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BRYAN MAY
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NOT RUN
AGAIN
Says That He Hopes Conditions
May Never Make It Necessary
For Him to Do So.
San Antonio, Texas, November 18.—
"My friends do not require me to
prejudice the future, and I shall not
take the advice of my opponents on
this subject. I shall continue to write
and speak in defense of the things
which I believe to be good for the
American people. I hope that it may
never become necessary to run for
an office again, but I will not attempt
to decide that question until the time
comes to act. I do not see any neces
sity to say more on the subject."
In answer to the direct question,
"Will you run for the presidency again
if conditions arise to warrant it?" Wm.
J. Bryan last night dictated the above
statement.
Regarding the future of the Demo
cratic party he dictated:
"I am not at ail discouraged as to
the future of the Democratic party.
There must be a Democratic party in
every country, and I want our party
to be Democratic, and I have no doubt
that the country will see the necessity
for the adoption of the reforms advo
cated by the Democratic party. It is
already a great educational force and
I have no doubt that conditions will
so vindicate the party as to make the
voters turn to it as the best instru
ment for the accomplishment of the
necessary reforms."
"Will you allow yourself to be elect
ed United States Senator from Ne
braska?" he was asked.
"They do not elect a senator this
year," he said with a smile.
''But they do two years from now,"
he was reminded.
"You have my statement regarding
my future so far as I care to say,"
and he smilingly refused to discuss
the subject further, so far as his own
position is concerned.
"Will you continue the leader of
the Democratic party?" pressed a re
porter.
"I shall continue to speak and write,
as I said in my statement," and a sort
of frown Indicated his displeasure at
being questioned further along this
line, since, he had said that he cared
not to further discuss the ques
tion.
MAMMOTH BALLOON
MAKES FIRST TRIP
Hearst News Service.
London, November 18.—The mam
moth balloon built for the London
Dally Graphic, which will attempt to
break the long distance record and
reach Siberia, ascended today. Aero
nauts expect to reach Siberia Thurs
day night or Friday morning.
WANTS CARDINALATE.
London, November 18.—According
to dispatches from Rome to the Tel
egraph, Archbishop Glennon, of St.
Louis, is the latest American candi
date for cardlnalate.
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I Washington, November 18.—Fore
cast for Mississippi:
Fair tonight and Thursday.
COMMISSION HAS
COMPLETED SESSION
Pally News Special
Jackson, November 18.—The Mis
sissippi Railroad Commission has con
cluded the business of' its second No
vember session and adjourned. There
were no important matters before the
commission, and the two days of the
session have been devoted largely to
the most uninteresting routine. A
few comparatively unimportant or
ders have been entered i and a half
dozen or more cases which have been
pending for some time were dismissed.
SENSATION IN
LAMPHERE TRIAL
Hearst News Service.
La Porte, Ind., November 18.—It
leaked out today that the defense In
the trial of Ray Lamphere will not
contend that Mrs. Belle Gunness is
alive, buv will attempt to prove that
the yoman and children were dead
before the building was fired, and
that even if Lamphere applied the
torch to the farm house he is not guil
ty of murder.
MORTON MERCHANT
BECOMES BANKRUPT
Morton, Miss., November 18.—J. H.
Bishop, a merchant doing business
in this city, has filed a voluntary pe
tition in bankruptcy with Federal
Clerk Moseley,
given at $715 and his assets at $679.
His liabilities are
TRAIN PLUNGED
THROUGH BRIDGE
Kamloops, B. C., November 18.—A
locomotive and seven cars of an east
bound- freight plunged through a
bridge into a ravine eighty feet be
low last night and three of the crew
were killed. ,
TO BEGIN WORK
ON NEW BUILDING
Bricklaying will begin on the new
Crimes buildling at the corner of
Pine and Mobile streets tomorrow.
This is to be a handsome two-story
structure, containing five small stores
on the first floor and offices on the
second.
Much importance attaches to the
beginning of work on this structure,
as it will be the first new building
to be erected since the beginning of
the financial panic more than a year
ago.
