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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-06-16

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ibid you 80 some jokes left ~on
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- thems.Chisaec American
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-06-16

HE development of Japan
commercially, industrially
and politically since tina:
eventful year when Commo-
dore Perry knocked at the
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-06-16

HE "oldsst inhabitant" can
tell few tales of such guam
tity and depth of ice as has
this year delayed navigation
on Lake Superior and the
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
MISSISSIPPI NEWS MATTERS
Brief Chronicle Of the Important Happenings
Intimidating Witnesses.

According to reports from Lincoln
county the whitecaps, who are being
brought to trial by the officers of the
law, are trying to work some of their
old tricks by writing anonymous let
ters to state witnesses who are to be
placed on the stand at the next term
of the circuit court, when the white
caps cases are to be called and threat
ening the witnesses with all sorts of
dire and terrible punishment if they
tell the court what they know. 1t is
stated that these letters are being col
lected by the private detectives en-
ployed in the case by the state, and
a determined effort is being made to
find out who is the author. The let
ters will be introduced as evidence at
the trial.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Gets More Prizes.

Ii is learned that Mississippi cap
tured three gold medals at the World s
Fair, one on hay, alfalfa and grasses (;
one on canned goods, and another OH
its educational exhibit. Mississippi
also has been given silver medals on
sauces, honey, syrups and wagons. The
awards in several other departments
have not been announced but are ex-
pected to be made known, in a day OF
two. These in addition to the
grand prizes on cotton and forestry,
and the medal on fish and game,
should be enough to make the heart
of every Mississippian rejoice.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Robber Escapes.

A story has reached the county and
city officials of Jackson of the cap
ture and subsequent escape of j. E.
Martin, the noted car barn robber
and safe blower, who escaped from
the Kinds County Jail at Raymond
over three months ago. Martin, it is
A resident of Jackson, in Terre Haute
Ind, for robbery and placed in Jail.
A resident of this city, Terra Haute
at the time, saw Martin in Jail, and
told the officials that he was very
much wanted in Mississippi, but the
next day, when Martin IS cell was Wis
tied, the prisoner was gone. The
Kinds County officials have been
breathing easy ever since Martin
made his escape, for it seemed to be
a matter of impossibility to hold him.
About every other day he would tear
out of the Raymond Jail in broad day
light.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

NoIE:-Secretaries OF industrial leagues,
progressive unions and all organizations OF
IKE nature, are requested to furnish the
writer with notice Of matter that would be
ot interest to readers OF this department.
newspapers are also requested to send
marked copies containing mention OF new
Enterprises, good yields OF crop, extra stock
&c, or TO place the writer on the mailing
,ist 80 that such matters can be properly
uh,nSieu. .h would highly appreciate any OF
the State papers that might be sent regularly.
All press people are cordially requested to
make this ONCE headquarters while in Jack
son. Always have a comfortable chair, ex-
changes, stationery and a hearty greeting
Tor the fraternity.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Business Being Extended.

The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company, which already
has exchanges in all the principal
towns and cities, is contemplating ex-
tensive improvements over the state
by enlarging their local exchanges,
placing in up-to-date appliances and
constructing new lines. A franchise
has just been granted the company to
erect an exchange at Lexington, one
of the most prosperous towns in the
state, and pia-e - S.-cA sE1l~luual
wealth. The Cumberland people viii
at once put in an exchange there. The
general idea in view is to eventually
have every town Of Importance con-
neeFed by telephone,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Fire at Gulport.

Fire broke out in the northwestern
portion of Gulfport, which is densely
populated by negroes, and before the
the flames could be extinguished four
two-story frame residences and three
one-story cottages were totally de-
stroyed. The origin of the fire is un-
known, but there is reason to believe
that it was the work Of an incendiary
The buildings were valued at $4,000.
and the insurance carried was 2,100.
The loss on household furnishings and
personal effects was about $4,000, on
which there was no insurance.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Stato's Cotton.

