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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

The Eastern situation, which
is just now engrossing the atteu-
ton of the whole civilized world,
added another tragic chapter on
Saturday night of last week and
precipitated complications, which
may involve Great England in the
bloody struggle of the East. Rus
sia's powerful Baltic squadron ca
route to Port Arthur, a squadron
composed of many fine battle
ships, cruisers and torpedo
boats. while off England eastern
coast in the Northern Sea mis-
took q feet of harmless fishing
boats for the enemy and the
whole feet directed a murderous
fire upon the helpless fishermen.
The steam trawler Crane" was
sunk, the "Mino" was badly
damaged and it is believed
another vessel was sent to the
bottom. The Cranes captain
and mate were decapitated by
the raking fire of the Russians,
their bodies being carried to
Hull, England, the home of the
feet. The serious charge against
the Russians is undertood when
it is stated that the fishermen are
subjects of England, were flying
England S flag and were engaged
in a peaceable occupation and
were guilty of no overt act
against Russia.
The news has created an in
tense sensation and Indignation
in England. The Moulmein ar
rived at Hull with her flag at half
mast. Her skipper states that
the trawlers were fishing about
900 miles east by north of Spurn
Head at l o'clock Saturday morn
ing, the weather being hazy, when
the outlines of several vessels ap-
parently warships sailing in a line
were dimly seen. Whilst thecrew
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
UNRAYELING THE MYSTERY
Sheriff Eggleston Lands Missy Jennings and Kath-
crime Newman in
Jail.
They Accuse Each Other of Being Present at the
Murder of Dancey Observation-Disclosures AcCumu-
lating Against Shed Jennings.

ton Mines and killed the young
white man. Monday S and yes
terday's developments more GER
tainly than ever point to Shed
Jennings as the murderer.
By clever work the officers
learned that Missy Jennings.
the wife of Shed jennings, had
been doing some talking in the
neighbOrhood where the crime
had occurred. When arrested
she told the story that the New
man woman had told her, that
she was present when Mr.. Blew
EFT was killed and that Jim Dill
did the killing. When the New
man woman was arrested yester-
day she stated that Missy Jen-
nings was with young Blewett
when he was killed and that the
killing was about her, her hus-
band being the man who did the
killing. A DISPATCH reporter
talked with the Jennings woman
yesterday and her story all theway
through tends to shield her hus-
band from the crime. She says
that Katherine Newman told her
that Jim Dill had stated that he
was down here from Patton to
kill either Mr.. Blewett or Matte
Buchanan and that Ike Buchanan,
the husband of the Buchanan
woman, had paid him to commit
the crime. She denied with We
hemence that she was present
when Blewett was killed and
said it was the Newman woman
who was present at the tragedy.
The officers do not attach much
importance to her story. They
have evidence to prove that she
was with young B1ewett, and
they believe that it was her hus-
band who engaged him in a fight,
and that he secured possession
of Blewett's pistol and did the
killing They are working on
this theory now and refuse to
give out what evidence they have
to sustain it.
The preliminary trial of the
two women in the matter will not
occur for several days. In the
meantime the officers are at
work with the belief that there
are more negroes in this section
who can tell about the tragedy
and they hope to effect their
arrest.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.
TOMBIGBEE IMPROVEMENT
Nothing Said, However, About Inn
provements on the Upper River.
FaVors the Section Between De-
mopOIis and Mobile First.

