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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
MISSISSIPPI STATE NEWS.
Linck Chosen to Superintend the Con-
struction of New Capitol.

struction of New Capitol.
The selection of the state house
plans and specifications of Mr.. Theo.
dore c. Linck, of St. Louis, was by an
unanimous vote of the capitol COM
mission, as was also his election TO
the position Of supervising archi'
tect.
The commission made a most rigid
examination of the plans and after
they had thoroughly acquainted
themselves with the details of the
various ones offered, employed con-
sulting architect to make an exami-
nation and render an impartial opin-
ion, The report of this architect
was fully in accord with the pre-es-
tablished views Of the members, and
it is the universal hope that no time
will be lost in getting the new
structure under way before the pres
ent one falls down and kills a dozen
or so state officials.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
BRYAN Sure of Nomination.

BY the action of democratic stat
conventions in California, Missouri,
Kentucky, Georgia and Vermont,
Hon. w. j. Bryan is assured of the
nomination for president on the dem
ocratic ticket. The instructions
given delegates by these five states
carries Mr.. Bryan's vote, it is be-
lieved, considerably over the two
thirds necessary to nominate.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Blind School Annex.

The board of trustees Of the state
institution for the blind held a meet
ing in Jackson and opened bids for
the construction Of the new 81, 900
annex for the colored blind authorized
by the recent session of the legisla-
ture. Three bids We're offered, the
lowest being S., 200, or $2O0in excess
of the appropriation. The bidders
state that they cannot erect the
building in accordance with the plans
prepared for a sum within the APP
preparation.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
WEST POINT COMMENCEMENT.
The Closing Exercises Held and Diplo
mas Awarded.

West Point, N. Y. (SpeciaD. = The
closing exercises Of the graduating
class OF 1900 were held under a canvas
canopy in front of the library build
ing. Upon platform were seated the
speakers, the Board of Visitors. the
Academy Board, the Secretary of War,
General Miles. General Otis and prom
inent army officers. After a patriotic
selection by the Academy band. Cen
eral Charles f. Henderson, of Nebras-
ka, president of the Board of Visitors,
delivered an address to the graduating
class. Then followed brief addresses
by Secretary of War Root and Lieu
tenant-General Miles. Colonel Albert
l.. Mills, superintendent Of the Acad-
envy, handed out the diplomas which
made the members of the graduating
class part of the United States Army.
The good-bys followed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

Government engineers ascertain that
the current in the Chicago River is
not too strong for navigation.
After receiving two gunshot wounds,
Waterman James Delaney shot and
killed an unknown burglar at Chicago.
Governor Shaw, of Iowa. and three
others were injured by the collision
of Northwestern trains at DeS MoineS,
Iowa.
Lucretia Peabody Hale, eighty years
old, oldest surviving sister of the Rev.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale died in
Boston. Miss Hale contributed to pc
riodicals for young persons.
Returned Alaska miners deposited
100000 in gold dust at the United
States Assay Office, in Seattle, Wash.
Spencer County, Ind, will erect a
monument over the grave Of Nancy
Hanks Lincoln, mother of President
Lincoln.
The Spanish cannon loaned by the
Government to Kansas City, Mo-, was
found to be loaded.
Some one in ambush shot and killed
John Ovess and his young son at Mo
bile, Ala.
Dr. Paul Gibier, founder of the
American Pasteur Institute, died from
injuries received in a runaway acct
dent near his summer home in Suffern,
n. Y.
The wife of Mayor Frank E. MoOres,
OF Omaha, Neb., sustained injuries in
runaway accident from which she
died.
Miss Henrietta Hadley, daughter of
the late General Hadley, of the Eng
lish army, was sent to the almshouse
in New York City.
The factory and stock of the Vir
ginia and North Carolina Wheel Com
pany, near Richmond, Va, was totally
destroyed by fire. The plant was
among the largest of the kind in the
world.
Fully 10000 strangers visited Column
bus, Ohio, to extend greetings to Ad-
miral Dewey and his wife, and the
city's entire population seemed to turn
out to witness the military and civic
parade in the Admirafs honor ...
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
THE FREE PRESS.
Published Weekly at
POPLARVILLE, MISS
FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
Strikers VIII Declare Boycott Agains
Transit Company.

