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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-24
WATER TURNED IN
WOODS BIG DITCH

Clvll Engineer James r. Taylor ar.
rlNod In tho Muunu Ken this morning
from Hawaii, after noOry two months
OF hard work finishing up Woods big
ditch,
He alNtoa that water was turned IN.
to the entire systom this morning and
the project IL now IN almost full
Hwlng, Dltohoa, tunnels, fumes and
ocmont work were finished up prior to
the departure Of Mr. Taylor, and oil
left TO do was TO connect II up. All
required TO mako the final connection
was TO punch through the last tun.
mol, which was completed today.
Mr. Taylor Will 30 back there In
January TO commence work on tho
four big reservoirs, These reser.
volrs Will hold s0O,OOO,OOO gallons Of
water They are natural sites, and
merely require dammlng TO hold all
the water desired Of them,
The annual rainfall above tho
Woods ditch II very heavy, running
M almost to 200 inches; but tho trou.
bic IL that II comes oil at once, leaving
long dry spell IN tho middle OF each
year Tho now ditch will ensure wa,
ter straight through to u vast stretch
Of rich country
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-24
MORRISON COMING.

Hugh Morrison, the new manager of
llonokaa plantation, writes that he
Is coming via Vancouver and will ar
rive In the Moana on January T. After
n few days in the city, he will pro-
coed to Honokaa and take charge
there at once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-24

The Mkahaln will leave on Tues
day Mt five o'clock for L0halna, Ka'
anapoll Klhoi, Modrogor's, Makena
Molokal and Lanai Miss Meyers has
booked to loayo for Kaanapall.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-12-24

board, 1850 tons OF cargo, Of when
$50 IN for Hllo, 1911 aacks Of mail, i3t
packages OF Wells Fargo Express
matter and Ave automobiles. She
was then experiencing fine weather
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
YEARS COTTON CROP
VALUE OF COTTON INCLUDING
SEED, Is $so2,se4,o95
Yield 3,215,ooo Bales Under Last Year.
South Holds Lead for Cotton
Consumption.

New Orleans.-In spite of a short
crop year, the South obtained more
money for it's cotton during the past
season than ever before in its his
tory, according to the season-end sta
tistics put out by Col. Henry G.. Hes
ter, secretary and statistician of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
The money value OF the crop. not
including cotton seed products,
amounted to $778,894,095, showing
that while the quantity Of cotton mar.
keted was. in round figures, 3,215,000
bales less than last year, better prices
for cotton resulted in it's bringing $685.
099,601 more. The nearest approach
to this record was made in the sea-
son of 1906-07, when the total value
Of the commercial crop was $716,352,-
265. When the value of the cotton
seed, 1924, 900, 900, is added, the actual
wealth producing capacity of the
Southern cotton lands is shown to
have been $902,S 9 ,O95 during the past
During the previous season, that of
10000, the value of all cotton pro-
duced was $683, 794.494, and the cotton
seed was valued at $92, 000. 900, making
a total Of $775,794,494. Thus during
the past season the value of the cotton
and cotton seed combined surpassed
the previous season by more than
1925. OOO. OOO.-
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
DuLANEY GETS CHANGE VENUE
Charges Of Bribery to Be Tried In
Yazoo County.

That the grounds upon which at
torneys for l.. c. Dulaney. charged
with the bribery of Theo. G. Bilbo, a
member Of the state senate, brought
the proceedings for a change OF venue
were well taken, was shown when
Judge Henry, after hearing all the
testimony and argument. handed down
a decision in favor of tire defendant
and granting a change of venue. Fur
thermore, the court decided that the
case should be tried in tie jurisdic-
ton in which it originated, for obvious
reasons, especially for the reason that
the district attorney who was with
the grand jury that investigated the
allegations upon which the indictment
was found is more familiar with ths
facts than any other district prosecute
ing officer could be. Hence the court
declares a change to Yazoo county,
where the case will be up for hearing
during the November term, and the
third week of that term.
District Attorney Mcneil, directly
after the decision of the court had
been announced, sought to cur a
modification of the order as to the
county, and asked that Copiah be Sc
lected. The court heard the learned
officer carefully and attentively, but
stated that it's mind had been fully
formed, and no change would be made.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
JACKSON.
LEGAL TILT OVER JONES.
Judge Orders Change Of JaiIs-Author-
ity Ia Questioned.

