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New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
FOUR ENJOYS NAMED.
Leishman, O'Bnen, Sheriff. and Idc
No Other Changes for Months.
From The Tribune Bureau. 7


Washington. March 20--The Secretary OF
state after a protracted conference with the
President this afternoon, announced officially
that John G.. A Leishman to be appointed
Ambassador to Rome. succeeding Lloyd C. Girls
COM who has urged that his resignation be
promptly accepted; that Thomas ]. OBrien
would be retained indefinitely Ambassador
To Iapan; that Charles H. Sheriff. of New York,
was to be appointed Minister to Argentina,
which post was offered to Huntington Wilson
before he became Assistant Secretary of State,
and that Henry Clay Ide had been selected for
Minister to Spain, succeeding William NJ. Col
Her All these appointments have been pre-
viously announced unofficially in these dis
patches
Secretary Knox also confirmed the statement
made in these dispatches several days ago that
there would be no change in the diplomatic rep
resentation of this country at London and Paris
for some time. He said. in fact that no other
ambassadors would be appointed for several
rnonths- Mr. Knox further declared the policy
of the administration to announce diplo-
r,a+ic selections whatever until the name of the
nronosed representative had been submitted to
+ba government to which it proposed to send
him and 1t rad been learned that he would
prove acceptable.
No statement is made regarding the rumOred
selection of Richard C Kerens for Ambassador
to Austra-H Hungary, but it Is assumed that II
Secretary Nagel does not hold up this appoint
rnent permanently it will at least be deferred
for the present
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
4PREST ARMED ITALIAN.
Detectives End HIS Three ~
Y;DT at Bron.r SubzCdy Station.

An Italian who had been noticed a' t"e SUI
NO.. o1,,+ at 14qth street. The Bronx, for three
r,oo,,s evidently looking for some one, was held
b, Magistrate House. in the Harlem court
Yesterday in 81 500 bail for trial Magistrate
House expressed regret that the police court
procedure would permit him to send the man
to iaiI at once, aud said he feared the prisoner
might eventually escape with fine.
Detectives Cousins and Brenick. OF the Harlem
Detective Bureau. who arrested the Italian on
Friday night, told Magistrate House that they
saw him scanning the face of every man leaving
the subway They said they noticed that he
kept one hand in his overcoat pocket as though
cIutching something.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
NEW TROLLEY LINE FOR JAMAICA
To Run Past Model Tenement Houses Planned
bY Mrs Russell Sage.

There is 20 be a trolley line running past the
triangle purchased by Mrs Sage and others in
Jamaica the site for model tenement houses
The road will along the Hoffman Boulevard
to the proposed $4,000 station Of the Long
Island Railroad thence cutting to the Rocka-
way Road, along which 1t viii to Lincoln
avenue; thence to Jamaica Bay In the other d-
rection the line will to and over the new
Blackwells Island bridge
Such a road would afford direct communication
with Manhattan for the dwellers in the proposed
model tenement houses to be built at Rockaway
Road and Lincoln avenue That franchise will be
obtained no doubts.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
GREENWICH PUBLISHER ARRESTED.
Charged by Stamford Merchants with Bogus
Collection Agency Fraud.
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune


Stamford March 2O.--Charged by five merchants
Of this CITY with defrauding them by means OF an
alleged bogus collection agency Herbert B. Ian
yon publisher Of The Greenwich Investigator,
was arrested at his home in Greenwich and locked
ND here tonight The merchants that Ian
yon started the Merchants Protective Alliance IN
Greenwich six months ago collected so-cailed oad
debts for them and did not give them the money.
When the citizens committee OF twenty-eight be-
gan hold hearings on proposed changes IN the
town government of Greenwich. three weeks ago.
I.anyon in his paper opposed them, and in one
issue called number Of town officials to resign
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
HAS RELIC OF CHALDEA.
Henry WaIters to Erhibit Table at
Baltimore.
GRy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