In letter to the Mobile Com
mercial Club Congressman John
II. Bankhead, member of the
Rivers and HarbOrs Committee
of the Lower House of Congress,
says that he realizes the impOr-
lance of getting McGrew Shoals
looked after in the Tombigbee
and will have that in mind when
he asks for appropriations next
session. We hope" writes
Congressman Bankhead. to Sc
cure an appropriation in the next
rivers and harbors bill sufficient
to complete the Tombigbee from
Demo polls to Mobile, which in
cludes two locks above McGrew S
Shoals. In event we should be
unable to secure so large an APP
preparation, as it would require
about ST 100000, l shall favor
completion of locks at McGrew's
Shoals in any event. and / have
no doubt that Mr.. Taylor (Con-
gresham G. w. Taylor from the
First DISTRICT will agree with me
in this view"
The above is a little disappoint-
ing to the people of Pickens and
Lowndes who had hoped Mr..
Bankhead' s plans for the i'm
provement of the river extended
to this section and that he would
cordially cooperate with our Con-
gresham in asking for substan-
tialrecognition of the upper river.
But it seems from the above
that the appropriation for i'm
provement will be asked for and
applied to the river between De-
mopolis and Mobile. It is the
government way of doing things
and the people of this section
must accept the result.
The next rivers and harbors
bill will surely contain a provi-
sion and appropriation for sur
vey of the upper Bigbee aud Mr..
Bankhead, it is hoped, will cordi-
ally unite with his Mississippi
confreres in working for same
River provement is slow work
and it will require untiring. per-
sistent effort on the part of the
people here to get the Federal
government com mitted to it.
Once committed, however, the
battle is won and the Bigbee will
be made navigable.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Mr.. w. H. Brooks, the repre-
sentative of the Peters Shoe Co.
in this territory, has been at
home the past few days meeting
his customers in this section and
placing large orders with them.
The Peters Shoe Co. was recently
awarded the gold medal at ST.
Louis for having the most com
plete line of goods of any factory
on exhibition there and Mr..
Brooks has been taking ad
van age of this fact in showing
his goods.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
ENGLAND INVOLVED.
Russia's Baltic Fleet Mistakes Harmless Lot OF
Fishing Smacks for the
Wiley Japs
MerciIess Fire Poured into the DefenceIess Fisher
men-Ther Ships Sunk and Damaged
and Men Killed

we're watching the warships,
searchlights were flashed upon
them, in the glare of which the
Moulmein s crew observed what
they took to be torpedo boats ap-
preaching, apparently with the
intention of boarding the Moul-
mein. They steamed away, how
ever, and soon. the fishermen
were Mortified to find they were
being fired upon.
First one and then another
trawler was struck by flying shots
What seemed to be a round shot
went through the Moulmein gal
lery. The Mino, lying nearby,
also was struck with many shots,
but fortunately the damage was
above her water line and none of
her crew was struck. The bonn
bardment lasted about twenty
minutes. When it had ceased
the feet sailed southwark and
some of the trawlers sent up
rockets. The Moulmein steered
in the direction of the rocket.
Yesterdays kilograms stated
that England had made a per
emptory demand upon Russia for
an explanation of her action.
London was af1me with indigna-
ton and the Russian minister
was almost mobbed by a crowd,
which. being suppressed by the
police, sang the national anthem.
Russia has made no explanation
or apology although it is known
that the admiral of the Baltic
fleet has reported direct to the
Gar Following other outrages
Of the sea against the flag of
England serious complications
are expected and if a satisfactory
explanation and reparation is not
promptly made the action of the
Russians will be regarded as a
declaration of war.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
Box Car Thieves.

During the past few weeks a
number of box cars at the South
ern railway depot have been
entered by thieves and various
rticles appropriated. The rob-
b. ries were reported to the
police, and an investigation of the
matter led to the arrest of two
n groes named Zeke Askew and
Arthur Ross, who were lodged
jail to await trial. They were
gwen sixty days each by Mayor
GEnter yesterday.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
The Mayors Court.

Mayor Gunter was sick on
Monday, so that the large mum
Der of cases which the Saturday
night and Sunday carousals al
ways bring were not disposed of
until yesterday morning. There
was heterogeneous crowd of
lawbreakers up for a hearing be-
fore his honor, most of them
being up for trial on the drunk
and disorderly charge. The
following cases were disposed of:
Henry Gee, petty larceny:
fined $40.
George Williams, disturbing
the peace: sentenced to pay a
fine of So and to serve thirty
days on the streets.
Henry Cook, petty larceny ;
fined S..
Wiley Head and Jim Morgan,
fighting: sentenced to pay fine
of 81. 80 sentence having been
suspended pending future good
behaviour.
Will Murphy, drunk and dis
orderly: fined SO.
Ed Watson. carrying concealed
weapons: fined $50.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

