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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
THE KAISER Is RILED
BY Charge that He Had Ulterior
Motives in Visiting the Bat
tleship Kearsage.

Berlin, July 2.-Official announce
ment was made today that the insin-
uations against the Kaiser in dis
patch from Washington, in which
it was minated that his Majesty had
Interior motives in inspecting the
American battleship Kearsarge, have
greatly annoyed the Emperor as re-
Election on his personal honor. The
Kaiser's tour of the Kearsarge, the
announcement explains, was intended
by him merely to show his interest
in the American navy, and the impu-
tation that other motives actuated
him is regarded throughout Germany
as an outrage.
1t is limited that Ambassador Tower
will apologize to the Kaiser for what
his Majesty terms the insult offered
him, inasmuch as he was guest
of the American nation when he was
aboard the Kearsarge. Government
circles here do not conceal the fact
that repetition of anti Greman out
bursts in America, especially on
the Kaiser, will inevitably react IN
favOrably in the relations between
Germany and America
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
A New Enterprise.

We wish to inform our friends that
we have severed our connection with
the Hattiesburg Light s. Power Co.,
whom we have served as superintendent
and assistant, and are now prepared to
sell all kinds of electrical supplies, and
to do all Of your electrical work.
We earnestly solicit your patronage
when you want anything in our line.
Thanking you for past favors and also in
advance for your future support we are,
yours for business.
BYNUM & CUNNINGHAM.
June 2 lot
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
MOB VIOLENCE INCREASING.
Records Show That Mississippi is
Not Reducing Percentage
of Lynchings.
Special to the Daily Progress.

Special to the Daily Progress.
Jackson, July 3.-The record for
the first six months of the year 1908
shows that Mississippi is not reduc-
ing her percentage of mob violence
acts. although during the first four
months of the annual period the state
achieved an excellent record in this
respect, on'y one lynching having oc-
Cured from the first of January to
the first of May. The total number
of persons killed by mobs to the 1st of
July was nine, but five of this num-
Der were negroes who were killed in
Smith county in an uprising against
the whites. The actual lynchings were
only four in number.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
DECISION REACHED
After Three Days Investigation
Decision Reached as to jim
HeStor'S Death.

The coroner's jury reached de-
clsion yesterday in the inquest held
over the body of Jim Hestor, who
was killed, as it was supposed, by a
Gulf and Ship Island train last Sat
urday night. The jury was in the
investigation three days, the reason
for the delay in obtaining final de-
cision beng that there was some
slight evidence to the effect
that he was murdered, and then
placed in such position as to be
mangled by the train. AS this was
only a superstition there was thought
to be sufficient evidence of foul play
to warrant strict Investigation. The
verdict reached, however, was that
he met his death by beng accident
ally run over by the train and no one
was to be blamed In the least.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
Excursion June 20.
June 2 lot

The Mobile, Jackson & Kansas CITY
railroad will run special trains from
MOBILE and Haltiesburg to Merrill,
Miss, on june 26, account annual bar
becue at that place, at one fare for the
round trip from all points on line.
Trains leaving Mobile and Hattiesburg
at a m. returning reach these re-
spective points at 10 p. ID.
Free Barbecue, and speaking by
Gov. Longino, Hon. James K. Varda.
man and others. L. b. SULLIVAN,
June II to % Gen. Pass. Agent.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03

Do children lie? Yes, constantly
persistently and universally, says
the kindergarten Magazine. A child
could not. He does not know the
truth and his approximation to the
truth is very much wagner than ours.
And there are certain qualities of
his mind which make it inevitable
that he Should pervert the truth.
The child's imagination drives him
often to tell what is not true.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03

There is no question that in the
Northwestern States there is a
strong sentiment favorable to recip-
rocal commercial relations with
Canada and it is very likely to in
crease. The development of this
sentiment has been particularly
marked in Minnesota, where a
league of business interests to
fun Their the cause of reciprocity with
our northern neighbor has been or
yanized and entered upon its cam
paign. Representative Bede of the
Duluth district says the people of
his state are more interested in this
question than ever before, and he eX-
plains that this new awakening is
due in large measure to the agricul-
tural evolutions of the Northwest
Omaha Bee.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03

