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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
Famous Career Ended BY the
Death difference Nightingale

army was practically without nursing
provision. In the dilemma, Sidney
Herbert, the War Minister, bethought
himself of his friend, Miss Nightin-
gale, and wrote asking her to organ
ize and take out band of nurses to
the relief of the soldiers, as he be-
lieved her to be the "one woman in
England" who had the knowledge and
training for the task. His letter
crossed one from Florence Nightin-
gale offering her services.
1t was the testing moment of Flor
ence Nightingaie's life. This delicate,
high-bred woman showed the mettle
she was made of. The manner in
which she battled with red tape and
officialism to bring order out Of chaos
in that huge caravanserai of suffering
humanity has been eloquently told by
Kinglake.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
THOUGHT 800 men
were After HIM
crazed From the Effects of Cocaine, g
Negro Seeks Refuge in the Home
of Hattiesburg Minister.


Crazed from the effects of cocaine,
and believing that five rundred man
were after him with murderous intent,
Will Cole, negro, sought refuge Sat
urday night in the home of Rev. E. j.
Currie, on North Main street.
Mr.. Currie's family was startled by
the strange conduct of the negro, who,
bolting through the front gate, rushed
into the house and begged protection
from the angry mob which he said was
pursuing him. All efforts to calm the
man was unavailing, and, realizing
that he was suffering from the effects
of cocaine, Mr.. Currie telephoned the
police department and two office RS
were sent to the scene of the disturb
ance.
, On arriving at Mr.. Currie's resi-
dence, the officers found the negro on
his knees at the feet of the minister
begging for protection from the angry
men whom he believed to be clamor
ing for his life. The man was taken
to the city Jail and charge of drunk
enness was preferred against him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
(By Associated Press.)

London, Aug. 15.-Florence Nightin-
gale, the famous nurse of the Crimean
war, and the only woman who ever
received the Order of Merit, died
Saturday afternoon at her London
home. Although she had been an in
valid for long time, rarely leaving
her home, where she passed the time
in a half recumbent position, under
the constant care of a physician, her
death was somewhat unexpected.
Her funeral will be as quiet as pos
sible in accordance with her wishes.
During recent years, owing to her
feebleness and advanced age, Miss
Nightingale had received but few Wis
'itors. On May IL last, she celebrated
her ninetieth birthday, and was the
recipient of a congratulatory message
from King George.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15

which was the favorite home of the
heroine, and has become the Mecca OF
many pilgrims.
The difficulty of procuring a suit
able nurse during an illness in her
family drew Miss Nightingale's at
tention to the need for training edu.
Gated women to replace the "Sairy
Camps and BETSY Prigs." She de
voted herself to the study of the ques'
ton, visiting hospitals at home and
abroad, and spending some time in
Kaiserworth, on the Rhine, the only
Protestant training school for nurses
then existing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
Will GO AFTER
ALL DEL|NQUENTS
Police will Compel Street Tax Delin-
quents to Settle Up In Very
Short Order.

Chief Of Police Williams, who is al
SO city street tax collector, has about
completed list of all those who have
not paid their taxes, and within the
next few days police officers viii be
instructed to 60 out and get all that is
coming to the city on this account.
Mr.. Williams stated this morning
that there were large number Of de-
linquents this year, there being more
than two hundred in the First Ware.
Those who have not paid will do well
to attend to the matter Immediately,
as they win be liable to fine Of $500
and costs Of court, besides the $500
tax, which will make 1t rather an ex-
pensive proposition to those who neg.
lect to pay up.
The board of aldermen has instruct
ed Ma Williams to collect Al delln'
quent street taxea, and Dolics ofnceff
win be put On ~ 1ob - sooq - -
| Iro11r 80 DGunr1ekr|;
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
Special to The Neps.

