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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
MANY PROSPECTIVES
BUT NO POSITIVES
Numerous Embryo Candidates For
Mayor And Commissioners, But No
One Has AS Yet Started the Ball
to Rolling.
to Rolling.

The local political situation is said
to be the most peculiar which has
eevr confronted the citizens of this
city, in that nearly every one is
anxious to know who is going to run
for mayor and commissioners, the on
ly three officers to be elected under
the commission plan, but up to the
present time no one appears to be
positive who the candidates will be.
The first primary to nominate can
didates for these offices will be held
in the early part of August, and here
tofore, before this time, the field has
been practically covered with aspir-
now. Since the commission form of
government became settled fact, nu-
merous names have been mentioned
in connection with the three elective
officers, but a public announcement
from any of these has not yet been
made.
In addition to Capt. A. Farley. c.
w. Rich and w. NJ. Conner, the gen.
tlemen who were first mentioned for
mayor, recently the names of several
other prominent citizens have been
mentioned in this connection, among
them being Messrs. T. S. Jackson
George fairfield and Judge w. H..
Cook. Neither of these gentlemen
however, has authorized his name to
be announced as a candidate, but it is
known that their friends are bringing
to bear considerable pressure in order
to induce them to run.
Those who have been mentioned as
probable candidates for commission
ers are: R. L. Mckenzie, R. L. Cam
eron, John Williams and A. H. Nc
Swain, while it is thought likely that
number of other gentlemen will con-
sent to try for the places. These
former, however are not yet candi-
dates, so far as can be positively
learned, only prospects, and the same
applies to all others who have been
mentioned for any of the offices.
The friends of each of the gentle
men mentioned. it is said, are using
every inducement to bring their fa-
vorites out and start them off in the
race, and it is generally intimated by
those who should know that the ball
will start to rolling before another
week closes, and it is thought proba-
BILE that there will be enough candi-
dates for everybody to vote for.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
LOCAL POLITICS
GET INTERESTING.
60 WITNESSES IN
M'KOWEN CASE
I
Tria Of Celebrated Case viii Begin
7t Baton Rouge, La, on goth of
This Month.

>p..di 10 me NeUS.
Baton Rouge, La, April 14.-Nine-
ty-nine Witnesses will tell the jury
what they know of the killing of E.
X .Iudson, who was an inmate of the
insane asylum at Jackson, and for
which killing Or. E. C. McKowen will
be- tried here on the Goth of the pres
enr month, according to the number
Oft summons that have been issued
and been placed in the hands of Sher-
i'll Randolph for service.
tifty-foW Witnesses are to be sum
moned on behalf Of DR.. McKowen
and forytwo on behalf of the state,
AN TO le summoned from East and
West Felicinia parishes, and besides
these llaIe are two to come from
this parish and one from New Or
leans, making the total ninety-nine.
THE entity. list OF Witnesses, with
tue exception of the two in this par
ISL and one in New Orleans, was
given to sheriff Hibbs of East Fell
eiaua to serve. The parish of East
Hatou Rouge will not be worried with
serving these attachments, and Mr..
Hibbs will make his own bill out.
The Eas- FiHciana sheriff was yester-
day sworn in as a special deputy to
Sheriff Randolph, and will serve the
summons as an East Baton Rouge
deputy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
YEGG2 BLEW Open
NATL BANK VAULT
First National Bank of Spring City,
Tenn, Robbed of Ten Thousand
Dollars Today.
(By Associated Press.)

Spring City, Tenn. April 14.-Rob-
bers blew open the vault of the First
National Bank of this place early to-
day and escaped with over $4,000.
Nitroglycerine was used. Blood
hounds were placed on the trail.
One of the robbers shot at S. Z. Paul,
assistant cashier of the bank, as he
was enroute to the institution follow
ing the explosion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
STATE MILITIA
MAY TAKE PART
Capt. j. A. Beaumont Has Suggested
a Plan Which Will Add Greatly to
the lmpressiveness of This Import
ant Meeting.

