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The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
FATAL RACE RIOT
IN MISSISSIPPI
Negroes and Whites Killed in
Fight Near Meridian.
TROOPS ORDERED TO SCENE

Eight OF the Nine Men Killed Are
Negroes Militia Withdrawn
After the First TroubIe-Two
Whites Arrested.
Meridian, Miss. - Nine dead and
three wounded is the record of the
race riot in Kemper County since the
trouble started. Eight of the dead
are negroes, while but one white man
was killed.
When the troops arrived at Waha-
lax they found the little town in
fever of excitement over the clash be-
tween the races earlier in the day.
Colonel McCants, the commander
of the Second Regiment, was in
formed that the negroes had fortified
themselves two miles from Wahalak,
and party of soldiers went out to
dislodge them, but when the troops
arrived on the scene the blacks had
disappeared. Two negroes were
killed near Wahalak by whites, but
no further trouble occurred there
during the night or next morning.
All OF the negroes in that section
had either fed or secreted them
selves in their homes, and believing
the trouble at an end, Colonel Nc
Cants returned to Meridian with the
soldiers
At night rioting broke out at Scoo-
ba, town in the same county, five
miles south of Wahalak, as a result
of which five negroes were killed.
The Sheriff of Kemper County was
unable to control the situation and
sent Governor Vardaman an urgent
appeal for troops.
The Governor Immediately noti-
fed the militia at Meridian, Macon
and Columbus to proceed to Scooba
by special train.
Reports from Kemper County by
long distance telepohne state that all
of the white people in the county are
up in arms. The negroes are armed
with rifles and shotguns.
Two of the alleged slayers of the
negroes at Scooba have been placed
under arrest, and Governor Varda-
man has ordered company of State
troops from this city to prevent their
escape.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Labor World.

Female school teachers in Arizona
are better paid than those of any
other State or Territory in the Union.
Memphis unionists contemplate
building labor temple to cost $780,
900.
The work of organizing the ma
chinists apprentices of the Pittsburg
district has begun.
About $4,000 cotton mill opera
tiyes went to work under increased
wages in New England
The last quarter of the year has
seen over 5000 900 added to the
wages Of railroad employees.
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"A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress to investigate the Lumber
Trust.
Senator Dick has introduced
bill to equalize the salaries of army
and navy officers.
The Senate has confirmed the
nomination of Afford W. Cooley as
Assistant Attorney General
The Tillman bill forbidding ma
tional banks and all corporations
from contributing to election funds
will be favorably reported to the
Senate with an Imprisonment clause
added to the fine penalty.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
STOLEN BANK FUNDS FOUND,
Cover Surety Bond of Kansas City
Cashier Under Arrest.

Austin, Tex.-Between $4,000 and
$1,000 stolen by William c. Ander-
son, former assistant paying teller of
the First National Bank of Kansas
City, who was arrested here, has been
found in Austin. The amount re-
covered, according to the agent here
of the surety company that bonded
Anderson, is sufficiently large, with
that turned over by Anderson when
arrested, to reimburse the company
for the $4,000 bond it had given.
The surety agent declined to tell
where the money was found, except
to say that it was locked in a box,
but not in a bank.
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A. j. oAssATr FALLS DEAD.
Sudden End of President of Penn
sylvania Railroad.

SyiVanla railroad.
Philadelphia.-Al j. Cas-
sett. President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, died suddenly at
his home in this city. The announce
ment of his death was made from his
office in the following bulletin:
Mr.. A. J. Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, died sud-
denly of heart disease at 1 D. m.
The symptoms were those known to
the profession as the Stokes-Adams
syncope, and as is often the case
under these circumstances, death was
instantaneous. +"
Mr. Cassatt fell dead. surrounded
by the members of his family, who
were at home at the time
Mr. Cassatt's illness. which cul-
minated in his death, dates from the
Pennsylvania Railroad scandal last
summer.
Alexander ]. Cassatt was born in
Pittsburg, December 8, 1889, was
educated in Germany and at the
Troy Polytechnic Institute He en-
tered the service of the PennsyI-
vania Railroad in 1851 as a rodman.
In 1857 he became superintendent
Of motive power and machinery. and
In 1870 he became general superin-
tendent of the Pennsylvania system.
From this time on his rise was rapid,
and in 1880 he had become first
vice-president. In 1882 he resigned
and did not again hold an official
position in the company until he was
elected to the presidency in 1889.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01

