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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
WOMAN FOUND
MURDERED IN BED
DR.. HELEN KNABE +. UND WITH
HER THROAT CUT.
No Weapon Was Found and There Were
No Evidences of a Struggle or
Attempted Robbery,

Indianapolis, Ind.-How DR.. Helen
Knabe, former state bacteriologist, found
in her bed with her head almost severed
by the slash of a knife, CANT TO her
death, remains a mystery to the police.
Jefferson Haynes, the negro %janitor OF
the apartment house where DR.. Knabe
lived, was detained on suspicion that
he knew something of her death, but
detectives released him after he had
withstood for hours their attempts to
draw discriminating information.
The police declare the evidence tend
ed to indicate murder. The knife with
which DIR. hnabe was killed has not
been found, and the coroner and the po-
lice were of the opinion that if she her
self gashed her throat she would not
have had strength to have carefully hid
den the knife and then returned to her
bed. There were no bloodstaina on the
floor of her bedroom save where blood
had trickled from the wound across the
bed and dripped on the floor. The blow
dealt was a powerful one, for the knife
passed through the muscular tissue and
was only stopped by the upper vertebrae.
On one of DR.. Knabe's arms was a slight
wound and blood was smeared on her left
leg.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
LOUISIANA KILLING
IS RE-ENACTED
BROTHER, WEARING BLOODY SHIRT
OF VICTIM, ASSISTS.
Accused Woman Frequently Clutched
Hand of Her Attorney or Husband
During Ordeal.

Opelousas, La.-Before an audience
that packed the old parish court house,
Albert Garland donned the blOod.stained
shirt worn by his dead brother, Allan,
on September 81, last, and re-enacted
the scenes of the tragedy for which Mrs.
Zee Runge McRee, mother of four chill
dren, and wife of a prominent railroad
official, is asked to pay the death pen
atty.
Mrs. McRee, whose defense is that she
killed Allan Garland in defense Of her
honor, was visibly nervous and constant
ly turned with an appealing look toward
the seven lawyers Who are defending her,
or grasped the hand of her husband. This
grim scene came with the examination
of the first witness in a murder trial
which in many of its features already is
without precedent in the legal history of
this parish.
The jury visited the McRee home in
company with the defendant, her hus-
band, opposing counsel and court Off
Gals and observed the setting of the
tragedy on September 81.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
YIN CHANG REPORTED KILLED
Town 100 Miles From Picking Is Report.
ed Taken.

Peking.-There is a persistent report
in military circles that Gen. Yin Tchang
the minister of war, has been a%ssassi-
mated at the front by a staff officer.
S. e. Knabenshue, the American con.
sui general at Tien Tsin, has telegraphed
to the legation here that Tien Tsin An
Fu,, the capital of Shantung province, is
reported taken by mutinous soldiers.
Tsin An Flu is onlya bout two hundred
miles from Picking.
Further OBJECTIONS to the rebels, in
GLIDING Nan Chang, capital of the prov
ince of Kiang 81, and Kwei Lin, capital
of Kwang 81, have served to increase the
tension here of the revolution. To add
to the seriousness of the situation the
Tsu Cheng Yuan, China's first national
assembly, gave to the Manchus what the
legations consider an ultimatum. The
assembly impeached Sheng Hsuan Huai,
president of the ministry of posts and
communications, and demanded his dis
missal with severe punishment.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
WOMEN SEE PRIZE FIGHTS


New York.-One hundred suffragettes
sat as close as they could get to the
ring in the Longacre Athletic Club aud
cheered, wept and applauded in turn as
sixteen boxers and the wrestlers fought
as they never fought before to acquit
themselves well in the eyes of the wo-
men. The boxing show was given by
Mrs. Gus Rubin for the benefit OF the
cause.
Mrs. Louise White Snydam, whose hus-
band, Walter Lispenard Snydam, Jr., the
young millionaire, divorced her a few
weeks ago, occupied a ringside seat with
Young Fred Noble and smoked cigarettes
through the entire show. She wore a
salmon colored evening gown with white
fur opera coat and s%erenely pulled her
SCENTED cubes regardless of the con-
sternation and indignation Of the suf-
fragettes, among whom were such well
known workers as Baroness Won Groyss,
Mrs. Emma Bosworth, Mrs. Eta Ed
wards and Mrs. Charles Wallender.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Toastine the Teachers.

