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Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-18
Just Complaint.

Complaint is made by citizens ] siding in the eastern part of the ci because of the flooding of that pa of the city on occas.ons of heavy raj ing. The A avenue scanai which supposed to protect the city by c; rying away the flood waters is groy up with rank weeds which causes to overflow, according to reports.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
GOVERNOR SCORES ASSEMBLY
Extra Session Called to Pass Appro-
priation Bills.

Austin, Tex, April.-Upon the expira-
ton of the first called session of the leg
islature Saturday, the governor called
the lawmakers to meet for second
special session, submitting as legislation
the matter of appropriations for the
State government for the next two years
and the enactment of a law for the pro-
lection of bank deposits.
The legislature passed finally the
Robertson-Fitzhugh bill to regulate the
liquor traffic in Texas, the house con-
curing in the senate amendments. The
senate struck out the provisions of the
bill prohibiting the sale of liquor ON the
premises and struck out the uniform
high licenses provisions and the prohi-
bition against the sale of liquors by
grocers.
In a special message to the legislature,
the governor in no uncertain terms
scored the legislature for failure to ell
act platform demands.
Your regular session of sixty days
was expensive and of little value to the
people," says the governor.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
MOUNDS INSTEAD OF LEvEES
Representative Wallace Would Save
Stock From Overflow.

Washington, April-The construction
of fifty experimental mounds ON which
the people living along the banks of the
Mississippi river may take refuge, to-
gether with their live stock, during sea-
sons of flood is the proposal that Repre-
sentative Wallace is preparing to urge
upon Congress. He has introduced bill
for the appropriation of $4,000 for this
purpose.
"The government has constructed
lcvees along the Mississippi river" ex-
planned Mr.. Wallace today, "from the
mouth of the Ohio to the head of the
passes, sometimes Is miles back from
the river Between the levees and the
river are more than one million acres of
valuable farming land. AS result of
the levee-building policy of the govern
ment the lives and property of the inhab-
itants on that million acres of land are
threatened every time there is flood.
The levees tend to bank the water up
over the land. The aborigines construct
ed mounds along the river on which they
might take refuge and | believe that
owing to the policy of the government
long since adopted it ought to construct
new mounds for the present inhabitants"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
GERMANS OPPOSE TARIFF.
Bill Provides That Articles Must Be
Stained "Made in Germany"

Berin.-German manufacturers are
raising serious objections to that fea.
ture of the American tariff bill which
provides that imported articles must be
stamped with the name of the country
in which they are made. They declare
that the new made in Germany" regu
lation will hit hard blow at them.
The proposed law is much more dras.
tic in this respect than the present one,
said the head of one of the largest ex'
porting houses of Germany.
"The clause as now phrased will ap
ply to all articles capable OF being
stamped, and, should such provision
be enforced it must have a disastrous
effect on many German manufacturing
firms. 1t would put them to large ex-
pense and much annoyance, and what is
far more important, it would make some
of their wares positively unstable. Who
will want to buy an article designed for
parlor decoration if it must be disfg.
ured, as the bill provides, with made in
Germany conspicuously stamped there
on"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
PURE WHISKEY FIGHT is ON
Government and Distillers at Outs on
Color Question.

Cncinnati.-The governments fight tc
force liquor dealers to live up to the
pure food laws is on in the United States
court. When the battle is ended the
public will know what whisky is, from
the standpoint of government chemists,
distillers and dealers.
The government is suing Corbin & Co..
Cincinnati dealers, for having in their
possession nine barrels of whisky on
which labels and the contents, it is al.
legged, did not correspond. The whisky
was confscated. More than fifty sam.
pies of whisky, taken in different parts
of the country, will be offered in evil
dence by District Attorney Mcpherson.
Instruments for testing the quality of
whisky were placed in the court room
late Wednesday, and it is probable that
government chemists will make analysis
of green" whisky and the finished prod
uct to explain to the jury how the color
ing is DONE
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
TENEMENT DISTRICT BURNED
More Than 90 Houses in Manchester
Destroyed-6OO Homeless.

