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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
BATTERY MARCHED
DISTANCE OF 430 MILES

Roanoke, Va, Oct. 2.-The Third Bat
terry Field Artillery United States
Army. commanded by Capt. C. p.
Summerall, and consisting of 10 men
and 126 horses, which started on a
march Sept. from Chickamauga to
Fort Myer, arrived at Salem, Va, this
evening, having travelled a distance of
430 miles. The soldiers are giving ex-
hibitions of horsemanship along the
line of march and are being handsome
ly entertained by the citizens.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Leonidas white, MouItrie.

Moultrie, Ca, Oct. 2.--The death of
Mr.. Leonidas Whittle of West Moul-
trie, which had been long expected,
Mr.. Whittle had been confined to his
bed since February, and had been a
great sufferer. He came here with his
wife about two years ago from Hamp-
ton and made,his home with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Richard Plonden. Mr.. and
Mrs. Plonden and Mrs. Whittle will
leave tonight with the remains for
Hampton, where they will be inferred
Tomorrow. s -
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Col. william G. WoodfoIk, Column
~ bus, Gin.

Columbus, Ca. Oct. 2.-CoI. William
G.. Voolfolk. aged SO years, one of the
oldest and most prominent citizens of
Columbus, died at his home here to-
day after a short illness. He leaves
nine children. He had extensive plant
ing interest near the city until he re-
tired from active business. The fun
eraI will take place tomorrow from
Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. Chas.
Wright of Albany will condnct the
services
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
IN TWO LANGUAGES.

The Hague. Oct. 1.-THE Venezuelan
arbitration tribunal has decided that
minutes of the decisions and awards
IN the question of the preferential
claims of the allied Powers shall be
Drawn up both in English and in
srench and that discussions shall be
IN English or French.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Print CLOTH Market.

in the print cloth market for the week
will not reach over $4,000 pieces. Trad
ing in the local market during the week
has been exceedingly light in all de-
partments. The demand has continued
quiet and confined principally to mar
row odds. The local cloth market con-
tinues practically unchanged on ba-
sis of 37s cents for regulars.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03

Washington, Oct. 2.--At conference
between PresidentsRooseve and Post
master General Payne it was decided
that the Thanking privilege heretofore
extended to the government officials OF
the island of Porto Rico no longer
could be allowed, on the ground that
they are not officials of the United
States. Serious abuses of the frank
ing privilege are reported from Porto
Rico.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
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BRYAN GOES TO EUROPE.

Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 2.-Announce-
ment was made tonight that w. ].
Bryan will leave Lincoln for the east
Sunday, and will not return until aft
er he has completed European trip.
Mr.. Bryan will be accompanied abroad
by his son William.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Crnmp Heads Directorate.

Philadelphia, Oct. AT a meeting
of the board of directors of the Vim.
Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine
Building Company held to-day Charles
H. Cramp rendered his resignation as
president and was chosen chairman of
the board new office. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Henry S. Grove; vice president.
Edwin S. Cramp; general manager. r.
w. Davenport. The latter was also
chosen a director of the company
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Gray Guest of Roosevelt.

Washington, Oct. Judge George
Gray, chairman of the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission, was guest of
President Roosevelt at luncheon to-
day. 1t is understood that the Presi-
dent desired to discuss with Judge
Gray some phases of the labor situa-
tiOn %
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03

Atlanta, Oct. 2.-The Ensign Lumber
Company of Ocilla, Ca, has filed COM
plant with the Georgia Railroad Com
mission, stating that freight rates from
DELLA to Gainesville are 13A cents per
hundred pounds, while rates to Dalton,
Rome and Cedartown are only IL
cents per- hundred The company asks
that the commission adjust the rates.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Canada surrenders stern.

Toronto, Ont. Oct. 2.-In the ex-
tradition case of Leopold 7. Stern of
Baltimore, wanted in Washington In
connection with the postal frauds, JUS
tice Winchester to-day directed that
Stern be delivered over to the United
States authorities for trial on the
charge contained in the information.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Frame Fell killing n Man.

Knoxville. Tenn.. Oct 2.-The frame
work supporting the arch of a stone
culvert being constructed on the Knox
vile, Lafollette and Jelico Railroad.
near here, fell yesterday afternoon.
Frank Weaver, a carpenter and stone
mason of London, KY, was, instantly
killed in the accident.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
MANY DELEGATES PRESENT.
FIoridn's Baptist Churches in Good
Condition.

