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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16
SAN FRANCISCO
STREET FIGHT
STRIKE OF MoToRMEN AND
cNDUcToRs RESULTS IN
A FATAL RIOT.
OPERATION OF CARS TRIED
strike-Breakers In Uniform, with
RevolVers Strapped Around
Their Waists, Try to
Run One Line.

san Franclsco-The strike OF the
100 union mutormen and conductors
Of the United Railroads developed
Tuesday afternoon In a riot in which
more than score OF persons were
severely hurt, some fatally and some
were hurt TO lesser extent.
At 80 o'clock the company made
It's first attempt to resume the OPP
Grafton Of It's system by sending out
seven passenger cars manned by be
tween 80 and so strike-breakers.
wearing the uniform OF car inspectors.
and each carrying 3S.caliber re.
yolver strapped around his waist out.
side OF his coat. The start was made
from the company's barns at Turk
and Fillmore streets. where a crowd
Of from 5000 TO 5000 men and boys
had gathered.
Twenty-seven policemen. FIVE
mounted officers and several ser
geants under the command OF Capt.
Moon were on patrol guard. The ap.
pearance OF the cars IN Fillmore
street. from which they were switched
into Turk street, was the signal for
an immense outburst OF jeers and
howls. Before the cars had gone one
block they were made the targets OF
stones and bricks. In few moments
every pane OF glass had been smashed
and several Of the armed operatives
had been struck. cut and bruised Al
Turk and buchanan streets an espe-
cially fierce attack was made on the
foremost car 4 guard on the rear
platform answered the flying stones
with a pistol shot The bullet struck
one OF the union sympathizers In the
arm.
Union Men Take Cars.
Finally dozen or more Of the
guards were arrested by reserves
from the central police station and
union crowd boarded the rearmost
car and started IL back to the barns.
Arriving there. the strikers charged
that revolver fire was opened on them
from the barns. In this encounter sew.
eral more men were shot. 4 non.
union man threw the switch at the
corue. OF Turk and Fillmore streets
and The derailed car shot into the
s-dezglk, manning two men. whose
r1Ess have not been learned. In the
s-zzEe1e that followed here. scores
g women and children on the out.
ts.-ts CO the mob In Fillmore street
wsre hurled 10 the pavement and
trampleJ upon.
The appearance Of relief squads 10
reinforce Police Captain Moons men
resulted about 1880 o'clock in the par.
tial dispensing OF the crowds
Freight Car Stopped.
The bloody events OF the afternoon
we're preceded by less serious clash
IN the forenoon. when a freight car
manned by FIVE inspectors and Barn
Superintendent Jones was run out OF
the yards at Turk and Fillmore streets
and operated for half a block The
crowds showered the car with brick.
bats and stones and slightly injured
two OF the inspectors. Finally all
attempts TO operate the car was Civ.
en- up. and II was run back to the
yards by Jones himself. with union
men swarming on the platforms and
Joining in the cheers that were sent
up by the mob.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16

Boston, During his Invocation
at the opening Of tho state senate
Wednesday. Chaplain E A. Horton
prayed for the success Of home rule
Ia Ireland.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16

fronting the royal palace. The happy
event had taken the capital some.
what by surprise, for only Thursday
afternoon the queen had taken her
customary drive.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16
twenty one IClIisd in RIot.

Yekaterinoelav, Russla--There has
been serious Fioting In the coosack
village al Kavkazskaia, In which ~
persons lont their lives. Troops have
been aent
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16
Forest Fires IN c.h.

Havana Reports from an parts Of
tho island show an Increase IN she
devastation being wrought BY forest
FIRES which are a result Of long con.
tlnned dronth. -
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16
70 peport Traehoma pstIsnts.

Honotulu--There are several trach-
oEaa patients among the Spanish i'm.
migrants recently brought from Spain
who win be deported
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16
Shock kIlla Llneman-

Pine Bluff, Ark.-E. Il. Walker. a
lineman, was electrocuted while ON a
pole repairing wires blown down dur.
ing a storm.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16

Tallahassee. Fla The house Of REP.
resentaliyes passed resolution lp
doraing William J. Bryan tor he Drea.
idonsini npmination,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-05-16
Mad MsetIna Ia phIIadeIphIa.

waghlng,on-The American Thera.
Hentic society adjourned to meet IN
phiiaeelrhia Nay 2. and ., 1905.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Imnudent Negro shot.

