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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
Steamer Is Ashore

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The British
steamship Drumelzier went ashore on
the point of Fire island bar. two miles
to the west of the Fire island light
house, last night in binding snow
storm, and is still hard aground The
vessel left New York Sunday. bound
for Swansea and Havre, and when she
struck was many miles out Of her
course
Wreckers were sent to her assist
ance from this city. but their efforts
to pull her off the bar have so far
proved unavailing. A heavy wind has
sprung up from the northwest, carry
ing with it a heavy sleet. The sea has
become very rough. The wreckers are
prepared to take off the steamers crew
if necessary.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27

eighths- Brooklyn, 100, Nicol. to 2, won:
Gravina. 10S Wonderly. 2 to 1, seconds
handspring. 161. L. Williams. 20 to l,
Little Ellzin. Charlie Miller and Rowland
M also ran. s41xss
Sixth race six furlongs-Go To Win,
107. MeCaferty. 9 to l. won; Sis Lee. 1O2,
102 Nicol. 8 to 2, third. Time, IA 3r5.
Florentine, Escutcheon, Tom Shelly. Vi
perine, Darius and Hannibal Bey also ran.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
Walsh Beats srodIaan

SALEM, Mass, Dec. 26.-Jimmy Walsh.
of Boston. knocked out Harry Brodigan, of
onds of fighting at the Apollo Athletic
club today. The men met for ten-round
bout. and for a couple of minutes they
appeared on even terms. Then Walsh
caught Brodfgan on the jaw with a ter
rife right-hander. The Englishman col
lapsed and was counted out.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
Noted Horse Dead

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec 26.-Luke
Blackburn, noted sire and in his days
one of the most brilliant performers the
age at the farm of w H McAllister, near
Bellevue, Tenn. He was twenty-seven
years of age.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
SKATING
DOWN TOWN RINK, 12TH AND ROBERT

Music every night and Saturday after
noon Rink open afternoon and evening.
Admission: Gentlemen, 15c; ladies and
children. 10c- Prize Masquerade Wednes-
day night, Dec. %. Six grand prizes. Open
Sunday afternoon and evening. Skates to
rent.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27

The Chicago song writer and prze fighter Injured his
hip in recent fight and likely that he will
enter the ring again. O'Keefe has always been hard
and consistent fighter and many ring followers have
dicted championship class for him. He Is under
physicians and his future will depend the doc
tors decision
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
Vale Defeats Mobile

MOBILE, Ala, Dec 26-The Yale
basketball team defeated the Mobile 7.
NJ. c. A. team tonight by a score Of 81
to 49,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
BowIers VIII Meet

The board of directors of the Minne-
sofa State Bowling association will meet
in the Windsor hotel Jan. at 8 p. m.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
Alpine Disasters

Some weeks ago, from figures conn
piled on the Swiss side of the Alps, it
was predicted that the present year
would exceed even the "blackest' Of
preceding seasons for the number of
climbing fatalities. Facts now gathered
on the French side amply bear out this
estimate. In 1898 there were 81 fatal
ascents, At in 1899. 48 in 1900, 63 in 1901,
119 in 1902 and 148 in 1903. For the,
prsseht year the total is 152 for the
Italo-Swiss side and $50 for the Aus
trian and French Alps.-London Globe.
Strong
'He married very muscular woman"
"So?"
.'Yes-she's shoplifter." Detroit Free
Press.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
MISSISSIPPI NEWS MATTERS
A Brief Chronicle Of ALI Important Happenings
Passing and Forging Checks.

Elan Wedgeworth, was arrested at
Handsboro, charged with attempting
to pass bogus check on saloonkeep-
er of McHenry, and also charged with
having forged check on Mr.. Stuard,
of the same place, two years ago.
Wedgeworth drove into Handsboro
purchased $50 worth of liquor and
offered to pay for same with check
for 5000, signed by j. R. Pratt, of the
Ten-Mile Lumber Company. The sa-
loon keeper did not have the money to
cash the check and requested him to go
to Mr.. Stuard's s place of business and
get the check cashed. Mr.. Stuard
recognized the man at once as the
person who passed a bogus check on
him for 5000 two years ago. Wedge
worth is now in the county Jail.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
A Penny Caused the Cough.

