The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-10

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Will /. Meet, aged %, shot and killed
his VIE and then committed suicide at
Tulsa, 1. T. They had been married
but a few days and had just returned
from their honeymoon trip. 1t was
developed at the inquest that the
tragedy had been mutually planned,
The car has affixed his signature to
a rescript containing his majesty's
decree to give elected representatives
of the people an opportunity to express
their views in the preparation of the
laws of the Russian empire.
At sectional meetings Of workmen
in st. Petersburg, on the Sd inst, a
general strike was proclaimed.
Workmen On the government build
ing, the Inside Inn and some other
structures on the Lewis and Clark fair
grounds at Portland, Ore, are out on
strike,
A call has been issued for the first
annual convention of the American
Cattle Growers association, the seced-
ing body from the National Live Stock
! association, to be held in Denver, Col,
on May 9.
The Texas senate has passed an oil
bill that will place all pipe lines in
Texas under the jurisdiction of the
railroad commission,
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
dined with the duke and duchess of
Marlborough in their new home, Sun
derland house, on the night Of the Sd
inst. 1t was a house warming.
Gen. Stoessel, the defender OF Port
Arthur, was received by the czar, at
Tsarskoe Selo, with a warmth which
went far to atone for his cool reception
at st. Petersburg by the military fac
tons.
Arnold Beuthien, the young cashier
of the wrecked New Liberty Qa.)
savings bank, was sentenced to four
years Imprisonment, on his plea Of
guilty to his share in the affair. His
father, the president escaped on a
technicality.
The Southern railway, the Illinois
Central and the Wabash were assessed
various fines and costs in the United
States district court at Springfield, ILL.,,
for violation of the safety appliance
act.
The festivities attending the wedding
of Miss Elsie, daughter of Ambassador
Porter, in Paris, were inaugurated by
a dance at the American embassy,
when a preliminary view of the superb
presents was had. The French govern
ment has presented a specially made
Sevres tea set, bearing the brides in
itials.
Mr.. Edward L. Pretorius, editor and
manager of the Westliche Post, st.
Louis, has declined the decoration ten
dered him, among others, by the Ger
man emperor.
Seth Bullock and his band of 60 cow
boys took with them to Washington
some of the finest horses to be found
on the western ranges, some costing as
much as $3.50. Some of the boys
nearly went broke" securing their
mounts.
Pop" Smith, aged 81 years, for the
last quarter of a century recognized as
Yale's mascot at its athletic events,
died suddenly at New Haven, Conn.
The lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature has passed a bill defining
trusts and legislating against them.
One section provides hat pipe lines
shall be considered as common car
rierS.
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford. the California
multi-millionaire philanthropist, widow
of the late Leland Stanford. died sud
denly at the Moana hotel, Honolulu, on
the night of the 2Sth ult., under cir
cumstances that point strongly to
%strychnine poisoning.
Rev. DR.. Aaron H. Birmingham, one
of the most widely-known Baptist min
listers, formerly of st. Louis, died at
Mount Vernon, N. Y, of pneumonia,
aged So years.
William Vandorewilt, a prominent
Sioux county Oa.) farmer who muir
dered his wife, has been declared in
sane and has been sent to the insane
asylum at Cherokee.
Because the Iowa statutes do not
prescribe a penalty, M. Beuthien and
Arnold B%euthien, president and cashier
of the wrecked New Liberty Ua.) bank,
charged with embezzlement in having
loaned money to themselves, will go
free, although one had pleaded guilty
to the charge.
President William R. Harper of the
University of Chicago appears TO be
rallying nicely from his recent opera
ton. The primary is still there,
however.
Senators Emmons, BunkerS, Wright
and French were expelled by the Cali
fornia senate, accused Of receiving
brides, by almost unanimous votes.
The First state bank of GAINESVILLE,
/. r., was entered by robbers, who
blew the safe, securing $500. The safe
in the Frisco station. Is miles from
GAINESVILLE, was also blown. probabl
by the same gang, and robbed of $500.
The formal presentation of the Ger
man em%peror'S gift to Harvard univer.
sity of a portion of the German educa-
tional exhibit at the Worlds fair vas
made by DIR. Lewald, the German i'm
perial commissioner. in the Harvard
Germanic museum.
Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer
and agitator, has been transported to
Riga.
The steamship Tacoma, which left
Seattle, Wash, with a cargo of salt
beef for V~ladivostok. is believed to