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The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
BOSTON HOLDS WIDOW RECORD
Massachusetts Official Collects Sta
tfstics for French Scientist
Their Lot a Hard One.

A Boston state official who has been
investigating the subject for Prof. Fried
rich Printing, of Paris, has discovered
that Boston has more widows in pro-
portion to its population, than any 9TH
er city in America, even Chicago, Phil
adelphia, New York, and other large
centers. The young widow, he says, is
one of the most unfortunate of beings.
and not at all the gay butterfly which
popular fancy has pictured.
Prof. Printing has collected a re-
markable group of statistics which show
that poverty sorely Expresses the widow.
and that she is more subject to insanity.
consumption, conflict with the law. and
death than her married sister. All these
woes fall more heavily on the young
widow. DR.. Prizing's opinion is that
the state should make provision for the
support of the widowed and their chill
dren, directly, instead of indirectly
through hospitals and insane asylums.
There are 3,200,0 900 widows in every
SIS, ZOO, 900 Of population, of whom 400,-
900 have absolutely nc income.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Linda's Venture
Copyright, 1908. by Daily Story Pub. Co.,
HATTIE PRESTON RIDER

MT OST assuredly, since you insist on
wi it, l will make the transfer for
you, Linda. l have no wish to dictate,
now or at any time, but l am certain you
will regret the step"
The rose-tints deepened holly on the
cheeks next him.
81 don't care what you are certain Of
flashed the young woman, angrily. I'm
tired of your overbearing ways, Kirke
Morris! I'm competent, think, to man
age for myself"
The lawyers face flushed and then
turned dull white.
docs that mean you wish your entire
freedom from my care, Linda?"
She fixed her eyes s%tubbornly on the
papers before her. Just as you choose
to interpret it," she answered, coldly.
He looked at her with a stricken, in
credulous gaze.
You will pardon me if l seem slow to
comprehend this he said, with forced
quiet. "Of course, l have no desire to
hold you unwillingly to your promise
But some sort of an explanation is nc
more than my due, / think"
A bright spot was all there remained
of the flush on Linda's cheek.
IT'S a woman's immemorial privilege
to change her mind-a process, | suppose,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
WILL RETURN TO HIS POST.
Consul Gudger to Return To the
Isthmus On the MayfiOwer.

Consul Gudge to Return To the
Isthmus On the MnyfiOwer.
Washington, Nov. 6.-Consul Gudger
has arrived in Washington, from
Asheville, N. c.. and received instruc-
tons preliminary to his departure,
Sunday. for the isthmus of Panama.
Rear-Admiral Coghlan has received or
ders to convey the consul-general to
the isthmus on the converted yacht
Mayflower. which will sail from the
navy yard here, Sunday, for Colon at
full speed.
Rear-Admiral Coghlan, who was
commander-in-chief of the Caribbean
sea squadron, has arrived here in re-
Spouse to a summons from Rear-Ad-
miral Taylor, chief Of the bureau of
navigation, and conferred with the Of
ficials at the navy department. He will
receive instructions from the presi-
dent. and ON his arrival at Colon will
assume supreme command of the
American naval force on the Atlantic
side of the isthmus. Rear-Admiral
Glass, on his arrival at Panama, will
relieve the captain of the Boston Of
the command of the naval force there.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
JAS. |. BLAIR'S INSURANCE.
Life Insurance Company Takes Steps
to ANGEL S2oO.OOO IF Life
Insurance Policies.

st. Louis, Nov. 6.-Papers were
served on James l.. Blair, his wife and
two sons, Thursday, by United States
Deputy Marsh;. Strazer, calling for the
family's appearance in the United
States circuit court to show cause why
certain life insurance policies held by
Mr.. Blair in the Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of New York should not be can
celed.
Petitions were filed in the United
States circuit court by the st. Louis
counsel for the insurance company.
The petitioners ask that the court can
eel and declare null and void two poll
cies, amounting to $250,000, taken out
by James L. Blair.
The unearned premiums, together
with the interest accumulated, already
paid by Mr.. Blair on the two policies
amount to $33 ,064.47. This amount was
paid into the circuit court, to be paid
back to Mr.. Blair in case the policies
are Cancelled.
The company makes some broad and
serious allegations in its petition to the
court in support of it's action.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
JOHN P. D0LAN ON TRIAL.
More of the Naturalization Fraud
Cases Begun In the Federal
Court at St. Louis.

