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News of the World
Coal of a splendid quality has
been discoveredUa Clark county and
Ihe owners of the property will at
once sink a shaft.
Ex-Gov. Crane of Massachusetts
is slated as Sanator Hanna's suc
cessor as chairman of the republi
can national committee.
I lie I risco-Rock Island system
has made a deal with the Southern
railroad for the use of the latter's
tracks into New Orleans.
Citizens of Chicago, having
cured the republican national
vention, will endeavor to also land
the democratic national convention.
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The dormitory of Waldon Uni
versity at Nashville, Tcnn., was de
stroyed bv fire on the night of the
18th.
Nine of the girl students
were cremated in the flames, and no
less than thirty were seriously in
jured.
'I'liose who escaped were
clad only in their night robes, and
saved nothing.
The settlement of the friars' lands
question in the Philippines also
practically settles, it is considered
Lore, the question of the friars them
selves. The Fransicans, it is be
lieved, will abandon the islands alto
gether, since they have no money to
purchase lands and have no other
means of support.
The American Bankers' associa
tion lias agreed upon a plan for a
money order system whereby sums
not exceeding $100 can he sent by
mail and orders cashed by any bank
a member of the association. The
scheme comes in competition with
the money order division of the
post office department.
A mob of about 100 men took Jo
Brake, a negro, from the county
jail at Ripley, Tenn., and hanged
him to a tree near by, the negro hav
ing been arrested for the killing
of Chester Conner, a prominent
young white man. The leaders of
the mob wen masked. The negro's
body was riddled with bullets before
being cut down.
Troops are to he withdrawn grad
ually from the Cripple Creek and
Telluride mining districts in Colo
rado. This has been decided as a
result of a conference between Gov.
Peabody and Adjutant General
Sherman M. Bell. "Within thirty
days," said Gen. Bell, "the troops
will all ho withdrawn from the field.
The strikes are practically over.
The problem of aerial flight has
probably been solved by Wilber and
Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio,
who, at Kittv Hawk, on the
coast of North Carolina, successfully
navigated a flying machine of their
own invention for three miles in the
teeth of a twenty-one mile gale and,
picking their point of descent eas
ily landed the machine on the se
lected spot
The bureau of insular affairs of
the war department has prepared for
publication a comparative statement
showing the customs revenues in the
Philippine archipelago for the first
eight months of 1903, as compared
with the same period of 1899, 1900,
1901 and 1902.
shows that for the eight months
ending August 31, 1903, the
toms revenues were: 1903, $5,829,
986.90; 1902, $5,676,456.47: 1901,
$5,635,267.16; 1900, $4,723,321.78;
1899, $3,109,878.39.
The unusual and disgusting spec
tacle of interference in the burial
of the dead was witnessed in many
instances in Chicago recently, ow
ing to a strike of hearse drivers. Ac
cording to press reports funeral pro
cessions w-ere interrupted by strikers
or their sympathizers, ana mourn
ers, paying the last respects to their
loved ones* were compelled to ac
company the remains to the ceme
teries on street cars or afoot. What
ever justification the strikers might
have had in a demand for increased
salaries, the uncivilized action of
themselves or sympathizers wjll be
condemned by the general public.
The true trades unionist will blush
for shame when this instance is cited
against his just position.
A strike of machinists, boiler
makers and blacksmith on the entire
system of the Union Paicific and
Southern Pacific lines will be de
clared by January 1 unless the com
panies abolish the piecework system.
Violation of the agreement, which
less than six months ago ended the
biggest railroad machine shop
strike the western systems have ever
experienced, is held directly respon
sible for the present trouble by the
union leaders.
Since the passage of the Cuban
reciprocity bill the British govern
ment has served formal notice on
the state department that under the
favored nation clause it expects
that British sugar from the British
West Indies shall be admitted into
the United States on equal terms
with Cuban sugar, and it is not
doubted that Germany, France, Aus
tria and the other great beet sugar
producing countries will do like- •
wise
The statement
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Including the workmen who have
already had their wages cut and
those who will be reduced after the
first of the year in accordance with
an agreement said to have been
reached lately between the United
States Steel Corporation and inde
pendent interests, it is stated that
the number of iron and steel men
affected in the Pittsburg districts,
which includes Sharon, Youngstown
and the valleys, will reach fully 80,
000. Of this number 20,000 are em
ployed in indepenedent plants.
