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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
TIn-PIate workers in Convention.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 21.-The specia'
convention of the Amalgamated AS
sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate
Workers, called by President T. j
Shaffer, to consider the rebate prop.
osition of the American Tin Plate Co.
opened in this city Tuesday. About
65 delegates are present, representing
the lodges of all of the tin plate
plants throughout the country.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Lefore Countx FaIr.

The second annual meeting Of
Lehore County Fair Association was
held at Greenwood last week. The
largely increased number of exhibits
Of cotton, corn, mule and horse colts,
cattle, etc, has enthused the public
on The subject Of having a perma-
ncnt fair.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
missionary Council at Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Oct. 21.-Nearly 4OC
delegates, including 40 bishops, were
present at the missionary council OF
the Protestant Episcopal church
which opened in st. James church
this city, Tuesday. Bishop Gailor, #
Tennessee, preached the opening ser.
mon, after which holy communion
was celebrated.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
President Northwestern University

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Northwestern
university, Tuesday, installed Ed
mund James James as president of
that institution, the ceremonies being
witnessed by a large number of the
most prominent educators of the
United States, while many delegates
were present from leadinginstitutions
of learning of foreign lands.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
A WABASH STRIKE.
The BoiIer-MaIers at Springfield
and Fort Wayne Quit-Machin-
lists May Follow.

Springfield, H., Oct 21.-BoileI
makers in the Wabash shops struck
Tuesday for increased wages, and the
machinists are expected to follow
Wednesday.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Case Dlsmlssed.

A young farmer of Choctaw coun-
ty was arraigned before the Federal
District Court at Aberdeen last week
on the charge Of retailing liquors
without revenue license. The testi-
mony developed that a gallon Of
whisky had been ordered by mail
for Christmas use, and that the
young man had yielded to solicita-
tions of friend and sold him half
pint Of the liquor, and that was all
that he had sold. Judge Niles dis
missed the case with the declaration
that the transaction did not consti-
tute a retail dealer under the United
States statutes, but that if the man
had been Younger about town." in
possession Of a gallon Of whisky, the
circumstances would have been diff
ferent and more suspicious.
Purchase of BeauvOIr Not COnsummatsd.
Much to the disappointment of
many delegates, the purchase Of
Beauvoir was not consummated be-
fore the adjournment Of the Sons of
Veterans at Jackson last week. The
matter was brought up for discus
sion on report of Treasurer George
G. Meyers, showing $3.50 available
and the proposition to borrow the
additional amount necessary dis
cussed. It was the sentiment of the
convention that no debt should be
contracted, and after a rather
lengthy deliberation it was decided
to appoint Treasurer Meyers az
agent to canvass the State and col
lect the amount needed from the
subscriptions made, but which have
not been paid.
Gen. Meyers was authorized, as
soon as he gets the $4,000 .in hand,
to receive the deed from Judge A. G.
Kimbrough, who is acting as agent
for Mrs. Jefferson Davis, and to pay
over the purchase price.
The board of directors will meet
and elect the board of managers for
the Beauvoir home Immediately after
the transfer takes place. The con-
yention then adjourned sine die.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Thev ouit nj Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Oct. 21.-sixty'
five boiler-makers in the Wabash rail
way shops went on strike Tuesday
They demand an increase of wages.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Methodist Conference.

The annual conference of the
Methodist Church of Mississippi will
take place at Natchez beginning No
vember 10. An effort will be made
by the friends of athletics at Mill
saps college to get the conference to
revoke its ban placed upon football
last year.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
police Parade with Riot Guns.

St. Louis, Oct. 21.-The St Louis po-
lice force had their annual parade
Tuesday. Six hundred men were in
line, each armed with a riot gun.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Bears sofa 1Iiaaourl paciac.

New York, Oct. 21.-Bear profes-
sionals sold Missouri Pacific heavily
on a rumored decrease in the August
net earnings Of 100000.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Whnt nnnk Robbers COO.

St. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 21.--A special
to the Dispatch to-day places the loss
in the Summit Is. d. bank robbery
Of Sunday night at $4,000.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25

st. Petersburg, Oct. s1.-Amba sa-
dor Tower has returned here. He
will probably have his farewell au-
dience Of the car within a month.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-25
Troops ordered from Cen,rnI Ind

Troops Ordered from Central India.
Simla, India, Oct. 21.-The Second
Bombay grenadiers, stationed at
Mhow central India), have been or
dered to Somaliland. Other troops
viii probably follow.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
FIND THEIR PATIENT A GIANT.
ting Big Westerner to
Hospital.

