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The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
HaiIstorm at Gunnison.

The heaviest hailstorm for twenty
years ragged at Gunnison last week
for an hour and considerable damage
is renOrted
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
Big Fire In Chicago.

Chicago, March 26.-The plant Of the
Armory Warehouse Co. was destroyed
by fire Friday night. Three cottages
adjoining were also burned. The loss
is 100000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

$50 a. m.-Business session.
3 D. m.-Business session.
At s o'clock p. m, the J. q. George
Chapter will entertain the visiting
daughters with an evening with Ralph
Bingham. All visiting daughters are
invited.
On the evening of May 2, from 5 to
8 o'clock, the ]. z. George Chapter will
entertain all visiting daughters with
a garden party at the residence OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Loggins.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The announcement was made, on the
23d, by friends of Louis Michel, that
the famous agitator is dying OF pull
n congestion at Toulon, France.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
Charged with Numbering Husbnn

Helena, Mont, March 26.-Mrs. w.
w. Works was arrested here Friday by
the chief of police on orders from
Bloomington, Ill. Mrs. Works is
charged with numbering her husband,
Michael Cotton, May "a, 1892. The
woman denies the murder. She mar
ried Works in Wyoming four years
ago. Illinois officers have telegraphed
they will come for her.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

President J. F. Millspaugh Of the
Winona (Minn.) normal, has accepted
the election t. the presidency of the
Los Angeles normal, and will leave IN
Iuly .
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

Louis Peasant was sentenced to hang
at Chicago on April Is for the murder
of Mrs. Mary Spilka. Peasant, last fall,
strangled the woman to death to pro-
cure $500 which she possessed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

Eighteen Minneapolis flour mills, wv
ing to the poor condition of the flour
trade, shut down on the oath indefinite
ly. A thousand people are out OF
work.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The senate, in executive session on
the oath, ratified a treaty with France,
extending to Tunis and other French
protectorates, all of the existing treat
les between France and the United
States.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The grand jury at Bedford, Ind, IN
the Sarah Schaefer case, on the 14th
returned two indictments against
James Mcdonald, the first charging
murder in the first degree and the Sec
ond with assault.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
Took Away the Desks.

Quite a number of members OF the
legislature took advantage OF the res
olution allowing members to purchase
the old desks and chairs they nave
occupied during the session, the pur-
chase price being fixed at 81. A num-
Der Of the desks were shipped from
jackson last week. They have been
in service SO long that "the mind OF
man runneth not to the contrary
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The comptroller Of the currency
has appointed John w. Wilson receiv-
er of the Orange Growers national
bank at Riverside, Cal, which closed
fits doors on the 23d.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The final installment Of the $22,-
900, 900 called for by Secretary Shaw
from the interior depository banks in
connection with the Panama canal pay
ment was paid into the depository
banks of New York city on the 25th.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The Iowa senate committee on pen
ftentiaries and pardons, on the 25th,
recommended an indeterminate sent
ence law for Iowa. The recommended
ton is regarded as equivalent to the
passage of the law.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
VIII Add 4 Savings Department.

The First National Bank, OF Green
wood, is publishing q charter for the
addition of a savings department. Its
capital stock has been increased from
$150.O0O to $25O,O00.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

A prairie fire ignited the Burlington
railroad Platte river bridge at Kearney,
Neb., on the 23d, and partly destroyed
1t.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
cuIfnort school Bonds.

BY a majority of 154 votes. Gulf
port voted last week to issue $4,000
worth OF bonds for the purpose OF
erecting q high school building.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The Cuban government has discarded
the offer of George Richardson, of Chi
cago, for the raising of the United
States battleship Maine, because he
has neither furnished a guarantee nor
signed a contract for the work.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The preliminary examination, at San
Francisco, of F. A. Hyde and Henry P,
Dimond, charged in an Indictment Of
the federal grand jury at Washington,
D. c., with obtaining government land
by fraudulent means, began on the
22d. ;
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

William Shaw Campbell, for many
years in the consular service of the
United States, died at Washington on
the 22d, aged Sc years. From 1843 he
was consul at Rotterdam for 20 years,
and later served in the same capacity
in Dresden and at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
He was a native of New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

