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The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

modations for them OH the torpedo
boats.
The crew Of the Japanese steamer
Nakamura-Maru, as well as the Jap
anese of the Kinshiu-Maru, who sur
rendered, have been taken to the Rus
sian cruisers.
The admiralty here processes ig-
norance as to the future plans OF Ad-
miral Yeszen, but it is believed he is in
communication with Vladivostok by
wireless telegraphy, and Is not likely
to be surprised by the Japanese squad
ron sent to prevent his return. s
Sru,Hu,nD nIIE, XAIL RIXER
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REAPPOINTS Or. w. D. CRUM
President Refuses to be Baked In
the appointment of a Collector
of Customs of Charleston.

Washington, April 29.-President
Roosevelt Thursday directed the reap
pointment of w. d. Crum as collector
of customs at Charleston, S. c. The
president has received positive assur-
ance that the senate will take up
Crum's case Immediately on recQnven-
ing next session, and that it Will be
disposed of finally. Until he is con-
frmed, Crum can not draw any salary,
but it is said that his friends have ar
ranged to see that he is provided with
ample funds. Should he be confirmed,
the government. of course, will pay
him the back salary.
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ADMIRE BRAVERY OF JAPs.
Preferred to Drown Rather Than
Surrender to Russians.

Preferred to Drown Rather Than
Surrender to Russians.
st. Petersburg, April 29.-The salts
faction of the people of st. Petersburg
at the exploits of the V~ladivostok
squadron is tempered with admiration
for the bravery of the Japanese SOL
diers who were on board the sunken
transport Kinshiu-Karu, and who pre-
ferred to drown rather than surrender.
Rear-Admiral Yeszen's full report
says that 200 men went down with the
ship.
The admiralty admits hat the men
acted heroically, but holds that Ad-
miral Yenszen had no other alterna-
tive than to sink the transport, since
he could not spare a prize crew or
hamper his swift squadron with a
slower steamer. 1t is pointed out that
the officers on board the Kinshiu-Maru
appreciated the situation by accepting
Imprisonment rather than death.
In the case of the smaller Japanese
transport sunk by the torpedo boats
at Won San, the crew were sent
ashore because there were no accom-
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ARE ON WAY TO PORT ARTHUR
Party of Young Women to Act as
Russian Nurses Arrive
in Chicago.

Chicago, April ga party of young
women who are on their way to Port
Arthur to act as Russian nurses ar
rived in Chicago Thursday. The party
is under the leadership of the countess
of Bavanda, who has lived several
years in Russia. Countess Bavanda is
an American by birth-a native of New
Orleans.
The six young ladies accompanying
the countess belong to prominent fami-
lies in New York, Boston and Pitts
burg.
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TALK OF
The Russian Press Aroused Over
Current Mediation Talk.

Current Mediation Talk.
St. Petersburg, April 29.-The Rus
sian press is ysused over the talk of
mediation, shss Inclined to attribute
the responsibility for the proposal to
the Anglo-French agreement, the re-
suit being the agreement does not OBJ
tain favor.
The Novoe Vremya declares the
Anglo-French understanding has rem
dered poor service to Russia in prompt
ing the idea of mediation, and adds:
1T is idle to expect an Anglo-Rus-
sian understanding as a result of the
Anglo-French entente. 1t will take a
long time for Great Britain to reach
Russia's confidence"
The Port Arthur correspondent OF
the Russky Invalid writes:
THE japanese have invented a new
c~ombuStible. 1t is extinguishable. They
tried to burn the battleship Retvizan
by setting adrift RATS loaded with this
burning material. The Retvizan sank
them, but the combustible continued to
burn under water"
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An Animal Mirage.