Strikers VIII Declare Boycott Against
Transit Company.
At meeting of the strikers in
st. Louis Saturday all negotiations
looking toward settlement Of their
difficulties with the Transit Company
were broken off.
President Mahon of the Interna-
tional Association OF Amalgamated
Street Railway Employees said:
This is now fight to the finish.
President Gompers has told me today
that he proposes to turn the entire
power of the American Federation oil
Labor, with its membership OFF,, 900,
GOO, against the Transit Company
and fight the issue out if it takes
five years to do it.
1.-The boycott to be declared will
apply not only to the st. Louis
Transit Company, but to every per-
son, every business man, every asso-
citation and, in fact, every corpora
ton or individual faYoring them in
any way"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
BOTH DROWNED.
on Was Sinking and Father Made Effort
to Save Him.

on Was Sinking and Father Made Effort
to Save Him.
A special from Scranton, Miss,
says: Friday a deplorable accidental
drowning occurred at the mouth Of
Bayou Chicot, which empties into
Pascagoula Bay. Sullivan Converse,
of Chicago, who was on a visit to his
parents, was on fishing trip on the
banks of the Bayou, in company
with his father and younger brother,
Ward, and just before returning for
home went into the water for bath.
Soon afterwards he was seized with
cramps and his father seeing his
peril plunged in to rescue his drown
ing boy, and neither knowing the art
of swimming both sunk beneath the
placid waters in full view of their
l4-year-old son and brother. Sulli-
van Converse was one of the yolun-
teer seamen on the battleship Oregon
during the Spanish-American war.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
CUBAN ELECTIONS.
General Rodriguez Elected as Mayor of
Havana.

General Rodriguez Elected as Mayor of
Havana.
General Alexandra Rodriguez, Ma
tionalist, was Saturday elected mayor
OF Havana, polling 1903 votes,
against 6,O34 cast for SeEor Estrada
Mora, Independent. The total vote
fell about t, 800 below the registra-
ton.
The National party elected its en-
tire ticket-eigbteen councilmen, the
treasurer, one correctional Judge and
three municipal judges. The other
correctional judgeship fell to an in
dependent candidate, as did also
the fourth municipal judgeship. OF
the six other councilmen, four are
republicans and two nationalists, who
ran independently.
Reports from every part Of the
island go to show that perfect order
prevailed at the polls.
To an American observer Of the
election it seemed as if the people re-
garded the whole matter with abso-
lutte indifference.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
FUNSTON ROUTS INSURGENTS.
Twenty-Five of the Filipinos and One
American Killed.

Twenty-Five of the Filipinos and One
American Killed.
Upon information furnished by
Major Wheeler to the effect that
General Lacuna intended to attack
Papaya, province of Nueva Kcija,
General Funston, with staff officers,
Captain Koehler and Troop G, of the
Fourth cavalry, and half a company
of the Thirty-fourth infantry, re-
paired to Papaya. General LAcuna
was found with 200 men, occupying
position on ridge two miles south
of the town. General Funston at
tackled him vigorously, sixty Amer
leans charging the enemy under a
hot fire. The insurgents fed. On
their attempt to make stand later
Captain Koehler, with detachment
of troops, charged and scattered
them. The pursuit over the rough
country lasted until nightfall. Twen-
ty-two of the insurgents were killed.
One American was killed and one
wounded.
General Macabulus, who has been
persistently active in the Pang San
Sin district, has surrendered to Col.
Emerson II. Liscom, at Tarlac, with
eighty officers and 124 men, all armed
with rifles.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
GEM SMUGGLERS CAUGHT
Max Lasar and a Bridal Coupley
Arrested at Niagara Falls.
DIAMONDS WORTH SIS, OOOSEIZED

Gems Were Found in the Possession of q
-Lasar Induced Them to Carry the
Valuables, But Customs officers Were
on the Alert-An Important Seizure. /
Buffalo, n. Y. (SpeciaD.-Max Lasar,
q man from Boston named J. Mack,
and woman who is supposed to be
a confederate are under arrest at Nj
agara Falls on a charge of smuggling
diamonds valued at $4,000. DR.. P.
Van Dandaigue. who is supposed to
be implicated, has not been arrested,
but is under surveillance.
Lasar. according to the customs of
fcials brought the diamonds to Mon
treal from Europe, and through DR..
Van Dandaigue met the man and
woman. who were on a wedding tour,
and induced them to take charge of
the packages, representing that it was
a present which he did not want them
to open until they reached the United
States.
The suspects reached Montreal on
the Dominion Line steamer Dominion,
When leaving the, steamer Mack was
recognized by Deputy Collector E. Fk,.
Twohey of the United States Customs
Service, stationed in that city. Mr..
Twohey followed the two men to To-
ronto, sitting behind them in the car
and oyerhearing part of their CONVEX
sation. He wired E. P. Lewis. the
officer stationed at Suspension Bridge,
to meet him in Toronto. Lewis fol-
lowed the two men across the border
and al.reSfpl fhnn
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