The q. G. Business College, of Me-
ridian, Miss, has secured the services
of A. j. Courtenay as first assistant in
the Bookkeering department. Mr..
Courtenay is a fine psnman, has had
business experience. and was trained in
baltimore, Md, to teach in a business
college. June /.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03

For 4th of July celebrations, the
Queen & Crescent Route will sell low
rate excursion tickets on July 2. 3 and
4, to and from all local stations; also
to all points east of the Mississippi
river AMI south of the Ohio and Poto-
mac rivers. final limit July s, 1903.
For further information apply to
local agent.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
Excursions to Rawls Springs.

The Cuff and Ship Island Railroad
will run excursions 70 Rawls Springs on
Wednesday evening, June "a, and July
| and s, to leave Hattiesburg at 7:15
p. M, and return special leaving Rawls
springs at II .. N. til iulyS
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-07-03
BETTER BE CAREFUL.

Before we undertake to control the
Pacific ocean it might be we'll to get
a good, firm grip on the Postoffice
Department. Cincinnati Enquirer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
RAT AND ROACH CATCHING
Work of Men Who Clear WharUes
and Ships of Pests.

Rat and roach catching at the steamer wharves
and on ocean liners is one OF the queer ways men
have of making a living.
A good living they make OF il, too; not less than
$4,000 year, and sometimes more
Rats are everywhere on the wharves but reaches
have special liking for rope lockers, and here
they by of thousands unless owners
Of the piers have a contract with the and
roach catcher.
Before went into the business OF rat and
roach catching. cats kept look after the
rats and the sailors had the Job of keeping the
ship clear of reaches.
The sailors favorite way of catching reaches was
TO put cob" of bread top of a coil of rope.
In very few minutes it would be covered with
hungry brown bugs. and these they knocked into
a We'll creased biscuit pan. The grease kept the
reaches from crawling up the sides of the PAM and
the sailor poor at the business who did not
have four or five inches of reaches when he was
through Then in few days he could begin and
DO it all over again. Now the professional roach
catcher takes one night to do the work for year.
On this side OF the Atlantic roach catching is the
more important business. while on the other side
the wharves almost as full Of rat catchers as
the ships of rats.
Every time an ocean liner reaches port whether
on TINS side or the other it is turned to these
around the wharVes do much toward keenns
them clear OF rats. but of course have effect on
,. There was time when rat catchers worked with
lerrets but this method has been superseded by
'binb large casenke traps are used. in
sprinkIed Win if ia5 are placed after being
what ' '-' +'' Nl'ciie' hho"s
Whatever 1t is, il IS Irresistible to rats as ire
sStble as the weird piping of the Pied Piper was
70 me rats OF Hamelin town No matter how
ch9lce the food in the lockers and the hold of the
SNIP. the rats leave il instantly when thew get
Whln Of the mysterious LIQUID the lettuce lea
i've rats are worth money, particularly in Eng
land, where they are used for training terriers
DEAD rats are worth money also their skins being
useo IN me manufacture Of gloves At or 6 cents
on anv of i The I rats are worth saving; and
| catch. 1900 - ~ ''i Unusual
Koaches are treated with powder. and the secret
% the man on this side Is the secret of the
man on the other. Each guards his secret we'll
me business Is always done night when sailors
are asleep and the wharves deserted the time
wren rats and reaches hold high carnival All thar
i me men ABOARD ships working about the docks
5noW next DAY is that the raIs and reaches have
disappeared and instead there are traces of powder
where there We're the day before ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
Tered HERE FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE HABrTABLE Gil.
VTCTTM OF HIS OWN Law.
Signer of Declaration Arrested for
Travelling ON SUNDAY.

