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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Games Scheduled Today.

New York, Nov. 8.-This is the
greatest day of the season for the
leading football games so far. Of the
many games scheduled the most i'm
portant to be decided this afternoon
are as follows: Harvard and Penn.
sylvania at Cambridge, Princeton and
Orange Athletic Club at Princeton,
Cornell and Washington and Jefferson
at Ithaca, Brown and Columbia at
New York, Wesleyan and Vermont at
Middletown, Chicago and Indiana at
Chicago. Michigan and Iowa at Ann
Arbor, Wisconsin and Northwestern
at Madison, Illinois and Minnesota ct
Minneapolis, Naval Cadets and La
fay cite at Annapolis, Dartmouth and
Boston College ut Hanover, Amherst
and Williams at Amherst, Nebraska
and Kansas at Lincoln, Oberlin and
Western Reserve at Oberlin. and De
Paw and Rose Polytechnic Institute
ut Terre Haute.
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SUICIDES INCREASING
Negroes Seem to Be Acquiring
the Self-D Destruction
Habit

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 10.-Soicide
is q rare crime among the negroes,
and reports OF self.d~estruction by a
member of the raoe are regarded rs
oddities, but several affairs of the
kind have occurred in this state within
the past year, and 1t seems that the
brother In black" Is taking his trou-
bles moro seriously than ever before.
About eight months ago three negro
suicides in Mississippi followed each
other in rapid succession. and the
latest affair of the kind is reported
from Jefferson county where an old
darkey named Sam Franklin. living in
the jefferson neighborhood, shuf1ed
off the mortal cell In a very methodi-
cal manner a few days since. He Sc
cured a shotgun, retired to an open
field near his cabin, tied the trigger
of the gun to q wire fence, placed the
muzzle.beneath his shirt just below
the heart, and then pulled on the gun
Darrell. Death was instantaneous.
Relatives say that he had been in q
bad mental state for several weeks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Bankers at New Orleans

New Orleans, Nov. 10.-Every in
coming train today has brought large
parties to the twenty-eighth annual
convention Of the American Bankers
association, which convenes at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning in Tulane
Hall. At the headquarters of the local
secretary there was a busy scene, to.
day. The registers were the objective
point Of q large crowd of bankers and
visitors from abroad, who had to wait
and take their turns at registering
and receiving the official credentials
in the form Of q card enoased in o
neatly engraved silvercase, and a but.
ton to display on the lapel of the coat.
Tomorrow's exercises will be opened
by President Myron T. Herrick OF
Cleveland, and addresses of welcome
will be delivered by Governor Heard,
Mayor Capdeville, and R. M. Wam-
sley, president of the New Orleans
clearing house. The reading of vari.
Gus reports will occupy the remainder
Of the day.
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States Industrial Progress.

