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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
ELEVEN MEN WERE KILLED
And Several More Injured in Mine
Explosion.
CONFLICTING REPORTS OF THE CAUSE
Mine Owners Say 1t Was Caused by
Dynamite, and Men Say
1t Was Due to
Fire Damp.

At 80 O'Clock Saturday morning
terrific explosion occurred at the
Southern Coal and Transportation
company's mines at Berrysburg, six
miles from Philippi, w. Va. Eleven
dead bodies have been taken from
the mines. The mine owners refuse
to discuss the explosion, saying it
was caused by too heavy charge Of
powder being used. The miners say
it was caused by fire damp. 1t is
not known how many were killed
and injured. Not until roll call can
this be determined. AS soon as the
mine had cleared sufficiently rescu-
ers began the removal of the dead.
The following had been taken out
dead: Lewis Pack, Andrew Black
well, Richard Johnston, Albert
Brown, Peck Adams, Joseph jack
son, Lawrence Duncan, Ivan Petroch,
Poznauski, Walter Walenski and
Ollie Franks. The public boss on
duty and his brother, Will Merks,
were taken out unconscious and
cannot possibly recover.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
FEDERAL POSTAL REPORT.
Magnificent Progress of the Service is
Shown.

Magnificent Progress of the Service Is
Shown.
The report of the auditor OF the
postoffice department covering the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1900,
shows that the total revenues for the
department for that period were
s102, 354 $40 and the expenditures
$1O7 249, POS, leaving a deficit OF
$4,894,71S The amount of stamps,
stamped envelopes, newspaper wrap
pers and postal cards sold during the
year was $94, 013, 500. The amount
of second-class postage collected
from publishers and news agents
was So, $50, 3S9.
The inland mail transportation &C
count shows total expenditure OF
S54, ISL, 500 and the foreign ac-
count an expenditure of 81, 906, 7O1.
The receipts from the domestic money
order system during the year is shown
to have been 81, 9l5, 1862, and the ex-
pend.tures $66S, S67, net revenue of
$1,246, 596. Notwithstanding this ia
vorable showing, the auditor says
that if charged it's proper share Of
the expenses of the service there
would be shown a net loss Of at least
800, 600 annually.
The report shows that the popula-
ton of the United States in 1870
was 4, 900 900; in 1900 it is over &c.
900, 900. The wealth Of the people in
real and personal property probably
aggregated 1900, GOO, 900 in 1890
and is corservatively estimated at
$50, 000, 900, 600 in 1900. The num-
Der of postoffices was seventynine in
1870, and is rs, 691 in 1900. The pos
tai revenues were $37, 975 in 1890 and
s102, 354, SO in 1900.
Therefore, while the population of
the country has increased 10 to l in
10 years, and the wealth of the peo-
pie 40 to l, the number OF postoffices
has increased 1000 to l and the
revenues of the service 2,700t to l.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
ACTIVE SCOUTING.
Philippine Rebels Have Failed to Crush
Single Garrison.

Philippine Rebels Have Failed to Crush
Single Garrison.
Last week was devoted to active
scouting in the Philippines. The in
surgents, having failed to crush a
single garrison, are now expecting a
reaction.
Lieutenants Wilson and Dority, Of
the Forty-six Volunteer Infantry,
destroyed large stores of rice, four
garrisons and a barracks near Balo.
Captain Atkinson, with thirty-four
men of the Thirty-seventh Volunteer
Infantry, attacked 1870 insurgents
under Colonel Valenia, recovering
two American prisoners and captur-
ing a considerable quantity of ammu-
milton and supplies.
A native orchestra lured the United
States troops from their quarters
near Dagupan, while the insurgents
attacked the rear, killing two Amer
leans and wounding three.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
TO EXCLUDE EMPRESS DOWAGER
From Participation in the Government
of China.

