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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
letters TO
GO BY Wire
Western Union to lnausuarate a
New Service to Be Known as
Night Letters.

Announcement is made by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company that
it will shortly be prepared to handle
long night messages at the rates Gus
tomarily charged for ten-word day
messages.
1t appears that the Western Union
has large unemployed mileage of
wire at night which is not earning
anything. These wires must be main
tained in any event to take care of
the regular day business, and it is
apparently the idea of the new inter-
ests in the telegraph company to let
the public have the benefit of them.
The announcement states that "a
special night letter service will be
established as soon as practicable
The charge for this service will be
the standard day rate for ten words,
for the transmission of fifty words or
less. and one-fifth of such standard
day rate will be charged for each ad-
ditional ten words or less"
To be taken at these rates, night let
'ters must be written in plain English
language; that is to say, code words
languages will not be accepted. The
messages will be taken at any
hour up to midnight and trans
mitted at the companies conven-
ience during the night for de-
livery the following morning. For
the United States, the tariffs
charged for night letters are so low Il
is expected that the new service will
be largely availed of by business con-
Germs and others to quicken their cor
respondence by using the telegraph
instead of the mails. A night letter
sent by telegraph will reach it's desti-
nation at the opening of business
hours the following morning, thus
saving as much as three or four days
when the long distances are involved.
This service will l-be installed in Hat
tiesburg about the 18th, and messages
will be accepted up to 10 o'clock at
night
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
Merits of Proposition.

To begin with, the merits of the
proposition were discussed, the Or
ganization, finances and management
of the Mississippi Valley Transports
ton Company were gone into at
length, and the concensus of opinion
was that under the proposed arrange
ment Hattiesburg had comparatively
little if anything to lose and every
thing and whole big bunch of it to
gain.
In concrete form the proposition is
this: Hattiesburg agrees to buy $780,
900 worth of the capital stock of the
corporation, at $4,000 per share; $25,
900 to be subscribed now and the re-
mainder at later date. OF this first s25
900, only SIS per share is required as
cash payment, the remainder to be
paid in three installments, the first to
become due in six months after date
bearing the small rate of only five per
cent interest. This means that the
man who subscribes for ten shares of
stock at $50 per share will be required
to pay down in cash only $3.50, or SIS
per share. The remainder is to be
paid in three equal installments, the
obligation to be evidenced by promis,
sorry notes.
These notes are to state on their
face that in the event the agreement is
not carried out by the Transportation
Company, and the proposed freight
rate put into effect at the time the
first note becomes due, the notes will
become null and void and the obliga-
ton cancelled.
In addition to this writ
ten agreement will be drawn with the
company, providing that in case of
failure to maintain the rates promised,
all the cash money paid in will be re-
turned to the subscriber who made the
payments.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
TOTAL Death
TOLL Will BE
EIGH7Y-FOUR
Avalanche of Snow and Rocks Re-
sponsible for Many Fatalities in
Washington.
(By associated PresS.)

Everett, Wash, March 3.-It is now
almost certain that the death toll in
the avalanche that carried away the
Great Northern trains and several
steam and electric locomotives will
total eighty-four.
Few believe that any of the "a per-
sons reported missing is now alive
Undertakers' supplies and more men
to aid in the work of rescue were sent
on an early train this morning
The bodies will be embalmed as
fast as they are recovered and will
be held at Wellington until the rail-
road line is opened up. The snow is
now melting and it looks as if it will
not be long before traffic can be re-
sumed, under almost normal condi-
tions
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
Meeting YESTERDAY
VERY GRATIFYING
Proposition Of Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company Definitely
Stated, and Committee is Now So
liciting Subscriptions.

