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The Canton times., 1902-06-27
savare Hail Storm.

The severest hail storm ever seen
In that section visited Ripley on
Wednesday Of last week. For twen-
ty minutes stones ranging from the
size of a buckshot to two inches in
diameter fell as thick as ordinary
raindrops. Blown by9a very strong
wind from the northwest, window
panes were broken on western ex-
posures, holes were knocked in tin
roofs, limbs were broken from trees,
corn, cotton and growing vegetables
were broken or literally torn into
.shreds, and many chickens and birds
were killed. For a few minutes
those who witnessed the cyclone that
passed through that section less than
two years ago feared repetition of
that awful experience. Fortunately
the track of the storm was not more
than two miles in width, but great
damage was done those who hap
pened to be in its path.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
The Final Discussion In the Senate
Preceding the Vote on
the Measure.
Mr.. MORGAN MADE The CLOSING SPEECH
The spoOner Amendment, as Per-
fected, was Then Read and Adopt
ed, other Amendments Being De-
feated-The Bill, as Thus Amend
ed, Was Then Passed.

Washington, June 19.-An isthnnian
canal, while not absolutely assured,is
nearer to construction than it ever
has been; The senate to-day, by a
majority of eight votes, adopted the
Spooner substitute for the Hepburn
Nicaragua canal bill, the vote on the
substitute being AZ to "a. After two
amendments to the measure had been
adopted one providing for a commits
sion to supervise the construction of
the canal and the other providing for
the issuance of $3.50, 900, 900 of two
per cent. gold bonds to raise money
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Insurance Law RevisIons.

The Mississippi Compress Asso-
citation has opened the campaign for
an extra session of the Legislature
in order to obtain some remedial
legislation in the insurance ques-
ton. President Newberger has ad-
dressed letter to the Governor in
behalf of the thirty-five congresses
represented, urging him to convene
the Legislature in extra session and
to urge upon them the Importance
of repeating the valued policy law
In so far, at least, as it applies to
cotton. In his communication Pres
ident Newberger states that if the
valued policy law continues in force
it will not be practicable to get in
surance on cotton in Mississippi un-
der the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court, and that the cotton
will therefore be driven into other
States to get insurance.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Mrs. Mary L. stone Dead.

Mrs. Mary L. Stone died after, a
long illness, on the 14th inst, in
Carrollton, Ala, and was buried in
Shuqualak. Mrs. Stone was the
wife of Rev. l.. M. Stone, who was
president of Shuqualak Female Col
lege for many years, but who had
recently moved to Carrollton, Ala.
About eight-tenths of the educated
girls of Noxubee county received
their instructions in Rev. Stones
school. Mrs. Stone was universally
loved. She leaves a husband, two
daughters and son.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Splendid summer Normals.

Superintendent Whitfield has re-
ceived favorable reports from the
various summer normals now in
progress in all parts Of the State.
ALI of the normals report highly
satisfactory attendance of teachers
and the interest in the normal work
is keener than ever before. The last
meeting of the State Teachers As
sociation laid great stress upon the
Importance of the normal work and
impressed the teachers with the inn
portance of constant study and i'm
provement in order to keep abreast
with the rapid progress in. educa-
tional matters. During the sum-
mer the campaign for school extern
sion will be vigorously pushed in
such counties as manifest the de-
sire to extend the school term by
local taxation.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Timely Rains.

The rains of the past week have
improved the condition of the crops
of the Delta very materially. The
corn was suffering severely from the
drouth and the rain came just in
time to save it from utter ruin.
There are still q few sections of the
Delta that are without rain for sew
eral weeks, but only in small Sec
tions. The hail that accompanied
the rain last week did some damage
to young corn and cotton. The crop
conditions on the whole, however,
are very favorable.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Gulf . ChicaRo Rallroad.

