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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
LORIMER PROBE
AGAIN STARTS
Investigation Promises to Take Wide
Ranee-Committee May Visit
Illinois.
(Bg Associated PreSS.)

Washington, June 20.-The second
investigation by a senate committee
of the circumstances surrounding the
election of MILAN L.orimer, of Illinois,
to the United States Senate, begun to-
day: The investigation promises to
take a wider range than the one last
winter, which after a bitter fight re-
suited favorably to Lorimer.
Every person mentioned in connec-
ton with the case will be examined
together with new witnesses, and it is
expected that visits to both Chicago
and Springfield will be necessary,
Lorimer will himself be questioned
minutely Former Governor Yates, of
Illinois, is expected to be a witness
Thursday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
DR.. CAMPBELL ACCEPTS POST

st. John, ~ b., June 20.-The Rev.
George NJ Campbell, D d, district
secretary of the Canadian Bible Socie-
ty, has accepted the offer Of profes-
sorship at the University of Mt. ALI
son College and will take the chair of
homiletics and practical theology at
the beginning of the college year next
autumn. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
OAKLAND CINE BUYS SITE.

Oakland, Cal. June 2O-The Oak
land & Antioch Electric railway, which
will operate between Contra Costa
county cities and Oakland, has pur
chased property for $65,000 at For
tieth street and Shafter avenue and is
negotiating for additional holdings at a
price of $4,000 for a terminal site.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
HARLAN REPORTED PARooNE0.

Pensacola, Fla. June 2O.-lt is re
ported that President Taft has par
doned w. S. Harlan, manager of the
Jackson Lumber Company, who has
been in prison at Atlanta, Ga, for SIX
months.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
CADETS TO REPLACE MILITIA

Seattle. Wash. June 20.-The Hoqu-
lam company of the Washington ma
tional guard has been mustered out.
Its place will be taken by cadets Of
the University Of washington
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20

per, C. D. Culley of Fayette, went
to the Bungalow last Tuesday to spend
several weeks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
LUMBER INTERESTS ARE VERY
MUCH OPPOSED TO THE
FRANCHISE SOUGHT.
WOULD BOTTLE UP TRADE


Situate. Ezplsi7ed
Jackson. Mis-. rrro 90 rn. CHAR.
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cover TOE broad . ee,1 '',[ ,nG nn,n.. nrJns '% "
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~1,s,,t the approval of Governor Noel
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
Mccormick Testifies.

Cyrus H. Mccormick, president of
the International Harvester Company,
was before the committee today to
tell what he knew of the 100000 fund
alleged to have been used in Lorimer's
behalf
Mccormick testified that Charles S.
Funk, general manager of his COM
pany, came to his office and said that
Edward Hines, Chicago lumberman,
had approached him on the subject of
the Harvester Company making con-
tribution to fund being collected to
recoup the expenditures in connection
with Lorimer's election. Funk said
he told Hines that the suggestion could
not be considered and that practically
ended the incident.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
TALES OF RICHES MADE TOLD
James H. Post Declares He Received
s1o,ooo,ooo in stock For Formation
Of The National Sugar Refining
Company. ..
(By Associated Press.)
Company.