Frank M. Kiggins, chief examiner
of the civil service commission, in
his annual report, says during the
last fiscal year there were 112,624
persons examined for classification
service of the government and 40,423
appointments; 24 per cent were to
purely clerical positions, 3 per cent
to professional, and 76 per cent to
skilled labor positions, not exactly
mechanical, requiring no education.
Of all those examined nearly 80 per
cent passed and 36 per cent of all
examined were successful in secur
ing appointments.
Diplomatic pressure will be
brought to bear upon Colombia by
several European powers to prevent
war between that country and the
United States. The first step in this
direction already has lieen taken by
several powers through their repre
sentatives, who have informed Gen.
Rafael Reyes of the futility of any
attempt by Colombia to retake Pan
ama, declaring that it will result
only in precipitating the Bogota gov
ernment into war with the United
States, and have said to him that
the result of such a catastrophe Co
lombia herself must realize.
The capture in South Texas, a
few days ago, of Jim Moody, alias
Jack Wilson, recalls the many des
perate encounters Texas and Terri
tory officials had with the famous
Black Jack gang of highwaymen and
train robbers. All the members of
this gang are either dead or in prison
with the exception of Bill Taylor,
who is known to be somewhere in
Mexico. Taylor made his escape
from the Texas penitentiary several
years ago, and, after killing a former
member of the gang who turned
state's evidence and delivered him
to the authorities, fled to Mexico.
Clifford Smyth, the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat correspondent, who
was sent to Colombia, at the begin
ning of the present trouble over the
secession of Panama, under recent
date sent the following to his paper:
"If the people of the United States
do not believe that the Colombians
are thoroughly in earnest, they are
very much mistaken. The informa
tion I refer to is this: Generals
Oritz and Novo both have small
armies near the Panama line, and
are making every preparation for an
invasion of the isthmus. The Carta
gena and Penzon, Colombian cruis
ers, successfully landed its men.
Camps have been prepared and a
base of supplies will be established."
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A fast train on the Frisco was
wrecked at Godfrey, Kan., on the
21st, in which eight persons were
killed and thirty-two injured. Of
the injured five will die. The dead:
James Kirkpatrick, Mosby, Mo.;
George Hoyt, conductor, Sapulpa, I.
T.; D. A. Dewers, engineer, Fort
Scott, Kan.; Theo. Bishard, fireman,
Fort Scott, Kan.; James H. Wyman
(colored), Flemin
Moreland, Lenox, Kan.; Leon Cor
bin, Bessie, Okl*.; Joseph Corbin,
Bessie, Okla.; John Bluebackor,
news agent, Kansas City. Fatally
injured: Sheridan Ivanable, Hop
pertown, Okla.; F. B. Carrowav,
Jonesboro, Ark.; John Bell, express
messenger, Kansas City; II. B. Dar
lington. mail clerk, Kansas City.
When the train readied Godfrey it
was behind time and running full
speed.- 'i'he crew of a freight train
which had preceded left the switch
open and the passenger jumped the
track and rolled down a slight em
bankment. All the coaches with the
exception of the sleeper, turned over
and were completely wrecked.
George Calhoun, a negro, ran
amuck at Montgomery, Ala., and
shot and killed his wife, Fannie, and
wounded four other negroes. Cal
houn called his wife to the door, and
standing within ten feet of her, fired
both barrels of a double-barreled
shotgun into her body and, calmly
reloading, made sure of his work
with another shot. He then fired
into the house, wounding two. The
other two received their wounds
while in pursuit of Calhoun.
Yuan ShiKai, the commander-in
Kan.; Asa
chief of the Chinese army and navy,
has taken steps for the rapid reor
ganization of the Chinese army. Ac
cording to the Cologne Gazette's ad
vices from St. Petersburg, Yuan Shi
Kai proposes immediately to create
military schools with special train
ing courses for non-commissioned
officers and a cadet corps, a general
staff and a military academy to be
opened in 1905.
Great Britain hag formally recog
nized the new republic of Panama.
The wife of Senator Hoar ef Mas
sachusetts died suddenly at her lioina
in Washington Christmas eve.
A terrific wind storm swept over
the little town of Washington, Ind.,
Christmas day, doing great damage.
In a riot between whites and
blacks at Lockland, Ohio, several
parties were shot and seriously
wounded.
