The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-01
NE VS. AND NOTES..
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

wounded Turner a. Cox at Camilla,
Ga, on the goth.
At a meeting in Kansas City. on the
goth, it was decided to hold the an
nual meeting of the Missouri Press
association at Put-in-Bay, o., July
%, % and "a.
DR.. David McDill. widely known as
an author of theological works, died
in Aenia, o., on the 10Th, of heart
trouble.
Justice Geigerich, on the Goth, in
the New York supreme court, signed
an order permitting William X. Van
derbilt to marry again.
Mrs. Charles Dodd, of Jersey City.
n. j., on the Goth, presented to her
husband a pair of six-pound healthy
boys. and by so doing is perpetuating
a custom of her family. Mrs. Dodd
herself is a twin. as was also her ia.
Their. Her husband is also twin.
A negro was lynched at Gurdon,
Ark, on the 22d. for cutting a physi-
elan, and the body was found on the
23d.
Rufus Cantrell, confessed king OF
the negro ghouls," was callel to trial
in Indianapolis, Ind. on the Goth.
w. H. Stafford, aged SO, retiI ed jurist
and author. died in Chillicothe, O., on
the Goth.
Judge Sanborn, at St. Paul, Mimi.
on the Goth, handed down a decision,
granting the request of the attorneys
fD, A.. N,ror-~ -. ~ A.. l.,
permitted to pay Great Northern and
Northern Pacific dividends to the
Northern Securities Co., pending ,ap-
peal against the recent merger deci-
sion.
Col. William K. Arthur. at one time
Il famous railroad man 40 years ago.
died, on the Goth, on his farm near
Urbana, ILL.,, aged 50 years. Col. Ar
thur was an engineer of great ability.
The Philadelphia q Reading Coal &
lron Co. forced a lockout at every one
of their c~ollieries in the Shenandoah
district, on the Goth. because the men
refused to work a full nine-hOur day
the preceding Saturday.
Brighten. George l.. Gillespie, chief
of engineers, United States army, has
resigned from membership in the
metropolitan club, of Washington. as
the result of the failure of Adjt.-Gen.
Corbin to be elected a member. Gen.
Gillespie was one of the fifteen gov
errors of the club and presented Gen.
Corbin's name.
At the A%queduct On. " races, on
the 23d, Redfern's mount, Alado. bolt
ed at the head of the stretch to the
outside fence and dived under the rail
ing. Redfern's collarbone was bro
ken. The horse broke its neck.
Members of the Illinois legislature
engaged in a riot, on the 23d, at
Springfield, because Speaker Miller re-
fused a roll call on a municipal own
ership bill. The speaker said bribery
had been attempted.
Alexander and Thomas Stevens,
10 and IA years respectively, We're ar
rested in Kansas City, Mo-, on the
23d, charged with horsewhipping their
aged mother because she had correct
ed them.
Lieut.-Gov. John \. Lee of Missouri
returned to ST. Louis, on the 23d, will
ing to tell the grand jury all he
knows about Doodle in the state leg
islature. He is a sick man.
Fully one quarter of the best bust
ness portion of Fairbury. Neb., was
destroyed by fire on the 23d. Loss,
$500. 900.
Edward Corrigan. the turfman. al
most bled to death, on the 23d, at
Louisville, Ky. Mr.. Corrigan was una
bic to stand or speak above a whis-
per.
Three men are dead and a fourth
probably fatally injured as Il result
of an explosion of giant powder in a
mine near DERRICK, Cal, on the 23d.
Eight men and two women were
killed by an explosion at the plant
of the Northwestern Star Oil Co., at
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 23d.
The typhoid fever situation at Stan
ford university, on the 23d, showed
an increase. IL new cases having de-
veloped among the students at Palo
Alto, Cal.
Five thousand people were thrown
into a panic at the skating rink in
the old Tabernacle at Peoria, ILL.,. on
the night of the oath, by an alarm
of fire, and upward of two dozen were
injured, but nom seriously.
Brighten. Fred ID. Grant and Mrs.
Grant arrived at ST. Louis, on the
Gath, from San Antonio, Tex. Gen.
Grant has been detailed to command
a portion of the troops participating
in the Worlds fair dedication.
Louis H. Decker. former member
Of the St. Louis house of delegates,
was found guilty of bribery. in con-
nection with the Suburban railway
franchise boodling, and the jury as
cessed his punishment at four years
in the p~enitentiary.
GOV. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania
has vetoed the bill recently passed
by the legislature regulating the man
ufacture and sale of alum baking
powder. The governor detected a
flavor in the measure that smacked
of improper influence.
AS a result of testimony given by
Iient.-Gov. John a. Lee before the st.
Louis grand jury, on the gath, indict-
lnents probably will be returned this
week against four or five state sem
ators for bribery and perjury.
President Roosevelt, on the oath,
before resuming his tour, participate
ed i'm the la vino of Tho lorna sto,a