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TTUf HATTIESBURG NEWS Actual daily circulation over Complete Hearst .NEWSSERVICE.. 2,250 ' <" CIRCULATIOI^LARGER THAN ANY OTHER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI NEWSPAPER AND DOUBLE THAT OF ITS LOCAL COMPETITOR^ PRICE FIVE CENTS HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 5. 1908 VOL. II. NO 67 t Mob Took Him From Brighton Jail Last Night After Holding In dignation Meeting. TROOPS AND STRIKERS ENGAGE IN A BATTLE Firing Took Place in Inky Darkness and No Fatalities Are Thus Far Re ported-Martial Law fNow Seems •Imminent. * . Hearst News Service. Birmingham, Ala,, August 5.—Will Millings, the negro who Is alleged to have dynamited the homes of non union miners, was found hanging to the limb of a tree this morning. Millings was captured yesterday and placed in,the Brighton Jail last'night. The jailor says that he went to sleep the usual hour and that he knew. Kiothing of the coming of the mob. His f house is only a short distance from the ' jail, but the jail is a flimsy affair and the mob had no trouble in breaking tlm doors. It ig said that Brighton citizens held an indignation meeting early in the night, when strong resolutions were passed condemning the blowing up of homes occupied by non-union miners. Participants in this meeting deny that they had anything to do with tha lynch ing of Milling, but the officers are in vestigating. 1 b, ' Four other alleged dynamltetrs were captured by officers In Ensley this morning and it is understood that they will be brought to this city for safe keeping. Excitei*ent ig running high in the vicinity of Brighton and it would hardly be wise to take them to that place. TROOPS AND OFFICERS BATTLE WITH STRIKERS Hearst News Service. Lewlsbufg, Ala., August 5.—Troops and officers battled with strikers here last night. The fight took place in the dark and the firing was all at long It is said that several of the range. strikers were slightly wounded, but no fatalities have thus far been reported. The fighting took place In the woods on the mountain side. The entire striking district is great ly excited today and martial law is Imminent. OERUTY 8HERIFFS ■ ARE SPIRITED AWAY Birmingham, Ala., August 5.—3 p. xa .—At Jett mines Tuesday night Dep uty Sheriffs Lee and Routon, acting as guards, were kidnaped by a party 2.-"- f>. supposed to have been made up of strikers and their sympathizers, and spirited away. The two deputies were disarmed and tied to trees, where they remained all night. They were re leased this morning. , TH3 DULY NEWS PROGNOSTICATOR - % V i ttf. O Washington, August 5.—-Lo^ai show ers tonight or Thursday. / < ARMY OFFICERS . TAKE LONG WALK TO PLEASE TEDDY , Hearst News Service. San Francisco, August 5.—Seven anmy officers, all over the ages of fifty years, today completed the first day's walk of the fifty mile test prescribed by president Roosevelt. \ by president Senator IVilliam B. sillison Distinguished Iowa Citizen , Closes a Conspicuous Career it ■;■#***. ■ 1 1 V'f'YV. m tv &; i* t: : I meson A Sa'.v, Si k ■ ■■■ a At 3a a :■ r-'-VS'i MmL * i'A'V'i v\ :■ ■ pa v, L il TtWi y/l) % ■ ';5 iim - m ■■ ■a ' " ."j s y i mm Mn ■ * W/ff im ilt-i ■■■ m j lli ft ■ i-y m ' n im : 'y S - !■: \y 'V; IB Fl ■ '■mm. < v ' % fWm is ■ h 5? f. :/■ 'IM Ai a tV & X? . ■* p. of lY V jWJl t $4 k mm A\S August 5.—United i Dubuque, la., States Senator W. B. Allison died at I his home in this city last night. The immediate cause of his death | was heart failure. The end came as a his result of a serious sinking spell due to a prostatic enlargement, complicat ed with kldnay disease, and during a period of unconsciousness which had lasted since Saturday afternoon. Sketch or Life. Senator Allison was born at Perry, O., March 2, 1829, the son of John and Mary Allison. His boyhood days he spent on the farm, which was birthplace. Reaching young manhood, he secured his education in Allegheny College, in Pennsylvania and the West ern.Reserve College of Ohio. He was admitted to the Bar In 1850. From 1850 to 1857 He during the ctvli war and raised troops practiced daw in Ohio. lit 1857 he removed to Du buque, where he took up the practice of law. Senator Allison was a delegate to the Republican state convention in 1859 and to the. national RepubllcSn convention in Chicago' in 1860. was a member of the Governor's staff • CHAFFEUR ELOPES WITH DAUGHTER OF PIHSHURG WIDOW Hearst News Service. Pittsburg, August 5.