The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

uilill Jdiiudly Il uSAt.
The secretary of the treasury, on the
21st, received in an envelope post
marked Dubuque, Ia, a conscience con-
tribution of $50.
United States Senator Mark Hanna,
on the 21st, declined an invitation to
attend the annual banquet of the Den
ver (COl.) chamber of commerce in
January.
Becoming dizzy while looking at a
fellow-workman on the ground, IS feet
below, John e. Pritchett. aged 10, fell
from the scaffolding of the Intramural
railway, Worlds fair grounds, st.
Louis, on the 22d. His neck was
broken and he died instantly.
While walking along a crowded
street in Chicago, on the 22d, Albert
Altenhofen, a saloon.keeper, suddenly
shot and killed Marie Raasch, his COM
mon law wife, aud then quickly killed
himself. Jealousy was the supposed
cause.
A Summit cable train was wrecked
at Kansas City, Mo-, on the 22d, by a
grip car striking a switch, causing the
cars to partly telescope each other.
Mrs. c. Allen was probably fatally and
nine others badly injured.
At Woolsely, 1. T., on the 22d. John
Stott and Sam Victory, farmers, fought
with rifles, both being killed.
The dormitory building of the North
Texas college, at Sherman, Tex, and
the presidents home were destroyed
by fire. on the 22d, entailing a total
loss of $40, 900.
Three deaths occurred, on the 22d.
from typhoid fever at Butler, Pa, rails
ing the total to ~. Four new cases
were reported.
John G. Campbell, a former delegate
to congress from Arizona, died at Pres
colt, Ariz., on the 22d, aged 76 years.
A young farmer named William H.
Sitter, of Melrose township, near FL
dora, Ia, was arrested by the sheriff
of Grundy county, on the 23d, on a
charge of murder in the first degree.
1t was alleged that he was responsible
for the death of his bride of less than
" ySoiE oiiC dl@h III ~ WullC lit WAS
sleeping by her side. An empty
chlorofOrm bottle was found on a
dresser near by.
AT noon, on the 23d, the sixth body
was found by workmen clearing away
the ruins of the st. Louis Transit Co.
power house, at Geyer and Missouri
avenues, wrecked by a boiler explosion
on the 21st. William CAN'T, one of
those injured, has since died.
The navy deps. tmcnt was advised,
on the 23d. that the first class battle
ship Iowa had been placed in commits
sion at the Brooklyn N Y.l navy
yard.
Announcement was made, in Wash
ington, D. c., On the 23d, of the ap-
of c.. M. Waters as superin-
tendent of the division of salaries and
allowances of the post Office depart
ment, to succeed George w. Beavers,
to take effect January / next.
Secretary of Wal Root was asked,
on the ed, if it were true, as reported,
that he was being urged to succeed
Senator Hanna as chairman of the
republican national committee. He
protested ignorance of the foundation
of the report that his name was being
considered for the position named.
Mayor-elect Mcclellan of New York
city, on the 23d, announced the ap-
Of former Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy William McAdoo as
police commissioner, Maurice Feather
as dock commissioner and John
c. Hertle and William Hartman Black
commissioners of accounts.
W. l.. Moore, a street commissioner
OF Cedar Rapids, IA, was, on the 2ad,
of obtaining money by false
pretenses from the city of Cedar Rap
ids by entering on the pay roll of the
city a horse as William Martin" and
drawing excessive pay for the horse
in that n for a period of ten
months.
Three deaths from typhoid fever and
two new cases We're reported, on the
25d, from Butler. Pa.
1t was announced at the navy de-
partment, on the 23d, that the gun
boat Bennington would convoy the
torpedo boat destroyers Preble and
Paul Jones from San Francisco to Pan
ANA.
On account Of the peaceful con.ii-
ton of affairs in the Carbon county
OUtah) coal district, two companies
CT militia were, Oh the 23d, relieved of
f.Irther active duty and ordered home.
AS a result of a fly wheel bursting
at Austin, Tex, on the 23d, at the
city water and light plant, one man
was killed and about $4,000 worth of
machinery completely destroyed.
D. v. Rieger, former president of the
Missouri national bank of Kansas City,
Mo-, who was pardoned by President
Roosevelt, left the ~penitentiary at
Jefferson City, on the 25th, upon the
arrival of his wife from Washington,
d. c., with the pardon.
A great drop was registered in the
price of crude oil, on the 25th, at Beau
mont, Tex, when Is cents was named
by the principal buyers, in place of
35 cents. This was the third drop in
ten days, the rate having been so
cents at the start.
The state department announced, on
the 25th, the resignation of Consul
General Oliver ]. d. Hughes, at Co
burg, Germany, and the selection of
Henry d. Saylor, now consul at Daw-
son City, Yukon territory, as his sue
cessor.
Ex-Gov. Isaac Sharp, Of Kansas,
died at Washington, D. c., on the 25th.
of an affection Of the stomach. aged
II years.