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Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED.
Assailants of Marshall (Texas) Officers
Strung Up.

Marshall, Tex.-A mob entered the
county Jail here at 2 o'clock Friday
morning, dragged out Creole Nose, Pie
Hill and Mat Chase, negroes, and lynched
all three. The militia which has been
guarding the Jail for the last three
days was dismissed at midnight and the
citizens formed a mob Immediately, tax.
ing the authorities by surprise. Nose.
Hill and Chase were charged with firing
upon and killing Deputy Sheriff Mark
Huffman and wounding Constable Alex
Cargill a few days ago while the officers
were raiding a craps game.
Tho mob numbered forty men, and
they battered in the north wall Of the
Jail, grabbed the keys from the jailer and
rushed the trembling blacks to the street.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
Hjoh School Plans Are Accepted.

Breaux Bridge.-The architectural
plans for the new school have been
accepted and the superintendent of
education has advised that bids will
be advertised for as soon as enough
blue prints showing specifications are
secured for prospective bidders, on
a contract for a high school building
to cost about $4,000. The city coun-
Gil at a special meeting set aside
ground for the erection of the high
school. The selection was a beau
tifully located half square of ground
in the heart of town. The parish fair
buildings and a residence will be re-
moved to accommodate the new high
school building.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
DEATH LIST GROWS
WITH EACH REPORT
NUMBER KILLED MAY GO BE.
YOND $50.
Most Destructive Storm Ever Known
in This Section-Cyclone Took
Wide Extent-Hundreds
of People Homeless.

Memphis, Tenn.-Incomplete reports
from the storm-swept sections Of Ten
uessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Missis-
sippi give a death list of 1870 and more
than 500 more or less seriously injured.
Ot the latter it is thought that fully
me hundred will die, running the loas
up to the neighborhood of $50.
In casualties, in property loss, in ex-
lent of territory covered, and in freakish
things done, Thursday nights storm is
the most remarkable and the most de-.
,tructive ever known in this section. It.
is not possible to estimate the property
loss, for there is no way of computing
it. Many noble forests that have stood
for generations are laid in waste; nu-
merous fine old country homes have been
blown away; churches, school houses,
stores and innumerable barns and out
houses are in kindling.
Late reports show that the worst dam
age was in Eastern Arkansas, South
eastern Missouri, West Tennessee and
along Duck and Elk rivers in Middle Ten
nessee and North Alabama. Shelby
county, Upton county and the counties
to the east of these, notably Crockett,
Gibson, Madison and Chester, were the
scenes of the storms fury, and whole
settlements were laid in ruins. Two OF
three small towns on the Arkansas-Mis
souri, line, an equal number on the Ten
nessee-Alabama line and several in Mid
die Tennessee were wholly destroyed. 1t
is remarkable that tho loss of life in
them was so small.
The cyclone seems to have originated
in Southwestern Arkansas, jumped ovel
the intervening space to Van Buren, and
Cleburne counties, and split, n fork 60
ing north into Missouri and the Other
coming due west to lizard and Critten
den counties, then crossing the Mississip
pi into Shelby and Upton counties;
thence northeast into Middle Tennessee
thence southwest into Northern Ala
bama, where it disappeared in the noun
tains of Lawrence county.
At each place the cyclone lasted onl.
about ten minutes, and was followed b!
heavy rain and hail storms and an cleo
trio display that wal said to be unusual
ly terrifying.
Hundreds of people, mostly negro ten
ants on devastated farms, are homeless
but the white people in each of thes'
communities are taking care of the des
titute.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
Potato Shipment an Object Lesson.

Potato Shipment an Object Lesson.
Baton R0uge.-An object lesson in
truck gardening was given when a
a load OF Irish potatoes, the first
of the season, was shipped from Bat
on Rouge by a local broker to Chi
cago a few days ago. The car load
contained four hundred bushels OF
potatoes. These potatoes will bring
$1.20 a bushel, or a total of $3.50.
The potatoes were raised on six acres
Of ground by Ben Jones, near the city
limits. The shipment of this car load
is the beginning Of the shipment of
truck from Baton Rouge to the North
ern markets. The change in the ag-
ricultural conditions, made necessary
by the advent of the boil weevil, and
the partial destruction of cotton as
a money crop, has forced the plant
ing of a great acreage in truck and
a great amount will be shipped from
Baton Rouge this season.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
peportlnq a Lone chinaman.

