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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
A "VOODOO DOCTOR"
GUILTY OF MURDER

PHILADELPHIA. June q. - George
p. Hossey. a negro "voodoo doctor.
vas found guilty yesterday afternoon OF
the murder OF William G.. Danz two
years ago. Hossey evinced no feeling
when he heard his sate other than to
frown slightly and give tug or two at
his mustache. AS he left the dock he
glanced with no kindly expression at
the men who had condemned him. His
counsel will appeal The district attor-
ney in his argument contended that
DAM was a victim OF poison; that il was
administered by Mrs. Danz, and that she
obtained IT from Hossey. who sold It to
her in furtherance Of a plan OF opera
ticns which he had suggested.
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reeded to pay for the deliveries.
Efforts are being made 10 break the
market. Eighty thousand bales were
thrown en- the market yesterday. and
Brown took them. More will be thrown
on the market today.
Browns friends say he has enough
money behind him to buy every bale OF
cotton produced in the country this
year. With the payment of 10000. 900
Mr.. Brown will have 260.0 900 bales of
cotton, or two-thirds of the present
visible cotton supply. What be will do
with this supply and no market 10 sell
It in IS the question of the hour, and
not a few predict cotton crash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.

HOLYHEAD. June 27.-The Dublin
mail boat Munster collided with the Jer-
sey steamer Aire this morning. The
stern OF the Aire, was smashed. but she
was safely towed by the Munster. The
collision caused panic among the
passengers on each boat. but officers
soon assured them that they were in no
danger.
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employees are TO be taken back Il will
be as individuals. not as members Of he
union. or at the request OF the union.
said Nr H-r
Last night was comparatively quiet.
the only incidents of a disturbing na-
ture being the shooting and slight
wounding OF Luther Wilcox, a young
man from Fulton, by one, OF the solcie-s
for yelling "scab'' at a strike breaking
motorman, and the shooting Of Walter
Tucker by strike sympathizcrs while he
was riding on one of the cars as a pas
senser, the shot evidently having been
intended for the motorran. fuckers
wound is not considered serious.
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FOUR PEASANTS KILLED.

VIENNA. June 27.-The discomfort
which has been manifest in various parts
OF Croatia for some time past. reached a
crisis last night II an uprising of peas
ants at Ludibreg. An encounter between
the peasants apd gendarmes followed. in
which tie former lost fcur killed and
three wounded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
WARRANTS as FARMHAND DS.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. June 1.-THE
police judges OF the two Kansas Citys
ami OF Argentine. a railroad town just
ever the line in Kansas. are doing what
they can tS relieve the shortage Of
harvest hands in Kansas. Judge Lien
bec. OF Argentine. started il. and now
ell the judges are sentencing all the
vagrants who ccme before them 10 the
harvest field instead of TO the rock pile.
The sentences generally run $25 fne or
six weeks in Kansas.
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CONSIDERING APPEAL
OF MURDERER B. G. HILL

The Department OF Justice has under
consideration the appeal OF Benjamin G.
Hill. now in the District Jail under SEN
mutation OF his sentence TO life impris-
onment. The papers are now in the
hands Of the pardon attorney, Mr.. Easily
Smith, and Will reach the Attorney Gen
eral late this afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
RIO GRANDE 0VERFL0WS;
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS

FORT WORTH. Tex. June 27.-Grest
devastation has been wrought by the
overflow OF the Rio Grande River above
Ell Paso Hundreds of families have
been made homeless and the losses OF
stock are heavy.
People were forced 10 fee from the
valley TO the foothills. The river is
reported falling at FL Paso-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
GENERAL CLAY ILL.

LEXINGTON. Ky. June 27.-Gen. Cas-
sius NJ. Clay. former minister TO Rus
sfa. and the Sage of Whitehall" is re-
ported dangerously III at his home. Two
physicians are in attendance, but no Of
fcial statement has been given out con-
cerning his sickness. He has been con-
fined 20 his bed for the past three days
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POPE STILL WEAK.

ROME. June 27.-The stomach trouble
OF the Pope continues, with loss OF ap-
petite. His physician attributes the
stubbornness of the trouble 10 fatigue
resultant on the recent consistories, and
also 10 the extreme summer heat. His
holiness is weak. though his remarkable
vitality is still apparent.
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CHAVES STARTS AGAIN.

