The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17

JulClAoA SUITS W plcVclt tIAclH uedA-
ing in tickets.
American troops under Captain
John J. Pershing, engaged ina bat
tie with Moros on Mindano Island,
killing and wounding one hundred
Of the insurgents and capturing and
destroying forty forts. A vigorous
campaign is being waged against
the Moros.
VIM. H. Wright, treasurer Of the
Territory of Hawaii, is alleged to be
an absconder and a defaulter to the
extent Of $17,949. Secretary Of
the Territory Henry E. Cooper has
been appointed treasurer temporar-
lily by Gov. Dole. Under the terri
|%torial act the treasurer is not re-
quirerd to give bonds.
In declining the proposition Of
President Roosevelt that the miners
return to work, and that a commits
sion be appointed to investigate
and report on a settlement, Presi-
dent Mitchell gave as his reason
that no assurance had been given by
the operators that they would abide
the decision of the commission, and
that there is no law by which the
finding could be enforced.
For over a week no street cars. ex-
cept those carrying mail, were run
at New Orleans, on account of a
strike of conductors and motormen.
The mayor was compelled to call on
the governor for troops to preserve
order, as all efforts to run cars were
fruitless with what protection could
be given by local officers. Several
strike breakers from st. Louis and
Chicago were beaten up by sympa-
thizers Of the strikers, and had to be
taken in charge by the police for
protection.
Senators Burton Of Kansas, Fos-
ter of Washington and Mitchell OF
Oregon, a subcommittee appointed
to make a general Investigation Of
conditions in Porto Rico and Ha-
wall, have returned home. Refer
ring to present conditions in Ha-
waii, a member of the committee
says: Contrary to the conditions
of great commercial and business
prosperity now prevailing on the
mainland throughout the United
States, we regret to be compelled
to say that we found the islands
in a state of very great commercial
and industrial depression, caused, it
is generally claimed, by the low
price of sugar and the scarcity and
high prices Of labor"
The annual encampment, Grand
Army of the Republic, was held in
Washington last week. In his an
nual address Commander in Chief
Torrance referred to the charges in
regard to pensions, and said there
were 100000 surviving veterans not
on the pension roll, and urged leg
islation in their behalf. The report
Of Adjt. Gen. Silas H. fowler shows
that on the 30th of June last the
muster roll of the Grand Army con-
tanned 263,745 names of members
in good standing, and there were
6,511 posts. Figures as to member
ship show a net loss since the pre-
ceding year of 1904. There has
been a gradual decline in member
ship since 1890. Gen. T. J. Stewart
of Pennsylvania, was elected Com
mander in Chief.
President Roosevelt proposes to
appoint a committee to thoroughly
investigate conditions in the an
thracite coal region, the commit
tees findings to be embodied in a
report to congress as to needed leg
islation to prevent a repetition of
strikes, such as the one in the coal
regions. The president informed
officers of the miners union of his
purpose with the request that they
at once return to work, but this
they declined to do. The governor
of Pennsylvania has called out the
entire state guard to preserve order,
and protect those who desire to
work under present conditions. The
operators claim they can get men
to mine coal if given proper protec-
ton, but this claim is denied by the
strikers. President Mitchell says
the strikers r receiving about $685.
900 per week from other working
men and the general public, and
that the men are in condition to
hold out all winter if necessary.
During the next six years the
49,
japanese government will expend
$50 600 600 for new hattlaShins