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The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
PENNSYLVANIA BANKER HELD.
Financial Institution Found to BE
$4,000 Worse or Than Nothing
Instead of Having IA Surplus.

Philadelphia, March 2i.-Charged
l~arities amounting to about $4,000,
George B. White. the vice-president
and a director of the Bank of South
Pennsylvania, at Hyndman, Bedford
county, was arrested here by a dep
uty United States marshal, and
held in $4,000 bail by United States
Commissioner Craig for a, further
hearing next Wednesday.
Examiner Mason was ordered to
Hyndman on December 16 last. and
on his recommendation the bank
closed. He was appointed receiver
Speaking of subsequent developments,
Mr.. Mason said: 81 found that the
bank, instead of having 100000 sur
plus, was $4,000 worse off than moth
ing. Among the assets were $11,00C
worth of George B. Whites notes and
a note signed by his sister, Mrs. S. w
Tully, of Philadelphia, for $4,000
dated in 1900. Mrs. Tully, | have
positively learned, died two years be
fore that date. Among these assets
also were notes to 4 large amount OF
the Hazen Tanning Co., a concern
which failed years ago. l have been
able to pay the ~depositors in full, but
the stockholders won't get SIS on their
shares, the par value of which is
$780,"
Mr.. Mason stated further that the
Hyndman bank was organized in 1889
by John X. White, a brother of the
accused, who, Mr.. Mason states, is a
fugitive from Justice.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT.
Federal Body Concludes That Strilx-
ers Precipitnted Fatal ri OTIS In
West Virginia.

Charleston, w. Va, March 21.-The
report of the federal grand jury
which has been Investigating the re-
cent riots in the West Virginia coal
fields in which five men were killed
and others badly wounded, was made
public here, after first having been
submitted to Acknowledgement Knox
and President Roosevelt. in Washing
ton, by United States District Attor-
ney Atkinson. The report is made
public by permission Of Attorney
General Knox. The grand jury as
signs as a reason for making a spe-
cial report the fact that there had
been grave violations Of law ending
in bloodshed and that wide news
paper notoriety. with gross misrep-
r~esentatives, had been given the af-
fair and great injustice done the Off
GERS of the court. The report then
continues in substance as follows:
ut was the %concensus of opinion
of the witnesses examined that the
first shot fired that morning which
precipitated the unfortunate conflict
was from near the house of Marion
Marshall, by armed strikers. 1t is
also the testimony of the witnesses ex-
amined before us that no shots were
fired by any member of the posse un-
til they had been first fired upon by
the strikers; that Deputy Marshal
lively instructed their men to use no
violence nor to use their arms unless
in protection of their lives, which or
ders, as far as the evidence before
us goes, was strictly obeyed."
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
EVERY INHABITANT is ILL.
Measles Spread Rapidly Mt Benson,
H1.-Disease at First Supposed
to Be Smallpox.

Peoria, ILL.,, March 21.-Every in
habitant of Benson, ILL.,, a town of 200
inhabitants, located about twenty
miles out of Peoria, on the Santa Fe
road, has the measles. The epidemic
began about two weeks ago and has
spread until every inhabitant is af-
ficted. At first is vas supposed to
be smallpox, but now it is diagnosed
as measles.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Greerville, Miss. in Danger of Be-
coming nm Interior Town.

coming nm Interior Town.
Greenville, Miss, March 21.-The
protection dyke at Leland, Ark, is
rapidly slipping into the river and it is
now probable that the river. will seek
'a new channel, leaving GreenvilIe in
the interior; The situation is most
grave. The river from Lunar, Ark,
to Greenville via Leland makes a bend
OF IS miles, and the current at Leland
is very rapid, washing against the
main line of the levee. To protect
this a dyke was built, and it is this
work that is going out. Capt. F. ID.
Bollinger finds that $50 feet of the
dyke had been swept away, leaving
but $50 feet intact. But one thing
could save the levee, and the construc-
ton of a "V"-shaped dyke extending
so feet from the levee was begun and
the work is necessarily slow. The
trouble here is that the river is four
feet above the 1897 mark and rising
at the rate of half a foot a day. Heavy
rain fell during the night, which will
retard the work and add to the dam
ger. The levee from Lunar to Leland
is seeping badly, but the engineers do
not regard this with apprehension.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND.
Death From n BlOOdIess Operation
. for COnEenital Hip Disloca-
ton in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, March 21.-For the
first time, as far as surgical history
goes, a patient has died from ar op-
Grafton for c%ongenital ~dislocatiou of
the hips by the bloodless meth. ?
Prof. Lorenz. The patient, an eight-
year-old, was operated on last
Wednesday,. Although the surgeons
did not succeed in reducing the dislo-
cation, no fatal result vas anticipated
from the operation, but the child was
later seized with commissions and died
in a short time.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
Reductions in Schedule ID.

