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The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Gulf s. Ship Island Branch.

Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the survey of the proposed line
which the Gulf & Ship Island is to
build from do to Mendenhall, in
Simpson county, down to Blunt.
vile, and thence to Columbia, in
Marion county. At Columbia the
new line will connect with a branch
of the Gulf & Ship Island railroad
that connects with the main line at
Lumberton. When the new road is
built and the connection made at
Columbia it will make a loop line
running from Mendenhall to Lum-
berton, sixty miles in length and
traversing the counties of Simp-
son, Lawrence and Marion. Be-
sides opening up a fine, new terri
tory, the loop will greatly facilitate
the handling Of freights, as it will
give the road practically two lines
from Jackson to Lumberton. There
is no country on the globe that is
developing more rapidly than South
Mississippi is today.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.
Civil Service Commission Makes It's Nine
teenth Annual Report-62,O 29 Exam
nations During the Year.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The nine
teenth annual report of the United
States civil service commission for
the last fiscal year has been submit
ted to the president. 1t announces
substantial progress in the COMPETE
tive system and general observance
of the civil service law and rules
during the year. The inclusions in
the competitive system during the
year were the rural free delivery
service, a considerable portion of the
field services of the war department.
the ensus office permanent employees
and the employees appointed because
of increased work during the war
with Spain. There were 62,029 Ter
sons examined for places and 1893
persons appointed, reinstated &C
transferred, a large increase over
any preceding year.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
OVERCOME WITH REMoRsE.
Denver Young Man Committed Suicide Be-
cause He Had Caused the Death
of q Kansas Girl.

Denver, Col, Nov. Miss Sarah
Vance, an extremely pretty girl of
10 years, died at DR.. Elliott's sani-
tarium at midnight as the result of
taking strong drugs for two weeks
previous to her entry at the sani-
tarium. A criminal operation is also
said to have caused death. Upon
hearing of her death, June Terrill,
a young man who vas employed as
a drug clerk by f. d. Kemper, in West
Denver, committed suicide, so over
come was he with m o over his
perfidy toward the young woman he
had ruined. Miss Vance came to
Colorado last February from Topeka,
Kan, where she was a member of
the First Presbyterian church.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Bishop Thompson's Condition.

Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson
is expected to leave New York about
the middle of November to return
to his home in Jackson. The bish-
ops physicians in New York were
not as successful in arresting the
progress of the throat trouble as
they had hoped, and his condition
continues serious.
On November II the standing
committee of the diocesan council
of the Episcopal diocese of Missis-
sippi will meet at Jackson to ar
range for protecting the affairs of
the Episcopacy during the illness of
the bishop. The standing commit
tee will provide for the temporal af-
fairs of the diocese, and it has been
arranged that Bishop Gailor of Ten
nessee shall administer confrma-
tiOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Victims Of Pothunters.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 2.-Gugie Bour-
quin, 65 years old, and a negro man
were murdered today neal the formers
farm, six miles from this city. 1t is
supposed the two were driving togeth-
er when they were shot. as Bourquin's
body was found in a buggy, and the
body of the negro was discovered one
hundred yards from where the vehicle
was standing. Recently Bourquin had
trouble with pothunters, who have
sought to shoot game upon B%ourquin's
farm, and it is thought the killing may
have grown out of some such troubles.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Accidental

A peculiar aftermath to the re-
cent Mathis hanging developed at
Oxford a few days ago. Emanuel
Crump, a ~14-year-old negro boy,
who had witnessed the hanging Of
Mathis and Lester, secured a pillow
line and arranged a moose for a
mock hanging of himself. He stood
on a milk jar and placed his head
in the moose. In some manner he
knocked the jar away and his mock
hanging proved to be a genuine ar
ticle. When found he was dead.
Accidental death by hanging was
the coroner's verdict.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Crushed BY Trolley Car.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. Mrs. Anais
Wilson, aged SO, died today after being
struck by a trolley car yesterday. Mrs.
Wilson was deaf and walked in front
of the car. She was born on the Island
of Martinique in 1919. Her parents
were large slave owners Her mother,
Miss Peters, was the cousin Of the
Empress Josephine, first wife of Napo-
leon. They were educated together
in the convent at St. Pierre. Miss
Peters removed to Charleston, S. c.,
with her parents at an early age and
there married Edward G.. Wilson.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
NO GOOD. SAYS ERWIN
Indian Agent Mercilessly Arraigns
Young Red Men.
They Come Back from Government Schools,
He Declares, Lazy and Worthless and
with n Mania for Gambling aud
General Dissipation.

