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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
: Mining Combine In Illinois.

Chicago, April "a. = The Tribune
says: Vast coal fields in central Illinois
are to pass to the control of a gigantic
corporation, with a capital OF $50, OOO,-
900. and they will be operated in con-
nection with the Hill system of rail-
roads. James ]. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway company, is
said to have financed the deal and the
Burlington, the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific railroads will at
once open markets for the Illinois fuel
in the northwest
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
Coal Oil And Flint Glass.

Wathena, Kas., April. 23.-Agents of
the Standard OIL company have been
in this vicinity for several days leasing
land supposed to contain coal and oil.
Thus far, nearly 400 acres have been
leased within radius of five miles of
this city. Included in this lease is the
rock quarry one-half mile south of
Wathena, in which a six-foot vein of
pure white flint glass sand has recently
been discovered, and is one of the most
important of anything yet found on
the lands.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
BONDED DEBTS OF KANSAS.
Municipalities Have Over Five Times The
Bonded State Debt.


Topeka, April 2S.-The bonded in
debtedness of the municipalities of
Kansas, including all counties, cities,
townships and school districts, accor-
ding to the returns made to the office
of State Auditor Seth G. Wells, aggre-
gate $50, 2S7, 592 Most of these bonds
are bearing but 4 and 5 per cent inter
est. although there are few old issues
outstanding upon which 6 and Z per
cent is being paid. The Indebtedness
of the state compared with the munich
palities within it is ridiculously small.
It amounts to but S632, 900. The in
debtedness of the various municipali-
ties. however, is being rapidly reduced,
times being good and the treasures
full of money. and where the bonds are
not being paid off they are being re-
funded at lower rates of interest.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
Ir-irntIon Llama.

Washington, April 23.-Thc commits
sioner of the general land Office has
ordered the temporary withdrawal
from settlement of about 200, 900 acres
with the Triton lake irrigation project
He also ordered the temporary with
drawal of small tracts in connection
with the reservoir scheme in New
Mexico, the Grand river and Gunnison
tunnel irrigation schemes in Colorado
forpia
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
Gue.ts Of aorsrnor Rallsr.

Topeka, April Ex-Governor Bailey
has announced the names of the people
who will be his guests when he enter
tains the president at dinner on the
evening of May l. Here is the list:
Judge w. C. Hook, of the United States
district court, Chief Justice W. A.
Johnston, of the Kansas supreme
court, Senator J. r. Burton. Senator
Chester I. Long, NJ. A. Low. N. H
Loomis, D. w. MuIvane. Morton Al
baugh, E. w. Howe, OF Atchisoa and
w. a. White of EmpOria
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
over Tho RFIaaourI paoI6e.

Topeka, April 23.-PositiEe announce
ment is made by A. &. StiIwell, presi-
dent of the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient railroad, that his road would
not build into Topeka, with a spur
from the main line or otherwise. The
close alliance which the Orient has
with the Missouri Pacific, however,
renders this unnecessary. 1t viii make
its connections with Topeka over the
track of the Missouri Pacific, which
is crossed about eighteen miles south
of this city
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
national Charltle. Conference.

Topeka, April 23.-Governor Bailey
has named list of delegates to the
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections at Atlanta, Ga. May 6 and
II. The delegates are: L. Fl. Perkins,
Rev. Edward a. Fredenhagen and Mrs
Fredenhagen, Topeka; C. w. Charles,
Topeka; +. w. Blaclzmar, Lawrence;
Edwin Snyder. Oskaloosa: Fl. j. Allen,
Ottawa; R w. McClaughry, Ft. Leav-
enyvorth: Rev. o. 5. Morrow. Topeka;
j. ). Simmons, Hutchison; Mrs. Ella
Glenn Shields, Wichita; E. b. Jcwett,
Lansing.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
Traln dug Ont OF SNOW.

Berlin. April 23.-The train on which
Count Won Ballestrem was travelling
was dug out of the snow in Silesia in
time for him to reach Berlin and open
the Reichstag. The general election
will not occur for seven weeks, but so
little remains to be done that the house
will adjourn early in May. Most of the
session was devoted to discussion of
the proposed changes in the election
regulations and which are designed
to provide greater secrecy in ballot
inc
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02
"Alum" Is Their. Also.