BOSTON, June 2T.-Capt. Joseph ?.
Chaves. of the North End. who soms
weeks ago started in dory for Lisbon
and returned on account Of bad weather.
made second start yesterday in his
fteen-foot boat. He was given
hearty send-off.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
FORMS NEW CABINET.

ATHENS. June 27.-Theokotis. premier
OF the Grecian cabinet which resigned
some days ago, has formed new cabl-
Let and has taken the foreign affairs
portfolio.
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WEATHER REPORT.

Temperatures still remain much be-
low the seasonal average in the East and
South and are slightly above ever the
remaining districts. There will be show
ers tonight IN the Middle Atlantic States
and the Ohio Valley. continuing tomor-
row. except in the lower Ohio Valley. In
the lower lake region. and the South, the
weather will be generally fair.
II will be warmer tomorrow in the
Ohio Valley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
OBSERVATION PARTY
CAUGHT IN AVALANCHE
Eight Instantly Killed in Catastrophe
az Piz Blaz

GENEVA. June 27.-News was received
here today of a catastrophe at Piz Blaz.
Fourteen scholars and two masters CT
the high school of Zurich. while on a
tour Of observation, were caught in IN
avalanche.
One master and seven scholars we're
instantly killed en9 the other master
and two scholars were badly injured
The remainder OF the party escaped
When the news OF the calamity reachej
Zurich the greatest excitement pre-
vailed. and in few minutes evidences
Of mourning were displayed all over the
place Parties are now searching for
the bodies of those who pcrished.
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MEETS USUAL FATE.

KEY WEST, Fla. June 27.-The tor
pedo boat Wilkes sailed yesterday for
Norfolk. but her machinery became de-
ranged when a few miles off the Reed
and she was obliged to return TO port
In tow.
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BARLEY FOUND GUILTY.

WILKESBARRE, Pa. June 27.-Frc1
Barney. the young man who was charged
with his wife's murder. WAS today found
guilty OF murder in the second degree
and sentenced to twenty years impris
onment-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-27
PANAMA. CANAL GREAT
BOON TO COLOMBIA
President MaProquin's Mes
sage TO Congress.
IMMENSE GAIN TO NATION
Worth the Sacrifice on PecuniaIy Ad-
vantages and Even the Partial
Remuneration of Sovereignty.

Minister Baupre. at Bogota. has ad-
vised the State Department by cable
that tho Colombian Congress assembled
in spec ciel session OF tune 20 TO consider
the matter of the Panama Canal treaty.
He states that the two houses have or
ganized with Joaquin Velez as president
Of the senate and Jose Medina Calderor
ss president OF the chamber OF repre-
sentatives.
Mr. Beaupre quotes the message Of
the Colombian President 10 the cor
gress upon the subject of canal Iegisla-
tion. President MaTroquin says. in part:
ITO lay government has been present
ed this dilemma: Either IL lets our
sovereignty suffer detrIment or re-
nounces certain pecuniary advantages %
which. according to the opinion OF many.
we>have a right.
Two Horns of the Dilemma.
I'm the first case, to consent to the
sacrifice OF our sovereignty. and not
aspiring TO a great decentralization. the
Just wishes of the inhabitants OF
Panama. would be satisfied IL The canal
were opened. but the government would
be exposed 20 the charge afterward that
it did not defend our sovereignty and
that it did not defend the interests OF
the nation.
I'm the second place. if the canal is
not opened. the government will be
accused of not having allowed Colombia
that benefit which is regarded as the
commencement of our aggrandizemenJ
No Sacrifice Too Great.
II have already allowed my wish TO
be understood that the canal should be
opened through our territory. l believe
that even at such cost of sacrifice we
ought not 10 put obstacles in the way
OF such a grand undertaking, because
IL is an immensely beneficial enterprise
for the country. and also because our
relations with the United States will
become more intimately extensive. while
our industry, commerce and our wealth
Will gain Incidentally"
President Marroquin concludes the
subject by a statement that he leaves
the entire matter TO his congress and
an expression commencing the United
States Senate for its declaration as TO
the superiority of the Colombian route.
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PLANS MADE TO SEND
PETITION TO RUSSIA
B'nai Birth Plea First Goes
to I. s. Embassy.
THEN IT GOES TO THE CAR
State Department Officials Ridicule the
Idea That Bad Blood
May Result.
THEN 1T GOES TO THE CAR