st. Louis. Nov. 6.-The cases of John
P. Dolan, chairman of the democratic
city committee and Thomas E. Barrett,
eX-marshal of the s.. Louis court of ap-
peals, charged with participating in
naturalization frauds, were commenced
in the United States district court Fri
day morning, following the conviction
OF Adolph Fein, Thursday, on similar
accusations.
Fein was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment and assessed a fine of ST.
600 by Judge Adams, who, in a lecture
from the bench, severely rebuked the
first vice-president of the Hebrew JEFF
ferson club for his work in degrading
American citizenship.
Charles Weissman, n of the vice
presidents of the Hebrew Jefferson
club, was sentenced by Judge Adams,
in the United States district court, Fri
day morning, to serve three years in
the state penitentiary and to pay a fine
of 81, for his connection with the
fraudulent naturalization of aliens in
the ST. Louis court of appeals.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
AWAITING the VERDICT
The Case of State Senator Frank
Farris at Jefferson City, Mo.
Testimony Closed, Courts Instruc-
lions Given, Arguments Made
and the Jury DeliberntIng.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 6.-The last
witness vas examined, Friday in the
case of State Senator Frank Farris for
bribery when Patterson Balm, of st.
Louis, took the stand and testified that
he saw Senator Smith at Smiths Office
and also at the Laclede hotel on March
10, 1901. This was to discredit Doctors
Wilson and Pennington, who declared
that Smith was too i'll to be there that
day. Former Lieut.-Gov. John A. Lee,
was on the stand again. He said Kel-
ley was a fugitive from justice in Can
ada and that he (Lee) did not write
the letter of March 2, 1901, regarding
the sending back to Kelley of 5 $1,000 of
the $4,000 received by him from Kel-
ley. The court s~tenographer had it that
Les admitted writing the letter. Lee
said he did not write and did not in
tend to state that he did or direct ex-
animation. The defense is expecting
acquittal on this letter.
Judge Graves read his instructions to
the jury. He instructed that if the jury
believed that the defendant accepted a
bride of 81 900 from d. J. Kelley, on
an agreement made either by Kelley or
through John A. Lee, it must find him
guilty and fix his punishment at not
less tnan two or more than seven years
in the penitentiary. The jury, Judge
Grave said, is the sole judge Of the
c%redibility of witnesses, and that the
defendant is a competent witness in
his own behalf; but the fact that he
is the defendant and interested in the
case is to be considered in detrimental
weight of his testimony.
Arguments were then begun. Prose-
cutting Attorney R. P. Stone spoke for
the state and was followed by w. S.
Pope for the defense. Assistant At
torney General Sam B. Jeffries for the
state and James T. Moore, for the de-
tense, came next. Morton Jourdan
closed for the defense and Attorney
General Crow for the state. The case
was given to the jury Friday after
noOn
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Cotton Crop Prospect.

Fine Roadway was made during
the week just closed with the pick
ing of the cotton crop in Mississippi.
The dry weather has caused the sta
pie to open with astonishing rapid
ty, and all available labor forces
have been constantly employed in
marketing the crop. There is no
longer any doubt that Mississippi's
yield will be shorter than last year.
Less than half a dozen counties re-
port a top crop, and this causes the
heaviest reduction in the prospective
yield. The delta crop will average
from Is to so per cent. below that
Of last year, although the bottom and
middle crop is about up to the av-
erage. The interior movement to
the market towns continues quite
lively, and there is very little ten
dency on the part of the farmers to
hold back the staple.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Pearl River Traffic.

There promises to be considerable
commerce on Pearl river during the
winter and spring season. For
many years traffic on this stream
has been neglected, but last year two
small steamboats, were placed in
service and handled large quantities
of cotton seed and cotton from inte-
rior points. This year a new boat
will be placed in service from Jack
sol to Carthage, and a new boat will
ply the lower river trade between Co
lumbia and Jackson.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In Mexico you clap your hands To
stop a tramcar or call a waiter.
Some of the most important new
buildings going up in London are in the
hands of American and German archi-
Acts.
A commercial agent Of the Japanese
government is in California to make an
experiment in shipping California or
anges to Japan.
The emigration from our northwestern
states to British Columbia leaves US
still about a million ahead of Canada In
the exchange Of citizens. 4
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
CONF ON NOW.