Preparations for the state reunion
of Confederate Veterans which will
be held in this city next October are
already under way, and the prospects
are favorable for one of the greatest
and most enjoyable meetings ever
held in Mississippi.
At a recent meeting of the local
chapter of veterans, Captain J. A.
Beaumont of the local company of
state militia, appeared before the vet
Grams and outlined to them a sugges-
tion, which, if carried out, will add
greatly to the Importance of the Oc
casion, and after hearing Capt. Beau
mont's proposition a committee of
veterans was appointed to take the
matter up and assist in working out
the details of the plan.
Capt. BeaBmonts suggestion is that
a regiment, if possible, of the Ma
tional Guard, be secured for the occa-
sion, to hold an encampment. as it
were, during the reunion, and that
military maneuvres, parades and
drills of all characters be executed by
them in order to furnish entertain
ment for the veterans and visitors
who are expected to be in the city at
the time.
1t is Capt. Beaumont's idea also to
select a company each of young men
and young women, the former to be
trained in old Confederate drills,
under the manual of arms used dur
ing the Civil war, to equip these
young men with the style of arms
used in that memorable struggle, and
to dress them in the Confederate uni.
forms.
The young ladies will be put
through calesthenic drills and will al
so be uniformed.
Capt Beaumont proposes to take
upon himself the task of drilling
these companies and put them in con
dition to execute the old-time drills
and maneuvres of the Confederate
army, which, he believes, will be
highly interesting to the veterans
and others and will serve to make the
event more pleasant than it would be
otherwise
Members of the local camp of vet
Grams are very much interested in
the proposition, and it is thought the
suggestion will be taken up and act
ed upon Immediately. 1t will require
some time to train the young men
and young women in the work which
Capt Beaumont has suggested, but
he feels capable of accomplishing the
desired results, and feels sure of the
cooperation of the veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy
1t is desired to make the Hatties
burg reunion the most notable ever
held in the state, and it is believed
that the attendance next fall will be
larger than ever. Merchants and
business men of the city will be eX
pected to contribute in every way pos
sible towards making the event sue
cess.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
GREAT PAGEANT FOR
new ORLEANS SHRINERS
(By Union Associated Press. }

New Orleans, April 14.-Festivities
of the Mardi Gras carnival will be
almost exactly repeated tonight for
the benefit of the visiting Mobiles Of
the Mystic Shrine. \ magnificent
electrical pageant will be held this
evening, and promiscuous masking
will be permitted. This is the first
time in the history of the Crescent
City that general masking has been
permitted outside of the Mardi Gras
season.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
SAMUEL |. CLEMENS
BACK To BERMUDA
(By associated Pre3s.)

New York. April 14.-Samuel L.
Clemens Mark Twain) returned to
Bermuda today on the steamer Oce-
ana. Mr. Clemens remained in his
berth when the steamer was docked.
1t was stated that he had been i'll
all the way up from Bermuda and
that he would have to be removed
with care from the steamer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
ROBBERS ATTEMPT
TO ROB A BANI
Blew Open Safe at Decatur, llI.. "a
Were Frightened oft.-Got About
$3.50 in Currency.
fBn Associated Press.l

Decatur, H.. April 14.-Robbet
blew open a safe early today in II
bank of CARRIER & Son but wed
frightened off before they could 81
hold of the $1,000 which the safe col
tanned. They escaped with only $t5
in currency. Residents sent man
shots at the thieves, who returned N
fire as they drove of.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
l9-YEAR old BOY
CONFESSES Crime
Says He Beat and Burned to Death
Mrs. Charles Allison at Her Home
Near Cambridge City.

