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The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Ira ffic Resumed.

The wreckage is pretty well cleared
away. All traffic ON the Pittsburg
division has been tied up since. 1t
was not until late Friday night that
the first train passed over the scene
of the wreck. Coroner Arthur Hagen
of Fayette county arrived in Connells-
vile Friday and Immediately swore in
the coroner's jury. The jury is o
viewing the bodies and taking evil
dence as to the cause of the disaster.
Superintendent j. F. Irwin. of the
Baltimore & Ohio. declares the blame
for the wreck must be fastened on
the persons who loaded the ties on
the fiat car. His theory is that the
stakes at the side of the car were
weak and gave way under the tension
when the car rounded the curve. Mr..
Irwin says there is no truth in the
rumor that train-wreckers derailed
the train.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Maui CIerk Arre.ted.

Joplin, Mo-, Dec. 25.-W. L. Lamport.
q United States mail clerk on the Fris-
co, has been committed to Jail by Unit
ed States Commissioner Roper, charged
with embezzlement. Lamport is al.
legged to have rifled registered letters.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

A little over 40 per cent. of the total
value of clay products is in common
brick. The production OF brick of that
class in 1902 amounted TO SAFE, OCT thou
sand brick. having a value of $4S, 1856, 1863.
They brought an average price of s5.77
per thousand.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Alfred Deakin. prime minister of the
Australian commonwealth, is an insati-
able devourer of novels, and never en-
tiers the legislative chamber without one
or two. He settles down comfortably
into a corner of the treasury bench and
reads away when business is dull.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
OtI wei Rrok~ Looac.

Beaumont, Tex, Dec. 26.-An oil
well at Batson Prairie broke loose
and. with a oar that shook
the earth. began spouting oil 200 feet
in the air and hurting rocks 600 feet.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Henry Norman, the aIthor and trav'
eler. sailed for New York from Liver
pool. on the 23d, on the steamship
Majestic. He proposes to investigate
the question of preferential tariffs in
Canada.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
w. j. Bryan Mt Copenhagen.

Copenhagen, Dec. 26.-William Jen-
nings Bryan arrived here Friday even
ing. He was Immediately granted an
audience with Crown Prince Fred
erick, with whom he had a long in
terview. Mr.. Bryan left for Berlin
Friday night.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
The Missing Six Heard From.

Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. ga report
from Green's Farms says that a small
boat containing the six persons who
probably were passengers on the
wrecked steamer Erastus Corning, has
landed at hat point.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
An Old settler Gone.

Taylorville, ILL.,, Dec. 25.-Charles
Walters, one of the Oldest settlers OF
this county, died, Wednesday evening,
of pneumonia. He was born in Ger
many, but had resided here for so
years. He was IS years old.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

James Porter Shaw. a confessed en-
bezzler in two states-kentucky and
Iowa-was arrested, on the 22d, at
Evansville. Ind. Kentucky officials
waived claim. and he was returned to
Iowa for trial.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
won ia Re sulIy,. wife,

New York, Dec. 24.-Out of the large
profits he had made in this years cot
ton campaign Daniel j. Sully has set
aside considerably more than a quarter
of a million dollars Al a Christmas
present to his wife.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Political Quarrel Results in Death

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 26.-Deputy
Sheriff L. r. May shot and killed Lee
Lewis at Powell's Station Friday
night, the result of a political quarrel
while the men were returning from
a Christmas entertainment. Carl
Woolsey was shot in the hip and Sc
verely wounded by a stray shot
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Word was received at the headquar-
ters of the United Mine Workers, at
Indianapolis, Ind, on the 22d, that
1000 miners in Preston county, w. Va,
had quit work on account of a reduc-
ton of ten cents a ton in their scale.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

The death Of Rev. Brooke Hereford.
d. D., a distinguished Unitarian clergy
man and writer, was announced, at
Boston, on the 21st. He was born In
England in 1880.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
cola WAVE over Nebra.ka.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 26.-The mercury
fell 35 degrees since 10 a. m, reaching
zero at eight o'clock Friday night.
The cold wave is general over Ne
braska and Iowa.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

According to the Spanish newspa-
pers, a project is on foot for the mar
riage of King Alfonso of Spain to his
cousin, the Princess Maria del Pillar
of Bavaria. She is IS years of age.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Cox. RniIey 0uite III.