Union painters and paper hangers
in Des Moines, Ia, went on a strike,
on the 23d, and an appeal will be taken
to the Trades and Labor Assembly and
a general strike ordered. The employ
ers insist upon an open shop policy,
union men.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

The Republican convention Of the
Second congressional district of Ala
hama was held at Greenville on the
22d. Delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton were instructed to vote for the
nomination of Roosevelt. No candi-
date for congress was named.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

Well-Known Railroad Man Dead.
K New York, March 26.-Brainard
Howell, a well-know railroad man, for
merly general eastern freight agent Of
the West Shore line. is dead at Tenafly.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

D. Paul Hughes, secretary Of the
Du Quesne Mining Co, and prominent
in Pennsylvania financial matters, shot,
himself through the head on the shore
of Malone lake, lear Norfolk, Va, on;
the 22d. He is thought to have been
mentally unbalanced. .
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

Prof. John Underner, of Cleveland,
O., widely known as an organist and
musical director, died on the oath, after
a long illness. Prof. Underner accom-
panied Jenny Lind as an ~accompanist
during her triumphal visit to the Unit
ed States. He had been a resident of
Cleveland for over fifty years.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
Relief of Indians.

That the work Of the Dawes COM
mission to the five civilized tribes in
allotting lands to the Indians in the
Indian Territory is far from satisfac-
tory to the Mississippi Choctaws Is
evidenced by the bill introduced in
congress by Hon. Adam Byrd, mem
Der from the Fifth Mississippi dis
trict, which seeks to relieve those
Choctaws who could not get to the
Indian Territory before the time al
loted by the Dawes commission had
expired.
Congressman Byrd seeks to extend
the time in which to make application
for lands, and it is estimated that II
the is passed, about 400 Choc-
taws in Mississippi, living chiefly in
the Fifth district, will be benefited
thereby. The bill also provides that
the children of the fullbloods may
share in the allotment. Mr.. Byrd hopes
to get the bill through before the ad-
journment of the present session, and
thus far no opposition has developed
to the measure.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
Whitfield ls Touring.

Prof. H. 1. Whitfield left last week
for a tour of the State in the interests
of his campaign for longer terms in
the rural schools. He delivered an
address on the subject at the opening
of the Scott County Circuit Court in
Forest.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
viii Get Poll Tax.

State superintendent of Education
Whitfield disputes the theory advanc-
ed regarding the failure OF the gov
ernor to sign the poll tax division bill
that it will prevent the poll tax from
being used as a county school fund
during the next two years.
81 did not think this bill at all nee
essary," said Supt. Whitfield last
week, land it vas framed merely to
act as a specific guide. The boards of
supervisors have authority under the
existing laws to distribute the poll tax
fund on the basis of educable children,
just as they have always distributed
the general school fund appropriated
by the State.
1.-The county superintendent are re-
CURED by the represent law to file
with the boards of supervisors the
lists of educable children, and the
boards will merely be required to take
the school funds as a whole, including
their pro rata of the State appropria-
ton and the poll taxes collected, and
divide the fund between the country
and separate school districts on this
educable children basis. The state
ment that the poll tax collections will
be tied up in county treasures for the
next two years is incorrect"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
fernando Stirred Up.

DR.. Marcus Haase, of the Memphis
board of health, was summoned to Her
nando to pass upon the suspected
smallpox cases there. He pronounced
the disease to be smallpox. A meet
ing of the town council was held and
the compulsory vaccination law OF this
State, forcing everybody in five miles
of an infected district to be vaccinat-
ed, will be enforced.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
After the ~pelinauents.

The Jackson officials are hot after
the street tax delinquents, and the
names of some very prominent citizens
have adorned the police court record
during the past few days on this &C.
count. A bunch of delinquents are
given the usual fines by the mayor
every morning.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
Work of the Code Commission.