Special to The NeDs.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 15.-Dr. e. N.
Lowe, state geologist, has arranged
splendid display of the minerals and
clays of Mississippi to be sent to the
Ohio Valley Exposition at Cincinnati.
Arrangements for space have been
perfected, and the exhibition will be
shipped from Jackson on August 18th.
The display will contain all the soils
of Mississippi, and be accompanied by
statements showing the crops to which
each is adapted. The exhibit of clays,
pottery and fire brick, will be especial
ly comprehensive. DR.. Lowe has also
collected specimens of building stone
sand, selicia, cement material, as
phaltic sandstone, etc., the display be-
ing in every respect the most compre
hensive of its kind ever gathered ir
Mississippi. DR.. Lowe will go to Gin
cinnati to personally supervise its in
| stallation.
Mr.. John G. Jones, special agent o.
the Illinois Central, who was in the
city last night, states that the railroad
company is collecting splendid ARA!
of Mississippi exhibits at Memphis
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
TO Be INCORPORATED
AS A TRAFFIC line
Promoters Ask for Right-of-Way and
Depot Site in Hattiesburg-Wiil
Traverse Rich Section of Terri
tory.

Hattiesburg will soon boast of an
other line of railroad with this city as
its Eastern terminus, provided proper
encouragement is given the promoters
of this new road.
This was the statement made
public today by Mr.. w. F. S.
Tatum, president and promoter of the
Bonhommie and Southwestern Rail-
road, and the work of constructing the
line into this city will be commenced
as soon as the right-of-way shall be
secured.
The Bonhommie and Southwestern
Railroad, formerly known as the Ia
tum road is already constructed for
distance of eighteen miles Southwest
of Hattiesburg, and has recently been
Incorporated as a common carrier. 1t
is ,standard-guage road and already
owns a considerable number Of en-.
gines and other rolling stock.
In the event a right-of-way into Hat
tiesburg and a site for terminals
should be secured, it is the purpose of
the promoters to Immediately extend
the line to Columbia, thence in a
Southwesterly direction to Baton
Rouge, La, the proposed route fol-
lowing closely the survey of the Allan
ia, Birmingham and Southwestern
road, which was completed recently.
The line is already constructed al
most to the city limits of Hattiesburg,
and the proposed route into this city
is almost parallel with the line of the
New Orleans and Northeastern. The
route as surveyed would bring the
railroad along by the gas plant, across
Gordon's creek in the rear of the plant
of the Hattieshurg Ice and Coal Com
pany, to the old plant of the old Hat
tiesburg Traction Company on Main
street, which property it is proposed
to use for depot site.
The proposed route of the new rail
road traverses one of the richest sec
tions of the South, and 1t is stated
that there is already sufficient ton
mage in sight to make it a paying
proposition to the investors. Mr.. Ia
tum stated this morning that it wa'
his intention to push the work as rap
idly as possible provided Hattiesburt
citizens manifested enough interest il
the project to lend it their financia
support.
All preliminary details have beel
completed, and it is said that the char
ter of the new corporation will be ap
proved by the governor and recorde'
within the next few days. The roa'
will be built in this direction as rapic
ly as land for the right of way is sc
cured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
SPA!NS FUTURE
VERY UNCERTAIN
Chief Republican of Spain Says the
Senate Will Block the Way t.
Constitutional Reform.
(By associated PreSS.l


Paris, Aug. 15.-In an interview with
the Madrid correspondent OF the
Temps, Alexandra, chief Of the Re-
publicans at Barcelona, says that
while the Republicans support Pre-
mier Canalejas it will be impossible
for him to accomplish more than a
modus vivendi with the vatican, as the
senate will block the way to a con
stitutional reform.
Senor Lerroux is of the opinion that
Captain General Weyler, who was sent
to San Sebastian in anticipation OF
trouble there will succeed in prevent
ing disorders, pending the return OF
the conservatives but his victory will
be only temporary. Spain, he be
lieves, is heading straight for revo
luton and republic.
He attributes the change in the at
titude of the king, who, he says, was
formerly under the influence of the
queen mother and former Premier
Maura, to conversations which the
king had with European monarchs il
England at the time of the funeral o.
King Edward.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
Special to The NeaoS.