The meeting which was held in the
directors room of the First-National
Bank of Commerce yesterday after
noon, the purpose of which was to
take definite action on the PROPOSE
tion of the Mississippi Valley Trans
portation Company to place Hatties-
burg on the Jackson and Meridian ba-
sis of freight rates, prev vided it's citi-
zens would purchase a certain amount
of the corporations stock, was very
gratifying in its results.
Although the attendance was by no
means large, those who were present
represented the real backbone of the
community, those who can always be
depended upon to do their part to-
wards encouraging and aiding any
movement which has for it's object
the betterment of conditions and the
advancement of the interests of the
entire section.
AS stated in The News yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. w. H. Moser, repre-
senting the Mississippi Valley Trans
portation Company, had called upon
business men of the city and explain
ed the proposition as previously out.
lined in these columns, with the view
to interesting them financially in the
affairs. These gentlemen
at this meeting had agreed to meet
Mr.. Moser yesterday afternoon, and,
if possible, come to some sort of per-
manent and final understanding in
the matter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
MRS. E. H. BLAKELY
SLIGHTLY INJURED
Family Returning From Northea stern
Station is Overtaken and Run Down
ny Reckless Driver, Who Attempts
Escape.

he case of Richard Ware, a hack
dri er, which has been up before JUS
tice Davis at the police court since
Tuesday morning and delayed for a
number of causes, was completed this
morning and Ware was given fine
OF S25 and sentenced to 10 days on
the streets for reckless driving.
1t seems that on Monday night as
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Blakely and two
children were coming from the North
eastern station, they were overtaken
by Ware near the G. & S. l. tracks
and Mrs. Blakely run down. The ne
gro was driving at a prohibitive
speed, and when the accident occur
red, he whipped up his horses and
started off down Mobile street without
stopping to see whether anyone was
injured. Mr. Blakely gave chase on
foot and the hack was kept in sight
until Ware went to the stable to put
up his team for the night. His arrest
followed soon after
Mr. and Mrs. Blakely and the chill
dren had been off on a short visit
and were returning home when the
accident occurred. None of the fami-
ly were injured except Mrs. Blakely,
and she not seriously. The principal
Injuries sustained by her were few
bruises and a rather severe cut about
the mouth. She was able to get up
and walk home after being knocked
down.
This accident will, it is hoped, edn
the fast and reckless driving that has
been done by hackmen and draymen
all over the city for some time past,
and especially on the street coming
from the Northeastern station after
each train has arrived. 1t seems
that in their driving and in their con-
gregating along Mobile street to So
licit patronage, the rights of pedes-
TRANS are utterly disregarded.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
negro LYNCHED
BY Large MOB
5000 Men Storm Court Room Where
Negro Awaited TriaI.-Thrown
From Window and then Hung.
by Associated PreSS.)

Dallas, Texas, March 3.-Allen
Brooks, the negro charged with as
saulting a 3-year-old white girl, was
lynched here today by mob CON-
posed of about 5000 men. Brooks
was in the court room aawiting trial
when the mob surged by the officers
and threw the negro from a second
story window, breaking his neck A
rope was then thrown around the
body, which was dragged a distance
of ten blocks down a main street,
and strung up to Elks arch. An ef-
fort was made to burn the negros
body, but the police reserves were
called out and dispersed the mob
When it became apparent that the
crowds were gathering for the pur-
pose of lynching Brooks, the militia
and extra police were ordered out, but
before the order could take effect the
mob had formed and seized the ne
gro. 1t is believed that the militia and
extra police at least had the effect
of saving Burrell Oats and Sol Ara
noff, two negroes held in jail. The
mob, after finishing Brooks, started
for the jail, but the militia and po-
lice interferred. The mayor issued
an order closing saloons, end every
thing is quiet this afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
PETITION IS NOW
Being CIRCULAT
Strong Effort Will BE Made tof.nd
County to Establish Department
Agriculture as Provided by Law
Citizens Enthusiastic.