A Jackson special, bearing date OF
July IL, says: Earle MCGOWAN, a
white man, and Henry Managin, a
negro, are locked up in the city pris-
on tonight to await official investiga-
ton of an affair in which they we're
the actors tonight. 1t appears that
the negro was passing along one Of
the streets of the restricted district,
and as he passed the house occupied
by a white woman, Mrs Blanche
Campbell, he noticed the woman and
one or two others standing in the
yard. He addressed them in rather
too familiar terms, when one of the
women gave him piece of her
mind in forcible terms This anger
ed Managin, who raised his stick and
struck Mrs Campbell over the arms,
causing a compound fracture At this
juncture MCGOWAN happened along
and inquired the cause of the trouble
Upon being informed he started after
the negro, and accosting him init
mated that he must accompany him
to the police station. To this the ne
gro demurrred, and at the same time
drew a knife, when MCGOWAN fired
one shot into his leg below the knee
and held him until the arrival of the
police. The affair created considera-
ple excitement, but no further vio-
lence was offered the negro. Nc
Gowan is charged with shooting and
wounding, and the negro with assault
and abusive language.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Bankhead Nominated.

| Montgomery, Ala, July 10.-The
caucus for nomin: ton Of a senator
| 10 succeed the late John T. Morgan
drew the two houses almost solid to
the capitol tonight. Evidence of the
popularity Of Bankhead, nominated
practically without opposition, was
everywhere apparent. He was cheer
ed Justify when he entered the hail.
and later during his speech received
cordial expressions of approval from
the members. There was enthusias-
tic applause when the new senator
spoke feeungIy of the aid and sup
port of his wife, crediting her with
that mead Of success which had come
to him in his public and private
life 1t was noted by many as a CO.
incidence that Bankhead earnestly
condemned government operation of
railroads within a few hours after
Bryan State club had been organ
lied for the purpose of carrying the
State for the Nebraskan for presi-
dent Bankhead urged that the adop-
tion of the policy by the nation means
the death of the nation. He regards
that such move would be emf
nently disastrous.
In his capacity as member of the
State Roads Association committee,
the new Senator Bankhead moved
with his fellows today for State aid
for good roads, and in his speech
heartily endorsed State and National
aid for the highways. His tribute
to the late Senator Morgan was one
of the most touching of the many
paid since the death of this great
statesman, and made him many
friends. His plea for fair treatment
for capital met hearty approval of the
business men; his plan for suppress
sion of trusts was in line with cur
rent thought, and his earnest en-
dorsement of the work of the present
legislature for schools struck re-
sponsive cords in the hearts of all
factions of the assembled multitude.
Chairman Long, of the house eau
Gus, refused to vote for Bankhead,
not regarding him in line with the
dominant element of the party or a
representative of the sentiment of
the legislature. He voted for Reed
Bains of Opelika.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Governor vardaman Explains.

| Gov. Vardaman has issued the fol
lowing statement in regard to reso-
lutions adopted by the Meridian
board of trade in connection with the
recent debate between the governor
and Hon. John Sharp Williams in
that city:
My attention having been called
to special to the Commercial Appeal
from Meridian, Miss, where the
board of trade of Meridian passed
resolutions taking exceptions to the
publication of the correspondence
between Mr.. Neville and myself rel
ative to the joint debate and my
comments thereon. | desire to say
that what / gave to the public will
show that I made and had no refer
trade. but that I referred alone to
Mr.. Neville, who as shown by the
resolutions themselves, seems to have
alone conducted the negotiations for
and I should not have published the
correspondence or made any COM
ment thereon but for the fact that
Mr.. Neville was reported to have
said when he came out of my room
on the morning of the Fourth. that
he had my agreement in black and
white, and that he was going to in
sist that it be carried out, which
meant that l was trying to break
away from my agreement, thus i'm
plying bad faith on my part, when
he knew that / had only insisted on
the carrying out of the terms as
shown by the correspondence al
ready published.
In order to show exactly what I
had agreed to and that | was not
guilty of breaking any agreement, l
deemed it but just and right to let
it be known what the real truth was,
lished. / made no charge of mis-
treatment on the part of the board of
trade. nor that they had anything
whatever to dot with censoring the
press dispatches. However, many of
the press dispatches were SO grossly
incorrect as to bear the ear marks of
having been censored by some one,
as all who heard the debate must
have known.
With this statement / do not pro-
pose to take any further notice of
the matter, but will leave TO an i'm
partial public to draw its own con-
clusions from the facts. 2
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Postal Changes in the South.