There seems to be no doubt that
the Gulf & Chicago from Middleton
to Pontotoc>has been bargained for,
and the iron rails between New Al
bany and Pontotoc are to be taken
UP and delivered to some Western
road by November l. The iron be-
tween New Albany and Middleton
is to be delivered within two years,
which means that broad-gauge will
be Immediately built from New AL
bany to Pontotoc and thence to the
Gulf. The consideration to be paid
for the iron is $4,000.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

Johnson Jones, blind negro,
who lost his sight through being shot
by a clerk in the store of L. Marks
Of Belen some months since, met
death at Batesville in pursuit of his
old-time profession. H. P Rouston
found Jones about o'clock p. m.
lying on the floor Of his store in an
unconscious state, evidently having
fallen through a trap door the night
before. His skull wras fractured,
and he died in few hours. He had
his pockets and bosom filled with
snuffs, soap, candy, etc.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Mississippi State News


State Archivist Rowland has un-
earthed record which he believes
to be of more historical interest and
value than anything he has yet res
urrected from the dust in the ar
.chives of the old Capitol building.
This is a volume of letters of Gov.
William G. G. Claiborne, Governor
of the Territory of Orleans, the
Louisiana Purchase, written during
the year 1905. The letters are in
bound volume, and the larger part
of them are in the handwriting of
Gov Claiborne himself. They be-
gin on May 4, 1905, and end Feb
ruary Is, 1906 In the volume are
twenty letters to President Thomas
Jefferson, fifty to Secretary of State
Madison, ten or twelve to Albert
Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury /;
fifteen to Henry Dearborn, Secre-
tary of War, and several to Gen..
James Wilkerson, commander-in-
chief of the United States army,
and one of the Louisiana Purchase
commissioners, who, with Gov. Clai-
borne, received the Territory. These
letters, Mr.. Rowland states, are the
best historical data of the times to
be had anywhere, as their testimony
is in the handwriting of Gov. Clai-
borne and is unimpeachable. How
the volume came to be in the ar
chives Of Mississippi is not known,
since it is strictly a Louisiana docu-
mept.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

1t has been evident for several days
that the Spooner substitute, which in
brief provides that the president
shall select the Panama route if he
can obtain a clear title to the Pana-
ma Canal Co.'s property, but other
wise he shall adopt the Nicaragua
route, would command the votes of
a majority of the senate. The Pana-
ma route was considered more de-
sirable by the senate than the Mica
ragua route. The only question left,
open is the title to the property and
that the president will determine, if
the house should adopt the senate's
amendment to it's bill.
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) closed the days
debate with an earnest appeal for the
adoption of the Nicaragua route. He
had been preceded by Mr.. Clark
(Mont.), in support of the Nicaragua
route, and Mr.. Allison (Ia.), in sup
port of the Spooner proposition.
Mr.. Clark declared the Panama ca
nal scheme was hodoo which ought
to be Stunned and avoided. He said
the Panama canal plan had left q
heritage of ruin, disaster and desola-
ton.
MrAllison explained why he should
vote for the Spooner substitute. He
believed there was a general desire
among the American people for an
isthmian canal, and the people de-
sired, too, that the United States gov
ernment should construct and con-
troll the canal.
n Of he
American people had been directed
particularly toward the Nicaragua
route, because it was supposed that
as French company had the conces-
sions for the Panama route, the Unit
ed States was barred from that route.
Mr.. Morgan particularly denounced
the Panama canal route as a '.place
where labor and death join hands, =
He said he had been trying to pro-
tect the United States from the
shame of intercourse with it. Those
who wanted ''to touch that thing"
might do so. 81 would not do it"
he declared, for both canals"
Mr.. Morgan urged congress to de-
termine the question Sof route, and
not cowardly refer the matter to the
president. In conclusion, he said:
s'Just one word in parting with this
question. This duty was assigned to
me by the senate, and. was not sought
by me.
ssIf we are to be beaten down here
to-day, and America is to be dis
graced, I shall have had the honor,
and the American people will give it
to me after am dead, of having de-
voted honestly and sincerely the best
labors of my life to the success of
our project"
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

President Kincannon of the I. I.
& O., speaking of the industrial out
look in his section; said that
broomcorn would be probably ex-
tensively planted next season. The
report of the special committee
from Noxubee county, that went out
West to gather data on the culture
of broomcorn, is so favorable that
many farmers announce their deter
mination to try it. Mr.. Kincannon
states that the demand for the crop
is so heavy and the supply so linn
tied that it is easy to make con-
tract in advance for all you can
raise at high figures. One farmer
has been offered $3.50 per acre for
all he has in sight. The estimate
is that one-third of the gross pro-
ceeds is net profit to the planter.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

