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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
CONCENTRATION Of HOO HOO
WILL Be Held IN MERIDIAN

as vice-gerant of the southern district
in Mississippi through the mail las
Sunday. He at once conceived the
the idea of holding a concatenation for
the double purpose of reviving the
Hoo-Hoos and bringing together the
lumbermen of this section, in order
that they might organize themselves
into a concerted agency to act as
stimulant to the lumber market, in
which confidence has been revived and
trade is again resuming it's former ex-
cellent scale.
There are possibly a thousand or
fifteen hundred cats in this district
and at least one-f1fth of them are To-
Gated in Meridian. Besides that num-
Der, at least two, or three hundred
visitors are expected to attend the
confederation.
A class of kittens is being mustered
together for initiation on the occasion.
Already fifteen innocents have been
collected and good many more are
prospects.
A program has not yet been ar
ranged by the big Tom-cat, but in
few days he will attach it to a proc
lamation sent forth from his royal re-
treat commanding the assembly
Though it cannot be now stated with
any degree of certainty what it's sew
eral features will be, it can be said
that it will conclude with a Dutch
lunch" more satisfying in effect to
those who partake thereof than yelps
are to exuberant felines on a dreary
night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
THE THRIcE-A-WEEK WORLD.
More Alert, More ThorUugh and More
Fearless Than Ever.

A President OF the United States
will be elected this year. Who is be
and who is the man whom he will
beat? Nobody yet knows, but the
Thrice-a-Week edition of the New
York World will tell you every step
and every detail of what promises to
be campaign of the most absorbing
interest. 1t may not tell you what you
hope, but it will tell you what is. The
Thrice-a-Week World long ago estab-
lished character for impartiality and
fearlessness in the publication of
news, and this it will maintain. II you
want the news as it really is subscribe
to the Thrice-a-Week edition of the
New York World, which comes to you
every other day except Sunday, and is
thus practically daily at the price Of
weekly.
The Thrice-a-Week Worlds regular
subscription price is only $1.O0 per
year, and this pays for 156 papers, we
offer this unequalled newspaper and
The Hattiesburg News together for
one year for $500.
The regular subscription price of the
two papers is $500.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
CUPID CONOUERS
THIS SCIENTIST
Hearst News Service.

Washington, October 15.-Among the
learned savants who came from all
over the world to attend the recent
International Congress on .Tuberculo-
sis was DR.. Ladislaus Detre, a famous
Hungarian scientist Next week he
will return to Budapest. taking with
him as his bride one of Washington's
most beautiful young women. Miss
Lillian Coblenzer. The wedding is set
for next Tuesday, and the doctor and
his wife will leave Immediately for
their Hungarian home.
That science, stern, cold. forbidding
science, can become at times the ally
of Cupid is shown by the romance of
Dr. Detre, If the learned physician
had not so ably and conclusively
proven to the world the correctness
of his new method of diagnosing
tuberculosis, Miss Coblenzer might
not have said yes" and blasted the
herr doctors romance.
DR.. Detre is a member of the facul-
ty of the University of Budapest.
While making a tour of Europe
year ago Miss Coblenzer and her mo-
Their met DR.. Detre on a railway
train. The young physician became
deeply impressed with the American
girl, and was thereafter a member of
the Coblenzer party.
Before she sailed for America. DR.
Detre proposed to Miss Coblenzer. but
she would not promise to become his
bride, remembering, it is said. an
old schoolmate in Washington.
Throughout the succeeding months
DIR. Detre and Miss Coblenzer CORE
sponded, and it is now said that one
of the principal reasons for his at
tendance at the tuberculosis Con-
gress was the fact that its sessions
were to be held in Washington.
Dr' Detre arrived here almost a
week before his associate delegates,
and the first thing he did was to call
upon Miss Coblenzer and renew his
proposal of marriage.
Prove your theory to the world ii
the American girl said, land then
will say yes"
The physician accepted the chal.
lenge, plunged into the work of the
convention and made a success of his
demonstration.
Miss Coblenzer has just passed her
eighteenth birthday. She speaks
German and French fluently and is a
highly cultivated girl. She is regard.
ed as a great beauty, having a fair
skin, very dark eyes and coal black
hair She has spent much time
abroad. DR.. Detre is thirty-two years
old
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
KNOX TO SPEAK
At BIG BANQUET
Eearst News Service

Philadelphia, October 15.-The Phil
adelphia Board of Trade will celebrate
it's seventy-1ifth anniversary with a
banquet at the Hotel Bellevue-Strat-
ford this evening. Senator Philander
Knox will be the principal speaker.
Many prominent railroad officials, con-
gresham, manufacturers and finan-
ciers will attend the dinner.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
A SUGGESTION ON ECZEMA.

