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DEATH FOR BLACKNSND
Three Were Killed and One Bad
Iy Wounded in New Orleans.
EFFORT TO EXTORT MONEY
One of the Blackhands Produced Rev
volver and Wanted Money and Val
uables, Giaeona Used Rifle.

New Orleans, LA black hand
tragedy with the unsual sequeI tnat
all the bIackmailers, numbering four,
were killed or wounded while their
victims escaped without a scratch, was
enacted here in the historic home OF
General Beauregard in the French
quarter. This house at 111S Charities
street. is now the residence of Pietro
Gkacona a wine merchant, and reputed
to be one Of the weSlthieSt Italians IN
the south.
Giacona is 81 years old, and how ne
and his son, Carrada, managed TO XIII
three armed and desperate men is not
vet clear to the police. 1t is certain
that the Giaconas invited the DlacK-
mailers into their house and Wined ana
dined them for several hours before
the shooting. The Giaconas claim that
the UNEQUAL fight was practically fore
ed on them and that they did not
shoot until after one of their guests
had opened fire. The identified dead
are Giovanni Barreca, Giro Cusimano;
unidentified, one Italian.
Wounded, Francisco Vattah OF 81
Louis.
Vattai claims to have been shot
while passing ,Giacona's house, leaVlng
the possibility that the fourth guest
may have escaped, despite his wounds.
-Four men, whom Giacona knew, call
ed at his house, and were invited in
nv Gfaconas son. Giacona claims
that these men had at various times
obtained several barrels of wine and
about S400 from him. He says that
long after midnight, when his guests
had refused to leave and had demand
ed $50, he offered them So, which an
gered them. One of them began
Shooting and Giacona replied with a
rife. his son using a shotgun. The
battle-ground was dimly lighted Sec
ond foor gallery overlooking an In.
side court. Two of the guests fell
dead on this gallery and a third at
the foot of the stairs. Following q
trail of blood, the police found Vat
tall In a nearby shed. Added to Vat
tails denial that he was among Cha
cona's guests is the latter's statement
that Vattali was not the fourth mem
ber of the party. So far the police
have not cleared the mystery about
the fourth guest.
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Educational Conference.

General interest is being aroused
in the Mississippi educational confer
ence to be held at the State Univer-
sity July and z, under the auspices
of the Mississippi Teachers Associa-
ton. 1t is expected that several hum
dred prominent educators will attend
the convention, and a splendid pro-
gram is now in course of preparation,
which will be announced within
few days.
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-Four Children Poisoned.

Four children of Mrs. ]. E. Bolton,
residing in Meridian were mysterious
" poisoned and only the quick arriv-
al of a physician saved them. The
children were seized with most vio-
violent an adj au nm rdalu annnn
lent nausea and vomiting in few
minutes of each other, and this was
followed by fainting spells. A baby
of fifteen months lost consciousness,
and it required hard work to bring
the infant around. There is no known
cause for the sudden illness of the
children.
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NERSY PARAGRAPHS.

Three thousand dollars was divided
among the motormen and conductors
Of the Birmingham (Ala.) Street Car
company as a reward for faithful SER
vice during the recent reunion OF the
Confederate Veterans there.
The cruiser Yankee of the United
States navy, went into commission at
the CharlestoWn, Mass, navy yard.
She will be in charge of Commander
c.. G. Marsh and will patrol the At
lantic coast in the torpedo service.
Twenty passengers were injured,
one fatally and several seriously, in
an accident on the Meadville and Cam
bridge Springs street car line near
BakerstoWn, Pa.
The Coney Island Jockey club,
which conducts the meeting at Sleeps
head Bay, gave out the following an
nouncement: "The Coney Island Jock
ey club greatly regrets being obliged
to reduce added money so per cent for
all unclosed races at the coming June
meeting The program for stake races
will not be changed, and the added
money in these events will not be re-
duced."
n
| where victims of dogs or other ami
| mails whose bites produce rabies can
! be cared for at cost or at the city's ex-
pense, is proposed by Chicago alder
| man. who has prepared an ordinance
! providing for the institution. The
/ funds for Its support are to come from
the dog license fees, which last year
amounted to S61.600.
John ]. Lynott, a Brooklyn contrac-
tor, 4S years old, summoned to the
door of his house in that city was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded by
the visitor, said to be his nephew,
Thomas Lynott The young man then
shot himself in the head. 1t is belisv-
ed he will die The cause of the shoot
ing Is unknown.
Reports received at Madrid, spain
from the west coast of Africa con.
cerning the sinking by a tornado on
the upper Congo river of the steam.
boat Vile de Bruges Las May. OF the
six Europeans who lost their lives
four were caught by cannibalists
killed and devoured. Seventy negroes
were drowned.
A further advance in the price Of
dressed meats Is predicted in New
York by agents Of the big packers.
Relief for Louisiana food sufferers
who include fully 5000 almost desti
tute persons, was arranged for by GOV
ernor Sanders. He announced thai
the war department will furnish sup
niles and that General ]. 8. Bell, chic
Of staff. has ordered Major Foote o
New Orleans to take charge OF the sit
.uation. The floods are caused by hhgl
water principally in the Red and Blacl
, rivers. and have submerged portions
of seven parishes. The governor ais
, took up the matter Of relief with tn
| assembly.
, A reconciliation, fastened by the IL
ness OF one of their children, is bt
NoYed to be near between Frank
Gould and his wife.
Following the receipt of numoe
of threatening letters from Dlact
mailer a bomb was exploded Deneat
!. the staircase of a big tenement houss
n in New York. imperilling the lives
2 several hundred persons. This wa
: the second attempt in two weeks
! blow up the house.
). For the liberty of calling lady
goat whom he claimed butted In Q
/ the line while he was teiephoning a
T other lady friend, Tom Sullivan pa
b s15.75 to the recorders court at a
! lanta- Ga
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The Feed Stuff Low.

