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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-23

I'M a taDo and again transcrlbed from Tape at the
receiving end
Long distance Morse wires, due to improved ere
peang devices, displaced the Wheatstone to large
extent in the latter part Of the ninetes Since then
the companies have experimental with various auto
matte printing systems, nearly all of which we're dis
carded the old patents being taken up and applied to
new machines, the printing telegraph machines result
ing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-23

How far can free speech safely go in a
free country? 1t depends. If by free
speech is meant the irresponsible and idle
utterances Of unbridled tongues; if its evil
dent purpose is to harm the individual, or
work mischief in the community; if in
itself it can be seen to be venomous and
hurtful; then, like all noxious things, it
should be suppressed.
If, however, it is merely the honest ex-
preston Of individual opinion, however
widely it may differ from established views
or preconceiyed notions, it should be given
the widest latitude consistent with the COM
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-23
creamed Potatoes.

One pint cold potatoes, milk. ono
Tablespoonful butter. one-half tea
spoonful salt one-half ssltspoonful
pepper, q little chopped parsley.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-23

I notice that the press of this countr.
is heaping violent condemnation on TIE
French system of criminal law, apropos of
the trial of Nine. Steinheil 1t is true
that the French plan of having the judge
who is trying the case act as public prose
cutor is open to grave objections.
| greatly prefer our practice, which
puts the judge in the dignifed and impair
tial attitude Of striving to ascertain only
the truth and secure the ends Of justice
Let us stop a moment, though, before
we get through applauding our American
snnerioritY and reflect on the treatment Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-23

s country who arrested and brought to jail charge
committed crime What is that is often done
citizens Who under the old English dea be supposed
H.l their guilt established?
many Infamous ourages have been perpcrated and
confines of small police stations, through
1fure Of the "thrd degree"
rather be browbeaten open court by prejudced judge than
gl the horrors Of police sweating
done openly before hundreds of spectators; the other
secret and the go the limits Of insult and vile
a no indignant bystanders to call halt.
degree" applied in this country a disgrace to our
reminder the brutal days Of the nqusiton and should
rated in land Of freedom and fair play
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-23
Telegraph
Operator
Hard to DiSplaCe
Them
with Machines

- HE MORSE egapher who operates key and picks dots and
T dass ar-percing little rattle and whom nven-
tors electrical engineers have been training their guns
q: !: 6: !: !" =: ). :: :
- efforts of determination for quarter of century
lf seems to Just at least partial victory machine
IKR egahping and has declared himsef-or herselfs
IIQl duty, if you please.
lE On October Is last big company boxed up its print
H. ing machines which it had aed several of its heavy
wires during the big strike Of 1907 and returned the key and
@ workers to The for this action known,
m m tpers that because the work of the machines
was not up to the demand.
Tegaph say that machine teegraphng unsatisfactory because
M machine at the receiving end has not the brains Of OPERATOR
and cannot correct the mistakes by "bkng and having doubtful words
confirmed" without heavy delay to the message
The machines declared be delicate and viii work dur
inc storms electrical disturbances which makes it necessary keep
a1s force operators wire troubled with poor
insulation heavy inducton" from another telegraph wire trolley
wire said may be worked to absolute satisfaction by the old key
and sunder method
Probably the first machine to gain recognition any
the KEYS saunders began be used when another company
ported the from England 20 years ago This
worked extensively for number of years and worked yet
Chicago and San Francisco
rapid system Of telegraphy and indispensable when
where shortage Of wires but before kilograms could be
md by the Wheaton they had to be prepared by punching holes
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
FIRST EDITION
Meets WITH FAVOR
New Journal Is Handy Book of Ref
erence and Is the Latest Thing
Known to Journalsm-NominaI
Cost of Production.