Chicago, July 2.-When Policemen
Doyle and Gillaid. detailed on the I'M
bulance at the Harrison street police
station, wen to the Grand Central rail-
way station to remove a patient, they
were confronted with a difficult prob
lem. They were greeted by two men.
One was 6 feet tall. Beside him stood.
another man. s feet 2 inches in height
the patient. The policemen, both al
most 6 feet in height, appeared small
beside this human tower. For a moment
the men regarded each other. Doyle
said he could not remove the patient
because the ambulance was only six feet
long.
The tall man was able to stand, and
matters were finally arranged by his
sitting on the floor of the ambulance
and drawing his long legs up beneath
him. In this ann he was taken to
the Presbyterian hospital, where he will
be treated for an abscess of the brain.
The human tower gave his name as
Louis wilkins. He is 80 years old and
weighs 365 pounds. He lives in Indian
territory with his brothers. AS he stood
in the railway station he presented a
fine specimen of human development.
His shoulders from his neck either way
appeared as large as an ordinary mans.
His head is in proportion with the rest
of his body, and his hands twice the
size o fthose of the average sized man.
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HE USED AN AK IN HIS SLEEP.
Indiana Boy Dying of Wounds In
f1icted by His Own
Brother.

Dublin, Ind, July 2.-Somnambulism'
is the cause of a horrible tragedy near
Becks Grove, in Brown county. Grover
Snyder, aged Is, was attacked with an
AK By his brother Ollie, aged Is, and is
now dying from blood poisoning. Grov-
er and Ollie Snyder are sons of Green
bury Snyder, a farmer. The father was
absent from the home last night and
the two boys were left alone with their
mother. AS a p%recaution against in
truders, Mrs. Snyder placed an AK near
the door. Some time after the boys
had retired for the night the mother
vas aroused by cries of distress. She
fastened into Growers bedroom. A
sickening sight met her at the thresh-
hold. Ollie Snyder had left his bed,
secured the AK and was hacking away
at his brother. The mother could not
arouse her son Ollie. He seemed in
a daZed condition. November 80, 1894,
John Snyder, the boys brother, was
murdered near Champaign, III. The
murder weighed heavily on the mind
of the lad. During his sleep Ollie
imagined some one was attempting to
kill him. He would start in his sleep
and often arouse the entire household
by his strange actions. 1t was while
in this frame of mind that he attempt
ed to kill his brother.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
BLOW AIMED AT RlTUALISM.
Retiring Pastor of st. Paul's Episco-
pal Church, Milwaukee, Pleads
for Simplicity in Worship.

Milwaukee, July 1.-The Rev. Chas.
Stanley Lester, who retired as rector of
st. Paul's Episcopal church yesterday
after % years service, in his farewell
sermon took occasion to criticise indi-
rectly the tendency of the Episcopal
church toward ritualism. His remarks
were interpreted to be an attack upon
Bishop Nicholson. He said in part:
ut is easy to turn the crank of the
ecclesiastical machinery, grinding grace
by pretty magic, but it leaves the mind
clonded and the understanding labor
ing to reconcile the modicum of appar-
ent truth with that which is apparent
ly false. There is ever a struggle be-
tween the majority and the minority
seeking the truth, though majority gen
orally being so adjusted to the dark
ness that 1t wins at first, but the evo-
luton of human capacity goes steadily
onward, and God wins in the end.
Now, while true to the old faith and
conscious OF the acknowledgement of
the new faith. let us congratulate our
selves that there has been no sacri-
flee in the years of our worship, of our
intellectual honesty. Do not forget, nor
let others after you who may succeed
TO your stewardship, forget that the
church should remain as it was built,
a Protestant Episcopal church."
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
WAS A REMARKABLE FEAT.
The Power of Organization Shown il
Railway Construction
Work.

