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The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
SOUTHERN cLEANlNGA
4 Clos. Escape From Death.


A Forest Point, near Monteagls,
Tenn, Miss Winnie Tucker, a promi-
nent young society lady, stepped .
a cliff. Sidney Cowan, her escort,
sprang to her rescue, but vas also
dragged over the precipice, the two
going down together. Though Cowan
"a badly shaken up by the jar, he
was still conscious, and as his body
rolled down the ledge he caught on .
bush, which stayed his progress. Miss
Tucker, bleeding and unconscious,
vas falling in the path he had come.
As she passed he caught and held her.
their fight ending 3 feet from tho
edge of a 3o0-foot drop. To have
gone over would have meant instant
death. Their companions above quick
ly organized a rescue party, descend
ing to the ledge by q narrow, circuit
path. Cowan was found clutching
the girls clothing in one hand and q
clump of bushes in the other. Miss
Tucker was limp and insensibls.
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Kincannon Declines.

Prof. A. A. Kincannon, formerly
state superintendent of education of
Mississippi, and now President of
the Industrial Institute and College,
a State institution for the education
of girls, has been offered the Presi-
dency of the Industrial College Of
Texas, by the Board of Regents. The
offere is accompanied by the state
ment that if extra inducements are
needed they will be offered, but Pres
ident Kincannon has declined, stat
ing that he will not under any cir
cumstances give up his work in this
State.
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Ninth Cavalry Coming Home.

Washington, Aug. 30.-Gen. Chaffeo
has cabled to the war departments
that he and his successor, Gen. Davis,
are of the opinion that another reg
iment of cavalry can now be spared
from duty in the Philippine islands.
The necessary orders have been for
warded to him to send home one reg
iment, and the headquarters and six
troops of the Ninth cavalry will be re-
lieved from duty and will sail on tho
Logan for San Francisco, September
16, the remainder of the regiment to
sail October /.
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OH Mills to Start.

A majority of the oil mills in Mis-
sissippi will open for the seasons
business about the tenth of Septem-
Der, and the freight traffic officials
of the various roads in the State are
now arranging for hauling the big
crop that is promised. The opening
this year is somewhat earlier than
usual owing to the early maturity Of
the crop, and it is expected that pric-
es will range somewhat lower than
last year, and the market will be
governed by the community Of inter-
est which has been established
among the mills.
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HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST.
Devastation and death Caused By
the Overflow of Rivers In h
State of Nepaul, India.

Calcutta, Aug. 3o.-A great disaster
is reported from the native state OF
Nepaul. The rivers Baghamti and
Vishumati overfowed their banks and
caused serious landslides in the
Khatmandu valley. The cities OF
Bhatgaon and Patna were greatly
damaged and several hundred persons
were killed.
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rempestuous voyage.

San Francisco, Aug. 80.-The Brit
fish ship Trafalgar was towed into
port Friday with two Of her lifeboats
gone and much Of her rigging made
anew by the sailors. While rounding
the Horn the Trafalgar was met by q
fierce storm and blown out Of her
course The wind was SO cold and
the ropes so stiffened by ice that the
men aloft could scarcely shorten sail.
Once the ship was brought over her
beam ends and the sea washed over
her. It was then that she lost her
boats.
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To Go to Cuba.

Arrangements are to be made for
a joint excursion of the Mississippi
Press Association and the Louisiana
Press Association to Cuba early next
year, and the officers of the two bod
les will soon take the matter up and
outline a program. At their last
meeting the Mississippi editors de-
cided to meet in New Orleans next
year. The decision stretches" the
constitution and bylaws of the or
ganization somewhat, but in this day
and age constitutions seem to be
rather obsolete documents, and the
editors will look forward to a pleas
ant journey to the Pearl of the An
titles with their Louisiana brethren.
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Cotton in the Delta.

