterday while,
working in the Tallulah oil mill.
From the best Information obtaina
ble Mr. Allen was struck by a piece of
timber which was being hoisted in- the
mill with a block and tackle, and which
slipped and fell on his head, crush
ing him to Instant death. He was
superintendent of that mill, as well as
of another mill in Vicksburg, and had
gone to Tallulah to. look after some
repair work.
The body was met last night at the
train by a large number of local
Elks, by which order he will be burled
■ this afternoon, having been a member
ol Vicksburg Lbdge No. 95.
Mr. Allen had been a citizen of
Japkson for many years, but not re
cently, and has a large number of
friends in this 'city among the older
inhabitants.
PREACHER GETS
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR BURGLARY
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Moundsvllle, W. Va„ June 6.—Rev.
John H. Graham, itinerant preacher,
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delegate at large tb the State Demo
cratic^ convention, soon to be held at
Otenwood Springs. The honor came
unsolicited.
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WILLIAM B. PABSONS SCENES IN HAVANA, WHERE HE IS TO BUILD A $15,000,000
SEWER -SYSTEM.
Havana is to be fever proof if William Barclay Parsons anil the other engineering experts succeed with the
plans they have made for a $15,000,000sewer system In the Cuban capital. Mr. Parsons, the well known New York
expert, has Just returned from the island, where he went as consulting engineer to aid In the lask of planning a
system of sewers that will make Havana a healthful city. The contract for the work already lias been let, and the
construction is to begin nt once. Mr. Parsons says wbeu the drainage system Is complete it will equal that of any
other city in the world. Health experts declare that the sewers
lean firm obtained the contract for the work.
will eventnallj^do away with yellow fev
r. An Amer
LIGHTNING STRIKES RESIDENCE
SETTING THE BUILDING ON FIRE
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About noon today a severe electric
storm occurred and-the house of W. A.
Collins, 1212 Main street, was struck
by lightning.
The bolt struck the back roof near
the comb and set the house on fire. A
heavy rain was falling and this prob
ably saved the house from destruction
by fire. An alarm was turned tn and
Negro Brute Who Murdered White
Woman and Child is Riddled
With Bullets.
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Hearst News Service.
Shreveport, La., June 5.—After hav
ing been convicted of murdering Mrs.
Little Bond and her baby, Bird Coop
er, a negro, was lynched by a mob
Wednesday night. He was hanged to a
limb and his body riddled with bullets.
Ben Bankhara, a white man, arrested
and in jail as ( an accessory to the
crime, was not molested.
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New Zealand Parliament Has Ap
propriated Funds For Their
Entertainment.
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' Hearst News Service.
Auckland, New Zealand, June 6.—
Parliament will adjourn from August
1 to 14 for the festivities incident to
the visit of the American battleship
fleet. An - appropriation of 8,000
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the fire department hurried to the 1
scene, but it was unnecessary to turn J
the water on, buckets were used and j
the fire was soon extinguished. I
The family of Mr. Collins sustained ]
a, severe shock, but none of them j
were seriously hurt. *
The damage to the building from
fire was not considerable, but the
lightning did more damage, and splin
LANDSLIDE
Nine Northern Pacific Trains Are
Stalled Near Helena in
Montana.
Helena, Mont., June 5.—A landslide
at White Side in Flathead County to
day stalled nine Northern Pacific
trains? Several hundred passengers
are cut off.
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ITALIAN HORSE
WON ENGLISH RACE
London, June 5.—The Italian horse
Signorinetta won the principal race at
Oaks today.
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some damage to other parts of the
j building, hut not beyond repair, nor
I is it thought that the building was so
] damaged that it cannot continue to be
j occupied,
Currie were burnt out and seteral peo
pie in the <;ity felt the shock of the
electrical storm.
The fuses in the house of Rev. E. J.
Lackawanna Express Left the Rails
and One Car Went Over
Embankment
Hearst News Service.
New York, June 5.—Lackawanna ex
press No. 12 left the rails at Milligan
Junction, N. J., this morning. One
coach went over the embankment and
a number of passengers were injured.
PREACHER
Stat to Jail For Fraudulent Use
of the Mails. He Also
Sold Liquor.
Richmond Va., June 5.—Rev. James
T. Hargraves, an unfrocked Episcopal
clergyman, was convicted Iq the feder
al courts h'ere today for fraudulent, use
of the United States malls. He was
sentenced to eight months' imprison
ment and fined $600.
Hargraves is also under indictment
in the -state courts for selling liquor
without license.