Richmond, Ind, April 14.-A 49,
year-old boy, Charles Revelee, con
fessed that it was he who beat and
burned to death Mrs. Charles Allison,
at her home near Cambridge City.
He said that robbery was the motive
of the crime. The womans house
was fired after the murder, which oc-
Cured several days ago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
LOCKOUT in GERMAN
BUILDING TRADES
(By Union Associated Press

erlin, April 14.-A general lockout
in the German building trades, in
itiated by $4,000 employers of labor
and involving directly and indirectly
100000 workmen, appears likely to-
day. The warfare is the result of con
tinued demands for increased pay
made by the workers engaged in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14

after being adopted in the senate.
The bill creating two supreme court
commissioners, was passed after Il
hard fight, and the legislators doubt
less concluded that they would eXper-
iment with this method for a while
before making the bench composed of
five members. The commissioners
perform all the duties of supreme
judges, except that they do not par
ticipate in reaching decisions.
An amendment to the constitution
will be submitted at the November
election providing that constitutional
amendments shall be inserted in the
organic law at the next legislative
session after their adoption, instead
of 'by the next legislature" as now
provided, thus making it possible to
put changes in the constitution two
years after adoption, instead of four
years later, as at present.
The legislature passed two concur
rent resolutions on federal questions.
one endorsing the income tax, and
another proposing the election Of
United States senators by direct
vote of the people.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
FUNDS Being RAISED
To DEFRAY EXPENSES
Special Train Will Run to Convey
Veterans to Mobile, and Special
Rate of $2.25 for the Round Trip
Has Been Agreed Upon.

Adjutant w. P. Chambers, of the
Hattiesburg camp of Confederate Vet
Grams, stated this morning that per-
haps twenty-five veterans from this
camp would attend the big reunion
to be held in Mobile on April 26, p
and rs. and that arrangements were
being made to defray the expense of
those veterans who do not feel finan-
cially able to make the trip.
For this purpose a committee of
three members of the local camp has
been appointed to solicit subscrip-
tions, and it is stated so far that they
have met with but Indifferent sue
cess, only a little more than $40 hav-
ing been subscribed. The committee
which has charge of this work is
composed of the following: ]. w.
Van Norden, N. NJ. Collins and w. w.
Crawford. and any one who desires to
assist in this cause is requested 10
see either of these gentlemen as soon
as possible, as it is desirable to know
J just what amount of funds will be
available for this purpose
Mr.. w. f. Herren of this city, re-
quested recently that he be allowed
to pay the expenses of one veteran
to the reunion, and his proposition
was accordingly accepted and the
necessary amount of money paid by
Mr.. Herren to the camp.
Both the Gulf and Ship Island and
the New Orleans, Mobile and Chica-
go railroads have agreed to furnish
special train for the occasion, and
| it is expected that many veterans
from surrounding camps will come to
Hattiesburg and go with the local
members.
Geo. D. fairfield, John Williams,
j. R. Haney and J. P. Gray have been
selected to represent the Hattiesburg
camp as delegates, while J. w. Van
Norden, S. R. Brannon, T. S. Gotten
and T. J. McGee are the alternates.
On Sunday, April "a, Memorial
Day, exercises will be observed by the
local camp, and appropriate services
will be held in the Main Street Meth
odist church at the II o'clock SER
vices, at the conclusion of which the
veterans will repair to the cemetery
and decorate the graves of heroes
of the Lost Cause who are buried
there. Ten members of the Hatties-
burg camp have died since Memorial
Day, and it is urged that as many
veterans as possibly can will attend
these exercises.
The Forrest county veterans are
very much enthused over the pros
poets of a splendid reunion at Mobile,
and it is thought that a larger num-
Der of them will attend this year
than ever before, as it is thought
quite probable that the reunion next
year will be held in more distant
city, and many of the old soldiers
will have gone to their last resting
place by that time
Parties who feel able to assist
in furnishing a few more days of
pleasure to these brave mel. whose
ranks are thinning and who will soon,
many of them. answer the last roll
call, will afterwards feel glad that
they have helped little to enable
one of them to attend this, perhaps
his last reunion with his old wal
; comrades.
t The expense will be slight, and q
, small contributions will be greatly ap
: lpreciated by every member of the
local camp.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
NAMES OF AMERICANS
we're NOT ELIMINATED
lRu Associated PreSs.l

Rome, Italy, April 14.-The report
that the Pope had eliminated the
names of all Americans from the list
of candids ties for the Cardinalate has,
upon Investigation, been found to be
erroneous.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
COLORADO DAUGHTERS
HOLpL.3'IRST BANQUET