President J. F. Hardy, of the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College it
is stated seems quite himself, not
withstanding the rather trying or
deal which he has recently under
gone. and the effect of which official
ly is still in suspense until the final
action of the Board ST Trustees can
be had. President Hardy is planning
to put the fedstuff law enacted by
the legislature at its session the East
winter into operation, and was in con
sultation with Attorney General
Fletcher in regard to certain clauses
which seemed somewhat involved.
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TO REDUCE PRICE OF BEEF.
Also to Increase Supply is Aim Of As'
rIcultural Department.

Washington, D. C.-To increase the
supply of beef and thereby lessen its
cost to the American householder Is
one Of the principal objects underlying
the efforts of the department Of ag-
riculture to secure a proteid that will
thrive in the semi-arId regions of the
northwest. The beef market at pres
ent is being supplied by corn-fed cat
tie. CRASHED cattle are not as good
in quality as those fed on corn. The
beef that is secured from the cattle
having photeid foods included in its
fare is considered the best.
1t is to increase the supply of this
kind of beef by increasing the proteid
belt in the west that the department
OF agriculture has again sent Neils F.
Hansen, Of Brokings, S. D., to make a
thorough investigation of the plant life
OF northern Russia and Siberia.
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Honorable Discharge.

Gov. Noel has received from the
Navy Department in Washington
notification of the authorizing of the
honorable discharge of young A. 7.
Howell, of Crystal Springs, who IS
now in the battleship Vermont, in the
Pacific ocean.
The young man had served only
about one year and would have about
four years yet to serve. The dis
charge was authorized in compliance
with the request of Howells father,
who desired that his son return home
and finish his education.
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CRUISES TESTED.

Engines of Warshlps Maryland and
West Virginia Make Good Showing.
Washington, D. C.-Rear Admiral
Dayton reported that the armored
cruiser Maryland during a four-hour
full speed forced draught trial on the
California coast averaged 1881 reVo-
lutions of her engines per minute, and
the armoured cruiser West Virginia,
under similar conditions, averaged
1913 revolutions. The average speed
obtained with a slightly adverse cur
rent was 22.25 and 22.1 knots, respec-
lively. The revolutions made exceed
those recorded on the contractors
trials and in the opinion of the naval
officials speaks well for the work on
the machinery Of the vessels, which
have now been in commission for
three years.
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EARNINGS OF SHIPPING TRUST.

international Mercantile Company
Makes Report Showing Earnings.
New York City.-The annual report
of the International Mercantile COM
pany for the year ended December 81,
1907, made public shows total gross
earnings for the year of $39,266,5S8,
an increase of $2,1O7,376 over the pre-
vious year. The net earnings were
S7,O24, ,040, a decrease OF $97S,9Ss; and
the surplus for the year after payment
OF interest charges and Income tax
were S4,OS3,T a decrease Of 1896, ,023.
OF this surplus S4,00o,000 was ap-
piled to the fund for the depreciation
Of steamships.
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Washington.