Warren Garrett, General Agent Of
the Traps0ceanic Emigration Com
paay Of Toxic, has placed 1900 ia
paness emigrants who left Japan last
month for Mexico. Among them were
fifty-seyen women. 1t is believed
that the men will be more contented
In Mexico II they have their wives
with them.
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Feminine Notes.

Mrs, Parsons theory of trial mar
riages has been scornfully received.
The English suffragettes continue
to show heroic temper and quality.
A woman in Virginia has offered
to sell her brain to medical students.
At Hazelhurst, Miss, Judge Miller
sentenced Mrs. Angie Birdsong to
serve five years in the penitentiary
for killing Dr. Butler, who was al
legged to have slandered her.
One OF the fads of the Duchess of
Marlborough is the study Of philoso-
ply.
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MOB REPULSED.
Tried For Hours to Get Into Colo.
} RADIO Jail.

Las Animas, Col.-After storming
the county Jail here for several
hours, a mob that gathered after
dark for the purpose of avenging the
death of Henry Lavenmeyer, we'll
known farmer near here, who was
murdered in a most brutal way by
a tramp, dispersed. The mob worked
its way into the jail as far as the
steel door by breaking down the
wooden doors but met with a stern
refusal by the Jail keepers to turn
over the prisoner and finally gave up.
When apprehended the prisoner
gave his name as Lawrence Iceberg.
and many believe him to be insane.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
FARMER STARTED RIOTS.

Wahalak, Miss.-Robert Harrison,
conductor on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, who was ambushed and Sc
riously wounded by a negro, is dead.
The origin of the racial troubles here
was caused primarily by the meeting
in narrow roadway of wagons driv-
en- by white farmer and negro re-
spectively. The negro abused the
white man, who reported the occur
renee to the white villagers at Waha-
lax.
The whites Immediately organized
themselves, and in a fight with the
negroes of the community several
white men were killed, including one
of the most prominent of the villag-
ers.
Dead negroes have been found in
many parts of the settlement since
the trouble started.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Trooper KilIed at Dinner

In the presence of the four troops
of the Fort Sheridan squadron of the
Ninth Cavalry, who had just begun
their Christmas dinner in the dining
hall of the fort, at Chicago, Sergeant
John Griffin, of Troop 1, shot and
killed Corporal William Taylor. Of
the same troop. The men, who arc
colored, had quarreled over a woman.
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Killed by Natural Gas.

James Harris, his wife, thirteen
year-old son and three-year-old
daughter were asphyxiated by natu-
raj gas which escaped from stove
in their home at Niagara Falls, On
tario. Their eleven-year-old daugh-
ter is in precarious condition from
the effect of inhaling gas.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
CHINA'S FAMINE.
The Country Decides to Appeal to
Europe For Aid.

EUROPE FOR AlO.
Victoria, B. C.-Advices were re-
ceived by the steamship Tosu Maru
that China had decided to appeal to
Europe and America for $1,35O,00O
for the relief of the famine sufferers
in Central China, where 100000
Chinese are facing starvation this
winter. People famished from hun
ger are reported to be pillaging the
homes of the authorities
A foreigner who has reached
Shanghai from the famine-stricken
district, says that he saw men and
women naked, except for few rags
around their bodies. The women
had naked children at their breasts.
The famine threatens to equal the
appalling one of thirty years ago,
which devastated the northern prov
inces of China and destroyed hum
dreds of thousands of people. The
outlook is worse than then, as the
district is now more thickly popu-
lated.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Shoe Factories Busy.