Madison, Fla. Oct. 2.-The Florida
Baptist Association has just concluded
it's sessions here of three days. Rev.
+. M. Wells, moderator; Rev. Stephen
Crockett clerk Opening sermon was
by DR.. A. M. Manning of Leon, and
the annual sermon by Rev. z. NJ.
Wagner of Taylor. There were about
forty delegates, lay and clerical, in
attendance. The business sessions
were full of interest, and the reports
from the different churches indicated
a satisfactory progress along all the
lines of religious work. The associa-
ton includes all churches between the
Suwanee and Apalachicola rivers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Receiver for Lumber Company.

Beaumont, Tex, Oct. 2.-District
Judge Pope to-day named a receiver
for the Turner and Majors Lumber
Company. incorporated, with a capital
of 100000 The company controls a
number of mills at different points in
east Texas.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-03
Il. w. sbankIin, Lexington, Ky.

Lexington, KY, Oct 2.-E. w.
Shanklin, secretary of the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders, Association,
dropped dead here tonight.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY,
Fourteen Union Miners, Including
Local OmciaIs, Arrested at
Telluride. Col.

Telluride, Col, Nov. 2S.-Fourteen
union miners, including Local Presi-
dent Guy E. Miller and Secretary Oscar
M. Carpenter, charged with conspiracy,
have been arrested by Sheriff Rutan
since the troops arrived in this dis
tricts. President Miller was seized
while talking to the other men impris-
oned in the Jail. No warrant had been
sworn out for him.
Former Att'y.-Gen. Eugene EngIoy
appeared as counsel for the union
men, who were arraigned, FRIDAY, be-
fore a justice of the peace Cor pre-
liminary examination.
In arresting President Miller" said
Mr.. Engley, Il think that the sheriff
overstepped the bounds of his authori-
ty. He had no warrant, and President
Miller's action in talking through the
bars to men imprisoned in the Jail
constituted no offense. AS to the 9TH
err arrests, warrants had been sworn
out, and the sheriff was merely per
forming his duty. The cases against
these men amount to nothing, and l
am convinced that they will be re-
leased. These arrests were dictated by
the mine managers and their attor-
neys. Mr.. Howe, the deputy district
attorney, is attorney for the Tom Boy
Gold Mining Co"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
BITS OF INFORMATION.

Syrian purple, which is crimson with
a shade of blue in it, is almost universal
ly regarded as royal.
In the opinion of the health depart
ment Of Chicago every school in that
city should be provided with apparatus
to ~sterlize drinking water.
The number of high school students
studying physics decreased during the
past ten years from "a to Is per cent,
while the number studying Latin in
creased from 40 to so per cent.
The Harvard committee, headed by
ex-SecretaryN John D. Long, has invited
Circuit Attorney Joseph w. Folk, of st.
Louis, recently made famous by his sue
cessful prosecutions Of ''grafters," to
deliver the Grafton at the commence
ment at Harvard university next June.
Kansas school teachers are at a pre-
MUM, especially in the rural districts.
and reports say that similar conditions
exist in Missouri. Good positions, with
good salaries attached, have gone a-beg-
ging. One fair teacher near Emporia
suddenly quit work and a notice posted
on the school house door told her erst-
while pupils that she had gone to husk
corn. A mar has succeeded her.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
THE PRODUCTION OF COKE.
Efforts Under Way to Regulate Pro-
ductiOn of Coke and Establish
u Uniform Price.

Conellsville, Pa. Nov. 2S.-The
committee of coke operators having in
charge the matter of arranging ways
and of regulating the produc-
ton of coke and establishing a uni
form price among producers have not
as yet reached an agreement, but it is
thought they will make a report with
in a few days. Inc uncertainty of
what the new e a will bring makes
it a difficult task for the committee,
as the coke producers are anxious to
maintain the present wage rate if pos
sible, and are endeavoring to readjust
trade with that end in view. If it is
found necessary to, re-adjust this
wage rate in the region for
the purpose of reducing the
cost of production to the point
where the surplus coke can be profit
ably sold in the outside markets. it
will likely be done at the beginning of
the wear.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Becoming Acute.