The annual State convention of
Epworth Leaguers will meet in
Jackson, July /, 2 and 8. There
are over 100 leagues in Mississippi
and all Of them will be represented
by delegates. The convention will
be entertained by the Jackson
Ieaglle.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

In his charge to the Kinds county
grand jury Judge Robert Powell
made a strong denunciation of the
so-called "social clubs" having bar
room attachments, saying that they
are merely an evolution of the blind
tiger, and he urged that the mem
bers of the clubs, as we'll as the prin-
cipals, be indicted, as they are guilty
of illegal traffic in whisky.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Dispute over Island Is.

Mississippi has become involved
in quarrel with Arkansas over the
ownership of Island No. 76, in the
Mississippi river. The dispute is
one Of many that have been caused
between States by the Mississippi
rivers habit Of shifting its channel
from time to time
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
KiIIed 4is Ilttle sister.

While Willie Dunham, aged s
years, and his sister, Donan, aged 4
years, we're left alone in their faith
er's cabin about tive miles from
Natchez, they began playing with a
shotgun, which was discharged, the
contents entering the head of Donan,
resulting IN her instant death.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Druggists to Organize.

The druggists of Mississippi will
meet in Jackson on the 9Th of July
for the purpose of organizing the
Mississippi Retail Druggists Asso-
citation. It's object is to raise the
standard of drugs sold in the State
and the mutual protection of inter
ests.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Attempted Assassination.

The second unsuccessful attempt
to assassinate III. B. Chever, a prom
inent young man residing near Co
lumbus, was made recently. He was
in the room with his wife and was
shot at through the window by
some one outside. He returned the
shot, but without any effect.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
PRovIsIoNs OF THE nILL.
The Isthnian Canal Bill IS Finally Passed
BY the Senate.

Washington, June 2o.-The 18TH
mian canal bill passed BY the senate
yesterday provides substantially as
follows:
Section one authorizes the presi-
dent to acquire for the United States
at q cost not exceeding $40,000,000, all
OF tho rights, privileges, franchises,
concessions. grants Of land, Zight-of-
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

Temporary organization has been
perfected for the establishment of
an "Old Ladies' Home" in Missis-
sippi, and it is probable that con-
vention of the women of the State
will be held next month to arrange
a permanent organization and devise
plans of raising the necessary funds.
1t is desired to secure an endowment
of about $4,000.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Malignant type OF whooplng Cough.

Lexington has several cases of
whooping cough that battle the skill
of the very best physicians. In one
instance the little child affected has
coughed so much that blood oozes
from its nostrils on the slightest
effort to cough.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety of the North Mississippi Con-
ference has determined to establish
a hospital. The hospital will be To-
Gated within the bounds of the North
Mississippi Conference, but cen
tral, accessible location will be
chosen. It will be free to all, with
pay wards attached.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Dead.

London, June 30 Samuel Butler.
the author and composer died yeas
terdays aged 81.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27
Tiger Hunting Trophies.

The jail yard at Jackson during
these tiger-hunting times looks like
it might be the back yard of brew
cry or wholesale liquor house. It is
stacked up with quantities of vinous
and spirituous and malt liquors such
as are kept by the tigers, against
the peace and dignity of the State
of Mississippi, and Sheriff Harding
continues to make a raid now and
again to replenish his stock, for, un-
der the law, he must rend asunder
the stalwart slaves that imprison
the bottles and release the gurgling
beer into the gutter, unless the own
ers claim the stuff, which seldom
comes to pass.
The Canton times., 1902-06-27

The Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity of Mississippi has made pre-
liminary arrangements for the ex-
penditure of about $4,000 in new
buildings and improvements of
property at the institution. The
sum of $4,000 will be devoted to
the erection of dormitory for wom-
en- and $4,000 expended for a
science hall. The old buildings
will be renovated and repaired. The
co-educational system at the univer-
sity is working with much success,
and an increased enrolment of
women is expected at the next ses-
sion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
VRlld Hunt for New Markets.

