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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14
WILL NOT BACK DOWN.


Play'for Peace,
especial dispatch from Madrid
|ys that the ambassadors of France,
many, Russia and Italy waited
Pon Senor Gullon, foreign minister,
|p.ufsday and presented joint note
1 'ue interests Of peace. Senior Gull
+ replying, declared, according to
uispatch, that tho members Of the
aaish cabinet were unanimous in
4 ||aas,i:uerlng that Spain had reached
\ r.na nmit Of international policy in the
s0non Of conceding the demands
& allowing the pretensions Of tho
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14

BAPTIST CHURoH-Rev. w. b. Hol
comb, pastor. Services second and
fourth SabBaths. Sunday school 1e
a. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
night.
METHoDIsT--Rev.W W. Fl. Huntley, pas
tor. Services first and third Sun
days in each month. Sunday schoo
10 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednes-
day night.
CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor, W. j. Hunnicutt; Treasurer,
w. w. Strahan; Clerk, R. II. Reeves
Marshal, Fl. E. Smith.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
W. 7. Scott, N. Batson, R. C. John
son, R. II. Reeves, J. A. Howard.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14

There is continued persistence IN tne
Cuban question. because u iookh as y
nothing short Of freedom VIII ans"s1'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14

The Spanish consulate at Tampa,
Fla, is deserted, Senior Pedro Soils
having departed for Washington by
order VI the Government.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14

King Christians SOth Birthday.
The eighth birthday of King Christian
TX, of Denmark, was celebrated fast
Friday.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14
CITY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Chancery and Circuit Clerk, N. Bat
son; Sheriff, w. T. Scott; Treasurer,
]. L. Strahan; Assessor, G. W. Bill
bo; Superintendent u Education, H.
K. Rouse; Surveyor, A. j. Ladner.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-14

CHANoERY Court, SECOND DIsrR1cT-
Chancellor, N. G. Hill. Regular
terms, first Monday in January and
July, six days.
CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND DISTRICT
Judge, 7. A. Wood. Regular terms,
third Monday in April and October.
Walter A. White, District Attorney.
SUPERVISORS. j. w. Moody, presi-
pent; G. w. Smith, P. E. Williams,
G. W. Stewart, J. A. H. Smith.
The record-union., 1898-09-29

On the 9th Of January, 1897, Mr..
of Representatives, opposed the pass
age of bill to exclude from entry into
this country undesirable classes-an-
archists, among others-declared that
he did not admit that it was right to
exclude such classes or any of them.
Generally he added, they are edu-
Gated men, many Of them holding uni
versity degrees Thereupon he pro-
ceeded to eulogfze them as the foes OF
tyranny. It is conceivable that Mr.
Mcguire by this meant to speak more
directly Of the Socialists, with whose
doctrines he has much sympathy. but
he included the anarchists in the group
ing, a class diametrically opposed in
theory and practice to the Socialists,
the one believing in concentration of all
powers, things and titles in govern
ment, and the other detesting any gov
ernment and clamoring for it's destruc-
tion everywhere, that absolute individ-
ualism may have free rein, and every
man become a law unto himself The
nihilists, however, he specified as par
ticularly, pronouncing them ''the Dem
ocrats Of Russia, struggling against
hopeless Odds" ETC., etc. If his Russian
Democrats, with their bombs, and his
radical Socialists, with their theories,
soft shirts and red neckties, are con-
ceded to Mr.. Mcguire for arguments s
sake, the anarchists remain defended
by him, as neither right nor desirable TO
exclude
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BULLETS DIDN'T MATTER.
Judge Who Liked an Argument Too
Well to Stop For Shot.