Judge orders Change OF Jails-Autho'-
ity Ia Questioned.
The right Of Sheriff r. M. Kelly, OF
Warren county, to retain custody OF
Charles jones, a white prisoner, under
life sentence in Bolivar county for the
murder of Jesse Pace, will be given a
legal test before the supreme court at
the approaching october term.
The controversy over the possession
of this prisoner is n of the most in
teresting that has developed in the
Mississippi courts for many years,
and involves some legal problems with
which the authorities have v be-
fore been confronted.
Jones is a prominent planter OF Boil
war county, and about n year ago
shot and killed Jesse Pace, a clerk in
a store at Cleveland. 1t was claimed
that Jones found a note written by
Pace to Mrs. Jones, and this provoked
the tragedy. The principal plea OF
the defense was the unwritten law.
Jones was convicted and given a life
sentence.
Owing to the fact that the jail at
Cleveland vas regarded as an unsafe
structure, Judge Cashin ordered the
prisoner transferred to the Jail at
Rosedale, in the same county, penjing
disposal of the appeal to the supreme
court. Later the prisoner was ordered
transferred to the Warren county jail
at Vicksburg, for the same reason. The
supreme court ordered a reversal OF
the life sentence and new trial.
In the meantime the legislature had
redistricted the circuit court districts
of the state, and the county of Bolivar
was placed under the jurisdiction Of
Judge Sam C. Cook, of the Eleventh
judicial district.
Word reached Judge Cook that Jones
had been made a trusty by Sheriff
Kelly, in the Warren county Jail, and
allowed a great deal of liberty, hav-
ing every opportunity to escape in case
he saw fit to do so. Thereupon Judge
Cooked ordered the prisoner trans
ferred to the Kinds county Jail.
Armed with this order, Sheriff Ray,
of Bolivar county, went to Vicksburg
to take custody of the prisoner and
bring him to Jackson, but he could
not do so, Judge Pat Henry, attorney
for Jones, securing an injunction in
the chancery court restraining the ac-
ton on the ground that no authority
existed to order more than n re-
moval for safe keeping.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
LaFOLLETTE IS WINNER
MAJORITY Is OVERWHELMING.
WILL CONTROL LEGISLATURE.
Senator Julius Caesar Burrows Beaten
Returns Show Townsend Wins
Hands Down.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Returns from for
ty u of seyenty-one counties give
United States Senator LaFollette an
approximate majority of $4,000 votes.
McGovern, ~anti-county option, and La
Toilette, Republican, leads Fairchild,
regular Republican, by $4,000.
Weisse, Democrat, for the United
States senatorial nomination, has a
plurality of about 1000 over Williams
of Ashland.
In this county the senior senator's
plurality will easily reach beyond 8,
900, and estimates are given OF his
nomination over his opponent by 9
vote of 5 to l.
There is no doubt that LaFollette
will have control of the candidates
platform convention and that he will
have the next legislature back OF him.
The "insurgent" congressman were
renominated and added to their
strength by the nomination of Henry
G. Cachems.
Cochems is the man who placed La
Toilette in nomination for president
at the last Republican national con-
vention. .
Senator LaFollette said:
1T shows that the people are awake
to their interests, determined to re-
store representative government. This
splendid victory is nothing personal.
It is the declaration of the people that
they choose to rule themselves and
will no longer suffer themselves to be
dominated by special interests"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
PERSONALLY SHOWS DECREASE.
Many Counties Report Falling of In
Personal Taxes.

From present indications, the per-
sonal assessment rolls of the state
will show a decrease, as compared
with last year, instead of an increase,
as was expected. Many of the rs
counties that have already sent in
their rolls show a decrease, some OF
them to the amount of nearly 5000 900,
and other counties are expected to
show a loss. Lincoln county has
shown the heaviest loss of any coun-
ties reporting to date, but only a few
of the twenty-five have shown an in
crease, and the gain has been slight
in each instance. The loss shown by
the counties that have reported is con-
siderably larger than the gains thus
far recorded.
If that ratio is kept up, the state
will show a loss of about $250,O0O In
personally for the year. Counties that
have formerly come to the front with
q good gain each year, show a loss
this year, and there is no apparent
reason for it, as there are more people
in the state this year than last, which
would, naturally, increase the person
atty, but the tax rolls show no evil
dence of this.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
VOTE TO FIRE BALLINGER
Nelson Gags Committee and Hearing
Is Adjourned.

