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The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Sentenced to Forty Year. In Prison.

Greenville, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-The jury,
Friday morning, after being out all
night, returned verdict of guilty and
gave Charles Ethridge 40 years in the
penitentiary for the killing of John
Kesner at Pocahontas about year
ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

1t was reported, on the oath, that the
Rock Island company had determined
to reduce expenses by taking over forty
trains out of service. These trains are
in service on the numerous branches of
The road in Nebraska, Kansas, Mis-
been paving
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

A movement is on foot among la
Labor day demonstration and To de-
vote the money spent on the annual
parade to defense fund.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

The Harris county (Tex) has ap-
proved fee of 100000 for Baker, Bott,
Baker & Lovett for legal services rem
cred the estate of w. M. Rice, the mill
ionaire, who was murdered in New
York several years ago by Albert T Pat
rick. This is the largest fee ever al
lowed in Texas in a single case.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Sir Thomas Upton, who has been i'll
at Chicago, was able to leave his bed
on the 22d, for the first time since
his illness. His condition was so good
that a carriage ride was planned for
him
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

After a trial lasting eight days the
jury in the case of Curtis Jet, charged
with the murder of Town Marshal
Cockrill at Jackson, KY, July Il,
1902 on the 22d rendered verdict OF
guilty and fixed the punishment at
death
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Attorney Todd, for the Chicago SAM
tary district, attempted to show at
hearing in Chicago, on the 25th, that
the sewage of Peoria, ILL.,, and not OF
Chicago pollutes the waters of the Mis-
sissippi river and the water supply OF
st. Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

The old Grant homestead at Galena,
Ill, presented to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
by his admiring fellow townsmen at
the close of the civil war, will he deed
ed to the city of Galena by the Grant
heirs as a historic relic, and will prob
ably be converted into memorial hos
pital
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Alison s. Sherman, aged 90, Chica-
COS oldest living ex-mayor, died at
Waukegan, ILL.,, on the 22d, of senility,
Mr.. Sherman had been ailing for sew
eral weeks He was Chicagos eighth
mayor, being elected in 1874, when the
term was one year
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Sir Thomas Upton has put quietus
on the stories of his matrimonial in
tentions by accepting, with thanks, an
honorary membership in the Bay City
(Mich.) Bachelors club, with the as
surance that he will not break the
primary qualification for membership.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Gen. John c. Black, national COM
mander in chief of the G. A. R., on the
Gath, at Carbonate, H., delivered an
eulogistic address to $4,000 veterans
and their friends at the twenty-first
annual reunion of the Southern Illi
nois Soldiers and Sailors association.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Balti-
more, Md, on the Gath, and was met
by leading citizens, including repre-
sentatives of all the leading Catholic
societies. Mayor McLane welcomed
the cardinal home in few appropriate
words, to which the latter replied.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

According to an address delivered by
the United States treasurer, Ellis H.
Roberts, to assembled bankers in
Washington, the nation has more gold
in the treasury than any country on
EARTH nearly as much as any other
two powers combined.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

The Salvation army cavalry corps
making tour, under Maj Hunter, OF
the feud-cursed counties of Kentucky,
struck an old-fashioned barbecue with
dancing and hard cider accompani-
iments, in Letcher county, on the 24tn.
They opened services under big tree.
but were compelled to cut them shor.
by the action of number of drunken
lrowdies.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Thirty-six gold and silver caskets,
containing presents to the late queen
of England at her jubilee, were sent
from Toronto, Ont, to st. Louis, on
the 25th, on the order of King Edward
and are to be on exhibition at the st.
Louis Worlds fair. The value of the
presents was placed at 100000
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

All the strikers in the Rock Island
shops at Goodland, Kas., returned to
work, on the 22d, in accordance with
an agreement made with the officers
of the road. An increased schedule of
wages was allowed by the Rock ISL
and management and the men were
much satisfied with the new arrange
ment.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02

Announcement is made of the formal
postponement of the date for The ded-
ication of the monuments erected by
the state of Illinois on the battlefield
of Shiloh, The exercises were 20 have
taken place in October. They will
probably be held April and Z, the
forty-second anniversary of the his
toric conflict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
YALE MEN NOT AFRAID.
Threats of New Haven Strikers Do
 Not Deter Them.