1t is suggested that eczema suffer
ers ask the druggist at the Owl Drug
Store or the Century Drug Store of
this city what reports he is getting
from the patients who have used the
oil of wintergreen liquid compound, D.
D.. D. Prescription.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
PATRIOTIC WOMEN
OF Ohio GATHERING
Hearst News Service

Fremont, o., October 15.-Patriotic
women of Ohio are today the guests
of the society leaders of Fremont. the
occasion of the gathering being the
annual convention of the Ohio division
of the Daughters of the American
Republic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
DAUGHTERS
PREPARE FOR
CONVENTION
Hearst News Service.

Atlanta, Ca, october 15.-Atlanta
Daughters of the Confederacy are
preparing to entertain in lavish style
the delegates to the national conven-
ton here next month. The session
will begin November II, and last four
days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15
ORANGE CARNIVAL
Held in CALIFORNIA
Hearst News Service.

Santa Anna, Cal, October ia
festival of fruits and flowers which
promises to eclipse anything of its
California was opened here today and
will close Saturday with magnificent
floral parade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15

They handle the incest, latest extra
selects oysters of them all. Received
daily. Call at Hattiesburg Fish and
Oyster Co., w. ]. Woodside, Manager,
$50 Mobile. 10 If
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-15

Another six thousand word letter
is due from Roosevelt He'll soon
have to sit UP all night to parry VIII.
liam Us thrusts.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH
Italians Vicious Stab Cuts Coats and
 Scratches Body.

The sequel to a saloon brawl al a saloon near Putnam and Liberty streets last night was almost a mur- der But for the thickness of an oyercoat, undercoat. vest and shirt James w. Berlcw would have receiv- ed knifo wound in his abdomen which womb have almost certainly been fatal As it is he has a scratch three inches long which did not even draw blood, but he had a four inch gash through coats, vest and shirt which show with what viciousness the thrust was made.
 Berlew anu Camille Mclantro, an Italian of Putnam street, engaged in a quarrel in the saloon and they went out of doors to fight It out once outside the enragel Italian drew q knife and let Bcrlew have It. The re- suit has been told Berlew was un- injured He had the escape of his life, however M Melantro is held under tho charge of breach of the peace and his bonds last night were fixed at $500 The affair occurred just before 8 o'clock. Parolmen Matt Powers and Fitzgerald made the ar rest.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
(contlnned on NlDth PngeD
OPERATION ON THOMAS BOY
Wonderful Vitality Encourages Doc tors 10 Amputatc Ono of
 His Tcpg

The wonderful vitality displayed by Nathan Thomas, the nne-y -year-old West Haven boy who has been lying In an apparently dying condition at the New Haven hospital almost all the month. has encouraged the doctors at the hospital to attempt the operation which it was thought would prove ia tai earlier and which was never per formed until yesterday About noon yesterday ono of the lltic sufferers legs was amputatcd in a fight against blood poisoning If had earlier been decided that there should be no opcr- alton as the boy could not stand it, al- though his condition without thc oper, alton was considered hopeless
 The hoy sustained inc operation despite his weakened condition. He was reported resting well last night and while somewhat weakened his condition was considered about as good as it has been for a couple of weeks The doctors do not hold out any hope for recovery, but the opera ton was performed in tho belief that in it there might lie q chance which would not otherwise exist
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
WIRE MILL RUNNING
But Only in part-NO Great Activity
 for Immediate Present.

