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MRS. JANE 6, LAGAN.
Prominent Charity Worker Goes to
Her Reward.

Mrs. Jane Claiborne Lagan, summer
resident of Bay ST. Louis for many
years and widow of the late Hon. M. D.
Lagan, died late Monday forenoon at
her residence, 1909 Annunciation street,
New Orleans, after an illness of only
eight days duration.
Mrs. Lagan was native of Louisiana.
She Was born in New Orleans in 1887,
and had resided here all her life. Dur
ing her life, and especially since the
death of her husband, Mrs. Lagan had
labored increasingly for the poor in her
vicinity. Not only were her efforts con-
fined to this section, however, but there
area number of prominent charitable
institutions which included her among
their most generous patrons.
Mrs. Lagan was particularly interested
in the care of destitute children, and
her efforts were mainly directed to those
institutions which care for these little
helpless members of humanity.
Mrs. Lagan was married shortly be-
fore the Civil war. To this union were
born five children. She leaves three
sons: Charles, John and Mathew D.
Lagan, and two daughters. Isabel, wife
of DR.. J. T. DeGrange, and Sara, wife
of Foster E. DuBuys.
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THE PRESTIGE OF LARGER SPACE,

MANY advertisers often think that
small advertisement will bring them
Just as great results as a large space in
a newspaper. For instance, they think
ten-inch space with the same wording
would bring as much business as double
that space. The following from one
who has given the matter test goes to
show how much mistaken are those who
have the above idea:
A Wisconsin professor recently insti-
tuted an inquiry as to why the value of
advertising increases in such enormous
ratio to the amount of space used, says
Western Publisher. He found that a
one-page advertisement was not twice
the value of half-page advertisement,
as might be imagined, but twenty-five
times the value, aud that a half-page
was fifteen times the value of quarter
page. 1t is interesting to discover why
this is so; for it would appear that
half-page advertisement is big enough
to be read quite as easily as page ad-
vertisement, and affords room for what
ever statement OF fact the merchant or
manufacturer desires to bring to public
attention, The secret seems to lie in
the prestige acquired by the use of the
larger space. The public is impression
able. If the common mind can be made
to think in certain way or direction,
it may be said to be impressed with the
idea conveyed. Once so impressed, the
public is likely to act in accordance with
that idea. The public moves as a
crowd, is swayed by what may be called
the intelligence of the crowd, as distin-
guished from the intelligence of the
individual
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Sheep Raising in Mississippi.

Ocean Springs News: In connection
with the sheep and wool industry,
wherein Jackson county ranks at the
head in this State, it is interesting to
know that in the last census report
Mississippi showed up with more sheep
than any of the other cotton states ex-
cept Texas and Tennessee. And this in
spite of the fact that the bulk of the
sheep ranging the great pine belt of
South Mississippi, the finest and near
est to being burrless sheep range in the
world, is not reported at all. The sheep
ranges of Sonth Mississippi are i'm
mense, and there is room for thousands
and thousands more sheep than now
roam the forests.
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Saturday, Aug. IL, 1906, at ? p. m,


Present, Hon. John K. Edwards, ma
yor; T. w. Adam, J. L. Favre and F.
S. Fabre, aldermen; A. j. Carver, mar
shall; Rich'd Mendes, secretary.
The Board resumed the examination
and revision of the assessment rolls !;
same being concluded, it was ordered
that the assessment of realty and per-
sonaIty for the year 1906, as returned by
the assessor, and revised, equalized and
corrected by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Bay st. Louis,
be, and the same is hereby received and
approved and signed by the Mayor in
open Board.
1t was further ordered, that the secre-
tary make copies of same, as required
by law.
The opinion requested from Hon. w.
Mcdonald, as to the legality of the ap-
pointment of the school trustees at a
meeting of the Board April I, 'O6, was
read, accepted and filed.
Whereas, the action of the Mayor ard
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ELYSIUM THEATER AT
new ORLEANS SOLD
DOWN TOWN HOUSE BOUGHT
BY HENRY GREENWALL. =
MANAGER GRBENWALE WILL
PLACE STOCK COMPANY THERE
DURING THE SEASON,

