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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
Confessed Murderous Assault.

MISUNDERSTANDING Koehler con.
fessed Saturday upon his arrest the
attempted murder of Miss Anna Mil.
Ter last Thursday when the girl was
fatally injured with blows from a
Ratchet Miss Miller's death is ex.
nected
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
Murdered Their Host.

Los Angeles.-Joseph Soldano, a
weH-to-do Italian, was killed at his
home here Sunday by two men who
had accepted his hospitality and
drank his wine. The assassins es
capped.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
To Meet Emperor.

Rome,-King Victor Emmanuel left
here Sunday for Venice. where he is
20 meet the German emperor. Extra
ordinary police precautions were TAX
on all along the route and prior to
the kings departure.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
Montanans for Taft.

Helena. Mont.-The Republican
state committee of Montana. after g
stormy session Saturday, defeated q
proposition for presidential primary
by vote of II to &c and Endorsed
President Taft.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
Japanese Diet Dissolved.

Tokio.-The imperial diet was dis.
solved on Monday on the expiration
OF the term of the members of the
house of representatives. The gen.
eral elections are to be held in May.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
chleaao WidoNt Murdered

Chicago.-Mrs. Anna Henke,
widow. was found dead in her home
here Monday. Circumstances indi
cate that she was murdered. The
police are searching for two men
who are under suspicion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
Three Children Burned to Death.

Shawano. Wis.-Three children OF
Fred Zeimer. a farmer. were burned
TO death Saturday when the Zeimef
home near Richmond was destroyed
by fire
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
on.=M,ne,s Iron OUTPUT.

A single mine in Minnesota pro-
duced a billion and half tons of iron
ore last year, which Is more than was
used In all America before 1854.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
The Brute

The Wife, do believe would fan
dead II you were To come home early
some evening.
The Brute-You will have to ofrer
a bigger bride than that.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
steal Elk Teeth Worth $4,000.

Minneapolis on Monday
blew the safe IN theater here,
stealing a collection of elk teeth val.
ued at $4,000. the property of w. F.
Gallagher, manager of the theatre,
and 5000 In cash
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-03-29
The One Idea.

A woman usually wants her hus.
band to be a man of one idea and It is
her belief that she ought TO be that
idea
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
ALL COUNTIES TO PARTICIPATE.
Law Providing Premiums for Each Of
Seventy.fve Counties.

Jackson.--ATl is Joy among the off.
cials and friends of the State Fair As.
ISOLATION. A bill was passed in the sen.
ate that will do more toward the pro.
motion and improvement of the associa-
ton than has been done in any one
year in its history.
1t provides thae each of the seventy
nine counties shall receive a premium
of one hundred dollars from the state
for the best exhibit at the fair. This
does not pit one county against the
other, but allows an equal premium to
all. 1t means that sevcnty.niue coun-
ties will be represented at the fair next
fall instead Of a few counties as here.
tofore. Some of them may not have the
very largest kind of exhibit the first
year, but they will have something, and
for that something, each of them will be
awarded one hundred dollars.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
SAYS COLD KILLED WEGVLS
DIR. HUNTER TELLS OF EFFECTS OF
FREEZE ON PEST.
Docs Not Give the Assurance That There
Will Be No Weevils in Delta
During Year.

Jackson.--Dr W. d. Hunter, chief er
tomologiSt of the United States depart
ment OF agriculture, bureau of plant in
dustry, is strong in the conviction that
the recently extreme cold weather has
killed millions OF boil wecvils in Mis-
sissippi.
DR.. Hunter does not hold out the hope,
however, that the destruction Of wecvils
has been so widespread that it will JUS
tify farmers in planting their usual acre.
age, or that there will not be an infesta-
ton by this pest in any section of the
state during the coming crop year.
Recently Mr.. r. 7. Spann, a promi'
ncnt planter OF the delta, addressed a
letter to DR.. Hunter asking for his
opinion as to what extent the wecvils
have been destroyed by tho unusually
severe winter. Dr.. Hunter has replied
as follows;
"Recent cold weather in the upper
Mississippi delta has undoubtedly de-
stroyed many, il not all, of the weevils
which flew into previously infested ter.
ritory during last fall. A temperature
of twelve degrees above zero is gener.
ally destructive to the ~weevils, but much
depends upon tho amount of protection
they may be under. With the very low
temperature recently experienced, it is
hardly probable that any insects have
survived north of Greenville, Miss. Tn.
doubtedly you understand that there
will be invasions of tho delta, begin.
ming in August of the present year, and
the weovil will regain the territory which
has been lost"
II is APPARENT, therefore, that, eve il
practically all Of the weevils have been
killed In that section of the state north
of Grcenville, it will afford very little
consolation TO the planters since there
Is certain to be q fresh Invasion of the
pest from territory where the tempera-
turc was not so low as in the northern
counties.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
SUIT AGAINST vARDAMAN ENDED,
Governor Places Disposition Of the SUIT
in the Hands Of Attorney. General.