Jackson, Miss. Nov. 8.-Auditor
Cole issued a statement today showing
that tie assessment of real and person
al property and railway lines in the
State for 1902 is $l9, 900, 600 in excess
of that of last year. The figures are
a splendid testimonial to the indus.
trial progress Of the state, and the
showing is somewhat remarkable in
view of the fact that real property
was assessed last year, whereas as.
sessments have heretofore been bien.
NAL, and the additional fact that
the assessors in some counties negli-
gently failed to report, for reasons
est known to themselves, the usual
amount of solvent credits, and thus
allowed their counties to show de-
crease.
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CONVICT WANTED
Governor Offers an Extra 500
for Tom Garner's Capture.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. S.-Govsrnor
Longino has offered a reward of 800,
in addition to the statutory reward OF
$50 for the arrest and delivery to tho
warden of the %penitentiary in jackson
of Tom Garner, n convict who made
his escape from the Rankin convict
farm on tho 9th day of October. Gar
ner is one of the most desperate Grim
inals who has been brought to the
prison in recent years, and at tho
time of his escape was serving q lifo
sentence from Pike county for murder.
He is about As years OF age, 8 feet 5
inches in height, weight $50 pounds,
and is a farmer and mechanic by oc-
cupation. His hair is light, eyes
brown. and a birthmark docorates the
center of the small of his back. 1t is
believed that he is still in the state.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
TO REnEnBER ANARCHISTS
10th Anniversary of Execution of
Haymarket rlurderers.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov S.-The six
teenth anniversary of tho execution
of August Spies, A. r. Parsons. A.
Fischer and G. Engel, known as tina
Haymarket anarchists, on Nov. 9,
1886. will be COMMUNICATED tomorrow
by the local labor and socialist organ-
izations.
Memorial services will be held as
usual and in the afternoon delegations
will visit Waldheim Cemetery and
decorate the graves of the anarchists,
and also tho grave of Louis Lingg,
who killed himself the night before
{ D execution.
There was a time when these ami
vel sary demonstrations were "a source
of much trouble to the police. Fire.
brand speeches would be delivered by
Lucy Parsons and others and it wa
often found necessary to use force in
breaking Up the meetings. OF recent
years, however, the ardor of the Chi
cago group of anarchists has cooled
considerably and the anniversary ex-
o~rcises are usually of an orderly
nature.
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VERY FEW WILL BE W.T.
MESSED BY THE PUBLIC
ARE DEM0RALIZING
Boards of Supervisors of Jefferson
and Yalobusha Counties Have
Issued Similar Orders.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 10.-The cam
paign against public hangings in Mis-.
sissippi is having q good effect, and
but evry few Of the twenty or more
pubplio executions TO take place in
the state during the winter will be
witnessed by the assembled thousands,
who gather from miles around in q
spirit of morbid curiosity to see a
fellow being die on tho scaffold.
The board of supervisors of Jefferson
county has ordered that the executions
to take place in Fayette next month
be strictly in private, and q similar
order has been issued by the board OF
supervisors of Yaiobusha county con-
corning the double hanging to take
place ut Coffeeville abou. the sam
time.
The demoralizing effect of public
hangings has been made apparent in
several instances during the past six
months, and sentiment is strongly
opposed to having the grewsome
events take place where all may view
them. The press of the state has
commenced the agitation of a law to
be passed at the next legislative ses
sions prohibiting public hangings and
dopriving boards of supervisors oil
discretionary power in the matter.
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GEORGE PERRY, ANEGRo BOY,
RECOGNIZES Hill
STORY HI BOY L
Says Mason Gave Him Watches
to Pawn that Belonged to
q Murdered Women

Boston, Nov. 10.-If the story which
George Perry, a negro boy, tells to-
day be true, Alan G. Mason is not
only Jack the Singer" but a de-
generate OF the lowest type. Mason
has been positively identified by Per-
ry as the man who gave him watches
belonging to Miss Morton and Miss
McPhee, who were murderd, to
pawn. Perry says that Mason gave
him money and was intimate with
him, and has been SO for some time.
The police shy that Perry is an in
corrigible youth who has been in
murder scrapes before and has given
much trouble to the authorities. The
police today found two new witness.
es, Harry Baew and George Fisher,
whose statements may clear the sen
s~ational mystery.
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ROOSEVELT WILL
BE RENOMINATED

New York, Nov. 7.-Thomas G.
Platt, declares that the Republican
success in the New York election,
and continued control OF the House OF
Representatives, is due largely to
Roosevelt whose denomination is now
assured. Platt admits, however, that
the reduced Republican majority in
various parts of the country, especial
ly in New York, will tend to warn
the Republicans of the danger ofparty
discussions. He doesn't think this
will warn them that the time has come
for a general revision of the tariff
He declares his own leadership is as
complete as ever, and he can go back
to the Senate if he desires, and In all
probability he will do SO. He says the
weakness of the Republican party in
New York is due to reserve politics.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Bishop Thompson at Jackson.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. S.-Bishop
Hugh Miller Thompson, of the Epis'
copal diocese of Mississippi, who is
slowly dying from the effects of a
cancer in the throat, reached his
home in this city this morning in a
hospital car from Now York where he
has been undergoing medical treat
ment. He was conveyed during tho
morning from the car to the Battle
Hill residence from which place he
will ever be able to depart alive.
Tho distinguished sufferer stood the
trip from New York fairly we'll, al
though he is suffering much pain.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
READY FOR
Final Preparations for the An
nual Meeting of the AS
ISOLATION.