DR. W. T. BULL
STRONGER TODAY
New York, November 18.—Dr. Wil
liam T. Bull, the eminent surgeon, is
much stronger today, according to. a
bulletin issued by his attending phy
sicians.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK
TRAIN BEARING THE
!
November 18.—Seemingly
reliable reports are to the effect that
two attempts were made to wreck
the train bearing the Kaiser en route
from Denauesshingen to Berlin for a
conference with Chancellor Von Bue
low.
Berlin,
Both Sunday and Monday dynamite
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ROCKEFELLER
TO TAKE STAND
Hearst News Service
New York, November 18.—John D.
Rockefeller is expected to take the
witness stand this afternoon before
Commissioner Ferriss in the case of
the government against the Standard
Oil Trust.
PITTSBORO FARMER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Pittsboro, Miss., November 18.—Les
lie Vance, manager of the Farmers'
Union warehouse at Calhoun City, in
which capacity he has served for two
seasons, committed suicide Sunday by
taking laudanum. He had just re
turned from a trip to Memphis and
had been dissipating for a week or so.
He left a letter stating that, on ac
count of having been in trouble be
fore and having caused his father un
told worry and considerable money,
he could not bear to face him in the
trouble he had brought on himself.
He also stated that he was not crazy,
but fully possessed of all his reason
ing power and aware.of what he was
doing. The directors of the ware
house association had called for his
resignation. He was a member u |
one of the best families in Calhoun
county.
BIG SALE AT COPLON'S.
The big public sale at the Coplon
Dry Goods Store began this morning
a" 9 o'clock, and since the opening
hour the store has been well filled
with people who are taking advantage
of the occasion to supply their needs
at the greatly reduced prices that
are offered for the next ten days. As
will be seen from the big advertise
ment on another page, this popular
dry goods house is offering exception
al bargains in seasonable goods. The
event is being well advertised and the
sale will no doubt be a big success.
TWO SMALL CASES.
Onl ytwo petty cases were docket
ed for trial in the police court this
morning. Both of the prisoners were
negroes charged with minor offenses
and small fines were imposed.
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Miss Fritzi Scheff, whose engage
ment to John Fox, Jr., the novelist
has just been announced.
cartridges were found on the track at
Muihein Station and only the post
ponement of the trip until Tuesday is
believed to have prevented the dis
aster.
The secret police of the empire are
now active and developments are ex
pected in a few days.
TAX PAYERS
RATHER SLOW
Jackson, November 18.—Tax-payers
are displaying unusual slowness in
setting their annual obligations, ac
cording to reports being received from
over the state, and indications are I
that December payments into the I
state treasury, of local depositories,
on November collections, will be
somewhat lighter than in former
years.
This tardiness is attributed in some
measure to the cotton holding move
ment among farmers who have made
up their minds not to market the
staple until better Brices prevail, or
their financial condition compels them
to do so.
With each passing year, however,
there has been shown an increasing
tendency among tax payers to wait
until almost the expiration of the time
limit before settling their tax obli
gations, and this -frequently proves
embarrassing to city, county and state
exchequers. The stsfte treasury, for
instance, is still without funds, and
many county treaauries are in the
same condition, while Jackson's muni
cipal treasury wilt show a deficit of
about $3,000 for the cufrent year, and
the city has been standing off its cred
itors for nearly three weeks.
STRONG APPEALS
MADE IN.SEHALF
OF ORPHANAGES
Daily News Special.
Jackson, November 18.'—Strong ap
peals in behalf of the various orphan
ages in Mississippi are issued, and
addresses sent out urging the friends
of the several institutions to be as
liberal as possible in their offerings
on Thanksgiving AJajv
The Methodist and Baptist orphan
ages in this city are now providing
shelter for over 350 children, and
they will need a more liberal meas
ure of support during the winter sea
son than in former years, owing to
the largely increased enrollment.
The same is true of the Protestant
and Catholic orphanages at Natchez
and the Presbyterian orphanage at
Columbus. Several of the institutions
have arranged to have special freight
cars run on the day prior to Thanks
giving for the purpose of bringing in
donations.