There was a meeting of the new
teachers and the old. 1t was a sort of
love feast, reception or whatever you.
call it. Anyhow, all the teachers got
together and pretended they didn't
have a care in the world. After the
eats were ct the symposiarch proposed
a toast:
Long Live Our Teachers!"
1t was drank enthusiastically. One
of the new teachers was called on to
respond. He modestly accepted. His
answer was:
What on?"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
ARE YOU FREE


Headaches, Colds, Indigestion.
Pains. Constipation, Sour Stomach.
Dzziness7 Ifyou are not, the most
effective, prompt and pleasant
method Of getting nd Of them is to
take, now and then. a desertspoon-
full Of the ever refreshing and truly
beneficial laxative remedy-Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA. 1t is
well known throughout the world
as the best Of family laxative reme-
dies. because it acts SO gently and
strengthens naturally without i'm.
Eating the system in any way. ~,
To get its beneficial effects it Is
always necessary to buy the genu-
inc, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co., bearing the name
Of the Company, plainly printed on
the front Of every package.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
MUST BE UP-TO-DATE
Churches Cannot Live on the Past-Uni.
tarians Are Warned.

SHulCueS NduuOl Live Oh Lne FdSl-Oul'
tarians Are Warned.
Washington.-"We have got to do
something or else get down and out"
declared Horace Davis of San Francisco,
president of the twenty-fourth annual
conference of Unitarian churches.
Mr.. Davis said that no church could
live on its past; that interest in dogma
was disappearing, and that questions of
social service we're taking its place. "a
great passion for justice to the helpless
and dependent pervades the land and the
storm center of the movement is outside
the church," he said. "The labor unions,
the universities, the conventions of char
ity, the prison commissions, a thousand
different clubs and societies organized
for the public welfare are discussing
these reform problems and every legis-
lature adds to the code new laws for
preventing injustice and aiding the
weak"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
THE TEA ENALrY.
"A Strong Mans Experience,

Writing from a busy railroad town
the wife of an employee of one of the
great roads says:
My husband Is a railroad man who
has been so much benefited by the use
of Postum that he wishes me to ex.
press his thanks to you for the good
1t has done him. His waking hours
are taken up with his work, and he
has no time to write himself.
HE has been a great tea drinker
all his life and has always liked it
strong.
Tea has, Of late years, acted on
him like morphine does upon most
people. At first it soothed him, but
only for an hour or so, then it began
to affect his nerves to such an extent
that he could not sleep at night, ana
he would go to his work in the morn.
ing wretched and miserable from the
loss of rest. This condition grew con.
stantly worse, until his friends per-
suaded him, some four months ago, to
quit tea and use Postum.
AT first he used Postum only for
breakfast, but as he liked the taste Of
1t, and it somehow seemed to do him
good, he added it to his evening meal.
Then, as he grew better, he began to
drink it for his noon meal, and now
he will drink nothing else at table.
His condition is so wonderfully i'm.
proved that he could not be hired to
give up Postum and go back to tea.
His nerves have become steady and
reliable once more, and his sleep ia
easy, natural and refreshing.
He owes all this to Postum, for he
has taken no medicine ana made no
other change in his diet.
His brother, who was very nervous
from coffee-drinking, was persuaded
by us to give up the coffee and usa
Postum and he also has recovered hia
health and strength" Name given hv
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road n
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason -
Ever read the above letter.
One appears from time 10 time NV
are genuine, true, and full Of hrrne
interest. "uAA
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Seven in Family Have Typhoid.

Huntsville, Ala.-Seven daughters of
Miller NcCown of Halle Green have
contracted typhoid fever since the death
Of their mother with the malady about
two weeks ago and have been brought
to the city hospital for treatment. The
eldest is 10 years old and the youngest
is a baby. Mrs. McCown contracted the
malady about a month ago and died two
weeks later, leaving eight girls, seven
of whom have become ill with the same
ai.me4t. One girl in the family has not
been sick.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
APPORTION JOHN D. FUND
Southern Methodist University Will Re.
ceive 5000, 900.