Fire on t)he 25th partially de
stroyed the large retail department
store of B. Lowenstein & Bros., in
Memphis.
Bert Barron, aged 17, shot and
killed his father, Mart E. Barron, a
miner, at Joplin, Mo., while pro
tecting his mother from an assault.
The elder Barron was intoxicated.
More specifications for patents
and trademarks were printed in the
Patent Office Gazette this year than
in any previous year. A report of
the week of the division shows 31,
165 patents, 1,886 trademarks and
369 design specifications.
A severe earthquake shock oc
curred at Los Angeles Christmas
day. The big buildings in the busi
ness center swayed for an instant
as though they would fall, and peo
ple rushed into the streets think
ing some explosion had occurred.
Miss Erline Sinclair, a school
teacher of Sullivan, Ind., has
brought suit against a half dozen
of her pupils for $10,000 damages,
alleging that the defendants, with
force of arms, assaulted the plain
tiff and overpowered her, bound her
hands together with ropes, lashed her
to a rail and placed her in an icy
pond. .
The secretary of war has deter
mined to take no further action re
garding the utterances of Major
General MacArthur in Honolulu re
cently in which he is alleged to have
predicted war between the United
States and Germany. In a cable
gram to the department, General
MacArthur explains that his re
marks were made in private and not
with the slightest idea that they
would be given publicity.
Sixty-four people lost their lives
in a wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad near Connellsville,
Pa., Christmas eve. The wreck was
due to a carload of lumber becom
ing loose and being scattered along
the track. The passenger train was
going at the rate of sixty miles an
hour, and the cars were piled upon
one another and the track torn up
for several hundred yards. Added
to the horrors of the scene ghouls
are said to have robbed the dead and
injured passengers before the ar
rival of officers.
John A. Benson, a wealthy real
estate dealer of San Fracnsico, has
been arrested, charged by the in
terior department with being the
head of alleged land frauds extend
ing over a dozen western states and
territories. It is alleged the con
spiracy inplieates a number of per
sons at present employed in the in
terior department at Washington
and elsewhere. Numerous arrests
are expected to follow that of Ben
son and employes who may not be
arrested will be dismissed from the
service. It is expected that Secre
tary Hitchcock and the special attor
neys in the case hold it absolutely
necessary to the successful working
out of the case that no action be
taken with reference to any of the
other alleged offenders until the
principals in the case have been ap
prehended. Arthur B. Pugh, who
has bepn the special attorney for the
interior department on the land
frauds, and Oliver Hagin, assistant
attorney for the department of jus
tice, in asking for a large bail bond
for Benson, said he had been guilty
of bribery during a visit to Wash
ington and in the interior depart
ment itself, although he was fully
aware that his connection with the
alleged frauds was fully known by
the department.
Roscoe Derby of Cleveland, 0., a
machinist by trade, despondent and
crazed on account of the loss of all
his money at a gambling table, mur
dered his wife and three children
an then took his own life.
For sixty concerts to be given in
this country during the present sea
son Mine. Patti will receive $63,000.
There are 3,200 miners working in
Cripple Creek, and the Telluride
mines, one after another, are being
reopened "
John Scott and Sam Victory,
farmers residing near Ardmore, I.
T., fought a duel with shotguns, both
men being killed. The misunder
standing came up over Stott's cattle
breaking into Victory's field.
United States Minister Powell,
by his firm attitude, has achieved a
complete victory over the San Do
mingo provisional government, the
authorities acceding to all demands
made bv the American, including
the appointment of arbitrators.
The Turkish government has di
rected that an apology be made to
Consul Davis for the affair at Alex
andria, when the American repre
sentuive, in the discharge of his du
ties, was assaulted by the police.
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Mississippi State News
Something Doing.
From reports persistently kept in
circulation there is evidently some
thing afoot in the affairs of the
Memphis & Gulf railroad, which is
designed to run from Memphis to
Pensacola, Fla. One of the best in
formed men in the State on railroad
matters stated la»t week that he be
lieved that the announcement would
be made in the next few weeks that
the Illinois Central Railroad would
finance the new road. Every visible
sign would seem to indicate that
there was something of this kind on
foot. President Pond, of the road,
in an interview at Meridian a few
days ago, stated that the Frisco peo
ple had offered to finance the road,
but the offer had been declined on
the ground that, the Frisco would be
hostile to the Illinois Central. Ac
cording to the charter of the Mem
phis & Gulf, it is privileged to run
to both Mobile and Pensacola. The
moves of all three parties at interest
go to show- that some understanding
has been reached. It is well known
that the Frisco people arc behind
the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas Rail
road, and it is natural that the
Illinois Central should want the
Memphis & Gulf, for it will give it
access to the harbor of Pensacola,
and that of Mobile also, if it should
be determined to go to Mobile. The
new road will run through one of
the finest sections of the State, and
if the Illinois Central s backing it,
it will not be long before it is in
operation, for the Illinois Central
can secure the necessary finances to
carry the project to completion.