The candidates for positions be-
fore the legislature are exceedingly
active now, and hardly "a day passes
but what the members do not receive
IN their mail requests from candi-
dates to vote for them. Offices in
the two houses r good places, with
fine remuneration. In addition to
electing their own officers the senate
and house will be called upon to
fill the position of State librarian,
for which there is a large number of
candidates from every section of the
State. The house will also be called
upon to fill the position of Supreme
Court clerk. Every other race is
overshadowed by the race for speaker
of the house.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Starting Canning Factories.

Within the next six months the
truck farming area in South Missis-
sippi will be supplied with several
new canning factories. The canning
factory started at Collins last year
paid a Is per cent. dividend on the
capital invested, and a company is
being organized at Columbia to put
in a similar enterprise. 1t is the
plan of the truck farmers to send
their products to the Northern mar
kets so long as fancy prices are
maintained, and the remainder of
the crops will be turned over to the
canning factories.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
FROM MINISTER BEAUPRE
TIE State Department Hears From
Our Minister at Bogota.
Considerable Excitement reyai
and Talk of Raising an Army,
But That IL All.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-The state de-
partment has advices by cable from
Minister Beaupre at Bogota, dated No
vember rs, in which he states that
considerable excitement still prevails
at the Colombian capital; that there is
much talk of raising al army, but no
troops have yet been enlisted, and
that there are rumors in the city of a
revolution in the state of Cauca di-
rected against the Marroquin govern
ment.
Rumors have reached the state de-
partment from another source that
Gen. Reyes mission to Washington is
primarily to try to array opposition
senators against the ratification of the
Bunau-Varilla-Hay canal treaty.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
FIRE AT PITTSBURG, PA.
A threatening Blaze That Yielded
After Doing About 100000
Worth of

. Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. 2S.-A large fire
broke out in Lower Allegheny and the
entire fire department was called out.
The fire originated in the Martin
Mardsocg Manufacturing Co.'S plant on
South avenue and it was feared that
it would be entirely destroyed.
Conroy, Prugh & Co.'S plate glass
warehouse also took fire.
The fire was got under control after
a short, sharp fight by the firemen, the
loss beingSnot over $40, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
FIRE AT HILL CITY, KANSAS,
The Greater Portion of the South
Side of the Town Destroyed
LOSS, Over 800 900.

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 2S.-A special to
the State Journal from Hill City, Kas.,
says: THE greater portion of the
south side of this town was destroyed
by fire that started at daylight, en-
failing a loss that will exceed $780,
900. Insurance one-third. Among the
total losses are the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, the Alliance store, c. A.
Webster, hardware; the Masonic hall,
the Corder dry goods store.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Bible in High School.

The board of trustees of the
Meridian public schools met last
week to consider objections to the
reading of the Scriptures and prayer
at the opening of daily exercises of
the new high school, which have OBJ
tanned since the school was first
opened at the commencement of the
present school term, a minister of a
different denomination officiating
each week, all city pastors being in
vited to take turns. After hearing
discussion the board decided to make
no change.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
An Embargo On Hay.

The Vicksburg board of trade last
week discussed the threatened in
vasion of that section by the Mex
leo Texan boil weevil. The ques-
ton of placing an embargo on Texas
hay and grain, which are held to be
mediums of Importation, was dis
cussed at some length. 1t was de-
cided to approach the governor and
the legislature on the subject, for re-
lief and a memorial will be prepared
accordingly, and submitted early in
the coming wear.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