The impenetrable mystery
which seemed to surround the
tragic end of young Dancey Blew
cit last July in a little wooded
section on Cedar Creek in the
Trinity neighborhood is about to
be cleared. Through the untir-
ing efforts of Sheriff EgglestOn
and mis- assistants the story of
young Blewett's murder it is
believed will soon be told and
such a chain of circumstantial
and direct evidence will be forg
ed around the murderer that all
doubts of his guilt will be remov-
ed.
The officers have never doubt
ed that Mr.. Blewett was murder
ed and they were convinced that
his death was the result of some
agreement or plot on the part of
the negroes in that neighborhood.
While some suggested suicide
and the attending circumstances
made this theory seem probable
they have worked away confident
that ultimatly their efforts to
ferret out the murderer would
prove successful.
Monday afternoon Sheriff Egg
lesion landed in the county Jail
here Missy Jennings, wife of
Shed Jennings, one of the negro
men held in the Jail here on sus-
picion of being implicated in the
plot. Yesterday another negress
named Katherine Newman was
Jailed also on the charge that she
knew something of the murder.
This makes five people who are
now in jail on this case and the
officers are convinced that the
end is not yet and others in the
reighborhoOd know more of the
J Hing than they have ever told.
At the time of the murder Shed
Jennings was jailed on the charge
having killed young Blewett.
he trend of the story seemed
10 change then and a negro
} AIMED Jim Dill, who was in the
l-eie tol heed en- Tie "a full day
i July when Blewett was muir
cred, was arrested subsequent
Nv in Birmingham charged with
The crime. Then Matte Buch-
anan. negress on the place, was
arrested, it being the belief that
her husband had come from Pat
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
ENTERS NEW ORLEANS
Tr affic Arrangements Completed With
the M. s. o. and N. o. s.. N. e. by
Which this Road VIII Run
Trains to Crescent City.

This is an age of com bine and of
agreement and the great railway
systems are taking advantage of
it. The Illinois Central recently
negotiated a tariff arrangement
by which it would have access to
the great coal region of Alabama
for a period of 80 years by US
ing the line of the Frisco System.
Now the latter has effected
passenger and freight agreement
with the Mobile & Ohio and New
Orleans & Northeastern Railways
whereby it will enter New
Orleans.
The Frisco system is one of
the most powerful railroad cor
porations operating west of the
great Mississippi and on all
questions relating to transconti-
mental traffic it has to be reckon
ed with. Tt has ia the past few
years become a factor in the rail-
way situation of the South and it's
line from Memphis TO Birming-
ham has given it great volume
of the southern business. That
it is reaching out for more bust
ness and desires access to the
or eat southern coast shipment is
shown by the arrangements
which will soon go into effect.
This road will maintain regular
passenger and freight traffic be-
tween Memphis and New Orleans.
The Frisco's own lines will be
used from Memphis to Tupelo;
then the M. & O. will be
used to Meridian and the track
of the New Orleans and North
eastern from Meridian to the
Crescent City will be used. The
leading officials of the three roads
interested recently N i n
Meridian and completed the ar
engagements and the traffic men
were intrusted with the work of
making the new schedules. It
is understood that the Frisco'S
train service will not IN any way
derange or affect the schedule of
the NJ. & O. and it will be laid
out to be operated independent
of both the passenger and freight
service of the two roads whose
lines it will use.
The service will be inaugurated,
it is unders TODD, between the 1st
and 18th of November. 1t will
not in any way effect the service
on the NJ. & @. branches and Co
lumbus will in no sense be bene-
flied except to secure additional
passenger service between Meri |
dian and Tupelo on the main
line.
Mrs. A. Y. Glover. of Faux.
land, Ala, is expected to arrive
in the city today for visit to
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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Manager HUMPHREYS. of the
Columbus Theatre, wishes TO
notify the patrons of his house
that hereafter no tickets will be
laid aside. but must be paid for
when the seats are selected. He
has been compelled to ad6ptsthis
plan IN order to protect his
patrons as well as himself.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27
Good Health
to the
children

