The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-05
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

that every line of business is boom
ing. These men, but for strikes, lock-
outs and dissensions among rival la
Dor unions, would be earning a total
of $1,000 900 a day, or So, 1900, 900 a week.
Marcel Renault, the celebrated
French automobilist and manufacture
er of racing machines, died at Poitiers,
on the 27th, as the result of injuries
received during the race from Paris
toward Madrid on the oath. He is the
seventh victim.
Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick, indicted for
murder in the first degree, was ar
raigned in Memphis, Tenn, on the
9th. She pleaded not guilty.
The Iowa state convention of pro-
hibitionists met at Marshalltown, on
the 27th, Rev. j. Gaven Ness, d. d., of
Mount Vernon, presiding.
Northwestern Ohio was visited, on
the 9th, by one of the worst storms
in its history. The damage done in
Toledo is estimated at $100, 900.
Twenty-Five explosions in the plant
of the Indiana Powder Co., at Fanta-
net, Ind, on the 27th, killed one man
and fatally injured two others.
Edward West, IS years old, the
first teacher of a public school in the
territory of Wisconsin, at Milwaukee,
in 1887, died, on the 27th, at Appleton,
Wis.
A collision on the Southern railway
near Bryan, Ala, on the 27th, resulted
in the death of three engineers, four
firemen and one brakeman; the de-
struction by fire of IL loaded freight
cars and eight empty ears.
The Presbyterian general assembly
at Los Angeles, Cal, on the 27th, Sc
lected Buffalo as the next place of
meeting.
Jack R. Jennings, 81 years old, of
Urbana, O., was electrocuted while
working so feet in the air at Hunting
ton, w. Va, on the 27th. His body
anne in contact with a live wire.
A mob at Bluefields, w. Va, on
the 9th, forced officers to accept
bond for two young men, who had
been arrested for bad conduct, and re-
lease them from the city Jail.
A negro attacked Mrs. j. C. Lind,
wife of a farmer living near Yates
Centre, Kas., on the 27th, on a coun-
try road. He was arrested and placed
in Jail.
John Barbaglia, the italian politi-
clan, who was convicted of naturaliza-
ton frauds in the federal court at -.
Louis, on the Goth, has made a partial
confession to United States District
Attorney Dyer and his assistant, Bert
Nortoni, and it is expected that when
they have got through with him they
met politicians who were behind the
scheme.
On the authority of the German
navy department, it is stated that
Germany will participate in the naval
display which will take place at Hamp-
ton roads in connection with the open
ing of the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton in May, 1904.
Harley j. Howe, aged 60, a scale
manufacturer, died of heart disease,
on the 9th, at Rochester, n. Y.
The British steamer Huddersfield
collided with the Norwegian steamer
Tito while on a trip between Antwerp
and Grimsby, on the morning of the
27th, and soon foundered. OF those
ON board % Austrian and Italian inn
migrants persisted.
Two unknown men entered the of
fee of A. c. Kendall, manager of the
secret Service union, in Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 2Sth, threw pepper in his
eyes and escaped with $500 in bills
that were lying on his desk.
Advices were received at Constanti-
nople, on the 2sth, conveying the in
formation that 1000 persons had been
killed and 500 houses wrecked by an
earthquake on April 20 at Melezgherd,
Asiatic Turkey.
Ed. Farman, formerly of st. Louis,
acquitted, IN the 2Sth, OF the
charge of killing John Switzerland, at
Powell, 1. L. The tragedy occurred in
1895 over remarks made concerning
Mrs. Fairman.
"A two-story brick building in To-
peka, kas., collapsed on the 2Sth. Ed.
ward Larsen, Joseph Jackson, John
Thomas, Carl johnson and NJ. O.
Charlesburg were badly injured.
The Supreme Court of Honor, in
session in Kansas City, Mo-, On the
2Sth, increased death rates, and APP
p%ropriated $50, 900 for a headquarters
building in Springfield, Ill.
A record-breaking hog supply, 1900
head, was received on the Sioux City
(Ia.) market on the 2Sth.
President Roosevelt, on the 2Sth,
planted a tree in Boise, Idaho, on the
state house grounds near the one
planted by President Harrison in 1891.
The United Presbyterian general as
sembly met in Tarkio, Mo-, on the
2Sth. DR.. j. f. Cowan, of indianapolis,
was elected moderator.
The body of John Cavanaugh, aged
IS years, was found, on the goth, near
Scranton, Pa, at the spot indicated
in a letter left by Mary McAndrew,
the young mans sweetheart, who
committed suicide by taxing carbolic
acid. Their parents had objected to
their marriage.
Two street cars collided in Omaha,
Neb., on the goth, injuring about ff-
teen persons. Those most seriously
injured were Harry Straight, Bertha
B~ielstein, George Bruchruk, John
Weiss, w. H. Robinson and Anna
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