Assistant Surgeon David A. Spear,
United States navy, was convicted by
a courtmartial held at the Washington
navy yard of forgery, theft and other
charges. He has been sentenced to
dismissal from the navy and one
years Imprisonment at the Ports
mouth. N. H., naval prison. The court
recommended that Spear be sentenced
to two years Imprisonment, but the
president reduced this to one year.
The Ltberian ENJOYS are endeavor-
ing to get the support OF the American
government in maintaining the status
quo of the Lberian boundary line and
were again in conference with Secre-
tary Root at Washington. They were
accompanied by Booker 7. Washing
ton. They also called on Secretary
Wilson, who assured them that his de-
partment was willing to cooperate
with Liberia in every way.
The following transfers and promo
tions in the positions Of secretaries In
the diplomatic corps have been an
nounced at the state department:
John w. Garrett Of Maryland, second
secretary Of the embassy at Berlin,
to Rome as first secretary of the en-
bassy-a promotion. R. 8. Hit OF Hi
nois. secretary at Rome, to Berlin, and
Joseph G. Drew Of Massachusetts,
third secretary at st. Petersburg, to
Berlin.
An increasing prevalence OF raDIes
or hydrophobia in the District OF Co
! 'lumbia is indicated by a statement
prepared on the subject by DR.. A. D:
Melvin. chief OF the bureau OF animal
industry of the department OF agri-
~ 1arceis post agreement between
the United States and France was
signed by Postmaster-General Meyer
and Ambassador Jusserand, Of France.
Under the terms of the convention,
which Is effective August 15 next,
packages up to four pounds and six
ounces viii be carried at the rate OF
- cents a pound Later the maximum
weight of packages which can be sent
hv mail To France at the rate OF IL
cents a pound will be increased to
eleven pounds.
The navy department has changed
the base of the practice squadron from
Hampton Roads, Va, to New London,
Conn. after the 22d instant The prac.
tice squadron, which has ON board
about 500 midshipmen from the naval
academy at Annapolis, consists Of the
Olympia, the Chicago, the Hartford
the Arkansas and the Nevada. The
change was made to enable midship.
men to spend the summer in climate
different from that at Hampton Roads,
which substantially is the same as
that at Annannlis
postmaster-General Meyer concf1d
al a postal convention with Italy
whereby beginning August l, next
merchandise may be sent by parcels
mast between the United States anc
Italv at the rate of IL cents pound
ND to II pounds.
President Roosevelt has appointed
three commissioners to represent tns
limited states on the joint information
Al commission to Investigate the OPT
nm question in the far east. They are
THOMAS Burke, an attorney of Seattle
nr Hamilton Wright, of Maine; anS
Dr Charles D. Tenney, Chinese sec
, ratarv OF the American legation a
Pekkn. Similar commissioners viii D'
appointed by all the powers antereste'
in opium suppression.
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/. E. WRIGHT, SECRETARY OF War.
Appointed by President Roosevelt tc
Succeed William H. Taft.

Washington, D. C.-Secretary Taft
presented to the president his resig-
nation, to take effect June 80, and 1t
was announced at the white house that
Luke E. Wright of Tennessee will be
appointed secretary of war to succeed
Mr.. Taft.
In making this appointment the pres
Edent was Influenced somewhat by the
desire to recognize in an emphatic way
that there Is no longer any dividing
line between the north and the south,
and that all good Americans are In
thought and deed one, and the presi-
dent was Influenced still more by the
fact that Governor Wright's personal
attributes and experience eminently ht
him for this particular position.
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$40 OOO Blaze At Charleston.

Fire in the business section of
Charleston did $4,000 damage, de-
stroying eight frame business houses
on the south side of the public
square. The losers are T. M. Harris
& Son, C. S. Summers, 7. D. Pugh,
Ivy Williamson, ]. A. Crow, Benson
& johnson, S. J. Baker, A. Patterson.
Insurance nominal. Origin unknown.
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SMALLPOX ON THE TRANSPORT.

The Sherman Held in Quarantine at
Astoria.
Portland, Ore.-A dispatch from AS
toria says:
The transport Sherman arrived and
went at once to quarantine grounds.
The quarantine officer reports that
before the transport reached Honolulu
one man, a navy man returning home,
died of smallpox and was buried at
sea. Two days ago an enlisted man
was taken i'll with the same disease.
As the two men were in different
parts Of the ship, the entire vessel is
considered infected.
This means that under the quaran-
tine regulations each of the 1882 man
ON board must be vaccinated and quar-.
rantined for a period Of fourteen days
and the transport must be fumigated.
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IMMIGRANTS INJURED.
Steamer Couldn't Hold All and q
Stampede Results.