During the day 1 had attended court,
where lawsuit of considerable import
ance was, on trial.. and which was not
decided until O'Clock in the evening.
Then I went home to stop for the night
with the Judge who had the case in
hand. On the way home we were stop
ped by a man, who said:
2'.Judge, it is quite likely that the
loser of that suit will shoot at you
through a window tonight to secure
revenge"
Eyes, quite likely; thanks" pleasant
ly replied the Judge, as we passed on.
AT the supper table his wife appeared
nervous and uneasy, and before the
meal was concluded she said:
Alfred, a man has been seen in front
of the house. acting rather suspiciously,
and I'm afraid he means you HARM
Yes, I'm afraid SO, my dear" replied
the Judge, and then took up the con-
versation she had interrupted.
After supper we adjourned to the IL
brary, and by and by as we sat at
the table, with kerosene lamp be-
tween US, there arose an argument con-
nected with the political question"
Sir said the Judge, as he grew
all their sophistry to bear on the ques-
ton, but nothing will convince me that
-,
At that instant I felt a hot streak
along my left cheek, and the lamp
chimney was shivered into hundred
pieces, and the light went out. The
Judge rang a handbell which was with
in reach, and / thought I heard the
notes of the bell before the report of
a rifle in front of the house. A negro
man came running in, and the Judge
said:
Julius, bring us another lamp"
When the lamp was brought l looked
at the Judge. He had not changed in
the slightest.
Wasn't that a bullet which broke
the lamp chimney" I asked.
Very likely it was" he replied, as
he looked around.
And wasn't it meant for you?"
Il presume so. There it is in the
back of a law book. AS l was saying,
however, sophistry is not an argument,
and those champions"
Excuse me, Judge" 1 interrupted,
but the next bullet may kill one of u.s.
'Oh, they never shoot but once, and
want to convince you that your position
is untenable. You see, to begin with,
the Democratic party"
But his wife came in and insisted that
he give an alarm, and the argument
was never finished.-Newark News.
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Weather Forecast.

Equity, therefore, does not per-
INIT property in land; for IT one
portion of the earth's surface may
fully become the possession OF an
individual and may be held by
him, for his sole use and benefit,
as thing to which he has an ex-
elusive right, then all other por-
tions of the earth's surface may so
be held, and our planet may thus
lapse altogether into private
hands."-James G. Mcguire in a
speech in Congress March 10, 1898.
The record-union., 1898-09-29
The Model Ship.

The Oregon will probably take rank
as the model ship for future building
in the United States navy. There will,
Of course, be an effort to improve on
some of her points, but she has pre-
sented SO much that is desirable that
she must be regarded in the light Of a
pattern. The Oregon steamed $4,000
miles and was ready to 60 into battle
at the end Of the journey. Captain
Clarke sets down as two of the prin-
cipal lessons of the war, smokeless
powder and warships without wood
work. Then comes speed.
The record-union., 1898-09-29

The Republican papers of the State
seem to comprise worry club" They
are threatened with nervous prostratlon
because the Democrats have nominated
for Governor man who has not aA-
ways voted the Democratic ticket The
Democratic party is willing to assume
all the responsibility. Judge Mcguire
is all right now; that is the most i'm
portant consideration with which we
have to dea1.-Woodland Democrat
Then it is given to Mr.. Maguire's par
tisans and to them alone, to put behind
them the past and to pin faith TO the
present in trust for the future, regard
less of records and the protestations of
belief preceding the opportunity for Of
The record-union., 1898-09-29

The dispatches nearly a week ago
told Of a prevalent rumor in China that
the Emperor of the Celestial realm was
dead; this was followed by denial of
the story, and the making public of his
proclamation of abdication in favor of
the Dowager Queen, his mother. Now
the tale of his death is renewed, but
as If that was bit premature. there
comes a recital that the young EN-
peror is dangerously sick, and that his
recovery is not expected. OF course
not 1t is less shocking to have him
die by inches; at least to tell the world
that he was not murdered outright but
only by slow processes. But the prob
abilities are that the Emperor is dead !;
that he died by the bowstring or the
dagger, possibly by poison; that his
mother was cognizant of the crime,
and that his death will be confessed
when a sufficient time has elapsed to
give it a color of natural departure
from the flesh. For ways that are
peculiar" the Chinese are uneQualed.
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AN OPEN INVITATION.