Mediapolis, July -Four hun
dred and forty men working nine hours
in a driving rain moved Doth rails of
the Burlington and Western road on
1875 miles of track Sunday and thus
broke all records in converting a mar
row into a broad gauge track. The
event was witnessed by thousands of
Iowans who stood at every depot hold
ing umbrellas to protect themselves
from the drenching downpour.
Twenty-eight crews Of sixteen men
each, working On an average of four
miles each. accomplished the feat with
out the abandonment of any regular
Sunday train and without any serious
delays.
The work involved the drawing and
driving of 2Ov, 900 spikes. Each rail was
moved 10 IA inches to a row of spikes
previously drawn, all those on the out
side being u~ndisturbed, and owe these
the rails were lifted to their broader
gauge.
The work was carried on simultane-
ously on the line from Mediapolis to
Washington, and from Winfield to Os-
kaloosa.
Trains loaded with gangs of men
left Mediapolis, Washington and Oska-
loosa on the narrow gauge and dropped
the gangs four miles apart. Following
the narrow gauge trains specials on the
new broad gauge picked up tn gangs
and conveyed them to the starting
point. All sidings were broadened at
the same time.
One of the interesting features Of the
work was the feeding of the men, who
were provided with 5000 sandwiches,
500 dozen hard boiled eggs ana 1870 gal
Ions of coffee. The men were all expert
enced trackmen of the arlington and
Western, and others borrowed from
the Burlington and Rock Island sys-
tame
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
MARKET REPORTS.
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. July 2.-Cattle-Only about 49,.
2O head have been marketed here so far.
this week against 20 964 head for the same
time last week. Offerings were limited and
Mondays dime advance was easily main
tanned today, with 600 head that were
received mostly of an ordinary quality.
Few cattle We're offered today that had
good quality which sold quickly at full
prices, while other descriptions moved off
slowly at unchanged values. Goo to,
prime steers, $7.55dS.50; poor to medium.
S4.75d7.5O; stockers and feeders. 81. 5095. 35;
heifers. s2.5Oa6.5O; calves, $2.5OG6.GO.
Hogs-With diminishing supplies and
undated demand prices are still rising.
Only about AZ $50 head have been market
ed here so far this week against 50 1886
head during the same time last week.
With Tuesdays run of is, 600 left over
last night early prices were 21a05c higher.
Sneep-Receipts today were 10 600 head
against II SOP head last Tuesday. Prices;
for sheep and lambs were steady and
trade moderate.
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STORM LOSS is ONE MILLION.
Farmers Are the Heaviest Losers,
Even More Than the
Railroads.

st. Louis, Mo-, July IA low esti-
mate placed on the damage to the farm
ers within a radius of 100 miles of AL
ton, ILL.,, by the storm of wind and rain
that prevailed Saturday night and Sun
day is 81 900, 900. While the farmers
are the heapiest losers, the railroads
also suffered severely. In the Ameri-
can bottom farming district the farmers
are ruined.
Wood river, a small and usually
harmless stream, overf1owed it's banks
early Sunday morning and the farmers
in the vast eXpanse of bottom lands
were forced to get into the upper stories
of their homes to save their lives. Their
houses were flooded.
After spending a night full of peril
they watched the day light come in
only to see that their crops had been
washed away.
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TRY TO CLEAR TARIFF TANGLE
british and Chinese Officials Seeking
Way for Adjustment of Many
Complications.

Shanghai, July 1.-Sheng and Lu,
the Chinese tariff commissioner, with
Sir James MacKay, the British COM
missioner, and Inspector General Bre-
don, went to Nankin yesterday to con-
suit with iVceroy Liu Kun Vii regard
ing a tariff treaty.
If this interview is satisfactory they
will proceed to Hankow to consult with
Viceroy Chang Chin Tung. This step
is taken because Sir James MacKay,
who at first insisted strongly upon the
abolition Of the likin and an increase
in the tariff of Is per cent, has now
practically abandoned his proposals.
The viceroys cannot understand his
changed position, and are inclined to
blame Sheng and Lu.
BY taking Sir James to see the vice
roys personally it is hoped they will
understand. 1t will thus be seen that
the British negotiations have been
badly bungled. The Americans and
Japanese have also opened their ne
gotiations. The japanese proposals are
said to be impracticable.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE.
Ten Thousand Men Threaten to Stop
Work Unless Managers Reverse
Their Decision.

