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The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
United States senator Stone and
Bank Mt Jefferson City.

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 1S.-Unit-
ed States Senator William j. Stone
and +. w. Webb, cashier of the Steele
vile bank, were before the grand jury
Friday. Webb is supposed to have
deposited large sums of money in his
bank after the adjournment of the
Legislature, and gave a number of
checks against it. Senator Stone IA
reticent as to his testimony before
the grand jury, but it is supposed to
have been along the same line as that
given before the ST. Louis grand
jury.
4 Sheriff Smith denies the report that
he did not try to serve Lieut.-Gov.
Lee with a subpoena summoning him
before the St. Louis grand jury. He
said the subpoenae was here while
Lee was in ST. Louis, and ~returnable
on the 14th inst. On the advice of
Atty.-Gen. Crow he returned it to st.
Louis that it might be served there.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Arnold Assets to be Sold,

Springfield, Ill, April. ,1~s.-Judge
Edward c. Kramer, of East st. Louis,
appeared before Judge Humphrey in
the United States district court, Fri
day afternoon, and secured an order
authorizing 4. L. Schwartz, of East
st. Louis, receiver for f. J.. Arnold
& Co., the operators of the. get-rich-
quick scheme of pooling on horse
races to sell the ~perishable property
Of Arnold & Co., consisting of race
horses, farming utensils, etc, on the
farm of Arnold & Co. two and one
half miles from Greenville, i'll.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
RUTH NOLLARD AVENGED.
''Bud' Taylor the Coolest Man Ever
Hanged In County.

'Ibuu| lAylOE thc IN az" v
Hanged in County.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 1s.-John or
"Bud" TAYLOR was hanged at the u
ty Jail here, Friday morning, for the
murder, on March 2, 1901, of Ruth
Nollard, his former sweetheart. Tay-
lor was baptized into the Catholic
church Thursday night. He talked
calmly of the approaching end, slept
well and walked to the scaffoid
bravely. Taylor expressed sorrow for
his crime but added: 81 loved her and
l wasn't willing to live without her"
Taylor's crime was prompted by
jealousy, because Miss Nollard, a
working girl of 10, had Tilted him. He
planned the murder most deliberate
ly. He lay in wait for his victim for
several days and fired the fatal shot
at her with a rifle from a second
story window in West Ninth street
as she passed by on the opposite side
with her sister.
Shortly before the march to the
scaffold, Taylor handed his brother a
small package of strychnine. The
murderer said he had the powder for
several months and had intended to
commit suicide Thursday night. After
being converted, however. he had de-
cided to meet his fate. Taylor was
probably the coolest man that was
ever hanged in Jackson county.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Fast Mail Train Wrecked.

C~astleberry, La, April 1.-THE fast
mail on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, due in New Orleans Thurs
day morning, ran into an open switch
at 3:15 a. M, and was wrecked. The
engine plowed through a freight car
and with the mail and baggage ears
was entirely demolished. Mail Clerk
Donovan was killed, also the negro
fireman. Engineer Wright was badly
hurt, but it is not believed fatally in
jured. Mail Clerks Byers, Eaton and
Stratton were painfully injured. The
passengers on the train were shaken
up but escaped injury.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

NEW LINE IN ILLINOIS.
Articles Filed by Union Railway
Traction Company at Springfield,
to Build Electric Roads.

Springfield, Ill, April 1s.-Articles
of incorporation have been filed of the
Illinois Union Railway Traction Co.,
capital stock $5o0,ooo. The company
proposes to construct a system of i'm
terurban electric roads taking in the
following towns: Monmouth, Aledo,
Rock Island, Muscatine, Roseville, Ma
comb. Hamilton and Keokuk.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
FIRE AT ST. JOHN, N. B.
Sheds of the Transatlantic
Terminal in st. John On. b.
HarbOr Burned.

st. John, n. B., April 1.-THE
freight sheds of the Transatlantic
terminal at Sand Point, on the west
ern side of the harbor, took fire Fri
day morning. All the city fire ap-
paratus was summoned.
The fire burned two and a half
hours before the firemen gained con-
The flames We're confined to
the warehouses. Loss, $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Negro GhouI on the stand.

indianapolis, Ind, April 17.-Sam-
uel Martin, one of the negro grave
robbers who worked with Rufus Can
trell, was placed on trial Thursday.
Walter n. Carpenter, the official stem
ographer who took the testimony of
Martin given in the trial of DR.. Alex
'ander, showed that at the Alexander
trial Martin said he had been in the
grave-robbing business for years and
had disposed of about ninety dollars
worth of bodies to the Central coll
lege and had received the money froa
DR.. Alexander
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
THE NEW JERUSALEM.
Contract Awarded for the COnstruc-
ton of the Miniature Jerusalem
Mt the Worlds Fair.

