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The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
WANTS FOURTH PLACE.

Total Number of BattIeships To be
Increased 60 Thirty-eighE-
Paris.-The superior council Of
the navy has decided upon 8 pro-
gramme that includes bringing tbs
number of French battleship up TO-
thirty-eight, this will insure Francs
fourth place among the naval pew
ers of the world 1t is proposed Tor
lay down in 1910 two 21.000-tun
vessels of an enlarged Danton tyua-
The armament has not been decEdaa
upon but the council is in favor e.
twelve-inch guns in six turrets-
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Only 10 Out of 24s Pass.

The state Board of Health, Medi-
cal Examination proved to be ver-
table slaughter, compared with SINH
lar examinations heretofore. Only
10 out of 243 applicants passed The
class was the largest ever examined
by the board and the percentage of
successful applicants was the small
est ever known.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Applicants Galore.

There are dozen or so appli-
cants for the position on the State
Board of Health, made vacant by the
resignation of DR.. Hickman, upon
which the Governor will act in few
days. There are more applicants af-
ter this one position than have been
known to apply for the choicest OF
1udgships, and as the run has not
been limited as to time there are
opportunities for several other Fifth
District doctors TO add to the execu-
tive harassment.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
No Reduction in Railroad Fare.

There will be no disturbance OF
he present passenger rate regula-
tions in Mississippi, so far as the
present Railroad Commission is con-
cerned. BY vote of two to one, the
Commission at its recent meeting
first declined to put in effect 2-cent
maximum ticket or train rate order,
which was made as formal motion
by Commissioner Scott, Messrs Lee
and Webb voting no. Directly after
wards Mr.. Scott moved that the maxi
mum be fixed at 2 IL cents, which
was also voted down in the same
way.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Sent Threatening Letter.

United States Postal Inspector w.
c. Watson and Deputy Marshal Kim
mons arrested and placed in jail
James Vaughan at Water Valley
charging him with sending letter
which was obscene and contained a
threat of arson. Owing to the fact
that the town had a $25,000 fire, be-
lieved to be of incendiary origin,
shortly before the mailing of this
letter, the threat to burn caused par
ticular apprehension.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
KEEN's HILARIOUS WON.
Captured Withers Stake Easily en- a
Muddy Track.

Belmont Park, N. Y.-On muddy
track and before 5000 persons
James r. Keene's Hilarious, the to
5 choice, easily won the $1,000
Withers stakes, one mile, defeating
Joe Madden's favorite, Fayette, in
easy fashion. The track and weather
conditions were against fast time, but
all things considered the time,
1:41 1-5, was extremely good.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
MRS. POPE GIVEN 90 YEARS.
Convicted of Numbering Her Mother
Last March.

Clanton, Ala.-Mrs. Hattie Pope
has been found guilty of the murder
of her mother, Mrs. Mary King, at
MontevaIlo on March last, and has
been sentenced to serve ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary. Mrs. Pope
broke down when the verdict was an
nounced.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
To Extend Railroad Line.

According to advices received from
Yazoo City, a corps of surveyors are
at work in that vicinity establishing
lines for what is believed to be an
extenson of the New Orleans and
Great Northern road northward from
Jackson to Memphis.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
An Increase in Fees.

Fees for recording charters in the
Office of the Secretary of State have
run up to $1,000 to date for the
month of May, with promise of reach
ing $2500 more This is the best
showing since the panic began and
is taken as a fair indication that
business conditions have become nor
NAL
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
LABOR TROUBLE IN PANAMA.
Col GoethaIs Says spaniards Are ON
Verge of INSTRUMENTATION.

New York.=Col. George w. Goe-
thaIs, chairman and chief engineer soi
the Isthmian Canal Commission, is
not very enthusiastic about the con-
duct and work of the Spanish con-
tract laborers on the canal. In let
ter to the charge d'afaires of the
Spanish government at Panama, Col
Goethals states that most OF the
Spanish laborers are on the verge oi
insubordination.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Row Ends in Tragedy.

