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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY AFTERNOON IUNE II. 1908
VOL. II. NO 21
PRICE FIVE CENTj
Believed That Attendance On the
State Convention Will Be
Exceedingly Slim.
BRYAN ENDORSEMENT
IS ALREADY ASSURED
Delegates From State at Large Are
Also Agreed Upon by the Party
Leaders—District Contests May Be
Rather Spirited.
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Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., June 11.—Much less
than the usual interest is being mani
fested in the approaching state Demo
cratic convention, to be held here on
June 17, ^pnd hlthough Secretary of
State Power is placing additional seats
In Representatives' Hall for the occa
sion, it is freely predicted by those
who have' gone through the political
mill that in point of attendance at
least, it will be the smallest state
convention ever held in the state sine*
the reconstruction period.
While there are several reasons for
this prediction, the strongest one, per
haps, is that those Democrats who fa
vor Mr. Bryan's nomination feel that
instructions for him are so certain as
to obviate the necessity for any par
ticular activity, while those who are
opposed to him are willing to concede
him victory.
Another reason for the apparent
apathy is the fact that the four dele
40|Mtes to the Denver convention from
1Mb state at large have been prac
tically selected by the leaders in ad
vance, giving that feature of it a cut
and dried effect, the delegates being
Senator A. J. McLaurin, Senator-elect
John Sharp Williams, Governor E. F.
Noel and ex-Governor James K. Vai
daman.
There will, of course, be local con
tests from the various congressional
districts for the places on the delega
tion, but these, on account of their
local character, will not bring out the
general attendance which has charac
terized the state conventions of the
past, before the advent of the primary
election law, which has taken much
of the spice out of the gatherings,
although a good many dyed-in-the-wool
politicians
break themsfelves of the convention,
habit.
have not been able to
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COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE,,
■ As required by section.4858, code of
% 1908, at the Court House, to heftr any
complaint that the people of Forrest
County have to present against the
common Carriers in this state.
Yours truly,.
F. M. LEE,
' Commissioner.
PRETTY BRIDE KIDNAPPED -
BY SIX BOLD BANDITS IN
Hearst News Service.
^I^Hj^Spartansburg, S. C., June 11.-W. F.
of Jackson County, N. C..
SBHBHnms that while on his wedding tour
lie was robbed of his young wife by a
gang of six men, after he had been
bound, beaten and robbed.
Burns tells a graphic story of his
He and his
harrowing experience,
bride were crossing Panther Moun
tain on horseback, when tha six ban
dits emerged from the roadside and
qommanded them to halt All of the
men were heavily armed, but Burns re
ACQUITTED
Bat Will Be Held to Await Trial
On Several Other Serious
Charges.
Hearst News Service.
New York, June 11.—Raymond
Hitchcock, the actor, was this morn
ing acquitted by a jury on & a charge
of assaulting Misj Helen Von Hagan,
a young chorus girl. He was immedi
ately remanded to the Tomb3 tending
a decision as to the time of t -ial on
several other indictments of a like
nature. It is probable that he will be
allowed bail. This is the seconl ac
quittal that he has won on a like
charge..
TAFT HAS
Hearst News Service.
Chicago, June 11.—Taft delegates
from the Vlrst and Fifth Distri ;ta o'
South Carolina, were seated here this
tnorning. This gives Ta.'t 451 in
structed votes, just enouga to nomin
ate.
MAKE FIGHT
Hearst News Service.
Washington, June 11.— Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, left this afleinoon
fot Chicago, where he gees to make
a fight, for ihe ini'rlio: ii an anti
injunction p'nnk in the Republican
platform.
MISS GILLMAN
WEDS DANCER
Hearst News Service,
j S%n Francikco, June 11.—Miss Ruby
Giliman, stster of Mis. W. B. Coroy,
j was married here today to Chart s Ha
ger Dorn, a professional uaucer.
sisted / them. He was finally rendered
unconscious by a blow over lUo head.
Just how long he remained uncon
scious he does not know, but when ho
came to his senses the roboii s were
gone, his wife could not be found au.l
every cent of his money was missing.
A posse has been organized and
will scour the country in soaron of
the young woman. It Is not believed
that she has been murdered, hut that
•he is being held in captivity in the
hope that Burns can be made to give
up more money. Mrs. Burns is said to
be a very pretty woman.
WOULD RESIGN FAT SALARY
TO RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT
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J0HJT HATS HAMMOND, WHO IS A CANDIDATE F0H THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
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OHN HAYS HAMMOND, the noted mining engineer, who has announced
his candidacy fftr the Republican nomination for vice president, la a citizen
of Massachusetts und a native of California. Mr. Hammond is known through
out the world for bis expert knowledge of mining. The late Barney Bai-nato
of South Africa once remarked that Hammond could smell a gold rulne a
thousand miles off. Barnato induced Hammond to go to South Africa on the
scent of gold mines. Tile American engineer was accused of complicity in the
Jameson raid affair and was sentenced to death by the Transvaal republic, hut
finally was released on payment of a fine of $136,000. Mr. Hammond is said
to receive a salary of $000,000 a year from the Guggenheim syndicate as a
mining expert
BERG'S RAILROAD WILL
BE EXTENDED TO OHIO
RIVER WITHOUT DELAY
Daily News Special.
