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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

Assessment No. So supreme lodge,
includes the names of l46 members Of
the order who have recently died; the
following from Mississippi:
John A. Stacy. West Point; Oliver
Eastlaud Forest; David l. Hardin,
Ripley; John II. StiIlmau, Starkyillei
Leopold Matzuer. Scooba; George H..
Robertson, Nazoo City; Robert R. Bun
tin, Charleston; R. F. North, Nicks-
burg; Quincy C. Stroud, New Albany.
The total amount paid by these
brethren into the benefit fund is 81
1850; in return for which the families
of seven will get $1,000 each; the fami-
lies of two. $1,000 each: total, $4,000.
The highest paid to benefit fund was
s75I.GO; the lowest S2925. Average
age at entry 80 8 years; average age at
death ~ years.
The total benefits paid TO October IA,
1899. is the great sum Of S67,756,595
Total membership Oct. /, 1893, 7l,OUs.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
MURDERED HIS FATHER.
George f. Schan, Aged Fifty Years,
Killed in Bed by His Son
in New York.
TWO BULLETS ENTERED HIS TEMPLE,
The Murdered Man HAD Refused 80
Probate the WIN of his Deceased
VIE aud Account for Property
ncNised-His Recent MHrriaHe
Led Ia the Tragedy,

New York, Nov, 14.-George j..
Schun, so years old, an employee in the
supreme court, was shot and killed at
his home by his son George W. Schan,
dentist, The father had refused to
give the son money. The son was ar
rested.
KILLED In Ills He'd.
Schau was in bed when he was shot.
Two shots were fired. aud both bullets
entered the right temple of the old
man, who expired almost instantly,
The son was rcmandcd to the custody
of the coroner.
wanted His Rights.
The wife of the murdered man, and
the mother of young Schau died a
year and half ago, leaving, il is said,
considerable property to be divided be-
tween her husband, the prisoner, aud
another son. The other son is now in
Manila. member of the Fourth Unit
ed States infantry.
Refused to Probate the VIII.
The father remarked and refused,
il is said, to probate the VIII OF ms
dead wife. Both sons left home AT the
time of the second marriage. They
continually demanded that the prop
erty left by their mother be divided,
and in lieu of that called upon the
father for money, which was refused.
The son, George, it is said, declared
that he would never allow his step
mother to get any of his property. lie
went to the house of his father and
found him in bed. His step-mother
was in an adjoining room. The son
repeatedly demanded some money.
FruitIess Demand for Money.
The father became euraged and
raised himself from the bed in a
menacing manner, when the young
man drew a revolver and fired two
shots The muzzle of the revolver was
so near Schan's head that the powder
burned his face Both shots plowed
through the right temple. The elder
Schan fell back on the bed with blood
pouring from the wounds and expired
Immediately. The son placed the re-
volver on a dresser and calmly awaited
his arrest.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY J. L. POWER.
Il. - 80 AFAa.. * 20 70 =
Appeal To the Fraternul orders In missiH'
.InnI nnh ihr pnhIIr nnnrrallN.

Appeal To the Fraternul orders In MissiH-
sippi aud the Public Generally
The board Of managers of the Natche1
Protestant orphanay have decided,
for the second time in its history OF
more than four score years, not only 10
ask To be remembered in the offerings
on Thanksgiving Day, but will, during
this and next month, through acered'
tied representatives, call personally
upon the people in the principal rail-
road towns for contributions, SO that
they may be able 20 continue the good
work of caring for the fatherless,
The ladies' who are 90 be thus COM
missioned win call on many who may be
contributing 10 other orphanages, but
the noble record Of this asylum, and
the fact that it has no other income
than the generous sympathy OF the
public, entities its representatives TO
kind and cordial reception For We
have the poor with We always, and
whatsoever We will We may do them
good.
The Natchez Protestant orphan asy-
lum was established in ISIS. Except
during the war period, when the Fed
erals used It's buildings for hospital
purposes, the asylum has always been
open to the reception of orphans from
all parts of the State The managers
have usually from forty to fifty chill
dren under their care. As they are
passed out to such suitable homes as
may be offered, others are admitted,
They attend the public schools of the
city. ANY help given the asylum will
be most worthily bestowed and applied,
Contributions, by mail or express,
should be sent to Mrs. Mary K. Elem
ing, treasurer. General correspond.
ence with the asylum should be ad,
dressed to Mrs. H. s. Minor, secretary
j. L. POWER,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
STATE NEWS ITEMS