Boston. After years of suffering
from an illness which several physi-
clans said was consumption, Miss Iva
Brakeman, % years Of age, Of Newton
Upper Falls, has coughed up penny
and her health is rapidly improving.
When the girl was recovering from
fifteen years ago, she swal-
lowed the penny. She became i'll about
Ave years ago, and physicians dag
nosed her case as consumption. She
would be seized with violent coughing
spells, followed by the formation of
abcesses on her lungs. Miss Brakeman
was seized with a particularly violent
coughing spell few days ago, and in
an effort to prevent herself from chok-
ing thrust her finger down her throat.
The next instant she withdrew her
hand and up came the penny.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Suppressing WhHecappers.

Governor Vardaman now has under
consideration a plan to launch a
movement for the suppression Of the
whitecapper and other lawless bands
in Pike county, and it is more than
likely that the Pinkerton detective
agency will be requested to send addi-
tional forces to this state to ferret
out the perpetrators Of recent out
RACES. The governor has been spurred
to action by the complaint of a negro
named William Collins, whose store
and residence were burned to the
ground few nights since, and who
was ordered to leave the county un-
der threat of death punishment if he
failed to do 80.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Citizens Of Vardaman Indignant.

The failure of the Postoffice De-
partment to confirm the name of Var
daman, selected for the new town on
the road between Okolona and Hous-
ton, is attracting great attention. John
A briggs, of Vardaman, says: "We
are not going to stand for. this thing.
1t is our town and we have right to
name it what we please when there is
no reasonable objection to it, and
you can put it down that it will be
known as Vardaman to the end of the
chapter" While it is only hamlet
this incident will undoubtedly attract
national attention to it, and may prov
identially be the means of making a
big town out Of it.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
PANAMA CANAL ZONE.
It's Relation to the United States Pass.
ed on by Comptroller of Treasury.

Washington. Comptroller of the
Treasury Tracewell, in an opinion de-
fining the authority of the Panama
Commission regarding disbursements
and the relation Of the canal zone to
the United States, holds that while
the general spirit and purpose" of
the Constitution is applicable to the
zone, that domain is not part of the
United States, within the "full mean
ing of the Constitution and laws of
the country" He held that until Con-
gress, by express legislation, shall have
prescribed the form of government Of
the zone, the will and sound discre-
ton Of the president and his commits
sion will, control subject only to the
general spirit and purpose of the con-
stitution and the local revenues of the
zone in accordance with such rules as
they may authorize. He holds it un-
necessary to decide whether those rev.
enues are in a general sense moneys OF
the United States as are required to
be accounted for to the Treasury De-
partment. The Comptroller also holds
that the commission would have no au-
thority to adopt system of allotting
pay by employees on the Isthmus to
that in use in the Navy.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Decrease in State Convicts.

The reports of the Secretary of the
Prison Board of Control for the past
few months have shown decrease in
the number Of prisoners in the pen
itentiary. Secretary Melville finish.
ed his report to the Board for the
month which ended on the 25th The
report shows that there are now in the
penitentiary 1,050 convicts, an in.
crease of one over the last report
During the month eight were dismiss
ed, four were pardoned, two escaped
and one died. Those who escaped were
John Barry, on the Cutrer place, and
Will Foster, from the Oakley Farm
The number of convicts on the Sun
flower Farm totals 521. During the
month sixteen prisoners were brought
in from the various counties.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Another Boil Weevil.

A great deal of apprehension is felt
among the farmers near Marion, War
rem county, over the discovery of an
insect, said to be genuine boil Wee
vii. The insect is red colored, almost
brown in appearance. 1t was discov-
cred on M. L. Edwards place, and is
reported to be on places adjacent
thereto. 1t is noted that whenever the
insect thrusts its bill into the boil it
kills the boil and squares. Specimens
of the insect have been sent to the
State Entomologist and the Pest Crop
Commission at Shreveport, La, for ex-
animation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
G.. & S. I. Not Sold to I. G.