AS the result of an alteration, be-
tween Henry Burgess and Hilla Wom-
mack the former was stabbed and
seriously wounded by the latter at
Dancy. Burgess condition is critical
and hopes for his recovery are very
sanguine.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Shoots Self Accidentally.

At Brookhaven Grover Storm sent
a bullet through his foot accidental
ly. which will lay him up awhile.
Grover followed the custom of an
nouncing his arrival home by empt-
ing his pistol He proved a bad
marksman.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
WILL TAKE UNTIL AUGUST.
House to Keep Tariff Bill Month
After Senate Gets Through.

Washington on.-Instead of the tariff
bill reaching the president by June
20, it is problematic whether the bill
will reach the house before July 20.
The house leaders and house insur-
gents are jointly anxious to make a
stand for free iron. and other
changes from the senate bill, and the
prospects are that the bill will hang
fire in conference for three to five
weeks. In fact Vice President Sher-
man has cold friend in the -ouse
that he expects congress to be in ses-
sion as late as August.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
WILL INSPECT NAVY YARDS.
Mr.. Meyer Wants to Know Details
Before Making Changes.

New York.-A special from Wash
ington says: GeorgegVon L. Meyer,
secretary of the navy has formulated
plans for an exten i've. investigation
of navy yard, organization. He will
visit all the navy yards in the near
future. In addition he will have rep
resentatives sent to hin from the
United States navay attaches in for
eign countries, especially Great Brit
ain, where Mr.. Meyer wishes to thor
oughly know how the yards are being
run. Pending this Investigation it is
not known how drastic any changes
proposed at the navy yards may be.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Negro Bow Given Life Term.

A negro boy, Jupiter Benson, Civ
ing his age as IA years, was convict
ed at Hattiesburg on the charge OF
criminally assaulting a negro girl
12 year of age and was given a life
sentence in the State Prison.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
GOV. Offers Reward.

Gov. Noel has offered a reward OF
5000 for the arrest and conviction OF
the party or parties who lynched the
negro John Rist at Summit May II.
The inside facts of the lynching,
which was evidently done by only
four or five men, are not known.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Collision Beaween Freight Trains.

A serious wreck occurred on the
New Orleans and Northeastern Rail
road at Lumberton, when one
freight train, running at high rate
of speed, smashed head-on into ano-
ther freight train standing on the
main line. No one was injured in
the wreck, as the engineer and fire
men of both engines jumped before
the collision. Engine 230, pulling
one of the trains, the tender and sew
eral cars of lumber are practically
a total wreck.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27

A mixed car of beans and cab
bage, consisting of 200 bushels Of
beans and 200 crates Of cabbage,
was a recent shipment from Wesson
Prices are holding up very we'll con-
sidering the heavy crop.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Large Lumber Order Placed.

The Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railroad Company has placed
an order with the West Pascagoula
Creosoting Works for 100000 feet
of creosote treated lumber for bridge
building purposes.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Lumber Mill Worker Killed.

Spurgeon Darnell, an employee of
the Ingram-Day Lumber Company of
Lyman, near Gulfport was caught in
the gearing of the mill sustaining
injuries from which he died.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
DEED OF 4 NIADNIAN.
Fired Bullet Into Woman, Then
Turned Gun on Self.

Chicago, Ill.-While Mrs. Charles
A. Mace was walking with her three
children near her home in this city
Gus Anderson, whose wife is house
keeper for Mrs. Mace, came up be-
hind the latter and fired bullet into
her shoulder. He then shot himself
In the head and stomach and is ex-
pected to die. Mrs. Mace will re-
cover.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Charter Granted Telephone Company.

The Charter s.of the Mississippi
Home Telephone Company to be do
miciled at Jackson, Miss, capital
stock $25O,000, has been approved
by the Governor and recorded in the
Office of the Secretary of State. The
purpose of the corporation as stated
in the charter is to construct and
operate telephone and telegraph
lines and exchanges in the city of
Jackson, and in the cities and towns
of the State of Mississippi and other
States and Territories.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Thrown FROM TRAIN.
Three Tramps Stealing Ride En-
gage in a Fight.