If the Board of Supervisors Of f
rest county does not, at its next 4
ular meeting, take definite action
the matter of establishing a coui
department of agriculture and
pointing a commissioner for same,
will not be because they have /
been urged to do SO.
AS the result of a recent article
The News calling attention TO the l
providing for the creation by CO
ties of such departments, a stre
movement to secure the establi
ment of one for Forrest county
developed here, and the county '
be asked to do it's part towards .
noting agricultural interests q
helping the work which has alres
been done by the Commercial G.
and individuals along these lines.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
MUDDY CLOTHING
LEADS TO ARREST
Kentucky, Discovered to be
Murderer.

Special to The Nea0s.
Louisville, KY, March 3.-Arthur
Miles, married man, Tuesday night
shot and instantly killed Bessie Stiff,
aged "a, under a bright arc light in
the residence district of this city and
then engaged in a duel with two po-
licemen who had been attracted by
the shots. Miles made his escape,
only to be arrested at the depot, where
he was waiting to board a train
Miles personal appearance at the
depot excited the suspicion of police
men. He was intoxicated and his
clothing was covered with mud He
had a number of cartridges in his
hand and a revolver in his pocket
when examined, which gave the odor
of having been recently discharged
He was taken to the station and held
for drunkenness and carrying conceal
ed weapons.
1t was not until a brother of the
dead woman told of an affair between
his sister and the prisoner that Miles
was connected with the shooting.
Then, though the fact that the woman
had died was withheld from him, he
made a confession, saying that they
had met on the street and had quar-
relied.
She ruined my home," he said,
"and when she wanted my wife to
leave town and made ugly remarks
about her, shot her | don't know
what happened after that"
Miles wife, it is stated, has been
living at Erin, Tenn. She came to
Louisville yesterday. He has been
employed as shipping clerk in
factory here.
The dead girl stayed at her sisters
home, where she told them she was
married. Miles, it is said, has been
posing as her husband.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
PICKLE king is
ON trial TODAY
F. Augustus Heinz Being Tried for
tlisaoplication of Nationa!
Bank Funds.

New York, March 3.-On today's
calendar of the criminal branch of the
United States circuit court appears
the case of the United States govern
ment against Fritz Augustus Heinze,
charged with misapplication of the
funds of the Mercantile National Bank.
There are two old indictments against
the former copper kind" one found
in January, 1908, and one in June,
1909, the first containing thirty counts
and the second only one. John B.
Stanchfield is Heinze's counsel, and
has repeatedly urged that his client
be tried as soon as possible.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
Want TO SETTLE
street CAR STRIKE
Philadelphia is Anxiousy Awaiting
Outcome of City Council Meeting
Held This Afternoon.


Philadelphia, Pa, March 3.-All
philadelphia is today awaiting with
anxiety the outcome of the meeting
of the city council this afternoon t.
discuss ways and means of bringing
about a termination of the street car
mems strike Just what the council
might be able to accomplish will be
problematic until tonight.
Arbitration is actuated by the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Co., which con-
tinues to add to the number of cars
WHICH it is now running. 1t is feared,
htt&yer, that if this policy is pursued
by the company that a general sympa-
thetic strike OF all labor organizations
in Philadelphia will be put in force
tomorrow, and this is what Philadel-
phia is trying to avoid.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TON|GH'
Action viii Probably Be Taken o
Petition Against the Proposed
Bond Issue at This Session.

The City Council will meet agaii
tonight, and action on the petitioi
protesting against the proposed BON
issue will probably be taken at thi
session, and it is believed that th|
council will order an election to dc
eide whether or not the bonds shall b
issued.
Another important matter to be cor
sidered tonight is the expense mat
ter, and it is understood that tai
question will be permanently dispose
of, so far as the. present council i
concerned, and expenses of variou
departments brought within the limi
of revenues to be derived from va
rious sources during the remainder 9
the present fiscal year.
Several suggestions looking to
satisfactory solution of this questio
have been offered at various time
but SO far nothing definite has bee
done in the way Of permanent al
position of it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
NEGRO CAUGHT
BY OFFICERS
Is Wanted at Heidelberg For
Killing a Negro Last
u riStmaS.