Hon. S. d. McNair, member of the
Board of Control of the penitentia-
ry and Gov. Vardaman sold a lot of
the state IS cotton at Greenwood.
Eight hundred and ten bales were dis
posed of at 10 1-2 cents per pound.
Farnworth & Co., of Clarksdale were
the purchasers. Eight cars of cotton
seed, aggregating about one hundred
tons, were sold at the same time, the
mills at Clarksdale and Rolling Fork
being the purchasers at SIG per ton.
The total sum of money realized from
the cotton and cotton seed will be
about $4,000, which will be turned
into the state treasury.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Increases Capital.

The Southern Bank at Meridian has
increased its capital stock from $780,
coo to $4,000. Since its organization
six years ago, under President Frank
McGhee, the Bank has become one of
the strongest financial institutions in
the State. T. +. Rivers, formerly
agent of the Queen and Crescent, was
elected Vice President, and will here
after be one of the active managers.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Killed His Neighhor.

News comes from Calvoga, several
miles west of Eupora, of a bloody
affray between James Stallings and
Dixie Beard, neighbors. Mrs. Beard
was instantly killed and Stallings ia
tally wounded, dying later, while
Beard and his baby were slightly hurt,
Nothing is known as to the origin of
the trouble.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Compress Destroyed.

One of the most disastrous fires in
the history Of Ellisville occurred when
thu entire plant of the Ellisville Com
press Company was burned to the
g,ound. The origin of the fire is only a
matter of conjecture as there is moth
ing definite or substantial to be learn
ed
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

An interesting case was argued be-
fore the Supreme Court this week, in
volving the pay of naval officers. If
decided in their favor, it will make
difference Of about 100000 a year
to the government, besides establish
ing a principle which will have a
bearing upon much of the future leg
islation. The accumulated accounts
involved in this decision, it is esti-
mated, amount to a half million dol
lars. The question, in brief, is wheth-
er the extra 10 per cent of existing sal
aries which the act of 1900 allows to
army officers when in service outside
of the United States applies under the
same condition to officers of the navy,
by the terms of the personnel act of
1899, which prescribes that commits
stoned officers Of the line of the navy
and of the medical and pay corps
shall receive the same be, prescribed
for officers of corresponding rank in
the army.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

Yazoo county has furnished slaves
for an immense wine cask built in
France in which banquet was held
and ia guests comfortably cared for.
Another evidence that Mississippi
leads the world in timber resources.
Remember the grand prize at the St.
Louis Fair.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Addresses Of Teachers.

The State Superintendent of Edu-
cation has in his Office State teachers
licenses issued to the following par
ties, whose postoffice addresses are
unknown: Jane Mccoy, Mary Cook,
E. E. Butler, g. w. Draughan, S. j.
Brown, Miss Comelet Harrel.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

A large colony of germans from the
old country has been located by the
Pascagoula Board of Trade in that
section. They will engage in truck
ing and fruit growing. The lands Of
the State applicable to this industry
is fast being taken up and pity tits
that not more Of our own people ara
going into IL
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI

Devoted to the Industrial Commercial and Asricul.
tural Development Of the Wonderful Resources Of
the State Items Of Interest from all Quarters.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20
Writ Adams Again.

State Revenue Agent Writ Adams
has served notice on the officers of the
Delta Pine and Land Company, Will
liam Watson, of Beauvoir, Secretary
and Treasurer, and f. B. Comfort and
Frank Johnston, counsel, that the
Company was due the state back taxes
on solvent credits amounting to ST.
10000. The deputies of the Revenue
Agent have been working on this case
for some time, and have been in the
various counties where the Delta Pine
and Land Company has been doing
business, collecting the solvent cred
its of the concern. The credits are
in the nature of notes given by buy
efs of land from the Company, which
held a lien on the land until the notes
were taken up. The Delta Pine and
Land Company has been doing an ex-
tensive business in Mississippi in the
Delta and in the piny woods section
o. the state, and has always been
very large dealer in real estate. The
assessment is made for the years 1886
to 1908, and it is fled in this coutny
as the domicile of the Association.
The back taxes that the state will re-
eeive upon this for the period will
amount to about $1,000; the county
will receive as its share about $4,000,
and the the city will receive about
$4,000.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