ing Company, although he owned an
insignificant amount of its stock, was
acknowledged today by Horace Have
meyer, son of the sugar maget, in
testifying before the House sugar
trust" investigating committee. Young
Havemeyer admitted that while the
Havemeyer fortune was estimated at
SIS. 1000, 900. more than two-thirds of it
is now invested in the beet sugar in
dustry.
Surprising Tales Told.
With two separate committees of the
House delving into the history and
operations of the American Sugar Re-
fning Company and other corpora
tions, surprising tales of riches made
Overnight and sordid stories of alleged
frauds against the government are be-
ing brought out.
The special sugar trust investigat-
ing committee continued its inquiry
into the formation and workings of the
big sugar corporations yesterday, hav-
ing before it as a witness James H.
Post. president of the National Sugar
Refining Company of New Jersey.
The committee on expenditures in
the treasury department began work
on another angle of the recent weigh
ing frauds at the port of New York,
questioning oliver Spitzer, one of the
dock superintendents who was convict
ed and later pardoned by the presi-
dent.
How Havemeyer Rewarded.
Mr.. Post told how H. o. Havemeyer
had been rewarded for forming the Ma
tional Sugar Refining Company of New
Jersey by stock in the refinery worth
$4,000 ,000 stock which since had
> earned in dividends $2,500,000 more.
Mr. Post insisted that the $4,000. 900
did not represent only a promoters
profit Pressed for some explanation
of what it did represent, he finally
answered:
"Wen, there were three refineries
put together"
Asked how Havemeyer got posses
sion of the stock, the witness lacon-
ically replied:
81 sent it to him a few days after I
: received it,
Splitter told the committee on ex-
penditures in the treasury department
the entire history of the sugar weigh
:, ing frauds, describing dishonest
: weighing schemes employed on the
d. sugar docks as far back as 1885.
Says Government Erred.
That the government has erred in
its facts in the formal petition seeking
the dissolution Of the American Sugar
Refining Company was the declaration
& of James H. Post, president of the Ma
. tional Sugar Refining Company, before
u the committee
+ Mr.. Post fatty denied the allegation
Is contained in the governments petition
that he was the agency through whicl
an attempt was made by two great re
fining companies to control the suga
market.
N The denial came when Chairmai
u Hardwick of the committee questione
Mr.. Post as to the alleged manner 1
which he, as the head of the Nations
ed Sugar Refining Company in 1894, e
sh fected deal by which his compan
at and the American Sugar Refining Con
Iel pany agreed to limit the output of r
ar fined sugar and fix prices.
ar There. is no foundation for that
declared Mr. Post.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-20
THORNTON SIGNS
WITH JACKSON.

!. Jackson, Miss, June 90 :
!. Woodie Thornton. former mana ::
!. ger of the Greenwood team, has ::
:. been signed to finish the season ::
!. with Jackson. Sorrels remains ::
{: in charge as manager.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05


Most persons will guess lions or
tigers are the NEST dangerous AMI
mails to train" said an animal trainer
but they're wrong. Give lion one
good licking and he'll remember ii
He hits hack only when his man is
down or has his back turned. but
monkey will fight against any odds.
and you never can tell when he'll hit
back. Even a medium small monkey
can strike blow that will reach
through coat. vest and two shirts.
and he leaves nasty wound The
most daring thing ever did was to
go into monkey cage and take a
baby from its mother. The ordinary
house cat Is the most stubborn animal
under training. but the monk is the
most dangerous if you work the larger
kinds."-New York Sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
THE REAL sANs-eENE.
Story Of Her Adventurous Career Ia
the French Army.

Story of Her Adventurous Career Ia
the French Army.
Every one knows the washerwoman
who was so familiar with Napoleon In
Victorien Sardon's play Mime. Sans
Gene" but the real Sans-Gene who
lived at that time was dragon In
one of the great Corsican's armies and
spent twenty years in camps and bar
racks. in campaigns and battles over
Europe. In the Musee de LArmee In
Paris there is special case inside
which stands her equestrian statue.
Her real name was Marie Therese
Figueur, and she was born in Bur
gundy in l774. When ten, at the
end of the reign Of terror, she enrolled
In a cavalry regiment commanded by
one of her uncles and soon acquired
the nickname of Sans-Gene.
Nine. Sans-Gene fought in Germany
with the French and Batavian armies.
charged at Hohenlinden. took part in
the siege Of Toulon. was Ia the Italian,
Spanish and Austrian campaigns and
fought at Austerlitz and in Russia.
During the hundred days the emperor
conferred the Legion Of Honor upon
her, and she charged at Waterloo for
the last time.
With the restoration she left the
army to get married. She was then
thirty. In the course of her marital
career Sans-Gene had five horses shot
under her and was wounded eight
times In different engagements. She
died in hospital in 1881. London Globe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
A suhmarned Crater.