In a speech before the curtain in a west
ern town a few nights ago Ezra Kendall
announced that he was writing a book of
information for Founders " ho Go the
Cocktail Route"
Did you ever awaken in the morning.
he asked his hearers, land see an animal
mirage? 1t is a dissolving caravan, with
everything in it from four paws to 10
paws. The doctor says that my mirages
are caused from eating animal crackers
when a child-and then preserving them In
alcohol as l grew up."-N. Y. Times.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Chinese are getting owe their
| prejudice against foreigners and have
thrown open the empire to trade and
travel. This was in Difference to Eu-
ropean and American sentiment. 1t Is
unfortunate that the ons of China
coming to this country on special Of
fetal invitations are compelled to put
up with regulations, for all the world
like those we objected to when Ameri-
cans visited China.
Cablegrams were received at Wash
ington. on the 9th, announcing that
a syndicate of French bankers, acting
for the United States, had passed over
to the Panama Canal Co. $40, 600, 900,
and had received all the deeds, archives,
ETC., thus completing the transfer Of
the property to the United States.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Paris Journal reported, on the
9th, that a Russian submarine boat
had sunk a Japanese transport which
was conveying 600 men to Korea, and
that all the troops were lost.
The marriage, or the 9th, of Capt.
Algernon Sartoris, grandson of Gen. U.
S. Grant, to Nile. Germaine Cecil Nouf-
fiard was celebrate at noon in Saint
Honore d'Eglau church, Paris. The
couple will spend their honeymoon
among the Italian lakes.
A dispatch from Berlin says that, as
a result of the recent fires in Baltimore
and Toronto, the German insurance
companies have decided to abandon
their American business.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Paris Matin telegraphed, on the
morning of the 9th: Il learn from a
sure source that the V~ladivostok
squadron yesterday sank four Japan
csc transports, which were conveying
1000 men,"
A London dispatch of the 9th said
that it was learned from Toxic that
the Japanese had taken steps to cut
off the return to V~ladivostok of the
Russian squadron engaged in the re-
cent descent upon Gensan.
The West Albany shops of the New
York Central Railroad Co. were de-
stroyed by fire early on the morning
of the 9th, entailing a loss of $780,
900. A large number of cars were
burned, including, it was said, n OF
the fine Worlds fair trains.
About 200 houses of the town Of
Buczacz, Austria, were destroyed by a
fire which broke out at midnight, OF
the 25th. Some 5000 of the inhabitants
were rendered homeless.
Tornadoes were reported, on the 25th,
in Indian territory, Missouri, southern
Illinois and Kentucky, involving the
known loss of % lives and the de-
struction of vast amounts of property.
Brig.-Gen. Joseph Dickinson, the last
of the acknowledgements of the Army
of the Potomac, and chief of staff un-
der Generals Hooker and Meade, dur
ing the civil war, died at Washington,
d. c., after an illness of three months.
He was 70 years old.
w. s. Hughes, the alleged d~efaulting
clerk of the water department Of Col
orado Springs, Col, was tried on a
charge of embezzlement as a city Of
fetal, on the 9th, and was acquitted
by a jury.
Charles s.. Shumaker, a candy sales
man of Lancaster, O., was killed ana
five other passengers injured in a
wreck on the Norfolk & Western neal
Hayesville, o.
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No Doubt of It.

Blanks wife thinks he's a crack shot
on his hunting expeditions" said his'
friend, but the truth is, ne couldn't hit
a duck if it would sit up and pose for him.
You see, he's a schemer-he can afford to
be, with that honest face of his. Out at
camp he just loafs around all the time, and
then on the way home he stops at the
market, buys a bag of game, and presents
it to his wife as a souvenir of the hunt"
HIM" unused the other; hes what
you'd call a lead game sport, isn't he?"-
Detroit Free Press.
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FOR ATTEMPTTOWRECKTRAIN
Fifteen-Year-OId boy Convicted at
Canyon City, Coll, and Re-
manded to Jail.

Canyon City, Col, April 29.-Lowell
Ellis, aged Is years, was Thursday
convicted of attempting to wreck a
Denver & Rio Grande freight train
near Portland, Col, on January 10, by
pulling spikes from the rails. He was
remanded to the county Jail to await
sentence. The minimum punishment
is ten years in the penitentiary. Myron
Aldrich and William Denton, alleged
acomplices, are yet to be tried. They
are even younge than Ellis.
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K. C. S. Almanac for 1904.

The Kansas City Southern Railway
Company's Annual Almanac is now ready
for distribution. 1t contains the usual
monthly calendars, many useful household
hints and information concerning the
Country in Missouri, Arkansas, The Indian
Territory, Texas and Louisiana. WSte
for a copy to, S. G. Warner. Gen. PAS
& Tiki. Agt. X. c. S. Ry., Kansas City,
Mo
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Perished In a Fire.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 29.-Fire de-
stroyed the new four-story addition to
the livery barn of G.. j. Little & Co,
Fourth and Adams streets. Loss on
the building is about $4,000 and on
stock about $1,000. A number of fine
horses were cremated.
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Strikers obtain Recognition.

Lynn, Mass, April 29.-The strike
of 800 counterworkers on April 6, in a
number of the Lynn shoe factories, was
settled Thursday. The strikers obtain
a slight reduction III the hours of labor
and an increase IN wages. The agree
signed is for three years.
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Due to Severe weather.