Topeka, Kas, Dec. 26.-Gov. William
]. Bailey is confined to his home with
a severe cold, and physicians say it
may develop into pneumonia.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

The White Sta: steamer Teutonic.
witch sailed from Nsw York, on the
ed, carried IS; sacks of mail for
Great Britain. The shipment i~ncluaed
over 700, 600 letters.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom, of llli-
nois. who has been confined to his
home in Washington, d. c., with a
slight attack of grippe, was much i'm
proved on the 22d.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

The treaty of arbitration between
France and Italy was signed, in Paris,
on the 25th, by Foreign Minister Del
casse and Signor T%ornielli, Italian I'M
bassador there. The treaty was iden-
tical with that between France and
Great Britain.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Gov. William j. Bailey of Kansas
was confined to his home, at Topeka,
on the 25th, with a severe cold, and
physicians said it might develop into
pneumonia.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Both houses of the Louisiana legis-
lature, on the 21st, adopted a resolu-
ton requesting the United States SEN
ators from that state to vote in favor
of the ratification of the treaty pro-
viding for the building of the Panama
canal.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Ruth Miller Hoar, wife of Senator
Hoar, OF Massachusetts, died suddenly,
on the Gath, at her home in Washing.
ton, d. c., of angina pectoris.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

The cruiser Olympia, Admiral Cogh-
lan's flagship, was selected, on the
cath. to bring Minister Beaupre from
Cartagena to Colon, where the minis
ter will take a passenger steamer for
New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Secretary Cortelyou, cn the 2%d, or,
dered the deportation of the skilled
glassblowers from Stourbridge, Eng
land, who were detained AZ Ellis,
Island, N. Y, under the alien contract
labor law.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

William Jennings Bryan arrived at
Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 25th.
He was Immediately granted an audi
ence with Crown Prince Frederick,
with whom he had a long interview.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Prominent Temperance WorkeI

Bloomington, H., Dec. 25.-Mrs.
Mary G. Waite, for many years a
prominent temperance worker of this
city, died, Wednesday, aged 88 years.
One brother, w. T. Rudledge, resided
in st. Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

The last of the bodies that were re-
ported missing were recovered, on the
21st, from the ruins of the dormitory
Walden university, at Nashville, Tenn
The total loss of life by fire was IL.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Fire, on the 10th, destroyed q build
ings, including the railroad depot at
Benson, N. c., a station near Fayette-
vile, on the Atlantic Coast line. Thu
loss was estimated at 500 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Notices were posted at the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Co., works, at Pueblo,
Col, on the 21st, that when the works
resumed it would be at q reduction of
ten per cent. in wages of the main
body of skilled workmen.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

st. Louis, Dec. 25.-Capt. George
Keith, a well-known st. Louis pilot
and master. was knocked from the rear
platform of a Broadway car, Wednes-
day night and seriously injured. His
right leg was broken below the knee.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

DR.. Edgar G. Swain, a prominent
dentist, committed suicide at Cleve-
land. O., on the 22d, by attaching a
rubber tube to a gas jet and placing
the other end in his nostril, To make
death sure, Swain threw AN oyercoat
over his head to prevent the gas from
escaping. Deceased had suffered from
poor health for several years.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

On the goth E. w. Meddaugh, for
many years general counsel of the
Grand Trunk Railroad Co., died at his
residence, at Crosse Pointe Farms,
Mich, after an illness of a year. Heart
failure, brought on by jaundice, was the
immediate cause of death.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

About ten indictments we're voted by
the Chicago grand jury, on the 23d,
against persons who took part in the
recent street car strike. No officials
were indicted. The Indictments re-
ferred specifically in each case to al
legged assaults.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
Consul-GeneraI al Grextown.