Baltimore. March 20.-Henry Walters. of New
York who recently opened to the public his new
art gallery in Baltimore. has just secured a
valuable piece Of antiquity. 1t is a red stone
table found in ancient Chaldea. and is inscribed
with characters belonging to the civilization of
Babylon. This treasure is still in New York, but
will soon be placed in the gallery.
It is believed that the tablet antedates the
archaeological finds in the Egyptian ruins. and it
is said that the Assyrian culture which this
pictured stone represents is even older than the
marks Of the Egyptian civilization now extant.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
DEVOUR NAN?
Sergeant Loses His Life an the Far
North
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

Winnipeg. Man. March 20-Captain Pelletier
has returned from hazardous trip in the Far
North with the news that Sergeant Donaldson
devoured by walruses AS their yacht ap
preached Marble Island Fullerton. they
noticed that the lashed into foam by a
herd of huge walruses.
Donaldson and Reeves went out in dngey to
take a shot at them, when Donaldson was
knocked from the boat and disappeared In the
foam Reeves was rescued with difficulty by
his Eskimo guide.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
W. s. GILBERT WORKING ON OPERA
Will Deal with Elves and Goblins-Edward
German Writing Music

London. March 2O.-The theatrical world is great
u, interested In the announcement that w S Gill
bert after 4 long rest is writing opera The
work is TO be fancifu In character and will deal
With fairies Edward German who completed the
music for 'The Emerald Isle" after the death OF
Sir Arthur Sullivan and who has composed two
other operas is writing the music
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
ANGLO-RUSS ALLIANCE.
An Offer of Political and Financial
4 greemeHt.

St. Petersburg, March 20-It is learned that
among other things discussed at the special
state council held at Tsarskoe-Selo last evening
an important communication from England
which was tantamount to a proposal for a poiiti-
cal and financial alliance between Russia ano
Great Britain. The communication promised
market for Russian loans in case Of hostilties
and cooperation in other ways.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
NEW RECORD FOR THE MAURITANIA.

According to advices received ct the local offices
Of the Cunard Line yesterday. the eastbound Gu
r,ler N1auretania has broken the record for the
hest DAYS run over the long course. Captain Prtch-
ard reported that from noon Thursday 10 noon
Friday. a day of twenty-three hours, the Maure-
tania had logged 6o9 knots, which is knots faster
than her previous record eastbound
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
KILLED IN DUEL WITH HIS FATHER.
young Man Found Dead, Parent, with Bullet
in His Head, Nearby

Wcllsyille. " Y, March 2d-William Smith and
tIe son William who lived at Angelica, were found
this afternoon. the son dead. with his head nearly
blown Of and the father with a bullet IN his head
On, ,,-,co,.scio1Is There were witnesses. but tha
ef,r is believed to have been the result of fight
Ie,,,.o,, father and son. who quarreed frequently.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
THREE DEAD, 10 HURT.
Warship Gang1cdy COllapses
Thro0cing Fifty Workmen to Pier.

Barrow-in- Furness. England. March 20-A
gangway connecting the battleship Vanguard
with the wharf collapsed to-day and fifty work
men were thrown to the pier. Three of them
were killed and forty injured. The accident oc-
CURED in the Vickers Sons & Maxim yard
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
Mo LODGE TOWN MEETING MODERATOR.

Nabant. Mass. March 20.-Unted States Senator
,Iar,.v cabot Lodge came here from Washington
today to attend the annual town meeting of his
home town For the second time the Senator was
unanimously elected moderator, and presided over
the deliberations OF mis- fellow townsmen
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
hrs. YERKES LOSES SUIT.
Chicago Court Declines to RemoUe
O1CSley as Executor,

Chicago, March 2O.-Folowing argument If
counsel on the petition of Mrs Mary Adelaide
herkes to have Louis F. Owsley removed as
executor Of the estate of her husband the late
Charles T Yerkes Judge Cutting declined to-
day to enter the order removing Mr. OwsIey
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
wuv NOT ESCAPE PNEUMONIA

and miserable March weather by a trip to Florida?
United ira will be operated well into April and
The Florida East Coast Hotels will also remain
open For information apply F. F. G. Hotel Com
many No a43 Fifth Ave, ticket agents Penna.
2airoad-AdVt
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
GOVERNOR LILLEY AT LAKEWOOD.