The big Fair Haven plant of the American Steel and Wire company is being ruu in some departments and tho partial rcoponlnR of the concern Is most gratifying There has however been a mlsapnrehensot as to the plans of inc company, which has caused a large number of men to seek employ ment there. The force at present em- pIoyed is comparatively small and there will not be any great resumption of operations in January The num- bcr of workmon will be gradually in- creased as conditions and the plans of tho company warrant it; the resumption of work at tho mill being thus steady and very probably permanent
 The officials Of the American Steel and Wire company think it unwso to announce their plans for the present. but there is no doubt but that within a year or more the concern will be in buster end more prospcrtous condi. ton than ever before.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
REGULAR CHAMCERY CASE
Local Action. in Court Thirteen Years.
 Appealed Again.

A legal action that bids fair 10 rival for duration of lta court proceedings the famous cases depicted of the Eng rsh chancory court by Charles Dickens came Into notice here again yesterday when the iury In the city court brought in 9 verdict of }t2536 for the plaintiff in the action of Thomas r, Cox against Patrick ! Cronan The verdict of damages was for the plaintiff. and the defendant promptly had notice hled Of an appeal to the supreme court for a new trial The case. therefore, has mol vet been concluded r has heen in the courts for thirteen wears already
 The case Is based on . claim of the assignment of a claim to inc plaintiff The matter has been to the supreme court, t was said yesterday, twice al- ready and now ls likely to got there again EX Congressman Plgott appear cd for the defendant and Charles S. Hamilton for the rlamtn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Proposition 10 Ask Legislature to Double Limit Likely to Come Up at Special
 Meeting,
WANT TOTAL OF S100,000
Retirement of Captains Rumorcd as
 e the Causc-BaIl Arrangements Must Bc Made This
 Afternoon.

That the meeting of the members of the police doparhnent which Chief CoWles has called for o'clock this afternoon In tho patrolmen's quarters al headquarters wil be an import ant session fig certain. There are a great many matters 10 Dc taken mp which affect tho entire membership of the department and on which the la.4aa r tft nsar. nr- r'ee'---i 'S auitc the .alk among many mel 'ers Of the department that pfoi 5rad change in Inc pension fund of the de- partmrnt is to Dc brought tp for con- qldcration and there Is Intense inter- est in this matter When asked about inc matter last night Chief Cowles said he did not wish to say for certain that the pension matter would come up but hc thought it was very likely that f would
 The pension fund as originally ere ntcd by tho state in an agreement with the department sct the limit of the fund at S5O.0 The members of the department were Co be taxed two per cent of thelr salaries each week. which has been done ever since the agreement was made. and a percent age of liquor license fees went into tho fund The original agreement was that when the fund reached s5O 000 all sums over that should go back into the county treasury and in conse- qucnce of that agreement q large sum consisting of hundreds of dollars has been turned back because the limit of S50,0O0 was reachced some time ago The interest on the s5O,0OO Is
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
YALE STROKE DEAD
Dwight Torrey Griswold Sue cumbs to Typhoid in San
 Francisco.
COLLAPSED LAST JUNE
Brooded Over Defeat aud lis Hcnfth Failcd-Was Popular Mcm-
 her of 1908.

News was received In this city yes terday afternoon of the death of Dwight Torrey Grswold. stroke of last years Yale varsity crew. Gl'is- wold collapsed soon after the race started and ever since then had been i'm poor health After the race he went to the Thousand Islands, but his condition did not improve and early this fall he went to California for his health. His continual worrying over the race weakened him and In spite of everything that could be done he be- came so run down that he was an easy victim of typhoid and died of this carly yesterday. At the time of his death he was in the San Francisco public hospital His nome was in Erie, Pa.
 According to the Yale coaches Grls- wold was one of the best strokes Yale ever had, but was cratic. With him at stroke the eight twice broke the harbor record before going to New London, and on the Thames the rec- ord was also broken The coaches, especially John Kennedy. knew that if Griswold had one of his good days there was no doubt of victory for the Yale crew, and when the eight ran down to the boat he seemed to be in the best possible condition. Every thing went well until Captain Ide's shoestrng snapped soon after the start, and the boats turned back to the starting point Grlswold's nerve was shattered when the boat turned back, and though he started the race over again he stroked mechanically, and soon sank down exhausted.
 Captain Ide had the boat stopped and Griswold's unconscious form talk en onto the launch, Elihu Yale, before finishing. covering the course.
 Griswold's brother Roger W. Grls- wold O2, collapsed at the end of a race after victory, and has never recovered from the shock.
 The death of Dwight T. Griswold will come as great shock to the members of the university, for the varsity stroke was one of the most popular members of the senior class last year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Maximum Penalty For Bribery of City Supervisor Meted Out to FriSCoS
 Political
 Boss.
LEGAL STRUGGLE TO END
Court Denies All Motions for a New Trial Convicted Man Unmoved During Re
 cital of Judg-
 ment.
ment.