Washington, Nov. IA severe ar
raignment of the Indians ON the Pom
ca, Otoe and Oakland reservation in
Oklahoma is made by Agent Erwin,
in charge of the reservation, in his
annual report to the commissioner of
Indian affairs. The report says:
Hardly any of the young Indians,
those who have graduated from non
reservation schools, as well as those
who have attended for a number of
years, do any work at all. 1t a be
set down as a perfectly safe rule that
as a class the young educated In
dams are the most worthless ones in
the whole tribe. Nearly all of the
work done by the tribe is performed
by the middle-aged, able-bodied ones,
who cannot write or speak English.
The educated Indian coming from
the schools usually gives the excuse
that he has nothing with which to
work, neither money, implements nor
stock of any kind. This is true, but
their annuities and lease money and
buy horses, buggies, etc, on credit
and borrow money from the banks
with but little prospect of ever being
able to pay their debts. Any able
bodied man or woman is able to OBJ
tain work at fair wages. Many of the
people are addicted to drink and both
men and women are inveterate gam
blers. They have practically nothing
to do. Their days r spent in almost
utter idleness and vice and debauch-
of these people will continue and in
crease until they are made to work
and live by the result of their Ia
bOrS"
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Pension Distribution.

Pension Clerk Simonton OF the
auditors office has sent out to the
various counties the revised lists of
those entitled to draw pensions for
the year 1902. He requests the
chancery clerks to check over said
lists and return them to the audit
or's office at once. When these lists
have ben returned to the Office,
checked by the ~chancery clerks, he
will send out new lists to each coun-
ty, notifying the officials thereof
what each applicant will be entitled
to draw. The complete list of the
new pensioners showing the correct
roll of applicants will be made up
shortly. The distribution will be-
gin in about three or four weeks.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
FOOTBALL AND THE DEVIL.
Chancellor Andrews Tells Students of Ne
braska University That Too Often They
Go Hand In Hand.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1.-Chancellor
e. Benjamin Andrews has told the
students of the University of Nebras-
ka that he feared football enthusiasm
and the devil sometimes went hand in
hand. Such a condition apparently,
he said, followed the celebration in
Lincoln of Nebraska's victory over
Minnesota, when students captured a
street car and partly dismantled it.
That was the devils work. The chan
cellor declared it would have been far
better had the team been defeated
than to have such an exhibition.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
SHE KNEW HOW TO SHOOT.
Mrs. r. .. Randall. of Carthage. Mo-. Shot
Her Husband to Death In "A Law
yer's Office In Joplin.

Joplin, No., Nov. 1.--R. o. Randall,
g real estate dealer of Carthage, was
shot at noon Friday by his wife and
instantly killed. Mrs. Randall had
sued for divorce several days ago
and when they met in the lawyers
office of Joplin a quarrel ensued. Ran
dali. it is said, drew a knife and at
tempted to stab her when she pulled
out a pistol and shot him five times,
killing him instantly. Her arrest has
been made. She claims self-defense.
They are well-known people.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
DISCHARGED THE ADVENTIST.
Clerk in the Government Appraisers ONCE
in New York Refused to Work
on Saturday.

Washington, Nov. William L.
Quackenbush. a clerk in the apprais-
er's office in New York, has been dis
charged because he refused to work
Oh Saturday. Mr.. Q~uackenbush is a
Seventh Day Adventist. For some
time his wish not to work on Satur-
day had been complied with, but when
the increaseof work in the appraisers
office necessitated his attendance on
that day he declined to work and was
accordingly dismissed.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
James j. HilI's Great ENTERPRISE.

Great Falls, Mont, Nov. 1.-Jarics
j. Hill has begun the development
of a steel and iron industry in the
west which will rival anything of the
sort in the world. He arrived here
Thursday to arrange the first def
mite project in his great enterprise,
the transformation OF the old silver
smelter of the American Smelling
and Refining company, which has not
been in operation for three years,
into an iron and steel mill.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Confederate Gallery.