hNf'h ~ AANNNAfhhWrEt
John w. Bennett, chief Of pollO. ,
Hattiesburg, was shot and killed Nv,
week by !, n, Holingsworth. a t,," ''
ing man, lIollingsworth rcproson' ''''
patent washing machine concern ". !
went TO Hattiesburg for the purpo,o 10y !,
compelling about dozen cH,,n y.
that place who had bought terrific, !"
rights, to pay up under penalty of f,.,
closure, The parties, it is said raa
the amount claimed TO be-
which aggregated 81 800, and ton, a
ceipts therefor. Hollingsworth ,a,,
several parties that after the doL,
were paid Chief of Police Bepnet, -.
rested him on charge Of carrvin,
pistol and took from his person Ill.,
S., 800 worth of checks and returned
them TO the parties who had ssroa
them. Hollingsworth went to Me,iti.a
and employed Attorney S. A. Whbo.I
spoon to represent him and they y,n,
to Hatt!esburg together. Upon NAL
lingsworth's arrival there Bennett a.
handed a retraction of the story m. 4,
he had robbed him. Hollingsworb raj
fused. Bennett struck him with MI
fist and Hollingsworth pulled his pml
and shot him three times in the stomach
and chest, either one of which woun,
,yas fatal The tragedy carsoA 4.
widest excitement. An officer hurri.,
Hollingsworth to the train and he ",
taken to Meridian for safe.kcepin,
Bennett, the dead man, was married
and leaves a family. Hollingsworth i
about "a years old, unmarried, and Nh
parents reside at Terry, Kinds COUNTY
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
AN ECHO OF THE CARTER CASE.
Ihe Case of the Atlantic Contracting
Co., Before the Court of CIRiIts,
Again Laid over.

Washington. Nov 13.-The case of
the Atlantic Contracting Co. against
the government for the recovery IF
sums alleged to be due on contracts
entered into with them by former
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter for improve
meuts to the Savannah (Ga) harbor,
now before the United States court of
claims, was again postponed to-day
until next Monday.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
A Chip ON tho Old Block.

George b. Power leaves tomorrow
Natchez, where he will hang out
single for the practice of his chos
profession, the law. He is the you1
est son of Col. j. L. Power, secreta
of State, and gives good promise
following closely in the footsteps Of
venerable father. He is graduate
Millsaps college law school, and is tuI
equipped for life of usefulness \
best wishes of host of friends, at
old home, follow him. jackson spec
to Vicksburg Herald, sth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

Mr.. R. c. King, of Meridian, Comm,
sioner from the State of Mississppj a
the Paris Exposition in 1900, has ar
ranged therefor what promises to be
great novelty in the way of an exhbi
from this State. He has made ar
engagements with a party who has s.
cured at the right season 800. 900 s,
lected full-grown cotton bolls, whicl
will be sold at the Paris Exposition n
original cotton field darkies as souvt
Mrs of the American cotton exhibit
These will be the first cotton bolls eve
shipped abroad, and they will be ca.
erly sought after by people who hav
lsed quantities of American cottot
out who have never seen it in It's natt
raj form.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

New Orleans, Nov. 13,-Wm. A. Cox,
of Chicago, wanted in Havana on
charge of embezzlement, and whose
fight for liberty here extended over
three or four months, sailed on the
steamship Whitney for Havana, in
charge of Detectives Stubs and
Derance.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
Christian Church Convention

The sixteenth annual State cow
ton of the Christian church in MIS-
sippi met at West Point last we
John A. Stevens, State evangeI
gave an interesting report Of what
been accomplished under his adm'I
tration. He reported forty-fve churc|
organized and thirty-two oullal
erected at cost of $4,000 he|
ported also an increase OF about n
members, He further reported az
100 per cent. increase in memOeI1
and church property in nine wears
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