! r,1-emood y j. Marcn 2U.--JONtIIUI ItUIBt d
t,,s, of Connecticut who has recently been under
the care Of physicians in a sanatorium at summit
\ 7 suffering from nervous exhaustion, Is con-
,,aIescing at the Hotel Laurel In the Pines mere.
-rlo C,ovornor arrived in Lakewood Friday night
Tg eee,s 10 have entirely regained his strength and
ts exnected TO return 10 Connecticut on Monday
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

DEWEY'S PORT WINE WITH OLIVE OIL
Nothing more strengthening. VIC sell ootn
H. T Dewey & Sons Co. 13S Fulton ST., Ne" AoFA-
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
ABERNATHY DENIES REPORT.
Washington Hears That Oklahoma Marshal
Has Resigned

Nvasbinpton March 2O-It is understood that
,,ttad states Marshal John Abernathy, of Okla
hon,a has resigned. Mr. Alternately was appointed
"a the office by ex-President Roosevelt and was one
Of the latters warm personal friends. dr. Roose-
,,elt,s friendship for Jack Abernathy was formed
ho,, the former President was. on hunting trips
through the West
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

Guthrie OKLA. March 30-Cnited States Marshal
- Abernathv denied tonight that he had ten
dered his resignation or that he ntehdeo 10 DO So
New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

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New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
FLEAS SPREAD DISEASE.

The story of the long. hard-fought
campaign to rid San Francisco of its
recent epidemic of the bubonic plague
is told in an interesting report made
public by the Marin Hospital Service.
The disease was spread by a certain
breed of flea which infected the rats,
which in turn carried the plague broad
cast. Approximately one million ro-
dents were slain in the effort to wipe
out the plague. Nearly one hundred
thousand rats were examined, and OF
this number more than three hundred
carried fleas infected with the dis
ease. The campaign consisted of kill
ing off rats, disinfecting premises and
ships where the pleague-infected rats
had been found, and preventing the
breeding and spread of the pests
Steamships to the number of 2796
were disinfected, which required the
use of 100000 pounds of sulphur and
4342 gallons of alcohol 500 houses
were disinfected; 1850 suspected cases
were examined and 1878 inspections
of the dead were held to determine
whether they had died from the
plague. Up to June 80, 1908, there
were 159 cases of plague and seventy
seven deaths. The work was directed
by the Marine Hospital Service, ant
the local authorities in San francisco
assisted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
Land SALES ARE
NOW IN PROGRESS
VALUABLE PROPERTY BEING AUG.
TONED TODAY.
Sheriff Magruder and Tax Collector
Bennett Are Both Busy Today
County Sale Will Be Continued All
Day Tomorrow.

Two big auction sales are in pro-
gress today, and Hattiesburg and For
rest county property can be purchased
cheaper than it will ever sell again.
At the county court house. Sheriff
Magruder is selling several thousand
acres of fine farming lands, many va
cant city. lots and few city resi-
dences.
Tax collector Bennett is conducting
the same sort of sale at the city hall,
except that his stock is limited entire
ly to city investments.
All of this property is being sold
for taxes, and none of it is worth less
than the annual dues to the city, coun-
ty and state, for the payment of which
it is being sacrificed.
The purchasers do not get deeds
to the property. however Neither do
they get possession of it. The real
owners have three years in which to
redeem their holdings, but the party
who buys the property will get TWEEN
ty-five per cent. interest on his money
in case the property is redeemed with
in that time, making the investment
perfectly safe.
Where property is not redeemed
within three years the party who pays
the taxes during that period will be
given a clear title thereto.
But much of the property being sold
today is being purchased by the own
ers, who confess that they only neg
lected to pay their taxes during the
time provided by law. OF course they
have to come across" with the costs,
but this is better than letting their
property go by default or paying TWEEN
ty-five per cent interest to the party
who makes the purchase.
Sheriff Magruder says that the sale
at the courthouse will probably con-
tinue all day tomorrow. The list is a
long one and the bidding rather slow
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
A JUST MEASURE.


