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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
HARTMAN MAKES
SIGNIFICANT MOVE
IN ERIE AFFAIRS
Associated Press.

New York, April S.-After an offer
by Edward H. Hartman to furnish
funds to meet the obligations Of the
Erie Railroad company by the pur-
chase of new large issue of notes,
J. P. Morgan G. Co., announced late
today that the holders of the Erie
notes, amounting to $5,500,OO0, which
natures today, would either be paid
par in cash for their notes or given
the option Of taking new threeyear
per cent notes, or five per cent. of
the new notes in cash.
The offer of Hartman was accept
ed by the board of directors of the
railroad today. What proportion of
the maturing notes will be paid in
cash has not been made public
The directors of the Erie railroad
met on receipt of Harriman's offer
and addressed an acceptance to him
containing the announcement that tht
board had authorized j. P. Morgan
& Co., to receive and hold and deliver
the notes, cash and collateral.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
DISPENSARY Still
THREATENING in
TILLMAN'S STATE
Associated Press.

Asheville. N. c., April s.-The
South Carolina dispensary commits
sion is practically given five days by
the United States circuit court in
which to decide whether or not 1t will
comply with the conditions prescrib-
ed by the court in the consolidated
case. The Fleishman and Wilson
companies cases have been decided
against it, and these will stay all pro-
ceedings, pending the approval of the
commission to the court Of appeals or
the surrender of the 100000 now IL
its custody to the receivers named by
it. The court not only requires a
bond of $250.000, in itself sufficient to
secure all claims of the complainants
in the case but it imposes the condi
tion that the commission deposit al
collateral or securities with the
court.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
RAILROADS MUST
Obey New LAWS

Daily News Special
Jackson, April S.-The railroad
commission has issued citations to
the traffic officials Of all railroads
operating in the state to appear at
the meeting on April % to discuss
the enforcement of the Rogers law
passed at the recent legislative ses-
sion giving all members of family
equal rights to the use of a mileage
book.
The Postal Telegraph company and
the NJ, J. & X. G. road have been or
dered to open and maintain offices
at Noxapater.
ALL railways have been cited to ap-
pear on April 22 and show cause why
they have not extended the free time
for storage of baggage. On the same
date the commission will discuss the
excess baggage question.
Citations have been issued to the
Mississippi Central. the Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi Valley road, and the Natchez
& Southern to appear at the meeting
April 22 and show why they have not
obeyed the order for the building oi
union depot at Natchez.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
STORMY SESSION
OF LOWER HOUSE

Washington, April S.-Today's ses-
sion of the house will go down as
one of the stormiest in its history.
The sum total of today's proceedings
was the adoption of the several adj
ditional rules to further check the
Democratic filibuster and the passage
of two resolutions, introduced by
Speaker Cannon calling on the de-
partment of justice and the depart
ment of commerce and labor for Ger.
tain information regarding the So
called paper trust. There were nine
roll calls during the day, FIVE of them
on the new rules.
The Democrats exhausted their re-
sources before they were made to
feel that the Republicans by sheer
force of numbers had them beaten at
every point. The debate brought all
of the leaders of the house to the
front. The Democrats were again
charged with making special rules
necessary by reason of their filibuster
while the Democrats reasserted thai
they had at last caused the majority
to enact necessary legislation. At
o'clock the house took recess unit
1880 tomorrow.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
DEMOCRATS
ARE ANXIOUS
Much Speculation as to the Probable
Date For the State Convention
to Name Delegates.
STATE EXECUTIVE Committee
MUST BE CALLED together
Congressional Districts Are Each En-
titled to Two Delegates to Denver
Names Of the Executive Commit
teemen--Hattiesburg Represented.