Washington, Dec. 26.-The state de-
partment the appointment
Of Prof. John Todd Hill to be consul
general at Greytown, Nicaragua.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Speaker Cannon, on the 21st, re-
eeived a letter from Representative
George B. Mcclellan, of New York,
stating that he had forwarded his
resignation as a member of congress
to Gov. Odell of New York, the res
ignation to become effective on it's re-
ceipt by the governor.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Mrs. Caroline Collins, of New Lath.
rop, Mich, was bound over to the cir.
cult court, on the 22d, for trial on the
charge of poisoning her hired man,
George Leachman. Leachman q died
under somewhat suspicious circum-
stances, and an investigation was
started.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

All children of Dowieties will be ex.
cluded from the public schools of Chi.
cago, January 4, by order of the health
department. The general overseer OF
Zion City, ILL.,, has made his followers
believe that vaccination does not pre-.
vent smallpox. The health department
has decided that all children shall be
yaccinated or be debarred.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08
MANY VICTIMS ROBBED.
Quickly Arrive at Wreck
and Steal Money and Jewels

Connellsville, Pa, Dec. 26.-Con-
nellsville was packed Friday with
curious persons. All but a few of the
65 bodies have been identified, and
those who are still unknown will be
laid away in Hill Grove cemetery.
Considerable money was found on the
persons of the unidentified. and tight.
ly sewed in a belt on one foreigner
was found more than $500, which was
placed in a bank. Sums ranging from
500 to $500 were found on several
persons, and it has been put in a bank.
Robbers on the Scene.
Many victims of the wreck were
robbed of money, jewels and Christ
mas presents which they were taking
to relatives and friends from PittSburg.
Many rings were taken from the fin
gers of corpses. Robbers were on the
scene early, and before many of the
rescuers arrived they had secured con
siderable booty, much of which con-
sisted of baggage and handbags that
had been tossed about the ears in the
wreck.
Many Connellsville people had been
in Pittsburg buying Christmas pres
ents. and many of these are missing.
Some may have been burned or lost
in the wreckage, but the police assert
that robbery of the dead was COM
mitted.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-08

Hugh A. Mullen, one of the propri-
etors of the Sunday Philadelphia
World. and well known in local poll
tics, was instantly killed, on the 18th,
by being struck by a train. Among
the papers found in his pocket was an
accident policy for $4,000. Mr.. Mullen
was Sc years old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

slippers with my hair uncombed. says Marietta Holley.
 She writes very rapidly, doing her best work when the mood is on.' She writes with pencil the first rough draft of 0 story, then corrects and con- siders 1t carefully and finally dictates it to her typewriter. Several of her books were talked into phonogl -pher from which the typist copied them. In stories of pathos like Sweet Ctcely," she often cries with the people che cree ates; in comic scenes she laughs with them. When something she writes makes Marietta Holley herself laugh or cry she knows 1t will affect her readers likewise.
 As took my leave Miss Holley gave ma arose from a rare bunch of Amere ican Beauties and herself came and stood framed in the doorway with the soft light upon her strong. true, kindly face the face of one who never smiled sweetly on a sister woman and spoke words of praise to her, then when her back was turned assaiied her with poison tongued malice and radi< cule. The lady, the light and the rose left with me a remembrance like the perfume of good deed.
 Elazabeth Lee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