The department of archives and
history has decided to establish a
gallery Of distinguished Confeder-
ate officers as a special feature Of
the portrait gallery of the depart
ment. Of course the gallery will
be confined to Mississippi officers.
This feature will be interesting to
the veterans of the State and there
is no question but that a complete
gallery of portraits will be soon
made up.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
PenitcntIary to Rescue.

The penitentiary is coming to the
rescue of the State treasury, which
has reached a low stage. Warden
Parchman has just sold $4,000
worth of cotton and will turn the
entire amount into the treasury. In
view of the fact that there is not
over $150,000 in the treasury at the
present time, all such aids are very
timely, since in the near future
there will be some heavy demands
on the States funds, notably the
payment of the pensions. By that
time, however, it is thought the PEN
itentiary and tax settlements will
have built up a sufficient reserve to
tide over with ease.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Crssceus Made a wonderful Record.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 1.-Cresccus.
in his attempt to lower the two-mile
record here Friday afternoon, made a
wonderful performance, trotting two
miles in AIT fiat. The former was
4:2sA and Cresceus lowered this time
by IN seconds. The driver and Cres-
ceus received an ovation.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
The Preacher In PnlificR.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 1.-Seven-
teen Methodist bishops are attending
the conference in this city, the only
absentees being Bishops Hurst, Bow
ers and Foster. During the u of
an address last night Bishop Moore
said: 1.-The minister who neglects to
take an interest in politics has no
place on the planet"
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Wild With Excitement.

The first car of machinery of the
Alabama & Mississippi Investment
and Development Company arrived
at Enterprise a few days ago. The
town is wild with excitement. The
booming Of cannon announced the
arrival of the first car.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Mississippi State News
Mississippi in Confederate Congress

Mississippi In Confederate Congress.
There are now living only two
Mississippi members Of the Confed-
crate congress-Judge J. A. P.
Campbell Of Jackson and Judge
Jehu A. Orr Of Columbus.
The names Of the Mississippi
members will be of interest to the
people at this time:
Members of Confederate Consti-
tutional Convention Wiley P.
Harris, Walker Brooke, W. S. Will
son, Alexander M. Clayton, VIM. s.
Barry, j. A. P. Campbell, James T.
Harrison.
Members of Provisional Congress
Alexander M. Clayton, VIM. S.
Barry, J. A. P. Campbell, Walker
Brooke, Wiley P. Harris, James t.
Harrison, Jehu A. Orr.
The Members of First Congress
Senators, Albert G. Brown, James
Phelan; Representatives, Ethelbert
Barksdale, Henry G. Chambers, J.
W. Clapp, Reuben Davis, John J.
McRea, Ohio R. Singleton, Israel
Welsh.
Second Congress-Senators AL
bert G. Brown, j. W. G. Watson \;
Representatives, Ethelbert Banks
dale, Henry G. Chambers, W. D.
Holder, John T. Lamkin, Jehu A.
Orr, Ohio R. Singleton, Israel
Welsh.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Another st. Louis Alderman Convicted.

ST. Louis, Nov. Edmund Bersch,
former member of the house of dele
gates, was found guilty of perjury in
his testimony before the grand j,ry
as to the $4,000 Doodle fund raised
to secure the passage of the Subur-
ban franchise bill, and given five years
in the penitentiary.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Read Her Last Renort.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 1.-The
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the NJ. E. church is in session here.
the wife of Bishop Foss presiding.
Mrs. A. L. Alderman, of Hyde Park,
Mass, one of the corresponding sec
~retaries, who is 81 years old, declared
this would be her last report. The
receipts of the IL branches for the
year aggregated $472,53
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Miner Fell $50 Feet.

Joplin, Mo-, Nov. William Ian
ders, a miner, was killed at the Rose
bud mine, near Duenweg, by falling
to the bottom of a shaft, $50 feet in
depth. He broke through a plat
form composed Of two-inch boards
before reaching the bottom.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Christian Endeavorers.

Official announcement is made
that the Mississippi State Christian
Endeavor convention will be held
at Greenwood on November 25-27.
An excellent program has been pre-
pared and the Greenwood "Endeav-
orers" are ready with a hearty well
come for the Christian workers who
will attend. Names Of those ex-
pecting to attend should be sent to
w. A. Stinson of Greenwood, chair
nan of the committee on arrange
ments. The railroads will give re-
duced rates on the certificate plan.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Remarkable Bicycle Record.