John TempletOn, Of Humboldt, Neb.,
jumped off a car on the train bound
from Kansas City for Chicago, at Chill
licothe, Mo-, on the oath, and was in
| stantly killed.
Twelve ballots were taken by the
Iowa delegation in congress, on the
Gath, to determine the contest for fed
eral Judge for the northern district of
Iowa without a choice being made.
A daughter was born to Mrs. Will
lam X. Vanderbilt, Jr., on the oath, in
New York city. Mrs. Vanderbilt was
Miss Virginia Fair.
The sum of 10000 in gold was
withdrawn from the Bank of England,
on the oath, for shipment to South
America.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake
were felt in Salt Lake City, Utah, On
the oath. No serious damage was
done.
John Allen. who had been sectional
foreman at Astoria ILL.,, for 25 years,
was struck by a freight train, on the
18th, and was so badly crushed that
he died.
Pension Commissioner Ware admit
ted. ON the 25th, that he expected to
retire within the next year., and de-
clared he had had enough of political
office to last him a lifetime.
st. Louis, Chicago, New York, Pitts
burg, Milwaukee, Detroit and San
Francisco are candidates for conven-
ton city before the national. repub-
lican committee. 1t is generally be-
lieved that the choice lies between st.
Louis and Chicago.
On the Goth, Mrs. Ellen Bailey, of
Staunton, Pa, was found guilty of
planning the wreck which occurred on
the Norfolk & Western railroad at
Greenville, Pa, last December. The
jury fixed her punishment at ten years
in the p~enitentiary.
The Kratz extradition case was
called at Guadalajara, Mexico. on the
25th, for preliminary hearing, but, by
agreement of counsel, was continued
to permit further time for study of
the extradition papers and for filing
pleas.
King Edward, on the 25th, conferred
a baronetcy on Lord-Mayor Richie in
commemoration of his recent enter
tainment of King Victor Emmanuel
and Queen Helena of Italy at the
| Guildhall.
Joseph Hayward, the veteran road
master of the Kansas City, st. Joseph
& Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Hayward
were dangerously injured in a runa-
way accident, near st. Joseph, Mo-, on
the 26th.
Judge William M. Farmer made a
record in the circuit court, at Pana,
ILL.,, on the 18th by granting ten d.
vorces in ten minutes, all by default.
President Roosevelt, on the 25th, set
tied the republican factional fight for
the vacant Kansas federal judgeship by
| appointing John C. Pollock.
G. E. Foley, of Eufaula, I. T., called
on the president, or the 25th, to urge
the claims of the Indian territory for
a delegate in congress.
Frank Clark, alias yellow" Clark,
was hanged at Kahoka, Mo-, on the
25th, for assaulting Miss Ollie Hess,
near Kahoka, July 25.
David Hollister died, on the 25th, at
Maleton, Ia, at the age Of 1O1. He
was in good health for 100 years.
w. Scott Atkin, of Carbondale,. Ill,
was, on the 9th, appointed United
States commissioner, in place of Perry
L. Claxon, who committed suicide, by
Judge ]. Otis Humphreys, of the
United States circuit court for the
| southern district. of Illinois.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Rural Free Delivery.

United States Senator McLaurin
has received notice from Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General Bristow
that another rural free delivery
route will be established from Jack
son, commencing on December Is,
with one carrier in service. This
route will run northeasteny to Luck
now, in Rankin county. During the
past month a large number Of free
delivery routes have been estab-
lished In the State and many others
are to go into effect in December.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
REGISTER Is Nearly Ready.

Director Rowland Of the Depart
ment of Archives and History, last
week announced that he had received
the biographical data from all men,
bers of the Legislature, with the ex-
ception of about twenty-five or thir-
ty. Mr.. Rowland has sent out the
sixth call for this data, and SAYS that
if the members who have not re-
sponded desire to be in the statistical
register Of the department it will be
necessary for them to send in their
data within the next few days.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04

Disuusted With NEGROES,

The contractors who are putting
in the municipal water works and
sewerage at Yazoo City, have become
disguised with negro labor and after
putting up with it for some weeks
have sent to Chicago and secured
Swedes and Italians, and say that all
of the places of the negroes will be
filled with this kind of labor as soon
as possible. The contractors say
that to make anything out of the
job the workmen have to hustle, and
this the negroes refuse to do.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Beauvoir Contributions,

Superintendent Stone, of the
Beauvoir Home, states that the saw
mills of that section have contributed
to the home five carloads of lumber
and that the railroads had agreed to
haul it free. This lumber will be
used in building fences, outbuild-
ings and making other improve
ments at the home. The courtesy
of the saw-mill men and the rail
roads is greatly appreciated.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Cotton Planting Experiment.

Mr.. w. Y. Watson, a former Mis-
sissippian, who is now engaged in
sugar planting in Cuba, is preparing
to experiment with cotton culture
on that island. He recently return
ed to his old home at Port Gibson
and secured several of the finest va
rieties of cotton seed, principally the
long staple variety, which he in
tends to plant early next year. Mr..
Watson has experimental in a small
way with cotton growing in Cuba,
but heretofore has been unable to
procure IA satisfactory. variety. He
says that cotton planted on the
island grows very high, bolls well,
but has to be cut down when the
second growth commences. The
greatest difficulty encountered is the
fact that there is no frost to check
the growth and open the bolls at ripe
fruition. 1t will be remembered that
John c. Calhoun, who, in his day,
was a recognized authority ON cot
ton growing, always claimed that it
could not be successfully grown be-
low the frost line, and that Ameri-
ca will always have practically a
monopoly of the heccy staple.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Want the Depot in Town.