New Orleans, June 11.—President L. S. Berg, of the Mobile, Jackson
and Kansas City Railroa'd, ha3 given out an interview in this city m
which he states positively that bis road will be extended without delay
to the Ohio River.
''Sufficient funds are now in hand for this extension arid con
tracts will soon be let for the actual construction of tlie road," said
Jlr. Berg. "I have not determined at what point we will roach the Ohio,
but it will be between Thobes, and Evansville, where there is a bridge
across the Mississippi River."
Six People Seriously Injured in
Street Car Smashup in
Vi •• Cleveland.
Hearst News Service.
Cleveland, O., June ll.-^our pa u sen
gers and the conductor and mot n man
were seriously Injured today iu a
wreck of an electric car on Murray
Hill. It is supposed that a charge of
dynamite was placed on the trdek.
MR. COLLINS HAS RELAPSE.
Mr. R. N. Collins, who a as been
sick for some time with typhoid fever,
is reported as not doing well today.
His condition grew worse last night.
The questions the old man asks the
bay makes the boy suspicious about
dad's boyhood goodm ss.
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Washington, June 11.—For Missis
sippi: Partly cloudy; local showers
tonight or Friday.
Charges Against A. & M. Faculty
Will Be Probed to the Bot
tom, It is Said.
BUILDING CONTRACTS
WILL ALSO BE LET
Governor Noel Has Been Busy Exam
ining Reports on Work Done and
Contracts Soon to Be Awarded for
School.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., June 11.—Governor
Noel and State Superintendent of Edu
cation Power left yesterday for
Starkville, to attend the meeting of
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the board of trustees of the Agricul -1
tural and Mechanical College, which is
being held today. Both of these offi
cials are ex-officio members of the
board, and will spend the remainder
of the week at the Institution.
While the proposed investigatin'!
of the many rumors of internal dissen
tion among the members of the college
faculty, if carried to the extent con-1
template^ will take up a good por
tiou of the time, there are many other
matters which require a large amount
of work to dispose of.
One of the biggest of these jobs,
perhaps, will be the letting of con
tracts for the remainder of the build
ings and the other improvement work
around the college and the inspec
tion of the work already done.
The reports from this and the other
colleges on this character of work,
which reports are required to be filed
with the governor, have kept him rath
er busy duiHng the past few days—so
busy in fact that with the addition of
the usually large daily hatch of corre
spondence, he has been unable to at
tend to a large number of matters
in the office which, while they are not
of such a hurried nature as to justify
the dropping of such important mat
ters as are referred to in order to
reach them, are nevertheless of a good
deal of interest to the public.
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DAUGHTER AVENGES
DEATH OF HER FATHER
Sensational Aftermath to the Kill
ing of Percy M. Houston
at Tunica. *
LOWE SHOT DOWN
ON CROWDED STREET
Wounded Man Now in Memphis Hos-
pital, Where He Will Probably Die.
Woman Under Arrest at Her Home
in Tunica.
Hearst News Service.
Memphis, June 11.—J. T. Lowe, a :
prominent attorney of Tunica, Mlss.,J
was shot and probaKly fatally wounded
yesterday by Mrs. Una May Wein
stein, daughter of the late Percy M.
Houston, whom Lowe shot and killed
Mrs. Weinstein
several months ago.
Is under arrest at the home of her
mother In Tunica. Lowe was brought
to Memphis aboard a special train and
taken to a local hospital where an
operation was performed. Tonight his
condition is critical.
The shooting occurred on the princi
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MUST MOVE
Postmaster Pitts Gets Instructions
to Have Lot Graded For
New Building.
It is expected that the supervising
architect of the United States govern
ment will issue an order for the re
moval of the Auditorium
building
from its present site within a few days.
Postmaster Pitts has received in
sivuctions to get bids for tho survey
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I and giading of the lot, but this cannot
> be done until the A ,,clitorinui <
j moved from the lot and it is said that
' 1 ' 16 contract calls for sixty days' no
tice to the owner before this is done.
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That is the way Manager Bixter of the
Auditorium understands the matter.
Mr. Pitts says he is not sure whether j
it will require sixty days' notice or
W will
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ihe gr ' viiiil3 is
made the government architects can-!
thirty d • ys—that the departing
have to look into the contras*
Until w
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no* draw the plans and specifications
of the new p st office building, and i
this being the case, it will be at least
two months before work will begin on
the design.
