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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
DIED TO SAVE OTHERS.
Fireman Loses His Life at Santa.
rum Fire.

: St. Louis.-One man was burned to
death and four young women nurses
were severely injured by jumping from
windows and in running through the
flames while escaping from the Mis-
souri, Baptist Sanitarium, which was
partially destroyed by fire. The man
was Frank Roberts, fireman en-
ployed in the sanitarium, who lost his
life in his attempt to save the nurses.
The injured: Charley Laubender,
"a years of age, Of Massilion, o.,
jumped from window, sprained back
Miss Ella Rock Of Michigan; bad
ly burned on running through flames.
and bruised body.
Miss Iva Brown, of st. Louis;
sprained ankle by jumping from third
story.
Fifteen nurses besides the matron
were sleeping in the house when the
fire started. None but those mentioned
were injured, but all had narrow es-
capes. The fire is believed to have
started from the furnace.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
scooBA MEss. THURSDAY, DEC 8, 1904.
cnUMpAcKER w1rHDRAws.
Hemingway win Succeed Fairbank.
Is Senator.

Washington. = Senator Fairbanks
has. received telegram from Repre-
sentative Crumpacker Of Indiana say
ing that he had withdrawn from the
senatorial race in that State. Mr..
Fairbanks said that this practically
settled the question as to who would
succeed him when he became Vice
President. The lucky man in all prob
ability will be Representative Hem,
ingway, the present chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee.
There are several other candidates In
the field, but it is conceded by nearly
all the Hoosier politicians now in
Washington that Mr.. Hemingway
has the situation in his own hands.
Senator Fairbanks will resign on
March 3, and Mr.. Hemingway, having
been elected in the meantime, will
be Immediately sworn in. Represen-
tative Burton, present chairman OF
the Rivers and Harbors Committee, is
prominently mentioned to succeed Mr.
Hemingway at the head Of the Appro-
priations Committee.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Manual Training.

A manual training department has
been added to the curriculum. 1t is
the ambition of the Trustees to make
this school one of the most thorough
and modern in the state. They were
fortunate in securing the services of
Prof. 7. L Trawick as Superintendent.
He is regarded as one of the finest
teachers in the state. The trustees:
are c. c. Hart, President; W. F. De-
louze, Secretary; Will T. Mcdonald,
M. L. Ansley, W. J. Chapman. The
faculty is: 7. L. Trawick, A. M, Su-
perintendent; Miss Minnie Lou
Bowers, First Assistant; Miss Mabel
V. Cazeneuve, Second Assistant; Miss
Johnnie Hart, Primary Teacher.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
MISSISSIPPI NEWS MATTERS
A Brief Chronicle of the Important Happenings
Engineer Assingned.

Much qualification is felt at Vicks
burg at the assignment Of Capt. Geo
M. Hoffman, United States Engineer
to the Vicksburg Engineer District
Since the transfer of Major Thomas
L. Casey to st. Louis, this important
district has been in charge Of non.
resident engineers located at eithel
New Orleans or Memphis. Capt. Hoff.
man will relieve Capt. j. F. McIndot
of the Fourth Levee district, who ha.
been in charge temporarily OF tht
Vicksburg district. He will also re,
lieve Capt. E. w. Van c. Lucas OF the
charge of the third district, from
Warrenton to the mouth Of Whit
river in Arkansas.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Far Reaching Decision.