From Participation in the Government
of China.
A Washington dispatch says: 1t
was stated Saturday that outside of
the questions of indemnity, punish
ments, etc, now under negotiation
at Pekin, there are three vital and
far-reaching questions to be deter
mined, viz: First, the removal of
the empress dowager, personally and
through the influence of her advisors,
from all participation in the Chinese
govern ment; second, the creation of
an indemnity by an increase of
China's customs revenue, either by
the payment of the duties in gold, in
stead OF deprecated silver, as at
present; or else by doubling the
present silver duties from per cent.
to 10 per cent ad valorem, and, third,
the establishment of a minister of
foreign affairs in place of the old and
cumbersome Tsung Lii Yamen.
The demand for the retirement of
empress is said to result from the
conclusion now generally accepted
that the imperial government of
China was responsible for the Boxer
uprising. AS the empress dowager
was the ruling authority of the i'm
perial government during the upris-
ing this responsibility is brought
home directly to her. There is IN
derstood to be no purpose, however,
to visit upon her any personal pun
ishment or indignity, but merely to
SO form the reconstructed govern
ment as to exclude her from all par.
ticipation in it.
The plan of doubling China's Gus
toms duties has arisen from the need
of finding a source to pay war inden-
mites, which the various powers de.
mand
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Acuineldo Killed Again.

James G. Hussey, OF National City,
CAL, has received letter from James
Thompson, a private in G company,
Twenty-seventh infantry, written
while he was in the hospital at Ma
Mia, and dated September 1, in which
the writer says that young Filipino
occupying bed next to him in the
hospital stated that Aguinaldo was
really shot dead as reported some
time ago, but that it was to be kept
quiet for political reasons.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Engagement With Beers.

Lord Roberts, in a dispatch from
johannesburg dated November 2, re.
ports no less than eight fights at diff
ferent points, all unimportant, but
significant of the activity Of the Beers.
General Kitchener, after a night
march, surprised Schoeman's lager
at Steenkampsburg, and then pushed
on to Schalkburger's lager at Rock
RAM, but the British were prevented
from following up the Beers, who
trekked north. Prisoners in the
hands of the British say the Boer
losses in the fight with General Bar
ton October % were 40 killed,
wounded or missing.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Killed by Hazing.

Thomas Finlay Brown, - years
old, is dead from injuries received
while being hazed at the Porter Mill
tary Academy, Charleston, S. G.
Brown was new at the academy, and
the older boys, following their for
mer custom, dropped him into a &C.
mented swimming basin twelve feet
deep. The basin was dry at the time,
and the lad received internal injuries
from the fall. Before he died he did
not give the names Of the cadets who
had illtreated him, and it is said no
action will be taken in the matter.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Big Find of Pearls.

Discovery of pearls in the upper
Mississippi river has caused a tre-
mendous rush to the clam beds.
House boats are crowding the river,
and more that l 900 persons are en-
camped along the river bank. One
of the pearls recently found weighed
100 grains, and is said to be the
largest perfect pearl yet taken from
the river. 1t sold for SIS. 900.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Gould VIII Pay Courts Debts.

On the authority of an intimate
friend of the late Jay Could" the
New York World announces that
the debts of Count Boni de Castel-
lane will be paid in full by the
Goulds at once" The scandal at
tending the claims, amounting to
81, 900, 900, againft the spend-thrift
husband of Countess Anna Is to be
stopped. A lump sum probably will
be contributed by George, Helen,
Howard, Edwin and Frank Gould to
wipe out these debts, as they con-
slider the honor of the Gould family
is involved. The total value Of the
Gould estate is now over 1925, 000,-
O0O."
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Steamer Goes Down,

The steamer Hill City, plying be-
tween ST. Louis and New Orleans,
struck hidden obstruction in Ten
nessee chute just below Memphis
Sunday morning and sunk. The
water covers the lower deck, but the
steamer lies in a good position and
can easily be raised, The steamer
had a full cargo, thirty passengers
AID crew of forty. All the poopi e
got safely ashore in the yawls.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
HOT FIGHT WITH CHINESE.

Anglo-German Force Meets With Stub
born Resistance.
A dispatch from Ichow dated Octo.
Der IS, says heavy fighting has &C.
Cured in the mountains on the Shansi
'front.' An Anglo German force of
1,500 men, commanded by Colonel
Won Norman, stormed Itching Kung
Pass. The Chinese occupied strong
position on the crest and stubbornly
resisted, They poured hot intilad
ing fire on the advance party OF
eighty Germans under Maj. Won For
roster, but the British Bengal cavalry
and Mounted Sappers dlsmounted,
scaled the heights and turned the
enemy's flank and relieved the Ger
mans.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Aged Woman Burned to Death,

The residence of the Rev. J. B.
Wheatley, at Wheatley, Ky, was
destroyed by fire few days since. Mrs.
Wheatley's aged mother, Mrs. A. ].
Alexander. persisted, and Rev. and
Mrs. Wheatley were seriously in
jured while escaping from the burn
ing building. The family is one of
the most prominent in the county.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Having n Good Time.

