The Tupelo journal., 1904-03-11

Twenty-six Russian residents of An
sonia, Conn, left there, on the list, for
Russia, to join the Russian army.
William Henry Harrison Murray, the
writer, better known as Adirondack
Murray" died, on the Sd, at Guilford,
Conn, aged Ga.
Fifty girl strike breakers were put
to work in Chicago, on the 4th, by the
Western Union Telegraph Co., to de-
liver messages.
Five persons were burned to death,
on the Sd, and 1900 square miles OF
territory in Kiowa and Comanche
counties, Okla, were swept by prairie
fires.
Al the republican convention of the
Eleventh Ohio district, on the list, at
Athens. O., Gen. Charles II. G%rosvenor
was nominated for his tenth term in
congress.
The condition of President Harper
of the University of Chicago, who was
operated upon for appendicitis, was re-
ported satisfactory by his physicians
on the I'd.
Advices to New York houses having
connections at Lima, Peru, state that
though the earthquake, on the 4th,
was the 5everest in many years, no
lives were reported to have been lost.
DR.. Leila S. Mckee, on the Sd, re-
signed the presidency of the Western
Female College at Oxford, O., effective
next June. She will be succeeded by
DR.. Lillian w. Johnson, of Memphis,
Tenn.
A scholarship of $4,000, the yearly
income of which will be devoted to
some graduate of Baylor university, of
Waco, Tex. was presented, on the I'D,
10 Brown university, by Edgar L. Marst,
of New York.
Sixty American marines, on the 4th,
were sent to guard the premises of the
American Mining Co., at Un-San, 120
miles north of Ping Yang, which were
reported. February q, to have oeen
seized by Russian soldiers.
Gov. DCckery of Missouri changed
his mind, on the 4th, in the case of
Fred Collins, convicted for the killing
OF PinkeTton Detective Chas. Schu-
rHacher, and granted a stay of execu-
fiOO from tho 11th tn tho oetb
Charles Dick, of Akron, O., was, on
the LIST, elected TO the United States
senate to succeed the late Marcus A.
Hanna. He was given the solid re-
publican vote of the house and senate,
which voted in separate session.
The food situation at Toledo, O., on
the Sd. was serious. Some of the small
er gorges as far as Fort Wayne were
broken. Nearly the entire town of
Grand Rapids was under water. The
water at Toledo was over the docks
and covered Water street. :
About sixty japanese from the south
ern section of Santa Clara county
walked in a body to San Jose, Cal, on
the Sd, bearing the Japanese and
American flags, where the party took
a train for San Francisco, whence they
sailed for Japan to enlist for the war.
The United States army transport
Sherman sailed from San Francisco, on
the LIST, for the Philippines via Honolu-
lu. She carried the Twelfth infantry,
commanded by Col. j. w. Bubb, 400
infantry and 100 cavalry recruits, be-
side a large number of officers a pas
sengers.
Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska, on the
I'd. introduced a bill in the senate per-
hitting the leasing of public lands in
the state of Nebraska for grazing pur-
poses, and increasing from 100 to $40
acres the area of land that can be
leased by one person under the home
stead laws.
Walter S. Frasier, for many years
prominent in Illinois republican poll
ties, died at Aurora, H., on the 4th,
aged GO years. He was a member of
the state executive committee three
terms and chairman of the northern
insane hospital board at Elgin under
Gov. Tanner.
Armed with a revolver, VIM. J.
O'Brien, alias VIM. Duffy, an insane
discharged soldier, entered the wal de-
partment at Washington, D. c., on the
I'd. and. going to the mail and record
division, seriously shot Robert J..
Manning, a messenger, and Arthur
Wicker, a clerk.
Secretary of War Taft, on the I'd,
se2t to congress, through the treasury
department, an estimate of $4,000 to
provide a suitable foundation for EN-
peror Williams statue of Frederick
the Great and to defray the expenses