The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

OF Tour cents per hour.
Many tinplate mills in this coun-
try which were idle during the sum-
mer have been started up, giving
employment to a large number OF
men.
The British government is en-
forcing the collection of Is pence
on each pound income Of Americans
in that country to aid in paying
the Transyaal war debt.
Gen. Toral, the man in command
of the Spanish troops at Santiago
and who surrendered to the Ameri-
cans in the late Spanish-American
wal, has become a raving maniac,
and is now confined in an asylum.
In his mad. rawlings Toral declares
the success of American troops due
to Sagasta, former premier OF
Spain.
The Pennsylvania mine workers.
through their representatives, have
agreed with the mine owners to at
tempt to adjust the differences ex-
listing between them outside the
anthracite coal commission. The
proposition was made on a COM
promise basis and negotiations, it is
said, will be entered upon at once.
with a reasonable hope of settlement
with the aid of the arbitrators. The
rough proposition which is to form
the basis Of negotiations is a 10 per
cent increase in wages, a nine-hour
day and trade agreements between
the miners and the company by
which they are employed.
The annual report of AR. Ser
ven, chief examiner of the civil ser
vice commission, shows that during
the last fiscal year there were co.
$50 people examined in and for the
classified service, Of whom 40,509
passed and 1929 were appointed,
promoted or transferred. In addi-
ton 1,174 persons we're examined
for the Philippine service, of whom
$50 passed and 694 failed. The
great complexity of the work done
under the direction of Chief Exam
liner Server is shown by the large
number of examinations which in
clude the subjects of special, pro-
f~essional, scientific or technical char
acter. Of these there were 2OS
examinations in which S,257 per-
sons took part. Well nigh every
field of professional or scientific in
quiry and research is represented in
the variety of the examinations.
W. J. Campbell, who has arrived
at San Francisco from Guatemala,
brings additional details of the
damage caused by the recent vol
canic disturbances. In an interview
Mr.. Campbell said: 'There is no
clear idea vet of the loss of life re-
sulting from the volcanoes eruption,
but from what [ could gather be-
fore leaving the country, | believe
that 5000 natives have been killed.
There was some talk at San Jose,
too, of some of the refugees having
been waylaid by robbers, but l saw
no instance of this. In fact, l both
cred very little about anything ex-
cept the fact hat [ had been i'm
poverished, and I took the first
means of getting back to this coun-
try. | heard at San Jose that Presi-
dent Cabrera was trying to suppress
the news, but he could not reason
ably have expected to do anything
like that, for the evidence of ruin
was apparent to everybody. Some
of the coffee fincas that have been
nearly ruined were worth more than
S1,000,000. The plantation of AL
bert James, which was wiped out of
existence, had machinery upon it
worth 100000, all of which is de-
stroyed. Some months ago James
refused an offer Of $1,500,000 for
the fnca. Adolpho Myers fnca,
worth $750,000 in gold, was entire
ly ruined. Both Of these fine places
lay from 20 to 40 miles west of the
volcano. The town of Quezaltenanr
60 is practically ruined, for the
houses are cracked and broken
down; the people are moving out
and the neigrborhood is covered
with sand and ashes"
Western Union messenger boys Of
Memphis have been granted an IN
crease from $22 to $26 per month,
after a strike of two days.
The Westminster Gazette reyiyes
the report that Americans are try
ing to buy British railroads. The
paper says it hears that an Ameri-
san syndicate has offered to pur-
chase the Great Central, that the