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Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
WARM DEBATES EXPECTED.
Greed Revision, Sunday Travel and
Temperance the Topics.

Temperance the Topics.
Los Angeles, May 25.-Ministers at
tending the general assembly occupied
pulpits in every Protestant church in
Los Angeles Sunday and many of the
commissioners occupied pulpits in
suburban towns. Emmanuel church
held a large and distinguished crowd
to hear DR.. Coyle, the new moderator.
In the afternoon meeting in the in.
terest of the woman's executive COM
mittee on home missions met at the
same church and in the evening a pop
ular meeting, at which Sabbath OBJ
servances furnished the theme of sew
eral addresses, was held.
Business sessions of the assembly
were resumed this morning. Present
indications are that there will be
contest in the assembly before the
week closes. One OF the overtures
relates to revision, and it is generally
believed it was sent in for the purpose
OF opening the question again and Civ
ing chance for discussion on the
hoor OF the assembly. The creed, as
revised. is now practically a part of
the law of the church. The question
Will be brought up Thursday morning
on account of some technicalitics
which have arisen, and If the commit
tee see fit they may present the over
ture at that time. This would give
the anti-re7isionists another chance
for closing word.
Another overture which quite a few
are anxious 10 have brought I'D is one
relating'to Sunday travel and is d.
rected against those commissioners
who are said to have used the train
on Sunday in reaching the assembly.
Perhaps the strongest overtures in
the hands of the committee relate 20
temperance. They strike at the sa-
loon, social drinking and ministers
and churchmen who belong to cluos
where liquor is sold. The temperance
committee has invited Rev. Charles
NJ. Sheldon OF Topeka. Kan. to make
the address on Friday night.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Launary Strike Not settled.

Chicago. May 25.-Refusal of the
laundry drivers to submit their wage
scale to arbitration prevented set
tlement of the laundry strike. At n
meeting between representatives OF
the drivers union, the laundry work
ers' union and the Laundry Owners
association all sorts OF arguments
were brought to bear on the drivers
to recede from their position. but the
latter refused to yield from the stand
they have taken.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
kIlIed bv collapse Of euiIdlno.

Chicago. May 26.-One man was
killed and another seriously injured
by the collapse of building under
construction at West Forty-eighth ave.
nue. and North avenue. Both were
laborers employed upon the structure.
Tho cause is not known. It occurred
during a severe thunderstorm.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Turks Wipe Out a viIIaae.

London. May 25.-The Sofia CORE
spondent of the Leader telegraphs
that the Macedonian committee re-
ports that the Turks have burned the
village of Banitzi. near Seres. Only
forty-eight OF the 500 inhabitants es-
capped. and many women and girls
were outraged and murdered and their
bodies cast into the water.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Attorney Uses Knife on Family.

Marion. Ind. May 25.-L. d. Bald
win. prominent attorney. fatally
stabbed his wife and step-daughter.
Mrs. John Budd. Mr.. Baldwin Is
president of the Baldwin Oil company
and ex-sheriff of Grant county. He
and his step-son became involved in
quarrel. A fight ensued and Ritter
was stabbed. The two women inter.
fered. when Mrs. Baldwin was serious
ly cut about the face and head and
Mrs. Budd on the right arm. Baldwin
gave himself up.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Water BEGINS to Reeeds.

Oklahoma City. Okla. May 26.--The
waters that covered the southern end
of Oklahoma City and part of Enid
from tho cloudburst near here arc re.
ceding and no further damage Is ex-
pected. The homeless are being cared
for. and It is believed no serious suf
fering will result.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Storm at ST. Joseph.

st. Joseph. Mo-. May 26.-Twenty
buildings were damaged here by a
heavy windstorm, accompanied by a
rain which amounted practically to n
cloudburst. The greatest damage was
in South st. Joseph. where a dozen
frame buildings were blown to pieces.
No fatalities have been reported.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS SIX.
Nine Others Are Seriously Injured,
Two Fatally.

Plaquemine. La.. May 25.-One of
the boilers of the Wilson & Cochran S
sawmill. at Wilcox. exploded, killing
six persons.
The dead: William Pearson, engi-
neer; James Victor. Phillip Archer,
William Hill. Richard Hill, Jesse
Thomas.
Nine others are seriously injured
and 1t is thought that two of them
will die. Among the injured are Glov-
er. the sawyer and j. ]. Dolinger. boil
ermaker. No cause is known for the
explosion
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Three kIIIed a. Foas.