New York.5Conditional appropria-
tons aggregating $635,OOO were grant
ed to six colleges and universities by
the board Of trustees of tie John D
Rockefeller fund for education-the gen
eral education board-Friday. Applica-
tons from tw%enty-four institutions were
presented. From this list the board Sc
lected six, among which is distributed
conditionally the available funds as fol-
lows:
To Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, Texas, 100000 toward $1,000
900; to Furman College, Greenville, S.
c., $4,000 toward $1OO, 900; to Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, Pa, $4,000 to-
ward $16O,OOO; to Earlham College,
Richmond, Ind, $4,000 toward 100000;
to Grinnell College, Grinnelly Iowa, $780,
600 toward 100000, and to Smith Col
lege, Northampton, Mass, 100000 to-
ward 81, 900, 900.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

Westinghouse soon as congress
convenes next December DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley will begin a fight in congress OIL
patent medicine makers. An amend.
ment to the existing pure food and drug
act will be sought which will prevent
the sale of yalueless preparations ad.
vertised and labelled as cures for various
ills. The department of agriculture ex.
perts want congressional authority to
suppress CONCERNS now making false or
extravaganza claims for their products"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
7,74O,634 BALES
COTTON GINNED
SUM EXCEEDS LAST YEAR BY 1885,
900 BALES.
Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee Be
low Records-0ther States Exceed
Save Oklahoma.

Neutrality-suspicious. ginning through
out the South since the picking of the
crop of 1911 began has been carried on
with greater activity this season than
in any year in the history of the indus.
try and has resulted in the unprecedent.
ed quantity of 7,74o,634 running bales
of cotton ginned to October IS.
The census bureau report. issued Wed,
nesday, showed that greater. quantities
were ginned during the season in every
cotton state except Oklahoma.
There were 2,316,OOO bales more than
were ginned last year to the same date;
1,32@,740 bales more than during the rec
ord crop year of 1904, when AT per
cent. of this years total crop of 1887
80 running bales were ginned to Octo,
Der IS, and 1~,444,468 more than the big
crop year of 1908, when 48,1 per cent of
the years crop of |13,432131 running
bales were ginned to that date.
In Texas the ginning surpassed previ-
Gus decord by more than 100000 bales;
in Georgia by 428,OOO bales; in Alabama
by $4,000 bales; in North Carolina by
10000 bales, and in South Carolina by
10000 bales.
The number of running bales, count
ing round as half bales, with compare
tive statistics to the corresponding date
for the past three years and the percent
age of the total crop ginned to that date
in those years, is as follows:
United States, 7,74o,634 bales, com
pared with 5,423,628 bales last year,
when 400 per cent of the entire crop
was ginuned to October 18; 5,530,967
bales in 1909, when $40 per cent was
ginned, and $780, 66 bales in 1908, when
48.1 per cent. was ginned.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
TEXANS HOLD FOR IL CENTS
Farmers association Decides to Hold
Cotton for Better Price.

Galveston, Tex.-Members of the Tex
as Farmers Association have decided to
hold their cotton for better prices, and,
while while not specifying any price, it
is understood they want twelve cents.
Reports were sent out stating that
members had pledged themselves to
holding 100000 bales, with hopes of
making the amount closer to 1000 900
bales. The plan is to have the farmers
pledge to hold only such amount as
they can afford to hold indefinitely, and
the slogan is: eve will hold this cotton
till it rots or we get better prices than
have been offered so far this season."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Bull Guarded Human Prey.

E%lphinstone, Manitoba.-Guarded by a
ferocious bull, which had caused her
death, the body of Mrs. Johanna
Chiconys, who disappeared two weeks
ago, has been found, torn almost to
shreds by repeated gorings of the brute.
Only by the most determined efforts
could members of the searching party
drive the beast from his prey and re-
peatedly he returned to the spot. The
disappearance of the woman, the wife
of a farmer, seemed a mystery until the
body was found.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