Now Just watch those journals which
are clinging to the crumbling edges of
the flee trade propaganda. 1t will not
be long before they are heard denounc-
ling this reciprocity convention as de-
fusion and snare, from which no good
can come. They will be mistaken. as
a great deal of good may be expected
from the deliberations of this body. 1t
will no doubt do much to promote a
reciprocity which is honest and bene-
ert of Massachusetts said will open
our markets to foreign competition and
give us nothing in return" 1t will not,
to use the impressive words of Senator
Hale of Maine. who was James G..
Blaine's spokesman for reciprocity in
the senate, propose to "imperil present
conditions by wild hunt for new mar
kets which have never had and never
will have any trade or commerce at all
to be compared with the vast trade and
the immense exports from this country
to our great rivals" The reciprocity
which will be aimed at is in such i'm
portant trades as those with France,
Germany, the British dependencies and
certain countries, especially in South
ern America, which buy more of us
than they sell to us. This is the reci-
procity which Mr.. Blaine proposed,
which President Mckinley meant in
his great Buffalo speech, and which
the Republican party has declared for
and stands ready to favor.-PatersoD
IN. j. Press.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
A Catch In His Bnclt.

Palmer, Oregon, April 14th.-W. J..
Uppendahl of this place has had a
great deal of trouble recently with his
back. Every time he went to do the
least bit of lifting he used to have
what he called "a catch" in his back.
He says:
1T did not have to be very hard
work to give me such severe pain
that | could not move.
81 suffered quite long time before
l heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. | used
four boxes and now / can work as hard
as any one and my back is as stout and
strong as it ever was.
my wife used some Of the pills too
and she thinks there is nothing that
beats them.
II can positively recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills to anyone who has pain
in his back, for l know they will cure
II
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18

There Is, no doubt, a strong senti-
ment in the country at large in favor
of doing something for Cuba. If that
something can be done without in
jury to American interests, well and
good, but any reduction in the tariff
is bound to affect unfavorably the
American products which come into
active competition with Cuban prod
ucts in our home markets.
Propositions have been made all the
way from free trade between Cuba
and the United States down to a 20 per
cent reduction from the Dingley rates
Any or all of these propositions the
Sugar Trust will support. Why? Be
cause the trust absolutely controls the
price of raw sugar in the United States
and it would pay for Cuban sugar just
what price it chose. In other words the
20 per cent reduction in the tariff
would go into the pockets of the trust
1.-THE whole fight for a reduction of
the tariff on Cuban sugar." said one of
the highest officials at Washington, "is
being made by the Sugar Trust. Every
body wants to help Cuba, but the Sugar
Trust is the only party that insists that
it shall be done in certain specified
way-by the reduction Of the tariff,
which reduction on sugar would go
solely into the pockets of the trust"
The statement has been made by at
least two Of the very highest officials
of the government that the proper way
to assist Cuba is to collect the whole
Dingley duty from the island and then
return the proper proportion of it-say
rs per cent-to the Cuban treasury,
whence it will be distributed for the
benefit of the whole Cuban people.
This method the Sugar Trust, and all
the varied agents which it is behind,
do not. of course, favor.-Camden IN.
J) Telegram.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
THE FARMERS VIEW.
CUBAN RELIEF AND D0MES TIC
AGRICULTURE.
American Growers of Sugar Beets and
Leaf Tobacco Likely to Ask why
They Alone Arc Required to Bear the
Burden of Tariff Concessions