POISONOUS GASES
DEPOPULATE TOWNS
Tampico, Mexico, November 18.—
Poisonous gases pouring from an un
governed oil volcano in the San Gero
nimo district, threaten to depopulate
a large area of country. The inhab
itants of several villages within a
radius of 25 miles have been com
pelled to evacuate.
BOWERS IN THE CITY.
Congressman Eaton J. Bowers was
in the city for a few hours last night.
He will leave shortly for Washington
to resume his duties in congress.
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
It will be a better
newspaper,
one as the days and weeks go
by. More than
S,300
!
residents of the Hattiesburg ter
ritory regard the paper as more
than worth the subscription price,
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.
NEBRASKA BREAKS
ALL PAST RECORDS
Hearst News Service.
Manila, November 18.—That the bat
tleship Nebraska has broken all rec
ords for marksmanship with twelve
inch guns is asserted by those who
witnessed the practice. The figures
are kept secret.
SHEEHAN ELECTED
CONSUL COMMANDER
At a meeting of Leaf River Camp,
Woodmen of the World, held last
night, M. T. Sheehan was elected
Consul Commander. Mr. Sheehan is
an enthusiastic Woodman and the
compliment implied by his election to
the highest office in the local camp
is deserved.
Leaf River Camp is one of the most
flourishing divisions of Woodcraft in
the state, and its membership is grow
ing rapidly.
IN THE CITY
Visited the Public Schools This
Morning and Will Remain
All Day Somorrow,
Dr. Fred J. Mayer, lecturer for the
Mississippi State Board of Health ar
rived in the city this morning from
Jackson and has spent a very busy
day.
At 9 a. m. he lectured to the teach
ers and students of South Mississippi
College and his discourse was one of
the best ever heard in this city.
At IT o'clock he addressed the
teachers and students of Main street
public school,
spoke at Hardy street and Court street
schools and tomorrow morning he will
visit the Fourth Ward and Eaton
schools.
Tonight he will be the guest of the
Forrest County Medical Society at a
smoker.
An important engagement for to
morrow will be an address to the
mothers of the city. This will take
place at the First Baptist church at
3:30 o'clock in the afternoon and ev
ery mother in the city who can pos
sibly do so should be present.
In his talks to the school children
Dr. Mayer used simple language, tell
ing the boys and girls how to avoid
he dangers of disease and to prevent
the spread of infectious and con
lageous maladies. He dwelt at length
on the necessary precautions for the
prevention of the spread of tuberculo
This afternoon he
sis.
Tomorrow night Dr. Mayer will lec
ture at the Court House and the pub
lic generally is invited to attend.
IOWA GRAND JURY
AFTER STANDARD OIL
Hearst News Service.
Sioux City, Iowa, November 18.—
The Lion county grand jury this morn
ing returned an indictment charging
the Standard Oil Co. with discrimina
tion In violation of the new statute
forbidding corporations from charg
ing different prices for commodities
where freight conditions are equal.
BONES ATTORNEY
AFTER CHILDREN
Paris, November 18.—In the suit of
Count sle Castellane for the recovery
or possession of his children, Maitre
Bonnet, Boni's attorney, today de
clared the condition in the de Sagan
home "intolerable" and said: "It is
necessary that the children be re
moved from the constant quarrels be
tween the prince and his wife.
Women put on their stockings first
so that if anybody comes in they will
feel dressed.
UNFAIR TO
Demurrage Charges Collected With
out Warrant of Law From Far
mers Residing in Inteior.
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Daily News Special.
Jackson, November 18.—The mem
it
hers of the Mississippi Railroad Com
missiin have been wrestling for the
past few days with the question of
storage, or demurrage, charges on
freight shipments where the consign
ees live several miles from the near
est shipping point.
At Pachuta, on the line of the New
Orleans & Northeastern, a case of
this kind came up where the railroad
agent insisted on collecting demur
rage from a county merchant seven
teen miles from the station after 48
hours. The consignee made complaint
to the commission, the matter was
referred to General Freight Agent T.