Children especially arefond Of dainties,
and the housekeeper must look carefully
to their food.
AS good cake can be made onl y with
good eggs, SO also a cake that IS health
FIJI as well as dainty must be raised with
pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation Of the highest quality
Of food. 1t imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed In the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
and what is more important, renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO..
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Miss Louise Park. of Middles-
boro, KY. is the attractive guest
of Miss Gene Moody at her home
in South Columbus.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Miss Anne Louise Green ex-
poets to leave Friday for an ex-
tended visit to Washington. D. G.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Fresh candy every day in the
pcek at the candy tent on Mer-
chants Block. 10-26-1m.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Mrs. A. Y. Glover. of Faux.
land. Ala. is expected to arrive
in the city today for a visit to
her daughter. Mrs. L. A. Vaughn.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Architect r.. Ii. Hunt, of Chat
tanooga, has been spending the
past few days IN the city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Work on the fertilizer factory,
which is being erected by the
Refuge Cotton Oil Co, is pro
crossing rapidly. aud the plant
will be in operation in time for
the fertilizer season next spring
In order to make room for the
building the Office has been
moved about forty feet north of
its former location, and now
stands on the hill which faces
the road leading to the ginnery.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Mr.. Howard Gideon, formerly
of Okolona, has accepted a posi-
ton as night clerk at the Com
mercial hotel, and will make
Colum bus his future home.
Mr. Gideon is an exceedingly
clever young gentlemen, and is
cordially welcomed to the city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Mrs. Anna L. Short, who has
been spending the past summer
in the mountains Of Tennessee
and Virginia, returned to the
city yesterday. Mrs. Short has
been absent nearly five months,
and has been sadly missed by
her numerous friends, who will
gladly welcome her return.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-27

Spot &C
Columbus
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the mari
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
COLLINS PUN
DUNN IS DONE
II INDICATES THE JUDGES
CONFIDENCE IN HENNEPIN.
The Big Fight Will eliminate Tomor-
row in the Hennepin County Con-
vention in the Fourth Ward Wig
wan Both Sides Are Claiming
Control by a Strong Lead.

The Hennepin county convention to
elect 113 delegates to the republican
state convention will convene at l pm.
tomorrow at the Fourth Ward wig
Wam, Western avenue and Ninth
street. Both Collins and Dunn work
ers are claiming control in the con-
vention, with neither side giving out
for publication any statement in de-
tail to support their respective claims.
Dunn will get AL out of the 576
delegates entitled to seats in the cOun-
ty convention" said Thomas Girling Of
the Dunn forces this morning.
"Girling has his statement wrong in
one particular" said Judge Collins.
He should substitute my name for
that of Dunn, and his statement would
be all right. Girling will find the con-
vention tomorrow will not be just a
plain Dunn convention, but very much
DONE"
A great effort is being made by both
Dunn and Collins workers to get out
men are credited with being loaded
down with expense" money to be
used wherever it will do good.
At the opening of the county con-
vention, the vote for temporary chair
man will settle beyond dispute wheth-
er Dunn or Collins is in the lead.
Prominent men on the Collins side ad-
son for chairman. The Dunn men
are said to have J. A. Peterson slated
as their nominee. Whichever side
wins the Craftsmanship will at once
proceed to put thru a slate of 113
delegates to the state convention UNI
der instructions for the successful can
didate.
The convention will be made up OF
the following allowance of delegates
oy,1 ,tr~xy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
NO PASSES FOR ALDERMEN
CIRCUS MANAGEMENT DIDN'T
"ANTE" AND CITY FATHERS
NOW TALK $1,000 LICENSE.

No free circus tickets were handed
out to the aldermen this morning,
contrary to the precedent followed
since the first circus came to town.
None went to the water department,
none to the city clerk, and, in fact,
everybody was overlooked except the
mayor, the police department and
Bob McMullen, who has had the cour-
tesies extended to him ever since he
became street commissioner and the
shows used to be held in his ward, the
fourth. ..
The failure to hand out compliment
taries to the aldermen is suspected to
be a return courtesy for the failure Of
the city council to pass the ordinance
reducing the circus license from $500
to $500. Some Of the aldermen are
now discussing the advisability of re-
storing the old license figure, $1,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
EN- TOUR WITH A THIRST
WITNESSES INDICATE THAT e. @.
SHEVLIN STUNNED WATERING
PLACES WHILE TOURING EU-
ROPE.