Come on, meet your daddy!
Come on now and run!
My, if you could see your curls
Lifting in the SUM-
My, If you could hear your laugh
Lifting as / 90,
You would understand why I
Snuggle down to you!
You would understand why
Run and grab for you!
You would understand why /
Love you like I do!
You would understand what makes
All the long day glad!
It's a picture, dear, of you,
Arms outstretched to dad!
It's a picture, dear, of you
When the day grows old;
It's your laughing eyes O. blue.
It's the tousled gold
OF your curly, tangled hair,
Lifting on the breeze;
It's the laughing lips O. you;
It's your chubby knees!
It's your chubby outstretched arms!
It's the way you run!
It's your awkward baby legs!
It's the CLINT of fun
In the eyes that look to mine
When / grab you up!
It's the arms about my neck!
Lies a brimming cup!
You would understand it, dear,
Understand 1t all,
Why l like to see you run,
Love to hear you CALI
Dearie, life's a battlefield.
Life is cark and fret
It's because your baby love
Makes your dad forget!
j. M. Lewis. in Houston Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Contract for New Well,

The city authorities of Indianola
have awarded a contract for sinking
a second artesian well. The entire
water supply is furnished by one
well, and since the location of SO
many industries at that place, the
pressure has at times been made
quate. The water from the first
well is so heavily charged with soda
and sulphur that it is somewhat
undesirable for drinking purposes,
and the new well is being sunk al
most a quarter Of a mile distant.
The old well is a little more than
1000 feet deep and furnishes about
100000 gallons a dav.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13

hardly to be comprehended by so staid
and constant a person as Kirke Nor
ris."
The fine sarcasm seemed lost on her
nearer, but the fiippancy cut him like a
knife.
I'm truth, it is all a riddle to me-" he
said, slowly, after a moment. 81 honestly
believed that you loved me, Linda"
The red lips curled.
1T is a common delusion of your sex
that they are indispensable to the happi-
ness of ours" she answered cuttingly.
you are skillful with your hard words,
all at once" he said, with bitterness. He
rose, and took his hat. 81 leave you to
your freedom, and your reasons" He
paused at the door, and his searching
gaze seemed to her age-long. She sat
like a statue, and he went out, unsteadi-
ly.
Linda's stubbornness disappeared like
magic. Her head dropped Imply on her
arms, and she broke into unrestrained
sobbing. If Kirke had only quarreled
and given her a chance to have at him
with the truth! For who can hurl jeal-
Gus accusations at an offender so meekly
devoid of the appearance of guilt? A
tempest of futile wrath, chagrin, and
something very like d%esolation, shook
her soul.
Through a mutual friend, all the bust
ness pertaining to her small estate
was promptly turned over to her.
Hurt and b~ewildered, she founder
ed through the interview, and at
its close locked the vexatious doc
uments in her bureau drawer. Kirke had
completed the sale of the property over
which their difference began, and which
he had declared it inadvisable to dispose
of on account of its steady rise in value.
The price, in H. & 0. bonds, constituting
the bulk of her little fortune, was a part
of the package, which grew more hateful
to her every time she looked at it. A
bitter reminder it was, of the bright days
when she first put her business affairs
and heart both into his keeping. How
proud she had been, when through per-
severance and self-denial he arose to
the dignity of a gilt sign and a growing
practice! They were to have been mar
ried in November. Here Linda invari-
ably brought a sob up short. Something
very foreign to business matters made a
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Delta Development.

At present only about so per cent.
of the delta is tillable land, but the
next two or three years will show
valuable farms and plantations
where dense forests and canebrakes
in which deer and bears now abound
in existence. The country is being
converted into a beehive Of industry,
and it is doubtful if there is another
section which offers 50 many induce,
ments to homeseekers of the sturdy
sort.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
SAID TO BE A DEFAULTER.
Elroy S. Plat, Who Attempted Sui
eide at Pittsbure, Pa, Alleged
to BE a $4,000 DefauIter.

st. Louis, Nov. 6.-Elroy S. Platt,
the st. Louisan who attempted to com-
NIT suicide in the Duquesne hotel at
Pittsburg, Pa, Wednesday by aiming a
bullet at his heart, is alleged to have
been a defaulter to the extent of over
$4,000 by stockholders in the George
Platt Contracting Co., of which he was
secretary and treasurer. George Platt,
president of the company, and the
father of the attempted suicide, as
sumed the liability for his sons short
aS... n Is a.civtu, and proceedin IS s:e
now being taken to secure a settlement
from the elder Plat.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Fine Stone in Rankin.

