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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
AN UNIQUE DIRECTORY
On the Conner Near Tucker and
Greer's Drug Store.

The public has noticed quite a
unique business directory Of the city
on the corner of Tucker & Greer's
drug store. 1t is novel and interest
ing in design.
The board is supported by frame
overhung with small incandescent
lights. Through the frame are the
advertisements of the various busi-
ness firms of the city, represented in
symbol Of their various lines. Its
neatness of construction and design
renders it above the Objectionable
bill board and makes it rather useful
as we'll as ornamental.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
After the Freeze.

After the night the day,
After the crime the law,
After the work the pay,
And after the freeze the thaw.
And the street is a river wide,
A vicious glutinous flood,
Bank-full from side to side
OF mucilaginous mud.
And It's Oh, for stepping stone,
On which TO place ones feet,
Or a BUCKET of ashes thrown
For a crossing over the street.
You rubber to find way
TO bottom the battling flood,
But You find-Alack and a-day!
That your rubbers are stuck in the
mud.
For it's after the day the night,
After the crime the law.
After the bloom the blight,
And after the freeze the thaw.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
No. 40

lieved any appeal will be taken.
Burnes, the defendants testimony as
delivered on the trial was sufficient 10
warrant conviction of murder.
Before the trial the states attorney
offered TO allow Burnes TO plead guilty
to, ,mnaslaughter and be given a term
in the state penitentiary which propo-
sition was declined. Burnes said he
had rather be hanged than serve term
in the penitentiary.
This section was visited by cold
wave and very heavy frost last night.
The Thermometer this morning regis
tered 30 degrees.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
Want Board.

Good families, who are able to take
from to 20 boarders beginning on
Jan. %, all of whom are pupils of the
McLendon business college, will please
address, o. II. McLendon, president,
McHenry, Miss. Pupils will not pay
more than $l2 per month. Write at
once. jan12-1wk
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
Notice.

| have this day sold my entire inter
est in the grocery business formerly
conducted under the firm name of Bur
kett & Foote to Mr.. H. l.. Foote. |
wish to thank the public for their gener-
Gus patronage in the past, and trust
they will give my successor their
patronage in the future.
jan12 03 JNo. B. BURKETT
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
An Amendment to the Charter Of
Incorporation of the Watkins
Machine & boundary Co.

An amendment to the charter of the
Watkins Machine & Fouydry Co, au-
thorizing the capitol stock of said cor
POI ations to be increased from $25,0U0
to $50. 0.0C0.
Be it resolved bv the stock holders of
the Watkins Machine & Foundry Co.,
7 hat the capitol stock f ssid corpora
ton shall be increased from $25,0C0
to $4,000 with all the rikhts, privi-
liees. powers. immunties and frau
chises heretofore granted said corpora
fion
This December, 22nd, 1902. dec23 Sw
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
Mardi GraS. New Orleans and
Mobile, February 1924, 1903.

Very low rates via the Mobile and
Ohio r. Il. Tickets on sale February
Il to %. inclusive. also for trains ar
rivlng at destination by noon February
"a. Return limit February 2S with
privilege of extension to March ii, 1903.
For full particulars apply to any
Mobile and Ohio representative or Jno.
NJ. Beal, A. q. P. A, st. Louis, Mo.
jan2l till feb23
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
PROSPERITY.
Hattiesburg Building Up Swiftly
and on Substantial Basis.

|Hattiesburg Building Up Swiftly
and on a Substantial Basis.
Hattiesburg is growing faster and
|on more substantial basis than any
'Rther town in the state. 1t is entered
\fGur railroads at present and will
have every accommodation
"a in any city. One railroad
dent has already consented to
into the plan to build new
and it is believed that the
srs look upon the matter with as
much favor.
The Gulf and Ship Island shops are
boon to be in operation here and that
will give employment to many.
Since last November fourteen new
buildings have been completed or
begun in the business portion of the
and a number of them are three
me railroads entering here have
PDe gun to make Hattiesburg the place
for cotton COMPRISING along their
lines. Lumber men are doing large
business also.
Hattiesburg has no real estate boom
but rather steady growth. There
is hardly house in the city for rent
and board is hard to obtain. Every
where is crowded. New houses must
be built and foreign capital encour-
aged. There is no better place of in
vestment than Hattiesburg.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23