A Washington special of recent
date says: Postmaster General Mey-
er today announced that new in
spection division of the postal ser
vice would be created August 1, with
headquarters in Atlanta, Ga, to be
comprised of Florida, Georgia and
South Carolina.
Inspector Geo. NJ. sutton, Of Mis-
souri,, will be promoted to inspector
in charge of the new division. The
San Juan, Porto Rico, division viii
be abolished and attached to the
Washington division. Inspector in
Charge Frank NJ. Hamilton will con
tinue as local inspector at San Juan.
Florida, Georgia and South Caro-
lima are now in the Chattanooga div
ision, but after their withdrawal Mis-
sissippi is to be taken from the New
Orleans division and added to the
Chattanooga division. The changes
are ordered as a part of Mr.. Meyers
plan for the reorganization OF the
inspection service through the re-
assignment of inspectors.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Holds Large Crowd spellbound.

Hickory Flat, Miss, July 11.-Gov.
James X. Vardaman spoke here this
morning to the largest crowd ever
seen here at a political meeting His
speech was along the usual lines,
and held the vast audience for more
than two hours speIlbound. The APP
plause was frequent and hearty a
large number of ladies were in the
audience and literally applauded the
speaker
Governor Vardaman is very popu-
lar in this county, and those present
today We're delighted with his dis
course upon national questions Peo-
pie were here from this (Benoit),
Marshall and Union counties.
Messrs. Spencer, SimraI and Hen
ry for insurance commissioner, Ed
wards for treasurer, and other candi-
dates were announced
Governor Vardaman left this after
noon for Potts's Camp, where he will
speak tonight.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Officers Elected.

At the annual meeting of stock
holders of the Columbus Building &
Savings Association which was held
Friday night, the following directors
were elected for the ensuing year:
c. F. Sherrod. Battle Bell. John A.
Stinson, L. A. Vaughn, E. G. Grace,
f. s. Moore, J. H. Keaton. The di-
rectors elected the following officers:
c. F. Sherrod, president; Battle Bell,
president; I. II. Sykes. secretary
and treasurer; and Newman Cayee,
attorney.
The secretary and treasurer sub
mitted his annual report. which
showed the affairs of the association
TO be in excellent condition. In or
der that the stockholders may see
the exact condition of the affairs of
the association this report will be
published at later date.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Prof. Whitfield Takes Charge.

Prof. H. l.. Whitfield, who was re-
Kincannon as president of the In
dustrial Institute and College, took
formal charge of the institution last
Thursday. Prof. Whitfield reached
the city Thursday morning and re-
mained here only long enough for
the institution to be transferred to
his care, having returned to Jackson
Friday afternoon. AS has already
been stated in The Dispatch, all the
preliminary work for the coming ses-
sion has been disposed of, and there
is little to be done during the sumt
mer. For the present Prof. Whit
field will divide his time between
Columbus and Jackson, but will at
all times be in close touch with the
institution and will maintain gen
eral supervision over its affairs. He
will take up his permanent residence
here about the first of September, on
which date his family Will take
charge of the residence to be vacated
by President Kincannon.
Mr.. Kincannon, who, as everyone
knows, has been elected chancellor
of the State University, will leave for
Oxford tomorrow. His family will
remain here until the first of August.
when they will join Mr.. Kincannon
at his new home
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
RAILROADS WILL
GIVE LOW RATES
CIVILIANS VISITING COLUMBUS
DURING STATE ENCAMP-
MENT WILL SECURE
VERY LOW RATES.
Encampment is Inciting Interest in
All Parts OF the State, and
Large Number of Visitors
VIII Attend Meeting.