During the explosion of the volcano
of Krakatoa. In the strait Of Sunda, In
1888. large part of the island of Kra-
katoa was blown away. and the sea
took its place. Not long afterward
measurements were made of the shape
and depth of the cavity left covered
with water at the northern end Of the
disrupted island The results were pub
lished by DR.. verbeek in 1886. Lately
DR.. Won Bemmelen has remeasured the
submerged basin formed by the ex-
plosion. and he finds that within the
partial ring formed by the three re-
naming islands Of the Krakatoa group
there is a central basin, oval in shape
and with fairly level floor. having a
depth over considerable area Of 800
feet. Comparison with the former
measures indicates that there has been
no change in the sea floor during the
intervening years. There is no sign Of
volcanic activity.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
pr..erviro soider., Webs.

Naturalists employ an ingenious
method of preserving all kinds of spi
ders' webs The webs are first spray
ed with an atomizer with thin solu-
ton of artists shellac, and then, should
they be of the ordinary geometric
form. they are pressed carefully
against a glass plate, the supporting
strands at the same time being sew
cred After the shellac solution has
dried the plates carrying the webs can
be stored away in cabinet. Even
dome shaped webs may be preserved
in their original form by spraying
them with shellac and then allowing
them to dry before removal from theii
supports. Many spiders webs are very
beautiful. and all are characteristic of
the species to which they belong. SO
that from a scientific standpoint their
permanent preservation is very desir
able
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
None are less eager to learn than
they who know nothing. -Suard.
Africa,a Gold Coast.


The Gold Coast Is a British colony
on the west coast Of Africa. Its eli
mate is VIGOROUSLY unhealthy, the
heat and moisture being excessive; the
coast is lined with unhealthy swamps
and shallow lakes, while the peculiar
rock of the country is said to give of.
under the influence of the air and
moisture. large quantities Of hydrogen
gas. The native towns are crowded
and dirty, intermittent fevers and 9TH
er diseases being always present.
These are peculiarly fatal to Euro.
peans, though the natives do not sur
fer so much. The whole region Ia
more or less a gold producing county,
but at present the value Of the terri
tory is chiefly due to the profusion OF
vegetable products supplied by the rich
soil. Cocoanut and palm oil, bread
fruit, Indian corn, yams, sweet pota
toes, lines and oranges are only some
out Of many other valuable produc
tons of this territory The principal
exports are gold dust and palm oil.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
PYRAMID OF cHEoPs.
u Would Take a Hundred Millions to
nunIina&e IL Tadau

u Would Take Hundred Millions to
Duplicate II Today.
One of the most familiar questions
asked by personally conducted" tour
lists visiting Egypt and the great pyra-
mid built by Cheops is. 81 wonder how
much it cost to build itY' A building
contractor with a head for figures and
building estimates has estimated that
the Cheops pyramid could not be dupli-
Gated today for less than $780, 100000
With modern machinery and the en-
ployment Of 10000 stonecutters. haul
ers, Quarrymen. masons and laborers
duplicate Of the pyramid could be
erected in two years.
1t has been calculated that the work
really required the services Of 100000
men for thirty years. The Cheops
pyramid occupies space of 1871 acres
and is 748 feet high and contains 143.
S15.OOO cubic yards of stone and gran
lite. The material alone represents an
item of $36.O00OOO. while the labor
would increase this about by $72 1000.
0O0 TO this must be added $3.O00.OO0
for tools. transportation and similar
items. The pyramid Is built on a solid
rock $50 feet deep. and to build foun-
dalton of this character would add to
the cost to the extent of making the
total Of $l00.O00.0 00.-New York World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
A MENACE TO Oil SHIPS.
Ths Deadly vapor That Stays After

Ths Deadly Vapor That Stays After
the Petroleum Is Gone.
The explosion of vessels carrying pc
troleum frequently occurs, and this is
generally caused not by the cargoes Of
oil which they contain, but by the in
Gammable vapor which is left behind
after the huge tanks of the ships have
been emptied.
1t is difficult to remove all the oil
that adheres TO the sides Of the tank.
and the evaporation Of the oil film
left In them after they have been
pumped out takes place with great
rapidity. Moreover. the vapor thus
formed mingles readily with the air
and is capable Of rendering more than
1000 times its own volume of the for
mer infiammable A spark may thus
cause fearful explosion In the hold
Of a ship that is apparently empty.
A dim of petroleum spreading over
the surface of the water has been
known to produce enough Of this vola-
tile and dangerous vapor to cause q
con6agration, by which number Of
ships lying In harbOr have been sud-
denly enwrapped in roaring flames as
II by stroke of magic
In some parts Of the world. as at
Baku, the center Of the Russian petro-
leum trade. film of oil continually
covers the water for considerab BILE
distance from shore, and warnings OF
the danger there have more than once
been overwhelming
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
Man For All Jobs.