New Orleans.-Capt. William L.
Morsey, United States marshal at st.
Louis, has arrived at New Orleans,
having in charge a Chinaman whom
the United States courts have order
ed to be sent back to China for be-
ing in this country without a certifi-
cate, in violation Of the exclusion
act. The marshal will 60 to San
Francisco with his prisoner.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
Dressing for Grape Fruit Salad,

II the grape fruit is used with white
grapes, use a cream mayonnaise in.
stead Of a French dressing. A very
nice sauce is made by taking the same
quantities of white wine and sugar,
mix we'll together and pour over fruit.
Grape fruit on lettuce is very good
served with the following boiled dress.
ing. Beat up two eggs, add one cup
vinegar, seasoning Of salt, pepper and
sugar and quarter cup butter. Cook
in double boiler. Stir constantly till
dressing has thickened. Cool and
serve.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
GOLFERS STRANGE REQUEST.
Gives $4,000 to an Unknown Catholic
School.

Cincinnati.-In the will of Peter +.
Collier, the publisher, n bequest> pro
vides that $4,000 a year for ten years
be paid to st. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Seminary of Cincinnati. There is no
such institution in Cincinnati. Collier
attended school at Mount st. Mary's
Seminary, Price Hill, so years ago, and
it is thought that that may be the school
he intended to remember. The entire
estate 10 worth $4,000. 900,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
10 Entertain Uncle SAINTS Sailors.

Baton Rouge.-An executive COM
mittee from the Board Of Trade has
been named to begin making arrange
ments for the entertainment Of the
officers and crew Of the battleship
Mississippi, which will be here for
three days during the middle of May.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
Sentenced to Twelve Years.

Napoleonyille.-Joseph Simoneaux,
who pleaded guilty to arson, last
week, was sentenced by Judge Paul
Leche to twelve years in the state
penitentiary.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
Report on Present Crop Condition.

Report on Present Crop Condition.
Baton Rouge.-The State Board OF
Agriculture and immigration is now
receiving the reports from the asses
sors of the state on the 1909 crop
conditions. This report, when it is
published, will deal largely with the
acreage under cultivation and com.
parsons with the acreage Of last year,
and as 1t will be the first report on
the 1909 crop, its issuance will be
awaited with much interest. The
state board of agriculture is having
its usual trouble in getting the asses
sors to respond promptly and with
accurate data regarding the crop con-
ditions.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
DRAINAGE Plan is Successful.

Baton Rouge.-This week will see
the completion of the Whites and
Cypress drainage, which is being
built in the northern part OF the
parish. The drainage canal runs a
distance of about two miles and q
quarter, is 20 feet wide at the bottom
and 40 feet wide at the top. The ca
nal will drain all Of the low country
in the northern portion of the parish
near Zachary, in the Whites and
Cypress bayou. It will render pro-
ductive several thousand acres Of land
which, at the present time, cannot be
cultivated for the want Of drainage
to carry OF the water when 1t rains.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08
THOUGHT IT WAS D00MSDAY.
Wonderful Phenomenon Occurs at Amory,
Miss.

Amory, Miss.-The most wonderful
phenomenon ever witnessed by any of
the oldest citizens occurred here Friday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, when an cleo.
trical storm passed over the city, fol.
lowed by a hailstorm which lasted only
about one minute, covering the ground
with hail stones as large as a mans fist.
The stones fell 50 fast that you could
not see a person across the street. A
great many people thought the world
was at an end. The roofs of six or eight
store houses, covered with rubberoid
roofing, were completely ruined, and the
rain poured in on the stocks of goods,
doing a great deal of damage.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
Rv Annotated Press.

Washington. Jan 2S.-By far the
largest specific allowance of repara-
ION. ever ordered by the interstate
commerce commission was made to-
day, when that body approved tie
settlement agreement for S165,OOO in
satisfaction of claims on account Cf
unreasonable rates on lumber shipped
frCm southern mills. involving about
Two hundred and twenty-five cases,
ami eleven defendant railroads in the
south.
The claims involve two cents Diff
ference per hundred pounds between
the advanced rates made effec i've IN
the summer of 1903 and those in eff
feet for number of years prior the. e
20 on shipments moved between The
time of the advance and the summer
Of 1907, when the lower rates were
restored
The claims decided by the commits
sion are in what are known as tho
Yellow Pine association ana Tiff
cases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
TWO JURORS
RELEASED IN
COOPER CASE
Leigh and Jackson Let Out
by Court on Ground of
Drunkenness and Bias, and
Another May be Let Out
To-Day.
By Associated Press.

