The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12

POIIeu OUT VI Immediate danger.
Capt. e. K. Holton, a retired
capitalist, committed suicide at
his home in st. Louis. He had been
in bad health for several months.
One of the first acts of the lower
house of congress was the passage of
a bill appropriating $4,000 to de-
fray expenses of the coal strike COM
mission.
The war department has issued
an order providing for the exchange
Of fifteen regimental organizations
now in the Philippines with the
same number of troops now in this
county. The first of the home troop
will sail from San Francisco about
January l.
The senate committee on terri
tories has reported a bill for the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory as a single state under the
name of Oklahoma. The commit
tee reported adversely to the ad-
mission of Arizona and New Mexi-
co.
The snowfall of the 4th inst,
which was general over Arkan-
sas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louis
lana, Texas and the Territories,
was the heaviest since 1890, though
preceding rains left the ground in
such condition it melted in most
sections as fast as it fell.
From the Guatemalan coast the
Pacific mail steamer City of Sydney
brings the news that the deaths re
s%ulting from the recent eruption Of
Santa Maria volcano number about
5000. This estimate is based upon
the latest information that has
been received at San Jose, Guate-
mala, previous to the Sydney's de-
parture.
The anthracite coal companies
and their employees, having failed
to come to an agreement during the
Thanksgiving recess of the strike
commission, the hearing of the mi
ners' side of the case was resumed
on the Sd inst, and unless some
thing is done by the lawyers on
both sides to curtail matters, its
proceeding will surely run into next
year.
British and German warships
have been dispatched to Venezuela
for the purpose of forcing the pay
ment of claims against the latter
government. Failure on the part
of President Castro to settle with
Germany and England has greatly
encouraged the revolutionists, who
propose to continue the struggle,
trusting that the Venezuela custom
houses will eventually be seized by
Germany.
Orders have been issued at Wash
ington directing that Major Glenn,
of the Fifth cavalry, be tried a sec
ond time for alleged cruelty COM
mitted during the Samar campaign.
Major Glenn was tried by court
martial at Manila last May for ad-
ministering the "water cure" to ma
tives during the Samar campaign,
and was found guilty and sentenced
to one months suspension of duty
and a fine of $500. President
Roosevelt approved the findings of
the court. Maj. Glenn returned to
duty in September.
Julius Nicolaus, the millionaire
brewer of st. Louis, accused of
bribery in the now celebrated SUI
burban street car franchise before
the st. Louis house of delegates, was
acquitted after all the evidence was
submitted by order of Judge Ryan,
before whom the case was heard.
The prosecution alleged that Nico-
laus signed a check for $135,000,
which sum was deposited in a safety
deposit vault, to be distributed
among certain members of the house
of delegates when the suburban
franchise bill became a law. The
defense set up the plea that, though
the plaintiff did sign a check for the
sum mentioned, there was no evil
dence that it was to be used for the
purpose of bribery.
The steamer Charles Hebard was
driven on the rocky shore of Lake
Michigan and dashed to pieces. Her
entire crew of fourteen persons
we're lost.
Edward F. Croker, chief of the
New York city fire department,
has been dismissed from service,
having been adjudged guilty of the
hcarge of converting public prop
erty to private use. He is a neprew