Mr. Poet, of the Union Manufactur
SRany, is transact
Hfew Orleans and
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POLITICAL OUTBURSTS
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CLOUDBURST CAUSE8
twent' deaths, j
Mexico Cit** * ,une 5.—Word has just
his city that twenty lives
reache' 1
I^st and proi)erty damaged to the
extent of $20,000 by a cloudburst In
Juananato. It Is understood that one
of the Mexican tunnels has been
flooded.
Burke and Penrose Reach Chicago
With the Aspiration of
Philander.
Hearst News service.
Chicago, June 5.—The boom of Phi
lander C. Knox for the Republican
nominal ion for the presidency arrived
today in charge of Con-1
gressman Burke and Senator Penrose. ,
Senator Penrose, it is stated, will be
in Chicagi
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Little hope is enter
in charge of the Knox campaign head
quarters.
Operated On For Appendicitis and
Little Hope is Entertained
For His Recovery.
Hearst News Service.
Hempstead, N. Y„ June 3.—The con
dition of O. H. P. Belmont, who was
operated on yesterday for appendicitis
is unchanged,
tained for his recovery.
STREET SUIT.
The suit between the city of Hat
tiesburg and H. Mclnnis, relative to
the use of Jackson street, has been
before the chancery court this week,
but has not yet reached a conclusion.
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Hearst News Service.
Washington, June 5,—Taft's polit
ical managers claim 36 of the 54 mem
bers of the National Executive Com
mittee are avowed Taft men.
The boom for Senator Deliver, of
iowa,. for- Vice President, is assum
ing formidable proportions and men
DIG FIRE INSURANCE CASE
BEFORE CHANCERY COURT
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A suit in which something like $20,
000 is involved is before the chancery
court today. It is practically a suit
to resist the collection of some fire In
surance, though the case, as legally
stated, has had several evolutions, hav
ing been started in 1905.
The style of the present case Ib the
Hartford and other insurance com
panies vs. G. L. Hawkins, trustee.
The stilt resulted front the burning
of the Warren Gee Lumber Oomptny
at Mt. Olive a few years ago, and
certain interests had
)\r insurant*
Four Hundred Have Been Arrest
ed in Connection With Shoot
ing Capt. Dreyfus.
MARCHING STREETS
TO MARTIAL AIRS
Editor Who Fired Shots Says He Does
Not Regret the Act—Hie Indignation
Directed "More at Dreyfusism Than
at Dreyfus."
Hearst News Service.
Paris, jui.- A—Four-hundred arrests
have been made in
couiicoMon with
yesterday's attempt on the life of Cap
tain Alfred Dreyfus and the police is
still rounding up suspicious subjects.
Crowds of animated people gather in
the streets now and then, but they are
promptly dispersed by the officers.
Early today great throngs began
to niarch through the streets singing
popular airs. One formidable proces
sion of marchers was headed by a
band and its numbers increased until
the line was more than ten blocks in
length.
Threats are openly made this af
ternoon of volcanic political out
bursts and grave fears are enter
tained of a royalist plot or outburst
! of indignation. ' jS$|
M. Gregori. the editor who shot Cap
tain Dreyfus, says that he does not
regret the act. He admits that he in
tended to kill Dreyfus, but says that
his indignation was directed "more at
Dreyfujjjsm than at Dreyfus."
Captain Dreyfus' wounds are not
serious. His arm was penetrated in
two places by bullets from Gregori's
pistol, but no bones were broken and
he has suffered little pain.
When seen by a Hearst News Ser
vice representative, Captain Dreyfus m
said that he had no statement to make
at present.
The Davidson Company, J. S. Turner
& Co., Conner Shoe Company, S. &
H. Katz and S. H. Coplon all have
readable advertisements in this issue
of the News, which will pay you to
read before doing your shopping.
high- in the councils of the Republican
party are predicting that he will be
nominated on the first ballot.
The nomination of Doilver. It is ar
gued, would settle the differences be
tween the Cummins and Allison fac
tions In Iowa J>y seeding Cummins to
the senate along with Allison
made payable to Mr. Hawkins as tar
as interest appeared. The companies
combined to resist the payment of the
Insurance and the matter has been in
court for about two years.
The attorneys representing the In
surance companies are Amos Arm
stead and R. L. McLaurln, of Vicks
burg. The Warren Gee Lumber com
pany is represented by R. D. Ford, of
Scranton, and Mr. Hawkins'- interests
by 8. E. Travis and 8ulllvan * TaUy,
of this place. The case will occupy
the balance of the day.