Is there single position that no
body will take? Not so long since the
position Of public executioner fell va
cant. but in spite of the grim occupa
ton there were very considerable
number of applicants. Prison warders
suffer from no blank spaces in their
forces. and there is always a sufficient
supply of recruits to meet any de
mand.
Work In the sewers is not nearly so
bad as it is imagined to be; but, how
ever unpalatable the tasks. there are
always beginners ready for employ
ment. Scavengers we can always get.
and each lowly but necessary calling
Is well filed.
Turning to dangerous avocatious,
there is no shortage of divers or stee-
plejacks. Dynamite and gunpowder
mills do not have to seek far for
hands.
Is there a single job carrying some
sort of remuneration for which there
are no applicants 7-London Answers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
Mildly cansI,rinn Him.

my goodnessF she says, with 4
pretty scowl Il think girl wouic
feel dreadfuIly foolish If she proposed
to q man"
~ should think so. too" replies thu
diffident youth.
But then suppose there are some
girls who are just simply compelled tf
do the proposing" she signs.
After an hours consideration OF
that remark he realizes what SHIT
really MEANS oman's World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
vicarious Candy.

A group OF children were playing in
gutter. A passerby walked slowly.
watching the active preparations Of a
little mother" aged about seven. who
was marshaling her charges into or
der. apparently in preparation for
some urban excursion. Something had
gone wrong. and one small kid was
bowling
"Shut your noise. Tommy Higgins.
and be good this minuter admonished
the motheret. with a promissory
smack. If you don't stop like tell
you I'll leave you right here In the
mud gutter. You can't go wild us till
yez closes yer noise and BEES good
boy. Do you know where we're goin'
Well. we're goin' in the next block to
the candy factory to smell the candies
cookin' And do you yer know what
they're maxim today? Well, it's
chocolate creams and pep'mint"-New
York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
HARD METALS.
They Come From Titanium and Are AZ
Firm as the Diamond.

They Come From Titanium and Are az
Firm as the Diamond.
The diamond has ever been regarded
as possessing one quality that placed it
beyond rivalry namely, that Of hard
ness. There are several gems that COM
pete with it In beauty. and at least one
the ruby-when of rare size outranks
it in costliness. but none In the whole
list equals 1t in hardness. The hardest
steel cannot equal the diamond in that
respect.
But there are at least two products
of chemical experiment that have
proved, according to French chemists,
to be as hard as diamonds. These are
produced from the rare metal titanium.
One experimenter, 1t is claimed, sue
ceeded In preparing titanium in the
electric furnace. In the pure form it
is much harder than steel or quartz.
and when combined with silicon or
carbon so as to form a silicide or boz
ride Of dtanium it matches the dia-
mond itself In hardness.
Ttanium resembles tin In its chem
zeal properties. and it Is the character
istic element In the beautiful red and
brown crystals Of rutile. These, in the
shape Of needles, are sometimes found
penetrating large white quartz crys-
tails, forming gems that the French
call 'love's arrows York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
The vsastabls Lamb.

One Of the most remarkable nat
ural fetishes in the world is the Chi
uese kouchi, called by some people
1.-THE vegetable lamb" 1t is regarded
by the natives Of China as something
supernatural They believe it to be
part vegetable and part animal. The
plant certainly bears a resemblance to
an animal. although it might be taken
for a pig as readily as lamb. Kou-
chi ia composed principally of the
plant known as rhizome and springs
from seed After attaining Its full
height roots and tendrils spring from
the fber and grow downward until
they enter the earth. 1t is this peculiar
formation which has caused it to be re
garded with so much awe. The Chi
nese claim that after 1t has reached
its full size it ceases to be vegetable
and turns animal. feeding upon the
tender shoots of plants which grow
near It, Wairarapa Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
Maaaas az MusaaI..