$50 you had a good time on that ex%
cursion, Mrs. Virgins"
"Oh, just grand"
Did you have any adventures"
Il think so; got on the wrong train
going, lost my pocketbooll and umbrel-
la, broke my spectacles twice and got
on the wrong train coming homc."-
Indianapolis Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
EARTHQUAKE IN FLORIDA.
Eight Distinct Shocks Make Window
Panes Rattle in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville. Fla. (SpeciaD. Eight
distinct earthquake shocks were felt
in Jacksonville. The first shock was
at lilo o'clock a. M, and shook some
of the large buildings in the city. At
11.25 o'clock another shock equally as
severe was felt, and other shocks con-
tinued at fifteen-minute intervals III
till 1890 o'clock.
At 4.04 o'clock p. m. the seventh
shock was felt, and was followed four
minutes later by report and shock,
the severest of the day. The last dis
turbance made the window panes rat
tie in several sections OF the city. The
vibrations passed from south to north.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
The Strength of the Army.

In his annual report for the year
ending June 30, 1900, Adjutant-Gen-
eral Corbin, at Washington, shows
that the regular army consists of 1925
officers and G3,S61 enlisted men, and
the volunteer army of 1913 officers and
310T9 enlisted men, grand total of
9S, 100.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Not Self-Conscious

81 will say" remarked the young
woman, that he is not afflicted with
that self-consciousness which marks
the person of deficient culture"
NO" answered Miss Cayenne, "he
isn't at all self-conscious. He will be
tiresome by the hour without being
in the least aware Of it."-Washing-
ton Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
CUR BUDGET OF HUMOR,
LAUcHTeR-PRoVoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Her First Jar-with the Preserves-Signs
His First DoILar-How to Acquire
It His Disheartening Outlook - No
Moro of That--Too Many, Etc, Etc.
Said the bride: Here's my first batch of
biscuit
Just wait From the oven I'll whiscuit."
How the poor woman cried
When her hubby replied:
'Let it burn! L don't think I should
riscuit."
philadelphia Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Deem Sen Civilities.

''Let us taxi a walk" said the Lob
ster, priding itself upon the Superiori-
ty of its Means Of Locomotion.
NO" returned the Oyster. Cant
you see that it looks like Rain?" -
Whereupon the Hippocampus and
the Star Fish gave the Lobster the
Loud Exclamation.
1t is better to be Sedentary and
Smart than Leggy and Lunkhe2ded.
Chicago Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Her TantaIizing Method.

81 can't help admiring the ingenuity
of the landlady at our boarding.
house." y
In what way?"
"At breakfast time she burns a grain
or two of coffee on the kitchen stove,
so as to fill the dining room with the
odor, and then gives us chicory to
drink. Chicago Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Just as Advertised.

"But suppose" one of the spectators
said, "the parachute should fail to
open after you had detached it from
the balloon-what them"
THAT wouldn't stop me-" answered
the daring aeronaut. I'D come right
on down" Chicago Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

The Duke of Abruzzi, the Arctic ex-
plorer and cousin of the King of
Italy, has chartered the Gothenburg
whaler Capella to proceed to Franz
Josef Land in search of three missing
Arctic exploration expeditions.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Loved Her Lots.

81 don't blame Miss Roxland for
cutting you" said Miss Pepprey. Your
interest in her was purely mercenary."
Not at ALL" replied Mr.. Forchen
Hunt. 81 love her4ots more than she
gives me credit for"
You're mistaken. She gives you
full credit for the amount of your
love for her lots. "-Philadelphia Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Killed Husband For Insurance.

William Hilger, a young carpenter.
of Hoopole, ILL.,, was shot and killed
by his wife. She has confessed. Hill
ger carried $4,000 life insurance in the
Woodmen. The desire for the money
is the supposed motive.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

II wish you would read this articIe,''
he said.
whats it about?" she asked.
Its about the danger of getting
angry and 1t was written by a phy-
sician" he replied.
She looked at him sharply for min-
ute.
What have you been doing now?'
she asked. What kind of confess
sion are you about to make?
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
GALVESTON NOTIFICATIONS.
Board of Army Engineer to Recommend
Rehabilitation.