Bangor, Me-. Dec. L (SpeciaD.-Whie digging
over court records the eighteenth century in
the Pownalboro Courthouse which is still of
the ancient landmarks of Dresden. Lincoln County.
Charles h. Allen found the interesting story Of
how a sgner of the Declaration of Independence
was arrested in Maine for breaking the Sabbath.
Robert Treat Paine an eminent barrstcr in
Boston, noted for the many prominent positions
which he had held. Among his acts Of public
character the best known is the fact that he was
one OF the sgners of the Declaration of indie
pendence. Later he of the judges of the
Supreme judicial Court of Massachusetts, which
State, of course, then included Maine. While a
judge Of the he drafted stringent bill pro-
made a law Of the commonwealth early in the
year 1872.
Paine with Increase Sumner held court in Port
land adjouTning on Saturday Being anxious to
open court in Pownalboro early Tuesday. the
judge, with the other court officials. set out
Sunday. driving with their teams TO Bath. whence
they were to proceed UP the Kennebec by boat.
OF course, there were no railroads, and only rev
port the people were much scandaliZ1 thinking
that court officials should be answers = to laws
which were passed for the rest of the people. and
the warders promptly arrested the whole party
for violating the law. They were indicted and held
for trial.
Matters were still more complicated by the fact
James Sullivan whose duty it to prosecute
offenders, of the arrested party, and they
prosecution until the Massachusetts Legislature
to their assistance and Of dered the proceed
ings stayed In their petition to the General Court,
June 80 1892, which petition is long, they claimed,
among other things that under the law they were
exempt from arrest. because the law provided
that might travel on Sunday If necessity COM
should travel on Sunday in order to meet their
engagement at Pownalboro on Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

Just described, first on the eastern limb on
Octoter % and reached the meridian on October a
the day when Europe and America had such 4 Sc
we're magnetic storm as to paralyze telegraphc ser
wee fer a few hours.
1t will be noticed that tke degree of disturbance
vas In no way proportionate to the size of the spot
groups The most remarkable magnetic storm re-
cofced IN several years attended the smallest OF the
three areas of spotteGness However Il Is easy 10
guess at partial explanation OF the discrepancy.
Perhaps it IS the degree Of activity on the solar
SsuFiaGe rather than the extent of the region af-
spots are aware that during the earlier period %
the history OF the latter they undergo changes Of
form and growth in size. Smaller spots break our
nedr the larger and come a few DAYS Iater
man the others. Bright patches, known as facuIae
are also seen temporarily in the vicinity of the
oarher markings These and other phenomena indi-
cate a fearful turbulence which subsequently. sub
sites While this state Of things prevails. perhaps
there IS vo'eat electrical radiation from umitsd
area directed at Just such an angle To hit the
earth There might be more intense action cleo
where at tie same trlc and on other occasions but
the lines OF influence might be aimed differently
Mt Maunder calls attention to another set OF oh
servations which were made al the time of H.
parallel in NoTember Is yea Men ana qnS which had
similar disturbance BY means of a spectroscope
II was perceived that there was great verticaI
lnocfment n the solar atmosphere Lines in the
opdnariy appear da2 1 1S GydToEen and which
became bright; This reversal was interpreted "a
90
lines was lifted above the level nj which n crdi
narlly Hes and thus escaped the ohscuring infu-
shees ef certain layer OF gas Though putting the
matter cautiously Mr.. Mauuder seems TO think
that these hydrogen revcrsals'' were symptom1 ~
something or other pretty closely connected win
the observed terrestrial effects ~
Figures are now given trustworthy authorItv
which afford an idea of the enormous extent 81
some of the spots and spotted that have hasH
obssTyed in the last two or three months tract
GEO miles wide and 1000 miles long or one having
the same superficial size. though not quadrangliiar
would embrace 100000 square miles. The great
northern group Just referred TO made up Of
Two large spots and a number of small ones When
those had reached their largest development the
whole group li000ooo00. The great southern group
covered an area or 24000OO00o square miles-hat rs
10 Fay, such was the size Of a region affected by A
single internal catastrophe in the sun. What sort
OF a supquake itf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
HORSE WITH A REMARKABLE NAME