Peking.-From Wuhu, the nearest tele'
graph station working with Hankow,
come reports that in a battle in and
around Hankow 5000 rebels are dead.
The rebels retreated to WI Chang.
Another dispatch from Wuhu an
u that after eerrlfic fighting at
Hankow the rebels have fallen back to
Hang Yang.
The combined attack of the loyal mil
itary and naval forces on Hankow was
successful. The imperialists routed the
rebels from intrenched positions near the
railway line. The rebels fought like
demons but were infladed by the guns
of Admiral Sah's squadron in the
Yangtze.
The leaders recognized that further
resistance only meant slaughter, and Or
dered a retreat. They were pursued by
the imperial infantry, who opened a
heavy fire with Maxim guns, moving the
insurgents down by the hundreds.
The desperate character of the fight
ing is shown by the report that 5000
rebels were killed and other thousands
wounded.
The situation in Picking is becoming
worse. A veritable panic prevails among
the Manchus, and the Manchu women are
adopting Chinese dress. Some of them
are attempting to make their feet APP
pear small, by peculiarly constructed
shoes. Most of the trains leaving the
capital are drawn by two engines, so
heavily are they loaded, the people sit
ting on top of their household belong
ings. officials are seeking asylums for
their wives and children among the for
eigners.
Rumors are current hat the emperor
has been spirited away and that Prince
Ching, who is too old for flight, has COM
mitted suicide. There are many such
stories. They may or may not be true.
The American legation has issued orders
that the women and children living along
the Peking-Hankow Railway and also in
the country to the west of the line shall
proceed as soon as possible to the coast.
The American consul-general at Han
kow, Roger S. Greene, reports that an
American, A. Fl. Kepler, has been wound
ed in the fighting around that city.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Two Counties Go Wet.

Portsmouth, O.-By large maiorities
two counties shifted from the dry col.
umn as a result of elections held in
Scioto and Lawrence counties, including
the cities of Portsmouth and %Ironton.
Portsmouth, which three years ago
gave a wet majority of 141 votes, rolled
up a majority of 1925 against the drys.
In Lawrence county twenty-eight pre-.
cincts out of a total of thirty-one gave
the vets 454, and it is conceded the
wet majority will be between 400 and
700
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
PULITZER DIES ON HIS YACHT
Heart Failure Ends Two Days Illness of
Publisher.

Charleston, S, C.-Joseph Pulitzer,
proprietor of the New York World and
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch, died Sun
day aboard his yacht, the Liberty, in
Charleston harbor, The Immediate cause
OF Mr.. Pulitzer's death was heart fail
ure. He had been in i'll heath for sew
eral days but until a few hours before
the end, none of those arouId him had
any suspicion of the gravity of his con-
dition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Finds Father Slain.

Tampa, Fla.-When Miss Ruth Hib.
bard joined a curious crowd which had
gathered at the engine house of a draw
bridge to view the body of a man who
had been killed she discovered that the
victim was her father, Marion NJ. Hib-
bard. She tainted at the sight. Hibbard,
a machinist, while repairing the ma
chinery, was caught in it and crushed to
death.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
TRIED TO ANNIHILATE FAMILY
Killed Father-in-Law, Injured Wife and
Her Mother, Kills Self.

Parkersburg, W. Va.-Carroll L.
James, a railroad conductor of this city,
shot and killed his father-in-law, Will
liam Pritchard, probably fatally wound
ed his mother-in-law, slightly injured
his wife, and committed suicide today at
Pennsboro, w. Va. James broke into
the Pritchard home and caught his vic
Tins while they slept. He made no
effort to harm his 4-year-old daughter,
who occupied the bed with her mother
and grandmother.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
BATH is FOR DUDES ONLY
Ephraim Rifle Thought So-Wife Di.
vorced After Three Months.

Muncie, Ind.-Tlat baths were only
for dudes and woman" was one of tho
principles of living If Ephraim Rifle, &C.
cording to allegations in a complaint for
divorce filed in the circuit court by Mar.
garet RIFLE. Riifle stated this principle,
It Is charged, three months after his we'd
ding, during which Priod his wife vainly
had pleaded with lin to take a bath
Then she left him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
LEAPED INTO DEN OF BEARS
Bears Refused to Harm Would-Be WO-
man Suicide.

Lima, ON an attempt to end her
life while suffering from dependency,
Miss Anna Harter, 80 years old, leaped
into a pit at the city park in which were
confined two large black bears.
The bears, however, refused to harm
her and she was found in the pit some
time later by Lee Stucky, a park attache.
The bears attacked him when he went
to the woman's rescue and drove him
from the pit, but they were subdued by
a stream of water and Sticky dragged
Miss Harter from the enclosure.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
FOUR DIED OF SCURVY
Leader of Holy Ghost Society Is Arrest.
ed as Result.