PHILADELPHIA, July 81 Phila-
delphia, the citys official newspaper,
appeared yesterday. The object of
the publication, according to its edi-
tor, George w. B. Hicks, is to edu-
cate the people in the history, gov
ernment and progress Of the city.
The concensus of opinion of officials
at city hall and citizens in other
walks of life was that in view of its
policy it was first-rate journal. With.
out wasting any space in a preface Of
its objects or pjolicy, the journal which
is in magazine form, gives facts con.
cerning the city government.
On the first page is a list of city
officials, departments, councilmen, etc,
and then follows a reprint of the Bull
lit Bill in its entirety to date. This
enables a reader to study the bill IN
compact form with all its amendments
The remaining sheets of the publ
cauon are occupied with facts con.
cerning Philadelphia and its achieve
ments in commercial and industrial
lines. AS a whole, the first issue OF
the newspaper is a handy book of rel
erence and should prove especially
instructive to those who are inter
ested in the foundation and princi-
pies of the city government. The
paper has l6 pages. Its yellow cover
is adorned with sketches of William
PENIS home, Independence Hall and
the tower of city hall. Two city hall
lamps flank the city seals of 1858 and
1909.
Mayor Reybmn said 4 think it is
first rate publication: only I think
it might have been more appropriate
TO have it bound in the city colors."
Asked concerning the cost of the
first issue, the mayor said: Il do not
know the exact figures off hand, but
it was so small that it is hardly worth
bothering about
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
BUY THE PROPERTY
IF NECESSARY
Old State House Question Has Been
Agitating the Minds of Citizens For
Some Time and Maj. Mllsaps' sug-
gestion May Be Carried Out.

JACKSON, Miss. July 31.-Major R.
w Millsaps, banker, founder of Mill
saps College, and one of the south's
most noted and liberal philanthropists,
makes a suggestion in regard to the
disposition of the old capitol property
which will meet wide favor, not only
because of his prominence and his
sincere ana disinterested motive. but
because it is disposition that would
harmonize with public sentiment gem
orally in Mississippi and the whole
south
His suggestion is that the capitol
grounds. no longer needed for that
purpose or any other for the state,
be turned into a Confederate memo
rial park. He thinks the state should
donate the property for that purpose.
and hopes to see that done, but in
the event it should not be willing 10
do so. he favors the purchase of the
property by public subscription and
is willing himself to donate $4,000
to the fund necessary.
The value of the property, that is
the portion of it constituting the
capitol grounds proper and fronting
on State street at the head of Capi-
tol street, and exclusive of all the
large tract which takes in the fair
grounds and some cotton feds, is
variously estimated at from 5000. 900
to 100000, and there can be no
doubt that in the event the legisla.
ture should express a nunwillingness
to make the donation. but should be
willing to sell the property for the
purpose proposed, the necessary
amount could be readily raised in
the state for the purchase.
Another meritorious feature of this
suggestion is that in the event the
property should be sold for this pur-
pose ii would harmonic the senti-
ment of those who hold that the prop
erty should remain in public control
for purely sentimental reasons with
that of those who regard it as a
cold-blooded business proposition and
who maintain hat the state should
convert what they regard as useless
property into actual cash. The senti-
mentalis,s would have a Confederate
memorial park to crafty their senti-
mentality and there are many such
sentimeutalists. while the other ele.
ment would have the satisfaction of
knowing that the state had convert
ed its property into money to swell
the surplus in the treasury and reduce
to a small extent the amount of each
citizens taxes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
DOING Things
THE right WAY
Fiftenn of the leading Business men
of The City VIII discuss the Cues
ton With Board of Supervisors -
Are After Trade.