Jackson.-The suit instituted by ordef
Of eS-Gov. e. F. Noel, against Ex-Gow.
James X. Vardaman for alleged misuse
of the contingent and other funds while
Vardaamn was governor win be dis
missed. Gov. Brewer, In letters to At
torney General Ross Collins and Judge
L. Brame, special counsel employed by
ExIGov. Noel, discla,med any responsi.
bility for the suit snd gave the attor.
ney.general permiss On to dismiss the
case as far as the executive department
is concerned. Acknowledgement Collins
sent to Gov. Brewer a complete review
Of the case from the standpoint Of the
states law department., and asking for
the governors coosent to dismiss the
suit.
Gov. Brewer referred the papere to
Judge Brame, who replied at esgtato
the attorney.generars connection. While
Judge Brame's letter to Gov. Brewer
was not given out to the press, IL il
understood that he protested against
throwing the case out of court. Gov.
Brewer took the position today in his
letter that the case was solely under the
jurisdiction of the Encouragement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
School Appropriation.

All wa jubilation in educational cir.
cles at the state capitol when the legis.
laturc passed the appropriation for the
public schools of the state for the years
1912 and 1913, amounting to $1,424,0ss.
This is So. per capita on the last enumer-
alton, and is the same amount as was
appropriated by the last Legislature. A
decrease was at first feared in some
quarters owing to the policy of the pres
ent legislature to cut down expenses,
but as it is, everything is lovely. Gov
ernor Brewer signed the bill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Mississippi
Legislature
D. AND 0. INSTITUTE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ANXIOUS
TO GET THE FACTS.
ResolutiOn Passed to Employ Expert t.
Check Up the Books of the
Institution.

Jacksonville legislative investigation
appointed to probe the Deaf and Dumb
Institute are interested in bringing all
OF the facts to light. Representative
Mackey OF Warren county introduced a
resolution empowering the subcommittee
on appropriations, which is prying into
the Deaf and Dumb Institutes affairs,
TO employ an expert accountant to check
up the Institutions books. The resolu-
ton was adopted. According to mem.
bers of the Legislature who are endeav-
oring to find out how the states money
was spent, there are several items on
the books which they want explained.
Among the items on which the lawmak-
srs want more light are those during
the 19O9-191O term of the institute
fresh meat and butter, $1,35O.77; har.
ness and repairs, $685.; miscellaneous,
$1,5s1.41; sewing and mending. $73.25;
seed, garden and grass, $50; trees, plants,
grass and labor for lawn, $6s.7O; total,
s3,233.Os.
Among the expenditures for the 1910.
1911 term which the solons want ex-
planned are these:
Carpentering and extra labor, $255.95;
fresh meat and butter, $1,405.58; harness
and repairs, $35.65; Poland China pig,
$50; incidentals, $s43.44; miscellaneous,
$356.S5; sewing and mending, $40; seed,
gardening and grass, $42.95; surrey,
$264.3O; trees, plants, grass and labor
for lawn, $37.10; total, $3,311.12.
The legislative probers assert that
there are twenty-seven Jersey cows and
a bull on the Deaf and Dumb Institute
farm, and they want to know why a
herd of Jerseys of that size cannot fur
nish enough butter for the institute.
They also are curious to know what has
become of the Jersey calves. The law
makers object to Jumping expenditures
under the heads of miscellaneous" and
"incidentals" and they wish to ascertain
the nature of the "incidentals" and "mis-
cellaneous."
The total expenditures for the two
years in the items enumerated for which
explanations arc wanted, are $6,544.20.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
THROWS WOMAN INTO WELL.
Citizens Near Starkville Wreak Terrible
Vengeance.