Harrisburg. Pa, April Ex-Governor
Pennypacl1er has vetoed the bill re-
Gently passed by the legislature rcgu-
lating the manufacture and sale of
alum baking powder. The governor
in his objection to the bill says its
passage was evidently secured by the
manufacturer of vender or some rival
baking powder with intent to obtain
ad unfair advantage
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02

The emperor of Japan opened the
fifth national exposition at Osaka The
ceremony was brilliant and was at
tended by the entire diplomatic
corps.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-05-02

Russia is now demandi ng a practical
cession by China of the sovereignty of
Manchuria
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
ReddOch to Return.

Martin l.. Reddoch, the d~efaulting
postmaster at Yazoo City, who has
been spending the past three years in
she Federal penitentiary at Nashville,
will complete Ills sentence within the
next few days and return to Missis-
sippi. It is learned from former as.
sociates of Reddoch in this city that
he intends to return to the State and
commence life anew. During his con-
6nment at Nashville he has made a
model prisoner, occupying a position
of trust in the prison, and has in every
way conducted himself with proper
decorum. Reddoch's shortage at
Yazoo City amounted to about so, 900.
He was formerly a man of good repute,
and an influential fuctor in Republican
politics, but evil companions led HIM
astray.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Provision for Good Roads.

The Board of Supervisors of Copiah
county have let a contract to DIR. Fl.
Il. Barrow to work all of the public
roads in the county west of the Illi-
nois Central Railroad. The price is
to be $35 per mile per annum, and
covers a term of four years. The
milage covered is about $50. The
price for the part of the county east
of the railroad was considered too
high, and all bids were rejected. but
the contract will be let at an early
meeting of the board.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
National Guard Encampment.

The Mississippi National Guard will
probably go in camp this year at
Chickamauga. This seems to be the
programme that the War Department
has mapped out for the Mississippi
troops. 1t is probable that tina troops
of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi will be camped together at
Chickamauga. The exact time of the
encampment is not known by the Of
fcers of the National Guard in this
State, but it is supposed that it will be
some time during the month of August,
though the time has not been agreed
on by the Army officials at Wash
lngton.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Illinois Monument in National Park.

OF the $3.50, 900 appropriated by the
State of Illinois for q monument on
the Vicksbnrg National Park the sum
of $3.50. 900 is available at once. There
are about seventy Illinois organize
tons which were represented on the
local park lines, and with the money
already available, it is safe to say that
the near future will see actual opera
tons on the part of the Illinois Com
mission, as they are a wide-awake lot
of people.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Canneries Close Oyster Season.

The Packing Companies of Scranto
have suspended the canning of oysters
for this season. The Bohemian
laborers are leaving, but will return
in greater numbers next fall. During
the summer larger quarters will be
built for the accommodation of the Del
mas hands. the plant will begin to
work to its full capacity. For the
next month the plant will can shrimps
at the rate of about 10, 900 cans
per day.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Declines to Discuss the Question.

Shanghai. The Chinese treaty re-
vision commissioners have received
from the Chinese foreign Office in
structions to decline further discus
sion with the American commission
ers on article II of the proposed new
treaty. which refers to the opening Of
ports 10 MaaeLurla to foreign trade.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
TOPICS OF MOMENT
FROM MISSISSIPPI
News and Notes of the Day in the
Prosperous Bayou State.
FATAL DUEL AT YAzOO CITY,
Five Men Engage in Pistol Fight In Which
Two We're Killed and Two Seriously
Wounded..Tragedy Caused by a News.
paper Publication.