Minneapolis, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the course of Richard A. Ballinger
in the administration of the depart
ment of the interior, of which he is
secretary, and a declaration that he
should no longer be retained iii that
office are contained in a resolution
adopted by five members of the con-
g%ressional committee, which has been
investigating the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy. These five, four Demo
Gratis and one Republican, claim that
their vote is binding upon the commit
tee as a whole. This, however, is dis
puted by the other three members of
the committee, who were present.
But five of the twelve members Of
the committee voted for the adoption
Of the resolution, which was offered
by Representative E. H. Madison OF
Kansas, an insurgent Republican, as a
substitute for one previously present
ed by Senator Duncan U. Fletcher,
Democrat, of Florida. Consequently,
the question has arisen as to what
action, if any, the full committee,
when it is present, will take later.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
FEARFUL FAMILY FIGHT
First Wife Kills Second Spouse-Hus-
band Gets Into Game.


Campbell, Mo.-The divorced wife
of Clarence Stanley killed his second
wife because she demanded possession
of the children by the first marriage.
Crazed by the tragedy, Stanley armed
himself, wounded his brother twice,
fought a pistol duel with his uncle,
when they tried to restrain him, and
terrorized the town all night.
The second wife demanded Stanley's
two small children, who had been
awarded to the mother when she OBJ
tanned a divorce. The first wife got
two revolvers and emptied them at
her rival, continuing to fire after she
had fallen dead.
Stanley arrived a few minutes later.
He bore his wife's body outside and
then set fire to the house, which was
burned down. His former wife had
escaped with the children.
His brother attempted to disarm
him and was wounded twice. An IN
Gle, who tried to pacify him, was his
target for three shots, but was not hit.
Stanley is % years old.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
80 GO DOWN TO DEATH
SO SURVIVE FoUNDERlNG OF THE
PERE MARQUETTE VESSEL.
Wireless Brings Aid, But Not Soon
Enough to Save All Of the Crew.
Eight Bodies Recovered.

Ludington, Mich.-Thirty lives were
lost when Pere Marquette car ferry
No. Is, bound from Ludington to Mil
waukee, went to the bottom Of Lake
Michigan. half way across the lake.
The dead include Capt. Peter Kitty
of Ludington, s. F. SezepanekA purser.
and wireless operator, whose signals
of distress brought assistance to the
sinking steamer, and two members Of
the crew of car ferry No. IL, who lost
their lives in an effort to rescue the
crew of the No. is.
The steamship company issued q
list Of thirty-fve names of survivors
OF the wreck, all members of the crew.
The vessel was making its first trip
after a lay-off Of sixty days under
charter of a Chicago amusement COM
pany.
The sum total of the catastrophe is
told in the loss of t~wenty-nine lives
and a financial loss exceeding half a
million dollars.
The story of the loss of car ferry
Perre Marquette No. Is constitutes the
most tragic and thrilling chapter yet
written in he hisory of the Lake Mich
igan marine.
Leaving Ludington under a fair but
stiff wind, and twenty-nine loaded cars
on deck, the ferry made good weather
for five hours on its course to Mil
waukee. At 4:30 o'clock word was
sent to Capt. Peter Kitty that his boat
was rapidly taking water aft and that
he pumps were unable to keep within
flow.
With great difficulty nine railroad
cars were dropped off the stern of No.
Is, but this gave the vessel only tenn.
porary relief, for the ship was doomed.
Not withstanding this apparent fact,
and in the hope of saving both crew
and craft, the captain crowded his
ship to the utmost limit, hoping to
reach shoal water, but the effort was
futile.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
Storm SWeeps Texas.

Corpus Christi, Texas.-A heavy
wind. accompanied by a good rain, pre-
vailed here Friday, but as far as can
be learned no serious damage was
done to shipping, although light craft
for a while seemed in imminent dan
ger. At one time the wind attained
a velocity Of sixty miles an hour. The
wind extended along the line of the
Brownsville road south from Refugio
a distance of s~eventy-fve miles and
some damage was done OF property,
several small houses being blown
down at two or three towns.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
State Crops Good.

