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WILL FIGHT
Order of toe Railroad Commiision
to Erect a Union Passenger
Station at Laurel.
PREPARING DOCKET
FOR ACTIVE SESSION
Last Term of the Commission Was
Pretermitted and
Business Has
Pilled Up—Cith
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Df
s Special.
Miss., October 9.—The
f Railroad Commission has
Jackson
J.
b( oBj ei
Wu< d again, together with At
HWral Fletcher, for the first
than a week.
Hfetime past it has been
ton
tim<
Ft
a
dull
e capitol when there was
t-of an injunction notice
Cse officials to prevent
Knt of the orders of the
|f which the attorney
I sole legal representa
him pretty busy
a good irne fighting these
cases in
not
servo!
the ej
com ml
■ in Till i8 tjb
' ivo, tid it hi
This tinid||HMB|
the commis^^^^^B
quiring the
into the city
i- n ■ ■ u depot th^^^J
ion j B bie, anJRH
A % " 1 1 s; ent 'y'Hi
o'
7 ? ^mcAoffij
the L.S. f
will come
ular course, unTPStf-Wdate should be
fixed for hearing n in vacation.
The ground sdj
neys for the rH
the injunction i
reasonable an
there are amiifl
ready, and thaH
need for a uniogp|^fi
The attorney
bunch of legal
him in the cas
Bozeman, of I
the New Oriel
McIntosh & Ri
order adopted by
i las t meeting re
■Bads running
|1 *o construct a
■ >s giving all
^Vest Injunction
Kement of that
Hde returnable
Bland Lyell, in
se
t
:ery court, and
ng in the reg
by the attor
ompanies for
e order is un
essary; that
ies there al
ls no urgent
''
has a big
H|r|illi'il against
Powell &
representing
i boast cm:
siOwIB^'ile, will ap
|ML,J|WKon and Knn
flMG 4k> H. Neville
ort, for the
„ pear for the M
sas City, and
and R. I.. DcntJJHEH
Gulf and Ship I^^E9
f
Secretary Maj^^Hj
slppl Railroad
with the prepara^^Bj
the next regular
mission, which w]|^^^^londay, Oc
iness with
cted until
Tuesday, October the cita
tions are made re^H^
This meeting s*.
heavier than usuaJ^HWfl
fact that the flrst^^^™™
month was pri'P rn^H|
nes which would hav
acted then is incli^^^
for the meeting onj
lion to the old cas
ready docketed atiCS
*be last September^f
lowing new petitio
It.
I the Missis
Bon, is busy
He docket for
Hof the com
tober 19, althou
the public will
Ssomewhat
lint of the
■ in this
H the busl
Hcn trans
d li lie docket
8 iith. in addi
wjl«* were al
I^Hcd from
the fol
en filed
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HATTIESBURG F
IS GRANTED DECREE
AGAINST LUMBMC0.
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Daily NeWs Special.
Gulfport, Miss., October 9.—In the
case of the Marine Oil Company
J. E. North Lumber Company, on pe
tition of the Watkins Machine and
Foundry Company and exhibits for
decree to sue the receivers of the J. E.
North Lumber Company to force
terialman's lien on engines Nos. 69
and 71, the court granted the permis
vs.
a
ma
and are being docketed:
Citizens of Warrenton, just south of
Vicksburg on the Yazoo and Missis
sippi Valley, are informed that that
place is to be abandoned
as a pas
ray for Its cot
is to
ia effect on,O a 4 '
leans and Northeast^^^nff
order requiring trains Nos. 7 and 6 to
stop there for passengers. /
Citizens of Avon petitio' for a team
track or some other meaJS of provid
ing better facilities fo> loading and
unloading freight.
Citizens of Woodvite ask for
for an
a
switching track to five more siding
room, in order to ibviate the delay
now incident to ths stopping of pas
senger trains to avail the removal of
freight trains
ant cars.
Merchants ai;d cotton , buyers of
Hernianville complain of excessive
freight rates oa cotton to Natchez, the
present rate being 90 cents per bale
on flat cotton and 75 cents per bale
on compressed cotton.