One of the most deplorable tragedies
in the history Of the State occurred at
YGzoo City, Saturday evening, in
which T. A. Kelley. Circuit clerk of
Yazoo county and his br otherf T. NJ.
Kelley of Anding, figured on one side
and f. A. Birdsall. editor OF the
Yazoo Sentinel, D. d. Dorsey and G..
p. Dorsey of Lumberton, on the
other. Pistols were brought into
play and as a result OF the trouble T..
A. Kelley is dead, T. NJ. Kelley criti-
cally wounded, ID. d. Dorsey is dead
and G. P. Dorsey seriously wounded.
The trouble grew out of the publica-
tion in the Yazoo City News of an ar
ticle of a political nature written by
T. NJ. Kelley, which editor Birbsnll is
said to have thought reflected upon
himself and his relatives the Dorseys,
and to which he made reply through
the editorial columns of his paper. 1t
was thought the mater had been
amicably settled, but q statement by
the Dorsey's mated to parties in Jack
son in refernce to the matter seems to
have renewed the bitter feeling and
the deplorable tragedy of Saturday
came as a terrible surprise to the
friends of all the parties. Afidavits
have been sworn ont against T. r.
Birdsall and G. P. Dorsey for the
murder of T.. A. Kelley.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
SHOCKING STORY
FROM KISHINEFF.
Eye Witness Tells Of a Horrible
Train of Atrocities.
BRUTALTTlES ARE HORRlFYlNG.
People Slaughtered In Homes Which Are
Burned, a Waste Being Made of Town,
Eight Thousand Families Being Shell
terless and Wocfully Destitute.

A special from the Nashville
American from New York says that
the massacres Of the Hebrews at
kisheneff, Bessarabia, have horri-
fed the world as the particulars be-
come known. Mrs. Yetta Feldman
OF this city has received a letter
from her husband who recently
went on a visit to relatives in Rus
STA, has written that he was 10
Kishneff when the massacre &C.
Cured and wrote from there the
letter In which he described the
horrors and brutaliries of the Rus
sian fanatics. Only a portion of the
letter al be published, ana that
portion CT 1t Is as follows: "My
hand trembles, my brain is on fire
and my thoughts are confused as l
write these lines. l am i'll with the
blows l have received.
dear Wife: Since the world has
been in existence and as long as it
will exist, may God preserve tie
Jews from such massacres as this
one at Kishineff. There have been
massacres in Odessa, in Kiev, in
Bake, but never yet has there been
such q terrible massacre as the one
in Kishineff. A great battle was
fought today. | had a visit from the
doctor. AS soon as be left me. l
hired a carriage aud drove to the
hospital. In the hospital there are
1876 wounded. May God grant re-
covery for eve 100 OF them. The
doctors say that even those who do
recove will be crippled for life.
From the hospital 1 drove to the
cemetery. There lay 80 corpses
who will today be inferred. These
thirty-eight we're photographed be-
fore they were inferred. These In
the hospital who are expected to
die will also be photographed.
"This calamity is greater than the
calamity of the. temple. Three
quarters of Kish,neff has been de.
stroyed. People were slaughtered
ia their own houses. Furniture was
chopped to bits. clothing torn up,
houses were burned, bricks from the
houses were scattered, and even the
chimneys were torn down.
IA waste was made of all Kishin.
eff. 1t will not il fifty
years. Eight thousand families are
lying in the streets with nothing
but the sky over them. Brands
ere pu: to the houses ard men,
women and children all naked bare.
ly escaped. The number OF killed
is not rightly estimated as yet"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
OPPRESSIVE TAXATION
Forces a Louisville Insurance Company
Out of Business.

Louis Vile. Ky.-The Western In.
a Company, with headquar-
tiers in Louisville, will go out OF
business. This decision was an
nounced by the President Mr.. Chris
tian Siege, who gave oppressive
taxation as the reason for the
withdrawal. The business of the
company, amounting tc about
SO, 300, 900 in fire policies exclusi We
ly, will he reinsured in some other
company. The Western vas inccr-
porated IN 1872, and has paid 4 per
cert per annum in dividends or
1850, 900 capital stock. Mr.. Siege
said the ace would pay out
about 1925 per share.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

President John w. Stringer of the
National Live StocS Association, has
notified DIR. w. H. DalrympIe, of
the State University, of his appoint
ment as a member OF the committee
on sanitary measures of that Asso-
citation for 1903. The Doctor Is al
ready a member of the executive
committee Of that Organization,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
ROBBED BELMONT.
English Servant Arrested in a New
York PawnshOp.

New York.-A man who describes
himself as George Reynolds, an
Englishman, was arrested as a re-
sult of a robbery of silveware and
iewelry valued at $40. 900 and some
private papers from August Bel
mont. All the stolen property was
recovered. Reynolds came to this
country a week ago and got employ
ment as second man at Mr.. Bel
mont's country home at Hampstead,
L. L. Reynolds was arrested in u
pawn snop and the property was
found in a bag in a saloon nearby.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Fleeing From Turkey.