Col. Leroy T. Taylor of Verona, Lee
county, chairman of the penitentiary
board of trustees, reports the Delta
crop, or rather that portion which he
has seer which is being cultivated on
the state land, to be in very promis-
ing condition, and they are hopeful OF
getting out a good paying crop, de-
spite the discouraging conditions un-
der which it has been made.
AS to the other crops, both corn and
feed crops, they were never better,
and the state bids fair to reap the best
crop of corn this fall in the history OF
the state farm system acreage and
everything else considered. Col. Tay-
lor reports the wheat experimentation
which has been conductd by Super
intendent Neylands on the Sunflower
plantation to have been very success
full, demonstrating the ~practicability
of the movement for encouraging
wheat growing in Mississippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
CALLS ROOSEVELT LIAR
SOCIALIST CLIMBS UPON SPEAK
ERs' PLATFORM.
In Speaking Of Education, the Former
President Says Higher Education
ls Turning Out a Man.

cdISOs ~. Ia HAL WIN AOu6hS las
way to ex-President Roosevelt and
called him a liar gave a bad scare to-
day to the crowd at Island Park, in
this city. Col. Roosevelt seized the
man and helped eject him from the
platform.
I'VE cannot afford to be without the
great leaders, said the colonel. "We
must have men like Emerson, Haw-
thorne and Poe, like the scientific
leaders, the great historians. in short.
all the men who because Of excep-
tional ability do exceptional work,
which when done is of the utmost
value to us all and which makes one
of the most important assets q nation
can have. While keeping popular ed
ucation in mind, we must never lose
sight of the need Of higher educa-
ton. Above all, let us work to have
the colleges turn out men, men whose
character and good works will influ-
ence the life OF the nation"
The colonel had just finished his
Labor Day speech before m of the
largest crowds of his Western trip
As he spoke the last sentence the
crowd cheered, and then there was a
rush for the speakers stand Of thou
sands of people who sought to get
near enough to see Col. Roosevelt at
short range and shake his hand.
A small, poorly dressed man then
pushed his way through the mass Of
people, until he could make himself
heard by the colonel. He wore a bat.
tered hat and was unshaven.
II have a question to ask you,
Roosevelt" he said.
:" want to know who Is paying the
expenses of this trip of yours about
the country"
The question angered Col. Roosevelt
and his face showed 1t. He advanced
a step toward his interrogation and
shot back his answer:
II consider that to be an imperti-
nent question:" he said. However, l
have no objection to telling you," he
added, "that the expenses Of the party
are being paid by the magazine of
which I am one of the editors"
"You lie" the man shouted SO loud
ly that hundreds Of persons in the
crowd could hear him.
AS he spoke the words Col. Roose-
welt stepped forward quickly and
seized his arm just below the elbow.
His vigorous action did not deter
the man from finishing what he had
to say, for he shouted out:
"Your expenses + being paid by
the people Of the United States"
Although Col. Roosevelt was the
first to act, others rushed quickly to
assist him, and even before the man
had finished his remark two men had
seized him.
The colonel did not release his grip
until the stranger was moving rapidly
from the stand. He was elected from
the platform and was swallowed up
In the excited crowd.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
Morse Disciplined.

Atlanta, Ga.-The fact that Charles
W.. Morse, the banker confined in the
federal ~penitentiary here, was put in
solitary confinement for two days last
May for infraction OF the rules was
made public here by Warden William
H. Meyer. Sensational stories about
Morse's confinement resulted in tele.
graphic authority being sent from the
attorney-general's office in Washing
ton for Meyer to state the facts. Usu-
ally he is bound to silence regarding
happenings In the prison.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
LAUDs NORMAL RIVALRY.
State Superintendent Powers Sees En-
enlargement in Striving.

enlargement in Striving.
AS indicative of the general spirit OF
the educational forces Of Mississippi
relative to the scenes and incidents
accompanying the receiving of bids
from communities interested in the To-
cation of the state normal college, the
following, given out by State Super
intendent Powers, may be taken as q
criterion generally:
Yesterday was a great day for ed
ucation in Mississippi, and | am ex-
tremely happy. Think of iti-three
towns bidding in the aggregate OF
nearly a million dollars in money and
lands to secure the location of the
state normal college. This is a force
full expression of a splendid educa-
tional sentiment.
with the establishment of a great
state normal college assured, and with
an act on the statute books that will
carry an agricultural high school to
every county, the state is in a position
to develop a school system that will
carly inc pSst SCHooi duVdnldSeS u
all the people.
Speaking for the teachers of Mis-
sisippi, who have worked SO earnestly
for more than twenty years to bring
about the establishment of a state nor.
NAL college, l am sure that they will
be extremely gratified to learn of the
munificent offers of the towns bidding
for the location of the college. The
good news will no doubt please them
greatly"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
Many Hookworm Victims.

