The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-22

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The funeral of Congressman w. w.
Skies occurred on the 18th a Shell
by, o. A delegation of Is members of
congress vent 5v special train to at
tend.
The committee on public lands in
congress-, On the 18th, reported favor
ably on a bill to set apart certain lands
in Arizona, to be known as the petri-
fed forest park.
EX-Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio, was re-
ported on the 18th to be steadily grow
ing weaker. 1t was the general feel
ing at Columbus, O., that there was alb
solutely no hope of recovery.
Gov. Albert B. Cummins was inaugu-
rated governor of Iowa for the second
time, on the 14th, at Des Molnes, Ia,
Supreme Court Justice H. E. Deemer
administering the oath of office.
Elijah B. Hall, aged SO, died at his
home in Toledo, o., on the 18th. When
the Wabash railroad was built Mr..
Hall constructed all the bridges be-
tween Toledo and the Illinois state
line.
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations on the 18th continued considera-
ton of the Panama canal treaty. The
discussion was confined to amendments
which had been offered, but no vote
was reached.
The National Business league, of Chi
cago. on the 14th, began a movement
to amend the constitution OF the united
States so as to fix the presidential term
at six years, and make the president
ineligible for reelection.
AS a result of overproduction. Ohio
coal operators, at Columbus, o., on
the 18th. reduced the price of coal
at the mines from 10 to 20 cents per
ton. The prevailing price for lump
coal at the mines was $1.50 per ton.
J.. H. Edmiston, vice-chairman OF the
national committee of the peoples
party, at Lincoln, Neb., on the 18th,
issued a call for the committee to meet
in st. Louis, February %, to fix the
time and place for a national v
ton.
The senate, in executive session, on
the 18th. ratified an extension OF the
%eXtraditon treaty between the United
States and The Netherlands. An
amendment was adopted including
bribery in the list of ~extraditable Of
fenSes.
The senate, in executive session. ON
the 18th, confirmed the following noml-
nations: Maj.-Gen. AdEa R. Chaffee, to
be acknowledgement; Brig.-Gen. Geo.
/. Gillespie. to be major-general; Col.
Alexander Mckenzie, to be b~rigadier-
general and chief of engineers.
The most important gold strike ever
made in the Cripple Creek (Col.) dis
trict became known on the l4th. 1t
was on Beacon hill. A siX-foot vein
averaging 5000 per ton was uncovered,
through which streaks ran which as
sayed as high as $4,000 per ton.
The greatest funeral eve given to
any Georgian DOL place, on the 14th,
at Atlanta. Ga, over the body of Gen.
John B. Gordon, c.. S.. A, commander
in-chief of the confederate veterans,
twice United States senator from
Georgia and twice governor of the state.
Representative John Sharp Will
Jams, of Mississippi, was confined to
his room at Washington, D.. c., on the
18th, suffering from a severe illness.
THE trouble started from a cold, and
some uneasiness was expressed by the
attending physicians lest pneumonia
should develop.
An unusual event in United States
courts occurred at Macon, Ga, on the
18th, when Judge Emory Speer, of the
Northern district OF Georgia, paid an
eloquent tribute to the late Gen. John
B. Gordon from the bench, and, on mo-
ton, declared the court adjourned I'M
til after the funeral.
Charles Allen, who pleaded guilty to
the robbery of the Springfield (Ill.)
post Office, April 3, 1895, when Sc, 1000
in stamps and $1,000 worth of wedding
presents of Postmaster Ridgly's daugh-
ter was stolen, was sentenced, ON the
14th, to three years in the Illinois peni-
tertiary and fined $500.
Calaveras big tree committee, of the
Outdoor Art League of California, on
the 18th, forwarded a mammoth petit
ton to President Roosevelt, asking him
ITO aid in preserving the Calaveras
grove of big trees. The petition car
ried 1,40o, 900 names of people in all
parts of the United States.
Representative Lilley, of Connect
cut. on the 18th introduced a bill in
congress authorizing the president to
enter into negotiations with countries
which export live stock, with a view to
arranging reciprocity treaties in favor
of the live stock and dressed meat
products of the United States.
Millers at Atchison, Kas., received
communications, on the 18th, from Jap
anese merchants asking for prices on
-four. and saying that flour in large