Washington - Minister Lieshman
has reported to the state department
as follows: I have the honor to report
that owing to his imperial majesty
having graciously given special orders
to facilitate the departure Of natural;z-
ed American citizens of Ottoman or
igin who desire 10 reloin their hus-
bands and fathers in America, the fol-
lowing families started last week.
(naming % separate families.) Other
families are expected to follow within
the next few weeks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
The Humbert Case.

Paris-Magistrate Loydat has con-
cluded his Investigation of the Hum
bert fraud case, and has decided to
commit Theresa Humbert, her hus-
band, Frederick, and her brother for
trial on charges of forgery, the use of
forged documents and of swindling.
The magistrate d.smisses the cases
against Eva Humbert, Theresa's
daughter, and May d~'Aurignac, her
sister. The case against Madam Hum
bert, her husband and brother pro-
badly will be heard in July.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Negro Girl Killed About Boquet.

A tragedy was enacted at Lena, in
Leake county, which seems to have
grown out of the desire of a dusky
belle of Beat 4 to bedeck herself
with flowers. Pearl Dew, shot and
killed a girl named White, because
the latter invaded her premises and
culled a boquet. Both are colcred.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
Midget DepOrted.

New York.-Joseph Bernstein,
years old, who with his mother,
brother and sister, arrived recently
in this country from Prussia, has
been ordered %deported, the immi-
grafton authorities having decided
him to be Ineligible for admission
to the country because OF his diInin-
utiee size, he weighing only 10
pourds.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
C0mmiss EnjOined

The Illinois Central road has insti-
tuted injunction proceedings against
the Mississippi railroad commission to
prevent the enforcement of the order
recently issued for limited trains to be
stopped on flag at Magnolia.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Speaking Of the reported shoallne
at the mouth of the Mississippi River,
an officer of the Bureau Of Navigation
has said: "It is true that Captain
Converse, of the Illinois, was SEN tc
New Orleans q few weeks ago to look
into the condition Of the river and re.
port as to the advisability of sending
his ship there TO be docked, but nc
serious obstruction to navigation has
been found. No doubt Captain Con-
verse will make some report to the
Department. but as jet he has not
done so. He went simply to deter
mine whether or not it was advisable
to send the Illinois up the river at the
time, and he concluded not to do so.
He may have found a mud lump at the
mouth OF the river, but 1 doubt if he
will mention hat in a report. Such a
formation could easily be removed by
the dredge and would form no serious
obstruction. 1t would not be shown
on ~ chart. If dangerous bar is
forming down there, I ana not advised
of it."
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

An attempt was recently made tc
ship an internal machine on the
steamer Unbria, but the police re-
ceived an anonymous letter which
revealed the plot.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
A 5000 Endowment.

The McComb heirs have promised
to give an additional endowment of
$50, 600 to the Chamberlain Hunt
Academy at Port Gibson. This in
stitution is the Presbyterian synodical
school for young men in Mississippi,
and is under the direct supervision of
the synod.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
DR.. Bratton Accents.

DIR. Theodore Dubose Brattor, of
Raleigh. N. c., has wired his accep-
lance of his bishopric of the Episco-
pal Diocese of Mississippi, to which
position he vas elected at the council
meeting recently held in Jackson.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

James Dover, who preferred
charges against several officials Of
the postoffice department. at Wash
ington, has been dismissed by or
der Of Postmaster General Payne.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Frank M. Barnett a CLERK in tie
United States Bureau of EthnoIogy
at Washington, has been dismissed
bv order of Postmaster General
Payne.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
The Silver Lining.