that it was an American author who has proved woman to possess an un- mistakable sense of humor.
 From the time I read Betsy Bob bctt" l always felt keen desire to meet personally the lady who made us laugh--Marictta Holley. There seemed no chance then of my seeing the lady, yet I waited and always looked ahead somewhere and some time to beholding Marietta Holley in the flesh.
 We always get what we want if we wait long enough for it and keep look ing ahead to 1t.
 So q few days ago my opportunity came. Permission was granted me to visit Marietta Holley. It was not - her own beautiful home, however. the one she has built with her nobly earned money, but in New York. where Miss IIoIlcy was visiting, As I approached she stood in the doorway to greet me. a handsome woman in silky gray gown trimmed with lace. Her hair Is gray now. too but abundant, and she wears it softly waved around her brows Her profile Is q fine one Her eyes beautiful large and straight look ing. have in them q half yelled twinkle cf h,amor Hers is the face of strongly intellectual women with a serious moral purpose to do all the good she can nevertheless cannot help laughing at people and things as she goes along.
 But she took hold of the tendency to laugh 1t down to work out her moral purpose. That is the key to Miss Hc'- ley's literary productions But for the moral purpose to benefit us by her writing she never would have written To heal mankind of its folly she doses it with the laughter cure. In her heart she thinks of herself as moralist rather than humorist She confesses that she would rather be praised for her serious poetry and fiction than for her humor. So 1t goes. The most successful comedian generally would rather be a tragedian.
 Marietta Holley is a born writer. born humorist and moralist. The causes that chiefly appeal to her for cham pionship are those of women and tenn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

ing us. I somehow believe you will re. ceive this record. Come quickly.
 Within mile or two of Lois and for four days making no effort to reach her! I cursed my stupidity in not ask ing for mail before. I sprang up. ready to renew nay search. Then I dropped back to my seat.
 Between Lois and me rolled the Mis- souri river, unabridged and swollen in mighty flood. l could never cross. l telegraphed north, south; up the river, down the river. Everywhere 1t was the same. Bridges were gone and no boat dared venture on the river. At the very moment when was about to give up hope, a thought of a surety heaven born, came to my res- cue. , A brisk wind blew straight across the river. Why not hire the aeronaut who was to make a balloon ascension at the Fourth of July celebration to allow me to accompany him? Without question the wind would carry us safe ly across the river.
 The aeronaut was stubbornly mer- cenary. Dollar by dollar raised my bid, till his great black eyes grew mar row in greedy anticipation. At last we agreed on a price.
 It was not till we had shot up into
  he explained it would be impossible. to land at Berryville; 1t was too close to the river.
 So we sailed over 1t. I do not know whether the man was new at the bus- mess or whether the balloon acted badly, but we drifted on and on with the wind, never once tilting edrthward till was frantic. Just at sunset we landed, with a terrible thunp, in q field something more than fifty miles from Be-ryville. I should be forced to go back to that town to pick up the thread of the trail. Cold. dirty, discouraged, trudged along by the side of my companion to- ward a town near at hand. We came to 1t after a scramble over fields and | through woods, and at once made for the hotel There. sitting In front of the house, deliciously lonely, was Lois 1! Later we bearded the lions. Young man." said Aunt Rebecca, | looking severely at me over her spec tacles, you are overwhelming" Yes. indeed, chimed in Aunt Sa- | rah, Lois has not been out of our sight twenty minutes. You are prevar- icating."
 T am telling you the truth" de- clared, with my arm thrown protect ! ingly about Lois.
 The proof!' demanded Aunt Re- | becca.
 '' "The proof" echoed Aunt Sarah.
 Tt is here," I proclaimed. dramatic ally
 | I started the wheels of the phono- l graph and placed on the cylinder the sixth record I had given to Lois. From | the horn. slowly and solemnly, came the voice of the dear old minister who | had married us:
 | T pronounce you husband and wife. |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Bit of Politics.

Several men were talking with As semblvman Newcome. of New York, about the recent Legislature and some of it's acts which are not of fragrant memory to all mon and nobody was tbrowinp bouquets at the remains Some of the work done was so rank" said Mir. Newcome. that it reminds me of a story. A men saw lot of boys coming lickety spli' down the road making a tremendous fuss. He asked what the row was and one boy yelled 9 thev rushed by that they were play in,, automobile. A short distance be- hind them camc one boy alone.
 "'HeIIo Buh' incurred the man, what are you doing back here? Why aint you with the other boys playing automobile?
 "T am playing automobile.' asserted the boy. stoutlV.
 "TTow's that?'
 "T'm the smell""
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Distressing Stomach Disease

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Mans Idens of womaD's Dress.

