The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-07

ported in st. Louis than births.
Ar italian claims to have invent
ed a bullet proof cloth, which he Of
fers to sell his government if tests
prove satisfactory.
W. R. Bishop, a corporal in COM
pany M, stationed at Fort Leaven-
worth, struck George Newsome, a
boilermaker, with his fist and killed
him.
The Doylestown (Pa.) National
Bank has been closed by the comp
troller of the currency. The banks
failure was due to unsuccessful spec
ulation of the president and cash
Ter.
During the fiscal year just closed,
according to a report Of the auditor
OF the war department, the enlisted
men of the army made 121, 700 de-
posts under the act of May Is,
1872, amounting to $3,751,61s, and
that 1919 deposits were with
drawn, amounting to $780, 100,
upon which the depositors received
$262,378 in interest.
Former Lieut.. Gov. Lee of Mis-
souri,, who testified to wholesale
boodling in the Missouri legislature,
with the understanding that he was
not to be prosecuted, may not escape
the law after all. Mrs. Kelley,
wife Of the man said to have cor
rupted many of the lawmakers, may
produce evidence heretofore not
brought out that will result ip
Lees Indictment.
A. B. Youngson, who succeeded
the late P. M. Arthur as grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, died at Mead
vile, Pa, of Bright's disease. Mr..
Youngson had filled the position of
first assistant chief of the Brother
hood since 1890. Chief Arthur's
death occurred about three weeks
ago. M. H. Shay, of Youngstown,
O., succeeds MI. Y%oungston.
Claude O'Brien, aged IS, and
Earl Whitney, aged 10, were hang
ed at Lexington, KY, for the MUIR
der of A. B. Chinn. On the morn
ing of October IL, 1902, O'Brien
and Whitney entered the home of
A. B. Chinn, a wealthy merchant
and an ex-C Confederate veteran, and
demanded money. A son of the
elder Chinn was awakened and
opened fire on the youthful bur-
glars. At this point the old man
was shot and died in a few min
utes. Young Chinn was badly
wounded and Whitney received a
bullet in the leg. The boys were
captured a few days later and their
conviction followed. On account of
the youth of the murderers a strong
effort was made to have their SEN
tence commuted, but without avail.
O'Brien's home was in Memphis
and Whitney was from Nashville.
The boys bore good regulations at
home, but bad company caused them
to embark on a life Of crime.
As the result of an assault by
James Wilson, a negro. on the wife
of a farmer living a few miles from
Danville, ILL.,, and the determination
of the people at Danville to lynch
the iend, two parties met instant
death and a number were fatally
wounded. When Wilson was placed
in prison a crowd of several hun
dred formed and started to the jail
with the avowed intention of lynch
ing him. On the way to the Jail an
unknown negro fired into the crowd
and instantly killed Henry Halter
man, who recently returned from
Fortress Monroe. The negro
was quickly swung up to a tele-
phone pole, and later his body was
dragged in front of the Jail and
burned. Then the mob turned to
the jail, which was guarded by
the sheriff and a few deputies. The
sheriff warned the mob to disperse,
and when an effort was made to bat
ter down the door a volley was fired
from the inside and several fell
MORALLY wounded. The mob then
started a runner to a coal mine to
secure dynamite, but before it could
be secured troops arrived and re-
stored order.
A negro convention in session at
Memphis adopted resolutions con-
demning the lynching of negroes in
northern states and commencing
the southern press on the stand it
has taken on this question.
Five members Of the Missouri
house of delegates, four of whom
,roco onr4ol ~ br,horv opd ono