Jackson, April S.-The question has
been frequently asked the past few
days, on what date the chairman Of
the state Democratic executive COM
mittee will call the committee to-
gether for the purpose of naming a
date, on which the delegates will be
selected for the state convention,
which meets in Jackson to elect four
delegates at large to the national
Democratic convention, which Is to be
held in Denver July Z. Another mat
ter of interest is the naming of the
delegates from the eight congression-
al districts of the state. Mississippi
is entitled to 20 delegates to the ma.
tional convention. The general con-
census of opinion is that Hon. John
Sharp Williams, Senators Money and
McLaurin and Governor Noel will be
the delegates at large, and head the
delegation is unanimously conceded
At this convention presidential elec
tors will also be chosen, and also a
member of the national Democratic
executive committee will be recon
mended for election by the delegate!
chosen in the state convention. Hon
c. H. Williams, brother of Hon. Johi
Sharp Williams, is the present ma
tional committeeman.
The membership of the state CON
mittee is as follows:
i First District-G. T. Heard, Brooks
Vile; Van Kincannon, Tupelo; l..
Phillips, .Boonville.
Second District-L. G. FAINT, Holl
Springs; F. T. Boatner, Sumner;
M. Bailey, Crenshaw.
Third District-J. w. Cutrer, Clark,
dale; G. L. Lomax, Greenwood; J. N
Kirk, Gunnison.
Fourth District-L. P. Haley, OkC
Continued on napa four
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
DEMANDS OF CITIZENS
were ENTIRELY IGNORE
Routine Business Transacted-Prot
able That the City Will in the Nes
Future Feed Its Own Prisoners
Adjourned Until the 22nd.

Nothing officially was done by thu
city council last night in reference
to the salary question.
To all appearances nothing is like
ly to be done.
The members of the board discus
sed the matter Informally and did
not indicate whether the matter
would, at any future time, receivs
further attention.
The city attorney was called on I'd
express an opinion as to the power
of the board to reduce the salaries.
as they did by ordinance at the March
term.
Members of the finance committee
stated that they had been informed
by the city attorney that they had
this right before they recommended
the reductions.
City Attorney Ellis then stated
that he had not changed his original
opinion that the board had a right to
fix the salaries of the different city
officers, except where they had made
a contract with an officer, elected by
the board, for a stipulated time and
at stipulated price.
Police Justice Paul Johnson stated
that he had talked with number of
lawyers of the city without letting
one know that the other had said
and it was the unanimous opinion of
the lawyers consulted that the city
had no right to reduce the salary OF
an officer after it had been fixed
that the word fixed" meant that the
salary was immovable; that the board
could not change it.
Several of the members indicated
~ Continued on Page Four.)
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
Associated Press.

Washington, April S.-The naval
appropriation bill authorizing the con.
struction of two, instead of four bat
tlepships, and eight instead of four
submarines, and carrying a total OF
$103. 3.967,517 for the naval service for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909
was reported to the house today by
Chairman Foss of the committee on
naval affairs.
The appropriation recommended is
$22,51S,916 less than the aggregate
estimates submitted by the depart.
ment, and s3.66S,916 more than the
amount appropriated for the fiscal
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
ROOSEVELT
TAKES HAND
Says That Negro Passengers Must Be
Given Same Accommodations
As Whites On Railroads.
ASKS ATTORNEY GENERAL
TO LAUNCH PROSECUTIONS
Nice Bid For the Negro Vote In the
Republican Convention-Refers to
Southern Blacks as "ReputabIe
colored People,"
Associated Press.

Washington, April S.-President
Roosevelt today made public a letter
to the attorney general directing that
proceedings by injunction be issued
to compel certain railroads in the
South to furnish equal accommoda-
tions for white and negro passengers.
The text of the presidents letter lis
as follows:
"To the Department Of Justice:
forward herewith a report of the in.
terstate commerce commission con
tanning an order Of June 81, 1907, and
a report of the failure of railroad
companies to obey this order, under
date of March 26, 1908, together with
letter of the commission dated
April 1, 1908, in which it appears thai
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st
Louis Railway company has not com
piled with the order of the commits
sion to furnish the same facilities fol
white and negro passengers paying
first class fares.
From time to time various com
plants have been made to me by re
putable colored people to the effec
that the accommodations furnished t,
colored persons on certain railway
are filthy and inadequate as compar
ed to the same accommodations ful
nished to white passengers paying tn
same fare. The commission ha
taken what is unquestionably tn
right ground. Where separate accom-
modations for colored passenger
should be as good as those furnishes
to white passengers for the sam
money. In other words, while ther
is nothing in the law which forbid
separate accommodations, these ae
commodations must be equal. TIL
principle of quality in accommods
tions is set out explicitly in variou
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
RACING BILL IS
Held SUSPENDED
IN new YORK
Associated Press.

