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The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
NARROWED ON THE ROCKS,
Passengers and Crew of n Wrecked
Vessel HuddIed on a Rock on
the California Coast.

San Francisco, Jan. 31.--The steam
schooner Crescent City ran on Fish
Rock, off the Mendocino coast, during
a gale at an early hour Friday morn
ing. Her passengers and crew, mum
bering in all about twenty-five, took
refuge on the rock. The steamer
Scotia was signaled, and after beating
about for several hours launched n
boat which took II persons and trans
ferred them to the Scotia. The life
saving crew from Point Arena could
not launch a boat, but attempted to
shoot lines over the rocks from
shore, but owing to the wind all eff
forts in this direction were unsuc-
cessful. About fifteen persons are
still on the rocks, and are in no dan
ger except from exposure. Tugs from
San Francisco will make an attempt
to rescue the marooned persons. The
Crescent City is slowly breaking up,
and unless the storm ceases will prob
ably be a total loss.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
THE EAST.

For no cause known John |. Fld-
der. proprietor of the Forest hotel
at M~arionville, Pa, killed his wife and
himself.
Responsibility for the limitation of
the hard coal production was the is
sue before the anthracite coal strike
commission in Philadelphia, and OPP
orators may be called as witnesses.
A movement is on foot to retire Miss
Clara Barton from the presidency of
the American Red Cross and to reor-
ganize the society.
j. T. McDonough, ex-secretary of
state of New York, has accepted the
appointment of justice of the supreme
court of the Philippines.
Over the entire Erie railway system
yard conductors and yard brakemen
have been granted an average in
crease in wages of II per cent.
Before the coal strike commission in
Philadelphia the time was occupied in
listening to representatives of the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
company, the last of the large coal
companies to put its case to the COM
mission.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
THE | SESSION.
The United States Not Looking for
Trouble, But fs Not Going
to be U~Hprepnr-d.

Washington, Jan. 31.-At the cab
met meeting, Friday, all the members
were present. The questions of most
serious Importance related to Vene-
zuela and the Philippines. In con-
nection with the Venezuelan question
the action taken in congress for the
strengthening of the coast defense
Notifications and the improvement
of the naval and military establish
ments, generally was referred to and
cordially approved. 1t is made clear
that the United States~is lot expect
ing and is not looking for trouble,
but the administration is determined
not to be unprepared for any situa-
ton that may arise.
Some consideration was given to
the Philippine legislation pending be-
fore congress-.
While it is recognized that the leg
i~slative situation at the capitol is
complicated by the attitude assumed
by the senate in the statehood con
test, the hope is expressed by officials
of the administration that the inn
portant legislation demanded at this
time may be enacted.
Secretary Moody announced, after
the meeting, that no conclusion had
yet been reached concerning the bids
for the first-class cruisers Washing
ton and Tennessee, which have been
under consideration for several
weeks. He Indicated that n decision
might be received soon.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
A SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,
Operator Said to BE Responsible for
Southern Pacific Acct dent Has
Fled to Mexico.

Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 31.-The sensa-
ton of Friday is the disappearance
of Operator Clough, who, it has been
alleged, was responsible for the great
disaster of Wednesday last. 1t was
stated Thursday night that Clough
would appear Friday morning and
testify as to his part in the affair; but
Notwithstanding the fact that officers
of both juries sitting on the case have
been searching throughout the city,
Clough has not been found.
The railroad officials are ignorant
of Coughs whereabouts. The report
has reached here from Benson that
he was seen yesterday on an Inter
national train, presumably bound for
Sonora, Mexico.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
SURPRISE lind CONCERN.
The Feeling in France Over the Lat
est Phase of the Venezuelan
@
Situation.
HAS SOME EQUITIES IN THE MATTER,
Should the Allies idea Prevail "a
I'M would be ORered Tor
WarIike Demonstration I'm Pref
erence to Peaceful Negotiation in
Disputes.