The commission appointed by Gov.
Vardaman to prepare a new codlflca-
ton of the laws of Mississippi have
been notified of their selection by the
governor and all signify their willing
ness to undertake the work, which will
be commenced as soon as they can get
hold of the acts passed by the legis-
lature which has just adjourned.
The commissioners are Chief JUS
tice A. H. Whitfield Of the Supreme
Court, Gen. Thomas G. Catchings Of
Vicksburg and Capt. w. w. Hardy of
H%attiesburg. The bar of the State is
highly pleased with the selections
volume will be prepared by these COM
m~issioners which will completely and
accurately set forth in annotated form
all the laws of the commonwealth.
1t was the purpose OF the lower
house when the act was passed pro-
viding for a new co%dification of the
laws that n of the commissioners
should be an attorney well versed in
criminal law. Although neither OF the
three attorneys named make a spe-
cialty of criminal practice, there is
perhaps not a lawyer in the State who
is more thoroughly %conversant with
this branch of law than Chief Justice
Whitfield, and his services as commits
sioner will be especially valuable by
reason of the fact that he has been a
member of the supreme bench almost
since the code of 1892 was adopted,
and is, therefore, familiar with all OF
the decisions rendered during the past
decade.
It is estimated that about eighteen
months will be required for the com
pilation of the code, and when the
work is finished, the volume will be
submitted to the legislative session
two years hence for adoption.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

At the meeting Of the joint scale
committee Of the Illinois coal miners
and operators, at Springfield, ILL.,, on
the 25th, the question Of rating new
mines in Saline and Franklin counties
and at Decatur, Tower Hill and Ray
mond were discussed, entirely new con-
ditions existing at some of these mines.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01

Wallace S. Hall, formerly manager
of the Boston office of the American
Surety Co. of New York and treasurer
of st. Luke's home for convalescents,
on the 25th pleaded guilty in Suffolk
county superior court to indictments
charging the larceny of $238,000 from
those institutions. He vas not SEN
fenced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
OF SOILS AT
STATE COLLEGE AT WORK

one plowed tosthe usual depth and the
other three inches deeper than usual. !,
This test is to find the truth Of the.
claim that changing the depth Of plow-
ing is disastrous to the soil for that
year. Six plots are to be set apart to
determine the most profitable catch
crop to be sowed in corn fields when
the crop is laid by. Red clover, GRIM
son clover, soy beans, COW peas and
yetch are the catch crops used, and
will be compared with corn checked in
without catch crop.
Eleven plots are selected on which
corn is to be raised continuously for a.
series of years. For the first year one
is to receive no fertilizer, catch crops
are to be planted in one, special form
of preparation OF the soil combined
with late cultivation is to be carried
out in one, and the rest are to be treat.
ed with various fertilizers, including
different proportions of manure, bone
meal, lime, potash and the use of catch
crops. Each year the treatment will
be shifted from one plot along the list
and the results noted. In other plots
the test of fertilizers and various
means of maintaining the fertility of
the soil viii be tested, the same plot
being used for a series Of years for
each method. .ss-.-,~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

of it was expended with Omaha politi-
clans.
The whole story is sensational in the
extreme. 1t would furnish plot for
a modern melodrama which would
make the flesh creep, if all the details
of the plot could be realistically Dor.
trayed on the stage.
May Come Voluntarily.
1t is not yet known whether oh not
an attempt will be made to secure a
requisition for Dennison. Following
the indictment which was returned
here a short time ago, Dennison wired
County Attorney L. w. Fallon that he
was sick, but that no effort was nee.
essary to secure his requisition as he
would voluntarily come to Logan for
the purpose of giving bond. The war.
rant for his arrest is now in the hands
of the sheriff at Logan and the action
of Dennison is being awaited with in.
terest.
The authorities at Logan claim that
the evidence which they have in their
possession will unfold a tale sensation.
al and SO far-reaching that some rem.
tations in Nebraska will be dragged
in the dust and that the workings of
Dennison will be completely estopped,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

