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VOL. II. NO. 230
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. TUESDAY. AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 24* 1908
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Man Brougkt Here On /Change
of Venue From Pearl River
County is Acquitted.
■> GRAND JURY WILL
ADJOURN THIS EVENING
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Members are Said to Be Working
Hard to Complete Their Labors and
^Return to Their Homes—Criminal
Term is Almost Concluded. #
Several cases were before the cir
cuit court this morning, the most im
portant being a whiskey case.
The trial of the case brought here
from Pear River county on a change
of venue was finished yesterday af
ternoon. It was the case of the State
vs. Luther Speights, charged with as
sault and battery with Intent on the
Ufe of Carey Ladner, a white man.
The case was ably argued for the
state by District Attorney McLaurln
and for the defendant by Senator
Bllbro and John Napier, of Beplar
vllle.
1 After a consideration of the evi
dence In the case the jury returned
a verdict of "not guilty."
Luther Speights was a free man,
and the negro was very much delight
ed over the decision.
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This is the negro who was suit
posed to have figured in the affair at
Poplarville In which Ira Wheat, a
young white man was shot and dan
gerously sounded. Wheat was brought
to the infirmary in this city and hov
ered between life and death for sev
eral days.
The negro who was charged with
shooting directly at Wheat was tried
In the Pearl River county court and
was sentenced to seven years In the
penitentiary.
It Is stated that the grand jury Is
hard at work and hopes to finally ad
journ this afternoon.
STELLWAGEN TO
INDUCT MR. TAFT
INTO WHITE HOUSE
Washington, November 24.—Edward
J. Stellwagen, of this city, has been
appointed chairman of the Inaugura
tion committee, which will have
charge of all of the details attendant
upon the induction into office of Wil
liam H. Taft on March 4.
CUMMINS ELECTED
TO SENATE TODAY
Des Moines, Iowa, November 24.—
Albert J. Cummins was today elected
United States Senator by the stat£
legislature in joint session. He will
occupy the seat vacated by the death
of William A. Allison.
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cast for Mississippi:
Fair and colder tonight; Wednes
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BRETT CASE
HIGH COURT
Man Who Killed Editor McCan
at Mt. Olive Will Soon
Know His Fate.
FLETCHER BARRED
FROM PARTICIPATION
Prepared and Filed Final Briefs For
State While Attorney General.—
Watkins is Appointed Special Judge
By Governor Noel to Try Case.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, November 24.—Arguments
were concluded before the supreme
court this afternoon in the case of A.
C. Brett vs. State, from the circuit
court of Covington county, appellant
having been convicted of murder and
given a life sentence in the peniten
tiary.
Owing to the fact that Associate
Justice Fletcher, while serving as at
torney general, prepared and filed the
principal brief In behalf of the state
in this case, he was disqualified from
participating in Its final disposal, and
Governor Noel appointed Hon. W. H.
Watkins, of the Jackson bar, to serve
as special justice during the argu
ments. Mr. Watkins will probably
prepare the decision of the court.
Brett was formerly station agent of
the Gulf & Ship Island road at Mount
Ollce, and was convicted for the kill
ing of R. G. McCan, editor of the
Mount Olive Progress. The two men
had previously quarreled, the dispute
being provoked by an account of some
sort. According to some of the wit
nesses, the shooting was without prov
ocation, and McCan was unarmed, al
though this was vigorously disputed
by the defense.
The principal argument In behalf of
appellant was delivered by Hon. R. N.
Miller, the noted Hazelhurst criminal
lawyer. Attorney General Stirling
was assisted In presenting the case
for the prosecution by Hon. D. A.
McIntosh, of Collins, who took part
In the lower court trial.
New appeal records In criminal
cases are being received at the su
preme court .clerk's office each day,
and the next call of the criminal dock
et promises to be rather heavy.
ATTACK RENEWED
ON MEDINA TODAY
Hearst News Service.
Constantinople, November 24.—The
attack has been renewed on Medina
and reinforcements have been asked.
Here is shown Miss Katherine El
kins in the center, Signor Raffaelo
Paluzzolo on the right and Signor
Mincio Nasi on the left. The King of
Italy has decided to make the cele
bration of the Abruzzi-Elkins wedding
the occasion of a proclamation of gen
eral amnesty under which certain of
fenders, particularly of a political
character, whether banished or out of
the country of their own accord, will
be allowed to return and enjoy again
the full privileges of citizenship. Sig
nor Paluzzolo and Signor Mincio Nasi
are two of the poltical men to be
forgiven, at Duke Abruzzi't wedding.