Albany, N. Y, April S.-The vote of
Senator Owen Sassidy, Republican,
late today caused a tie vote of 25 to
25 and defeated for the time at least,
the Agnew and Hart bills, embodying
the recommendations of Governor
Hughes, that legal protection be abol
ished, which since 1895 has protected
public gambling at the race tracks
whereas 1t is felony elsewhere in
the state.
Lieut.. Governor Chandler In the
chair. by casting his vote to break the
tie upon parliamentary motion,
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09

the rest of the session, saved them
for another vote at the discretion of
their introducer, Senator Agnew, at
any time when the order of business
permits him to call up the matter.
Governor Hughes made no secret of
his disappointment over the result.
He has not intimated what measures
ne viii adopt in the premises. The
governor said: "It is impossible to be-
lieve the people will permit the plain
mandate of the constitution to be ig-
pored. The contest is not ended: 1t
has only begun; 1t will continue un-
til the will of the people has been
obeyed."
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
ASSOCIATION WILL ATTACK
STATE ANTITRUST STATUTES
's,earlrs ls Also Being Arranged For
the Antitrust Action Against the
jackson Cotton oil Company
Other Similar Actions.
0aily News Special.

Daily News Special.
, Jackson. April S.-The antitrust
proceeding of Attorney General Fletch-
er against the Retail Lumber Dealers
association of Mississippi and Louis
LLAMA will be called for argument in
the supreme court next Monday af-
ternoon at 8 o'clock.
The attorney general received to-
day copy of the very elaborate brief
to be filed on behalf of the appellant,
in which the attack is made direct
on the constitutfonality Of the Missis-
sippi antitrust laws, counsel for the
association evidently believing that
these statutes can be declared void on
the same grounds as those set forth
by the United States supreme court
in the Minnesota case several weeks
age.
The association Is represented by
Messrs. Mayes G Longstreet, Of the
jackson bar, and Hon. e. L. Brown
of Yazoo City. Attorney General
Fletcher is "going 1t alone" in the
prosecution. He, has his brief In
course of preparation. and 1t will b
filed before the end of the week. The
case was argued before Chancellor
Lyell of this district. several weeks
ago, and a decision rendered declar
ing that the association has violated
the antitrust laws, and ordering that
1t be ousted from the state.
General Fletcher is also ARRANGING
>(pr an early hearing of his anti-trus'
Action against the Jackson Cotton Oh
company, Of this city. He instituted
similar actions against the oil mill
at Kosciusko and Lexington. and thu
latter concern declined to defend tn
suit.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
ASOUITH is NAMED
ASENGLISH PREMIER
Associated d Press.

London, April s.-The vacancy IN
the office of prime minister of Great
Britain, caused by the resignation on
last Sunday of Sir Henry Campbell.
Bannerman, on account of Ill health
Awas filed this morning at Biarritz'
France, during an audience there be-
ktween King Edward and Herbert d.
Asouith who had been summoned
from London.
Mr.. Asquith first rendered to MS
majesty his resignation as chancellor
Of the exchequer and Immediately
thereafter he kissed the hand OF the
king on appointment to the post OF
treasury. He returned at once to Lon
don.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
. 80 ** = = ** . = =
= MISS ELKINs' BROTHER
= APPROVES MARRIAGE. 4

