The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
personal AND GENERAL.

iCi "a of0 oAAS AAiSAA
mond Howitzers, IN artillery COM
pany, on duty, to aid in maintaining
order as against the street car strik-
ers in Richmond, Va.
A. w. Machen, the dismissed super
intendent of free delivery, who has
been indicted by the federal grand
jury, is making threatening illusions
to disclosures he could make if
pressed too hard, and he may yet say
things.
Geneyieve Peats. the eight-year-old
daughter of Alfred Peats, the million
aire wall paper manufacturer died, on
the Esd, from the effects of burns she
received in the fire which destroyed
her parents home at Greenwich,
Conn.
1t was decided, on the 23d, that the
special term of the Harrison circuit
court to try J,ett and White for the
Marcum murder will be convened at
Cynthiana, KY, on July 81 next, Judge
Osborne presiding.
Foreign ministers at the Servian
Soull pCSdu leaving bCiSiuuO, oh eiS
23d, as a protest against the govern
ment's attitude in not prosecuting the
assassins of King Alexander and
Queen Draga.
III. c. Eastman and E. A. Ewing, of
Illinois, We're among the candidates
who, on the 23d. successfully passed
the mental examination for admission
to the naval academy.
Prof. H. r. Lang, of Yale university,
was made a Knight Commander of the
Order of Santiago, on the 23d, by the
king of Portugal for his services to
Portuguese letters.
The democratic convention at Des
Moines, Ia, on the Gath, nominated
for governor j. b. Sullivan, of Cres-
ton, and Acknowledgements, D. B.
ton refused to reaffirm the national
platform of 1900.
Alfred r. Johnson, formerly of Ak
ron, O., and GAINESVILLE, Wis, died in
Kansas City, Mo-, OF the gath, a few
hours after being told of the death
of his brother-in-law, Maj. James B.
Pond, of New York.
Charles Spaulding was fatally
wounded, Clifton E. Walker seriously
injured and Mrs. Walker badly
bruised as a result of a shooting af-
fray over a land case, at Cascade,
Mont, on the oath.
William Memo was shot and killed
at Butte, Mont, on the Gath, by Mrs.
Della Kirk after her had choked her
almost into in~sensibility because she
threatened to leave him.
Austin Fields was arrested and
fined $50 at Jackson. KY, on the 24th,
for shooting through the window of
X. C. Edwards house. Edwards is a
witness against Fields in a murder
case.
Luigi Casata was convicted, on the
23d, in New York in connection with
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT naturalization
frauds. His conviction is the first
among the many persons arrested.
Engineer John McKeen was killed,
Fireman Feist, of Fit. Scott, was seri-
ously hurt and several passengers
were bruised in a wreck at Cherry
vale, Kas., On the gath.
J.. w. Pace, a prominent planter of
Tallapoosa county, Ala, was ar
raigned for trial at Montgomery on II
indictments, on the 24th, charging him
with peonage.
Emperor William, on the gath, re-
ceived officers of the American squad
ron. visiting in the harbor of Kiel. and
cordially welcomed them to German
waters.
Harold c. Reed, or Mills, to escape
whom Miss Laura Stickler is said to
have jumped from a hotel window
several weeks ago., was discharged in
Chicago, on the Goth, for want of pros
ecution.
G. A. Warner, formerly a wealthy
resident of Minneapolis, died at his
LONE in Los Angeles. Cal, on the 25th,
aged 76 years. Mr.. Warner was at one
time interested in the Mesaba iron
mines.
NJ. W. Savage, owner of Dan Patch
and Directum, two famous horses, re-
fused an offer, at Minneapolis, Mimi,
on the 25th, of $4,000 for the two
horses. w. w. Gentry made the offer.
A race riot broke out on the streets
of Wilmington, Del, on the 25th, be-
tween whites and negroes. Two ne>
groes were shot and two policemen
were injured in making two arrests.
A butchers public contest of killing
and dressing animals at Toledo, o.,
was declared off, on the 25th, by rea-
son of the legal interference of the
Toledo Humane society.
Broker c. Fuller, of Cleveland, o.,
and his ~13-year-old son Harold, went
rowing in Lake Erie on the 22d. Their
boat was found, on the 25th, off shore,
upside down and empty.
President Strucker of Hamilton col
lege announced, at Utica, n. Y, on the
25th, that among the recent donations
to the college was 100000 from An
drew Carnegie.
John Gollmar, a Servian refugee in
GAINESVILLE, Wis, was pardoned by
King Peter on the 25th. Gollmar was
exiled by Queen Draga's orders.
John H. Skies. of Springfield, H.,
grand secretary of the Illinois Odd
fellows, on the Goth, sent to the East
ST. Louis relief committee 81, 900
which the grand lodge of Odd Fell
lows had raised for the food sufferers.
Mrs. C. C. Burnes and daughter,
Majorie, of Chicago, on the Goth,
hrounht Suit in Tho -fodornl ao1,rt NJ