Shoe shops are so we'll satisfied
with the present seasons contracts
that statesmen are devoting attention
to business for delivery next fall, but
there is sufficient material on hand to
prevent much activity in the leather
market.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Bank Teller Sentenced.

William G. Anderson, former as
sistant paying teller of the First Ma
tional Bank of Kansas City, pleaded
guilty in the Criminal Court to en-
bezzling $4,000, and was sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Three Children Burned.

Three children of Stanley Single
ton, aged thirteen, eleven and eight
years, were burned to death in
fire that destroyed the Singleton fam
lily residence at Neater Station, w.
Va
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Woman Gets Five Years For Murder.

Miss Florinda Illario, the Italian
girl recently convicted at Somerville.
N. j., of manslaughter for shooting
to death her lover, Alexander D.
Paolo, contractor and hotel man
of Raritan, on June 4, was sem
fenced to serve FIVE years in the State
prison at hard labor.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Arrested For Measurements.

Postal authorities have arrested
Fred Colvin, at Chicago, for misstat-
ing through the mails the value of a
mine he is promoting.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Montana Lawyer Indicted.

An Indictment charging illegal
fencing of 13,167 acres of public
land has been returned at Helena,
Mont, against T. E. Brady, a promi-
nent lawyer.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01

The Arkansas Supreme Court has
reaffirmed the two years imprison-
ment sentence of Senator F. o. Butt,
convicted of bribery.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Shin Captains pisciplined.

Fifty captains of Hamburg ship
ping companies have been dismissed
and other officers have Joined in
strike, delaying steamships.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Life whirled Out by Machine.

Falling into sponge mixer full
of dough at the Bliss Bakery, Co
lumbus, Ohio, H. D. Vankirk, a
baker, was whirled round and round
When the machine, was stopped he
was taken out dead.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Disappointed Composer Dead.

Insane by reason of repeated re-
fusals of an opera he had written,
William F. Berchert killed himself
at Mayville, Wis.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
SHOT BY ROBBERS.
City Marshal and Under Sheriff
Killed in Colorado Town.

Denver, Col.-The City Marshal
of Lamar and Under Sheriff Horace
Frisbie, said to be the most fearless
officers in the Rocky Mountain re-
gion, were shot and instantly killed
by two strangers who were attempt
ing to rob store. The men escaped.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01

Through a hole in the wall dug
by Fl. A. Hillman, two negro pris-
oners escaped with him from the jail
at Birmingham, Ala.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Advance in Prices.

The record of the prices of railroad
supplies, rails alone excepted, dur
ing the year shows the greatest ad-
vance ever known in like period
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
killed by Town Marshal.

In self defense Marshal John Gov.
ander, killed Jim Key, cologed, at
Mansfield, Ga.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
killing Of Brother Unsuitable.

Justifiable homicide was the YER
dict in the killing of Nicholas Lynah
by his brother Paul, near Warren
ton, Ga,
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
An Editor Fails De

Charles Beckwith Fink, editor of
the Latrobe (Pa.) Advance, dropped
dead at his home from apoplexy.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Pledge From Insurance Companies,

Insurance Commissioner Folk, of
s Tennessee, has been assured by the
New York insurance companies that
any money spent for the election Of
trustees will be refunded.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Tragedy Caused by Smoking in Bed

Smoking her pipe in bed, Mrs.
Lewis Phillips, colored, set fire to
the house and she and her husband
were burned to death at New Or
leans.
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
COLORADO MURDERER LYNcHED
Forty Masked Men Break Into the
Jail TO Take Lawrence Iceberg.

