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The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

Monarch over pain. Burns. cuts, sprains,
stings- Instant relief. DIR. Thomas Eeaec-
tric Oh. A any drug store. III
The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

X McCarty-That saloonkaper Gary Is
ruinin' tn party. O'Deo-An' how? Nc
Carty-His bad whisky hex made iv'ry
man in tn ward prohtbitiOnist.
The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

PUTNAM FADELESs DYES an
fast to light and washing.
The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

Bullhead scent cigar. II you have
smoked one you know how good they
are. II you have not. try one.
The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

WAS their eneagsnent happy one!''
.'Oh. yes. very! They both married some
bod1 el1e!
The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

NOT A FISH STORY.
Bakers Bullhead cigar as az good 4 SC
smoke as you can find.
The Meeker herald., 1902-10-04

his resignation from the service.
Though recognizing in the request of
the Cuban government for the with
drawal of the remaining American
troops in Cuba, a very natural desire
to remove all traces of foreign occupn-
ton. the Indications are that the au-
thOritles will order the withdrawal only
upon the completion of the permanent
treaty contemplated in the Platt
amendment. Both the amendment and
the Cuban constitution provide that a
permanent treaty shall be signed be
tween the United States and Cuba,
whereby each government shall assume
certain distinct obligations. Cuba for
Its part Is not to make my foreign
treaties impairing her Independence; Is
not to assume excessive Indebtedness;
is to recognize the right Of intervention
of the United States to protect lives and
property and Independence; Ia to vail
date all acts of military occupation; Is
to continue the sanitary measures in
augurated; is to I'll or lease to the
United States lands for coallng or naval
stations, md is to adjust the title to
the Isle of Pines In subsequent treaty.
Moreover, 1t ia reRarded as essential
that such provisions in the projected
treaty as those touching coaling sta
lions and the ownership OF the Isle of
Pines shall be expressly arranged for
In a treaty that shall be absolutely
upon both parties, and only
when these things are done Will the
small remaining force of United States
troops be withdrawn.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
SABBATH KILLINGS

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 6.-Information
hns just reached here Of two Killings
in Lawrence county Sunday. Both
occurred in the Blountsv:lle neighbor
hood, and in the first affair two white
men named Dyess and Black we're en-
gagged in cutting oross-ties for the new
railroad when they quarrelled and
commenced fighting. Dyess was cut
and slashed several times with a big
knife and died q short time lator.
Black surrendered to the sheriff and
claims that the killing was in self de-
Tense.
In the second affair a negro namod
Dobbins was killed by a companion
named Boggan in the railroad camp.
Tho laborsrs were oil drinking heavi-
ly, and a quarrel arose between tho
two men which resulted in Boggan
drawing O pistol and shooting Dob
bins three times through the head.
The murderer is in Jail.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
RED HAW IN BOYS EAR
Put 1t There Just for Fun; Now
Doctors Are Unable to
Get Ii Out

Jackson, Miss, Oot., @. Physicians
in the little town OF Maben havo been
working diligently but unsuccessfnlly
for several days to remove q red haw
from the a of the young son of Mr..
Louis McMahon, q prominent Citizen
of that place. The little fellow is
just eight years Of age, and put the
berry in his ear just for fun and he
expire sed it.
While tryingt to get it oct he push
cd it farther in and his parents also
failed in tho attempt 10 extract it.
The doctors wero then sent for, and
tho red haw failed to come out in re-
sponso to their efforts. Tho boys chr
is badly swollen and gives him much
pam. The doctors hope that when the
berry becomes dry 1t will fell ont, and
no serious trouble will follow IL they
a succeed in reducing tho swelling.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
JEFFERSON COUNTY COURT.
The Criminal Docket Is Unusually
Heavy.