New Railroad Map.
Secretary Webb of the railroad
commission, this morning received a
proof of the new railroud map of
Mississippi
planned for the use of Hie commis
sion and the people of the State.
The new map has been gotten up on
a more elaborate scale than the
former ones. It is much larger and
fuller and Secretary Webb lias en
deavored to bring it right up to
date, to show all the railroads in the
State and the projected lines now
under construction. The map shows
the completed lines of railroad even
to the smallest mill line, and a
6tngle glance at it shows the rapid
progress now being made in Mssis
eippi in railroad construction.
Getting Active Again.
Revenue Agent Wirt Adams last
week filed suits for back tax assess
ments aggregating $24,800,000 in
the Jackson and Hinds county
against packing, pressing, cotton oil
and ear companies, ainong them
being the Union Cottofi Oil Com
pany, of New Orleans, $1,260,000;
Standard Refining Company, New
Orleans, $210,000; Eagle Oil Cot
ton Company, Meridian, $210,000;
Among others sued are the Schlitz
Brewing Company, Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Company, Standard Oil
Company, American Cotton Oil
Company, Armour Racking Com
pany, Cudahy Packing Company,
Swift Packing Company, and a
score of other concerns.
Mr. Webb
which
Grocery Clerk Mlctlng.
Matt O'Hara, a young man who
was employed as a grocery clerk in
Jackson, has been missing since
December 19, and his family and
friends are anxiously searching for
him. The police were asked to in
vestigate thf case, and fears are en
tertained that he has suffered harm
O'Hara left the
by some means,
etoro somewhat under the influence
of liqiior, and had been very de
ipondcnt all day. He did not go to
Ris home, and no one has seen him
since. On failing to show up for
work, his disappearance developed,
and the police are now trying to
locate him.
Univerilty Trustees.
The trustees of the university
have been caled to meet at Jackson
on January 4 by the governor. This
is the day before the meeting of the
legislature, and will be a convenient
and opportune time for the meeting
The principal matters to be consid
ered will be the requirements of the
college and the recommendations to
be made to the next legislature. A
committee will doubtless be ap
pointed to look after the interests of
the institution before the legisla
ture.
Tie* in Several Counties.
Secretary of State Power, in
making up the commissions for the
county officers, has discovered that
in a number of counties where there
were independents running, the in
dependents tied the regular nomi
nees. 'Hie law provides that in a
case like this the State Board of
Election Commissioners shall meet
and decide who is to have the com
mission by easting lots. The hoard
is composed of the governor, secre
tary of state and attorney general.
Large Cotton Sale.
The largest cotton sale for many
years was effected at Water Valley
last week by J. W. McLarty & Co.,
local cotton buyers. They sold 800
bales to Jones & Co., of Decatur,
Ala., the price being 12Vi cents per
pound. There will be little cotton
left in that section after the holi
days. Inquiry among ginners le
veals the fact that the crop is all
ginned, something that lias not hap
pened this early for many years, if
ever before.
pressed at the next session of the
legislaturc. Several months ago it
was stated that the King's Dough
ters of the state would have such a
bill- introduced. Mrs. H. B. Kells,
Many Highwaymen and Burglars.
There has been an unusually large
amount of safe-blowing, highway
robberies, burglaries and similar
criminal doings in Misissippi dur
ing the past few weeks, and it seems
that in a number of localities gangs
of professional criminals are actively
at w'ork. Thus far but few of the
guilty parties have been captured,
the only instances recorded being
the arrest at Canton of the two men
who blew open the safe in the sher
iff's office at Walthall about ten days
ago, and the capture in Jackson of
one of the safe-blowers who took
part in the robbery of the express
office at McHenry.
Want a Child Labor Law.