JACKSON, Miss, July 31.-Plans
have been completed for the trip of
the special committee of fifteen ap-
pointed by the Board of Trade to con-
fer with the Kinds county board of
supervisors next Monday relative to
plans for constructing better public
roads into Jackson.
The committee will leave Jackson
on the early train Monday morning,
spend the forenoon in conference
with the board of supervisors at
Raymond and return to the city on
the 1 o'clock train.
President Brown is urging the mem
bers of the committee to put aside all
other business for the forenoon of
that day and join the party that will
make the trip The following letter
has been addressed to each member
of the committee:
"At a joint meeting of the Good
Roads and Commerce Committees of
the Jackson Board of Trade, the mat
| ter of immediate improvement of the
roads leading to Jackson was enthu-
siastically discussed and immediate
action directed. by securing a petition
| from the citizens and tax payers of
Jackson and surrounding country ask
ing that the board of supervisors
help us now'-not only in the regu-
lar way, but by sending the county
prisoners here to assist in the work.
This meeting directed me to ap-
point a committee of fifteen to meet
the board of supervisors Monday,
August 2, at Raymond and present
this petition and urge that we get i'm
mediate help.
81 have appointed you to serve on
this committee and I am sure you
realize the importance of this move
ment to such an extent that you will
cooperate.
"The committee will meet the board
Monday morning at the opening ses-
sion and can return on the noon
train"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
Reading the Report.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-When the
house began its consideration of the
conference report on the tariff bill to.
day, Chairman Payne met with some
obstruction at the hands of one OF
the Republican insurgents, Mr.. Mon
dell of Wyoming, who refused the un-
animous consent for the reading OF
the statement of the conferees in lieu
of the voluminous report Mr.. Payne
made no effort to get Mr.. Monudell to
reconsider his motion. The reading
of the report which consists of almost
one hundred closely printed pages was
begun. 1t will be late today when
the reading of the report comes to an
end.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
KING ALFONSO FEELING BETTER

MADRID, July 31.-ting Alfonso
and his ministers do not face the
grave situation which confronted them
TWO days ago.
Glad tidiugs have reached the
young king from almost every quarter.
Order has been largely restored at
Barcelona and dispatches from the
front indicate that the Spanish army
is holding its own with the enemy in
Morocco. This is at least consider
ably better than they have been do
ing.
Advances from Barcelona are to the
effect that the uprising there was
directed as much against the catholic
church as it was against the monarchy.
The fury of the mob in its anti
clerical fury was vented almost en-
tirely against the church and its rep
resentatives, private property being
spared.
The monks who could not escape
through the subterranean passages in
the monasteries We're beaten and kill
ed The nuns fleeing from the burn
ing converts were driven half naked
through the streets and priests were
shot down at the foot of the altar.
1t is reported, but not confirmed
that the heads Of monks were borne
through the streets on the ends of
poles. Nothing in history, with the
possible exception of the Paris Com
muue, has ever approached the feroci.
Gus drama which was enacted for sew
eral days at Barcelona and which is
apparently not quite at an end. With
the government in control many of
the ring leaders are being executed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
Will PASS The
TARIFF BILL
Reach the President Before An
other Week Closes.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The SEN
ate view of the tariff situation is that
the bill will be ready for the Presi-
dents signature before Saturday
night, possibly by Friday There will
be some debate on it, but how much
cannot now be estimated, and it is GER
tain that Republican votes will be cast
against it, but the President has tine
matter so we'll in hand that even
those who wish to defeat this piece
of legislation admit that they are
powerless to do so. 1t was predicted
by Senator Lodge today that the re-
port would be passed without ques.
ton.
1t is expected that six and perhaps
seven of the Republican Insurgents
who voted against the bill in the first
place again will refuse to support it.
A conference of this element will be
utlu IOlhOllON ulOl hlllS at INC hOllc
of Senator Beveridge. Senators Cum
Minis, Clapp, Dolliver, Bristow, Nelson,
La Toilette and possibly Beveridge
will vote against the bill. Senators
Brown and Burkett have concluded to
support the bill, and Senator Craw-
ford will do so.
AS to the opponents of free raw
materials, it is thought few of them
in the last analysis will refuse to
support the conference report Seu.
ators Warren, Clark, Carter and Hey.
burn may possibly do so, and it is not
certain that Senator Borah will stand
by the report. 1t is not expected tho
report will be discussed more than
four or five days in the senate.
A well known insurgent senator said
this evening;
I'VE could defeat this bill if it
were not for the President. Some of
hose who stood with us now say that
they must support the President In
what he wants, and te the bill is sat
isfactOry to him it will get their votes
and pass. If we could defeat The bill
we would put through bette bill
two years now"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
LOCAL FACTORY HAS ORDERS
FOR ONE HUNDRED OF THESE
VEHICLES AND MORE ARE
EXPECTED SOON.
Powerful Wagon Now Being Made
For a Memphis Concern is Prob
ably the Largest of Its Kind
Ever Made Here.