Fayette, Miss, Dot. 4.-The Chron.
iole says: Judge Truly has called a
special term of the jefferson County
Circuit Court TO meet on October Goth.
This term Is made necessary by the
lapsing Of the regular August term,
which wns not held for the reason
that no suitable building could be Sc.
cured in which to hold its sessions.
The criminal docket is unsually
heavy for Jefferson county and, very
probably, the whole two weeks W i'll
be taken up in disposing Of all the
business which will come up for hear
ing. The negroes who were indicted
in the summer by a ooroner's jury for
the Compton murder, near Cannos-
burg, and who have been In the
vicksburg Jail sinoo that time, will
be brought hero for trial. Some of
the principals. 1t will DO remembered,
confessed this crime, and IL is likely
the whole number will be made to
pay the penalty which their bloody
crime merits.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
KILLED AT BALL GAME
Indian Had His Skull Broken at
Contest Near Philadelphia,
This State.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 6.-Word reach
es here from the interior county OF
Neshoba that at q game of the cele-
brated Indian hail which took place
near Philadelphia Friday afternoon
an Indian who participated in this
contest was killed. with G ball club.
His body was found Saturday morn
ing with the skull broken ami brains
oozing out on the ground. The game
was between two branches of the
Choctaw tribe, and as usual no n
knows anything about the affair or
can give the Authorities any informa-
ton concerning the guilty party.
The Indians rarely have a game OF
ball brought to a conclusion without
fatalities or a general fight which re-
suits in a number Of broken honds,
and It rs feaFnoT that tho citizens OF
Leake. Eoshoba and Scott counties,
which contain a large Indian popula-
ton, will ask the next legislature to
pass o Jaw prohibiting tho game.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
WILL BEAT THE
1901 RECORD
BUSY TIME AHEAD OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
MANY R D CASES
Appeals Where the Lower Courts
Have Affixed the Death
Sentence.

jackson, Miss. Oct. 6.-Appeals re-
cords in murder cases wherein the
lower courts have affixed the death
sentence continue to arrive at tho
Supreme Court and are being dock
eted for the regular October term
which ven next Monday.
Up to date appeals have been taken
In twenty eight murder cases, aud sew
eral more arc to arrive before the
court %convenes, the transcripts of low
or court records moi having been COM
pleted and placed in shape for filing.
The Supreme Court oclipsed oil pre-
vious records last year in handing out
death sentences, and q week rarely
passed without the date being fixed
for one or more legal executions. Tho
court now promises to eclipse it's last
years record, and the grewsome cal
endar of the gallows seoms to have
had little effect in reducing tho num-
Der OF murders or producing a salItary
effect in the lawless sections Of the
state. Some hot beds of crime have
been c~leanedout, but reports of kill
ings by the score pour in from other
sections, and it Is q noticeable fact
that the per centago of negro murders
and murderers is increasing at a pho.
nomenal rate, and they are confined
chiefly to the younger generation of the
race. The killing Of o ncgress by hor
paramour, or vice versa, has become
as common as to attract no comment,
and it is this class of crime with
which the Supreme Court will prin-
cipally deal in the death sentence
cases at the coming term.
The delta and South Mississippi will
furnish q majority of the murder cases
OF the term, and the number of appeal
cases received is small as compared
with the number of murders commit
ted. A C%ovington county paper, for
instance, states that within the past
eight years between thirty and forty
men have boen killed in that9oounty.
yet not a single hanging has occurred
during that period and the paper
wants to know where the slip gap"
is located, bslievig TINT two or throe
old-time hangings will have a good
effect on tho lawess element. whc.do
not reraTd tns vnlno Of human life,
but treats it as a commodity OF exceed.
ing cheapness.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
LADY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
hrs. M. G. Montgomery Wounded
Near Water Valley.

Water Valley. Miss, Dot. 4.-Mrs.
NJ @. Montgomery, one of Water Val.
ley's Oldest and most highly respected
citizens, was wounded by the aoci-
dental d~isoharg of q pistol this after.
noon.
Theunfortunate occurrence happened
at her old homo in this city. though
at this time sbo is not living there
but at the homo of her daughtor. Mrs.
E. F. Chrisp.
From what can be learned, Mrs.
Montgomery had gone to her former
home to secure some articles that had
been left there, and finding an old
pistol In q trunk. after satisfying
herself that 1t was not loaded handed
it to a yuong man, @. b. Mahon. who
was occupying the house, and in TAX
ing the pistol from her. in some way
it was discharged, the ball taking
effect In the lower part of Mrs. Mont
gomery's abdomen. At this writing
she is resting comfortably and Is be-
ing attended by the leading physicians
of the city.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
PARK
How the Work I'M
dertaken Is Pro-
crossing

