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VOL. II. NO. 101
HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 26, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HASKELL HAS RESIGNED
FROM NATIONAL COMMITTEE
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Yields to the Demands of the Press
and People and Voluntarily
Gets Out of the Way.
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HE STILL MAINTAINS
THAT HE IS INNOCENT
But Does Not Desire to Embarass the
Party.—Action Was No Surprise As
Party Leaders Had About Decided
On His Retirement.
Chicago, September 26.—Governor
C. N. Haskell at mldnlghY resigned as
treasurer of the Democratic National
Committee. His resignation was an
nounced by himBelf three hours after
■ his arrival in Chicago trom Guthrie,
Okla., and after he had conferred with
officials at the Democratic national
headquarters.
In giving out his decision, Mr. Has
kell, in response to a question, de
clared he did not desire to be respon
sible for any embarrassment which
might result to the Democratic party
by his retaining the office of treasurer.
That his resignation is the direct re
sult of the charges made against him
by W. R. Hearst and President Roose
velt, Mr. Haskell admitted. At the
same time he did not by his resigna
tion intend to admit that any of the
charges were true.
When Mr. Haskell arrived in Cht
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C. Vl. Haskell, Governor of Oklaho
ma, late treasurer of the National
Democratic Committee, who is in
volved in the recent Standard Oil
exposures.
cago at 9 o'clock tonight he. declared
he had not then resigned and that Mr.
Bryan had not asked him to resign.
Speaking to a crowd of reporters
he said: "If you have any questions
to ask, put them on paper."
He then went from the station to
the Democratic headquarters at the
Auditorium Annex. When a list of
questions was handed him, he retired
to his room, saying he would give put
any answers later. In his room he
was closeted for a long time with Na
tional Committeeman Wade, of Iowa,
and Josephus Daniels, chairman of the
Democratic Press Committee.
It was midnight when Mr. Haskell
reappeared from the r6om. He had
In his hands a written resignation ad
dressed to National Chairman Norman
E. Mack, and the answers to the ques
tions which had been given him.
"I have written my answers," he
said. "They will explain themselves."
After giving an affirmative reply to
Vardaman s Estimate
of Governor Haskell
In today's number of The Issue, James K. Vardaman, who was a
delegate to Denver, gives hts estimate of Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma.
Among other things, the editor of The Issue says:
One of the Inexplicable Incidents to the Denver convention was the
prominence given this man. Just how he succeeded in winning the com
plete approval ofMr. Bryan Is an lnscrutible mystery to me. He was
elected chairman of the committee on resolutions and for some reason,
or-no reason at all, he was chosen to close the debate on the resolution
to expel Guffy, of Pennsylvania, from the convention. The speech made
by Mr. Haskell following the able argument of the attorney general of
Maryland was disappointing In the extreme. It was nothing but fustlon,
fuss and perspiration.
In the convention wno was not better fitted mentally for the exalted
position of chairman of the resolution committee than Haskell.
Measured by that speech, there was not a man
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John D. Arohibold, the Sta'ndard Oil
official with whom Senator Foraker,
and former Representative Sibley, had
some correspondence which has been
recently made public and resulted in
Senator Foraker retiring from the Re
publican campaign.
the question whether he had resigned,
but denying that Mr. Bryan had asked
for the resignation, the questions and
answers read aB follows:
"Do you know whether Mr. Bryan
knew of the charges made against you
by Mr. Hearst before you were ap
pointed treasurer?"
"I do not see how he could have."
"Do you think .your further connec
tion with the campaign, regardless of
the truth or falsity of the charges,
would tend to embarrass Mr. Bryan
or injure his chances?"
' "It might. At any rate I would not
be a good citizen If I risked any em
barrassment in the light of the honest
people against the splints."
"Do you Intend to reply to Presi
dent Roosevelt?"
"I have not done so yet."
"Do you Intend to renew yonr de
mand for an Investigation of the
charges?"
"How can I? Roosevelt admits he
did not tell the truth."