Nashville. Tenn, Jan. 2S.-Nith
jury numbering two less than it did
five DAYS ago. the ninth day of the
trial of Colonel Cooper. Robin Coop
er and John Sharp. accused CT the
murder of former Senator Carmack.
ended today with every prospect of
being further depleted.
The court excused Jurors Leigh and
jackson. charged with drunkenness
and bias and intimated that Juror
Whitworth Will be excused tomorrow.
The latter has been i'll for several
months anC physicians have signed
acertificates that if he remains in tie
box. his life may be forfeited.
Following Juror LeiShs release
from Uhe box he was arrested on the
charge of perjury and released on q
bond of 81 500.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
WILL DECIDE
THE STEAMER
RESPONSIBLE
Owners of the Republic and
Florida File Suits in Ad-
n1iralty, and Courts Will
Fix Blame.
BY Associated Press.

Aeu- Na.~ls,-Issx~- 2S.-JuSt which
ship was responsible for the Nantuck
ct collision of the White Star liner
Ftv-Dui5iic ana ss-ssr-s~--4a---
and which company shall pay-uur1ag~5
viii De ueCIuEd by a court or admlral-
". Both companies fled suits today
The owners of the Republic Claimed
DAMAGES of two million dollars and
recited in legal form the story OF the
marvellous sea disaster. Blame for
the collision is placed on the Florida,
and the claim is made that the latter
ship was going ahead at AN immOd-
! crate rate of speed when the crash
came.
me owners of the Florida also filed
/ libel suit and petition for limitation
of liability against the Florida. The
petitioners asked that their liability
! in case the suits are decided against
them be placed at S224,000, the dam
age value of the Florida.
/ Later the FlOTida's owners. applied
/ for and obtained an order from Judge
/ Adams staying all suits for damages
against the steamer Florida on til
ground that their petition of limit
ton was filed ahead Of the libel 81
OF the Oceanic Steamship company |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
GEN. JOSE NJ. GOMEZ
PRESIDENT OF CUBA
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
TO COMMENCE IN 80 DAYS
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas. His Royal Hghnes Prcus Y. Off
he arr
the
1909, his
J. C c.
Pensacola proclaim visit
all whom
will be allowed
touch hand
cred dOrderly will
And C c. Goodman Lord Ugh Mayor
cola command all officers
Council all and singular together with the
Majesty, be
at the Royal Wharf PalafOx
22nd day of February the
Iighness arrival he
do
tainment of the visitors.
le 4
of ing 4
Given day Of d 4
- - ''' - -
c, c. GOODMAN,
/. G.. - -
:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
KIDNAPPED
BOY RETURNED
To HIS MOTHER
SnatChed From Woman in a
Crowded Theatre, to Be
Thrust Back in Her Arms
48 Hours Later.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, Jan. 2S-Mrs. Richard
Gibson has asked the police to ex-
plain the kidapping and mysterious
restoration of her fye-year- old son,
Archie. The boy was snatehed from
bisfaet hex g AID 12FnfSdI i eft Fl ef7tIrfgTaFs
thrust back into her arms by a
strange woman who hid her identity
In flight. In the interim Mrs. Gibson
had the entire police department
aroused and circulated 5000 hand
bills Offering $50 reward for trace of
the missing boy
The police believe some woman
with consuming affection for chill
dren stole the boy and was frightened
INTO returning him when Mrs Gibson
made elaborate plans for his recovery
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
RACE FEELING
CAUSED DEATH
Of YOUNG MAN
Two Other White Boys Are
Badly Injured as Result of
Battle With Negro in Gin
Cinnati.
BY Associated Press.