Special to The NetoS.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 15.-Mississip-
ri has one law or lack of law, rather,
that is as bad as feudal Spain in the
middle ages. This condition was
brought about by the Mississippi SUI
preme court declaring an act repeal
ing an old act, unconstitutional, and
making it possible to keep man with
a six months Jail sentence and $500
fine to spend the remainder of his life
in prison.
Before the session of the legislature
in 1908 there was law that a man
could not be held in Jail for more
than two years for fine or costs of
court. In 1908 an act was passed re-
pealing this and giving to the super
visors of each county the power to
release county convicts at the expira
tion of thirty days. This act was only
in force a short time and several pris
oners were released through its opera
tions.
1t was finally carried to the supreme
court, where it was held that the act
was unconstitutional; that only the
governor of the state was delegated
to use the pardoning power by the
constitution, and that any attempt tt
vest that authority in other person.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
Mississippi Minerals to
Be Sent to Cincinnati

which will be forwarded to Cincinnati
within a few days. These exhibits
come from all parts of the state, and
have been contributed by individuals
the Illinois Central giving free trans
portation to and from the exposition
city.
1--WE are getting a fine collection of
exhibits from points along our road"
said Mr.. Fred l.. Merritt, general
agent of the New Orleans Great Nor
thern, last night. However, accord
ing to advices received from Cincin-
natl, the number of exhibits setting
forth Mississippi's agricultural re-
sources are not as numerous as we
would like to have them, and there
will be plenty of room for displays of
this character. All exhibits from this
state must be shipped prior to the1Sth
of August, SO we have only a few
days left.
The principal railway lines of the
state have shown very keen interest
in having Mississippi properly repre-
sented at the Ohio Valley Exposition
and their efforts in this direction will
represent an expenditure of nearly
$4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15

endowment OF the Nightingale Home,
st. Thomas Hospital, the pioneer
nurses training school. The re-
me inder Of her life has been devoted
to furthering the spread of hospital
and nursing reform. M
Miss Nightingale Is the only woman
upon whom the Order of Merit has
been conferred, and is the second wo
man to receive the freedom of the city
of London. No other subject OF the
King is so tenderly enshrined in the
hearts Of the people as is the heroine
of the Crimea
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
Sketch of Mis-. Niahtinaale.

Florence Nightingale was born on
May ~, 1920. at the Villa Colombia,
near Florence, while her parents
were travelling abroad, and they
named her after the fair Italian city
Her earliest years were passed al
Lea Hail, in England, the ancestral
home Of the Nightingales, until heI
father acquired the nelghboring es
tate Of Lea Hurst. in Derbyshire
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
In The Crimean War.

The suffering of the soldiers in the
autumn of 1854. after the battle of
the Alma, sent thrill of indignation
through the country. The govern
ment had decided at the outbreak of
the war not to send out women nurs-
es, as the class were so disreputable.
Our allies had their Sisters of Charity
to attend their sick, but the British
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
COCAINE HABIT
BECOMES COMMON
r.,.s Neoroes Drunk on Drug, Lock
81 ed Up in City Jail Since Sat
urday Night.

That the cocaine habit is becoming
more prevalent among the negroes OF
Hattiesburg is evidenced by the fact
that since Saturday night, three men
have been locked up in the city jail
because they had used the drug toe
freely.
One of these negroes was merely
odown aid out" while two OF them
had beeA rendered absolutely crszed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
After The Peace.

Miss nightingale spent a year and
eight months at Scutari and in the
Crimea. and not until peace was de-
clared did she quit the scene of her
heroic labors. She travelled back under
an assumed name to avoid a public
ovation, and went quietly to her family
which peoI subscribed
as test. led to the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15

and almost uncomfortable by the eff
fects of cocaine One man. who was
arrested yesterday morning, behaved
in such ridiculous mauer that he
had attracted large crowd of curious
spectators around him, and he was SO
drunk that police officers had consid.
cradle difficultuy in taking him to
jail.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
LATE MARKETS.
(By Associated PreSS.)