There seems little doubt about a
child labor bill being introduced and
the well-known woman publicist of
this state, says that there is no doubt
about the bill being introduced,
'Hie Daughters all over the state are
behind the movement to prohibit the
working of children of tender years
in factories. This is the first time
that a united effort has been made
to get such a measure passed.
The Talk of the South.
Among the distinguished visitors
to Jackson last week was Hon. E. L.
Martin, of Macon, Ga., an old Mis
sissippi, who is to spend the holi
days with relatives and friends in
that city and in Brookhaven. Mr.
Martin is now' one of the wealthy
citizens of Macon, but lie has not
lost his interest in the state of his
nativity. In conversation last week
lie said that he was much gratified
at the splendid growth of the state.
He said that the state and the splen
did progress it is making is the talk
of the South.
Undergoing Some Repair*.
The old desks and chairs which
have been put in position in the
senate and the house chambers at
the new eapitol are undergoing some
repairs. They are being revar
nished, and do not now present such
a bad appearance. The chairs look
a good deal worse than the desks,
which are made of mahogany and
were nianufacted when the people
believed in making things good. It
is believed, however, that the legisla
ture will vote early in the session to
have new furniture.
Rlotou* Negroes Killed.
A lerrifie shooting affray took
place on the Southern passenger
train coming out of Greenville last
week, while it was nearing Heath
man, and as a result two negroes are
dead and the conductor, B^b Carr,
was badly shot through the hand.
The negroes were full of bad Christ
mas whisky and were making things
lively by terrorizing the other occu
pants of their coach when the con
ductor went into the coach to take
their pistols from them when he was
shot, and did some shooting himself,
with the above result.
Truck Grower* Organize.
A large -ind enthusiastic mass
meeting of farmers and business men
was held in Collins last week for the
purpose of organizing a truck grow
ers' asociation. Several speeches
were made relative (o the business of
truck growing and its commercial
importance.
by-laws were adopted and a perman
ent organization affected. The as
sociation will probably grow 100 j
acres or more of early vegetables for
Northern nnd Eastern markets
iNortmrn ana >-astern markets.
success will be attained.
A constitution and
Experiment Station Bill.
State Senator A. M. Hides of
Yazoo county announces that he
will introduce a hill in the next
legislature providing for a State ex
periment station to be established
in the Yazoo-Mississippi delta. Sen
ator Hicks also expresses himself as
favoring a geological survey of the
State and may introduce a hill to
that end.
A Pickens Bankrupt.
In the Federal Court at Jackson
last week William II. Hoover, of
Pickens, filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are given in
the schedule as $25,104. while his
assets arc placed at $10,889.
Caring for Veterans.
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Splendid progress is being made
, ii. tt •, in i , » ,£ ,,
by the United Daughters ot the ( on
federacy in collecting clothing for
the inmates of the soldiers' home at
Beauvoir. Every chapter in the
state is engaged in this laudable
charity, and large boxes 'of clothing
of all -kinds are being forwarded to
Superintendent Stone. There will
also be many Christmas donations
to the indigent veterans who have
entered the home, and the institu
tion will soon be_in_first-class shape.
Gambler* on the Move.
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The grand jury got busy in
Vicksburg last week examining
nearly a hundred witnesses in one
day, and it is understood that a
large butch of indictments will he
issued in the next day er two. The
strong and direct charge of Judge
Anderson lias created a great sensa
hon, and quite a number of the easy
money fraternitv have already
struck their colors and departed for
more congenial surroundings, while
the can t-get-awavs are laying low.
AFTER BACK TAXES.
State Will Be Rich If the Revenue
Agent Wine These Suit*.
If the State revenue agent, Wirt
Adams, is successful in the move
ment to recover back taxes from the
packing companies and brewing as
sociations doing refrigerator car
business in this State, Mississippi
will be able to rent out the present
new eapitol as a sort of cheap
shanty and construct a palatial cap
itol building such as would rival the
palaces told of in the Arabian
Nights.
The revenue agent claims back
taxes against these concerns for thir
teen years from 1890 to 1903, both
State and county. The aggregate
amount of the valuation on which
them- taxes are claimed is $219,
000 , 000 .
The taxes are assessable in every
county in which the companies de
liver goods.