(e;ue was Associated Press }

DeO'Reilly, c, April 14.-Daughters
of Surcouf new state patriotic
exhausted copld the first annual ban
nd not have hder tonight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14

Buy your kimonas at the CAlj
Carnival Saturday, at the Hall NM
Store
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-14
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04

seemed that some remark was due from me, to show
my interest. So l ventured, where did the bullet
hit you? 1t must have been quite serious wound"
Pete silent for some moments. When next
he spoke it apparently to start another story.
'Tother night quoth he, 81 went to see some of
them play-actors over in Laredo Purity sight that,
when the curtain goes up; there's the front of big
house, an lawn with green grass, an big tree,
an chair settin' under it, an on the chair dude
with cigar in his mouth. There he sits, smokin'
away calm an comfortable
Next in pops bad He has black
hair, an black eyes, an black mustache, an his
face it's white as Sunday shirt.
when he sees the dude, he draws gun an
ers him, regular an proper. Then he Kisses through
his big teeth, Claude De Voc, have you in my
power. Swear to me that you will flee the country,
an leave free to wed the beautiful Lady Clare
or l shoot you where you sit"
Again Pete lapsed into silence, and again dis
turbed him by question.
"a very touching scene. But what has that to do
with your wound?"
(Which the moonlight makes you plumb idiotic," "
replied Prohibition Pete, without the trace of
smile. That's just where that blame greaser shoots
me-"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04
MEDICINE FROM BEE sT1NGs

:" HERE has long been belief among country
4 people that bee stings would cure rheuma-
4 tsm and occasionally sufferer has allowed
himself to be stung severely in hopes of being cured
For several years, too limited use of the poison
secreted by the bee has been made use of in COM
pounding certain remedies The poison that is
found in the sting is formic acid and is combined
with alcohol to make what is known "tincture of
virus"
Formerly it was customary to extract the stings
by hand. A girl often did the work, dexterously
picking up bee in such way that it could not
sting her and extracting the sting which the en-
ragged insect certain to expose, by means of a
tiny pair of tweezers. The barbs which enter the
flesh terminate in little poison gland which usual
y is torn from the bee by the act of singing and
remains attached to the barb The operator would
drop sting and poison into bottle of alcohol
and cast the bee aside, the insect usually dying.
This hand method of securing the bee poison has
been done away with for the most part now. A
modern and expeditions method is to turn a
number of bees loose in jar containing loaf sugar.
The bees sting the sugar, which is then dissolved
and the poison obtained with little difficulty.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04
By Smith D. Fry

the desk of the secretary while talking to him.
81 am not thinking only of your only Child,
tinued the secretary, but also of only child who
came near dying in similar manner in India only
a few years ago while she with her husband,
who is officer of high rank in the British army.
you are now situated, and l know all and every
of the heart pangs which you suffering; and ]
am going to relieve you, somehow; don't know
how.
While he was speaking the secretary had pressed
little button his desk. The door opened, mes
senger appeared and stood before him ready for
orders. The secretary said:
please ask General Sherman to come to me-"
The messenger bowed, retired and the secretary
said
General Sherman is in command of the army and
what orders to issue in such this, but Cen
eral Sherman knows everything.
Very the veteran soldier entered the room
cordially received by the secretary and by the
member whom he knew. General Sherman sat on
one side of the Secretary of war, the member OF
congress on the other and the secretary stated the
case showing the letter from the colonel command
ing at Fort Meade.
81 do see how anything can be done" said
General Sherman.
but something be DONE" said the secretary,
'and want you to issue the proper orders"
well, Mr.. Secretary" replied General Sherman,
81 dependent upon the colonel at Fort Meade for
reliable information to his environments; and his
letter states that it is practically impossible to
this sick lady under existing circumstances
"Well general" said the secretary; suppose that
your only child circumstanced and l were
to order you to rescue her, what would you dog?
ooh, if under ORDERS said the general, Il
would get busy right away and carry out those or
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04