New Haven, Conn. May 16.-When the eight-oarei shell of the Columbia fresh men. in which they will row the Yale freshmen in the spring regatta today. ar rived here, the trucking firm that had been engaged to take the shell to the training quarters on Lake Whitney was unable to get men to move the boat, as its employees are on strike.
 A call was Issued for volunteers among the Yale men and about fifty students, including some members of the <'Varsity crew, responded. The students went to the railroad station, where crowd of striking truckmen and sympathizers wag gathered. Word went around that any attempt to move the shell would cause trouble The Yale men said they were ready for any sort of tro lble.
 One of the biggest trucks was taken to the station and the shell was placed upon it by the Yale men amid the jeers of the strikers The students drove the trucks through the streets, all fifty of them mounting guard for the shell. which the mob threatened to smash. Decayed vegetables and coal were hurled at them, but not one of them moved. The police soon put in an appearance and prevented serious trouble. Two policemen were en- gagged to ride on the truck, and the stu dents made up a purse for them.
 Yale men continue to act as strike breakers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
WILL HANDS OFF.
Business Body Declines to Interfere
 in Strike Matter.

Replying to the Jackson CTenn) Com- mercial Club the officers of the Aontgom- cry Commercial and Industrial Associa- lion yesterday declined to have anything 10 do with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad strike situation.
 A telegram was received from s. l.. Sparks of the Jackson organization. It was stated that a movement was in progress to have the commercial organize tions on the line of the Mobile and Ohio road to cooperate neutrally with 'he railroad officials and the strickers looking to a settlement of the controversy.
 Tic officers of the Montgomery Associa- tion after a conference telegraphed MT Sparks that neither the railroad officials nor tn. strikers had sought the advice or cooperation of the Montgomery Asso- citation. In their opinion interference would be regarded as unwelcome. Con seouently they declined to take any action whatevCR -
 One through freight train No. "A. leaving Montgomery al S:S0 a. m., was run over the Montgomery division yesterday. It consisted of twenty loaded cars and was in charge of Conductor Charles Read.
 Railroad officials reported last night that the strike situation was satisfactory to the company. Strikers who could be seen said tho situation was in every way favorable to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
AsHEvILLE IS CHOSEN.
Catholic Knights to Meet There Next

St. Louis. May 1e.--Asheviile. N. C. was today selected as the place in which to hold the next biennial convention ef the Catholic Knights of America, which adjourned a five-day session this evening after electing officers and transacfing otii-l CT business of importance. The date of the next convention is the first Tuesday in May. 1905.
 Oficers for the two years intervening were elected as follows: Supreme Preei- dent, Dr. F. Gaudien. New Orleans: su- preme Vice-P President, H. Y. Croughan. Providence. R. l.; Supreme Secretary. Gerard Rieter, Vincennes, Ind. Supreme Treasurer. J. C.. Carroll, St. Louiss Trustees, Michael Quinn of Brooklyn, N. r.. and J. F. McGinn of LouisviIlas Delegates to the National Congregation of Catholic Societies to be held at At. isntic City in August were also elected as follows: Edward Feeney of Brook lyn, Joseph Berning of. Cincinnati and William Fitzgerald of Nashville. Tenn. An eighth grade for members was added. allowing the Insurance of policies for S260.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
MILAN WRITES PENNYBAcKER
Cartoonist Threatens to Sue Governor
 of Pennsylvina

Philadelphia May 16.-Charles Nelan, the cartoonist, has addressed a long let ter to Governor Pennypacker. in which he complains of the use of the word 'outcast" in the Governors letter on the libel bill. as applied to the maker of one of MT. Nelan's drawings. MT. Nelan de- mands a prompt apology, failing to re- ceive which he gives notice he will bring suit against the Governor for libel. He says in the letter:
 'I beg to say to you, sir, that when you applied this epithet to me you ut- tered an unqualified falsehood. I am not an 'outcast, I am not 'vagabond. If you will not retract, and will agree not to plead the privilege of your position as defense to the wrong you have done me. l will institute proceedings against you within five days and will hurry the case to trial with the utmost expedition so the jury in the courts and the larger jury of the people of the commonwealth may know whether I am the 'outcast you have stigmatized me, or whether you are slanderer and libeler of an honest citizen."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
MASSACRE OF THE JEWS Tales of Horror Come
 KiShineff. RUSSIANS IN THE MOB The Slaughter Done on Easter
 Sunday. Girls of Tender Age Ravished and Horribly Mutilated-T Mons- tary Losses win Amount to
 Millions of Roublss.

