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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
jackson Stores
Open Their Doors

Jackson, Dec. 26.-While the state
house and. most of the other public
buildings and business houses in lack.
son opened up for business promptly
on time this morning for business.
there has been very little actual bust
ness done today. Much of the time
has been spent instraightening up the
general confusion resultant from a
rush of business on Christmas eve.
During the afternoon the stores
have done fair business, owing to
the fact that almost the usual mum.
Der OF country people, following a
time-honored habit, have come to town
and some of them are trading in a
desultory fashion.
All the officials are at their places
in the capitol, but the holiday spirit
still pervadeI everywhere and there
mas been little for them to do. Only
few letters are in the mail, indi-
eating that those who usually write
letters have also been bu>
with Christmas and Santa Claus.
Governor Noel, who was among the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26

bidder for cash at the front door of
the Ilattiesburg Trust G. Banking
Company in the City of Hattiesburg,
Miss, on the third Monday and the
eighteenth day of January, 1909, dur
ing legal hours, the following property
and claims belonging to the said Nc
Elreath Lumber Company, to wit All
the books, notes, accounts and chooses
in action except a claim against Pace
q Lacey which is pending in the
chancery and circuit courts in Jones
county, Mississippi. The above books.
notes, accounts, etc, are claims for
lumber sold to purchasers and over
charges and etc. against railroad COM
panies.
Said sale to be confirmed and rati-
fled by said chancery court after the
same is made by me.
Witness my signature this the 18th
day of December, 1903
r. B. MCLEOD.
l2-2l-3wks mon Receiver.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
BOXING DAY
IN London
Trade is Suspended in English
Metropolis and Throughout
the United Kingdom.

London, Dec. 2G.-"Boxing Day"
was celebrated in the usual manner
throughout the United Kingdom to-
day. The city itself was almost de
serted and business was entirely sus-
pended, With Christmas and Box
ing Day coming at the end of the
week. London will have an entire sus-
pension of trade for three days. Ev-
elybodv who could get away is out
of town for the triple holiday For
those immured in London there were
many novel and. spectacular panto-
mines, especially devised for the oc-
casion. al the theatres this afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
Daily News Special.

pdliS News OpeCldl.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. 26.-President
p, S. Merrill of the Cotton States
League, has received a check for $500
from the GAINESVILLE association of the
Central League, being the draft money
for Roy Montgomery and Robert
blackburn, two members of Jackson's
pennant-winning team of 1908, who
Will report for duty with GAINESVILLE
during the approaching season.
Montgomery will take the manage
ment Of the GAINESVILLE team. Black
burn will doubtless be used at his old
position on third base. The drafting
of these two players leaves Jackson
with but a small reserve list for the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
ORDER Of LEMONS
IS UNIQUE SOCIETY
Girls Who Have Never Been Squeezed
Are Admitted to Membership.

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 2G.-Young
woman, have You ever been squeezed?
Yes? No? If you have not. you are
eligible for membership in the Ancient
and Accepted Order of Lemons. which
has Just been organized in this city
with the establishment of Crate No. l.
The head officer of the new society.
called the Main Squeeze. is said to &c
a popular young woman in Muskogee
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
NOTICE OF RECEIVERS SALE OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY

IN the matter of The Bougue Homa
Lumber Company VS.. The McEl-
reath Lumber Company:
State of Mississippi,
Forrest County.
n the Chancery Court, No. $50.
By virtue of certain decree rend-
cred by the honorable ehancery court
or Forrest county, Mississippi, at the
December term, 1908, in the above
styled matter, I, the undersigned re-
ceiver in said matter will offer for
sale and sell to the highest and best
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26

society, although the identity of both
officers and members is kept a pro-
found secret. However, it is known
that all Of the lemons" are sweet
young things, and not the sour old
maids that might be expected from the
name. 1t is likely that the new order
will spread over the entire country
and that crates will be organized
in every city and town.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
It Is a Wonder.

Chamberlain Eminent is one OF
the most remarkable preparations yet
produced for the relief of rheumatic
pains, and for lame back, sprains and
bruises. The quick relief from pain
which it affords in case of rheuma-
tism is alone worth many times its
cost. Price % cents; large size so
cents. For sale by Hays e Field, and
Yellow Pine Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26
Hattiesburg "Centrat Time
North Bound,
GULF & CHIP ISLAND RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Passenger Service.