New Orleans, La, Nov. 8.-Finnl
preparations have been made for the
annual meeting Of the American Bnuk-
ers association, which is to begin its
sessions in this city next Tuesday.
The participation of such eminent men
Of finance as Myron T. HerrIck Of
Cleveland, John Johnston of Mil
waukee, Congressman Charles N.
Fowler of Now Jersey, Theodore Gill
man tf New York, Congressman Bur-
ton OF Ohio and Joseph G. Brown of
North Carolina is expected to make
the, gathering N of the most impor-
faint of the kind that has ever taken
place i'll this country.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Trouble for Negro Lawyer

Mriedian. Miss, Nov. 8.-Anothev
cahas been ii1t 80 III the neg 70
alwyer Hill. he was arrested by
Constables Price and Foster this
morning on a charge of attempting
subornation of q witness. 1t is
claimed that Hill went to Charles
Smith. a we'll known young white
man, and asked him to testify in his
behalf, and to give evidence which lie
knew was untrue. Smith reported
the incidnet to the constables, and
Hill was again arrested. lie is now
under about six charges.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
First Legal Hanging in so Y'SIuo

jackson, Miss. Nov. 8.-For tho
first time in fifty years a man has
been sentenced to death in Lawrence
county. Lloyd Hogan. q negro, was
cnvicted of killing Hobart DoLbs in
a railroad camp near Biountville
and Judge Truly sentenced him to
die on the 10th of December, but an
appeal has been taken TO the Supreme
Court, and execution of the sentence
will be deferred. Two weeks ago
Judge Truly pronounced a death sen.
tenoe in Jefferson county, and it is
probable that he will sentence a white
man to die in Natchez next week, an
ugly murder case being on the dooke
for trial.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Leaf River Road Sold.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 10.-The inter-
osting announcement is made in rail-
road circles that the Mobile, jackson
and Kansas City system has puIchas.
ed the Leaf River road, a logging line
extending from Hattiesburg to Blount.
VILE, in Lawrence county, and that
it is the intention Of the company to
continue the road to the Mississippi
river, Natchez being the probable des-
tination. Blountville is also the objeo.
tive point Of the Tri-State and Gulf
road, recently incorporated in q pro.
cissued by Governor LONG sm::ation
no.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Cleveland. o., Nov. ga special
Strain of eight Pullman coaches left
this city ose the Big Four at noon
ioday carrying party OF 100 delegates
10 the convention of the American
Bankers association to be held in New
Orleans next week. Tho party in
cludes prominent bank ers from allparts
OF northern Ohio. and is headed by
Mryon I. Herrick of Cleveland, presi-
dent OF the association. The party
will stop over tomorrow in Chatta-
nooGa to visit the battlefiolds and
other placcs of interest in that
vicinity.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
N CLEWS' VIEWS
Elections Had Little Effect Upon
the Stock Misunderstanding d
Session of Congress

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New York, Nov. 10,-In his Weekly
Financial Review today, Henry
Clews says:
The elections had little effect upon
the Stock Market. Fortunately there
were no unsettilng developments, al.
though the decline in Republican ma
j~orities was interpreted in some quar-
ters as an expression of dissatisfaction
at that party's hardness in legislation
affecting the four leading questions
of the day-rcoiprooity, currency,
trusts and the tariff. Congress Will
open in about three weeks, and usual
ly this is period OF uncertainty
pending somo idea of the Legislative
programme. The coming session,
however, will DO q short one, epxiring
March 4, and no very important legis-
lation need be expected, especially in
view of the approach of Presidential
election, when all suchssquestions will
be reserved for campaign oratory. In
the political outlook, therefore, there
is nothing disturbing for the imme-
diate future.
All great eras Of prosperity have
been CAPPED by phenomenal activity
in real estate, which, usually being
tho safest and least profitable of in.
vestments, is generally the last to
rise. Today the county, from the
Atlantic to the Paeicf, is undergoing
one Of the most extraordinary real es-
tate booms that have ever been wit
messed, differing from it's predecessors
Only in the fact that thus far it has
been more substantial than they.
Still, it is not necessary to multiply
evidences of this sort 10 show that
the top has been reached, for the
present at least. and that the path of
safety now lies in retrenchment.
Fortunately, there is no cause for
anxiety. The necessity for conserva-
tism is now so fully appreciated and
acted upon that tho danger of a crisis
is past. Good crops assure another
season of business activity and this
has unquestionably saved us from un-
pleasant consequences. The monetary
situation is steadily improving and
this Is cause for reinsurance. Gold
exports have not commenced, and a
larger outgo of agricultural products
is about due and should defer an eflux
of the precious metal for a period. al
though our large borrowings abroad
which ut the moment appear to be in
creasing, arc likely to force gold
shipments when settlement day ar
rives. Large sums of money are still
locked up in syndicate operations, and
this coupled with the financing of i'm.
portant deals and the activity Of gem
| eral business, 10 likely to keep funds
in limited supply at firm rates, at
least until currency returns from the
| interior after crop requirements are
over. For the present the market
| seems likely to drift downwards.
HENRY CLEWS.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
H MOLINEUX TRIAL
Prisoner Is Confident That He
Will Be Acquitted -He will
Start Life Anew