A Washington dispatch says: The
republicans have a novel idea in con-
nection with the presidential cam
palgn. The graphophone is to be
used to reproduce speeches by prom
inent republicans in the house and
senate. Ten or twenty republicans
with regulations for oratory have re-
Gently made stump speeches to
graphophones and their winged words
are now resting on wax cylinders,
ready for use in small towns and else
where throughout the country during
the presidential fight.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
TROOPS ORDERED I'd CHINA
U. S Gunboat Concord Sails From
Manila With Sealed Orders.
RUM0RED DESTRUCTION Or LEGATIONS
ador--State of Yelled War Pre-
walls - Communication
Completely Cut OF

A Mondays cable dispatch from
Manila says: The Ninth regiment
has been ordered to Manila, whence
it will proceed to China.
The gunboat Concord, with ma
rines aboard has sailed under sealed
orders, supposedly for China.
The British cruiser Beuna Ventura
has sailed for Hong Kong with troops
and stores for Hong Kong and Tien
Tsin.
A London message says There
is not cabinet in Europe apparently
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
State Coal Supply,

The board of public contracts,
composed of the governor, secretary
of state, attorney general and auditor,
met and awarded the contract for the
coal supply of the state institutions
to Mr.. w. w. Morrison, OF Jackson,
at 81 60 per ton. The amount re-
quired will be about four thousand
tons, The supply will be shipped
from the mines in Alabama.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

The Mississippi state council of
the Catholic Knights OF America fin
ished it's labors at Jackson and adj
journed. The following officers were
elected to serve for the next two
years: ]. T. Hines, Hot Springs,
president; John G. eastman, Vicks-
burg, president; James "A,
Grille, Natchez, secretary; George
7. Smith, McComb City, treasurer +;
William Wollny, Jackson, sergeant
alarms Father G. A. Oliver, Jack
son, spiritual director.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

The republican national committee
at Philadelphia Friday night seated
Brow nlow delegates in the Tennessee
contest and refused admission to the
friends of Pension Commission er
Evans. The contest was very bitter,
and at one time there was the posi-
bility of serious encounter between
Brownlow and Evans.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

A special dispatch from Hong
Kong says all the Pekin legations
have been destroyed, and that the
German minister, Baron Won Kettler,
has been killed.
Nothing came to the state depart
fnent Sunday from Minister Conger,
who has been cut off from communi-
cation since Tuesday. Even the
United States consuls in North China
ports were silent. Admiral Kempff
has not been heard from for several
days. This absence of official re-
ports has given rise to grave appre-
hension in Washington.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
VICTIMS OF BLOOD POISONING.
Two Doctors who Had Performed Oper
alton on a Boy in Connecticut.

Two Doctors who Had Performed Oper
alton on a Boy in Connecticut.
New Haven, Conn. (SpeciaD.-Two
physicians have died, victims of blood
poisoning, following an operation per-
formed in Rockville on a ten-year-qld
boy.
Doctors Malancthon Storrs, aged
seventy-siX, of Hartford, and Doctor
Eldridge X. Leonard, aged siXty-nine,
are the victims.
1t is not known exactly how the
doctors became infected with the
poison. both were skillful surgeons-
The operation was for the removal
of an absceSs of the liver.
DR.. Leonard leaves Il widow and
two sons.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Large shipment of Tobacco.

Twelve hundred hogsheads of to-
bacco, valued at S114, 632, and filling
two trains, left Paducah, KY, Sat
urday for continental Europe, via
New York. This is the largest single
shipment that was ever made from
that place.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
War Department Silent.

A Washington special says: Ad-
jutant General Corbin, Sunday night,
would neither affirm nor deny the
Manila advices that the Ninth infan-
try would go to China, but it is
known that the troops are being as
sembled in Manila for this purpose
and transports made ready for occu-
pancy, though it cannot be learned
that orders to sail for China have
been given.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Suspected of the Maine Murders.