Starkville. Mann Hamilton, a negro,
positively identified by Mrs. John Bells
rs the black who attacked her, beating
her over the head with a pair of tongs
and then throwing her into a we'll waist
deep in water, was lynched by a mob
of citizens in the neighborhood eight
miles north Of S~tarkville.
When Mrs. Bells little son returned
from school he could not find his mother
and began calling for her and finally To-
Gated her in n well near the house. Upon
%uncovering and looking in the we'll he
saw his mother and gave the alarm.
The water was about waist deep and
Mrs. Bells kept from drowning by brac.
ing herself against the walls of the
well.
She makes the Jain statement that
a negro named MAJ Hamilton came to
her door about 8 OF jock and called her,
and she went to the door and he told
her he had n note from a neighbor.
When she reached for 1t he grabbed her
and pushed and dragged her through
the kitchen, and as she was fighting des.
peratcly, he beat her with the tongs over
the face and head until she was insen-
sible. Doubtless thinking he had killed
her, he threw her in the we'll.
From the blood on the floor and the
general arrangement Of the kitchen fur.
niture, it is evident that Mrs. Bell made
u hard fight,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
LOU SIAaA DEMANDS DAMAGES
DELEGATION IS GOING TO ASK FOR
S2I,o 900 FROM STATE.
Mississippi Is That Much in Debt TO
Pelican State on Account Of Fish
cries and Boundary.

Jackson.-President Miller, Commits.
sioner Fred J.. Grace, Amos l.. Ponder,
attorney for the commission, Frank I.
Payne, chief surveyor, and c. S. Babing.
ton, secrtary of the Louisiana game COM
mission, are in Jackson to ask from the
Mississippi legislature the sum OF abous
$21, 1000 which Is due the state of Louis
lana, as a result Of Mississippi having
lost the suit with the state of Louisiana
some years ago relative TO the boundaries
OF the two states and the rights to
catch oysters.
The trouble started during the admin.
istration of Gov. Vardaman, and went
to the supreme court OF the United
States. Louisiana's contention vas up
held, and Mississippi, being the loser,
will have to settle the costs, and about
$4,000 more in marking the boundary
of the two states and the fishing wa,
ters adjacent thereto.
This was the row in which the Louis.
lana authorities ordered out the state
forces, equipped some launches with
guns and arrested some Mississippi fish.
ermen, and which for a time babe fair
TO really result in a "war between the
states" sure enough.
There is no way to compel the state
Of Mississippi to pay the bill, unless
Louisiana should come up and seize tie
treasury, and if Mississippi don't want
to pay for her fun litigating there 10
no way to make her. And the mere men.
ton Of $4,000 at this time would scare
tho appropriations committee 10 death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
But Mamma Didn't,

Little Mabel was always tumbiing
down and getting hurt, but as soon as
her mother kissed the bumped fore
head Mabel would believe 1t cured
and cease crying. One day she accom-
panied her mother to the Union depot.
and while they were seated In the
crowded waiting room an intoxicated
man entered the door, tripped over q
suitcase, and fell %sprawling on the
floor. The attention of every one was
attracted to the incident, and in the
sudden silence following the fan Ma
bel called out:
Don't cry, man. Mamma II kiss
90, and 'en 90 II be all right."--Lip-
pincott's Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Pass Headlight Bill.

The railroads felt the hot end of the
legislative poker in both the senate and
house. The senate passed what is known
as the Headlight BILL" an act to compel
all of the railroads in the state over
twenty miles in length, except logging
roads, to equip their locomotives with
electric headlights. This bill, it is said,
only affects the Illinois Central, Yazoc
and Mississippi Valley and Louisville
and Nashville railroads and was fought
by these companies. All of the Other
RAILWAYS, it is said, use electric head
lights on their engines.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Modify LIQUOR Laws.

There is before the legislature now =
bill which draws a close line of d~istinc-
ton between the absolute letter of the
statutory prohibition law and its appli.
cation to circumstances which might tend
to commercial and industrial develop
ment. This is the bill which proposes
to legalize the development of alcohol
by the utilization of sawmill waste, and
to encourage the manufacture of the
same within the state, not for sale in
the state, however, but for shipment
beyond its borders.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Cut Augmentation.