New York, Nov. l0.-The Molineux
trial was resumed today. His lawyers
will make a desperate fight for the
prisoners life. Molineux is S 10 conf
dent that he will BIO acquitted that he
is planning what he will do when lib.
Grated. He says he will hurry to his
vito, take her to his fathers home
and then they will go where they
Will not be known and start life anew.
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Against Labor Agents.

jackson, Miss, Nov. 10.--A crusade
against labor agents has been launched
in Noxubee county. and at a meeting
of citizens recently held strong reso-
buttons were adopted ~condemnatory of
the contractors and agents who are
enticing the negroes to the delta and
railroad and leyee camps. The insinu-
alton was also made rather strongly
that the next labor agent who enters
tile county is likelynto receive gone.
what radical treRiment5
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his way overland through Spain, Aus.
tria, Germany, Denmark and Switzer-
land, ending his romatic journey ut
Naples.
The count is now two months ahead
ON his trip and Expresses confidence In
winning the wager. He has stood the
journey remarkably well, and says he
is in better health than when he left
home.
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Improved Firearm

Washington, Nov. II .-General VIM.
Crozier, chief of the bureau of ordi.
nance. in his annual report to the sec.
rotary of war says an improved mus
ket has been completed and tried with
satisfactory results. The various
changes have not only improved the
veapoa. but cLeapened and accelIera.
ted its production. The Chief says
that the musSet Ia lighter Z than The
German Manner md more effective,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
KU KLUX
KHAN REVIVAL

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 10. "A report
reaches here from the western por-
tion of Neshoba county that tho Ku
lux Khan has teen revived in that
neightorhood, and vengeance visited
on several negroes who have been
giving trouble of late.
Two negroes were taken out by
parties of masked men and Severely
whipped, and the cabin of an ola
negro was riddled with buckshot.
Thus far there have been no fatal.
ties, and the lawlessness is not en-.
dorsed by the best people of the
county. The authorities are endeav.
oring to locate and punish the perpe.
traitors Of the outrage and an attempt
will be made to break up the band.
A few weeks since several outrages
by whitecappers were reported from
Simpson county, but the neighbor-
hood speedily quieted down and the
whipping of negroes ceased when the
sheriff started an investigation to as-
certain the guilty PARTIES.
Outragos Of this sort which were
very frequent during the election
troubles of the reconstruction period,
are very rare nowadays, and the or.
CARNATIONS are generally Of very
short duration. Feuds have also
practically ceased, even in the most
remote communities, and Mississi ppi
is unable at present to claim q single
lirst-class feud.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Aged Woman Murdered.

New York. Nov. 10. Mrs. Mary
McClusky, GO years Of age, was mur-
dered in bed early today. Hor head
was split. open with an IKE. The
police arrested her husbnd today. He
denies the murder. but admits that he
dreamed continually Of burglars aad
slept with an AK around him.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Blocked Touchdown by Stabbing

Mount Vernon, N. Y, Nov. s.
David Smith, q negro, whiIe trying
to make q touchdown in q football
game was stabbed twice by, Matthew
Jenkins q negro who was full back on
the opposing team. Smith got the
ball and mado a dash for the enemy's
goal. He managed to get past all his
opponents excepting Jenkins, who
guarded the goal. AS he approached
Jenkins the latter drew a clasp knife
and threatened TO stab him if he tried
to reach tho goal. Smith kept on,
however, ana Jenkins raced after
him. Jenkins caught up to him just
as Smith was abou. to GROSS the limo
md stabbed the latter in the ohm
and abdomen. The wounds are seri.
ous but are not believed to be fatal.
Jenkins was arrested.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Paraded Through the Ghetto

London, Nov: 10.-The Lord
Mayors procession paraded the streets
this morning. For the first time in
London's history, the procession
passed through the Ghetto, and a ban
quet was ri zen to the poor of White
chapel and Houndsditch. q.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Lord Mayors Day.