The committee appointed by the Pres
ident to investigate the conduct of the
war and the trea tment of the soldiers
has organized and directed an elaborate
series of inquiries to the heads of all
the departments related to the subject,
the answers to which will constitute the
groundwork Of the investigation.
But in addition to this the committee
has addressed to all the people a re-
quest that they file informal complaints
in writing, or by letters of information.
of any misconduct, neglect or vicious
proceeding on the part of any one re-
lated in any manner to the war, the
transportation or care Of the soldiers,
the camps, hospitals, etc. This sweep
ing, all-embracing invitation opens the
doors as wide as is possible to COM
plete exploitation of the whole sub
ject. 1t lays bare the whole field Of
investigation, and gives fullest possible
opportunity to every one to call the at
tention Of the board to any and every
thing relating to the charges of inhu-
manity, negligence and misconduct in
the army, the war, hospitals, care of
men, etc.
In the face of this generous effort on
the part of the board to get at all the
facts and uncover every material thing
concerning the subject in hand, the
partisan and fiendish charge of some of
the Democratic press, led by the San
Francisco Examiner that the inves
tigation is to be a whitewashing affair,
and that it is prejudged, and in ad-
vance committed to clearance of all Off
Gals in and out of the army, is ex-
posed in all its littleness and mean
ness.
The record-union., 1898-09-29

The expression Of the platform Of the
Republican party Of New York, that
in a larger sense this Is national
campaign, and that the people can not
escape its consequences as such, ap-
plies with peculiar force to the cam
paign in California. 1t is a national
campaign here also. The sustaining Of
the Republican ticket means the In
dorsement and upholding Of the Ad-
ministration, while the defeat Of the
Republican ticket will be accepted,
must be taken as rebuke to the Pres
ident and disapproval of the policy
that has carried the nation so splen-
did1y through a foreign war, and has
put it forward into the front rank OF
great Powers. entitled to be heard,
The record-union., 1898-09-29

when it is SO minded, in the world ;
councils. and it's flag and citizens to
be honored and respected in all partS
of the earth. There is no escape from
this. The defeat of the California Re-
publicans, the sending up to Congress
of partisans opposed to the President
and the Administration policy can
have no other effect than to discourage
and obstruct the National Government.
The record-union., 1898-09-29
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
county of Sacramento, State of Califor-
In the matter of the estate Of MARY
E. HUMPHREY formerly Mary E. HalD.
A 3 Humphrey, executor of the estate
of said above named deceased, having
filed his petition herein duly verified,
nraying for an order to mortgage certain
real estate of said decedent, for the pur-
p9fo pIf is therefore, ordered by said court
that all persons interested in the estate
of said deceased Sppea 4b 6eH 9eIore me said
a D 1898. at 10 o'clock a. m. of the said
day. at the Courtroom of said Superior
mento, county of Sacramento. State of
California then and there to show cause
why the following real property, to-wit:
All those certain lots. pieces and parcels
of real property situate in the county of
San joaquin. State of California, describ-
ed as follows The east one-half of sec
half of section 6; the north half of the
southwest quarter; the northwest quar-
ter of the southeast quarter and the south
j. .125 feet of each of the northwest quar-
fer and west half of the northeast QUAR-
ter of section D; all in township south,
range 9 east, M. d. 3. and M. contain
insr S14.54 acres: also all those certain lots.
pieces and parcels of real property situate
in Tulare County. in said State Of Califor-
MIA, described as follows: Section I6; the
ton %: all in township 20 south. range 26
east, NJ. d. B., and NJ, containing $40
acres. -,
on or some part thereof. should not be
mortgaged for the amount mentioned in
said petition, to-wit: $3.50, or such lesser
amount as to the court or Judge may
Dated September IA. 1898
MATT f. JOHNSON,
Judge of said Superior Court.
Holl G. Dunn, Attorneys for Executor.
| se1o-iw
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A Weighty Testimonial.