New York City-Many persons
were more or less injured in a riot at
the Holland-American line pier at Ho.
boken when the police were compelled
to repeatedly charge and beat into
submission a number of immigrants
who were unable to secure passage on
the company's steamship Potsdam,
when it sailed. During the disturb
ance Mrs. Mariani Singleton, of Pitts
burg, was trampeled upon and is now
in a precarious condition.
Owing to the steerage being crowd
ed 1000 immigrants, mostly from the
west, were unable to secure accommo
dations and the riot resulted. The Hol
land-American line officials later made
arrangements to carry the diappoint
ed passengers on the steamer Bremen
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Her BODY FOUND IN RARBGR.
Wife Of Wealthy London Man Loses
Life in New York.

New York City.-The body of Mrs.
Frederick A Warner, formerly of Bos-
ton, who disappeared from the Hotel
Belmont in this city last January, has
been recovered end identified. The
body was found floating in the harbor
more than a week ago and taken to
the morgue. Her brother, G. 8. Briel,
of Boston, positively identified it. Mrs.
Warner, who was the wife of a
wealthy leather manufacturer OF Lon
don. had been visiting her mother in
Boston. On January 13 she came to
New York and went to the Hotel Bel
mont, where she remained until she
mysteriously dropped out, of sight
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PATRICK AGAIN LOSES.
Condemned Lawyer Is Refused Writ
of Habeas Corpus.

New York City.-The application OF
Albert T. Patrick, who is serving a
life sentence in Sing Sing prison for
the murder of William Marsh Rice, an
aged Texan millionaire, for writ OF
habeas corpus, was denied by Judge
LaCombe. in the United States circuit
court. Patrick set up the claim that
his conviction and sentence to death,
which has been commuted to life inn
prisonment, was a result of conspir-
acy to plunder the Rice millions.
The motive, he asserts, was to pre-
vent him from enforcing Rice's will,
leaving the greater part of the Rice
fortune to him. t
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CRUISER NEW HAMPSHIRE.
She Will Go to Quebec to ereet.Prince
of Wales.

New York City-WOrk is being
rushed on the new battleship New
Hampshire at the Brooklyn navy yard,
that she may be ready to leave here
on her trip to Quebec to honor the
Prince of Wales on his visit to Can
ada. This will be her first ocean trip
and the navy department has assigned
Captaan Cameron MGR. Winslow to
command her.
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FINED FOR BRIBING.
Cleveland Man Plead Guilty to charg-
es Against Them.

es Against Them.
Columbus, Ohio.-M. F. Branley OF
Cleveland, president of the Cleveland
Trinidad Paving company, pleaded
guilty to three Of seven indictments
against him, charging bribery of form
er members of the board of pubic
service, in connection with the East
Broad street paving contract, and
was fined $500 on each, or a total OF
$1.665, including costs, which was
promptly paid.
H. c. Lang, superintendent of the
paving company, also pleaded guilty to
eight indictments charging bribery,
and was fined $500 each on seven, SEN
tence on the eighth indictment being
reserved until the September term OF
court Lang's fine, amounting 70
SS, 700, including costs, was paid.
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SHIP WITHDRAWN.
Railroads Increased Freight Rates
Hurt Charleston.

New York City.-It is asserted at
the Office Of George o. Summers, gen.
eral traffic manager Of the steamship
service Of the United Fruit company,
that the withdrawal Of the ships of
that service between Jamaica and
Charleston, s. c., and the diversion
of the service to Baltimore was due
entirely to the action of the Southern
railway in increasing the freight rates
on fruit from Charleston northward.
To avoid the increase the United Fruit
cumpany abandoned Charleston and is
now using Baltimore as the southern
port at which the cargoes are un-
loaded. -
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MAN.EATING TIGER
Attacks Keeper Whose Wife Rescued
Him With Aid of Pltchfork.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Hermon Gerson,
head animal keeper in the East Lake
Park zoo, was seized by both arms by
a big male tiger while washing its
cage. The tiger stripped both arms
of flesh from the elbows down and al
most pulled his arms from the sock
cts. His wife came to the rescue and
by jamming the beast in the eyes and
breast with pitchfork, pried its
teeth and claws open.
The fight between the woman and
the man-eater lasted several minutes,
ending only when Mrs. Gerson direct
ed the prongs of the fork against the
animals eyes. With his arms re-
leased, Gerson sank to the ground and
was later removed to the hospital.
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CHORUS OF $500.

