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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-25

Oscar Konder Prominent Political and Financial Circles Charged
With Embezzing $4,000 Has Skipped

Today Mr.. Foster telephoned to Vic
tor Loisel, United States marshal, ap-
prising him of the failure to arrest
Kondert. and asking that descriptions
The preferring of charges against
of the missing man be sent out with
the request for his apprehension. The
kilograms dispatched accordingly de-
scribes Kondert as being 43 years old,
6 feet inches in height, slightly
stoop shouldered, light moustache,
tinged with red, hair almost white.
gray eyes.
Information reached the marshal
about noon that 1t was possible the
missing man had come to New Or
leans on an excursion train passing
Baton Rouge before day this morning,
but nothing has been seen of him
here.
Continued on page eight
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New Orleans. September 24.-oscar
Kondert, former cashier Of the First
National Bank Of Baton Rouge, will
be prosecuted in the United States
court on the charge Of aembezzling
about $4,000.
A warrant against him was issued
before the United States Commission
er at Baton Rouge last night but it
has not been served, as Mr.. Kondert
could not be found in that city and
until now his whereabouts have not
been ascertained by the officials. De-
scriptions of him have been wired to
the police in the principal cities and
the force here has been asked to ap-
prehend him.
The charges against the former
cashier were made after an investiga,
tion begun two weeks ago by National
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CONTRACT WILL INCLUpE
l23,OOO TONS WEIGH COAL
All to Be Delivered During the Months
of December, January and FebrYsxy,-
Bidding Was Open to Both Amer
lean and Foreign Vessels.

Washington, September 24.-Bids
were opened at the navy department
today for supplying coal for the bat
tleship fleet on its, voyage to the Pa
cific. The successful bidders will be
required to deliver total of $4,000
tons of best quality Welsh coal at
certain designated points along the
route which the feet will take to San
Francisco. The amounts and places,
with time Of delivery, follow:
Twenty thousand tons at Punto
Arenas by January 20; $4,000 tons at
callac by February 8; 25,coo tons at
Magdalena by February 29; 1O0cN
tons at Magdalena Bay by March Is;
10000 tons at San Francisco by April
8, and 10000 tons at San Francisco
by April 13.
Proposals were also opened for the
transportation of $4,000 tons of
American semi-bituminous coal sup
piled by the department from Atlantic
ports in quantities and at places as
follows:
Seven thousand tons to be delivered
at Trinidad, loading December 1 to
10; 5000 tons at Rio, loading Decem-
Der to 10; 10000 tons at Punta Ar
enas. loading December 10 to IS;
$4,000 tons at Callao, loading Decem-
Der Is to 20; $4,000 tons at Magdalena
Bay, loading December 20 to 27 10,-
600 tons at Magdalena Bay, loading
January to 10; 10000 tons at San
Francisco, loading January 81 to rs;
and 10000 tons at San Francisco.
loading January rs to February /.
BY fixing the loading time the d
partment figures that the successf1
bidders will have ample time in W
to make deliveries BY the tirpe the
flet rachs the various points specified,
The bidding was open to ships Of
both American and foreign vessels, as
1t was considered certain that sur
ficient number of American vessels
are not available to make deliveries
on time.
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Bank Examiner Cooper. When the
shortage in the bank was made known
to the public, an announcement was
made that Kondert and his friends
had made the shortage good and it
was not thought that he would be
prosecuted 1t is understood, however
that the government officials have
been conducting quiet examination
for some days with the result that
Kondert is now wanted on a criminal
charge.
kondert Couldn't BE Found.
Yesterday afternoon Assistant Unit
ed States Attorney Foster, Examiner
Cooper and Deputy Marshal Queen
went to Baton Rouge, where they ap-
peared before the commissioner and
instituted the affidavit against Kon-
dert. 1t was not executed, however,
because Kondert could not be found.
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Associated Press.

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New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
Real Estate Loans.