Guthrie. May 25.--A tornado ut Foss,
Okla. in Washita county. wrecked
eighteen houses. killing Mr.. and Mrs
F. M. Slagle and daughter after in.
Turing o number Of others.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
MAY o,Rel, lie Dead.

Paris. May 25.-Paul Blouet MAX
O'RelD died last night. He has been
niling for several months and never
recovered entirely from an operation
performed some time ago In New
York.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
Cuban Treaty is sIaned.

Havana. May 23.-The permanent
treaty between the United States and
Cuba. in which is Incorporated all the
provisions of the Platt amendment,
has been signed.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
coyIe elected Moderator.

Los Angeles. May 22.-Dr. F. Coyle
Of Denver was elected moderator OF
the general assembly Of the Prespy-
terian church on the second ballot.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
STORMS KILLTWELVE
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN
WAKE OF NEGRRAskA STORM.
One Horse 10 Only Thing Remaining
Alive About the Mumma Place,
Near PauIine-six Person: Killed
Near Campbell.

Pauline, Neb., May 26.-A disastrous
tornado struck the farm house OF Jonn
Mumma, which was located two miles
southeast OF Pauline, and killed six
persons. The dead:
JOHN MUMMA, aged 81.
MISS GERTRUDE MUMMA, 10.
MRS. JOHN, MUMMA, aged AZ.
MISS FLORENCE PALMER. ~.
JOHN PALMER, 16.
RAY QUIGG,. 21.
All the horses and cattle about the
premises were killed with the excep-
tion of horse belonging TO young
Quigg, which escaped, after the buggy
had been torn from them and been
broken into bits. Miss Palmer and
brother John, daughter and son of Mr..
and Mrs. Emma d. Hughes, were Wis
iting at the Mumma house and Ray
Quigg was spending the afternoon
with Miss Gertrude Mumma, to whom
he was engaged to be married.
The entire family and visitors were
seated around the table partaking of
the evening meal when the tornado
arrived without moments warning.
The house was lifted $50 feet In the
air, where it was quickly shattered
and scattered for miles around. The
bodies were terribly mutilated. They
were dropped into the canyon on the
southwest, one on the east side and
one on the west side of the ravine
The head of John Mumma was mashet.
to a pulp.
Mrs. William Overy. a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mumma, is the only close
relative who survives the Mumma
family, and she and her husband wit
messed the catastrophe from their
farm house, which is located within
mile of the scene.
School House Wrecked, Two Killed.
Campbell, Neb., May 26.-The worst
tornado ever known in this part OF
Nebraska occurred Sunday afternoon
about A o'clock. a funnelshaped
cloud formed about fifteen miles
southwest of this city.
The first damage done was at the
Osterburg school house, where Rev.
Johnson was hoding preaching SER
vices. The school house was entirely
uSuiOiiSuel, hlililS ttcN. JOuU5OD anu
Mrs. John Peters and injuring sixteen
people At the home of Daniel Ne
Curdy birthday party was assembled
and all buildings were blown to
pieces. killing outright Daniel McCur-
dy. Hart McCurdy, Mrs. Earl Bacon
and Mrs. Joseph Woolever. while Mrs
William Kimple and Miss Icy McCur-
dy are badly injured.
The tornado also struck near Ayr,
where it demolished the Roeder school
house and scattered it's timber along
the Little Blue river for miles. Four
large farm houses were treated in the
same manner. as also were barns and
granaries. The funnel shaped cloud
struck the house of Daniel McCurdy
and shattered it as egg would be il
struck by hammer. The barn was
blown over against the house and the
ruins of the structures were found in
common heap. Beneath this mass
was found the remains OF the victims.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
New Overland Service.

The Elite is the best laundry. Victor
Maymon is agent leave bundles at. Gill
pin Observer,
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28

Practically the entire fiction product of every American
lowing being specimens, will be offered each month.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
P. & L. R. R. R. CO.
TIME TABLE NO. Z.
Taking Effect Sunday, Oct. 4, 1908.