Chicago, July 1.-Unless the general
managers of the railroads reverse their
decision regarding the scale of wages
10000 freight handlers will in all prob
ability quit this morning in all the rail-
road warehouses and freight sheds in
Chicago. If the freight handlers strike
it is highly probable other unions will
be drawn into the struggle through
sympathy. The reply of the railroads
included an amended scale of wages to
take effect after three months. The
men refused to consider the concessions
and declare hat unless granted better
terms they will quit work. From the
railroads it was learned tonight that
all have determined not to make furth-
er concessions.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
The ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREAT DEVELOPMENT IN NEWS
GATHERING METHODS.
Report of Census Bureau on Print
ing and Publishing Shows I'M
mense Amount of Capital Invested
and Devotes a Chapter to Descrip-
ton of Work of News Gathering
Associations.

Washington, July 2.-The census bu-
reau today issued a report of the print
ing and publishing business in the Uni
ted States for the census year of 1900,
showing a capital of 1922, SIT ,072 in
vested in 22,312 establishments report
ing for the industry. The feature of the
report is an extended account of the
operations of the Associated Press,
showing the great development Of
news-gathering methods during the
past two decades. Almost an entire
chapter on news-gathering organiza-
tions is devoted to the history and de-
tailed description of the work of the
Associated Press, which, the report
says, was a leading organization in 1880
an0, TO- lis far in the lead of news
gathering organizations in the United
States"
The report says the Associated Press
now has about 700 members, more than
half of which are afternoon dailies, and
serves about $500 daily and weekly pa
pers in addition. Most of the papers
served are in the United States. but
there are so or more in Canada, Next
co, Cuba and Porto Rico. In it's regular
news service the Associated Press now
uses 9,345 miles of leased wire by day,
and 2O,467 miles by night. The annual
revenues derived from assessments lev
led on newspapers served exceed ST.
900, 1000; the number of words daily re-
ceiveo and transmitted at each Of the
more important offices, now over 30, 600,
are equivalent to 35 columns of an av-
erage newspaper. The Associated Press
has contract relations with various for
eign news agencies with which it ex-
changes news.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04

Washington, d. c., June 30.-At the
meeting of the cabinet today the terms
of an amnesty proclamation to the Fill
ipinos, which, it is contemplated to is
sue on the Fourth of July, were agreed
on. The war department for some time.
past has had under consideration the
Draft of a proclamation and has found
it necessary to make a number Of
changes in its text.
In it's modified state it was agreed
to by the cabinet today, and Secretary
Root will cable it to Acting Governor
Wright for his inspection. If it meets
the latter's approval nothing will re-
main but for the president, if the Phil
ippine civil government bill is a law
on that day, as is now expected it will
be, to issue on independence day a for
NAL proclamation setting forth terms
of amnesty for all political offenders
in the ISLANDS, including Aguinaldo
and those held at Guam.
The proclamation is based on the
general objects of the Philippine gov
eminent bill, namely, to restore peace
in the archipelago and substitute a
civil for a military administration. The
proclamation will declare that a state
of peace now exists in the Philippine
islands, save in the parts of the archi-
pelago where the Mindanao or pagan
tribes are giving the United States a
great amount of trouble, and will de-
clare in effect that, with the transfer
Of the government of the archipelago
from a military to a civil status, all
those arrested and held for political
offenses shall be restored to liberty,
granted full amnesty, and allowed to-
participate in the civil government that
is to be ~inaugurated on the islands.
While the proclamation is subject to
changes in text, the general language
of the document is pretty well mapped
out There was a general discussion
today of the treatment that should be
accorded the politial prisoners of the
islands. There is no intention, it is
stated, to release those prisoners con-
victed of other than political ~offenses,
the benefits of the amnesty being lin
tied to those in custody as a result Of
breaches Of military law, leaving GRIM
inal offenders to the action of the pro-
per authorities under the coming civil
government.
Another subject under consideration
at the cabinet meeting was the negotia-
tions for the purchase of the friar lands:
in the Philippines. Secretary Root
took with him to the meeting all the
correspondence which has passed be-
tween himself and Governor Taft while
the latter has been carrying on his ne
gotiations in Rome. 1t is understood
Secretary Root feels great confidence
in a successful outcome of Governor
Taft's efforts.
The cabinet meeting was held in the
presidents temporary quarters, Lafay-
cite square, and vas the first time in SS
years that a regular session of the cabi-
net had been held outside the white
house.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
VERY LARGE CROPS IN KANSAS
Prospects for a Corn Crop in Kansas
and Missouri Never Before
So Good.

