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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
STRIKE SITUATION
IS MORE HOPEFUL
Violence Has Practically Disappeareds|
But The City is still PatroIed
BY Police.

Philadelphia March 2.-As the time
draws near for the appointed general
sympathetic strike of all organizes
labor in Philadelphia, greater pres
sure is being brought to bear ON the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. r.,
get it to arbitrate the differences
with it's striking employees. The Rail-
way company refuses and says thaf
it is adding to the number of car4!
being run each day and it has no.
reason to discuss the matter with
men who suddenly quit them without
giving a moments notice. The public
is patronizin the cars in increasing
numbers. vid nee for the present q
least has practically disappeared, but
the city remains heavily policed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
The Expense Matter.

The matter of reducing expenses,
which was to have been settle dat
this meeting, according to previous
announcement, was brought up. and
City Clerk Farley suggested to the
Board that after he had received from
Tax Collector Bennett his list of ad-
ditional assessments, he could pre-
pare an approximate estimate of re-
ceipts and expenditures during the
remainder of the fiscal year which
would enable the board to know the
exact conditions which have to be
met. Mr.. Farley was instructed to
prepare this statement and submit it
at the next meeting of the council,
and action on the expense matter was
therefore postponed until that time.
The committee appointed to ascer-
tain If the required number of sigma
lures to the petition protesting
against the bond issue had been pre-
sented was instructed to make this
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
STATE TREASURY
in fine shape
Balance Of s1,7s6,ss7 on Hand
March l.. Total May Sun Ger
100000 Soon.

Jackson, Miss, March AT the
opening of business March l, State
Treasurer Edwards had on hand,
either in the depositaries throughout
just $1.7S6,337.73, and it is regarded
as highly probable that the $1,000
900 mark will be passed within the
next few days, or before the balance
begins to recede, most of the in
crease being due to the payments of
tax money by the various sheriffs
during the next ten days.
When the larger appropriation bills
are finally passed by the two houses
and receive the signature of the gov
ernor, however, there will be a rap
i'd dwindling of the treasury balance
very large slice of which will be
taken out by the distribution of the
common school fund, shortly to be
made.
None of the state and district Of
ficers have received any salaries for
either January or February, and even
some of these are growing anxious.
This anxiety will not last long, how
ever, as the general appropriation
bill, which includes these salaries
and which has already been passed
by the lower house, was today fav-
orably reported by the senate finance
committee, and will doubtless be TAX
en- up and passed during the present
week
The treasury receipts for the
month of February were 1868 S,S5S.70,
coming from the following sources
Privilege taxes, $3,261.40; state tax
for 1909, sS43, ,29294; land purchases
$2,556.73; state tax insolvencies
S1.05; land office fees, $25; fees, 81,
1886; pensions returned, 06210; de
pository interest, $31412; land re
demption fund, .$1S9S4; oyster fund
$1,S754S; sale of codes, $34; baci
taxes, sS,SS6.S9; insurance privileges
SPLIT; 2 per cent insurance taz
) $7,25S.s5; insurance fees, 1888; pen
' tentiary fund, s3,7S6.s7; exentiv
continent fund, $125.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
Petition AGAINST The
BOND issue Presented
Architect HuIl's Plans for New School
Building Examined and Accepted.
Salaries Allowed and Routine
Business Transacted.

Instructing the Mississippi Central
Railroad company to place light at
its Mobile street crossing and rescind-
ing a former order of the board re-
quiring them to place light at the
River avenue crossing of the same
road, and in lieu thereof to stop and
flag trains at said crossing;
Instructing the city engineer to
notify telephone companies to remove
certain poles on Main street and to
see that the order was obeyed; -.
Reading of petition of citizens
protesting against the proposed bond
issue and referring said petition to
committee with instructions to COM
pare with assessment books in order
to ascertain if required number OF sYg-
natures had been obtained to warrant
ordering of election;
Allowing of salaries of officers and
other accounts and adopting plans of
Architect Hull for proposed new
school building on Main street.
This is the sum and substance of
the transactions by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen at a regular ses-
sion last night, which adjourned a
few minutes before IL o'clock, to
meet again on Thursday night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
Must lake Stock.

When asked if the putting into ef-
feet of this proposed new freight
rate was contingent upon purchase
by local citizens of $4,000 of the capi-
tai stock of the Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company, Mr.. Moser
stated that such was the case. In
other words, that unless Hattiesburg
agrees to purchase this amount of
stock in the new corporation, Hatties-
burg will be left to take care of it's
own freight rate.
Mr.. Moser called attention to the
fact that this amount would represent
only small proportion of money
which would be saved annually by To-
cal concerns as a result of the pro
posed arrangement, and thought this
should be taken into consideration be
fore the proposition should be reject
ed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
REAL estate IS
BECOMING ACTIVE
Developments Of The Past Few Days
Lead TO the Belief That City
Property Will Move Fast.