Mr. Adams says there is no ques
tion whatever about the liability of
the concerns for the back taxes, as
the question has been in the Su
it preme Court of the United States
and it lias been held that the prop
a ertv is assessable for taxes where
of
a
the concerns ship their own refrig
] erator ears into the State, employ
ing the railroads merely to deliver
the cars at destination. He will
bring suits in every county where
deliveries have been made for the
State and eountv taxes for thirteen
years past. The assessment is made
on the valuation of the rolling stock
employed by the companies in de
livering the goods. The assessment
which has been filed in Hinds
county, and which is the same in all
the counties in which goods have
been delivered, is^as follows:
The American Cotton Oil Company,
New' York, is assessed with 300 cars
at $500 each, which from 1890 to 1903,
amoints to $1,260,00.
The Jacob bold Packing Company,
20 cars at $500 each for thirteen years,
$140,000.
Schlitz Brewing Company, Milwau
kee, Wls,. 50 cars at $500 each
amounting to $350,000.
Union Cotton Oil Company, New
Orleans, 300 cars at $300 each,
amounting to $1,260,000.
Anheuser-Busch Brewiig Company,
St. Louis, Mo., 50 cars at $500 each
for the period, amounting to $350,000.
Cudahy Packing Company, Chicago,
200 cars at $500 each, amounting to
$1,400,000.
Eagle Qil Company, Meridian. 50
cars at $390 each, amounting to $210,
000 .
Hicks Palace Stock Company, Chi
cago, 20 cars at $300 each, amounting
to $84,000.
Swift Packing Company, Chicago,
200 cars at $500 each, amounting to
$1,400,000.
Staidard Refining Company. New
Orleans, 50 car* at $300 each, $210,
000
Union Tank Company, Whiting,
Ind., 300 cars, at $300 each, amount
ing to $1,260,000.
Armour Packing Co., Chicago, 11!.,
200 cars at $500 each, amounting to
$1,400,000.
Plankington Packing Company, Mil
waukee, Wis.. 20 cars at $500 each,
amounting to $140,000.
Pabst Brewing Company, Milwau
kee, Wls., 200 cars at $500 each,
amounting to $350,000.
Unloi Packing Company, Kansas
City, 200 cars at $500 each, amount
ing to $1,400,000.
Kingan & Co., Indianapolis, Ind.,
20 cars at $500 each, making $40,000.
Henery King Packing Company, St.
Joseph, Mo., 20 cars at $500 each,
from 1900 to 1903, $40,000.
Louisville Packing Co., Louisville,
Ky„ 20 cars at $500 each, 1900 to 1903,
$40,000.
N. K. Fairbanks & Co., Chicago. 50
cars, at $500 each, 1895 to 1903, $225,
nno.
Boyd & Lehman Co„ Chicago. 20
cars at $500 each, 1900 to 1903, $40,
000 .
John Morrell & Co. Ottumwa, la.,
20 cars at $500 each 1900 to 1903, $40.
000 .
j to 1903, $200,000.
National Refrigerator and Trans
' x ' rtation Company, Chicago, 500 cars
at j 500 eachj 190 2.i903, $500,000.
ubby Packing Company, Union
Stock Yards, Chicago. 20 cars at $500
each, 1900 to 1903, $40,000.
Nelsoi Morris Company. Chicago,
for 1900 to 1903, 50 cars at $500 each,
$ 100 , 000 .
Schwerzchild-Sulzeberger Company.
Chicago, 100 cars at $500 each, 1900
New Albany Fire.
A dangerous fire occurred in New
Albany a few days since. A large
livery and feed stable, in which were
about fifty animals and $400 worth
of corn, burned, but all stock
escaped. A portion of an adjoining
house burned and but for quick
work the entire north side of Main
street would have burned.
Important Movement.
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A movement of importance is the
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consolidation of the municipalities
Scranton and Pascagoula, to take
place early in January, under the
old Indian name of Pascagoula,
The electric railroad to connect the
varioug towM a , the (>oagt ig
being pl!gh ed to completion, and it
, T ias bm , dl ,. ided to eonstruct a line
to Dantzler, which will he a great
convenience for communication be
tween Mogg Point and rascagouJa .
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Fir* at Roblnaonvllle.
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'lustrous fire visited Tunica
aB ^ wee k- It is supposed to have
originated from a defective flue in
the large mercantilcestablishmentof
W. L. Kline & Co. When first die
covered q ameg were breaking from
the roof of thig buildin „ The firm
]ost their stoek of goodgi valued at
$ 7 ,000, together with the building,
Banks & Ca , who omipled the ud .
j oin j ng building, also sustained a
8 i m ji ar i oss by t b e fi re .
