The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

TuPELO. !. MISSISSIPPI
August Belmont was, on the 18TH,
elected president of the National CIVIC
Federation to succeed the late Senator
NJ. A. Hanna.
The Bank of DIN, Ia, owned by h.
e. Snyder, made an assignment on the
14th. The liabilities are S155 900, and
the assets $171, 600.
The remains of the late Paul Kruger,
former president of the Transvaal Re-
public, were laid to rest at Pretoria
South Africa, on the 10th.
A Toxic report. on the 14th. says
that the S%evastopol, the last Russian
battleship at Port Arthur, has been
sunk by a Japanese torpedo attack.
A treaty of peace between the gov
eminent of Paraguay and the revolu-
tionists was signed, on the 18th, or
board the Argentine warship Laplata
Senator Berry presented in the sen
ate. on the 18th, a memorial from the
Cherokee nation asking that Indian
territory be allowed a delegate in con-
gress.
viii Jones, colored, was hanged at
Helena. Ark, on the 10th, for the
murder of A. w. Robertson. Jones
murdered his victim in cold blood or
February 6.
The senate was informed OF the
houses Impeachment of Judge SWayne,
on the 14th, and a committee was APP
pointed to prepare the details OF the
proposed trial.
Three persons are known to have
been killed and five others seriously
injured. on the 18th. by the collapse
of a suspension bridge across the Elk
river at Charleston, W. Va.
The conviction of Harry A. Fauik-
ner. former member Of the st. LOUIS
house of delegates, on the charge OF
perjury, was affirmed, on the l3th' by
the Missouri supreme court.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick returned to
Cleveland. O.. on the 14th, in charge
of federal officers. No attempt was
made 10 give bail. and she will re-
main in Jail for the present.
A Rock Island stock train ran into a
Union Pacific freight train, which was
standing on the crossing of the two
roads. at Manhattan, Kas., on the l4th,
and five persons were injured.
Fire at Jefferson Barracks, ST. Louis,
on the night of the 18th, destroyed
the dormitory occupied by Troops L
and H, Eighth cavalry; loss, $1,000.
Three men were slightly hurt.
Wireless telegraph messages were
sent, on the 18th, from Kansas City,
Mo. to Cleveland, O.. 725 miles, with
out relay. This is said to be the long
est distance overland ever covered.
Charles F. Shively, of Richmond,
Ind. supreme chancellor of the Knights
Of Pythias, has ruled that Assyrians
do not belong to the negro race, and
are eligible to membership in that or
der.
The sale of the physical property Of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.
to the Chicago House Wrecking Co.
was approved by the board Of directors
on the 18th, the consideration being
$450,0O0
A lone robber held up the bank of
Chisholm, Mimi, on the 18th, during
business hours, and secured $4,000. He
forced Cashier GreiSer into the vault
at the muzzle of a revolver, and locked
the door. The robber escaped.
Escorted to the Grand Central depot
by a squad of police, and cheered by
the "~banzais''of his countrymen, Prince
Sadanura Fushimi of Japan left New
York, on the 18th, for home. He will
proceed by way of Chicago, Denver
and San Francisco.
Gen. Stoessel, the Russian military
commander at Port Arthur, according
to a dispatch from Chefoo to the Lon
don Telegram on the 10Th. has again