Durham, Me,-The Rev. Frank Sand
for1 leader of the Holy Ghost and
United States Society, was arrested at
Shiloh, the society's colony here, by a
federal officer. 1t is understood that
Sanford was wanted in connection with
the death of four of his followers from
scurvy, due to insufficient provisions, on
board the society's yacht Coronet.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Orders lis New Cars.

Chicago.-The Illinois Central railroad
through its president, Charles H. Mark
ham, signed an order for 115 large all
steel cars. The contract calls for the
expenditure of $500, 900 and provides
for enough all-steel cars to equip every
through train on the system, running on
the main line, with %wreck-proof cars.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
KILLED MAY BE WHITE
Men Sent to Identify Have Mysteriously
Disappeared.

UIsdPPtaItu.
Niles, Mich.-The alleged George A.
Kimmel, whom the New York Life In.
surance Company is trying to prove is a
missing resident of Niles in order to
avoid paying a policy on his life, sud.
denly left Niles for somewhere in the
North. His destination was kept a Sc.
cret. He left at noon and a few hours
prior to his departure j. w. Burt and
B. L. Cosmer the two Enid, Okla, men
supposed to have been sent here by At.
torney F. H. Bacon of st. Louis to iden-
tify Kimmel as A. II. White, a former
railroad conductor, also disappeared. They
left no hint of their destination.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

A New Jersey magistrate arraigned
himself before himself for violation Of
a town ordinance, pleaded guilty to
the charge and fined himself So, which
sum he paid and was released by him.
self. Some Spartan sense of duty is
still left in this selfish world.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Six Cut BY Lunatic.

New Orleans, La.--Six men were badly
cut by Henry Criger, who suddenly lost
his mind and ran amuck through a pas
senger coach on a south-bound Illinois
Central train soon after it passed Mag
nolia, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

1.-THE New York police department
has been equipped with an up-to-date
burglar alarm" But why should n
burglar want to steal a New York DO
liceman?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

English school boys struck lately,
demanding, among other reforms, abo.
lition of the cane. The cane also
struck in turn, and the incident has
become a closed but painful episode
In contemporary school history.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

A Californian claims to understand
the language Of bears. His services
would be invaluable in Wall street
during a sharp downward turn in the
market
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Small Circulation.

Shopman-Here is a very nice thing
In revolving bookcases, madam.
Mrs. Newrich-Oh, are those revolv-
ing bookcases? l thought they called
them circulating ibraries.-Christian
Register.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

Death has Just taken the man who
invented French heels for women's
shoes. 1t is to be hoped that he did
not die unrepentant.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

An eastern clergyman says that
wedding fees should be refused be-
cause they are no more than a wait
er's tips. Yes, they are, too. Eight
or nine dollars more.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

Newly manufactured lumber is said
to be made of ffty-seven per cent
waste paper. Who can tell? Some
day your old love letters may appear
as a board fence.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

When thought photography is per.
rected 1t may be possible to discover
what a politician thinks. All we know
nov is what he says.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

Germany is importing mules. This
would please Missouri, except that
Germany is importing its mules from
South America.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

Yaqui Indians used bullets OF gold
during the late Mexican war, in which
case we presume some of the war.
riors died at a profit.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

After he had made his first flight in
an aeroplane Postmaster General
Hitchcock said: THE time Is certain.
ly coming when we must depend upon
the aeroplane for carrying the mail"
When that time comes will people
who are hit by the pouches that are
dropped from above be liable to get
into trouble for o~bstructing the
mails?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

only actors and poets really live,"
says a noted Parisienne. But why
overlook the coal dealer at this time
Of year?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02
Up to Date.

Il notice that young Doctor Curem
uses autohynosis in his practice?"
of course he does. Didn't you know
he specializes in motor nerves."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

In order to get even with Italy, Tur-
key threatens to swoop down on
Greece. Another case of the limo
cent b%ystander getting the worst Of it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-02

The University Of Pennsylvania has
established a course in play writing.
The result can't be any worse than
what we are getting now.