The Tupelo journal., 1903-12-11

applicable to the japanese.
Judge Kohlsaat, in the United States
district court. Chicago, on the list, ap-
pointed receivers in bankruptcy for
the property of John Alexander Dowie,
at Zion City, I'll.
The wedding of Prince Alexander of
Teck and Princess Alice of Albany was
set, on the I'd, for the first week in
February, at st. Georges chapel, Wind
sor castle, England.
A reduction of ten per cent. in the
wages of the employees of the Sharon
plant of the American Steel Foundries
Co, at Sharon, Pa, went into effect,
on the LIST. About 600 men were af-
fected.
Judge Charles H. Bailey, aged So,
died suddenly at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, on
the 4th, of heart trouble. He left a
wife and four children. He was a con-
federate veteran and widely known
over Tennessee.
1t was reported, on the 4th, that Sen
ator Hanna had definitely decided not
to accept the Craftsmanship of the re-
publican national committee for an
other term, and that he would so in
form the president. .
Representative Watcher, of Mary
land, introduced a bill in congress, on
the 4th, making April IA of each year
a legal holiday, to be known as
Martyrs day" in commemoration OF
the death of Abraham Lincoln.
The United States Potters' associa-
ton, in session at Washington, D. c..
on the Sd, reelected the following Of
ficers: President, Joseph G. Lee; secre-
tary, H. A. Keefer; treasurer, James G.
Goodwin, all of East Liverpool, o.
Albert Phillips, business manager Of
the Chicago Inter Ocean, lies at the
point of death from an operation ne
cessitated by liberation of the intes-
tines. 1t was reported, on the LIST, that
his chances for ~recovery were remote.
Farmers representing ten states
gathered at the Grand Pacific hotel,
Chicago, on the LIST, to discuss a plan
of merging their local bodies into one
. national organization, with a view to
securing better prices for their prod
rcts.
John Mitchell was the guest of the
Denver (Col.) chamber of commerce,
on the 5th. He delivered a short ad-
dress, touching not only on the coal
strike situation in Colorado, but on the
relations of the men and employers in
general.
DR.. Anderson, of the public health
and marine hospital service of Wash
p ington, d. c., was directed, on the I'd,
TO go to Butler, Pa, to investigate lie
typhoid epidemic that prevails there,
and to report to the secretary of the
treasury.
Timothy Mccarthy, walking delegate
for the HousesmithS and B%ridgemen's
union, was found guilty, in New York
city, on the I'd, of eXtorting $500 from
Herman Loebel for terminating strikes
on the Martha Washington hotel and
the Republican club.
President Roosevelt was ~bequeathed
100000, and his children, Kermit and
Ethel, $4,000 each, from the estate of
the late James King Oracle, an uncle
by marriage of the president. The
will was admitted to probate, on the
Sd. in New York city.
Robert B. Calling, a son of the late
Richard j. Calling. inventor of the gun
which bears his name, was found dead
in bed in his apartments, ON the I'd,
in New York city. A doctor said in
all probability death was due to heart
disease. He was 30 years old.
State Senator Jewell. of Missouri,
surrendered, on the Sd, at Kansas City.
Mo, to answer the charge of soliciting
brides of $4,000 for himself and two
other senators to vote against the
Baking Powder trust. He pleaded not
guilty, and was released on $1,000
bond.
The youthful self-confessed murder
ers and train robbers, Peter Neider-
meier, Harvey Van Dine, Gustav Marx
and Emil Roeski, were arraigned in
our at Chicago, on the Goth. Marx
plead guilty to all the charges against
him, but his three accomplices pleaded
not guilty.
A committee representing Post 8,
G.. A. r., of the department of Penn
sylvania, on the Sd, invited the presi-
dent to deliver the principal address
on the Gettysburg battlefield next me-
mortal day, May 30, 1904. President
Roosevelt informed the committee
that he would accept.
Reports of special commissioners
and agents of the department of JUS
tice were placed before the president,
on the Sd, regarding charges brought
against certain United States district
attorneys and marshals of the Indian
territory. What action will be taken
had not been determined.
On application of nine stockholders,
Circuit Judge Graves, of Moline, ILL.,,
OF the I'd, appointed Charles S. Kernes
receiver for the Moline Building, Saw
ings q Loan association. This action
followed the arrest of Secretary l.. F.
worr whOSa chortaoo IN the accncia.