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VOL. II. NO. 103
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 18. 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Rufus Ousley is Landed in the Jail
at Kosciusko Without Aid of
the State Militia.
LAW WILL BE ALLOWED
TO TAKE ITS COURSE
Slack Brute Will Be Legally Tried and
Hanged for the Murder of a Promi
nent Young White Man Near Sallis,
in Attala County.
Jackson, Miss., September 18.—Gov
ernor Noel was in conservation last
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tala County, who advised him that the
negro prisoner, Rufus Ousley, had been
safely transported to Kosciusko with
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night with Sheriff Emmett Carr, of At
•out the aid of troops and without any
demonstrations on the part of the
friends of young Love, the man killed
by Ousley about three years ago.
The sheriff further stated that he
had been personally assured by rela
tives of the dead man that they de
sire that the law shall take its
and that the prisoner will suffer
harm at their hands.
Ousley's trial was to have been held
at Kosciusko on last Monday, but he
was being kept in another county and
for some reason the sheriff got the
Idea at the last moment that there was
likely to be a lynching as the officers
passed with their prisoner through the
town of Sallis, where the killing took
place. The trial was therefore post
poned and the governor communicated
with at once.
course,
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After going thoroughly over the
case with the Judge, however, Mr. Carr
decided that the presence of troops
would not be necessary, and yester
day, without letting the public know
what he was up to until it was all
over with, he personally conveyed the
prisoner tot he Attala county jail,
where he is being closely guarded
night and day.
About three years ago Ousley, who
Is regarded as a pretty bad negro on
general principles, was accused of
writing an insulting note to a young
lady in the neighborhood of Sallis,
and young Love, who was a relative
of the former sheriff of the county, ac
companied by two other men, went to
his house, or the house where he was
staying, to arrest him. They sur
rounded the house, hut young Love,
who was In the rear of the house, was
shot by the negro, who then made his
escape, and was only recently cap
tured by another negro in a nearby
county.
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
TO CLEAN SLUMS
FOR FIRST TIME
St. Petersburg, September 18.—For
the first time in the history of the
Russian capital, an order has been
issued for cleaning the slums of the
city.
BURGLARS ENTER
FUNNY MAN'S HOME
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Hearst News Service.
Danbury, Conn., September 18.—
Mark Twain's Italian villa at Redding
was entered by burglars early today.
They were caught packing up the sil
verware by the humorist's secretary,
Miss Lyon. They made a bold dash
for liberty with the loot, but were cap
tured after a chase of five miles.
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Mrs. C. A. Millner and her daugh
ter, Mrs. T. E. Martin and Mrs. Mar
tin's two sons, Harry and Millner, left
last night for a few weeks' visit to
Cartersville, Ga.
GLADYS CAUGHT
IN AUTO WRECK,
BUT NOT INJURED
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Vienna, September
learned here today that Count Scze
chenyl and the countess, who was for
merly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, were In
a serious auto smaBhup yesterday. The
machine was running at a high rate of
speed when the chaffeur lost control
and It dashed Into a stone pillar. The
car was completely wrecked and It Is
regarded as almost a miracle that the
occupants were not killed.
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BIRMINGHAM LAWYER
ATTACKS A WITNESS
Hearst News Service.
Birmingham, Ala., September 18.—
C. D. Ritter, a prominent young attor
ney, this morning attacked D. M. Gris*
wold, deputy constable in Judge
j Howze's division of the criminal court.
j A short iron bar was the weapon used
and Griswold received several wounds
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about the head, although physicians
say that he will recover. The attack
was caused by testimony which Gris
wold had given against Ritter's client.
Mr. Oscar A. Bennett left for Heldel
burg this morning to do some special
engineering work.
Soaked Her Clothes in Oil
Applied Match to Raiment
Then Ran Thru the Streets
Hearst News Service.
Mobile, ^la., September 18.—Mrs.
John Bradford, wife of a wealthy
tired shipmaster, this morning satur
ated her clothing with kerosene and
set it on fire.
With her clothes a mass of flames
from head to foot and soreaming at the
top of her voice she fled through the
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Accused of Murdering Wife ,
General Guard Preferred Death
London, September 18.—Unable to
bear the veiled accusations that he had
murdered his wife whose body, shot
through the head, was found in a
at Seven Oaks on August 24, Major
General Charles Edward Luard is be
lieved to have thrown himself in front
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This snapshop showing Charles F. M urpry, of Tammany Hall, shaking
hands with William Jennings Bryan.
TEST CASE
TO BE MADE
Sheriff of Yazoo County May Al
low State's Money to Remain
in Bank of Yazoo.