Paris, Jan. 31.-The foreign Office
here received. Friday, lengthy official
advices giving details of the rejection
by the allies of the proposal that
France and other countries receive
equal treatment in the Venezuelan
settlement. The French officials had
not doubted that equal treatment
would be recognized, and this unex-
pected turn of events has caused
much surprise and concern. For the
present it does not appear to be the
purpose Of the French authorities to
assume an imperative position, but
rather set forth what they regard as
the manifest equities of the French
position with the view to induce its
further consideration and acceptance.
After comforting with those in au-
thority an official said that the
French position is based on two es-
sential principles: The first is that a
pacific settlement between two soy
ereign nations is entitled ct least to
equal treatment with a war settle
ment. If not, a precedent would be
established, the officials say, which
would be an incentive to war, as
countries first adopting force in the
collection of claims would have SUI
perior rights to those observing the
usual pacific means of settlement.
The view is strongly held here that
the United States, France and Bel
GUM are, in effect, pacific allies, as
they did not resort to force against
Venezuela. 1t is insisted that the
present attitude of the allies tended
not only to prejudice the rights of
the pacific allies, but also establishes
the dangerous principle that a resort
to val is preferable to efforts to
maintain peace.
The second principle of the French
position is that the French Venezue-
treaty which entities it to interna-
tional recognition. This was formal
ly executed prior to the adoption of
force by the allies, and while Fene-
zuela retained full independence in
the exercise of her sovereign right
w many Il ILCdlN. IICIS4OiC IL 10
maintained that this antedates rights
arising from a resort to force. 1t is
not insisted, however, that this prior
treaty settlement entities France to
priority in the division CT the Gus
toms receipts, as the officials hold
that all the powers having claims
should receive equal treatment. 1t
was at first supposed that Great Brit
ain, Germany and Italy favored this
view, and that the opposition came
from the personal attitude of their
representatives. But the latest adj
vices indicate the sympathetic atti-
tude of the British ambassador at
Washington, Sir Michael Herbert, the
German charge, Count Quadt, and the
Italian ambassador, Signor Des
Planchez, who r restricted by their
instructions. Full recognition is Civ
en- of the evident fairness of Minister
Bowen. The subject is receiving care
full consideration.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
Few old Men Can Say This.

Lakeield, Mimi, Feb. 2nd-Wm. f. Gen.
try of this place makes the following state
ment:
For over forty years | suffered with mis-
cry in my back and at times | could not pass
water without great PAIN and a burning SEN
sation. | have had to make water as many
as sixteen times during one night-just a
little at a time. l tried many kinds Of kid.
ney medicines but all without any good re-
suit till at last | tried Dodd's Kidney Pills
and M pains are all gone.
9 took six boxes and | am cured complete
ly. | am II years OF age and | feel better
now than l have for over fifty years and |
attribute it all to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have made some re-
markable cures in this part of the state, and
many old men and women are p~raising them
highly as a cure for lame back, Kidney and
bladder troubles.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
CONFEDERACY'S APOTHEOSIS.
Heroic Bronze Group to BE Present.
ed to Baltimore by Daughters
of the Confederacy.

New York, Jan. 31.-After six
months work the artisans employed
by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Co.
have completed the bronze group or
dered by the Daughters of the Con-
f%ederacy for presentation to the city
of Baltimore.
The group is nine feet high and
weighs $500 pounds. 1t has attracted
much attention among sculptors and
artists. 1t was designed by f. w.
Ruckstuhl. 1t will be shipped to Bal
timore IN February 5 and will be
placed in the center of the raised
promenade of Mount Royal avenue,
leading to Druid Hill park.
The group is designed as an apothe-
osis of the confederacy,typifying valor,
suffering and patience, and suggest
ing the heroic role played by the
southern roman
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
TWO DEAD IN A COLLISION.
Engineer and Fireman Killed in n
Collision on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.

Hazleton, Pa, Jan. 31.-The fast ex-
press train from Wilkesbarre for Phil
adelphia on the Schuylkill Valley divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania railroad col
lided head-on with a freight train,
Friday evening, near Lofty, nine miles
south of Hazleton. The engineer and
fireman of the freight train were
killed; the engineer and fireman and
the colored porter of the passenger
train were seriously hurt and seven
passengers were slightly injured.
Inc locomotives came together with
a terrific crash. The freight engine
leaped over the top of the express a
and plunged into the chair car. The
passengers in this car were hurled in
every direction. The hot Goals from
the fireboX set fire to the chair car,
and it was destroyed in a short time.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

The new treaty between the United
States and Colombia authorizes the
president to acquire from COLOMBIA
for and on the behalf Of the United
States, on such terms as he may deem
reasonable, perpetual control of a
strip of land not less than six miles
in width, extending from the Carib-
bean sea to the Pacific ocean. Under
this provision the necessary conces-
sion for a canal will soon be acquired
unless the republic of Colombia makes
such eXorbitant demands as to end
negotiation.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
GERMAN MINISTER ARRIVES.
Baron Speck Won ternbur VIII Be
Ready to Begin Work on the
Venezuelan Question.