Sioux City, While Northwest
ern passenger train No. IL en- route
to Sioux City from Council Bluffs was
running at fifty miles an hour three
men, who were beating their way on
the tender, engaged in a combat, and
one. whose name could not be learn
ed, was pushed over the end of the
tender and was crushed to death.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
GOVERNMENT GETS MONEY.
Wins Bond Forfeiture Suit Over
Greene and Gaynor Case.

UTtCH6 s1a1 OsRy AKOT Osst'
New York.-A decision handed by
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals affirming a ruling of Judge
Hough probably means that after one
of the most stubbornly contested
suits on record, the government will
be able to obtain the forfeiture of the
$4,000 bail in the cases of Greene
and Gaynor, the two men convicted
seven years ago of defrauding gov
ernment harbor contracts.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
Fire Negroes Killed.

AS the result of cave-in in a
gravel pit at Olive Branch five negro
es we're killed here today. Tons OF
gravel fell on them and the bodies
we're horribly crushed.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
MISS TAFT SELECTED.
WIN UnveiI Monument to Unfcm
Army at Gettysburg.

Army at Gettysburg
Washington.-Miss Helen TafG
daughter of the President, has ac
cepted an invitation to unveiI tha
monument erected at Gettysburg, Pa
in memory of the soldiers OF the
regular Union Army who particinatS
ed in the Gettysburg campaign Tha
ceremony will take place May 80
and 1000 regular troops viii attand
the celebration.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
MANY HURT.
Two Hundred Persons Are Hurled @
Ground.

Fitzgerald, Ga.-During the exsr-
cises of laying the cornerstone ak O
school building here the temporary
stand arranged for the occasion col
lapsed and about 200 people were
preciptated several feet Co tnG
ground. Many were slightly injured
Mrs. E. N. Davis received painful
bruises and was rendered uncnn-
scious.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
HELEN GOULD GETS DIVORCE.
Court Gives Mother Children During
a Portion of the Year.

a Portion of the Year.
New York.-Helen Kelly Gould
has been granted an absolute divorce
from Frank ]. Gould. Mrs. Gould is
granted custody OF their children
for one portion of each year and Mr..
Gould is to have their custody for
the remaining portion.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-05-27
oUINTETTEs DOING WELL.

Wisconsin Woman Gives Birth to
Three Girls and Two Boys.
Mount Clair, Wis.-The wife Of
Fay Irish, of Thorp, Clark county,
has given birth to five babies, three
daughters and two sons. All are
alive and we'll There are now ten
children in the family.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
THE MEN HIGHER UP'
 AMONG ON TICKS
Two of the Principals Taken Into
 Custody

San Francisco, Dec. 20.-Tong King Chong. editor and publisher nf the Chinese Free Press. secretary of the Chinese society of Free Masons, the most powerful organization of Chinese in the country. and his right hand man. Dr. Sun Yat oen. the revolu- tionist for whose capture the Pekin government has a standing offer oi s50, 900. were arrested today on an in dictment charging them with mur- der in connection with the feud or the Tee family and the On Tick tong They have been in hiding nearly two months. but were located late today at a house in the residential portion of the city and removed 10 prison.
 Chong and several other promi- nent Chinese were indicted for the murder of the first Chinese 10 die in the factional fight. Only one or the number was placed in custody at that time. and the police of the whole state have been on the lookout for the others. Three were captured and brought to a hearing today when a motion to quash was denied. Several are still at large. The fight of the Yee and on Yicks arose from the elopement of Bow Cue. an On flck slave girl. with member of the Tee family. Eight murders have been committed since and the business in the Chinese quarter has suffered be- cause of a reign of terror
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21