During the past few days transac-
tions in real estate in and near the
city have been numerous, and the
greater portion of them have dem
onstrated the fact that property here
is a good investment. Besides those
that have already been put through,
several other transactions of consid-
erable Importance are pending, and
will be announced in few days
Lea & Duke announce the follow
ing deals during the present week:
100 acres in Perry county, consid
Grafton not given.
The residence of A. /. Sidebottom
on Court street has been sold to L. D
Smith. Consideration, $4,000.
Residence of L. D. Smith on Re
becca avenue to P. H. Sadler. Con
sideration, $3.50.
| The old home Of b Dill on Edward
street sold I'd Lewis N. Lenoir, a nev
citizen, for sL75o
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
SCARCITY OF
HOUSES HERE
Only Three Desirable Houses
Left to Rent by as Many
Real Estate Firms.

Conversation with several of the most
prominent real estate men in the city
this morning developed the fact that
out of three companies who have the
renting of the majority of the most
desirable houses in Hattiesburg, only
three are held open for rent at pres
ent The man who has these three
houses for rent says that they are the
only ones out of a total of one hun
dred controlled by him. Two of the
others have all of their desirable prop
erty rented, and are receiving calls
every day.
All are unanimous in their assertion
that this is an unusual condition of
affairs, and it demonstrates the fact
that while Hattiesburg is not making
great deal of noise over it, the city
is steadily increasing in population.
1t is believed by some that the popula.
tion of the city is greater now than
it has been at any time during the
past three years, one going so far as
to say that he believed in all sincerity
that the population at present would
reach nearly the $4,000 mark.
This scarcity of desirable property
for rent demonstrates the fact that
with the present prospects for imme-
diate growth it will be necessary for
some of the people in tie city who
have money to invest in that way, to
build more houses and be prepared
for the influx of people that is bound
to come.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
School Plans Adopted.

The larger portion of the councils
time was consumed by Architect
Hull's explanation of plans for the
proposed new school building on
Main street, a number of charts and
diagrams being submitted for the
councils inspection and the most
minute detail OF construction being
explained at length by Mr.. Hull, re-
sulting in the adoption by the board
of the plans as submitted, with the
distinct understanding that in the
event funds for the erection of the
building should not be provided by
the city, no charge was to be made by
Mr.. Hull.
H. S. Buescher, representing the
Mississippi Central railroad, appeared
before the council and asked that a
former order of the board directing
said railroad to place a light at its
River avenue crossing be rescinded,
for the reason that the crossing was
an isolated one and on section of
the road but seldom used. The order
was rescinded and the railroad COM
pany instructed to flag and stop all
trains at this crossing.
An order requiring the Mississippi
Central road to place a light at it's
Mobile street crossing was adopted
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
Was
THIS TRAGEDY
Many Persons Killed By An
Avalanche Of Snow and Rocks
at Wellington, Wash.

Everett, Wash, March 2.-As fur
ther details of the disaster that over
whelmed two Great Northern trains
and portion of the town of Yelling
ton early yesterday are received, the
horror grows. An avalanche of snow
swept down the mountain side at the
west entrance of the cascade tunnel,
carrying INN snse rocks with 1t, and
killing dozens of persons on the
trains. News of the catastrophe was
brought here last night from Sky
homisy, 1S miles from Washington.
John Wentzel, of Wellington, stag
gered into Skyhomish yesterday. "All
wiped out" he cried. Nothing but
snow where tracks stood and trains
were dumped into the canyon" He
was so exhausted from his long fight
against heavy odds that he was una
BILE to give a coherent story.
The two trains which were carried
away by the avalanche, were the
Spokane Limited and the west-bound
Trans Continental fast mail. The lat
ter carried no passengers. The two
trains had been imprisoned in the
drifts since February "a.
Workmen were engaged in shovel
ing away snow, but it was slow work,
and when the avalanche came these
were in day coaches of the Spokane
train, getting some sleep. The trains
were buried in snow and several cot
tages in the little town were also
swept away.
Just how many people were killed
cannot be accurately estimated, as
communication With Wellington is cut
off. 1t is believed. however, that tsty
or more persons perished.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
PROPERTY HOLDERS
give five FOOT STRIP
With Few Exceptions-PoIes, Side
wakes and Fences viii Be Removed.
Trolley Wire Already UP and Car
Track Will Probably Be Extended.