The glanters in the sections OF the
Delta recently visited by the overflow
are now seeing the silver lining to
their dark cloud. Travelling Sergeant
Dodds Of the p~enitentiary, In discuss
ing the outlook in hat section says.
Il visited the overlooked counties, and
in places where the water covered the
ground for miles the earth is now
pretty and green, and crops are being
planted with most excellent prospects,
the farmers feeling confident that
they will have good stands Of both
corn and cotton. Pasturage is excel.
lent. In other parts of the Delta
where there has been no rain of con.
sequence for several weeks, the out
look continues very gloomy. The soil
is dry and dusty. and cotton-seed can
not terminate until moisture is Sc
cured. The planters in the ovarfowed
section certainly have the best of the
prospect this year."
AT the annual meeting of Camp
Dabney H. Maury, U. G. ", No.
1912, at Newton, the camp was pre-.
sided over by Major s. G.. Spann, OF
Meridian, commander, and the meet.
ing was of considerable interest.
Among the members present way Jack
Amos, tine old Indian war interpreter
for Major Spann. Several incidents
OF this Indians life we're related by
Commander Spann. He said Jack
was one of the noble braves who
leaped into the raging torrents Of the
Chunkey river en- the 10th of June,
1858, when so many of the Confeder.
ate soldiers were drowned at the time
the heavily loaded train crashed
through the bridge during that memo.
rable freshet, and with his comrades
brought to shore 70 corpses and %
living soldiers. On the west bank of
Chunkey river, in sight of the passing
trains. are the graves of sixty of the
soldiers who lost their lives in these
waters. In a number of other SINH
lar instances this Indian performed
deeds that WOuld embelish tho nooas
OF the brightest history, had they
been done by q white soldier. Jack
has declared his intention to go with
the company to the reunion as one OF
the old Confederate Veterans of Major
Spann's Battalion of Indian Scouts.
Jack lives five miles from Chunkey,
in this county, and travelled twenty
miles to meet his old Commander and
be present at the camp meeting.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

A remarkable theory in regard to
the increase in crime is advanced by
DIR. Arthur Mcdonald, criminologist
attached to the United States Bureau
Of Education at Washington, says the
Picayune. DR.. Mcdonald argues
shat automobiles, electr ic cars and
telephones and other invention are re-
sponsible for the increase in crime,
suicide and various forms of abnor-
nality, because they cause people to
exercise less and to think more. This,
ne says. puts IN unsual strain on the
nervous system as compared with the
muscular system. DIR. McDonald's
conclusions are as curious as his
theory: "Eat meat and potatoes"
40 declares, "or you may become a
criminal"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

The Investigation of the affairs of
the Postofice Department which has
oeen dragging along for tw
months, took a starting turn when, by
order of Postmaster General Payne,
August w. Machen, General Snper.
lntendent Of the free delivery system
and one of the most widely known
Government officials In the United
States, was relieved from duty and
Postofice Inspector A. G. Fosnes vas
designed to take charge of that
service.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

The United States Government it is
reported, will not coerce Salvador into
the payment of the Ell Triunfo claim.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14
TREND OF EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON.
Terse Topics of Interest to the
Great American C~itizenry.
THE OLD LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Government Printing Office Has Just
Issued the official State Papers and
Correspondence Touching the Purchase
of the louisiana Territory.

The Government printing Office has
just iss ued the official State papers
and official correspondence touching
the purchase Of the Louisiana Terri
tory, which was compelled under the
resolution of Representative Gaines
of Tennessess. 1t is of great historic
interest, especially in view of the
celebration of the Centennial of the
louisiana Purchase. and contains pa
pers of Jefferson, Madison, Livingston
and Monroe, and the corresponding
papers from the French and Spanish
Governments. The book is to be
distributed by members of the House
and Senate, each of whom has a small
allotment.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Levi Ankeny, Standardized from
the State of Washington to succeed
George Turner, is a millionaire banker
and farmer. Mr.. Aukeny is awkward
and difident, so it is quite unlikely
that he will take a prominent part in
senatorial deliberations, says the New
Orleans Picayune. 1t is generally be-
lieyed that but for the active and
dexterous campaign conducted by his
wife he could not have been elected
Senator. Mrs. Aukeny is a daughter
Of Ex-senator Nesmith.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-14

Chief Uhler, of the Steamboat In
spector Service, has decided to make
an investigation into the condition and
equipment of the steamer Saginaw,
which sank off Hog Island, Va. a few
days ago, after collision with the Old
Dominion Liner Hamilton. The Sag
inaw was inspected in May, 1902. by
two of the most competent officers OF
the service, and was then found to
fulfill every requirement of the law
as to construction aud equipment. Mr..
Uhler will go to Philadelphia where
he will meet the inspectors in charge
Of the district where the accident &C.
Cured, and arrange for a detail of Of
dcers to make the Investigation.