A decision has been handed down
by the state supreme court in the case
Of Revenue Agent Writ Adams
against O. S. Robbins of Vicksburg, a
prominent attorney of the Hill City,
will be far reaching in its effects and
involves the collection it now appears
of more than one back tax suit, or
solvent credits.
1t was a test case made by the rev.
enue agent to ascertain whether or
not he had the right to compel an at
torney for an estate to declare whose
interests he represents, when these
interests are assessed for back taxes
and the records do not show to whom
the property belongs but only shows
the attorney as trustee.
Mr.. Robbins is attorney for estates
in Vicksburg, which were assessed by
the revenue agent for back taxes. The
records showed nothing except Rob-
bins as trustee. He refused to di-
vulge who owned the property on the
grounds that it was professional Sc
cret and that he could not be made to
give away the secrets of his client.
The supreme court in its opinion held
that as the client would have to an
swer the question the attorney will
have to do the same.
It is learned that through Missis-
sippi there are interests assessed for
back taxes that the records reveal
nothing except the trustee, and that
the attorneys have refused to divulge
who are the principals,
The state revenue agent will now
go after this class Of delinquents and
armed with the opinion of the SUI
preme court, will have no difficulty
in getting all information wanted i'll
regard to who owns the assessed prop
erty, as the attorneys must answer
all questions of the court.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Torty-Five are Hurt.

Holden, Mo.-A Missouri Pacific
passenger train bound from ST. Louis
to Kansas City was wrecked at tie
waterworks bridge, resulting in the
injury Of forty-fve passengers, sever
al Of them being seriously hurt. The
accident was due to a broken rail,
which projected from the track. 1t
caught the first coach behind the mail
car, throwing IT from the track down
. twenty foot embankment. Two Of
the coaches, Pullman and dining
car, followed. A broken rail was on
the bridge and the rear Pullman roll
ed off the bridge into the creek be-
low
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
The Queen is Sixty.

London. Looking as young and
beautiful as the average woman OF
three-fourths her age, Queen Alexan-
dra has celebrated her sixtieth birth
day, having been born Dec. /, 1874
The anniversary was celebrated in the
midst Of family gathering at Sand
ringham. During the day her Majes-
ly received many messages Of congrat-
ulation, as we'll as number of pres
snts, the donors comprising the Ger
man Emperor, the Gar and Czarina,
The King of Portugal, the King OF
Italy and the members Of the Danish
royal family.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Interest in Case.

New York. - While it has been Off
cially announced that the claim OF
one, of her larges. csc6isors-the one
whose ssit brought about all the pub
licity given her affairs would be
satisfactorily settled, there is no di-
minution in interlt IN the case Of
Mrs. Cassie =. CII Idwick, the Cleve-
land woman whrse financial affairs
have furnished a aseries Of sensatiens
llnc1t unparallcll IA.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Truck Farming on the Increase.

French Camp reports that great
deal of trucking will be done in that
section next year. Ten thousand
fruit trees were put out this fall and
one farmer has planted eight thousand
stalks of sugar cane and contracted
the crop at sixty cents per gallon
The people are beginning to diversi
fly their crops and the community IL
especially prosperous.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Presidential Vote Given Ont.

Secretary of State Power, has COM
pleted his tabulation of the presiden-
tial vote showing the total vote cast
to have been 5S,064, which is six hun
dred and sixty-four less than the vote
of four years ago. In round num-
bers there were ffty-three thousand
democratic and three thousand re-
publican, thirteen hundred populists,
and four hundred socialist votes. The
congressional vote was fifty-three
thousand against fifty-one thousand,
four years ago.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Pete Ingram Released on Bond.

The report that Pete Ingram, wht
shot and killed his father-in-law
Samuel Runnells, at the former'
home, near Saratoga, few weeks age,
had been arrested at the time was MOI
true. Ingram was at large for severa
days after the killing, but later sur
rendered to the offers. He was giver
preliminary hearing before Justice
Of the Peace Sullivan, and was re-
leased on $4,000 bond to await the ac
tion of the Smith county grand jury
Runnells was an ex-justice Of th
peace and very prominent man.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
His Last Smoke.

Fort Worth, Tex.-A special to the
Record from Adrmore, I. T., says: ].
S. Steed, at the home of his. daughter,
Mrs. Julia A. Ward, filled his pipe,
struck match and began to puff it,
when without word, he sank to the
floor and expired. Mr.. Steed was 105
years Of age and had smoked all his
life, death overtaking him when solac-
ing himself with the chief comfort
of his old age. His wife died nine
years ago at the age Of 81.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Caught With Decoy Letters.