Cincinnati, Jan. 2S.-Race feeling,
it is said, inspired the battle between
white boys and negro in front or
the east night school in Woodward
n fed death Of Wiigghhi ett ie eP7dIPadinated
- years; the probable fatal injury of
William Dorsey, aged 20. and the So
rlouS injury of Charles Ruff. aged IL
The alleged murderer. Atlas TaJford
a negro aged 20 years, a high school
student, employed as house man for
United States Judge Thompson. has
been arrested He declared that he
cut the white boys in seIf-defense
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
Hearing Given Opponents of
Judge HundIey by Committee

a body of twenty-five lawyers and
business men appeared for Judge
HmdIey and testified as TO mis- gen
eraI character and ability 10 I'LL the
position The decree of Judge Humid
iey in the Southern Steel company
receiver case. 10 which objection was
made by opponents of the judge. has
been assailed by his enemies but no
appeal has been taken from il and
friends of Judge Hundley are making
much OF this fact
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
DISAGREEMENT
INED. MARSHAL[
MURDER CASE
Only Two of Jury Stood For
Conviction of the Alleged
Night Rider and That For
Murder in Second Degree.
BY Associated Press.

t11UH NtIIsss7saIAIf5fl1ss5 @74se----lIIET
being out for sixteen hours, the jury
in the Ed. Marshall night rider trial
EeDorted this morning that they could
tlf5t agr9se on a VerUfcI. 1drshaff was
TO Jail without bail.
do you think you could agree
within two days, or six months!
asked Judge Jones.
"No sir" was the reply from the
foreman. and the jury was at once
discharged. They stood ten for ac-
ouittaI and two for murder in the
second degree.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
BY Associated Press

Washington, Jan 2S.-BaIIoouine in
America mas received a decided ser
back according to officials of the war
department as a result of the house
CON mlttee on appropriations decision
not TO set aside a liberal sum for
military aeronautics.
TIE signal corps desired at least
S5GO-OOO for the new branch of the
service. assurance being given that
thF dlTlsible balloon was beyond the
experimental stage and was an in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
BY Associated 1rass

Chicago, Jan. 2S.--If the United
states wants 10 build the Panama
canal IT should present TO the DC 1pIe
the only legitimate reason for the
WoFk' and that reason is it is unde.-
taken simply as a war measure
50 said Prof Frederick Starr in an
address last night attacking the gov.
ernments methods of carrying out is
Panama policy. He declared that mo
canal would never better the commer-
clai interests of the country an
would always be a burden.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
Panama Canal Undertaken
Simply as a War Measure

The canal will not be able 20 com
pete with the Tehuantenec railroad. ."
ne said. 'This railroad is in the
center of Mexico and connects tBa
Aiantlc with the Poetic. IL can
transfer merchandise cheaper than
the canal will"
Prof Starr called the proposed
Fan-American railroad a utooian
cream which never could b. realized
lie asserted that a railroad from Alas
IA 10 Cape Horn was simply an air
castle
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
After Killing Four, MofOrman
Takes Rest to Recover Nerve

people seem to be taking greater
chances with electric cars every day
In none of the accidents in which
ais car has figured has Broadway been
ceusured by the coroner
People generally take all kinds Of
chances with electric cars. They
completely disregard the fact th2}
The eIecIrics often are running faster
than steam ears. They jump in 'front.'
%. electric cars where they would
give a steam train u wide berth"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
RECEIVER NAMED.

/ Providence, r. l., Jan. 2S.-Robert
+ Spencer, of this city. was this af-
brnOOn appointed permanent receiver
Q the New England Fire Insurance
ompany. one of the largest stock
hlders of the Central Trust cOmpanv
OF this city. which was Iiauidated
JaUary 10.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
BaHOOning in America
Given Set Back Say Officers

stTument of much use in time of war
as a component part Of the equip
ment Of any well regulated army"
IL was pointed out that France has
three dirigibles and Germany four.
wnile the Italian army is in a meas
ure equipped with them and reports
are that the Russian army is adding
them 10 its equipment
The plan was to have this govern
ment obtain number Of medium bal
Icons, sach as the one acquired last
summer. Z
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
DEMOCRAT WILL BE ELECTED

New Orleans, Jan. 2S.-The time for
qualifying for both the democrstjl
and republican primaries for t51e no ~ ~
ing or successor to the late Robert
{. Davey, representative in congress
from the second district of I,ouisiana
expired last night at midnight sam.
uei l. Gilmore, city attorney of New
orleans, was the only Democrat 10
enter. and the republicans failed IN
put our a ticket. This is equivalent
10 GilmOre's election.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
ANOTHER SKY scRAPER.

1 New York, Jan. 2S.-A thirty-stOry
sky scraper is to be constructed at
the corner of Nassau and Liberty
streets on a site where a seven story
structure now stands. The building
was sold yesterday for S1.25OO00. and
it is said a syndicate of St. Louis cap
italists will back the new structure
which will replace it
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
BY Associated Press.