With regard to the proposed action OF
this Government in forwarding to St
Petersburg the B'nai Birth petition TO
the Czar. requesting an amelioration in
the condition OF the Jews in Russia
II is announced authoritativcly at the
State Department this morning that the
program 10 be followed will be this:
When the petition has been drawn
up and signed-a process which is ex-
pected to occupy several weeks-it will
be forwarded through the State Depart
ment TO the United States embassy at ST.
Petersburg. The charge d'affaires, II
Ambassador Mccormick is still absent,
will then inform the Russian foreign Of
fee that he has such paper to present.
If Memorial Is Refused.
II the foreign Office says that il Will
not receive the memorial, that will end
the matter, and the fact will be com
municated by the State Department TO
these who prepared the petition. Should
the document however. Oe received. 1t
Will then be FOR the Russian government
to decide what it will do with g..
VIII Dt 10 IuFsAlon ot ndHuiHS
the paper back 10 the United States
representative. 1t will rot be in evi-
dence until the Russian foreign Office
has signiied its intention either to re-
ject or receive it.
The statement is also made that the
President and State Department have
not reversed their position on the ques-
tIon Of sending the petition 10 Russia.
as is the general impression. When the
executive committee Of the B'nai Birth
called upon Secretary Hay and the Pres
ident its members were told that their
request should receive careful consid-
Grafton. The President held the matter
under consideration for a week or more,
and then decided TO forward the petit
tioE.
No Cause for Affront.
AS 70 whether the document will he
received or not. State Department Off
cials profess TO have no knowledge.
But even II it should be refused. they
say that there could be no ground Of
anront, as every government retains tho
right 10 receive or decline 10 receive
communications that may be sent 10 It.
The idea that strained relations be-
tween Russia and the United States may
result from the incident, however It may
| end. is ridiculed by the Department Of
flcers.
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SHANROCKS | AND Ill
READY FOR THE TRIAL
ChaIlengers, New and Old,
to Take Initial Spin.
SIR THOMAS Upton ABOARD
Accompanied By Designer Fife He Will
Be Present at Trials and Also IN
Final Struggle.

HIGHLANDS, y. J.. June 27.-What Is
termed here as "Lipton's weather
arose with the sun this morning in the
shape o, white haze which enveiled
the sea, making 1t almost impossible 10
see more than a mile Of the beach.
There was also dead calm in store for
Sir Thomas new challenger. Shamrock
III.
Sir Thomas Upton arrived late last
night from Washington, where he was
the guest OF President Roosevelt at
luncheon. He at cnce boarded the tug
Cruiser. which was in waiting at Jersey
City, and was conveyed 20 his steam
yacht Erin. lying near Tompkinsville.
William fife, the designer OF Shamrock
and III, was with Sir Thomas in Wash
inEton and returned With him TO The
Erin
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TEMPERATURE.
THE SUN.
TIDE TABLE

High tide today. ay...............9:5i p. m.
High tide tomorrow 10 !: 13 am. 1914 pm.
Low tide tomOrrow...4:17 IL a. NJ, 1853 D. N.
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Owner Aboard Challenger.

Both Sir Thomas and Mr.. Fife will be
on board the new challenger during to-
days trial
Col E. L. Neill will be in charge Of
Shamrock l. Sir Thomas will go on
board the Shamrock III whenever she
sails. and will also accompany Mr.. Fife
during the cup races
"she has never gone out without me, F"
Sir Thomas says. "and III see 10 1t that
she shall not until all is over"
The Shamrock !. with Captain Bevis
at her tiller. will renew her acquaint-
ance with Sandy Hook waters. Today
contest will not be a race. simply sail
stretching and trying out affair.
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Showers tonight and
probably tomorrow; light,
easterly winds.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
"TOO Good to Keep,

