The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL ANU GENERAL.

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is said. were continuous, but despite
| the superior force of Field Marsha
Oyama, he had been unable to cut the
Russians off or surround them.
Without waiting TO learn the result
| of the ballet on calling off the strike
| thousands of the strikers s'ampeded tc
| Chicago yards, on the 9Th, and clam
| ored for reinstatement n their ole
| places. They did not insist on terms
| they wanted work.
The %coroner's jury at st. Louis hav'
| ing failed in its verdict to fix definitely
| the blame for the embarrassing acct,
| dent at Sarah street and The Wabash
| railroad tracks, in which seven persons
lost their lives, on the ID, the Crane
jury will take up the investigation.
Fire broke out in the engine house
of the local fire department at Bakers,
field, Cal, on the 18th. and destroyed
two blocks in the central part of the
city. A Chinaman named All FOne
was s%uffocated.
DR.. d. X. Pearsons. OF Chicago, who
has given, at various times, sums OF
| money TO various educational institu-
tons. has presented Berea college
Berea. KY, with $50, coo. He previous
ly had given s100, 900 to this institution
John Gilbert, a life prisoner at the
Kansas pe%nitentiary. can not be found.
and it is believed he has escaped.
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National Association of Postal Clerks
opened in St. Louis On the 18th.
A Wheeling & Lake Erie freight
train struck a loaded hay wagon, on
the 7tb, near Chagrin Falls. o. Three
cars and a caboose were thrown from
the track. Conductor Gregory, of Can
ton, and Henry Porter, a farmer, who
we're in the cahoose, were killed.
Louis, alias Monk Kane, a
"Whisky Chute" bartender, confessed,
on the 9th, that he shot and killed Rob-
ert Reynolds, white, and George Green,
4 .ie2ro. N East ST. LOu's, III. on The
night of the 9Th. He also confessed t.
having wounded another NAL who has
not been found.
The attendance at the Worlds fair
on Labor day was 0 9,6iS, and it is
estimated that. with those who remain
within the gates, there were 100000
persons on the ground on that day.
Three spans of the Burlington rail
road bridge at Grand Island. Neb.,
burned away: on the 18th, the fire orig
mating, ii is supposed, from sparks
from an engine.
A beautiful monument, erected to
the memory of Abraham Lincoln. was
unveiled at Bunker Hill, ILL.,, on the
eth.
husband, Mrs. Henry Tolier, of Butte.
Neb., poured kerosene oil over her
clothes and set fire TO Them. She is
dying, and her husband, who tried to
save her life. is dead.
Agents of the Japanese government
closed a contract, on the in, with the
Carnegie Steel Co. for an order of T.
500 tons Of the finest grade nickel steel
plates. The plates are for use on Jap
anese battleships.
-Four persons were badly burned, two
perhaps fatally. on the Sth. in an ex-
plosion of 800 gun shells il the load
ing department of the East Alton pow
Ter works at East Alton, III.
Princess Louise of Coburg and Lieut..
Count Mattasitol-k eglevich are said
to be stopping in the central quarter
Of Paris, but their exact location is
carefully concealed.
The St. Petersburg correspondent Of
the Petit Partisan said, on the 9th,
hat a. rlmor prevailed that Gen. ku-
ropatkin had succeeded in isoIating a
cody of $1,000 men forming Kuropat-
kin's rear guard, and that they sur
rendered.
1t is said that forged bills Of lading
for an amount aggregating close to
half a million dollars have been issued
from ST. Joseph, Mo, In the last six
months, and that many banks and
trust companies of St Joseph, Omaha,
Kansas City, Chicago, ST. Louis and
New York have been victimized.
When Colonial Girl romped home
winner Of the Omnium handicap at
Sh~eepshead Bay. on the 9th, Otto
Stifel, the st. Louis brewer, who owns
the Ally. stood TO take down more than
$50, 1000 in winnings, much of which
was from bets placed at ten to one
against Colonial Girl.
The London Express. of the 9th, says
it learns that the Russian losses to the
evening of September Z were 29, 900, ex-
Of the losses to the cavalry,
who screened the eastern flank. The
Japanese losses, according to the pa
per, were $4,000.
Guayaquiil, Ecuador, was in darkness
from four to five o'clock on the after
noon of the 9th, on account of a
solar eclipse, which was preceded by
a slight earthquake shock. At a few
minutes before five O'Clock the sun re-
appeared.
Former Gov. John E. Osborn, OF
Wyo., was nominated for
governor by reclamation by the DEM
state convention on the 8th.
Reports are in circulation of serious
anti-Jewish disturbances in several Of
the governments of southwest Russia,
but no particulars are ~obtainable.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at San Diego. CAL. on the Sth, lasting
seconds. 1t was followed by Q
and briefer disturbance.
The comptroller Of the currency has
Issued a call for the condition of ma
tipnal hanks at the close OF business.