The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14

States should not take possession OF
the bridge. j
Reports coming in from the farming
region of northern Colorado show such
great destruction of crops by the recent
terrific hail storms that the total dam
G is conservatively estimated at more
than 100000.
Annie E. Shapley, who was arrested
in New York, on the 9th, and taken TO
Philadelphia to answer the charge Oh
raising United States postal ORDERS
confessed that her operations a Deen
carried on since May %.
The committee investigating alleged
bribery in the Georgia legislature have
~unearthed evidence of bribery In the
defeat OF the child labor bill, the
school book bill and the bill to abolish
the convict lease system.
Mrs. Conger visited the dowager en-
press of China at the summer palace,
on the 7th, for the purpose OF
ing Miss Kate Augusta Carl, an Amer
lean artist from Paris, who is to paint
the dowager empress portrait.
Jeff Sterrett, editor of the Plain Deal
er at Hawesville, KY, for 35 years, died
on the 9Th. He was II years old and
acknowledged to be one Oh the greatest
wits among Kentucky editors. He was
one of Morgan's men in the civil war.
King Edward has approved the ap-
pointment of Lord Northcote, now gov
ernor of Bombay, as governor-general
of Australia in succession of Lord Ten
nyson, who has resigned that post. The
appointment will take effect in Deem
Der.
The Jury in the case of Harry Faulk-
ner, former member of the st. Louis
house of delegates, returned a verdict,
on the 5th, finding the defendant
guilty of perjury and fixing his pun
ishment at three years in the peniten-
tiary.
Col. R. G. Sharman Crawfold, vice
commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht
club, who will represent the club on
the Shamrock III. during the races for
the Americas cup, arrived in New
York, on the 7th, on the steamship
Germanic.
John Alexander Dowie, general over
seer of the Christian Catholic church,
was made a citizen of the United
States at Chicago, on the 9Th. upon re-
nouncing in the superior court his al
legiance to the sovereign of Great
Britain and Ireland.
The post office department has is
sued orders against the Cooperative
Turf association of New Orleans, which
is said to have been using the mails
to defraud bettors by making false
promises and failing to keep agree
ments with investors.
Two heavy rains, accompanied by
wind, did great damage to crops at
Greensboro, KY, on the 9Th. George
Birk's store was blown down at Yelv-
ington, in the eastern part of the
county. A heavy hail fell, beating
down corr and tobacco.
Crops show decided Improvement
after the rains of the last week. Corn
has made good advancement in nearly
all the states of the corn belt, except
Missouri, where the crop is in all
stages of development. Only a partial
crop is expected in Missouri.
A cloudburst lasting half an hour
struck Ottumwa, Ia, on the 5th. Sky
lights were broken, the roofs of sew
eral business blocks were torn off and
street car service was stopped. Every
telephone line out of the city was dis
abled and telegraph wires crippled.
According to a cablegram received, ].
w. Sayer, who is travelling around the
world for the Seattle (Wash.) Times,
in an effort to break the best previous
record, sailed, on the 7th, from Ger
many On the steamer Campania, and
will reach Seattle in just IS days after
he left.
NILS. lud 0uliCI, VI DuuhcI Hill, ILL.,,
who is charged with the murder of lit
tie Ewart Checksfield, filed habeas cor
pus proceedings, on the 4th, for her
release. Her attorney proposes to
show that she is too i'll to leave her
bed, and it would be death to remove
her to jail.
The cotton mills of the China, Web
ster and Pembroke manufacturing
companies at Sunsook, N. H., an
nounced, on the 9Th, that they would
shut down until August "a on account
of the high cost of cotton and the I'M
satisfactory condition of the market
for print cloths.
John F. Carnell, 60 years old, a vet
eran clerk of the Office of auditor for
the post Office department at Washing
ton, d. c., formerly of Iowa, was ar
rested, on the 9Th, by post Office in
spectors on the charge of opening let
tiers addressed to the auditor and ap-
propriating the contents.
President Roosevelt received a call,
at Oyster Bay, L. l., on the 4th, from
Bishop Dougherty, who was recently
appointed to the see of Nueva Caceres,
p. /. The bishop decided to pay his
respects to the president before sailing
for Manila, P. l., and to talk over the
situation in the archipelago.