Minneapolis, May 1e.-Russian Jews In Minneapolis are beginning to receive let ters from their friends in the Russian province of Bessarabta telling of the re- cent massacre at Kishenef.
 s.yM-- Efargulis. resident of Binder. a town not far from Kishsneff has written letter to relative In Minneapolis, part of which describes the outrages as fpl- lows:
 "A great massacre took place on Easter Sunday, in which not only the citizens of kishener took part. but also the Rus sisns of the neignborhood. showing that 1t had been organized by some anti-sem- etic leader. One third of the kisheneff Jews have lied to Binder. others to Odessa and the only trouble Is that there is mo- where to run. Naked and barefooted, hungry and thirsty. they came here.
 ..Forty-three Jews have been killed out right: over 40o are in the hospitals. many Of them lying between life and death. A large number of children are among the dead and injured. Girls of tender age have been ravished and Amutilated in the most brutal manner. Many Jews are missing. Every day dead bodies are found in cellars and side streets.
 "A great calamity has befallen us Jews in Russia. The Russians all over the State are boasting that they will do the same. Business is at standstill.
 Afraid to Leave Homes.
 We are afraid to leave our homes. Stores are closed and so are the banks Parents do not know the whereabouts of their children. Brothers are looking for their sisters. The rich became poor and the middle class are starving. There has been raised in Kishinen up to date over lOo. .o00 rnbiep. but this only ts drop ir the aLatket. for the losses will accumulate to millions.
 ''On Sunday after the mob heard thu sermons in the churches on brotherly love and on love your enemy they began to murder right and left. They robbed the stores. and on the goods they poured kero- sene and burned them.
 "All this time the police stood quiet as if nothing had happened. Many of them aided in the acts Of vandalism and mur- ders.
 '4The rich Jews went to the Governor for aid and his answer was I have no orders Baron Heiking, not a friend oi the Jews. but an honest man, sent a tele- gram to St. Petersburg telling of the af- fair and on Wednesday afternoon orders came from St. Petersburg to stop the massacre, and as soon as the Governor gave orders to shoot. the rioters dispers- ed. Martial law Is declared in Kishineff. Many of the murderers are arrested. among them high police officers"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
WEATHER BECOMES COLD
Snow Falls in the Yosemite
 Valley.
Hundreds Flock to the Town to cstd1 . Glimpse of the Executive,
 But are Badly Dis
 appointed. .1ss a

yosemite, Cal. May is.--Prssidsnk Roosevelt has not been heard from ts- day. He is supposed to have been in fhs vicinity of Glacier point this morning. but there was no word from him to sea- retary Loeb when his party reached tho Sentinel Hotel here this afternoon
 Snow fell today in the nountains in which the President is supposed to b. and the weather became quite cola. should the weather become too cold tonight for outdoor camping there are . number ok shanties located in different parts Of tho mountains in which the Prestdent could spend the night quite comfortably.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the Prea- ident, before leaving Washington, out lined the program he was to follow dxr~ ing his stay in the Yosemite. the Yos- emite Park Commission decided that they should follow another program whick they adopted without consulting him
 Provided for Fireworks.
 This latter program provided for nre- works, the firing of dynamite to produce loud echoes and the participation by ths President in some sort of public cer- omony. Without the Presidents knowi- edge this program was circulated broad cast and people came Into Yosemite from hundreds of miles away to see him. When they found the President was not to be there their disappointment was very great The President was not told Of this proposed change in the program un- til yesterday and even then he was not told the people were coming from such long distances to see him. As he was tired out as the result of the hospl- tality of San Francisco he decided that he would adhere to the original plan and spend the next few days ii1 seclusion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
MACHINE WAS NOT DANGEROUS ----~---~. Maker of Dynamite Device Joker or
 Crazy Man.