In answer to a series of questions as
to his relations to the citizens' al
liance said to have been organized at
Muskogee, Okla., to fight the local la
bor iftiions, Mr. Haskell dented that
the alliance was ever formed.
In reply to questions concerning the
Standard Oil,Company, he repeated
his former denials of ever having had
anything to do with that sompany.
Mr. Bryan is due to arrive in Chica
go at 6:07 this morning. Whether he
and Mr. .Haskell will meet, was not of-'
flcially stated at Democratic head
quarters. Mr. Bryan is scheduled to
remain here for only two hours, when
he Is to leave for Madison, Wis.
The resignation of Governor Haskell
as forwarded to Chairman Mack IS as
follows:
"Hon. Norman E. Mack, Chairman
National Democratic Committee,
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"My Dear Sir—In' pursuance of In
formation as to your date for saturn
here when I went home before, I as
sumed I would find you here upon my
return today. I now learn that you
will be detained in the east until Tues
day, and as I must he home Monday,
I leave tomorrow.
"Since the President and his cabi
net have joined forces with Mr. Hearst
and three Wall Street brokers to make
a personal fight against me, notwith
standing the President in his answer
Continued on Page Four.
Taft Is Hobnobbing
With the Oil Trust ,
Says J. B. Foraker
Cincinnati, O., September 26.—Senator Joseph Benson Foraker has
given out a long answer to the charges made by Hearst and reiterated
by Roosevelt.
In the course of his address, Senator Foraker charges Taft with
sorting with the oil magnates himself, and Roosevelt is accused of
truthfulness. In fact Foraker says the president's actions Indicate a
guilty conscience.
Regarding Candidate Taft, Senator Foraker says:
"Only one month ago, when Mr. Taft visited Middlebass Island
and Toledo, he was the guest of Mr. C. T. Lewis, of the law Arm of
Doyle & Lewis, who have been the attorneys of the Standard Oil Com
pany for many years, standing next In rank In that relation to Mr. Virgil
P. Kline, and when Mr. Taft had occasion to pass back and forth be
tween Middlebass Island and Toledo, where I had the pleasure of
meeting him, he traveled In the yacht of Mr. Richardson, a prominent
magnate of the Glass Trust, and, while he doubtless paid his fare, at
least, the papers so announced, when traveling from Hot Springs to
Toledo on his way to-Middlebass Island, yet, nevertheless, he rode in
the private car of one of the officers of the road, of which also
Messrs. Doyle & Lewis are attorneys. What a series of unpardon
able crimes!"
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UNCLE SAM CAN
UCK THE EARTH
Washington, September 26.—A new |
high-power powder and projectile i
which will carry 75 per cent, further I
than the largest projectiles of any I
other army in the world has been de-1
GROVER CLEVELAND LETTER
DECLARED CLUMSY FORGERY
New York, September 26.—F. S.
Hastings, administrator of the estate
of the late Grover Cleveland, has
written a letter to the New York
Times in which be says that he is now
positive that Cleveland did not write
the letter published on August 30 in
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POWERS IS
IN WRECK
State Superintendent of Education
is Slightly Injured in Smash
up Near Akerman.
THREE TRAINMEN
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Almost a Miracle That No More Harm
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Was Done.—Mr. Powers Gives First
Complete Account of the Disaster to
Jackson Correspondent.
Jackson, Miss., September 26.—Prof.
J. N. Powers, state superintendent of
education, who returned yesterday
from a speech-making trip to Gum
Branch-, was caught in Wednesday's
wreck at Ackerman and pretty severe
ly bruised on the shoulder, side and
arm, and states that every passenger
on the train was damaged more or
less, although his own bruises were
perhaps as bad as any.
The report sent out from Ackerman
at the time was to the effect that with
the exception of three trainmen men
tioned, no injuries had been sus
tained, and no explanation as to how
it happened accompanied the report.