A phrase this, found in all Ian
guages, and one which does genuine
credit to the human heart! No stingy
fellow ever originated it, with its
wh~ole-souled, hospitable ring. Good
things, it asserts, like ruddy blood,
were meant to be. kept in brisk cir
culation, and soon longest and stag
nate in any system that does not
with strong, pulsing heart send them
coursing through every artery, vein
and capillary, says the Boston Heralj.
Then came it to pass that the same
merry or touching stories are lighted
IN in every age and in every region
of the globe-in China, India, Persia,
Europe, America, and, most likely,
Patagonia. They were too good to
keep-that tells the whole tale. Tae
sailor on the Chinese junk told them
to the East Indian pearl diver, and ne
to the Persian trader, and the Persian
trader to the Arab date merchant,
the Arab date merchant to the Greek
ballad singer. Wherever donkey and
camel drivers or elephant mahouts
hobnobbed with one another, around
camp fires or in swarming bazaars,
there they "swapped stories" That
was all.-Detroit Free Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
Breaking the Steers.

During an Old Home Week celebra-
ton in a small town in New Hamp-
shire there were present a learned
judge from a western city, a pro-
fessor from Boston and a United
States senator. Grave and austere of
manner, as become their age and
honors, they addressed each other by
the titles which belonged to their
several stations. But they had been
schoolmates, and when the senator
told a story of school-days the ac-
cumulated ice of 40 years thawed in
a burst of laughter; and they were
John and Bill and Horace once more.
The following is one of their stories:
bill, do you remember breaking
the s~teers?" laughed Horace.
Now, that's between you and me,
Horace"
"No secrets here" said John. "Out
with it,"
Zone summer one of Bills steers
got mired in the swamp and was
killed. Bill wasn't going to miss the
fun of breaking the steers, so the
next winter he yoked himself up with
the one that was left. I met them
coming down over the crust like Sam
Hill. Bill yelled between gasps, Stop
us! Stop us! We're running away!'
/ cornered them in an angle of the
wall. AS soon as Bill got breath
enough he said, For goodness sake,
Horace, unyoke the other steer!'"-
Delineator.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
Few Plants Killed.

Serious apprehension has been felt
as to the effect the recent freezes
would, have upon the young tomato
plants that were being nursed by
members of the Monroe County Hor-
ticultural Association. Secretary H.
E. Reynolds reports that while a few
plants that were not properly pro-
tected were killed, the largest part
were in no way injured, and nearly
all the truckers are now transplant
ing to the cold frames, with indica-
tons so far of good success. The
plants killed were readily replaced
from the State Agricultural and
Mechanical College at light expense
and no delay. For the next season
the association will greatly enlarge
its operations and will cultivate nu-
merous other crops for early and
extensive shipments.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
Negro Hire Caused Strike.

A strike occurred in the Illinois
Central freight yards at Jackson last
week, the engineers and switchmen
refusing to work unless the negro
foremen were removed. For several
weeks past there has been friction
between the engineers and switch
men, and Yardmaster Sullivan, the
latter having supplanted the white
engine foremen with negroes, and
the situation reached an acute point
last week when the employees refused
to work any longer unless the ne
groes were removed. The matter
was taken to the high officials of the
company, and Assistant General Su-
perintendent Dunn came to the city
to make an investigation, the result
of which was a promise that in the
future only white foremen will have
charge of the engines, and thus the
trouble was brought to an end.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
O O IN THE NAVY.
Good Quality as Necessary in Eat
ables as 1t Is in the Ammu-
milton Provided.

"Good food is just as important as
good ammunition and good guns" says
Rear Admiral Kenney, chief of the
bureau of supplies and accounts, "and
it is the policy of the government to
give the men good, wholesome food,
of as near uniform quality as posi-
BILE, and as tastefully and palataDly
prepared as we IA get cooks to pre-
pare it. We believe that with the pres
ent ration we al feed the men IN
quantity and variety we'll enough so
that they are not compelled to use
part of their pay for additional food.
This is an important consideration, and
gives to the pay of the enlisted men
of the navy of the United states an
actual value very considerably be-
yond the enlisted mems pay OF any
navy in the world"
The remarks were called forth by the
recent comment of the London Daily
EXPRESS on the mess cook book issued
for the use of the United States navy.
The Express remarked: "The Amer
lean navy for a hundred years has had
the reputation of being the best fed
navy in the world
Speaking of the condition existing in
the British navy, the Express says:
1.-THE delay in improving the food
of the British ~bluejacket is causing
much discomfort on the lower deck.
Promises have been given by the adj
miralty which have not been fulfilled.
The food Supplied to the British blue
Jacket is little better than it was 40
years ago. The deseftions from our
1.-THE British) North American squad
ron and from the Pacific squadron
when lying in Esquimault are mainly
due to the contrast between the food
of the British navy and that served
out by Uncle Sam. The niggardliness
of the state prevents the bluejacket or
the stoker from sending his wages
home to his wife. A good portion of
them has to be spent on food. Under
the existing admiralty arrangements,
the food of the bluejackets in time of
peace is a scandal, and no arrange
ments have been made for supplying
fresh meat, ice and fresh vegetables to
blockading ,s%quadrons in time of war;
The Express comments with much
uncticn on the excellent quality of the
food provided in the American navy,
and commends the care and solicitude
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
SEAMLESS TOY BALLOONS.
An American Novelty Lately Added
to the Long List of the
Street Trade.