Las Animas, Col.-Lawrence Le-
berg was lynched by masked men,
for the murder of Henry Laven-
meyer. About forty men entered the
jail and easily overpowered the
sheriff, the under-sheriff, and two
other officers, and locked them in a
room Of the building. His captors
formed procession and hanged Le-
berg % q telegraph pole. The con-
tossed murderer made no resistance
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01

WANTED INDUSTRIOUS PER
:. sons In each state 30 travel for house estab-
IAshed eleven years and with q large capital, to
Gall upon merchants and agents for successful
and profitable line. Permanent engagements.
Weekly cash salary OF S2a and all travelling eE
penses and hotel bills advanced in cash each
erence and enclose self-addresged envelope
THENAIONAL8D Dearborn ST. ChicaEQs
The Morris County chronicle., 1907-01-01
Plumbing. Thinning. Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mill street, tele-
phone 2S4-l, or at the store of William
a. Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as plumber
is too well known for any further COM
ment. 253S.
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KRONENBERG'S
To our subscribers.

When You wish to change the address
Of your paper be sure and send the
present address as well as the new one.
If this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
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notice.!

JOHN J. CARROLL, who for years,
has been in the firm of LooNEY s. CAR
ROLL, has formed q partnership with
his son, WILLIAM. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
The Washington times., 1907-03-10

tuck fashion over the
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and back C which are two embroidered
straps. or Persian bands
II is less expensive and tedious 90 buy
Persian bands already made than TO
embroider them. BreJclles Of Persian
embroidery extend along the edges of
the Y, widening in o. large point I'm the
center of the back. here one side
overlaps the other. a big button trims
this point In front the points are not
quite as wide and terminate on each side
the bodice front quite close together.
much as q deep collar would do. Short
CT bretelles extend over the shoulders
in the new mode, which requires that
all bolero draperies should extend over
the shoulder line and conceal the sleeve
stitching. These bretelIcs terminate in
the center of the back and front 4
button is in each OF the long points I'm
front and in the middle of each embr0id-
cred strap. The bretoUcs are tucked
down upon a full bodice of brocadeI
chiffon ANY thin broc3ded or cmbroid-
cred material would do as well. This
disappears beneath the WaIl-of-Troy top
of the skirt, which is edged with mar
row Persian banding.
There are Chinese. Japanese, Persian,
and other fancy embroidered landings
which serve these purposes. since band
embroidery costs d lot Medium full
sleeves slope under a turued-up cuff,
which is embroidered to match the
bretelles and trimmed In the open outer
points with decorated buttons that hold
the points I'm place. This sleeve is
tackled at the bottom TO the lining
sleeve, which Is finished with q puff OF
the bodice material above a fitted cum
of embroidered bands.
70 one side of the skirt front. along
a scam. loops and buttons are lrsIlgsI
which repeat those used I'm the back.
only these begin below the waist line
and do not extend to the top Of the
skirt. Narrow folds of the dress ma
terial-Cor velvet may be Used)-e1cir-
Gle the stock M its top and the cuffs OF
embroidered bands
Incidentally il may be mentioned That
the hat shown is enc Of the seasons
most attractive styles. II is q Milan
straw with roses in several different
tints blended together and ribbon to
match the dress. This ribbon is caught
~ the back in q very new and pretty
fashion. but one which few women may
wear becominEIy
Figure B is an attractive example of
the new open sleeve and the vogue for
tasseI triil-t:ing, both features in spring
dress. \ yoke and stock of lace has
around the neck a band of velvet rib
bon at the top and bottom Of the stock
across the upper portion of the yoke
and I'm a line down the center Of the
sleeve TO the arm above "A hounce OF
lace caused by the release OF the sleeve
bottom. This Is edged with a bit Of
the dress. although a simple lace edge
would he as pretty
The bolero is IN pelerine stylc-a very
new mode this scason-and has two
pleats on the shoulder near the open
neck. which is cut IN deep V IN front
and one less deep in the back. The
sleeve portion is in one piece with the
boIcro fronts and backs. and shape IS
given by an inserted loose piece under
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is stitched in tuck fashion over the
edges OF the trimming band.
The hat that accompanies this model
IS one OF the springs most attractive
models It Is q Ncapolitan straw-if
straw the airy texture may be called
trimmed with roses I'm tints 20 harmO-
nize with the gown and ribbon 90 har-
monte with both. Bunches Of ribbon
are arranged under tl,e back brim, with
ends falling down upon the hair.
One of the seasons pretty checks is
shown i'm figure c. which also illus
trates the new shoulder sleeve effect and
apron drapery. A lace Euimpe. with
sleeves Of the same made in large puGs
with two deep tuclls in the puff. is worn
with a Jumper" bodice This is made
in bolero style. with a fold of satin
around the open neck. like a collar,
with a knot and two wide. soft ends in
front. A very effective WaIl-of-Troy
design is worried out upon the shoulder
with bias folds of the dress material
each other. A separate piece is
inserted undor the inner fold on the bo-
lcro. terminating i'm shortened side
pieces that carry out the effect of
triple points. forming a short sleeve and
DOleEO sues. 4 DllS tAbt the Slle rttSt1
of the bolcro portions trim the inner
part of the hem of the overskirt and
top Of the hem Of the skirt a similar
fold encirclcs the arm beneath n band
of lace, to which the lace sleeve is gath
cred.
A wide girdle of satin turns up I'm the
back TO give a slight Empire effect TO
the skirt This is circular in style. with
the fullness at the top held in place by
stitched pleats all around except in
front Down the front is an oversl1iTt
drapery. which meIts into the skirt on
onr side and hangs loose on the other.
This is a very chic model in which 10
make up checked silks. voiles and
striped silks and voiles Of all sorts
Cotton fabrics, too. Will make mp well
in this model. Figures A apd 3 are
especially adapted to light woods. silks.
and satin. although linen of not too
sheer a quality may be effectively made
un in those styles
-Th" hat in fgure c is d very chic
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DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF FASHION,,

