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The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
ARMED TRUCE
in |. C. FIGHT
HARTMAN AND FISH FACTIONS
AWAIT END OF CONTEST
OVER PROXIES.
STOCKHOLDERS IN RECESS
Committee Endeavoring to straighten
Voting Tanale Said to Be
DeadIocked-Rlvals Hold
a Conference.

Chicago. Oct. 1S.-Stuyvesant Fish
and e. H. Hartman, hopeful, confident
and assured of victory, rest In armed
truce while a proxy committee strug-
giles with the gigantic task of finding
who's who in the great railroad war.
Realizing that the committee is hrm-
ly deadlocked, the stockholders meet
ing adjourned until p. m. after
brief session Thursday morning. II
is said that almost every proxy pre-
scented is made the basis OF a contest.
Although Ralph Shaw in a state
ment Thursday declared his belief tnat
Hartman has Stuyvesant Fish bested
in the fight for control of the Illinois
Central. Fish later charged that Har-
riman was trying to gain an advantage
by unfair means.
The committee of three examining
the validity of proxies had come to
deadlock Wednesday night because SO
many Of the proxies have been trans
ferred and retransferred until it was
almost impossible to determine most
recent ownership. The committee was
still in a deadlock Thursday morning.
All the directors were summoned
hastily, and Fish and his aides went
before them to contest demand made
by Hartman that all the proxies in
question be thrown out of the election
altogether. Fish's voice could DE
heard above the others in the direct
ors' room, denouncing this plan and
demanding that he be accorded justice.
He claimed most all the proxies in
question. Harriman's hackers claim
that Fish will not be able to control
more than 100000 voting strength
when the examiners complete their
work and make it possible for the real
battle to begin.
Conference on Proxies.
An early morning conference was
held by Fish, William Nelson Crom-
well and Ralph Shaw, the two latter
representing Hartman, it was agreed
that all proxies should be double
checked-first by the proxy committee
and then, in case of disagreement or
uncertainty, Dy the SuOcknOldefS them
selves in thier meeting.
Eve have agreed upon a very fair
means of settling any differences
said Mr.. Fish. Il do not look for any
break over the proxy matter now. If
the agreement is lived up to-"
''The proxy committee is literally up
to its ears in work." said Attorney
Cromwell just before the stockholders
meeting was called. ut was necessary
to adjourn until later in the day"
The delay was eagerly accepted by
the two factions. Hartman lieuten-
ants were busy rounding up doubtful
proxies. Fish agents were buttonhol-
ing any and every one who had a
vote
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
OPPOSE Uniform nnl of ladIna

Washington, Oct. 17.-That the uni
form bill of lading, which it is pro-
posed to put into effect on all the
railroads of the country on January /
next, by the interstate commerce com
mission, is not satisfactory to the
commercial interests, and that two
separate bills of lading should be
adopted instead, was pointed out at
a hearing of these interests before
the interstate commerce commission.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24

f0AA fhuhsuas , Daiiy.
Simon Rubel spent Wednesday
in Meridian.
S. M. Turnkey is spending the
day in Memphis.
T. D. Ellis of Bonneville was
a visitor here today.
G. G. Dalton is attending the
Forrest reunion in Memphis.
l.. G. Pape of Memphis is
spending a few days in the city.
J. W. Jourdan and Oscar Mas
sey of Iuka were visitors here to-
day.
Mrs. Morris Webs of Sauls-
bury, Tenn, was visitor here
this week.
DR.. J. R. Crosby, of Maselle,
Miss, is a guest at the Cox
House today,
E. o. Sykes of Aberdeen was
among the guests at the Cox
House last night.
DIR. King left last night for
his home in Atlanta accompanied
b. Rev. G. F. Young.
Mrs. ]. B. Abbey of Webb,
after a visit to relatives here,
left today for her home.
Misses Fannie and Willie Kim
mons with Mrs. R. Henderson
are spending the day in Memphis.
The new l. C. depot is nearly
completed and some of the of
fees upstairs are now occupied
by officials.
Miss Anna Thompson, who has
been Wis ting j. E. Creary and
family left this morning for
Montgomery, Ala.
A lot of Hungarian partridges
were received today by H. G.
Moore from an importer in New |
York. These birds will be placed !
in the park near town.
Cotton receipts were large to-
day. The compress has begun
work End will soon be going day
and night, Yesterday 400 bales
were pressed in four hours.
Besides falling in the creek
waist deep yesterday back o.
Bill Dicks Tommie Henry brought
home about 10 pounds of fish.
the finest of which were caught
by his wife.
H. c. Moore has purchased his
third corner building in the bust
ness district, having closed the
deal yesterday for the Graham
s ore, corner Waldron and Frank
streets. The building belonged |
t. the Mitchell estate,
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
BRYAN ACCUSES NEwsPAprs.
Promises to Discuss Question il NJ,
York Speech.