Passenger Service.
No. No. 3.
AV' jackson .....4:30 am 3:26 pm
Lv. Hattiesburg ..8:1S am 7:05 pm
Ar, Gulfport -. HOO am 1900 pm
No. 4 No. 6.
Lv. Gulfport go. 1880 am 4:15 nm
Nv. Hattiesburg 1887 am 1888 pm
Ar. Jackson ... 2:1O pm 11:15 nm
Columbia Division Via silver Creek
and corumbIa.)
No. 101 No no
o'oo a. m. Lv. jackson Ar. 1885 I'm
ZOO pm. Ar. Gulfport Lv. 1880 am
No. 100. No 10.
2:3O pm. Lv. Jackson Ar. 1905 am
$50 pm Ar. Columbia Lv. 900 ar
Connections at Jackson, Hattiesbu,:-
and Gulfport with all lines.
ALL TRAINS RUN DAILY
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-26

first to reach his office in the state
mouse, spent a quiet Christmas with
ms family at the mansion and hardly
feft the building during the day. A
rev friends were entertained there in.
formally but had no egg nog offered
them. In fact, the governor is averse
10 anything even suggestive of nog
He always takes his eggs straight and
his nog not at all.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
THE MURDERESS IS
SENTENCED
TO Die
[By Associated Press. ]

lBy Associated Press.
Watertown, n. v, June 20.
Guilty of murder in the first
degree was the verdict of the
jury last night in the case of
Mrs. Mary Farmer. charged
with the killing of Mrs. Sarah
Brennan. The jury was out for
three hours.
Justice Rogers sentenced Mrs.
Farmer to be electrocuted at Auburn
prison during the week beginning
August 2.
The crime for which Mrs. Farmer.
who is 20 years old, was convicted
was most fiendish. Her victim. Mrs.
Brennan, who was So years old, was
her neighbor and intimate friend.
and the motive was to gain posses
sion of the Brennan home. deeds of
which Mrs. Farmer had forged in
October.
The crime was committed April
23. Mrs. Brennan was hacked to
pieces with a hatchet and her body
was stuffed into a trunk.
Mrs. Farmers husband is also un-
der Indictment on a charge of muir
der in the first degree as accessory
to the crime.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

A deal was made this week involv-
ing another of the big stock ranches
of the Plateau valley. S. j. and OIL
lie Higgins sold their 4S2-acre ranch
on Salt creek to Mr.. Brodick OF
Grand Junction for a considera tion
of S9,640. George Caldwell making
the deal. This ranch is situated con-
tiguous to a splendid scope of cattle
range and is very desirable proper
ty. Mr.. Brodick was up Wednesday
to look at the land and we under
stand he will take possession at once
Plateau Valley Voice.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
M MONDAY morning there
M will open in this city
the greatest criminal trial
ever held in Mesa county,
and with few, if any excep-
lions, the greatest trial ever
held in Western Colorado.

Steve Adams. charged with the
luride mining superintendent, was
brought to Grand Junction last night
from Telluride and is now in the Me-
sa county Jail. He will be the de-
fendaut and central figure in the
great trial. His attorneys are all
here and are ready for trial.
District Attorney Hugo Selig will
reach the city tonight Ex-Congress-
man II. NJ. Hogg and other attorneys
will assist Mr.. Selig in the prosecu-
ton of the noted prisoner. who is
supposed to have the favor of the
Western Federation of Miners, and
which organization believes him in
nocent and will. from all reports.
lend it's efforts to secure his acquit-
tai.
Gen. Bulkeley Wells. the leading
witness for the prosecution and one
of the most prominent mining men
in Colorado. arrives in the city to-
morrow and will have rooms at the
St. Regis.
A great many witnesses have been
summoned by each side. and they be-
gan to arrive in the city today.
The district court room has been
put in excellent shape for the trial,
which comes here on a change of
venue from San Miguel county. Ow-
ing to the small seating capacity of
the court room, it will be impossible
to accommodate all who will desire
to attend sessions of the trial. which
will probably last FOR several weeks.
Only members of the bar. court of
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Harry B. Jones. credit man for
the Grand Junction Fruit Growers
Associa ton, leaves this evening for
Denver to attend the great meeting
of the National Credit Mems Associa-
ton, which opens its sessions in Den
yer ON Monday with hundreds of
prominent credit men from all parts
of the country in attendance. Mr..
Jones will represent the local fruit
growers association, which associa-
tion is member of the Denver Cred
ii Mems Association. The meeting
will prove the greatest of its kind
ever held in the west.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
NEW TOWN PLANNED
FOR PLATEAU VALLEY