—Daniel Stalley, a young chaffeur, today eloped with Adeline Zeigler, daughter of a wealthy widow. KERN WILL KNOW AFTER AUGOST 25 Indianapolis, Ind., August 5.—John Worth Kern will be officially notified of his nomination as the candidate of the Democratic party for vice pres ident on August 25. , Bryan speaks here on that date and will attend the ceremonies. William J. to fight for the integrity of the nation In 1863 he was elected to in 1861. til 187L In 1873 he was elected United States senator from Iowa, and repre sented his state in this oajacity until the time of his deatfi. In 1861 he was offered the poeition of secretary of the treasury of the United States by President Garfield, but declined to accept the office. In 1889 he again refused this office when offered him by President Harrison. For the third time he refused the office when it was offered him by President McKinley in 1897. In 1892 he was chairman of the in ternational monetary conference at Brussels. congress and served continuously un Mr. Bryan on Dead Senator. Lincoln, Neb., August 5.—When told of Senator Allison's death Mr. Bryan said: ''Mr. Allison has had a long and con spicuous career. While he has for many years been a leader of the party, he h^s enjoyed the confldenMgHH| country regardless of partyj^HMHI 1 death will be sincerely mour^B 2 ||| jjt | MISS FI KINS Will Sit mm] American Girl to Embrace Catholic Faith in Order to Marry Ital ian Nobleman. . Hearst News Service. London, August 5.—Cardinal bons today confirmed the report that Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter of Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, wilt embrace the Catholic religion before marrying Duke de Abruzzi. Gib KILLS SIX Hearst News Service. New York, August 5.—Six deaths and dozens of prostrations have oc curred in this city today as a result of the intense heat BANK CLERK I TAKES LIFE ' ^tearst News Service. New York, August 5.—Charles W. Wuestafeld, clerk itT'the Produce Ex change Bank, today stepped into the vault and blew out his brains. Two worthless checks signed by hint had just been cashed by a third party. Wuertafeld was just twenty years old and had the confidence of his asso ciates^i i WALKER MAY BUY FREEDOM Hearst News Service. Ney York, August 5.—It is believed that William F. Walker, the aged banker who is serving a peniten tiary sentence for embezzling mere than a half million dollars, will shortly purchase his freedom by partial restor ation of the stolen funds. I REPUBLICANS HOPE FOR RETURN OF PROSPERITY Hot Springs, Va., August 5.—The Re publicans have fully outlined their campaign to make voters, and a ma jority of them believe that chances of success will be improved as idle man ufacturing plants resume and the coun try becomes more prosperous. Taft will address the Virginia Bar As sociation here tomorrow. Mr. PALACE OFFICIAL STABS THE SULTAN 1 London, August 8.—A re^irt re ceived here today via Geneva says that a palace official stabbed the Sul tan of Turkey, who is now in a pre carious con^PMMj The report has ,not been officially confirmed. REPORT CONFIRMED. •vice. he report of Hearst News London, August 5. the attempt on the life joftheSultan of Turkey is conBr dispatch from Con palace gu official The have CHAS.W. MORSE S00NT0DEPOSIT »■«MM Hearst New* Service. New York, August 5.—Charles W. Morse has regained enough of his ldstj fortune to be able to deposit $2,000, 000. It is said that the money will he deposited in a few days. Securities held by Morse have recently advanced steadily in price and it is understood that he sold these at a handsome > profit. VETERANS MAKE VIGOROUS KICK Hearst News Service. Austin, Tex., August 5.—Camp Hood, United Confederate Veterans, today entered a formal protest against a cer tani arithmetic used in the public schools because it uses in various ex amples the names of Federal army officers prominent in the civil war to the exclusion of Confederates. IHIHIuRANTS IRE I NOT HUS j Hearst News Service. New York, August 5,—Immigration figures, jfist completed for the fiscal year ending June 30th, shows a vast falling off in arrivals at this port. It has amounted to almost 50 per cent., as against the figures for the fiscal year of 1906. Uup to July 1st, 585,970 aliens pass ed through Ellis island, last year, 1, 116,295 foreigners arrived here. In the fiscal year just ended approximately 600,000 foreigners left this city for their homes. For the first time in some years therefore the emmigratlon is greater than the immigration. Thousands Perish in Algeria Quake Hearst News Service Constantine, Algeria, August 5.