The congresses of Greenville have
received up to last week 100 bales
of new cotton. This shows that pick
ing is being pushed and that an early
crop may be looked for. From the
reports now coming in from all Sec
tons of the county the cotton crop
will be at least one-third short over
last year in the Delta. The plant
ers all say that the top crop, as it
looks now, will be a failure. Cotton
pickers are arriving in Greenville by
the scores and being sent out to the
different plantations. The rains, If
they continue, will no doubt further
cut off the crops in the Delta.
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AN ENEMY HATH DONE THIS.
Mrs. Alice Combs and Her Son Poi
sOned, BY an Unknown, at
Blackwell, Okla.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 30.-As a re-
suit of drinking coffee containing ar
senic, Mrs. Alice Combs and son,
Ernest, of Blackwell, are near death,
and their recovery is doubtful. I'M
known persons entered the house dur
ing the absence of the family and,
it is supposed, sprinkled arsenic
through the coffee. They also stole
numerous articles of value.
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Danger in tho OIL Fields.

George Hill, inspector Of the Texas
oil fields, has given out a statement
in which he says: 1.-THE conditions in
the oil field are alarming in the ex-
treme. The gas is so dangerous to
the lives of the operators that over
100 are overcome daily, and danger
of total blindness is feared as a re-
suit of constant contact"
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Mississippi State News


An effort is to be made at the
meeting of the State camp, Sons of
Veterans, to raise the balance neces-
sary for the purchase of B%eauvoir.
Commander Daniel, who was in
Jackson last week, stated that there
was now about 5000 in the hands
of different persons for the purchase
of Beauvoir for a soldiers home, and
in order that the exact amount may
be known he has issued an order
calling on all persons who have any
Beauvoir purchase money to send the
s. ne to Gen. George G. Myers of
Holly Springs, who has been desig-
mated as the treasurer of the fund.
Persons are also requested to send a
duplicate report giving the amount
that they have RENTED to Mr.. Ny
ers to Brigadier General Il. M. Hen
ry at Jackson. The State camp Of
Sons of Veterans will meet in jack
son on October Is, and continue in
session for three days, and it is the
desire of Commander Daniel that
the remittances be made to Mr.. N.Y.
ers before this time in order that the
exact amount may be known when
the State camp meets. Mr.. Daniel
stated that at the meeting of the
State camp plans would be set on
foot for collecting this balance and
purchasing the property. No effort
will be made to collect the balance
before the busy season. Jackson pro-
poses to royalty entertain the State
camp, and to this end the local camp
has appointed the necessary COM
mittees to provide everything neces-
sary to make the stay of the sons as
pleasant as possible. Mr.. Daniel
urges all camps in the State to send
delegates to the Jackson meeting.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
HUNTING FOR %BARTHOLIN.
Chicago Detectives Searching New
York and Vfcincity For the
Supposed Murderer.

New York, Aug. 30.-Three Chicago
detectives are searching this and
n%eighboring cities for William Bar
tholin, who is wanted in Chicago, in
connection with the supposed muir
der of Minnie Mitchell. 1t is their
theory that the woman was not muir
dered, but is with Bartholin, and that
the body found in Chicago was some
other person..
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Kentucky Feudists Fight.

A fight between feudists occurred
on Sturgeon Creek, Owsley county,
Ky.,in which two men were killed and
five men and one woman wounded.
The fight was between the Neeleys
and Aliens, and about so shots were
exchanged. Jesse Medley was shot sew
eral times and instantly killed. John
Allen was shot eight times and died
in q few hours. About fifteen per-
sons we're engaged in the battle,
which took place In q small room
while the party was at supper. The
dispute is said to have started be-
tween James Neeley and John Allen,
who were rivals for the affections Of
a young lady. Warrants have been H.
sued for the arrest of Delaney Peters,
Robert Allen, Arthur Lynch and q
boy named Quinn.
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Kinds county schools.

The Kinds county school board
met in adjourned session last week.
The following new schools were es-
tablished: Mcdowell, New Union
and Burleigh. 1t was ordered that
the schools open on the first Monday
of October instead Of the first Mon
day in November as heretofore.
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Stabbed His Foreman.

