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The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
A TRIBUTE TO BARTH0LDl.
Message of sympathy Conveyed u"
Nine. BarthOldi Mt b Hemest
of the President.

Paris, Oct. 7.-Acting On lDstrue-
tons from Washington, Ambassador
Porter sent Madame BsrthOldi the fol-
lowing letter:
'Madame-The death Of the eminent
sculptor. who had always aimed at
giving to his works the expression OF
some great idea or noble aspiration,
has profoundly moved the American
nation, which has received from MIN
lasting proof of his sincere admlra-
ton. AS the interpreter OF these sentl-
ments, the government OF the united
States has hidden me to say to you
that the statue of Liberty Enl1ghten-
ing the World has rendered the name
of Bartholdi dear to my countrymen'
who join in your grief and that OF the
artistic world. In acquittinG myself OF
this duty. allow me to express my per
sonal sympathies and those OF all
members of the embassy, who, like
myself. had with Bartholdi friendly re-
lations during the last 90 years, which
have left in our hearts souvenirs we
never shall forget.
Il have the honor to be
Your respectful servant,
rc;onod1 "uOR PORTER"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
PELEE IN FULL ERUPTION
Volcano said to He Emitting Stu
pendOus Black Clouds and
Balls Of Fire.

Kingstown. st. Vincent, Oct. 7-The
captain of the British steamer Sibun,
which arrived here Thursday, reports
that when the steamer passed the ISL
and of Martinique on September 80,
Mount Pelee was in full eruption. The
spectacle was witnessed by those on
board the Sibun at two o'clock in the
morning of the day mentioned, the
volcano emitting ~stupendous black
clouds and balls of fire. This accounts
for the dust clouds reported to have
been seen Wednesday throughout the
Windward islands.
Early in May, 1902, Mount Pelee
broke into violent eruption, wiping out
the city of st. Pierre and reaching 9TH
er towns nearby. The loss of life on
that occasion was estimated at 10000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
THE SECRET OF An
ABANDONED WELL
A Murder, Committed in May Last,
Revealed By a Woman.
THE VICTIMS BODY RECOVERED
1t Was That Of Carl Miller. Alleged
4 Have Been Killed by Robert
Sassamnn Near Holden,
Missouri.

Holden, Mo-, Oct. Mrs. Anna j.
Bentley took Sheriff Hughes OF Cass
county and c. C. Bundy to an aban-
doned well on a farm three miles from
here, and loosening the rails that COW
cred it, revealed 10 them The body of a
man whose murder, she says, she wit
messed May 30.
who, according to Mrs. Bentley's story,
was killed by one Robert Sassaman.
| Mrs. Bentley's home is in Tennessee.
She is separated from her husband,
and is "a years old.
Her story, as related to Prosecuting
Attorney Charles Morrow, is that she
became acquainted with Sassaman in
st. Louis, last May. She became in
fatuated with the man, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he told her he had
two living wives. The couple arranged
to go to Kansas, there procure di-
vorces for Sassaman, and be married.
Being without money. and Sassa-
man, having a WORKOUT horse and a
vehicle, they decided to drive.
When they arrived in Warrensburg
and so hard that it died. III Warrens-
burg they became acquainted with
Carl Miller. who was about 60 years
old. The meeting with Miller TOOK
place May %.
B~efrIended by Miller.
r. h;-. +L--x got1 tI4,, r+o-y- arS
he having a team of horses, consented
to let them accompany MIN to Kansas.
The three left Warrensburg May 20,
and %journeyed as far as a mile from
Centerview, where they camped for
the night. The next day they jour
neyed west again, and at q u o'clock
In the afternoon went into camp three
miles west of Holden. near the Sankey
farm. a
Sassaman DOL his gun, killed some
eaten the three sat around the camp
fire. AS Mrs. Bentley sat at the fire,
She says, she heard the sound of a fall
ing body behind her. Upon turning,
she saw Miller lying onutlis back, and
by him standing Sassaman, with an ak
appraised in his hand.
She became frightened and started
to run away. but was called back by
Sassaman. AS she returned, she says,
she saw Sassaman strike Miller or the
head with an AK. Miller died in a few
moments from the blow.
Sassaman then told her that if she
did not promise to !keep he fact a Sc
cret for her wholei life he would kill
her.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
CARNIVAL
IN THREE STATES.
Bold Bank Robbery Near Council
Bluffs, la.
BOY THIEVES IN GAY GOTHAM
sensational and Wholesale Escape
of Prisoners From the Sioux Falls
Is. Do Penttentiary-Two of
Then Were Hecaptmred.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Oct. IA rob-
Der walked into the savings bank at
Treynor, a small town Is miles east
Of Council Bluffs. Thursday afternoon,
and at the point of a revolver COM
PEELED the assistant cashier, Miss
Frances Flood, to take $1,700 from the
cash drawer and vault and put the
money in, his bag. Then the robber
drove the young woman, who was
alone in the bank, into the big vault,
and locked her in. Customers coming
into the bank half an hour later heard
the girls screams for help ana re-
leased her from the vault. She at
once told of the hold-up, and an armed
posse was started after the robber.
The police and the sheriff's Office at
Council Bluffs were also notified, and
started armed men into the country to
intercept the robber. but up to mid
night he had not been apprehended.
n-~ ~
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