bit Two dollars apiece is the price. straight, an
they goes at that. Afore we knows it, were sold
out complete an entire; an every senior swings his
snake cane, an every senorta rattles her snake
bracelet an necklace, happy as mule with his head
in flour barrel Furthermore an in addition we
has stock of dobe donars big bushe basket.
Now we loads up and sklps out, says Hitch
cock
sWait till counts the plumber, says l.
Wait nothin says he. My left ear tches.
"Scratch it, an shut up says l, clean delirious
seem much easy money.
Il done did it, says he. But every time, just
afore gets plugged, my left ear itches It's
a omen says he; "a storms comm
1T sure is says 1. glancin out the door, an OBJ
servn' big bank of Clouds with now an then a
clap of thunder an flash of lightenin. Let her
storm don't from here till counts this
cash, exact an particular
..WIHICH the same, as now admits, is a lie Afore
w them words leaves my mouth comes roar of
thunder an flash of lightnn clost you could feel
it whiz Then things happen lively. For why? Them
dsturbin elements sobers them animals up an they
returns to their evil ways big Mexican emlts
yell, an sees his cane, a wigglin an twstln a
hanging onto his thumb. necklace nabs a senorita
by the chin, an bracelet nips another on the wrist
There amt greaser in the whole lot male or fe-
male, who han't got serpent dangin' on his anat-
ony somewheres other. Then someone yes,
.Caramba! Muerte por los Gringos" which you
savvy is alice samee To hell with the white men,,
an we knows the jigs up
I'm countn' hundred an seventeen when all
this happens, but l don't wait for no eighteen; no
Stree. knife tips through the slack OF my shirt
an bullet knocks off Htchcocks hat. We has lett
our guns on saddles, we leaps through back
door, an ambles the country, them greasers
howin after us. The air is plumb full of knives an
bullets. Hitchcock account of his limp, he lags
behind. Sudden, feels ain in my back an some
thing warm down my leg into my boot; I'm
plugged all right, so l lags too. Them greasers
gains on u.s. an thinks it's all up But just as I'm
fgurn' how I'll look, cut into steaks stuffed into
hot tomales, there's thunder an lightenn, an
the floods descends.
ut amt no ran it's just river that's got pulled
the Sky somehow an falls down all to
Here's where we loses them greasers But we don't
stop none. We wades an paddles an swims till We
reaches the mules an wagons By this time the
river quits falln', but again don't stop We
harnesses up an hikes an halts, till next
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-05-04

ders But Mr.. Secretary, there is only thing
do, and this to that entire regiment from Fort
Meade, escort, and move another regiment
into the Fort take its place and defend the
erty and surrounding country"
Very we'll them" said the secretary of war; sis
there regiment available for this purpose?"
"Yes SIR replied General Sherman, there is
cavalry regiment at Louisville that be moved to
Fort Meade and it be moved Immediately if you
order
81 do order" replied the secretary, land shall
send the order in writing to your office without de-
lay"
at is good done,' said the general as he
arose. Then taking the hand of the member he
expressed his sympathy for him. and returned to his
Office general commanding the army.
BY of that day cavalry regiment at Louis
vile leaving its barracks and marching to the
railroad depot, where special train already in
waiting. The quartermaster general had attended
to the matter of transportation. The commssary
general had arranged for their food supplies and the
regiment was whirling away out northwestward
to the end of the railroad lines; and then swing
ing their saddles the ,)s marched the
praries to Fort Meade to take the place of the gar
rison there
On the following morning, the cavalry regiment
which had been duty at Fort Meade, marched out,
escortng the invalid wife of Captain Steele, and
within another week she at home sweet home,
in Indiana, where her health began to improve I'M
mediately. Within year she had recovered her
health whereas she have been LAID III
her grave if the secretary of war had not been
prompt hearty and determined in his sympathy ana
helpfulness OF purpose.
Captain Steele and his fathern-law, the member
of congress- subsequently called the secretary OF
ascertain the cost of the moving OF two regl-
ments; their purpose being to remunerate the gov
ernment but the secretary said
Don't you know that there have been times When
regiments and battalions and army corps have been
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