Paris, Nov. 1.-Contenet, the bicy-
clist, has ridden As miles Cos yards in
one hour at the Veledrome Buffalo.
C~ontenet's new mark for the hour is
the most remarkable performance in
the history of middle distance cy-
cling.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
hampton Appointed Treasurer,

Gov. Longino appointed Thad D.
hampton Of Pike county treasurer
Of the State of Mississippi to fill out
the unexpired term of George W.
Carlisle, resigned. 1t develops that
the newly appointed State treasurer,
Mr.. hampton, will have to give a
$250,000 bond instead Of the $780,,
900 bond which the retiring treas
urer carried and which his prede
cessors have been called uponH fur
nish-
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Gen. Miles Reache. Manila.

Manila, Nov. 1.-The United States
army transport Thomas, with Lieut..
Gen. Miles and his party on board,
anchored in Manila harbor tonight.
The Thomas left San Francisco Octo-
Der 1 and called at Honolulu and
Guam.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 1.-The Grout
anti-oleo law, passed at the last ses-
sion of congress, has had an effect
opposite to that intended, the records
in the internal revenue collectors
Offices for the district of kansas
showing that o oleomargarine is
manufactured at the present tins
than ever.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Flathead COUNTRY Devastated.

Missnnla, Mont, Nov. Am inn
mense forest fire is raging ros
the river from locke, on the Flat
head reservation. The flames are
spreading unchecked and millions Of
feet of the finest of timber in this
part of the state r being destroyed.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Sentenced to Hang.

In the circuit court at Fayette
last week Richard Gaines was con-
victeds of the murder of r. V. Comp
ton, an aged merchant Of Gannons-
burg, Jefferson county, and SEN
fenced to be hanged on November
20. According to a confession made
last July, Gaines and three accom-
plices entered Compton's store on
the night Of July 4 and killed the
old man with a Ratchet. The ne
groes were arrested shortly after the
discovery of the body and would
have been lynched had they not been
spirited to Vicksburg, where they
we're held until last week, when they
were taken to Fayette, the county
seat of Jefferson, for trial.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
These Boers Arc Loxal.

Johannesburg, Nov. IA number
of former Boer commandments and
British officers have offered their
services and those of 1000 men, half
of whom are British and half Boer
soldiers. for service in Somaliland.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Penchant for Huer,ne women.

st. Louis, Nov. LA man with a
penchant for embracing members Of
the gentler sex is terrorizing women
in the neighborhood of Oregon and
Wyoming streets. Seven cases have
been reported to the police.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Tri-State s. Gulf.

The people along the route of the
proposed Tri-State & Gulf railway
are manifesting a good deal of in
terest in the plan. The application
for the charter will be made shortly.
The road will be surveyed from
Port Gibson through Claiborne,
Copiah, Lawrence, Marion and
probably other counties.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
BURNED AT THE STAKE
Negro Cremated in Mississippi for
Murder of Two White Men.
Tho Murderer Confessed His Crime and
Produced the Money Taken From
the Bodies of His Victims.