The Elysium Theater, located at Ely
sian Fields avenue and Burgundy street,
New Orleans, was sold Monday to Henry
Greenwall, owner of the Greenwall The
ater, and between himself and Walter
S. Baldwin, manager of the Baldwin
Melville Stock Company, will put a
stock company in the place and operate
it throughout the theatrical season,
which begins shortly. The price paid
for the property is l2,t53, the amount
sufficient to meet the outstanding debts
of the Third District Theater Company
which has been in the hands of a re-
ceiver for some time. The sale was ad-
Indicated before Judge JOHN st. Paul
of the Civil District Court.
1t was known on Saturday that the
deal was closed, but owing to the fact
that the affairs OF the company were in
the hands of the court, nothing could be
said of the matter until final adjudica-
ton. This came abont shortly after
noon Monday.
The deal was pulled off very quietly,
and but few persons knew that it was on
These same few were the only ones that
knew the transaction had come to an
end on last Saturday, when Edward A,
Suarez agreed to the sale.
1t now develops that the Greenwall-
Baldwin people propose putting stock
company in the down town theater. Fol
a period of three weeks the Baldwin
Melville Stock Company will play al
the Crescent Theater, and at the expira-
tion ot that time the company will play
at the Elysium until the new Baldwin
Theater, now in the course of construc-
ton, in Dauphine street, is completed
This will be Oct. IL. On that date the
company will appear in the new play
house, and when the company leaves
the Elysium another stock company viii
be put into the place.
1t is understood that number of re.
pairs will be made to the Elysium.
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Quarterly Report of the q. s NJ. G.
T. Company.

The quarterly report of the Gulfport
C Mississippi Coast Traction Co. for the
quarter ended June 80, which has just
reached the railroad commission, shows
that the venture is running ahead of ex-
penditures. The total receipts from
freight and passengers was the sum OF
S25, ,S36.y8, and expenditures all round,
$23, ,258.03, showing revenue of $685.
13. BY next summer it is anticipated
this will be one of the best paying rail
road investments in the State, and will
add a little to interurban movements in
other sections of Mississippi.
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Highest Price for Charcoal Ever
Reached.

Ocean Springs News, Saturday:
Charcoal is now bringing the highest
price ever known. People thought last
week, when $500 was paid for a carload,
the high water mark had been reached,
but on Wednesday of this week Andrew
King, of Latimer, received S240 for a
car loaded at this station. Mr.. King
stated to the News man that during all
his years in the coal business there
never was such a demand for the pro-
duct, nor has the price ever gone so
high as at present. 1t was not so many
years ago when sixty to eighty dollars
was considered good price for car
load of charcoal, but those times are
past, and, though the price may fall
during the winter months, the day OF
low prices for coal is thing of the past.
Timber is getting too scarce and valua-
BILE.
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DAMAGE SUITS FILED AGAINST
CUMBERLAND.
Jackson Citizens Resist Highhanded
Methods of HoDopoIy.

Last Fridays Jackson News has the
following:
Two suits for damages were filed in
the Kinds coanty circuit court today by
Mr.. T. E. Nugent and DR.. J. H. Magru-
der, well-known citizens of Jackson,
against the Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
AS grounds Of action plaintiffs allege
that the telephones were removed from
their residences by the defendant COM
pany because they failed to comply with
the notices to call at the company's Of
fice and pay their monthly rentals.
The suits involve very interesting
legal question, the outcome of which is
of much importance. The Cumberland
enjoys a monopoly in Jackson as well
as in many other towns of the State,
and few weeks since the management
gave notice that, in the future; subscri-
bers will be expected to call at the Office
and pay their rentals; that hereafter
collectors will not be sent out, but state
ments of accounts will be sent through
the mails, and, unless parties call and
pay within five days, service will be
discontinued.
The plaintiffs in these suits contend
that they cannot be legally compelled
to call and pay their bills, but, on the
contrary, it is the duty of the company
to send collector. They refused to
comply with the first request mailed
them, and their telephones were re-
moved.
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CHILL
CURE
Cures ChillS.

