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The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
Attend Annual Meeting of Internal
tiOnaI and Daily Press Assoc
cintiOn and Elect Officers.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-Publishers and
editors of newspapers from six of the
central western states gathered at the
rooms of the Chicago Press club Fri
day to attend the annual business
meeting of the International and Daily
Press association. A number of sub
jects of interest to the newspaper
business were discussed.
The summer meeting of the asso-
citation will be held in st. Louis, to
enable members to visit the Worlds
fair.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, A. w.
Glessner. Galena, H.; vice-president.
M. NJ. Whitaker, Jackson. Mich; H.
H. Bliss. GAINESVILLE. Wis; Willis
Beal, LaPorte, Ind; Phil Hoffman,
Oskaloosa, Ia; John Sundine, Moline,
H.; Scott Laird, Minona, Mimi: sec
rotary and treasurer, w. V. Tafford,
Clinton, Ia.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
TO FLANK PORT ARTHUR.

Movement of Japanese Troops to
That End is Under Way.
Che-Foo, Feb. ia Japanese move
ment to flank Port Arthur, cut the
roadway from the fortress to Hardin
and thus isolate, if not besiege the Rus
sian stronghold, is now under way.
Fearing that the enemy will accom-
plish this and that Port Arthur will be
starved into submission, Viceroy Alex
Jeff is said to have moved his head
quarters, with that of his official staff,
to Hardin, which is 600 miles north,
where the Manchurian railroad con-
meets with the Siberian railway.
A British trading vessel touching
here, Thursday, reports that a large
fleet Of transports, with 100000 Japan
ese troops. have sailed for Dalny, 40
miles northwest of Port Arthur, or
some point near there. Another fleet
of transports, under convoy of a Japan
csc squadron, IS in Society bay, east
of Port Arthur.
1t is supposed these two forces will
cooperate in the movement to flank
the powerful Russian position.
The Russians are moving to meet the
Japanese plan of attack. Some miles
north of Port Arthur and Dalny the
smaller peninsula on which they stand
is joined with the main peninsula of
Liao-Tung by q narrow isthmus, well
adapted for defense by rugged hills. Its
width is only about n mile, and on
one side is the Yellow sea, and on the
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
RUSSIA TO ABANDON
ALL MANCHUR|A
Alexieff Declares Port Arthur Can
Not Hold Out Very Long.
ABOLISHES THE CENSORSHIP
This Abolition Is Regarded As the
Most Important Act Since the
Emancipation of the Rus
sian Serfs.

Washington, Feb. 20.-Secretary
Hay has been informed that Edwin
V. Morgan will not be granted an ex-
equatur by the Russian government,
authorizing him to act as United
State consul at Dalny, near Port Ar
thur.
Mr.. Morgan is now on his way from
Washington to his post. He will sail
from San Francisco and touch at Yo-
kohama, at which point the state de-
partment will be able to advise him, a
month hence, what course to pursue.
This decision on the part of the Rus
expected, but it is, nevertheless, the
subject of grave consideration by the
state department officials. Secretary
Hay regarded the matter as Of suffi-
icent Importance as to warrant a per-
sonal visit to the White House Friday,
where we represented the facts to the
president.
1t can be stated that UP to this no
ment a decision has not been reached
as to the answer to be made to the
Russian government. 1t is said that
the reasons assigned for the declina-
ton to receive Mr.. Morgan are entirely
im~personal. In fact, Mr.. Morgan,
having been for several years one of
the American secretaries of embassy
at st. Petersburg, is really very pop
ular with the Russian officials, who
would be glad to receive him as a
consul if political considerations did
not forbid. 1t is explained that the
reason for Russia's action is purely
military, the army officers desiring
that there shall be no foreign officials
on the Liao-Tung peninsula during the
progress of hoStilities.
But the impression here is that this
action is n way of showing resent
ment against America for its universal
sympathy with Japan.
This action is coupled with Russia's
declinatiOn to take part in the st.
Louis Worlds fair, and will produce a
bad impression, if nothing else, all over
the United States.
The foreign office reports that Vice
roy Alexieff explained that as Dalny
was practically in a state of siege and
without commerce it was impracticable
to allow consuls or consular agents
there during the period Of hostilities.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
JAPANESE FLEET is INTACT.

