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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
ST. LOUIS SELECTED.
Trsns-1 -1Gississippi Congress VIII Meet
 There.

There.
 Seattle. Wash., Aug. ao.-st. Louis will be the next place of meeting of the trans Mississippi Congress if the executive som- mittee cangmake proper arrangements for dates and entertainment. The delegates were unanimous in the choice of St. Louis, but the matter was left in the hands of the executive committee for set- tiement.
 The Committee on Resolutions will be ready to report tomorrow. All the lights of the Congress have been in the meet ings of this committee. The report will recommend separate statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma and fight will likely be made on the floor of the Con- gress by the delegates from Oklahoma who want joint statehood.
 The committee will approve the rese-, lution recommending to the Congress that the consular service be placed under the civil service.
 The resolution favoring ship subsidy was just about to be strangled when a compromise was effected urging Congress to enact laws that will build an Ameri- can merchant marine. The delegates were taken to the Puget Sound navy yard to- night to see the cruiser New York and view the navy yard. M
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Genuine stradivarius.

Berlin, Aug. O.-A dilapidated violin found among the effects of a coachman at Strassburg who had married his for mer brothers rich widow and who ob- tained possession of her money and fled to Russia with another woman, has proved to be a genuine Stradivarlus. It has just been sold at auction for the benefit of the coachman's creditors. and was knocked down for $500.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Ont on Bond.

Chicago. Aug. 20.-Ed. E. Farley, the Detroit horse owner, who has been behind the fights against the Washington Park and Harlem race tracks, may go hack to stand trial there on a charge of substitut- ing race horses, teshinally known as ringing"
 Judge ChetlaIn refused to grant his DW- lease on a writ of habeas corpus. Farley is under arrest. but has been released on bonds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Needed A Derrick.

Bristol, Pa, Aug. 2O.-Wilson Lippincott, the largest man in Pennsylvania, has just been buried. Lippincott who was once a noted jig dancer. weighed 56O pounds at the time of his death. A derrick was used in handling the casket at the grave after thirteen men had carried it there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Police are Investigating.

New York, Aug 2O.-Colonel c. E. Tay- Tor, of Denver. who was taken to the Hudson Street Hospital last night from hotel suffering from hemorrhage of the stomach, died today. Colonel Taylor was found unconscious in his room. Facts which appeared suspicious caused the police to commence an investigation. Cards were found, proving his Identity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Florists Elect Officers.

Milwaukee. Wis, Aug. 2O.-The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists today elected the follow ing: President, H. Breitmeir, Detroit; Vice-President. A. J. Bencke. St. Louis; Secretary. W. J. Stewart, Boston. The highest prize on plants went to R. T. Pierson of Tarytown. N. Y., for the so- called Pierson fern.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

loss will certainly be heavy. but hope that the business will be speedily re-es- tablished. Expect to rebuild on the same spot R. N Chestnutt.s
 The scene of the fire yesterday was one of desolation. A mass of charred lumber. melting glass and red embers marked the spot where yesterday morning was one of Montgomery's thriving industries
 The company has located it's once in a bu.s11ing adjacent to the ruins to which point the records and iron safe were re- moved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
IS AN ALARH1sT.
McMullin Fears Some Awful
 Things.

Ottawa, Ont, Aug 20-senator McATui- lin has raised a scare about possible danger to Canada from the United States in connection with the second reading of the Grand Trunk Pacific Com pany's incorporating bill. He pointed out. in detail the places at which Canada was open to attack. dwelling on the danger from amalgamation in the United States and on the building of gunboats on the Great Lakes, and. warned the Senate that the railroad, which would be far to the North. cannot be built moment too soon.
 The United States, he said, was anxious for fight with an European nation and its appetite had been whetted by the brush with Spain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
scnlntraaa Is Marriad

New York. Aug. 20-It was announced that the wedding day of Miss Kuehne Beveridge, the American sculptress, and w. B. Branson. an American resident of South Africa, Is set for Tuesday, August 25, says a dispatch to The American from London. It will occur at Trouville. Miss Beveridge is the granddaughter of the late Governor Beveridge of Illinois.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

corn was not blown down was cut by the hail stones, some of which measured seven inches in circumference. Hail drifts were reported at Walnut and for the distance of half mile the fog after the storm was so dense that nothing could be seen fifty feet away. Some live stock was killed in the vicinity of Miami
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Missouri is Launched.