In the Nebraska Legislature Senator
Bartos has introduced a bill to pro-
vide that if a newspaper retract Ii
belous story. within ten days, there
shall be no grounds for suit. The
bill provides that at least ten days
before anyone files a libel suit against
a newspaper, he shall serve a notice
on the paper, stating the part of the
article he considers false or defama-
tory.
In the succeeding ten days, the pa
per may publish full and complete
correction, in the same size type and
in as conspicuous position as the
first article, and such correction shall
be received in all courts as sufficient
evidence of the good motives of the
publishers.-Canton Herald.
This is a just measure, and The News
believes that every State in the Union
should enact similar legislation. The
average newspaper tries to get facts,
but every newspaper is imposed upon
now and then. In the daily rush of
newspaper making is is almost impos-
sible to verify every item, however
much the editor or publihser would
like to do so.
1t has been only few years since
the late Captain Duke, of Scooba, Miss
collected a judgement against the
Hearst newspapers for 100000. In
dispatches sent out from that town
and published in the Hearst newspa-
pers he was accused of completely in
a tragedy, for which another man was
afterward hung. AS a matter of fact
Captain Duke was innocent. And the
Hearst papers offered to correct the
report after the truth was learned. The
writer of these lines saw the cores
pondence-Mr. Hearst's personal let
tiers to Captain Duke, in which he Of
fered every reparation possible, and
in which he expressed the keenest re-
greet that his newspapers had been i'm
posed upon by an INSCRIPTIONS cor
respondent. But Captain Duke press
ed his suit and the courts gave him the
cash verdict, which he preferred to a
correction of the SANDER.
The bill introduced in the Nebraska
legislature seems to be weak in one
particular. 1t should make an ex-
ton of campaign ISLANDERS. When a
man is a candidate for office, and is
slandered through the columns of
it is too late to make
correction after he has been defeat
ed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
Blind TIGERS
ARE FINED IN
POLICE COURT

Judge Davis had a full house when
the regular Monday morning matinee
opened at the city hall this morning.
Daisy Tisdale, a negro woman resid-
ing near Seventh street, was fined
500 for unlawful retailing. Vincent
PERKS, another negro, was given a
similar fine with the addition of a
thirty-day Jail sentence. For assault
and battery, Will Brown, negro, was
fined SIS. Ada Taylor, Carrie Seals
and Ada Saunders, three negro wom-
en-, were fined 81 each for riding theil
bicycles on the sidewalk. Several
cases were dismissed for want of evil
dence.
The case of J. P. Barrett, agent for
Sldell, La, liquor house, will be
called tomorrow morning. 1t is said
that he not only took orders for whis-
ky, but delivered the goods and col
lected the money He is out under
bond
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
WORK SUSPENDED
ON new DEPOT

Work on the new New Orleans &
Northeastern depot is temporarily
suspended today, much to the chagrln
of Contractor OLeary, who is obligat-
ed to have the big structure ready for
occupancy June 80.
The temporary suspension in work
on the building is due to the fact that
the brckyard at Slidell, La, from
which the brick were purchased, has
gotten behind with its orders and the
usual shipment failed to arrive this
morning.
1t is possible that the shipment will
arrive tonight or tomorrow and that
work on the depot may be resumed
Wednesday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it IS
entirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be TAX
en- out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is moth.
ing but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
ars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
alton. !.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05

amount on bona fide bills TOT such
work collect the warrants and pay
tbe owners the correct amount, re-
tanning the difference
1t is regarded as likel ythat JOINER
will he indicted when the gram
Jury next convenes, even if he Is not
arrested earlier on an affidavit be-
fore some justice, Notwithstanding ne
made good Immediately after peins
caugbt with the $7,4OO illegally secur-
cd during the past fifteen months
.inoo his crooked work commenced.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
ORDINANCE NO. 317.

AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A
PLACE IN The CITY OF HAT
TIESBURG FOR THE SALE OF
ALL PROPERTY, REAL AND PER
SONAL, FOR THE NON-PAYMENT
OF MUNICIPAL TAXES, AND TO
REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 3O4.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of Hat
ttiesburg:
Section l. That all sales of real
and personal property for the non-pay-
ment of municipal taxes due the City
of Hattiesburg shall be made by the
City Tax Collector at the front door of
he City Hall in the said City of Hat
tiesburg.
Sec. 2. That, ordinance No. 304, en-
titled, can ordinance to allow the
City Tax Collector to advertise and
sell lands delinquent for municipal
taxes for the year 1907, at the City
Hall, on the First Monday in April,
1905" and all other ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.-The public interest requir-
ing that a place for the sale of real
and personal property for the non-pay-
ment of municipal taxes shall be des-
ignated at once, this ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
Approved and adopted this the 18th
day of February, A. D., 1909.
j. D. DONALD, Mayor.
I, the undersigned clerk of the City
of Hattiesburg, Miss, certify that the
is true copy of ordinance
No. 317, as appears of record on page
So of the Municipal Minute Book.
Given under my hand, this Febru-
ary 20, 1909. A. FARLEY, Clerk.
3-17-4t.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
conformity with the wishes of the pres