Messrs. Abbott & Webb, of Crowley,
La, says: 1--WE have sold Royaline
Chill Cure for the past year and guar
anteed every bottle. Every customer
who has used it has been delighted, and
they have recommended it to their
friends. 1t gives better satisfaction than
any other chill cure that we have ever
handled"
Mr.. John J. Stafford, proprietor Stat
ford Hotel, Springvllle, La, says:
"Royaline Chill Cure is the best we
have ever tried in our home. Two bot
ties of it cured chills and fever on three
members of my family"
EVERY BOTTLE GUARANTEED,
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HAUNTED HOUSE.
Famous Place Between Gulfport and
Beauvolr. = The Old Mansion Sold
For a Good Price.

| About midway between Gulfpor,
and Beauvoir and facing the roadway oi
the new electric line and the gulf stands
a deserted house which has been known
and pointed out to the passerby fol-
wears past as the "haunted house,.
With its reputation and secluded loca
ton, it might have been bought for a
song a couple of years ago, but on ac-
count of the increased values of real
estate in this section, brought about by
by the construction of the Gulfport and
Mississippi Coast Traction Company
and other enterprises, w. S. Seaman,
of Handsboro, the owner, sold it few
days ago to T. B. Robinson, of Gulf
port, for 81 500.
1t stands on a bluff. surrounded and
almost hidden by beautiful oaks, cool,
inviting spot, and worth every dollar
of the purchase price.
Presumably, the house was seized for
debt, with its contents, years ago, and
with the neglect of the custodian valua-
BILE pieces of furniture from time to
time disappeared until nothing remained
but solitary piano, and this instrument
was the principal factor in bringing
about the reputation that the house was
haunted.
A party of tourists rode in a carriage
all the way from Biloxi to view it, and a
wag, aware of their move, went in ad-
vance, concealed himself, and, as the
party drove up about sunset, played a
few doleful bars on the piano. Without
alighting, the young people whipped up
the horses and left, confirming the story
that the place was the abode of spooks
and goblins.
Every portable article has been stolen
by the insane souvenir collectors, even
the legs of the old piano having been
carried off, long after the ivory keys
and strings disappeared. Even the
walls have been Clipped, and the old
house stands today without windows, all
warped and distorted, like the morals of
the average tourist. Pictures have been
taken and retaken, and post cards are a
staple article in ort-New Orleans
Picayune.
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Thursday, Aug. 9th, 1900, 3 p. m
Pursuant to recess, the Board recon
Yened; present, Hon. ]. K. Edwards,
mayor; J. L. Favre and F. S. Fabre,
aldermen; A. J. Carver, marshal; Rich.
Mendes, secretary; absent, Alderman
Adams.
The Board resumed the examination
and revision of the assessment rolls, but
same not being concluded, the Board
took a recess until Friday, August 10,
1906, at o'clock p. m.
Attest: RICH'D MENDES,
Secretary.
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LADIES LIST
GENTLEMEN'S LIST

The Dunbar Cannery is largely en-
gagged these days in the canning Of
shrimp. The supply is abundant, and
the sound of the whistle every morning
calling for labor, is, to say the least,
CHEEKY and encouraging.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1906-08-25

Elsie Creel, aged IA years, daughter
of John Creel, of Biloxi, was accident
ally drowned last Saturday night in the
Pascagou!a river. At the time of the
accident Mr.. Creel and his family were
on board his schooner, the Katy r..
Benton, bound on pleasure cruise to
Dauphin Island. They left Biloxi Sat
urday morning and were in no hurry to
reach their destination. When night
came on, they anchored in the mouth
of the river, opposite the lighthouse.
About II O'Clock the tug Laura came up
the river, and, when close to the schoo-
ner, which was directly in or near the
channel, gave several blasts of the
whistle, which awakened all on board.
A splash was heard, and in few mo-
ments the girl was missed. The suppo-
sition is that Elsie had gotten up in her
fright at the shrieking whistle, and in
her confusion had fallen overheard.
The body has not been recovered.-Pas
cagoula Star.
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Couth Mississippi College,
\ TENoTD DTRoaPo
- Hattiesburg Business College.