DAN MAYBEE
ADMITTED
TB BAIL
Man Who Killed Sam Reber in
Jackson Several Week* Ago
Gets Temporary Freedom.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, November 24.—At the pre
liminary hearing of Dan Maybee,
charged with the murder of Sam Re
ber, which was concluded last night
before Judge Allen Thompson, the de
fendant was granted bail in the sum
of $4,000, which his attorneys say he
will be able to make today.
Maybee has been in jail since the
night of the shooting of Reber about
a month ago, and during a good por
tion of this time Lucretia DeAngelis,
the woman of ill tame at whose house
and In whose presence the shooting
occurred, was also confined, ostensibly
as an accessory, but really as a wlt
She was the only eye witness
ness.
to the shooting, from the effects of
which young Reber died about two
weeks later, and she was the chief
witness for the state in yesterday's
hearing.
KILLED FATHER
WHO MISTREATED
MOTHER, HE SAYS
Hearst News Service.
Freeland, Pa., November 24.—The
mystery surrounding the death of
John Hinkle, of Upper Lehigh, whose
body with the skull crushed was found
near his home two weeks ago, has
been cleared up by the confession of
his 21-year-old son that be threw the
brick that killed his father. Young
Hinkle alleges that he acted In de
fense of his mother.
STEEL
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They Differ From Carnegie, But
Refuse to Talk to News
paper Reporters.
CARNEGIE SUMMOMED
. BEFORE COMMITTEE
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Will Tell Why He Deems it Right to
Reduce the Duty on Iron and Steel
Imports From Foreign^Countries.—
No Answer is Yet Received.
Hearst News Service.
Pittsburg, November 24.—Twenty
six officers of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany have been asked for expressions
regarding an interview with Andrew
Carnegie regarding the tariff on iron
and steel. Most of them could not
be classed as Mr. Carnegie's "young i
men." Each declined to be quoted in |
a formal interview, but all said priv
ately that they did not agree with Mr.
Carnegie that the duty now imposed
on iron and steel imports from other
countries should be abolished.
Carnegie Invited.
Washington, November 24.—In con
sequence of the declaration of Andrew
Carnegie that the tariffs on steel and
iron should be reduced, the Ways
and Means committee of congress has
telegraphed him an invitation to ap
pear before it and tell his Ideas of
the Iron and steel industry and the
proper schedule of tariffs. No answer
haB been received.
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
2,GOO
residents of the Hattiesburg ter
ritory regard the paper as more
than worth the subscription price,
60 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.
Two Painfully Injured
in M. C. Railroad Wreck
SHOT
BY DRUNKEN FATHER
Hearst News Service.
New York, November 24.—Crazed
by drink, Carl Lees this morning shot
and Instantly killed his sixteen-year
old daughter, Meta, and mortally
wounded his son, Frederick. The lat
ter is a young minister, aged 24, who
TRDSTTARGET ON HIS HEAD
FOR THE LAST TIME
Hearst News Service.
London, November 24.—While hold
ing target on his head in a local
music hall, to be shot at by Madame
IS STILL
Jackson, Miss., November 24.—Dr.
Fred J. Mayer, lecturer for the State
Board of Health, left this morning for
Mt. Olive, where' he will deliver two
addresses—one before the pupils of
the public school and one In the even
Frlday, speaking twice daily at each
place, under the auspices of the Mis
sisslppi State Roard of Health. His
ing to the populace, today. From Mt.
Olive, Dr."Mayer goes to Collins Wed
nesday, Wiggins Thursday and Bond
subject before the school children is
hygiene, while the evening lecture is
devoted to the subjects of tubercu
losis and other contagious diseases
and the best means of stamping them
out.
Dr. Mayer is making a complete
tour of the state, visiting all the
towns of any Importance, and the
work, which is largely an experiment
with the Mississippi Board of Health,
is likely to be made a permanent
thing.
THIRTY ARE DEAD
IN ARKANSAS STORM
Hearst News Service.
Little Rock, Ark., November 24.—It
is estimated that at least thirty per
sons were killed and more than a hun
dred injured in the disastrous cyclone
which devastated the towns of Lon
don, Plney, Lodi and Lewisville in
the western portion of this state yes
terday afternoon. Relief trains have
been sent to the scene. Wires are
still down and reports from the in
terior are meager.
FROZE TO DEATH
WEATHER LIKE THIS
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Washington, November 24.—Frozen
to death while out hunting near Tolov
na, Alaska, was the fate of First Class
Private William A. Bonnery of the
United States Signal Corps, accord
ing to dispatches received by the war
department today.
had just returned from South Dakota
in answer to a message telling him
that his mother was being brutally
mistreated by his father. Young Lees
attempted to persuade his father to
lead a better life and the tragedy fol
lowed.
Clementine, Albert Lee was struck by
the bullet and died In a few moments,
He had been participating in the same
act for fifteen years.