black stripe. The black and white and
flower color designs are always charm
Ing for SEeerer cOttOnS, and such silks
rs noUsseline and chiffon. and tho bord-
er designs in flower cOloring are equally
charming in connection with material
In which black dots or stripes appear on
d white ground. but, as has been said
before, we are thoroughly familiar with
such effects through the sheer silken
s5uTs Of similar design.
Embroidered robe patterns in batiste
Swiss, null, etc. viii have an unusually
successful season If predictions are full
filled. and the manufacturers and i'm
pOrters have evidently counted upOn
suci. fulfllment for, while only a small
percentage Of the robe importa lions are
on view. these few are a clear indica-
ton OF the emphasis put upon such
materials, in the plans foi the me-
season.
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skirt Drapey.

gown las lace yoke and collar ur7n
it's lining top. The gown fastens be-
meath stitched strap of cio-h down
the front, which IS trimmed with three
square ornaments III the lower part
The stitched strap curves around, siv-
ing the impression of an oveTslliTt. since
it hangs loose along the lower edge.
Tie I'rtt,m &C. a. G. si-ig. IS finished IN
the same fashion. a boIer3 jacket has
small square lre,el,e5 turned back cn
each side the front and showing the
top Of a little vest portion. which Is
finished with o button and terminates
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iD tbe NeWest Smart
GoWDs. OUerskirt DraP-
cries iQ Vogue for Spring.

trimmings, Of any kind Of silk with
plain bands. or in plain yelling or silks,
with fancy bands or braids. II is also
pretty for striped materials. trimmed
with bias folds OF the same.
These are all practical. rs well as
handsome. models and lend themselves
alike TO rich or simple materials. p and
c, however. are the only ones which
would look well 10 wash materials. al
though heavy wash goods. OF which
few VIII be worn this season, would
make up well in the model Illustrated in
Fig. d.
A good deal may be said about the
trimmings used upon spring gowns
Folds are stiU very fashionable and are
given new touches by reason OF the
1ipings which head most OF them and
the designs into which the narrower