Citizens of ^'oodland ask that
arrangements he made to provide
them with coitmercial telegraph facil
ities.
some
They show that the railroad
company has its own private wire ser
vice, whicS is not open for the pub
lic, and that the Postal Telegraph
Company has a wire into other towns
near by, from which points a line
could be constructed into Woodland.
Citizens of Greenwood Springs
the Frisco, want an order requiring
trains 203 and 204, running east and
west at night to stop there for
se tigers.
on
pas
Wants $50,000 From Massachusets
Congressman Who Refused to
Make Retraction.
Hearst News Service.
Boston, Mass., October 9.—A suit
alleging libel and asking damages in
the sum of $50,000 has been filed by
Congressman Richmond Pearson Hob
son, of Alabama, against John A. Keli
her, a Boston congressman.
Hobson recently came to Boston and
spoke in the interest of former Repre
sentative Conroy, who is opposing Kel
iher for the Democratic nomination.
Keliher in a recent, speech charged
that Hobson received the regular fee
of $ 1 50 a night. Hobson's demand for
a retraction of the statement was ig
nored, hence the suit for damages.
SHOT HIS SON
AND THEN SELF
Hearst News Service.
Boston^ October 9.—Bartholomew J.
Donovan today shot his son George
and then turned the revolver to his
own head and inflicted a bullet wound
in his temple. Both are expected to
die. Mental weakness and advancing
age are the causes advanced for the
rash act.
at
at
The more money a man has the hard
er he strives for more.
sion appealed for; tow
Delta Pine Land Cot
E. North Lumber Conj
for the settinf aside
cree, which had 9
granted, all parties aj
and consenting, the J
decree and further ]
cause stand for triaB
t hereof.
)e of the
i. the J.
lich was
the linal de
jgj^en'iolorc
Mfr in court
^Heeled the I
^■that the
^Bte merits I
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in
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little
Hope of Stamping Out the
Plague Before the Returning
of Big Fleet.
• Hearst News Service.
Manila, October 9.—The cholera sit
uation is not improving here and the
outlook is decidedly discouraging.
T here. is just a fighting chance of
stamping out the epidemic before the
return of the battleship fleet from
Japan. It is
strongest possible measures will be
adopted to this end.
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announced that the
1)12.000.000
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Virginia Chemical Company Wants
to Establish Branches in
Many Southern Cities.
Hearst News Service
Richmond, Va., October 9.—The Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical Company is
negotiating with prominent bankers
in this city and elsewhere for the sale
of $12,000,000 in 5
bonds, the proceed to be used in in
creasing the company's capacity to
meet a growing demand for fertiliz
ers. It is believed that the securities
will be readily taken.
It is said that the plans of the
pany are to establish branch factories
and warehouses In many Southern
cities, where local demands can be
supplied at the smallest cost.
per cent, gold
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BILOXI MAN
FALLS DEAD
Daily News Special.
Blioxi, Miss.,
October 9.—Conrad
Coyle, 60 years of age, dropped dead
at 10:30 o'clock this morning while
at work sawing blocks for wood. Coyle
was noted for his very small stature,
being not over four feet in height. He
was unmarried and lived with his sis
ter p Mrs. Ulmann, his only known rela
tive. An inquest was held over the
body, the verdict of the jury being that
the man's death was the result of
heart disease.
GAME LAW
VIOLATION
Stringent Statutes, But Poo Ma
inery For Its E^ceri t
in Mississippi. *
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GAME WARDEN MAY
Plan to Give Him Prop
Fines Collected Doeit?
Sentiment in
Birds Is Growing Rapi
•f the
■
'Work.
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Favor of >r»t*rtjon of
in
been made in
r.r*v
fjmst week!
Season, an#
the question of
ihe
eni
laws of the state In jm,
becoming a seriousaprobiem
M 'l'| i ll.'I.S our or lh# mogt - ;:| n
statutes on this suliflr.T^fftny ,
states, and the least Qffedttfc marl
ery for its enforcemSfi' T "
i flection Is
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Powers are con
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'■ ni- i
And in addition
state laws additio
to impose)
further resl rietions, even tothi^SHB#|
of closing down the bars entirely for
one or more
years, which is so indefln
practlcaily mean that the
might be closed forever, in the
discretion of the supervisors of any
county desiring it.