price. The Western company also has the sole formula for Crystal Mapo ex- tract. invented by one of it's members after years of labor, which is an ex- tract having only one competitor, and which this company claims does not equal it for chapness, even if it does in quality. With this many useful things may be cheaply manufactured.
 The local manufacturer will also make and supply to local dealers soda fountain syrups. soda bottlers syrups flavors, extracts. etc, the raw ma terials for which will be bought of the Los Angeles concern.
 Mir. Lewis says that by making the goods here they can be furnished to local people at retail as cheaply now as they can be bought by the mer- chants at wholesale and that the local establishment will probably sell and deliver at retail by wagons. Ii will also furnish goods at wholesale to the local merchants at price enough lower than its retail prices, to enable the merchants to make more on the goods of Phoenix manu- facture than they can on the i'm ported articles, and the quality will be absolutely pure. or just what fl IS represented to be. In the meantime. if the business grows materially It will mean quite a pay roll for the factory and added employment for working people.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
TWAS \ QUIET WRECK
 THE BENSON DISASTER
The Dead Engineer Had Been in a Wreck at the Same Spot
 Twelve Years Ago.

Additional details of the wreck oi the Golden State Limited near Benson on Sunday morning were received yes terdaV from the, correspondent of The Republican at Benson. He writes: Passengers who were m terviewed say that the train was running sixty miles an hour when il struck curve on the down grade The engine left the track and shot ahead landing against a bank fifty feet away. The four ears in front were thrown from the grade and smashed but no one in them was killed Both occupants of the engine were in- stantiy killed The engineer, William Walker. was in wreck at the exact spot twelve years ago when he was pulling the pay car. P. F. Bauer, the dead fireman. and his wife, were until lately residents of Benson and their possessions are still here.
 The conductor and a number of Oth- CTS. just how many could not be learn ed. were seriously hurt and about forty others were more or less severely bruised Most of them were sent to the company hospital at Tucson. Others less severely wounded preferred to continue their journeys.
 Those passengers who escaped in- jury consider themselves extremely lucky The occupants of the pullmans say it was the quietest wreck on rec ord; there was neither noise nor ex- citement after the crash. When the sleeping car of passengers went for ward and saw what had happened they believed that all the occupants of the forward cars had been killed; there was no sound
 John s. Williams. district attorney of this county and his assistant, Ed Flanagan. were slightly hurt. Horace P. Murrell. assistant cashier of the Benson bank was sitting in the chair car beside the conductor who was badly hurt but MT. Murrell escaped without q scratch
 The track was not injured by the wreck which was quickly cleared away and traffic was resumed
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The New President Not Ready Yet to
 Make Statement.

New York. Dec. 20.-Thomss Lynch the new president of the Na'ioiia. League. assumed his duties t"daN pu' requested time to acquaint himseii with the details of his position before making a statement of his plans All Lynch would say was that he was m favor of upholding the umpire's decl- sions and that he was glad to have the cooperation of Heydler.
 A statement given out tonight pH John Ward. whose candidacy was op- uosed by Ban Johnson. president oi inc American League. said: The election of Lynch as president of the National League is a happy solution of The situation. He is capable um- pire and a high class man.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
A RECOGNITION
 OF LOUIS C. HILL
Secretary Ballineer Orders An ln-
 crease of Salary.

Washington. Dec. 20.-(SpeciaD- Secretary Ballinger of the Interior Department has promoted Louis C- Hill. of Phoenix, superintendent of the Roosevelt project from a salary of s550O to s6OO0. His promotion IS made because of his successful work on the project under his care
 Delegate Cameron today Tn the house introduced a bill granting ,,srsion of s3O q month to J. Cook. of Douglas.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
NATURAL INCLINATION.

You should insist" said the doctor. "on your boys accustoming himself |" cold baths
 'I don't have to insist" answered the worried father. Hell be out skating before the ice is an eighth of an inch thick Washington Star.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
4 DIAGNOSIS.

"How's yer husband after the acci- dent, Mrs. Ginnerty?'
 Faith. sumtoimes he's betther an sumtoines he's wurse, but from the way he wills an takes on when he's betther, Oi think he's betther when he's wurse,-Kansas Cits Journal.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
ONE THING NEEDED.

Pat-Could yer give man a job. yer honor?
 Barber-Well, you can repaint this pole for me.
 Pat-Be jabers. I can, sor, if you'll tell me where to buy the striped paint Punch
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
THE FINISHING TOUCH.