I{TILL PAY PER CENT for first mortgage on fal
W property. P. G., 263 West 125th St
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appoints a residence for her and stipulates
the amount Of alimony to be paid to her
pending the divorce proceedings.
THE attorney general Is represented by
his officers in every divorce case to see
that there is no collision between the par
ties concerned. and think In a scandalous
case like this that Mr.. Earle will have to
wait long time before the French courts
grant a divorce to his WIFE,
1.-The law which allowed divorce by
mutual consent Of the parties and a d.
vision of their property was repealed on
July q. 1884. At the present time husband
or wife can obtain divorce on statutory
grounds or for violence. cruelty gross
insults. The public degradation by the in
Fiction of corporal punishment is ground
for divorce for husband or wife.
IAN alien who marries a Frenchwoman
and resides abroad can be summoned to
the French courts to fulfill his obligations.
and that is the clause which may enable
Mrs. Earle to get rid Of her husband. The
Frenchwoman who marries an alien fol-
lows his condition. but at his death or a d.
vorce she again becomes Frenchwoman.
Ten months must elapse before either Of
the parties who have been divorced can
marry again."
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should actually develop In an appreciate
quantity. For the present he is content to
await developments.
Hearne's Platform.
turn that might induce Hearne's can
didacy would find him advocating policies
for the continued indus rial develop ment
Of the state with which he has been Id n
titled He believes in encouraging capital
which has opened mines and oil wells in
West Virginia and built railroads at enor-
nous cost. He would also favor policies
lettering the condition of the manual toiler,
for he looks with a kindly eye on the great
est protection for the workers inside coal
mines and also the fellow-servants' bill
which Is designed to remunerate worknen
injured in railroad!ng. factories or other
establishm ants.
Although it might be said 1 have been
associated with the So-calied money inter-
ests," remarks the tentative Whe ling can
dldate. mo man. however poor wound suf-
fer In comparison with the richest capital
list In the state. were 1 governor. The doors
of the Statehouse and the governors home
would be open a1k, to rich and DOOR AS
to the new tax laws I would have them
stand until such amendments as may be
necessary embodying improvement can be
formulated"
1T is altogether possible that the pro-
spective HearEe candidacy may eventuate
into reality II pressure continues and If
the Scherr and Swisher movements do not
absorb exclusively popular attention.
Hearne could naturally expect the Ohio
county delegation to begin with as also the
other northern Panhandle counties That
he would grace the office with traditional
dignity goes without saying
Republican statesmen from all ends Of
the state are due to gather in Wheeling
In a few days. because of the 8 ate fair
which has always furnished a political
clearing house for the year preceding a
state campaign.
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go out from this city daily till the first
frost to bag the very delightful marsh
birds.
The first oysters to be received in this
city indicate that the crop this year Will
not be up to standard, either in quantity
or quality. The excessive rains have had
a rather Injurious effect on the river oys-
ter the fresh water serving to retard both
growth and conditioning. The shippers
have only begun to send in few barrels
and the season will not really open for
ten days yet. Growers say that the
chances are that the crop will be shorter
than for some time. and they say that
goo oysters will cost more than they nave
for the last ten years. The demand FOR
good marketable oysters is very good. and
1t is said here that they will cost easily
- per cent more than ever before.
Two weeks more and the season of the
Virginia State League will have come to
a close. The race has been pretty one,
and up to a month ago there was not a
club in the league wnich did not have a
good show for first place but since that
time there has been a shake-up in the
standing of the clubs Norfolk being in
the leading position with, a good margin
after having held to the bottom for more
than a month. Danvlle is well up as
Tobacconists pushing Norfolk out. The
league has paid very well tn s year and
will he continued another year. though
there may be some change In the list Of
towns in which. clubs will play.
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FUTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES
The Spectator Suggests That Mr..
Roosevelt Take Charge of Islands.

LONDON, September THAT Theodore
Roosevelt should undertake the Job of re-
generating the Philippines after the COM
pietion Of his presidential term Is suggested
by the Spectator, which this week discusses
the renewal of the agitation for the sale
of the islands. The paper refuses to be-
lieve that America has any, intention of
Sinking the burden which 1t assumed when
it took over the Philippine Islands from
Spain. and concludes it's article with the
following words:
But If the expenditure continues too high
to be tolerated, why should not Great Brit
aims fortunate experience In Egypt be imi-
tated: why should not a pro-consul be
chosen to guide and inspire the reconstruc-
ton of the Philippines and with 1t create
a new pride and efficiency In the colonial
service; why should not Mr.. Roosevelt be
asked to undertake that vastly important
and honorific task? In little more than a
year he will be free. and in two years he
will be rested and have the heart for any
fate. Could he devote his powers to a work
of wider import? At all events until some
solution as heroic as that has been at
tempted. We. as ardent well-wishers of
America. should not reconcile ourselves to
the sale Of the Philippines.
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| even to praise. for she Is supposed to be
| so far above ordinary mortality that 1t is
grievous crime to dare pass opinion on
| what she does.
Prince Henry Of Prussia one of the few
| potentates who ever had the honor Of an
| audience with this wonderful woman.
| said that she was the most impressive
! person he had ever met, and never did he
| behold such complete and stolid self
| possession.
Tzu-hsi has even encouraged this abject
| Difference on part of her people 10 her
| horsepower to the limit of autocracy.
| and even a little beyond Is the breath Of
| life.
| 1t was the greed for power that first
| drove the young girl to seek the favor
| of the emperor
She was then but slave girl though
| the daughter of a good family. her father,
Manchu nobleman. having at une time
| held an important post at Picking. But
misfortunes assailed him and s"nt him
almost in utter restitution. with ms son
and daughter. into Canton.
Sold by Father.
| At the lowest ebb of his fortunes he did
| what seems incomprehensible to our
! occidental standards. but which IN the
orient Is the most natural expedient for
a man in financial trouble-he sold his
beautiful young daughter into slavery.
TZu-hsi was fortunate that her purchas-
ers were not only people of quality but
human kindness. They took a great fancy
to the girl and had her taught to read
and write. rare thing at that time.
She was ambitious. and advanced so in
her knowledge that her proud owners also
had her taught ethics. astronomy and
mathematics. SO that eventually she be-
came one of the most learned young
women in Canton
The turn In her fortunes came in 1850,
when the emperor issued an invitation
for all comedy young women of Manchu
descent to present themselves at the pal
ace to be- examined for admission to the
lists of the rulers secondary wives.
TZu-hSi persuaded her foster parents to
let her enter the competition, and when
they gave their consent 1t was accompanied
by the presentation of a liberal outfit Of
the most beautiful clothes, that she
might bear comparison with any who came
Six hundred made application. and only
ten succeeded. Tzuhsi being among the
number.
The domination of this ordinary woman
| dates from this period. From the time
she gained a footing in the household
Of the emperor she distanced all rivals
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NOTICED CRACK IN BRIDGE.
Workman on Quebec Structure Saw
It In May.

