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Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Annul Steel Merger.

Washington.-Representative Champ
Clark introduced a resolution, which, if
passed, will open up the question of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company's abb
sorption by the United States Steel Cor.
poration. The resolution requests the
Encouragement to inform the house
"what steps, if any, have been taken by
him to annul the contract of purchase OF
acquisition Of control Of the Tennesses
Coal and Iron Company by the United
States Steel Corporation"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Storm Does Heavy DAMAGE.

Lexington, Ky.-Thousands of dollars
Of damage was caused by = tornado
which passed over Mackville, Boyle coun-
ty, Thursday night. No n was killed,
but several residences were partially
wrecked, many barns demolished and a
great amount of fencing was blown
down. The roof of the brick bank build
ing was blown off, but the walls were
not damaged. Reports from Valley View,
near here, where a food occurred after a
~cloudturst Wednesday afternoon, say
three persons were injured. but all will
recover.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
M|lL|ONA|RES LYNCHED
CATTLEMEN SAID TO HAVE
HIRED MARsHAL'S SLAYER.
Mob Met Quietly, Marched to Jail
and Broke Open the Door When
Refused Abundance.

Durant, Okla.-Four men were taken
from the Jail at Ada by a mob at an ear
ly hour Monday morning and lynchcd.
But YER little is known, or at least lit
tie is divulsed, regarding the formation,
the place of meeting, or the personnel of
the mob, and almost equally as little re-
garding their operations, further than
that they accomplished their mission in
the q%uietest manner possible and then
dispersed without molesting or even
awakening any one not directly con,
cerncd.
The men upon whom the mob vented
its rage were J. P. Miller, of near Ada;
Joe Allen, of New Mexico; Jesse West,
of the same locality, and B. B. Burrell,
of Fort Worth. The three latter were
wealthy cattlemen, reputed by some to
be worth 81, 200, 900 each.
The lynching was the result Of the as
s~assination of Gus Bobbitt, a prominent
cattleman, who resided southwest of
Ada. The killing occurred several
months ago, and it is said to have been
caused by trouble of long standing. Bob
bit was shot while en- route from Ada
to his home, his assassin passing him in
the road and firing both barrels of a shot
gun at him. Circumstantial evidence led
to the arrest of Miller. Later evidence
showed he was but the tool of others and
that Joe Allen and Jesse West were in
reality responsible for the crime. B. B.
| Burrell is said to have been the agent
who negotiated with Miller for Allen and
West.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Prohis After Nebraska.

Omaha, Neb.-Nebraska is to be the
next battle-ground in the genera! cam
paign for prohibition, according to Mrs.
Lillian NJ. N. Stevens, national president
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union, who is in the city comforting
with officials of the State and local
unions. Mrs. Stevens said Omaha vas
chosen as the convention city of the ma
tional organization for this year princi'
pally on the ground that conditions in
this State are regarded as ripe for the
submission of a prohibition amendment.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
NUMBER 1S.
IRRIGATION OF OLD MEXICO
Primitive Methods of Lifting Water
from Wells Still Employed in
Sections of Country.

Mexico City.-The police recently
adopted by the Mexican government
of lending financial aid to irrigation
enterprises is having the effect OF
strongly stimulating land reclamation
work in different parts of the coun'
try. An irrigation subsidy law was
passed by the Mexican congress near
ly a year ago and an appropriation OF
$75,000,0 900 made IT, pay as bonuses to
persons who put lands under irriga'
ton. AS a means of still further en-.
couraging this development of the
natural resources of the republic an
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
STATE BRIEFS.

The New Orleans Presbytery, at
their session at Slidcll, celebrated
the anniversary of the birth of John
Calvin,
A Philadelphia ship line has an
nounced a weekly freight service to
New Orleans.
A recent excursion by the fire de,
partment of Opelousas was very sue.
cessful.
A negro has been arrested at Match.
itoches accused of burglarizing a shoe
store.
The New Orleans School Board has
decided upon three new high school
buildings, adding 100000 and the
proceeds of four building to the city's
100000.
A new hardwood mill is being erect
ed at Alexandria.
Logansport will oon have a new
lumber mill
EA- 49,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Body Found; Foul Play Suspected.

Body Found; Foul Play Suspected.
Alexandria.-The body of a negro
girl, probably Is years old, was found
In the Red river swamp about three
miles from this city. c. w. Atwood,
who was hunting for cattle, found the
remains in the swamp. Nothing but
the skull bones and clothing remain
ed. A plough line was found tied in
a number of hard knots, which is
evidence that the girl had been tied
with 1t and probably outraged and
murdered. Blood stains on the rope
indicate that her throat was cut, or
that she was stabbed. 1t is thought
that the deed was committed more
than a month ago. Sheriff Fitzpatrick
and deputies are at work on the
case and hope to fiLd some clew to
the guilty party.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Bees Put Thieves to Flioht.

