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3 THE HATTIESBURG NEWS 4*' 1 INCH 3:30 EDITION EVERY NEWSPAPE HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 13, 1908 VOL. II. NO. 221 PRICE FIVE CENTS SUCCESSOR 10 CALHOUN 0 0 Governor Hat Not Had Opportunity to Examine the Petitions, Will Do So Today. SMITH AND STIRLING STRONG CANDIDATES Many Members of the Profession, However, Seem to Favor the Ap pointment of More Elderly Man.— Noel's Mind Is Not Made 'J> f '* i i Jackson, November 13.—Governor , Noel announces that he will announce the successor of the late Associate Justice S. S. Calhoon, of the Supreme Court, Saturday afternoon, the ap pointee to take his place on the bench when the tribunal convenes on Mon day. "I have not had opportunity to ex amine pny of the petitions and en dorsements filed with me for the full nine-year term, which would have com menced May 10, had it not been for Judge Calhoon's death," said Gov. Noel last night, "nor am I sure that j the appointee to,be named will be e: iectrd to fill iroie than the unexp ed term. "However, I intend to take action on the matter Saturday, and in the meantime I will examine the petitions and endorsements of applicants now on file in my office." That the governor is up against the most delicate task tie has encountered since the beginning of his adminis tration is beyond all doubt. Many members of the bar are not in Tavor of eitb-r of t'.e three .spirants yrhose names are now pending, which is not difficult to understand in view of the fact that fully seventy-five per cent of the lawyers in the state had endorsed Judge Calhoon for a new term prior to his death, and they have not yet bad time to form new alignments. Again, there are a goodly number of leading members of the profes sion who would like to sef the place tendered to a snore elderly man than Mr. Stirling or Judge Smith, who are the most formidable aspirants for the place, and they are so expressing themselves in a very positive manner. Without offering criticisms concern ing Mr. Sterling or Judge Smith, who are very estimable gentlemen and en joy much personal popularity; thic sec tion of the bar clings to the tradi tion that a Supreme Judge should Tie a man of mature mind, well grounded in the law, of large and varied ex perience it: active practice, and who has enjoyed hign standing in his pro fession for at least a score of years. Governor Noel has not given an in timation of nny sort concerning the probable identity of Judge Calhoon's successor. Indeed, he frankly says that his own mind has not been made up on the subject, and any guesses or predictions as to what he is going to do are therefore without value. | I MRS. PACE SICK. It will be a source of deep regret to the many friends of Mrs. J. P. Pace to learn that she is still quite sick at her home on Walley street. They will join with The News In an earnest hope for a speedy recovery. ♦ THE DAILY NEW8 ♦ ♦ PROGNOSTICATOR. « 'I'. , v ■ v. ''•.AYy ■ . o iber 13.—Fore Washington cast for Mls^ Showers, toi lurday. i \ , German Mine Horror is One of Most Appalling in the World's History. Hearst News Service. Berlin, November 13.—Sealed up in a mine and doomed to die by fire or suffocation is the fate of 365 miners j trapped in a shaft of the mines at | Hamm, West' Phalia, by the explosion of coal dust ycsttidi.,. Four hundred were in the mine the explosion and only 35 of these have been taken out alive. Most of these are so badly burned that they cannot recover. Thirty-seven dead bodies had been recovered before the owners of the mine decided to flood tBe shaft and then hermetically seal the mine in order to extinguish the flames. The engineers had already decided tHat any further efforts at rescue would prove futile. TO GO FREE s Hearst News Service. New York, November 13.—District Attorney Jerome today admitted that Raymond Hitchcock, the actor accused of criminal assault on a. number of little girls, would never he brought to trial. Hitchcock's bond has been ordered discontinued. TUBERCULAR PATIENT BAFFLES THE SKILL OF NEW YORK DOCTORS New York, November 13.—Operated on fifteen times during the past year, William Smith, a patient at St. Vin cent's Hospital on Staten Island, is puzzling the surgeons. He is suffer ing from a tubercular affection of The bones. JUMPED INTO JAWS OF SPEEDING AUTO Hearst News Service. New Haven,.Conn., November 13.— An automobile owned and driven by State Senator Farrell, of Ansonia, fb-1 SCHOONER WENT DOWN; TWO DEAD, TWO SAVED Norfolk, Va., November 13.—Two members of the crew of the schooner Florence Shay died from exposure and three others were rescued today from FOUR CHILDREN CREMATED ALIVE IN BURNING HOME Hearst News Service Alliance, Ohio, November 13.—The home of John Wampfler, a dairyman residing near this city, was burned this morning and four of his little children cremated. • Wampfler was himself seriously burned in trying Vo save his children. ENGINE EXPLODED; TWO MEN KILLED Hearst News Service. Binghampton, November 13.—A dry engine on the Pennsylvania division of the Wabash Railroad blew up at East Windsor, N. Y., this morning, killing the fireman and a brakeman. The engineer had a miraculous es cape. • EX-GOVERNOR LOWERY BETTER Daily News Special Jackson, November * 13.