Prospects for the success of the
annual encampment of the Mississippi
National Guard, which begins here
Tuesday, August 9Th, and continues
ten days, are most encouraging. The
encampment is melting interest not
only in military circles. but among
the public generally, and it is believ-
ed that in addition to the twelve hum
dred officers and enlisted men who
will attend the encampment, there
will be at least one thousand civil
ians present.
The railroads have offered very
liberal rates for the occasion. Sec
rotary Sykes, of the Progressive I'm
ion, has for several weeks past been
in correspondence with Mr.. Jno. E.
Beall, general passenger agent of the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, in regard
to rates, and in order that the public
may fully understand the rates that
will be offered the following letter
from Mr.. BeaIl is published:
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Surprise Stores Big Sale.

Special attention is called to the
advertisement of the Surprise Store
in this issue. The proprietors of this
store have been for several years
holding a mid-winter and a mid-sum-
mer clearing sale. The purpose of
these sales is the selling off of all
seasonab1e goods, clearing out all
merchandise that would otherwise
have to be carried over till another
season and then sold at a discount
because of style changes, etc. Now,
while this merchandise is still stylish
and very desirable, and while there
is plenty of time to wear it, they are
offering price inducements in order
to close out.
Probably no firm in town realizes
more keenly the necessity for making
a dollar go as far as it can, and hence
they offer during this sale bargains
throughout the store that will make
a dollar do its utmost. Be ready at
the opening of the sale next Wednes-
day and get there quickly, as their
best bargains are SO attractive that
they will be picked up by those who
get there first.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
IMPROVEMENTS
IN CAR SERVICE
STREET CAR SYSTEM Is BEING
BROUGHT UP To DATE AND
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
ARE TO BE MADE.
New Company is Making Prepara-
tions to Handle a Large Num-
ber of Passengers During
State Encampment.

The new owners of the electric
light plant and street car system are
by no means communicative regard
ing contemplated improvements, but
on the other hand seem TO believe in
Sitting still and saving wood. The
term saving wood" is used in its
literal sense, as the company has a
large force of men saving cross ties
for two new loops that are to be
built One of these loops is to be
located at the Mobile & Ohio depot,
so that cars can turn around for the
return trip after reaching the end of
the line instead of having the trolley
reversed, as has been necessary here
tofore, and the second loop is at the
eastern terminus of the line. This
loop is to be formed by the con-
struction of a track from Washing
ton Park northward to the baseball
park, where it will connect with the
main line This loop will enable
sightseers who wish TO view the
soldiers in camp to do so without
leaving the cars, which will make a
complete circuit of the encampment
grounds The cars, after passing the
encampment grounds and the base
ball park, will continue to Lake
Park, where they will circle the loop
and return to the city on the main
line. Work on both the loops de-
scribed above is now in progress and
will be completed by the first Of
August.
At Lake Park many improvements
are under way. A large force of lab
orers are at work cutting out the
weeds and giving the place a thor
ough cleaning. Mr.. Greenland, the
general manager of the company,
says that he's going to make Lake
Park one of the most attractive re-
sorts to be found anywhere in the
country. Its natural advantages are
admittedly unsurpassable, and it is
the intention of the company to de-
vote special attention to the develop
ment of this splendid property.
A minor improvement, or rather a
safeguard against accidents which is
badly needed, is the installation of
an arc light at the point on College |
street where the street car track |
crosses the track of the Southern |
Railway. Heretofore there has been |
a cluster of incandescent lights at |
this point, but the current is so pow
erfu1 that they are continually burn
ing out, in consequence of which the
crossing has been in utter darkness
about one-half of the time. 1t has
been decided to erect an arc light at
the College street crossing, and the
light will be placed in position as
soon as a wire can be run from
the plant.
Several new cars will be purchased
at once. Mr.. Watson, the president
of the company, is now in the East,
and will have these cars shipped in
time to reach here before the en-
campment. 1t is said that the COM
pany will undoubtedly extend the
line, but with the Improvements men
toned above, which must necessarily
be completed before the encampment
begins, the officials have their hands
full, and the matter of extending the
line will not be taken up until the
work already mapped out has been
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Meeting of New Hone Presbytery