Chicago, May 16.--Destruction of life or property was never intended by the maker of the internal machine found on the wharf of the steamship umbria in New York, according to statement made to- day by Detective Sergeant Carey of New York. He also said that "Russell' who made the device, did not live in Chicago. Detective Sergeant Howe of Chicago, who is working on the case with Detective Carey. said that new clue was in sight that might develop tomorrow.
 There never was any danger from the machine F said Detective Carey. 'In the first place, there were no caps on the fuses and the dynamite could not have exploded. In the second place the device never would have been placed on the Umbria. because no property Is ever talk en aboard an ocean liner unless some one claims 1t before the vessel sails. In the next place. the fake dynamiter wrote to the police telling of the device and of its harmless nature and has since done sew eral things to keep the affair before the public. A discredited note in French was foisted on the press by this peculiar man to lend the impression that he had sunk the Naronic, Then an alleged warning was sent to the congressman who took the box to the Cunard wharf.
 T do not care to say what think the motive was. will say that the letter of warning was written by person who is accustomed to write much and hurried ly."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
RAuLRoADs WIN oUT.
Saw Mil Men still Have Recourss
 However.

Macon, Ga. May 16.-Argument was concluded today in the case of the Geor- gia Saw Mill Association against the Southeastern Freight Association. and the railroad companiss composing it.
 The defendants filed demurrer to the jurisdiction of the ourt, on the ground that the facts in the bill of complaint did not state or make such a cause as entitled them to seek relief in . court of equity of the United States. The de- murrer was overruled, Judge Speer hold ing that nc entertained no doubt of the courts jurisdiction to restrain the en- forcement of rates in violation of the Interstate commerce law.
 z Governed by this view. he dissolved the temporary injunction against the rail- roads; but in the case the railroads shah enforce the rate complained of. the court reserves the right. uponu a asproper appli- cation of the Saw Mill A4sociation, to enJoin the railroads from putting such rates into effect pending hearing be- fore the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion.
 Immediately after the hearing the In- terstate Comerce Commission was noti- fled by wire that an increase of cents per hundred on Georgia yellow pine lum- Der destined for points north of the Ohio River would be effective ten days after date,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
HE CAN GIVE NO AID.
Hay Powerless to Act in Kishineff
 Affair.

Hay PoWerless to AcL III 01snAneih
 Affair.
 Washington. May 16.-Markeu copies of Jewish newspapers and personal represen- tatlons are pouring into the State De- partment. all relating to the reported kill ing and maltreatment of Jews Is Bessa- rabia. Some, at least. of these show mlsunderstand1ng of the powerB of the State Department in dealing with the matter.
 Ambassador Mccormick has been criti- cised for denying that any massacre oc- cured. It Is said at the department that the ambassador made no statement of his own on the subject; he simply trans mitted actually the reply of the Russian Government to a request made by the United States that relief funds be admit ted for distribution among the sufferers. The Russian Governments reply, pub lished at the time, was that there was no such suffering as had been reported and no occasion for relief. MT. Mo- Cormick could not question the veracity of his official informant and he sent the denial along without comment, distinctly placing it upon the Russian Government.
 The State Department feels that 1t can do no more than 1t has done in the cause of the oppressed Jews. It has not learn ed officially that a single one of them is an American citizen, so 1t has no war rant for interference. There Is no parallel between cases of the Jews in Roumania and those in Russia In the first case 1t is said at the Department that the United States had a ground for intervention be- cause the Roumanian Government's &C., ton was injuring the United States by dumping horde of undesirable immi- grants upon her shores. It was not as- serted that this result follows the Rus sian act, which, moreover, 1t is pointed out is not official.
 It is precisely as if Count Rosini should present himself to Secretary Hay and in the name of his government protest against reported lynchings of negroes by mobs In thls country, which probably would result in polite intimah )n to the ambassador that he was going beyond the limits of his proper business. That is the status of the case officially, but 1t may be added that the limited action taken by the United States has served a purpose to make known to the Russian Government that the great moral in- fiuence of the United States is directed toward securing an amelioration of the conditions of the Jews in Russia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
POLICE HARD AT WORK.
Search For Evidence Against Mrs.
 Lizzie Mccormick.