Are you going to be good girl. now that mamma has brought you that nice new dress.
 Yes. mamma: but if you wants me to be a real angel, just get me new hat and parasol to match."-Harper's RaZar
Arizona republican., 1909-12-21
SELECT DANCING GLASSES

addition class in
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 director the se
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Many undignihed things that he

Ilnle. Mdly uudfSnih biih5o thnS b~ knew of had passed away" says the Re view Princes had ceased to ride in carriages with bruisers; young noblemen no longer went into the streets for rows under the protection of prize fighters; there were no longer hideous crowds of all classes at. prize fights, cockpits and ratpits."
 An intimation of the general refinement of public taste in the matter of amuse- ments which has taken place on this side of the water during the same period is given in the announcement of fight in an Illinois city between man and a bulldog for a purse of $50.
 Sport" of this brutal nature attracts attention nowadays by Its rarity and by contrast with the changed standards of amusement Public opinion long ago ceased to countenance dog fights or to permit the crowd to make a holiday of a hanging, as was the case in New Jer- sey. It puts ban on cock fighting, once a favorite sport in New York, which is now prohibited by law in many states. It is not difficult to fancy the wave of in- dignation that would pass over the coun- try at the announcement of cooking main of the regulation old-time order, in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
gated Of this number 17,16S were repo ed upon adversely.
 Many Petitions Pendinu.

At the close of this report 1432 petitions were pending, of which POP have been as- signed for establishment between August 16 and October 3, 1909, leaving 123O un- acted upon.
 The seeming discrepancy between the number of rural routes and carriers is accounted for by instances where there exists tri-weekly service on more than one rural route of an office, one carrier serving two routes, alternating each day.
 The state having the largest number of rural routes at this date is Illinois, 22S4 There are seven states with more than New York Qs4D, first in population, and four with more than Pennsylvania (216S), second in number of inhabitants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Era of .Extravaaance.

From IseSlfeS weekly.
 If the people of this country realized the enormous increase in public expendi- lures in late years there would be such an outcry against this extravagance that it would shake political centers. The Wall Street Journal recently showed that the municipal debt in 12 largest cities in the United States had increased from s444. .967 167 in 1899 to $1,000, ,173,019 in 1909 The debt of the latter has grown in the past decade three times faster, propor- tionatey, than that of any other city. We have recently referred to the fact that before the Spansh-American war in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

which 16 birds were matched, and of these the eight survivors, until two were left to decide the bout.
 Elimination contests of this kind are now reserved for golf and tennis. Prize fighting alone retains it's old hold, but precariously, as the result of adverse leg islation; and the bruiser still remains tne object of certain hero worship But or the elevation of popular taste in sport there are evidences on every side. In the refining process baseball undoubtedly has exercised a predominating influence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Our improved Manners.

From the New York World.
 The death of Sir Theodore Martin, the British scholar and essayist who saw Sir Walter Scott as a boy and whose career extended over the entire Victorian era, js taken by the London Saturday Review as the occasion for comment on the improve ment of public manners during his life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
From Anvil to Opera.
From Human Life.

Last spring Miss Anna Case of South Branch, N. J., was helping her father shoe horses in his village blacksmith shop on week days and was singing in the First Presbyterian church of Plainfield on Sun days. This fall she will make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera house as a member, duly signed. and under contract with that famous organization, which in- cludes some of the greatest names in the world of present-day music. These two facts sum up the career of most re- markable girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
ALTERATIONS EXTRA

1ee6-97 the expenses of the United States government amounted to only $36, LOO 900. while during the past year they were almost double that figure.
 What justification is there for this enormous increase in public expenditures Are we so prosperous that we do not re- gard this increasing burden of taxation It would seem so. for in many of our cities the experiment of conducting public utilities at great expense is still being considered. States are expendfng money in every direction, and the Federal gov ernment is putting It's army and navy al most on war footing and formulating prodigious plans for public improvements. some of them of doubtful utility. The next great political issue is bound to be based on a demand for retrenchment and economy in public expenditures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

When departing from the city don't be in a hurry. YJu can secure quick service in side the Terminal Station at Lunch and Dining Room.