Scnedule Is gives a reuuctlOn OF 3U
per cent. on the following articles:
Butter, the -four of wheat; corn; the
flour of corn or cornmeal; chemical
and pharmaceutical products and sim
pie drugs; malt liquors in bottles;
non-alcoholic beverages; cider. miner
al waters; colors Ind dyes; window
glass; complete or partly made up
articles of hemp, flax, pita, jute. hene-
quin, ramie and other vegetable fibers
now classified under the paragraphs
of group 2, class V of the customs
tariff of the republic of Cuba: musical
Instruments; writing and printing pa
per, except for newspapers; cotton
and manufacturers thereof, except
knitted goods (see schedule g; all
articles of cutlery; boots, shoes and
slippers, now classified under para
graphs 1877 and 1913 of the customs
tariff of the republic of Cuba; gold
and silver plated ware; drawings,
photographs, ~engravings, Autographs,
cromolithographs, oleographs, etc.;
printed from stone, zinc, aluminium
CT other material, used as labels,
flaps, bands and wraps for tobacco
and other purposes. and all other pa
pers( except paper for cigarettes and
excepting maps and charts); paste
board and manufactures thereof now
classified under paragraphs 157 and
164 inclusive of the customs tariff of
the republic of Cuba; common or or
binary soaps, now classified under
paragraph 105, letters "a" and 3D. of
the customs tariff of the republic Of
Cuba; vegetables, picked or pre-
served in any manner; all wines, ex-
cept those now classified under para
graph 279 (A) of the customs tariff
of the republic of Cuba.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
CLERK SLABS A LAWMAKER,
Injury Received in Alteration In
New York Over Two Women Is
Likely to Prove Fatal.

New York, March 21.-Frank j.
Ulrich, representative in the state
legislature from the Sixth district of
Brooklyn, was probably fatally
stabbed to-day by William Getteys, a
clerk. The men got into an %alterca-
ton over an alleged insult offered
by Getteys to two young women. Ul-
rich is a prominent democratic poll
tician of Brooklyn.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
M ]. ROWLAND DEAD.
Powderly's Associate in the Great
Strike on New York Central
Succumbed in Washington.

Washington, March 21.--James ].
Rowland, of Jacksonville, Fla, who
was associated with Mr.. T. v. Pow
derby on the executive board of the
Knights of Labor at the time of the
big New York Central railroad strike,
died here Of paralysis, aged 81 years.
He had been active il Florida politics
for many years.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
HICKox ORDERED TO JAIL.
Latest Development in House Bribery
investigation at Jefferson City
Page Not MOlested.

Jefferson City, Mo-. March 21.-N. c.
Hickox, who was ordered committed
to Jail for refusing to answer ques-
tons asked by the house bribery in
vestigation committee, was released
on his own recognizance until today.
1t is probable he will apply for re-
lease on "a writ of habeas corpus.
Nothing was done with regard to |.
n. Page who also refused to testify.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
JE Wells STOLEN FROM CHURCH
Painting in Cathedral at Vienna De-
spoiled of ments
Valued at $4,000.

Vienna, March 2o.-Jewels valued at
about $4,000 embellishing a painting
about the high altar of St. Stephan
cathedral were stolen during the
night. The painting, which repre-
scented Maria Won Beco, was greatly
venerated. 1t was brought to Vienna
from Hungary or the occasion of a
great pilgrimage by Emperor Charles
VI, the father of Maria Teresa
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
To SPEAK ON HISTORIC SPOT,
President Roosevelt Will Deliver an
Address on the Site of the Lin
coin md Douglas Debate

Freeport, Ill, March 21.--Congress-
mar Hit ~telegraphs to DR.. J. +. Fair
that on the occasion of the presi-
dents visit to Freeport on the morn
ing of June 3 he will visit the site of
the Douglas and Lincoln debate and
speak to the people of Freeport. An
immense boulder marks the spot
where the debate took place.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
SuIzberger Not Disturbed.