Prof. Echel, the government geol-
igist who is making a survey in Mis-
sissippi, makes a highly favorable re-
port OF the Rankin county stone
quarries, near Star, which he finds
to be a good quality of f~ne-grained,
white sandstone, occurring in beds
of from ten to fifteen feet in thick
ness, separated by thin layers Of
clay, and having a total thickness of
workable stone at least fifty feet in
depth. Prof Eckel states that the
clay deposits found in Mississippi
are the equal of any in the country.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
THE OFFICIAL TELEGRAMs.
Instructions to Our Representatives
at Panama and Bogots.

ihstructioHs 10 our
at and Bogots.
Washington, Nov. 6.-The following
telegram was Sent by the state depart
ment, Friday, to Mr.. Ehrman, the act
ing consul-general of the United States
at Panama:
THE people Of Panama have, by an
apparently unanimous movement, dis
solved their political relations with the
republic of Colombia and assumed their
independence. When you are salts
fled that a de facto government, repub-
lican in form and without substantial
opposition from its own people, has
been established in the state of Pana-
ma, you will enter into relations with
it as the responsible government of
the territory and look to it for all due
action to protect the persons and prop
erty OF citizens of the United States
and to keep open the isthmian transit
in accordance with the obligations of
existing treaties"
Immediately afterward an instruction
was sent by telegram to Mr.. Beaupre,
the United States minister at Bogota,
in the following terms:
THE people of Panama, having by
an apparently unanimous movement
dissolved their political connection
with the republic of Colombia and as
sumed their independence, and having
adopted a government of their own. re-
publican in form, with which the gov
eminent of the United States of Ameri-
ca has entered into relations, the presi-
dent of the United States, in accord
ance with the ties of friendship which
have so long and SC happily existed be-
tween the respective nations most earn
estly commends to the governments of
Colombia and of Panama the peaceful
and equitable settlement of all ques-
tions at issue between them. He holds
that he is bound, not merely by treaty
obligations, but by the interests of
civilization to see that the peaceful
traffic of the world across the isthmus
of Panama shall not longer be dis
turbed by a constant succession of un-
necessary and wasteful civil wars"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Delta Real Estate Active.

The real estate market in the delta
Of Mississippi is enjoying a season
Of remarkable activity. Never be-
fore has there been such an influx
Of capitalists and realty agents seek
ing to purchase rich cotton farming
lands and uncleared tracts which
can be easily converted into produc-
tive farms. Bona fde homeseekers
are pouring in from all sections,
and the next year will show a large
increase in the acreage under culti-
walton.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
OFFICIAL

Arrival of the Dixie mt Colon Re-
ported To the Navy Department.
Washington, Nov. 6.-The navy de-
partment has received a %cablegram
from Commander Delano, of the Dixie,
announcing his arrival at Colon. The
cablegram states that the Colombian
troops have evacuated and that the sit
uation is quiet.
Commander Delano cables that he
has landed an adequate force of ma
rines from the Dixie, and that the
blujackets which landed from the
Nashville have re-embarked on the
Nashville. The Dixie carries 400 ma
rines.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
oyster c~ommission Report.

Auditor Cole has received the f.
nancial report Of the Oyster Com
mission. The report shows that the
total collections Of the commission
have been $14,025.45 and the dis
bursements have been $11, 66O.25,
leaving a balance of So, 159 in the
treasury of the commission. Five
thousand dollars Of the amount ex-
pended was allowed the commission
for the propagation of new oyster
beds by the last legislature.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In six years the Westinghouse Elee-
trlcal company has earned, net, SILL
971,373.
Senator Platt's IONS have not, it il
said, been on cordial terms with their
father for many months past. They
were much opposed to his second mar
riage and did their utmost to prevent it.
1t is a curious fact, considering how
reluctant women are generally to tell
their age, that, though many women
are referred to in the Old Testament,
there is only one-Sarah-whose age is
recorded.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
A Chinese Farmer.