IDy HSoUUIuttU FCoo'I
Chicago, Aug. 15.-Wheat weak, 5-S
to ga down. Provisions barely steady,
2 IL to cents off.
New Orleans, Aug. 15.-Cotton fu-
lures at noon steady, to 9 points
below Saturdays close.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-15
THENEWs

Gives the news, general, state
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS

An event was the taking of the
first photograph in the olden days,
when photography was still ham,
pered by pitchforks and long ex-
posures. There are few good baby
pictures of our fathers. The fond
mother and father sit bolt upright,
frozen or petrified, while between
them is a very starchy little dress
surmounted by a very blurry little
spot which represents a composite
of several partial likenesses of the
hopeful.
But it was with the child of ten
or twelve years that the old time
Photographed succeeded best, the
child that has reached the age
capable Of feeling the tremendous
responsibility of having a picture
taken. Every old album, such as
used to- grace the center table in
the*front room, parades before you
long array of these conscientious
young people undergoing the ter
rible ordeal of Sitting" Loving
mothers spent hours combing those
smoothly plastered locks tightly
back and binding them uncompro-
misingly behind with irreproach-
able ribbon bows. At, the last mo-
ment, after the operator has screwed
the iron fork tight up behind the
trembling head and. has pushed
the huge camera here and there,
ducking in an d out under the black
cloth in a most awe inspiring man
ner. mother has slipped into range
and given just one more pat to the
starchy skirts and one more tug at
the big sleeves. Then there came
the awful command, Look pleas
ant" which the victim did by a
remarkable effort of will, usually
attaining somewhat the expression
which comes over the face of a
strangling cat. Five minutes later
the artist announces that that will
dc" and the family feel the same
relief that comes to friends with the
announcement that the ''patient has
survived the operation and is resting
comfortably. "-Detroit News Trib-
une. 49,.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
WHAT THE FIGHT REALLY WAS

. If Nevada permits another fiasco
like the Jeff ries-J ohnson carnage
she should be taken in hand and
70 indy spanked, by Uncle Sam.
Acting Governor Dickerson is said
to favor more fights. but he has
probably been misquoted.
Actual e, ents bear out previous
suggestions as to the real object
and purpose of the meeting. 1.-THE
battle of the century" was not a
question of the supre macy of a
black over the white, but just a
gigantic money making scheme on
the part of a few. If Jeffries' sole
object had been to regain the
championship honor for his race he
would never have entered the ring.
What he thought when he signed
the articles is foreign, but he knew
and those on the inside knew, days
before the contest, that he was a
licked man whenever he crawled
through the rope. Most of his
training was done secretly and then
with a lot of "has-beens' as physi-
cally unfit as himself
Whenever a boxing contest goes
over ten rounds and is. a purse
Of over few thousand dollars it be-
comes an exhibition Of brutal en-
durance. All the sport is lost, and
in most cases the contest" is but
the cover for big gambling fest.
Why was it that so many men
when leaving the arena at Reno de-
clare, 81 never want to see anoth-
er fight" 1t was simply because
our standard of morals is changing
is being elevated.-Searchlight
b ulletin. &c..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
THE MASTER MIND

No scheme so foolish that some
people will not invest in it: no
story so foolish that some people
will not believe it. There are mil
lions of people who worship false
and silly ideals that require money
and attention; There are millions
of people who pay hard earned
money for that which does them no
good, but does them positive harm.
There seems to be no limit to the
folly of people. In New York the
Sun Generator Co. has been formed,
and a million dollars worth of stock
sold. The Sun generator Co. adver-
tises machine which will supply
heat and power from the sun.
Its machine won't work, but it's
agents will. These agents have
sold stock to dozen different rob-
bling companies, including stock in
wireless telephone and telegraph
companies, aid in robbing COM
panies of other kinds.
The master mind of the company
is clever agent, who has nerve and
GOODNESS, and who realizes that there
are hundred million people in this
country; mostly fools. The master
mind of the company is like the
master mind of circus: he is
brazen enough to have contempt for
the people, and make fun of them
to their faces.-Exchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
JOE JOSEPHS SEEKS HONORS

In the political circles it is stated
that Joe Josephs has embraced the
principles Of the democratic party
and intends to mandamus the Sec
rotary of state to compel him to
place his name on the ticket as the
democratic nominee for the office
of clerk of the supreme court.
This office was separate from office
of secretary of state until an act of
the legislature of February 20, 1893,
combined the Offices and it is not
known on what grounds Mr.. Josephs
will attempt to have the office de-
c)ared otherwise. Carson News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
ANOTHER WAY