The mussel's natural home Is at the
bottom Of the sea, never in very deep
water and yet deep enough to be near
~ always covered at any state Of the
tide. For preference 1t likes bed Of
sand or smooth, fine gravel. To this
bed 1t attaches itself by the hgature-
like growth on the shell known as the
byssus, and thus. standing on end
with its point to the bottom of the sea,
It forms itself in a dense mass SO
closely packed together that not an
inch Of the sea floor is visible. AS
new ones come they do not extend the
ground space occupied. but range
themselves one on top of another In
layers. all firmly fixed together by a
living cord of connection. In this po-
sition they are exposed to many dan
gers A heavy storm may break the
mass to pieces and dispense its con
stituents far and wide. An alteration
Of the tidal current may sweep sand
avalanche upon them and bring about
their end by suffocation. Even II they
escape these dangers it is certain that
bottom layers will be crushed out Of
existence
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
HUMAN BOATS.
Swimmers Who Used to Rig Them
selves With Sails.

Swimmers Who Used to Rig Them
selves With Sails.
When you throw piece Of wood into
the water and watch how nicely 1t
floats. has 1t never occurred to You to
make yourself into boat and to go
floating about as easily and coolly as
a real boat does?
This may sound very queer. but to
one who has confidence in himself it
is quite practicable. as was proved
many years ago by DR.. Bedale of
Manchester This gentleman. a noted
long distance swimmer. was often to
be seen floating about the river Mer-
sey for hours at time. He used to
fasten a strong belt round his waist
and attach to it light mast and sail.
which he could furl or unfurI as he lay
comfortably on his back. and no doubt
it was very enjoyable.
This was carried step further by
another noted swimmer. Captain Roy
ton. who used to think nothing of sail
ing up and down the English channel
clad In dress inflated with air and
with sail fixed to his feet Once.
indeed. he actually crossed the chan
mel from Dover to Calais. but on this
occasion he used paddle with which
to steer himself.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
KEPT ABOVE GROUND.

Ingenious Way Major Hook Evadsd
the Terms Of viii.
Among ingenious ways Of eyading a
will the plan followed by Major Hook
and recorded In Ancient. Curious and
Famous Wills may be commended:
A county newspaper some years
ago recorded the death Of a Major
Hook and spoke OF him as "a singular
character" He died. says the re-
port. ION Monday sennight at his
house, Ham street. Ham common. He
was an officer In the East India COM
pany's service and reached the age Of
seventy-five. His house was remark
able for its dingy and dilapidated con-
dition."
His wife had become entitled to a
life annuity, bequeathed to her In
these ambiguous terms: "And the
same shall be paid to her as long as
she is above ground" When. there
fore, the good lady died her husband
very naturally objected to forfeit his
income by putting her below ground
and ingeniously devised a mode OF
keeping her In room which he allot-
ted ito her sole and separate use.'
placing a glass case over her remains.
For thirty years he thus prolonged his
enjoyment. If not Of his wife's society,
at least of her income.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05
LonofeIlov,, Inoor,nlsta Lihrarv.


! remember there was one little boy
Of whom Longfellow was very fond
and who came often to see him. One
day the child looked earnestly at the
long rows Of books In the library and
at length said. "Have you got Jack
the Giant KilIerY''
Longfellow was obliged to confess
that bis library did not contain that
venerated volume. The little boy look
ed very sorry and presently slipped
down from his knee and went away,
but early next morning Longfellow
saw him coming up the walk with
something tightly clasped in his little
fists. The child had brought him 2
cents with which he was to buy a
lack the Giant Killer" to be his own
Annie Field. Authors and Friends"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-12-05

A certain Yankee was touring through
Devonshire, and, calling at an inn, be
ordered some Of the famous cider. Not
finding it to be what he had expected.
he inquired how it was made.
"Oh," said the publican. I'VE stood
barrel of water at one end OF room
and threw applies at it"
This cansed general laugh. but the
Yankee was equal to the occasion.
WAL" he said, Il guess you didn't
hit is very often."-London Ideas.