Worlds Fair Grounds. St. Louis,
April 1S.-The contract for the con-
struction of Jerusalem, one of the
great concessions of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition. has been award
ed by the Jerusalem Exhibit Co. to
Jno. j. Dunnavant & Co. The contract
price was 100000. This concession is
to occupy the eastern slope of the
hill just south of the Machinery build
ing. and will avail itself of the beau
tiful grove of cedars on that slope in
reproducing the Vale of Hebron. This
placed under contract.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Caught in stolen Plumape.

Chicago, April IA dispatch to the
Tribune from New York says:
Resplendent in jewels, wearing a
rich cloak of sables worth So, 500,
Minna Williams, a handsome young
woman, aged 81, was put in Ludlow
street Jail Wednesday night. She is
accused of having stolen the cloak
and other furs and jewels to the ag-
gregate value of between $4,000 and
$50, 900 from the family of Albert
R%eittinger, a wealthy Easlishman, by
whom she had been employed as gov
erness for his children.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Alleged Dynamite Plot,

Chicago, April 1.-THE Tribune
says:
Information of a plot to wreck the
vaults in the election commissioners
rooms with dynamite was reported to
Chief of Police O'Niell Wednesday
night. following the news from Spring
field that the supreme court had
ruled in favor of the board in the
-Durborow contest habeas
corpus matter. The chief refused to
divulge the name of his informant,
but he went to the rooms and made
an examination Of the surroundings.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
WILLIAM GoEBEL MURDER.
Henry youtsey Tells the Story of the Crime
Says Jim Howard Fired the Shot
That Killed GoebeI.

Frankfort, KY, April 17.-Henry
Youtsey, for the first time, told on
the witness stand, Thursday, his story
of the killing of the late Gov. Goebel.
He named James Howard, the defend
ant. as the man who fired the shot.
Youtsey said he saw Howard for The
first time IA few minutes before the
shooting. Howard had a letter sent
him several days before by the wit
ness at Gov. Taylor's dictation. 1out-
sew saws he took Howard into Caleb
Powers office, which had been espe-
cially arranged for the shooting. He
showed Howard the Marlin rifle, the
bullets and the window from which
the shooting was to be done. lie
saws Howard asked what he was to
get for the shooting.
"What do you want for it?" 1out-
sew says he asked, and Howard said
he wanted a pardon for killing George
Baker. Il told him he could have
that and more too" said Youtsey.
about that time" said the wit
ness, "Goebel came in the gate and |
DOlllIth LII Oub w 1"N NHNA
ran from the room. AS | disappeared
from the steps to the basement l
heard the crack of Towards rifle"
Regarded Taylor rs AIDE
"Gov. Taylor" said Youtsey, 'di-
rected everything We did. We regard
ed him as our leader, and he was
morally responsible for all we did. W
knew we had the governor and the
~pardoning board behind us, and we
were not afraid of punishment for
killing Goebel."
Youtsey, on cross-examination, said
that after he was convicted he still
had hope of gaining his liberty. He
thought Yerkes would lie elected gov
ernor and would pardon him. Yerkes
was defeated, however, and about a
year e he decided to tell his story
to Prison Physician Tobin. Youtsey
said further that he had an addition
al incentive to tell the story, as Tay-
Tor, Powers and others had used him
as a catspaw and scapegoat and then
deserted him when he got into
trouble.
ADMITS SenUiBS LOT becknaEl.
Ioutsey admitted having sent for
Gov. Beckham and asking his advice.
The governor held a conference with
him in Warden LIZARDS office and he
said that Beckham told him he should
tell everything, but that he was Of
fered no inducement.
Attorney Violet asked a number of
questions, the evident purpose of
which was t. show that DR.. Johnson
and not Howard shot Goebel. Yout-
sew admitted that he and johnson had
planned to kill Goebel, and that John
son would do the shooting. W. j.
Davidson, then superintendent of pub
lie instruction. he said, offered TO al
low Johnson the use of his office TO
do the shooting. Witness, however,
did not approve of Johnson's plans
for the killing, and discarded him. He
did not see him after January %.
Youtsey, in reply to questions, adj
mitted that he had not been com
PEELED to work in the prison since he
made his confession to the grand jury.
He claimed, however, that he had
been sick.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
LAND BILL
It Is Accepted in Principle by q Unani-
-fE nous Vote.