New York. Herman Fromkes, a
clerk in the One Hundred and Third
street branch postoffice, has been ar
rested by postal agents, who allege
that several decoy letters were found
in his possession, and that when con-
eronted by the inspectors he put his
hand under his vest and produced five
letters still unopened, among which
were the two decoys with the money
still in them. In all the letters are
alleged to have contained $102.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Our. Vagrant Law Wanted.

Attorney General Williams has re-
ceived a letter from Hon. William
Wohlhuter, a member Of the Mime
sofa legislature, asking for copy OF
the Mississippi vagrancy act, and in.
timating that he will offer similar
measure at the next session of the
legislature in that state.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Another Trial.

Fall River, Mass.-It has been an
nounced that all the Fall River mills
would be started again on Monday,
and it has been said that the manufac-
turers will make an attempt to break
the strike by bringing in operatives
from other towns and cities. The un-
ion officials claim that the mill opera
tives are making extensive offers in
the way of higher wages than those
which prevailed before the proposed
reduction.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Day and Night Bank.

New York. - Impressed by the need
for an institution where money may
be obtained at any hour, prominent
New York fnanciers and commercial
men have organized the First Night
and Day Bank and Safe Deposit Co.,
The names Of men prominent in the
business and social world appear IA
the Organization Committee, and the
capital stock Of $25o,00o already has
been subscribed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Niece to Teddy to Wed Cousin.

New York. the engagement has
been announced Of Miss Eleanor
Roosevelt, daughter Of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Eliot Roosevelt, and niece
of the President, to become the bride
Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, son
of Mrs. James Roosevelt, Of Hyde
Park. The couple are cousins several
times removed. The brides father
vas President Roosevelt's = only broth
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
No Limit for Drawing.

State Treasurer Miller states that
there is nothing in the point of law
raised in regard to legislative appro-
priations and the time limit for draw
ing same from the treasury. 1t has
always been the custom for state In
stitutions to draw the balance due
them at the end of the year, and there
is no law on the statute books or in
the constitution to prevent them from
doing so.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Exempt From Taxation.

Auditor T. M. Henry, on the ad'
vice of the attorney general gave no.
tice that the New Albany Clothing
Company loca!ed at New Albany, in
Union county, and the Topsy Hosiery
Mills located at Tupelo, in Lee coun.
ty are exempt from taxation for .
period of five years under the amend.
ed Acts Of 1904.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08

raphy in New York city. 1t was dui
Ing the war that the possibility Q
using a closed circuit on Morse In
strument and transmitting sounds o
the human voice by it occurred t.
him. AS early as 1872 he intereste,
the chaplain of the regiment, Rev. c
M. Barnes, in his theory.
In 1876 he set up the instrumen'
which he called "the Goodyear single
coil telegraph sounder," in the room
of the Howsel School of TelegraphJ
To the amazement of those presen
at the experiment, Strong succeeder
in securing communication with sta
lion many miles away,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Oranges Shipped From Mississippi.

Hon. Frank H. Lewis, president Of
the Pascagoula Commercial Club,
made several shipments of Satsuma
oranges by express to parties in New
Yor, Scranton, Pa, Hattiesburg and
Aberdeen. The oranges were grown
in his orchard ON the Pascagoula riv.
err.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
State Farms Made $4,000.

At the next session Of the Prison
Board of Control the financial state.
ment fo rthe year will be made show.
ing receipts for the year to have beer
$4,000 and the expenditures $780,,
900, thus leaving balance to go te
the state treasury. Crops exceeded
expectations, and the board thinks
the convicts made good showing.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
New Depot at Harriston.

The secretary Of the railroad COM
mission has been informed that the
depot at Harriston on the Yazoo q
Mississippi Valley road is now prac-
tically completed and is one Of the
most convenient new depots in the
state.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Lumber Min for Clarksdale.