CroWley.-A local banker recently
lost two hives Of bees, but recovered
tnem in a few hours. They were stol.
IN by two young men, who carried
them away in a buggy. The bees
became aroused and attacked the
thieves, who were obliged to abandon
them, together with a part of the
buggy equipment and several articles
through which the identity of the
marauders was established by the
chief Of police.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
BIG LIBEL AGAINST MANN.

New York-A federal jury in the libel
case of Samuel Dempster, of Pittsburg,
against Col. VIM. D. Mann, brought in
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$4,000. Judge Howe denied a motion
to set aside the verdict, but said he
would consider the question whether it
is or is not excessive.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Steamboat Line Reinu Consider

"
New lberia.-The Board of Trade
mas under consideration the proposi-
ZION to establish steamboat service
between this city and New Orleans.
via the Plaquemine Locks, by the
completion of which a vessel is en-
abled to leave here Monday and reach
New Orleans at moor Tuesday, as
compared to a ten-day round trim
before the new waterway was con.
structed. In 1889 a steamboat line
was operated, and gave good service,
carrying sugar, cotton and molasses.
and bringing miscellaneous freight on
the return trip.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
WH|RL IN wheat PIT
WILD SCENES ENACTED-PR1CE
DROPS WITH CRASH.
Patton Sold at Top and Bought at
Bottom and Rakes in
Another Fortune.

Chicago, 1ll.-At the tap of the clos
ing gong four hundred bruised, battered,
husky.voiced men disappeared hurriedly
from the floor Of the board Of trade
Tuesday and went in search of refresh
ments, rest and rubdowns. They were
the relics of a maelstrom in the wheat
pit, which, for fury and intensity, quite
surpassed any whirl experienced there in
years. Wheat quotations rose and fell
mostly fell-in pillows that no one could
keep track Of.
James A. Patten, Neptune of the pit,
tossed his trident on a rock and let the
forces of the deep make merry to their
hearts content. Then, a: the psyche.
logical moment, he picked it up again
and waded into the breakers. The guam.
titles of deep sea treasure he swept into
his V only he and his brokers know.
but it was enough to make a Capt. Kidd
turn over in his grave.
In point of black and blue spots, mum,
Der of derbies crushed and broken, nerv.
forces expended and volume of sound
produced, it is maintained by some vet
eran traders the days session saw new
records, regardless Of the Letter deal Of
1898. The amount of energy expended.
if transmitted into electricity, would
keep Chicago's electric fans running all
summer. The number of dollars lost and
won, if collected in one sum, would
make a colossal fortune. Some of the
"~relics" had voices that were torn to
shreds and Others had eyes that looked
like saucers. That is the way of the
wheat pit.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
LOSES LIFE TO SAVE HUSBAND
Woman Rushes Back Into Fire With
Babe in Arms.

Cincinnati.-Mrs. Alice Regain, who
was injured during a fire in a double
tenement building, died at the city hos.
pital Wednesday. Mrs. Reagan forfeit.
ed her own life to a V that Of her hus-
band, VIM. Reagan. She had rushed
down three flights Of stairs, carrying
her eight-months.old baby in her arms
Looking back from the street, she did
not see her husband, and with the baby
still in her arms rushed up the three
flights of stairs again and awoke her
sleeping husband, but she and the baby
and her husband were severely burned
before tremen raised ladders to the room.
The baby may die. The husband will
rnpOVQr
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
CORN MARKET WAS HIGHER
Corn Meal Up-Glucose and Corn
Syrup Advanced.

Memphis, Tenn.-The advance in corn
and corn products was the feature of the
grocery market Tuesday. Local mills
advanced cornmeal 10c per barrel fol.
lowing one on the previous day of SC.
This puts the jobber's basis to $685..
There was an advance also in glucose
and corr syrup, the rise in the former
being some &C.. Corn syrup has had sew
eral successive rises within the past few
weeks. Glucose is coming into more
general use in molasses and syrup at
this season.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Must Be Provided With Mans

Baton Rouge.-The parish assessors
OF Louisiana have been notified by
the travelling auditor that their Offices
must be provided with maps showing
the lands within the limits of their
parishes. Act 80 of 1884 provides that
every police jury shall furnish this
map. In making his investigations
OF the sherifs' and assessors offices
the auditor has failed to find a single
parish assessor who had this map on
file In his office.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
PLAN MEMORIAL HALL.
Directors Of jeff Davis Home Meet
at Louisville.