conformity with the wishes of the pres
ident.
While the News has no prejudices
against an inheritance tax, the enact
ment of such law by the Federal
government at this time will prove a
serious encroachment on the rights
of the several states, inasmuch as it
will deprive most of them of a source
of revenue which they have enjoyed
for years. and which has already en-
tered into calculations for the future,
If the statistics at hand are cor
rect, all of the States except Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas,
Mississippi Nevada, Rhode Island,
South Carolina and Texas already have
inheritance tax laws, hence the en-
actment of a Federal inheritance law
would effect these commonwealth
only Sso far as contemplated legisla-
tion is concerned
But to deprive thirty-siX States Of
source of revenue such as an in
heritance tax is said to provide would
be serious encroachment, and con-
gress should not adopt such a policy
so long as there are other means of
supplying the needs of a depleted
treasury.
In this connection it is perhaps not
amiss to suggest that an income tax
could be easily provided, provided a
Republican majority can sufficiently
divorce itself from its obligations to
the millionaries who supplied the cam
paign funds during the recent presi-
Dental campaign, and provided the SUI
preme court can be prevailed upon to
declare such a tax constitutional.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
MAGISTRATES ARE
MAKING SETTLEMENT

The following justice of the peace
have made their reports to the clerk
of the Board of Supervisors for the
semi-annual period ending April /.
W. c. Hardee, fines collected. $ 1900
A. B. Carter, fines collected. q. none
S. b. Randall, fines collected. -. 200
J. E. Davis, fines collected $50. 1890
E. ]. Wall, fines collected. ..... 154.00
w. j. Hollingsworth, fines col. 56.51
The settlements of several other JUS
tees of the peace have been previ-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special
JACKSON, Miss, April Sin view
of the numerous convictions in Mis-
sissippi during the past year or two
on charges of embezzlement, consid-
cradle interest attaches to a some
what peculiar case in Leflore county,
where an embezzling MEMBER of the
county board of supervisors, r. a.
Joiner, whose admitted populations
amount to $7,4OO, has not even been
arrested, although he admitted his
guilt and repaid the money when his
crookedness was discovered and when
confronted with the evidence at
secret meeting of the board held in
Greenwood.
Joiner is well-to-do planter, and
is still enjoying the liberty OF his
farm life. The facts in the case have
heretofore been suppressed, and he
has not even resigned as a member
Oh the DOdru, IN WHICH olllCc HS -
serving his second four-year term. Il
is limited that he will be forced to 40
so today, however, when the board
in regular monthly session takes up
his case. He represents the first beat
of the county and lives near Sunny
side.
Joiner's method was to report road
and bridge work in his district, which
had never been done, render ficti-
tious bills in the name of ignorant ne
groes, have the accounts allowed bl
the board after attaching his o. X,
and collecting the money for himself.
Another method was to raise the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
rheumatism.

More than nine out of every ten
cases of rheumatism are simply rheu
matism of the muscles, due to cold OF
damp weather or chronic rheumatism
In such cases no internal treatment
is required. The free application OF
Chamberlain liniment is all that Is
needed, and it is certain to give quick
relief. Give it a trial and see fol
yourself how quickly it relieves the
pain and soreness. Price, 25 cents
large size, so cents. Sold by Hays &
Fields and Cellow Pine Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-05
AN INHERITANCE TAX.

Dispatches from Washington bring
the disquieting information that the
enactment of the Payne tariff meas
ure will lack something like $45,OOO,-
900 year producing sufficient reven-
ne to defray the expenses of the gov
eminent, and that those close to Pres
ident Taft are already getting ready
to push the passage of an inheritance
tax measure which has been drawn in