The house cut the appropriation for
the support of the live stock sanitary
board from $4,000 to $4,000 per an.
mum. This is $4,000 per year less than
the appropriation heretofore available,
the legislature of 1910 having allowed
the board $4,000 per year for its work.
Members of the body stated that they
asked for an increase Of $4,000 per year
because of the enlargement of the plan
of work in Mississippi, in cooperation
with the bureau of animal industry of
the United States department of agricul.
ture.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
REFERENDUM IS FAVORED.
Law Including Initiative and Recall
Seems a Certainty.

Jacksonville Mississippi Legislature
took the first step toward ENGRAVING the
initiative, referendum and recall into the
laws of this state. House bill No. IFS,
known as the Mott bin, giving qualified
electors of any municipality in the state
the right of the initiate. referendum and
recall, was passed by the house.
The Meridian commission bill, provd-
ing for a commission form of govern
ment for Meridian and embracing the
recall feature, wa passed by the senate.
The vote in both houses was decisive
and indicate that both bills will be-
come laws. The initiative, referendum
and recall bill was rolled through the
house by q vote of so yeas to 81 nays,
while the Meridian bill was skidded
through the senate by a vote of 81
yeas to 2 nays. This is the first time
that an attempt has been made TO pass
such a law in Mississippi.
The spirit of economy still dominates
the house. That body slashed two APP
preparations heavily. The bill appro-
priating money to defray the expenses
of summer normal schools was cut from
$4,000, which was asked for, to $4,000.
The bill providing money for the con-
tinuation of cattle tick eradication work
under the live stock sanitary board was
pruned down from $4,000 to $4,000.
The appropriation at the last session
for this work was $4,000. The bill
passed is a reduction of $4,000 from the
last appropriation bill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Uniform Divorce Law.

The first step in the nationwide move
ment for uniformity of laws relating to
marriage, divorce, alimony, wife deser'
tion and the support OF children, was
made by Mississippi, when Mr.. Brame
Of Noxubee, introduced a bill for the
appointment of q commission on these
subjects and Mr.. Lewis of Chickasaw,
introduced a bill to make the laws OF
Mississippi more uniform and to punish
wife deserters and men who have de-
serted their children in other states and
located in Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
New Secretary Takes Charge.

Jackson.--Dr. W, W. Smithson, the
new secretary of the state board of
health, has formally assumed charge OF
his duties, succeeding DR.. S. II. Mclean,
who has discharged the duties of that
office in an exceptionally capable man.
ner during the past four years. All OF
the routine work OF the office, including
che field operations of the Rockefeller
Institution for Physical Research, on
whi-l an annual expenditure OF $4,000
per year is being made in this state, was
turned ovcr TO DR.. Smithson.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
FOR WOMEE'S MONUMENT
BILL INTRODUCED TO GIVE $500
TO THE FUND.
Promoters, However. Do Not Ask, Do Not
Want and Will Not Receive Leg
islatiye Aid.

jsckson.-Among the bills introduced
a. tho house, there was one, No. 1886,
by Mr.. Smith of Clay, appropriating
$3.50 toward the fund for the monu.
smeyt to the women Of the C~onfedcracy.
Mr.. Smith wsJ doubtless unawar OF
ths fact that tho Confederate veterans
Of the State and Sons of Veterans
have stated repeatedly, that they want
I'd this monument to DO a free will OF.
ferlng 10 the noble women Of the South,
aud Neither wanted nor would receive
any Legislative aid therefor, while at
the same time approaching the kindly
spirit in which the effort is made 10 oh.
taju il.
Hon. II. Clay Sharkcy of jackson is
urcuyrcr Of the fund, which Is rather
smh las yet, and will gladly receive
airy voluntary subscriptions and dona-
lions. Hon. Charles Scott OF Rosedale
Is president Of the association, and start.
ed II OIL with tho muni6cent gift Of q
thousand dollars.
Ee has also interested Mrs. Nellie
Nugcnt Somerville, who is going to can.
vass che state in the interests Of the
fund, and is already making dates to
look after the subscriptions and will be
In Sharkey county next week.
The design has been selected, and the
committee will meet at jackson on
March 90 to select a more elaborate
pedestal than the one suggested. The
monument is to occupy the place of honor
an front OF tho entrance TO the state
house at Jackson.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Raise Medical Standard.