Vice President Thos. P. Hale, of the
Gulf and Ship Island system, gives
positive denial to the report that the
road has been sold to the Illinois Cen
tral system, and says that there is
not remote, possibility Of such deal
taking place. The rumor doubtless
originated Though the fact that bust
ness is rather dull on the Ship Island
system at present, owing to the clos
ing down of large number of saw
mills, but these plants will resume OPP
erations during the next few months.
as the lumber market is assuming a
somewhat brighter prospect.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Deported Man Returns Home.

Cripple Creek, Colo.-Patrick Nc
Carvel, one the men who was de-
ported over the Kansas line by the
military early in June, returned to
Victor, where he owns property, in
cluding large hall and business block
valued at $4,000. McCarvel was al
lowed to attend to some business, af-
ter which he was placed on board the
first outgoing train, with warning
that in future police protection would
not be afforded him should he again
return. He originally was deported
for openly expressing sympathy with
the miners and denouncing acts of
Gov. Peabody and his military at
taches.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Authorized Insurance Companies.

The new list of insurance companies
authorized to transact business in Mis-
sissippi, which is being sent out by
Insurance Commissioner w. @. Cole.
to post the people on the reliable COM
panies and prevent the operation of
wildcat concerns, shows that there are
at present sixty-nine fire insurance
companies licensed to do business in
Mississippi, of which number ten are
reinsurance companies. There are
nineteen life insurance companies au-
thorized to write policies in Missis-
sppi.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Sheriff Cannot Guarantee Protection

4 Cripple Creek, Col. Sheriff Edward
Bell will not guarantee protection to
any person who has been driven from
this district because of his alliance or
sympathy with the Western Fedora
tion of of Miners. He made this plain
when he received message from Pat
\ rick Carvel, one Of the hundreds who
were deported after the Independence
depot dynamite outrage. Carvel IS now
at Colorado City and notified Sheriff
BELL that he wished to resume his res
sdenee here if the authorities would
guarantee to protect him from vio-
lence. Sheriff Bell not only Informed
Carvel that he would not guarantee to
protect him from harm, but strongly
advised him never to return to the dis
trict.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
At the White House.

Washington. President Roosevelt
and party arrived in Washington and
were driven directly to the White
House. The train which came in ex-
actly on time, was long one drawn by
two engines. The presidents special
Dcar. the last one, was left outside the
train shed, and he headed the party
with Mrs. Roosevelt by his side In
walking its entire length. When he
arrived at the engines both engineers
we're lined up with their hands care
lfully wiped, waiting for the customa-
ary salute. The president shook each
|man s hand with both of his, and each
got a word Of congratplation on the
"Trip,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
ANTI-BoYcoTT ASSOCIATION.
VIII Take Hand In Fight Against the
Freight Handlers.

Chicago. the freight handlers
union should attempt to enforce an
order forbidding all members from
handling consignments to and from
the stock yards, the action will be
fought by the American Anti-Boycott
Association and the federal authori-
ties will be asked to intervene.
So asserted Daniel Davenport, ex-
ecutive agent of the association, who
arrived in Chicago today from Bridge
port, Conn. The freight handlers or
der was adopted by its council and then
suspended pending a call from Presi-
dent Donnelly.
Enforcement of an order Of that
kind would be gross violation of the
federal statute" said Mr. Davenport.
''The law provides the heaviest pen
alties for such an act. If the freight
handlers made the attempt they would
have the federal authorities down on
them in a minute, and / am here to
look out for the interests of our mem
hers. The association is prepared to
invoke assistance from the govern
ment.
Freight handling comes within the
business of common carrier, and any
refusal Of the freight handlers to ham
die any particular consignments would
be discrimination, and criminal con-
spiracy. This threat is similar tolone
of the cases of Debs in the A. r. U.
strike of 1904 -
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Sailors INGENIOUS Device.