Kansas City, Mo-, July kansas
and Missouri level before had so fine
a corn prospect as they have today.
Since May q there has been no period
greater than five days without a copi-
u rain ana the ground is soaked and
the two states expect to raise the great
est crop of corn in their history. The
acreage in Kansas is greater than it
ever was before and in Missouri is
above the average. Kansas forecasters
have already begun to talk of upward
of 300, 900 900 bushels of corn in the
sunflower state. The biggest crop the
state ever raised was 240, 600, 900. The
oats crop, too, promises to be the heavi-
est in years.
The heavy rains of the last two days
have delayed the wheat harvest where it
had not been completed, but little dam
age has resulted.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04

New York, July 2.-The Mayflower,
the official yacht OF the United States
and ocean home of President Roose-
welt, lies in the Brooklyn navy yard.
In her new function. after undergoing
alterations that cost $4,000, she is
ready for sea as one of the most luxur-
iously appointed vessels affoat. She
was commissioned Saturday, but the
date of her sailing from the navy yard
has not yet been settled.
In the four weeks just passed the
Mayfiower has been reftted and re-
furnished completely from stem to
stern. The presidents quarters are
situated aft on the main deck and in
clude six state rooms for the exclusive
use of himself, Mrs. Roosevelt and
their children. The two larger of these
state rooms have been very lavishly
furnished. Special attention has been
given to the decoration of the bulk
heads and the paneling, which are COW
cred with expensive silk in many COL
ors.
The smoking room occupies the after
portion of the spar deck and is finish
ed in teak, with a floor of fancy woods,
inlaid in mosaic and waXed. Many cane
chairs and sofas add to the comfort
to be had in this room.
Behind the officers quarters below
the main deck is the presidents dining
room. 1t extends the width of the ship
and is Unfinished in white and gold,
Louis XIV. style.
Running aft is the companion way
% H. ,r~r,lo-ts, ~.. Cxka@
of the panels along the companion way
are made of Valenciennes lace, painted
over with a silver paint to represent
steel. In the sitting room the white
and gold is still carried out.
Leading down to the berth deck aft
is a magnificent mahogany stairway
that gives entrance to the presidents
private suite. There are two large
state rooms. On the port side just out
side the presidents room is his private
bath. The tub is cut from a solid block
of fine marble.
Besides the arrangements made for
the president and his family, extensive
preparations were made to give him
the benefit of the most improved cul-
mary and sanitary cOntrivances. There
is a large refrigerating plant in the
OTWdTQ part Oh Jne vessel, near ule
dining saloon. Nothing has been left
undone to make the Mayfower a fit
habitation for the ruler of a wealthy
nation.
Before the Spanish-American wal the
Mayf1ower was the property of Mrs.
Ogden Goelet. 1t had been built for
her husband, on the Clyde, at a cost
of $500, 900. When Mr.. Goelet died, his
widow at one time contemplated SELL
ing the yacht to the king of the Bel
gians. At the outbreak of the war the
Mayfower was bought as a torpedo
boat destroyer at a cost of $450,O00.
The vessel is 321 feet over all, 275 feet
on the water line.
When Governor Allen was sent to
Porto Rico he was given the Mayflower,
after she had been QUILTED at consid-
cradle expense, as his official yacht.
The Mayflower, which now replaces the
Dolphin. is under command of Lieuten-
ant Commander Albert Gleaves.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-04
MEDAL OF HONOR FOR PORTER
Congress Recognizes Gallantry of
Present Ambassador to France
at Chickamauga.

Washington, D. c., July 1.-Gen.
Horace Porter. United States ambassa-
dor to France, has been awarded a con-
g%ressional medal of honor for distin-
guished gallantry in action at the bat
tie of Chickamauga. On Sept. 20, 1868,
which chief of ordnance officer of the
department of the Cumberland and vol
unteer aid to Gen. Rosecrans, Gen.
Porter, when the lines were broken,
rallied enough fugitives to hold the
ground under a heavy fire and facili-
tate the escape of a number of batter
les and wagon trains.