Lao Yang, April 29.-The delay of
the forward movement of the japanese
into Manchuria is due to the excep-
tionally severe weather. 1t is reported
that there is considerable suffering
among the Japanese troops, due to ill
ness and the intense cold.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

"NNhy." exclaimed the surprised sutton,
what is the sofa doing in the vestibule!'
The pretty girl blushed. Papa said We
remained so long in the v%estibule SAYING
to make love here and say goodnight in
the arlor.'-Philadelphia Record.
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Submarine Boat in Commission.

Port Arthur, April 2S.-One of the
submarine boats which were put in
commission April "a was received in
sections at Port Arthur before the war
began. At the first opportunity it is
intended that the submarine vessels
shall be employed against the heavy
ships of the enemy.
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stilI Hard

j Atlantic City, N. j., April 29.-The
steamship Craigneug, which went
ashore, Tuesday night, on Brigantine
shoals, is still hard aground. Tugs
pulled on the vessel at high tide and
succeeded in moving her about 100
feet. Another attempt will be made
at the next high tide.
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Sick Pardon Granted.

jefferson City, Mo-, April 29.-Gov.
Dockery upon the recommendation of
the prison physician has issued a sick
pardon to Gus Holcomb, aged 10, who
came from st. Louis 20 serve a term of
two year for assault to rob.
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JAPANESE AT KUR-LIEN-CHEN.
A Small Force of Japanese On In
Side.

Che-Foo, April 29.-Chinese junk
men arriving from the Yalu say that a
Japanese force has occupied Kur-Lien-
Cheng, a town just north of Antung,
on the M%anchurian side of the Yalu
river. They say that only a small body
of the Japanese army had crossed that
river.
Admiral Tsah reports the Chinese
cruiser Haitien a total wreck at Eli
lott island, noah of Shanghai.
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Justifabie Homicide.

Litchfield, ILL.,, April 29.-The coro-
ner's jury in the case of Mrs. H. J.
Coffey, who shot and killed Fred Nor
ris at her home lin this city, returned
a verdict of justifiable homicide, and
the woman was released from custody.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

The Wabash railroad shops at Deca-
tur, ILL.,, were ordered closed, on the
26th, by President Ramsay. The order
is supposed to be on account of the
strike order by the Garments brother
hood. Half the force there obeyed the
strike order. The regular force there
numbered 400 men.
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To Settle i'm Mexico.

Chihuahua, Mex, April 29.-It was
stated Thursday by one of the Boer
agents in this city that 500 Boer fam
lilies are expected to arrive here soon
to establish a colony near Mesqui. The
colony established near here about a
year ago it f~lourishing.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

President Loubet arrived in Naples,
or the 2Sth, from Rome, and was given
a reception equal in enthusiasm that
accorded him in the Eternal city. The
event was somewhat spoiled by the
rain. which came down in torrents, but
great crowds of people stood for hours
without umbrellas.
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struck Against Non-Union Men.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, April 29.-Six-
ty-fve machinists. helpers and handy
men employed at the Santa Fe shops
have struck because the company put
to work 26 non-union machinists. Two
foremen were discharged for refusing
to work with new men.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Prospectors are rushing to the can
yon of the Shoshone river, five miles
west of Cody, Wyo., where it is report
ed Tellurim ore assaying several hun
dred dollars in gold and silver has
been discovered.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Congress having failed to provide
for an investigation of the post Of
fee department, The president, 1t is
said, will inaugurate a thorough one
by officials appointed directly by the
president.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

st. Petersburg. April 29.-Rumors
circulated of further attempts on the
life of Gen. Kuropatkin, the comman-
der-in-chief of the Russian army in the
far east, are denied. Gen. K~uropatkin
is at Lai-Yaug and in good health.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Mrs. D. R. Taylor was granted a d.
vorce from former Gov. Rofert l.. Tay-
lor in chancery court at Knoxville,
Tenn, on the 2Sth, after the deposit
tions of a few witnesses had been read.
The question of alimony was referred
to the clerk for settlement. Mr.. Tay-
lor has served three terms as governor
of Tennessee.
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OF BATTLE
ON THE YA[U RIVER
Japs Force Russians to Retreat
After Disastrous Clash.
MIKADo'S MEN CROSS RIVER
Commander of VlndivOstOk Squad
ron Says MfkadO's Fighting Men
Refused to Surrender-Yesxen
May BE Recalled.