London, Nov. 8.-Lord Mayors day
falling this year Oh Sunday the cele-
bration and historic pantg ev attend
ant upon tn, installation of Sir. Mar
Gus Samuel as the oity's new chief
magistrate will not take place until
Monday. Today Sir Samuel was for.
mally sworn into Office in accordance
with time honored custom.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Pope Receives ChapeiIe.

Rome. Nov. THE Popo today re-
oeived Archbishop Chapelle, delegate
in Cuba and Archbishop Of Now Or
leans, in private audience and con.
versed animatedly for haitian hour.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Everett, Wash. Nov. 8-Ths -four
mills of this city arc now working
on three oonsignmcnts, two for China
and one for Vladivostook. The thrce
orders aggregate 25, 600 barrels of -four
and will be Slipped this month.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Another Arrest

Boston, Nov. 10.-It is stated in
Police circles this morning that Mrs.
Perry. mother of the negro implicated
in the Mason case Will be arrest ed to.
day.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Mndiid, Nov, T.-The trial of Sa-
bine Arane, autonomist leader in Bas-
que province, charged with having
sent q congratu latory lctter TO Roose-
Welt .ast spring on the granting of
Cuban'inderendence, began at Bilbao
today. He may be sen to prison for
eight years.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Paris, Nov. 8.-Count Boni de Gas.
t~ellaEe, who represented a constituent
oy In the depa, tment of Busse Alpes,
Win re-oontest Tie scat lost by him
in the Chamber of Deputies ycstre.
lay.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Mendenhall. Miss, Nov. 10.-The
celebrated Simpson county court
house site question is to be again
brought TO the Supreme Court for de-
%cision, and it COMES back in practi-
ch1ly the same shape as submitted at
the last session, and with no more i'm.
mediate prospect Of final settlement.
SO far as the court is concerned. 1t
IS believed. however, that the opposi.
tion to the building of the court
haase at M~endenhnll will finally be
dropped aud an Gmicable settlerent
rached, ="
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Governor Yates Worse.

Springfield. ILL.,, Nov. Gov.
Yates has had a relapse and is worse
today than at any timo since his ILL
moss began.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Huntsville, Ala Nov. Ton no.
count of the mysterious disappearance:
of the prospective. bridegroom, the
Battle Goron nuptials failed to come
off hero last evening All the parties
ore prominent.
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A Timer Commits r1urder

Wilkesbarre, Nov 10.-A miner
named Hennessey shot foreman Dennis
Doris of the Susquehanna Coal Com
pany mines at Glen Lyon, in the
abdomen today because the latter re-
fused him work.. Hennessey was ar
rested and lynoliing is threatened.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13
Burned In Bed.

Port Gibson, Miss, Nov. 10.-Wii-
liam Evans aged ninety, Joe Brown
aged twelve, Lizzie Brown aged thir-
teen, all colored, were burned to death
Saturday evening. The old man and
children occupied q room in o cabin
situated some two miles East of tins
place and had retired at an early
hour. A reflection of fire was noticed
and neighbors living nearby. came to
the rescue but too late. nothing bnt
ashes remained to be seen. A heart
of one of the victims was the only
sign oe a human being found. f
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-11-13

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 1O.-The
city was in total darkness last night
and half the street cars have been
aiken of as o result Of coal shortage,
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Prince who wished to be Purchased

San Francisco, Nov. 10.-The
Chronicle prints a story today show
ing how Miss May Goelet, the ia
nous New York hciress, has opportu-
nifty to buy Prince Won Hoehenlohe,
of Germany, for a million and o
quarter dollars. The story says the
Prince made advances, which were 10
fused and the news comes out through
failure Of the Prlncs's matrimonial
agent to receive pay 70, her services,