The house passed a bill designed to
raise the standard of the medical pro.
fession in the state. The bill was known
as senate bill No. 95 and provides among
other things that all applicants to prac-
tice medicine must possess preliminary
educational qualifications and a diploma
of a college or medicine degree from a
medical college. The Measure was Bit
terly fought on the floor of the house,
but it was finally passed by a vote Of
66 yeas to 40 nays.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
THE DOCTOR HABIT
And How She overcame Il.

When well selected food has helped
the honest physician place his patient
in sturdy health and free from the
doctor habit" it is a source of salts
faction to all parties. A Chicago wom-
an says:
we have not had a doctor in the
house during all the S years that we
have been using Grape-Nuts food. Be-
fore we began, however, we had the
doctor habit and scarcely a week went
by. without, a call on our physician.
when u youngest boy arrived. &
years ago, l was very much run down
and nervous, suffering from indires-
ton and almost continuous headaches
I was not able to attend to my ordinary
domestic duties and was so neryous
that could scarcely control myselr
Unoer advice | took to Grape-Nuts.
i am now, and have been eve since
we began to use Grape-Nuts food, able
20 90 all my own work. The dyspep-
s1a, headaches, nervousness and rhan.
matism which used to drive me fairly
Wild. have entirely disappeared.
my husband finds that in the night
Work In which he is engaged, Crane
Nuts food supplies him the most whole
some, strengthening and s~atisfginr
lunch he ever took with him." NAM
given by Postum Co. RattIa N,an,
Mich. 10Y
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road
"eliviiie'' In pkgs. There's a reasor
Ever e the above lettery
appears from time to time. n
IRE true, and fan Of IN
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Curb .sOpen MufAer."

Among the measures introduced in
the house is one that will be hailed with
joy and glsdness by every resident of a
municipality of Mississippi and a good
many others who traverse the country
roads. 1t is designed to regulate the
use Of automobiles and motorcycles in
Mississippi. 1t provides that it shall be
unlawful to run either of the vehicles
with "open muffer" in any Incorporated
city or town of the state, and in the
country within 200 yards of a church or
q school house, or within 200 yards in
front or behind q vehicle drawn by
horses, mules or oxen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Professional Privilege Tax.

The first of the revenu bills was
passed by the house. The measure i'm
poses a privilege tax of $40 on all physi-
clans in the state. Mr.. Edens of Mon.
roe opposed the bill, bu. he was over
whelmed, and the doctors will have to
pay a privilege tax if the senate con
ours in the view of the house. The state
treasury is in hard lines, and the ways
and means committee is striving to find
sufficient revenue to pay the states e1-
penses during the next two years. The
indications are that all classes win have
to pay more taxes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Distribution Of School Land.

The official list for the distribution OF
the school fund has been completed. The
amount to be distributed is two-thirds
of the appropriation made for 1912,
which will amount in round numbers to
$949,393 on a basis of 712,044 educat.
able children. State Treasurer Stovall
states that he will have plenty of cash
to meet the drafts expected, as the
treasury balance at the close Of today's
business was 1885 ,O97 sc, leaving a
balance for other demands Of $405,.
705.66.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
Given Five-Year Term.

Mognolia.-The jury in the case Of
Sam Brumfeld returned q verdict find
ing him guilty as charged and Judge
Miller sentenced him to five years IN
the penitentiary. Brumfeld shot Tobias
Thornhill in July, 1910. The bullet
lodged in the spine and the young "a
has been paralyzcd from his waist down
ever since.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-01
JOSEPH A. BROWN DEAD.
Former Well Known Jackson Citizen
Dies in Seattle.

Jackson.--A telegram was received in
the city announcing the death of Joseph
A Brown, formerly a well known cit
izen of this city, which occurred in
Seattle, 10 which place no rcmoted about
twenty years ago.
Joseph Albert Brown was born at
Washington, D. G., February 10, 1s49,
and his early boyhood was spent alter
nateiy In Mat city and in Copiah county,
~ his fathers duties, Gov. Albert Gal.
iatin Brown, but at that time u member
OF congress, would require. During the
war periods, he was in Kinds county,
and after the war no entered the State
University at Oxford, where in 1868, he
graduated ut the head of his class.