George Champion, for whom the po-
lice of Maine, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts have been diligently
searching because of his supposed con-
nections with the murder of Farmer
Goodwin and three other members of
the household at West Newfield, No
was arrested at Milford. Mass. Chd 4
pion and his wife were taken to Ia
ton and locked up in the Tombs. "
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

Congressman Hoffecker Dropped Dead.
Congressman Henry Hoffecker, the
state of Delaware's only republican
representative in the lower branch OF
the national legislature, dropped
dead Saturday at Smyrna.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Woman Killed By Lamp Explosion.

At Eureka Springs, Ark, Miss Zoni
Harvey, formerly engrossing clerk of
the state senate, was fatally burned
by the explosion Of coal oil lamp
over which she was heating curling
iron. Death ensued within three
hours.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
No Plague in San Francisco.

In response to a recent message of
inquiry from Secretary of State Hay
concerning the existence of bubonid
plague in San Francisco, Governor
Gage, of California, mailed an extended
reply, declaring his firm belief that nd
case of bubonic plague has ever existed
in San Francisco.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Held for Murder.

Hampton Hutchins, a prominent
citizen of Ultra, is now confined in
the county Jail at Raymond for the
alleged killing of his brother-in-law,
F. E. Ross, at the home of the latter,
near that place Wednesday night.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Roberts's Communications Reopened.

Communications with General Rob-
erts at Pretoria have been reopened,
Generals Kitchener and Methuen hav-l
ing defeated the Beers in the OrangeI
River Colony. Premier Schreiner andl
the members of the Cape Colony Mini
istry have resigned, and Sir Alfred
Miner has accepted their resignations-I
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Lead producers MAY Combine.

Lead producers of Utah have tax
the first steps toward forming a Sta
and later a national, organization, 1
put up the price of lead by increasin
exports. They will work in oS-opel
alton with the smelter trust.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
SIX MEET SUDDEN DEATH.
Logging Train Rolls Down n Three Hum
bred Foot Enbankment.

Williamsport, Penn. (SpeciaD. = Six
men We're killed and another injured
fatally on logging railroad in Cam
NAL, about thirty-six miles from the
place. \ train jumped the track and
plunged down a 300-foot embankment.
Both fireman and engineer were
killed instantly, as also We're four Ital-
ian laborers. The cars and engine
We're literally smashed to kindling.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
sp,1t Milk caused a murder.

John Beck, of Springfield. Ohio, Will
with a picnic party at Clifton, we
killed by Robert Mendenhal, farmeI
who became incensed over the upset
ting of crock of cream by the pis
nickers.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Democrats winin Santiago.

The white democratic ticket was
unanimously elected in Santiago and
throughout the department. De
Senior Girnan was elected to succeed
himself as ma yor of Santiago de Cuba.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

The continued rain has seriously
damaged the growing crops around
Amory. From the present indication
the damage will amount to 40 per
cent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Plague Raises Price of Food.

Owing to the plague quarantine the
prices of ali kinds of food have nearly
doubled in. Chinatown. San Francisco
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21
Met Horrible Death.

Bert Frederick. aged II, an en-
ploye OF the Fairhope Manufacturing
company's saw mill, on the eastern
shore, at Mobile, met a horrible
death Saturday, While at work in
the mill he fell against 52-inch cir
cular saw and his body was cut al
most in two and one arm was severed
at the shoulder. The lad came to
Fairhope eighteen months ago from
his home at Dixon, Ill.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

Three attorneys advise the Ken
lucky democratic state committee
that Governor Beckham's term does
not expire until 1903. The matter
will probably be tested in the
courts
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-21

The boy who shot the Prince OF
Wales because England fought the
Beers must think the English sover-
eign has something to do with run
ming the government ------.---
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-02
Domestic.

