The Tupelo journal., 1903-05-15

eyeslgnt.
Senator Hanna states that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will be renominatcd
practically without opposition.
A Chinese leper confined at quar-
tiers near st. Louis, caused consid-
cradle uneasiness by making his es-
cape from the attendants.
About thirty persons were killed
or badly injured by an explosion in
a torpedo factory at Cleveland, 0.
Nearly all the victims were girls.
DR.. Lorenz, the noted hand sur
geon of Vienna, was a.guest of the
National Medical Society at the
annual meeting held in New Or
leans.
A company of American capital
lists has been organized for the
purpose of building and operating
extensive lines of railway in Cen
trail America.
Officials of Oklahoma complain
that packers have been guilty of
shipping tainted meats into the ter
ritory and the law will be invoked to
put a stop to the practice.
The exiled Princess Louise of
Saxony recently gave birth to a
daughter. The child will be taken
to Dresden and placed in charge of
a member of the royal family.
Crops all over the south have
been greatly injured and growth re-
tarded by the cold weather Of the
past two weeks. In many sections
the stand of cotton is SO poor re-
planting will be necessary.
John Firman of Paterson, N. j..
is the subject of study among med
zeal scientists from the fact that
he has two hearts. An x-ray shows
hat both hearts perform their func-
tons, and Firman is a fine speci-
men of physical manhood and en-
joys good health.
Jim Howard, who was given a
life sentence at Frankfort for the
murder of Gov. Goebel, has been re-
fused a new trial. An appeal will
be taken to the supreme court,
where the case has already been on
two former trials resulting in con-
viction.
The bank at Modesto, a small
town in Illinois, was entered by
burglars, who blew the safe open
with dynamite, wrecking the build
ing. The force of the explosion
aroused inhabitants Of the town and
the robbers fled without securing
any money.
The steamers Saginaw and Ham
ilton collided during a heavy fog
off the Virginia coast about four
teen miles out from Norfolk, Va.
The Saginaw went down a few
minutes after the collision and
twenty people lost their lives, four
teen Of whom were women, who
had been placed in a life boat hat
capsized.
High officials of the Western I'm
ion Telegraph Company assert that
the company has been defrauded out
of at least 100000 the past year
by mean of padded pay rolls on
construction work. 1t is charged
that dishonest foremen in charge of
construction would send in bogus
names and cash the checks through
some confederate.
Numerous strikes are on through
out the country, and in New York
City a serious condition prevails as
a result of demands of many classes
of laborers for higher wages. May
l was decided upon as the time for
a demand Of an eight hour day by
several trades unions. At many
points an effort is being made to
enforce this rule.
The ~dedicatory ceremonies of the
st. Louis worlds fair closed on
the I'd inst. with a magnificent civ
ic parade, participated in by at
least 10000 people and witnessed by
at least 100000 spectators, from all
parts of the world. Distinguished
public men were present from ev-
cry state and territory in the Union
and from every foreign country.
Millionaire Yerkes, who is con-
structing an underground railway in
London, viii float $15,0OO,00O of a
$30,000,00O bond issued in this
country to secure funds to complete
the undertaking.
VIM. Westbrook, aged so, was
burned to death in jail at Temple,
Okla. Westbrook had been drink
ipo ond moc p1oooJ in ;o;l H. col