The Vicksburg National Military
Park Commission officials report that
good progress is being made with the
work since the plans were approved
by the Secretary OF War. The commits
sion has about $3.50, 900 ut its disposal,
md four miles of the Confederate
roadw ay have been completed, and
work ia about to be commenced on the
Union Road way, which will be four.
teen mil es in length. The famous
Shirley House, mentioned In all the
dispatches during the scige, will be
restored, and construction Of the
viaduct bridges has been commenced. A
number of the Northern states are get
ting in readiness fcr. the work Of
erocting pcnuments and tablets ON the
grouns. Town having appropriated
$3.50. 900 for this purpose and Ohio $40, :
0O. Both Of the states are to start
work Immediately. as will also Mas
%sachussets and Illinois. both of the
latter having made liberal appropria-
lions. The monument to the Massa-
chusetts troops will be erected in De.
oember, and will be tho first placed
on the grounds. The commission will
meet in vioksburg on the 23rd of Co.
tober.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
A BACK TAX CRUSADE
Deputy johnson Finishes Ills
Work In Amite
County.

Gloster. Miss, Oct. 6.-Deputy
Johnson, Of tho state revenue agents
office has just finished q crusade
asainit the back tax delinquents of
Amite county, and 1913 persons have
been assessed for delinquent solvent
credits in sums varying from $500 to
S25, 900. The amount Of which back
taxes are claimed will aggregate
about $4,000, 90 and the delinquents
have been summoned to appear at the
meeting of the board of supervisors
this week and show cause why they
should not be assessed. 1t is probable
that about fifty percent Of the amount
will stick.
Deputy Galloway is now waking
several counties in tho northern part
OF tho state, and Deputy Miles is 60
ing energetioally after tho delin-
quonts in the central and southern
sections. Both will present large
claims to boards OF supervisors ses-
sions this week.
Since the crusade for solvent credits
which have hitherto escaped taxation
was started by the revenue agent many
of the counties have shown large in
creases in assessment OF this class uf
personal property and the campaign
is having good effect not only in max
ing the county assessors more diligent,
but propcrty-owners are reporting
their holdings more fully than ever be-
fore. The tendency of persons to Son
ceal property from tho assessors is be-
trust, notes and mortgages are no
longer strangers to the assessment
rolls.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
PETITIONS ASKING
JACKSON'S PARDON
BEING CIRCULATED IN SEW
ERAL COUNTIES.

Oxford, Miss., Oot. 6.-Potitions
will be placed IN circulation in Mar
shall, Yalobugsh, Pontotoc and Lafay
cite counties this week asking Cover
nor LonGino to giant a pardon to Bill
jackson, tho white man now serving
q life term in tho p%onItontiary for
participating in the murder OF the
Montgomerys, tho Crime for which
Will Mathis and Orlando Lsster PAL
the death penalty at Oxford on the
gath of September.
1t is understood that the citizens
who were most vigorous in proseout-
ing Mathis and Lester are now back
ing the pardon petition for jackson,
being convinced that he is the victim
OF unfortunate circumstances and was
in no way connected with the killing.
He was exonerated OIL tho gallows by
the two condemned men, both stating
that jackson left the Mathis home
before the shots wero fired which re-
suited in the death of the two deputy
marshals. While it is believed that
jackson knew the killing was going
to take place, or that 1t was threaten.
ed, it Is also believed that he en-
deavored to dissuade Mathis from his
purpose.
Jackson is now IN the Rankin coun-
~ convict farm and has been in bad
health for several monA,s. His wife
is in the insane asylum. and her de-
mentia was undoubtedly caused by
grief.over the arrest of her husband.
The prisoner has never borne q good
character, having been involved in
numerous Federal Court indictments
for Illicit distillery work, but the Pc
%titioners say that he should not be
punished for q crime of which he is
innocent, and that he ought to be re-
leased and stand trial for tho less SER
ious charges against him.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
PETITION FOR PARDON
White Convict Sent Up from Tip
pah County for Embezziement
Wants His Liberty.

Jackson. Miss, Dot, "A Petition
is being prepared for presentation to
Governor Longino asking that o par
don be granted to J. A. Plummer, the
white convict who Is now serving q
ten-year term from Tippah county for
~embczzling funds while holding tho
office Of treasurer Of the county.
Plummer is about 90 years Of age, and
has been In i'll health for several
months. During his Incarceration he
has been employed as q ,rusty around
the prison office and has rendered val
uable services. He has served four
years.
Another pardon petition from Tippah
county is for James Spencer, who was
convicted Of burglary ana larceny in
January 1901, and given a four year
term. Phe petition states that Spen-
cor has . very weak mind and cannot
stand confinement many months long.
or owing to the poor state OF his
health.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
ROOSEVELT AND MORGAN
1t Is Up to Them to Settle the
Strike.