Dispatch Denies Report That Any
Japanese Vessels Were Destroyed.
London, Feb. 19.-The Japanese Ie-
cation here received an official dis
patch from Toxic Thursday night say
ing it was not true hat any Japanese
vessels had been destroyed, SO far, in
any of the various naval engagements,
and that all necessary repairs had al
ready been made. The Japanese fleet
remains intact.
This message also denies the report
that the Japanese were driven from
the neighborhood of Kin-Chau, after a
skirmish, in which $50 Japanese were
taken prisoners, and declares that the
Jananese made no attempt tt land at
Pigeon bay.
1t says the japanese forces up to the
present time have made no attempt to
land at any point where they could
come in contact with the Russians, and
that consequently all reports of land
actions and Japanese losses are untrue.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FIFTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS.
First SESSION.

Senate-The suspense concerning the
condition of Senator Hanna had an APP
preciable effect on the senate, on the 18th.
and as a result the proceedings were
marked by an unusual listlessneSs and de-
preston. There were no speeches on any
subject whatever, and more attention was
given. to the frequent bulletins announc-
ing the condition of the senator than to
matters of legislation. The entire time
or the legislative session was devoted to
routine business, the most important mat
ter taken VI being the bill providing for
a gratuity to former Queen Liliuokalani
OF Hawaii, which was lost on a tie vote.
senate went into executive session and at
S:19 adjourned. 49,. House-Proceeding UNI
ger personal privilege recognition, MI.
seat in the house in favor of Robert w.
Bonynge, the republican contestant for the
seat. Mr.. Shafroth's statement was re-
garded as most extraordinary and sensa-
tional. 1t was received with prolonged
applause on the part of both republican
and democratic members, and when he
had concluded nearly the entire. demo-
cratic membership surrounded his seat.
The house, after a forty minute session.
at 12:4O adjourned.
senate-The Panama canal question
t agdenii in G the t ssna isth AND Ts Mr. t seoo nppef SPOKE
on that subject during the greater por,
ton of the days session. he discussed
many phases of the subject. sustaining
the course of the president throughout
the proceedings resulting in the independ-
ence of Panama. He also commended for
the superiority of the Panama route over
that of Nicaragua. Without concluding,
Mr.. Spooner suspended his remarks at
3:42 and the senate went into executive
session, adjourning at $50 until the 10th
..House-The house passed the %fortifi-
cation appropriation bill. The Philippine
question was the subject of a brief but
spirited discussion while the bill was I'M
der consideration. Amendments proposed
by Mr.. Robinson Qnd.) to prevent al
lotments of money for further expert
ments with the Langley airship failed.
The fertilization bill, without amendment,
was then passed without debate or divi-
sion. A bill creating Utica, N. Y, a port
or delivery was passed. The house, at
$50 p. m. adjourned.
House-The house, on the 18th, began
consideration of the naval appropriation
bill, ten hours being allowed for general
debate. During the general discussion
Mr.. Fitzgerald On. W declared that our
naval programme was to procure a naval
force greater than that of Germany. He
complained of the employers of Chinese
on the Pacific. He said when the measure
proposing the creation of Il commission
up for consideration he would insist that
the inquiry extend to the condition of the
American seamen- Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.)
made an appeal for the tobacco grower,
contending for the removal of the tax i'm
posed on temmed leaf tobacco when
stemmed by the farmer. Mr.. Gaine said
the law evidently had been written by
some skillful lawyer for the trusts and
passed without congress knowing what it
was. The law as it stood, he said, had
paralyzed the liberty of the grower.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
TWO DYNAM|TECARS EXPLODE
Twenty-Three Persons Killed and
AS Many More Were Injured.
Scrap Iron md Everything With
in "a Half Mile WINS Wrecked.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 20.-A
special to the Herald from Ogden
says:
Two cars of dynamite attached to
a work train on the Ogden-Lucin cut
off of the Southern Pacific railroad
exploded with terrific force late Fri
day afternoon at Jackson station, So
miles west of Ogden, killing at least
twenty-three persons, injuring as
many more and destroying a large
amount of property. The list of the
dead and injured had not been re-
ceived up to midnight, but is thought
a large proportion of the victims were
Greek laborers. Among the known
dead are Conductor George Dermody,
of Ogden, and his train crew. 1t is
also reported that a fireman named
Burt, with his wife and three children,
were killed. The explosion wrecked
everything within a radius of half a
mile.
Jackson station was used principal
ly as a telegraph station, but a num-
Der of outfit cars were sidetracked
at the place for the accommodation of
the workmen and their families. Some
of these cars, it is stated. were close
to where the explosion occurred. The
occupants, it is believed, were blown
to pieces. The telegraph operators
house was badly damaged n Opera
tor Taylor and his wife injured. The
nearest telegraph office from which
messages can be filed is at Lusin, Is
miles from the scene of the expIo-
sion.
The accident was caused by a wa
ter train running into the two cars
loaded with powder. Five locomotives
were reduced to scrap iron II the
big steam shovel at Jackson station
was completely demolished.
AS O 10 as new of the explosion
reached Ogden a special with physi-
clans, nurses and s%tretchers was hur-
ried to the scene.
Late Friday night a train arrived
from Jackson, bringing II of the in
jured. Some of them are apparently
lifeless.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
SIX SHOT IN POOLROOM RAID
Posse of Citizens Attack Gambling
Resort Which Had Been OPP
Grating at Madison, Ill.