WESTBOUND
Train No leaves Hattiesburg 3:15
D. III. arrives at SumTall 4:l5 p. M;
arrives at White Sand 600 p. m.
Train No. leaves Hattiesburg $40
A. IN arrives at Sumrall 7;30 a, N. !;
arrives at Prentiss IL 80 p. M.
Train No, leaves Hattiesburg l0:10
a m. arrives at Sumnall Ii :35 a. m.
EASTBOUND
Train No. leaves White Sand 6:45
a.. M; arrives at Sumrall $3.50 a. M. !;
arrives at Hattiesburg $50 m.
Train No. 8 leaves Prentiss 1880 p.
M; arrives at Sunrall $50 p. n.; ar
rives at Hattiesburg 5 80 p. IA.
Train No. 10 leaves Sumrall y. m;
arrives at Hattiesburg 2 30 p. m.
Nos. l and 2 daily. Others daily
except Sunday.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
Beauty's Varieties.

The French say there are several
cages as well as kinds Of beauty-the
beauty of mere youthfulness. which
they call la beaute du diable; also q
beauty of ''ugliness," of ''old age and
of 'thinness," called la beaute du SINCE.
Frederika Bremen, the Swedish novel
list, had the beauty of ''plainness." She
was so very plain of face that her ex-
preston of trustfulness, as though ap-
pealing to you to find some other quail
ties in her than mere looks" shone out
with perfect radiance that ennobled
her face and drew friends to her, be-
cause she had no other beauty. But
Miss Bremen took pleasure in her well
kept hands, of which she used to say,
Even hands have their moments of
charm"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
WHEN MAN is ENVlED.

When he doesn't have to twist bis
arms to hook his bodice up the back.
When he can wear his best hat in the
rain without getting the curl out of the
feathers.
When he gives his hair a neat little
slick with comb and, presto! his Golf
fure is complete.
When the children cry and he can
whistle a tune, get his hat. bang the
door and go out
When he slows things away in his
multitudinous pockets and saunters on
with unincumbered hands.
When he trips up the street on a
rainy day with his trousers jauntily
turned up and no skirts to kick.
When he swings easily on and off
a moving car without danger of tan
Cling his heels in his petticoats.
When the dinner is spoiled and he
chats unconcernedly and all the guests
pity him because he is married to an
incompetent, fussy discomposed wo
man.-Chicago Journal
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
One and One Third Fare for Round
Trip.

Trip.
Account of the Christmas Holidays,
the Queen q Crescent Route, on Dec.
23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th and 31st, 1903,
and January LIST, 1904, will sell round
trip tickets from and to all points on
its lines, and to all points east of the
Mississippi. and south of the Ohio and
Potomac Rivers, at rate of one and one
third fares for the round trip, with
final limit January 4th, 1904.
Excursionists by using the Queen &
Crescent Route will have advantage OF
the very highest class of passenger train
service that the country affords, with
splendid Gay coaches, pullman Sleep
ing cars, and dining cars.
The public, for this occasion, is Of
ferd a splendid opportunity to visit
their old homes during the holidays at
a small cost.
Full ana detailed information may
be obtained by writing TO or calling on
any agent of this system.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23

There are more than $4,000 leople en-
gagged in making toys in Sonneberg and
In the villages of the Thuringian for
est. Fully Is per cent OF this number
work ii their-own homes
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23

Buy your wife Singer sewing
machine for Christmas present.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
Time to Get Aboard

Porter. is my ticket good on this
train?"
Yes, sab. Step right in. sah."
'This is fast train, amt itT'
ITS de fast mail. sah."
How fast does it run?'
Sometimes mile minute, sah.'
"Whew! Does 1t ever. leave the
track?'
mo. sab, but 1t sometimes leaves de
passengers. Better git aboard. sah."-
Kansas City Journal
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23

Gordon Cumming was perhaps the
first to discover the effect of the human
sion he had lioness in full retreat be-
fore him. He called loudly to her,
whereupon she squatted like huge
dog and permitted him to approach. In
a similar venture he checked the charge
of a lioness by yelling at her and con-
tinued to do so, while she remained
perplexedly shifting the ground and al
lowed him to escape.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
THE HEART OF HUNGARY.
Pest, Which Is Joined by u Hyphen
and Five Bridges to Buda.