Charles L. Williams, foreman of the
King-Rider company's lumber plant
at Bonami, La, was fatally stabbed
by l.. l.. Stephenson, the chief engi-
neer. Stephenson promptly gave him
self up.
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Mfssouri Miners May Strike.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. a0.-A strike
by the United Mine Workers organ
ization of Missouri on September 1
seems inevitable. Friday the repre-
sentatives of the miners presented to
the committee of the operators a
wage scale, to go into effect on Sep
TENDER /, which had been formulated
by the miners Of District rs, in con-
vention assembled at labor headquar-
tiers. The miners CLAIMED that, while
it raised the cost of production in
some places, on the whole it was
chiefly the correction Of irregularities
in rules.
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Approved Act Of Lynchers.

At Charlotte, N. c., the coroner's
fury in the case of Tom Jones, the
negro who assaulted and fatally in
jured Mrs. Smith, and who was
lynched, approved the act Of the
lyncherS.
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Wouldn't Stand the Raise.

The telephone war has reached
Holly Springs. The Cumberland
Company having notified its patrons
that the rates would be raised, all
telephones have been ordered taken
out and the people have already sub
scribed to a new opposition system.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Obtibbeha Farmer Dead.

Cecil Bardwell, substantial farm
er and one of. the oldest .aud most
honored citizens of Oktibbeha coun-
ty, died very suddenly at his home
near Starkville last week, Mr.. Bard
we'll had been an elder in the Pres
byterian church of that place over
forty years.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
A MfIlion-DoIIar Dam.

The Atlanta Water and Electric
Power Co. has been organized at At
tanta, Ga. The object Of the concern
Is to erect a m~il1ion-dollar dam
across the Chattahoochee river for
the purpose of furnishing the city OF
Atlanta with electricity. The COM
pany is capitalized at 81 100000.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
American Bar Association.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 30.-The
American Bar association elected the
following officers: Francis Rawle,
Philadelphia, president; John Hink-
ley, Baltimore, secretary. and Freder-
lex E. Wadhams, New York, treas.
urer.
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Jefferson County Crops.

The dry weather has caused. cotton
in this county to deteriorate to an
alarming extent. The yield, from
present indications, will be 35 pei
cent. short, and if the hot weather
continues ten days longer the crop
will be cut off fully one-half. Corn
is a complete failure and many
farmers will not get the seed they
planted. Cotton is opening fast, and
gins are running on full time. By
November / the entire crop will have
been picked and sold. /.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
One Day I'm a Texas Town.

Here is a days news from Luling,
Tex: A freight train was wrecked
and q trainman hurt; r. Hirsch had
a leg broken in q fight; Pedro
Reonosus was fatally wounded in a
street dnel; Ben Culberson was shot
and seriously wounded by a negro.
and William Gurkle, a respondent
German farmer, committed suicide.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Insect Attacks Cotton.

At Greenville during the last few
days much complaint of damage to
the cotton crop Of the Delta has been
reported. Some of the best and most
conservative planters of that section
report hat the crop has d~eteriorated
fully 20 per cent. during the past ten
days, much of the damage being
caused by an insect called by the
planters the "sharpshooter," which
stings the small cotton bolls and
causes them to wither and die.
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Crops In

The weather continues exceeding
ly dry around Starkville. Cotton
is opening rapidly in the greater
portion Of Oktibbeha county. The
crops are much better than last year,
and in some portions of the county
better than for many years.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
A woman's Revenge.

At Reeves, Tenn, Mary, wife OF
John McCampbell, became angry at
him over some small affair, and, while
he slept, attempted to murder him
by pouring hot lead In his eyes and
ears. The man was made insane
with psir. but viii w
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ytruinfa Negro Executed.

Robert Foy, a negro, was legally
hanged at Wise, Va, for the murder
of Dayton H. Miller, treasurer of the
Cranes Nest Coal & Coke Co., at
Toms Creek, Va.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
A Negro Lynched.

Tom Jones, a negro, who criminal
ly assaulted a white woman, was
lynched by a mob at Raleigh, N. c.
Jones admitted his guilt.
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Found wife's Dead Body.

Carey Whitfield went home at
Corinth, Miss, and found the dead
body of his wife stretched on the
floor. with her head mashed.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
War on Migrants.