The people of Brandon want the
Alabama and Vicksburg depot
moved up town. A public meeting
of the citizens has been held for the
purpose of comforting with the rail
road officials in regard to moving
the depot. The depot site is located
a mile and a half from the town,
and this fact has retarded the growth
of Brandon no little.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
oncer. Elected at salem.

Salem, H., Nov. 2S.-At the thir-
teenth meeting of the Southern Illi-
nois Horticultural society Thursday
the following officers were elected:
President, J. w. Stanton, Richview;
vice-president, A. V. Schermerhorn,
Kinmundy; secretary-treasurer, E. G.
Mendenhall, Kinmundy.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Service Begins in December.

The first Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City Railroad train to arrive
in Laurel, steamed into that city last
week. Engine No. so, drawing a
private car, made the run from Mo-
bile to Laurel. Superintendent R.
H. Cobbs, Jr., and General Manager
Dewy made up the party. They are
on an inspection tour and will 90
North tomorrow. Passenger service
between Laurel and Mobile will be-
gin December 10.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Railroad Accident Statistics.

The statistical report of the rail-
road commissioners for the last two
years shows twenty-five persons were
killed by railroad trains in the State
of Mississippi during that time; that
four hundred and forty were in
jured. and that most of them were
railroad EMPLOYEES.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Families Moving Out.

Reports from many portions of
the State are to the effect that the
woods and grass are on fire, and in
some places considerable damage is
being done to fields and cabins. The
smoke in the burning districts has
caused some families to move out.
The past week has been full of worry
and inconvenience to the people on
account Of the raging forest fires,
especially in the delta section.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Mississippi Banks Prosperous.

Auditor Cole will probably be able
to give out the bank statement for
the last quarter some time this week.
There are quite d number of banks
which have not reported, but it is
expected that all the statements will
de in during the week. The state
ments received show that the banks
OF Mississippi are in a very pros
porous condition.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Cecil Rhodes Scholarships.

The University of Mississippi has
issued a pamphlet in regard to the
Cecil Rhodes scholarships for Oxford
University, Mississippi being emit
tied to two. The first selection Of
candidates for these scholarships
will be made in May, 1904. Those
who desire to stand an examination
should communicate with Chancel-
lor Fulton, of the University.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Will Be Done in December.

Two-thirds of the cotton crop of
Mississippi has been picked, accord
ing to the testimony of cotton men
who are familiar with the situation.
1t is estimated that all of the cotton
will have been picked early in De-
cember. The farmers are generally
rushing their crop crop to market
and taking advantage of the high
prices now prevailing.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
ROBBERS MAKE A BIG HAUL.
Country Seat of VIM. Welsh Harri-
son. Near Philadelphia. Robbed of
So 5000 Worth of Jewelry.

Philadelphia, Nov. 2S.-The police
officials were notified, Monday, by
VIM. Welsh Harrison that his country
home, Towers" at Glenside, a sub
urb, was robbed, Thursday, of jewelry
valued at $25 900. Mr.. Harrison is a
brother of Provost c. C. Harrison. Of
the University of Pennsylvania, and
is one of Philadelphia's wealthiest citi-
ZenS.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Dixie Rclieyes the Nashville.

Colon, Nov. 28.-Admiral Coghlan
Friday transferred his flag from the
Mayflower to the Dixie. The Dixie
left Friday afternoon for Bocos del
Toro to relieve the Nashville, which
will go to Colon to coal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Gen. william A. schmitt.

Quincy, ILL.,, Nov. 28.-Gen. VIM. A.
Schmitt, formerly of this city, died in
Chicago, aged 81 years. He was cap
tain Of company A, Twenty-seventh II
linois infantry, and was later made
colonel of the regiment.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-04
Special Election Called.

The governor has called a special
election for ~f1oater representative
between Kinds and Yazoo counties
for December 8, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of T. B. Neal.
J. p. Thompson and S. A. ID. Graves
are candidates. An election will be
held on the same day for Il county
surveyor and for city treasurer of
Jackson.