Mrs. Cookinskool-A tramp came TO
the house to-day and I gave him some
of my home. made. cake.
Her HNband-And what did the
tramp say?
Mrs. Cookinskool-He said he was
under very heavy obligation to me-
Bay City Chat
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amiability to the very end.
Thousands of women fail of this for one
great prevalent reason. While they resort
to every device to preserve their beauty of
complexion by external applications and
possibly take the best care of their general
health, they are too frequently utterly neg
1ectful of their health in special wornanly
way No woman can remain beautiful, at
tractive or a1niable, who suffers from weak
ness and disease of the delicate and import
ant feminine organism. woman who
suffers in this way will lose her clearness
of complexion, her eyes will become dull,
worry and pain will mark her face with
wrinkles and she will become nervous,
sickly fretful and respondent There is a
sovereign remedy for all troubles of this
description. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, 81.
NV illness was caused by lack of medical at
tention during childbirth 1t lasted for period
of three years, during which my suffering was
almost Understandable" writes Mrs. Edith Petty,
of Texa ma Cherokee Nat, Ind. Ter. ~" Owing
TO the injuries received-rupture internal dis
placement etc, became physical wreck.
was in a constant state of pain and nervous col
lapse. l became SO nervous l feared insanity.
Ny heart was affected and had spells OF palpi-
tation and snothering. Was reduced in strength
and could take no solid food. The doctors told
me that recovery was impossible without a sur
gical operation. My monthly periods ceased en-
tirely. MY mother Bought bottle of Dr. Pierce S
Favorite Prescription. | took twelve bottles.
Thanks to All Ali-wise Providence and Doctor
Pierce's medicines the symptoms have all dis
appeared. ] can now do hard days work, eat
ANYTHING and everything ] wish. Q regard my
recovery as permanent. for It is nearly two years
since stopped taking DR.. Pierce's medicines" F"
The record-union., 1898-09-29

Theodore Roosevelt and General
Woodruff for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor of New York make a team
that is especially strong and notably
representative of Americanism. It is
a combination that cannot be beaten
in the Empire State
The record-union., 1898-09-29

SO. according to Commissioner Agon-
clio, now on his way to Paris to pre-
sent to the Peace Commission the views
of the followers Of Aguinaldo, Germany
did coQuette with the F'ilipinos, and
provided Germans were permitted to
have a hand in the formation of the
new government. At the same time
Germany was protesting friendship for
Spain, and there is reason to believe
was endeavoring to befriend her, as
against the United States. AS a CO.
quette the War Lord of the German
Empire appears in new role A ver-
satile fellow is William.
The record-union., 1898-09-29

When dog barks at night In Japan
the owner is arrested and sentenced
to work a year for the neighbors that
were disturbed. The dog gets off cas-
ier, being simply killed.
The record-union., 1898-09-29
PLAIN. TALK.

Stockton Record: We hear a great
deal about the unequal distribution Of
wealth. What caused it? Foresight,
energy and economy on the one hand
shifuessnesS, incompetency and prodi-
galfty on the other. This is the whole
story. This is the economic history Of
the United States. He who has failed
may not blame the institutions under
which he is living. The fault was his
own. Though he was energetic, it was
misplaced. Energy must be wisely d.
rected to produce fruit. He who will
take the trouble to investigate will dis
cover that the price Of success is inde-
fatigable industry, uncompromising
economy and few mistakes. Opportun-
ityl Say the disaffected, that is what
we want, opportunity! Give us oppor-
tunity and we will answer for the rest
Friends, you have had opportunities.
Within the memory of living men op-
portunities have been at your disposal
Of which history furnishes no parallel
Nay, up to within the last ten years all
but free land has been at your dis
posal, and that you should settle upor
it and so provide yourselves homes and
means of independent livelihood, mill
ZONES have been spent in railways. Nor
have your opportunities in relation tc
land wholly disappeared. There is still
Government land; while as for railroad
and other land owners, these have lan6
for sale on easy terms and easy fig.
ures. Men are land poor in California
Like conditions are present in Oregon
and Washington. 1t Is fact that there
are thousands upon thousands of acres
of arabic land on this coast going a
begging. Why. don't you settle on ii?
You have no money wherewith to make
the preliminary start. Precisely. Tn.
der single tax how much better of
would you be? Single tax does no
promise you grub stake.
The record-union., 1898-09-29
NEW STOCK.

Loan Association has new stock for sale
at $1.00 per share. This association has
paid it's shareholders Z 1-5 per cent. net
for the past four years. Call on the Sec
retary for printed statement.
FRANK HICKMAN, Secretary.
The record-union., 1898-09-29
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund he money If It fails to cure 25c The
genuine has I. B. Q. on each tablet.
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a NEW THEORIST.