The mayor and chief of police OF
Vicksburg have declared war on the
Migrants, male and female, mostly
negroes. Numerous arrests have
been made and heavy fines imposed,
and the consequence Of this drastic
action is that there has been a gen.
eral exodus to the cotton fields where
the negroes are needed.
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Children Burned to Death.

Two children of Jim Cullens, a ne
gro, were burned to death at Myrtle,
Miss. Cullens and his wife put the
children to bed and went 'possum
hunting.
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Took Carbolfc Acid.

Miss Pearl Yarbrough, of Fort
Worth, Tex, 20 years of age, com
mitted suicide by swallowing three
ounces of carbolic acid.
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Tate County Teachers Organize.

The Tate County Teachers Asso-
citation was organized last week.
Prof. Ira G.. Allen was elected pres
ident and Prof. F. M. Bizzelle secre-
tary. Profs. J. A. Wooten and II
L. Keister addressed the association
Oh "The Importance of such an orga-
~nization."
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Negro Legally Hanged.

Walter Bailey, colored, paid the
death penalty on the gallows, at Sell
ma, Ala, for the murder of Robert
Hunter at Orrville. Ala, in 1898.
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returned tho shah's visit.

Paris, Aug. S0.-President Loubet
returned the visit which the shah
paid to him at Rambouillet Thursday,
and remained at the Persian mon
arch's hotel for luncheon.
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Town Marshal Shot.

Town Marshal A. M. Goodwin, OF
Cairo, Ca, was fatally wounded n a
battle with Galley Tyrus, a negro des-
perado, charged with the murder OF
a companiOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Severe earthquakes have occurred
ON the island of Mindanao, in the
Philippines. Twenty persons. all
Moros, were killed by falling walls.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Col. VIM. III. Hubbell, commander-in-
chief of the National Army of Span
fish War Veterans. and a veteran OF
the civil war. died in Brooklyn, N. l..
on the Goth.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
A Monstrous Calf.

A monstrositv was born near Iuka
on the farm of W. @. Jackson, in the
shape of a calf with eight legs, two
bodies and one head. The connection
was made at the shoulders. Life was
extinct at birth.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Mt.took Friend for Burglar.

Mistaking his friend, who occupied
the same dwelling with him, for a
burglar, J.. d. Wilson shot and in
stantly killed G. F. Apperson at Rich
mond, Va.
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A negro and q Gun.

Fifteen persons were wounded dur
ing the progress OF a negro dance
near Nacogdoches, Tex. A drunken
negro did the shooting.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

George Clanton, a former yard
master for the Mobile & Ohio Rail
road in Meridian, lately had his
legs cut off while at work for a rail
road in Marshall, Tex. He sued the
road. and a compromise was made, he
accepting $4,000.
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Convicted Of RiotIng.

Theree negroes connected with the
Shannon riots, were convicted in the
Circuit Courtof Leecounty last week.
Two were sent up for ten years and
the other for seven years.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

John Reit, a farmer living near
Lewiston, Mont, shot and killed one
man and fatally wounded another, his
neighbors, who were preparing to tar
and feather him.
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Hurled I'M 3 Sand Pit.

A fatal accident occurred last
week in a sand pit at Taylorville, q
local station on the Gulf & Ship
Island railroad, in which two lives
were lost and another may probably
die. Henry Moore, Lee Jones and
of Attria Mcdaniel, a boy 10 years
of age, were getting out dirt for q
brick yard. When about fifteen feet
below the surface the earth caved in
and buried the men. A ~rescuing
party went Immediately to work.
with spades and shovels, and when
the bodies were reached it was dis.
covered that Moore and Mcdaniel
were dead and Jones so badly in.
jured that death may result.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Ex-President Cleveland and Joe
Jefferson, the actor, were among the
speakers at the town dinner, during
the observance of Old Home week, at
Sandwich, Mass, on the 2Sth.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Coneevllle Gets Telephones.