= Seattle, Wash, April ST =
= know the Duke of Abruzzi, and =
= he is a mighty good fellow I:
4: gentleman. and thorough sports =
= man as we'll. He is better than =
!: the average titled foreigners =
I: they send over here for Ameri- =
=: can wives" said Richard Elkins =
= brother of Miss Katherine FL =
I: kins, whose engagement to mar ;
I: ry the cousin Of the King of =
. Italy may be shortly announced. =
I: With two companions young .
= Ellxins will leave here today on =
= three months hunting trip in =
= Alaska. q
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
Navy APPROPRIATION BILL
REPORTED BY Committee
year ending June 80, 1908.

year ending June 80, 1908.
Provision is made for the enlist
ment of 5000 men to man the ships
to be put in commission within the
next few months and for 1.500 men to
man the torpedo boats now in COM
mission.
Among the chief items in the bill
are the following: For naval training
station, Great Lakes, $195,6OO; con-
struction and machinery $9,S32, ,962;
armor and armament $7,O00,OOO
equipment 100000; sub-surface and
submarine boats $1.445,OOO.
Representative Hobson of Alabama,
advocated a larger navy.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
VESSEL ABANDONED.

Plymouth, April s.--The steamship
Majestic which is due in New York
today reports by wireless telegraph
that on April S in mid Atlantic the
crew of the Norwegian tank steamer
Helios from Philadelphia for Biaye.
was picked up. No details Of the
occurrence are given except that the
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
klNo,s lNrERpaErER ROBBED.

Springfield, o., April s.-Contending
that he is an Official interpreter for
the court of King Edward and
that he was sent to this country on
business for the British government,
Robert Henry Clemming told the po-
lice today that he had been drugged
and robbed on his way from Detroit
to this city. Clemming says he speaks
IA languages and II dialects.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
THE CITY COUNCIL DID
NOTHING ABOUT SALARIE,
= :. = = . = :. :: + = = Z: = . = 4
Z: URGES REDUCTION .
= OF 80 PER CENT. .

: Atlanta, April SIN signed :
8 statement to the farmers of the I:
:: South issued today, Harvie Jor- ::
: dan, president Of the Southern 4;
= Cotton Association urges reduc- 4:
i tion in cotton acreage of 33 !:
: per cent. Unless this is done he :;
= says, prices will be low next I:
I: fall. Mr.. Jordan also urges I:
= growers to hold what cotton they I:
= have. I:
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
VIRGINIA TABOOS
NEGRO INFLUENCE
IN STATE POLITICS
Associated Press.

tynchburg, Va, April s.-The vir-
S,,inIa Republican state convention
lfe tonight elected four delegates at
re to the national convention, In
|5Swoted for Taft. Resolutions re-
lanAning the Republican principles
and endorsing the Roosevelt adminis-
tration we're adopted. The conven-
t,ou was practically unanimous against
continuing the negro in party coun-
ellis Of the future.
Practically the same feelings is ap'
parentS respecting the 'edera' o"'ce
holders.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
{I)IT AGAINST LUMBERMEN
GOES TO SUPREME court
. . = = = = = = . = = = . = =
: CHINESE BOYCOTT
= BEING TiGHTENED.

. Hong Kong, April S.-The Z
= Chinese Merchants Guild has ::
= decided to cable agents at JAP +:
= anese ports not to place any :
= more orders for Japanese goods ::
= and to ship goods already or I
= dered in vessels other than I
= Japanese. The dealers In Chi Z
= nese piece goods are joining in I
= the boycott against the Japan I
= ese, which arose as a result of
= the Tatsu Mara incidents. 4
%$$$*$*$+ = =
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
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FUNERAL SERVICES 4
OF KOREAN ADVISOR

= Washington, April S.-Public :
I: and private funeral services =
= were held this afternoon over :
: the body of the late Durham w. =
= Stevens, adviser to the Korean .
:: government, whose death oc- =
= Cured at San Francisco March =
= 25, as a result of shot fred =
= at him by Korean. {:
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
GIVE A PAPER PROMISE.