Lily May pressed her tightly wrapped
kinks against the wooden palings and
peeled the ~whitewash off with the cor
ners of her generous mouth. Her pink
bingham became stiff with terror, her
kinks stood on end and her vindictive
black eyes melted with pity for the
blue-eyed girl within-the girl who had
been critically i'll and who was now
having Ter glory combed for the first
time. AS the last wall died on the air
and the agonizing comb was put back
in the drawer, Lily May climbed the
hill and, swinging the pail of butter
milk to and fro, lifted the latch of her
mothers gate. And To think" said
she to the watch dog, sdat I wanted
tub be an angel an hab ffowin' yaller
har. Lord" with an earnest uplifting
Of the eyes, Lord, dis po' chile am
pow'ful glad yo' done GLIB huh desc
Dressed k-inks."-WashipgtOn Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
ROOSEvELTSENDS SYMPATHY
Widow of sculptor BarthOldi Re-
Receives CabIed COndOlences
From the President.

Paris. Oct. MADAME Barholdi,
widow of the sculptor, has received
the following c~ablegram from Presi-
dent Roosevelt:
Permit me to offer in the name of
the American people, my deep sympa-
thy on the occasion of the death of the
great sculptor. your husband"
Madame Bartholdi replied TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt as follows:
Il am as much touched as honored
by the testimony of your sympathy.
No more fattering conservation could
be given the memory of my husband.
Please receive for yourself and the
American people the homage OF my
deepest gratitude"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
BURIED IN FAMILY VAULT
Funeral of Sir WilIiam Vernon Rar-
court Conducted With the Ut
most simplicity.

London, Oct. THE remains Of Sir
William Vernon Harconrt, who oied
ON Saturday, were buried in the family
vault at Nuneham, Oxford, with the
utmost simplicity and privacy. Only
the family and tenantry were present.
simultaneously, a memorial service
was held at st. Margarets church
Westminster, where Representatives
of King Edward and the prince OF
Wales were among the immense con-
gregatior which included Ambassador
Choate. Mrs. Choate, John 4 Carter,
second secretary of the AmcrJean eid-
bass, and the other ambassadors n
ministers, cabinet minissets and per
sonal and political colleagues OF the
deceased statesman.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
BOLD ST. LOUIS ROBBERY
Theft of Diamonds at Jefferson HO-
tel to the Value of Over
S3

st. Louis. Oct. 7.-One of the boldest
robberies ever perpetrated in st. Louis
occurred a few minutes after eve
o'clock Thursday morning, when a
Acknowledgement a about 80
years old. and believed by the police
to be an extremely clever professional
hotel thief. entered the apartments OF
A. B. Gaines, proprietor Of the Jeffer-
son hotel, on the fourth floor of that
fashionable hosiery, and succeeded in
getting away with seven diamond
rings belonging to Mrs. Gaines, and a
handsome gold watch, the property OF
Mr.. Gaines, all valued at $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
SYNDICATE OF BOY THIEVES.
New York Hotels systematically
Robbed By Bell Boys.