Stockton Independent: Now comes a
new theorist whom the Democrats have
named for Governor of this State, and
declares that the proper theory of tax
alton is to levy it all on land. He would
overturn all our settled convictions and
reverse the conditions which centuries
have taught are essential to progress,
prosperity, enlightenment and happi-
ness. Mr. Mcguire and his followers
would come into San Joaquin County
and take off the assessments that Mr..
Ortman has put on the water COM
pany, the telegraph companies, the S TN
set Company, the electric companies,
the gas companies and the banks, and
spread this burden over the land The
rich man who has built a S2O,OOO resi-
dence and furnishes it at a cost Of S1O,-
coo would be relieved of taxation ex-
cept on the lot where the house stands,
and the workingman who under pres
ent conditions has managed to secure
POSSESSING Of building lot to hold until
he is enabled to build a home will pay
as much on that as does the million
aire on his palatial residence. 1t rests
with the people this fall to decide
whether the Mcguire theory of taxa
ton is the correct, one. That is the
issue. 1t is one that truly involves the
corporations. 1t will decide whether
the rolling stock of the railroads shall
roll without contributing to the treas
ury Of the State
The record-union., 1898-09-29
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

Dixon Tribune: The Democratic
press is making strenuous efforts to
console itself in repeated assertions
that there will be a high percentage of
Republican detection at the coming
election. For the present it is exceed
ingly fortunate for the champions Of
the theory that they are SO constituted
that consolation comes SO easily, but
the morning after the election will an
nounce many serious cases of relapse
in this State
Evening journal., 1898-03-24
MISS BARTON LEAVES.
Sails For New York From Havana-An-
other Body Found In the Wreck.

Sails For New York From Havann-An-
other Body Found In the Wreck.
HAVANA. March 24.-Miss Clara
Barton. president of the American
branch Of the Red Cross society, left
for New York yesterday on the Key
West mail steamer 1t was not known
until in the morning that she intended
70 do so. Miss Barton says the cause
OK her departure is purely personal and
has TO do with private financial mat
ters. Miss Barton expects TO go TO
Washington and may return to Cuba.
La Lucha, IN an editorial under tho
caption of Expectation In the World"
usalntains that the American court of
Inquiry, owing to the short time it was
here, could not give a scientific report
on the Maine disaster.
American naval officers" says la
Lucha, "are not likely to decide against
brother officers The divers could not
give expert testimony owing to the fact
that the machinery was imbedded four
feet in the mud. 1t Is greatly TO be
regretted that more time and care were
not given to the preparation Of a report
for which the whole world waits and
which Is likely to change the entire
feelings Of a part of the American peo-
ple toward Spain and Cuba"
Ia Lucha publishes also an interview
with Consul General Lee, which quotes
him az saying that he knows nothing
OF the nature Of the report, but is sat
lsded that General Blanco never con-
ceived the disaster until he heard the
shock I'm the harbor.
Gunner Morgan left for the fleet at
Key West With him went the naval
divers Fishers. Rundquest and Schluter.
with Hanz. the helper Hanz belongs to
/ the Fern and has been III. This leaves
/ two navy divers and five civilians on
| the contract work.
The body Of white man has been
found in the forward part of the wreck.
II viii probably be Identified by marks
on the clothing when the latter has been
disinfected. The body was sent to Key
| West on the Olivette
Evening journal., 1898-03-24

piers and coalsheds were as follows:
Phoenix Bridge company. Ph6nixville,
Pa. sio5. 100; Michael J. Dady, Brook
lyn $5O7 900; s. s. Leonard company,
Jacksonville. Fla. s274,7O0; Union
Bridge company New York. s250,o00;
Sanford & Brooks, Baltimore $3.50, 600;
New York Dredging company, S4l4,OO0;
r. c.. Packard. New York, s669,0OO
The bidders on the Key West work
were: Phoenix Bridge company. $780,
OeO; Michael J. Dady, $4,000; S. S.
Leonard company, s1ss 900; Union
Bsdge company. $4,000; Sanford &c
Brooks, S445, 900; S. r. White. S27S.O 900,
r. c. Packard, $542,O ,OOO Two bids were
made for the entire work at Tortugas
and Key West. as follows: r. G. Pack
ara, s1,151, 900, and Grattan & Jennings.
New York. $4,000. other bids were
made for the machinery, tracks. coal
cars etc. ranging from S15OOOO down.
Tie award win be made within the
next day or two.