Chicago. Jan. 2S.-FOuT persons
nave been killed before by the wheels
of electric cars of which he was mo-
torman ana two women having been
MANNED for life, l. A. Broadway IS
now taking voluntary rest to re-
cover his nerve. Within another
week he expects 10 be al work again
and SAYS he trusts his car viii neN er
KIP another person, He is not par.i'--
ulaIly sure OF sucn luck. as he says
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
WAS ON WRONG
SIDE OF MARKET.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago. Jan. 2S.-The Trl-
bune today prints an account
of the sudden closing up OF the
business of Sidney c. Love &
Co. which il saws turns out
to be according TO reports, due
TO his fataliStic tendency for
the wrong side of the stock
and grain market
1t is said the young opera
tor has lost in the last two or
three years over Sl,5O0,Oo
When the firm went out Of
business Monday his capital
was practically gone.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
Committee Named to
Establish Cotton Grades

Joseph A Airey of New Orleans,
J. S. Akers of Atlanta, Clinton b. Bak-
er of Lowell. F.. NJ. Crump of Mem
phis, John Martin of Paris, Texas,
George W. Neville, of New York, Lew
is w. Parker, of GTeenville, S. c., Ma
thaniel Thayer of Boston and Charles
Vedder, of Galveston.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
a. Assoeiated Eress.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-A hearing
was given today by the senate com
nittee on the judiciary 10 Alabama
delegates for and against the confirm
alton of Oscar r Hundley 10 be Unit
Ell states judge for the northern dis
trict of that state.
CHARGES of incompetency were re-
newed against Judge Hundley oy
delegation of about so men from al,
ferent sections of Alabama, headed
b. Walter Percy. of Birmingham ana
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
SOUTHERN MILL MEN
WIN FROM RAILROADS
Roosevelt Departs From
Another Sfaid Custom

takes the oath of office TO the union
station, and take a train for New
York
The presidents purpose was made
known in accepting an invitation of
the New York county committee to
be allowed to act as his personal es-
cort on the way from the capitol to
the depot.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-President
Roosevelt will not follow the custom
and ride back to the White House on
March fourth with his successor in
office He told New York congress-
man today that he will go direct from
the capitol after President-elect Taft
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
Simple and Brief Inaugural
Ceremonies Conducted
Yesterday.
MACON AT SEA
WITHIN AN HOUR

Provisional Governor Read
His Last Decree Imrne-
diately After the Inaugu-
raj Ceremony and Then
Boarded the Battleship
Maine-Imfnense Crowds
Witnessed the Departure
of the Maine and Mis-
sissippi.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
Bv Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The person
mel of the committee of export cotton
classifiers. which is to meet here Feb.
1 10 establish an official standard for
various grades of cotton in conform
ity with an act of congress, was an
nOuneed today by Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson, as follows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
SILVER BAR TRADING
CEASES IN COUNTRY,
By Associated Preee

New York. Jan. 2S.-Witb
the cancellation of the LIST
certificates yesterday came the
end of silver bar trading in
this country. They have been
redeemed by the issuers. Tim
norman and FoTshay. and the
certificates were consequently
stricken from the stock ex-
change list. Each of the bull
lion certificates of which there
were between but 10000 and
10000 afioat at the time issued
during the BRYAN campaign
called for 900 ounces of sill
yer and was in effect q ware
house receipt backed by the
deposit or a corresponding
amount of silver.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29
BOUT IN NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, Jan 2S--Johnny
LYNCH, of Boston, and Tommy La
vigne, of New Orleans, Will meet IN
ten-round bout before the Royal
Athletic club here Saturday night.
February 6. They are to fight at 133
pounds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-29

The construction of 20 miles OF
modern concrete sidewalks is to be
commenced within thirty days, ac-
coTding to a statement made yester-
day afternoon by Mayor Goodman TO
a Journal representative. The fact
that the city contract is TO be COM
menced within the time specified does
not prevent individuals, who desire
sidewalks placed, arranging with the
successful contractors at once, and
they may have their sidewalks con-
structed at an earlier date if they so
desire.
The city will be prepared TO fur
nish the contractors, Whiddon & Ken
nedy, of Birmingham, 100000 square
feet of sidewalk construction in thirty
days, but parties who are ready to
have their walks built may have the
work commenced earlier
H. H. Whiddon, a member OF the
firm of WhiddOn & Kennedy, arrived
in the city yesterday from -.irmiRg-
ham. All of the equipment used in
the construction OF the walks has
been shipped TO this city.