Among the worlds eighty million horses thera &c
believed to be only one that has a name eighteen
feet long. and it is owned by George O. ZiIgitt oF
EngleWood, Cal. Mr.. Zillgitt always keeps the
name braided and bound in a net. except on special
occasions The name of hair is so heavy that the
upper part Of the braid measures six inches in di
dineIer 1t requires an hour and a half to unbraid
int great length Tor the greatest care must be OK
creased lest the strands become twisted and If they
90 II takes long, patient struggle 10 untangle
them.
Inc possessor Of this name is a dappled cbestnu+
mare and seems 10 enjoy having her hair combed
ana arranged as much any girl. Maud as the
morse Is called is now ten years old weighs 200
POUNDS and is 15]a hands high. She was purchased
by MI Zillgitt when she was three years old At
mat time she was in every way an ordinary horse
ana II was not until year later that her rnane
showed unusual growing abilities When she va
SIA ears old her name eight feet long ana ~
mas peen growing ever since. Once IL was kent in
a net Tor ten months, and when at the end of that
Ine II was taken down II was measured ana
UP. ~ - va" put
Inc horse Is cared for and fed just as any other
morse would be- Mr.. Zillgltt says she is a remark
ably small go - " '1i n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
RECENT SUNSPOTS.
Hints of Their Relation to Magnetic
Disturbances.

little light is thrown on mucn mooteo
question by leading English astronomer II. wal
ter Maunder in the December number or hnoWi
edge" From the fact that the abnormal behavior
OF magnetic needles in an observatory. well as
the development unusual electric currents in the
earth and auroras. Is associated with the appear
ance of spots the sun. II is generally oelleVeo
that there is connection between. the two. though
no one can yet tell what this is. The enormous ex-
tent of few of the spot groups which have been
observed and the fact that these are manifesta-
tions of eruptive action Of remarkable violence
lead one to believe that they should be followed
by terrestrial effects of one kind or another, even
If the precise mechanism is not understood
One of the questions excited BY these condolences
and yet unsettled is this: Does the position OF
spots upon the solar disk have anything to do with
the time which magnetic disturbances occur?
1t has been asserted by two American amateurs,
who believe that the weather is directly affected
by such outbreaks. that a spot is influential only
within the first three days after 1t appears
the eastern edge or limb" No one else has
been thus confident about any other situation. but
many experts have long been unwilling to sub
scribe to the theory mentioned. They had noted
exceptions to the rule. The exceptions may not
have been numerous but they were sufficiently so
to spoil the logic of the eastern limb party.
Mr. Maunder without laying down any general
proposition. shows very distinctly that within
the last few weeks three more or less conspicuous
magnetic disturb Dances were recorded when some
portion of a spot group was on the meridian, or
line drawn from pole to pole midway between the
edges of the disk else to the westward Of 1t
In other words the position central rather
than sided
Three important groups OF sunspo;s have recently
been observed. One. which for convenience may be
called the northern one. first began to show the
eastern limb on october 2 BY the rotation of the
It lost from sight about fortnight later.
but it reappeared october 90 When this group
crossed the meridian the second time. November
there slight but perceptible magnetic storm.
The second, and by all odds the biggest, in the
Southern Hemisphere. 1t was arranged in chain.
parallel with the equator. The head Of the process
sion appeared on October g. but this whole group
not fully revealed until two days later. Just
after the end had passed the meridian. Oc-
tober u, the self-recording instruments in the
Greenwich Observatory experienced a mild ht OF
Mysteries lasting several hours. The third group.
also south of the equator but smaller than the one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