An immense lumber mill is being
established at Clarksdale and will be-
gin operations soon. Messrs. Wade &
Dodds are the proprietors and con-
template using the fine hardwood tim
ber found in that section.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08

"I estimate the consumption this
year Of American cotton, in round
figures, 11,5O0,0OO. / estimate that
Great Britain will consume 100000
bales more than last year; the Con-
tinent, 100000 bales more; America
China and Japan, 5000 bales more
and believe, if it were possible for
the mills of the world to get the cot
ton at anything like present prices,
they would take from 100000 to l.
DOC, 900 bales more than their require
ments, in order for them to have some
little reserve stocks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
Are Doing q Large Business.

Senatobia is experiencing trouble
with congested conditions Of the
business streets on Saturdays espec-
ially. That must mean that the town
Is doing an unusually large business
this fall.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
BROWN SAYS 1880, 600.
Declares Ten Cent Cotton Not High.

New Orleans. P. Brown, the
well-known cotton broker and noted
bull leader, has given cut the follow
ing statement:
"My estimate by states is as fol-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-12-08
CLAIMS THE FIRST TELEPHONE

Chicago Man Says the Perfected In
strument in 1875.
Chicago is claimed as the birth
place of the telephone. The instru
ment was the invention of Henry c
Strong, a journeyman printer and s
veteran of the civil war, who had
served in the Ninety-third Illinois
Before the war he had learned teleg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
KNIGHTS OF GOLDEN EAGLE.
Plans Formed for Meeting of Supreme
Castle in This City,

Arrangements for the annual session of
the Supreme Castle, knights of the Golden
Eagle, to be held in this city, commencing
headquarters of the officers will be at the
Ebbitt House. committee of fifty ladies
and gentlemen, members of local castles
and temples will be at the depots to re-
ceive the supreme officers, representatives
and members from other jurisdictions.
The present officers are: William H Ruff
of New Jersey, supreme chief; Jas II. Liv-
ingston of Maryland, supreme vice chief:
w. B. Small of Maine, supreme high priest:
William CulbertSon of Pennsylvania, SUI
preme keeper of exchequer; Albert G. Lyt-
tie of Pennsylvania, supreme master or
records F. A. Williams of Ohio, supreme
sir herald; John d. Harger of Michigan.
of Connecticut, supreme second guards
man. and Harry p. Reinicke of Pennsylva-
mia lieutenant general of the military
branch.
This will be the third session IN this
city, the first being held in May, 1883, with
Harry c. Stout of Pennsylvania as SUI
preme chief; the second in October, 1895.
Jacob III. Arell of Maryland supreme
chief. The present membership numbers
69,3S5 -
Officers for the ensuing term will be
elected at this session. John b. Woodheld
is the grand chief and Edward l.. Tolson
the grand master of records of this Jurls-
diction H. T. Adams is the supreme rep
resentative from this city.
Plans have been made for trip 10 mount
Vernon. the institution of a new castle ana
a sightseeing trip around the city during
the soiourn of the sir knights, about 2oo or
whom are expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
The Arizona Founding Trouble.

dispatch from ST. Louis, Mo-, last night
says: Minus thirty-six of the fifty-seven
children which he took to Morenci, Ariz.,
several days ago, DR.. M. Whitney Swayne,
superintendent of a New York founding
asylum passed through st. Louis for New
York. DR.. Swayne, while awaiting train,
said that none of the children was missing,
but admitted that his stay in Morenci had
hardly been what he anticipated
1.-The trouble" DR.. Swayne said, was
due to the fact that one of our fathers, I'M
familiar with the community, had recon-
mended that we place certain children in
certain families. We had already estab-
lished two colonies in Kansas and Arkansas
and had children left. When about half of
them had been placed in Morenci the unfit
ness of some of the families to rear chill
dren was brought to my attention, and l at
once started out to collect the babies, who
are from three to five years old. Persons
from whom / had taken children presented
a hostile appearance, and thought it best
to withdraw. AS If to frighten me, they
gathered about the coach in which we travel
and hourished guns The children were not
old enough to appreciate their danger and
we had no panic. Some of the sisters were
quite unstrung, and we left as soon as pos
sible.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10