Phillip Graham, West Indian ne
gro, shot his wife, Susan, with Colt
revolver near Pascagoula. Later he
went into the woods nearby and shot
himself in the left lung and arm. His
wife will recover, but he will die. The
cause of the shooting was jealousy.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

The Aberdeen Clothing Factory
closed its first years business "a few
days since and after casting up ac-
counts found the result to be highly
satisfactory. Over ten per cent was
cleared on the first years business and
the prospects for a larger profit For
the coming year good,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

Some one who pretends to know
says that molasses poured on pieces
Of shingle over which had been
sprinkled concentrated lye and placed
around the barn will kill and rid the
place of rats. 1t would cost but little
to try the experiment and if it is
tried by some of our readers and
found good, would be glad to hear
from them.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

Tenders his professional services II
the people OF Wshalsk ind yjeinisy
Calls answered day aad night,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

By Il. Z. BLAKESLEE, Jackson. Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-20

The Grenada Fair reports the most
successful meeting in the history Of
the association. Large crowds at
tended and the exhibits were highly
creditable in every respect. Good re-
ports come from others that have held
their annual meetings and those to
hold yet have fine prospects. 1t would
seem that Mississippi is again COM
ing into her splendid reputation as a
State of successful fairs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS.
Delegates to the National Convention
Favor Senator German for
President.

Baltimore, May 27.-The demo-
cratic state convention of Maryland
met in this city Thursday, adopted a
platform and elected the following
delegates-at-large to the st. Louis con-
vention Senator Arthur Pue German,
ex-Gov. John Walter Smith, State
Treasurer Murray Vandiver, Congress
man ]. F. C. Talbot. While the dele
CATION to st. Louis was not instructed
except to vote as unit, it is admitted
that this course was followed at the
request of Senator German, the con-
<ention being plainly in the humor to
instruct for him. When delegate
moved to so instruct Senator German
protested and the motion was with
drawn. The platform adopted by the
convention admittedly embodies Sen:
ator Germans opinion of what the ma
tional platform should be. 1t calls for
moderate tariff revision, independence
for the Filipinos, economy in expendi-
lures, full investigation of all alleged
crookedness in the post Office and other
government departments, and severely
criticizes the present administration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03

convention was called at Crookston to
formulate a plan of action. Delegates
from nearly all the Red River valley
counties were present. 1t was decided
that an accurate topographic survey was
the first thing needed, and $4,000 was
subscribed by the counties to prosecute
this work. President James j. Hill
contributed like sum for this part OF
the work.
The survey was made and an eXhaus-
tive report was submitted, which estab-
lished fully the feasibility of the gen.
eral drainage plan.
After several Intellectual attempts the
the Red River valley drainage COM
mission and appropriated 100000 with
which TO begin the work.
To date about 100000 has been eX-
pended in this work, the Great North
ern railroad having contributed $25 ,000
of this amount.
About $50 miles of main ditch have
been dug.
This work has been done with re-
markable foresight and economy, due
largely to the tireless efforts of its presi-
dent, Mr. Ezra G. Valentine, of Brecken-
ridge.
Gov. Nelson, an eX-officio member of
the commission, took an active inter
est in the work and personally inspected
many of the bitches both during con-
struction and after completion.
The bitches are from three to fourteen
miles in length and vary in size from
four feet deep and ten feet wide to eight
feet deep and forty feet wide.
In cost they varied from $4,000 tc
$4,000.
The bitches are the joint property OF
the state and county in which they are
located. The county must make such
repairs as recommended by the state
board of inspection.
The system as a whole is working
with great satisfaction, and the wide.
spread system of land drainage both
county and private now being prose-
cuted throughout the valley furnishes
abundant proof of the faith of the PEG.
pie in drainage.
The legislature in 1897 passed an act
authorizing the organization of what
are known as sub-drainage districts
This permits the farmers whose land
can be drained by one main ditch to or.
ganize and proceed to survey, construct
and pay for the ditch and divide the
cost of the ditch equitably among the
| benefited landowners.
To find to what extent this law hat
been taken advantage of canvass ha!
recently been made which, though no
complete, shows that the following
counties have engaged in drainage worl
under this law: Douglass, LIE Seuer
Kittson, Kennebec, Martin, Cottonwood
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
THE PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
Great and Enthusiastic Crowd Greets
Alice Roosevelt in
st. Louis.