St. Louis, Feb. 20.-Six men were
shot and fully a score cut and bruised
Friday afternoon in a raid made by a
posse of citizens of Madison, ILL.,, on
the poolroom operated at that town.
After a pitched battle, in which
more than a hundred citizens, police
men a2d patrons figured, the place
was captured and closed.
The excitement which attended the
shooting was intense. The poolroom
at the time was crowded with hun
dreds of men who had gone there from
ST. Louis to gamble. When the shoot
ing commenced the larger part of
these men made a wild rush for the
doors and boarded a train for st.
LOuiS.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
NEW ROAD INCORPORATED.
1t Proposes to Construct a Railroad
From East st. LOnis to the In
diana State Line.

Springfield, H., Feb. 20.-Articles
of inco. Doration were filed with the
secretary of state Friday for the
Okaw & Western Railroad Co. 1t is
proposed to construct a railroad from
East st. Louis. in an easterly direc-
ton, across the state to the Indiana
line. The capital stock is placed
nominally at $4,000. The principal
business office is to be in East st.
Louis. The incorporators and first
board of directors are: James l..
Brown, Lincoln; Nj. e. Roundtree and
Duncan NJ. Stansbury, st. Louis, and
w. S. Foreman and H. S. Brown, East
st. Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
TO ASK CONGRESS- FOR FUNDS
Kansas City Wants 81 100000 to Be
Expended to Make City Safe
From Floods

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. Coon
gress is to be asked to make an appro-
priation of one and one-half million
dollars during the present session, to
be expended in beginning the work
of making the two Kansas Citys safe
from floods.
At a meeting of the river improve
ment commission Friday a resolution
asking for the appropriation was
adopted unanimously.
The resolution will be forwarded
to Missouri and Kansas congressional
representatives in Washington, with
the request hat it be presented to
congress, and that every effort be
made to secur the desired appropria-
ton.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
WILD EXODUS BEGINS.


Trains Filled with Refugees Ex.
PEELED From Port Arthur.
Hardin, Feb. 19.-The exodus from
Port Arthur has become a panic since 1t
has become generally known that Har-
bin has been made the Russian base of
supplies. Trains are laden with refu-
gees, who were expelled because they
would consume provisions needed for
the troops; 1000 travellers are waiting
to cross Lake Baikal, suffering ex-
tremely from the bitter cold. One
hundred and twenty thousand troops
from Moscow, Kieff and Poland are
expected. There will be 400, 900 troops
in Manchuria within twelve days.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
THE CHEMULPO DISASTER.
No official Announcement Yet Mad
in St. Petersburg.

No Official Announcement Yet Made
in St. Petersburg.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 19.-No official
announcement of the disaster off Che
mulpo, Corea, has yet been MADE here,
although the papers are printing sto-
ries of the loss of the Variag and Ko-
rietz.
The st. Petersburg Gazette says:
What are we going to do with the mil
lions subscribed for the navy?" and
continues:
We can not patch up a useless gar
ment. Let us start afresh. Let the
people decide how the money is to be
spent. The ministries are too busy to
give the matter due attention"
A Russian PhilanthrOpist.
Count Orloff Davkdoff, the philan-
thropist and close friend of the late
Car Alexander Ill, has given $500, 900
to the Red Cross society-S100 900 for
the immediate use of the society, $780,
900 for a hospital for wounded sailors
and soldiers, and 100000 for a school
for orphans of the var
u nDor-uvE S All uO1yE
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Receiver Appointed.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-The Federal AS
phalt Co. Friday was placed in the
hands of a receiver in bankruptcy by
Judge Kohlsaat, in the United States
district court. This action followed
the filing of a petition by a number
of creditors.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
MINISTER TO PERSIA
Frederick w. winston Appointed by
President Cleveland to Persia,
Died at Magnolia Springs, Fla.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-Frederick w.
Winston, formerly minister to Persia,
died Friday at Magnolia Springs, Fla.
Mr.. Winston had been in feeble health
for some time, and a month ago went
to Florida.
Mr.. Winston for years held an i'm
portant place in Chicago municipal
political and legal circles. He was
appointed minister to Persia in 1886
by President Cleveland and spent two
years abroad.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