With the return of prosperity there
is new Impulse in every line of busi-
ness in Hattiesburg and the News is
especially pleased to note that it is
helping out the Hattiesburg Eight t
Whel Wagon Factory. Manager
Watkins informed a News reporter
this morning that they have orders for
hundred new wagons which are be-
ing turned out and that they have a
special order for one of the largest
wagons that they have every turned
out. This wagon is being built for c.
d. Smith and Co, of Memphis and
will be capable of hauling a locomo-
tive. 1t will have a II by 3 inch
steel skein 6 inch steel tire and a
AZ inch wheel. This will indeed be a
powerful wagon and will be used to
haul locomotives used in advance con-
struction work.
This revival in the demand for these
wagons is very welcome and will no
doubt increase as they are the most
inexpensive wagons that are made for
logging and with the revival of the
lumber industry will come demand
for the wagons that will keep the
factory busy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
BIG HoSTELERY DE-
STROYED BY FIRE

SAVANNAH, Ga, July 3l.-rhe
Hotel Tybee, summer resort on Ty.
bee Island, near Savannah, was
burned to the ground today. \ night
watchman discovered the blaze and
sounded the alarm in time to allow
the hundred or more guests to ee.
out of the building before it col,
lapsed. The fire burned rapidly and
the building was a mass of ruins SOON
after the guests got out. The loss
will amount to about $4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
GOES CRAZY, KILLS TWO
AND THEN SUICIDES

MEMPHIS, Tenn. July 31.-Crazed
from the effects of cocaine, Moses
Edwards, a negro shot and instantly
killed Maggie Fowler. negress, and
mortally wounded her fourteen year
old daughter and eight year old son,
and then committed suicide today.
The shooting occurred at the wo-
mans home in the rear of fashion
able residence street. 1t created great
excitement and hurry call was sent
for the police.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
A BIG SIGN.

What will undoubtedly be the larg-
est sign in the South, and probably
the largest in the United States, may
be seen next week at the Meridian
Fertilizer Factory in this city. The
sign will be on the side of the build
ing and will measure 500 feet in length
and forty feet high. The letters will
be twenty-five feet high and the stem
OF. each letter six feet thick. More
than $50 gallons of paint will be re-
quired to do the work This sign was
contracted for by Messrs. Geo Maurer
and H. Leleu, and they expect to have
it completed within a week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
MEXICO shaken
BY EARTHQUAKE

MEXICO CITY July 31.-Central
Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, and from Queratro, on the north,
to OaXaca, on the south, distance
covering more than 100 square miles,
was shaken at an early hour yester-
day by series of the most severe
earthquake shocks felt in this region
for the past quarter of a century
Reports telling of the loss of life are
as yet incomplete.
The towns of Acapulco and Chilpin-
cingo, in the state of Guerrero, have
been partially destroyed. Communi-
cation with this part of the republic
of Mexico has been imperfectly es-
tablished.
Immense damage has been wrought
on the west coast of Mexico. A heavy
death list is feared.
The Federal Telegraph Company
just established communication with
Acapulco by the roundabout way of
the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. The
first message received was as follows:
The entire lower half of this city
has been destroyed There have been
many casualties. The branch here of
the National Bank is in ruins. The
cashier is mortally injured"
Communication was then interrupt
nI
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
IN SOUTHERN STATES

two mills in West Virginia, each to
have daily capacity of $4,000 feet
of lumber. The Aripeka Saw Mills,
Fivay, Fla, now operating large mills,
will build two additional plants at A
cost of $250,O00 each. The American
Bay Company, Memphis, Tenn, will
organize a $25O,OOO company to build
a mill for manufacturing bag cloth.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
WOULD MAKE MEMORIAL
Of OLD STATE CAPITOL
KILLING IN OHIO.