Dublin, April 17.-By a unanimous
vote the Irish National convention,
which met here Thursday, accepted in
principle the Irish land bill intro
duced in the house of m by
Mr.. Wyndham, chief secretary for
Ireland, and entrusted to John Red
mond and his party the task of secur-
ing in the house of commons amend
ments which the national convention
may consider essential.
Proceedings at tie convention re-
vealed discomfort with various feat
ures of the bill, but nothing SO seri-
Gus a IS to indicate a danger of it's
ultimate rejection. Even Michael
Davitt, who had an opportunity of di-
viding the delegates into w bitter
ly-opposed camps, and who, amidst
dramatic excitement subordinated his
own views, pledged himself to abide
by the verdict. John Redmond and
William O'Brien ~triumphed over all
objections; indeed, the DIRECTORS, save
Michael Davitt, were scarcely given
a hearing by the delegates.
Irish Wit Displayed.
Every available seat in the round
room of the Mansion house was taken
by the delegates, who surged up the
aisles in a solid mass and overt1owed
the surrounding rooms. For SIX
hours without a break the delegates
sat or stood listening to the speeches
of their leaders, spiritual and polit-
ical. Not for many a day has such a
representative gathering been seen in
Dublin. Irish wit and eloquence lived
up to its reputation. Speaker after
speaker brought the audience to that
pitch of enthusiasm where hats were
thrown up and men stood upon the
chairs yelling with delight. When a
platform speaker failed to please.
comments from the audience supplied
an impetus to the motions. The crowd
was irrepressible. Old men, white
haired relics of the land league,
young farmers, rising factors in the
United Irish league, fresh from the
fields of Connaught and Munster;
county councillors, priests. young and
old. rose constantly from their seats
to hurl some intersection of approval
or otherwise at the speaker.
Speakers MadIy Cheered.
The force of habit was far too
strong to prevent the sons of the soil
from cheering madly when some
speaker referred to the landlords as
"blood suckers which not infre-
quently brought the response from
the body of the hall 'to hell with
them!" good mani" The audience
would shout when William O'Brien,
Michael Davitt or some other popular
orator voiced the prevailing senti-
ment.
Throughout the day this gathering
of Irish tenants, so picturesque, so
terribly earnest, so swayed by the elo-
quence of the Irish leaders, never
ceased to make a fit setting for the
heroic epithets in which the speakers
described the convention and the is
sues depending on its decision.
Through all the various waves of emo
ton John Redmond sat in the chair,
impressive and keeping order like
Parnell," as an old nationalist said.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
INDICTMENTS AT SAN JUAN.
True Bills Returned Against Army
and Navy Officers and Two
Civilians.

Washington, April 1s.-The depart
ment of justice has received the fol-
Loving ~cablegram from the United
States attorney at San Juan, p. r., re-
specting the pending smuggling cases:
TRUE bills returned to-day against
Merritt, of navy; Lowndes, marines;
Crabbs, army, Giles and Butler, civil
ians. (Signed) Pettingill, United
States attorney"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Tailed WITH LEES DESCRIPTION
Passenger Left Chicago Train at
Ill.

Kansas City, Mo-. April 1S.-A spe-
cial from Roodhouse, H., says: Con-
ductor Gibson of the train on which
John A. Lee left Kansas City Thurs
day night, said: Il am not sure Lieut.
Gov. Lee was on my train, but there
was a man on the train who answered
his description te~legraphed here. l
am sure this mar did not leave the
train between Kansas City and Rood
house. This man said he had got on
the Chicago train by mistake. l put
him on a train going south at Rood
house" This train going south is the
one hat goes to ST. Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
genius Of Common sense.

New York, April 1.-Two hundred
colored business and professional men
attended a dinner given in honor of
Booker T. Washington at Carnegie
hall Wednesday night. Announcement
was made of the founding of two
scholarships in the Tuskegee insti-
tute. Mr.. Washington will name the
beneficiaries.
Charles w. Anderson, in responding
to the toast, Our Guest" said that
DIR. Washington, aside from many
other claims to public confidence. has
the saving grace of sanity-the gen
Jus of common sense"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
NAV Demand TayIor,s Return.

indianapolis, Ind, April 1s.-Merrill
Moores, former assistant attorney
general, who was a law partner of
eX-GoS. Taylor for several months,
said, Friday, that it would not be SUR
prising if another demand for the re-
turn of Taylor vas made on Gov.
Durbin. He has also heard it report
ed that Thomas Campbell, who acted
as the attorney of the Goebels before
Gov. Durbin, was preparing to bring
suit either in the United States SUI
preme court or i'll the superior court
of Marion county to force the gov
ernor to honor the requisition.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
KING EDWARD AT vALETTA.
The British Sovereign Lands at the
Great Fortress ON the Is
land of Malta.