At Mechanicsvile, 3. c., James Gardner,
aged nfty-lve, prosperous merchant,
after making will leaving all his property
TO the young ciri who had rejected him,
took strychnine and died.
Chief Wash A. Kie, o' the Eastern Sho-
shOne indians died on Wind River rcser.
walton, in Wyoming az tue age OF ninety.
three. Some time ago he was baptized by
an Episcopal minister. His son will succeed
him.
In one OF the honzola corn oil tanks al
the plant OF the Decatur Cereal Mil Com
pany at Decatur, H., Edwin G. Vance, the
manager, and Irving Edgar, one OF the
attendants met instant death. They were
overcome by the fumes Ot the benzola.
Henry c. Miner, who had had a success.
fUl career as thontricAl manager aud
owner Of theatres, aud "a former Congress
man. died suddenly at his home In New
York CITY.
Jesse Overs.ree., author Of the House
financial bin, was renomlnated for Con.
gress from the Seventh Indiana District by
the Republican district convention. The
nomination was by acclamatlon.
The battleship Wisconsin. now binding
at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco,
Cal, will probably be reniy FOR her trial
trip before July ].
All the members OF the Kentucky Legis-
lature met at Frankfort, but the Senate
divided on the question OF presiding o1iteE
and no agreement was reached.
Though several times wounded by them
Express Messenger Milton succeeded In driv-
ing gang ot robbers from his car AT
Fairbanks, Ariz.
John q. Acnew, manager ct the Wash
ington syndicate. a Brooklyn Investment
concern similar to the Franklin syndicate,
has been sentenced 20 one years impiiSon-
ment at New York City.
Mrs. Kate Hummontree, one hundred
and three years old, who died few days
ago noar Fort Loudon, Tenn. was Nom
bcr OF the Presbyterian Church for ninety
years.
Mrs. Mary Arndt, eighty-three years old,
of Chicago. looked on without wincinG
while the surgeons amputated one or her
legs just below the hip. The prospects Tor
her recovery are good.
Mrs. Annie L. Lodge. mother Of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. died al her home In
Boston. She was seventy years old. Death
was caused by heart disease.
A hot fight is being waged between Mil
wRukee and Kansas City TO secure the
Democratic National Convention.
The Republicans and populists Of Louis
lana are arranging a compromise by which
the vote OF the disatIected Democrats OF
the state may be controlled in the state
campaign May next.
A concern in Iowa is making farm
wagons wholly OF steel, and IL can scarcely
fil the orders that pour In from the wheat
growers out In the Dakotas and other parts
OF the West.
The Hazleton (Penn.) authorities have
taken vigorous steps TO suppress the sale
OF cigarettes 10 boys at the public schools
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-03-02

The German Government was defeated
i'm the ReichstaE on motion 10 repeal -
measure enforced In Alsace-Lorraine.
The reciprocal convention with the
United states was approved by the Ja'
maican Legislature.
The British House Of Commons rejected
the Irish Evicted Tenants bill.
General Butler, in his fourth attempt 10
relieve LRdysmith. Natal, succeeded in oc-
cupylng Hangwana Hin. "a position OF the
utmost s;rategical Importance.
\ British official attached 20 the Boun'
dary Commission. named Hertz. wheu
touring the Burmo-Chinese frontier WITH
an escort. engaged and routed two forces
ot hostile Chinese from Men hawug Pa
killing the leader % the Chinamcn and
seventy followers.
The German Foreign Osl,e has intorma
ton that the situation between Ch>e aud
Peru anl Bolivia aud Argentina Is les'
serious than has been represented ~ the
cable accounts. IL IL not expected that
there will he a rupture.
A tarid war with the United states &
prophe-iei by the German newspapers d
the amended Meat Inspection bill be passed
In the British House " Commons th,
Government admitted that the reports o.
the large increase In the number OF Rus
sian troops IN AfhNtat NrAh NfA' NAN's
The American gunboat Ranger Is making
a survey Of La Boc wharf. the Colombian
Governments permission having been 90.
taiued.
The modrs vivendi regar linz the Fren,h
shore was unanimously extended for one
wear by the Newfoundland Legislature.
Heavy defalcaiiors have been discovered
in the accounts OF Japan's General Army
stat
The new Bolivian Minister, Jose Manue
Braua. was publicly received at Lima
Peru. and speeches of avery cordial ra,ur'
were made.
II is ofic tally and emphatically an
nounced in London that Great Britain ha.
never at Apy time made any diplomatic OF
other advances for an alliance With th'
United states or Germany.
Russia is planning 20 dis a canal iron
the Baltic 20 the Black Sea. The length o
the canal as surveyed will Re 9e4 miles. bu
ouly las miles Of artificial excavation vii
be necessary