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The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02
$2O,OOO,OOO FIRE IN SALEM
over 1000 Buildings Are Burned and
10000 People Made Homeless.
Historic Places Spared.

Salem, Nearly half Of the
"old witch city" of Salem, rich in his
toric buildings and tradition, was de-
vastated by a fire that caused an es-
timated loss of s2O,OoO,OOO, destroyed
1000 buildings, including score of
manufacturing establishments. and
made 10000 of the $4,000 residents
homeless.
The fire originated in the Korn
Leather factory on the west side Of
the city and swept through the shoe
and leather manufacturing district,
running every building in a curving
path two miles long and more than a
half mile wide.
Burning embers, carried by a strong
northwest wind, started fires in two
other sections, the fashionable resi-
Dental district adjacent to Lafayette
street, and manufacturing and ten
ement house district on the peninsula
bounded by Palaer's cove, South
river and the water front.
Late in the evening brands kindled
fourth fire in the plant Of the Salem
Oil company in Mason street. The oil
tanks blew up with a terrific report,
and showers of sparks fell threaten
ingly on a part Of the town that be-
fore had not been in imminent dan
ger. This fire, however. was checked
after it had destroyed the oil COM
pany's plant and thirteen houses.
When the flames were believed to
be under control, all the historic and
literary landmarks had escaped de-
struction. These included the Peabody
Museum, old custom house, where
Nathaniel Hawthorne did much of his
literary work and "The House of Sew
en- Gables" made famous by the nov
elist.
The fire was burning on Derby
street, not far from the Peabody Mu-
scum, but it was thought the build
ing and its valuable collection Of Gu
rios would be saved.
"The House of Seven Gables" also
was In the danger zone.
Several buildings were dynamited.
No fatalities had been reported, but in
the confusion it was impossible to
determine the casualties.
Some fifty injured persons were re-
ceived at hospitals.
Thousands of homeless were camped
on Salem Common, and the city was
policed by militiamen.
The great destruction was due to
poor water pressure. The burned
buildings include the plants of a score
of manufacturing companies, among
them the big factory of the Naumkeag
Cotton Mills, twice as many business
places, st. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church, recently. erected at a cost Of
$3.50 900, the orphan asylum and
more than 200 residences and tene-
ment buildings. Among the residences
were colonial houses which artists
have declared to be the finest types
of that architecture in the country.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

BY q unanimous opinion, the Missie-
sippi supreme court sustained the act
of the legislature OF 1914, known as
the -Mott-Lewis acl for the regula'
ton Of liquor shipments into the state,
by reversing the lower court in three
test cases which originated in the
chancery court of Warren county.
The opinion in the case was presented
by Chief Justice Smith. which set
forth the facts and law involved. There
were three cases, in two of which the
American Express company was the
appellant, and one case involving the
Southern Express company. These
carriers had refused to accept for ship
ment certain packages containing
liquors or beer for transportation from
points in Louisiana to points in Mis-
sissippi, on the ground that the ship
pers had not complied with the pro-
visions of the act requiring certificate
that such liquors were intended for
private consumption to be attached to
the package. There were other excep-
tions to the act, which were fully set
out in the Bill OF injunction which was
gotten out to compel the express COM
panies to accept and forward the ship
ments. These were sustained by
Chancellor Thomas, and from that de-
cree the appeal to the higher court
was taken.
Stated briefly, the supreme court
holds that under the Webb-Kenyon act
of congress certain latitude is given
the states in the matter of enacting
laws for regulating such features Of
interstate traffic as may fall within
their jurisdiction, which traffic is
deemed to be against the public morals
and welfare. The court had made a
careful study of all features brought
into the case and of the decisions of
other states, notably Kentucky, Ten
nessee and South Carolina, and the
was that the law is valid;
is not in conflict with federal law, nor
with interstate commerce, and that
the lower court should be reversed
and the bill dismissed.
The case has been before the court
for several weeks and has given the
court occasion for much study and re-
search. and now that the act is sus-
tanned, it is believed that shippers and
others will be guided by the decree.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02
COLONEL DEFENDS PERKINS
viii Not Let Harvester Man Be Read
Out Of Party-Would Go Out
With Him.