The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany will shortly install an exchange
at Coffeeville. The requisite number
Of subscribers have been secured and
work will be begun at once
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Mission Conference 1t senatobia.

The Sardis district missionary
conference will convene here for a
two-days' session September 5. An
attractive program has been prepar-
ed for the occasion.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Lieut.-Gen. Miles will probably be
accompanied to the Philippines by his
wife and married daughter. The party
will visit Europe on their way back
20 America.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Two Boys Drowned.

Henry and Dewey Fite, aged {
and Z years respectively, sons Of
Capt. and Mrs. w. r. Fite, of Mount
Pleasant were drowned last week
and the parents are Frustrated by the
heavy bereavement. The little fel.
lows had wandered from home to g
nearby small creek and gone wading
in it. Their absence was unusual
and the mother instituted search
When she reached the creek the hats
of the boys were found floating ovel
a hole of too great depth for them
and the bodies of both were re-
covered from it. Capt. Fite is one
of the most prominent, successful
and popular merchants and planters
of North Mississippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

The Western Union Telegraph Co.
has decided to discharge all the boys
employed as messengers at its Chi
cago offices, and will use girls and
men in their stead. The boys had
struck three times within the last
month,
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

DIR. Geo. C.. Pardee was nominated
for governor by the California repub-
lican convention, at Sacramento, on
the eth. His principal opponent was
the present incumbent, Gov. Gage.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Congressman r. c. De G~raffenreid,
of Texas, died at Washington, d. G.,
on the goth, of apoplexy. He had
been three times elected to repre-
sent the Third Texas district in con-
gress.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

At the meeting of representatives
of the American Widow Glass Co..
the pendent Glass Co. and the
Federation Cooperative Glass Co., at
Columbus, o., on the goth, it was de-
cided to reopen the factories on Oc-
fober 1.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

The department of agriculture, at
Washington, will take a leading part
in the good roads convention to be
held in connection with the Minnesota
state is.r, September /, 2 and 3.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

The body of the man found on the
river bank near Burlington, Ia, on
the 25th, has been identified as that
of Jordan Stamer, a retired merchant
of Davenport, who has been missing
since early in July.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

w. r. Young, a plumber, has sued
the Kansas City Master Plumbers as
sociation for $4,000, 'lleging that his
business has been ruined by members
of the combine who refused to sell
him supplies because he was not a
member. The suit is brought under
the Missouri antitrust law.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Killed HIS Sweetheart.

Miss Maude Thompson was shot
and killed, at Huntington. w. Va, by
James Greer, to whom she was en-
gagged to be married.
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Bitten by . snake.

Miss Mary Haddock, of Hopkins
vile, KY, was bitten on the hand W
q rattlesnake and there il but little
hope of her recovery.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Mrs. Kate B. Aultman, who died at
Canton. O., on the Goth, left an estate
valued at $35O,0O0, most of which she
distributed in public requests, $780,
900 going to establish a home In Can
fon for aged and homeless women
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

The peoples party of Illinois held
q convention at Springfield, on the
26th. and nominated a state ticket
headed by w. w. Scott, of Marion
county, for clerk of the supreme
court.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Two ocean steamers collided in
New York harbor, on the 27th, in
broad daylight, and a dreadful calam-
fly was narrowly averted, rs one of
them carried over eleven hundred
passengers. There were no casualties
on either ship, but the hull of one of
them was cut to the waters edge.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

The Boer generals, now at Amster-
dam, have issued q statement declar-
ing there is no truth in the reports
of differences between themselves and
MIR. Kruger, DR.. Leyds and the Del
delegates in Europe.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

The sheriff of San Juan county,
Utah, says 10000 Navajo Indians are
starving in Utah, New Mexico and
Arizona, and fears that unless some
thing is done to relieve them an up
rising will occur that will not be good
for the white people there.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

According to the Chicago News,
William j. Bartholin is closely related
TO a noble Danish family, his father,
who was a younger son, having de-
serted his wife in Denmark to elope
with the late Mrs. Bartholin, who was
found murdered.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Allen Stovall, q negro, killed hin
wife and committed suicide near
Brookhaven, Miss.