The work of widening and straight
ening out Main street beyond the
tracks of the Mississippi Central,
which has been delayed for several
months by a multitude of obstacles is
now going forward, and it is hoped by
the residents and property owners
of that section of the city that the
street will soon be Strengthened and
otherwise improved, and the car line
extended out as far as Redus street.
Some of the property owners have
been working on the proposition for
a long time, their principal efforts be-
ing confined to getting deeds to small
strips of property which must neces-
sarily be swallowed up by the widen
ing OF the street, and with two or
three exceptions every property hold
er along the line established by the
survey of the city engineer has ap-
parently been glad to ececute the deed
to the five-foot strips. AS an illustra-
tion of how crooked the street has
been heretofore, it is said that this
line made by the city engineer-which
will widen the street an average of
five feet on each side-will, in some
instances, take almost five feet off
one mans property and add it to that
of another on the opposite side of the
street.
At a meeting of the city council
some time ago the city engineer was
empowered to instruct the Hatties
burg Traction Company and the Tele-
phone Companies to set back poles
that were in the way, and after the
issuance of these instructions it was
claimed by the companies as an ex-
cuse for their failure to comply with
them that the mayor had granted an
extension of the time in which they
were to be set back. This matter
was gone over at the council meeting
Tuesday night, definite action taken
and the engineer again instructed to
Continued on page eight)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
IMPROVEMENTS ATT
EXPRESS OFFICE
ing Divided OF For Offices And
Delivery Rooms.

The offices and general delivery
and receiving rooms of the Southern
Express Company at the Northeast
ern station have been undergoing ex-
tensive changes during the past few
days that will not only improve the
general appearance, but will facilitate
the handling of the large volume Of
business which goes through this Of
flee.
The changes being made include
the addition of small room at the
south end of their allotment of space
to be used as place for the delivery
of all classes of package business and
by the money order department. Close
to this at the same end of the room
three separate spaces have been di-
vided off and enclosed for the use of
the agent on one side and the for
warding department on the other,
with the office of the cashier in the
center, the latter to be enclosed by
a wire screen several feet high above
the opening for the receiving of cash
Stalls have been built on either
side of the room for the distribution
of express matter to go out on differ
ent trains, and the changes when
made will make one of the most com
plete and best equipped express Of
Ices in the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
N. F. MISSIONARY
INSTITUTE OPENS
Attendance And Enthusiasm at Open
ing Meeting Was Extremely Graf
ifying-Three-Day Session.

The Missionary Institute of the
Hattiesburg district convened at
Court street church yesterday at 2
O'Clock, Rev. M. B. Sharbrough pre-
siding. The programme, as already
nroyided. was carried out with slight
changes. Rev. H. L. Norton, pastor
at Collins, Miss, preached helpful
sermon at night. This institute will
be in session today and Thursday un'
fill 70 o'clock. The services tonight
will be held in the interest of the
laymens missionary movement The
nresence of those interested in this
great work is greatly desired.
The following is a list of those in
attendance with the name of their
hostess. Revs. H. L. Norton and j.
A. Moore with Mrs. M. B. Shar-
brough. Revs. c. c. Evans and j. e.
Chambers with Mrs. r. N. Collins,
Ravs Ceorge D. Anders and d. e.
Kelly with Mrs. M. L. Thompson, Jr.,
Reys. w. ]. Ferguson and B. F. Witt
with Mrs. d. E. Sullivan, Rev. c. N.
Mobiles and Mr.. Leonard Chiles with
Mrs. Fuller at the Klondyke hotel,
Mr.. r. H. Clegg with Mrs. R. L. Bre-
land.
Other delegates are expected to ar
rive today
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
Scotch COMEDIAN
SAYS FAREWELL
10y Union Associated Press.)

New York. March 2.-Harry Laud-
-er, the Scotch comedian, who has
made "a tour of the country from
coast to coast, sails today and will
not appear in this country again for
several years. 1t is understood that
Lauder is taking back with him a
small fortune in American gold, as
well as a loving cup and other tro-
phies presented to him by admiring
friends on this side of the water.
Lauder says his only unpleasant eX-
perience in America has been the fun
poked at him because of his penuri-
ous habits.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
TWO. men HOLD Up
EXPRESS WAGON
Expected to Make Big Haul, But Got
Only About $35.-Robbers
Escape.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Chicago, IL, March I'm true
western style, two armed men held
up F. A. Racine, an express wagon
driver, short distance from the I'm
ion station today and robbed him OF
what money he had on his person.
The robbers are believed to have
planned to make a big haul. The
wagon, however, was empty and all
robbers escaped.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02

investigation at once and report at
the next meeting.
A proposlrlon from the Newman
Lumber Company offering to hire the
city convicts to do certain work at
the mill was presented by Mayor
Donald, and the Board was advised
by City Attorney Sullivan that the
council had no authority under the
law to make such a transaction.
It is expected that reports of all
departments will be before the board
Thursday night, and that the city's
finances will be arranged at that
time At the same time it is proba-
bic that an election to decide the
bond issue matter will be ordered
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
PROMINENT GERMAN
OFFICIAL IS dead
(BU Associated PreSS.)