New York, Oct. 1S.-After psr.,..
ent reminders. the New York worIa
has secured from VIM, ]. Bryan tsl
egram admitting an attack on metro
politan newspapers as venal. Bryap's
answer is contained in this telegram
from Greensboro, N. c.:
did not say all but many. WIN
discuss matter more at length in New
York speech"
Dispatches last Saturday quoted Brv.
an as saying trusts control the erss,
dailies and that their columns ara
open to the highest bidder.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Wireless Spans ocean.

Glaze Bay, N. s., Oct. 1S.-With
series of flashes that filled the Mar
conf station with binding light and O
booms that fairly rocked the station
William Marconi launched the mrs.
commercial message by wireless
across the Atlantic ocean THURSDAY
Scarcely had the sending instruments
ceased their work before the opera
tors we're ready to receive the ansRf
ing words from the station at clifden'
Ireland.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Brakeman Stabbed.

Guthrie, Okla, Oct. 17.-H. E. Will
liams, Rock Island brakeman, was
killed in the corridor of the New State
hotel at Chickasha, 1, T., Tuesday
night. w. j. Bellows is under arrest.
No one saw the tragedy, but Bellows
ran from the hotel to hide in cane
patch. He admits killing Williams,
but claims self-defense. He did not
resist the sheriff's posse. Williams
was stabbed.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
HEIREss FEARS AsyI1,s.7
Young Woman With 100000 s,v. \.
atlves Have Prosecuted Il. : ''''-

New York, Oct. 1s-M,s.
Stanton Smith of St. James Alce l.
ess to 100000, and a cons,, = = neip
sociatv ,o ml ., has appealed to IT,
s sOcie s. Tor the Prevention Of CHM, sas
l i, protection against relatives s I'm
sne says are seeking to send na wu0
an insane asylum a fourth time Asf 70
ror 10 years, Miss Smith aIl....
she has been incarcerated :, al'eses
times by these relatives and , y,
by keepers into whose No. 'p'used
have thrust her. us they
q sin f. started "a -, 10 years ago, when W..
{ sup OF a girl" said Miss smith 'ss
mad Just been bequeathed s1ooeao
my. mothers will. Since then NV ~, ~, y
yves have left me no peace fsla'
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
MAGILL TELLS
OF WIFE'SDEATH
SAYS Ne HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF
HER HAVING KEPT
cHLoRoFoRM.
FAYE WAS WIFE's GUEST
Relates Incidents Of Day and Evening
Preceding the Tragedy-Fays
Was Wlfe's Guest-Magill
self-possessed.

decatur Ill, Oct 1S.--At the con
clusion of the introduction OF letters
purporting to have been written by
Mrs. Pet Magill in the trial of Fred
n and Mrs. Faye Magill. Thursday
morning, Fred Magill took the witness
stand In his own behalf
Maonl scf-contained.
Defendant testified that his wife had
suffered from severe headaches for a
year prior to her death, and had com
planned of them nearly every day. She
also had stomach trouble. Witness
stated that relations between his moth
er. Mrs. e. L. Magill and his sister,
Mrs. O. NJ. Pond, and his wife had
been unfriendly. Witness stated that
this worried her greatly.
Asked about chloroform, Magin
stated he knew of no chloroform be-
ing kept about the home by his wife.
After chloroferming an old horse his
wife referred to it. Witness was not
allowed to state the conversation.
Frank Davidson, postmaster of Gin
ton. told defendant he had told Pet
Magill that she had better quit taking
morphine, and instead Go out, take
a gun, and kill herself" Fred stated
that he told Davidson he feared his
wife might do something desperate.
Wife's Love for Faye Graham.
Defendant said his first wife showed
her love and affection for Faye Ora
ham in many ways. He stated he had
seen his wife writing in bed during
the two weeks prior to her death. She
was writing, "as usual" on defendants
X. of P. stationery. 1t is on this paper
that letters from Pet Magill are writ
ten.
after breakfast on Decoration Day
Marguerite and Fred drove to the Gem
etery with flowers. Faye was at the
house for dinner at Pets invitation.
Faye cooked the meal Fred took it up
to Pet, who was III in bed. Defendant
spent the afternoon with his wife in
her bedroom.
Faye washed Marguerite's hair in
the yard that afternoon. Later in the
afternoon the four took drive at his
wife's request, returning about 3
o'clock at night Faye left that night
about 10 O'clock. Pet asked Marguer-
lite to telephone and see If Faye got
home all right. Witness said he went
down with his wife to get her some
beer which she wanted
Defendant missed his wife when he
awoke about 20 minutes to 6 O'Clock
the morning after Decoration Day
After a visit to the toilet room he
went in the sitting room to see if his
wife was there The clock had struck
6. He found his wife in the spare
room. He told Marguerite and sent
for DR.. Myers. He got a pan of water
and washed his dead wifes face.
During this part of the testimony
the defendant was much moved. con.
trolling his voice only with difficulty
DR.. Meyers told defendant his wife
was dead. Defendant told of his wife
going to Faye, putting her arms
around her neck, kissing and speaking
to her. What she said was not al
lowed. He stated that he drank no
liquor on the afternoon of the day of
his wife's death.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
EARTHQUAKE STILL MISSING
Government Scientists Fall to lo,,,.
Wednesdays Disturbance.