Shanghai, April 29.-It Is reported
here that the Russians have suffered
II disastrous repulse after two lays
fighting ON the Yalu river The
Japanese forces crossed the river
and the Russian r~etreated.
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The caving in Of a coal mine at
Tocina, Seville, Spain, on the 2Sth,
buried a large number of miners. Fifty
bodies were recovered and ten men
rescued alive.
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Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. Itcures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by allDruggists and Shoe Stores.
Don'taccept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy n. Y.
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A party of young women who are on
their way to Port Arthur to act as
Russian nurses arrived in Chicago on
the 2Sth. The party was under the
leadership of the countess Bavanda,
who has lived several years in Russia.
birth-a native Of New Orleans
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Judge Conlan, on the 26th, again
postponed his decision in the motion
to dismiss the case Of Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin, at San Francisco, accused OF
the murder of Mrs. Joshua Deane.
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Admiralty Makes Denial.

st. Petersburg, April 29.-The ad-
miralty denies that treasure amount
ing to $6,0O0,0 900 went down with the
battleship Petropavlovsk. No Russian
warship carries more than $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

The Republican convention met at
Ponce, P. R., on the 9th, and selected
as delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention Robert TODD, Gomez
II. Rosey. The delegates were instruct
ed for Roosevelt.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

The closing session Of the Won
ans PRESBYTERIAN Board of Missions OF
the Northwest was held, on the 2Sth, at
Grand Rapids, Mich. The next meet
ing will be held in Des Moines, la.
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Had Lived a Century.

Guthrie, Okla, April 29.-From Tenn
pie, Okla, is reported the death of
Quinte. former chief of the Comanche
Indians. He was 100 years old.
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A Particular Lady.

Mrs. Nuritch-I think I'll take this
watch. You're sure it's made of refined
gold.
Jeweler-Certainly.
Because | do detest anything that amt
refined philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
Bile medicine for coughs and colds:-N; W..
Samuel, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II, 1900.
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The fair given by the Countess Cas-
SIM in aid of the Red Cross fund in
the war now in progress between Rus
STA and JaAan, was held, on the 26th,
at Belmont, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Barbour, at the corner of Four
teenth and Clinton street, Washington,
ID. G.,
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Contracting for Coal.

London, April 29.-It is said that
large contracts for Welsh coal are
being placed at Cardiff by both u
sian and Japanese agents.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Representative Fitzpatrick's Illness.
Washington, April 29.-The condition
of Representative Fitzpatrick, of Ten
nessee, who became i'll, Wednesday
and was removed to the emergency
hospital, is reported 10 be unchanged.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

AS the result of recent heavy and
general rains and the consequent swell
frg of the rivers, fears are entertained
Of a repetition of the disastrous floods
of 1908. The Mississippi was at dan
ger line go feet at st. Louis on the
morning of the Goth, and still rising,
with a prospect of reaching IS feet by
the 2Sth. Residents on the east SIDE
were preparing for trouble.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

The Indiana Republican state con-
vention, on the 9th, nominated j.
Frank Hanly, of Lafayette, for governor
on the first ballot. The nomination
was the result of a stampede preclpl-
tated by Madison county.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Prince Pu Lun Tsee, heir to the
throne of China, arrived in st. Louis,
on the 18th, to represent his uncle-em-
peror as imperial commissioner to the
Worlds fair. He went to mis- royal
apartments in the Washington hotel
weary but delighted as a result OF the
first day of his months visit to the
ExnositiOn city.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Judge Conlan, at San Francisco,
held Mrs. Cordelia Botkin to answer
TO the superior court for the murder
of Mrs. Joshua D. Dean, by means OF
poisoned candy, mailed from San
Francisco to Dover, Del. A request by
her attorney that she be admitted to
bail was refused, the judge stating that
he believed the evidence against her
was conclusive.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

John Barrett, the newly appointed
United States minister to Panama, left
Buenos Ayres, on the 9th, via Cher-
bourg. for the United States. He Will
stop a few days in Paris and London
before proceeding to his destination
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

John r. Daily, an oldtime newspaper
man, we'll known in Chicago and other
cities. died at Elkhart, Ind, on the
18th. During the civil war he was
night editor of the Chicago Tribune,
and later was connected with the Chi
cago Journal. He leaves a large es-
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

You can do your dyeing in half an hour
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

Counterfeiters have a queer way OF
making a living.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