Capt. Charles Bucknam of Falmouth,
ment for telling the way of the wind
without taking the trouble to go out
of doors. The weather vane on his
stable he has connected by means Of
hollow tubes, wires, ball bearings. etc..
to a similar vane near the ceiling of
the kitchen, thus causing both to turn
the same. The captain can now tell
which way the wind blows by glaneing
overhead in the "cab.@.-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Enlarging Pencil Plant.

Lewisburg, Tenn. Superintendent
Aschheim, of the American Lead Pen
ell Company, has large force of local
carpenters pushing to completion the
work on the company's plant in West
Lewisburg. The addition of the Sec
end story has added greatly to the
convenience of the plant. About l50
hands are now employed in all depart.
msnts Of the factory.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Fire Destroys Three Houses.

A fire destroyed three and damaged
two other houses belonging to d. C.
Parkman on Second street in Mt
Olive. 1t was clearly the result of ac-
cident and probably caught from the
kitchen fue. Loss about 1900. most
ly covered by insurance.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Fear whitecaps.

William Collins, a negro merchant
and farmer cf Pike county, appealed
to Gov. Vardaman for protection from
whitecaps. He says they burned his
store and warned him that he can
not sell merchandise in that county.
Collins is a thrifty negro and owns
considerable property which he does
not wish to leave, but fears he will be
killed Il does not,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Big Negro Gathering.

The negroes of this state are going to
have the biggest crowd and one of the
biggest times of their lives at Natche2
from the 22nd to the 2Sth of August
the occasion being the meeting of the
Negro Young Peoples Christian and
Educational Congress. Fifteen hun
dred delegates are expected, and they
will all be there. Booker T. Wash
ington will be the chief attraction, but
four bishops and other high church
dignitaries will be there also.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04

couple. At the age of 10 Whittier and
Miss Bray, who was but II, resolved
that they should part and never see
each other again. The wonder is that
they should have kept the promise.
Miss Bray, moving to the West, mar
efed a clergyman named William S.
Downey, who became a street preach
sr and tract distributor in the fervor
of his zeal.
When Whittier died he left consid-
srable property, of which $4,000 was
devised to the "Amesbury Home for
Old Women" as If in prophetic vision
OF the day, which finally came, when
Mrs. Downey applied for admission
to the home as youth friend of the
poet. She would have been received
without doubt, but died shortly after
making application.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Successor Question.

Paris. Despite the prominence al
ready given to M. Witte's name, well
informed circles here do not believe
he will succeed the late M. Won
Plehve as Russian Minister of the In
terror, as it is not considered likely
that he would accept the Office with
out receiving such extensive powers,
which the Emperor would hesitate to
accord.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Depressed Lumber Trade.

Information received from some
points along the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad is to the effect that some of
the lumber mills are reducing wages,
owing to depressed condition of the
lumber trade.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Beauvoir is Flourishing.

The executive committee of the
board of directors of the Beavoir Con
federate Soldiers Home held a meet
ing on Monday at the home to discuss
routine affairs. Auditor T. M. Henry
who is secretary of the board, reports
the home comfortably filled with vet
erans, who are enjoying themsel vaa
fishing and bathing at the old home of
jeff Davis.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
BOTH SIDES
STAND FIRM
NO BREAK APPARENT IN PACK
ING HOUSE STRIKE.
PACKERS ARE CONFIDENT
Employers Claim That Strike Has
Been Practically Won, With Strikers
Making Counter Claims of Victory
Talk of Appealing to Roosevelt.