Washington. Oct. 1S-Tba 49,.
mystery surrounding the loca trs' "a.
the earthquake recorded BY tha '. ..' q
mograph Wednesday morning L s "''s'
unsolved. Scientists here and = a s.'ll
, wnere In the United States are a. s's !
loss to understand why the cables "a T.
1ailed to bring reports from the s ,,s.s
OF a disaster which they are oa Ses,a
has occurred. es''aln
me record indicates that the ~
turoance was in section apnar r ~.
1900 miles to the southeast An o ssss
llnes are working, and reports are ' tSss
no no. disturbance in that locality Ma, ~ss
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
from Fridays Daily !

From Fridays Daily J
Fl. M. Means Is in Memphis
today
Dir. G. w. Scaliey is visiting in
Bonneville today.
r. T. Estes visited Jackson,
Tenn, yesterday.
S. J. Richey of Rienzi was a
visitor here today.
Robt. Perkins of Henderson.
Tenn. is in the city.
w. J. Lamb is spending the
day in Jackson, Tenn.
]. W. Johnson of Red Bay,
Ala, is in the city today.
Mrs. Ellsworth of Red Bay,
Ala, is at the Cox House.
Claude McClamroch spent
yesterday in Jackson, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR Edwards
are visiting in jackson, Tenn.
Mrs. G. Kaughlin left this
morning for visit to Jackson.
Misses Bledsoe are the guests
of relatives in Jackson, Tenn.
Mrs. Ssllie A. Dilworth of
Memph is visiting in the city.
Miss Lillian Holman is spend
ing a few days in Jackson, Tenn.
E. G. Buck, civil engineer for
the M. & 0. railroad, was in the
city today.
J. t. and E. T. Miller OF
Bonneville are among the guests
at the Cox House.
Mrs. CASTOR Edwards has re-
turned from a visit to her pa
rents at Salisbury, Tenn.
En-. Lewis, who is operating a
cotton Gin at Moscow, Tenn, for
J. ". Taylor, was here today.
Mr.. w. Thos. Young of this
city and Miss Lillian Knott of
New York City were married
last night at the home of the
bride. Mr.. Paul Jones, Jr. ac-
companied Mr.. Young and acted
asbest man. The bride is known
to many Corinthians, she having
here last spring, and/won
many admirers among the circle
of friends in this city.
The body of a negro man named
Jerry Roland, whose home was
in Bonneville, was found this
morning on the M. & 0. tracks
near Alcorn Switch, six miles
south of Cornth. A jury of in
quest went down to ascertain the
cause and fad out any particulars
concerning his idenity and came
TO the conclusion that he fell
from trsin. His head was bad
Iy cut and bruised from the fall.
About 81 in money was found on
HIM.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
shippers in Old St. Mark,s.
La Name for Common Grass.

The most approved name of the
common blue grass that adorns our
lawns was: Gramen pratense pani-
culatum majus, latiore folio. Poa
Theophrasti. Other names Of the
same grass were Gramen vulgo cog
nitum, Gramen protense majus vul-
gatus and Gramen alterum ct vul-
gare. In the first publication by Lin
naeus, 1t appears as Poa colculis
watts compressis muticis. / think
that Linnaeus and his contemporaries
had much more cause than we to ex
claim: Those horrible Latin nameslP
Journal of the New York botanical
Gardens.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Canal Extension HIII KILLED.

Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-The house
in committed of the whole, killed .a7
bill which has provided the pass II
the deep waterway discusslon-7'a'
measure prepared by the Chicago ~
itary district, designed to proy'as -
the three-mile extension Of the ois ..
age canal through the city OF 'o''os
and the development of the inciael .,
water power. the principal part 81 u, =
revenue to go to the sanitary dlslf''''
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
PuIIman Tax BOOTED.

San Francisco, Oct. 17.-Federel
fudge Van Fleet has handed down
decision sustaining the right of the
state to collect taxes amounting to
100000 from the Pullman Com
pany. Before this year the assess
ment had been $4,000, but the state
board of equalization boosted it.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Suit Against Rock Island pismlsss,

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE suit of
the territory of Oklahoma against the
Rock Island railroad, which has been
pending for some time, was dismissed
by the supreme court of the United
States An Injunction was obtained
against the road in Oklahoma on the
ground that thesrate on wheat in that
territory was higher than its rate on
wheat in Kansas, which, it was
charged, constituted a violation of the
charter OF the road.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
INVESTORS HOLD THE
Race Horse Get-Rlch-c" company
Closes, owr;. 600.

Columbus, Q 1s.-The Cargi;l
Company, race lorse investment get
rich-quick which has existed for near
ly four years, never paying its invest
ors during that time less than 8 per
cent weekly upon their investments
and more than per cent occasionally.
has gone glimmering and hundreds Of
COLUMBUS investors are out a sum es-
timated at more than 100000.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Women BOSS n conneoti,,,

Hartford, Conn, Oct. IT. --The gov
ernor of Connecticut is on junket to
the jamestown exposition, the lieuten-
ant governor is on a TRIP to Europe,
Senator Stile Judson of stratford,
president pro tenn Of the state, is on
hunting trip, but Connecticut is not
suffering, for a wcfnan ID seated in the
official chair.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
NOT MEANT TO BE UNIFORM
Expert Explains Why Clocks Fail to
Strike Together.

A man in New York whose business
is clock winding, which includes also
the regulating and cleaning of the
family timepieces in his charge, ex-
planned the other day why it is hard
to have number of clocks strike to-
gether.
you see" he said, some clocks are
arranged to strike half a minute be-
fore the hour, some a quarter of a
minute before, others a few seconds
after, and so on. Now if regulate
them to strike at the same instant
they will not be in agreement in point
of actual time, and that is really a
more important consideration. OF
course, if there are a great many
clocks in the house it is likely that
several will happen to strike together
For instance, one house on my route
has 20 clocks that l look after. OF
these, five or six strike in unison and
the others all within minute, except
ing one. l have orders to keep 10
of the clocks at exactly the correct
time, but the little jeweled timepiece
in the bedroom of the mistress of the
house is to be kept always three min
utes fast. suppose she has some
special reason for that
mo, dont'get rich at my business,
but I make a living at it. The house
| just spoke of is an especially profit
able one, of course, having so many
clocks. They pay me 500 year for
my attendance there, which is given
weekly, as it is to all the places l
sit"
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Five workmen prewn.

Chicago, oct. 1S.-Fiye work 1i''', I,
were drowned by the oyer'nro~',s ',.on
scow in the Illinois and A'oa !, .as
canal near Joliet Ill. Twehls,.I' I,
men were in the scow, and msn' In
these had narrow escapes from 0ls"'
Ing.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
Street Gar overturns.

olno'n mar = Oct. 17,-An Elberon
a'enue car su1Aed over at curve on
!, = steep grads. three passengers being
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24

Cincinnati Car :, C,wn Steep
Z Ere
Cincinnati, c.. Ear-
ry Bausch, was kills. 1on-
gers injured, several SO H.
they may die, in the wret =
car at Elberon avenue a., IA.
Hope road Wednesday mornif W
motorman is reported to -yo
control of the car at the steep gra,
At curve the car jumped the ira.
and rol down the embankmen,
landing below six neonls
were pinne, " the wreclzape
The injured Etlv women as
the men We're able s.,7e under the
outside rail, the car ling an open
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24

Ser 7tary Tafts campaign manager
Wis Louis and confers Win so,,sa
of tt Z 'eaders
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
KILLED BY WIRELESS.
Victim Of Shock Known to Have Re.
reiYed It Without Direct Contact.

southwellfeet, Mass, Oct ~
tlereed by a wireless telegraph cur
fent Arthur L. Laken of Summerville
Mass, was found dead Wednesday m
me Marconi wireless telegraph station
mere Laken is believed to be the
arst victim Of the wireless currents
mere IS no doubt that death was
caused by electricity. The position Of
ne body in the station proved that
me man could not have received the
;urrent by contact with any Of the in.
Niumen's or wires about the place.
Report Of Waterway Commission
. 9, declares for 24-foot depth
VI the way to the gulf.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24

rne grUuru =.
Material, If you pay one dollar more than it's
worth it's not our fault. because we never over
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-24
HURT .LLEY MIsHAP.