New York, March 21.--Ferdinand
Sulzberger, president of the firm of
Schwarzschild & S~ulzberger, says
concerning the decision of the Misou-
ri supreme court in the Beef trust
cases: at will not affect us in the
least. We will pay our fine, that is, if
our lawyers so advise us, and go right
on with our business"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
PETROLEUM VESSEL ON FIRE.
Seven Hundred Barrels of Oil Burn.
ing and Several Lives Are Re-
ported Lost at La Rogue.

Bordeaux, France, March 20.-The
Dutch bar Amicitia, from New York,
January 23, with petroleum. which ar
rived at Blaye, February 81, is on
Gre at La Rogue. Several lives are re-
ported to have been lost ON board the
vessel, which had 700 barrels of oil ON
board. The vessel will probably be
a total loss
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
OLD ALIASES %UNEARTHED.
They Are Said to support the Cana
dim AIask an Boundary
Contention

Montreal, Can, March 21.-Search
in the Chateau de Ramsay by the re-
quest of Joseph Pope, under secre-
tary of state, and one of the commits
sioners preparing the Canadian case
for the Alaska commission, has
brought to light two ALIASES of 1923
and 1924.
One of these gives a map of Russian
America and British America, in
which the Lynn canal is shown clear
ly within British America. The maps
will be exhibits in the Canadian case.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
BREAKS AT HELENA, ARK.
Water Pouring Through and Filling
Up the Low Sections.

Up the LOW SectAoHs.
Helena, Ark, March 21.-Two or
three small breaks have occurred in
the North Helena levee which pro-
tects the northern suburbs. The wa
ter pouring through the breaks in the
levee and over the top of the en-
bankment will soon fill the entire ba-
sin and cover the territory from
Walker street to the Hill. Walker
street levee, which protects the levee
proper on the north, is positively in
no danger.
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley local Of
ficials expect traffic from this point to
Lula to be stopped entirely before the
end of the week, as the railroad en-
bankment from the river bank to the
state levee, two miles back, can
stand only n foot of rise, and is in
a precarious condition.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
The Four-Track News.

When the different members of the ed
TORS family ask, why don't The Four
Track News Gomez it is getting to be like
Castoria, even "the children cry for it" and
this tells the story. 1t is the most inter
esting publication that comes in our ex-
changes, and the reason is easily told. Mr..
Geo. H. Daniels, the General Passenger
Agent, who has charge of it, has the Car
negie faculty" of getting good men around
suit is that in everything the publication de-
partment of the New York Central dis
tributes it is call right."-Brooklyn, n. Y,
Journal.
The subscription price of "The Four
Track News" is so cents per year. A sam
pie copy will be sent free, for 5 cents by
Geo. Fl. Daniels, General Passenger Agent,
New York Central & Hudson River Rail
road, Grand Central Station, New York.
The milder virtues may be as mas;y full
as the wilder yiceS-Ram'S Horn
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
ORDERS SENT TO CRUISER.
Assistant Secretary of State LoOmis
Believes American Interests In
Haytf Are Threatened.

Washington, March 21.-The navy
department has been advised by
Acting Secretary of State Loomis
that reports from the Dominican re-
public and Hayti indicate that Amer
lean interests there may be in need
of protection. The navy department
has ordered the cruiser Atlanta to
proceed thence from Pensacola.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
ENTIRE MOUNTAIN SMOKING,
Nova Scotia Mine On Fire Near Hunt
lngtOn, w. Va, n Complete
Destruction Is Threatened.

Huntington, W. Va, March 21.-The
Nova Scotia, one of the largest mines
owned by the Gauley Mountain Coal
Co., is on fire and its complete de-
struction is threatened. The entire
mountain is smoking.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Ferdinand Sulzberger announced,
on the goth, that his firm, Schwartz
schild d Sulzberger, would pay the
fine of $4,000 imposed by the Missouri
supreme court for combining to con-
troll prices of meat, if their attorney
CD adyiSad
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
Only a Temporary Shutdown.

Golden, Col, March 21.-Instead OF
having been closed down permanent
ly, as reported, the Golden smelter
will resume operations When repairs
now under way are completed. The
trouble with the workmen has been
adjusted.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

N. c. Hickox, who was ordered COM
mitted to Jail for refusing to answer
questions asked by the Missouri leg
i%slative bribery investigation cornmit
tee, on the goth, was released on his
own reeogniZance until the 21st.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

George Metzger, postmaster for
Davenport, Ia, was removed from OF
flee by Special Examiner Stewart, on
h goth, on demand of his bondsmen.
Metzger was formerly department.
commander in Iowa of the G. A. r.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
A Rich Mineral Strike.