Orange Growing on the Coast.
An industry that is attracting
much attention along the gulf coast
A large crop
is orange growing,
has been shipped from Pascagoula
this year, and a good increase in
acreage is predicted for next year.
JUDAH fiENJAMIN'9 FAREWELL
It !• One of the Most Notable Ad
dresses of the Sensi'j.
Thomas II. Martin, a lawyer ol
Washington, 1>. C., who is ussoi i
ated with his brother, Henry M.
Martin, in compiling the farewell
speeches of United States sen
ators from the southern states
during the war of secession, is in
the city to gather all obtainable
data concerning the life and career
of Judah I'. Benjamin, one of the
greatest statesmen that ever rep
resented Louisiana in the senate
ehumber, the only attorney gen
eral of the confederacy and one of
the most distinguished lawyers of
two continents, says the New Or
leans Picayune.
Of all the vast quantity of
matter that has been published
about the civil war the farewell
addresses of the United States sen
ators from the south have never
been given to the public, and that
is vvliat the Messrs. Martin intend
to do.
"In going through some old doe
uments in the congressional li
brary recently," Mr. Martin said.
"1 found the farewell speech of
Judah P. Benjamin, delivered at
the time he surrendered his sen
ntorial commission. Charles Sum
ner pronounced it the greatest
speech delivered prior to the war.
When Mr. Benjamin concluded his
address there was not a dry eye
in the senate chamber. Judah I*.
Benjamin was preceded in deliver
ing his farewell address by John
Slide!, who retired from the Unit
ed States senate on the same day.
"A most interesting fact in con
nection with this is that these
speeches have never appeared in
print and we are devoting a great
deal of time and labor to getting
them together.
"All the addresses of that day
were of a sensational character.
We find another striking scene at
the address of John C. Brerkin
ridge, of Kentucky, who delivered
a speech full of pathos and
breathed liis sympathy for the con
federate cause. Just as Breckin
ridge was draw ing to a close Sen
ator Baker, of Oregon, entered tin
senate chamber. Baker was then
a general officer in the union army
and lie had just come in from the
field of battle. When Breckin
ridge concluded Baker, attired in
full uniform, took the floor. He
placed bis saber on his desk and
addressed the president of the sen
ate. His opening utterance was
sensational and it at once arrest
ed the attention of the audience
and held spellbound both the floor
and the gallery. He began: 'Mr.
President, the senator from Ken
tucky is uttering words of treason
under the very dome of the capi
tal.' " _
CURIOUS ECHOES.
One Place Where a Pistol Report I*
Repeated Sixty Times.
The suspension bridge across
the Meuai straits, in Wales, pro
duces oue of the most remarkable
echoes in the world, says Stray
Stories. The sound of a blow witii
a hammer on one of the main piers
is returned in succession from
each of the crossbeams which sup
port the roadway, and from the
opposite pier at the distance of 576
feet, in addition to which the sound
is many times repeated between
the water and roadway at the rate
of 28 times in five seconds.
An equally remarkable echo is
that of the castle of Sinionettu,
about two miles from Milan.
The report of a pistol is repeated
by this echo 60 times.
A singular echo is also heard in
a grotto near Castle Comber, in
Ireland.
In the garden of the Tuileries, in
Paris, is an artificial echo, which
repeats a whole verse without the
loss of a single syllable.
Another wonderful echo is heard
outside the Shipley church, in Sus
»ex, which echoes some 20 syllables
in the most perfect manner.
The well-known echo at Wood
stock repeats itself no fewer than
50 times. In one part of the Pan
theon so great is the echo that the
striking together of the palms of
the hands is said to make a report
equal to that of a 12-pound
non.
Cilll
Famous Stamp Collecticn.
The magnificent collection of
postage-stamps-bequeathed to the
trustees og the British museum
in 1891 by the lute Mr. T. K.Tap
ling, M. P., can now be seen in its
entirety by the general public.
The very rare and highly valuable
stamps will be shown only on spe
eial application and under certain
conditions, but they do not amount
to many, probably about 100, in
cluding such philatelic treasures
as a pair of the famous "post of
fice" Mauritius stamps, valued at
something like £3,000. A speci
men was lately sold in France for
£1,500.
Chinese Streets.
Chinese streets, are often no(
more than eight feet wide.