A trip thru Europe with the Shev
Inns" would be an appropriate title for
the transcript of the evidence taken in
the Shevlin case before Judge D. f.
Simpson this morning. Mrs. E. c..
Shevlin. wife Of the. plaintiff resumed
the stand and told infinitely Of the
familys travels in foreign lands and
Of her husbands slavery to drink.
Ella Edberg was the third witness
to be called by the plaintiff. She was
in the employ of the E. G. Shevlin
family for some time prior to the sale
of the disputed lumber company stock
and testified to having seen the plain
tiff in a state of amortization many
times.
How do you know he had been
drinking?" asked Mr. jackson, attor-
ney for the plaintiff
Because he was intoxicated" was
the lucid answer. c.:4 tx
yes. but how did he show it?
What made you know it," Is
~ I always knew when he was intox-
icated because he showed it SO plain
ly.' And further than this the wit
ness failed to explain.
The trial progresses slowly. The
plaintiff has several witnesses to ex-
anime and the defendant will have
fully as many as his brother. 1t will
be impossible to complete the intro
-duction Of testimony this week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
COLLINS LAST SPEECHES
Enthusiastically Received by Three
Audiences Saturday Evening.

Judge l.. w. Collins addressed three
rousing political meetings in Mime
apolis Saturday evening, closing his
campaign for the nomination with big
crowds at each place and receiving
much applause. The first meeting he
addressed was, at I'll Third. avenue
NE, in a vacant grocery store. The
hall was small, but as many men as it
could accommodate packed in while
there was a continuous jam Of hui
mainly at the entrance.
Following this meeting the judge adj
dressed an open air meeting in the
sixteenth precinct Of the third ward
at Third street and Ninth avenue N.
Some two hundred people listened to
his remarks, cheering his utterances
against the merger and corporation
control of state government. His last
address was delivered before a meet
ing of residents of the lower ends OF
the fourth and fifth wards.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
SOARING UP A SENATOR
Dunn Workers Trying Hard to Compn
cate Hennepin Situation.

Another "last ditch game that is
being played here in behalf of Dunn is
the senatorship racket. The Henne-
pin county managers Of Dunn are try
ing desperately to hitch their candi-
date to some ones senatorial kite.
Offers Of support from the Dunn
camp have been made to Thomas
Lowry, G. A. Smith, J. B. Gilfllan, J.
T. Wyman and Judge M. B. Koon, and
have been turned down by each man
in succession. In spite Of their i'll sue
cess, the local Dunn men are still
making the cry that 'Hennepin must
have a senator" and that Dunn's sue
cess in the county means a Hennepin
county candidate for Senator Clapp's
place.
The argument is for local consump-
ton only, as in Ramsey county Mr..
Dunn denies that he is opposed to
Clapp, and says he has always been a
friend Of the junior senator. He is
Hennepin county man, when in this
bailiWick.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-27
CATBOAT RAMS
A BIG STEAMER
Minnetonka Yachtsmen Have
Narrow Escape From Being
Run Down.

Jacob "A. schloss and c. G. Frazer,
aboard catboat, had the thrilling
experience of collfding with the large
steamer Excelsior, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Schloss, who was at the tiller Of
the cat, made jump, landing on
board the steamer, while Mr.. Frazer
was thrown far out into the lake by
the force of the collision. The acci-
dent occurred at Tonka Bay, and in
tense excitement prevailed. It looked
as tho both Mr.. Schloss and Mr..
Frazer were doomed to be caught un-
der the wheel of the steamer. The
sailors were lacking from Tonka Bay
to Gales island, Excelsior bound. The
steamer was on her course to Tonka
Bay, and not needing the catboat in
time, ran sharp up against her, throw
ing her about by the stern.
Fortunately Mr.. Frazer Is a good
swimmer, and managed to keep above
water until the preservers were
thrown out and a rowboat from shore
came to his rescue. Mr.. Schloss was
badly bruised about the wrists and
limbs in making the high jump from
the catboat on board the Excelsior.