New York, Jan. 31.-Baron Speck
von Sternburg, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary from
Germany to Washington, arrived Fri
day on the steamship Auguste Vic
toria. He sand he had been selected
for the post upon the spur of the
moment, and knew but little of the
pending questions of Importance to
the American people. Il expect to
find all matters pertaining to the Ven
ezuelan question ready for me on ar
rival at Washington" he added, land
shall take up the work where my
predecessor left Off"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
First Need of n Doctor.

WI Ting Fang is fond of relating a story
about a Chinese doctor who didn't satisfy
his patient. The sicker the patient grew.
the more indignant his friends became at
the unsuccessful physician. At last, when
the sick man was in final stage and death
was imminent, the relatives laid violent
hands on the unfortunate doctor, and, ty-
ing him up to a tree, started to admin
lister a smart beating. But while his assail-
ants were looking for a stick with which to
beat him, the doctor freed himself, and,
jumping into the river, swan to safety.
When he reached home he found his son.
who was studying to be a physician, por.
ing over a book on medicine. Put it up,
grimly; 'the first requisite of a doctor il
to know how to swim, not to cure."-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
WEST n SOUTH.

A report against government by
injunction" was adopted at the
United Mine Workers convention in
Indianapolis. John Mitchell was re-
elected president.
At Steeleville, ILL.,, three men robbed
the bank of $1,000 and escaped in car
riages.
A representative of a German horse
meat company is en- route to Chicago,
where he will establish a horse
slaughtering plant.
John Mitchell has been offered a
place on the Illinois board of arbitra-
ton.
Fire swept away the business por-
ton and a number of residences of
Buck Creek, Ind.
The Citizens bank of Waterloo,
Neb., was robbed by four men who es-
capped with $500 in cash.
In conference in Indianapolis print
ing unions reached an agreement for
harmonious action in labor and other
matters.
The sophomore class at the Utah
university (Salt Lake, struck sooner
than apologize for throwing vegetables
at a dramatic exhibition.
The birthday, of William Mckinley
was celebrated at Canton, O., with a
banquet at which President Roosevelt
was chief guest and speaker.
At the Indianapolis convention soft
coal miners announced that 1919
cents a ton wage increase will be de-
manded and strike ordered if neces-
sary. The convention adjourned.
The following United States senators
have been elected: Indiana, Charles
w. Fairbanks (rep.); Wisconsin, John
c. Spooner (rep.); Kansas, Chester l.
Long (rep9; South Carolina, Asbury
c. Latimer (dem.); Nevada, Francis G.
Newlands (dem.).
A bill has passed the Kansas legis-
lature authorizing the use of voting
machines in the state.
Senator f. w. Pettus has been re
elected to the United States senate
by the Alabama legislature.
At Laporte, Ind, Ariens Mcclure, 90
years old, builder of the first court
house in Laporte county, vas found
dead in bed.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
USED MAILS TO R
The Wernses EFT Al, of
"yNiId Cat Mining Stoeks, Con-
vfcted at ST. Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. 31.-In the United
States district court, Thursday, Will
lam F., Harry w. and Edward A.
Wernse, G. A. Spencer, H. c. Topping
and A. J. Wharton were found guilty
of having made use of the mails in a
scheme to defraud.
All of the parties were associated
in business under the name of the
William f. Wernse Bond d Stock Co.
and the G. W. Spencer Industrial Sc
curities Co.
The evidence tended to show that
their schemes were of q fraudulent
nature, and in using the mails to fur
Their them became amenable to the
federal laws.
Judge Adams will pass sentence
later.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

1t is the presidents intention to leave
Washington for the Rocky Mountains
about the end of March. He will stay
there hunting until late in April, when
he will return to St. Louis and take
part in the worlds fair dedication cere-
monies. He will at once go west again
and will be the guest of the California
G.. a. r. at San Francisco May 7. He
will be at Portland, Ore, when ground
is broken forsthe Lewis and Clark ex.
position in May. He will then visit
several points in the northwestern
ton before June.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
Booker VIII Be Barred.