New York. Theodore Roosevelt
who returned to America on the I'M
perator, vigorously defended Geo. w
Perkins, chairman of the progressive
national executive committee, whose
resignation as chairman was demand
ed. receitly by Amos Pinchot Mr.. Pin
chot had declared Mr.. Perkins affilia-
tion with certain big business inter
ests made him unfit to hold his posi-
tion.
when they read Perkins out, said
Col. Roosevelt, "they will have to read
me out, too"
The colonel reiterated that he would
not be a candidate for the governor
ship Of New York this fall He said
his health was all right now and that
he would speak at Pittsburgh June 80.
Il shall not be able to speak in the
open air or made continuous speaking
trips" the colonel said. However, I
shall be able to deliver a certain num-
Der of speeches indoors.
'.Mr. Perkins, declared the colonel
in his reference to the national execu-
tive chairman, "has been, on the
whole, the most useful member Of the
progressive party He has striven in
absolutely good faith for the princi-
pies of the party, both as regards cor
porations and business generally, and
as regards the group of questions
dealing with the welfare of the wage
Garner and his economic and social
advance. As for reading him out Of
the party, when that is done they will
have to read me out. too
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MANY ARE KILLED BY QUAKE.
sumatra Earthquake Destroys Much
Valuable Property-6ig Steamer
Missing Buildings Collapse.

Batavia, Java.-M Many we're killed or
injured in an earthquake which caused
widespread damage in Southern SUI
matra
Many buildings collapsed at Benkoe-
len, the capital. and telegraph and ca
BILE communication was interrupted.
The British steamer Kintuck of the
China Mutual Steam Navigation COM
pany, crowded with emigrants, was re-
ported ten hours overdue, and it was
feared she had met with an accident in
connection with the earthquake. A
steamer has been sent from here to
search for her.
Sumatra is the largest island of the
Malay archipelago, except Borneo. It
has number of volcanoes, some ac-
tive and some believed extinct. The
population is estimated at 3,500.0OO,
among whom are about 5000 whites.
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choctaws cIInch Their Victory BY Act
Of Congress.


Of Congress-
Jackson-The Mississippi Choc-
taws clinched their victory when the.
senate amended the Indian appropria-
ton bill by inserting a proviso to the
item appropriating 500 for each Of
the Choctaws to the effect that the
distribution Of the money should not
take place until tile status of the Mis-
sissippi Choctaws had been deter
mined by congress. The senate by a
vote Of 33 to 81 refused to rescind the
action taken when It adopted the VIII
liams amendment. which makes it nec-
essary If the Oklahoma Choctaws
want to get any Of their tribal money
to consent to a settlement, by CON
gress. of the status Of their Mississippi
brethren living in Mississippi and
Louisiana and few in Alabama.
The Mississippi and Louisiana con-
gressmen who have made three or
four-year fight fer the Mississippi
Choctaws are unwilling to have the
Indian bureau settle their status. The
Indian bureau once made up rolls Of
the tribe, which we're pigeon-holed for
seven or eight years and then were
disapproved by the secretary of the
interior, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, be-
cause, as John Sharp Williams assert
ed, the cis-Mississippi Indian could
not prove who was his great-grandfa-
Tiers grandfather. Hitchcock was un-
der the impressio1 that every Indian
should be able to trace his genealogy
as easy as he cou2d his, his ancestor
being Ethan Allen of Triconderogs
fame.
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Witnesses Absent.

The opening skirmish preliminary
to the trial of Lieut.-Gov. Theo. G..
Bilbo, charged with completely in an
alleged bribery deal during 1912 with
State Senator G. A. Hobbs of Lincoln
county and Steve Castleman of Bel
zoni, the latter alleged to have been
the man with the cash, was fought in
the Kinds county court house.
Judge James A. Teat of Kosciusko,
who is holding the court, again as
sumed the reins and indicated it was
his intention to handle the case firm
ly, but impartially. There were few
tits between counsel or between
court and counsel.
Most of the time after the prelim-
mary rounds was consumed in sound
ing the witness docket, there being
more than 500 for the defense. Not
more than one-third of these witnesses
responded to their names. The witness
list included upwards of a hundred
members of the legislature.
The first name on the list Of defense
witnesses, State Senator A. w. Bond
of Harrison county, failed to respond.
as did DR.. ]. d. Donald of Hattiesburg,
senator from the Second district
After calling these and other names
of those upon whom service had been
acknowledged, the court directed that
fines of SIS each be imposed, declar-
ing the defendant was entitled to their
attendance if found and it was their
business to be here.
After an inquiry Of defendants
counsel as to whether their missing
witnesses are material to the issue,
and upon being answered in the af
frmative, Judge Teat said:
''Very well, gentlemen, will di-
rect compulsory process to issue for
their appearances. You are entitled
to have these witnesses. on hand and
the court will do all that it can to get
them here"
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sTAIeER GETS LIFE SENTENCE.
New Motion for Trial Is overruIed BY
The JUDGE.