Louisville.-A meeting of the local di.
rectors of the Jefferson Davis Home As
ISOLATION was held Tuesday, at which
several amendments to the articles of
Incorporation were approved. The meet.
ing then adjourned until next Monday,
at which time several reports will be
read showing the progress made toward
the construction of a permanent memo.
rial hall on the Jefferson Davis farm.
The property includes eighteen acres
of ground, the home in which he was
born and a little Baptist church. The
price paid was $500.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Young Engineers Are Wanted.

baton Rouge.--It is reported that
tne standard OH Company will take
the entire graduating engineering
class OF the Louisiana State Uniyer-
sity If the members are anxious to
go to work after the session ends.
The company will need a number NJ
young assistants for building the re.
finery.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
levee Building Is Beino Pushed,

Washington.-The levee contractor
passed through town with 80 mules,
wagons, scrapers and levee-building
implements for the Union Irrigation
canal, one mile south. The levee
builder has the contract to build the
Union Irrigation Company's levees
n has started active work. This is
the second batch of levee builders
employed on this canal, the other
being some six or seven miles west
OF the pumping plant.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
The State Summer Schools.

Baton Rouge.-The Department of
Education has issued a notice to the
d!nerent high schools and others of
the state that especially efficient ar
rangements are to be made for con-
Quoting the summer schools for teach
ers this year. Special facilities are
also to be accorded students who de.
sire to become teachers. Correspond.
ence from all persons interested in
these schools is solicited by the state
Department of Education.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Will Furnish Ample White Labor.

Baton Rouge.-The Commissioner
of Agriculture and immigration has
received a letter from Oscar Van der
Meersch, Richmond. Va, offering to
supply the state with white labor for
farm, lumber camp or domestic work.
The state, however, is not now sup
plying labor direct. The white labor
that can be imported is Swedish, Da-
nish, German and French.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
TO FORREST.
Rome, Ca, Erects Granite Shaft to Con.
federate Cavalaryman.

Rome, GA handsome granite shaft
to the memory Of Gen. Nathan Bedford
Forrest wa unveiled here Friday. It
was erected at a cost Of $1,000 by the
N. B. Forrest Chapter, Daughters of the
C%onfederacy, in honor of the man who
captured Gen. Streight and saved the
city from destruction at the hands of
the Federal troops. The Grafton wa de-
livered by former Congressman John ".
Maddox.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01

A New OIL Company Organized.
Baton Rouge.-The Tucker Oil Com.
pany Of Zachary has been organized
The company has a capital stock of
100000 and will sink a we'll at once
On their property in the new Deer.
ford oil field.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Find Rich Vein Of Silver Ore.

Sloan Springs, Ark.-Reports come
TO this city of the finding of a rich
vein of silver ore on an Ozark mountain
farm, located about fifteen miles west of
this place in the State of Oklahoma.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Depot Building Entered and Robbed.

Depot Building Entered and Robbed.
Fordoche.-Some unknown person
forced an entrance to the Texas and
Pacific depot at this place recently
through the warehouse, taking several
packages from the express room,
amounting to about $50. No clew has
yet been found that will lead to the
guilty parties.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
WOMAN WIRELESS OPERATOR.
Mrs. r. n. Tucker Has Charge Of the
instruments Aboard the Steam.
ship indianapolis.

Spokane, Wash.-Mrs. r. H. Tucker,
expert a%erogramist and telegrapher.
until recently a resident of Spokane,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01

Hold a Special Term Of Court.
plaquemine.-The Jury commission.
ers have drawn a three weeks jury
for the special term of court, which
will convene May 10.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
LOEB IN WASHINGT ON.
DISCUSSES SHAKE-UP
New York Collector of Gus
toms Talks of Sugar Scan
dal With MacVeagh.

Collector Of Customs Loeb, Of New
York, is in Washington consulting
Treasury officials. and had a long con-
ference with Assistant Secretary of the
I reasury Reyni is today.
The talk relEiLed to a further shak-
ing UP in the personnel of the customs
service in New York. Especially. it was
concerned with the question of what 10
ID with the men IN the service there
v 20 have grown old or who Tor any
reason are no logger efficient. Tue de-
partment and A1r. Loeb are bent OF
having no one in responsible posts II
the customs service in New York but
men who are able TO know smuggier
OF a lawbreaker when they see osfs,
and likewise able to cope with the viO-
latoTs of law IN every respect This
does not mean that the men who have
grown old IN the service are to be harsh
ly dealt with. What the collector and
the department are trying to work II
is how to deal with them justly, and 1T
the same time prime the service TO tie
highest pitch o. efficiency.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
TRAPPED BY HOUNDS,
NEGRO SHOOTS SELF
Man Who Attacks White
Woman, Killing Her, Dies
Under Barn.