Prof. Powers' account of it will there
fore be the first accurate one that has
gone out. ^
An extra train was standing on the
siding with the switch closed, when
the colored brakeman, an old employe,
under the Impression that It was |
open, went to dose the switch When
he got there, absent-mindedly, no J
veloped for the United States by the
ordnance bureau of the army under
the supervision of Brigadier General
Crozier. The composition of the pow
der will be kept a profound secret.
which he is made to favor the election
if Taft over Bryan. Mr. Hastings says
that bo til he and Mrs. Cleveland are
convinced that the letter
clumsy forgery, and that Mr. Cleveland
would have supported Bryan had he
lived through the campaign.
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doubt, he threw the switch, but instead
of opening it, closed it, so that the pas
senger train, running at about twenty
five miles an hour, and too close to
stop, ran into the freight train, driving
it several yards down the track and !
smashing it up pretty badly.
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Some of the passengers were thrown
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almost the full length of the coaches
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and the conductor was thrown through!
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the door out on the ground. It looked
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a good deal like a miracle that no
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more harm was done to the passen
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gers, and there was more excitement
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for a while than injury, especially
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among the feminine passengers.
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Prof. Powers paid a very high com
pliment to Conductor Maxwell, who, al
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though hurt more than anybody else,
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was more anxious for the safety of his
passengers than' for his own welfare,
and would not consent to having a phy
sician summoned for himself until sat
I isfied that none of the passengers were
seriously hurt.
CRAZY CARTOONIST
KILLED HIS MOTHER
New York, September 26.—Edward
Seton, in a fit of insanity, chloro
formed his mother and suicided last
night. His sister, whom he loved de
votedly, had just expired and he de
cided to take the life of his mother and
himself. Seton was a well known car
toonist and illustrator.
| child left |
there will!
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THE COTTON
MARKET.
New Orleans, September 26.—Clos
ing cetton: October S7f2c; December,
8:66c.
Liverpool, September 26.^— 10:30
a. m.—September-October 4.81 l-2d;
November-December 4.70 l-2d.
Mr. an d Mrs . J. B. Merkle and
| St. Louis and from
je Deep Waterways
igo.
Thirteen Lives Lost in Long Island
Sound at Early Hour
This Morning.
1,000 PASSENGERS
THROWN INTO PANIC
Officers of the Vessel Had Hard
Work Keeping the Frenzied Crowd
From Jumping Overboard.—Two
Steamers Collided in Fog.
Hearst News Service.
New York, September 26.—The Fall
River steamre Commonwealth early to
day ran down and sank the Norwegian
steamer Volund, of Bergln, in a colli
sion caused by a dense fog in Long
Island Sound.
More than 1,000 passengers on board
the Commonwealth were thrown Into
a panic and the officers had hard work
in preventing them from jumping over
board.
Thirteen members of the crew of the
Volund went down with the vessel.
Four were saved from the tangled
mass of wreckage.
The small boats of the Common
wealth were lowered and one by one
the men were picked up. It is be
lieved that all of the survivors have
been rescued.
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Hearst News Serv ice.
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Denver, Colo., September 26.—Al
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ready the vanguard of the American
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Bankers Association is arriving in i
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this city for the annual convention
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to be .held next week,
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The cause of the recent financial de
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pression and the discussion of meth
ods to prevent hard times are among
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the prominent subjects on the pro
gram ' ....
The convention is expected to be one I
one of the most important ever held,
Hearst News Service.
New York, September 26.—Chair
man Hitchcock, of the Republican Na
tional Committee, announces the re
tirement of General Coleman Dupont,
of Delaware, head of the bureau of
campaign speakers of the national
committee. He was also a member
of the executive committee.
Dupont is the head of the powder
trust and it Is understood that his
resignation had been demanded by the
committee.
LAST DAY FOR
SERVING PAPERS
Today winds up a huiy season In
the sheriff's office—that of preparing
for the coming term of circuit court.
Circuit court will convene in thirty
days and today is the last day on
which papers for this term of court
could be served. ..The work of serv
ing the papers was completed today.
ELECTED
Farmers' Union Warehouse Co ., 1
Organization is Now
Completed.
DIRECTORS WENT OUT
- SITE HUNTING TODAY
Nearly Ready for the Construction of
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Big Union Warehouse in This City
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at an Early Date—Strong Directory
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Is Named.