QUEBEC. September 6.-The coroner yes
terday adjourned the inquest over the
bodies of the victims of the Quebec bridge
disaster until after the government COM
mission has taken its evidence. The
government commission will probably
not begin its investigation before next
week.
1t has been decided to add no more iron
work to the north arm of the bridge until
after the commission has concluded its in
vestigation.
Alexander Ouimet pointed out on a photo
graph to the jury the plate on which he
testified yesterday he noticed the crack
This was about twenty inches in length
and three-quarters of an inch wide. and
was in what is known technically as the
bottom lateral plate Of the shoe connecting
from the chord to the pier. The crack,
according to the witness. was the whole
depth of the plate which was six feet
long. He first noticed it in May and also
in July.
Raoul La France. an older witness, cor
roborated Ouimets evidence. He had
shown 1t to his cousin, now dead, about
fifteen days before the accident.
Engineer Mcclure testified that although
he had inspected the plate he had not
noticed the crack in question. He was
sure that crack of the size described
would not have caused the wreck.
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quest of the friend to whom these lines
were addressed. the minister who OBLIGATED
at Mrs. Walcotts funeral at Concord, Au-
gust % last. read these same lines as ap-
propriate and consol!ng on that occasion.
To show the brightness of Mrs. Walcotts
disposition and the love she bore to chill
dren. while many Of her published pieces
might be cited, poem written by her-as
Jessie McDermott-which was originally
published in Harper's Young People, is
given In full. 1t was afterward regarded
of such merit that it was selected and pub
lished in English Classics for School r lad
ing" under title Of Fairy Tales 1SS9).
edited by William ]. Rolfe. who. in his
McDermott, saying that she writes and
draws with equal grace and facility. as this
pretty tale and it's illustrations amply
prOyp.'
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WOULD BURN WOMAN.
So Says a Justice of One Who Sold
Her Little Girl,


Her Little Girl.
BELLEVILLE, N. J.. September TT I
had the power 1 would have you taken into
the street with feet and hands tied and
burned at the stake"
This Is what Justice La Faucherie said
yesterday to Mrs. Matte C. Weaver, whose
daughter Lillian. thirteen years old, had
told story of abuses that made the JUS
tice and all the others In the courtroom
weep. Mrs Weaver and the little girl, who
are white. were found early this morning
by the police when they raided a house in
Heckel street. occupied by Ida Stephens
and two other women and man. all ne
groeS.
The girl told the court that her mother.
In order to get money. had compelled her to
lead the life of slave among the colored
people The Justice declared that the treat
ment of the child was the most inhuman
he had ever heard of.
Mrs. Weaver. who weighs about three
hundred pounds. denied the charge made
against her. The police. however have
witnesses who will testify that they heard
the woman bartering away the daughter to
negroes.
All of those arrested in the raid are in
Jail to await the action Of the grand jury
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MRS. C. b. WALCOTT.
Formerly of This City, She Gained
Reputation as an Artist and Poet.