We are informed Surveyor Schwal-
bach was employed the few days
this week surveying new town.
site on H. l.. Murray'fs land at the
mouth of the Anderson gulch, on the
Plateau creek road.
1t is PLANNED to make this the
shipping point for the Sunnyside ter
ritOiy when the railroad comes.
We have not learned what the pro-
posed tOwnsite will be named. but
would suggest ''Sunnyside Station"
if the name is available.-Totiay's s
Plateau Valley Voice.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
GRAND JUNCTION
TO BE THE SCENE
Attorneys all Here and Witnesses in the
Steve Adams Trial are Arrivlng---
Big Venire of |Talesmen Will
be Ordered Summoned

ficers, witnesses and representatives
of the press will be allowed within
the bar rail of the court room.
Monday morning Judge Sprigg
Shackleford of the district court will
cali the case.
Both sides will announce ready,
and then the court will order a big
venire of probable Jurors. perhaps
200 in number, drawn in the regu-
lar manner, and Sheriff Schrader and
his deputies will Immediately begin
the work of serving the papers on
the men whose names are drawn for
jury service. This work will require
several days-perhaps a week-al-
though some of the officers do not
think it will require weeks time.
After ordering the venire sum-
moned the court will take recess
until the venire is brought into court
and then the work of selecting a ju
ry will begin. The attorneys seem to
think that It will not take a great
while to secure jury as there are
hundreds of men in this county who
know little or nothing about the
case and who have never formed an
opinion regarding the merits of the
case. -ss-
The trial will hardly be completed
under months time.
Interest in the big case is keen
throughout the west.
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, was
here "A few days ago and will be here,
it Is reported. again tomorrow; and.
although he declares that he is not
here primarily in connection with
this case, ii is known that he is very
deeply interested in it and is watch
ing every development.
The trial will attract more general
interest than any criminal trial held
in the west since the Haywood and
Pettibone trials.
The Sentinel has made arrange
ments TO give a comprehensive and
interesting report of the trial each
day. The facts as they develop will
be given, the details of the trial cor
rectly related and no attempt will
be made to eXaggerate or highly col
or any feature of the trial.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
A FATAL EXPLOSION
ON BOARD A
STEAMER
(By Associated Press.)

Philadelphia, Pa, June 20
Fourteen persons are reported to
have been injured today in an ex-
plosion on board the German steam
er Arcadia. which arrived here yes
terday from Hamburg.
The explosion occurred shortly af-
ter the stevedores began to unload
the cargo.
Fire followed the explosion amid
ships and the flames were only sub
dued after a hard fight by the hre-
men.
The body of one of the stevedores
was found in the hold by the fire
men, and 1t Is feared that others may
have lost their lives in the explosion.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
BIG POWDER PLANT
BLOWS UP AT
LITTLETON
IBv Associated Press. l

10y zNoSVNItfI'7U T T'-So.
LITTLETON, COLO, JUNE 90
AT LEAST ONE DEAD, SEVERAL
MISSING AND MANY REPORTED
INJURED is THE RESULT OF AN
EXPLOSION THAT BLEW UP THE
NEUTRALIZING PLANT OF THE
DU PONT POWDER COMPANY.
NEAR HERE, SHORTLY BEFORE
NOON TODAY.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOS-
ION Is UNKNOWN.
PHYSICIANS AND NURSES
HAVE GONE TO THE SCENE FROM
LITvTLETON IN AUTOMOBILES.
SUPERINTENDENT CHAMBERS
is OVERSEEING THE WORK OF
RESCUE AND REFUSES TO MAKE.
A STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
BIG STORMS OCCUR
AND DAMAGE
IS GREAT
IBy Associated Press. /