Baltimore. Aug. 20.-The Missouri, d sister ship of the Maine. of the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine Company. was successfully launched today at the Mary land Steel Company's docks. A great Philadelphia. Washington and Newport News was present. The Missouri win be ready for her trial trip in three months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
suspicion Not Confirmed.

Havana, Aug 20-The American schooner Addie Cole. bound from Key West for Mexico was overhauled and brought to Havana by a Cuban coast guard boat on suspicion of smuggling The investigation showed there were no grounds for the suspicion and the schooner was ordered released.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Officers Elected

Winchester, Tenn, Aug. 2O.--The South ern Nurseymen's Association In session here today selected Asheville, N C., for the next meting in August. 1904 J. r. Hood of Richmond. Va, was elected presl- dent; H. B. Chase of Huntersvile, Ala. vlce-president and ]. c. Hale of thls place, secretary treasurer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Good News for studerts

Washington. Aug. 20.-Before leaving Washington, Secretary Root issued an order directing that the highest honor men from the sixty leading colleges. where army officers are detailed as mili- tary instructors. shall be eligible to ap- pointment as second lieutenants in the army.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Fnnrninus Hai1stnnes.

County and northern Fulton County were visited by remarkable hail storms last
 evening and thousands of acres of grow ing corn was completely ruined. What
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
presideut's Taxea.

New York. Aug. 2o.--The tax assessors of Oyster Bay township have completed their records for the year and show 8 charge against President Roosevelt of $a0.O00 valuation. William c. Whitney heads the list at s45O,OO0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
London Feels Disappointment.

London, Aug. 2o.-The calling off the race for the Americas cup has caused a decided disappointment in London The papers published hourly editions through out the day. The first reports regarding the weather at Sandy Hook inclined the public to believe that Shamrock III had ideal conditions. and the news that Re- liance had outfooted her in the drifting match was a complete disillusion. Sew eral papers had arranged to announce the progress and result of the contest by fire- works and balloons. Crowds fingered in the streets in the dismalest sort of a drizzle. in the hope that the wind would freshen and permit of a finish, but early in the evening it became apparent that the race could not finish within the time limit, and the crowds dispersed, leaving only a few enthusiasts around the tick CTS in the hotel corridors to receive the official announcement that the race had been called off.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
SALISBURY IS. DYING.

Famous English Statesman On His
 Death Bed.
 London, Aug. 2O.-A bulletin issued at 10 o'clock tonight said Lord Salisbury's con- dition was critical and there was little hope of his recovery. The end may be expected at any moment. Only in the course of the evening 1t was thoughH that his lordship had already breathed his last but he made a surprising rally, and at midnight 1t was announceds that his con- dition had not changed since the Issuance of the 10 o'clock bulletin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
"Not Disappointed" Sir Thomas.

Sandy Hook, Aug. 20.-Sir Thomas Lip ton was the first of the owners to return to the Hook, coming back on the Erin with his one hundred or more guests. He was busy bidding them good bye. but he stopped to say:
 No; I am not in the least disappoint- ed with my boat or its efforts today. The wind was so variable that neither boat had a good chance, and particularly mine with the smaller sail area. Wait till we get a good breeze"
 All that MT. Iselin would say was: we are perfectly satisfied
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
WITH SHAMROCK A MILE AWAY x A CALM ROBS THE RELIANCE