The Farmers' Union Warehouse
Company, of Forrest County, has been
formally organized, directors chosen
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and officers elected.
In the executive session of the stock-
holders of the Warehouse Company
held yesterday afternoon the following
directors were chosen:
J. A. Quick, W. N. Richardson, W.
A. Burch, W. I. Purvis, R. L. Anderson,
J. R. P. Shaw and John L. Davis.
The directors later met and elected
the following officers of the company: I
President—J. A. Quick. f*
Vice President—W. N. Richardson.
Secretary and Treasurer-.Iohn L.
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This morning the directors and of
fleers of the Warehouse Company
wont out site hunting, having several
available sites in view for the loca
tion of the big warehouse
The selection of a site for the ware
house will not be definitely made for
probablv several days. The company
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has a couple of sites in view, but it
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will be necessary to complete negotla
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I tions before an announcement of the
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one decided upon is made.
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FOND DU LAC
HAS BIG FIRE
Three Churches Have Already Been
Destroyed and Six Blocks
May Go Up in Smoke.
Hearst News Service.
Fondulac. Wis., September 26.—Fire
this morning threatens six blocks of
this city. Three churches—St. Paul's,
Catholic; St. Peter's, Lutheran, and
the First Congregational—have been
destroyed. ,
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High winds and the scarcity of |
"water make it almost impossible for j
the firemen to copes with the flames,
The loss so far is estimated at $150,
000 and may reach several times that '
amount.
ROOSEVELT
MADE ORDER
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President is Himself Responsible |
For the Franchise of the
Oklahoma Oil Company.
Hearst News Service.
New York, September 26.—The New
York Press a Republican newspaper,
prints a special from Washington say
ing that President Ropscvelt himself
ordered the granting of a franchise .to
the Prairie Oil Campany in Oklahoma.
It Is said that official record* will bear
out the statement.
President Peck Wires the Daily
News Contradicting Report
Circulated Yesterday.
EVERYTHING POINTS
TO EARLY ACTIVITY
Contracts For Stationery and Blank
Books Have Been Let For Both the
Hattiesburg and Sumrall Mills.—
Announcement Expected.
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PECK DENIES IT.
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Scranton, Pa., Sept. 26, 1908. ❖
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Hattiesburg, Miss.
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In explanation of the above tele
the NeWS desires t0 say that a
rumor was in circulation on the
s 1 f etB a a -' 5 esterday to the ef
fect that the rontract for the section
° f * h ® DeW , pIant for ,he Newman m111
had b f n ,et to the firIU ot Fller &
of M,lwaukee '
™ 8 rep0,t was fla,ly denied at the
° Ca ' ° ffl100 of tbe J ' J - Xewraan Lum '
er Companv and tha a *>sence of re8i '
dent " lanager E s - Peck and the
ra P raBantat <J« °f the contracting firm
alleged to nave secured the contract
" ,ade ' rnpossible ,0 secure - further
acts * le case '
A teIegram waB Baa t to President
F ' Peck af Scranton, Pa., and the
repIy ,s glven above '
N0T DISCOURAGING,
The statement of President F. L.
Peck la in no wlae d, »«>uraglng.
Everything points to the rapid con
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struction of the mill and the contract
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may be let any day.
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It is learned on good authority that
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the J. J. Newman Lumber Company
has already let the contracts for its
blank hooks and stationery supplies
for the Hattiesburg mill. These are
being gotten out by a local concern
and include books for the time-keepers
and various mill departments, both in
the plant proper and in the logging
camps.
The News is keeping in close touch
with the developments, and President
Peck and other officials of the com
pany have promised to notify the pa
per as soon as the contract Is awarded
for the construction of the new
plant.
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NEPHEW BETTER;
MAYOR RETURNS
Mayor J D. Donald returned last
night from Meridian, to which city Ire""
was called yesterday morning by the
illness of his nephew, Orrin. Dr. Don
aid found his nephew better and re
turned home earlier than he had ex
pected to do so.
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Washington, September 26 .—Fob |
' Mississippi: Local showers tonight or
Sunday.