and Five brf0&eA 10
Situated on a river which hears more
tongues than any other on its long jour-
ney to the sea, feeling the influence OF
the orient as we'll as the occident, ex-
pressive of the progress of race whose
heart is young, is Pest, one of the new
est of cities, joined by hyphen and
five bridges to Buda, one of the Oldest
of capitals. Here there need be no
strife between the sentiment that
would preserve an ancient building
and the enterprise that would put some
thing more serviceable in its place. In
much the same way that one may have
portraits of his ancestors hung on the
walls of steam heated house, without
interfering with the utilities, so the
Magyar from a comfortable chair in
his cafe, while he listens to stock ex-
change quotations or the opera over the
telephone, may look across the Danube
at the monuments of the Hungarian
past On our part we should have
parallel if Washington were the COM
mercial metropolis as we'll as the cap
itaI and we moved the heights of Ar
lington farther down the Potomac and
crowned them with Liberty hall, Cas-
tie William and Old South church.
In other European cities where an old
municipal site adjoins a modern,
though hills are leveled and meats fill
ed, the cramping effect Of narrow alley
ways and crooked streets still remains.
The heights of the Buda side formed
natural stronghold in the middle ages.
There the first Hungarian king was
crowned; there the Turkish janiZaries
were encamped for the hundred years
that the walls of Vienna were an I'M
yielding buwark against the tide of
Mosem invasion; there in later times
the patriots inspired by Kossuth made
q gallant stand The successors of the
old warriors and their people had only
TO cross the stream to find plain which
was equally suitable for a twentieth
century city. where in peace they have
won successes that they failed to win
in war-Fre1erick Palmer in Serb
npr'S
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
Squaring Himself.

Stage Carpenter fwho has been sent
on in an emergency to- say a line)-
Me lord. the police ave discovered your
whereabouts and even now approach.
The Bold, Bad Baron-'Tis false
false.
The Stage Carpenter-All right Then
you go and arsk the blooming stage
manager. He told me- London Tele-
graph.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
After the wedding,

He-It certainly was a pretty wed
ding. and everything was so nicely ar
ranged.
: She-That's just what I think. And
the music was especially appropriate
Hell don't remember. What did
they play?
She-"The Last pe."-Lippincott's
Magazine.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
BE QUICK.

Not minute should be lost when q
child shows symptoms Of Group.
Chamberlain Cough REMEDY given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even after the croupy cough appears
Will prevent the attack. Itnever fails
and is pleasant and safe to take. For
ale by Bufkin IL Cadenhead.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-23
w. T. ROBERTS
Contractor and Builder.

Does all kinds of building and re-
pairing. Address me care General
Delivery or call at my home, 547
West Fouth st. Win estimate on any
work on any railroad line leading in
to Hattie6burg. sep26-lm
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
THE MAN WHO MADE
THE BANJO POPULAR

The man who made the banjo popular
and who also lived to see II decline in
favor died recently in New York. He
was Frank y. Converse. and he was
known as the father of the banjo"
Mr.. Converse was born at Westfield,
Mass. In 1887. He came of n musical
family. His brother, Charles Converse.
has written many hymn tunes and an
thems.
The family moved to Elmira when Mr..
converse was a boy and there he was
educated AT sixteen he left his nome
10 become musician. He drifted into
minstrel company, Travelled over the
country and appeared later in London
with Pony Moore and the Chrfsty COM
pany.
1t was as a performer on the banjo
that MT. Converse was known princl-
pally, and he composed for the instru-
menI and wrote for II. He continued TO
teach the instrument after he retired
from the stage a quarter of a century
ago, ana most of the noted old-time
players were his pupils.
The banjo was a very simple contr1y-
ance when he began to use II In his
minstrel turns. and he did much TO de-
velop IT into what II Is today.
Mr.. ConVerse's widow is Harriet Max
well Converse, the author, lecturer, and
authority on Indian lore.
The decline of the banjo followed
soon after the public interest In min
strei performances began to decrease.
1t is rarely heard on the stage now,
even in vaudeville performances. and
the college clubs have lost their old
enthusiasm In IL. Now IT is not even
used TO tie ribbons on.-New York Sun
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
ALCOHOL NOW FOUNDlN
MANY NEW SUBSTANCES

Ii will come as something OF a shock
to the lay-mind 10 learn that alcohol
is TO be found lurking in quite consid-
cradle portions I'm many substances
which have too long escaped suspicion.
Certain experiments recently carried
on under the direction OF that enter
prising organization. the Irish board OF
agriculture. have not only established
this startling fact but also the theory
that the element of the spirit may be
economically extracted from a variety
Of indigenous material ranging from
potatoes 20 peat.
The connection between alcohol and
toric. but II has remained for the Sc1en-
ttfc researches of the twentieth cen
fury to prove the actual intimacy OF the
connection.
A Dublin journal sees in this latest
discovery a new future for the distress
ed country, based upon the purveyiHg
OF is neW-fOund resources to the world
at large. Industrial alcohol Is 10 re-
place the more familiar spirit which
has been so far from Industrial in
its influence. In short Irish ''dena-
power OF the automobile OF the future
Motormen can now laugh at the
thought of a corner in petrol
Whether the proposal be economically
sound or not, IL Is to be hoped that due
care will be exercised II Il comes 20
trial A forty-horse Panhard over
dOsed with Irish alcohol would be the
very Incarnation Of the genius Of de-
struction.-St. James Gazette.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
Harcourt's Disappointment.