. Manager Bixler intends to move the
Auditorium to the rear of the gov
ernment lot—it's present site..
RACING IS DEAD
IN NEW YORK NOW
Hearst News Service.
Albany, N. Y„ June 11.—The s'ate
senate this afternoon passed The emi
race track gambling bill so earnestly
advocated by Governor ijigl.av. This
makes race gambling a fbonv and
means death to racing in t.i.s state.
pal street of the town of Tunica. Ac
cording to tile statement of those who |
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accompanied the wounded man
Memphis, Lowe was standing on
sidewalk near his office talking to a I
uegro when Mrs. Weinstein, after pass
ing him, drew a pistol from the folds j
of her dress and fired twice. Only one
of the bullets took effect, entering
Lowe's back and passing entirely
through his body. The second s hV t
was diverted when a child,
panying Mrs. Weinstein, caught her
arm. Lpwe drew his weapon, it is
stated, as he turned, seeing his assail
ant a woman, did not fire. His wounds
were dressed at a nearby drug store
and the wounded man broughj to Mem
phis.
accom-
The killing of Houston was the out
come of a political controversy, Hous
ton assorting, it Is claimed, that Lowe,
after first supporting him for the of
fice of secretary of the Yazoo-Missis
sippi levee board but on the day of
the election, worked for an opponent.
When the men met several weeks
bit t' r , a heated colloquy followed, but
friends intervened. They met again
later the same day and the shooting
occurred, but as to the incidents im
mediately preceding it those who wit
nessed it differ, some asserting that
Lowe acted in^elf-defense, while oth
ers assert that the only move made by
Houston was to protect himself from
the bullet of his adversary. Lowe, at
the preliminary trial, was required to
enter into bond Jo await the action
of the grand Jury next September.
Eighteenth Annual Session of
United Confederate Veteran#
Closed Today.
MEMPHIS SELECTED
FOR NEXT REUNII
Atlanta Contended Zealously for N
Meeting, but Withdrew When
Georgian Was Named as Command.
in Chief.
Birmingham, June 11.—While ,
election of a new commander-in-eb
and the selection of another place!
meeting last night closed the bus!
features of the great reunion,
grand parade today was the most sj
tacular feature of the entire gather!
Thousands of old soldiers marc
the streets, packed
through
I.jammed on both sides with citizl
and visitors,
It is estimated that
less than 60,000 people witnessed j u
parade, and the concensus of opinion
is that this has been the most suc
eessful reunion ever held,
General Clement A. Evans, the new
commander in chief, sOon after the
parade, issu'd an order thanking the
city, the preen, the hotels and railroads
for their efficient maiyier of handling
the reunion. •
Birmingham, Ala., June ll.-—\V:tn
the selection of Memphis as the uext
place of meeting and the elcciiou of
General Clement A. Evans, of G-' cgia,
as the successor of General Stephen
D. Lee, the eighteenth annual reunion
of Confederate Veterans came to a
close last night.
Memphis and Atlanta contended vig
orously for the
Tennessee metropolis won by a nar
row margin.
General Evans, the ne commander,
is a man of pleasant address* and ranks
as one of the most h I . ,1 survivors
of the Lost Cause.
He is a native of Georgia and born
of North Carolina and Virginia revolu
tionary parents. He was graduatetd
from the Georgia law school and began
\ practice of law aM9 years of age. He
was elected judge of the oo.iuty court
: at 22. and state senator at 25.
The civil war Cttmmen J white he
was senator and. alt. one!; he war ex
empt front military service, he joined
a .company in his comity u January,
1861, and began his militi.v career.
next meeting ant the
He was first elected major
Georgia Regiment and then promoted
colonel. His regiment war it in T aw
t0H ' s brigade, afterwards Gordon's
General Evans succeeded
d mafl
list
brigade,
Gordon when hi wn
Beneral and again sure ied Oori-1
in command of the divi-km. His sd
vice was in the arm. of Northern Vi
ginia and he participated in all the
battles fought on the soil of Virginia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania. He
wounded five times, two of his woupds
being of a serious character.
In command of his division at Appo-
mattox, he made the hist fight, which
was after the surrender because he
had m>t received notice of the truce.
-.He had been active in Confederate re-
unions. having attended all except one.
He was commander of the Georgia di-
vision twelve years with the rank of
major general, succeeding Gordon ai
commander of lae
see department with the rank Of lieu-
tenant general.
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CATES CONVERTS 420
IN KOSCIUSKO REVIV,
Kosclusco, Miss., June 11.—Rev.
George C. Cates, after ten days' fruit
ful preaching, left today for the coast
for a few days' rest before resuming
his work elsewhere. There have been
420 conversions to date. The meet
ing will be continued by the local pa»
tors.