1t is quite plainly revealed now
that the beet sugar combine, or
"boxer" movement which prevented
Cuban reciprocity at the last session,
il again formed and at work in the
senate. Oxnard has the whole gang
in line-and business has been re-
newed on the old lines. All these
patriots talked in favor of the reci-
procity when congress first came to-
gether. York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23
9ou never IAN ten wnas oman VIII a

You never ean ten what oman Will q
ext"
II can"
well, what?r
Talk"
That's it--A woman w7ll talk and tell he.
riends of the wonderful cures made by John
stonss Sarsapari1la and the proprietors have tc
thank thousands of good noble women in this
-our4 y for having made Johnstons SARSAPh
eu,l,A tQuart bottlesl fam0us-"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-23

f you want to know what smarty dressed will
this season, ask to see Stein Bloch Smart Clothes"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26

CHINESE ARE STARVING.
Famine in Kwang ST Attended by
Fearful Results.

Victoria, b. c., May 25.-Heart-
rending details of the suffering and
death of families as a result of the
famine in Kwang 81 are given in Hong
Kong papers received by the steamer
Indravelli, from the Orient.
Mr.. Hess. a missionary at WI Chow,
who has been investigating on behalf
Of the Hong Kong charities, says that
owing to three successive failures Of
crops. people are starving and dying
by hundreds. During March and April
it Is computed that 10000 people were
sold. men selling themselves for en-
ployment in the Straits Settlement,
and the women and children being sold
into slavery on the coast.
Story after story of distress was
told by the missionary. He told Of
famished people dying in the act of
eating when food was brought to
them, of people reduced to skeletons
being abandoned, and mothers selling
their daughters into lives of slavery
for mere bottle of rice 1t was sald
by the missionary's report that thous-
ands would perish unless speedy re-
lief is given.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
COTTON MARKET FIRM.
Total Sales for the Day Estimated
at 100000 BnIes.


New York, May 25.-The cotton mar
ket to-day showed but a small meas
ure of its recent excitement. Prices in
Liverpool were about in line with To-
cal expectations though the near
months showed strength, whileI the late
positions were firmer.
At the local opening trading was of
about the ordinary volume. First
prices were points lower to points
higher and Immediately following the
call sentiment seemed rather bearish.
Their firmness at New Orleans, how
ever, started short. covering, and the
market became more active. The near
months regained all their opening
losses, and the general list showed a
net advance of from 3 to Is points
The bull leader is reported to have
returned to New Orleans, and the
strength there was attributed to his
presence, while Southern buying or
ders received here We're thought to
originate from that source.
The early rally carried May to 11.60c;
July to 11.25c, August to TO- S5c, and
September to 9,9Sc, but seemed to eX-
haust the buying power for the mo-
ment, and the market again became
comparatively quiet, with prices show
ing reactionary tendency under mod
crate selling for both accounts.
By midday prices had sagged about
3 to points from the best of the
morning, but the general trading level
was still to IL points net higher.
During the afternoon speculation
was quiet, but the market showed con-
siderable firmness, reaching a level 10
to 20 points above yesterdays close,
with the late months showing espe-
cial strength in anticipation that the
weekly bureau report tomorrow would
make bullish showing
Just before the call there was con-
siderable realizing, but the market was
hnally steady, net 2 to Is points high
er. The greatest gain was on Septem-
Der, which closed at .92c; July closed
at 11.15c, August at 1O.75c and May at
11.52c.
Total sales We're estimated at 100000
bales.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
BOTH JET AND WHITE
INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Soldiers Guarded the Grand Jury's
Principal Witness.