Parker victory in New York, they are
not SO wildly enthusiastic now that the
facts have had time to soak in and
some other features have developed.
Mr.. Hearst is printing in his papers
some things that are giving the dem
ocrats great uneasiness. He is throw
ing the lime-light upon matters that
are calculated to place the democracy
upon the defensive in case of Parkers
nomination, with the probable result of
alternating the almost solid vote of the
working men and farmers and bust
ness men of the country. Mr.. Hearst
has printed matter and charges of such
a nature that is is not considered pos
sible for the Hearst papers under any
circumstances to render any aid to
Parker in the event of his nomination.
The attitude of Mr.. Bryan is also a
deep thorn in the flesh Of the democ-
racy. While the leaders are not fear
full of Bryan's power, measured by del
egates in the national convention, the
prospect of Bryan's going up and down
the country making speeches on the
line suggested by the Nebraska states
man after reading the New York plat
form is not contemplated with equan-
unity
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
HOPES FOR PEACE.
Outside Interference May Bring About
A Cessation of Fighting.

r. .
Washington, D. c., April 25. - There
is buzz of peaceable Intervention
among diplomatic people, and the re-
suit of more than, one whispered con
ference is the expression of the opinion
that forces are being set in motion
among the chancellories of Europe
which mean the termination of the
war between Japan and Russia without
much bloodshed. 1t is believed even
now that the czar and the king of Eng
land hold in their hands the threads
which are to be woven into an agree
ment for permanent peace.
From diplomatic points of view it is
said that the time for friendly inter
vention actually has arrived. No one
believes that Japan could whip Russia
in the long run. The disparity be-
tween the resources of the two coun-
tries is much too great. On the other
hand, Russia cannot invade Japan, nor
even regain Corea. without y,and
this Russia no longer possesses in the
orient, in spite of all her ships in the
Black sea and the Baltic.
Gear Was Against War.
The czar, as is well known, never
favored war with Japan He was led
Into the fight by. the persistent lingo
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

Ames, April 25.--The department of
soils at the Iowa State college, which
has just equipped it's laboratory for re
search work, has completed arrange
ments for series of field experiments
that will cover several years and will
be of the greatest practical value. A
plat of ground including about thirteen
acres has been set apart for this pur-
pose.
The field is divided off into plots Of
a permanent nature, each definitely
staked off with iron stakes, which will
be permanent locations. Four plots
are set aside for tests of the ability of
grain raised on the ground to furnish
fertilizer for the soil. One plot is to
be planted to corn, one to oats, third
to corn and the fourth to clover. The
grain from all four will be fed and will
be the sole support of certain stock,
all the manure from the four plots be-
ing used on the four plots, each be-
ing treated once each four years. This
experiment will determine the ability
of the farmer by keeping stock enough
to use up the grain raised on the farm
to furnish sufficient fertilizer for the
farm.
VIII Make Tests on Corn.
Two plots are to be planted to corn,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
AGAINST TOM
DENNISON LOCKED IN VAULT

London, April 25.- Locked UP in a.
safety deposit vault at Omaha, the au-
thorities OF this county believe they
have the evidence which will make it
warm for Tom Dennison, the famous
policy king and political boss of Oma-
ha, accused Of completely in the Pol
lock diamond robbery which occurred
twelve years ago and for which Frank
Shercliff is now serving an eighteen
year sentence in the state penitentiary
of Iowa
The evidence, a great part of which
was submitted before the grand jury
here, which recently indicted Denni-
son, was removed from Logan to
Omaha for safe keeping for fear that
Dennison, rendered possibly desperate
might adopt some dare devil method Of
getting possession of it.
May Involve Politicians.
This evidence is said to be highly
sensational in character and may in
volye many politicians Of Omaha. A
part of it Is an alleged itemized state
ment made by Dennison of the money
expended by him in securing the pa
role Of Shercliff few years ago. who
was released by Governor Shaw. 1t
is claimed that Dennison maintains he
expended the sum of S14,4505O to
bring about this result ard that most
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
RAILROADS. FATE
HANGS in BALANCE
DEs MONIES 6 FORT DODGE
MAY BE ABSORBED BY
ROCK ISLAND.