st. Louis, May PA crowd of 5000
persons, more than three-fourths of
whom were women, jostled each other
for a glimpse of Miss Alice Roosevelt,
the eldest daughter of the president
of the United States, at union station
Thursday afternoon when she arrived
for weeks visit. Four hundred
women broke through the gates to the
midway when the train arrived bring
ing Miss Roosevelt, Miss Alice Warder
of Washington, and several maids.
The women crowded about Miss Roose-
welt at the train steps, delaying her
advance in spite of the protection fur
nished by two policemen, who led the
party. Miss Irene Catlin, whose guest
Miss Roosevelt is, and her brother, T..
E. Catlin, had great difficulty in keep
ing near the party. When the midway
was passed, Miss Roosevelt and her
escorts broke into rapid walk, while
the crowd followed with shouts of
"Hurrah for Miss ROOSEVELT There
she isl" until the carriage was reached
at the entrance of the station. SO
great was the rush at the carriage
that the presidents daughter was al
most forced against the wheels before
she could enter. AS soon as she was
seated the carriage was driven rapidly
away The enthusiasm attending the
reception was entirely unexpected by
the police or union station officials.
Only a few officers were on hand to
control the thrOng.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
Ioftiest Lakes in the World.

The most lofty lakes are found
among the Himalaya mountains in
Thibet. Their attitudes do not, how
ever, seem to have been very accurate
ly gagged, for different authorities
give widely different figures regarding
them According to some, Lake
Manasarowar, one of the sacred lakes
of Thibet, is between 10000 and TO-
900 feet above the level of the sea, and
if this is so it is undoubtedly the lofti-
est IN the world. Two other Thibetan
lakes, those of Chatamoo and Surakol;
are said to be 1900 and 15,400 feet in
altitude respectively. For long time
it was supposed that Lake Titicaca.
in South America, was the loftiest in
the world. 1t covers about $500 square
miles, is 924 feet in its greatest depth
and is 10000 feet above the sea. In
spite Of inexactitude with regard to
the measurements of the elevation Of
the Thibetan lakes they are no doubt
considerably higher than this or any
otner.-BaltimOre Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
Elliott Suicides.

His disordered mind overpowered by
the knowledge that he was thought to
have attempted the life of the pres;.
dent and by the prosecutions he be-
lieved he had suffered, PeterO. Elliott,
the Minneapolis man who sprang into
prominence last fall when arrested in
the White House with loaded 3S-cali-
Der revolver in his pocket. committed
suicide His lifeless body was found
dangling at the end of 3-foot rope
from the Short Line bridge near St.
Paul
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03

Nordic ditch Wilkin county, Mimi. Five
miles long and drains 10000 acres.
the high turnpiked roads are put strips
of dirt between the canals.
The annual rainfall for this region
is about 81 inches and does not differ
much from that of other parts OF Min
nesota. 1t is not that they have too
much rainfall, but that the excess
moisture which finds freedom in small
streams and rivers in other sections
of the state, in this flat region, remains
where it falls from lack of a natural
slope of the ground to start it down
a coulee or valley.
AS in Holland they must construct
canals to carry off excess storm water
which must be pumped up into canals,
as the country is too fiat to create
or keep open natural channels, so
in the Red River valley man has been
Obliged to supply similar outlet for
surplus storm water. And to carry the
analogy still further, as in Holland
they must combat the sea as well and
build great dikes to keep it from over
flowing their lands, so the Red river
at times of extreme floods becomes al
most an inland sea-ive to ten miles
wide-before which the early settlers
must flee for lack of the well-built dikes
furnishing security to the Hollander.
In most parts of the country the nat
ural slope of the land is from ten to
twenty feet per mile. In this valley the
clo ri tho wQSt tn the
Red river-the natural and only outlet
for storm water-is from two to four
feet to the mile This is not suf-
fcient to maintain natural water
course, with it's usual bends, to say moth
ing of originally making such. few
wend their way across this fiat area,
but with such slow flow that at times
of heavy rains they become more like
lakes than rivers.
The first attempt to lessen the dam
age from insufficient natural drainage
was made about 1879. These were small
bitches made by the Great Northern
railroad and large land owners with the
hone of freeing their lands of this sur
plus water.
Forty to fifty of these bitches were
dug from one to five miles in length each.
While these pioneer bitches did not full
fill the main object for which they were
dug--their small size and inadequate
outlet being their chief faults-yet they
proved to the settlers what might be
accomplished with more money, coupled
with engineering skill.
rho frrt eonoerted move toward a
solution vas made in July. 1886. when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
jury Secured.