Manchester, N. H.-A large portion
of the tenement house district just
south of the business center of this
city was wiped out Thursday by fire. II
destroyed about fifty wooden three anc
four-story buildings. Six hundred men
women and children, mostly Greeks
were made homeless, and the loss is es
timated at about $150,000. The flames
were driven by fierce gale through two
city squares. Help had to be summonec
from Concord, Nashua, Rochester, Do
yer and Portsmouth, n. H., and from
Lowell, Mass. Five companies of the
New Hampshire national guard were
called out to help the police keep back
the crowd. The personal property loss
in the district was comparatively small
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
BEEF PACKERS TO GET ORDER
Must Not Give Fictitious Values to
Injured Beef.

Washington, April.-The beef packers
of Chicago must not in the future give
fictitious values to dressed beef injured
or delayed in transit, in order to secure
practical rebates or concessions from the
railroads.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
will in day or two issue an order by
which the railroads themselves will be
able to arrive at the actual value on
which damages should be assessed. There
is no criminal intent in what the pack
ers have already done in this relation
as the practice existed before the passage
of the Interstate Commerce law.
There will be no prosecutions against
the packers if they conform to advice
given them in concise letter to Morris
& Co., of Chicago, by Acknowledgement
Wickersham, of date of April o.
The conclusions and advice of this
letter are based on Investigations con-
Quoted by the United States attorney at
Chicago and the department of justice.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
BISHOP HITS WOMEN'S HATS
Outrageous, Nothing Less = Latest
Style Severely Criticised.

Cincinnati.-Aroused by an editorial
in the Western Christian Advocate, de-
nouncing the large size of women's hats
that are said to be nuisance in church
by interfering with the view of worship
ers in the congregation, Bishop Moore,
presiding in the Cincinnati Methodist
Episcopal Conference, uttered the fol-
lowing condemnation of prevailing
styles in feminine headgear:
For woman of moderate means to
pay $4s or $35 or just $40 for the plain
hat without trimming is absolute wick
edness.
1T is utrageous-nothing else. Why,
one woman's Easter hat could buy an
entire clerical outfit.
1T is solemn conviction that this
which looks like such a trivial matter
amounts almost to an absolute moral
offense and sin. Ought not Christian
women to show more consideration for
their fellow worshipers? Is there not
something like proper courtesy and a
decent regard for the opinions of others
and their convenience and comfort
which ought to influence our sisters in
relation to this matter of complaint
Is not the present practice genuine
imposition not only upon good nature,
but upon the rights and privileges of
those who gather in the house of God?
IF the women must don these Korean
fiapdoodles, let them remove them as
soon as they are seated in the church."
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
NINE. MoDJEskA PAssEsAwAY
Body Will Lie in Vault in California
Until Taken to Poland.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Mme. Helena
Modjeska, the famous Polish tragedienn'
and one of the most noted actresses o.
the American stage, died Thursday al
her island home at Bay City, Orange
county, at the age of IS, after an Ill
ness of about two months. For severa
days she had been unconscious, and hei
death was almost hourly expected
Bright's disease, complicated with heart
trouble, was the immediate cause OF
death.
The body of the actress will be EN-
balmed and taken to Los Angeles
where it will lie in vault for some
time. Later Count Zozenta will take
the remains to Cracow, Poland. the ear
ly home of Modjeska, and there they
will be inferred.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
ATTACH JUDGES FURNITURE
Atlanta Negro Hurt by Auto Makes
Unique Reprisal.