LIMA. Ohio. May 24-John ". Beam.
the negro who yesterday shot and
killed Mrs. Maude Diltz. was tracked
by bIoodh0unds this morning TO a
hiding place under his barn. When he
saw his pursuers approaching Beam
shot himself three times and is now
dying in the hospital.
Beam was rental agent Cor property
recently leased by Mrs. DiitZe, a hand
some widow Of thirty-fiye. She is white.
Last Friday a neighbor saw him ring
the bell at Mrs. Diltzes home. The door
was bolted and after several Intellectual
attempts TO enter, he went away. Last
night about $40 Beam called again.
When the widow looked through the
glass and saw who was there, she tried
TO lock the door. but Beam was too
quick for her.
The police say that the man forced
his way in and chased Mrs. Diltze
through the hall and upstairs, firing five
shots from MS revolver. Ihen he He'd
down the street Mrs. DutZe died on
the way to the hospital with three
wounds.
pursued him. He fred his last shot at
them, turned across a corner and dis
appeared A posse of deputies and 80
citizens gathered, led by Sheriff Van
a neighboring town and they picked I'D
the trail. The dogs followed until the
scent doubled and led them to Beam 5
residence.
AS the baying hO1nds neared the
house about o'clock, three shots sound
ed from the barn. At first the posse
halted. believing that Beam had opened
fire on them. Then they cautiously
advanced and found the man unler his
barn floor, dying, with three bullet
holes in his head
Beam, who Is under indictment on the
charge of conspiracy In the recent 81, 900
robbery at the home of James Yoakum,
and for forging a deed to some property,
is alleged 10 have killed Mrs. Diltze
because she was one of the principal
witnesses against him when the grand
jury Investigated the robbery case.
Of both.
When the dying man was brought
TO the jail crowd of 500 persons was
awaiting, and only the news that he
could not live prevented an attempt
at lynching
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
STEAMER HITS TUG,
THREE MEN KILLED
Smaller Boat CapsizeS When
Struck by the West
err States.

BUFFALO. \. Y. May 24-While
coming into the harbor this morning tie
steamer Western States struck az 4
capsized a tug. Three members Of the
tugs crew were carried 10 the bottom
pfith her and drowned.
The list of dead is
FRANK TRAUFFLER, engineer.
WILLIAM MCCLURE, twenty-five,
fireman.
ROY NORBURY. nineteen.
Captain Sullivan and Fireman Nc
Mahon swan from the scene OF the
accident to the lighthouse pier, where
they were dragged 10 the lighthouse
platform by the watchman.
The Western States was on her way
from Detroit, for this port, with pas
sengers and merchandise. The tug
Princeton was crossing her path in the
outer harbor when she was raDlmed
by the big passenger boat All of the
men drowned were members OF the
prinCeton's crew.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
STRIKERS DEMANDS
MAY Be ARBITRATED
No Violence Reported To-
day, But Georgia Road
Is Tied Up.

ATLANTA. Ca. May 24.-There is a
possibility today that the strike Of the
white fremen on the Georgia Central
may be settled BY arbitration.
Governor Smith may call on the rail-
way company and the strikers each TO
name a committee OF three to arbitrate
and they viii do so. In the meanwhile,
strong pressure is being brought TO bear
on the railway officials to meet the de-
nands of the men and stop employing
negro fremen-
There have been no disorders today
and not a wheel is turning on the sys-
TEN. Ten through freight trains from
the North which reached Atlanta dur
ing the night will all divert 10 other
roads which are not affected. while all
passengers and mails are being shunted
by other routes.
Seventy-five rike-breakers are held
in this city, bat no attempt to use them
has been made and there viii be none.
The situation viii probably continue
quiet until the arbitration committee
has had the opportunity of trying 10
bring both sides to a common under
standing.
Crowds have gathered at the most Of
tie stations OF the road. and il is openly
asserted that any white engineer who
pulls a train -zVith a negro fireman will
be stoned. This fact is responsible for
the action OF the engineers TO discon-
tinue their runs unless afforded 'ade-
Quate protection
Adjutant General Hart, at the request
of Governor Smith, has made a complete
tour of the system and viii report 70 the
governor where troops must be sta
toned should IL become necessary 10
order them out 10 keep the peace
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
QUEEN MARGHERITA
HAS THE LOCKJAW
Itaiy's Royal Dowager Contracts
Disease Through Her Fond
ness for Automobiling.