Piltsburg. Pa, June 2O.-Dis-
patches from western Pennsylvanis.
eastern Ohio and West Virginia re-
port great damage from two severe
storms-one last night and the Sec
ond early today.
The damage will amount TO more
than S2.000.000.
Ten persons were injured, none of
them fatally.
Early last evening storm CEN
tered about Buffalo Bill's Wild West
show as thousands of people were
just entering the big tent. The can
vas collapsed. demolishing n section
of the seats. serious panic was
only averted by the band playing
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
TOWN IN DANGER
BUT RIVER IS
FALLING
TBy Associated Press. ]

st. Louis, Mo-, June 2o.-
Sweeping through the valley at
the rate of ~ miles an hoei the
flood tide of the Mississippi riv-
er, il is believed, has reached the
crest of its rampage and will
prabably begin to recede tomor-
row.
Today a steady stream of debris
is surging through the St. Louis har-
Dor on its way to the gulf.
Venice. Madison and Granite City
on the Illinois side of the river are
suffering. In Venice especially the
situation is grave. Houses west of
Main street, which forms an embank-
ment . feet above the other portion
of the city, are feet under water,
and many OF the homes have been
abandoned. Should the river rise
another foot the city will be entire-
ly under water and traffic on the rail-
road arteries leading north will have
to be abandoned.
Low-lying farms are from / to 10
feet under water.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
CONFESSED HOLDUP
HAS BEEN ACQUITTED
[By Associated Press. ]

Butte, Mont, June 2O.-LOuis
Ferris was last night acquitted of the
charge of murder in connection with
the alleged dynamiting of the Over
land Burlington train near this city,
May 1 last, the jury celebrating
scarcely an hour.
Ferris, who is youth 23 years of
age, confessed to dynamiting the
train; but the defense claimed that
the confession had been wl1lng from
Ferris by third degree methods.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
FOLKS AT HOME
GREET MIR. TAFT


o. D. Il home
Taft Arriving in his native city 40 this morning
he
ndgIbors which
with enthusiastic, shouting
"a
laughed heartily
An later of $
to
% o
two each other hearth while the evastas
semblage looked cfeered
home
who will be chairman the the
judg Of
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
OVER 1000 MINERS
HAVE STOPPED WORK
Especial to The Sentinel. }

Denver, June 2O.--Two thousand
five hundred miners in the northern
Colorado coal fields quit work yes
terday afternoon, intending to re-
main out until the operators grant
an increase in wages or make satis-
factory concessions.
If, after further negotiations be-
tween the union mine workers Of
ficers and the operators, no settle
ment is reached. formal strike will
be called.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

DR.. Goodship, a prominent dem
tist of Detroit, Mich, and an old
time friend of Frank Whitaker of
this city, arrived last night and eX-
poets to remain in Grand Junction
the greater part of the summer. He
comes west seeking rest and better
health He is chancellor command
er of Wayne Lodge No. 104 of De-
troit. the largest knights of Pythias
lodge in Michigan, having over coo
members.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
COL. SAM YOUNG
has PASSED AWAY
IBy Associated Press |

Chicago. June 20.-William HAM
ilton Young. manager at Washing
ton of the Western Union Telegraph
Company and known to newspaper
men throughout the country as
Col. Sam" Young. died today
He had been in the service for
nearly so years
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
PEARY HOPEFUL

(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, JUNE 2O.-COM-
MANDER ROBERT f.. PEARY
LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED THAT
HE HAD RAISED ALL But $1O.-
900 OF THE $5O,OOO FUND NEED
ED FOR HIS LATEST POLAR EN-
PEDITION, ON WHICH HE HOPES
TO EMBARK JULY 15.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

This afternoon at O'Clock in his
office, Justice sweeney united in mar
riage C. NJ. Downing and Miss Mar
garet Lawrence, a young couple of
the city. They will reside here. Mr..
Downing and his attractive bride
have many friends to wish them hap
piuess.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
SEVERAL DROWN
In MISSISSIPPI
Especial to The Sentinel.

Missoula, Mont, June 20.-Al
Watson was drowned near Big Bend
Thursday, and two companions mar
rowly escaped with their lives.
They were floating down the Hell
Gate river on raft, when the high
water dashed their raft to pieces
against bridge pier.
Albert Bolivar was drowned near
Bonita two days ago.
]. Frank Marshman was killed
yesterday while helping protect the
st. Paul grade, mass of rock falling
upon him.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
TAFT SUITS HIM
IBy Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIateu PTeSS.
NEW YORK, JUNE 2O.-J. SP.
MORGAN. WHO ARRIVED FROM
LONDON YESTERDAY, HAS EN-
PRESSED PLEASURE AT THE
CHOICE OF SECRETARY TAFT AS
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR
THE PRESIDENCY.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

The Trinidad State League team is
due to play here with the local team
on next Monday and Tuesday after
Moons, but it will not be known def
nitely whether or not the games will
be pulled off until some time tomor-
row.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
TWO COUPLES TO WED.