apparent Lnat Reliance was mile ahead. The wind had dropped to little better than a fiat calm. and the racers were moving slowly. In a vain effort to woo the fickle airs, the yachts changed their head sails, but the race had degenerated into drifting match.
 Race Became a Drift.
 Three and a half hours after the start, 1t was evident that the race could not be finished within the time limit. Reliance had steadily gained and was then a good two miles dead of its rival when observers noticed that Shamrock III had caught a little slant of wind from the west and was cutting down the lead. Re- liance promptly went about when mile away from the turn, catching the west erly wind, scurried away for the mark at almost a racing pace. The wind contin- ued to freshen until Reliance swept around the mark at 3:37:20. heeling to a smart northwest breeze and giving the first real exhibition of its speed.
 Reliance had hauled on the wind for a close catch pack to the finish line, saluted by the whistles of the big fleet. Shamrock III swas coming on fast clip to meet the returning defender, but it had been so far astern that it was eight minutes after the Reliance turned the mark before the racers met going in opposite directions. indicating that the Reliance's actual lead was sixteen minues.
 Just at that moment the regatta com mittee's tug displayed the signal, '"rhe race off" Shamrock III never turned the mark. They were taken in tow of tugs and the fleet. hurrying homeward, quickly dropped them.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
An Order,

Ordered that the city clerk cause no.
tlce to be published In the Hattiesburg
Progress newspaper published and
in this city, for three weeks
proceeding the next regular meeting OF
this board to be held on the first Tues
day, the 5th day of May A. D. 1903.
That this board at said regular meeting
proposes to provide for the issuance Of
the bonds of this city in the sum of
twenty thousand dollars; three thous-
and dollars or so much thereof as may
he necessary for the purpose of extend
ing the sewerage system of the city;
and seventeen thousand dollars or SO
much thereof as may be required to be
used for the purpose of extending the
water mains, and putting an eight
inch artesian we'll at the water plant;
to be twenty year bonds bearing not ex-
ceeding B per cent interest payable an
nually, redeemable after FIVE years
from the date thereof, at the option of
the city; to be in denominations Of
five hundred dollars each; to be num-
oered consecatively from one to forty,
and to be designated as series IF"
|, A. Farley, clerk Of Hattlesburg,
certify that the foregoing is copy OF
IN order passed by the mayor and
board of aldermen April 8. A. D. 1903,
minute book "D' page So. Given under
my hard and seal this 10th day Of April,
1903.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
Rock Island Buys
Into Galveston.

Galveston, Tex, April 22.-Ten
city blocks on the bay front were
sold today to the Rock Island by the
Galveston City Company. The deal
was consummated by General At
torney NJ. Low, of the Rock Island,
and the deed was made out in his
name and the consideration, 800, 900,
was paid to Eugene Hawkins, secre-
tary Of the City company. The
Rock Island held an option on these
ten blocks which adjoln the South
ern Pacific docks In the western part
of the city for sixty days from
February "a.
Whether the Rock Island intends
building It's own line into Galveston
or coming in over one of the roads
now built is not known. However,
the purchase of the what property
would indicate that the Rock Island
will improve it for docks and estab-
lish independent terminals in this
city.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior |
United States Land Office, J
jackson. Miss. March z 1904 |

u,
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this Office by Margaret A.
Breland, Of Bond, Miss, contestant.
against Jackson series homestead entry
No. 1889, made February ii, 1902, for
NV or sw or section z, township | south.
range II west, by Coleman McCarter,
contestee, in which it is alleged that he
he is we'll acquainted with the tract OF
land embraced in the said entry and
knows the present condition of the
same; also that said Coleman McCarter
has never resided upon, cultivated or
improved the said II act as required by
law but has wholly abandoned the
same; and that said alleged absence
from the said tract is not due to his EN-.
ployment In the army, navy or marine
corps of the United States, during the
war with Spain or during any other
wax in which the United States may DO
engaged, said parties are hereby notified
to appear, respond and offer evidence
touching such said allegation at 10 O. clock
N. on May, 4, 1903 before T. j. Nixon,
clerk of the circuit court in and for
Perry county, in his office in Hatties-
burg, Mississippi land that final hear.
ing will be held at 10 O'Clock a. m. on
May IA, 1903, before) the register and
receiver at the United States Land
Office in Jackson, Mississippi.
f. W. COLLINS,
mch12-6t Register.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
Ordinance No. 1856.