Sir William Vernon Harcourt should
be a soured and embittered man. For he
has been repeatedly disappointed In his
aspirations, and has in turn coveted the
post of lord chief justice. the speaker
ship of the house of commons the wool
sack and the premiership. but has in
each case seen these posts. which he
would have adorned with impressive
dignity, go to others. Yet. with all that,
he is the most CHEEKY, genial, and big
hearted of men, a typical Englishman,
straight as a die in the estimation of
friend and foe alike. his one fault of
character being his impatience with
bores and his inability to conceal his
contempt for fools. Like his friend,
Lord Spencer, he is somewhat absent
minded, and an amusing story is related
OF him in this connection.
In the middle of a busy season, Sir
William. in fuIfllment of a long-stand-
ing engagement marked I'm his pocket
book. went out to dinner on a Monday
night He fancied he observed on max
ing his entrance 10 the drawing room
that his host and hostess looked sur
prised and even embarrassed. The mood
was, however, momentary. He was
thereafter welcomed with accustomed
efusiveness, had an excellent dinner in
such agreeable company that he re-
Trained from complaining that the table
was. perhaps. a little crowded, On
Tuesday and Wednesday he kept other
dinner engagements. of which he had
made careful note in his book, and on
each occasion observed with even less
hope OF understanding, an almost
frightened look passing between his
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
Spencer Could Enlist Support.

Whereas Sir William Vernon Har-'
court. in view Of his own claims to the
premiership. might hesitate TO serve I'M
der the statesman who is Familiarity
known at Westminster as &C. b." 1t
may safely be assumed that he will
show no compunction about joining any
administration formed BY the Earl
Spencer. and now that the question of
home rule has been to a great extent
eliminated from English politics for
some time to come by George Wynd-
hams Irish land bill. it is by no means
impossible that some of the Liberal
Unionists may return TO their former
political allegiance. Nor is II beyond
the bounds Of probability that Lord
Rosebery might be induced 10 accept
the seals of secretary Of state for for
eign affairs in cabinet formed by Lord
Spencer. 1t would not be by any means
the first instance of a former premier
consenting TO serve under a colleague
who had previously been one Of his own
subordinates.
Lord Spencer is popularity known by
tie name of the Red Earl" owing to
the peculiar hue formerly enjoyed by
his long, bushy and now almost entirely
white beard. He Is tall thin, and al
though not handsome. yet is as dis
tinguished looking as his stately wife,
and appears the very grand seigneur
when receiving his guests at Spencer
House. with the ribbon Of the Garter
across his breast and around his neck
the Jewel Of the Order of St Patrick,
which he is entitled to wear as past
grand master OF that order and as a
former viceroy of Ireland.
The Washington times., 1903-10-18
Balfour's Ministry Doomed.

Jnasmuch as the Standard which is
not only the most cautious and sober
of the great London newspapers, but
also the recognized organ of the Con-
servative party. sorrowfully admits that
the latter. which six months ago waS
at the height OF it's power, solid, eff
cienf. satisfied with itself and its leader,
and above all united, is now distracted
tossed on a sea Of opposing influences
and conflicting opinions and in plain
view of defeat. since it is generally be
lieved that the BalfouT ministry will
not survive the meeting of parliament
by a single week, It may be timely TO
offer some brief notes relating to those
upon whom Edward VII would call, In
the event of the overthrow Of the pres
cnt cabinet. to undertake the task of
forming a new administration
OF all the MAJ mentioned in this con-
nection, the first that occurs is that OF
Lord Spencer. who since the death OF
Lord Kimberley has been the leader OF
the Liberals in the house of lords, and
who. by reason of his intimate friend
ship with the King and of the conf
dence with which he inspires the Liber-
ais in both chambers of the national
legislature, is regarded as much better
qualified TO construct a cabinet thar
Henry Campbell Bannerman, the Liber-
al leader in the commons.