CINCINNATI, July 31.-Mrs. John
Mullarkey shot and killed Edward
Axline, in Bellevue, a suburb of this
city last night. After shooting Ak
line, Mrs. Mullarkey took carbolic
acid and died, after being removed to
Speer's Hospital
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
JULY WHEAT CLOSED HIGH.

NEW YORK, July 31-The July
wheat deal wound up today in a spec
tacular manner Shorts paid $150
per bushel for one lot in the open
market and then defaulted on 10000
bushels which were bought in under
the rule at $1.49. Those are the high
est prices of the season.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31
BAD WREcKK ON
THE c.. NJ. & ST. P

DES MONIES, Ia, Tuly 31.--1he
overland limited on the Chicago, Nil.
vaukee and st. Paul railroad w2s
wrecked today near ere while t:av.
eImg at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. The wreck was caused by a
broken rail. A score Of passengers
suffered minor injuries, but none
we're seriously hurt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-31

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
REMAINS IN TAHITI
TO WE'D DUSKY MAID
Reputed Wealthy San Diegan
Settles in Papeete to Acquire
Legal Residence
Believed to Be Former PrOmi-
nent Realty Dealer, Who Left
a Trail of Bad Checks

People who came up from the south
seas on the Mariposa yesterday
brought the news that a man under the
name of A. ]. stephens and said to be Il
capitalist of San Diego had fallen in
love with Tahitian maidl while on his
travels and had settled down in Papeete
10 acquire a legal residence in order to
marry her. The French laws require
that the candidate for matrimony shall
have lived in the French colony for
six months before the publication of
the bans.
stephens was a passenger from here
on the Mariposa voyage before last,
and was to have returned this voyage.
Shortly before the liner sailed from
Papeete Stephens wanted to charter the
Mariposa for a cruise beyond French
jurisdiction and on the high seas have
Captain Hayward perform the mar
rage ceremony. Captain Hayward,
however, after consulting with the port
officials, decided that to comply with
stephens request might be construed as
an act of discourtesy TO the govern
ment. whose laws Stephens wished to
evade.
Stevens then decided that he would
remain at Papeete. establish a legal
residence and have the SWEETEST we'd
ding that Tahiti ever saw The young
lady is Miss Anita Droullet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Believed to Be Realty Man
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SAN DIEGO. May 13.-The only A. j.
Stephens living in San Diego is a well
known photographer, who came to this
city about 10 years ago from Denver,
Colo. Stephens owns considerable real
estate in this city. as well as in Colo
RADIO, Today he received word that q
man going under the name of a. j.
stephens of San Diego had fallen in
love with a native woman in Tahiti.
Stephens says he has never been in
Tahiti and that he has not been out
of San Diego for the last two years.
He believes that the man in Tahiti is
Frank NJ. Barr, a former well known
real estate man Of this city and at one
time quite wealthy. Barr was formerly
a partner Of Stephens and left San
Diego about five months ago after be-
coming mixed up in a number of shady
transactions.
From Los Angeles to Seattle he left
a trail of worthless checks. He is
known TO be in Tahiti, and it is sup
posed that he is now using the name of
Stephens, who is married man of eX-
cellent reputation in this city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
APPEALS REBATE CASE
TO SUPREME COURT
United States Attorney Takes
First Action Under New Law

An appeal from the decision OF Dis
trict Judge John de Haven in favor of
the Pacific Mail steamship company
charged with violating the interstate
commerce act in the mating cases re-
Gently tried, was taken direct TO the
supreme court of the United States yes
terdaY by United States Attorney Rob
ert T. Devlin. This is the first direct
appeal taken from the courts of this
district since congress enacted the law
making it possible to appeal directly
on points of law.
The steamship company, together
with the Southern Pacific railroad COM
pany filed with the interstate com
merce commission a tariff schedule on
mating from Japan. In hauling mat
ting to eastern points they were ac-
cused Of rebating. They contended that
as far as the ocean haul was concerned
they were not amenable to the inter
state commerce commission and could
violate the tariff schedule. This con-
tention was sustained by Judge de
Haven.
According to Judge de Haven the
interstate commerce commission had no
jurisdiction over the ocean, and the
violation did not commence until the
goods We're landed in the United States.