Sheriff Mcfarland of Jasper county
who came to Hattiesburg yesterday
after Chas. Newell, colored, who is
wanted at Heidelberg for killing an
other negro some time about Christ.
mas, 1909, left this morning with his
prisoner for Paulding.
The negro has been hiding from the
authorities since the murder was CON-
mitted, and local officers had been no.
titled that he was located here. Depu-
ty Sheriff McGilvray, accompanied by
Constable Tucker and another officer
went to the Riverside Brick yard,
about three miles from the city
where the capture was effected Tues
day night. 1t seems that the officers
had gotten off the track, having had
the wrong house pointed out to them
and that the capture was made by
E. o. Bufkin who had been told by a
negro woman where the man was
hiding. The capture is an important
one, as the negro is said to be a bad
man.
Particulars. of the crime for which
Newell is wanted could not be OBJ
tanned this morning. but it is sup
posed to have been committed during
an joyous Christmas celebration
when the two negroes engaged in a
quarrel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
Petitions To BE Circulated.

During the remainder of the wei
petitions asking the Board of SUPP
visors to create a department of az
culture and to appoint an agricultur
commissioner will be circulated
this city, and it is hoped to obta
the signatures of as many tax paye
as possible. This petition will
presented to the supervisors by
committee who will explain Il
necessity for and the benei
to be derived from such a depal
ment, and it is believed that the supe
visors win see the wisdom of the su
gestion and take favorable action u
on the petition.
The value of such a department
this county cannot be overestimate
and inasmuch as a majority of Il
board members are agriculturist
they will douptless be favorably il
pressed with the idea and will be
position to name a competent man
look after the duties of this office.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
YONNG JOHN D.
MAY BE HEAD
OF new WORK
Time Entirely to PhiIanthropic
Work, it is Said.

New York, March 3.-John d. Rock
efeller, Jr., probably will become the
active head of the new Rockefeller
Foundation and devote his entire time
to the philanthropic work undertaken
by his father.
To this end young Rockefeller has
resigned as director of the Standard
Oil Co., and has also severed his con-
nection with the United States Steel
Corporation.
aIt is declared that the control and
direction of the Rockefeller Founda-
ton involves task which will require
the undivided energies of young Rock
efeller for many years to come.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
MRS. roosevelt
VISITS NAPLES
(By associated PreSS.)

Naples, Italy, March 3.-Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roose-
velt arrived here today and found
awaiting them a message from Co.
lionel Roosevelt saying that he would
arrive here during the first week in
April, and that he will go to Rome to
call upon Victor Emanuel and the
Pope. Colonel Roosevelt will then
proceed to Paris, Where he is due
Apri Is.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
INSURRECTION IS NOW
PRACTICALLY CRUSHED
(By Associated PreSS.)

Blue Fields, Nicaragua, March s.
The insurrection movement, headed
by General Estrada, has been practi-
ca'ly crushed. The insurgent cam
paign in the west has petered out
ard nothing is left to the provisionals
but guerrilla warfare, with the hope
that the United States government
will intervene. This is not probable
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
TO STOP
Boxing OF TREES
Suit Has Been Entered at GuIfport
Against Two Large Naval Stores
Companies.
Special to The NetOS.