Look at. that" said a wholesale
dealer in street novelties. 1.-The very
latest and newest and biggest thing
in the market to-day"
He picked out of a box on the
counter a little, loosely folded rub
Der bag about two inches long and
having at one end a little neck, which
he drew over a nipple IN a machine
something like a bicycle pump, and
expanded the bag into a red rubber
globe; it was a child's toy balloon,
and a perfect sphere in shape,
"There it u.s." he said, "a seamless
gas balloon, the first ever made any
where, and this produced in the
United States. Up to now all the
toy balloons sold in the world have
come from Belgium, France and
England. We import, all told, a mill
lion gross n year, and these ballons
all have seams in them. They are
made in sections and united on a
machine something like a sewing ma
chine, except that instead of needles
it has little hammers which hammer
the seams together.
"There is a certain percentage OF
loss on them. Now, these modern
American balloons, seamless, per-
fectly round, are not only superior
in every way to the foreign balloon,
but they can be made cheaper, and
are far more durable, and | expect
we shall put the English, Belgian
and French makers of toy balloons
out of business. We are already
turning these new. balloons out here
and there's a factory for making
'em with a capacity of a thousands
hands, now under way.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
Pay Term Schools.

State Superintendent Whitfield is
preparing a general plan of work for
the institute conductors and normals
which he will distribute to the teach
ers throughout the State in a few
days. The plan is being printed,
together with suggestions for organ
izing and chartering schools in the
rural districts so that the term can
be heightened by a pay term to fol-
low the regular free school term.
This suggestion has already been
adopted in numerous cases over the
State and has proved entirely salts
factory. y %RAIk$5L
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13

The fields are bleak, the forest bare;
The snowfakes, swirling. fall
Around each tree a winding sheet,
Ger all the fields a pail.
A wide, dead waste, and leaden sky,
Wild winds. and dark and cold!
The rivers tongue is frozen thick
With life's sweet tale half-told.
All. no! not dead: the white fields sleep;
The frozen rivers flow;
And myriad seed-heartS beat
Within this breast of snow.
The wolf-winds drive the brown leaves
on
Like frightened fiocks of sheep;
But where the old leaves trembling stood.
The new buds bravely peep.
With springs first green the holly CLOVIS.
And flame of autumn late
The embers of the summer warm
In winters roaring CRATE.
The thrush's SONG is silent now,
The rill no longer sings;
But loud and long the strong winds strike
Ten million sounding things.
Der mountains high and prairies far,
Hark, how the paeans ROLL
The Tyre is strung 'twixt ocean shores,
And swept from pole to pole.
leaves,
OF storms and stars and seas,
Upgathered, break. with thunder crash
In winters symphonies.
Dallas Lore Sharp, in Youths Com
panion.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-13
Time to BE Doing Things.

The suggestion of having a COM
pilation made of the resources of the
State, giving industrial statistics,
manufacturing inducements, soil,
climate, timber and the like, and
publishing the same in pamphlet
shape for circulation so as to adver-
tise Mississippi's wonderful advan-
tages, has met with favorable recep-
ton from all parts of the State.
Every town in the State that ex-
poets to keep abreast with the pres
ent progressive movement should
have a board of trade or commercial
organization of some kind, with an
active secretary in charge to gather
statistics and answer correspondence.
There is an extraordinary activity
now going on in the railroad world;
new syndicates are forming; new
lines are being built and extensions
and branches are in prospect, and
towns hat want to ecu the adj
vantage of railroad facilities must
be up and doing.