Atlanta, Ga, April.-There was most
unusual outcome for an automobile ac-
cident here Friday when the home of
Judge w. b. Sheppard, federal judge of
the Northern District of Florida, was
stripped of most of its furniture and
family wearing apparel on writ of at
tachment. Judge Sheppard's automobile
recently injured negro man here, and
the attachment was issued when the
judge offered to pay the negro $50 in
settlement of his injuries, while the me-
gro demanded $3.50 Judge Sheppard APP
peared in recorders court and denounced
the attachment proceedings as an out
rage.
Prominent lawyers have asked that
the Atlanta Bar Association meet to
consider whether measures can be taken
to prevent such action ON attachments
in the future.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
LYNcHERs RODE IN AUTO.
sohn Smith, Negro, Hanged for At
tempted Assault.

Arcadia, Fla, April.-John Smith, the
tempted criminal assault on Miss Mary
Ewing, two miles from this city, by drag
ging her from a buggy, was captured
here early this morning and lynched.
The negro was taken from the sheriff
and his deputies at an early hour this
morning and hanged to a tree.
Miss Ewing, who had been to the city
on shopping tour, was returning to
her home, four miles from the city, when
the negro attacked her. The young
woman begged, fought and prayed to the
black fiend to let her go, and offered to
give him 500 in cash if he would ac-
company her home, but this did not stop
the brute. Will Knowles and his broth
er, walking some distance from the
scene, heard the screams of the woman
and rushed to her assistance. The brute
made his escape. After taking Miss Ew-
ing to her home, the men rushed to the
city, spread the news, and bloodhounds,
followed by a posse of 300 men, were
soon on the trail. The negro was found
at turpentine camp and taken before
his victim, who positively identified him
Sheriff Freeman and his deputies sue
ceeded in placing Smith in Jail, but being
afraid of an attack, attempted to spirit
him out of Arcadia, when they were met
by an automobile party, held up and
forced to give up the prisoner.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
ONE-CENr RATE FOR REUNION
Officials of Western Roads Join in
Special Rates.

Memphis, Tenn, Aplt-An official
rate of / cent a mile will be made on all
railroads for the Confederate reunion to
be held in Memphis in June. This low
rate had already been made by the rail-
roads which are members of the South
eastern Passenger Association, and was
authorized on the lines west of the river
at yesterday mornings session of the
Southwestern Excursion Bureau. This
rate it will be seen is from half to two
thirds of the regular one-way rates in
this territory, and will doubtless result
in record-breaking attendance at the
Memphis reunion.
In addition to this low round-trip rate,
special side trips are to be arranged for
all who are to take advantage of them
during or Immediately following the
close of the reunion, at the same rate,
with the addition of small charge,
probably so cents. The rates will be
officially given out from st. Louis by
the chairman of the bureau as soon as
they have been filed with and approved
by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Besides acting on this important mat
ter, the officials attending the bureau
meeting took up the consideration of ex-
cursion rates in general in this territory.
This includes the States of Texas, Okla
homa and Arkansas, that portion of
Louisiana west of the Mississippi river,
and large portion of Missouri.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
Lee Unwilling Iune II.

New Orleans, La, April.-At meet
ing at the headquarters of the United
Confederate Veterans here it was decided
that the statue of Gen. Stephen d. Lee,
late commander-inschief, at Vicksburg,
Miss, should be unveiled Friday, June
II. This date was selected on account
of its being near the time of holding the
annual reunion at Memphis, permitting
the veterans to attend the reunion and
the unwilling of the monument on the
same trip.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
GIRL SUES PASTOR.
Wants Her Marriage with Him Declared
Valid.

Washington, Ind.--Miss Bum Clark,
daughter of former Mayor Hale Clark,
flcd suit in the circuit court, asking
that marriage contract said to have
been entered into with Rev. Elmer E.
Davidson, pastor of the First Christian
Church, while they were in st. Louis,
Dec. S, 1908, be declared valid, and that
the minister be enjoined from denying
their marriage, The filing of the suit
was occasioned by gossip that fake"
ceremony had been performed.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
CASTRO MUST "MOvE ALONG"
To Be Put on First Vessel Touching
Fort De France.

