The Tupelo journal., 1904-03-25

the Sarah Schaefer case, on tne 1feh
returned two indictments against
James Mcdonald, the first charging
murder In the first degree and the sec
ond with assault.
The shaft house and machinery
plant of the Gunnell mine at Centra
CITY, Col. were destroyed by hre, OF
the 18th. causing a loss d.
$50 600. The fire spread to the tmoers
in the shaft. which is 800 feet deep.
The local strike of the glassworKer'
was declared off after a stormy meeting
at New Castle, Pa, on the night u
the 18th, and the workers returned u
work The men objected to the ~ pei
cent. wage reduction, but Will accep'
it.
Condemnation of the Russian gov
eminent and an expression OF sylhpa'
thv for the Japanese in the present wal
are contained in resolutions passed
and made public on the 18th by the
combined six Finnish organizations %
Chicago.
After experimenting many years. q
local grower of Grand Junction, Col.
claims to have developed a method o.
growing seedless apples, when IS oes'
tined to revolutioniZe the apple In
dustrv lust as seedless oranges revolu,
tioniZed orange growing.
Jesse Spalding. one of the most prom
inent capitalists of Chicago, dice a
his home, on the 18th, after a long Ill
ness. due to stomach trouble. MT
Shading was selected by Preslden'
Harrison as government director 1ol
the Union Pacific railroad.
Daniel ]. Sully, who has lot Ii
months been the largest figure IN the
cotton markets of the world, and who
pulled cotton from seven cents d
mound to more than II cents, an
nounced, on the 18th, his inability 'to
make good his engagements on the
New York cotton exchange.
The imperial Russian minister Of
finance has offered a prize OF oo,oo'
roubles 1925, 1907 to the person or per,
sons who will invent some way o.
making alcohol undrinkable, report
B, H. Warner, Jr., consul at Leips1c
Germany. to the department OF com
merce and labor at Washington.
David Carroll, aged 80 years, shot
and killed Anna Maxwell, a 16-year-
old girl, and then killed himself neal
Nemaha, Neb. Carroll was employed
bv Miss Maxwell's father as a farm
hand. Carroll is said to have beer
rejected sutton of Miss Maxwell, and
the double tragedy resulted from he1
refusing to accept his attentions.
Four men have been arrested for re-
peating at the recent registration for
the spring city election at Kansas City
No, and warrants for several Others
have been issued. Two Of those under
arrest have confessed, saying they were
paid a dollar apiece for each time they
registered ~fraudulently. A city en-
ploye is said to have been involved.
Support to the strike of mason's Ia
borers is being given by the bricklay-
ers' unions of New York, and on the
18th the business agents of the brick
layers were busy throughout the city
calling out those of their men who did
not quit work on the 14th. Work on
nearly all of the large buildings in
course of construction was suspended.
Herman Remert, a farmer living
near Heiser, KaS., while temporarily
insane, killed his wife and then him
self. While Mrs. Remert was prepar-
ing a meal Remert stepped up to her
without warning and fired a bullet in
to her temple. She died almost in
stantly. Remert then went to another
room and shot himself. He was in
poor health.
Judge Jonathan w. Crumpacker, of
Laporte, Ind, associate justice of the
supreme court of New Mexico during
President McKinley's administration,
and a cousin Of Congressman Edgar
D. Crumpacker, died, on the 18th, of
typhoid fever, aged so. Judge Crum-
packer had served two terms as state
senator, and was for years a leader in
Indiana republican politics.
The water supply of Harrodsburg,
Ky, has been cut off by the Harrods-
burg Water Co. shutting down its
plant. The company claims that the
city is in arrears for water for four
years, amounting to about $21, 900, and
has made nc provision to pay. The
water is cut off until the claim is paid.
Meanwhile Harrodsburg, a city of s.
500 people, is without fire protection.
Robert Kenney, of Chapman, Kas.,
a wealthy young farmer, shot and
killed his wife, Alice Kenney, at their
home, on the 10th, and then killed
himself. Two years ago Kenney was
sued for breach of promise by the
woman he killed, and a judgment Of
S 5000 was rendered against him. The
suit was compromised by his marry
ing her, but recently she sued him for
divorce, alleging cruelty.