Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-09

r The sternwhcel river steamboat, u
s. well known in the New Orlean.
harbor. where 1t has spent d nunbcl
! Of winters as an excursion boat, wa.
completely burned in The upper Missis
/ sippl River last Saturday evening. The
boat was on an excursion and the pres,
dispatch from La Crosse. Wisconsin,
says that there We're 1900 people or
board, but that only one person was
injured, L woman was hurt in the rush
from the boat when 1t was beachcd.
The excursion was from Lansing, Town,
to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Mississippians are showing their
loyalty TO the South and are scn.ing in
subscriptions to the Panama Exposi-
ton fund in New Orleans.
The congress of the United States
a ijourned or Saturday, June Is until
next winter.
Press dispatches are to the effect
that Roosevelt will Issue Il signed state
m"At giving his views on the political
situation ard the present adMiniStra-
ton. 1t ought to furnish good reading.
The y. s. Postal savings Bank sys-
tam will, i is said, be in operation in
three months.
The U. S. Department of the In
terror has decided that the Sabine Is
lands belong to Louisiana and not to
Texas. thereby settling a dispute Of
long staining.
After a long silence, lasting fully ten
days. Roosevelt made his first political
speech after returning from Europe,
advocating the passage Of the New
York primary bill.
Senator John ". Daniel of Virginia
died at Lynchburg on June %. Sen
ator Daniel had been i'll for many
months.
A cloudburSt in Kentucky on the
Licking river last week resulted in
seven deaths and many persons re-
ported missing.
Col. Roosevelt spoke at the Harvard
Commencement June 29. using his trip
abroad as his subject.
In spite Of Roosevelt's endorsement
of Gov. Hughes pet measure, the pri-
mary bill. the New York legislature
turned it down by a large majority.
James A. Patten. who made his for
tune in wheat speculation, has retired
from active business life.
1t looks as though William J. BRYAN !
contemplated bobbing up serenely in
the next democratic presidential nomi-
to judge by his answer to the
question Are you likely to be a candi-
date for the presidency?' prcpounded
to him in Montreal, Canada, recently.
Mr.. Bryan responded GLOW do | know?
Much depends"
Ex-Governor Swanson of Virginia is
slated az the probable successor Of the
late John W. Daniel as United States
Senator from Virginia. !
A very severe storm prevailed last
week over Mississippi, Alabama, Gcor-
sia and Tennessee.
Teddy the lrrepressible, is reported
Is ready to take a hand in the Massa-
Republican state campaign
,ext fall.
The National Educational Associa~ .
ion met in forty-cighth annual convpn-
ion in Boston, Mass. on July 2, with
) 1000 teachers in attendance.
The exports from Gulfport, Mi3sissip.
j for the fiscal year ending June 30,
re valued at So, 459, $40.
Senator Lafollette, who is reported
3 to be having troubles Of his own at
!ome, will tour Wisconsin in an auto
Mobile in the interests Of his own re-
to the United States Senate.
The attorney general Of Mississippi
reported as DESTROYS Of ousting the
Cumberland Telephone Co. from that
tate, alleging violation of the anti
rust law.
A plan is on foot in Oklahoma to
stablish towns in which only Indians
ill be permitted to live, it being be-
that in this manner the Indians
'ould be benefited in an economic way.
A systematic campaign has been
lunched in Mississippi to secure desir~
bic immigrants into the state.
President Taft has signed the Rivers
"a I,a'b,rs bill.