The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-28

shire. delivered the Grafton.
The Nebraska republicans held thel
convention, on the 10Th, at Lincoln
Neb.. and finished all business in three
hours They launched a vice-presl
Dental boom for Gen. John l.. Web
ster, of Omaha, naming him as Nebras
ka's choice for Roosevelt's running
mate.
The Mason & Hamlin company, man
ufacturers of organs and pianos, hav'
ing their factory at Cambridge, Mass.
assigned, on the 10Th, for the benefit
of their creditors. No financial state.
ment was made public. The company
had a mercantile rating of from $780,,
600 to 100000
Frank J. Schrieber, said to hav,
served longer than any postmaster il
the United States, died, on the Goth, a
Kruger, Woodford county, H., aged Z
years. Schrieber was appointed post
master during President Buchanan
administration, in 1889, and served
continuously for A years.
The action of the Colombian senate
in refusing absolutely to ratify thu
Panama treaty providing for an 18th
milan canal strip has virtually killed
the project as far as that route is con
cerned There now seems but ont
course apparent to the president, ant
that is the Nicaragua route
J. w. Glenister, the New York ath
lete and swimmer, successfully swan
the Niagara rapids on the 18th. HI
was taken from the water in a badly
battered and bruised condition, and fol
several hours was unconscious. He wa:
badly gaShed on the head, arms, bach
and limbs from coming in contact with
the rocks.
Believing that he would not be able
to be impartial in the second trial OF
Lulu Prince-Kennedy, at Kansas City
Mo, for the murder of her husband
which has been set for November 16
Judge John W. Wofford, on the 21st
swore himself off the bench, and named
Judge Joshua W. Alexander, of Gala
tin, to try the case.
Alfred Crosby Owen, % years old
who said his home was in Washing
ton, d. c., was locked up at New York
police headquarters, on the Goth
charged with passing two worthless
checks. The police believe he is the
man who has been in the west, charter
ing special trains and posing as the
son of Stephen B. Elkins.
Gov. Lanham of Texas went into
camp with the Texas national guard.
at Austin, on the 18th. His personal
military staff numbers Sc men, each
having the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
The law fixes the number of appoint
ments on the governors staff at eight
men, but Gov. Lanham appointed IS
more than the law authorizes.
The oil field fire, which started at
Sour Lake, Tex, on the goth, was re-
ported to be still burning on the 21st.
Not derrick was standing in the
Shoestring district. In addition to the
destruction of the derricks many oil
wells were destroyed and several hun
dred thousand barrels of oil stored in
earthen warehouses were burned.
In a letter received by the parents
of Mrs. James G. Donnett, wife of a
British army officer in India, at their
home. Irvington-on-the-Hu N. Y.
Mrs. Donnett tells of having killed, at
one shot, Bengal tiger ten feet eight
inches long, the largest tiger ever
killed in India, besides another tiger
three bears, two panthers and numer-
GUS smaller animals.
Judge D. B. Redwine, of Breathitt
county, KY, arrived at Louisville, KY,
on the 21st, from Jackson He said:
There is no more danger to human
life in jackson now than there is in
Louisville The judge said that Capt.
Even and other witnesses in the Jett-
White trial for the murder of Judge ].
B. Marcum could return to Jackson
without danger.
Work began, on the 18th, on the new
standpipe at the Lafayette, Qnd.) coun-
ty Jail, and when it is finished the jail
will be proof against mob violence. 1t
is the idea of Superintendent Harrison
that water is the best 'persuader" ever
used upon a mob. The force of the
stream will easily knock man down.
and played upon an entrance will keep
out any number of men.
The jury in the case of State Sena-
tor VIM. p Sullivan, at Jefferson City.
Mo-, charged with soliciting a bride.
brought in verdict of guilty, on the
goth, and Sullivan was fined 500. Sen
.ator Sullivan is from Christian coun-
Ity, Mo. He was charged with asking
a bride from Whitney Layton, the
Alum trust man, to secure the passage
of bill Layton was promoting.