Mastodon, Miss, Nov. 1.-The foul
assassination Of e. A. Jackson and
Tie Contractor Rozelle, near Darl-
ing, was summarily avenged last night
when a negro known only as Bear
was burned at the scene of the murder
by a mob of 500 citizens of Pamela and
Quitman counties.
Confession Came Slowly.
Hours of excitement were spent
while Bear" was slowly being forced
to a confession of his crime. When
first captured he implicated tour white
railroad men in the deed, but these
easily proved an alibi and were not
long held.
The negro was forced to produce the
ill-gotten money which was his incent-
i've, and when the booty was fully re-
covered the inhuman murderer was
led back to the cabin where he had
slain the two men. He was then
chained to one of the walls and enough
of the timber was torn away to build
a funeral pyre about him and a match
applied. AS the wretch began to burn,
the crowd slowly filed away and left
him to his fate.
Bear" had been a servant to RoZelle
in his railroad camp and had some
times slept in the camp. He knew
that Rozelle often had considerable
sums of money in his possession. e.
A. Jackson, who ran a liquor resort
at Roane, Miss, had come to Rozelle's
camp on a hunting expedition, when
he met death with the owner of the
cabin on Thursday night.
When the negro was captured he
showed little concern, but when led
to the scene of the murder became
%perceptibly uneasy and exclaimed:
What does this mean?"
at means that you began this
thing and we are going to finish it"
said the leader of the mob.
Produced the Money.
The leader then demanded of Bear
where he had concealed the stolen
money. Bear promised to produce It,
and when led to the spot dug up SIS.
The leaders knew that he had not pro-
duced all the money and demanded the
rest of it. Bear promised to produce
the balance of it and led the mob four
miles to an old negro's cabin which
he often f~requented. He then dug up
1924 in money and checks, which he
had stolen.
Burned at the Stake.
Bear was then conducted back to
the cabin where he had murdered the
two men and tied to a railroad iron
placed inside the cabin. One of the
walls of the cabin was torn away and
the timbers piled about his body. The
match was applied and the entire mass
was soon in flames. The crowd of
avengers, of whom at least 100 were
colored men, then dispersed.
A full and complete confession was
obtained from Bear before he was
burned, and the people are entirely
satisfied that proper vengeance was
taken.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Rural Delivery Routes.

The establishment Of rural free
delivery routes is being announced
in all sections of the State. Two
have recently been established, run
ming out of Wesson, one east and
the other west. The people of the
entire State are awakening to the
advantages of these routes and petit
tons are being gotten up asking
the department at Washington to
establish them.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Burned at the Stake.
Bears Crime.

Bears crime was committed on
Wednesday night near Darling, when
he slew the two white men, Rozelle
End Jackson, in their bed and beat in
their heads until they were almost
unrecognizable. The bodies of the men
wer found Thursday by Will Sanford,
A cattle buyer, who stopped at the
camp. He gave the alarm and a large
posse began to hunt for the murderer,
which resulted in the capture and
death Of Bear.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07

London, Nov. 1.-The last section
of the British imperial Pacific cable
from Vancouver, B. G., to Australia,
was laid at the Fiji islands yesterday.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Luke Harris Captured.

Luke Harris, a desperate convict,
originally sent up from Sharkey
county, who escaped about two
years ago, along with four other
prisoners, by overcoming Sergt. Nc
Crory Of the Shelby place, was cap
tured neal Mobile and returned to
the penitentiary.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
ms "Favorite. wife an Empress,

Yokohama, Nov. 1.-The emperor
of Korea has raised his ~favorite wife
to the rank of empress.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
sixty-second Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leven Lake cele-
brated the si~xty-second anniversary
of their wedding at Oxford a few
days ago. Both are hale and
healthy and look good for many
more celebrations. Leven Lake is
one of the best known drummers OF
the State. Numerous friends con-
graduated the happy couple.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Rural Route recommended.

Reports from Washington are to
the effect that a rural free delivery
route has been recommended for
Adams county by Special Agent
Watson,
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Policemen Suspended.

Mayer Hemingway Of Jackson a
few days ago suspended five mem
bers of the police force. It is
charged that the officers have been
negligent in their duties in failing
to raid blind tigers on their beats.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07

treasurer e AQQlClOQaI Qe-
posts Of government money in ma
tional banks, $1s,0Oo,0 600; purchase
of government bonds, $50, 800, 900
added to national bank circulation.
$4,000, 900; release Of reserve held
against government deposits, $780,
100000; rebate of interest, $780,
900; total, 500, $4,000
The establishment of additional
rural free delivery routes will neces-
state an additional expenditure for
the next fiscal year of $5,126,4OO
over last year.
Morris Sheppard, the 27-year-old
son of the late Congressman Shep-
pard, of the first Texas district, has
been nominated to succeed his father
in the national house Of represent
atives. MI. Sheppard received more
votes than his three competitors
combined.
Three boys, Hugh Mirrow, Dam
lei Carnahan and Joe Rogel, re-
turning from a hunt near Oklaho-
ma City, stopped to rest on the
railroad track, fell asleep and were
killed by a train.
The Iowa State bank at Prairie
City, Ia, was dynamited by bur-
glars, who secured about $4,000.
The night Waterman was overpow-
cred and held prisoner by one Of the
robbers while his three pals did the
job.