Valetta, Island of Malta, April
1.-THE royal yacht Victoria
and Albert, with King Edward on
board, arrived here from Gibraltar,
and was saluted by the warships and
shore batteries. Immense crowds of
people assembled on the sea front to
witness the kings arrival. The city
was gay with flags. The king landed
at noon.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
AN ILLINOIS DIVINE E
DIR. Davis johnson Passes Away Mt
National City, CAL, Aged
6S Years.

San Diego, Cal, April 1s.-Davis
Johnson, d. d., clerk of the Presby-
terrain synod of Illinois, died at Ma
tional City, Friday, aged 6s years. He
had been clerk of the Illinois synod
Tor 20 years. He was pastor of the
Second church at Springfield, ILL.,, IA
years and seven years a pastor at
Hinsdale, a suburb of Chicago.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

j. }. Davis. who founded the Man
haitian (kas.) Mercury in 1884 and
VINO has since been its editor and
proprietor, died there. on the 18th, on
n train. Mr.. Davis had been to New
Orleans for his health and was return
ing home.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Gustavus F. Swift, president of the
Swift Packing Co., died 1T his home
in Chicago, on the goth, of internal
hemorrhages resulting from a gil
cal operation. Mr.. Swift was 63 years
old
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
LEES IRE IS AROUSED.
Says That Fellow Folk is Always Making
an ASS of Himself.

an ass of Himself.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 17.-Lieut.-
o Lee was served with a subpoena
by a jackson county deputy marshal,
Thursday night, just as he was leav-
ing the city on a Chicago & Alton
train. Mr.. Lee is said to appear in
perfect health. He left on the Alton
train, for Chicago. instead of the ST.
Louis train. and he will have to stop
over at Rocdhouse, ILL.,, from 2:20 I'M
til five O'Clock in the morning. Mrs.
Lee, who came to the city with the
lieutenant governor, was not with
him when he left. When asked where
Mrs. Lee was, he said:
Mrs. Lees transportation is over
the Missouri Pacific, and she is travel
ing over that road"
The deputy marshal having learned
that Mrs. Lee was on the Chicago
train, said to him:
"Of course, Mr.. Lee, you under
stand that if you disobey this sub
poena you will be regarded as a fugi-
tive from justice"
Lee Displays Anger.
Mr.. Lee answered angrily:
81 understand this V 1t is one
of that fellow Folks. He is always
making an ass of himself. 1 wish you
would apologize to Mr.. Hughes, your
prosecuting attorney, for the trouble
/ have caused him, and explain to him
that if he wants me to testify in any
case pending here l will be prompt to
obey his summons"
II do not know the meaning of this,
Mr.. Lee" answered the deputy. Il
only know the subpoena is to hold
you here to testify in the Agnew
case"
Il know hat and / know what it
means. They want me to go before
the grand jury at st. Louis, and that
is exactly where | am going"
The subpoena served upon Mr.. Lee
was in a LOCAL case. 1t was used to
prevent his getting beyond the juris-
diction of the Missouri courts before
a ST. Louis summons could be served
upon him. 1t was done on the request
Of Circuit Attorney Folk of st. Louis.
Lee ignored the subpoena. When Lee
learned that a deputy was looking for
him with a subpoena he went across
the line to Kansas City, Kas., where
he remained until he came to the
union depot to catch the Chicago
train.
Later, Mr.. Lee said that he might
either go to Chicago or St. Louis, he
did not know which.
Pressed for a statement, he said:
81 am being bounded by political enc
mics. Why should l make a state
ment and furnish them with more am
munition? This thing will work out
all right. The truth will become
known and | do not fear the result. !
am content to abide by the decision
of the people. But the facts will not
be made known by me. Others will do
that at the proper time"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

A congress of the Latin people was
solemnly in~augurated in Rome, Italy.
on the 18th, representing 165, 900, 900
souls. to defend the Latin world
against the advance of other peoples
wishing to conquer the globe"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Col. James Powell. retired, a veter-
an OF the Mexican and civil wars. -four
times brevetted by the government
for bravery in the civil war and dur
ing Indian campaigns, died in Peoria,
ILL.,, on the 10th.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Sir Chentung LANG Cheng, the
new Chinese minister to the United
States, on the 10th, accepted the in
vitation to attend the Worlds fair
dedication in St. Louis. April 30.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