Cincinnati csr c,wn a Steep
z Err.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-11
BLANCHE DAYS DEATH.

Blanche Day, young, pretty. cold in
ceath at the morgue, abandoned "a
tie miserable circumstance Of such A
burial as may be doled out 10 her
by the kindliness of her kind: strick-
en- in the very flower of her youth: a
victim to the lax regimen OF the so
cial life of the country, homeless,
friendless save for the questionabl4 .
oompanionshlp of these fallen lower
even than sha mad time to fall: tells.
in her terrible silence. the wrctched,
trite and ever-d damnable story of the
infamy of man and the weakness Of
woman, The story is too old, too in
fimately understood, TO call for de-
tails; its changes have been rung from
time immemorial without apparent ef-
feet on human society, and 1t were
hopeless to attempt to fastan its
dreadful significance now, after the
countless examples of the centuries
lave failed in their mission. Only to
the young, unused to the graphic and
terrible signs given forth in such ex-
reriences as hers, is the lesson borne
In with all its weight Of infinite sor-
Tow. To them, if they will only think
1t out, does it bear some weight of
warning and yield SOM measure Of
proof and conviction that may serve
to save them harmless through the
rerils so widely strewn along their
hfe's way. The public is not per-
mitted to penetrate the veil that hides
the dead girls past, ii is not known
what, nor who, contributed to the bit
ter tragedy she has faced, and shrunk
from in the ever-dreadful refuge of
death; there are thousands Of inter-
woven causes leading up to such sick
ening climaxes, and only the lesson
remains for the young, the innocent,
to nurture, and apply, most happily,
to their own careers. That this girls
unhappy death may serve to spare one
more of the same Sort or inspire some
faltering, reckless spirit with courage
to turn sharply from an unhappy des-
tiny, then poor Blanche Day will not
have died in vain.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-11
MORE "suRRDS."

Raise more chickens, turkeys and
ogs, and you will be surprised how
the earnings will increase AT the end
Of the year. Besides In this day when
ldulteration is practiced, 1t is worth
more than can be estimated TO have
pure food. When II Is raised AT home
you know 1t is pure. Too many farm
org neglect the attention to little
things which the little things deserve
because they have formed the idea that
small profits are not worth while. But
at the same time they forget that,
compared with the original investment,
the percentage Of prof from n hen, for
instance, is greater than it Is form
a fat steer. Say the hen cost so cents.
In the course of year she will lay
ST least ten dozen eggs. At an av-
erage price of % cents a dozen, when
is low, those eggs will bring s., A
hundred hens would bring 5000, and
tnast Of the time they would be
scratching for themselves. Add to
this profit what could be derived from
u bunch Of turkeys, ducks and pigs,
and the farmer man would have a nice
little bank account on the side, his
wife and babies could have smart
rev frocks
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-11

ship Of tho House are the chief fea~
lures now confronting tho membership
and the battle for these honors is
afoot, Clatsop has no champions for
these dignities and simply sends three
good Republicans up there to stand
for all the best that can befall the
s'ate. and Incidentally, Clatsop, A.
Gar as the House Is concerned, we are
~ ost warmly disposed to Hon, Frank
navey for the speakership, aud will
be glad to see him get II, because Of
his entire fitness and honesty and the
assurance we have that the state Of
Oregon will be we'll taken care OF In
every detail OF legislative work, Az
tc the Senate. we are without prefer
ence, unless II be for Halnes OF Wash
~gton, and without prejudice unless
h forninst Hodson, Of Multnomah,
And there you are
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-11
----~-~----<s-~-----
STIFLlNG COMPETITION.

The great traffic managers, Stubs
and Hannaford, representing two Of
the gigantic railway combines of the
day and the world, have told the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission in un-
equivoca terms, that the idea of stiff
Ing competition in that business is a
farce and a failure and beyond the
power Of the law, as it lies in the
hands of the commission, to correct,
or eliminate This is plain dealing and
calls for some more Of the same kind
at the hands Of the sovereign powers
CT the land in the rebufing and pun
ishing of such contumacy, The ques-
tion hinges, peculiarly, on just what
is the sovereign power, the govern
ment, or the railroads. II is high time
the people were taking over their own
end exercising it with such force and
direction as will forever settle this
much mooted issue. The moment IS
rropitious and Congress has It's OPP
portunity clearly cut cut for it. What
will it do?