One lucky young man in Jackson did
not find it necessary to go to the Klon-
dixie to find gold. In some way he got
a clue to a pot Of the precious metal
containing about forty thousand dol
lars. Some of the gold pieces that he
has been freely distributing indicate
that they were deposited in the earth
for many years, and none are Of date
subsequent to 1870.
Some years ago several strangers, ac-
companied by an immense dog, spent
several weeks eXcavating just west of
town, and also in the fields between
capitol ridge and Pearl river. The city
papers made mention of the circum-
stance at the time.
The young man who has stumbled on
good fortune is named Hunter johnson,
a son of Rev. Christopher Johnson,
Baptist minister and prominent Mason,
who died in jackson in 1888.
The Yazoo City Herald makes pleas
ant mention of a large order for print
| ing-letter heads, envelopes, ETC.
which it recently executed for bust
ness firm in Yazoo City. Newspapers
| that do as much as the Herald and Sen
tinel to build up town are entitled
not only to the good will Of its mer-
chants, but to all the business they can
possibly give them. The "Yazoo plan"
/ is usually the correct one.
The remains of Major General Earl
Van Dorm have been removed from
Mobile county, Alabama, to the Gem
etery at Port Gibson.
A good many newspapers acFnOwi-
edge subscription payments in Uhat
they style "Our Honor Roll. There is
no more honor or credit in paying a
newspaper bill than in paying a gro
Gerry bill; but it promotes collections to
publish the names. 1t is good use OF
printers ink.
A fire at Crystal Springs on Saturday.
night. 4th. destroyed 700 bales Of cot
ton and the warehouse in which it was
stored. Gem Fire Company. Of Jack.
son, responded to the distress call. and
rendered timely help, saving about
81 600 worth of cotton, and prevented q
further spread of the fire.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

A few miles west of BatesylHe
Eubanks. young white man ensai
in stave making, was killed by
ing tree. He was a stranger ID pS
vile, and is said to have a MARIE"
ter living near Holly Springs,
father and people are UNDERSTOOD ~
somewhere in Georgia, There W,
letter found on his person from N'
On
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

Warden Parchman of the oVa'e
Tertiary is of the opinion thar "I
pertinent in tobacco culture l"o
the board of control this year i j
a failure as far as the present y
concerned. He states that oet"'
and seven Thousand pounds nav
gathered and cured, and 1t see'u'
of a very inferior quality. ne
kept any itemized account OF .mr
labor and pecuniary expense eo% is n
with the experiment, but nc n %
dent it is a more expensive cod
than that which the board 81 Una
has been accustomed to pur'"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

New York. Nov. 14.-The trial of
Roland b. Molineux for the murder of
Mrs. Katherine j. Adams will be begun
to-day in the court Of general sessions.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

The financial statement oil V"'
Mississippi delta levee board -
issued, shows the total dlsou,9
from March to October i 1872
been S272, s8s.7s, and the re'.-r
that period, including balance ~
semi-annual report, sl72'o'0.' -.
official proceedings of the ias' LII
of this board have just been ISL ,,
they show that cOnsidera oi0 I'D
importance was then done. II
for $50 each to the numoti .,r-l
were presented by the t,,rls
having been redeemed ana
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

Meridian. -.... ..... 81
jackson, via Merl-
dian. ........... 1873
Nicksburg, via Meri-
usHHT
0ldn...-..,...--t.. III
Mobile. via Meridian232
Nav Orleans via
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

superintendent Parks makes good
exhibit in his report for 1899: Total ed
ucabIe, I5.373-35OO white. ll.1-+ col
ored EnrolIed-2.O1S white; 5,522 col
ored Average daily attendance--white,
1.752; colored, j58; total 1908. White
schools, IS; colored, So. Months taught,
81. Total paid teachers for the term,
23,l32.lO. Average salary paid
Whites, 5000; colored, $780,
1t viii be noticed that the enrolment
Is only one-half the total educabe, and
the average attendance only about one
fourth the total enrolment; and this
IS about the way it runs in all the coun-
ties where the population, by race, is
similarly proportional, There the
school fund, distributed on the basis Of
actual enrolment and attendance, the
teachers in many counties would get
better salaries and the terms could be
increased. The present scheme of dis
tribution may be constitutional, but is
manifestly inequitable and unjust.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
Realty and Personally Valuations, 1899