San Francisco, Dec 20 Fourteen years in the penltentlary inc maxi mum sentence provided for bribery of . supervisor, was the penalty metod out tonight to Abraham Ruef. who for years dircated the political destlnics of San Francisco as advisor of the ad- minstration of Eugene E schmitz. formerly mayor Judgment was pro- nouneed at the close of day devoted to a legal struggle wherein tho defense sought to introduce many reasons for new trial When Judge Lawlor had denied this and other motions involv- Ing delay, the defendant rose at tho courts command and stood unmoved through tho recital of judgment
 There was no demonstration on the part of tho spectators during the pro- ceedings in the court room. or later when Ruef, having entered the prison van in the custody of deputy sheriff started on his long ride to the county jail Before adjournment of court, notice of appeal was filed on behalf of the defendant and the court signed a writ of probable cause which will act as stay of execution in the case.
 After trial that lasted nearly four months, Ruef was convicted on De- cemher 10 on an indictment charging Tho hrihing of John i. Tu11, IT rpr>--rr a1reflisor. to favor the award of an overhead trolley franchise to the Unit cd railroads This was one of lli in- dlctmonts returned against Ruef by tho Oliver grand jury which heard the confessions of is supervisors who ad- mitted tho acceptance of hribes in sev- ora cases involving public service cor- poratlons Ono of tho many incidents that tended to make the trial of Ruef memorable was tho shooting of Assist ant District Attorney Francis J Heney " Morris Haas an eX-convict whose nast record was exposed by the prose cutor after Haas had hcen accepted as member of the jury in Rucfs second trial Hass subsequently, committed suicide in tho county jail This was the third trial of Ruef
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
BROKER KING GUILTY
On Twenty. Counts, Es Verdict of
 Jury Against Boston Bankrupt

Boston, Dec. 29.--Guilty on twenty seven counts was the verdict returned by jury in Che Suffolk county supe- rior court at midnight, against Car denio r.. King, formerly well known as q financial agent in this city, and New York, who has been on trial for two weeks for the alleged larceny of $25,000 from patrons,
 The jury went out at t320 o'clock this afternoon, following Judge Scho- fold' charge of two and a half hours King was lu court when the verdict was announced and heard it without showing surprise, District Attorney II. l. Dwysr asked the court to tn- crease Kings bail of $25.O00, hut Judge Scho0eld deferred action until tomorrow.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Earthquakes Toll in Death and Devastation Grows With Suc- ceeding Details From
 the Stricken
 Region.
ALL CALABRlA LAID WASTE
Starving, Bleeding, Without Clothing and Almost Insane, Survivors Tell Narrowing Tales of Experiences
 and Scenes.