Hattiesburg Judge Arnold sem
fenced Joseph Staiger. convicted of
the murder of A. P. Miller, to life i'm
prisonment, overruling all motions
made by counsel for the defense for a
new trial The defense sought a new
trial on grounds affecting part Of the
testimony Of j. NJ. Rogers, the first
man to talk to Staiger after the shoot
ing, also on the ground that ]. R. Tai
Iy and R. S. Hall, the prosecuting at
torneys, in their speeches. made state
ments concerning the defendant that
caused the jury to become biased.
Counsel for the defense win prob
ably take the case to the supreme
court. Staiger is in jail awaiting the
outcome of his attorneys moves.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02
BRYAN's REQUEST DENIED
House Refuses to Provide Him With .
Special Secretary at = Sal
airy Of $4,000.

Washington. Secretary Bryan was
refused by the house a special assist
ant secretary at salary of $4,000 a
year to help out in the work of the sec
retary's immediate office. Speaker
Clark put himself on record in oppo-
sition to the proposed new official.
The speaker opposed similar move
made several years ago by P. G. Knox,
then secretary Of state, who recon-
mended the creation Of the office of
under-secretary Of state.
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Oral Pleas End.

In order to expedite their work dur
ing the next fifteen days of the pres
ent term, the judges of the supreme
court have decided to hear no more
oral arguments in any cases now pnd-
ing. The court has instructed the
clerk to issue notice to the bar to this
effect, but that a limited number of
cases from the pending docket, that of
the Southern district, will be received
on brief, if counsel representing the
litigants desire to submit their cases
in that way. Clerk Myers has pre-
pared list of forty cases, accompa-
MED by a letter of directions, indicat-
ing that the attorneys connected may
take steps to submit briefs in them, If
they may so elect.
The court also announced that the
tribunal will take final adjournment
on Monday, July 1S, until the second
Monday in October.
There is considerable speculation in
regard to the appeal in the case of w.
A. Montgomery VS.. the state, involv-
inf the trial, conviction and sentence
of the penitentiary trustee a year ago
at the term corresponding to the pres
ent Kinds county criminal term. This
case was argued and submitted to the
court, but no one except the judges
themselves know just when it may be
expected
There is a PROBABILITY that the de-
cision of the supreme court. sustaining
the new Mississippi liquor shipping
law may be carried to the supreme
court Of the United States on writ
of error.
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Refllae conIev New TrlaI.

Atlanta, Ga.-James Conley, the ne
gro factory sweeper, sentenced to
serve one year in prison as an acces-
sorry after the fact to the murder Of
Mary Phagan, for which crime Leo M.
Frank, now is under sentence Of
death, was refused new trial by
Judge Ben H. Hill.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

New York-The biggest mercan-
tile failure in the history of the United
States was precipitated when receiv-
ers were appointed for H. B. CIaflin
Company CT this city. The company,
it is estimated, owes more than $30.-
100000. which at the present time it
is unable to pay. It's assets are said
to be S44 900, ,000.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02
MoroR sERVIcE soueHT.
Movement to Operate Them Between
Towns in Mississippi.