Realty and Personally Valuations, 1899
Realty in Mississippi is assessed every
fourth year, The last assessment was
in 1895 so that the valuations Of that
year hold good to 1899, inclusive, sub
ject to increase or decrease in special
cases Of improvements or impairments
Personally is assessed annually, The
State tax for 1s9s-1S9o is g. mills, The
county levies for 1899 vary from - to
IA mills. AZ soon as we get the levies
in a dozen counties, will publish de-
tailed statement by counties The fol-
lowing is a summary;
Realty valuation for State, ,,,..., 5ll3 2lO93lOO
Personally valuation. ....,........ 1897 $4,000
S late tax 90 realty and personally. 1881 G39,i5
Tota polls reported by assessor. Z75,7e3.OO
Total poll tax at s20o.... .....--. Dol .5oBOO
The increase in personality valuation
over ls9s is s2,7gO.75s. Increase in
total State tax, realty and personally,
Ss.Oss.17. Increase in polls over 1898 is
1918.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

1t has been decided to have a negro
educational exhibit as a feature Of the
American exhibit at the Paris Exposi-
ton. and Prof Thomas j. Galloway,
now in the employ Of the war depart
meut is to have charge Of it. Galloway
was president of Alcorn A. and NJ. Col
lege for two years, and was succeeded
bY PeOplett.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

Mr.. James T. Balance, now working
on the Centreville JeffersOnian, says he
sis tie with Secretary Of State Power
as the oldest printer in the State" Mr..
balance has balance Of nine years to
his credit. His first take" was on the
Natchez Courier in 1915. Ours was on
the True Witness in Jackson in 1855.
And now comes Capt. McNeily, editor
of the Vicltsburg Herald, who says if
John W. Ward Of the Greenville Spirit
and John W. BRYANT Of the Woodville
Republican can be induced to take the
stand there will be records shown up
running back TO the days Of Tippecanoe
and Tyler too.
The Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
will be open for students on the 2lst
inst The young people Of this popular
home for their class are impatient to
get back. The sign language will be
much in evidence when they return.
aud relate to each other 5heir summer
experiences.
Capt. w. S. Parish died at his home
in Mayersville on the 9th inst. He was
native Of Mississippi, a successful
LAWYER. and served the people as legis-
lator and district attorney. He was a
member of the constitutional conven-
aion of 1890. The body was taken TO
hatcher for interment
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18

The remains of Major General Earl
Van Dorm have been removed from
Mobile county, Alabama to the Gem
etery at Port Gibson.
The times., 1899-07-06
AN ANT1-ExPANs1oN RECRUIT.
Former Governor BouteIIe Joins the
Hour-Atkinson Chorus.

Boston, July 5.-Former Governor Bou-
telle, of Groton, wrote a letter to the
Clan Ma Gael Association, which was to
have been read at the meeting yesterday
when George Fred Williams and Senator
Mason, of Illinois, spoke, but which was
delayed in the mails. In 1t Mr. Boutelle
severely criticises what he terms the
un-American and un-Republican policy
of President Mckinley, and adds:
There has been no other such depart
ure from American ideas and principles
in all our history, not even by Jefferson
Davis, as is now in progress under the
lead of the President. Jefferson Davis did
not contemplate the destruction of the
American Republic. He only contemplated
its division. President Mckinley is trans
forming this Republic into an empire, and
the permanent establishment of our Army
in the Philippine Islands is the consum-
nation of the undertaking We are en-
gagged in a war which no one defends.
which no one can defend as a just and a
righteous war. It's supporters are apollo
gists laying the responsibility for the
war sometimes on destiny and sometimes
on divinity. This Administration has been
inveigied into a policy which involves an
alliance with England for the defence of
her Eastern Empire against the frowning
supremacy of Russia, that has already laid
its iron hand upon China, and which is
yet to dominate over Japan. We are now
to choose whether America shall remain a
Republic and lead the world on to higher
affairs or whether we are to accept the
ideas and principles of despotic Govern
ments"
The times., 1899-07-06
A sKITT1sH HoRsELEss WAGON.
Young William X. VanderbfIt's live
ly Expcrience at Newport.