In the preamble of the resolutions
submitted by Congressman Tayler. o.
Ohio, at the meeting of House Repub-
licans on the evening of March IL the
case of the opponents of the policy OF
tariff reduction on Cuban products L.
set forth with clearness and force. II
is hard to answer. and it has not YET
been answered, either by free traders
or ex-protectionists. What answer can
be made to the plain proposition thai
the lowering of the duties on sugar anu
tobacco involves a relaxation of the
protection principle" whose evil effects
fall wholly upon American farmers?
This Is the exact truth, and 1t cannot
be denied or explained away. You may
assert that the American farmers who
raise sugar cane, sugar beets and to-
bacco can stand it, but will the Ameri-
can farmers agree with you? Are they
not very certain to ask why they only
among the general body of American
producers should be singled out to foot
the entire bill of so-called Cuban re-
lief?" If the sugar cane of Louisiana
and Texas, the sugar beets Of twenty or
more states, and the leaf tobacco of yet
other states are the only sufferers
through such relaxation of the pro-
tective principle" will the spirit of
self sacrifice be likely to inspire in the
minds of the growers of cane, beets
and tobacco an increase or decrease
of devotion to the protective princi-
Pile? Is it in human nature to admire
principle" that works that way?
The Tayler manifesto makes some
things very plain-so plain that the
wayfarng sympathizer, though he be
fool, may read. Among the things
thus made plain is the fact that in this
scheme of relief" the American
farmer is morally certain to ask where
he comes in. He can see where the
Sugar Trust comes in, with it's nearly
$15,OOO,O of profits on raw sugar, now
waiting to be admitted at lower rate
of duty; he can see where the domes-
tic manufacturer comes in with his
larger market as the price of the low
cred duties on competitive agricultural
products. Yes; the American farmer
can see where these interests come in
but he cannot see where he himself
comes in. Yet the American farmer is
sure to come in somewhere when the
time arrives for casting and counting
votes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
Generous Revisionlsts.

The beet sugar interests are making
a manful fight against the proposed
reduction in the tariff, and foremost
in the fight for what Michigan de-
mands stands William Alden Smith.
The arguments of those who for the
sake OF helping Cuba" would sacrifice
an industry that has assumed large
proportions and yet is little more than
in its infancy, have been met with
logic that cannot be refuted, and so
ably has the contest been carried on
that the tariff revisionists, who two
weeks ago were full of confidence. are
now in a panic. The contest has been
splendidly managed. and must be con-
tinued until the plan TO sacrifice the
beet sugar industry shall be aban-
doned.
The false position that the revision
lists find themselves in is clearly
shown by an incident in the confer
ence held recently. Representative
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, after a long
dissertation on the debt We owe in
morals to Cuba, was asked by Mr..
Smith whether IL Cuba produced iron
and steel instead of sugar he would
favor. a reduction Of duties upon iron.
He said that be would not. and under
the goading he received from Mr..
Smith he admitted that II he came
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18

from a beet sugar state he would
stand exactly where the men from the
beet sugar state now stand-against
tariff reduction.
The revisionists are animated by
he same spirit which inspired the
latriot VINO was willing that all his
wife's relatives should enlist They
are willing to acknow edge our debt ,
to Cuba, but are careful that payment
hall be made out Of the pocket5ooks
Of somebody else. If we owe Cuba any,
hing let us pay it out of the federal
treasury, and then we will know that
it is paid and will have a receipt to
show for the outlay. If this be not
considered feasible, let Us do the same
hing in another way by giving the
Cubans cash rebate on all the tariff
collected in American ports on Cuban
products. But do not lay the entire
burden of helping Cuba on the beet
sugar .ndustry.-Grand Rapids Her.
aid.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
LITERARY NOTES

THE most considerable contribution
to the April Review of Reviews is Mr..
Carl Snyder's article on american
Captains of Industry" Recognizing
the impossibility of making an On
haustive and exact list of the living
great industrial leaders who have
given America it's preeminence in trade
and commerce over all other countries
of the world, Mr.. Snyder has selected
as fairly typical the one hundred or
more leaders in science, invention,
transportation, and trade who were
gathered in New York to lunch with
Prince Henry of Prussia, and rapidly
reviews these men, grouped with a
view to giving the special field in
which each Captain" has been nota-
BILE, and his special significance in it,
Not the least interesting part Of the
article are the photographs of no less
than seventy-fve of these builders of
American industry.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-18
w. Have Done Enough.

The sympathy for Cuba" racket is
playing itself out. The public is be-
ginning to realize the fact that we
have done very much for Cuba in CIV
ing her independence at the cost OF
thousands of lives and millions of
money, and in assisting her in the
formation of a home government, and.
having done this much, we are called
upon to ruin whole communities or
PROSTATE an entire industry in order
that Cuban planters may the more
speedily enrich themselves. They pros
pered in bygone years with a heavy
American tariff on their product
Denver News.