The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-20
AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

perlal master, the car, on tHe IAln,
that the docks and piers at Port Dalny
had been blown up by the Russians,
and later it was reported that the en-
tire town had been destroyed and
abandoned, preliminary to falling back
toward Port Arthur. Dalny cost Rus
sia $780, DOC, 900 for improvements.
After an official inspection, on the
18th, President Francis of the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition issued the fol-
lowing: eve wish to to the
public that the exhibits are installed
in all exhibit palaces and present the
most marvellous collection of the &C
complishment of mankind ever wit
messed"
By a vote St 954 to $50, and after a
stormy session, Indiana's democratic
delegation to the national convention
was instructed to vot ca sa unit for
Judge Alton Brooks Parker, of New
York, for presidential candidate.
The plant of the Armour soap works
in Chicago, was burned, on the night
of the 18th, causing a loss of 5000 ,0Ot
on buildings and contents. Several
frame buildings in the vicinity were
damaged.
A Manila dispatch of the 18th SAID
that Lieut.. Winfield Harper and 81
men of F company of the Seventeenth
United States infantry were caught, or
May s, in an ambush by several hun
dred Moros, on the east shore of Lake
Liguasan, Mindanao. Lieutenants H
A. Woodruff and Jos. H. Hall and IL
men were killed and five men wounded.
The coroner's jury at Bristol, Tenn.
returned a verdict, on the 18th, to the
effect hat young Edward l.. Wentz
death was due to the accidental dis
charge of his own pistol. The body
was found on the m~ountainside in
Wise county, Va.
The Japanese torpedo boat No. Al
was destroyed while removing mines
from Kerr bay, north of Port Dalny.
on the 18th. Seven men were killed
and seven were wounded. This is the
first warship Japan has lost in the
war
AS the result of an explosion of siS
kegs of powder in shaft No. Z of the
Big Muddy Coal & iron Co.'S mine al
Herrin, ILL.,, on the 18th, five men were
killed and IA others injured, some OF
whom will die. A number of mine
mules were also killed.
An attempt to wreck Pennsylvania
train No. 80 near Richmond, Ind, was
discovered on the 10th, when the en-
gineer stopped the train within a few
feet of a pile of bricks and stone which
had been placed on the track. Two
boys have been arrested.
United States Marshal J. M. Barnes
Of Macon, Ga, was removed from ofnce
on the 10th, on Geographic instructions
from President Roosevelt. The cause
of the removal is through a difficulty
which took place a short time ago al
Valdosta, Ga, between Judge Emory
Speer and the marshal. Judge Speer
left Macon for Washington on the 7th.
A. collision occurred, or the 18th, at
Whittier, Is miles south of Los An
geles, Cal, between a Santa Fe pas
senger train from San Diego to Los
Angeles and an electric car. Fifteen
persons were injured, several seriously.
but none, it is believed, fatally. The
injured were passengers on the electric
car. The names of the injured are not
available.
1t was reported, on the 18th, that
IN Dyce;orc Urora h1Ouin0 IN fhoiY
warships in the inner harbor of Port
Arthur, numerous heavy explosions
having been heard from that direction.
The Russians, however, denied the re-
port, saying they were not going to
repeat the mistake of Sebastopol.
In an auto accident seven miles west
of Newton, Kas., on the 10th, Judge
M. P. Simpson, of the district court,
was killed. Miss Anna Lees, Mrs. M.
H. Simpson and 8. Lehman were in
jured. The machine got beyond control
and dashed off a bridge, falling Is feet
into a ditch.
Advices from the far east, Of the 9th
inst, indicated that the Russians were
either making or preparing to make
retrograde movements, with Hardin
the probable new headquarters and
Mukden the advance post. , ls
All the railroads composing the Cen
trail Passenger association have decided
to grant stop-overs in Chicago on all
tickets sold in connection with the ex-
position In st. Louis. A committee
has been appointed to confer with the
Western Passenger association and ar
range a common basis upon which
stop-overs will be authorized.
An Illinois Central passenger train
o'clock, two miles south Of Dixon, Ill.
Ten people were injured, three seri-
ously. The first three cars and the
engine rolled over a 17-foot embank-
ment, d~emolishing the cars.
Edward Morse Field, son of the late
Cyrus w. Field, is agin in the insanity
ward at Bellevue hospital, in New
York, for treatment. He went to the
hospital himself and was examined by
DR.. Richards.
The Farmers state bank at Nardir,
Okla, failed on the 18th. Assets and
liabilities not given. 1t had about $751;
900 in the Capital national bank at
Guthrie, which failed recently.
Attorneys for the striking Santa Fe
railway machinists at Topeka, Kas.,
filed a motion in the district court to
have the restraining order against the
strikers dissolved. The hearing is set
for May 16. The strike situation is
practically unchanged.