Robbed By Bell Boys.
New York, Oct. THE police have
unearthed what they believe to be a
syndicate of bell boy thieves extended
among the big hotels of New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago and st. Louis.
in the arrest of Arthur Fraser, an en-
ploye of the Metropolis, Thursday.
Fraser was arrested or suspicion
of having a hand in the many robber-
les of jewelry and clothing that have
occurred at the hotel in the last
month. A detective captured him after
living for three days at the hotel in
the guise of a man with plenty of
money.
In Fraser's pockets were found let
ters from bell boys from Philadelphia,
Chicago and st. Louis. From these
letters the police think the gang
worked together, sending their loot TO
each other to dispose Of. In a letter
signed Vernon Lobard. Washington
hotei, ST. Louis and dated Septem-
Der %. the writer informed Fraser
that he was sending him jewelry from
which he should realize 81 900 al pawn
shops.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
'HoLD-UP MEN SENTENCED.
Eight Life Sentences Within "a Week
at Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. -Four holi-up men
were sentenced for life here Thursday.
This makes eight such convictions
and sentences of this class of Grim
inals in Chicago within a week.
The states attorney has begun a
determined crusade against all street
bandits, and in the future life SEN
fences will be asked for these GRIM
inals when their cases come TO trial.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
u GREAT PLAN.

We must not smile a whole life through,
A whole life through we may not smile
Dur lot is just between the two,
And each our part a little while;
The day of JOY, the night of tears
Give place to place along the years
Sunshine and shower for the world,
Quiet and tempest, light and shade,
Before one tiny leaf is curled.
Before one dainty bud is made;
Some days the storm and some the sun
Till all the heavenward growth be done.
There is no sign of dark or rain
On the fair face of fruit and flower;
Yea, and 10 memory of pain
To hearts in one glad triumph hour;
But God who saw he way they made
Knows where the sunshine met the shade
Nancy Byrd Turner, in Youths Com
panion.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
MURDERER PAYS PENALTY
Clutch" Fisher ElectrOcUted In the
ANNEX Of the Ohio PEN
itentfary.

Columbus, o., Oct. 7.-"Dutch"
Fisher, alias Albert Miller, was cleo
trocuted in the annex at the Ohio
penitentiary a few minutes after mid
night Thursday, for the murder OF
William Marshall, a bartender at To-
ledo. O., January last. The electric
shock was administered at 1904, and
at 1912 he was pronounced dead. His
last statement was a reiteration OF his
confession that Waiter Crosby. CEN
fenced to life Imprisonment for COM
plicity in the crime, is innocent.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

VIII Nut Intervene.

Washington, Oct. lit has been
decided that the United States gov
eminent shall not at this time inter
yene in the administration of the
Congo state as requested by the dis
tinguished memorialists, who last
week petitioned to the president to in
vestigate King Leopold's admjDistra-
ton of affairs there.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
BIG FIRE IN COAL YARD
south BROOKLYN, n. ", - ScOTched
to the Amount of About
100000.

New York, Oct. IA fire which
caused a loss of about 100000, broke
out in w. B. Wardell's coal yard in
South Brooklyn Thursday night. The
flames spread to Wizards basin, in
which we're moered a o or more OF
coal and hay barges. schooners. canal
boats. railroad barges and other craft.
Several of the vessels were damaged.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

Il Ashevil,e, N. c.. Oct. 7.--Burglars
entered the residence of John A
Stewart, at IA West Chestnut street,
this city, and secured $4,000 worth
of diamonds. There is no clew to the
robbers.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
FIRE ON THE WASHINGTON
Flames ScOrch New United states
Cruiser Now Being Built at
Camden, \. }.

Camden, n. j., Oct. Fire of I'M
known origin occurred Thursday
night in the hold of the cruiser Wash
ington, being built for the govern
ment at the yards of the New York
Shipbuilding Co. So far as is known,
no one was on the cruiser within five
hours of the time when the flames
we're discovered. The fire originated
in a heap of saw dust. and was extin.
guished before the vessel was seri1
O1SlY damaged.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

Topeka, Kas., Oct. IN. A. Lowe,
the general attorney for .ne Rock Isle
and Railroad Co., has returned from
Chicago. He denies the statement that
his road is trying to acquire the Hous-
ton & Texas Central from the Harri-
man interests.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
killed by Drunken indian.