Washington, April-The French gov
eminent has informed the State Depart
ment of its determination to put into eff
feet immediately the decision announced
yesterday from Paris to expel former
President Castro of Venezuela, from Fort
de France, Martinique, and compel him
to- return to Europe.
The program is to put him aboard the
first vessel touching at Fort de France.
If this program is carried out Castro
will be on his way to Europe in a day
or two unless his physical condition is
such that an ocean trip at this time
would put his life in jeopardy.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
TONS OF POWDER EXPLODE.
One Man Killed and Many Others In
jured.

Wayne, N. j., April.-More than $4,000
pounds of government powder exploded
Friday at the Dupont black powder mills
here, instantly killing one workman, Sc
riously iniuring two other men and
slightly injuring about seventy-fvc other
employees. The eight buildings of the
plant were annihilated and houses were
wrecked in the surrounding country. The
shock was felt in villages thirty miles
away.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
FATAL FIRE AT LENOx, MASS.
Six Cremated and Three Severely
Burned Making Escape.

Lenox, Mass, April.-Six persons lost
their lives, three others were badly
burned and property loss of 100000
was caused by fire in the heart of the
business section of this city early Sun
day morning. Four business blocks, two
dwellings and two other structures were
lin, Main, Housatonic and Church streets
The fire is believed to have started in
the Clifford House from spontaneous
combustion.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
MT. AETNA IN ERUPTION.
Sicilians Fear Another Earthquake Is
Coming.

Rome, April-Mount Aetna broke out
in eruption Sunday morning and is now
belching clouds of smoke and cinders.
The Sicilians are greatly alarmed, fear
ing that the eruption presages another
earthquake like that which destroyed
Messina. The Inhabitants of Catana,
Acireale and the country around the
base Of the volcano are especially
alarmed, and many are preparing to
leave.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

1.-THE Daughter of the Regiment"
has become a reality among the Ital.
ian troops. At the suggestion of the
minister of war each regiment has
adopted an orphan from Reggie or
Messina, and the officers will defray
the cost Of their education and main.
tenance till they reach their majority.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

News from vessels in the Alaska
trade will be published in daily pa
per issued on the grounds of the Alas
ka-Yukon-P Pacific exposition. The pub
LEGATION will be known as the Wire
less, and will contain both local and
foreign news received in Seattle by
wireless
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
DUG UP BURIED TREASURE.
Workmen Fined $500 in Gold Digging
Post Hole.

Lexington, KY, April.-While digging
a post hole in an abandoned lot today,
workmen discovered brass kettle con-
tanning $500 in gold and silver, that
apparently had been buried for half a
century. The lot formerly belonged to
J. c. Dewitt, an aged pensioner, who
died several years ago, and it is the
supposition that he buried the money.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Now you have the data to decide
whether or not Detroit women are
political rustlers. Figure in the fact
that several of their automobiles gave
the speed limit the musical ha-ha and
there were but two wheels down when
they took the corners. Feminine en-
thusiasm is what put the distinguish
ing mark on election day.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

1t is still a question whether the old
Kansan, who got rich by buying whisky
o. rs cents a gallon. adding water to
It and selling 1t at six dollars gallon,
really did anything to advance the
cause Of temperance.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL.
One Dead and Two Had Narrow Escape
From Death.

Harrison, Ark.-A sad accident oc-
cured here this week in consequence
of Pat Phillips, Bland Eaton and Ho'
mer Rogers, three young men from the
nearby county, drinking wood alcohol
Eaton is dead and the other two had a
close call. Prosecuting Attorney Rever
visited the two minors, and they made
an affidavit that a young man named
Watkins purchased the alcohol for
them.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Telephone companies who want to
abolish the word Hello" will not find
as much popular interest as would at.
tach to the proposition to abolish the
phrase Lines busy"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

We knew that If country doctor
ever went after the president in
MISUNDERSTANDING contest, the president
would be has-been. He is beaten
20 miles by that physician of Piqua,
Ohio, apd the doctor is IS. Odds are
that he carried saddlebags, wore leg
gings and did his equine prompting
with spurs.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15