TREASURER EDWARDS
STILL STANDING FIRM
Will Not Receive Certificate of De
posit on Yazoo City Bank Because It
Has Not Deposited the Right Sort of
Securities.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., September 18.—
There is a possibility, in fact it ap
pears to be a probability, that there
will be no litigation following the ac
tion of State Treasurer Edwards in
refusing to honor the receipt of the
Bank of Yazoo City for state deposi
tory under the new depository law.
This apparent probability grows
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streets of the city, creating the wild
est excitement.
Hundreds of people crowded into the
street and tried to head off the fleeing
human torch as it wended its way
through the down town district.
The woman was finally captured by
firemen and the flames extinguished,
but not before she had been fatally
I burned.
of a train on the Southwestern Rail
road this morning, being ground
death.
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Early yesterday the coroner's
lane!jury which had been investigating the
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] with the intimation that
might be expected shortly.
Luard, adjourned
an arrest
IVright and His Big Airship Fall 75 Feet;
Passenger Killed, Aeronaut Seriously Hurt
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Washington, D. C., September 18.—
Orville Wright, inventor and manipu
lator of the most successful airship
that the world has yet known, Is con
fined in Fort Myer Hospital, suffering
from a fractured knee, several broken
ribs and frightful bruises about the
head and face—all sustained late yes
terday afternoon tvhen his monster
airship collapsed while seventy-five
feet in the air and came to the ground
with the speed of a rocket.
Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge,
wl o occupied the airship with Mr. j
Wright, was fatally injured and died at
8:10 o'clock last night without regain-j
ing consciousness.
Fully "000 horrified spectators wit- j
ntssed the accident. The machine was
making good headway against a stiff
breeze, when it suddenly turned over
on its side and started toward the
earth.
Both men were pinioned under the
debris of the wrecked machine and
the military formed a cordon around
the wreckage until they could be ex
tricated.
Wright regained consciousness dur
ing the night and sent a cablegram to
IT WAS ALL
A MISTAKE
About the Big Lumber Deal That
Hattiesburgans Had Pulled
Off in Louisiana.
DENIAL FROM SEVERAL
GENTLEMEN INTERESTED
Not Even an Option of the Timber
Land Has Been Secured and the
Matter Is a Long Way From Being
''Biggest Lumber Deal of Years."
To a representative of the Daily
News, Messrs. A. S. Carr and J. M.
Foley this morning stated that there
was no truth in the statement that has
been made public that they had .pur
chased an immense amount of timber
larxj in Calcasieu parish. La„ or that
they had secured tne option thereon.
The statement given currency was to
the effect that the deal had "practical
ly been closed," carrying a stumpage
of 375,000,000 feet and that the money
needed to swing the enterprise was
$1,500,000.
The gentleman interviewed, said
that the matter had only been dis
cussed among a few and that no op
tion had been obtained, much less a
deal clftsed, and it was not probable
that any option would be obtained;
that it took months to consummate
such a deal as had been suggested and
the mere fact that the matter had been
discussed among them did not mean
that there was a deal on.
The gentlemen were very much sur
prised that publicity should have been
given to the matter without more
The
foundation for its corectness.
statement made herein is as far as
anything has progressed and all there
is to the story.
his brother at Lemans, France, saying:
"I am all right." The same message
was sent to his mother and sisters at
Dayton, Ohio.
An examination of the wrecked ma
chine showed that one of the propeller
blades had snapped. A deep indenta
tion of the broken piece showed that
it had struck some other part of the
machine with terrific force.
ORVILLE WRIGHT IS
Wright, injured in yesterday's acci
dent of his aeroplane when Lieutenant
j Selfridge was killed, is resting easy to
day and his physicians say that he will
recover unless some unlooked-for com
plications arises.
RESTING EASY TODAY
Washington, September 18.—Orville
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The Wright brothers will continue
their efforts to conquor the air. This
was made plain by a statement of Or
ville Wright today and also by a cable
from his brother, Wilbur Wright, who
is making experiments at Lemans,
France.
The war department this morning
gave instructions that the spot at Fort
Myer parade grounds where the aero
plane fell, be marked with a view of
erecting thereon a monument to the
memory of Lieutenant Selfridge.
INFERENCE HELD
ABOUT GRADES
A conference was held this morn
ing between Supt. Flanagan and Civil
Engineer Haugh, representing the
Northeastern, the city officials, and the
traction company officials, with refer
ence to the street grade at the Main
street crossing. On the north side of
the crossing the grade was placed too
high when the street paving was put
down, and it is rather low on the other
side.