—Ex-Gov*. Robert Lowry, who has been confined to his bed for the past several weeks, and who suddenly took a turn for the worse a day or two ago, is again re ported to be improving. Gen. Lowry is in his seventy-eighth year, and the severe spell through which he is passing has greatly weak ened his usually good, though never strong, constitution, and many of his friends fear he will not be able To His recent backset has recuperate, increased this fear, and anxious in quiries are constantly being received at his home on Fortification street, where the reports are always encour aging when given out by members of the family, but rather to the contrary when coming from the attending phy sicians, who do not themselves enter tain the high hopes manifest by the family. "SKi Jackson, November 13.—Increasing interest is being manifested in the football game to be played on the local gridiron Saturday between the Jackson team and that of the Jeffer The latter son Military Institute, team has not lost a single game thus far during the present season, but the local aggregation expects to make an exception of this event. Daily prac tice is being indulged in by the Jack son eleven, and while greatly out weighed by the military boys, expect to win by the use of superior skill, speed, science and a liberal use of the forward pass. . The play ground is on the fair grounds, convenient to the main resi dence and business sections, and a large attendance is expected from many parts of the state, in addition to a good crowd of local enthusiasts. day ran down and killed Edward G. I Linsteadt, a merchant. Linsteadt had just stepped off a trolley car when the auto Struck him. tlje vessel, wlflch went ashore on the Virginia coast in the recent storm. The schooner and its cargo were a complete loss. THE WRECK — Coroner and Police Will Begin Rigid Investigations in New Orleans Monday. BOTH RAILROADS PROBING THE HORROR Injured Victims Are Now Doing Well and it Is Believed That There Will Be No Further Deaths—Jacob 8al men is Speechless. New Orleans, La., November 13.— The injured from Wednesday's wreck on the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad are getting along nicely and it is not believed that further deathB will occur. Jacob Salmen, of this city, is the most seriously hurt. He lias not regained his faculty of speech, but it is believed that he will re lover. Investigations as to the causes lead ing up to the wreck have already be gun. These will be pushed with vigor, as the following interviews in dicate: "We have begun an investigation of the wreck. Until it is completed I can only say that I deeply regret the occurrence,"—Resident D. D. Cur lan, of tlie Northeastern. "Our investigation has not been concluded, and until it is there will be no statement made by us."—Gen eral Manager N. G. Pearsall, of the Great Northern. "The Railroad Commission will take up the matter next, week at its session. If a rule of the Commission has been violated, the guilty road will he pun ished."—Chairman C. L. DeFuentes, of the Railroad Commission. "I shall attend the Coroner's inquest Saturday morning, and if the evi dence warrants it I will take the mat ter before the Grand Jury."—District Attorney Porter Parker. The coroner's inquest will be the first public hearing of testimony re garding the cause of the wreck. Ait important witnesses have been sum •moned. j SHOT TO DEATH BY STRANGE MAN New York, November 13.—Walter Ammon, a produce dealer, was shot and fatally wounded today by a man who stepped up to him as he was leav ing a ferry boat. The man alleged to have committed the crime was placed under arrest, but his identity is as yet unknown. If you are not already a sub scriber, call No. 35 over either telephone and have your name en rolled on the list The News is already a good newspaper. It will be a better one as the days and weeks go by. More than £,300 residents of the Hattiesburg ter ritory regard the paper as more than worth the subscription prloe, 50 cents a month. Call No. 35 today and have your name enrolled. Never mind the pay. Our collector will attend to that. Remember the Number, Over Either Telephone. PROFESSOR IS FOUND DEAD IN HOARDING HOUSE Hearst News Service. New York, November 13.—The b< dy of James Thomas, believed to be ihe professor of languages in New York University, was found in a fashion able boarding house here this morn ing. A gas jet in his mouth i. d| cated suicide. POOR HEALTH CAUSED SUICIDE Hearst News Service. New York, November 13.—Thomas S. Barron, millionaire manufacture of knit goods, committed suicide by tak ing morphine at his home in this city today. Ill health is said to have been the cause of the act. PROSPECT Supt. Fanagan Says the Lead Line and Switch Tracks Are Soon to Be Built. Supt. Flanagan, of the New Orleans and Northeastern, was in the city the day the wreck occurred, but left at noon for Littlewood, Mr. Flanagan stated while here that he had come to Hattiesburg to make arrangements tc have some tracks put j in, Ineludtng the lead line to the new station. It was his purpose to have this work started at once, and he will probably return within a few days to attend to this matter. Asked about the new passenger sta tion, Mr. Flanagan said th/ purpose of putting in this lead line was that ma torlal might he hauled to the station from either direction and he stated that as soon as this was done there would likely be active operations to ward the construction of the new sta tion. It is hoped that the wreck will not delay the plans of the company. MRS. ROGERS HAD HER ARM BROKEN IN A RUNAWAY A painful accident happened to Mrs. W. C. Rodgers this morning while she and her mother, Mrs. Ellison, were out driving. The morning being cold, the horse that they were driving became quite spirited and becoming frightened, ran the buggy into a telephone pole, throw ing the ladies out. Mrs. Rodgers had an arm broken, but was not otherwise injured. Mrs. Ellison was not Injured, though the shock was great. The accident oc curred on Main street, near the school square. Emperor of China Joins the Spirits of His Ancestors Hearst News Service. New York, November 13.