Newport. Rel, July 5.-William X. Van
derbilt. ir., met with what might have
been a very serious accident last night,
but as it was he luckily escaped with a
few bruises. The Cause Of the trouble
was an automobile carriage. with which
the young man was experimenting. Mr..
Vanderbilt within a fortnight has rented
for the season a horseless carriage, and
therefore is not very experienced in the
handling Of the machine. The report that
he was racing his machine with that of
H. Roger Winthrop is incorrect. He was
not racing, but, as a person who was
near by said. "he was doing stunts with
the machine" Mr.. Vanderbilt get in his
machine and started to back it down a
steep hill. He started all right. ard when
he had got a short distance be applied
the brake and the machine came to a
step. 1t was here that the masmanage-
ment came in, for with his foSt still on
the reverse Mr.. Vanderbilt started the ma
chine and there was bust up" With
the two currents applied at cnce the ma
chine went right Ger backwards and
turned over several times as it went down
the hill. In its first turn over 1t landed
On top OF the young man. but kept roll
ing over and left him On the ground. The
machine was wr.ch. With the excep-
ton Of the wheels and underbody there is
no part of it good for anything. The DAM
age is said to be i'll the neighborhood Of
500
The times., 1899-07-06
CIVIL RULE FOR poRIo RICO.
The Islands Trade Suffers From the
TnriG pnrrier.

The question of extending a code Of civil
laws to the island of Porto Rico under the
military government, and before Congress
has taken any action in the matter. is one
which the Insular Commission is now
considering. Since the life CT the commits
sion was extended by Secretary Alger it
has continued its work Of compiling such
a code. The commission has also obtained
the best legal advice available as 10 the
matter of putting these laws in force.
Legislation by Congress, it is claimed.
will break down all tariff laws and trade
restrictions which are nov in force. This
is one of the conditions which the Admin
istration wishes to avoid, it is understood,
hence the desire to extend a code OF civil
laws over the island while it is under a
military jurisdiction. The carrying out OF
such policy is regarded by those who are
acquainted with the commercial and indus
trial conditions of the island as the worst
possible calamity that could befall it,
THE abrogation of the tariff between
Porto Rico and the United States" said
an Army officer who has recently returned
from Porto Rico, and who has made a
special study of the subject, lis the one
thing needed to bring prosperity and furth-
er the advancement OF civilization among
those people. If this can be done by
simply letting Congress pass a code of civil
laws for the island, the fact should be
made known, and the legislators of the
country should not be persuaded to allow
the executive branch of the Government
TO perform their duties"
The times., 1899-07-06
TRANSIT COMPANIES TO MERGE.
Russell Sage Admits N Combine Is
Contemplated in New York.

contemplated IN new NOrk.
New York. July 5.-Russell Sage made
the statement today that he had been
misquoted regarding his denial OF pro-
posed combination OF the transit companies
Of this city. While 1t is true that no cor
sclidation or merger had been agreed
upon, he said, nevertheless there had
been considerable talk on the subject by
large and important inside interests for
the last three years, and now that the
Manhattan Elevated Railway Companys s
lines are about to be equipped electrically
there is more talk than ever. Up TO the
present time, however, all the talk has
been general AMI iniefaite. Mr.. Sage de-
ciared, but he believed that something in
this line will eventually De done and that
1t will be good thing for the companies
involved and for TIE travelling public. !,e
was reticent as 10 the details and insisted
that it was too eaIly to discuss them, and
that any attempt at this time would be
premature, as mere are many complex
questions to be decided and time and care
full consideration are necessary before
any definite action can be taken.
The report tnat the inclusion of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was fc-
ing considered IN connection with tie
scheme was not rue Mr.. Sage declared.
1t would be luite enough to confine the
matter for the present to the Manhattan
lines. When this was done and when
there were more bridges or tunnels con-
structed under the East River a closer
alliance with the Brooklyn transit systems
might be worth considering.
The times., 1899-07-06
Demand nm Accounting.

New York July "a number of minor
ity stockholders of the American Spirits
Manufacturing Company. who are not sat
isfied with the terms OF the merger with
the Distilling Company of America, met
at the Astor House today with two law
yers 10 take steps to ascertain why their
stock is not worth more than it brings
under the terms of the merger. The law
yers saw that the stockholders had been
unable to learn what the real value of tre
companys assets was and it was intlmated
that the profits had been diverted An
assessment of 10 cents a share was agreed
TO and an organization Of the minority
stockholders to demand an accounting was
proposed. The common stock sold at IL
today and the preferred at 80.