ROME, May 24.-There is danger
today that the Dowager Queen Mar
gherita will pay with her life for her
fondness for fast automobiling She
is in a dangerous condition from a
rare form OF lockjaw. which has af-
fected her throat, and which the doe
tors say results from repeated colds
contracted in automobile rides.
For several years the dOwager
queens mania has been to go "scOrch-
ing through Rome and the adjacent
country in her high powered car, and
though she suffered severe colds after
nearly every one of her trips, she fail
ed to heed her doctors advice.
Her neck is now swollen until ii
has distorted her appearance. Her
sufferings are intense. Physicians are
in attendance upon her night and day,
but so far the malady has failed ut
teriy TO respond to every known treat
ment.
The Illness Of the dOWager queen H.
of several weeks duration, but only
in the last few days has her condi-
tfon become so grave that it was
deemed advisable to inform the public
as to the exact cause.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24

When it comes to Uphclding the law
the regulations. and the rules OF the de-
partments, the President never talters.
If there is any doubt g this capt.
Archibald Willingham DeGrauenreld
Butt. aide to the President, VIII sub
stantiate the statement.
Ii was last Saturday evening, ana II
happened in the grounds Of the Agricul-
turaI Department The President was
out FOR an auto drive with Captain Butt
and the machine stopped in the grounds
long en- ough for some members OF the
party to pick flowers from the sacred
floyyer hers OF Secretary James Wilson.
There are some who say that even the
President picked a bud, but no one Is
ready to swear to IT,
A Waterman spied the depredatlons
on the flower beds and hCt-footed II 20
the scene BY that time the President
had moved 10 one side.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
Lodged on Rocks.

BLOCK ISLAND. r. l., May a.
Wrencned and hammered by the heavy
seas the wEaleback steamer Bay City
is still lodged on the rocks at Southwest
Point today. The revenue cutter
Gresham Is standing by
Today the wreckers viii make a strong
effort to dislodge the steamer and III
they fail, it is expected that she viii be
left to break up
The barge BTiJtania, which grounded
and was subsequently noated was taken
to Providence today for repairs by the
tug CaSco.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
Battered to Pieces.

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, May a.
STRANDED on Half Moon Shoals. the
schooner Jennie French Potter today is
so badly battered by the heavy north
east gales OF the last few hours as 10
be practically beyond hope OF salvage.
The Potter was valued at $4,000, partly
insured. She carried a cargo OF g, 900
tons of coal, all Of which was lost
shortly after she ran aground on May Is.
The wrecking company will seek today
10 rescue It's paraphernalia and also to
take of all the portable fittings that
have been washed away.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24
MRS. PIERCE TO JOIN
THEATRICAL COMPANY
Matron Who Has Startled Society by Unconventional
Escapades VIII Make Bow Behind Foot
lights in Philade phia Next Week

than once by her unconventional esca-
pades. She IS a famous horsewoman
and daring hunter. She has won many
prizes.
a few years ago she Grated a sensa-
tion by appearing in ridinE coat and
breeches at a Meadow BROOK meet. Sne
finished twenty lengths ahead Of heI
closest rival In December OF 1907 Mrs.
ri, zee was found in d salItafiam. aGd
there was a legal fight over her ve-
lease. She alleged her brother had
her placed there 1T the time of leI
divorce she received permission TO havl
The custody Of her child for SIX months
every year Her allowance was fixed
Gt 500 a week About one and a has
years ago the father took the boy away
from bis mother because she persistent
- asso ciated with theatrical persons.
The Washington times., 1909-05-24

NEW YORK, Nav 24-Nrs Tom
Pierce. intimate friclsI Of Adele Ritchie,
erstwhIIe comic opera star, and Of Mrs.
Leslie Carter. is going on the stage.
She will make ner DOW in Philadelphia
next week when The Motor Girl is
produced. She VIII speak a few lines
written ia" especially ioE her
,irs. Pierce was Mise Crawninshield
Rogers, Of Salem. Mass. Thomas w.
Fierce. a millionaire. ~ BOSTON, married
her. He is highly popular in Boston.
and is a member oi .he Puritan, EN-
change and Eastern Yacht clubs, and an
ardent sportsman. tn April 1907, his
wife got an absolute 1ign-:.e.
In the last few years Mrs. Pierce has
made society wrinkle its broWs more