The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-27
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

by the New York legislature OF 1903,
which prohibits the use of the Amess~
can flag or any representation Of it for
advertising purposes, has been ce-
clared unconstitutional by the state
court of appeals.
Representatives of the press of every
state in tie union assembled in the
Hall of Congresses at the Worlds fair
in st. Louis, on the 10th, n began
the .li1eteenth annual convention OF
the National Editorial association.
An official report was received at st.
Petersburg, or the goth, to the ERECT
that Gen. Rennenkamp of the First
Cossacks fell on the Japanese columns
advancing on Feng-Wang-Chang on
Wednesday, and that the Japanese
were compelled to retreat a distance
of II miles.
The Illinois Republican state conven-
ton decided, on the Goth, to TAKE a re-
cess until the 31st. The delegates were
worn out and were DESTROYS of getting
a little rest after their vain efforts,
through so ballots, to select a candi-
date for governor.
No gentle diplomacy will figure in
| this governments dealing with the sui
tan of Morocco in regard to the kid
mapping of Ion P~erdicaris, an American
citizen, and his English stepson, who
were kidnapped near Tangier, on the
| night of the 18th. The navy will be
called upon to back up demands for
his release.
An alleged trustworthy report has
been received at imperial headquarters
in Toxic that the Russian cruiser Bo-
gatyr ran ashore outside OF Vladivos-
tok in a heavy fog and was destroyed.
| This is the first loss of the VladivoS-
tok squadron. Russians deny the re-
port.
Alfred S. Ready, who had been con-
nected with the John Dere Plow Co., at
ST. Louis, for &c years as credit man,
engaged a room at the Studt hotel at
| Creve Occur Lake, Mo-, on the goth,
and committed suicide an o or S
later by shooting himself. The weapon
used was a rifle.
The General Federation Of Women's
clubs assembled in ST. Louis, on tie
18th, with a very large attendance. The
convention gave promise Of being an
interesting one.
The London Central News cDrre-
spondent at Baku reports a serious
fight between Armenians and Turkish
troops at ChelcuZan, in the district OF
Mush. The Turks lost 1876 in killed and
wounded, while the Armenians hae
their leader and many others killed.
The countess Cassini that
the proceeds of the recent Russian Rec
Cross bazaar in Washington, was some
thing SIT 900.
Mary Biszack, wife of Stephen Bis
Yak, the man supposed to have been
strangled and thrown into the Illinois
and Michigan canal at Chicago, on the
18th, has been set free by the Brighton
Park police, although detectives still are
seeking evidence against her.
Judge VIM. Margrave, 80 years old, the
oldest justice of the peace in Fort
Scott, Kas., is dying at his home there,
Judge Margrave has been in service
for the past SO years.
Mrs. M. b. Copeland, of GAS East
Long street, Columbus, O., having tied
her f~ive-year-old daughter to her left
arm and wrist, on the 18th, jumped
from the Rich street bridge into the
| Scioto river, and both were drowned.
| No cause is known for the act.
On the 10th fire destroyed the Per-
rine hotel and boarding stables at
Oklahoma City, Okla, involving a loss
of $4,000. Guests of the hotel all
escaped without injury.
Gov. Dockery Of Missouri has of
fered a reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the unknown men
who robbed the bank of Metz on the
14th.
Former Senator James K. Jones.
chairman of the democratic national
committee, will leave Washington, on
the 22d, for st. Louis, to conclude de-
tails of arrangements for holding the
democratic national convention.
Vice-Admiral Togo, in a report re-
ceived at Toxic, on the 18th, told of
the loss of the Japanese battleshiD
Hatsusc through contact with a mine,
on the 18th, to the southeast of Port
Arthur. On the same day, during a
dense fog, the Japanese cruiser Kasuga
rammed the cruiser Yoshino and sent
her to the bottom. About 600 lives were
lost with the two vessels.
An ~unoonirmed report from New
Chwang, on the 18th, said that the
Japanese army from the Yalu had been
driven back to Teng-Wang-Cheng. An
other report said that the Russians
had lost 1000 men during an engage
ment at Hsin-Ye1-Cheng.
The next annual convention Of the
National Editorial association will be
held in Guthrie, Okla. Maj. w. w.
Screws, OF Alabama, was elected presi-
dent of the association at the closing
meeting in st. Louis.
The Worlds Press parliament, the
greatest assemblage of journalists in
the history of the world, held its open
ing ses sion in Festival hall at the
Worlds fair, st. Louis, on the night
Of the 18th. Assembled on the ros-
trum sat the press representatives of
35 nations. In .hs pit and galleries
were the editors o literary celebrities
of every state and great city in the
United States.
A al supposed to be n of Bill
lings' $4,000 diamond robbers was ar
rested at Miles City, Mont, on the
18th. He was trying to sell a diamond