Grand Rapids, Mich, May 27-In
the superior court Thursday jury
was secured in the trial of Eugene D.
Conger, manager of the Grand Rapids
Herald, who is charged with conspira-
cy in the Lake Michigan water deal
of 1900 The first witness was ex-City
Attorney Liant X. Salisbury, who, upon
his return from term in the Detroit
house of correction, made confession
duplicating many officials and business
men, He retold his story, and stated
that he agreed to pay Mr.. Conger $780,
900 for the support of the Herald, $10,-
900 of which he says he actually paid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
Old Liberty Bell.

A patronic welcome will Minneapolis
give the Liberty Bell June 6.
If those in charge of the relic will
permit it's removal from the cars, it will
be made the center of parade, both
civic and military in character. Or, If
it cannot be removed from it's car, an
mother way is to have it switched to
the tracks of the street railway, and
paraded around the loop, where thous-
ands may view it. If this is not per-
missionable, the parade will be made
to pass around the bell while it rests
at the station. The committee will
ascertain as soon as possible whether
the bell can be taken from it's car.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
Appearance of a Glacier.

An immense snow-ield, about a
quarter of a mile in width, extended
to the top of the mountain, a thousand
feet above It's whole extent was COW
cred with grooves, markings and
cracks. A little lake, formed by the
melting of the snow and ice above,
nestled at the foot of the ice-field, its
waters imprisoned by the great dixie
This lake was partially frozen over,
and in the occasional open spaces large
blocks of ice were floating round.
Moved by the force of the wind, they
grounded upon rocks or firmer ice un-
derneath, then were lifted up with q
grooming and creaking, varied by sud-
den splashes, as large fragments broke
off and fell into the water. The lower
edge of the ice and snow projected
over the water, rounded off in beauti-
full combings and rolls, apparently
about to drop off into the lake.-St
Nicholas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-06-03
News Notes.

Prominent musicians from all parts
of the state will be in Duluth June 16,
II and 1s to attend the Minnesota State
Music Teachers association.
A Young man by the name of Sven
Haugland, employed by Hoken Bruins
ven. a farmer near Cottonwood, was
kicked by horse, and as result died
of lockjaw.
The body of newly born girl baby
was found in the Cannon river. The
body was lying on the bottom and to
all appearances had not been long in
the water.
Judge Gray, sitting at Mankato, has
declared the Amboy Elevator company,
a farmers organization of Amboy, in
solvent.
A special NJ. g. ST. L. train has been
chartered by the Minnesota State Edi-
torial association to carry its members
on their annual outing to st. Louis to
attend the fair and see the sights gen.
orally.
The frame railway station at Oak
wood, about two miles east of the fish
hatchery and near Highwood, was
| partislly destroyed by fire.
The dry weather has caused appre'
hension among residents of Cass Lake,
as the loose underbrush and grass in
thewoods are highly inflammable and
the danger of forest fires is great. A
| firewas started about two miles west
of Cass Lake, and Eugene f. Bruce
chief lumberman of the bureau fores
try took party Of men with him to
fight it.
| Charles Wadena, son of noted In
dian chief of that name, died at the
state reformatory at st. Cloud from
consumption, according to report re-
ce;ved by the state board Of control