Movement to Operate Them Between
Towns in Mississippi
Anguilla. is a movement oa
foot here to create a traction company.
to operate motor trucks from the up
per end of Sharkey county to Mayors
vile, Miss, a Mississippi river town,
in Issaquena county, for the purpose
of hauling cotton and other products
for shipment to points north and south
on the Mississippi river. and to haul
merchandise and other freight from
this point for distribution along the.
proposed line as far north as Percy
Miss.
There is a great deal of interest be
ing manifested by both planters and
merchants along the proposed route,
as they then can receive shipments by
river at a great deal less cost than
by rail, and will be a great saving
in cotton shipments alone. There is
also another movement on foot to get
the Southern railway to extend its line
from Richey, Miss, down the west
bank of Sunflower river to Landing,
Miss, thence into Anguilla. This ter
ritory being without a railroad, the.
property owners and others will make
some very attractive offers for this
extension.
A meeting will be called in a few
days to appoint committees to look
after the success of these movements.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Jackson. There will be no pardon
granted yet awhile for Marvin McDan.
lei, an Amite county white man who is
serving a life sentence for the muir.
der Of Thomas H. Talbert, if the op-
position and protest entered by the "a
ther Of the murdered man can stop it.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

independence. Cal. silas Christof:
ferson. aviator. In a biplane, flew over
the peak OF Mount Whitney, 1883
feet high. He attained an altitude es-
timated at more than $1,000 feet. and
established, it Is contended, new
American altitude record.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Atlanta. Ga-Fifty children were
injured here when pavilion at To-
cal amusement park collapsed during
3 picnic given for the inmates of the
local Hebrew orphans home. None OF
the injuries was fatal
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Activities Of militant suf-
fragettes, which have been in sus-
pense since Premier AsQuith agree
to receive a deputation of East End
working woman, were resumed in at
tacks on city pillar boxes and an or
ganized raid rn West End theaters.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Watertown. S. D.--A tornado tore g
path through the city, four blocks
wide and eighteen blocks long. No
fatalities are reported, but scores were
injured. The property damage Is
many thousands Of dollars.
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Gen. Whistler pies.

Pensacola, Fla.-Gen. Garland N
Whistler, aged SIS. U. s. A.. retired.
died suddenly at his summer home
here from apoplexy or indigestion. be-
fore medical aid could reach him.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Enterprise The ashes of MZs. Lima
Lawton, q former resident Of this
place, who died on February Of this
year, il Detroit, Mich. and whose
body was cremated. was brought here.
and buried in the Odd Fellows ceme
terry.
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vlcksburg Peter Erickson. Grand
Island, Neb. who masqueraded here
under the assumed name Of S. L.
Johnson. was convicted for the second
time Of murder in the first degree at
Fort Gibson and sentenced to be
hanged.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Washington Miss Belva A. Lock.
wood, "a. the only woman who ever
ran for TIE presidency. fell IN her Of
flee here and suffered a broken arm
and shoulder.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

University Of Mississippi The high
school conference. which has just
closed at the university. has been one
OF the most interesting and instructive
meets for high school principals and
teachers ever held in the state.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Lyman is threatened with water
famine. large numbers Of the drove
wells there having gone dry. Even the
ponds, where green logs were kept for
the mill Of the Ingram-Day Lumber
company, are now lower than they
have been in the history Of that plant
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Lorienf, France Sarah Befnhardt
was suffering from severely twisted
knee when she arrived here, and was
carried in chair from her private
car.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

The Senatobia Greek drainage COM
mission has succeeded in placing the
contract to dig the two main bitches
with A. c. Miller of Walnut Ridge,
Ark. The contract was let at s12.75
per cubic foot.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Dundee, Scotland. Horace Cout-
nay Gammell- Forbes. nineteenth Baron
Forbes, IS. representative peer for
Scotland. cut his throat in hotel
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Meridian. - A telephone message
from Rio. twenty-five miles north OF
Meridian, on the Kemper county line,
where James Bates is alleged to have
committed criminal assault on the
three-year-old daughter Of Albert Mott
Friday. reports all quiet.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Prenfiss s-The residence of Dolph
Burrows was destroyed By fire. loss
being total. The flames spread so
rapidly that it was impossible to save
any Of the contents.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02
Fireman ls Killed.

Akron, Ohio Henry Luettervelt, 2S,
married six weeks. fireman, was
killed and Fire Chief John Mertz bad
" injured at a fire here.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

No EFFORT viii be made by Meridian
banks to secure any portion of the
crop fund OF $500 100000 offered BY
the government to move the crops dur
ing the harvest season.
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e. school Money.