Soldiers Guarded the Grand Jury's
Principal witness.
Jackson, Ky. May 25.--After an all
day session of the special grand jury,
to and from which the principal wit
ness was escorted under protection of
a guard of soldiers, Curtis Jett and
Tom White were tonight indicted for
the assassination of James B. Mar
cum.
The action taken by the grand jury
was prompt and decisive, and to-
night there is a growing impression
that justice viii at last be admins
tered in the Hargis-Cockrill feud, of
which Attorney Marcum was the latest
victim.
Aside from the protection accorded
Capt. ]. b. Even, the proceedings
were unmarked by any unusual Incl
dent. The work of selecting a grand
jury was brief. Only eight witnesses
were examined. Capt. Even, the prin-
cipal witness has been a prisoner in
his home since it became known that
he would testify At the time Marcum
was killed he was standing beside him
in the Court House door, with his hand
oil the attorneys shoulder.
Soldiers escorted him from his home
to the Court House and back again
after he had been for two hours in the
grand jury room giving testimony. The
streets We're crowded during the jour-
ney, but no demonstration was made.
The indictments were returned this
evening after the jury had spent two
hours in weighing the evidence.
Curtis Jett is already under arrest
at Winchester, having been arrested
several days ago on a warrant charg-
ing him with the murder of Marcum
Tom White. who was indicted jointly
with Jett, lives in the mountains some
distance from Jackson. 1t is said that
witnesses testified that he was the man
who passed near Marcum and Even
a moment before the shooting.
Tonight a deputy sheriff, with a
squad of soldiers, started for Whites
home in the mountains to arrest him.
The party carried provisions for two
days. Another squad of soldiers, with
a deputy sheriff, will bring Curtis Jet
from Winchester to Jackson to-mor-
row.
1t was stated tonight by attorneys
that Jett and White may be tried this
week, and that the militia may remain
on guard until the cases are finished.
The trials will, in ali probability, be
held in Jackson, but before a jury COM
posed of citizens of some other county
in this judicial circuit.
There is nothing as yet to indicate
that Judge Redwine viii be sworn off
the bench and a trial Judge appointed.
The town is quiet tonight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
STOCKS WERE WEAK.
Many of Them Sold on from the
Saturday Closing.

New York, May 25.-The stock mar
ment to-day, and amid the throwing
over of some large lots of stock there
was a great deal of confusion during
the first quarter of an hour.
1t represented largely the liquidation
of orders from the country, of which
hundreds had poured in over Sunday.
The sharpest declines were in the is
sues which were the objects of at
tack on Saturday. Six thousand shares
of Rock Island came out at 1874 to 49,,
as compared with a closing price of
391s on Saturday; of United States
Steel, $500 were sold simultaneously at
31$s @31%, as compared with 3lSs Sat
urday, and ST. Paul dropped back to
1875, as compared with 151A, Satur-
day. thus making a new low record
price since May 8. 1901.
Other features of weakness were
Union Pacific, which dropped 70, to
S5h; Missouri Pacific, rs to 1867
Amalgamated Copper l to 607s; Wa
bash preferred l to 44%; Pennsylvania,
"a to 125%, and New York Central IL
to 125.
The only firm issues were the coal
ers, Erie shares advancing from L to
~ points and Reading recovering frac-
tionally At the end of the first hour
the liquidation seemed to have large
ly spent itself.
There was renewed liquidation after
a brief pause, which carried to lower
level the stocks which had resisted the
early weakness. Among the stocks 10
suffer were Southern Pacific, Union Pa
cIfic, Atchison, Reading and Pennsyl-
vania group, which lost l to 2 points;
Pennsylvania touching 1854, the low
point before the formation of the I'M
derw ting syndicate.
Other declines were st. Paul, 39s,
Rock island and Missouri Pacific, 333;
Consolidated Gas, 31a; Brooklyn Tr4a-
sit, 3; Minr eapolis and St. Paul broke
to under Saturday; Northwestern,
5% Iowa Central stocks, 3; St. Louis,
Southwestern preferred and Westing-
house Flee tric, Az, and General Elec-
tric 3s4 Rallies of 1 point in few
stocks and in others were reach I'd
when the room shorts covered. The
closing vas unsettled. On the cub
Northern Securities was the weak fea-
ire de- lining to 81, d new low recaf /
for il.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
MANY WERE SQUEEZED.
Decline in stocks Hurt Spectators
Considerably.

Considerably.
New York May 25.-Following the
close of the stock market it was ru-
mored in Wall street that a conference
of the leading financial interests would
be held uptown in the evening to re-
view the situation, and, If necessary,
adopt remedial measures. 1t was
strongly intimated in certain quarters
that the warning factions in Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and Western Union Tel
egraph would come together and make
mutual concessions.
canvass of the clubs and hotels
failed to bear out these re-
ports, and inquiries in authori-
tative quarters all showed that
the liquidation which was so con-
spicuous in to-day's market, would be
allowed to run its course.
Gossip at the uptown resorts was
busy with the names of a number of
well known individuals, all of whom
are reported to have been badly
Squeezed
The best Information was all to the
effect that the situation was not sutti-
GENTLY critical to warrant the official
intervention of the clearing house or
the formation of money pools"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
MADE SEVERAL SPEECHES.
Many Heard Roosevelt Talk in
Washington state.