National saenserfest Meets In Indian
apoIls, Ind.
Indianapolis, Ind.-The thirty-second
national Saengerfest OF the North
American Saengerbund opened with a
parade Of floats and banners through
the brilliantly decorated streets OF
the city. The five concerts which
mark the festival WELnclude 1000 WIS.,
iting singers, 1000 Indianapolis school
children and a united male chorus
from this city of $500.
The visitors number over $4,000.
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DIED OF LOCKJAW.

Cut off His Finger; Dies at Hos
pitaI.
Atlanta, Ga.--Mark Oliver Miller,
soad 23 died at the Grady Hospital
here from 'lock-jaw," or tetanus.
While grinding sausage for a meat
market on December 3, 1907, Miller
lost the first forefnger on his left
hand Several days afterwards ne
showed symptoms Of having lock-jaw
hut improved in a few days. Lately
he was taken suddenly worse. and the
anger. which had not entirely healed
heean paining him. He was sent te
Grady Hospital where he died.
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ROBBED ON. TRAIN.
$4,000 Taken From Mans Pocket in
Crowded Vestihue of Car.

st. Paul, Minn.-H c. Taylor OF Sc
attic was robbed of $4,000 at the
union station while on the way home
from Europe with his wife and daugh-
ter. AS the party was about to alight
from a sleeping car on a train from
Chicago Mr.. Taylor was jostled by
two men In the narrow passage at the
end OF the car. One of the men reach
ed inside Taylor's coat and grabbed a
wallet containing money and securt
ties. Taylor shouted an alarm, but the
men escaped.
Most OF the stolen securities are ne
gotiable. IL
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HON. A. 4. WILEY PASSES AWAY.
Alabama Congressman Dies at Hot
Springs After Long illness.

Hot Springs, Va.-Representatiye A.
A. Wiley of Alabama, who served IN
Cuba as General Lawton's chief Of
staff and civil governor of the eastern
province, and member Of the last
fonr congresses, died at hotel here.
He was about so years old.
He suffered for weeks with infam-
matory rheumatism. and general phys
ical breakdown, and during the last
of his illness became irrational through
the protracted strain on his system.
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BODY In WOODS.
Treasurer of Michigan Town Hanged
Hinself-Reason Unknown.

Copemish, Mich.-The body of
Frank Bunting. So years old, treasurer
of Cleon township, was found hanging
to a tree near the place. Buntings
funds are said to be intact and no mo-
tive for suicide is known. Murder was
suspected, but later it was decided
that he had first attempted to Kill
himself by shooting. Then he took
whip lash, Topped 1t over a limb and
died by strangulation.
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IS SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.

cltv treasurer of Bloomington, llL'
said TO Be Short $4,000.
bloomington, Ill.-DevelOpments in
dioate that city Treasurer Harry A.
Axten is short in his accounts about
sso 600 OF this sum his irreguaari-
t,es as secretary of the Real Estate
Ru,ldinx association amount to s4O.s1o
and the books Of the city treasury are
said to be short sLzQV
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BANKER KILLS SELF.
President Shoots Himself as Officers
Batter Door.

Aberdeen, Ohio.-As officers carry.
ing a warrant charging him with mis-
appropriation of the funds Of the
Aberdeen Banking company, were
breaking down the doors of his barri-
caded home to place him under ar
rest, D. H. Fawcett, president OF the
bank, killed himself by shooting.
The warrant and the tragedy fol.
lowed the appointment Of a receiver
for the Aberdeen Banking company
which had closed its doors. Fawcett
organized the bank as a private con
cern two years ago.
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No Hone for Judge Enochs.

Judge John R. Enochs, whose con-
dition has been critical for some days
a very sick man. His physician hold
out no hope for his recovery.
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GOVERNOR IS POWERLESS.
Cannot Dismiss Members Of State
Boards.

Boards.
Little Rock, Ark.-The state su-
preme court sustained the decision OF
Judge E. w. winfield, of the Pulaski
circuit court, that the governor can
nnt dismiss members Of state boards
annoInted for two years, thus ending
+ba Aqht by Governor Pindall, who at
tempted to remove three members OF
the board of charities necause' II as
alleged, they would not suppo1 nas
candidate for superintendent OF tAs
/ hlind school
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DEADLY GAS
Kills Three people, Employees of Phos-
phate Works.

Raleigh, N. C.-Daniel Jones, Frank
suikeg and Haywood Lee, white, all
of this city, were killed at the Cara
leigh phosphate works. on the out
skirts Of the city, by the escape Of sui
Dhuric acid gas in one of the rooms.
Three others were almost oversome'
hut recovered .--4A-> L.