E2EL 5C74Q7 WVTET7
Chancery Clerk w. r. Pistole OF NE.
ridian has received Lauderdale coun-
tvs portion Of the state distribution
school fund Ihe warrant amounts
10 &11 .975.25 and viii be placed IN the
county treasury
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Washington President Wilson has
approved the sentence OF dismissal i'm
posed on Maj BENJAMIN M. Koehler
Of the coast artillery corps by a court
martial.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Meridian News reached Meridian
from Rio. in Kemper county. that John
Ward had been shot and dangerously
wounded BY his 12.year-old son.
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Garter Speaks

Representative E. Bunyan Carter Of
Amite county. who is Candidate for
acknowledgements, made q speech st
Abbeyille.
The Mississippi Dental association
convention adjourned at Vicksburg aft
er election OF officers and selected
Jackson. Miss. as the next place fer
meeting
Rev Simon Smith. charged with de-
serEing his wife and five children and
eloping with his sister-in-Iaw, was al
lowed bail at Purvis in the sum Of
$500
Orders were issued at police head
quarters in Meridian to al officers 20
enforce the traffic law and to arrest
and put charges against every person.
violating the speed laws of the city
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-07-02

Grenada During the hottest day OF
The year. the Thermometer registered
LOS in the shade short shortly after
noon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-02
ODER Hill

Miss Ida Manning was at home from
the L. G. A. over Thanksgiving.
Charlie Lambert shot fine buck deer
the past week, having eleven points.
Miss Isadore Hurlbut of McKinistry
Hill is visiting her sister, Mrs. Morton
Manning.
School began in this district Monday
for the water term with Flossie Manning
as teacher.
Evelyn Collins of johnson is stopping
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Lam
pher for the winter.
Mrs. Will of New Hampshire has been
a guest the past week at the acme of Mr..
and Mrs. B. G. Lambert
Roy Lang of Albany was in the place
recently dehornipg cattle and visited at
the home of his cousin, Mrs. Leon Lam
pher.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Button and Mrs.
Jane Griswold, Miss Grace Manning and
John Manning, all of Hyde Park spent
Thanksgiving at Charlie Manning's.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-02
BOWS TO JUDGMENT OF DOG
Writer Recognizes That individuals of
a Species Ought Thoroughly to
Know Their Kind.

In the American Magazine Will IT.
win writes a wonderful true dog story,
entitled. Togo, Mayor of Scituate."
Togo is a remarkable dog in Scituate,
Mass.,-so well known and liked that
he is called the mayor of Scituate.
Togo's power is shown in the following
passage:
"We perceived at last that Togo had
constituted himself committee on ad-
missions to Peggotty beach. When
ever a new dog appeared Togo took
the matter under advisement for a
time, while he decided whether the
stranger might remain. If he ruled ad-
versely, he thrashed that dog and con-
tinued to thrash him until he learned
that he was not elected. am not say
ing but that Togo administers this Of
flee caprioiously. He has refused beach
rights to individuals which seem to me
all that dog should be, as well as to
certain surly and treacherous examples
of the species sin Togo may be
right. The judgm Mt Of a sapient dog
on dogs, of a woman on women-who
am that should disagreed"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-02
Garfield Road

o. W. Styles was business visitor in
Stowe one day the past week.
Henry Stowell visited his sister, Mrs.
Clara Carey, in Stowe Sunday.
Harry Stowell entertained his friend,
Harry Payne, of Morrisville recently.
Chas. Raymore of Morrisville was a
business caller in this place Monday.
Arthur Tiff is moving his family to
the school house on the Wolcott road.
E. j. Boar1man of Craftsbury was a
visitor at o. w. Styles one day the
past week.
Miss Ernestine Muzzy of Morrisville
was guest of Miss Lila Styles the first
of the week.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-02
Normal School Notes

Most of the students are back after the
Thanksgiving vacation. Miss Houghton,
Miss Jordon, Miss Holley, and Misses
Cartright, Bussmey, johnson and Wright
remained in town.
Miss Glenna Libby, who was operated
upon for appendicitis at the st. Adams
City hospital is steadily improving.
Don't forget tie entertainment to be
given by the Delphian Society and Glee
Club Tuesday, Dec. s.