Berlin, March Count Goetz-Von-
iedendorff, former court marshal,
died today, aged 6S years, He Of
ficiated as grand master at the court
of the late Empress Frederick and
was reported to have been secretly
married to her. At the death of the
empress the report was officially de-
MED
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
new YORK HARBOR
ENVELOPED in FOG
(By Associrtes Press.)

New vc4i., March 2.-Enveloped
thick fog, New York harbor an
environs are full of perils to maline!
today. The British steamer
crashed into the Norwegian
steamer Minnesota shortly at
o'clock and sustained a broke
and other damages. The Min
had her bow stove in from th
to waterline and her bow plate
badly damaged. No one was
ly injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02

tember, 1909, with headquarters a<
st. Louis, and was Incorporated under
the laws of Missouri, with an au-'
thorized capital often million dollars.
OF this amount one million dollaro
were paid in cash when the company
began business; one million FIVE huns
dred thousand have been paid in since
that time, and at present the paid 81
capital stock of the corporation a
one million, FIVE hundred thousou
dollars This amount. Mr.. Mosc
stated. was sufficient to provide 4
all docks and terminals between
Louis and New Orleans. which Il
be at the following places: St IL
Helena, Hickman, Cape Jeradev
Memphis, Greenville, yicksburG,
(contiaued on Page eisht)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
A Brief History.

When asked to give brief history
of the organization, Mr. Moser said
that the Mississippi Valley Transpor-
tation Company was organized in Sep
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
HOGS UP IN SOUTHWEST.

Ft. Worth, Tex. March ALI hog
prices for the southwest were broken
here today, when 1910 per hundred
weight was paid.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
negro MUST HANG FOX 2
CRIMINAL ASSAULT

Hot Springs. Ark, March 2.-Hen-
ry Poe. the negro who was yesterday
convicted of assaulting a 10-year-old
white girl, was today sentenced to be
hanged. Motion for new trial wasz
overruled.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02
OHIOANS FORCE1
FROM their HOMES,
Thousands Are Driven From Home1(
And Others Living in Second
Stories Of Houses.
(By Associated Press.)

Columbus, O.. March Fully q
thousand persons are homeless and
others are living on second floors Of
their houses is the condition in =
large section of Ohio today as re-I
suit of recent floods. While the biG&
water has receded in moss
leys, in some the dangers
gorges still remain. .s...z S..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02

gives the news, general
state and local. oIvs ~
circulation man your sub
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-02

Continued on page eight.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-10
WILLIAM VAUGHN
wcman.s Suffrage.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
Sir-The wonlea suffragists who are
working for the best interests of the
State in New Jersey are encouraged
by the following statements, made by
Governor B. B. Brooks, of Wyoming, a
suffrage State:
"Woman's suffrage is so much a
matter of course with me that l never
think of discussing it. / have never
heard any man in our section point out
any flaws in the system. 1t works per-
fectly with us, we approve it. we gee
its good results and we would not know
low to get along without it.
In the first place, let me say that
nothing can be so far from the truth
as the idea that woman's suffrage has
the slightest tendency to disrupt the
home. Indeed it has the very opposite
effect.
LAS a result of it, politics is talked
! freely in the family circle and political
questions are settled by intelligent dis
cussion. This has a great and good in
fiuence on the growing generation. The
children grow up in an atmosphere
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-10
wider Walks at Four Corners.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
While we are discussing the various
phases of the conditions at the -Four
Corners, wouldn't it be we'll to start
some sort of agitation in favor of wider
and more practical crosswalks than are
at present, laid at this important point?
/ doubt if any section of the city
laying claim to any prominence has
such a disreputable lot of crosswalks
as adorn the intersection of the two
principal streets in the city, yet nc eff
fort is being made to improve the con-
ditions. At present these walks are
no wider thar those in streets where
only a handful of people pass each day,
and the Uneven manner in which they
are laid is really dangerous.
To further add to the happy combina-
ton the trolley company has spread a
thick layer of sand at the east crossing
which has been pulverized by the
heavy traffic, and each passing car
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-10
Veterans Forgotten, One Says.


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
This is the first administration since
the close of the Civil War that did not
have one word of praise for the old
soldier. No encouragement for the flu
ture in regard to more comfort in this
life. Now we are all turning 20 and
over, and u days are getting short.
What a shame for this great govern
ment to let her patriots pass away la
menting the country's lack of apprecia-
ton of what they did for it. Bills We're
introduced in the last Congress that
would give the old soldier good help,
but they were all turned down by the
bosses of the Senate and House. This
old evteran vas well aware that pen
sion legislation would not be put
through that Congress. Colonel Roose-
Welt is the old soldiers friend. What
would We do 10Y If 1t was not for the
age pension? The old veterans would
pass away still faster. They would die
with weakness, for who could live on
Sc, 50 or $40 a month? This administra-
ton has forgotten the old soldier.
A VETERAN.