Chicago. conflict between the
packers and butchers which has been
going on in the packing trade industry
4 throughout the country for nearly
three weeks, shows no sign of abate-
ment. Both of the opposing interests
seem as determined as ever on a fight
to finish and the indications are that
the struggle will continue for some
time. The packers declare that they
have won the fight and that the strik-
ers are becoming demoralized. Strike
leaders assert that the victory is with
the workmen and that it will be a
matter of but short time until the
packers viii be compelled to ask for
peace. Leaders of four of the allied
trades unions which went on strike in
sympathy with the packing house
butchers are said by the packers to
have made overtures Monday for re-
! sinstatement. According to the pack
Z 2ers the emissaries of these four skilled
fsrades sought to learn on what terms
Dthe strikers would be reinstated should
they return in a body. The answer
the packers representatives gave to
the emissaries was that the strikers
would be re-employed as fast as con-
ditions might warrant but only as in
|, dividuals and not as members Of the
| union.
The strike leaders disclaimed any
knowledge whatever of such action
taken by the four unions and repeated
their assertions that the outlok for
the striking workmen was more salts
factory than ever.
There was an attempt on the part
of certain persons to induce Presi-
dent Donnelly, Of the butchers union,
to appeal to President Roosevelt to
offer his good offices and bring the
strike to an end. Mr.. Donnelly re-
fused to consider the proposal.
"We are winning the strike and
need no help from the president, ="
said Donnelly. "There may be few
desertions from our ranks, but they
are comparatively few and do not
hurt our cause to any extent. All talk
about the strikers being on the verge
of starvation is nonsense. Up to date
there has been about 2 per cent Of
the entire number of strikers who have
applied for relief. We are prepared
to carry on the strike indefinitely,
having stations well equipped to sup
ply all our men with food and the dis
tribution will be increased as the
astrike continues.
The packers continue to add to
3their forces Of non-union men. Sat-
surday six hundred strike breakers,
most of them white men, arrived at the
stock yards. Against this arrival of
3new employees was registered the de-
|sertion of three hundred men who
have been taken into the yards since
the strike began.
4 The relief stations opened by the
packing trades relief committee are
Ibeseiged by men and women seeking
Hfood
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Kings Daughters New Home.

The Kings Daughters Circle No.
. of Greenville have awarded to Con-
tractor J. F. Barnes a contract for
their new--hpme, or hospital. The
building win cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
ROMANCE IN WHITTlER's LIFE
Probable reason Why Quaker Poet
Never Married,

The secret of the long bachelor life
Of John G. Whittier, the Quaker poet,
was revealed by the death In extreme
old age of the woman he once loved
and from whom he was parted. She
was Evelina Bray, born in Marbl-
school together as youth and maiden,
and living in the same relghborhood
they saw much of each other.
But when Whittier went to visit
his love at her home a little later in
life he was not admitted to the house.
Miss Bray's parents were firmly set
against any love affair between the
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Sleeping Wife Shot.

Dallas, Tex.-Samuel H. Cordell, an
insurance agent, shot and killed his
wife while she was asleep. Cordell
then shot himself. Jealousy is given
as the cause of the dead, Two chill
dren are left homeless,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
culnrlt Mas a "snort /.

On being sentenced to seven days
hard labor for being drunk, at the
workhouse, Lowestoft (England)
man took coin from his pocket and
offered to toss tho mayor whether it
should be fourteen days er nothing.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Electric Railroad to Leland.

Governor Vardaman issued his
proclamation incorporating the Green
vile and Leland Electric Railroad
Company, which is to have its begin
ming in the city of of Greenville and
run to Leland, in the same county. 1t is
expected that the company will short
ly organize and decide on the amount
of capital stock.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
Jackson's Two Dispatchers.

The Illinois Central railroad has de-
cided to employ two additional train
dispatchers here, and this will make
Jackson the most important dispatch
ing place between New Orleans and
Memphis, Notwithstanding the fact
that office of the chief dispatcher is at
McComb City.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
New Road for Aberdeen.

Columbus is now rejoicing in the ear
ly prospect Of another railroad con-
Meeting that city with Aberdeen and
the Frisco system. The proposed rail.
road is the Columbus, Memphis and
Pensacola, which was chartered about
a year ago by citizens of Lowndes
county.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04

Offers his professional services to tie
people Of Scooba and Kemper county.
ng Special attention given to of
work.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-08-04
]. E. TINSLE Y.
DENTAL SURGEON
Sc00ba, Miss.

Offers Lis professional services -
the people Of Kempsr County. AA
kinda OF deptal work done neatly and
promptly, Satisfaction guaranteed, 1