— Thousands of lives were lost in yes terday's earthquake. The entire city is reduced to ruins, while the coun try for miles around is devastated TWENTY LIVES LOST IN ARIZONA LANDSLIDE Hearst News Service. El Paso, Tex., August 5.—It is re ported that floods and landslides have AIRSHIP BROKE FROM MOORINGS; SIX MEN INJURED Hearst News Service. Stuttgart, Germany, August 5.— Count Zepelin's airship broke from its moorings this morning while being repaired and sailed away with one end blazing. Six men were seriously hurt while trying to save the ship, two of them by jumping from the cabin as ij left the earth. Count Zepelln is among the injured, but his condition is not considered se rious. Uv j TUC - BEEN discriminating LITTLE GIRL STRUCK BY Lightning struck the residence of Mrs. E. M. Haynes at 400 Bay street, during the storm late this afternoon, seriously injuring her little daughter. The child was in the bath room, when the bolt of lightning came down the chimney and passed through the house. She was rendered unconscious for some time, but Dr. Carter arrived and administered restoratives. It is belived that the child will suffer no serious effects from the shock. ANOTHER HOUSE STRUCK. The home of Mr. T. Y. Hill was also struck by lightning and the roof j badly damaged but no one was injured. | The house is located on the corner of | Gordon and Pine streets. TEN THOUSAND MEN WALK OUT ON BIG STRIKE Hearst News Service. Winnipeg, B. C.. August 5.—The strike of 10,000 men in the mechanical department of the Canadian - Pacific Railroad was ordered here today and will he generally obeyed. Many thousands are homeless and the situation is rendered all the more serious by bands of bandits, who are murdering women and children and robbing the dead. French soldiers have been rushed to the scene with orders to shoot the bandits on sight. wiped out a large portion of the city At least twenty of Bisbee, Arizona, lives have been snuffed out and the property loss will approximate $2,000, 000 . F News Si August Dal whll race Fifty id on A imi have I clttfeet ied, net According to Report of the Finance Committee and Admissions Made By Cumberland. RIGHT OF ACTION The Telephones at the Hotel Hatties burg and Dead Head Telephones Should Not Be Counted as Subserib ■Individual Action Suggested. erj The report of the finance committee, to whom was referred the matter of in vestigating the charges of discrimin ation w-as read by Alderman H. Katz, at the city council committee and was signed by the full committee. From this report it will be seen that the Cumberland Telephone and Tele graph Company admits that it has not been following the law—that it has been discriminating. Taking the com pany's reports, the committee finds that the company fell short of soo for the months of October, 1907, and for March, 1908. For the two months mo- .tioned the company had no right to charge over $1.50 for residence phones and $2,50 for business house | phones. Where the company charged | more than these prices, those who paid them have a right to demand a return of the overcharge. It was stated by the chairman of the committee that it was the opinion of the members that the Cumberland had no right to count as subscribers the 150 phones in the rooms of the Hotel tele j in a! charge is made, and the equipment Hattiesburg and for which only a notn of which is furnished almost entirely by Capt. Jones. It was also the opin ion of the committee that the dead head 'phonej should not be counted as subscribers. According to the opinion of the com mittee all subscribers who have beeij discriminated against by being charged au increased rate since March. JL907, have a right of action against the Cum berland. The report of the committee ordered spread upon the minutes of the coun cil. Duplicate Report. To the Mayor and Board of Aldermi | of the City of Hattiesburg: A the undersigned members oflA finance committee, to whom wj^| signed the duty of ascertainb number of telephones in usei Cumberland Telegraph and H Company and also to inquj^f h-gcil diM-rimimitiniis i-mnpam rat.-s - 1 tiru-d^HB beg to it .--wii'i^HIII report: That ,n t..Hih d^ggS am! i - \ 11 • • i n • lit'- - .11 SSI 1 A H W 1 "] Cl