1t was night.
Wild cries of Fire! Fire!"
affrighted the peaceful neighbor-
hood. A blaze had broken out in a
barn.
"There is a horse in there"
yelled somebody.
"You go and turn in an alarm"
said stranger, who seemed to have
discovered the fire. cpl take the
horse out"
The stranger rushed into the
barn, whipped off his coat, threw
it over the animals head and led
it out into. the alley.
Presently the fire department
appeared, put out the flames and
the obliging stranger led the horse
back to its stall.
But it was discovered subse-
quently that it was a different
horse. The police are looking for
the stranger.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
BUFFALOES IN FIERCE FIGHT
eelIiserent Young Bull Met Match
in Older Adversary in Contest
He Had Provoked.

4 young buffalo bull with too much
OF the fighting spirit in him stirred
up trouble in the herd at Bronx park
and gave hundreds of spectators an
opportunity of seeing how even a buf.
falo. when looking for fight, can get
one, says tho New York Tribune.
1t was late in the afternoon when
the herd. which was in the far corner
Of its Enclosure, began to move to.
ward the stables. There was some
frisking and bucking, for the cool air
was raising the temperature of buf.
falo blood.
Arrogant and defiant. the young bull
began to look for trouble by brushing
up against another bull It's own age
In too brusque a manner. Immedi.
ately the two buffaloes squared of;
there was a quick movement, and two
heads went together with a whack,
and then the more peaceably inclined
one backed off,
But not so an older bull, which had
been watching developments. He
walked right over to the confident
young bull. sized him up, and then
challenged by lowering his head.
And then came fight which looked
as If 1t were to be to a finish. The
young bull pulled back, switched his
tail, and went headlong at the other
bull The big fellow never budged
but the blow seemed to daze the
younger one. Then the young one
charged again, the impact being plain.
ly heard by the much-excited specta
tors.
The second charge was as ineffec
tive as the first, and as he again drew
back 70 strike the older bull started
the third round with a plunge for
ward that showed mature buffalo
strength as well as Judgment. At the
third charge the young bull went OH
his knees, trembling in every muscle
1t seemed to be a sure thing that the
older bull would gore his adversary.
which would have been according tc
buffalo ethics, but he did not. For
after looking at the defeated young
bull, he joined the herd and started
for the stables.
This was the first fight in months.
Four or five bulls have been gored
to death in as many fights in the his.
tory OF the herd in the park.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-07-12
want to be careful, to-. declare all

want to be careful to-. declare all
dutiablei goods at the border. even
down to a toothpick." said a former
attache. 1T may not save you
much money, but it will save you
vexatious delays. ''With a frienI
l came over from st. Petersburg by
way of Stockholm to Kiel on our
way to Berlin. l had bought in
Russia half a dozen gun metal
holders for tea glasses, not worth
over Is cents apiece, and l had
packed them in a Russian helmet.
The latter had a spike on top of it.
''The customs officer at Kiel
asked whether l had anything duti-
able, and as the holders were of
insignificant value l said No
THAT did not satisfy him. He
thrust his hand down into the bag
roughly, and the first thing he came
into contact with was the spike on
the helmet. He Jumped back, with
a German oath, and then he reached
down more cautiously, 4 grabbed
the spike, land the helmet up, the
contents dropping out 3
Saba! Sol" he exclaimed in
trimph, transfixing me with a look.
Then he charged me with evadng
the law and with smuggling. He
left us under guard, and there we
stayed while we saw our train pull
out. Finally the Herr Oberin
specktor, in brilliant uniform and
with sword clanking, came along
back with him. He pompously in
quired who we were. We explained.
4 believe you, gentlemen, he
replied after some deliberation,
but you are amenable to the law
and will have to pay the duty and a
fine equal to the amount of the am
cunt of duty Then he hurried
away to get the articles appraised.
eve felt we had got into a mixup
We counted over the German money
we had between us. and it amounted
to less than So. We had nothing
beside but drafts on Berlin, and if
duty and fine amounted to much we
were in for all sorts of trouble.
Finally the Herr Oberinspecktor
came back with bundle of papers
in his hands. He informed us that
we could be liberated upon the
payent of 60 pfennings which is
about Is cents. For this we had
lost three hours. New York Sun.