Claiborne county has the honor of
claiming the only Chinese farmer in
Mississippi. His name is Quong
Thomas, and the Acknowledged Celes-
tial runs a farm of 100 acres near
Port Gibson, where he cultivates a
fine variety of cotton, all of which is
shipped to the Orient. Thomas has
been quite successful, and within the
past few years has accumulated a
snug amount in the savings bank.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Tried to Kill a White Man,

Considerable excitement prevail
ed at Taylor, in Lafayette county,
last week, when a negro, Simpson
Barry, attempted to kill a white man
named Joe Tubbs. The negro used
a z and it took effect upon the
throat of Tubbs. Tubbs is a highly
respected citizen and a lynching was
averted only by the vigilance of some
of the citizens who guarded the ne
gro until the arrival of the sheriff
from Oxford. Everything is quiet
now, but Tubbs is in a serious condi-
ton.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Heavy Cotton Receipts.

For the months of September
and October the town of Newton has
received over 1000 bales of cotton
more than it did for the same two
months last year. During Septem-
Der and October last year 3,612 bales
were marketed there, while for the
same period this year the town has
bought 4,667 bales. The yield in
Newton county will no doubt be
better than last year.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Bureau of Statistics.

State Senator W. B. Walker of
Monroe county will introduce in the
legislature at the January session a
bill providing for the establishment
of a bureau of vital statistics. There
is hardly any doubt that a measure
of this kind will be enacted by the
body, as public sentiment seems to
be strongly in favor of it as the best
means of promoting publicity of the
States
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Many New Banks.

Within the past month six new
banking institutions have been
launched in Mississippi, and the
next report of the auditors office on
banking institutions will show a
good increase in the amount of cap
ital invested in this branch of f.
nance. The latest bank to apply for
a charter is domiciled at Carthage,
to be known as the Leake County
Bank, with a capital stock of $780,
600
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Decapitated by a Switch Train.
Sent Up for Kidnapping.

Travelling Sergt. Dodds of the
penitentiary brought in from jack
son county last week three prison
ers for the penitentiary who were re-
Gently given prison sentences. One
of the number was convicted of kid
mapping, and is the first criminal Of
this class to be placed in the peni-
tentiary in some time.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Piney Woods DEVELOPMENT.

The development of the piney
woods section of the State seems to
be in its infancy, Judging from the
large number of new lumber manu-
featuring enterprises that are being
chartered each week. The latest
charter of this kind to reach the gov
ernor's office is that of Collins &
Co., who will establish a $780, 900
plant in Marion county near Oloh.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Lumber Industry Booming.

With the completion of the branch
line of the Gulf & Ship Island from
Mendenhall to Columbia, a distance
of sixty miles, saw mills and lumber
manufacturing enterprises having
an aggregate capital of over $4,000
900 will spring into existence. AL
ready saw mills are being started
along the line of the road and will be
in readiness for operation before
trains commence running.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
for Superannuated Preachers.

Rev. A. F. Watkins, of Jackson,
agent for the fund of $4,000, 900
which is being raised for superan-
nuated preachers by the Southern
Methodists, says that he is meeting
with much success in getting to-
gether this large fund. Since his
appointment he has attended several
hundred conferences all over the
South.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Yazoo City Cotton Statement.

Cotton receipts for Yazoo City for
the week ending October 81, were
4,056 bales, against 1896 last year;
shipments, 3,135, against 1,759;
stock in warehouses, 10,8S0, against
1854. Receipts since September l.,
21,164, against 1897; shipments,
1o,411, against 1882. The fine
weather prevailing for picking con-
tinues, and cotton is being gathered
al fast as possible. The grades are
running cleaner than usual.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
EN- ROUTE TO PANAMA.

Portion Of the Pacific Squadron On
the Way to Panama.
Washington, Nov. 6.-The navy de-
partment has received a cabiegram
from Rear-Admiral Glass, commanding
the Pacific squadron, announcing the
departure of the Marblehead, Concord
and Wyoming, and the collier Nero,
Thursday, from Acapulco, Mexico, for
Panama. The squadron is proceeding
at full speed
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Consistent.

O'Brien-Hivin save us, Casey!
Phwat are We swarm in thot terrible
way fur?
Casey ION the run)-Iim late fur
church ag'in this Sunda' mornin', thot's
phwat!-Philadelphia Press
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
A Peculiar Accident.

Jean Petit, a native of France,
and a well known resident of Scran-
ton, was fatally injured last week at
the Farnsworth Lumber Company's
saw mill. He was working at the
edger when a silver of a plank was
torn off and buried in his side nelr
the abdomen.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
He'll Do.

City Editor Ito new reporter)-If a
ten-story building would fall down, what
would you do?
New Reporter-Write it up, of course.
IN. Y. Times.