Gainesville, Fla, Jan. efficiently
w. N. Sheats, state superintendent of
public instruction, invited Booker T.
Washington to deliver an address be-
fore a joint convention of county
superintendent of public instruction
and the general educational board to
meet here February 4. Sheats is Sc
verely censured in this, his home
town, and William M. Holloway, coun-
ty superintendent of public instruc-
ton, has telegraphed the Gainesville
Sun that Washington will not be per-
mitted to speak in the auditorium on
the occasion.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

The reserve force proposed under
the militia bill recently signed by the
president are militia organizations
who desire to volunteer as such and
men who have had training in the ma
tional guard or in the regular army,
to be registered for five years and be
accepted after the regular volunteer
organizations offer their services.
Under this bill the president can call
for 100000 organized militia, and the
state organizations will be in touch
with the regular army through joint
encampments and maneuvers. Avoids
confusion in an emergency.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
FROM WASHINGTON.

In Washington the get coal" con-
~vention decided that enforcement of
present laws will correct evils.
Allied powers representatives held
a conference with Mr.. Bowen and are
said to have raised a serious hitch
in Venezuelan negotiations by de-
handing that their claims be settled
before those of other nations are
considered.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tanned at the white house in honor of
the supreme court.
President Roosevelt has renominat-
ed George E. Roberts, of Iowa, as di-
rector of the mint.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
Right of Eminent Domain.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 31.-The supreUs
court handed down an opinion affirm.
ing the right of H. L. HOLSTER to
ground that controls the power stu,
alton at Shoshone Falls. HOLSTER
brought suit under the eminent do
main act to secure possession of this
small piece of ground, the defendants
being the state of Idaho, w. A. Clark,
of Montana, and others. The supreme
court rules that the act of congress
admitting Idaho into the union does
not prohibit or restrain the right OF
eminent domain over the lands grant
ed by the state by said act
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

ease are sure to follow if the kidneys
are neglected. Read how to cure
the kidneys and keep them we'll:
Mrs. James Beck, of 314 West
Whitesboro Street, Rome, N. Y, says:
81 was troubled with my kidneys for
eight or nine years; had much pain
in my back; as time went on l could
hardly endure it; 1 could not stand
except for a few moments at a time;
1 grew weak and exhausted; 1 could
not even do light homework, let
alone washing and ironing; 1 could
not stoop or bend; my head ached
severely; L was in pain from my head
down to my heels; centering in the
kidneys it was a heavy, steady, sick
ening ache; l could not rest nights,
and got up mornings weak and tired.
l thought l was about done for, when
l saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
for kidney complaints, and got them
at Broughton & Graves's drug store.
Within a week after commencing
their use 1 began to improve, and
from that time on rapidly grew bet
ter. 1 used five boxes in ali and was
cured. l have recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills to many others, and my
case ought to convince the most skeP-
teal sufferer to give them a fair
trial"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. James
Beck will be mailed on application
to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price
so cents per box.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
HIGH WATER AT PITTSBURG
Four Million Bushels OF Coal Ex-
pccted to Be Shipped on tho
Present Rise.

Pittsburg, Jan. 31.-The rivers here
were booming, Friday night, as a re-
suit of the heavy rains and thaws
here and at headwater points, but riv-
ermen who should know do not ex-
pect more than twenty-five feet at
this point. The food stage is "a feet,
but at the midnight reading (19.5
feet) the Pittsburg & Western rail-
road tracks on the Allegheny side of
the river were under water and trains
were being handled over the junction
road.
Because of the heavy ice in the Ohio
Friday, no coal was started SOUTH
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
THE VOLCANO OF ISALCO.
Increased Activity Noticed In the
S~alvadoran Volcano, and an
Eruption Feared.

