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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
2
A collage of garbled snippets covers science irony politics and daily life. Notes mention colorless autos, shrinking death rates, Harvard president and cow milking, railroad stock prices, coeducation debates, and a wireless news dawn from Seattle.
A Black man identified as Apt-John Smith was captured near Arcadia Florida after an attempted assault on Miss Mary Ewing. A mob of about 400 men gathered, found him at a camp, and hanged him from a tree before deputies could move him to jail. The incident followed an attack in which Miss Ewing begged for mercy and offered cash to spare her. Local pursuers eventually recovered the suspect from law enforcement and handed him over to a mob.
In Austin on an announced second special session, the governor urged lawmakers to pass two year state government appropriations and a law for the poor section of bank deposits. The Robertson-Fitzhugh liquor bill progressed with Senate amendments. the House accepted the Senate changes but removed liquor sale prohibitions and uniform licenses. The governor criticized the prior regular session as costly and of little value to the people.
Representative Wallace crafts a bill to fund fifty thousand dollars for experimental river mounds along the Mississippi to shelter residents and livestock during floods. He notes government levee policy threatens millions of acres and urges new mounds, as officials plan a low reunion excursion rate from St Louis to Memphis with side trips.
Washington reports that Chicago beef packers will be barred from giving fictitious values to dressed beef damaged in transit. The Interstate Commerce Commission will issue an order within days letting railroads determine actual damage values. No criminal intent alleged. prosecutions unlikely if Packers follow advice from Attorney General Wickersham and Justice Department findings.
A blaze in Lenox Massachusetts killed six people and burned four blocks of the downtown area early Sunday. Three others were badly burned and about $200000 in property was wrecked in sections around Franklin Main Hinsatonia and Church streets. Fire believed to have started at the Clifford House from spontaneous combustion.
A federal judge W B Sheppard from the Northern District of Florida had most of his furniture and clothing seized under a writ of attachment after his car injured a Black man. The man demanded 150 dollars while the judge offered 50 dollars in settlement. The judge complained in recorder’s court, calling the attachment an outrage. Local lawyers urged the Bar Association to consider actions to prevent future attachments in legal cases.
A Western Christian Advocate editorial arouses Cincinnati readers by condemning large hats in church. Bishop Moore, at the Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal Conference, denounces current headwear as costly and disruptive, urging women to consider fellow worshipers and modesty in church attire. The piece argues hats should not infringe on others’ views during services.
The French government informed Washington of plans to expel former President Castro of Venorwiela from Martinique and send him aboard the first vessel reaching Fort de France. If carried out, Castro would sail to Europe within a day or two, with the voyage risking his life according to his condition.
An eastbound passenger train No 11 of the Chicago and Alton was wrecked near Mayview after a violent windstorm. The crash tossed coaches from the track down an embankment but, despite the force of the storm, all passengers were shaken yet none seriously injured.
Workmen uncover a tin can buried in a banded lot in Lexington containing about $5,500 in gold and silver. The money is believed to have been buried around fifty years ago by J. G. DeWitt, an aged pensioner who died years ago, inspiring the theory that he hid the fortune.
In Rome on Sunday Mount Aetna erupted sending clouds of smoke and cinders. Sicilians fear a repeat catastrophe like the Messina disaster as residents of nearby towns prepare for possible evacuations and heightened activity around the volcano.
At a meeting at the Last Confederate Veterans headquarters in Greensy un Apri, officials announced the unveiling of the Gen Stephen D Lee statue in Vicksburg for Friday, dum 11. The date was set to allow veterans to attend the union at Memphis and the monument unveiling on the same trip.
A massive blast at the Dupont black powder rifle factory in Wayne New Jersey Friday released over 40,000 pounds of government powder. One worker died, two were seriously injured, and about seventy-five others were hurt. Nearby buildings were destroyed and debris scattered through the surrounding area.
In Hawesville Kentucky the jury convicted Joseph Parrish of receiving deposits in the Owensboro Bayings Book and Trust Company during bank insolvency. The court sentenced him to five years in prison. Murmurs and a disruption were noted as the verdict was read.
Helene Modjeska famed Polish tragedian and noted American stage actress died Thursday at her island home in Bay City Orange County California at age 69 after two months illness Brights disease with heart trouble cited as cause. Body to be interred in Los Angeles vault then later sent to Cracow Poland by Count Zozenta for final burial.
A large fire destroyed about fifty wooden four story tenement buildings in Manchester New Hampshire south of the business center on Thursday. Six hundred residents mostly workers were homeless. Estimated losses reach about $150000. Help came from Concord Nashua Rochester Dover and Portsmouth with five companies of the New Hampshire National Guard assisting police. Cause of the blaze is unknown.
German manufacturers voice serious objections to a proposed American law requiring that imported articles be stamped with the country of origin. They say the regulation is harsher than current rules and would impose large costs and difficulties, making some German goods unsalable and disfigured by prominent country markings.
Government sues Corbin and Co Cincinnati dealers for nine barrels with mislabeled contents. Over fifty sample whiskies seized nationwide to be offered as evidence. District Attorney McPherson leads testing to explain coloring practices to the jury.
An employee of Southern Railway reports that early Sunday morning near Dennark Georgia a man seized a grip containing $8,000 in currency belonging to N Eyans of Ragefield shot and escaped after jumping from a moving train. He fled toward Chaiewing.
A Harrisont Arkansas pad accident left one dead and two narrowly escaping death after consuming wood alcohol. The deceased is identified as 18 year old Pat Phillips. the others, both minors from nearby counties, were treated and released. An affidavit claims Watkins supplied the alcohol. prosecuting attorney did not visit the minors.
A Mississippi woman sues Pastor Elmar Davidson of the First Christian Church, seeking a declaration that a marriage to Tad Clark occurred in St Louis on December 6, 19010. The plaintiff requests court action barring the minister from denying the nuptial and asserts the validity of the marriage contract amid a dispute over the union.
The Meridian case records a judge ruling that it is not lawful to compel a negro to leave a street car when white passengers wish to ride. A black woman sought $1,000 under state law. trial followed as the jury addressed seating rights and civil damages against railroads.
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