Special to The Net0S.
Gulfport, Miss, March 3.-Suit was
filed yesterday in the chancery court
in behalf of the state of Mississippi
VS.. the Union Naval Stores Co., and
the Jackson Naval Stores Co. to en-
join the defendants from boxing the
trees of the university lands in Jack
son and Harrison counties for turpen-
tine purposes.
The State University of Mississippi
has $4,000 acres in these two counties,
acquired by the state for the use of
the university from the United States
government through the efforts of
Senator McLaurin. The Mississippi
legislature was authorized to sell the
timber for the use of the university
and the sale of the timber was made
to Donaher & Melindy Company with
twelve years time to remove it from
the land The guarantee in the deed
sold the timber to the L. N Dantzler
Lumber Company, and this concern
leased the timber on the land to the
naval stores people for turpentine
purposes. The contention of the
state and the university is that the
right to use this timber for turpen-
tine purposes was not conveyed and
the suit is to enjoin the turpentine
people from entering the lands and
boxing it, or using the same for tur.
pentine purposes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
FAIRBANKS VISITS
ENGLAND'S KING.
(By Associated PreSS.)

London, March 3.-Charles w. Fair
banks, former Vice President of the
United States, visited King Edward
at Buckingham Palace today. He
was accompanied by Ambassador
Reid. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks
will attend Court tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
TABERNACLE MEETING
Opens in ATLANTA
(5y Union Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ga, March 3.-Under the
direction of DR.. Len G. Broughton,
who succeeded the late Sam Jones
as the head of the great institution,
the ninth annual meeting of the
Tabernacle Bible Conference opened
today. Laymen and ministers in
Guiding many noted pulpit platform
speakers, are on the program.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
HAS CROSSED POND
ABOUT Fifty times

San Francisco, March 3.-Otis A.
Poole, tea salesman with headquar-
ters in Yokohama claims to hold the
record for crossing the Pacific ocean
His next trip will be his fiftieth. The
distance he has travelled is equal to
thirteen times around the world.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
(By Associated Press

Tuscumbia Ala, March 3.-W. W.
Twitty and w. H. Twitty
are under arrest here, charged
with the murder OF man nine years
ago. They had but recently returne
from Texas. 2
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
AM MERICAN SUGAR CO. is
CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT,
(By Associated Press.)

New York, March S.AThe federal
grand jury today handed in PRESENT.
nlent against the American Sugar Re-
fining Company, charging it with con-
tempt of court, N failing to produce
books and papers called for by the
jury.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03
Risk Will Be Small.

Thus, it will be seen that Hatties-
burg is called upon to risk the small
amount Of $500 upon a bona fide
contract that she will get in return at
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03

The man with the big stick dosen't
have to use it as often as the fellow
with the smaller one.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-03

gIves the novo, ueneraI
state and IeefI. Give m
circulation man your sub|
serIptlon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-31
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For other Church Boards.
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many May See But 1t Takes Genius to
Realize.

When James Watt saw the steam
causing the kettle lid to jump up and
down he said There must be power
in that steam il it can lift such a
weight"
There was.
Millions prior to him had seen the
same phenomenon and regarded it as
AN unexplained mystery.
Recent scientific research has put
its finger on the cause" of Dandruff,
Failing Hair, and consequent Bald.
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human hair.
Newbro's Herpicide destroys this
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-31
MURDER CASE
ON AT CARTHAGE
Joe McGinnis Of La Harpe is Being
Tried on the Charge of Killing
Bradford Huston.

CARTHAGE, H., March 31.-The
well known case of Joseph McGinnis
of La Harpe, who was indicted in 1907
and tried in the circuit court of this
county, at the October term, 1907. be-
fore John A. Gray, Judge presiding,
and jury, for the murder of Brad
ford Huston. also of La Harpe, the YER
dict finding the defendant guilty of
manslaughter, is again UP for hearing
Mr., McGinnis and Mr.. Huston, on a
certain Sunday in May, 1907 met at
the home of Mrs. DAME Nelson, in
La Harpe. where they engaged in a
heated argument, which resulted IN
McGinnis shooting Huston twice with
a revolver one of the bullets striking
him in the abdomen, Huston having
died soon afterwards.
The case was taken to the appellate
court on writ of error and was by that
court reversed and remanded, same
being returned to this county for re-
trial, since which time it has been
continued from term to term. until tie
present time, McGinnis having been
out on bond.
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