they return TO the place they are at home among
the residents, none being too lowly to escape recog
milton.
Many are the humorous stories told Of them in
their boyhOod days. Not far from the centre of the
town lives farmer. whose chief JOY in life is TO
gather around him crowd of interested hearers
and describe how one autumn evening he caught
the two Moore boys in his choicest peach tree and
kept them there for hour. until they agreed to
come around next day and saw a cord OF wood as
a penalty for the trespass.
Yes. those Moore boys spirited said one
old woman. but they have good hearts In IN,
winter that my < sband died l had four children
and the look after. and every night after
school one or other of the Moore boys would crrse
and help with tho chores. They had drawn 4
load OF wood and piled il outside the door = took
lot of work and when some persons began heIn-
ing themselves TO that woodpile night William
volunteered TO catch them. He got an old GIN
and. turning the LIGHT out. down BY the ain
dow. When woke up along in the TnOrnn, he
was gone. but he came around after school ana
said ne had hxed it so there would be no more
wood missing IT turned out "fterward mat he
had seen an old man VINO lived alone bach on III.
OF me p"yS t"setheF ana they dragged 4 ,ot IF
cordwood 10 the old mans home. and agreed 10 ut
wo 16 iGf alone m on SATURDAYS " ne would leave ry
The residents of Greene never tire Of telling
iiOnaircs through the Diamond Match Trust then
meeting with financial reverses paid millions Of IN
debtedness. gain face the world Door men and
rise BY their own energy to the stations they
When The Moore boys were youths at the Greene
Academy they used 10 dream OF the time when they
could obtain unlimited books to read and plan with
the other boys how, whom wealthy, they would dis
pose Of their riches. They always cherished a hope
that some day they could give their little town
a library that all might enjoy, and now their boy
hood dream has been realized
The library which has been erected by them IS
htted with the latest heating and lighting fac-
ties, and mas been stocked with excellent collec
ton Of all kinds al books In addition this the
Moore brothers have deposited with the authorities
railroad securities aud municipal bonds the interest
on which is to be used forever In maintaining the
library and purchasing new books.
The exterior Of the hut"ng il OF granite and sand
stone while the interior Is elegantly and tastefuy
finished in marble The mother OF TIC Moore
brothers is resident of the village and is proud
interest IN the library, and has followed their
ample as a public benefactress, purchasing a school
lot on which TO erect new academy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
sArcHEu GIFT FROM WASHINGTON

Bangor, Me, Dec. u (SpeciaD.-John L. DonOhue,
an antiquarian of RoCklaHd, Is exhibiting to his
friends historical object of much interest in the
form of the po-tmanteau presented 10 General
Knox. of Thomaston. by George Washington. whose
Secretary Of War ne IL is commodiOUs.
handsewod leather satchel. about eighteen inches
long twelve inches wide and six inches deep. with
lining of linen and fitted interiorly with double
cover which Is fastened by Il leather strap
running through six brass staples the outside Gov
ering fastening with strap. through buckles In
This General Knox wont 10 carry part of the
nav of the Continental army on his journeys to
headntIarters 1t made in l115, and was one
of the most highly priced treasures OF General
Knox for the many associations connected with
the Eft and the siver The pOrtmanteau was.
after the death OF General Knox, in the posses
sion of the family of Seth Gerry, close friend
81 General Knox who also lived IN ThOmastOn.
and who purchased the Knox maEsion at Mont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
NIAGARA TOWER BEING TAKEN DOWN.

Fv order of the court. the Niagara observa-
tion tower is being taken down This great mass
Of steel was erected in 1893 at cost approaching
$4,000 1t was never profitable investment. 1t
stood over 800 feet high. and erected in order
that bird's-eye views of the Falls OF Niagara. the
upper rapids and lower gorge might be obtained,
1t stood opposite Prospect Park. and it's very
learness TO the waterfall caused its downfall In
winter the spray from the Falls was swept by the
wind hard against the tower parts, where IL
frozen by winters Icy breath When thaws fol-
lowed the ice plunged down upon adjoining struCt-
ures Lawsuits followed The courts awarded big
damages. and later declared the tower a nuisance
and ordered it's removal by December 81. is to
taken to st. Louis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
GAVE A LIBRARY TO NATIVE TOWN
Moore Brothers Gift to Greene Appreciated
by Townspeople.

Binghamton y. Y. Dec. u (speciaD-A memento
of their boyhoods happy hours is the marble. gran
lite and sandstone library building which has just
been completed and turned over to the village of
Greene by Charles and William Moore who have
become wealthy making matches and hoop steel
Those Moore boys the favorite topics of
conversation among the older residents OF the
village. The Moore boys were born and brought
up in the village OF Greene and when at intervals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
WILD GOAT SHOOTING IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND

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