The Hanover Germany Courier re-
sells would go up the Mississippi to be
present at the opening of the st. Lou1
exposition.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
BAD FIRE AT COLUMBUS, O.
Chemical Laboratory at Ohfos State
University Destroyed, Entail
ing II Loss of 100000.

Columbus, O., Feb. 21.-The chem
ical laboratory at Ohio state univer-
sity was totally destroyed by fire Fri
day night. The loss is estimated at
100000, of which $751; 900 represents
the value of the building and the re-
mainder equipment and material.
There is no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been
cause by a draft blowing a gas
flame against some of the wood work,
which became ignited.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
UNPREPAREDNESS
OF THE RUSSIANS
A Plaintive Wall Because Japan
Didn't Wait For Them.
RUSSIA DESTROYS OF PEACE
That is to Say She Was Until She Tot
Ready for War, and Now She IL
Calling Japan Hard
Names.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 19.-An official
proclamation explaining the unpre-
%paredness of Russia for war and the
necessity for the exercise of patience
by her people has been issued here. 1t
is as follows:
Eight days have now elapsed since
all Russia was shaken with profound
indignation against an enemy who sud-
denly broke off negotiations and by u
traitorous attack endeavored to obtain
an easy success in a war long desired.
The Russian nation, which natural i'm
patience, desires prompt vengeance,
and awaits feverishly news from the
far east.
Japan Will BE Chastised.
"The unity and strength of the Rus
sian people leave no for doubt
that Japan will receive the chastise-
ment she deserves for her treachery
and provocation to war at a time when
u beloved sovereign desired to main
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Every coal mine in the central
Pennsylvania bituminous coal region
was closed ON the 18th. The sixty
thousand miners, following the re-
quest of John Mitchell, paid this trib-
ute to Senator Hanna's memory.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
wounded Man Took Morphine.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 20.-Fred
Hunnell, of Des Moines, Ia, suffering
from a fatal bullet wound above the
heart, inflicted by William Burgoyne,
a bartender, in a quarrel, furtively took
morphine on the operating table and
died Burgoyne was arrested.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Russian Exhibit Abandoned.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The Russian
government has informed the state de-
partment that, owing to its inability to
make what it regards as a suitable
display of Russian products at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, it has
abandoned the idea of making an ex-
hibit.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
All Mines Were Closed.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 20.-Work
was suspended in the coal mines at
Leavenworth, Pittsburg and other
mining districts in Kansas at noon
Friday, as an expression of respect to
the memory of Senator Hanna.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Capt. Kurakami, commander of the
Japanese armored ship Chijoda, on the
18th presented the emperor of Japan
the short-torn flags of the Russian
cruisers Variag and Korietz, which
were sunk at Chemulpo on the 9th.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

The Baltimore (Md.) city government
resumed it's regular routine business in
the various departments for the first
time On the 10Th. The dynamiting OF
standing walls in the burned district
was continued.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Requfsftfon HomOred.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. 19.-Gov. Bailey
honored a requisition from Gov. Dock
cry of Missouri for the return to Cass
county of Thomas Rogers, who is in
Jail at Paola, charged with burglary
and robbery.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, arrived
at San Juan, P. l., on the 18th, from
the United States and received a cor
dial welcome from labor representa-
tives. He afterwards visited Gov.
Hunt
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Henry Michaelson, supervisor of
Pixies Peak forestry reserve, and a
well-known writer on irrigation and
forestry matters, died, on the 18th, at
Denver, Col, of pneumonia, aged 60
years.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Schneider ReIeaseL on Rond.