Muskogee. 1. T., Oct. Jack Ellis
ard Walter Reidy, who lived near
Holdenville, l. T., were shot and killed
at their respective homes by Billy Fix
cat, a fullblood Indian. The weapon
used was a shotgun. Fixcat is said to
have been intoxicated.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

London, Oct. 7.-At a meeting OF
the Manchester city council it was an
nounced that, owing to. the depression
in the cotton industries, between 49,
900 and $4,000 people in the poorer
parts of the city were practically on
the verge of starvation.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

San Francisco, Oct. 7.--Maj.-Gen. II.
c. Corbin arrived here Thursday, and
went direct of San Matao. where he
will remain until October ~ when he
will sail for Manila to relieve Maj.-
Gen. Wade.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
probably Fatal Glass Rush.

Beaver, Pa, Oct. 7.-Josepn West,
son Of j. A. West, of Pittsburg, real
estate dealer, was rendered uncon-
scious and perhaps fatally hurt, and
Arthur Gardner, of Moscow, was
bruised in a students rush at Beaver
college.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
De,syed Train. Arrive.

Topeka, Kas., Oct. Flight Santa
Fe east-bound passenger trains,
which were delayed by the western
floods, reached here Thursday night.
Traffic is gradually resuming its norm
nj condition,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
AZ EnuinoctfaI Gnle.

London, Oct. 7.-An equinoctial gale
of some severity visited the English
coast during the night, but up to the
present no serious damage has been
reported. A few fishing boats have
been wrecked, and four men were
drowned.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
woman Die. Of GRIEF.

Leon, Ia, Oct. 7.-Grief because she
shot her husband was the cause as
signed by physicians for .he death OF
Mrs. Peter Lewis. She recently shot
and killed her husband, whom she
mistook for a. chicken thief.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
arLan.nn Dead I'm st. Louis.

st. Louis, Oct. 7.-Simon Adler, pres
ident of the Peoples bank OF Bates
ville,. Ark, died, Wednesday, at st.
Luke's hospital, where he mad beer for
some time under treatment for kidney
trouble. He was 70 years old.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
Life penalty for Highwnymen.

Chicago, Oct. la jury in Judge
Chalain's court found Cha rles Phe-
logn, aged %; Truman H. Wilkinson,
aged "a, and VIM. Irwin, aged 20,
guilty of highway robbery, and fixed
their punishment at imprisonment for
nc.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
veterans Hold Reunion.

Quincy, ILL.,, Oct. Civil war veter-
ans of the Sixteenth Illinois infantry
and the Third Missouri cavalry are
holding a joint reunion here. The feat
ure of Wednesdays programme was
the campfire at night.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
neath of Irn Dayennort.

Rochester, N. ", Oct. Ira Daven-
port, of Bath, republican candidate for
governor il 1885, died Thursday night
of a complication of diseases, at his
summer home, Riverside, Bath, aged
63 years.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
To succeed Justice Freedman,

New York, Oct. THE democratic
convention of New York county was
held in Tannamy Hall Thursday night.
Victor J.. Bowling was nominated for
justice Of the supreme court, to sue.
coed Justice Freedman.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Convicts Make n Break For Liberty
at Sioux Falls, $. ID.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 7.-One of
the most sensational and wholesale
escapes in the history of the Sioux
Falls ~penitentiary occurred Thursday,
when seven desperate prisoners made
a break for liberty, James Andrews
and Thomas Burns. both under SEN
tence of IL years for highway robbery,
were recaptured. Two of the remain
ing FIVE were wounded, but escaped.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
pr...cen- scott Worth III.

New York, Oct. 7.-Brig.-Gen. VIM.
Scott Worth (U. s. A., retired. is
critically i'll at the home OF his neph-
ew, John T. Sprague, Ut Clifton, Staten
Island.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

Honolulu, Oct. 7.-Jose Miranda, the
Porto Rican who, on September 70,
murdered. S. E Damon, a banker OF
this city, has been convicted OF muir
der in the first degree, with the pen
atty fixed at hanging.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14
Aged Cousins Die at same Hour.