Ell Paso, Tex, March 21.-Much ex-
citement has been caused at Parral,
Mexico, by the discovery of a phe-
nomenally rich body of ore. The vein
is five feet in width and of unknown
depth and assays 200 ounces of gold
and 1000 ounces of silver to the ton.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

President David r. Francis of the
St. Louis Worlds fair announced, on
the 18th, in New York, hat Marconi,
inventor of wireless telegraphy,
would soon visit St. Louis and the
west.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
I'm BehaIf Of Hooper Young.

New York, March 21.-The mem-
bers of the Mormon church have ar
ranged to make a powerful appeal to
Gov. Odell for the pardon of Hooper
Young, now serving a life sentence in
Sing Sing, says the American.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
OLE OLSON PAYS FOR CRIME.
KILLED His Daughter With butcher
knife Ii to
Marry Against His Will.

Atkin, Mimi, March 21.-Ole Olson,
who killed his daughter with a butch
erknife because she intended to mar
ry contrary to his wishes, was
hanged here Friday.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

John FL. Demaree was granted a d.
vorce from his wife, Pearl Thomp-
son Demaree, IN the ground of cruel
ty, at Greenville, ILL.,, on the 10Th.
Demaree claimed he had been dypno-
tiZed by his bride.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

simultaneously with the ratification
of the Panama treaty by the senate
word comes that the initial steps are
being taken in the organization Of the
worlds largest construction syndi-
cate, which will bid for the contract
for building the canal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
WIN oppo.e the Scale.

Wheeling, w. Va, March 21.-Pan-
handle coal operators refuse to &C.
cept the scale adopted at the sub
district conference and state that
they will oppose it to the last.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Sidney Blair, g farmer, aged 60
years, was murdered and his niece,
Miss Sallie Walker, was shot three
times and seriously wounded by John
Broadnax, at Reidsville, n. c., on the
goth.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Two prisoners saved the sheriff and
his wife from drowning at Walnut
Ridge, Ark, on the 18th, and after
ward knocked for admittance at the
Jail door. The sheriff's baby was
drowned.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
Caution.

"Well, bub, what is it?' asked the drug
gist of the small boy with a bottle in his
hand.
Please, sir, but here's a medicine | got
for me mother an hourago."
Yes, and what's the matter with i.?'
you didn't write on the bottle wheth-
err it was to be taken ~eternally or internally
and she's afraid of making a mistake DE.
troit Free Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
The most remarkable indictment

The most remarkable Indictment
ever returned by the Fayette (Ky.)
circuit court was reported, OF the
18th, when the grand jury indicted
Henry WEIGH, a farmer, for going to
church while afflicted with smallpox.
A special statute makes the penalty
a heavy fine.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
Provisions .Df Treaty.

The Cuban treaty ratified was me-
gOtiated in Havana December II, 1902,
between Gen. Taskar H. Bliss, repre-
senting the United States, and Carlos
De Saldo and Jose NJ. Garcia Monies,
representing Cuba. The United States
senate made several amendments to
the document. AS ratified by the
senate it provides that all mer-
chandise produced by either country
which now enters the other duty free
shall continue free of import duties.
All other Cuban products imported
into the United States shall enter at
a reduction of 20 per cent. from the
rate of duty imposed by the United
States On such articles of merchan-
disc. All imports into Cuba from the
United States not entitled to free
entry shall be given a reduction of
20 per cent.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The senate, on the 18th, ratified the
treaty with the republic of Colombia
for the construction of an isthmian
canal. The vote for ratification was
alive.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
The Louisiana Levees Holding.