Representatives of the state board
of health report that a large percent
age of the people of the state are af-
fiicted with hookworm. One of them
says 80 per cent of the persons exam
ined were found to be infected. The
remedy, however, is said to be very
simple, and even those who happen to
think they are free of the trouble
might take the medicine to make sure
of themselves. So far as known, no
case of hookworm has proven fatal,
but the physicians declare that VIC
tins go about their work in a listless
kind of way.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
Laurel After Normal.

Without disparagement to citizens
of other cities in carrying out their
plans for attracting the Mississippi
normal college to their own strong
holds, it must be said that, whether or
not the trustees decide it that way,
the city of Laurel is deserving of
much praise. Those Jones county peo-
pie adopted a good system by way of
carrying on their campaign, were
thoroughly organized, and spent good
money for the expense incurred in Or
der to complete their qualification to
be considered as an active and agrees
sive competitor. AS the Laurel offer
stands at the present time, there is a
bona ide cash offer of $230,000, avail
able for the use of the trustees, added
to which is the proposition to install
a model school building free of cost
to the state, and with free water SER
vice after the plant is located. This
is estimated to bring the total value
of the Laurel consideration up to
about $275,000, and this in face of the
the official opinion of the attorney
general that the trustees are limited
in their acceptances to 100000.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
12-Year-oId Yields Gun.

Gainesville, Ga.-After holding off
his father and two other men with
shotgun while he attempted to shoot
q neighbor named Mrs. Robertson,
who had given him a whipping, Frank
Loden. IL years old, has been placed
in Jail here. Franks first attempt ut
shooting occurred last Sunday even
ing, but the lad was released Sunday
night on the death Of his mother, and
Immediately went home. found his
hidden gun and started on a hunt for
Mrs. Robertson.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
HARVESTER ~COMPANYATRUST
VIII Be Ousted From State Of
Missouri.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Special Com
missioner Theodore Brace, in his re-
port to the supreme court in the custer
suit, declared the International Har-
vester Company of New Jersey a trust
and a combine formed for the purpose
and with the effect of destroying COM
petition in the manufacture and sale
Of harvesting machinery. The Inter-
national Harvester Company of Amer
lea is declared to be used merely as
a selling agent by the New Jersey
Company in evasion Of the Missouri
laws, which prohibit the licensing OF
the New Jersey concern by reason
Of its enormous capital Of $4,000, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
Low Wages Blamed.

New York.-Mayor Gaynor's con-
gestion commission declares that low
wages is the chief aus OF the tene.
ment house congestion. The commit
tee says that $3.50 a year is the mini
mum upon which a man. his wife and
three children can live. But the av-
erage wage paid in Greater New York
ia about $3.50 a year.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
BROWN CLEARED OF BRIBERY
Carried From Court on Shoulders Of
Friends.

Chicago. Hl.-Attorney Lee ONeil
Browne Of Ottawa, ILL.,, legislative mi.
nority leader, charged with bribery in
connection with the election of VIM.
Lorimer of Chicago to the United
States senate, was acquitted by a jury
In Judge George Kersten's division
Of the criminal court. The jury, which
took eight ballots, was out t~wenty-one
hours.
Brownies eyes filed with tears as
the clerk of the court finished reading
the verdict. A second later he threw
his arms about Attorney Charles Erb.
stein of counsel for the defense.
Browne was then hoisted to the
shoulders of friends and carried out
of the court room, amid handshaking
AMI cheering.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
$4,000 in Line.

New York.-Fully 10000 paraders,
representing practically every labor
organization in Greater New York,
participated in the Labor Day parade.
The members of the Cloak Makers
Union, the settlement Of whose strike
last week is looked upon by organ
lied labor as a great moral victory.
were given a noisy ovation all along
the line Of march. Samuel Gompers,
president OF the American Fedora
ton of Labor, t~elegraphed his inability
to be present, owing to engagements
In the West.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-09-16
CALIFORNIA CELEBRATES
Sixty Years Ago State Was Admitted
Into Union.

San Francisco, Cal.-Sixty years
ago Friday the state of California was
admitted to the Union. The diamond
jubilee was celebrated in San Fran
cisco with a pageantry that symbolizes
well the minging of the old Spanish
stock with the invading Anglo-Saxons.
Before crowded miles of spectators,
thousands of native daughters and ma
tive sons Of the Golden West marched
in parade. Some of the companies
were clad in military garb, American
to the last stitch; some in the glazing
the state by the Spanish; many, yea
ing feathers and war paint, raised
fierce war whoops.