The new South-news., 1909-05-08

near Oakland. Cal.
Jailer Kennedy. OF Baton porx
was injured In handling an inssos
negro.
The Hazlehurst Ice Company OF
Hazlehnrst. Miss. is charged with vic.
lating the Antitrust Law.
A movement for = new parish
court house was launched by III.
Baton Rouge Bar Association.
The State Treasurer received
check for $so5.636-44 from the Or
leans. La. Leyee Board.
George Breland. convicted at Nat
chez. Miss, of robbery. was SEN
fenced to four years. =
Mrs. Clack Jett suicided at shreyt
port. La. by drinking water soak
in match heads.
The Mississippi Penitentiary has
a population OF 1899, against 1855
for April, 1908.
A patrolman and q pickpocket
we're killed In a pistol duel at Lo-
gansport, Ind.
Charles Scarborough. a negro was
lynched near Barlow, Fla. for at
tempted criminal assault.
The case OF william Thompson.
charged with being a member Of the
mob that lynched q negro was given
to the jury at Pensacola.
Eighteen sets OF twins. three Of
triplets and one Of quadruplets have
been born at Town Creek. Ala. sincs
1906.
Miss Muriel White, daughter Of
the American Ambassador to France.
has married Count Hermann Scherr-
Thoss at Paris.
An anarchist named verder was
arrested at Monte Carlo for threat
ening to kill President Fallieres Of
France.
Refusal of Judge Murff at Shreve-
port, La, to grant bail to near-beer
convicts may result in contempt pro-
ceedings.
Attorneys for James Labry, con-
victed OF manslaughter at New
Roads. La, have filed motion of
new trial.
The Faculty Of the New Iberia.
La. High School has demanded the
resignation OF Parish Superintend-
ent Wallet
A gang Of negro boy burglars
which planned to extend operations
to stores, residences and banks has
been broken up at Crowley, La.
Eight persons are known to be
dead and many injured in an incen-
diary fire which swept a five story
tenement house in New York.
DR.. G. Boyajian. in a court room
at Detroit shot ard seriously wounA.
ed his nephew and attempted to XIII
his wife.
The residence of Captain John
Quill at Mobile, Ala, was struck
by lightning and badly damaged by
fire that followed.
Beach Hargis was convicted at r.
vine, KY, OF the murder of his ia
ther, Judge James Hargis, and given
life sentence.
One fireman was killed, eight In
jured and a million dollars property
loss caused by the destruction by fire
OF elevator b Of the Illinois Central
Railroad at Chicago.
Governor Sanders has offered a
reward OF $500 for the arrest and
delivery OF Garfield Kinchen. charg-
ed with murders in Tangipahoa par
ish
The Mississippi law providing for
county agricultural high schools, by
which both races are taxe4 and only
white youths educated, is before the
Supreme Court on a test.
The planning mill OF the Lee Lum-
Der Company, lioga, La, together
with considerable lumber was de-
stroyed by fire. causing more than
$4,000 loss.
Henry Blankford and Monroe
Smith. negroes, we're convicted At
Lake Charles, La, OF the murder Of
Rene need, the verdict carrying the
death penalty.
Two bandits held up a Northern
Pacific Passenger train near Haus-
er Junction. Idaho. one OF the rob-
bers shoveling coal while his - -
panion guarded the engineer.
Admiral Dewey, because Of Ill
health, will not attend tie presen-
tatfon of the silver service to the bat
tleship Mississippi President Taft
and Secretary Of tne Navy Meyer
also declined invitations.
Rufus Green, negro, was shot
and perhaps fatally wounded by Po-
liceman e. NJ. Kelly At LumbSrtou.
Miss, after the negro had shot c. o.
Stevens, railroad agent. and a negro
porter.
The tornado which swept over the
South Friday night caused great loss