The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-07-26
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on the Sharley county courthouse.
The STANDARD Oil Company are put
ing in $4,000 gallon tank at Rolling
Fork.
Beginning next Monday tho Biloxi
Review will be issued as daily after
noon paper.
/ The rcplanting Of corn Is general
throughout the State, the drouth having
| ruined the first crop.
Hon. Il. +. Noel, author OF the State
primary law, has announced his inten-
tion 60 run for Governor.
The charter OF the Florence Oil Co.,
domcilod at Natches and capitalized at
| $4,000, IL being published.
Stove West, convicted OF the murder
Of Minnie Fisher year ago, was hang
cd at vicksburg Tuesday noon.
Bill Magoe, a popular citizen Of Frank
linton, was killed from ambush by an
assassin. Usual excitement prevails.
! DIR. A. M. Muckenfuss, Of Millsaps
College, has been elected TO tho chair OF
chemistry in the University Of Arlsan-
sas.
Yazoo City has issued 100000 worth
Of bonds for the erection Of complete
waterworlss, sewerage and electric light
plant.
The Beacon at Pass Christian has
been awarded the contract for tho next
two years TO do Harrison county's job
printing.
Rev. j. q. Cammaclt OF Rolling Fork
fell from tree, heighth OF IL feet,
into tho Sun1ower river and narrowly
escaped drowning.
Governor Longino has issued his pro-
clamation raising the town Of Lumber
ton, Pearl River county, from the rank
Of town to that Of a city.
There will be q reunion of the Elev-
enth Mississippi Regiment at okolono,
July Both, the first to be held by the sur
yivors Of this famous command.
The pier connecting the Biloxi Yacht
Club house with the shore gave way be-
meath the heavy traffic on regatta day
last Saturday. No one was hurt.
In d rough and tumble fight ut So
cial party at Brandon, Monday night,
Charles Bate was killed, being shot six
times. Other persons we're wounded.
A chair of rural and civil engineering
| will be established at the A. & M. Col
lege, also practical course OF mechan-
les and course in scientific agriculture.
Warland Caldwell, a white man, has
been jailed at Jackson for the murder of
Eugene Monte, which occurred over q
year ago. Caldwell admits killing the
man in self-defense.
The date for the primary election in
the Seventh Congressman McLain's)
district, has been set for August Both,
and not August 18th, as had been pub
lished in the daily press.
The Governor OF Tennessee refused Ia
honor Mississippi's Governors requisi-
ton for the return OF John Armistead
OF Memphis, to face the charge Of en-
bezzlement in the Treasury case.
A barrel Of paint exploded at Port
Gibson in the establishment OF Lay
Levy and Sons. The negro painter wat
severely burned about the legs, and a
con 1agration was narrowly averted.
The Executive Committee Of the Sey-
enth Congressional District met at Har-
riston Wednesday and organized by elec-
ting 7. w. James, OF Pike county, per-
manent chairman and @. L. Williams, oi
Adams county, secretary.
William jennings Bryan has written
the Secretary OF State for piece OF
marble to place in a tiled mantel of his
new home. Mr.. Bryan win secure a
piece Of marble from each State in the
Union, which he carried in the last cleo
ton.
The grand Democratic rally and bar
becue at Allison's Wells Wednesday
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was decided success. A special train
iof ten coaches was run from Jackson
and Yazoo City. Addresses were made
by many prominent Democrats of the
State.
The State, according to the Grenada
Sentinel, is to have a negro Industrial
school modelled after Booker T.. Wash
ington's Tuskegee Institute. The school
will be located in Grenada county, with
VIM. Fl. Holzclow, graduate of Book
er's institute, at the head of the school.
1 According to statement Just issued
ny Auditor Cole on the condition OF the
State banks at the close Of the business
on the fifth day Of July, Mississippi Is
In first-rate financial condition. The
number Of banks reported one year ago
was III, as compared with i29 this time.
or an increase Of twelve.
The friends Of Governor Longino fear
that he will be assassinated, or an at
tempt will be made to assassinate him.
as a result of his refusal to commute the
death sentence Of Ashley Cooke: who
was hanged at Greenyille Tuesday. just
before Cooke was hanged the Governor
received three messages Of very threat
ening nature. He did not pay any at
tention 70 these, but went on with his
work as II nothing had happened. One
OF the messages read that If the Govern
or did not commute the sentence, bodily
harm would come to himself and family
wednesday night shortly after Mrs.
Longino had retired she heard some one
on the roof over her room. She awak-
ened the Governor, who immediately
went TO the police headquarters and no
tined the officials. A heavy guard win
be placed about the Governnr,s 49,.