Washington state.
Pasco, Wash, May 25.-The Presi-
dents train, which left Seattle last
night over the Northern Pacific Rail-
way, gIided down the beautiful Yakima
valley to-day.
The first speech of the day was made
at Clellum in the Cascade mountains,
to thousand coal miners, who had
come from Roslyn. At North Yakima
the President spoke on irrigation. A
feature of the crowd there was the
presence of thousands of the Indians
from the Yakima reservation.
At Ellensburg the President spoke
fifteen minutes on good citizenship to
5000 people. The President asked that
Capt Steinman of the First Washing
ton Regiment be presented to him at
the close of the speech While speak
ing he referred to Steinman's company
having been the severest sufferer
among the volunteers in the Philippines
campaign. When Steinman was intro
duced the President grasped his hand
and said, warmly:
Captain, 1 know all about you and
your company; your company was
crack-a-j jack, and l am mighty glad to
meet you and to know you"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
TERRIBLE TORNADOES
WROUGHT DEATH AND RUIN IN
NEBRASKA.
FIFTEEN LIVES WERE LOST
OVER A SCORE OF OTHER PER-
SONS WERE INJURED.

In One House That Was Destroyed
Not One of Many Persons Escaped
Death or Injury-FOur Were Killed
in a schOOlhOuse Where Services
Were Being COnducted-TwO Tor
nadOes started from Same Point,
Ench Taking Different Course.
Farmers Lost Heavily.
HASTINGS. Neb, May 25.-A series of
neavy storms, two of which developed
into the worst tornadoes that have
visited Southern Nebraska in years,
passed over portions of Clay, Franklin
and Kearney counties last evening.
Fifteen persons are known to have
lost their lives. and over a score were
more or less seriously injured. The
casualties are as follows;
Near Norman, Dead-Daniel McCur-
DIV. Robert McCurdy, Mrs. John Web
lever, Mrs. Earl Bacon, Mrs. c. A.
Triple.
Iniured-Mrs. George j. Nicer, arm
broken; Icey McCurdy, leg broken;
George j. Nicer, badly hurt; Robert
Chambers, badly hurt; Earl Bacon,
John Wehlever, Mr.. and Mrs. Kinear,
not serious.
Near Upland, Dead-Lutheran minis
ter, name unknown; Mrs. John Peters,
farmers wife; Mrs. Chris Lamers and
mother.
Injured--Chris Lamers and two chill
dren; William and Minnie Schultz;
Fred Pop and mother; Mrs. Isaac Cas-
per.
At Pauline, Dead-Mr. and Mrs.
James Mumaw and child, Frank
Quigg, Flora Palmer, John Palmer.
At Fairfield, Injured-Mrs. A. w.
Broderick and child, serious; John Nc
Reynolds, internally injured; Mrs. No
bel Insey; Charles Taylor, caught by
falling chimney, serious.
Not One Escaped.
Near Norman, at the home of Daniel
McCurdy, a number of relatives and
friends were spending the day, and
not one in the house escaped death or
serious injury.
Two miles south of Upland, German
Lutheran services were being held in
a schoolhouse when the storm struck
and demolished it, killing four of the
occupants, including the minister, and
injuring a number of others.
The storm was equally destructive
at Fairfield, but the people were warn
ed of it's coming and sought cellars for
safety. Six dwellings were blown to
pieces at that place. but their occu-
pants escaped injury with few ex-
ceptions. Every dwelling ana outbuild-
ing in the path of the tornado was
blown to pieces, and the financial loss
thus far accounted for, will reach
about 100000.
The family of Peter Hockinson, nine
in number, was reunited late to-day.
They lived near Norman and were
separated by the storm it being fear
cd at first that most of them had been
killed.
Were Two TOrnadOes.
There were two tornadoes. both orig
mating within mile of Fairfield. The
first one moved to the northwest and
the second off to the southwest. The
one to the northwest did the greater
damage and all the fatalities seem to
have been in its path.
The greatest loss of property was
sustained by farmers The heaviest in
dividual loss reported is that suffered
by Charles Taylor who places the
damage to his stock farm, including
cattle and horses killed, at $4,000.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26

money, and in return received the let
ter which was used in advertising the
"get-rich-quick" scheme. Subsequent
ly Ryan paid Johns $4,000 more for 9TH
er services.
Johns is prosecuting attorney of
Parke county. where Miller formerly
lived.
John ] Ryan, when seen at his
home here tonight, absolutely refused
to talk about the matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
A. M. {. CHURCH WAS
AGAINST PENSI0NlNG.