Washington, April s.--By an un-
animous vote the house committee on
Judiciary today agreed to report fav-
orably the paper trust" resolutions
introduced on April 2 by Speaker Can
non.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09
VOYAGE OF FLEET.

Wellington. N. e.. April S.-The Am
erican government has accepted the
invitation Of New Zealand for the
American battleship fleet to visit the
colony on its way around the world
Thu varsbtp 9 houooo~ .--r',, ,,.u--''l -
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09

THE WEATHER.
Associated Press.

:: Washington, April S.-Fair on
{. the coast, local showers and .
: cooler Thursday in the interior; :
: Friday fair, warmer, light south
. winds.
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09

Continued on page four.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-09

Continued on Page Four.)
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-18
KILLED BY THE WILSON TARIFF

During the campaign of 1895
there was placed over a coal tippIe
IN Preston county, on the main line
OF the 3. & o.. huge sign. bearing
the above inscription and for a long
time that sign Haunted forth to the
world the lie that the mine had been
closed because the tariff on coal had
been reduced by the Wilsou-Gor-
man Tariff from seventy-hve TO forty
cents a ton, a proposition absurd on
us face. Then came the business re-
'iFai the sign came down and great
prosperity apparently came TO that
nine and its owner, although the
tariff remained at forty cents per
ton Now there is a different story
For weeks this same mine has beep
closed It's cars stand idle. IT'S fires
are out and IT'S coke ovens are cold
as are AN the others around 70
In"r' is mo- sign on it now. save tho
sign Of distress and decay This
700 at a time when the Der capffa
is $8f when before &c was sfs. when
we have had % series of phorooor,r
.y large agricultural crors tbroy.5
out the country then we had a epo-
cess. ON of crop failures. when +bora
.s nov 100000 more gaopra -
me country than then and last brt
not least. when every department og
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-18
LABOR WAR IN CHILE

valparaiso, Feb. 1S-A disas-
trous labor warfare, which may re-
suit in the bloodiest revolution in
"ouIh American history, with the
req flag of anarchy as the stanard
OF the revolutionists, now threatens
emile The administration of Presi-
dent Pedro Montt has been admitted
~ IN the interests of the capitalists.
ana the feeling of revolt among the
iaDorers is rapidly gaining in
strength and ferocity. Hundreds OF
men have been shot down like dope
ny uhe soldiers of the Mont, and
the anarchist agitators have taken
advantage of this bloody warfare be-
tween capital and labor 20 extend
lheir propaganda throughout the In
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-18

Department relics" one. the civil
war Monitor Canonicus. now at the
Norfolk Navy Yard. and the other
the Pinta. az Mare Island-are to
be sold at public auction. The Can
opicus was restored at cost OF $1O,-
600 for exhibition at Jamestown.
where SC attracted great attention.
The Pinta. which belonged to the
wooden navy" is appraised at ST.
400. Bids for the sale of these yes
sells are to be opened tomorrow.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-18


d"strial communities OF the reDab.
The trouble eliminated dlsasfri-
ously TO the miners at Iquique to-
ward the end OF the year. wheu at
Lagunas there was an encounter he
tween the troops employed by Prssi-
dent Mont to preserve order and IN
strikers. when seven men were killed
and many wounded The strikers.
who numbered 10000 men. had tied
up all work at Antofogasta. Mejil-
lines and Calleta Bura. In Deem
Der another bloody encounter oc-
Cured, in which 21O men We're kill
ed and fifty wounded
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-18

Elkins. w. Va. Feb. 18-The
West Virginia Retail Hardware Deal
ers' association convened in second
annual session here today. with mer-
chants from all sections OF the state
i'm attendance.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-18
ANNrAL cIrRrs EAln

'.'E'rfa.e Cal. Feb Clover
'".a Annual Cirrus Fair famed
throughout tho fruit district of Cali
'.'.a opened today With an ur-
usual large number OF exhibitors