An ordinance to repeal ordinance
NO. 81 to authorize the mayor to re-
move night policeman for good cause
shown"
Whereas, on the sixth day of January.
A d. 1897, an ordinance was passed en-
titled Ordinance No. 81 70 authorize
the mayor to remove night policeman
for good cause SHOWN" wherein it was
provided THAT for any cause apparent
to the mayor he shall have power to re-
move and appoint Il night policeman,
as appears from page l04 of the ordi-
nance book of the city of Hattiesburg:
And whereas, it is claimed by some.
though enormously that said ordinance
confers the permanent power on the
mayor to remove and appoint police
men at his pleasure, when in truth and
In fact the power therein conferred was
exhausted by the removal and appc int
ment of single night policeman;
Now. therefore, in order to remove
all ground for contention on this point;
Section l. Be it ordained by the
mayor and board of aldermen of the
city of Hattiesburg, That said ordi
nance No. 81 be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
That this ordinance take effect from
and after its passage for the reason that
this board has already resumed its law
full power to control the police force, as
the state statutes contemplate that il
should do: and for the further reason
that the ordinances ought to be so clear
as 70 leave no room for contention on
this point.
Adopted April 7, 1908. attest.
G. w. RICH, Mayor.
Attest:
A. FARLEY, Clerk.
|, A. Farley, clerk of Hattiesburg
| certify that the foregoing 10 copy Of or
| dlnance No. 1876 as appears on pages sc
and 81 of the municipal minutes book
D. given under my hand and seal ei
office this 10th day of April. 1908. :
A. FARLEY, Clerk.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
ENGLlSHMEN
Buy 5000, 600 Acres-South's Big
gest Land Deal Ever
Made.

Some of the details of the most ex-
tensive land deal in the history of the
country have just come to light.
The deal involves the purchase of
more than three million acres Of tim
bered swamp land in the Yazoo delta.
The land purchased lies in the coun-
ties of Sharkey, Washington and
several others, lying just north of the
Vazoo river.
The deal is being made through W.
f. r Thompson & Co., real estate
dealers Of this city. The purchasers
are an English syndicate, who are
represented in this country by two
brothers, prominent capitalists of
Chicago, whose names the Item s in
formant refused to divulge.
1t is not known for what purpose
the land is being bought, but it is
thought that the tract is being &C.
quired mainly for the timber which
is upon it, although most of the land
is being bought outright.
The Chicago gentlemen have been
in the Yazoo delta for some time in
specting the timber on the land pur-
chased. -Four timber estimators from
New Orleans we're carried with them
The method of acquiring land is to
place forfeit with certain banks,
made payable to the owners Of the
land, and in the event the land il
taken the money goes toward pay
ment for it. Where land is not taken,
the amount put up is forfeited. New
Orleans Item.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
PRIVATE COUGHS UP
LIVE SNAKE SIX INCHES LONG.

New York, April 22.-Before John
Yay went to work in the Brooklyn
navy yard, he served as a private
with the army in the Philippines,
and thereby hangs a tale of snake,
which dangled from his mouth dur
ing fit of coughing.
The snake is still alive and is being
exhibited at the navy yard and Fay
is greatly worried lest there may be
more of 'em.
Six inches long and three fourths
of an inch thick the snake popped out
of Fay's mouth with no little diff
Guilty.
South Brooklyn snake experts have
been unable to place the reptile and
the conclusion was reached that it is
a Filipino. Fay thinks that when
drinking water in Luzon he swal-
lowed the egg from which the snake
was Matched.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
TOOK POISON
When She Learned Tnat Her Lover
Had Made Up With His
Wife.

New York, April 22.-When Miss
Ida Morrison, beautiful woman of
%, named correspondent In the
divorce suit of Mrs. Rebecca A.
Blackmir, against Horace Black m ir,
learned from his lips that be and his
wife had become reconciled, she
drank the contents of two-ounce
vial of carbolic acid and is dying in
a Brooklyn hospital.
Blackmir called on Miss Morrison
last night and about a half hour
later sent messenger for a physi-
clan who upon his arrival found that
Blackmlr had been administering
warm milk with salt IN it to Miss
Morrison in an effort to save her life.
The doctor used a stomach pump
and sent for an ambulance and the
young woman was taken to the
hospital.
Mr.. Blackmir told the physician
that he talked with Miss Morrison
for perhaps half an hour. Then she
went to a medicine chest to take a
dose of peppermint. According to
his statement she must have made a
mistake for she drank carbolic acid
instead.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
GROWTH OF OKLAHOMA.
Fifteen Years Since the Lands
Were Opened to White
Settlers.