On the burning our buildings b we s @ 0 @
being erected and half miles from town gh on m
toilets hot and cold shower baths artesn water.
College Conservatory
College University charge
literary Thorough courses all Comneal i'ancheS'
October W. L. THAMES President
+.
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Friday, Aug. 10, 1906, 2 p. m

Pursuant to recess, the Board recon-
yened, Present: Hon. J. K. Edwards,
mayor; T. w. Adam, J. L. Favre
and F. S. Fabre, aldermen; A. J. Car
yer, marshal; Rich'd Mendes, secre-
tary. The examination and revision of
the assessment rolls was resumed, but
same not being concluded, the Board
took a recess until Saturday, Aug. ii,
1906, at clock p. m.
Attest: r. MENDES,
Secretary.
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To Contractors, Plumbers and Painters-Sale of
Contract for Building an Annex to the Public
School. BaY ST. Louis.

Contract for Building an Annex to the Public
School, Bay st. Louis.
Notice is hereby given that sealed and separate
bids will be received by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of the city Of Bay ST. Louis Miss, up
to Aug. "a Q o. m. 1905, and will be read at the
special term thereof, same day and date, from
contractors, for furnishing all material and labor
for building said annex; from plumbers for fur
nishing ali material, labor and completing all
plumbing work and from painters for furnish
ing all material and labor and to do all painting,
according to specifications on file at the Secre-
tary's once.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
BY order of the )ard of Mayor and Aldermen
of the City Of Bay ST. Louis, Miss.
RICHARD MENDES, Secretary.
Bay st. Louis, Miss Aug. IS, 1906.
There being no further business, the
Board adjourned to meeting in course.
Attest: R. MENDES, Sec'y.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS"

Letters in the Bay ST. Louis Post
Office for the week ending Aug. 19, 1906,
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office, il
not called for in Is days. To obtain
any of these letters, applicant must say
'advertised' giving date of list.
LADIES LIST.
Miss Louise Broomfield, Miss M. EN-
bert, Mrs. Marie Jeffrey, Mrs. P. H
Maloney, Mrs. Samantha Rhodes.
GENTLEMEN'S LIST.
Roger Dedeaux, Leonard TOPPING
John Walls (2), w. Webster.
Bay ST. Louis, Miss.
L. J. PIERNAS, P. M.
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PROCEEDINGS OF
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.