But the machinery for the enforce
ment of the game laws is their weak
point, and up to this time there has
been practically no enforcement in
any of the counties.
The provisions of the law for the
appointment of a game warden in each
county are such as to leave it optional
with the supervisors as to the compen
sation and duties of that official, and
very few of the counties have made
such appointment, and those wardens
which have been appointed have tired
of the job too early to be of any ser
vice in the enforcement of the game
laws.
ile as to
soa
son
It is
I
It is generally conceded that the
provision of the statutes
diich gives
to the informer half the fines collected I
for violation of the statutes is
effective, because very few men care
to make themselves
not
personally ob
noxious to their neighbors by report
ing violations, when It is
to be presumed that they do it for the
money they get out of it. It is there
fore regarded as a legislative mistake
to have incorporated such a provision
into law, the net result of which is
that there might as well be no law at
apparent or
all.
On the other band, there is
tlment, gradually growing, in favor of
a stricter enforcement of the law for
the protection of quail particularly,
which is likely to result in the
l*>rtlng of violators of the law by real
sportsmen, who, however, will not
claim the compensation granted
the state law.
a son
re
by
Theoretically, the law
Is a good one, but practically it has
proved a failure.
As a result, it now appears likely
that in most of the counties provisl
will be made for the employment of
a game warden who shall draw a sal
ary instead of a proportion of the
fines, and who wMH enforce the law.
But this is made possible more by the
new sentiment than by any of the
workings of the game laws.
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STRIKING CABMEN
WIN THEIR FIGHT
Hearst News Service.
New York, October 9.—Striking cab
men of the New York Taxicab Com
pany won their strike today when the
recognition of the union, the last point
in the contention, was granted. Near
ly all of the chaffeurs who have been
out on a strike have returned to work.
WAR EXPECTED
AT ANY MOMENT
Hearst News Service.
London, October 9.—All hope of pre
venting a war between
Servia and
Austria has been abandoned by Great
Britain and the opening of actual hos
tilities is hourly expected.
FLEET IS MOBILIZING.
Hearst News Service.
Constantinople, October 9.—Fearful
that Austria will take advantage of
the present complications
Servia, the czar has ordered the
bilization of the Black Sea fleet.
Russia still insists that If an in
ternational conference is to be called,
the entire Berlin treaty must be
vised. Information is that England
will not agree to this.
to annex
mo
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CRETE PROTESTS.
Hearst News Service.
|h, Crete, October 9.—The con
|body has protested against the
ation of severance from Turkey,
revolutionary committee has
R to King George, of Greece, who is
V at Copenhagen, an appeal asking
It he extend his sovereignty
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Archbishop Farley Says His Holi
ness is Much Interested in
America and Americans.
Hearst News Service.
New York, October 9.—Archbishop
Farley arrived this morning
Rome, bringing nn explicit message
of esteem from Pope Pius
American people. The archbishop says
that the pope is greatly interested in
America and the American people and
that visitors from this country'always
get a cordial greeting from his holi
ness.
from
to the
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GOOD FEELING
PREVAILS WITH
FLEET'S CREWS
Hearst News Service.
Washington, October 9.—Secretary
Metcalf scorns the idea advanced that
there is mutiny among the officers of
Sperry's fleet, and that certain officers
are working to the detriment of cer
tain young officers and men, among
them Lieutenant Frank T. Evans. Met
calf says thnt the best of feeling pre
vails among all of the men of the fleet.
NEGRO PLEADS GUILTY
TO NIGHT RIDING AND
BLAMES SECRET ORDER
Daily News Special.
Vicksburg, Miss., October 9.—Ac
cording to the news reaching here
from Mayer8viile, Miss,, some Import
ant happenings have transpired there
recently throwing some light on the
night riders, whose deeds and threats
have caused some little alarm through
Mississippi.
According to the story coming here
.1. P. Heath, a prominent white plant
er of Issaquena County, recently found
a notice nailed to his gin. The notice
warned him to close down his gin and
sell no more cotton until the price ad
vanned.
If Mr. Heath did not comply
CONTRACTS OF TOE KRESS
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STORE HAVE BEEN AWARDED
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TO FRONT
England Will Protect Her Interests
in the Event of Hostilities
in the Balkans.