—Wade Gardner, the American agent for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking cor poration, today received a cablegram from Pekin saying that the Emperor of China died there yesterday. Report Confirmed. Washington, November 13.—United States Minister Rockhill today official ly notified the State Department of Lawyers Have Concluded Discus sion of the Gulfport Cotton Rate Injunction. DECISION EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK _ Attorney General Was Assisted By Hon. C. H. Alexander, Counsel For the Gulfport Commercial League.— Railroads Had Able Counsel. Diily News Special. Jackson, November 13.—Arguments were concluded today in the six Fed eral injunction suits instituted by the principal railway lines operating in the state to prevent the Mississippi Railroad Commission from enforcing its order lowering cotton rates to Gulf port on shipments intended for export. At the conclusion of arguments Judge Niles announced that he would take the cases under advisement, and it is expected that he will render & decision next week on the motion of the attorney general to dissolve the restraining orders. The attorney general was assisted in the arguments by Hon. C. H. Alexan der, counsel for the Gulfport com mercial League, that organization hav ing been very active in securing the new rates. The railroad companies had a dozen or more attorneys pres ent, although only a few of the num ber took an active part in the hear ing. Regardless of the nature of the de cision rendered by Judge Niles, it is expected that the cases will go to the United States Supreme Court for final decision. ON TRIAL Man Charged With Guinness Murder Smiles At Bones of Alleged Victim*. Hearst News Service. La Porte, Ind., November 13.—Cor oner Mack was this morning called as the first witness in the trial of Ray Lamphere, accused of the murder of Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three children. He identified the bones on the table in the court room as those found in the ruins of the Guinness farmhouse. Despite the protest of the defense, the testimony taken in the coroner's inquest was read to the jury. Lamphere sat quietly in the court house, evincing little interest until the bones were brought in and placed on the table. He then smiled con tf mpt iously while the gruesome relics' were being examined. the death of Kuan Hsgua, emperor of China, and of the fact that Puli Yi, aged three years, had been seated on the throne. Empress Dowager III. Pekin, November 13.—A rumor Is current in this city today that the Empress Dowager is dying. There is no doubt of the fact that she is crlt tcal'y ill but the report that she Is dying is generally discredited. IN FLAMES Unknown Man Lost HU Life in Disastrous Fire at Gulfport Last Night. PR _ B 0 P t ERTY t LOSS t ' S ESTIMATED AT S75,000 Small Hotel, Grain Elevator and Big Wholesale Grocery Went up in Smoke—Panic Precipitated in Cir cus and Stampede Ensued. Gulfport had a fire last night about 10 o'clock when property to the amount of about $70,000 was lost and one man was burned to death; Robinson's show was exhibiting on the railroad grounds just west of 23rd avenue between 16th and 17th streets, when it was learned'that the Bullock hotel was on fire. There was almost a stampede in the circus tents and many openings were made, the man agement assuring the people that there was no danger to them. It was this that probably saved the lives Ol many people who might otherwise have been trampled to death. The wild animals finally became frightened and the tent of the show was quickly pulled down and with the help of a Gulf and Ship Island railroad engine the show property was all saved. The Hotel Bullock, a small cottage, the property of the Gulfport Grain and Elevator Co., and the property of the Mississippi Wholesale Grocery Company were destroyed. One man was burned to deftt il 111 was impossible to t Jom-Jjlipt'tiiAwiBd > v ii si It reported Quit R st i The News rejoices to know that this was not the ease. Justice Wall was at home in this city last night. It is supposed that it was a man by the name of Wall who lived north of here. JUMPED I25 FEET TO DEATH Cammitted Unspeakable Crime on Little Girl and Feared That He Would Be Hanged. Hearst News Service. Washington, November 13.—Jamen Evans, a young farmhand, died this morning at Georgetown University hospital from injuries received in a leap from Cabin Bridge, a distance of 125 feet to the rocks below. Evans l ad assaulted the 11-year-old daughter of his employer, Joseph Collins, and fear of capture and punishment caused him to commit the act. TWO DEAD; TWO DYING Hearst News Service. Springfield, Ills., November 13.— Brakeman H. E. Wolfe and Fireman W. B. Williams were killed and Fire man James Sharp and Engineer J. W Troessel were fatally Injured here to day when a Wabash railroad freight train struck a switch engine.