F. Steele, who agreed that his agent
was wrong, and that the consignee
at this distance, under the rules of
the commission and of the Louisiana
Car Service Association, should have
been granted seven days' free time.
Shortly afterward a similar case
came from Hazlehurst, on the line of
the Illinois Central, and the commis
sion took a similar action. In this
instance the complaint was referred
by someone to Mr. Seely Dunn, man
ager of the Louisiana Car Service As
sociation, who replied that the ship
ment in question was an interstate
consignment and was, therefore, not
subject to the rules of the commis
sion.
In the meantime the consigns him
self had been informed that the rail
road company was wrong and that he
should be allowed the seven days' free
time, based on his distance from the
station. And there the matter rests,
although Commissioner Webb insists
that the commission is right, and that
the storage charges collected must he
refunded.
Since the appointment of Mr. John
Jones as general agent for the |
G.
Illinois Central and Yazoo & Missis
sippi Valley lines the railroad com
mission has had its burdens somewhat
lightened in the matter of complaints.
Mr. Jones' duties are largely to inves
tigate complaints and straighten out
such misunderstandings as may arise
between the citizens and the agents
along the line, and in many instances
he is able to reach an agreement
which satisfies all parties concerned
and thus saves numerous complaints
from ever coming before the commis
sion at all. Only yesterday Mr. Jones
was in Benoit and settled there a com
plaint of this character saving Com
missioner Webb a special trip to the
scene of the complaint.
No matter from what point of view
you ink? a fat
seems to be on that side.
oman in all of her
ANOTHER BIG LIFE
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HAS ENTERED STAT
Jackson, November 18.—The Great
American Life Insurance Company, of
St. Louis, is the latest of the new
companies to be granted a license to
do business in Mississippi, having
conformed to all the requirements of
the state Insurance laws and passed
the close scrutiny of Insurance Com
missioner T. M. Henry.
The company is a strong one, hav
Rumor is Rife That Both the Em
press Dowager and the Emperor
Were Murdered By Officers
OVER 100 BANKS SAID
TO HAVE SUSPENDED
Entire Dynasty is Tottering Toward
Dissolution — Japanese Newspaper
Correspondents Add to Discontent
I by Alarming Reports.
Hearst News Service.
Shanghai, China, November 18.—It
is rumored here that the Dowager
Empress was poisoned by anti-Manchu
leaders, and the greatest excitement
prevails throughout the city.
A financial panic of alarming pro
portions is on in Pekin. More than
fifty hanks have suspended today and
it is said that hundreds of others are
tottering.
Japanese correspondents in the
Chinese capital insist that the emperor
was also killed by officials of the gov
ernment. This theory is spreading
to an alarming extent and the whole
empire seems to be on the brink of
the greatest crisis in its history.
BAUM CASE
IS DECIDED
Jury Decides That Meridian
Woman is Sane and Can
Take Care of Estate.
Daily News Special.
Meridian, Miss., November IS.—The
Baum case took a sudden turn in
Chancery Court yesterday, when on
a rehearing Acting Chancellor Heid
elberg rendered a decree declaring
that no matter what might have been
Mrs. Baum's former condition, she is
| uow sane and of sound mind, capable
of taking care of herself and estate,
and ordering the Meyer Brothers, ex
ecutors of the late Jacob Meyer, from
whom she inheirted a considerable
sum of money, to turn over the
amount they hold of hers to her.
When the case was called Attorneys
Witherspoon & Witherspoon, for Mrs.
Baum, introduced considerable testi
mony tending to prove her sanity since
last Ma.-ch, when the proceedings
were instituted. The evidence was
conclusive in the mind of Acting Chan
cellor Heidelberg.
BEING REPAIRED.
Mississippi Central engine No. 102,
damaged in the wreck near Brook
haven last week, is now in the local
shops of the railroad company, under
going repairs.
ing assets of more than a million dol
lars and a capital stock of a half mil
lion, its ledger assets being $672,
333.73.
Mr. G. B. Reynolds, vice president
of the company, was here in person
to look after the details of having
his company admitted, but has not
yet announced the appointment of a
state agent.