To be tired may be foolish, as the
psychotherapists say, but one cannot
blame President Roosevelt for feel
ing Of relief as he gets a somewhat
recalcitrant congress off his hands.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

The next innovation in Great Brit
ain will be the establishment of ma
tional labor exchange, where any one
out of work can register his name and
any one in need of laborers can pro-
cure them without cost. 1t is the same
thing, on larger scale, as the free
employment bureaus conducted at
state expense in many states of the
union.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

A Boston inventor has succeeded, he
claims, in storing up rays from the
sun to make electricity. Perhaps in
days not far off natural fog and
cloudy days will be made bright by
artificial sunshine kept in storage for
such emergencies. This is a truly
great age
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

A man in Iowa wants divorce from
his wife because she persists in writ
ing poetry and making him print it.
This ought certainly to make out a
good case of cruel treatment
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Boston woman, we are told, has
embraced 23 different religions" 1t
may be that up to the present time
she has not found any that recipro
Gated.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Boston women have declined to take
their hats off at symphony concert.
This is a great Encouragement to peo-
pie who go to concerts to see rather
than to hear.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Wilfrid Laurier says that war be-
tween Canada and the United States
is impossible. The premier got 1t right
the first time. Real friends spat, but
draw the line at cutting and slashing
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

1t would seem to be wise economy
on the part of the city to lop off from
the pay roll all those inspectors who
do not inspect
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
GRIP CONTAINED $4,000.
Negro Seized 1t and Jumped From Nov
ing Train.

Augusta, Ca, April.-Employes of the
Southern Railway here report that early
Sunday morning at Denmark, S. c., a
negro seized a grip containing $4,000 in
currency, the property of N. G. Evans of
Edgefed, s. c., leaped from the moving
train and escaped.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

An octogenarian in Pennsylvania
father of thirty-odd children, has just
married his fifth wife. He seems to
be slightly anticipating the rejuvenat-
ing effects of radio-thor.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Another knockout blow for college
co-education. If men and women
cannot be educated together can they
exercise the suffrage together?
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Nearly $30,000.000 is to be expended
this year on automobile tires, not
counting the value of the wind pumped
into them.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

The chance discovery is made that
President Eliot of Harvard can not
milk a COW. Sooner or later an over
rated man is found out
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Lackawanna is the highest-priced
railroad stock in the world. The par
value of its shares is $50, and the
price ranges between $500 and $780,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

The radicals in the suffragette move
ment are the worst enemies of the
cause.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

Statistics show that the death rate
Is increasing. but that is because peo-
pie are living faster.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

History has bought duck 100000
years old. But the birds dead!
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

The inventors might now expert
ment with colorless autos or smokeless
cigars.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15
Myississippi
Hews


If a negro boards street car IN Merf
dian and finds all the Jim Grow seats
occupied by white people and is forced
to leave the car because of its crowded
condition, no recourse can be had against
the railway company. Such is the deer
sion of jury. Lizzie Larkin, weii
dressed negro woman, who moves IN
negro society, in April of lass year com
planned that she was elected from
street car when the conductor i9onu
that the seats for negroes were "a
by white people. She brought suit
ST. 900, under the State law, and
case was called for trial last week, an
the jury reported that it was not UNI
lawful or damaging for Meridian ran
way to compel negro to leave the cal
if white people wanted to ride and weT1
on the car in sufficient numbers to g
quire all the seats.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

At its session last week the vicksburg
national military park commission de.
cided to extend the time limit for the
completion of the $4,000 Mississippi
monument to Oct. !, 1910, owing to
some unavoidable delays to which Con
tractor Treibel has been subjected.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

A sudden drop of 20 degrees in the
temperature in the Natchez district, fol-
lowing the recent night winds, win seri-
ously affect the tender plants of early
vegetation, and win damage the cotton
that was planted ahead Of time to over
come the ravages of the boil weevil