New Orleans, March 21.-The river
marked 90 Friday, the maximum at
tanned during the record. Beyond
the break at Bougere all the LOUISE
ana levees have thus far held.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

DIR. A. A. Ames. in custody of Sheriff.
Dreger, reached Minneapolis on the
18th. Ames' defense, according to w.
w. Erwin, his leading counsel, will be
insanity. He is charged with bribery.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Secretary Root announced, on the
18th, that he would meet the presi-
dent in St. Louis April 80, on the oc-
casion of the dedicatory exercises of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Judge Gray, chairman, and Carroll
d. Wright, recorder of the strike
commission, called on the president,
on the 18th, and presented to him the
report of the commission.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Paxton P. Hibbon, 1903, of Indian
apolis, Ind, was awarded the Baird
prize, on the nth, for the best poem
in the Princeton senior class contest
in poetry.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The Nova Scotia, one of the largest
mines in West Virginia, owned by the
Gauley Mountain Coal Co., at Hunt
ington, caught fire, on the goth, and
its complete destruction vas threat
eOn6
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The Missouri legislature, on the
ment to increase the salary of mem
bers of the legislature from SIS per
day to $1,000 per Year.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Announcement of the coming wed
ding of Catherine Nelson, daughter
of Mrs. Frederick Nelson, to Reginald
Vanderbilt. was made on the Goth.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

BY direction OF Secretary Root the
var department. on the 10th, began
compiling and publishing a complete
roster of the officers and enlisted men
of the Union ans confederate armies.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Jewels valued at about $4,000 EN-
bellishing a painting about the high
altar Of st. Stephan cathedral, IL
Vienna, were stolen on the 10th.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The Western Passenger association
on the 10th, made a rate of II fare
plus So for the round trip for the st
Louis Worlds fair dedication services
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Frank j. Ulrich, representative in
the Sixth On. y district, vas prob
ably fatally stabbed, on the goth, by
William Getteys, a clerk, in an alter
cation over two young women.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Methodist women had q Mormon
elected from their missionary meet
ing in Philadelphia, on the 18th, be-
he wanted to deliver an adj
dress.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The private levee at Davis island
near Vicksburg, was dynamited, or
the goth, to prevent n sudden rush OF
water when the levee gives way.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Former Speaker Henderson was
warmly welcomed to his old home III
Dubuque, Ia, on the 10th. Men OF all
parties united in the ceremonies.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Jose Javier, the head of a secret So
ciety in the Philippines, was convicted
and sentenced to five years imprison-
ment and to pay a fine of $4,000 on
the 10Th.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

Mai. L. r. Waller, United States ma
rine corps, who was with the first re-
lief party to enter Pekin, was pro-
NOTED to the rank of lieutenant col
onel on the 18th.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The Arizona legislative council
passed the equal suffrage bill report
ed from the house, by a t~wo-thirds
majority vote On the 18th.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27

The March heat record for 33 years
was broken at Milwaukee, Wis, on
the 18th, when the thermometer reg
istered 1914 degrees.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-27
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA.
Special Session of the Senate Adjourns After
Ratifying the Reciprocity Treaty
4 with Cuba.

Washington, March 20.-After rati-
tying the Cuban reciprocity treaty
the senate adjourned sine die at Is
minutes past five o'clock Thursday.
Practically the entire day was spent
behind closed doors in executive ses-
sion. The motion to ratify was
adopted by a ballot of so to 16, ome
what more than a three-fourths vote,
whereas only a two-thirds vote was
necessary to secure a ratification.
The committee on foreign relations
announced through Senator Cullom,
its chairman, the acceptance of two
amendments in addition to those al
ready recommended by the commit
tee. The first OF these was the amend
ment increasing the rate of reduction
on flour, cornmeal and corn imported
into Cuba from the United States.
The other amendment adopted by the
committee was suggested by Senator
Bacon and fixed a uniform reduction
of 30 per cent. on American cotton
goods imported into Cuba.
Senate Notifies the President.
n Senators Allison and Cockrell were
appointed q committee to wait on the
president and notify him that if he
had no further communications to
ready to adjourn. These two senators,
the two oldest in point of service in
the senate, Immediately departed for
the White House, but they had scarce
ly left the chamber when the senate
found itself again plunged into con-
troversy. The question this time was
whether the debate on the canal
treaty, which had taken place after
the calling in of the official reporters
should be given to the public. About
an hour was spent on this subject, the
debate being merely an extension of
that of yesterday on the same SUBJ
ject. Ultimately the difficulty was
compromised by a suggestion made
by Senator German that all the
speeches should be made public. but
that none of them should be given
out except those of Senators Morgan
and Cullom, which already have been
published, until after the ratification
of the treaty by both the United
States and Colombia should be pro-
claimed.
When Senators Allison and Cockrell
returned from the White House Sena-
tor Allison announced that the presi-
dent has no further communication
to make to the senate. He, t%hereupon,
moved the final adjournment of the
senate, and this motion prevailed
without division.