Sturgeon, Mo-, Oct. Miss Anna
Cornelson, So years old, who lived
south of Sturgeon. and Albert Cornell
son, her cousin, So years old. died at
the same hour. They we're near neigh
bOrs.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

by the bandStand on the Luneta, and
az l exchanged greetings with my
friends, l saw many of my partners
of the previous evening. A few Of
them stopped for a word or two, but
many of them passed on with merely
a bow. l was rather amused to see
that staff officer who had nearly shed
tears the evening before, when a pre-
vious engagement had prevented my
accepting from him a tin trumpet
bedecked with ribbon, pass me by
with a stony stare. He never saw LIE
at all. Indeed, I could not but remark
that the fervor of my admirers of the
night before had waned p~erceptibly.
Upon reaching home that evening,
] found an unpleasant episode in
progress. AS we drove through the
front door into the stable. which oc-
cupies the ground floor of most Ma
Mia houses, a large group of servants,
children, and chickens stood watching
a fight between Domingo, the stable
boy, and Juan, the cooks assistant.
AS Domingo was belaboring his an
tagonist about the head with a brass
candlestick, the consequences threat
ened to become serious, but the coch-
ero, descending from his box, lay
about him with his whip until finally
the combatants separated.
/ stopped to inquire into the causes
of the ARRAY. When a Filipino is an
CRY he is very incoherent, and the
mixture of Spanish and Tagalog which
the two culprits poured forth was quite
unintelligible to me. From the CO.
chero / gathered that somebody had
promised to marry them both, and that
each was determined to murder the
other in consequence. After threat
The Tupelo journal., 1904-10-14

Your respectful servant,
ISigned1 HORACE PORTER"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-10
Deadly Fireworks.

We are ali bit too fond of excus-
ing the use of dangerous fireworks
and crackers on the ground that "the
children must have them, you know"
The children must not have, cannot
have them, If the parents do not buy
them, or If the dealers are not allow
ed to sell them. 1t is only Of late
years that Fourth of July accidents
have been so numerous and so appall-
ing. The boy and girI of generation
ago were probably as fond of noise
as their successors OF today, and there
are plenty of brands and kinds of
crackers and fireworks in the use of
which serious danger Is practically
eliminated. Nobody wants children to
be deprived Of any of their rights, but
among the latter, death, wounds, and
permanent manning should not be
scheduled. ed.-Cleyeland Leader.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-10
A Technical View.

The current number of the Fire and
Water Engineering has a comprehen-
sive write up of the Canton water
works, going into the technical detail
of the recent improvements and the
establishing of the deep well system
Two views of the Union dam property
are given showing the flowing wells.
They were taken during the time that
the work was progressing and prior
to the time they were connected up
with the main. A half tone picture Of
Superintendent Louis B. Ohliger is
also published.
Canton is given credit with having
the purest water supply in the state
and to Mr.. Ohliger's skill as hydrau-
lie engineer is attributed the success
of the plant.
The article Is a comprehensive one
and is well worth preserving for the
information it contains.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-10
Judge r. M. VOORHEES,.

The convention of the Democrats of
the Fifth judicial circuit, held in this
city Wednesday afternoon for the pur-
pose Of nominating a candidate for
circuit judge, displayed a degree of
wisdom that reflects credit upon all
of the fifteen counties in the district
and ,Aeir representative delegates. The
denomination, and by acclamation, of
Judge Richard M. VOORHEES,, of Co.
shocton, is proof posIuve that the high
standard of the circuit court of this
district is to be maintained. Judge
Voorheis's reputation as citizen, law
yer and jurist cannot be criticized ex-
cept in words of praise and compli-
ment. His associates on the circuit
court bench, his associates at the bar
of his home county and his friends,
acquainIances and neighbors admire
him for his many splendid character
istics as man and citizen Under Or
binary circumstances a nomination is
equivalent to an election in this dis
trict and SO II can be stated now, "be-
yond reasonable doubt" that the bat
tie Is already won and the veruict of
the jury will be an almost unani-
nous endorsement OF his splendid SER
vices in the past.-Zanesville Signal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-10

Auditor 0berlin has received word
from state headquarters that the state
levy this year will be the same as last
lbs mills on the dollars valuation.
Since the inheritance tax has been lev
led, levy has been placed upon cap
ital stocks of all corporations, and so
many new sources of state revenue
have been conjured up by the last two
legislatures, the people have been
looking for the fulfillment of the
promise that the state levy would not
be necessary, but in spite of all the
extra money secured the expenses CT
the state continue to be greater than
the tax receipts. When the township,
school, county and city taxes are add
ed to this levy it looks as though Can
ton would get above the three per
cent mark, q thing which has been
avoided by great exertion the last
few years. Under the new law the
school levy can be increased so per
cent and conditions here require
pretty near the limit. There wi be
q clash between the ones who make
levies this year and the tax commits
sion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-06-10

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