The best maxims may be on the lips of
the worst men.-Ram's Horn.
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unduly, the intention being 10 keep
them safe for an attack with the Baltic
fleet when it arrives in the Pacific.
VIII Observe Caution.

unduly, the intention being TO keep
them safe for an attack with the Baltic
fleet when it arrives in the Pacific.
VIII Observe Caution.
The possibility of a Japanese attempt
to mine the entrances to Vladivostok,
as was done at Port Arthur, is consid-
cred, but the conditions are different,
and besides, Rear-Admiral Yeszen, with
the lesson of the Petropavlovsk disas-
ter fresh in his mind, will observe the
utmost caution.
st. Petersburg is loaded with rumors
regarding the sinking of the japanese
military transport, the Kin Shiu Maru.
One report has it hat 5000 men were
aboard the transport when she went
down, but the admiralty insists that
there were only 200. 1t is stated that
the emperor is highly indignant over
the affair, and that he will relieve
Yeszen and order him to be court mar
tailed. This report lacks confirmation
in responsible naval circles, where 1t
is reiterated that 10 other course could
be pursued, and that the admiral only
fired when the Japanese categorically
refused to surrender, and adopted a
hostile attitude.
No Simlla rfty.
Inc officials say that there is no
similarity between the sinking of the
Kinshiu Maru and the destruction OF
the Kowshing, which was sunk by the
Japanese before the declaration OF war
with China, as Russia is at war with
Japan. That Admiral Teszen gave the
men every opportunity to leave the
ship is proved by the fact that all the
officers, some of the crew and coolies
were transferred on board a Russian
cruiser, On the day that hostilities
began between China and Japan, July
%, 1894, the Kowshin, a British dis
patch boat, which was conveying Chi
nese troops, was attacked by japanese
warships and sunk off Asan. Many OF
the troops were killed.
ADMIRE BRAVERY OF JAPS.
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A Shanghai dispatch of the 18th said
that it was reported there hat the
Russians had suffered a disastrous re-
pulse after two days fighting on the
Yalu river. The Japanese were said
to have crossed the river, the Rus-
slams ~retreating.
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GREAT POPULAR OVATION
Given a Great Ovation in the
City of Dublin.

Dublin, April 29.-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra had a great popular
ovation in the streets of Dublin while
on their way to lay the foundation
stone of the Royal College of Science.
Troops lined the route, which was
crowded for hours before the royal
cortege arrived.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

John Kandick Bangs and Miss Mary
Blackney Gray were married, on the
9th, in All Angels church, in New
York. Miss Daisy King was the maid
of honor, and John Kendrick Bangs,
.Jr. acted as best man for his father.
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Information received at Copenhagen
from st. Petersburg, on the 25th, was
to the effect that the health of the
czar was in a decidedly precarious
state. He was SO nervous as a result
of the strain which he has undergone
that he was unable to sleep.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-06

The Mississippi river, on the night
of the 9th. was eight miles wide in the
vicinity of Louisiana, Mo-, extending
clear across the Sni bottoms on the
Illinois side, in an unbroken e to
the bluffs. Thirty thousand acres of
growing wheat is ruined.
, 1904-04-02
KILLED BY A DEPUTY
DRUNKEN MAN ATTACKED OF.
ficER AND WAS SHOT
DEAD LAST NIGHT.
Took Whisky to Mine Near Telluride
and When Deputy Sheriff Ordered
Him Away Man Turned on Officer
Medium Formerly Of Wyoming
and Friend Of Tom Horn.

Telluride. Colo, April 2.-The body
If Ole Tissell was brought from the
rom Boy mine to this town for the pur-
pose of an inquest. It appears that last
light Deputy Sheriff Meldrum shot and
killed Tissell and then surrendered
himself. He was brought here and
lodged in jail. The military authorities
his morning gave out a statement
which shows the shooting of Tissell
vas entirely Justifiable. A strict rule
ot the Tom Boy mine is that no liquor
shall be used on the property under
any circumstances. Recently much
whisky had been struggled in and min
ers have gotten drunk. Last night
rissell, under the influence Of liquor,
came to the bunk house with several
bottles of whisky and invited the min
ers to take a drink. Deputy Medium,
having charge of the guards at the
mine, ordered Tissell and the liquor
away. Tissell then attacked the dep
lty, who fought himself loose and
warned Tissell, but as he wouldn't
lesist, Medium shot him, from the
effects of which he died in a few
hours. Medium came here from Wyo.
ming, where he was an intimate friend
If Tom Horn, and has the reputation
5t being handy with his gun.