Oklahoma City, Okla, April o.
Today Oklahoma entered upon its fif-
teenth year, it being on this date that
the first installment of Indian lands
was opened to white settlers.
Added to the first small tract
thrown open to settlement were the
adjacent Indian lands opened from
time to time, until today the terri
tory has an area about equal to that of
the state of Ohio.
Today the Territory has popu-
lation of 1000, and the assessed
valuation of property exceeds $50, 600, :
600.
When Oklahoma was born, only one
railroad traversed the Territory now
there are nearly a dozen, with many
branches and extensions in progress
of construction.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
nch12-6t
United Confederate Veterans Re-
Union at New Orleans, May 10
10 to II, 1000.

Account of the United Confederate
Veterans Re Union, New Orleans, May
10 to %, 1908, the Queen and Crescent
Route will sell round trip tickets to
New Orleans at late of one cent Der
mile travelled, plus arbitraries, tickets
to be sold on May 10, IL, IS, 10, 20 and
q and for trains scheduled to arrive
New Orleans forenoon Of May %. 1908.
with final limit to may "a, 1908. Ex-
tension of final limit leaving New Or
leans may be had to q date not later
than June 10, 1908, upon deposit Of
tickets with the special agent in New
Orleans, not later than May "a and
upon payment of fee of fifty (5O) cents
at the time Of deposit.
This is an extremely low rate the
Queen and Crescent Route Is Offering
to the public and no one should miss
the opportunity of visiting New Or
leans on this occasion.
Full detsils may be had upon applica-
ton to any ticket agent of the Queen
and Crescent Route.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.

Lafayette, La, April 2I.-The
postoffice here was robbed last night.
The safe was dynamited and about
$50 secured by the burglars.
The burglars were heard at
work, but managed to es-
cape. Marshal Peck succeeded in
arresting one of the culprits, an un-
known negro, who gave his name as
White. Some of the stolen property
was found upon his person. The me-
gro confessed his guilt. Sheriff
Broussard went to Crowley and has
two suspects under arrest there.
The officers are still at work on the
case.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
Summer School, Knoxville, Tenn,
June q to July 81, 1903.

For the occasion of the summer
school, Knoxville, Tenn, June % to
July 81, 1908, the Southern Railway
will sell tickets from all points on its
line to Knoxville and return June 81,
%. %. 90, 20 July 5, 6, ID, and 20. 1908
with limit for return passage fifteen
days from date of sale at rate OF one
fare plus % cents for the round trip.
An extention of final limit may be OBJ
tanned until September 80. 1908 by de-
posting ticket with special agent at
Knoxville not earlier than June 81,
1903 nor later than fifteen DAYS from
purchase, and upon payment of fee of
80 cents per ticket at time of deposit.
For further information, call on any
ticket agent Of the Southern Railway.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-24
Girl Abducted by
a N. Y. Gang.

New York, Arpil 22.-Charles P.
matchmaker and jewel
er, reported to the Gerry Society that
his fifteen-year-old daughter Fannie
had been abducted by gang Of young
men.
81 am here now, living man."
said Schellberg, whether / will be
alive tomorrow or not may be decided
by the toss of a penny or the hunlor
of the next member of the gang who
meets me on the street.
Almost every time step out side
of my door | am cursed and villified,
and often some burly member of the
gang has grabbed me by the throat and
with curse warned me that my life
was not worth the snap of my finger
if / did not move out of the neigh
borhood.
""Your wife and your daughter can
stay here, but you get out of here, ,
one of the ruffians told me recently.
For the past two months l have
been sick. Ny child has been en-
ployed in a factory. During my ILL
ness she was sent to board with a
woman, and through her became &C.
quainted with members of the gang
When I took her away from this
boarding house she left me, and /
have not seen her since. If the gang
can conceal her from the police and
agents of the society, ! fear that she
will be lost to me-.