Rome. Dec. 2S.-One hundred thousand dead; Messina. in Sicily, and Reggie and n score of other towns in southern Italy overwhelmed; the en- tire Colabrian region laid waste; this is the earthquakes record so far as is al present known from thC reports that are coming into Rome slowly on account or thc almost complete de. struction If lines of communication to the stricken places.
 The death list In Mcssina ranges from 12,O0O to 5O,OO0, that of Rcggio, which with lts adjacent villages mum bcred i5.0O0 people, includes almost the entire population. At Palmi l000 are reported dead; at Cassano. i.O00: at Coscnla. 800; and half of the popu- laflon of Bagbara, about 5000. The MonteIconc region has been dcvastat cd. and Riposto. Seminara, San Gio- ynnni, Sciila, Lazznro and Canntello and all other communes and villages bordering on tile straits are in ruins.
 Tbe king and queen of Italy are nov on their way to Messina, having sail cd tonight from Naples aboard the battleship vlttorlo Emmanuelc.
 The pope has shown the greatest distress af the calamity and he him self was the first to contribute, n sum uaauntiug to S200.D00. tu the relief of the afflicted. British French and Rus sian warships are stcnming towards the south, and nlready several of the ships of Great Britain and Russia have reached sicily. Officers and men Jf these ships have performed heroic services in the work of rescue,
 It is feared that many foreigners hrye hccn killed, as . number of the hotels at Messina, and doubtless at other places. were crowded with tour- ists. Little Is known of the fate of the diplomatic representatives of thc foreign powers stationed at these posts although the Italian government Is using every effort to relieve the anNi- ety felt on their account.
 There Is the grtvcst danger that Il pcstilcnce will follow the destruction of the towns. where on account of the vast havoc wrought bodies will lie rubuiod for days and weeks Those who escaped dcath, many of whom are badly injured, are making their way by the thousands to thc nearest place of refuge Their suirerlngs even now must he intense as they are with out food or clothing.
 Latest reports received here state that A,000 soldiers in the various bar racks at Messna were buried under the ruins. The rock of Charybdis now blocks the entrance to the strait of Messina. The tidal wave wrecked tIle lighthouses in the straits includ- ing Faro Beacon and they crashed in- 10 the sea.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
BUILDING BOOM ION
New Haven Record for 1908 Far Ahead of Last
 Year.
MOSTLY RESIDENCES, TOO
Total Value of Coistiucdon Ha,i Passed Three Million
 Mark.

The year of 1908 has proved ! aplen- did one in the line of building in tho city Of New Haven Despite the fact Chat ;ao ananoial depression just be- gan to make itself felt al tne end of the last year and had a depressing ef feet on the earlier months of this year Che year will surpass la0I In the value of buildings represented by permits taken out from the office of the build ng Inspector by nearly $500 900 \ rc- markable feature of Che year is that there has been d great paucity of large contracts, very few large buildings being erected to help the record In fact more than usual the building has been featured by the number of private residences and homes, which being comparatively small in value rcqut ed large number to make the record of this year possible The total value of buildings for which permits were taken ont this year, and there are still two days to go, s already over the S3.OOO,OOO mark while last year the complete figures showed but $2 2720,0'0
 The number of permits also far sur passes last year. The total for l9O7 reached just 7Sl. Through yesterday for the present year there were taken out 9O9 permits and there are several more which 1t is expected will come In before the year passes out Factory buildings have been scarce this year and large buildings of any description have been very few The addition of the new Ives Memorial library, the permit for which was issued yesterday, was by far tho largest single permit that has gone out of the office this year.
 It is said that New Haven will show a total of new building this year that win surpass every other city in the state despite the fact that new state library in Hartford gives that city A single item of asmilion dollars alone In other cities of the state building has been weak and the local office feels proud of the showing New Haven re cords this year The number of resi- dcnces added this year means tbe ad- dition tO New Haven of n large num- ber of homes while already the city has attained a name for the number of
 It's homes
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
HUNDRED THOUSAND DEAD;
 EARNEST FEAR OF PESTILENCB
DEFENDS GATUN DAM
Wider and Higher Than Safety Re-
 qurcs, Says Stevens.

John r. stevens, formerly chief en- Gineer Of the Panama Canal, in a let ter to be published In this weeks Issue of Engineering News, defends the Gatun dam, declaring there is no jus ti1eation for tho sensational reports attacking It's design which recently have been circulated
 He states that the dam Is being built actually much wider and higher than safety requires, but merely as q con cession to prejudice. and that if the canal were being built by private ln- terests'a mach less massive structure would be considered entirely secure
 Mir. stevens suggests that the pub lished attacks on the canal plans and methods of work are iu tae interest of the Nicaraguan route, ana he declares that In his opinion the Panama Canal has heer wisely located and properly planned
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
LITTLE" MISS BUSHNELL
Another Daughter at Home of Mir. and
 Mrs. Ericsson r. Bushnell.

The home of Mir. and Mrs Ericsson r. Bushnell G5 West Seventy street New York city, was gladdened yesterday afternoon by the advent of a daughter. whose official weight without impedinenta was recorded as twelve and three quarter pounds, thus making "a new high record tn the family for heavy weights at birth. Louise Bush nell Is the name selectel for the new soloist, and with her eldest sister, Win throp. her only brother, Henry Thomp- son. and her husky little sister Emile Louise. completes a heavy weight quar- tet.