Board of Aldermen, in attempting tc
elect five trustees for three years, on
April z, 1905, was illegal; now, there
fore, be it resolved, that w. A. Nc
Donald and w. F. Delcuze be elected
trustees to serve for the unexpired term
ending End Monday in April, 1907; that
w. ]. Chapman be elected trustee for
the unexpired term ending the tst Mon
day in April, 1908, and that A. L. Sto-
koe and J. E. Saucier be elected trustees
for the term ending first Monday in
April, 1903.
Which preamble and resolution were
adopted by the following vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Adam, Favre and
Fabre; nays: none.
Moved, seconded and carried that Will
T. Mcdonald be elected city attorney
for one year, at salary of $4,000.
This compensation to cover all services,
except fees in litigated cases.
Moved, seconded and carried that Mr..
G. G. Hart's proposition, to sell his resi-
dence to the city for colored school, be
and the same is hereby declined, for the
present.
Moved, seconded and carried, that the
amended plans and specifications drawn
by Mr.. E. F. Sporl for an annex to the
graded public school be received and ac-
cepted and that the secretary advertise
for new bids, to be read at a special
meeting, to be held at the city hall on
Thursday, August "a, at o'clock p. m.
LEGAL NOTICE.
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Art institute viii Be Destroyed.
San Francisco, Cal, April 19.-Fire
is working up to the California Street
Hill, known as Mob Hill. 1t Is already
up to Pine and Mason Streets and the
annex to the Hopkins Art Institute,
The art treasurers are being removed
| from the Hopkins Institute. A de.
(, tachment of sailors from one of the
warships is assisting the firemen at
this point. officers with drawn pis.
tolls are forcing citizens to work. The
people are fleeing to Golden Gate
Park and the Preside.
100000 People With No Homes.
All night constant stream of hu.
manity walked the streets to the west.
One hundred thousand people slept out
of doors last night and by tonight
the homeless will reach 100000. San
Francisco needs help and needs it at
once.
The new postotfice building is gut.
ted and there are no mail deliveries.
Telephone system is out of commits
sion. Three-fourths of all the build.
ings in the city are destroyed. A no.
ticeable feature of the past two days
is the calmness of the people. Per
haps they are dazed, but in any event
they show little emotion.
Trying to Repair Telegraph Wires.
/ Chicago, April 19.-The Southern
Pacific Railroad has been trying to es.
tablish railway wire communication
with San Francisco for 20 hours
without success. E. H. Hartman, the
president, has issued imperative orders
to establish communication without
regard to costs.
Sacramento viii Send Food.
Sacramento, CAL, April 19.-The cit
izens of Sacramento at an impromptu
| meeting on the court house steps this
morning raised $4,000 In twenty min
utes for the relief of the earthquake
and fire sufferers in San Francisco. It
was decided at the meeting to imme-
diately start steamers for San Fran
cisco with supplies and to continue
steamers every day until all the suf-
fering Is alleviated.
Starvation Added to Horror.
San Francisco, April 19.-About two
hundred thousand people are homeless.
Food Sis very scarce. The provision
houses are all destroyed. All gov.
ernment buildings in the city are gone.
F, Tidal Wave Predicted.
Rochester, N. Y, April 19.-Another
and even greater disaster than the
earthquake threatens San francisco.
IA tidal wave should be looked for as
an accompaniment of the present
selsmis disturbances, says Professor
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the available resources at it's com
mand to remove the wants Of the dis
tressed and to provide shelter for the
homeless. Two hundred thousand ra
tions have been directed sent from
the Vancouver barracks to San Fran
cisco and a large number of tents
from Vancouver and other military
points.
Whole City Fell in Ruins.
San Francisco, Cal, April 10, via
Oakland. Reports from the interior
are most alarming. Santa Rosa is a
total wreck. There are 10000 home
less people there. The loss of life can
not be estimated 1t will probably
reach thousands. AS the last great
seismic tremor spent its force the
whole business portion of the town
tumbled into ruins. Not one business
building was left intact. What was
not destroyed by the earthquake was
swept by fire. This spread to the res
idence district, which is now prac'
tically destroyed. Messengers bring
tidings of the destruction of Heats
burg, Guerneville, Cloverdale, Hop
land and Ukiah. In every case there
is loss of life To the south, Stan,
ford University at Palo Alto Is In
ruins.
Lieutenant Purtis injured.
During the progress OF the fire in
San Francisco, Lieutenant Charles c.
Purtis, commanding the light artillery
was blown up by dynamite and prob
ably fatally injured.
$4,000 Lost at Los Banos.
Fresno, April 19.-The earthquake
did no damage in Fresno, although II
was the heaviest shock ever felt here
At Los Banos several buildings were
wrecked. The loss there is estimated
at $4,000 There were no fatalities.
Extent Of the Flames.
New York, April 19.-Dispatches to
the Western Union describing the zone
in which the fire is most widespread
stated that the flames hal eaten their
way on Mission street west as far as
Sixteenth Street and thai beginning
from McAllister Street they extended
towards the bay as far as broadway
People Buried in Burning Ruins.
Oakland, CAL, April IA CORE.
spondent of the Tribune writing from
San Francisco says:
"At this hour there seems no hope
OF saving any of the city. Many peo
pie are being buried alive, imprisoned
in the doomed buildings. The last big
structure to burst into flames was the
Grace Church, at the corner of Cali.
fornia and Stockton Streets. The
entire district from the Channel to
Broadway and from the water front to
Octavia Street and Golden Gate Ave.
nue. Is q mass of flames.