Mrs. Charles H. Walcott of Concord.
H. was recently published in The Star.
called to the minds of many residents Of
the National capital the fact that she lived
for many years here and gained quite a
reputation as an artist and poet under her
maiden name.
Mrs Walcott was born in this city. being
the daughter and youngest child Of Mrs
Jessie B. McDermott. widow of William
McDermott who for years lived on / street
between 18th and 10Th streets northwest
Later she removed to Georgetown, where
she lived with her mother and FAMILY untll
1891 when she married G. III. Walcott OF
Concord, Mass, a prominent lawyer OF
Boston.
Mrs walcott-or Jessie McDermott. as
she was formerly Familiarity knoWn-early
developed a natural git as an artist. but
confined her work to the illustrating OF
child life in the popular childran's maya
zines much of her work appearing in st.
Nicholas. Harper's Young People, the
Youths Companion ana knureo puplica-
tons
Besides being an artist Mrs. Walcott
possessed literary ability of no mean order,
and many sweet little gems OF Thought
have come from her pen. When published
they usually appeared In decorative style,
the decoration being her own. and the fol-
lowing little poem shows her merit IN that
direction, II was OFis!HdlS pupiiSHSu
(decorative) In the Continent of October IS,
1883 and is entitled:
To a Day In Late Autumn.
A yellow sunlight making on the wall
A yellow glory and a yellow fall
or maple leaves against the window sill,
A ftfui wind which whispers and Is still
While vet / listen. and distant call
OF children's voices, from beyond the hill.
I do not ask Your secret. Oh, fair day.
Since only winds and rustlng leaves may say
The half / long to know and love- The rest
Now locked closely In your amber breast,
With other Joys. must yet u while delay
| lite rich unfolding for time more best
! only come to worship at your feet
To orer o all that Is most meet
or grateful praise. His love. who made you fair.
Breathes through your scented silent, autumn air,
| And with its mystery has made You sweet
And with It's holiness has made you rare.
More recently, on the death of beloved
| child of a friend in Concord, Mrs. Walcott
wrote to a relative the following beautiful
! lines:
| Good friend the year has brought its pain
All, think no i'll.
Take up the burden and begin again
To climb the hill.
| The path is steep. the higher mir grows sweet,
More wide the view.
And by your side the tread of many feet
That walk with you.
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A Fairy Tale.

He met her In a forest path
One bright midsummer day;
ST." foot NV, '~;. = -'~rt
He took her for fay;
And She cried out. Wien she spied him
From beneath her little hood.
'.For't "nt me. Mr.. f""-fo- FUN.
And I'll be very good"
Then he said: III you will promise
Not to change me to cat.
i Nli .Iu...Ia- 40 10 = gu.
What do you say 10 that =
And lie saw that she was smiling.
And he knew his peace was made;
SO they struck fairy bargain,
Beneath the woodland shade.
Then the fairy told the giant
or mystic SPOT SHE knew.
Where. hidden safe among their leaves,
Some wild Strawberries grew;
And the giant told the fairy
OF q pocket deep and wide,
Tint held not only bread. and cheese,
But Applicant beside.
So the giant and the fairy
Sat down beneath tree.
And ate their lunch together.
Just as happy as could be:
And many a woodland secret
Did the fairy tell that day.
And many wonder story
Did the giant tell the fay.
And when at last the parting came
And they must say "good-bye,'
The giant thought the fairy
Looked as II she'd like to cry;
And the fairy thought the giant,
AS he took her little hand
Looked very much as IL he'd like
To stay In FairyIand.
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for his regard. Members of the imperial
family mobiles Of the court and great
men Of the empire all fell under her
sway. She moved them about as the
pawns in a game. None could resist her
will.
Gains In Power.
She was gradually advanced in degree
by the Emperor I-tchou. Toward him her
sentiments. while apparently those Of
humblest gratitude were in reality keen
contempt. She resented in her heart his
lack Of strength and his inability to veil
his real purposes in what in statecraft Is
politely termed diplomacy"
When in 1860 Picking was captured by
the French and English allies the young
woman was the only person in power
who kept her head. Her hatred for the
foreign devils" was surpassed by none
especially as they promised to interfere
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JERSEYS Death Rate Higher.

TRENTON, September New Jerseys
death rate has been above the average in
the last month, total Of 1892 deaths hav-
ing been reported to the state board of
health. as against 1920, the average CT the
twelve preceding months.
The greatest fatality prevailed among the
children. there being LOGS deaths among
infants of under one year. Infantie diar-
rhoea was the most deadly disease, having
caused $50 deaths. Diseases of the nervous
system caused 3I2 deaths tuberculosis of
the lungs killed 25S, while 81 died from
tuberculosis of other organs. One hundred
and thirty persons died from cancer
Twenty-three persons committed suicide.
August is regarded as the greatest suicide
month in the year. but 1t failed this season
to keep up with the records Of some pre-
viouS summers.