We are accustomed to pity men who are, matrimonially speaking. Caught" by scheming women, but the curious part is they are generally fairly well satisfied with their bargain, and the home circle of such victim Is prob ably happier in the long run than that of the strongminded husband and his patient but not uncomplaining Griselda
 Ninety-nine men out of a hundred will solemnly assert that 'he prefers his wife to wear black to any other color" and I have known girls after marriage to condemn themselves to perpetual mourning in their apparel from the stupid belief that they are pleasing their husbands Man does not really in his heart of hearts pre- fer black garments. and he probably sees and admires many other women in exquisite shades of color. but strong CT than any artistic tendency in him Is the instinct, which Is he outcome of generations of conventional thought, that calls on him to clothe his woman kind in this sable array.
 As a matter of fact man is generally a failure when he peaches on woman s prerogative in the matter of dress. He knows next to nothing beforehand of what will be becoming and what not, albeit he may be an excellent judge when the desired effect has been ob- tained by the host of small ct cetcras that go to the making of we'll gowned woman. and If the chance of her clothes were left to her husband, the consequences might be disastrous to the wife's appearance.
 once a man essayed to buy his wife bonnet for an occasion requiring slight complimentary mourning. She gratefully. though i'll advisedlv. accept ed his offer. and when the box contain ing the treasured headgear was opened by the trusting lady under the com placent supervision of the grati1cd husband, it was found to contain q widows bonnet with a flowing crape veil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Marietta Holley
Woman Hunorist

One day a number of years ago a former schoolmate came to see me. l had not met her since we were chill dren, and she had dropped out of my ken. She told mo she was a widow with q little daughter to take care of. Outdoor life, sun or rain, was real life to her. so she earned her bread as a book agent. At present she was agent for the most truly humorous volume ever written by a woman, she said:
 Do you think woman has any sense of humor?" I asked sardonically.
 Just you read this book and see," answered Tonia Taylor.
 The book was My Opinions and Bet sy Bobbett's." As I read I shouted with laughter. I impressed the phi losophy of My Opinions" on my friends till l made nuisance of myself. After
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Setting Traps and Caps.

Chicago News. , Yes. the foreign duke was conspi. cuous among the beach smart circless
 You don't say! How many women were after him?"
 "Thirty."
 But there are only fifteen youna ladies at the beach,"
 Yes, but each has a mamma"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

that came "Sa- mantha at the Cen tennial," "Saman- tha at Saratoga" Josiah Allie ms Wife" and other volumes familiar to us now SIS our school readers. After I read Betsy Bobbett" I never doubted that wo-
 man possesses q sense of humor. It always gave me q feeling of intense ,wiIa tnh fn recall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Bright'S Disease
 and Diabetes News.
Pacific Coast Biscuit Co.
 R. c Pell. Manager.

R. Pell. Manager.
 San Francisco, March n. To Parents of Children Having Bright,R
 Disease:
 feel impelled to write you my per~ sonal experience with this disease, fha gravity of which l feel strongly through the death of my father some twentI years ago from that trouble and the seri< ous illness of my son nearly two yeara ago, when he was pronounced by two phy3 sicians to have Bright,s Disease In ita worst form with recovery impossible. His whole body was swollen with the dropsyl gr-at difficulty fh breathing and death at any moment would not have surprised us. Medical science having been exz hausted We put him on the Fulton treak- ment for Bright's Disease. In six montha his recovery was complete. PhysicianS have five times since found him normal and without physical defect. Hearing thaa the son of a friend tan attorney waz dying Of Bright's Disease told him and at !as- :s.~'ss'.2 the boy had raGcvarqds Last year a MT. Baruch, representing a New York firm doing business with usd shocked us by his appearance. He said It was Bright's Disease and feared it wa& his last trip to California. I told hln3 toh. of my boys case. Eight months late4 he called again. r hardly knew him. Hd said he was nearly we'll. There are itvea to be saved and 1t is my duty as well aa my pleasure to lay these facts before you<
 Yours etc,
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 When to suspect Brights Disease--puffy ankles or hands--wsakness without visible cause--Kidney trouble after third month-a smoky urine- frequent misunderstanding vison--one or more of thesa
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