Washington, Feb. POI. H. Schnei-
der, of Tucson, Ariz., who recently
was indicted and arrested in Washing
ton for alleged completely in public
land frauds in the west, Friday was
released from custody under s12, 900
bonds.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Seaman Kane, of the United States
cruiser Boston, while preparing a six
inch gun for target practice at Pana-
ma, on the 10Th, was struck by the
breech lock of the gun and instantly
killed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

other the Gulf of Pe-chi-li. It's posses
sion by a land force of japanese would
effectually cut off Dalny and Port Ar
thur from the mainland of Manchuria.
To prevent the Japanese gaining pos
session of tkia strategic position, the
Russians are concentrating heavy bat
teries of artillery there.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

In the Kentucky senate, on the nth
resolutions paying tribute to the mem
ory of the late Senator Hanna were
adopted by a rising vote, and the SEN
ate adjourned as a further mark of re-
Snect.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Col. Theodore Bruback, one of the
wealthiest and best-known mining men
Of Utah, was accidentally killed at
Park City, Utah, on the 18th. While
ascending a ladder Mr.. Bruback lost
his hold and fell, striking his head
and breaking his neck.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Two Killed In Wreck.

Elmira, N. Y, Feb. 2O.-Fireman
Jones of an Erie freight train, east
bound, was killed, also Engineer ia
cobs, in a wreck in the yards here Fri
day morning, caused by a misplaced
switch.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Railroad President Drop. Dead.

Marion, Ind, Feb. 1S.-Henry D..
Thomas, president and promoter OF the
Marion, Kokomo & Western interurban
railroad, dropped dead one mile south
of Marion, Wednesday evening, while
with a surveying party.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

DR.. Nicholas Sem, of Chicago, one
of the organizers of the Japanese Red
Cross society, who offered his services
TO the mikado during the wal between
Russia and Japan, on the 18th received
a cablegram saying that his services
would not be needed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Brig.-Gen. George F. Elliott, COM
mander of the United States marine
corps, with his aid-de-camp, Capt.
Henry Leonard, sailed from Colon for
New Orleans, on the 18th, by the
steamer Coleman, on his way to st.
Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
MCKINNEY Silently Imnroxed.

Somerset, Pa, Feb. 20.-Abner Nc
Kinley's condition was slightly inn
proved Friday. His physicians refuse
to express an opinion further than that
he is not in imminent danger.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Many Counterfeit Dollars.

st. Louis, Feb. 19.-Of1cials of the
United States treasury department say
that many counterfeit dollars, bills and
silver, are being circulated here, and
the department has issued a warning
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Seaman Killed al Panama.

Panama. Feb. 20.-Seaman Kane, Of
the United States cruiser Boston, while
preparing a six-inch gun for target
practice Friday morning, was struck by
the breech lock of the gun and in
stantly killed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Millers in Chicago, on the 18th, paid
$1.07 a bushel for No. 2 red wheat.
Wheat for May delivery sold at 99hc
a bushel, a gain of an even two cents.
Scarcity of wheat suitable for milling
purposes was the important factor in
causing the advance.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Secretary of State Hay was in
formed, on the 10th, hat Edwin V.
Morgan would not be granted an ex-
equatur by the Russian government,
authorizing him to act as United
States consul at Dalny, near Port Ar
thur.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

1t was announced, on the 10th, that
DR.. Anita Newcomb Magee, promi-
nentlyidentified with the American hos
pital service during the Spanish war,
would take to Japan a corps of trained
nurses for hospital service with the
,JaDaneSe army.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

Lucretia Willard Treat, a pioneer
kindergarten teacher and well known
throughout the country, died, on the
10th, at Grand Rapids, Mich, of heart
failure. She was prominent in many
states as a kindergarten lecturer, writ
er and organizer.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

e nOSSlIAN CAN LII LEM
ritory and the desire of the emperor to
maintain peace were the causes of the
impossibility of nor complete and
earlier preparations for war.
Much Time is Necessary.
Much time is now necessary in Or
der to strike at japan. but it was
worthy of the dignity and might of
Russia, and while sparing as much as
possible the shedding of blood of her
children, to inflict just chastisement
upon the nation which has provoked
the struggle. Russia must await the
event in patience, being sure that our
army will avenge an h~undredfold that
provocation.
Operations on land must not be ex-
pected for. some time yet-, and we can
not obtain early news from the theater
of war. The useless shedding of blood
is unworthy the greatness and power
Of Russia.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Arrested For EmbexrIement.

Denver, Col, Feb. 20.-Charles Nc
Culley was placed under arrested here
Friday on the charge of embezzling
$4,000 from the Plata Cobre Mining
Co. of Arizona, while acting as their
London representatives.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26

The state department, on the 18th, re-
ceived and accepted the resignation OF
W. /. Buchanan, the American minister
TO Panama. No successor was ap-
DOinted.