The New Hope Presbytery Of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church will
convene at Beersheba church next
Saturday, July 20th, and will remain
in session until the following Tues
day. On Saturday and Sunday there
will be all day services and dinner
will be served on the grounds. The
people of the neighborhood, with
Characteristic hospitality, have vol
unteered to open their homes for the
entertainment of visitors, and there
will be ample accommodations and
a cordial welcome for all who desire
to attend Rev c. N. zwingle, Rev.
]. II. Bell and Mr.. r, NJ. Nickles will
attend the session OF the Presbytery
as delegates from the local church.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Te Dust Saloons.

A recent Jackson special says:
An interesting report is current il
political circles that the leaders OF
! the several movements TO secure
changes in the Mississippi constitu-
tion are preparing to combine forces
to put their measures through the
next legislative assembly, and failing
in this they will concentrate their
efforts to secure a constitutional con-
vention.
Following the theory that union is
strength, the Mississippi anti-saloon
league, whose leaders held confer
ence in Jackson recently and declar-
ed for statutory and constitutional
prohibition, could be of material aid
to the forces that are fighting for a
new legislative apportionment, an
elective judiciary system, and bet
ter method of tax equalization. These
four subjects will attract more atten-
tion in the next legislature than all
other measures ombined, and many
Legislators will be elected on pledges
to support one or all of these pro-
posed amendments to the organic
Law
The northern counties are expect
ed to fight the proposition for more
equitable apoprtionment, but ma
jority of the lawmakers from that
section will be found arrayed, as
they have always been in the past,
in favor of prohibition. To reconcile
this conflict will be a rather trouble
some task, but the leaders of each
proposed constitutional change can
doubtless find a common ground on
which to conduct their respective
campaigns in such a manner as one
measure will not jeopardize the sue
cess of another.
The declaration of the Mississippi
anti-saloon league for statutory and
constitutional prohibition is not
surprise. 1t has been generally
known for several months that this
demand would be made, and the
adoption of yesterdays resolution
was but preliminary to an aggressive
campaign that will be waged against
the open saloon.
Instead of having the local option
fights in the few counties where sa-
looms still exist, the prohibitionists
have decided to put them out of bus
mess with one fell swoop, and they
are confident that this can be accom-
plished by demanding a statutory
law, applicable to all of the counties,
and which will remain in force and
effect until the constitutional amend
ment can be voted upon by the peo-
pie, and if adopted the statutory
measure would still be in force and
effect.
The National Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association is expected to put
up a spirited fight and spend the US
ual amount of money to influence the
lawmakers against the proposed leg
lslation, but they will not find it SO
easy to win the fight as in former |
years. Public sentiment against the |
open saloon in Mississippi was never |
so strong as now, and it seems that I
the saloonists might as well yield to |
the inevitable. I
The elective judiciary, legislative .
and tax equalization /.
questions are also commanding a full /
share of public attention, and much .
sentiment is being aroused in their
0oh no nj
'ected in behalf of each, and with
good generalship they can at least be
put through the legislature and sub
nitted to the people for ratification.
Surprise Stores Big Sale.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-18
Encampment Notes.

Rearing it's tall head above the
surrounding plain, the ponderous
flag poll will soon stand to mark gen
eral headquarters. 1t is Governor
Vardaman's hope and wish that old
Lowndes may receive every dollar of
the money spent in entertaining the
soldiers, and to that end those in
authority decided that all bids would
be opened in Columbus. So let all
merchants, butchers, bakers and
candlestick makers resolve to put
so low price and such excellent
goods that not one dollar of the S40,-
600 will leave our county. Wake up
and reach after this fine sum. 1t is
equal to eight hundred bales of cot
ton added to our receipts; will pay
for one hundred cars of corn, and
all at a time when ready cash is at
a premium. Every one who has
rooms to rent or wishes boarders
must see Secretary l. H. Sykes, of
the Progressive Union, at once. Have
him put your name on list to send
you boarders during encampment
time. We are short of hotels now,
and such nice people come as visitors
that you will enjoy having them in
your house.