The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03


are bankful.
Seventy Kansas City (Kas.) Joints"
have been closed by the proprietors for
the reason, they allege, that they n
afford to pay a fine of 500 a month on
each Joint" under the recent order
of Mayor Gilbert.
Passenger train No. l on the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport & Pacific was wrecked
between Haughton and Sibley, La, on
the 25th. Two postal clerks and a ne
gro brakeman were killed and a num-
Der of persons hurt.
A dispatch 10 the London Central
News from Hardin says the japanese
losses during the fighting at Kin Cnou
are said to be 10000 men killed. 1t is
said that these figures have been con-
frmed by an official dispatch.
The plant of the Overland Cotton
Mill Co. at Denver, Col, which went
into the hands of a receiver some
months ago, has been sold at auction
TO the Whiting Machine Works Co., or
Whinsville, Mass, for $4,000.
A snow storm that began on he
oath lasted II hours, and was general
over Montana and the northwest ter
ritories. The snowfall ranged from
n to six inches, and will prove OF
great benefit as the ground was dry.
Rear-Admiral Cooper, c~ommander-in-
chief of the Asiatic squadron, has re-
uuested that he be relieved of that
command and placed on the retired list
in the early fall. 1t is probable that
Read-Admiral Sterling will succeed
him.
On the first ballot, Robert H. Patton,
of Springfield, H., was nominated for
governor by the state prohibition con-
yention on the Goth. Other nominations
were: MISUNDERSTANDING Marion Gal
lup; secretary of state, George w.
Woolsey.
In the Kentucky exhibit at the
Worlds fair at St. Louis is a small
house made of corn stalks and corn
husks. 1t is a model of the typical
southern home. Alongside in the same
section is a windmill made of corn
stalks and pop corn.
The body Of Miss Sophie Klorekler
was found in the water works pond at
Lakewood, a suburb of Atlanta, Ga.
The young lady eft her home, on the
24th, presumably to go to her work.
and since that time has not been seen
ali re so far as known.
The fruit growers of the Santa Clara
valley, in California, suffered an almost
incalculable loss from a high wind or
the 25th. More than one-half of the
ripening cherry crop is destroyed, and
from 20, 000, 900 to 80, 600, 900 pounds of
rrunes are on the ground.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, on the
26th, entertained at luncheon Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador; M.
J~usaerand, the French ambassador, and
Senior Don Emilio de Ojeda, the Span
lsh minister, and ladies, The luncheon
was purely a social function.
The authorities of Canton, O., after
a conference, decided that there was
not sufficient evidence to warrant the
holding of Grace Battorffer for the
murder of George H. Taylor, who was
shot and killed at his place of bust
ness on the oath, and her release was
ordered.
A jury IN the criminal court at
Kansas City, Mo-, brought in a verdict |
of acquittal in the case of State SEN
atOr Jesse L.. Jewell, on the Oath, who
was charged with soliciting a bride in
connection with certain baking powder
legislation in the last Missouri state
legislature.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Petit Parisien telegraphs that, ac-
rording to a private dispatch from Biao
Yang, Gen. Kuroki's army has begun
an attack on the Russian position on
the Lao Yang road, and that it is be-
lieved what will prove to be a decisive
battle is progressing.
After being out three and a half
hours, the jury in. the trial of James
Mcdonald, charged with the murder of
Miss Sarah Schafer at Bedford, Ind,
returned a verdict of not guilty. 1t was
decided beforehand that the courthouseN
bell would not be rung when the ver-
dict was returned, fearing that "a mob
might te formed. Mcdonald was
brought into the court room in a round
about way.
On the Goth the towboat Fred Wilson
was torn to flinders, ten men were
blown to bits and Is others injured by
a tremendous explosion of the boats
OF the SO persons aboard the
boat, only seven escaped unhurt. OF the
injured, one will probably die. The
force of the explosion was so great that
shattered windows and awakened
the occupants of houses in Louisville,
KY, four miles from the scene.
With every business house of any
Importance in ashes, together with a
large number of private residences, the
principal hotel and the passenger de-
pot, Yazoo City, Miss, a town Of 5000
As from Jackson. expert
creed one of the most exciting days