REAL ESTATE IS
LOOKING UPWARD
IN CAPITAL CITY
Daily News Special.
Jackson, November 24.—The decid
ed enlivenment that has been shown
by the real estate market in Jackson
during the past two weeks is attri
buted chiefly to the positive assurance
given that the New Orleans & Great
Northern road will have its trains
running between Jackson and New
Orleans during the early part of Jan
uary.
Other causes purely local in char
acter, including the steady improve
ment of business, and the fact that
all manufacturing plants are running
on full time, have of course contribut
ed to the strengthening of the realty
i market, but much of the feeling of
buoyancy can be attributed
to the
prospective growth of the city as the
result of this new railway line being
opened, as it means a decided en
largement of Jackson's trade terri
tory. i
Already the business men of the
city are preparing to go after the bus
iness along the Goodyear road. Con
nections are being formed with the
merchants in the new towns being
built up along the line, and Just
soon as the line is in readiness for
operation the board of trade will run
a special merchants' excursion over
the system.
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JOHN D. WAS LATE
FOR FIRST TIME
Hearst News Service.
New York, November 24.—John D.
Rockefeller was five minutes late in
arriving in the court room today and
ho apologized profusely, declaring that
it was the first time in his life,
far as he could remember, that he
had been late at a business engage
ment. Assistant Attorney General
Francis B. Kellogg continued his vig
orous cross-examination and compelled
the oil magnate to give a list of the
railroads in which he is a stockholder.
so
THANKSGIVING 8ERVICES.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
will hold Thanksgiving services In
their rooms In the Hartfield building
at 11 a. m., Thursday, November 26.
Subject, "Thanksgiving." The public
is invited. No collection will be taken
at this service.
Engine and Baggage Car Are
Thrown From Track; Engin
eer Narrowly Escapes.
MISHAP TOOK PLACE
MILE FROM SUMRALL
Baggage Car Broke Loose From Pas
senger Ceaches Leaving Them On
the Track—Engine Demolished, Bag
gage Car in Splinters.
Two injured, and an engine and bag
gage car thrown from the track was
the result of a partial wreck of train
No. 1 Mississippi Central, leaving Hat
tiesburg at 6 o'clock this morning.
The injured are:
C. W. Hope, express messenger.
C. E. McLeod, postal clerk.
The wreck occurred about one mile
this side of Sumrall and it Is
velous that no one was killed and
only two slightly injured.
No. 1 left Hattiesburg on time. Con
ductor Ed Rooker was in charge and
Engineer Ed Wilson was at the throt
tle and Fireman Brown was in place.
The train sped its way as usual until
getting close to Sumrall when the
passengers felt a sudden jerk. The
train had run Into an open switch
and was at once derailed, as was also
the baggage coach, which carried a
postal compartment. In striking the
open switch and the impact that was
given the engine and baggage
were hurled to the side of the track
with great force, which caused the
baggage car to break loose from the
mar
car
passenger coaches, leaving them oa
the track unharmed and the
passen
gers unharmed except for severe jolts.
When the engine and baggage coach
went from the track they completely
cleared the track, doing only slight
damage to the rails and ties.
The escape of Engineer Wilson and
Fireman Brown was remarkable,
engine was oft the track in a twinkle,
before they knew there was any dan
ger or had time to jump, but they
caped any injury to amount to
thing, and it is also remarkable that
the two men who were injured had
no bones broken—only some cuts and
Of the two, it is believed,
that Mr. Hope was somewhat the
worse injured as it was
The
es
any
bruises.
necessary to
send a man on from this place to take
up his run.
He went on through to
Natchez, which is his home.
There are two statements as to the
cause of the wreck, one being to the
effect that the train was wrecked bv
running into an open switch and the
other that it was a split rail.
The engine is reported to be almost
completely ruined and the baggage
was badly splintered and shat
car
tered.
The occurrence Is remarkable for
the fact that no lives were lost and
no more damage done.
A train was sent out from here
which took up the run of No. 1 to
Natchez.
THIRD OPERATION
TO SAVE THE LIFE
OF FRISCO LAWYER
San Francisco, November 24.—In or
der to aid his system in throwing off
the powerful anaesthetics used
him, Francis J. Heney will be oper
ated on for the third time since he
was shot.
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The Cotton Market
Liverpool.
Opened, Dec.-Jan., 4.79 1-2, 77 1-2;
March-April, 4.78, 78 1-2, 77 1-2. Closed
Dec.-Jan., 4.761-2; March-April, 4.77.
Middling, 5.10.
New Orleans.
Opened, January, 8.96; March, 9.02.
Closed, January, 8.91; March, 9.00.
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