Washington, Oct. A-The confer
ence between the President and Secre-
tary KNOX and Commissioner Of Labor
Carroll D. Wright began at eleven
O'Clock this morning. The President
and his advisers have canvassed tho
coal situation in every detail and
Mitchell's offer to leave the matter as
far as the miners are concerned, in
tho Presidents hands, has practically
made Roosevelt a party to the issue.
The Coal presidents are absolutely
controlled by j. Pierpont Morgan, so
the matter has poen practically left to
the president and Morgan.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
Cyclone at Endianola.

Indianola, Miss, Oct. 4.-One OF the
most disastrous cyclones aud hurri.
that eve visited this section of
the country struck Indianola abo ut
noon yesterday, fatally injuring Miss
Florence Morris and wounding a num-
Der of other people.
The damage will reach in the neigh
borhood of twenty thousand dollars.
Business is paralyzed and the de-
struotion to goods is very great.
The streets are filed with debris,
and a number Of farmhouses in the
vicinity have been totally destroyed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
Hot Springs Headquarters at the
Arlington.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 4.-Secratary
Webb, OF tho Southern Association of
Railroad Commissioners, gives official
notice that the Arlington has been
selected as the headquarters during
the convention which convenes at Hot
Springs on the 14th Of October fer a
three days'Esession. The Choctaw has
been selected as TIM official route from
Memphis, and there will at least be
three hundred commissioners, rail- Dad
officials and representatives of COM
mercial bodies present. Several So
ciael features have been arranged for
the entertainment of the visitors.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
HORSES RAN AWAY
WITH A DEAD BODY
CARRIED THE CORPSE TWELVE
MILES IN A WAGON.
ON TEXAS BORDER LINE
Cattle Dealer Killed; Body Fell In
Wagon and the Horses
Took Fright.

Shreveport. Got. News reached
Sheriff Ward yesterday evening Of q
murder having been committed just
across the state line from this parish
on Wednesday afternoon. Both par
ties to the tragedy were white men
who are we'll known in Shr eveport
and throughout Caddo parish. The
principals In the affair were ]. r.
vickers.E Ia cattle dealer, residin g on
Gaines bayou, who was shot to
death. and Ed Ooglin, Pablo ginner.
at Hartzo, Marble county, Texas,
twelve mites south Of Vivian.
Tho killing took place at Coglin's
gin, whioh.is situated In Texas two
miles from the state hnc. There had
been bad blood bet the two men
for several years past, growing out Of
Viokers accusing Ooglin of stealing
hogs, and 1t WINS stated that some time
last week Vickers met one of Coglin's
son in the woods and after defaming
Coglin, told the boy that he would
kill his father before he was done
with him.
The son returned home and told
Coglin of vickers having called him
q thief and other vile things, and Of
his threats to kill him.
Wednesday afternoon Viokers drove
up to CoRlin's' gin and the latter came
out and asked vickcrs IL he had ap-
piled those vile epithets to him as his
son had reported and why he had
threatened his life. vickers, the wit.
messed sold, answered "Yes. I said
and meant It,. and at the snme time
started to stoop down in his wagon
for a Winchester rife that was lying
in the bed OF tho vehicle. CoRlin
secured his own shotgun and fred
n barrel, hitting Vickers, who still
continued to reach for his rife, and
Cogiin then emptied the other barrel
of his'gun into the already wounded
man, who, when he received this fire,
fell yer in his wagon dead.
The team attached to the wagon
took fright at the discharge Of the fire
arr and ran away with the corpse OF
Viokers bouncing in the wagor. The
team never stopped until they ran In.
to vickors' barn, twelve miles dis
tant. The hirod help then discovered
that Vickers wal dead and immediate.
ly notified the authorities ut Vivian,
who after a days search discovered
the particulars of the murder and the
fact of 1t having been committed on
Texas soil.
Sheriff Ward learned later that
Coglin had gone to Jefferson. Texas,
and surrendered to the sheriff Of
Marion county.
Vickers was we'll known in Shreve.
! port, where he frequently shipped
cattle. He had no relatives in Louis.
lana.
Coglin is a farmer and a ginner and
has a family.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
THE PRESIDENTS LEG
Is Again Oiving1Iiim Trouble---
Failure of Conference Takes
Him irritable.