This afternoon County Clerk Starr
issued to c. NJ. Downing and Miss
Margaret Lawrence, both of Grand
Junction. a license to wed.
Bert Hickman and Miss Coral
Payne. both of Grand Junction, also
secured a license to wed.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
GREAT TRIAL WILL OPEN MONDAY
IDAHO DAM BROKE
AND VALLEY
FLOODED
IRv Associated Press. l

[By Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, JUNE 2O.-A
DISPATCH FROM MALAD, IDA,
STATES THAT THE DEEP CREEK
DAM, NINE MILES ABOVE THAT
TOWN, BROKE YESTERDAY, AND
A WALL OF WATER TWENTY
FEET HIGH SWEPT DOWN THE
VALLEY, INUNDATING FARM
LANDS AND DROWNING MUCH
STOCK.
THE LOSS is ESTIMATED AT
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

The finance committee of the
Fourth of July celebration organiza-
tion is busy today soliciting contri-
buttons and is meeting with fair sue
cess.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
The METAL MARKET.
IBy Assoclated Press. ]

New York, June 2O.-The lead
market today was dull at 4.471a to
4.521a.
Lake copper was quiet at ~ q to
10.
Silver. "a u.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

A. n. Johnson has resigned his po-
sition with the Grand Junction plan
Ing mill and will go to Las Vegas,
n. NJ. to accept a position with "A
big concern in that city.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Thursday night big crowd gath
cred in the town of Palisade to wit
ness demonstration of the Plank
Fulgrum coal smudge pot. The dem
onstration was most successful and
aroused much enthusiasm for these
homemade pots.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Harry l.. Wohlfort and Samuel
Sturtevant have returned home from
Glenwood Springs, where they at
tended the state meeting of drug
gists.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Garret f. Regner and Amanda f.
Regner have entered into an agree
ment to sell large tract of land to
Gustave w. Schroeder and Charles F..
Winger for a consideration of SEA-
000
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Miss Cora Tevis. deputy clerk OF
the county and district courts, is
among the visitors to Glenwood to-
day from this city.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
OFF FOR HOME

[By Associated Press.l
Washington, June 20.-Pres- +
+ ident Roosevelt and party left I
+ for oyster Bay today by special I
+ train. I
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Miss Helen Bunting, who has been
quite i'll for several days, is consid-
erably improved today.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Bart Lynch left today for fish
ing outing on Four Mile creek. He
will be gone several days.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Today with County Clerk Starr
the Wallace-Judd Mines Company
filed its articles of Incorporation.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Oliver. of
Paonia. are spending few days in
the city.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
BANS PUBLISHED

[By Associated Press.
+ Paris, June 20.-The bans of 1
+ Nine. Anna Gould and Prince I
+ Helie de Sagan were published I
+ this morning. I
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Now is your opportunity to buy
cheap land in the Plateau valley ON
easy payments, where crop failures
are unknown and you can enjoy the
best climate and wa,er IN Colorado.
X. G. Hall e Son of Molina, Colo,
have a large list of the best fruit.
hay. grain and stock ranches to
show or describe by letter for the
mere asking. Also have some that
can trade for town property.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20
FIFTY VICTIMS
OF The FLOODS
(By Associated Press. }

Guthrie, Okla, June 2O.-As near
ly as can be estimated. 30 persons
have lost their lives In Oklahoma
from drowning in the recent Hoods,
and as many more have been killed
otherwise by storms and lightning.
In the vicinity OF Hoffman alone
16 persons have been drowned dur
ing the last month.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Stone are
spending today and tomorrow in
Glenwood Springs.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Harry S. Cox. of St. Louis. is
spending a few days in the city.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

The members of the Jolly Thimble
Club We're among the excursionists
to Glenwood Springs today.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

J. A. Gilliland, of Hutchinson.
Kansas, is a new arrival in the city.
b. w. Payne. of Lake City, is here
on a short business trip.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-20

Summer lap busters that are right
Fred Mantey.