Hearst News Service.
London, October 9.—The naval of
flee today ordered two battleships and
two cruisers to proceed from Malta
to the Island of Lemnor, which belong
to Turkey. Though ostensibly this at
,ion ls me, ' e, >' for ,he P ur P° se ot P>'°
lection of British Interests, in some
quarters 11 ls re 8 ar( Icd as a demon
,stration on the part of England in sup
Port of Turkey s contentions in the !
Balkan situation. j
Engineer Frank Kelly Killed and
Negro Fireman Narrowly
Escaped Death.
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Hearst News Service.
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Selma, Ala., October 9.—Engineer
Frank Kelley, of Mobile, was killed I
tliis morning when his engine
eight cars went over a draw Into the
Tombigbee River on
and |
the Southern
Railway near Jackson, Ala.
The failure of Engineer Kelley to
catch a signal was responsible for the
I accident.
The negro fireman escaped by jump
ing into the water.
Several other cars and the caboose
were pulled off the rails and would
have been carried into the river by the
weight of the engine but for the
breaking of a coupling.
He was uncon
scious when taken out of the river,
but soon revived.
To Billy and Teddy; Lay on Me- j
Duff, ami damned be he \vho first cries |
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hold enough.
Marriage by proxy wouldn't bo so
bad if it v
flnities only
with the order the note went on to
say that the gin would be burned.
Mr. Heath examined the note care
fully and believed he recognized the
hand-writing of a . egro he knew in
the neighborhood. He caused this ne
gro to be arrested this week and the
prisoner plead guilty to having tacked
up the notice. The grand jury, which
is now in session brought an Indict
ment against the negro, and the guilty
j negro Implicated four other negroes,
The negro declared he had acted as
jthe agent of a negro lodge. This lodge
j had received a notice from a similar
I organlation in Arkansas, according to
Anderson & Teasiy of Tampa, Fla.
\ Get Interior Work; Geo. Moore
& Sons to Supply Fixtures.
MODEL WILL BE SAME
AS OTHER STORES
Company Has Over Seventy Stores,
All Handsome and All Look Alike.
Expect to Be Ready for Holiday
Trade—Will Be Thing of Beauty.
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Preparations will soon be will un
der way tor the opening of the big
Kress lu and 25 cent store in this city.
The contract for the interior work
on the budding that is to he occupied
by the flrm has bcen , et t0 Anderatm
& Teasley, of Tampa Fla., and the
! contract for the fixtures to George
j Moore & Sons, Nashville, Tenn. It is
I expected that the contracting firms
| will begin the work of putting the
I store in shape at an early date.
The Kress stoat Will occupy th*
Draught! building on Main
who h ^iDii fn^^frae
prints for the interior work say that
it will be a beautiful store when
the work is finished. It is said that
the Kress people have over seventy
stores in different cities of the coun
try and that they are all alike. By
this it is meant that the interior of the
different stoves is arranged on the
same general plan and that they all
| look very much alike.
[ have
Those who
seen the Kress stores in the
j large cities of the country will under
stand from this that the Hattiesburg
store will be something worth look
the city.*
iug a *, and will really be a credit to
The interior
vork will, of course, be
done first and then the handsome flx
tures will be placed.
It is expected that the new store
will be opened in time for the holiday
trade.
The coming of this store will, it is
believed, greatly help in drawing trade
from a distance, for it will be adding
that much more to the bargain market
which always exists in Hattiesburg.
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LUMBER FIRM
CHANGES ITS OFFICE,
The offices of the Meeds Lumber
Company were moved this morning
from the First National Bank build
ing to the Ross building.
The firm is composed of Messrs,
Toomer and Sidebottom and is one of
the strong lumber firms of the city.
the confession, advising the Missis*
sippian brethren to post notices on
gins and prevent further selling of cot
ton, declaring that the price of cot
ton in Arkansas had been advanced
by such methods, and that at the time
of the writing of the document the
price of cotton in Arkansas was three
cents higher than in Mississippi.
There seems little doubt at Mayers
vill that the arrest of the negro and
his confession, which will doubtless
result in the indictment of several
other negroes, will utterly put a atop
to the night riding business In the
Mayi'isville section___