The Tupelo journal., 1904-08-26
AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AMI GENERAL

Gov. Peabody of Colorado, on the
18th, granted the application of the
Of Nebraska for the extradi-
ton of George Won Halter, wanted for
alleged completely in the murder OF
M. E. Rees, at Oak Chatam station,
near Omaha, Neb.
An amalgamation of the members
of the International Association of Ma
chinists and International Association
of Allied Metal Mechanics was ar
ranged at Cleveland, O., on the 10th:
George Hess, Is years old, was ar
rested at Lamar, Mo-, on the 10th, on
suspicion of having shot his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hess.
A Vladivostok dispatch of the 18th
the arrival there of the
cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi, which
participated in the battle in the Ko-
rean strait on the 14th, when the
Rurik was sunk.
With clothing saturated with kero-
sene, writhing and twisting in their
agony, Paul Reed and Will Cato, ne
groes, two of the principals in the
murder and burning of Henry Hodges
and wife and three of their children,
six miles from Statesboro, Ca, by a
mob, at S~tatesboro. were burned at the
stake on the 10th.
Four people were killed, another ia
tally hurt, and % severely injured in
a collision in Chicago, on the 18th, be-
tween an express train on the Chicago
Great Western railroad and a train OF
three trolley cars bound for Haw-
thorne race track.
A fire which did slight damage in the
upper story Of a building at 1873 Wa
bash avenue, Chicago, on the 18th, was
the cause of a panic among the guests
of the Palmer house, which adjoins
the building in which the fire occurred.
Mack Fray and John Bartholomew,
stock raisers from Cantril, Iowa, were
mistaken for strike breakers, on the
18th, in Chicago, dragged from a street
car and beaten beyond recognition.
Mrs. Mary E. Fuller, wife of Chief
Justice Melville w. Fuller of the
United States supreme court, died sud-
denly of heart disease, on the evening
of the 18th, while sitting on the piazza
of her summer cottage at Sorrento,
Me. The body was taken~to Chicago
for interment.
An official dispatch from Vladivos-
tok to st. Petersburg said that every
officer on the cruisers Rossia and
Gromboi was either killed or wounded
in the battle of the 14th, and the YES
sells completely riddled, their guns and
engines being partially disabled. Both
vessels lost 25 per cent. of their crews.
Gen. Kuropatkin has informed the
that the forthcoming battle south
of Lao Yang will be Of the most des
perate character. This is taken to in
dictate that the Russians have aban-
doned their tactics Of retreat.
The Japanese have captured more OF
the outer d~efenses of Port Arthur, in
Guiding the Dragon forts. Refugees
from Port Arthur arriving at Che Foo
assert that the Japanese lost 10000
men in recent assaults, but how they
found out is not disclosed.
The fiercest riot incident to the
stock yards riot in Chicago broke out,
on the night of the 18th, when desti-
tute and hungry residents on the west
side of the stock yards tried to capture
and kill eight steers which had es-
capped from the stock yards. Many
were injured in a fight with the police.
The storm which struck North St.
on the afternoon of the 18th,
the river and attacked Madi-
son, ILL.,, killing three persons and in
about one hundred, who were
,aughI i'll wrecked buildings. Several
h~ouseboats, tugs mo launches were
wrecked.
st. Louis was vif:ted by a v irie,t
storm on the night Of the
La.h. accompanied ~ y heavy rainfall.
Considerable damage was done at tho
fair groun Is, aid many Of The
housed til re were terribly
frightened. The Utah and Illinois
buildings suffered the worst, and the
lighting system was interfered with.
Vice-Admiral Prince Duktomsky,
naval commander at Port Arthur, has
imperative orders not to al
ow any Of his ships to fall into Japan
,se hands. If he car not ave them by
! successful sortie he is to absolutely
wreck them.
Arrangements have been MADE for a
of the Gorham family at the
fair, October 4. The meeting
will take place in the Maine state
building, and it is expected that a
arge number bearing the name of Cor
lam will gather at the exposition at
hat time.
Thomas e. Watson, of Georgia, ths
peoples party candidate for president,
Thomas T. Tibbles, of Nebraska,
Iice-presidential candidate, were form
lily notified, on the 18th, Of their
at Cooper Union, in New
York.
Allen Hethington, a prominent and
prosperous young white farmer and
Jaw mill owner of Cotton county, S.
J., was shot and killed. on the 18th,
~ a negro named Sam Brown.
Charles G. Kennison, president Of
he Cripple Creek (Col.) Miners union,
.harged with melting the Victor riot of
Tune g., was released from JAIL, on the
9Th, on a $500 bond.
Three insurgent vessels bombarded
the capital Of Paraguay, on
he 18th, for 40 minutes.
After being out nearly twenty-four
lnurs and unable To agrea nnnn a ucr.