Lizzie Mccormick. Memphis, Tenn, May 16.--The police are making every effort today to locate the place where the purchase was made of the bottle of whiskey and poison which was sent from this city to Mrs. Kate Nobbe of Cincinnati anr which resulted in the death of John B. Flicker. an express employe of that city.
 Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick. who was arrest ed at the instance of the Cincinnati po- lice, remains in custody at the county tail and talks freely. She has lost all sem
 blance of nervousnessi and answers ques- tions without reserve. She admits that
 she purchased dimes worth of strych-
 nine some two years ago. and says 1t was
 for the purpose of poisoning a dog, but fl was laid away and she never knew what became of it.
 Detective Hamilton, County Prosecutor Harry H. Hoffheimer and Mrs. Fickler, all of Cincinnati. are expected to arrive in this city tomorrow. Defective Hamilton will have with him the requisition papers for Mrs. Mccormick, as well as the pack age and bottle that contained the poison ed whiskey.
 It Is stated that the name of the street in the address on the fatal package was misspelled in a peculiar way. The police are working on this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
CLAIMS ron Mz1IroNs.
Postal Clerks Have Not Been Duly
 Compensated.

t
 Birmingham, Ala, May ls.--A special to The Age-Herald from Tuscaloosa. Ala. says: f3s
 D. D. Nicolson, postal clerk. who lives in this city and runs on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad between Chatta- nooga, Tenn, and Meridian. Miss, says that the postal clerks of the United States have very unique claim against the United States Postofzice Department for actual and necessary expenses while on duty in each of their respective runs. and that no clerk while in service has ever been paid for these expenses. This claim is being pushed by a law firm in Kansas City and will be tried before the United States Court of Claims at Wash ington. The claim Is baser upon the fol- lowing section of the postal laws and regulations: "
 Section 1898. Article tII-Chief clerks and railway postal clerks shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses while actually travelling on business of the de- pertinent and away from their designated headquarters"
 The claim will amount to something like $14, ,0O0,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Killed Ru A Hand Car.

Columcus, Ga. May 16.-B. H Owen. Section foreman No. 2 of the Columbus and Greenville branch of the Central of Georgia Railroad. is dead from injuries received yesterday afternoon at Catula, Ga. He was in charge of hand car which was going down the track at rapid rate Odelia Han, nes o gil4 tried to cross the track just ahsad of the car and stumbled and fell and the car ran over her leg. inJuring it badly. In trying to save the girl Owen was thrown upon the track and the car passed over hJn. He was 45 years Of age and leaves a family. The girl will recover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
RACE WAR IS THREATENED.
Whites and Blacks Under Arms al
 Hartford, Ky.

Louisville, Ky, May 1s.-A special to The Courner-JournaI from Owensboro avs:
 One hundred and fifty sullen negroes are grouped about the alleyways fthe town of Hartford tonight Andrew Rem der, one of their number, was shot down tonight by Marshal R. l.. Paris. Paris Is being guarded at the Sheriff's office by fifty deputies who have been sworn in tonight Probably fifty more of the most prominent citizens of the town have given their services to Sheriff CaIkeown and are patrolling the streets.
 Both sides are armed with rifles, shot guns and pistols. An outbreak on the part of the negroes can be expected at any moment. The white citizens swear that if a movement Is made to take Paris every negro in Ohio County will be extermina- ted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
H;ARRIMANss ILLNESS.

Railroad President Has Very Slight
 Attack of Appendicitis.
 New York, May 1es-Dr. LSwta D. Nor ris. MT. Harriman's attending physician said tonight:
 ''Mr. Hartman has q alght attack o& appendicitis, very slight. indeed. He wi4 not be operated upon and expect thae he will have entirely recovered hls health in few days. The doctors were called into consolation on MT. Harriman's cons dition today.
 There is no need for an operation. Some persons afflicted with appendidtiz do not consider themselves cured until the appendix has been removed. but Mir. Hartman is not of this way of thinking and there Is no necessity for any opera.. ton in his case"