Des Moines, April 25.-The approach
of the date of the annual meeting Of
the Des Moines & Fort Dodge railway
is awaited with considerable interest
by railroad men, as it will then be def
mtely known whether the Rock Island
or Edwin S. Hooley, of New York, is
the owner of the line. The annual
meeting will be held in this city about
June 8.
The annual meeting was held here
last year June IL, one week later than
scheduled. To the surprise of may
railroad men and especially to the
Rock Island officials, the latter did not
dominate the meeting as they had
done for several years prior. Instead,
Edwin S. Hooley, New York stock
broker, stepped in and ousted the Rock
Island officials who held directorships
and other positions. Mr. Hooley had
quietly gathered in the control of the
common stock of the road and did not
show his hand until the annual elec-
ton when he secured official control,
electing his own men to directorships.
Then there was grief in the Rock
Island circles. The lease of the COM
pany on the line expires in 1906, and
their anticipation had been that they
would fall heir" to It, They did not
expect to secure the line for nothing,
but had hopes of paying very trivial
sum for it. Hooley's coup blasted
their hopes.
The road which extends from Des
Moines to Ruthven, 13S miles, is a val
liable acquisition for the Rock Island,
as it gives the main line a connection
with the Dakota lines, and also taps
a valuable coal country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
.CUMMINS FORCES
WILL HELP FUNK
FORMER STATE SENATOR MAY
LAND CONGRESSIONAL NOM.
INATIoN in ELEVENTH..

Des Moires, April %. - An align
ment Of the forces friendly to and
opposed to Governor Cummins may
settle the congressional contest in the
eleventh district. This elimination is
looked forward to by the Des Moines
politicians who are in close touch with
events in the big eleventh. With this
possibility is correlated the probable
alignment Of the east and west side.
Should the east and west side COM
binayion prevail and the west side
swing the nomination, Roach, Hubbard
or Hogue would probably be the ben
eficiary, with the chances fayoring
Hubbard. Should the combination of
the Cummins forces enter into the
solving of the problem, Senator A. b.
Funk would seem to be the most prob
able choice of the convention. which
will meet at Cherokee on May 4.
Lineup of Candidates.
There -arc five candidates in the
eleventh who are friendly to Governor
Cumimns and there are two who are
not. The two who are not are Former
Congressman Struble and Senator
Hogue of Blencoe. The talk Of a Cum
Minis nomination is not being made
openly, but it is whispered under cover
and the five Cummins supporters may
unite in favor of a Cummins candidate.
State politics have all along been
playing a part in the eleventh district
situation and may do so to an even
greater extent.
The county conventions have now
been held in ali the counties of the
district, Osceola being the last one to
pull off the preliminaries. From now
on it will be contest of the political
manipulators. The men with the post
Offices in their pockets. or any other
available form of political asset will
endeavor to do a line of trading which
may land the congressional plum for
one or the other.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

ism of the war party, and his heart
has never been in the war. Japan has
had it's fill of glory. 1t has extermin-
ated the better part of the Port Ar
thur fleet, secured possession of Corea
and forced the fight into Manchuria
and Siberian territory.
Russia Has Tenacty.
Diplomatists insist that just at this
juncture peace may come as result
of outside interference. Europe re
members, if Japan does not, the brut-
al tenacity, of Russian military equip
ment. Crimea taught western Europe
is lesson as to the savage resources in
men and money of the great Russian
despotism. the only great nation now
left where military service has no re-
lation to public opinion and where the
will of the ruler for peace or war is
still supreme.
1t is the despotism of Russia which
makes diplomatists believe that peace
is not only possible but imminently
probable. Other countries would have
to fight merely to satisfy the pride of
the people. In Russia the czar could
stop fighting and the great mass of his
subjects would be ignorant or indiffer.
ent as to the causes Of peace.
Edward for Peace.
King Edward. it's believed here. is
personally seeking to impress the
peace idea on the czar. Japan must
do as Great Britain dictates. With the
czar sick of the war before it start
ed and now facing series of depress-
ing catastrophes, it is believed. that
Russia can be made to agree to peace.
Otherwise there would be the pros
pect of long and terrible war, and
every day it lasted the chances of a
general European mixup would in.
crease.