Board of Army Engineers to Recommend
Rehabilitation.
tits learned from an unofficial source
that the board of army engineers
which recently sat in Washington
will recommend the rehabilitation of
all the Galveston Notifications and
the repairing of and raising OF the
jetties. The jetties cost about ST.
600, 900 and the Notifications 81, 500,-
600. The total damage to all by the
storm was about $3.50 600. The
work which the engineers will recon-
mend will cost about SO, 100000.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Georgia Legislators Fight.

Aspecial from Valdosta says: 1t
leaked out that a fight occurred on
the special train carrying the Georgia
legislature here to attend the state
fair. There was difficulty between
some of the members and it is I'M
derstood that Mr.. Hardin, of Wilkes,
was stabbed by Senator Hardaway.
Mr.. Hardin was put off the train
at Forsythe for medical treatment.
Several other members, including
Mr.. Mccain, of Chatham, received
slight injuries in their efforts to sep
arate the beligerents. 1t is said the
men were the best of friends, and
whisky is given as the cause.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Too Many.

Cholly-"Did any man ever kiss you
before 1 did?''
May (softly)-"Ye-es."
Cholly (excitedly)-"Tell me his name
that 1 may thrash him."
May-"Oh! what's the use, Cholly?
He'd be too many for you"'-Puck.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
SlX.YEAR.OLD MURDERER.
BOY Strikes Playmate n Fatal Blow
With a Toy Shovel.

Chicago, (SpeciaD.-Because he
kicked over little sandhouse, Ernest
Didier. nine years old, was killed with
a toy shovel in the hands of six-year-
old George Waterman. In childish
rage, the smaller boy struck the other
on the back of the head, fracturing his
skull.
The boy who struck the fatal blow
is too young to be amenable to the
law.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
How to Acquire It.

cit takes a generation Of good blood
and refined rearing to produce that
lofty, high-bred air doesn't it?'
ooh, no; any girl who is made head
clerk in a ribbon department can ac-
quire it in three days. "-Chicago Rec
ord.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
His Dishearteninr Outlook.

Mrs. Goode You are the sixth
man who has asked ne for something
TO eat to-day"
The Tramp (sadly)-"I spose so. If
de competition in dis line gifts any
wuss, some of us'll have to so to
work.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Signs.

Briggs-"Monkerly is losing his in
terest in golf"
Griggs-"What makes you think sop
Briggs-'I saw him at his Office yes
terday. Harper Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Dairymen's Grievance.

While the oil mills are making dis
tressing complaints concerning the
high price of cotton seed, the dairy
men and farmers in turn are kicking
quite vigorously concerning the ex-
orbitant prices asked by the mills for
cotton seed product, and it thus ap-
pears that a portion of the agricul'
tural element is not benefited to any
material extent by prevailing prices.
The dairymen. especially, are com
planning of existing prices. They are
compelled to have meal and hulls for
their cattle, and, throughout Missis-
sippi, hulls have advanced 10 per
cent, while meal is quoted at S23 per
ton and the dairyman pays the dray-
age. In several towns the price OF
dairy products has been advanced In
proportion to the advance OF cotton
seed products, but reports from other
towns are to the effect that the con-
sumers won't stand the raiss and are
trying to get their milk and butter
from farmers several miles in the
country. The chorus OF complaints
will doubtless be louder still before
the close of the season.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

Miss Wunder-"Miss Antique is GER
tainly well-preserved lady
Miss Gabby-"Yes That's why she
is on the shelf."-BaItimore American.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Earthquakes Dest

Earthquakes Destroy Whole Town.
The earthquake in Venezuela de-
stroyed the town of Guarenas, result
ing in the loss of twenty-five lives.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

That was Daniel who came to judg.
ment in Wilkesbarre, Penn, and SEN
fenced two quarreling women to be
locked up in a small room until they
had finished scolding each other.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

Diggs-"E Henrietta"

Biggs-"What do you call your
twins?'
Diggs-"Eenrietta.''
Biggs-"But that's only one name"
Diggs-"Yes, but we divided it be-
tween them. We call the boy Henri
and the girl Eta. See:"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

SIS this n homemade pie!"
Eyes, John. You said you preferred
the homemade kind"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08

Did I? Well, I've changed my.
mind. The next time you get one
have it made just as far away from
home us possible"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
His First Dollar.

ooh, yes, have always kept the first
dollar / ever made. 1t was such g
bum piece OF work that l couldn't
SDend itr'
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
More People in the Skate Than Was Re-
ported.