San Francisco, Jan. 31.-The volcano
of Isalco, in the Central American
republic of Salvador, has increased in
activity and there is fear of an erup-
ton. For several months the volcano
has been smoking, but now fire issues
from the crater and is accompanied
by rumblings. The officers of the
steamer City of Panama report that
the volcano belches smoke and fire
at intervals of about Is minutes.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

The story to the effect that the
Colorado desert, so called, is being
rapidly peopled with settlers, and that
villages and towns are springing up
in the midst of the great plain, is not
SO surprising as it might have been hao
it been told a few years ago, or be-
fore the marvellous Transforming
power of moisture in the sage and
cactus country was undo stood by the
western homeseeker. The soil, though
as fine as powdered sugar and as dry
as the dust of Sahara, is capable under
irrigation of producing in abundance
the necessities of man.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
ACCIDENT ON A WARSHIP.
One Man Killed and One Seriously
Injured by an Accident on the
Boston,, at Vallejo, Cal.

Vallejo, Cal, Jan. 31.-An accident
in the engine DON of the United
States ship Boston, lying in San
Francisco bay, Thursday afternoon,
cost Edward Lee Baker his life, and
another victim, Sanford IL. Tate, lies
hospital, Mare island, where he was
transferred for treatment.
The two men were machinists Of
the United States navy attached to
the Boston. While they were endeav-
oring to repair a leaky valve a plate
blew out and the escaping steam en-
veloped them.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

And now a woman from London says
that wives and mothers should be sup
ported by taxation. She figures that
this would do away with the depend
pays nearly all the taxes we cannot see
much force in the argument. Perhaps
the better way is to let the wives and
mothers make their own levies and col
lections as they do now at least in this
glorious country.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
Bromue Inermfe

] makes it possible TO grow
I hogs. sheep and cattle &C
. cost OF but lc T. Id. Mar
a veloUsly prolific, does well
That Pays.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
BIG SAVING TO SHIPPERS.
The Collector at Honolulu Notified
to Admit Coal Mt That
Port Duty Free.

Honolulu, Jan. 31.-(By Pacific ca
ble.)-The treasury department at
Washington has cabled instructions
to Collector of the Port Stackable to
admit coal at this port free of duty,
in compliance with the recent CON
gressional act, removing the duty on
foreign Goa at all American ports
and receiving centers. Thirty-four
cargoes of coal are now en- route here
from Newcastle, N. S. W.. and the
cabled instructions of the treasury
department will result in a saving to
the shippers of upwards of 100000,
which, under the provision in the
Dingley act, would have been collect
ed here.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
Music. Not Mourning.

Oakland, Cal, Jan. 31.-The will of
Amos Mccartney, an eccentric capital
ist, who died on January %, has just
been openea. 1t directs that no relig-
ious services be held at his funeral,
but suggests that a band of music be
provided for the entertainment of the
mourners. The estate, which is left
to his daughters, includes valuable
property on Bay Farm island in this
state, realty in Kansas City, 5000
acres of land in Missouri; real estate
in Chicago, besides stocks, bonds and
mortgages.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

Greatest cereal food on
earth-S0 bus. grain GndA
tons magnificent hay per
acre. That Paws.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

The leading universities of the coun-
try are to be represented at the St
Louis fair by a Systematic arrange
ment of higher education, showing
growth and development, and illus
trating different processes by means
of working laboratories. Hawaiian
education will be represented by a
historical exhibit showing internal,
moral and intellectual development of
the people.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06

Gen. Booth, the Salvation Army
leader, has been a pronounced vegeta-
rian for years. He ever refuses to in
dulge in butter, milk and vegetables
cooked in fat, living entirely on cereals,
principally boiled rice. The general
says he is a vegetarian for two reasons.
One is his belief that primitive man
ate no meat and the other is hat after
a long trial of that diet he finds him
self much Younger than his years.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-02-06
THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE.
The Cornerstone to he Laid with
Military and Masonic
on February II Next.

Washington, Jan. 31.-The corner
stone of the army war college on the
Washington barracks reservation will
be laid with military and masonic
ceremonies on February FL next. Gen.
Gillespie, chief of engineers. will be
master of ceremonies, and addresses
will be made by President Roosevelt,
Secretary Root and Maj.-Gen. Young,
president of the war college boar