It was decided in order to make the
street so that the traction company
could use it for street cars that it
would be necessary to lower the grade
of the street for about sixty feet or
more on the north side and to raise
t slightly on the south side.
This work will have to be done by
the traction company according to the
erms of Its franchise. There has been
a ''jump off" at the railroad tracks
that has often given the fire wagons
heavy jolts and others have felt the
effect of it.
TO HOLD MEETING.
Rev. R. L. Campbell, qf this city, and
Rev. W. B. Bingham, of Mt. Olive,
will begin a series of meetings in the
Presbyterian Church at Seminary Sun
day.
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Alleged to Have Stolen $60,000
From Pike County Bank and
Trust Company.
IS ADMITTED TO BAIL
IN SUM OF $5,000
W. R. Caston of McComb City, Must
Stand Trial Before the Pike County
Circuit Court
Have Able Counsel.
at Magnolia—Will
grand jury has returned an indictment j
Daily News Special.
Magnolia, Miss., September 18.—The
against W. R. Caston, of McComb City, |
for embezzlement. Caston was cashier
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of the Pike County Bank and Trust j
Company at the t(me of its failure last
spring, and had occupied that position
since the establishment of the institu
tion several years ago.
The report of the expert accountant, 1
who examined the books of the bank,
showed a shortage of more than $60,
000. Caston came down from McComb
this morning, on being apprised of the
indictment, and reported to the sheriff.
He was at once placed under a $5,
000 bond, which he readily gave, with
Charles Epstem, A Harmes, J. W. Gat
lin, T. W. James, Louis Heidenreich
and S. A. Simmons as sureties. Judge
V.'ilkinson has set the case for call
next Monday morning, at which time it
will be set for trial and the defendant
arraigned. •
Caston vill be defended by Cassedy
& Cassedy. end possibly other attor
neys.
Attorney J. T. Gatraway, of Sumrall,
was in the city
THAT NEW
STATION
Is Not Far Off, Tracks Being Built
to Carry Material to
the Site.
HIGH OFFICIALS OF
ROAD HERE TODAY
Supt. Flanagan Says That Business la
Gradually Picking Up
Lumber Gets to Moving the North
eastern Will Be Ready for It.
and When
Superintendent S. E. Flanagan and
Engineer Haugh, or the Northeastern
Railroad, were in the city this morn
ing.
While here Mr. Flanagan and Mr.
Haugh inspected the grading work
that was being done for the new pas
senger station and expressed them
selves as well pleased with the prog
ress that had been made and with the
work. The grading is now nearing
completion, and the work of putting in
! a new track across the graded portion
j of the lot is the next thing. The pre
j paratory work for putting in the new
track has largely been done east of
the Gulf and Ship Island. This will be
the main line track and will extend
across the baseball lot and intersect
the present main line near the bridge
over Gordon Creek.
In addition to this a spur track from
the Northeastern to a point near the
Gulf and Ship Island will be put in.
Superintendent Flanagan stated that
the purpose of building these tracks
was that the company might have a
way to haul its material to the site of
the new station. He said that the
work of building the depot would not
be delayed at all if the company could
help it; that the road had some other
improvements to make, but they were
very anxious to build the new station
here. From the tenor of Supt. Flan
agan's talk, it may be safely assumed
that the new passenger station will be
commenced very soon after the grad
ing is completed and the new track is
put down.
Supt. Flanagan stated that there
was some improvement in business,
but not as much as he had hoped. He
said that the cotton crop was moving
right along. He stated that the com
pany was preparing to handle a big
lumber business, but as yet it had not
started. He thought that with the
large number of cars that were being
rebuilt here that the company's shops
could handle the balance of the work.
HEIDELBERG
HAVING SURVEY
Reports from Heidelberg are to the
effect that the old town is awakening
from its long slumber and is taking
on new life. Just what has caused this
is not known, only that the good peo
pie of that, town intend to have it un
derstood that they are still on the
map.
In fact, arrangements are already
being made to have the entire town
surveyed and a map made thereof.
to survey and make a plat of a sub
division,
In addition to this Mr. C. A. Ben
nett, of this city, has been engaged
Heidelberg is a good little town and
composed of some of the finest people
in the world and any step toward prog
ress will be welcome news.
CHOLERA SITUATION
IS MUCH IMPROVED
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Manila, P. I., September 18.—The
cholera situated here Is improving
steadily and it is believed that the epi
demic will be a thing of the past be
fore the arrival of the American battle
ship fleet.