More People in the Skate Than Was Re-
ported.
Secretary of State Power received
telegram from Washington from
Mr.. Frederick Wines, assistant di-
rector OF the census, stating that
mistake OF 40, 900 had been made in
giving out the population of this
state, and it fortunately happens
that the mistake is in favor OF Mis-
sssippi. The figures originally given
out were 1.511.372. and the corrected
figures are 1,541,3 72, the mistake OF
10000 having evidently been made
in the final tabuietion.
The correction is Of considerable
Importance to the state. 1t makes the
increase over the population of 1890
251,722 or 20.2 per cent instead OF
17.2 per cent as was figured accord
ing to the announcement.
The corrected figures also make it
almost assured that Mississippi will
get a new congressman, as it is not
thought to be probable that the new
apportiontment act will place the
basis of representation nearly 100, 1000
higher than the present basis. The
rank of the state is not changed by
the correction, however, Mississippi
still occupying the twentieth place.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
Hobson a. Jackson.

Lieutenant Hobson, the hero Of
the Merrimac, will spend several days
in Jackson during the middle part OF
the month as the guest OF his father S
cousin, Mrs. D. P. Porter, wife of the
late Major D. P. Porter, formerly the
postmaster of Jackson and for many
years secretary OF the state senate.
Il
Baptists Discussing Mission Work.
The convention board of the Bap-
list church, which convened in jack
son few days age, will have up as
the main topic Of discussion whether
to spend $4,000 or SIS, 600 in mis-
sionary work in Mississippi during
the coming year, and, from what can
be learned at present, it is very like
ly that the larger amount will be ap-
propriated.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-08
And the countC

aly at the ecollection.-Detroit jour-
nal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-01-19
DRINK RUINS MANY.
Statesmen Who Sacrifice Fame to
Their Appetite for Liquor.
Very Few of the Slaves Of Alcohol
Ever Amount to Mueh-A PecuI-
iarly Sad Phase of Life In
Washington.
Especial Washington letter.

Especial washington LelleFi
They who have talents and waste
them deserve reprobation, as we are
Informed not only in the Bible, but as
a result of our practical experience
with the world.
How many of us have seen brilliant
talents prostituted by men for selfish
pleasures. In every village or town
or city there is to-day living some
man of whom his fellow citizens say:
He might be leader of men, but he
drinks
When Billy Mason, of Chicago, was
in congress, ten years ago. people
predicted fame for him; but at last
they said that he would never amount
to anything, because he was hard
drinker. When he finally left con-
gress even those who admired him
said that he would never be heard
of again, because of his unfortunate
habit. But Billy Mason managed to
conquer or control that habit. AS the
few years passed away, and Mason
was forgotten here, as statesmen are
all forgotten when they leave the cap
ital, the rotund little man was TAX
ing care of himself and preparing for
reha bilitatiOn statesman Peo-
pie here were surprised when they
heard that Mason was a candidate for
the senate. They were still more sur
prised when they heard that he had
been elected. They remembered him
as of yore. They did not know that
he had conquered the habit which
dwarfed his abilities. He had not for
ever buried the talents which had
been given to him.
There is no better place in this land
to study the parable of the talents
than right here where the best prod
ucts of our citizenship annually con-
gregate. Newspaper writer's VINO
grow old and bald, and sometimes
stale, somehow acquire a pessimistic
view of the American people, when
they realize that the best men of the
congressional districts are sent here;
and yet these best men are so far
from being worthy men. So many of
them lack the fundamental principle
of good citizenship, love of family
and home. So many of them bury
their best talents and cover them
with selfishness. So many of them
seek the evanescent pleasures of the
passing days.
There came to Washington a man
from Iowa, brilliant orator, a man
who had won renown a soldier, a
man who had done deeds of valor in
the civil war which still stand forth
in the memory of his friends. But he
became an habitual drunkard. Ta.-
ents he had in wonderful measure,
but he was licentious; insanely so.
Finally, after he had become unfit
to hold any office, the writer saw him