nominated by the socialist party of this
district as a candidate for Congress, but
whose name was denied place on the
official ballot by Attorney General Bryan
because of failure to comply with the law,
Will, after all, have his name on the tick
cts. He has just sent to the secretary of
state a petition, signed by 400 voters,
again nominating him as the candidate of
his party.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Society of Friends convened last evening
In the Friends Meeting House at Ashton
this county Meetings We're also held to-
day, and the concluding service will be
held tomorrow morning. Ministers and
others from Baltimore and Washington
were in attendance, and there were also
present large number of county people
Last evening Right Attitude Toward
War was the subject of an interesting
discussion.
The following business has recently
Deen transacted in the orphans court at
this place: Letters testamentary on the
personal estate of William II. Pratt have
been granted to Levi Hill: tho last will
and testament of Ottmar Sonneman ST.
mas been admitted to probate and record
with Rebecca Sonneman named as execu-
trlx; letters testamentary on the personal
estate of Sarah n Red have been granted
TO John f. Benson; Henry M. Talbot, ex-
ecutor of Nathan T. Talbot has passed
MS hnal account, and Henry NJ Talbot
executor of Henry NJ. GingelI, has filed an
inventory OF personal estate of deceased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
BETRAYED BY HIS CHILD.
Outlawed Farmer Was Captured After
Shooting Himself

A dispatch from Hartford, Conn, says:
Love for his children explains in a measure
the capture of John Whipple, the outlawed
farmer who died at the hospital Friday
from wounds self-inflicted when he found
himself trapped. He had tried to keep near
his two children, who were being cared for
at the Eavns farm in South Glastonbury
On Friday his daughter Liva, aged six
years, saw him in the barn. In her excite
ment she told Mrs. Evans, who at once
notified the neghbors. Whipple had stayed
around the farm for two weeks, sleeping
most of the time in the barn and living on
apples but always keeping out of sight Of
the Evans family.
AS Whipple all the time was supposed to
be in the woods at East Glastonbury Mr.
Evans was skeptical about the hEtle girls
story, but nevertheless sent word to the
neighbors. A score responded and all had
weapons They took cover and waited.
After an interval shot was heard and
then Whipple staggered to the door.
dozen guns covered him, but he made no
show of resistance and was quickly sur
rounded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
Faithful Dog Tagged Train.

dispatch from Delano, Pa, says: A
Lehigh Valley railroad passenger train was
brought to sudden stop near Yatesvile
Friday by the engine driver seeing a dog
ahead with red danger signal flag in his
mouth.
The crew investigated, and, finding a
clear track. placed the animal ON board and
took him to Yatesvlle. where it was learn
ed the dog belonged to Perry Dougherty,
an old Lehigh Valley track walker. For
six years he was accompanied on his beat
by the dog. Dougherty died this morning,
and at the usual time for going on duty the
dog. not seeing his master about, evidently
thought he had left the house without him.
The dog ran to the railroad and entered Il
shanty where the red flag was kept, took
the bundle between his teeth and started
down the track. as he had been taught to
do many times before by his master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
Alleged Rate Discrimination.

Complaints have been filed with the inter-
state commerce commission as follows By
T. NJ Kehoe and John +. Kehoe of Terre
Haute, Ind, against the Evansville and
Terre Haute Railway Company, the NASH
vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway
Company, the Georgia Railroad Company
and the Southern Railway Company for IN
just discrimination in rates and VOL lLion
of the act to regulate commerce, the specific
complaint being that, the respondents
charged undue and unreasonable rates in
excess of the published legal rate at The
time of the complaint; and by the Penusyl-
vania Coal and Mining Company of Charles
ton, w. Va, against the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company and the Grafton
and Beington Railroad Company, this be-
ing a complaint against the roads named
because of alleged discrimination in rates
against the complainant in favor of COM
petitors.