Washington. Oct, 4.-Alhtough
no official affirmation can be gained
at the temporary Whitehouse, the re-
port m from an authorativo
source today that theP resident'sphysi-
cal condition has been greatly disturb.
cd by the unfavorable outcome of thu
strike conference. lie Is suffering
considerable pain In the injured leg
and DIR. Jung is in constant attend
ance He is in q highly irritable state,
and 1t is feared this will retald seri.
ously the healing of the wound.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
TO RECOVER HIS SIGHT
Senator Vest Goes to Baltimore
for that Purpose.

Baltimore, Oct. ALMOST blind,
and otherwise phyipally weak, Sena-
tor 9. G. Vest is here seeking to re-
cover his sight at the hands Of spe-
cialist Henry Garry, inventor Of the
opthamo Osoillator by which method
Senator Money of Mississippi recover
ed his sight. Senator Vest came from
Washington Wednesday. He is unable
to 60 about without an attendants
aid.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09

New York. Oct. Gladly Henry
Somerset, the famous English tenn.
perancc advocate arrived on the steam
ship Minneapolis today. She said she
hoped the American public would
not compare her with Carrie Nation.
Answering q request for her opinion
Of Mrs. Nation. she said she beliey-
cd her an earnest worker bat with bad
methods. II zho casr.sd her tactics
10 ENGLAND she woa!e pe imprisoned,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
Edwards Postoffice.

Edwards, Miss, Oct. 4.-The post
Office is being moved from the Lodge
building on North Main street. where
it has been located for a score of years,
to the building on Railroad avenue
and Main street. 1t has lately been
raised to q third -class postofioe. and
although being under the management
Of q colored postmaster, i. =. Perkins
for several yesfs. 1t has glYe9 good
sasIs'artioI the public,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
NEW ORLEANS STRIKE
Two Men Who Talked too Much
Beaten by Strikers---Mayor
Says Cars Mist Run.

New Orleans. Oct. 1.-TWO men
who expressed views in opposition to
the street a strikeswera badly beaten
byla crowd OF alleged strikers early
today. Mayor CGpdesjle has ndtiaed
the street Railway Company tllat
mast operate cars ttdaS.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09

New York, Oct. 4.-The Anthracite
coal operators returned here today
from Washington. Mr.. Thomas, OF
the Eric Railroad, said "Wc were
received cordially by President Roose-
welt and stated q side of the case to
him. SO far as I can see, there Is
nothing for us to do"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
Kaiser and King VIII Meet.

Berlin, Dot, 4.-The foreign office
admitted today that the Kaiser may
meet the King of Portugal In England
in November presumably to discuss
the African questions affecting Portu.
gal Germany, and England.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
Collapse of an Old Church.

Vienna, Oct, 4.-The Historic
church at Pedrengo, neal Trieste, COL
lapsed at early mass today, killing
four priests and four worshippers.
Several persons were injured. The
church vas thousand years old.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09

President Castro has been invited
to inepect the revolutionary troops tc
convince himself that further resist
an Is useless.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
RAILROAD DISASTER
Express Train Crashed into
Freight.

WiAiamsport, Oct, 4-Express
train on the Pennsylvania road crush
ea into a freight at Milton today.
Engineer and fireman we're both kill.
ed. Several passengers were injured.
Six passenger coaches ~telesoopsd ans
o dozen freight cars were wrecked,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09

Harriston, Miss, Oct. 4.-The /. @.
fearing a recurrence of the trouble Of
last summer when there came so near
being a water famine on the Y. and
NJ. v. is sinking q we'll near this pump
house. 1t is down one hundred and
fifty feat aud although going through
soil, blue mud, rock, soapstone sani
mixed with coal and traces of coal oil,
the borers have no. struck any water
yet. This is strange in view of the
fact that all tho othsr walls are shall
low. affording an abundance OF good
water
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09
Bishop Potter WEEDS.

Coppestown, Oct 4.-Bishop Potter
was welded to Mrs. Alfred Corning
CLARK at noon today,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09

A fund to be applied to the erection
Of a monument to zolo already reaches
SO, 400. including s6) from Capt.
Dreyfus.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-09

Mgr. Chapelle's visit to Rome has
no relation to to The friars question.
II hes % 10 With Cuba only.