The Minnesota, the largest vessel
ever built in this country. and the
greatest cargo carrier in the world,
was launched, on the 10th, at the
yards of the Eastern shipbuilding Co.,
at Groton, Conn. 1t will enter the
Pacific trade.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Geo. NJ. Reed, of indianapolis, a ma
tlonal organizer of the United Mine
Workers of America, was wavlaid
near Keystone, W. Va, on the 18th,
and in the encounter which followed
his skull was crushed with a stone.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger
for the Americas cup was dismasted
in a squat, on the nth, shortly after
leaving Weymouth harbor prepara-
tory to another trial. One man was
drowned.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Capt. John r. NJ. Taylor, of the
Fourteenth infantry, reported to the
war department, on the 18th, that a
document Endorsed by Aguinaldo had
been discovered in the Philippines
wherein two rebels were commits
STONED to assassinate Gen. Otis.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

A. S. Mount died, on the 14th, ut
Indianapolis, Ind, aged 81. He was
for many years a wholesale leather
merchant and a boyhood friend OF
Gen. Grant,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

The Irish National convention in
Dublin, on the 10th, accepted in prin-
ciple the Irish land bill introduced in
the house of commons by Mr.. Wynd-
ham, chief secretary for Ireland.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Articles of incorporation were filed
at Springfield, ILL.,, on the 18th, by the
Illinois Union Railway Traction Co. to
construct a system of i%nterurban cleo
trio roads between Monmouth, Aledo,
Rock Island, Muscatine, Roseville, Ma
comb, Hamilton and Keokuk.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Suit was entered at Sullivan. Ind,
on the 10th, to recover damages from
sheriff and bondsmen by the admins
tratrix of the estate of James billiard,
colored, who was lynched last Novem-
her.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Col. Tic and six other officers were
arrested at Semlin, Hungaria, on the
18th, on the charge of conspiring
against King Alexander of Servia.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

The Illinois supreme court, on the
18th, denied the motion of Congress-
man VIM. e. Lorimer, for leave to re-
strain election officers fromproducing
ballots in court for a recount of the
votes IN the contested election case
OF Durbarrow vs. Lorimer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Mayor Harrison's plurality owe
Graeme Stewart fixed by the official
canvass, on the 18th, at Chicago. is y
679 votes, the mayor having secured
146,20S to 1889 for Stewart.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

The department of agriculture is
sued an order, on the 18th, carrying
INTO effect a recent law of congress
giving the bureau of animal industry
complete authority to stop the move
ment of animals notdiseased wherever
necessary.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
COL. PHELPS IS AT HOME.
The Missouri Pacific Attorney is Mt
His Home in Carthage.

Carthage, Mo-. April 1S.-W. H.
Phelps, the Missouri Pacific attorney,
for whom a subpoena was issued at
ST. Louis two days ago, is still at his
home here, but denies himself to
newspaper men. While his presence
in the city was denied Thursday, no
secret was made of it Friday.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

The state department, on the 18th,
received a c~ablegram saying the revo-
luton in Honduras had been success
full and that Tegucigalpa had on that
day surrendered to President Bonilla.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
LEE IN KANSAS CITY.
Lfeut.-GOv. Lee Says He is Going
Away to Take a Rest, m

Kansas City, Mo-, April 17.-Lieut.-
Gov. John A. Lee arrived in the city
early Thursday morning from Jeffer-
son City, where he testified, Wednes-
day, before the grand jury. TO a re-
porter Mr.. Lee said that he intended
to take a rest, and that he would
leave the city during the day. He de-
clined to say where he would go.
Il have told all / know said he,
am free now, and they can not want
me any further"
1t was evident that Mr.. Lee was not
physically strong and that he was bad
ly in need of a rest.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Milton f. Allies, assistant secretary
ton with the department. on the 14th,
to accept the vice-presidency of the
Riggs national bank of Washington.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Hallett Kilbourn, formerly chief
clerk of the interior department. died
in Washington, ID. c., on the 14th, OF
paralysis. aged ~.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

Henry Youtsey, on the 10th, at
Frankfort, KY, told on the witness
stand how plans were formed for the
murder of Gov. Goebel, and said
James Howard fired the fatal shot.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
HOLD LEE.
So Telephones Circuit Attorney Folk
to Kansas City.

st. Louis. April 17.-Circuits Attor-
ney Folk, Thursday afternoon, tele-
phoned Roland Hughes, prosecuting
attorney of Kansas City, to subpoena
Lieut.-Gov. Lee and "to hold him I'M
til a representative of the ST. Louis
grand jury could personally subpoena
him."
Prosecuting Attorney Hughes inn
mediately issued a subpoena com
handing Lee to appear in the Kan
sas City criminal court Friday as a
witness in an important murder trial.