Washington. May 25.--Resolutions de-
nounclng the movement for collecting
funds 70 promote legislation 70 pension
ex-siayes were adopted a. to-day's sss-
sion u fhe Pbiladeiphia and Baltimore
conference u the 4. n. u. Church.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
STATUE IN CATHEDRAL.
Organs IF Germany Ex-
press Pain and Surprise.

Protestant Organs IF Germany Ex-
press Pain and Surprise.
Berlin, May 25.-The newspapers
have been printing items to the effect
that statue of Emperor Charles V
was to be placed in the new cathedral
of Berlin, and a number of Protestant
organs expressed themselves as being
panied and surprised. Emperor Will
liam wrote on the margin of clipping
of this kind:
Besides him, Diocletian, Nero, Tor
quemada and Alva will be placed in
the cathedral Lucifer himself has
been proposed, only we do not know
whether to place him in the pulpit or
in the Emperor's box"
The North German Gazette prints
the above at the head of its columns
to-day as a seni-official answer to the
Emperor's critics.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
BY TURKISH TROOPS

One Hundred and Fifty Macedonians
Were Killed.
Vienna, May 25.-About $50 Macedo-
MAN insurgents were killed at the viii
lage of Smordesh, south of the lake of
Presba, May q, according to a dis
patch to the Neue Erie Presse from
Salonica.
The insurgents, who had possession
of quantities of dynamite sought ref
uge III the village and were attacked
by Turkish troops. The fighting lasted
for thirty hours and ultimately all the
houses We're burned or blown UP by
dynamite by the Turks.
One hundred and fifty bodies were
found in the ruins
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
JOHNS is ARRESTED.
he Worked DIRECTLY with Ryan in
the Bribery Matter.

Cincinnati. May 25.-Word was re-
eeivsd by federal officers here that
Joseph M. Johns Was arrested az Rock
vile, Ind. tonight. Johns, It Is said,
was the man who worked directly with
John J. Ryan and accepted the money
for the Tyner letter.
According 20 the federal officers
Johns FIRST offer for the sitter was r0r
5000. Ryan refused 70 pay that
amount when Johns agreed 20 COM
promise for $500. Johns and Ryan
met ~ the Gibson House 10 this city
Jan, ", when Ryan paid over the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
ALASKAN C0ALING STATION
Recommended by Dewey and Ap-
proved by the President,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Dy DeWey and An
proved by the President.
Washington, May 25.-Admiral
Dewey, as president of the general
board, has made a report to Secretary
Moody, recommending the immediate
establishment of coaling station at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and the erection
there of coal depot, with an initial
capacity of 5000 tons.
Believing the establishment of a coal
oepot at this strategic point will
strengthen the United States on the
Pacific ocean, the President has hearth
ly approved the plan.
Rear Admiral Bradford, in his report
recommending this new coaling sta
ton, called attention to the settlement
OF the boundary between the territory
OF Alaska and the Dominion of Canada.
and said there was abundant evidence
going to show that the spirit of Can
ada on this matter may be considered
as threatening.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
ROOSEVELT HAS ASKED
FOR NO SUPPORT.
what He Says of the Ohio Political
Development.

What He Says of the Ohio Political
Development.
Walla Walla, Wash, May 25.-Sec-
rotary TO the President, Loeb, this aft
ernoon gave out the following state
ment:
I'm speaking of the sudden political
developments in Ohio. the President
this afternoon said:
L have not asked any man for his
support. l have had nothing whatever
to do with raising the issue as to my
Endorsement. Sooner or later 1t was
bound to arise and inasmuch as it
has now arisen, of course, those who
favor my administration and nominal
ton will indorse them, and those who
do not will oppose them
THE President also said he was deep
ly touched by the action of President
McKin1ey's home county, in which
Canton is situated, in instructing so
heartily in his favor Nothing could
have pleased him more -
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-26
BROKE HIS PAROLE.
Court Assembled. but Lieut.. Nc
Coach was Not There.

Court Assembled. but Lieut.. Nc
Coach was Not There.
Newport News, Va. May 25.-Lieut.
David McCoach, under arrest at Fort
Monroe, and held for court-martial on
charge of unbecoming conduct, broke
his parole Friday and left the Hotel
Sherwood, where ne was confined.
The affair leaked out to-day when
the court assembled to try the case,
and a report was made on the officers
absence. McCoach Is a son of wealthy
Philadelphia. He went TO Old Point
To stand an examination for promotion
70 a captaincy, but failed to appear be-
fore the board. He claimed a bell boy
failed to wake him up, but Col. Story
Investigated and learned that McCoach
WAS seen Ia Norfolk the night before.
His arrest followed